SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

BTTNSET: Thta evening, 6.11 STTN-RISE: To morrow morninjr. 6.44 HIGH WATER i This evening, 9.19; to-morrow morning, 9.41

ARRIVALS.

Go-Ahead, s.s., McGilllvray, from Wangamii ■Wellington, s.s., Carey, from Southern porte

Clyde, scnooner, Anderson, for wangarei Sovereign of th« Seas, cuttsr for Wangeroi

DEPARTURES.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Melbourne : Dauntless, schooner, early For Sydney: EneTgy, schooner, early For Newcastle: Alice Cameron, barque, Saturday For Taranaki, Wanganui, and Wellington : Go-ahead,

s.s., to-morrow For Sydney and Melbourne: Wonga Wonga, s.s., about 6th May, Hero. s.s., early !« Northern ports: Rowena, s.s., Monday next

VESSELS EXPECTED.

ißdintrurgh Castle, ship, from London. Haueazwui Parsee, ship, from London. Sailed 12th January Agra, ship, from London. Sailed Countess of Kintore, ship, from London. Sailed Woodlark, ship; from London. Sailed 2und February Hylton Castle, barque,, from London. Sailed City of Auckland, from London. Loading Zanga, barque, from Liverpool. Sailed 17th January Thames, barque, from New York, via Sydney. Loading Akbar, ship, from Boston, via Melbourne Satellite, cutter; from Levuka _• Mary Webster, schooner, from Adelaide. Sailed 21st March (for the Manukau) . , . v TJpolu, schooner, from Samoa Esther, brig, from Newcastle. Sailed 30th March Xmulous. schooner, from Dunedih. ■ Sailed 28th April Prince Alfred, barque, from Adelaide :j Pakeha, brig, from Adelaide ' ' . Success, schooner, from Levuka ■, Emelie,; schooner,, from Tahiti _ Ivanhoe, schooner, from New Caledonia '. . Margaret Campbell, schooner, from Dunedln Amateur, barque, from Adelaide.,, Sailed 27th March Prima Donna, schooner, from Levuka Hita, brig, from Lyttelton. Sailed 29th April Xile, brig, from Lyttelton. Sailed 29th April. Feronia. barque, from Lyttelton. Sailed 26th Aprilth East Lothian, barque, from Dunedin. Sailed 29

April Wonga Wonga, s.s., from Sydney Coronet, schooner, from Lyttelton. Sailed 29th April Rangatira, s.s., from Wellington ~ ...

IMPORTS.

Per s.s. Wellington, from the South:— '■ 2 bales drapery, order; 2 cases, order; 21 sacks seed, Lipscombe; 2 boxes tobacco, 2 cases do, 20 half-chests tea, 4 cases, 20 bags rice, 20 boxes candles, 2 barrels currants, Keetley; 2 cases Kohn ; 1 do, Frazer and Tinnie ; 2 bales, order ; 1 parcel, Hayman ; 2 cases, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co. ; 1 parcel, L. D. Nathan and Co. ; 1 case, McArthur, SheraandCo.; 5 qr.-casks spirits •wirie, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.; 1 buggy, Rich ; 1 trunk, order ; 30 sacks oat meal, 2 casks, 1 case bacon, Binney ; 1 box Kohn, 20 sacks malt, order ; 2 brass castings, 1 package, 4 parcel, Combes and Daldy ; 1 package, Upton and Co. ; 1 parcel, Gilfilkn; 1 box, Baseke; 2 cases ammunition, Major Tisdall; 1' keg butter, Bucholz and Co. ; 6 boxes, 1 parcel, A. Sheath ; 2 boxes, 1 keg, 5 bundles arms, 1 bundle wire, Officer in charge of Telegraph Station ; 1 box, Bank of New Zealand ; 44 sacks malt, Binney; 21 cases fruit, Marshall ; 20 do do, Wilson ; 1 bale tweeds, A. Clark and Sons ; 5 cases paint, Holland and Butler; 1 case butter, Bennett; 1 parcel, A. Clark and Sons ; 2 boxes brandy, 5 kegs butter, 1 horse, 205 sheep, Clare; 13 cases and 6 kegs butter, Veale ; 2 cases butter, Hood. —Combes and Daldy. agents. Per Go-Ahead, from Wanganui:—24 head cattle, 400 sheep, W. Brewer; 10 hides, Oittos.

ARRIVAL OP THE WELLINGTON.

