SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening, 7.14 SUN-RISE: To morrow morning, 5.12 HIGH WATER : This afternoon, 3.10 ; to-morrow morning, 3.52

STEAM TO THE THAMES.

Golden Crown, to-morrow morning at eleven o'clock

ARRIVALS.

Clyde, schooner, Ander.;on, from Wangarei Southern Crocs, s.s., Sellers, from Tar"anga.

DEPARTURE.

Taranald, s.s.. Wheeler, for Seuthern ports Chal'enger, p.s., Edwards, for Wangarei Prince Rupert, cchoonor, for Wangaroa Forest Queen, ketch, Dam, for Russell

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Hobart Town : Bella Mary, barque, to-morrow For Napier and Southern ports: Nebraska, p.s., on

arrival Tor New Caledonia: Eagle, ketch, to-morrow For Boston, Mass. : Ayr, barque, early For Cork : Polar Star, ship, early For Northern ports: Rowena, s.s., Monday next Comerang, p.s., Friday next For Whitianga, Mercury Bay, and Tauranga

Southern Cross, s.s., Monday next For London : Olenhuntly, barque, early For Sydney and Melboiirne: Hero, s.s., 27th inst Wonga, s.s., Cth Feb.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Warwick, ship, from London. Sailed 4th November Caduceus, ship, from London. Loading Durham, ship* from London. Loading Moa, brig, from Melbourne Sailed Oth January Nebraska, mail steamer, from San Francisco Briton, barque, from Newcastle Ivanhoe, schooner, from New Caledonia Jessie Niccol, schooner, from Tahiti Margaret Campbell, schooner, from Oamaru. Saile 14th January Charybdis, schooner, from Levuka Merlin, schooner, from Levuka H.M.S. Blanche, from Wellington Sea Gull, schooner, from Levuka Southern Cross, schooner, from Sydney Prosperity, schooner, from Melbourne Rita, brig, from Sydney

H.M.S. Blanche left Wellington at two p.m. yesterday for Auckbnd. The schooner J\ Tukulau has entered out wards for Norfolk Island.

The schooner Kenilworth has entered out wards for Samoa.

The Southern Cross arrived this morning from Tauranga. The cargo of the s.s. Hero is being dis charged as rapidly as possible. She will take her departure for Sydney and Melbourne •n Monday next.

The schooner Clyde arrived yesterday for Wangarei. She will leave again this evening. The p.s. Lady Bowen will leave for Mahurangi and the Hot Springs to-morrow morning at eleven. The ketch Forest Queen left for Russell last evening. The s.s. Phoebe is announced to leave for the South immediately after the mail steamer Nebraska, from San Francisco, which vessel may be expected on Wednesday next. The ketch Prince Rupert left yesterday evening for Whangaroa with five passengers. The ketch Eagle will leave for New Cale donia to-morrow. The s.s. Taranaki, Captain Wheeler, left for Southern ports yesterday afternoon with the following passengers : —Saloon : Miss Smith, Mrs Davidson and family, Mrs Nixon and family, Mrs Hawson, Mrs Knight, Miss O'Halloran, Mrs Smith. Mrs Williams, Rev. Mr Waters, Rev. Mr Laish ley; Messrs. Isaacs, Rayner, Hauron, Dar nell, Manners, Gudgeon, Morpeth, Knight, O'Halloran, and servant, Stead, Barr, Rogers, Walters and two grooms, and Thompson. Steerage : Messrs. Spottiswood, Thurston, Leckie, Johnson, and Casey. A telegram received in Sydney on the 16th inst. reports the wreck of the schooner Helen near Port Macquarie, in the late north-east gale. The Helen was a vessel of 63 tons register and has been trading to the Richmond River. She was built in 1848 at the Bellinger river, and was uninsured. The following vessels are reported by the Jessie Kelly, at New Caledonia on the Bth inst. : —Schooner Annie Taylor, from the Manning River, with loss of sails, rigging, Ace. ; barque St. Magnus, from Adelaide, after a passage of twenty-two days ; Rocket s. from Sydney for Fiji. The Spunkie was bound to the Richmond River. The Ranee Bruet, Caledonia, and Chance wei-e in harbor also a French frigate. A small steamer called the Rocket, from Sydney bound to Levuka, Fiji, put into New Caledonia in distress, having been thirty-seven days at sea, and was very short of of provisions. One man was lost overboard. The steam-tug Tamar, belonging to Messrs J. and A. Brown, was run on shore near Bungareo's Norah, while running between Sydney and Newcastle. The steamer en countered a heavy easterly gale, and was in danger of foundering, when the captain deemed it prudent to run her on the beach. She has since broken in two. She was 40 years old. The Newcastle Chronicle says:—"The clipper ship Norham Castle left Auckland, N.Z., at noon on Saturday for this port, and entered the harbour to-day, making one of the quickest passages on record. She is a fine piece of naval architecture, and is a sister ship of the Garrick Castle in harbour last year. Several gentlemen bent on pleasure availed themselves of a trip to this colony by her. We believe her destination is to one of the China ports."

