SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

53UK-SKT: TaU evening, fi S3. STJN-KiaSi IV morrow morning, CIS HWH WATKtt: This evenin^/5.44 s ts-wowow

ARRIVALS.

Mary Elleii, schooner, from Mercury Bay Sunbeam, schooner, from,Waipu. a^t • ,„,

DEPARTURES.

Southern Crossr^svSeltaTir.foi1 Taucitaga WanKanui, s s , Linklater, for W*aganui (from tho Manukau). ' ■ • ■ < ■ ■ ■ Zlor, schooner: for tyttelten Golde.H Isle, schooner/for Russell , Saucy Lass, schooner, fov PaKiri ;f x j I '

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Tor Sydney i Alice Cameron, barque, tb-Ynorrowi For Sonthern ports': Wellington, s.s., '(from the , ManuAiau), TVTondayT ' ■ . ; JFor tßßdon : Countess of Kintore^ ship, early ,

Ifontenaye, shipy from.London, Sailed ! City of Auckland, from London. Sailed 4th Junk Paterson, ps., frpm Southern ports. .. ... i 8t Leonards, ship, from London. Sailed ISth <June Skinraier of the Seas, jship, f rota New York AtaUnte. French frigate, from Sydney Pukeha, brig, from,Lvttelton',' ~. <,;&;■■ 1 i Pnnce Alfred; barque, 'From. Sydney, Fawn, brig, from' Lytteltoh 1 Byron, briff, from Ly Wei ten , Magellan Cloud, brtgautine,"from Honolulu, >" '• Gemsbok, barqae, from New York, via Dunertin Taranaki, s.s., from Southern.ports, Wednaaday Jane Anderson..schooner,,from Oaraarii - . | Kestless, brig, f rpm Sydney ~ , . Excelsior, schooner, from Dunedin Strathnaver, schooner, from Dunedin . Amaraiith,, schooner, froni Lyttelton , Bella Mary, barque, from. Hobart Town

IMPORTS.

Per Ocean Wave—Bo sacks potatoes, 277 Backs .barley, 296,.sacks wheat, Henderson, Macfarlahe .& Co ; 5 cases bacou, 5 do cheese, order ;. 8 oases bacon, Hi B. Morton; 120 riaieks flour, T. H. Hall; 140 sacks potatoes, F. Hewiri ; 30 kegs butter, order ; 128 sajoks potatoes, .T. Coup]and ; 157 sac^ks potatoes, 250 bags /Jour, ordor. '> % , '<j

IMPORTS.

Per brigantine Flirt—9so bags of potatoes, •" 100 do.malt, ,250 do wheat, .100 do bran,— I). "ET. McKenzie & Co., agents. 0"^'" ; ' The schooner Merlin,' with ballast| and twelve casks of beef, from Napier, entered at the Customs to-day; •' The barque Alice Cameron has now , fjnished. ■>. taking 4n >■ her -timber,1 , and "will probably sail, fpr Sydney to morrow. .The 'task "of taking in the heavy blocks, some of which weigh over two arjdahalf,tons, was rendered very difficult -owing, Ho'the vessel not' being suitable for their stowage. By the 1 perseverance of CarJt., Carter the difficulty has been overcome, and' I' the vessel is now ready ; for aea, J The"' schooner .Ocean -Wave has hauled alongside the east side of jthe wharf, close in» shore. ; - '- ■ ■ • Th^e shjp ; Berar Hauled alongside thia morn ing, and took the berth outfside the main T, yaoatedt by the Hero. The ship 'on a close | inspecticm appears very ,; strong and well buil'ti ; She is.about nine years* pldy^and was built: at Sutiderland. The;extreme!yiqrward position of the foremast gives her riga some what peculiar.appearance.- /.The i brig: Princess Alice, "thd . brigantinje Flirt,'and the schooner Rhino,,are all dis charging ca'rgb. .._ ." , The sohopner %sl,iq,- Captain C. Andrews, cleared at the" Cu|tQTOß_ this afternoon for ] Guamwith^ ,85,000 if pet of aawn timber/ 4 tons -. of potatoes, and.BOcwt of beef, shipped by C, A. Harris. The Leslie '-tylilijiaU to-morrow morning; ; / ■;. i^ "_. lun&lj ' .U»j i'- '.< j The s.s.Taranaki left Lyttelton last night for Auckland"Witli'the Sue's! ihail on b'dard. The Taratfeki is.ape^'in' th^Ti/Taiiukau by Wednesday" S^exV.* The ship Berar^Q2 : tons, Captain ;Heigho^ from LVJudon,'; entered at the Customs yester day afternoon with cargo as already pub lished. • • - The Ma*y -^llenjschbdM'ei' brings'2o,ooo feet sawn timber from Mercury, Bay., ■ The s.s.-' Southern Cross lefrfo'r Tauranga at 4 pm..,yesterday; After the steamer had hauled off frtfm the .wharf it was discovered that onQ,of,the intending passengers was not on board) '. TBe1 missing individual soon a|ter , wards1 made liis appearance'in a great state! of excitemerits. >; With tare gbrid nature Capt.i Sellara caused the engines to be stopped and put back to the breakwater, where tho lag-' gard was taken on board. He may thank; his stars he had not Capt. Farquhar, of thei rigidly-.punc.tual Gulden Cro<wn,so deal witn. c Captain' Carpenter, of the three-masted schooner Qcean Wats, j-eports having left Lyttelton on the.^nd ult., and for the first few days had strong. E. and N.E. gales;' thence to the^East Cage light, N.; aid WW. ; winds. "'Rounaedltie^Cape on Tuesday, j thence S^U.t. T^inds-across, .theTßay, of Plenty, j Off TiriTin,onlVe3nesday af^irij9pn, jdjaring i a ' str'png weeze^ .lo^fc', "foretppmast i and gear. After discharging:her cargo the Ocean Wave .■will proceed)!toi.the Gh!^^ J^h^ JptjfL ! cargd of catittfe.'."' j^' m*'* >i.ioh» «U 5 bootij '-. t ! We areiriformed.rthaJir«fcillßt»jare«onT[e;iiil accuracies in the paragraph furnished by" our Onehunga correspondent yesterday relative to-the launching of a steamer fortheWaikatb. The new: i vessel!will.jss launched? on' Tuesday next, when a reporter from our offioo will be JTOBftf U^A 'AUhft.'* SWUTOICT