The N.Z.S.N. Co.'s s.s. Wellington, M. Carey, commander, arrived at Onehunga this morning at a quarter-past 11. She left Port Chalmers at 3.45 p.m. on the 22nd inst. and arrived at Lyttelton at 0.45 p.m. on the 23rd ; left at 4.20 p.m. on the 24th, and arrived at Wellington at 2.40 p.m. on the 25th.; left at 1.25 p.m. on the 26th, and arrived at Picton at 6 p.m. ; left" at 10.15 p.m., and arrived at Nelson at 7.35 a.m. on the 27th; left at 8.15 p.m. on the 28th, passed the Company's s.s. Ladybird off the Sugar Loaves, and arrived off- NeV Plymouth at 11.45 a.m. on the 29th ; left again at 7.50 p.m., and arrlv.ed :off the'Manukau bar at 8 a.m. ; crossed at 10, and arrived as above. Experienced strong head winds with heavy head sea from Port Chalmers to Wel lington, and from thence light easterly winds ■with fine weather. Passengers (saloon) — Mr and Mrs Rich and sort, Mrs Clare, Messrs Woodward, Roberts, Tole, Heale, Burdett, Robertson, Scotland, and one Maori. Steer age—Miss Downing, Messrs Hunt, Ander son, Hoby, Beath,. and two Maoris. We are indebted to Mr Willcocka, purser, for files and other favours.

The mast of a ship has washed ashore at! New Brighton, near Christchurch. The mast! is charred, and has been chopped off at the! butt, where it is six feet in circumference. The master of the cutter Tay had a mishap j on the Waiwera river on Tuesday last. He; was sailing in an open boat, accompanied by; a young son of Mr Sullivan, when a sudden; squall caught the sail and upset the boatJ The accident being observed a boat put off to their rescue, and both were saved. The' man was an expert swimmer, and supportedj the lad. > The ship Warwick sailed from Lyttelton for London on the 21st inst with a cargo' valued at £61,580, consisting of 9849 sacks wheat, 561 bales wool, 273 casks tallow, 194; cases meats, 857 bales flax, 25 kegs butter,! and 6 boxes of gold. The T.S.N. Co.'s s.s. Go-Ahead, Captain. McGillivray, arrived at Onehunga last night' at 10 p.m. She left Wanganui at 11 a.m. on the 28th ; crossed the bar at 12 noon; arriving inside Manukau heads at 7 p.m. last night, and here as above. Experienced fine, weather to the Cape; from thence, fresh' head winds with confused sea. Passengers :' Mr and Mrs Hawes, Mr and Mr Scalley,' Messrs Scarfe, Anderson and Dickey. We are indebted to Mr Newman, purser, for files' and other favours. ■•:

The following is the cargo of the barque, . Feronia, which sailed from Xytteltbn yester-; .day: —l 743 sacks of, wheat, 1466 sacks of; oata, 396 sacks of bran, and 336 sacks of potatoes. ■ , , . . . ; ' The barque Alice Cameron will leave for! Newcastle as soon as her cargo is discharged.! jShe will take passengers for Sydney, and i» 'announced to sail on Saturday next. ;'.:

The cutter-yacht/ Moss Rose, five tons,: with all her sails, gear, &c, will be offered; for sale by auction to-morrow, at two o'clock," by Mesdrs Cochrane & Son, at the. .water-' mens' steps. The schooaer Columbia has arrived at Napier from Auckland. ~ . t .■.,,.,. , i A correspondent the " Daily News" writing from Penzande on the 9th Feburary says :—; "We have had .a "fearful day here. The shores of Mount's Bay are strewn with wrecks,, in the midst of seas the like of which I have not seen during the past 30 years. lam happy to say that our lifeboat, the Richard Lewis, has again done some noble work this morning. When the seas were running mountains high a French vessel, La Marie Emelie de L'Orient, was seen to go ashore, and the seas to roll over her, At once the Richard Lewis lifeboat proceeded to the wreck, but she was twice driven back by the heavy rollers. The dangerous position of the boat was, now really fearful and unparalleled.

having had seven of her oars broken. ■ Still her. noble crew persevered, notwithstanding that the boat was actually hurled by the rollers twice on the wreck itself. Neverthe less, the foreigners were not to perish, if Cornishmen themselves had to perish in the effort. On the third attempt, thank God, the Eichard Lewis succeeded, amidst the greatest danger, in saving the whole of the shipwrecked Frenchmen. Mr. Blackmore, the chief officer of Coastguard, particularly distinguished himself on board the life boat."

The judges gave their decision to-day in the matter of the models of a mission schooner for the Melanesian Mission. Great interest was taken in the event by the ship-building fraternity, and fourteen very neat models were sent in, nearly every one of which con tained some good points so that the judges (Messrs Tilley and Clayton) must have been sorely taxed in making their selection. They have, however,' decided that the model sent in by Mr John Waymouth, jun., is par excellence; to him, there fore, will be} awarded the premium of £20. To describe the model is out of our power. Suffice it to say it possesses clean lines, and is likely to prove adaptable for the service for which the vessel is intended. Mr Way mouth's model is on the following scale :— length between perpendiculars, 98ft; length over all, 104 ft ; length of keel, 93ft Sin; breadth (extreme), 20ft 3in; moulded, 19ft 7in; depth of hold, 12ft, The following ship and boat-builders sent in models :—J. Waymouth 2, C. Bailey 2, Graydon 1, Sims j and Brown (iEolus) 2, T. Niccol 1, J. Clare 2, Henderson and Spraggon 1, Garnett 1, Richards 1, Gouk 1. Great admiration was expressed at the models of the successful competitor, also of Henderson and Spraggon and J. Clare.