COMMERCIAL.

MINING.

The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below : — O a A «w a. U,

MEETINGS. Lynch's Flat, Coromandel, 25th Januaiy Dauntless and Sink to Kise, Grahamstown, 27th January Bed Queen, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 2.30 p.m. 28th January Middle Star, Star, Mechanics' Institute, Auckland, 3 p.m., 28th January Kuranui, Mr Tothill's office, Auckland, 10 a.m., 28th January Yon Tempsky, Company's office, Queen street, Auck land, 3 p.m., 33th January Una, Shortland, 30th January Ruby, Grahamstown, 31st January Durham Ox, Grahamstown. 31st January Morning Star, Grahamstown, 31st January Auckland "Whaling Company, Insurance Buildings, noon, 31st January Hauraki Saw Mill Company, Mr Bennett's office, Shortland street, Auckland, 2 p.m., 3rd February Central Italy, Grahamstown, 4th February Green Harp, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m., 10!h February New Golden Pa, Mr E. Home's office, Shortland street Auckland, noon 12th Februaiy Bonshaw, Mr Baber's office, Insurance Buildings Auckland, 2 p.m., 13th February '

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under :— Jb'or Thames, this day, at 6.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 9.30 a.m. For Mahurangi, Matakana, Waipu, &c, per Lady Bowen, to-movow, at 10 a.m. For the Australian Colonies, per s.s. Hero, on Mon day, the 27th inst., at 2 p.m. For Russell, "Wangaroa and Mongonui, per s.s. Rowena, on Mop day, the 27th inst., at 3 p.m. For Gre t Barrier, Whitianga, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per .Southern Cross, on Monday, 27th inU., at 3 p.m. For Kawau. Wangarei, &c, per Challenger, on Mon day, 27th inst., at 3 p.m. (Signed) S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Leys.—On January 22, at her residence, Franklyn street, the wife of Mr Cha-les Leys, of a daughter.

DEATHS.

West.—At Auckland, on the 24th inst., after a pro tracted illness, Mr Eben West, aged 20 years, eldest son of E. West, Esq., Spittal Hi1!, (iainsbovough, Lincolnshire, England. The funeral will leave Mrs Mclntyro's, Hobson street, To-morrow (Saturday), at 4 p.m. Flvnn.—On January 4, at Russell, Bay of Islands, Richard Flynn, native of Dublin, late of ISth llegt., ae;ed 29 years.

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

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1873.

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

And the good that we can do,

As appears by telegraphic announce ment the tender of the Auckland Steam Packet Company for a monthly steam postal service between this city and Fiji has been accepted. We regret that we cannot very cordially express congratulations on the fact. We yield to none in sincere desire to foster every local institution, and in this particular case we would specially cherish this desire in consequence of the enterprise and energy of this little company. But when we find that of the £3,000 per annum stibsidy the company has pro posed to accept the work ior £1,200, and that, as a natural consequence, they propose placing on the line such a boat as the Star of the South, it would be simple mockery to say that Auck land has reason to rejoice. It is true that for £100 a month we are not warranted in expecting much, but it does not therefore follow that we should be satisfied. For £250 per month, the amount sanctioned by the Assembly, a service might have been established that would have been a benefit and a credit to our commerce ; for £100 per trip, and with the Star of the South as the steamer, it is hard to see that any par ticular benefit will accrue. This vessel has been very useful in the cattle trade, but she is wholly unfit for carrying passengers with such comfort as will make the line compete with other means of conveyance likely to be available. In fact a service of fast sailing schooners, if cheapness is the main thing, would be incomparably preferable. It may with confidence be said that the trans-Pacific service be tween Sydney and San Francisco, via Fiji, is on the eve of being com menced. If a service between Auck land and Fiji were now established by some suitable steamer such as those of the Australian Steam Navigation Company, passengers as well as corres pondence could have the option of two competing lines across to the Pacific Coast, that via Fiji and the present trans-Pacific service, which is to call at the Navigators'lslands. The advantages of such facilities to this city and to New Zealand would be beyond calcu lation, but now unhappily we are likely to be saddled with a service to Fiji conducted by a boat wholly un suitable for such a voyage, and which by no possibility could be fitted for passengers navigating such seas. As will be observed, the boat is to be sub ject to the approval of his Honor the Superintendent. But for this service his Honor the Superintendent would approve of a dung-barge. His Honor the Superintendent does not believe in the Fijian service; he opposed the subsidy in the Assembly on the grounds that it would be a waste of public money, and he believes that the trade to be developed could be accom modated in a whaleboat. His Honor the Superintendent therefore is not the man to place his veto on the Star of the South, and we can picture the sardonic grin with which he will smil ingly convey his acquiescence. This business we may regard therefore as fixed and settled, and we have simply to bow before the fate that scatters the prospect of one of the most interesting and promising ser vices in the colonies. We are sin cerely sorry to have to write in this style, but we do so from conviction—a conviction that we believe will be shared by the whole community. Had there been any necessity for so small a sub sidy and so unsuitable a boat, then

there would have been no help for it ; but if the tenderers had increased their tender by a hundred and fifty per cent, they would not have exceeded the subsidy already voted, and would have been in a position to have made the service what it ought to be. As a local service and a local company it is impossible to withhold our sympathy and our sincere desires that it may be in the highest degree successful. So far as personal feelings are concerned there is perhaps no other company in whose hands the people ot Auckland would so gladly see this service, if efficiently and popu larly conducted. But personal feelings must yield to the sense of public in terest, and we believe this announce ment respecting the service will be re ceived with general regret.