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails wmii Close Aa Ukbur ;*— for Thames, this day, at 5.30'p.tf1., and to:morrow, at 10 a. hi. " For "Whitianga, jje&Jfary:-Ellen", this day, at 4 30 p.m. For Mahuvangi, Matakaiia, Mangnwai, Waipu, &c per Lady Bowen, to-morrow, at 10 a. in. Vot Taranaki, Southern .woTincea,, and, ;Am»t?aVan Colonies,1 per Wellington, on Monday, Stn'inst., at 8 a.m. , ; For/Russell, Wftngaioa; and Moiigonui, pbr'Kowena, 6n Atona«.y < (Bthingt,^at,'Bp.in.. ■• . ' jJIO Por WliJtiunsa, Tairua, ■ Tauriiijga,/andr .'Opotiki, per Southern CfOStf,' tin Tuesday, 9th ins't., at 8 p.m. (Signed) S. B. Bish. Chief Poiitmajiter. . - ■ ■-■-■:.. ■ ".; \; ":•;■ ■■ ". •■{'.;. i-/i

The Diamond Troupe's concert at One hunga oamQ off on Yfednesday. evening before a numerous ancl highly respectable audienca. The press has bestowed praise on the troupe for previous performancca, and their sayings and doing* in the Onehunga Choral Hall did not belie expectation. The programme was very good, with the exception of the last entry, " Deaf in a Horn," which really was not up to the high standard of tho rest of the entertainment. There were repeated encores, and the concert did not close till very-late. On the conclusion of the muswal portion a good many of the youngerfolks, the fair sex inoluded, remained to trip the hght fantastic toe. .

The Bazaar Goncort—the funds of which are to be devoted to the same deserving ob ject as the proceeds of the Bazaar-will take, place on Friday next, in tho Choral Hall. At the public meeting held with reference to the building of workshops for railway at Mussel Bay, a resolution was _ carried to the - effect . that the place is quite unsuitable, and would have to be re moved in a few years to Dunedm.l A protest on behalf of the citizens was forwarded to the Premier and Otago members.

Mr H. H. Smith advertises an improved portable cottage range executed to order, which will be on view at his establishment in Durham-street until Saturday morning.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING REPORT.

Business done this day : — South British Insurance, 52s Od. Caledonian, £13 10s, £13 7s 6d ; buyers £13 7s 6d. ; Bright Smile, to £G 11s 6d, £6. Moanataiaii, buyers, 395. Bed Queen, 3s : buyers, 3s. Coliban, 3s ; buyers,~2s 9d. Sons of Freedom, buyers, £14 15s. „ Joseph Newjia.n, Chairman.

THE STATE OF FIJI.

(FHOJI OUIt OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Levuica, August 21. It is a somewhat difficult task to perform in reducing to a limited compass our present political position, but I will endeavour to give a short resume of the past, and just glance at our present position. Two years atjn C'ako bau, at the solicitation" of live white uwa (notably amongst them Mr G. A. Woods, the present Premier of Fiji, and Mr S. C. Burt, tho present Attorney-General of Fiji), consented to be taken in hand, and was by them dubbed King of Fiji, under the title of " Cakobau the First." For this kindness the newly-created monarcH, under the great seal manual, appointed his lave white friends as his advisers, and to the 'astonishment of the unsuspecting inhabitants they awoke- one morning to rind airing and a Noumee Govern ment. A public meeting of the settlers was at once held, and the whole movement universally condemned, as being too hasty ; while the more thoughtful were of opinion that the setting up of one chief as king, from amongst several other chiefs of equal influence was illegitimate, and calculated to cause jealousies and consequent troubles amongst the natives. The more in-! fiuential and respectable of the settlers' objected to the personnel of King Gakobau's advisers, and to this day this class of settlers has held aloof from the so-called Govern ment. The more practical portion of the community laughed at the Government and "its appointments, and predicted a hasty termination to the existence of the newly-j born political baby, on the very rational ground that thore were not sixpences in the Treasury for the new fledged Minister of Finance to jingle together, or one single acre of Crown lands (unless it was the King's own private lands) to give as security upon which to raise a loan. This was the inauguration of the present misfor tune of Fiji. It may be well to state hero what the native material consisted of for forming the Government., Tho native population num bers in round numbers about 120,000, and were, or rather'are and. likely to be, ruled over by three chiefs'of equal native influence, namely Cakobau, Mobfa, and Tlii Cakau, Cakobau rather carrying off the palm, he being the more important chief through the influence of the large num ber of whites residing in his chieftainship, Levuka being included. In early days these chiefs received their wealth by the number of white men residing on their lands, and it was only a recent custom for a chief with considerable complacency to designate a settler as "my white man." The Fijians are a remarkably fine race of : pelple of good physical stature and well . favoured features, hut when this is said it is i all that can be spoken in their favour. l Beyond this they 3 /art"- it ;nalf-savage race, I great prevaricator*}/arid above all the most 'inveterate cowards teriw'jnefc with amongst lany race, and show^lfcuneiise disadvantage I when. put in contrast lo:the Maori, whilst jthfi.. Polynesian imported labourers on the (plantations of Fiji,* know jbheir cowardice, land treat them acqordiii^ijr, . While the whitek, were diseasing the ad-! fvisability of smothering the new-born Go jverninent 'in its^infaricy; Cakobau's five jadvisera were actively at work, and aided by jthe Fiji Gazette (yfhi6k,»t'Artei into life with the so-called government), were promising the people no end of good things through the medium of thp, Government. Al most simultaneously with tho declaration that Cakobau was King of Fiji, his followers besieged and1 captured a native tribe (the Lovoni)^ numbering about 1200 souls, in the hills of-Ovalau. According tou Fijian custom thesis riatife* were the pro perty of their captors, and, could, be con-, verted into food or sold into bondage. This opportunity of placing funds in. the '• Trea sury " was taken advantage of by Cakobau's advisers, arid the captives were " hired" out to planters at a yearly rate. This slice of fortune enabled. Cakobau to engage the services of sonic dozen needy, whites, who, were gazetted under very fancy . titles. These parasites added fresh strength to the infant government, and were of course most earnest in advocating tho advantages of their Government. ; The next card of the King's advisers was to issue paper money in the shape of treasury notea. This was a rather difficult matter to start with, but the price of tho hired out labourers or prisoners of war was alleged to be in the shape of drafts, cheques, &c, on the colonies, and it Was deemed advisable to turn them into nego tiable currency by issuing notes. These notes were paid to the civil servants, who in their turn forced them on the general public, on the terms of "Treasury notes or nothing." This was the initiation of the Treasury-note dodge, and the thin end of the wedge having been inserted the King's advisers lost no time in driving it home, and soon commenced to double-bank, hoping by that means to coerce the people into sup porting them through a monetary interest in the formation of a Government organisation. In the meantime the King's advisers issued invitations to the settlers throughout the country to send members to represent them in a convention of delegates for the purpose of framing a Constitution for the country. The House of Delegates met in due time, and much of the opposition that had been : previously exhibited on the part of those