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. The following are the current call and dividends payable; in the companies named below:— £ s. d.

MEETINGS. Green Harp, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m., 6th May Long Drive, Mr TothilTs office, Auckland, 3 p.m., 7th May All Nations, Mr Tothill's office, Auckland, 2 p.m., 7th May Bright Smile, Grahamstown, 13th May Lincoln Castlo, Sceats" Hotel, Auckland, 2 p.m., 14th May Durham Ox, Grahamstown, 19th May Hand and Band, Grahamstown, 21st May South British Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Company's Office, Queen street, Auckland, 21st May

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATES The Evening News and the Morning News

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1873.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For thp wrongs that need, resistance, For the future In the distance, ' And the good that we can do. .'

These are few, if there are any, in the province who will not earnestly desire that the dark cloud gathering over the Waikato may be dissipated, and that the peace enjoyed during the past few ■yearsjjmay..not be abruptly closed. But there are worse things than war, and if necessity, is laid on the colonists it will be contemplated bravely. It cannot be denied that the aspect of affairs is very threatening, and we believe that it will be very false policy if those guiding the councils of the King are not distinctly given to understand the gravity of the occasion. If they will have war let it be war. If they will have peace they should not only not recognise the nmrderers, but either

capture and surrender them, or ' willingly accord permission to the Armed Constabulary to hunt the fugitives any where and every where to the death. The murder of Todd has been condoned, and it may have been ■wise policy. Probably it was. But there can be too much of this, and if there is even delay in reference to the pur suit and punishment of Sullivan's murderers we shall have had too much. Every one knows what another Maori war will result in, and none ' know it better than the leaders of the Kingfparty themselves. It will be the final settlement of the native difficulty by the virtual annihilation of the native race; and we venture to say \ that at its close the " Queen's writ would run " from Auckland to Wei- ' lington without any interruption. ' That this may not be necessitated i must be the prayer of every colonist possessed of a spark of hu manity, but that this will be the result

if necessity is laid upon us must be the determination of every man with a spark of manhood in his breast. There has been temporising for several years with the natives, and it seemed calculated to preserve peaceful rela tions until by lapse of time the two peoples had been blended. And the Fabian policy would still be the policy with the natives if the devils would allow; it. But murder after murder on their side, and sugar and flour on ours, is not the style of thing that will much longer suit a law-loving and civilized people who know their strength and their ability to squelch these guerrillas and the power that harbours them. As we have said before, it ap pears exceedingly inopportune that this murder should have been perpetrated while the good fruits of the Kavvhia episode were probably maturing. But it may be that it will prove an event decisive for good, and the King feeling that now no longer time for deferring the deter mination of his future course being given, may be disposed to listen to peaceful overtures. Perhaps no com missioner could have been selected better adapted to tho occasion than Mr Mackay. He wishes well to the natives and to peace, and he is a man of plain speech and dauntless heart in dealing with the Maoris. His accepting the work is guarantee that he is not bound down to talk namby parnby, and he will not say Peace ! Peace ! when there is no peace. All that we have to desire is that he may have been empowered to present in all their fulness the benefits of peace as well as the horrors of war. We are aware that Mr Mackay entertains such an idea as that recently sketched by us, namely, tho advantages of con ferring a species of semi-vice-regal state and power on Tawhiao, and making him responsible for the actions of hie followers, and if such a pro posal were made to this chieftain now when his refusing to recognise anthority and superior power, and to surrender the murderers will be in evitable war, and annihilation, of all his belongings, it would be more than

probable that he would accept the offer, and bring a very unsatisfactory state of relations to a close. Events during the coming few days will be invested with deep interest. The tenor of our telegrams reveals the fact that there is an intensity not only in feeling but in action in the upper Waikato. In three days the King's answer will be received. The armed constabulary are pouring in, and their officers calmly " waiting for arj answer." It is evident that unless a cold blanket is drawn over the martial ardour of the district by the Native office, " an answer " will be brought in, and that right quickly. If it is satisfactpry, well; but if it is supposed that a second edition of the "pursuit" of Todd's murderers will appease the public mind, we think, that such repetition will not be backed up by public opinion. We sincerely hope that on this critical juncture the King will be induced by a noble' offer to close for ever the great gulf; between the races. It would be; a bright page in the history of the| Anglo-Saxon settlementj[of New Zea land that would tell of the chivalrous' conduct of the superior race in doing: this honor to the last of the tribes; opposing the advance of civilization.! But if it must be so, that war is the only solution of the present difficulty,' we sincerely hope that another year will show the silence of death through out the native districts, that not a rebel may remain to tell the story of the war, and that their magnificent' lands will be open for the conqueror, the lawful prize of victory, and become1 available for the unimpeded settlement of hundreds of thousands of indus trious colonists. There will be plenty! of volunteers. for the front who willj glory in carrying the confiscated; boundary line away over the island till! it joins the settlements in the South.; Still we hope the war will be averted,! and it may be averted if the Govern-! ment act as becomes the occasion.; But that action cannot afford to be a repetition of the pursuit of the mur-j derers of Todd..