We observe in a morning contemporary that the watermen are about to be pulled up before the Harbour Board for feeling annoyed at Captain Casey's interfering with their licensed and lawful business, It is quite right, this. The Board is bound to protect its members, What tho dickens is the use of being in the Harbour Board if tho Board won't stand by a fellow ? Let the water" men go to Hong Kong. Their voices aro not hoard at tho Board, nor can they help to roll a log. This, however, is a matter that, seriously speaking, should not be allowed to rest here. If the watermen are licensed to do particular work they should be protected in it, and if the present regula" tions are not siiJlicient then they should be amended. The Harbour Board, by statute, have control of the harbour, and can regulate the movements of everything that floats on its surface, and unquestionably should not tolerate the irregular interference of any steamer with the stated and regular work of watermen unless such steamer is licensed for this express purpose. Intelligence from Cambridge announces that the great native meeting at Maunga tautari has not yet commenced the real busi ness. There are aljout 2000 natives assem bled, and a good deal of kaikai anil waipero have already been disposed of, but the talking is not likely to begin till Monday. From all accounts there is plenty of food and an ample supply of grog provided, and it is not at all improbable that some drunken rows will take place. The Maoris, however, look upon such squabbles in a very philoso phical way, and do not make any trouble about them after they are over. Major Mair, Mr Commissioner Clarke, and the chief Paul, of Orakei, are we believe present at the meeting on behalf of the Government. Manuhiri, Rewi and Wahanui, the three most influential men of the King party are also present, but Tawhiao has not yet honoured the gathering with his presence. The King is a young man of few words, not very brilliant parts, and is very fond of the Waipero. He is quite a model king in the deference he pays to the counsels of his re sponsible advisers, and also a model in his love of luxurious indulgence. He will pro bably arrive at Maungatautari when the meeting is about half over.

The following notice is posted at the Telegraph-office : —" Mails for Australia and the United Kingdom close at the Bluff to morrow at eleven a.m."

We are requested by Mrs Cazaly to return for her her very warm and cordial thanks for the practical expression of sympathy which she has received from the people of Auckland. As we stated in a previous issue, the amount handed to this lady by the collectors is £12(i, and the original subscription papers, together with the bank deposit slips, are to be seen hung up at the counter in the office of this paper.

The parishioners of St. Mary's, Parnell, held a meeting in the school-house last evening, which was numerously attended. Dr Maunsell occupied the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and con firmed ; also, the report and balance-sheet. The receipts during the past year are £502 16s 7d ; balance in hand, £40 9s Id; total, £543 Is Bd. Expenditure for the came period, £530 12s; balance in hand, £12 9sßd; total, £543 Is 8d; parsonage loan, £300 ; school-houce loan, £50 ; total, £350 (bearing interest at 8 per cent). Mr Dyer was nominated minister's warden, and Mr W. H. Kissling was elected parish warden. The following were elected vestrymen out of the seventeen which had been nominated: Messrs Kissling, Mitford, Sheath, Booker, Hay, Rose, Lusk, Gay, Adams, and Way mouth. Messrs. Smallfield and Speight were elected auditors. Mr Kempthorne proposed to read a paper in favour of '' Iteligious teach ing in public schools," but the meeting re fused to hear it. Votes of thanks were given to the retiring officers, the choir and chair man. The meeting then dissolved.

Eight of our Volunteers have scored a suffi cient number of points at the firing for the selection of representatives to entitle them to take part in the colonial firing. This shows a very considerable improvement in the shooting of local marksmen as compared with their performances last year, when they could not qualify a number equal to that allowed by this district. Auckland is entitled to send only five competitors to the meeting at Nelson, but according to the Volunteer regulations any member who scores not less than the minimum number of points at the firing for thejehoice of representatives may take part in the colonial firing if his ex penses are defrayed by himself. We would suggest that a subscription be set on foot amongst the various companies to send the three Volunteers to Nelson who have qualified themselves above the number allowed by the Government for this district. Auckland has hitherto shown so unfavourably at these annual rifle competitions that an effort should be put forward now when opportunity offers to retrieve its lost laurels.

It might have been expected that the Par nell Highway Board had learat a lesson with regard to leaving piles of stones in the high ways. Such however does not appear to be the case judging from the fact that these obstructions are allowed to remain in the neighbourhood of Cracroft street. If the district were lighted with gas these obstacles might be excusable, but as persons are left to grope their way through the streets at night they may reasonably expect that no obstruc tion likely to result in their serious injury will be placed in their path.