who thought that the country §J. B „.. , ripe for a Government, was buried, and m converts were made to the Governm^ scheme. At this convention a ConstitniiV^ was drawn up providing for responsible wt vcrnmont. Under the Constitution {vi \'; presentation of the natives was" provided t \ by tho formation of tho Privy Council Upper House, whioh wps composed'of-n a r° r chiefs, the representation of the whites bei ?9 confined to the Legislative Assembly. *> For two years the Government hag beo carried on under this Constitution with mV ing suce'ess until last session, when tnewo' "stood aghast," as yesterday's -2%'i^j n puts it, at the more than barren result t^* years' government with its heayy.outgtand ing liabilities. If constitutional government were a reality, and not a paltry sham, the people were determined for a change of Ministry, and cried loudly for a change of men and measures, and preparatory to a general election demanded a statement of. • accounts, which haw never .)ib een properly, investigated since the'fonnn tion of the Government. On the last day of May of the present year the Assembly resolved by overwhelm, ing majorities that the action p{^ th« King's Ministers had not its conndender' The Ministers pretended to resign, .hut cdntimied their policy, and, without giving theGfiposi. tion any opportunity to fora ailijg^try ad vised, the King to. dissolve the Asaisnibly' which was accordingly done while'thgvj& ns g was still sitting. _ The first Parliament of Fiji has difne little credit to the country, a large proportion of its members having been f<jund to be " pliant supplicants" for the'patron-, age always held out by a, corrupt Ministry. The people were glad' to, si^ the dissolution of the House, although, not ap. proving of the manner in which it wasbr^ught about, for the members have never possessed the confidence of the country, being mostly returned by the various constituencies.ftjth. out opposition, as the. best men.in/.the country since the foundation of theGovera inent have never taken an active, intereii in its welfare. With a dissolution,' however, it was thought that the door was now-open to send good men and true into the 'Le^fo. tive Assembly,—men who would,:coa^rve the real interests of,the country^ ■ ■■&& Subsequently on the writs being issued the Ministers, by "Order in Council,"de clared parts of the Electoral Act, under-which they themselves held their eeat3 in jtbe late Konse, to be inoperative, and jlle|ffly in structed the returning officers, upon^i^un of prosecution, to issue electoral n§H&- to natives, and to permit their voting in 'tiiejre. (■■lection of new members of the Asßemlily, in order, as'it is believed, to control, through the native chiefs, the composition oHhe* new Assembly for the perpetuation of , thtuj^wn (Ministers) office and policy. .V'.ri ji»(rfa This daring attempt ou the pwrt; of the Ministers to sacrifice the whole whitetorpßt in Fiji to their own individual interest talked forth such an expression of public feeling that the Ministers advised the King t y with draw the writs for the new election.. t xpe King and Ministers have now called.«.meet ing of the native chiefs, or Upper House, to "consult" with them as to the prepn«yor otherwise of allowing the natives to vote. It is generally supposed that when, these chiefs meet that Ministers will address thefciti^he somewhat following strain :—Native"jcJSe&: Your liberties and your estates are threatened by the whites resident in Fiji. Weliave found this out, ajid. have advised the King to protect your interests by insisting that you, the " native gentlemen of,..|he soil," through your 1 slaves; .'.'hAvie/i a voice in the election of the white ihaffs Assembly. This the King has done, bit the whites have shown so much ( opposition to your slaves votiiig that we have deemed it advisable to "consult" you as to whether you intend the whites to ride roughshod over you or not. The King, is of opinion that the natives should vote in order that the interests ofthenativesshouldnot.be grasped by the whites. What say you, gentlemen of the soil, have we not conserved your interests by insisting that you should vote ? <■ The reply from the chiefs to this ".con sultation" can. be well imagined, and the [end «f "it'will be J that neAV writs will be issued, and the natives will be allowed' td Vttte. Should such be the case it will be allu^'with the White interest in Fiji for years to come, and the hundreds of thousands already'in vested-in Fiji will become valueless. ' ' ;;>