We are glad to learn that Mr W. Greene, who met with the unfortunate accident in the Bank of New Zealand, is rather better, Although still in a very precarious state. The medical gentlemen who are attending him hope, from the favourable symptoms that have set in, for his ultimate recovery.

Some inebriate, w£o -was aahamect of hia own name, yesterday gave in to the police that of one of our most respected citizens, Mr Robert Vaile. Instances are of course not uncommon where two persons rightfully hold the same, name, but it appsars the name given by the individual referred to is only possessed by one gentleman in Auckland, and he certainly was not the individual who tumbled over the kerbstone and waa picked up by the police. We understand Mr Vaile intends to prosecute the person who thus unwarrantably made use of his name if he can discover him. We learn that as the Enterprise ferry steamer was lying at the Flagstaff wharf last night about seven o'clock she was run into by the Takapuna, but whether or from accident we are not in a position to say. The officers of the Takapuna state that the Enterprise from her usual place along the j3ide of the wharf had been drifted by the tide around to the end of the wharf, and it being quite dark 'the Takapuna atrtick her accidently. We understand that the matter will be strictly enquired into by the Directors of the Ferry Company who have ho sympathy with the act if intentionally done, andjwill, if liable, place no difficulties in the way of reparation for the injury. , odj

Mr Lodder, well-known in connection with the raising of the s.s. Star of the South, has been appointed manager of the Auckland Steam Packet Company in place of Capt. Holmes, who only held the office while the Star of the South, the command of which;* he continues to hold, was being re-fitted. ( Mr Lodder is an engineer of great skill, and a thorough business man. In connection with the s.s. Star of the South he drew prominent attention to the value of compound engines, and he has'always taken an active interest in all movements for mechanical improvements. His professional knowledge and.business habits will be found most valuable by the company, which possesses an admirable staff of officers in every department. With to-morrciw'sdawn comes in the month of the poets, the sweet month of whose natural adornments Shakespeare, Milton, Herrick, and every other British poet have sang, from Spencer to Burns and Tennyson. This month in the old land is suggestive of love, beauty, nightingales, bees, flowers, poetry, and universal harmony. The child ren go from door to door with fresh-framed garlands, formed of wild flow era, anemonies, violets, and sweet briar, as a joyous heart offering to the God of the youthful year. In some parts of England, especially at Helstone in Cornwall, and Horncastle in Lincolnshire, Tennyson's native county, the most comely belle of the village is selected as the " Queen o' the May," and desires her mother, as Tennyson has it; " to wake and call me, early, call me early mother dear." Then the sweeps bring out their veritable "Jack in the green," and dance and caper in garbs and ribbons whose fantastic hues glitter in the morning sun-shine, in memory of the old tradition of a certain lady of title in May-fair, London, who lost her only son, and the pro mising heir to the family estates. It was on a May morning, long ago, in the days of De Montfort, and the blir.d beggar's d aughter of Bethnal Green, when Whittington was pro claimed Lord Mayor of Londpn for the third time, that the lady of May-fair discovered her lost child with a sweep's brush on his shoulder crying, "Sweep, sweep." The voice of that darling child was recognised, despite his sooty face, washed, duly cleaned, and reinstated in the family mansion. The sweep was amply rewarded, and kept that May-day in a very boisterous manner ; and ever since that period May-day, the car nival of the English Spring, has been regarded by the grim fraternity of sweeps as their legitimate holiday, and to-morrow tho' old sport is to be revived in the streets of Auck land. Jack-in-the-Green will appear in our principal streets, with the governor and his long-frocked fiddler, and as many youngsters as can be brought together. We are assured that the citizens of Auckland will have some rare fun to-morrow. A library of 300 volumes of general literature will be sold by auction to-morrow at Cochrane's mart.