The WaiJcato Times says:—"Tawhiaohas, at the last moment, drawn out of his engage ment to attend the meeting at Maungatau tari. His advisers however are on the ground. They will talk, and the non-presence of Tawhiao will give them an opportunity of afterwards repudiating anything they may say,

Nothing succeeds like success, and there is I no success like humbug. A vulgar illiterate Yankee named Peebles comes to Melbourne and lectures on Spiritualism. The Press denounce him as an ignorant charlatan, who doesn't even understand his own pseudo science ; but the public present him with a testimonial and a purse of a hundred and fifty sovereigns ! If he had been an accom plished scholar, lecturing on literature or genuine science, he would have talked to empty benches, and gone away with his purse considerably lighter than when he ' came. But as he simply happened to be 1 a quack, and a very poor quack, he is ; glorified with compliments and sent away 1 laden with gold. Altogether they seem to foe a strange people in Melbourne. Two traders have just been convicted there—on most extraordinary evidence we admit—of a conspiracy to defraud their creditors —a case, in the words of the judge who tried it, "very dangerous to the community." They are punished by a heavy fine, which is imme diately paid, and it is forthwith proposed to invite them to a public dinner ! What shall we hear next ? That Messrs. Mount and Morris have been presented with a service of plate, or Mr Butters, another specimen of the men whom Melbourne delighted to honour, with a splendid diamond —wan-anted genuine. i Si/ihiei) Umpire.

The Royal Standard Carriage Works in Durham-street are on the point of comple tion, and are well adapted to the trade they are intended for. Messrs Mackie and Basten, the proprietors, have had considerable ex perience in the art of carriage building and the manufacture of coach ironwork. Vehi cles turned out from their establishment are noted for their durability. Mr Mackie was the builder of the celebrated miniature brougham now in the possession of Tom Thumb, and which caused such an atti-action both in Auckland and Melbourne some time

af'o. The new premises have been so con structed that they may be adaptable for the carrying on of railway carriage work, for which there will, ere long, be a demand in Auckland.

The Magnet Variety Trolipe. if possible, was more entertaining, and tJ)fl audience much larger last night than Oil previous occasions. Mr Fred Clifton introduced several new and very excellent .songs ; and especially noticeable was, " Somebody always at home." "As long as the world go'en round," is not only admirable as a poetic composition, but it contains a sensible vieAv of life as we see it around us. "The Old Man's Advice" reminded one of our grand father's days , while the '' Miseries of M arried

Life" set the house in a roar. Miss Fanny Sara's singing last- night was equally accept able ; the grand arai val^e, "Beauty Sleep," was faithfully rendered ; and the Irish cerio comic song, "Larry Doolan," proved how well this lady can imitate love-lorn Pat ; the style and the brogue could not have been excelled by Doolan himcelf. The central attraction was Ltt^te and her brothers in their unsurpassed gymnastic exercises, which were sensational anil wonderful. " Blooming Morning Glories," in the double song and dance by Messrs Buckley and Holly, was performed witli their usual ability, and gave the utmost satisfaction. The " Escape from Paris in a Balloon," a lively extravaganza farce, concluded a unique and- gratifying entertainment.

A ball is announced to be given by the Auckland Scottish Volunteers on Wednesday next (anniversary day,) in the Oddfellows' Hall, Cook-street.

The High School, Symonds-street, will re" open on Monday moiuu.g next.

A notification appears that grand swimming and diving matches will take place to-morrow afternoon, commencing at two o'clock, at the Saltwater Baths, alongside the Breakwater. Seven events are marked, the iirst two being swimming matches for boys, the third for all ages, and the remainder will consist of diving matches.

The monthly inspection of the Eifle Brigade and its Cadets took place last evening outside the Drill-shed. The evening was favourable, and after the companies had been proved, the order "fours right" was given, and the Brigade marched into the Albert Barracks for battalion drill. At the close Major Gordon, the inspecting officer, informed the men that the annual inspection parade will take place during the month of March, and he requested the commanding officers of the various companies to uze their best efforts in rallying the men in order that the inspection may be satisfactory in its issues.

An inquest was held at the Pokeno Hotel on Tuesday last, before Thomas Jackson, Esq., J.l\, on thebodyofa young man who was found dead outside the hotel on the morning of the 19th inst. Dr. Corbett, of Tuakau, made a post - mortem examination, which shewed that .apoplexy was the immediate cause of death, produced by some strong stimulant. The evidence shewed that the deceased had been indulging in a course of intemperance. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence.

We perceive by annoimcement in another column that Messrs Wrigley and Hogg will to-morrow recommence business, as general grocers and tea dealers, in those commodious premises at Newmarket formerly known as Wrigloy's Stores. The shop has undergone extensive repairs, and is now replete with every variety of the trade. The character of these gentlemen, so long known for business integrity, must insure them a first - class trade. The shop will be a great boon to Newmarket.