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., &M;) The sitting of this Court for the recQsiy of small debts was held this morning,* atid the following cases were heard :-*- X ~. Judgment fob Plaintiff v ~t 3 iC Judgment for plaintiffs were recorded as follows :—Golconda Gold Mming Company v. George D. Kirkwood—Claim (calls),'"£& < 10s. Ditto v. A. Butter—Claim (calls), £17 ! 15s. . Wm. Posseniskie v. John'Edly— Claim (for goods), £6 3s 3d. , W. C. TO6& v. Thomas Wilson—Claim £11 11s . 3.0* Joseph Craig v. Janies Craig and Co.—rd*ua (wood), £1S 9s ; £5 a week, Charles Mad den v.|W. J. Smith—Claim, £3. -■ •«**?? JOSEPH BtAY V. JOHN H. EVANS. Claim, £16. ••.••; [ •■ - ' 01ft | This was a claim for. thd sum of £16to wards the support of two of the defendaft^f. 'children in the Orphan Home.,. ' "■•.<: ' Mr May, Deputy-Superintendent, Btat.e,d the case on the part of the Government,; and, that defendant was in a positipn -to 'contri-i bute 'according to his agreement after thei rate of £20 , per annum. ; Judgment for plaintiff. J. X. MANNING V. Ov H. FLETCHER. " | Claim, 7s Ccl. 3] ~, v . ■ Mr Meyer appeared for plaintiff, and Mr- Joy for defendant. ... This case caused spine merriment in C«urt, and seems to .have arisen out, of- angry fl ings, illustrative of the truth1 of the poetic axiom,, V From -little causes 'great events * arise." ./t-v • ■ -■-'* i-i -W- L

The plaintiff was a chemist in 1870, in Shortlajid^reet, ; >biMj now.4iv^s in .ja'Pasnell villa, -and the' defendant;*commercial cW'rk, was in''tile habWoccasio'nally of falling in for a box of pills, a bottle of mixture, »ttdf other'necessary commodities. 'The present claim was for two bottles of mixture, a l toojdJL':<' brush, and nail brush, amounting to thM*^ half-crowns. ,j.|] Mr Joy began to explain the trifling nature of the claim, which, he asserted had been fostered by animus, and was proceed ing to. expatiate on' mixtures, and, tooth brushes, when M/ Meyer interrupted, and expressed a hope that Mr Joy .wbuld'not -make a long speech. ■ • George Henry Fletcher deposed that he had seen plaintiff once or twice in his life-time,' and he thought he knew him ; he had some slight recollection of going into Mr Manning's^,, ahop -in 1870.-. He might have had a tooth- ' brush and a nail-brush. He knew he had purchased bottles of mixture for Mrs-Flet cher, but he was certain they were paid <■&>?• ■■$ He never incurred chemists' debts.; He in- •* ---variably paid for his pills before taking, ' them. Mr Manning had asked verbally,,^ for the amount claimed, but had never •> sent in a bill, He received a threaten-^ ing 1 letter from Mr Manning, and sfent *~.> courteous reply. J, ■.'■■'' Sir Meyei;sa£iked defendant if he haa«ny,; (M . objection tglm letter being reftd in

COMMERCIAL.

Geo. W. Binney reports very littlo doing in the grain market; shipments of butter have been beyond the requirements of the market, and prime samples are now offering at 7d to 8d; cheese, 9d ; Oamaru flour,: £15 ; Dunedin 'flour, £14 ; Canterbury flour, £13 ; potatoes, £4 10s to £5; oats, 5s 3d to 5s 6d ; maize, 4s 9d to 5s ; bran, £6 5s ; pollard, £G 10s ; hams and bacon, 0d j wheat, 5s 9d to 6s ; kauri, 9a Gd to lfis. Loading timber at Kaipara: Moa, for Melbourne ; at Hokianga: Hebe, for Melbourne ; at (Whangaroa : Ni.ehtengaV, Lalla Eookh, and Lady Frauldyn, for MelbournQ ; at Auckland : Leslie, for New Caledonia, Alico Cameron, for Sydney, Zi^r, for Lyttelton ; at Kaipara : Florence, for Taranaki • ,

There was a fair number of bidde>B to-day at Mr Alfred Buckland?s skin, flax, Aflcl wool •sales. Skins averaged from zs~ lid to *7s 6d eaoh ; wool, Id per lb; ; lambs' washed do, ls,4.^d ; merino (in greßse^^Sd. l^O bales of flax we're offered in 20lotai (slightly damaged) and were mostly sold at VtW°s& ranging from 15s to 18s. '... '"■-

C\LT.H. Key of Tokatea G.M. Go., 3d; September 10 Hope.of Coromanrlel G.M. Co., Cd ; September 10 Italian G.M. Co., Ocl; September 10 : .

DEATHS.

STMONa— At the North Shoro, on Sept. U, Mary Mansßeld, the beloved wife of John Bymons ; 'affed 52. • The funeral will leave her lato residence at three o'clock on Sunday afternoon. , . ■ .

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

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1873.

For tho cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, « For tho futuro in1 the distance, *>•) And tho good thut we can do • -'

It has1 been made the subject of consider able complaint amongst those of our fellow colonists who hail from the Emerald Isle, that the Agent-General has systematically ignored Ireland as a field of emigration, although it is notorious that vast numbers of Irishmen, wrfsh their wives and children, leave Ireland for America every week. The Government, some time ago, gava pos.i^ive instructions to the Agerit : Ge'neral to open emigration,'agencies' in Ireland, and to ■ use',every effort to obtain, a due proportion ofj emigrants from thenco. Dr Featherston made a little fuss about this business at first; he went over to'lreland, appointed local agents, advertised in the papers, and lef,t Mr Farnall as principal emigration agent at Dublin. . So far there was ari'appearance of activity, but ship after ship .left England and no word was hejird of the expected Irish, immigrants. Matter's went on in this way for some .months., until Mr Farnall wrote, to the Su^erintendenT; of, , Aucklandi- t0;,,,' send, out .a. number; ;ofi /f families to form a special settlement under th'e,Hpme stdad; Act qf 'that: proyiirice,, aiid.,' ihtiin^ing thajb he^.wag in'communieatlon with.a.Mr Siewiy^, wkoj; ;tinder certain^ obn'ditioqs, would1 bring out ■ forty or _fif t#' 'families all mbrVor Tessa, united, by Relationship or friend ship^ ' .Mr Gillies approved, ofi the scheme, ana instructed Mr Farnall accordingly. The next thing heard, was from jVlr Farnall, ~who telegraphed ' to- the iSuperintendent'1 of Auckland. that the- Agent-General w,as obstrliciiing ' the Scheme; - had' i"e!stricted the iiUjtaber. ,0^ applications ,for, jpassagris, aiict nai' clismissed Mr Farnell • himself.