Many of our cifczena who are wont to nestle in the suburbß of the city must have noticod upon undrawing their curtains this morning the white frost-work wrought by the fairy fingers of nature in the silent watches of the night, glittering like silver in the early sunshine. The grass and sloping hill-sides literally sparkled in dewy beauty as the milkman "brushed the dews with hasty steps," and shouted with his familiar voice " milk oh, fivepencei a quart." " Wallaby" forwards the following remarks on the lack of interest in politics by working men here :—Mr Editor : sir,—As a stranger landing on this island four years ago from Victoria nothing struck me as more remark able than the contrast between the working classes here and those in the other colony in reference to political questions. There they were eagerly discussed by all grades ; here any reference to them by a working man among his own ■ class was met by a shake of the head that might indicate superior knowledge on the part of the shaker, or hopeless despair of effecting any good in that direction. Now this apathy is to be regretted, because in mixed communities like those contained in the colonies there are men capable of sound opinions on the generality of questions, and many whom travel and experience have educated into liberal and reasonable views on almost any subject; and, independent of j this, a healthy conflict of opinions by placing ■ in fiew lights, enlightens, the .parties' themselves, and prevents political affaire; from becoming stagnant, and as a consequence! unheathly. For though it may not appear "at ■ first sight that this apathy of the working' class will affect the retail, mercantile, and; landed community, yet it does do it, for; there are measures in which their interests,; though riot directly opposed, yet appear to; be, and are not altogether identical, and opposition by stimulating saves both from the apathetic state. The absence of this interest in politics is a serious loss to the whole community, as its presence in a lively state, by rendering seats a trifle pre carious, stimulates members, who in action on the Government react on departments, send a healthy stimulus through the whole ; and though the hearty opposition of the lower ranks, and the section of the prfcss that represents them, may not be invariably based! on the soundest of political principles, it yet; in its heartiness, and an eager lynx-eyed^ jealousy of the party in power, acts as| wholesome check on the administration; of public funds, and is the natural bug-; bear of lax officialdom and loose ex-' travagance, 'while it may be effectually! prevented from developing into the tyranny; of a mere numerical majority by restrictions) as to time of residence and a registration f ee —that is assuming manhood suffrage and the ballot as. its foundation. The absence of. this element in New Zealand political life may not be apparent to a person a long time resident here, but to a stranger from the other coloniea it is at once con spicuous. To what this indifference is trace-; able I may endeavour to show on another occasion1 if, not trespassing too much on your space, Mr Editor. If so just N.B. to that effect, when you will hear^ no more from yours truly, Wallaby.—[Send your remarks, but make them brief, Ed.

iWe have received a curious speoimen of a fly from J.S., a local painter and naturalist, which may be seen at our office. The writer says : "The enclosed fly was taken ill this forenoon with paralysis, which attacked it (they are a compound sex) in the middle leg on the right side, and gradually spread over its entire body, causing coma, and finally dissolution at 10.30 a.m. Its death is sup posed to have been caused by "alighting on a damp copy of the Evening Star."

We noticed a fortnight ago the curiosity shop of Mr White, in Wellesley-street, and drew particular attention to the paintings, wood carvings, and the splendidly carved mottled kauri cheffonnier, which cost £75, therein exhibited. These exquisite works of art, consisting of sketches and carved imita tions from nature, have been purchased en mas.se by a gentleman of this city, and all or any of them may be purchased at easy xatfis by any person whose means will admit the gratification of a pure taste.' The paintings chiefly are historically interesting, and the carvetl groups are close imitations of leaves, flowers and fruits, which may be seen in Wellesley-street. Particulars of terms may be obtained on the premises, or of Mr E. H. Jaggar, New Zealand Insurance Company's office. The chance to purchase magnificent things at a reasonable price now offers itself, and we are sure will meet with prompt offers. Works of art and genius are not as a rule appreciated in Auckland, and we are sure that if these things were offered in any other city but Auckland men of means and taste would soon pick them up at any cost. The prices asked are very reasonable, and must find ready purchasers. ■, , , . ,

The Town Clerk advertises for tenders for constructing a shed on the Market-square in terms of specification and plans to bo seen in the City Surveyer's office.

We regret to learn that the recent floods have caused very considerable damage ,in districts about Wairoa, Kaipara. On Mon day last, at Wairoa, the water rose to about thirty feet above high-water mark, and one farm was completely covered, and the dwell ing-house of Mr Stuff was lifted from its foundation, and carried away like Noah's ark, on the bosom of the swelling flood, up rooting and knocking down trees in its resist less course along the creek. The house at list found a resting place in a shallow part of the creek, where it was discovered in a dilapidated condition. Mr Ruff and his family, seeing the coming danger, had taken timely precaution and escaped to a place of safety with the best part of their funiture.. A neighbouring settler, Mr Wilson, was also a considerable sufferer.. The flood took away his workshop and boatshed, tore up the fence, and rushed over his garden, carry ing away his flowers and fruit trees. The shed and workshop were found at Kaihu, a distance of thirty-four miles from their original site. The Maoris also, at Matewaka, have suffered in having their grounds cleared of kumeras and potatoes, and the sweeping away of a number of their horses and pigs, and the chief Tiararua was enabled to have a bath in the top floor of Cossopore-house, his property, although it was situated on a hill. The buildings of Mr Walton, of Ohinaua, con sisting of stores, gunahed, blacksmith's shop, dwelling-house, and other buildings, were all swept away. The works of the Aratapu saw mill were stopped by the inflowing water, and large quantities of flax may be seen washed up on banks and bushes. Two new dams belonging to Mr Sill's Eochrale Flax-mills were likewise carried away. Happily, how ever, no lives were lost. , The tempest has passed, and the floods have abated.

Enthusiastic yachtsmen are informed that Messrs Cochrane and Son will sell the cutter yacht Moss Rose to-morrow, at the water men's stairs, including sails, gear, etc.