The return match, Rodney v. United CO., will be played at Mahurangi on Wednesday next, the 29th inst. The United go down on Tuesday evening in one of Captain Casey's boats, sj>ecially put on for the occasion. We hear that a great number of visitors are going down to witness thematch, considei*able interest being manifested in the contest. The United team will be chosen from the following members :—Messrs Yates, Buck land, Mumford, Sweete, Cotton, Clifton, Whitaker, G-leeson, Coates, Atken, F. Whitaker, Lincoln, Brookes, Moss, Connell, White, Swanson, Alderton. A good game ro"y be anticipated, as it will be remembered that the United were beaten on the last occasion, and we admire their plucky spirit in trying to regain their lost laurels, for though beaten they are not vanquished.

Mr Parr, of Taranaki, has obtained per mission from tlie Provincial authorities to utilise the iron sand from the beach. Mr Fai-r has seven hundred yards of the beach at Bell Block to work upon, and will, by some process of calcination, make the sand solid, and, in that state, ship it away to other parts of the world.

According to the Lyitelton Times it is sufficient for the Superintendent of Canter bury to take a special interest in any public question to ensxire its rejection by the Executive, or for the Executive'to desire to carry any matter that cold water should be thrown on it by the Superintendent. The General Government have issued a circular to the medical profession requesting them when giving certificates of death to use forms supplied with the circular. The Government contemplate the preparation of vital statistics of the colony on the basis adopted in the United Kingdom and in the Australian colonies, so as to be able to make comparisons with the statistics of other countries.

A half-caste named Henry Daymond re cently died at Waikanae. He was (sft 6m lons and his coffin was 6ft lOin long. Ihe deceased was born at Kapiti, and at one time held a prominent position in his tribe.

The well sunk by Abel Fletcher at.-the Albert Brewery for Messrs. Whitson & Sons is estimated to yield about 5000 gallons of water per diem. It is six feet in diameter, and is sunk 100 feet and bored 110 feet further. . Mrs Mary Clemmer Ames says that, in the middle ages and earlier, women were often both physicians and surgeons.

The annual meeting of the Emily Gold Mining Company was held in the Mechanics' Institute yesterday, when the report and balance-sheet were adopted. The balance sheet shows a gross income of £708 3s lOd, and the expenditure has been £707 8s 2d. The cash assets are £'209 15s lid, and the outstanding liabilities £215 18s, being about £(> over assets. Messrs Wells and Fitness were elected directors, and Messrs Graham and Aram as auditors for the ensuing year.

A trotting match will take place on. the Epsom course to-morrow, at three o'clock p.m., between Kenwood's Black Bess and Brighton's Lazy Jack. Several other events are expected to come off.

Last evening a meeting was held in the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association for the purpose of forming a (Jood Templar's Lodge in this city. There was a large attendance. After some prelimi nary conversation it was resolved to establish a lod<'e, to be named " The Auckland Pioneer Lodge, 1.0. G.T., No 5." The ini tiatory service was conducted by Bro. W. Hobbs, D.G.W.C.T., of H.M.S. Dido, who has received authority from the D.G.W.C.T. of New Zealand, assisted by Bro. Chadwm, formerly P.W.O.T. of T-iive and Let Live Lod<>-e 'No. 420. The following gentlemen were 'appointed officers for the current quarter:—Bro. C. Robinson, W.C.T. ; Bro. Ohadwin, Lodge Deputy ; Bro. Atkm, W V.T. ; Bro. Anderson, W.S. ; Bro. Jas. CarrF.C. ; Bro. Jas. Coupland, W.T. ; Bro Rev. G. H. Turner, W.C. ; Bro. Josiah Robinson, W.M. ; Bro. Clias. White, J.G. ; Bro. Edwd. Trcmain, 0.G.; Bro. R. Hughes, A,B. ; J. Edwards, C. J. Anderson, right and left hand supporters.

Telegraphic communication between Auck -lon/l ii^, 1 the Thames was interrupted this atWon/owiV to an accident to the wire. _ „ ~ , it ""rTicts in the One of the most noted cou,-. „,-, Indiana State Prison has just been discharge* by the expiration of his term —the ex-Rev, Mr Green, once a Baptist minister of repute, and a man of fine talents, who was convicted of forgery. While in prison he has been the leader of various moral reforxns, and lias been especially active in organising a temperance society among the inmates. We would remind our readers that the Rev. A. F. Porter will, by request, re-deliver his very interesting lecture on the Martin's Bay Settlement, in the City Hall, to-night, when we trust there will be a large attend ance.

IMPORTANT DEPUTATION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

An influential deputation waited upon his Honor the Superintendent at noon to-day, including the Hon. J. Williamson, Messrs .). S. Macfarlane, G. B. Owen, J. Newman, W. Aitken, W. C. Wilson, H. Isaacs, W. Gibbons (of the Thames), and a number of other leading citizens. The deputation desired his Honor to urge upon Jthe Government the interests of this province in connection with the carrying out of the Immigration and Public Works scheme. They referred particularly to the desirability of increased immigration to the province, and observed that while ships were con tinually arriving at other ports in the colony with large numbers of immigrants the pro vince of Auckland received but few ; in fact appeared to be almost wholly neglected in that respect. Referring to public works the deputation requested his Honor to urge upon the General Government the importance of the proposed line of railway from the Thames to Waikato, and to use his influence to secure its construc tion ; also the necessity for continuing the Kaipara line to Auckland. They also wished him to point out to the Government the desirability of deepening the channel of the Waikato river.