I Toithis Dr Pollen sent a Teply* direct to'''too ! Agent-General by cable, instructing! nunto jfulfil'all promises'made liy $tc Fftiiuail tO.Mr '■ Stewart, with the proviso-that all the assisted passengers would: have, to repay the cost of their passages before Crown grants for their land under the Homestead Act would be issued. Dr Featherston was further'''urged to make Belfast the.rgorji.Qf. embarkation if possible. On the 2nd August the Minister" for Immi gration forwatfd*d *»;&>• memorandum to the Agent-General ..eyidot sing; thef instructions sent by telegram, adding that the Govern ment, would, very, much regret should 'any •breakdown-occur of'Mr Farriall'fir "schente .on, jthe./scprej >©f';ji£raiste'd! passages, 'aod' authW isingiihe^aStingpfsuchjpassages to any of jjMtr SteTCari'slpartyii Mn Q'RotiLe concludes fays stating*'that i!he .^Government ''repose, the' fullest/(isnfide'nco;m ypur .giving your jogst !«assiatj}ppe : ,to i bring r this Tgcheme of emigration, as it luid been represented to ihem by the Superintendent of, Auckland, d;;a siiccesefifl .L&ue.','.'. And,.so 'far the ireaent the question of Irish immigration fests, but it ought [not, to remain m ,'tbis. unsatisfactory' position.,',' Apart; from all; other consideration, the . small-cotter class inotreland are a very desirable fie^d from i rhicfr ■td procure immigrants. Industrious, sober, and thrifty, excellent idainy hands, and good farm labourers, they are just the class to put upon small farms in this colony, and it is a nlatter of the greatest surprise that the Agent-General should have not only neglected, but' even exhibited a decided disposition to discourage immigration of this charalcte^. , The dissatisfaction felt on this "score .-by* ouri Irish fellow-colonists is well .founded, and the Government ought at once 'to insist upon fair-play being done in the.iinatteiv— Independent, v • ■ ■ ■ Th A demand for National Bank shares sfcilLcontinues, as the number applied for ' at the present time amount* to IS, 365. , <"',.

Tho bazaar in aid ofV the IPres^tifciiii"! Churches presented last evening a soefajp ltd be remembered. The excellent-City Ban<V under the control of Mr Impey, performed near the enbrance to the City Hall, there being no room for the musicians inside, tn the.afternoon the crqwxLwas not bo-great aa on ihe previous afternddri, but in the even ing the hall wa& thipkly. thronged -with' ladies aiid gentlemen. In the middle, of the JiaHj between the stai la, Were numbers of young ladies, "with sweet words and pressing persuasions endeavouring to get the gentle men visitors' names for a. raffle for a cosey, or cushion, or bachelor's writing-desk, or-- some other article of beauty and utility. The ' young ladies were most indefatigable in the ' prosecution of their excellent plans, and their gentle appeals, sweet as the breath of spring, and their voices, "winsome as the melodies of evening, were generally irresistible, except in the singular cases of a few bachelors on whose faces Time had writ ten something like thirty-five. The receipts were below those of the previous day, and may be -, enumerated;'; ajS\ follows :—','St James' stalls, No. 1, £46; No. 2, £13; jSt. I Andrews' No. 1, £21 ; No. 2, £26. At the country stall, where we observed some splendid hams, £10 ; the refreshment stall £9, and at the doors the takings amounted io £15 ;in all £HO. We observed among the audience the Key. Messrs. feruce, Mac- Kenzie, and other ministers of Presbyterian , churches, and a great number of the foremost citizens associated with the land of Burns, and Scott. At two o'clock this afternoon the bazaar was re-opened, and the hall was tolerably well filled by three. This evening the scene of last night will no doubt be pro . fitably repeated. , .:• ■:,■■ ■..; ■

The removal of Messrs Brogden's punch ing machine from the outer T of the wharf to Custom-Honse street was commenced this morning. About twenty men were occupied upon the work. Considerable difficulty was experienced in getting the heavy load round the corner of the T, and it was found neces sary to shift the iron mass on to a truck fur nished with a swivel frame. The whole of the day has boon occupied in traversing the length of the wharf. At four p.m. the punch had just been moved off tho w.ooden part of tho wharf on to the roadway.

The knotty point of the liability or non liability of contractors for debts incurred by those to whom they have sublet portions of their contracts is not in such a fair way of being settled as was imagined. It was stated that- Mr Henderson, ! o.lft, on the part of Messrs Brogden and Sons, had agreed to plead to an.amicable suit On the subject to be submitted to the arbitration of the Chief Justice, Sir (Joo. A. Aniey. It turns ' out, however, that Mr Hender son has left Auckland. without leaving any instiuccions on the matter, ami in consequence no pleas'have been entered to the suit commenced by Mr ltaes on behalf of Kirk, one of the workmen who has been left in the lurch. This is very unsatisfactory both for the men who have beeu so harshly treated, and on account of the remote chance it shews of the principle of tho question being settled: We shall be glad to hear of some dofinite arrangement bcin# come to on a point of such public importance.

A grand nmatoiir. dramatic performance will be given by permission of the managi-r of the Prince of Wales Theatre on Thursduy next, the 1 ltH inst.',' by the mernbeis of the Auckland Amateur Dramatic Club, assisted by the ladies oJf the company at present J, jrf orming a,t, the theatre. The entertain men "is' to" be given xinder the patronage of the officers, and members. of the Volunteer forces. ' "The pieces presented on the occasion will bo W. S. Gilbert's celebrated threff-'act play,' entitled " An old Score," and Morton's farce "My poor Betsy."

