SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET: This evening, 7.17. SUN-BISE: To morrow morning, 5.3 . „„_.-_, HIGH WATER: This afternoon 7.35 ; to-morrow morning, 7.53 ;

STEAM TO THE THAMES.

Golden Crown, to-morrow morning at eleven o clocic

ARRIVALS.

H.M.S. Dido, Chapman, Commander, from Duneain Ladyßowen, p.s., from Mahurangi Vincent, cutter, from Tauranga Dantzic, schooner, from the East Coast Helen, schooner from the East Coast Ringdove, revenue cutter, from acri^se Tawera, schooner, from Poverty Bay

DEPARTURES.

Kowena, s.s., McGregor, for Northern ports Southern Cross, s.s., Sellars, for .Tauranga Cambria, schooner, for Wangarei Challenger, p.s., Murray, for Wangarei

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Kaipara: Tauranga, schooner, Thursday For Southern ports : Wellington, s s., to-morrow For Hokianga: Janet (Jrey, schooner, Saturday For New York: Glenhuntly, barque, early For Poverty Bay and Southern ports : Pvangatira, s.s.,

this afternoon For Rorotouga : Mata, schooner, to-morrow For Tahiti: Energy, schooner, to-morrow For Adelaide (from Wangaroa): Amateur, barque.

20th inst For San Francisco., calling at Honolulu: Dakota,

mail steamer, 23rd inst. For Northern ports: Comerang, p.s., on Fiiday; Rowena, s.s., on Monday For Whitianga, Mercury Bay, and Tauranga; Southern Cross, s.s., Saturday For London: Queen Bee, ship, 20th inst For Sydney and Melbourne: Hero, s.s., 23rd inst

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Lochnagar, barque, from London. Sailed 13th October Caduceus, ship, from London. Loading Durham, ship, from London. Loading

H.M.S. Dido, Bguns, 180 men, commanded by Captain Chapman, arrived in harbour this afternoon from Dunedm. This vessel was put on commission in April, 1871, and was sent out to the Australian Station to take the place of H.M.S. Rosario.

The schooner Mata has cleared outwards for Rorotonga with a general cargo.

The ship Queen Bee, for London, has now only one saloon and three steerage berths unsecured. She will take a large cargo. The spars, running gear, etc., belonging to the barque Tell were sold by auction to-day and realized fair prices. It is intended to convert the barque into a three-masted schooner.

The schooner Tawera arrived this after noon from Poverty Bay with a cargo of pro duce.

The splendid steamship constructed in 1859 by the Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company for the Pontiff, and named the Immaeolata Concenzione, is on passage to England for disposal by private sale. This is one of the most beautiful steam yachts ever constructed in England. She carries 8 brass 18-pounders —the total cost being £21,560. She will be offered for sale in London.

A successful experiment was made on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, the other day, in driving a canal boat by current water taken into a steam automatic pump at the bow, and driven out through a pipe with great velocity in the direction of the keel. All the machinery is of very simple character, and the speed attained was about the usual rate for freight boats.

The s.s. Rowena left yesterday afternoon for Russell and Mongonui with a large number of passengers.

The s.s. Southern Cross took her departure yesterday evening with a general cargo and several passengers.

The s.s. Wellington will leave the Manu kau to-morrow at 10 a.m. for Southern ports,

The schooner Tauranga is announced to leave for Kaipara on Thursday next.

The p.s. Comerang will have completed her overhaul, and will take her departure as usual, on Friday next, for Russell and the North.

The ship Polar Star hauled alongside the wharf yesterday afternoon, and has com menced discharging her cargo.

COMMERCIAL.

The following are the Customs returns for the week ending Saturday last :—Duties, £2,981 19s 4d ; lighthouse dues, £12 19s 3d j merchant shipping fees, £5 Gs 3d ; arms fees, £2 Is ; gold duties, £1,060 15s 6d ; miscel laneous fees, £630 18s; pilotage Jancl port charges, £30 15s 3d. Total, £4,724 14s 7d. Messrs B. Tonks and Co. sold at the Brunswick Mart to-day : Finest white snow drop sugar (IB), 4d ; ditto ditto crystal sugar (IB), 4£d; table rice, £27 ; crushed loaf sugar, s^d ; sperm candles (DP), lid ; Keiller's confections, ll^d ; oatmeal, £14 f B. &P. cornflour, 8d ; castor oil, lOd. Only a few lines of the new season teas (1872-3) were quitted at Is 4d to Is 5d for IB congous.

MINING.

The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below : — £. b. d. CALLS Golcanda .. .. 0 2 0 Due Lincoln Castle .. 0 0 6 Jan 22 Aurora .. .. 0 10 Jan 22 Coronet No 1 .. 0 16 Jan 25 John O'Groats .. 0 5 0 Jan 27 Thames Gas .. .. 0 5 0 Jan 28 Italian 0 0 6 Jan 30 Central Italy .. 00 6 Feb 12 Mary Ann .. .. 0 0 C Feb 12 Hope of Coromandel 0 0 6 Feb 12 White Bose .. .. 0 10 Feb 12 Flagship Golden Anchor 0 10 Feb 12

MEETINGS.