The Superintendent replied that he, in conjunction with -his Executive, would represent the views of the deputation to the General Government. Refer ring to the Waikato river his Honor said he believed the Government had already commenced to deepen the Channel, and that the work would speedily be carried out. With regard to immigration the Provincial Government had done their utmost to urge upon the General Government the necessity for supplying that admitted want in this province. They had also already represented to the Government the importance of making a trial survey of the line of railway from the Thames to Waikato. He believed the Act of last session gave authority to the Govern ment to construct the Kaipara railway ex tension to Auckland, and it remained for them to decide whether that work should be carried out or not.

The deputation, after thanking his Honor, withdrew.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

THIS DAY.

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.] G. HILL V. J. CHAPMAN. Claim, £9 14s ; for goods delivered. Judgment for plaintiff. SOLOMON AND 00. V. T. HAYNKS. Claim, £11 14s 5d ; for goods. Judgment for plaintiff. SEA-VIEW GOLD MINING COMPANY V. THOS. BRAY. Claim, £6 ss. The legal manager of this company proved that the defendant was indebted to the amount of £6 5s in calls, on 500 shares. Judgment for plaintiff. T. APPLEBY V. PATRICK o'RORKH. Claim, £7 19s. This was a claim for the rent of a paddock. Defendant denied that he owed the amount as he had paid it to Mr Taylor, the rightful landlord. Mr Beveridge appeared for the plaintiff. Mr Appleby stated that defendant agreed to pay him Is 6d per week for the paddock as a run for his cattle. He took the paddock of Mr Taylor in October last. Samuel Finch stated that lie knew the parties in this action, and that he was in Mr Hunter's yard in October last when he heard Appelby say to O'Rorke : "Pat, I'm going to charge you Is Gd per week for the use of the paddock, and I don't care whether you have it or not." Defendant said he would put his cattle on the run. Mr Taylor, of Mount Albert, stated that the defendant was his tenant, occupying a house, and that he agreed to let O'Rorke have the use of the paddock for a shilling a week until he should let it. Patrick O'Eorke snid that he took the pad dock at the rate of £15 a year of Mr Taylor. His Honor said the evidence was clearly against the defendant. Judgment must be for the plaintiff, including costs—£.4 4s— making £12 3s. This concluded the business,

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

Before E. Isaacs, Esq., and W. A. Graham, Esq., Justices of the Peace.

DRUNKENNESS

Three inebriates were fined for their offences ss. each and costs.

VLLEGEI) MANSLAUGHTER AT DBTOY. Richard Malone and Nicholas Staunton were charged on remand with unlawfully and maliciously wounding one John Mallay, at Drury, on the Ist inst. ' Geo. Godkin also surrendered to his bail upon a charge of having struck the said John Mallay on the head with a certain pewter pot oii the 31st December last. Mr Joy defended. Since the accused were remanded from the Hospital, where they were taken to hear the depositions of the prosecutor, he has died from the injuries received. Inspector Broham informed the Court of this fact, and asked for a further remand, pending the inquest to be held on the body this afternoon. The cases were remanded until Monday, the bail being enlarged. AIXKCHSD ASSAULT. The case of alleged assault, preferred by | Joseph Martin against William Cole, was j called on. Inspector Broham stated that he had made enquiries in the case, and found that the assault was alleged to have been committed by the boy's own father, the person who had laid the information, and not the defendant. He wouhf, however, ask for a remand until to-morrow. Mr Joy appeared for the defendant, and stated that all the Inspector said was quite correct, and could be proved. Case remanded until to-morrow. THE KOBBEKY AT* A. CLARK AND SOX'.S WAREHOUSE. Francis Falcon, John Johnstone, and Jere miah Regan were charged on remand with breaking and entering the premises of Messrs A. Clark and Son, Shortland-street, and stealing therefrom articles (previously enu merated) valued at £28 2s, and money amounting to £2 4s, between the 18th and 20th of this month. Inspector Broham applied to have the case against l^egan withdrawn, as he was unable to produce any evidence against him. The Court consented, and Regan was dis charged from custody. The case against the other two prisoners was proceeded with, and the following evidence adduced :—

John Parker, a packer in the employ of Messrs A C' %vh & Son' Proved that on Sat urday afternoon I^, before leaving the pre mises, he had seen them pro7 erly se™^d > both at the front and back. On bTter^S again on the Monday morning he found VilC warehouse apparently in the same state as when he left it on Saturday, the ISth in stant.