The new receiving-shed on the eastern extremity of; the main outer T of the wharf is now completed, and makes a very useful addijiion^o aur Wjhaif.accOmoiocLition.i • .< .

A fruitful sourcp of. danger,and annoyance to passengers in bttr streets and on the wharf is the practice of cracking their whips which carmen are so fond of; ■ In most edses this is done when there is not tho slightest necessity for it, and the men very seldom take, the, trouble to see 'wljptfis withjn 'reach of' tlie ' descending thong. There is no law.yto ]prevent; this, <^nd any protest agairfsV it on ih*o part of individuals who may havq nareowly eacaned having their eyes ilicked odt'ls usually m^t by an insulting rejoinder. Cannot something bo dono to rernqdv ,this nuisance.?, , ,-■ ~, ( . j ] {'p

We have received from Mr J. Caso 5s for Mrs Cranch, and 5s for Puhoi sottler. ~ [U0 'j

The members of the Auckland Harmonic Society met for practice last -Qvening, in the large rboni of ' the1 Yonng'ifen'B" Christian Association. About sixty ladies and gentle men were present. '. The, |iVfi^aga! number. in attendance is eighty. Tha pieces performed were "Hallelujah Chorus," from Handel's Messiahbj ; the ■ anthem. ;'fHear," Oi'/Lord " (music by King), introduced for the first .tynejniAuqkland. .. The Secular pieces[ were Herrick'B old ballad "Come, let'tiß all a Maying Go," and^Awake Lyve.'p The piiides' weW creditably rendered' bythe memb ers, under the ••management of Messrs Lambert and Cooper. .„ . , ,-. »

Übq; js .'second nature. It ia astoßishihg what»*he human system becomes accußtyined, to ;iii time. ' Fashion ahd_ tihie together will; give'tile most'absurd practices a semblance of-; propriety, will make the moat outru costumes appear .'correct, and the' nastiest flavours ac-, 1 ceptable to'tihe1 palace; r Tp ord'inhabitahts^oj', ! Auckland, stinking water-holes; or intakes on the, t,own-sida.;of Houseistreet have become a recognised feature of, the place, i afnd no one; thinka 'df 'lifting voice, or:' finger agaiiist their existence,^! But, ■tbla new 'comer this eye-sore to. the appear janco of the city, this plague-spot in an [otherwise healthy .town,, is viewed with /simple astonishment. Why, it is naturally asked, wheji,jS9 .many j, extensive systems of improvement are being carried out all around, [has this c?ying.eviil' right in the -heart iJf the city been neglected ? Why is Mechanics' Bay being filled ins.. ...Why is the Barrack £[ill being improved ? Why is the City Park being laitl ,o,ut ?., >Why are fifty other plans of improvement'being! proceeded ; with while these reeking 'pools .'are left ,to taint the,air*/ unreeled-of1? I^-•'"■•; \' ' ':.";."!'";"_ '{;',

i The Prince of Wales Theatre'last night was •ivell attended notwithstanding j numerous other attractions at the same time. The V Man of the World wa3 performed with, we thought, better success than on the pre vious evening. The "-Widow's Victim" was a very good perrbrmance, with some lively strokes, of wit., To-night, there will be an^ intire change in the billj of. farej.j.whjep PJanche's celebratfed cOmedy, " The "Pride of the Market" and the •humourous farce of poor 'j' O'Callaghan.ori hi» last Legs"<will be given.

The members of the Drum and Fife Band, 'assisted by a number of amateur sintjerp and •readers, will give their promised entertain ment oh' Monday evening at the City Hall, for the benefit of widow Cranch and her family. We learn that a first-rate pro gramme is. in. preparation for theyoccasion, to whibh we shall refer on its appearance.

l! A drill of,.the nonl-commis'sioned officers i\^as held at the Market house last night. Color-Sorgt. Self wa(Sdrill-instructor for the ©ccasion.

A meeting of discharged soldiers was cpn' j Vened< by advertisement to be held at the ' Army.and Navy' Hotel last evening. About ■sixty 'veteran's' att'fenciad, artd Mr Josep'i Syms, formerly of the -2nd Dragoon Guards, as being the oldest soldier present, was voted to the chair. It was then announced by (he conveners of the meeting that, they had called the pensioners together for the purpose of inviting ex-Assistant Com missary Innea to a banquet immediately upon his liberation from the Stockade. It was stated that Mr Innes would be set ot liberty about the end of the present month, and. that a deputation of pensioners should wait upon him in gaol and request i his acceptance of, the proffered token of respect. A warm' discussion ensued, very little sympathy being shewn .towards Mr Innes or the convenors of the meeting, and a reso lution, moved by Mr Patriok O'Donnel, and seconded by Mr Hardy, was carried r.lmost unanimously to the effect that a most gross insult was conveyed to the pensioners^ of Auckland,by the, conveners of that meeting in calling them together for such a purpose. This terminated the proceedings.

An offence similar to that which recently formed fthe subject of an inquiry before the Volunteer authorities appears to have occu pied the attention of Mr Fitzgerald, R.M., at Hokitika, .the other day. A Mr Robert AVhale and a Mr 'Robert Walker were at a public meeting together, and the latter took hold of the other's collar, re remarking ' that the coat tie was wearing was not fit for the weather, and immediately Whule felt an intolerable itching, which only got worse on scratching or rubbing the part, an.fi he had to gr> to a doctor for relief. Walker denied that ho put any stuffon AVhale. but refused to be sworn. Mr Fitzgerald said, though Walker might be guiltless of the act imputed to him, it was clear he knew who did it, and accovdingly judgmont was given for £2 and coats.