Scotty's Hill, Company's office, noon, 18th January Nonpareil, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 2 p.m., 20th January Conquering Hero, Company's office, Insurance Build ings, 3 p.m., 20th January Uniou Sash and Door Company, Mr White s office, Shortland street, Auckland, 5 p.m., 20th January Eussell Quartz Mining and Crushing Company, Mr Tothill's office, Shortland street, Auckland, 2 p.m., 21st January Quebec, Company's office, Shortland street, Auckland, 23rd January -~,., . i, j Shotover, No 1, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 2 p.m. 23rd January Bed Queen, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 2.30 p.m.,

28th January ' Yon Tempsky, Company s office, Queen street, Auck land, 3p.m., 30th January Una, Shortland, 30th Januai/ Ruby, Grahamstown, 31st January Central Italy, Grahamstown, 4th February

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under :— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, y at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. For Tauranga, per Vincent, to-moirow. at 8 a.m. For Taranaki and Southern ports, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and supple mentary mails for India, China, &c and United Kingdom, per s.s. f Wellington, to-morrow, at 8 *' "(Signed) S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News, and Echo.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1873.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrongs that need resistance, For ihe future in the distance,

And the good that we can do,

To cause but a "passing smile," evanes cent emblem of a mind at ease, affords satisfaction to every well-constituted mind. But it falls not often to our lot to produce such a smile as tbat which has beamed from the countenances of the directors of the Cure Company, through half a column of each of our morning contemporaries. "We assure the directors that it was not our intention to produce such smile ; and it is, therefore, that we feel the greater satisfaction at the happy and un expected result Our intention was simply to give expression to the very general feeling that a little swindle was proceeding in connection with the conduct of the Cure Company's mine, especially as we were aware that during the temporary panic caused by the extra ordinary conduct of the directors some of the directors themselves were traffick ing in shares. We feel povyerfully impressed at the tone of elevation and hauteur assumed by the directors of this company in relation to the public. They are quite indifferent to public opinion, and the reporters for the press were excluded mainly it appears as a preventive to specimen stealing. The directors of gold mining companies are never addicted to specimen stealing in its various forms from pocketing the pebbles up to suppressing telegrams and cooking reports, and though we should not like to insinuate anything of the kind in relation to those who constitute the directory of the Cure, it will not be gainsaid that there are directors with rather shady character. It appears that our directors, who have this morning been smiling through | the Cross and Herald, regard j the Cure as not a public, but j a private company. It is some what difficult to see what these respectable gentlemen understand by "private;" but it is evident that in j their intention it gives a license to do little things that will not bear the pub lic eye. Although they appear to smilingly object to being classed with the G-reen Harp directors, it is a re markable coincidence that they, too, regarded their mine as a private mine, and indulged in the same little vaga ries in relation to the public, for doing which we have pulled up the Cure : directors with a round turn. Our ; "impertinent and unwarrantable at- : tempt to coerce by threats —threats to j us perfectly harmless and meaning- j 1 less" —had the effect of driving the j j G-reen Harpers to fly on the wings of |' the Sea G-ull, and take refuge in the 3 isles of the ocean; and however ] smilingly, the directors of the Cure 1 company have so far bowed before our '<■ strictures as to send us a mining re- ( ( port steaming from the hand of the mine manager, seeking to allay there- j by a tempest of popular excitement j before which they would have been i obliged to quail. We can inform the r lirectors that our "harmless and mean- a ngless" action is not operative merely * n making swindling directors fly from v ihe country in terror, but in nipping th c a >uds of evil, and arraigning at the bar a

of public opinion those charged with public trusts immediately on the first symptoms of tendency to that suppres sion and misrepresentation, whicn have in other instances paved the way to

conspiracy, fraud, and open robbery. The Cure directors have, we bslieve,

committed no crime. There are some

of them, we believe, who are incapable

Mr Or. Williamson, we

learn, was strongly opposed to this

scandalous attempt to conduct the mine with secresy, and his name will not be connected in any one's mind with any thing savouring of conspiracy or tiddley-winking. But despite the ! " passing smile" that marks the supreme indifference of the directors ot the Cure Company to any delicacy in relation to a very questionable transaction, their position is one that would not afford to many the cause for smiles, unless of the most crocodilean kind. The conduct of the gentlemen, however profitable to one or two of them, has worked great loss to man" 57 ■ andalthough the directors!)*l'" v j down, and soup*+ -recowered suspicion - ' . o~" ™ allay public so .. . and irritation by the report 1 - promptly published—when too late —we do not hesitate to say that these smiling gentlemen ought to be ex pelled from office. "We have had too many little games in connection With gold mining to have oiif suspicions lulled by bland manners and "smiling" faces ; and the exclusion of the Press —which is the public—the suppression of telegrams, and the trafficking in shares, occurring simultaneously in con ! nection with any mine, are at this time | of day perfectly well understood.

of crime.