Lovers of literature will have an oppor tunity, to-morrow of making interesting additions to their home libraries by attend ing at Fort-street rooms. Messrs Cochrane and Son will offer for sale, at 11 o'clock, three hundred choice volumes of genera literature. i

The police of Lyons have lately arrested &i the Swiss frontier a forger named Moulin, calling himself Blanchard, accused of having manufactured and put into circulation scrip to the value of one million of false titles of the loan of three milliards. He had set up his workshop at Metz, and evidently did not intend any half measures.

The writer of a few years ago might have said, "He laughed, she wept." Perhaps the poet of a more civilized age would write, "He laughed in scorn ; she turned away and shed tears of disappointment." But now-a-days the ambitious young writer must produce something like this: "A hard, fiendish laugh, scornful and pitiless, forced its passage from his throat, through the lips that curled in mockery of her appeal; she covered her despairing face, and a gust and whirlwind of sorrowing agony burst forth in her irresistible tears."

On a certain occasion the counsel in an American Court took exception to the ruling of the Court on a certain point, and a dispute arose. "If the Court please," said the counsel, " I wish to refer to this book a moment," at the same time picking up a law book. "There's no use o' you referring to any books !" exclaimed the Court angrily. " I have decided the p'nt!" But your honor," persisted the attorney. " Now I don't want to hear anything further on the subject !" yelled the Court. '• I tell you again I have decided the p'nt!" "I tell you you are wrong!" retorted the counsel. "'I am right," reiterated the Court. "T> a nigger if I ain't." "I say you ain't," per:; sisted the counsel. " Crier;" yelled the Judge " I adjourn this Court for ten minutes !" and jumping from, the bench he pitched into the counsel, and after a very lively little fight placed him ' horse de oombat, after "which! business was resumed. But it was not long before another misunderstanding arose. "Crier," said the Court, "we will adjourn; this time for twenty minutes ?" and he was! about taking off his coat, when the counsel.! said, "Never mind Judge, keep your seat, J the p'nt is yielded. My thumb's out of' jin't, and I've sprained my shoulder." j

Henry Ward Beecher in a recent paper ■ says :—There comes to mind just now a good; instance of heedlessness.,' If one considers; the degree of intelligence prevailing he might,; while admitting that mistakes occur occasion-, ally in directing letters, suppose that such; mistakes were rare. What, then, shall be; thought of the report of • the Dead Letter! Department of the General Post-office? ' Ofi course a man may post a letter in haste with-! put affixing a stamp to it, but there were j four hundred thousand men forgot the postage1 stamp last year ! That a man should send a letter without designating the' county; to which it was destined we can easily conceive, especially if written in; New England, where counties play a less conspicuous part than in the Southern* or Western States ; but to neglect to affix the State to which it is destined to the superscrip tion w}ll strike one as a rare carelessness. Yet during the last year fifty-eight thousand, persons sent letters without indicating either the county or the State to which'they were: to go ! But there were three thousand persons who sent their letters to the Postoffice .with out any direction at all upon them—no name, not State, no county, no' town—blank and bare,

In our Wellington telegrams yesterday it was stated, through a misprint, that the s.s. Taranaki would leave Wellington for the North yesterday at noon. It should have read on Saturday afternoon, the steamer having been detained in consequence of her protracted passage from Lyttelton to Port Chalmers.

It is reported that Mr Copeland, late of Marshall and Copeland, the celebrated brewers of Dunedin, sold out of the firm for £36,000.

There are now five ex-Lord Chancellors each in the receipt of £5,000, a year pension. Lord St. Leonards, Lord Chelmsford, Lord Westbury, Lord Cairns, and LordHartherley.

The Figaro publishes a curious paragraph, to the effect that at a meeting in London M. Felix Pyat, alias the "unclean iconoclast," [proposed that the son of Napoleon 111. shotlld be assassinated by an Italian, but that Carl Max protested vehemently against the suggestion. ;

A libel case, Rees v. Ward, proprietor of the Kapunda Guardian, was heard lately at the .Adelaide police court. The article charged Mr Rees, who was a candidate for the Burra, with being a hypocrite, gambler, drunkard, and blasphemer, while pretending to temperance and piety. The case broke down because counsel did not call informant or witnesses to prove malice.

This is what Anthony Troll ope says of Nelson :—" The eye of man never rested on a prettier little town than Nelson. Embedded between green hills, it has the sweetest flowers, and fruit, and air, in the world. But it is a sleepy place, and fortunes can hardly be made there with true colonial rapidity."

The Leamington town crier is said to have made recently the following announcement in the streets of that fashionable inland watering place:—"Oh, yes; oh, yes ; oh, yes ; this is to give notice to all mistresses of laundresses, that at an open air meeting held in Leamington by ladies of the wash-tub, it was resolved that on and after the Ist day of June no washer-woman would work for less than one shilling and sixpence per day, her board and beer included. By order of the ladies of the wash-tub. God save the Queen."