Robt. Mason, an assistant warehouseman in the employ of the firm, deposed that on Monday morning last he observed some of the stock out of place, but did not take any further notice of the fact at the time. At four o'clock in the afternoon, however, he proceeded to put the parcels in their proper places, when he discovered two pieces of string attached to them, leading to a hole made in the wall. This hole measured 14 inches by 13 inches. The bricks had been removed and temporarily inserted again. The wooden lining on the inside had been cut through, and appeared to him to hare been perforated with a gimblet in several places, and forced inwards. The piece of wood produced had formed portion of the lining. It was found lying inside below the hole.

To the Bench : The hole was large enough to admit the passage of a man.

George Henry Powley, warehouseman, in the employ of Messrs Clarke and Son, iden tified the goods stolen by private marks and brands as belonging to his employers. The following articles were submitted for the witness' inspection, and were valued by him as follows : —1 blanket, value 14s ; 2 pair black cloth trowsers, value £2 : 10 Crimean shirts, value £4 11s; 2 pair Bedford cord trow sers, value £1 17s ; 2 pair tweed trowsers, value £1 3s fid; 1 pair tweed trowsers and vest, £1 5s 6d ; 1 tweed coat, value 14s ; 3 woollen anti-maccasors, value 19s Gel ; 5 crochet ditto, value £2 cotton ditto, value 9s Gd ; 13 towels, ISs. Witness continued, that, on the hole in the wall being discovered, he observed some wool adhering to the woodwork around the hole, similar to what the blanket is composed of. The articles stolen had been taken from three different packs, located in different parts of the warehouse.

Mr J. M. Clark, partner in the firm of A. Clark and Sons, proved having purchased some greenstone jewellery, consisting of two gold brooches and one pair ear-rings, in September last, from Mr Kohn and Mr Beck. The value was £11 10s. The articles pro duced were the same. The ticket produced was attached to one of the brooches. These articles were placed in the drawer of a table in the wai-ehouse ; the drawer was not locked. The witness also identified the articles of clothing shewn to the preceding witness as the property of the firm. The goods were not missed until they were shown to him by Detective Jeffery.

Matthew A. Clark, clerk in the firm, deposed that he held proceeds of a sale made to Mr Inglis, amounting to £2 4s. This money was contained in a small box. and placed in a drawer in the office. He missed the money on Tuesday morning. It was £2 in gold, and four shillings in silver.

Jeremiah Regan, the man previously dis charged, was put in the witness box and examined. He said : lam a sawyer, residing off Chancery-street. I am acquainted with Johnson, but do not know much of other prisoner. Johnson has been staying at my house for the last four months, and a half. He came a few days after he was discharged from the gaol. I remember last Sunday, the 19th instant. At about four o'clock in the afternoon of that day I had a conversation with him at the bottom of Vulcan-lane. He told me he was going to get a "swag," and would be able to pay me a little off what he owed me for board. I left him, when Mr Robertson called me and said, "there's sixpence for you." Johnson said he was going to see a friend, and I went home. He came to my place between six and seven o'clock and went out again about half-an-hour after. I met him afterwards about nine o'clock, at the bottom of William street, near Chancery-street, and almost op posite the lane that runs down past Winks and Hall. I saw Falcon leaning up against the wall, about ten or twelve yards from Johnson. I know Falcon as "Diego;" that is the name he goes by. I asked Johnson where he was going. He said, "To see a party." I left him then, and came up home. I saw him again between ten and eieven o'clock, down at the same place where I saw him first. He had a bag upon his back. The bag was not altogether full, but I could see the corner of a kind of white blanket hanging out. He came up to my house, and '' chucked " the bag down outside the door-step, and sat on it. I went up to him and said, " Jackey, what have you got there ?" He said he had some blankets, and some wearing apparel. I said, " Where did you get them?" "Not far from here," he said, and " can I leave them here till the morning V I said "Take them out of this for God'a sake.' 1 He $ookhis bag up and walked

away growling. He walked up towards th« pump on Barrack hill. I did not see him. again until seven and eight o'clock next morning, when he was in bed, and I saw a bag alongside with two of my blankets in it. I asked, "Jacky, who gave you these blankets." He said, "The missus." I called and asked the missus if it was true. She said " No." He told me that he had put the blankets in a bag as a "stall" in case either Jeffery and Ternahan came in to see what he had been carrying in the bag the night before. He said to me "Diego" made a fine fool of me, handing me out this lot of stuff. If I had known what they had been I would have beat them across his old head. Ho said further that he expected something better in silks. I saw him knocking about Queen-street all Monday. He did not tell me where he got the things, and I do not re member whether he said it was from a place at the back of Mrs Burkes. He said Burke had folloAved him up the lane. He told me "Diego" got in and handed them out. I saw him along with "Diego" on Tuesday morning sitting down on the step of a door opposite Chancery lane ; the latter had some thing in his hand that looked like the edge of a brooch. It shone like brass or gold. To prisoner Falcon : I saw you both to gether on Sunday night and again on Tuesday morning. To prisoner Johnson : I cannot swear what was in the bag you were carrying. To the Bench : The bag he was carrying, and the bag in my house, were not the same. I had my suspicions about Johnson. Albert Palmer, a little boy, son of William Palmer, butcher, of Edward-street, deposed that he was playing at cricket on Barrack Hill on Monday evening last, when he saw a bag lying among the grass near the wall. The bag was covered over with fern. Wit ness looked in the bag and saw several of the articles now produced, in it ; the snirta were not in the bag, but in a bundle by themselves. Constable Hutchinson after wards took it away. To the prisoner Johnson : The bag was too full to hold the shirts. Constable Hutchinson proved that the last witness pointed out the bag or sack now produced lying outside the Barrack wall; also the bundle of shirts. The lot were covered over with clocks. The shirts were separate, but they could have been put iv the sack. At this stage of the case Inspector Broham applied for a remand to enable Mr Cunning ham, the Magistrate's Clerk, to attend the inquest at the Hospital, on the body of John. Mallay. The case was remanded accordingly until Monday morning next. This concluded the business.