Law-makers should not be law-breakers. We beg to call the attention of his Worship the Mayor to the existence of the City Council by-law No. G and section 12, which prohibits the obstructing any footpath or carriage road, whether by allowing any cart or animal to remain across such footpath, or carriage road, hg plating good* thereon, or other wise. How does his Worship reconcile this section of the by-law with the fact that fifty four "go-ashore" pots were allowed to re main yesterday afternoon on the footpath in Shortland-street, outside his business pre mises, and where was the Inspector of Nuisances ? Curiously enough the Mayor was called upon to adjudicate in a similar case of obstruction to-day, where a neighbour had left some goods on the footpath. His Worship, with due solemnity, read the defendant a caution, and fined him Is. The usual monthly inspection of the Auck land Scottish Volunteers will be held at half-past seven o'clock this evening in the Drill-shed.

A railway obstruction of an uncommon sort is reported from Russia. The train was stopped by a thick bed of moving caterpillars which covered the rails, and it was necessary for the engine to plough its way through alone and very slowly before the train could pro ceed. The word used is " chenille," which means not only caterpillar but evil-doer, and a foreign exchange is in doubt as to which is intended. At the meeting of the directors of the Freight Company yesterday—Dr Campbell in the chair—it was resolved to telegraph to the Government, protesting in the name of the various Freight Companies of New Zea land against the extension of the monopoly of .Shaw, Saville & Co. for a longer period than six months, if found necessary to ex tend at all; also to telegraph to Southern Freight Companies to take similar action. We are glad to hear that Mr Montague Marks, who met with a serious horse acci dent on Christmas day last, has so far re ovecred as to permit of his being removed from the North .Shore to his father's resi dence. Messrs Holder [and Burke, contractors for the Mahurangi and Port Albert road, desire us emphatically to contradict the statement that any of the men employed by them struck work, or are at all dissatisfied with the price charged for provisions. Since the city of Rome became a eeatj of Government, it has, like Berlin, greatly increased in population, and the demand for houses necessitates the formation of entire new streets. In the excavations and level ings now being made for these new improve ments the most interesting discoveries have been made. Not a sewer is dug nor founda tion laid without the workman's pick coining upon rare objects of art or the debri of monuments, among those are mosaic pave ments, tombs, marble and bronze statues, inscriptions, pillars, bas-reliefs, etc., the remains of ancient monuments, known and unknown, and an abundance of tools, medals, jewels and other small articles. The shareholders of the Auckland and North Shore Steam Ferry Company (Limited) held their first meeting yesterday, in the Insurance buildings, to determine what steps should be taken in respect of the Takapuna. Mr Hurst took the chair. Mr |J. S. Macfarlane proposed that the pro- I visional directors be appointed the directors \of the company; when Messrs Sibbin, Iteed, Ebborn, Leek, Hay, and Kissling were elected. Mr Leek and others complained that Mr Niccol had not perfected his contract; the boat was to run nine knots an hour, which she should not do. He thought the company could put other engines into the boat at Mr Niccol's expense. It was finally resolved that the matter be left with the new directors. Mr Niccol's contract with the company was read, which provided that the steamer was to run nine kuots an hour, not less ; and that she was to be completed within three months of the date of signing such contract. A great deal of comment followed, in which Mr H. Niccol vindicated his work, and considered that Mr Rees was getting up a law case out of the steamer in order to make a bill of costs. Mr Reed said it was unmanly to attack Mr Rees in his absence, as he thought Mr Rees had acted faithfully on his part. The reports of Messrs Heslop and Masefleld were read, which tended to show that much of the work was unsatisfactory, that the boiler had been much used, and that the machinery required repairing. Mr H. Niccol com plained of the unfairness of the reports as being one-sided. The question of appointing another solicitor, after some discussion, was dropped, and with a vote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting separated. In noticing the farewell performance of the Magnet Variety Troupe, prior to their de parture for New Zealand, the Sydney Morn ing Herald remarked :—" The audience, as might have been expected from the char acter of the performance, was large, many persons being unable to find seats. The performers acquitted themselves with their usual grace and ability, and elicited from the audience almost incessant manifestations of approval.

At Jarrow, near Soutli Shields, England, the outer wall, next the Tyne, of the chemical factory, belonging to Messrs Kemins, fell into the river, carrying with it a series of bleaching powder chambers and other portions of the works. The damage is estimated at $200,000. No lives were lost. There has just been formed in London a Guild of Secular Itinerants, whose duty it will be to travel through the three kimgdoms propounding in market-places, and other public resorts, the peculiar tenets of their creed.

A meeting is to be held this evening at the Thames Hotel with a most commendable object—the formation of a Lumpers' Benefit Society. Men engaged loading and unloading vessels are very liable to accidents, and the proposed society contemplates a sick fund supported by small weekly subscriptions. All labourers engaged on the wharf will find it to their benefit to become connected with the new society.