Major Nixon, Major Edwards, and Mr Ej W. Woon, returned from their trip up the Wanganui river, after spending a very pleasant time of it in enjoying the beautiful scenery which everywhere meets the eye in the neighbourhood of the river, and being very hospitably entertained by the natives, especially by that fine old chief Topine Mamuku". The most friendly feeling exists amongst the natives towards strangers, evidencing very forcibly their changed dis position and inclination to live on terms of amity with the pakehas. It was ascertained that a great meeting is to be held very shortly of the Kingites at Te Kuiti, when it is ex pected that all the small fragments of tribes which now reside at the King's settlement will be sent to their different Kaingas : an indication of peaceful intentions. In coming down the river, a distance of about 180 miles, the party counted no less than 170 rapids. In some places their canoe came down at the rate of 10 miles an hour. — Wanganui Herald.

The members of the Scottish .Company set a good example last night to volunteers generally. The majority mustered in the drill-shed under Captain Derrom, the drill instructor, and .went through their exercises in soldier-like fashion, and with fair success The annual inspection of the Royal and Victoria Companies took place at the same time, and received the favorable commenda tion of Lieutenant Colonel Harington.

The legal manager of the Green1? Harp Gold Mining Company particularly requests the attendance of shareholders at a public meeting of the company to be held in the large room of the Insurance Building on Tuesday next.

The Carandinis were again greeted by a large audience at the City Hall last evening. The programme contained some very choice selections of music, including operatic airs, ballads, songs, duets, and part songs. Several encores were, demanded, which were grace fully conceded. The performance concluded with a ■ selection from Offenbach's Grand Duchess, at which the audience testified their approval. A great feature in these en tertainments is that the programme is changed nightly. Last evening several selections from " H Trovatore " were given, concluding with the celebrated " Miserere."

The timbering of a tunnel six hundred and fity feety long, on the Tuckee and Virginia City Railroad, near Gold Hill, Nevada, was burned out completely some few days ago, and since, across the South end, a boulder as large as a house has fallen, and for a long distance the earth has caved in. A corres pondent writes :—" There was no trusty watchman or any body else to give warning of the impending danger, and the train was around the curve and into the tunnel before the fire could be seen. The tunnel is 650 feet in length, and the fire being at the op posite end there was little time ftir thinking or acting and not enough for stopping. The deep red flames and dense black smoke were ahead, and it looked like attempting a mad rush through Tophet; but there was no other way for it. The lives of the passengers and all hands were in the care of Johnny Bartholomew, and nobody knew it better than he. His first impulse was to reverse the engine and, whistlefaownjbreaks, but his quick conclusion 'was that that wouldn't do, so with a resolute jerk of the lever he ' threw her wide open.' The Reno gave an angry snort and rushed madly forward, like a freed racer, with whirling speed, right through the fiercy mass. Johnny held fast to the lever, closed one eye, held his breath; arid tried to think of some prayer, as he passed in his checks, for he imagined he could feel the rails bending like lead under, the wheels, and both felt and heard the blazing timber and other fallen obstructions on the track being dashed aside by the trusty cow catcher. The women passengers screamed, and even the stout hearted men quivered with sudden fear as they dashed through the fierce hot light, but in another instant the terrible gauntlet was passed, and they safely slowed down in the cool, grey morning daylight beyond. Dirt, stones, and blazing bits of timber on the cow-catcher, and the shower of burning coal covering the train, showed how dangerous were obstructions so safely passed, yet they had rushed through so quickly that the.paint on the passenger coaches was not even scorched."

We are requested to call attention to Messrs E. and H. Isaacs' sale by auction to-morrow of glassware and chimney glasses., The trade are notified that in consequence of the enormous rise in the home markets of this class of goods no more consignments will be forthcoming.

Two extraordinary advertisements appear in another column. The man who claimed, a kit, containing blankets and clothing, at the Eagle Inn last week, is recommended to make restitution, as the rightful owner has turned up, and talks about police. The other advertisement announces that a pair of trousers are on the search for their proper owner, although how they changed hands— or rather legs—the deponent sayeth not,

SUPREME COURT.—Civil Sessions.

(Before His Honor Mr Justice Johnston, j

Yesterday.— (Continued.) Special Jury Case. C. A. HARKIH V. J. S. MACFARLANE. William Wright and James Edwards gave evidence relative to the damage done to the creek by defendant's driving, and also stated that the canal was cut on plaintiffs land. C. A. Harris, junr., and C. A. Harris, senr., gave evidence regarding the ownership of the plaintiff. The former also deposed that between two or three acres of land had , been washed away by defendant driving logs down the creek. It would take several thousands of pounds to put the creek mas good a state as it was before. It cost Is per 100 feet more to get the timber out of Hikutawatawa than it did before. Mr Rees put in an' affidavit by Hugh Craigi and John Richmond ; also the Crown grant to the property held by the natives and the conveyance to Mr Harris. This concluded plaintiff's case, and the Court adjourned until to-day.