Good Templar Lodges are spreading in all directions. A new lodge is to be opened to morrow evening in Auckland, another in the course of next week at the Whan, and pre parations are being made by Mi' William Edwards in the neighbourhood of his school in tho wilds of Otahuhu.

The Sir Georgo Grey Cadets will meet this evening, in tho Market, at h.ilf-nast seven o'clock,, for.their usual wet.-k'y drill. Evory member is rcqucbted to attend.

The monthly inspection of tho Rifle Brigade' took place at the Drill-shed last night tinder the eye of Major Gordon. The Tsri';.ifle cannot be complimented, upon, the way in which its members show up at drill. Not .ibovo fifty men werepresent,—a wretched muster for three, companies. The movements executed by the Volunteers present were well enough performed to cnll for' the inspecting officer's approval. During the inspection Major Gordon presented Lieut. W. Robinson, of No. 1 Company, with a shield containing the photographs of the members of the Napier Rifle Volunteers. The following letter, which explains the pre : sentation, was read :—" Napier, I2th July, ,1873. To Lieut. Robinson, No. 1 Company, Auckland Volunteers, late Cap. Napier Rifle Volunteers. Dear sir,--On behalf of the members of the Napier .Rifle Volunteers I j beer to present you-with the accompanying group of the members~of your late company and local staff as n token of the esteem we entertain for you, both personally and as an officer of the company, and as a slight recog nition-of your valuabln services' during tjin past four years, in which, at much personal sacrifice, you devoted yourself to our inter ests. Although regretting, your departure from amongst us we all unite in a sincere fiosire for yonr future welfare and prosperity. Tho group would have boon forwarded before, but circumstances over which we had no control delayed its transmission. —I am,' dear sir, ' yours faithfully, Joiix Close, Lieutenant Commanding Company." This letter was supplemented by another from Major Withers, the officer commanding the' Volunteers in the Napier district, who, stated he had much pleasuro in adding his testimony to Captain Robinson's wortli as aji officer and * gentleman. Lieut. Robinson! made a short .answer, thanking those gentle men .who had made; tho. presentation. At the conclusion of the parade Major Gordon , remarked Upon tlio small master of Nos. 1 and 2 Companies, only ten of each being pxe jßfcnt. Ho suggested they should form .one company between them, or if their average numbers on parade continued as small as they were at present, "the Government would be likely to inform them/ their service's were not ■ required. ' Major Gordon informod the Brigade that No. 3 Company had given notice o? their intention to withdraw frbm the Brigade. After threes months tho pW misaion of the Goyernor would, be v qbtained to tho'lsec'es'sion.'

The-fi^e;^oop f of Airland Cavalry, under th<J command of Captain A. E. Isaacs, had a first-class muster at the Weakly drill lasli night at *he Market h^use. Nearly all tli^ Arolled'memb^ra were j>resen£, and serdtal* new ones joiaed..' This shpwq what may bo j done by, 6|ficef%thoroughly attending to".'the interests of their^corps. ■

An American paper says that a young lady," who4s worth $3^003; ;i-econtly rrfusedfto marry a" clorgyman because she thought.sho i was unfit fQj bo .the^wife of a minister. .Ho then 1 alWflori'eu his sacred'calliqg"an(i pro posed again. The-secbttd time sho refused his offer on the ground that sho was too good 'to marry a nian who'w6uld^th^6w\ away his clerical', rotes to win: a woman's 'hai^d.' * A,prisoner.m jail in San,Djego under sen jtenee of'deaih;fprl murder)...foratailed the kallowa by ohewing up letters .frpm hia f#£nds, ,'ihe pa|»r of', which had beta 1 saturated withrniorfihine'.' ; 'r. The v jailer' bad noticed HhtCtl he ,'emp'loyed''His;: ficant hourS r'ih chewing paper an^i thrpwia«sthe wads about the cell, but never' thoflght of interfering with this, seemingly' kmuiementiJ— California paper.

jJo the Editor; Sir,rr^l crave your assistance iind'alsb that 'ofthe public, to redress a wrong [that is being,perpetrated on, the Volunteer py the City Council, viz., causing those com panies thajlj the Market-house, for drill purposea; to pay a tax for that 'privilege. $Tow, sir, I have no objection to pay for the gas we burn during our drill hours, but when we are, prevented from using our drill shed owing to the dangers to be encountered qn the.:way, and no light when we _do, manage to get there, I think 'the' least tihe Council can do is to give us the* ijse of the asphalt pavement in the Market Without charging us for the" wear. and tear., of "it. When the Council in its magnanimity granted the use of the Market'to Volunteers, we naturally thought' it was (lone from a. feeling df sympathy with, the cause, but the following:scale would rather prove that we yjrere thought another subject by which the income uiighfe' bei increased :—-The rates im- j posed, (per night) are for a single company, four shillings • two companies half-a-crowri each ; three1 or rn'ore, two shillings each. :It niay.be urged that we, are of no use to the city, and this little screw might as well be put on to assist in snuffing us out; bftt if the press and the public think differently, of least we may expect is the temporary use at the Market free of charge.—l am, &c.| A Vofctrtfpßßß IN •JEa.RKBST, I 11': i' ;" ' '■"' *■« r> ' \