Messrs Mackay and Preece have purchased, j on behalf of the Government, the whole of the Ngatipu interest in the Hikntara s1"' 1 Whangamatu blocks, which inchl' 1 -*iU I area of the ground. TV .-utjs half the ting for the tv- ' --^ey are now negotia- . othel' x " of the interest of the | .. uiibes. :

A meeting of the Artillery Volunteers Was held last evening—Captain Featon in the chair. The business of the rneetin" was the election of a lieutenant, and the discitssioii upon the subject at times waxed somewhat warm. It was decided that Mr Skinner's nomination was informal) and he beilig . dis qualified all the other candidates withdrew except Mr Devord, who was therefore de clared duly elected. Major Gordon was present at the request of the corps, and received a vote of thanks, a like compliment being paid to the chairman.

A meeting of the principal manufacturers of vesuvian and lucifer matches in London has been held, with the view of forming an amalgamated society, the objects of which would be to obtain better prices for their goods, to enable masters to meet strikes, and to establish a fixed uniform price for goods throughout the trade.

There are in Great Britain and Ireland about 2, (300, C3O horses, which represent a demand of about 998 millions of nails (or 5,574 tons) per annum. More than 2,00 tons are made for exportation ; and at an average of £60 per ton, the annual value of the trade is little lew than half a million sterling.

" One who has been flogged" writes a very sensible and agreeable letter to a contem porary about the sensation and result of Hogging. Of course he is against that prac tical proceeding, but if it only brings out such excellent writing it is an argument for the continuance of the practice rather than the

contrary.

A picnic party who went to Motuihi in the yacht Zodiac was unable to return in that vessel, the yacht having gone ashore on the rocks and been considerably damaged. A Maori came up to town in a dingy and en gaged the steamer Enterprise, which con veyed the excursionists to town and towed up the yacht.

From a census taken in Paris it appears that there are in that city 1,732,529 Catho lics, 80,421 Jews, 17,281 Calvanists, 14,040 Lutherans, 9,472 Methodists and Quakers, and 2,500 who belong to no religious sect.

At the annual meeting of the parishioners of All Saints' Church the financial state ment was read, and showed the total receipts to have been £180 3s Id. The clergyman's salary had been raised during the year from £200 to £250 per annum. The church was painted at a cost of £51, and £15 is in the hands of the Sunday school teachers towards building a school-room.

A meeting of the Seamen's Mutual Benefit and Protection Society was held last evening at the Thames Hotel. The Secretary stated that the Society had £20 in hand, and £15 were due by members absent from the port. An office has been taken on the wharf, in which it was intended to open a reading room for the use of members of the society. Mr.Toyhad become legal, and [Jr. Goldsbro medical, adviser to the society. It was stated that the society was prospering, and that the rate of wages had been agreed upon between employers and employed. Messrs Smith and Mooney had been elected president and vice-president respectively in place of Messrs Copland and Ferdinard, resigned.

A Boston girl rejoices in the pretty name of Elizabeth Martha Selina Georgiana Augusta Cuham Burrows. They call her Lizzie Mattie Lina Georgie Gussie "for short," and she writes for the "literary papers," of course.

Ahead again ! Here comes St. Louis with an ambitious but abortive attempt to emulate California in one of her specialties. Captain Ed. Dix of that city walked up to Itobert Westling and deliberately shot him in the jaw. We laugh at St. Louis. Our Mr Pickering lurked till his man walked past him—then deliberately shot him in the back. Captain Dix, after his exploit, gave himself up to the police instead of gathering up the spoil and fleeing to the plains. Perhaps he was deterred by the imperfect success which attended the heyira of Mr Pickering, whom the aggrieved parties pursued and compelled to disgorge at the mouth of the pistol. But we would not discourage the honest ambition of Captain Dix. Let him persevere and shoot his next man in the back, and he. may come in time to edit a family newspaper of extra moral power.— San Francisco News Letter.

The amount of gold shipped yesterday by the Wonga Wonga consisted of 11,G53 ozs. G dwts. 12 grs., value £48,780, shipped by the Bank of New Zealand ; and 13,522 ozs., value £37,622, shipped by the Bank of New South Wales.

Chiarini's Royal Italian Circus continues to be the central attraction of Auckland. Last night the place, as usual, was completely filled with eager spectators. There is a con tinuous change of programme, and, though always similar, these entertainments present each night some new feature of absorbing interest. Still there are some feats, like those of the Carlos and La Petite Emilie, which never fail to please. The brothers last night were especially amusing with the magic barrel, and excited bursts of applause from the audience, and unmistakable shouts of approbation from a cluster of native women, who roared with laughter. Belen Cuba, from some unexplained cause, did not make her appearance ; but Miss Katie Hollo way was, excellent in the Spanish dance on horseback, and in the manege act on her Arabian steed. The splendid pair of horses'' Prince and "Duke" appeared to advantage under the hands of the proprietor, and shewed how docile and obedient the horses may become under careful training. The members of the band also merit a word of encouragement. Last night we listened to several fine selec tions of music, especially would we notice " On the blue Danube waltzes " from Strauss, and which were performed with so much eclat at the Boston Jubilee; also the " Theresin Waltzes," and the charming "Zurick Quadrilles." The musical arrange ments, under the leadership of Mr Field, dis play both judgment and taste. The perform ance finished with the -'Four Lovers," a very laughable pantomime.