THIS DAY.

The case of Harris versus JMactanane was resumed. His Honor said it was necessary that he should rule upon the point whether defen dant's deed from the natives granted him a prior right over the creek where it flowed through the plaintiff's land. He must1 say that as at present advised he did not see anything in the deed which could • maintain such a claim. The lease applied only to that part of the creek which flowed through the defendant's own land. He ruled, therefore^ that the defendant's plea to the exclusive use of the creek as against other riparian pro prietors had not been sustained. Mr Hesketh said of course he could only enter an objection against his Honor's ruling on the point. Mr Hesketh then opened his case to the jury, and calledJor the defence, John Macfarlane, formerly manager of Mr Craig's mill, who deposed : There is no other way of getting out timber from Waitekuri block except by the creek. A tramway, could be made, but the timber, if brought out such a distance, would not pay for work ing. The block would be worthless without the use of the creek. In March, 1871, the creek was quite clear. We did not re-com mence driving until October, 1871, when ths creek was completely blocked up with Harris's logs. These logs had coir - <t?wn at different times, and, being allowc<i '" :nain there, had gathered up the snags a;.. ''hish andi obstructed the stream. The ta;i... had githered between the logs. We dug a way up to the logs to clear the creek. It took his months to clear a passage through the logs. The position of the logs rendered the creek perfectly useless. Mr Harris some times sent us men to assist us in removing; his logs. He never objected to us taking out the logs. The creek was then so bad |that after several attempts to use it we abandoned, it. Such a creek requires constant attention that keep it clear. Since we made the canal we have not paid that attention as we used to do by clearing the channel below the booms. Where the gate of the canal is I have seen the land frequently covered at high water. The sides of the canal are timbered and it would float a log six feet in diameter. We were obliged to make supports for the canal gate, and we obtained the earth for the purpose from the bed of the creek and the bed of the canal. The canal went through a mangrove flat. The ground was frequently covered by the tide. Below the canal is a small island surrounded by' high water, on which vegetation grows. I put the boom-posts and canal in their positions in. order to be below high water-mark. I have seen the tide frequently, past them. I have seen the tide two feet up the walls of the little house erected on piles to keep tools in. We made the creek much better than it was before we used it. It is only from the canal gate to the sea that it has been neglected. The tendency of driving is to improve the creek. The creek may be a little wider than, before, but not to a material extent. A fresh will do a great deal more damage to a creek than driving, because a fresh is preceded by heavy rain, which softens the banks. I have seen large sections of land washed ?\way on the Waitakerei and other creeks by freshes. I have seen freshes in $his creek overflow the banks. I have seen no material alteration in the banks during 1872. I know that Mr Harris has availed himself of our driving to take down his logs. The booms would not cause silting up in the creek. We have never done anything to obstruct the creek ; on the contrary we have endeavoured to keep it clear.

By Mr Rees : The land where the canal is was only covered during -high spring tides- There is another creek which could be used for getting'down a.small portion of the tiiriber growing on the Waitekerei block. We'kever interfered with Mr Harris's use of the creek. The creek is of no use in its normal state. The canal does not in any way interfere with the use of the Waitekerei creek. The sea surrounded the gate of the, canal at spring tides.

His Honor remarked that he would have to direct the jury that by the boundaries fixed in the deed held by the plaintiff Hikutawatawa, goes down to the line of ordinary high tides, and riot merely to the mark of spring tides. That was the law on the question as laid down in English practice.

Examination continued : He could not say that, ordinary tides came up there.. The channels on' the beach were filled up by the tide: washing across the1 channels".

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY. (Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.)

DRUNKENNESS.

. Daniel Callaghan, John Shiers, and Patrick Cavanagh were severally charged with being drunk last night, and subjected to the usual penalties. .. .. • :.

; A TEACHER OF YOUTH. James Wilson, represented as a teacher of youth, was brought up to answer several charges of larceny, viz.—lst, for stealing two felt hats, value 13s, the property of Mr G. W. Friend, of Queen-street, on the 28th instant ; 2nd, with stealing two pair of boots, value 10s, the property of John Henderson, on the 24th instant; 3rd, with stealing one coat, value 15s, the property of Lewis Kelly, on the 4th instant; and lastly, with stealing a pair of boots, value 8s 6d, the property of William Brownhill, on the,same date.

! ■ The prisoner, 'who appeared in a lament able condition, pleaded guilty to the fojir charges of larceny, and said he was induced to steal the articles through distress ; he had been ill, and was out of employment. His Worship : Well, but why sacrifice your character ? Why did you not throw yourself upon the protection of the police, and something would have been done for you ? We have charitable institutions, and the people of Auckland are most charitably disposed, so there can be no necessity for persons in reduced circumstances to pursue a dishonest course.

Sergeant-Major ..Pardy asked that the prisoner might be remanded until to-morrow, as he had only been charged with the offences this inorning; and there had, npt been sufficient time to summon the witnesses, to attend.

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