SUPREME COURT.—CIVIL SITTINGS.

THIS DAY,

(Before His Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Chief -Justice.) The case of Angus v. Hewin, which has occupied the Court for two days, was re sumed this morning. The counsel on both sides having addressed the jilry on the intricate details of the case, wholly uninteresting to the public. Iris Honor proceeded to sum up the evidence before the Court. The jury retired at one o'clock to consider their verdict, and had not returned at half past three. A. O. MCTAVISH V. JAMES MACGREGOR. This was <m action brought to [recover the amount of a promissory note, made by Wil liam Loggie, for £75, and endorsed by de fendant, which had been dishonoured. Mr Pcogan appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr James Russell for the defendant. The defendant admitted the endorsement of the bill, and that it was presented for payment. The defence was that due notice had not been given of the dishonour of the bill. A. D. McTavish was the first witness called, and deposed to the facts connected with the receipt of the bill by him. (Left sitting).

CORRESPONDENCE.

WHO ARE OWEN AND BROWNING?

(To the Editor of the Evening Stab.) Sib, —In the Herald a few days ago I read a letter headed, " Who is F. H. Troup." Now I should like to know who are G. B. Owen and S. Browning, who are reported in the same paper of a later date in the case of "Sholl v. Warner" to have transferred some of their shares to a pauper (or dummy). This question is of even more importance to the people of Auck land who are suffering at the present time from ajsufficiency of scrip than is the ques tion who is Troup. Can you tell me who are Owen and Browning? Are they the same gentlemen who act as directors of the Bank of New Zealand.—l am, &c, ANOTHER Stranger.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

An Old Identity.—Your letter should have been sent to the journal in which the strictures on Lottie's portrait appeared.

INQUEST.

An inquest was held this afternoon at the Provincial Hospital before Dr Goldsbro', coroner, and a select jury of sixteen, on the body of John Mallay, who died yesterday fi-om injuries received at Drury on the 31st December last.

The jury having viewed the body, Mr Cunningham produced the depositions of the deceased, which were taken on Tuesday last by Mr Cunningham, at the Hospital, and signed by the deceased ; and also by the Migistrate, by which it appeared that the deceased has been subjected to the most brutal treatment.

William Davleish, railway contractor at Drury, deposed that he remembered Monday, the 31st December, 1872, when he was at Godkin's Hotel. John Mallay was there at the time, about two o'clock p.m. He was in the bar intoxicated, and addressed wit ness. _ Said he knew him as a contractor, and immediately struck him in the face without any provocation. Mr Broham thought it was not necessary to go on with this witness. But Mr Joy, who watched the proceedings on the part of George Godkin, pressed for the evidence of Mr Davleish as of importance. The witness saw him again at the hotel on the following Tuesday outside the hotel, quarrelling and fighting, but he could not say with whom as it was then dark. [Left sitting.]

The entire wheat crop of South Australia give an average of from 14 to 15 bushels to the acre. The total estimate of the yield is stated atj2So,ooo tons; of this quantity SO,OOO tons is reckoned enough for home consump^ tion and tonnage will be required for the balance of 200,000 tons. "Doyou call this a trunk?" gvowled a dejected porter ; "it only needs a lightning ,ro4 to be mistake for a fepardj»g horn"

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Attend your chuch, the parson cries; To church each fair one goes, The old go there to close their eyes, The young to eye their clothes.



CAN THE BEST MOLESKIN TROUSERS IN NEW ZEALAND BE SOLD FOR 6s. 111).? NO! DEAPEES AND OTHEES outside the Clothing Trade may offer such baits to the public, but as THE CLOTHIER OF THE PROVINCE, and the only one whose business is exclusively conliued to the manufacture and sale of Men's Clothing, I maintain that it cannot be done. I can, however, offer to the Working Men GENUINE BARGAINS, being prepared to sell a pair of Moleskin Trousers, equal in every respect to the Cs. lid. article, FOR ss. 11b. And a pair of GENUINE Crown Moles, FOR Gs. IID. And the best in New Zealand, i FOR Ss. 11d.



SAMUEL COOMBES,



manufacturer & clothier, 80 & 180, Queen-street.