Every morning for the past twenty years President Thiers has received from an anonymous donor a bunch of violets. Some times the fragrant bouquet is laid outside of the window of his bedroom, sometimes it is found on the chimney piece. Even when M. Thiers was in prison, at the time of the coup de' tat, the flowers by some means or other found their way to his hands, and probably, for M. Thiers is a gallant man, to his bosom. We are further informed that every effort has been fruitlessly made to discover who it is that ia so gracefully and unweariedly attentive,

The City and Suburbs School Committee, | appointed at the last meeting of the Educa- j tion Board to enquire into the arrangements necessary for carrying the Act into operation within the city and suburbs, met at the : offices of the Board, in Wyndham street, %q^ , day. After some discussion, it wag aspect to adjourn till Friday, at 9 p m the Inspector wag reputed to prepare for the committee * statement of his y* as j£ ! foTthT^ mlp°Sl.-nOfthe schools required: - Z. city and suburbs. The Inspector was | also instructed to ascertain if suitable build- I ings could be obtained within the city or suburbs for school purposes.

The Paris 3s«6neitteni relates that a few days since a man who was digging in his garden, at I'oshy, cariie tipon a shell half buried in the earth.. He strtick it with his spade, when the niissile exploded, arid the unfortunate ttian was blown to. pieces. Another Accident of a similar character occurred a few days previoiisiy at Ermdnt; A dealer in old irflri found among his purchases a shell, which being unable to Sell, he placed upon the pathway before his house, and endeavoured, with a heavy hammer, to break it up. The shell, being still charged, suddenly exploded, and the man was killed upon the spot, his limbs being torn from his body.

One of the most romantic stories in the history of colonization will be told the Pitt-street Wesleyan Church this evening, where the Piev. A. F. Porter is to lecture upon the subject of the Martin's Bay settle ment. The rev. lecturer has a sadly practical knowledge of his subject, and the events connected with the settlement of Martin's Bay are of such a thrilling character that we anticipate an address of unusual interest.

As a substitute for the " cat " as a punish ment for garotters, the demoralizing effects of which have been so much commented on recently, a eori'espondeiit of an evening Lon don paper suggests the use of electricity : What we evidently want (he says) is a means of inflicting deterring pain, unaccompanied by physical injury, and this the cat does not a fiord us. It has a further defect—that its indirect consequences are adduced to mitigate or suspend the punishment entirely. Thus Cohen received only half his deserts because the precious creatvire had got a cold. Now the phenomena of electricity or galvanism put in our hands the very agency required. Every one knows that a galvanic current of any force can be passed through the human frame from a degree which is hardly preceptible to one which resembles the break ing of the bones ; or the sensation, according to tlie mode of application, may be a gentle tickling, or one nearly simulating the touch of hot iron. But this is only a part of its merits ; it is absolutely harmless, nay, posi tively benificial in many cases, as its frequent medical use testifies. Further, it can be used and applied exactly in the required degree, and no more. The moment it is judged that the criminal has suffered enough he can be liberated from all trace of pain that very instant. No|lacerated flesh, no livid weals will be left to make Mr Peter Taylor or any other gentleman sick ; no brutalizing of warders or officials will take place under my system. When M'ife-beaters are soundly thrashed for their misdeeds —as I devoutly hope they will soon be (unless, of course, my galvanic torture beat once adopted, and I hardly expect that) — the cuts on the ruffians' shoulders will very imperfectly resemble what they have done to their wretched wives. How can the " cat " repay the brutal blow on the eye, the savage and malignant blow on the breast, or the fiendish kick ? It does not attempt to repay adequately. Galvanism will do quite as much in a better manner.

Piev. P. H. Cornford begs to acknowledge receipt of £2 from Dr. Kenderdine, for St. Martin's Bay Relief Fund, and respectfully solicits further contributions.

One of the Paris papers mentions that on a recent occasion when a new piece was pro duced at the Theatre Francias, the ex-Em peror's box was occupied by the manager of the Omnibus Company.

For the week ending on October-6th, the total number of messages forwarded from postal telegraph stations in the United Kingdom was 320,231, being an increase of 45932 over the corresponding period of last year.

Mail adTices from Alaace and Lorraine, ceded to Germany, represent that the exodus will almost wholly depjpulaie those coun tries. A large number have left their hearths and homes with some clothes hung on the end of a stick, the wife carrying the joungest children and the men trudging behind. In Metz, it is said there are only 17 recruits remaining, all unfit for service. Eighteen thousand people are alleged to have left Metz.

Mr Rush, in bis " recollection§ of English and French courts " mentions having heard Queen Victoria aunounuofrom the throne her approaching marriage to Prince Albert—a trying moment, jet the announcement was made with a mixture of regal dignity and feminine modesty, composure and timidity, that commanded universal admiration.

REPORT ON THE CURE COMPANY'S MINE.