AProvincial G&vermnent Gazette was issued to-day, and contained a proclamation revok ing tie-notification made (hiving the Superin tendency of Mr, John Williamson, reserving certain lands for special settlement. It is also notified that a land sale of townslup lands at Gisborne, Puhoi, Mongonui, Leigh, Molesworth, and Albert Town, and 38 acres of Land a£ Waiuku East will bo sold on October 7. A schedule of lands to be thrown open for settlement on the 7th October, a list of Cro>vn grants, and various highway notifications are published, T jDr Kidd will deliver his lecture .this even ing on a " Popular Aspect of Science," at the Young Men's Christian Association. The' Orpheus Glee Club will be in attendance, and will perform several favourite pieces. We advise our readers who m;iy feel disposed to listen to Dr Kidd's exceHent loeture to be in time. , • / ■ i ' A publio meeting, qonvened' by the Good Templars, Will be held on Saturday evening at the Young Men's Christian Association Rooms, preparatory to tho opening of the Good Kamaritan Lodge of Good Templara. Brother Maokune will be present and make an explanatory statement regarding the Order. . . A meeting of the Colonists' Protection League was held this day at Sceats' Hotel. ■Mr Albyn Martin was in the chair. The Chairman signed the authority for payment of some accounts. A letter was read from the Mewmarket Board, stating that a deputation, from the Board; would attend the, next conference of the League. Several important public documents were laid upon the table.' Mr Kempthorne said he was sorry to see that if the Provincial loan was obtained there seemed to be no provis-ion for any of the amountbeingspent on, fue building of riour-inillst. Until mills were built wheat would not be grown in such quantities as it should be. He begged to propose the following resolution, li That in the opinion of tho League, to assist the country settlers of the province in the building of flour mills, would be an effective method of encouraging the growth of wheat and of developing the resources of tho country, and that in case of this pro vince being ablo to effect a loan this item of Hour mills ought to be mad,© one of the first considerations in its expenditure. i The motion was seconded and carried. The Chairman taua read a paper replying to the strictures lately passed upon the League by tho Herald, in"this paper the writer referred to the attempted slur pat on the League by a comparison with the Chinese. He showed that China was famous for its system of agriculture, and that tho com i parison was in reality a compliment. A suggestion was held out to the daily papers to give fuller reports of parlia i meutary speeches. The author was only aware by reading tile blue book that Auck land was coming to bankruptcy in 12 months; at any rate Mr Fitzherberb had said scj. The paper concluded with a reference to the want of ability shown in the Aesembl}'. Some conversation followed, after which the meeting broke up.

The Choral Hall concert in said of the fund of St. Mary's last evening was a triumph, and the hall was filled with happy listeners. The night was magnificent, the stars shone, and the moon walked forth in queenly brightness. A little before the time of commencing the concert hundreds of ladies and gentlemen were wending towards the temple of Apollo, and with the breaking forth of the ti.rst strains of music the seats were nearly all filled with youth, beauty, and age. The singers and musicians with the exception from a few boys in the gallery, met with re spectful applause, not loud and noisy, but such as indicates good breeding and culture. The concert opened with., a.trio coucdrtante (two violins and piano), by Messrs Hammers and Clinton. "Go, Faithless (Jlori (three sopranos), and the part'song, "My Father land," were successfuly- performed. The well-known and popular "Sailor's Sighs," by a lady and gentleman amateurs, was pleasantly rendered. The lady we thought was rather undecided, possibly from slight .nervousness at the commencement of the! duet, but, improved in Voice as she went on. "King on, Swaet Angelus," was fairly rendered, but the lady was somewhat defiicent in: energy." The' song was !nst exactly suitable for: her voice. ■ "Mollie Darling" was well sting by Mr Yates, with equally well-balanced chorus. ' This song is becoming qnite a popular favourite, and was loudly encored. The instrumental fantasia, "She ; .worq;» wreath of Hoses," was given by theßeaie family; the arrangement of style and appearance was good ; the musi cians, .six in number, 1 ranging in order according to years 'arid ,height, from tho lowest to the highest, from; the lad of seven I (second violin) to the oldest of the group. i The music consisted of four violins, violon j cello, and ; piapo. ( , t Tho part aong;: \\ puckotf siiigs.'Ju the poplar .iree " was fairly, giveri, aacfbrought the Jir^t part, jtp a .closo. , Affc«r~ an interval of ten mintues the second part opened with a fantasia from the Opera of 'jDraviatai" Theg'em of the evening was "The Captive' Greek Girl," .by ». young lady. It was sung witl-Jgraca and feeling.. -This lady1 has been under the training of Ma dama x Winter, and we muwk honestly affirm .that she did credit to her teachbra' system of musical tuition, and gives high pi'oniise'of future excellence. The song was, beautifully rendered and vociferously applauded. -As- -an- encore she substituted l KatoO'Shane." The chorus of female voices, "Le Alphigiaue," was effective and sweet. -'Love's Request," by a lady, evidenced a j »oo4*voice, but, as* the singer accompanied lerself, some parts-were scarcely heard at the : -emote1 end of the Hall. " The Sea hathits.. Pearls," a pretty sentimental part song, was applauded, .and also the romance "Alice" i piano and-violin). The duet, "Nay, bid me not Resign Love," by a lady and p^utleman, ! nd.the capital part song, "O, \Y,n<* will o'er 1 li^-Downs so Free" (Peai-salty were severally < ncored ; the voices were in excellent time,' i.nd- went well together. The conductor clearly \ ha&L bestowed "much^care upon the musical (parts, of tho concert, every part being tiaken up gfroioptly and with precision. The ooncert.,\v4B-in. every respect a good one r (jreditablib. j^-.the performers and worthy the pateOTage* awarded, by .thjs friends of St. Sfa^y's." '.It was Suggested/that a second con cert., should be given fotf the same purpose, owingjto counter-attractions, which we hope ■Will be carried into effect.

4 Mary Mansfield, the wife of John Symons, ho. departed this life at the North Shore, ojn Thursday, September 4th, 1573, was the younger daughter of Mr John C. Jearrard, one of our earliest colonists (he having settled in Auckland in 1S41), and grand-niece of Colonel Ridge, who fell at the head of the storming party at the assault on Badajoz. Deceased had suffered from a severe and pro tracted illness, and passed away in peace.

The members of No, 3 Company \ Rifle jOlub will hold their fifth competition for prizes at Mount Eden to-morrow, Saturday afternoon, commencing at two p.m. sharp..

The maddest man in Camden Xpwn is Smith. He wound up his clock regularly every night for 15 years, and than discovered that it was an eight-day clock; Ha muses on the work he might have done in i those wasted mjnutes, and hip anger is dreadfu.l. ■

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