We have been furnished by the legal manager of the Cure Company with the following

report

GrAHAMSTOWN January 13th, 1873. The Directors Cure Gold Mining Company (Limited), Auckland —

I commenced breaking down on the main run of gold on Tuesday last, and have got 4001bs. of specimens. On Thursday last the shots put in threw no gold, and I have obtained no specimens since. The reef still maintains its thickness throughout, but we appear to have got into a change of country, which may not last very long ; if so, there is every probability of picking up the gold again higher up. I believe, myself, such will be the case, from the fact of the gold breaking off so suddenly, as in my experience I have generally found the gold to die out or make gradually. We have followed up the course of the main run of gold to the next level—a distance of eight feet—and the stone there has a more promising appearance than where we are working, at the face. At present I am getting the stopes cleared out, so that I will be able to have the stone we are at present breaking out crushed by itself, and ascertain the yield therefrom. The general stuff we are crushing at present is averaging about 25 dwt. to the ton. We have had fifteen head at work last week, and have got amalgam on hand equal to 150 ounces of gold, besides sixty or seventy tons of quartz. Mr Wright has not returned yet, but he is expected back this week. I have had the wages men at work clearing out and securing the old drives, and am now engaged filling in the stopes from the surface. The ground is getting very weighty as we rise on the reef towards the shaft, and the stopes must be filled in to keep the ground in its place. I am, Gentlemen, etc., (Signed) Thos. H. C. Crawford, Mine Manager. I certify that the above is a true copy of the mine manager's report. KOBT. HORNE, Secretary,

HARBOUR BOARD.

The usual forMiightly meeting of the Harbour Board was heM t!UB* afternoon. Present: — W. Oi t>Udy, Esq., in the chair, Messrs ". A. Philips, J. Casey, W, H. Kissling, H. S. McKellar^ £, Jones, T. Macready, J- T- Loylan, H*. Isaacs. A letter from the secretary of the North Shore Ferry Company was read, asking tor wharf accommodation for the' iiew .Steamer Takatraiia. The uiatter was referred to the Wharf Committee on the motion1 of Air Boyiafl; . . ; . , v T . A letter was read from Mr Smith, of JNa pier, offering to dispose of a large hydraulic lift to the Board. It was agreed that the Board were liot in a position to entertain the offer. ~ . A letter was read from the City Council in reference to the water supply for the ship ping. The matter was referred to the Y\ hart Committee. j A letter from the Mayor, enclosing another from his Honor the Superintendent, stating that the election of Councillor Williams to the Harbour Board by the City Council was informal, and therefore was void, was read. The consideration of the matter was post poned till later in the afternoon. A letter was read from Mr McDonald re commending the Board to purchase a five ton crane belonging to aMr Taylor, of Welling ton, for use on the wharf. Mr S. Jones proposed that the matter be referred to the Wharf Committee with power to act.

This was agreed to. [Left sitting.]

THE EDUCATION HATE.

We have received several lengthy letters on the Education Act which, with our limited space, it is impossible to insert in full. " Nil Admirari" thanks iis for "unmask ing some of those who would fain place all obstacles in their power in the Avay of ob structing the new Education Act. Nolle amhiiion .' Simply in an instance because it is not the emanation of the writer's own brain —one who is very great in beery talk in the lobbies —but who in his place commands the hearing and confidence of none." Re ferring to the unreasonableness of the objec tion raised that it is unfair to pay for the education of other people's children, our correspondent says : " What are we doing now, and have been doing for years in another foim ? Why, paying for the educa tion of others, only that the Provincial revenue raised principally in the city has been expended solely in the country districts ; and now it is proposed the city shall have a share of the revenues raised for such purposes. What is done in free and prosperous America ? A free and compulsory education by an edu cation tax on all alike. Shame on the petty minds who would try to raise clacs against class in such a matter. Is it not known that virtually the poorest portion of the com munity will be exempt altogether ? It is contemplated that although there are 13,000 houses in the province that only £10,000 will be gathered. And why ? Because the poverty of many will compel the Board to exonerate them."

'' Scholasticus " makes a very good sug gestion. He says : "If the Board of Edu cation were immediately to proclaim the City of Auckland an educational district under the Act, and, further, take steps to establish a school under a competent staff of teachers, as early say as the first week in February, the mouths of thousands of objectors would be stayed, because they would see some practical result."

"Educare" observes that " the education tax is causing more than ordinary excitement in circles which represent themselves as being the centres of intelligence, philanthropy, and valour ; but I am forcibly reminded by it of that saying, ' Still waters run deep, while bubbling brooks are shallow.' 'Blind Eyes and Bard Mouths ' is truly a wonderful piece of literary production for 1873. Auckland will now go ahead if ignorance, bombast, and selfishness can do it." He ably reviews the shallow arguments used against the Educa tion Act, and maintains that the education tax is the most just and advantageous tax ever levied in New Zealand. He admits that the colony is already overtaxed ; but main tains that this is in consequence of the foolish way in which the revenue is squandered, £30,000 not being deemed too much to ex pend upon "sham soldiers" (Volunteers). He believes direct taxation is the most just, economical, and rational, and would prevent the spending of revenue upon uceless purposes. "With clouded eyes ye pay a shilling, but open-faced ye grudge a penny. With the ostrich, go bury your heads, and verily others shall pluck you." Our corres pondent remarks :—" Nothing is more essen tial to a nation's welfare than education ; it is the fulcrum of civilization and jtrosperity. And who will deny that the education of the rising generation of this province is not far behind the times ? It might have done for a past era, but the precent demands some thing more. What is the power of Russia, Switzerland, and America ? Deny it if you can— education of th? masses. The future prosperity of this province rests not upon the mineral wealth contained in its bowels, but in the inexhaustible store of abilities which lie dormant in our untaught children. With thorough education, Auckland-born children will make men and women worthy of the name, but with indifferent or none at all they cannot fail to prove wasters. The average number of children fit to go to school per family, in this prolific province, cannot be less than three, which, at the ordinary school fee, must cost £7 10s per annum. Now the provisions of the Education Bill, honestly carried out, would provide them with a better education for the moderate sum of £1 15s, thus saving £5 5s in the average families. Look before ye leap, and buy not wisdom too dearly."

VOT HAS PECOME OOP POOR SHNIDER?

Air—"Bell goei a-ringing for Sarah." Now vot has pecorae oof old Shnicler ? Der beeples keep asking in vain ;. He's gone him away mit der Vonga, Und ye nevermore sees him a~ain. No more vill he vaddle down Queen street. In his flannel suit looHng zo sp:/ ; No more \IV. he box mit a " sheeney " Und make him abu?'y plue eye." Chorus. Una der beeples keep asking for Snyder! Snyder ! bnyder ! Bud it's no use dere shouding for Snyder, lor he's gone mit der Vonga avay. No more shall ye meet him at Perkins', No more vill he make dere a fuss ; Und pecause dey don't got him no dinner He vont rake no more dere a muss No more on der Pier mit a barmaid He yon t do der grand la-di-dah ; No more vl)l he pull him his coat off lo fighd mit der folks at der Star. Yet der beeples geep asking for Snyder, &c. No more vill lie flirt mit der Mermaid, one soon took his measure dats clear No more vill he vaddle der shtairs up To visper soft vords in her ear No more vill he boast oof his gonquests, .Nor der many gals hearts vot he's yon, Dis yolly old Phat Jankee rooster Got play'd out, gompletely und done. Yet der beeples geep asking for Shnider. &c.

{( Gentle Paternal Satire —Irate Parent .• <->, yer don't want to go into business, don't yer! O, yer want to be a clerk in the Post horfaee, do yer ! Post-horfice, indeed ! Why. all yon re fit for is to stand outside with your tongue limit, for people to wet their stamps

THE WHARF WATER SUPPLY.

(To the Editor of the Evening Wab.) _ a™ --Will you be good enough to give this letter publicity, as I am aware you are always ready to expose a wrong The water supply on the wharf was sold last month for the year 1373 subject to the following clause: __» The lessee shall not supply any boiler water to steamers. during the stimaet months, Viz., January, February, March, April, memb&i and December, xtnd&t a penalty orf kir dsidti offence,- except to ihgti pressure' boat, that are horiiid f.^j? *™* water by law." AVhat I complain erf 13 tiilsf, 1 notice that all the steamers are having their boilers filled day after day, the same as last year with the exception of the Auckland Steam Packet Company, and no notice is taken of this by the Government. 1 am informed that all the engineers have to do is to get Kb order from Mr Stewart, the inspector of steamers, and tfcey get its much fresh water as they require. Perhaps the present lessee knew this when the water Supply ™s sold- Wher, e ra- re uessra Macready, Swanson, and his Honor primroses to those gentlemen about the water for boilers. It is well known that Messrs Seccombe and Son are being paid £4 per diem for water, and it is being used by steamers for bo'lers.—l am, &c, laik if LAY.

SUPREME COURT.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

YESTERDAY—(Continued). (Before His Honor Chief Justice Sir G. A Amey.)

ALLEGED FORGERY. George McCaul, upon examination, said that McMillan showed him the documents and wished him to advance £500 upon them or back a bill; both of these requests he re fused to grant. Mr Edwin Binney stated that he purchased some coaches and paint of the prisoner for £325, for which he gave cash and a bill of £116 for the balance. Prisoner was still in debted to witness. He never gave prisoner the bills for the amount named in the indict ment, either for the £350 or £50. Mr Eees addressed the jury at considerable length upon the absence of any proof of in tention to defraud, while Mr Brookfield, in reply, endeavoured to show that there had been forgery committed in respect of Mr Bimiey's name. His Honor summed up the whole of the evidence before the Court and the jury re turned a verdict of not guilty. The prisoner was then discharged.

THIS DAY.

His Honor took his seat at ten o'clock.

KILLING A HORSE

William Odium appeared on bail to answer to a charge of maliciously killing a horse, the property of Francis McCormick, of the neigh bourhood of the Thames. He pleaded not cuilty. In the absence of important witnesses his Honor felt it to be his duty to postpone the case in order that direct evidence may be obtained.

STEALING QUICKSILVER

James Anderson appeared on bail and pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing 128 pounds of quicksilver from the Puriri Quartz Crushing Company, of Coromandel, on the 20th day of December, IS7I. Mr Brookfield appeared for the prosecu tion, and Mr Eees for the accused. Mr Albert Beetham, in answer to Mr Eees, said he had no objection to the taking of the oath. Although he did not profess to know anything about future rewards and punishments he felt he was bound to speak the truth independently of such considera tions.

To his Honor : He believed in the allega tion of an oath. He had a family. His children were brought up as Christians and attended at the English Church. Whatever speculative doubts he might entertain did not affect the minds of his children. He did not know whether God will punish the wicked in this world or the next; possibly he may ; lie could not tell. He could not say either that he did or did not believe in those doctrines. He had not sufficient cvi-

dence

Albert Beetham was then duly sworn, and deposed that he was managing director of the Pui-iri Quartz Company, Registered. In April, 1871, the battery was worked by the company. He was aware that quicksilver was in the battery at that time ; he saw it there, but could not tell the weight; he gave instructions to the person in charge what to do with it ; the price at that time was 4s <xl per lb. The battery was sold in October 1871, but not the quicksilver, which belonged to the Puriri Company. To Mr Ptees: He knew the quicksilver belonged to the company because he ordered it to be bought. Mr Bain, who was the legal manager of the company, bought it; the silver was his by virtue of his office as managing director. He had sole control of the battery until it was sold to the Emily Company, and they took possession. The battery was in his possession until the quartz was found not to pay, when it was closed. The battery originally was held by Lawrence and Wilson in 1870, and when those gentlemen disappeared it was carried on by the Puriri Company, which he repre sented. He last saw the quicksilver at the time of closing the battery. He was quite certain it was there. The prisoner was a stranger to him. He entertained no ill-feeling towards the prisoner; he did not use threatening language to Mr Joseph Cochrane ; he never said "By God, Coch rane, if I see your face in Court I'll do what I can to get you out of your billet." What he did say, was, Cochrane, if I see you in Court to-morrow I'll expose you !

To Mr Brookfield : On the evening that the prisoner was given into custody at Coromandel Mr Cochrane came to witness and represented the prisoner as an innocent man ; stated that he had saved the company a large amount of money, and persuaded witness to abandon the prosecution ; he never had any animosity towards the prisoner; he never saw him until he was charged at Coromandel.

John Allen-rdeposed that at the time of the alleged robbery he was battery manager. The quicksilver was on the plates ; it was then collected into a bucket and weighed ; then it was put into iron bottles, and some in lemonade bottles. The iron bottles were secured by a wooden stopper. He knew the prisoner, who lived at a mile distance. Two men (Boyle and Kennedy) worked on the jpreinises. Witness and those men were the only persons who knew where the quicksilver was kept. On the 2nd December witness went to give up possession of the battery to the legal manager of the Emily Company. He found the door of the battery had been broken open. He also noticed inside that the plates had been taken off the tables, and the quick silver was pone. The prisoner was then outside, looking through the window. Came to the house on the opposite side of the creek where witness and Barclay resided. Barclay Anderson told of his having some quicksilver, when Barclay, said he was going to Grahams town, and might do something with it. Anderson said if you can I will allow you a commission. Barclay was away three weeks when he returned to Coromandel. Witness followed the accused and Barclay to the battery where he saw the quioksilver in the.

ME EVENING- fWAII, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1873.



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CAN THE BEST MOLESKIN TROUSERS IN NEW ZEALAND BE SOLD FOR 6s. 111).? NO! DKAPEES AND OTHEES outside the Clothing Trade may offer such baits to the public, but as THE CLOTH lER OF THE PROVINCE, and the only one whose business is exclusively confined to the manufacture and sale of Men's Clothing, I maintain that it cannot be done. I can, however, offer to the Working Men ; GENUINE BARGAINS, being prepared to sell a pair of Moleskin Trousers, equal in every respect to the 6s. lid. article, FOR ss. llr>. And a pair of GENUINE Crown Moles, | FOR 6s. lie And the best in New Zealand, | FOR BS. 11 D, i SAMoE L C OOMBES, ' MANUFACTURER & CLOTHIER, j 80 & ISO, Queen-street. EDUCATION EATE. 1 j FATHERS AND MOTHERS, LISTEN ! YOU'are told thatthe new Education Rate is oppressive. Hearken ! Hitherto you ' have paid school fees for your children. Under the new Act instead of school faes you pay One Pound per . annum household rate in quarterly payments of five shillings each. You pay also five shillings per year . for each child of the school age ; but not tor more than four in the family— the rest are free. Compare the old with the new, and don't be misled by trading I {ioliticians. The following table shows the fees payable per annum in the past and in the future for one or more child ; -1 Number^ Chil-| Former Cost | New Act . I ; 1 I £2 12 0 £15 0 2 I 5 4 0 1 10 0 >l 3 7 10 0 1 15 0 I 4 10 8 0 2 0 0 I j f l3 °°) 1 sto 20 -'to - 2 0 0 ■ j J (.52 00) I , j The cruel tax! The grinding tax !