SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUN-SET: This evening, C.4. SUN-RISB.: To- HTOH "«'»'TO : Thl3 evening, 8.12; to-morrow, morning, H 2V

ARRIVALS.

Natal Queenii barque, from Lyttelton Kenilworlli, schooner, from Samoa Rowena, a Sr, from Mongonui

DEPARTURES.

Ryno, brigantine for Lrttelton Go-ahead. 8 s , for Waitaraand Wanganui Heather Bell, lirig, for Sydney, via Wangaroa Magellan Cloud, schooner, for Honolulu

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Foi Sou thorn ports : Wellington, s.s., Monday For Poverty Bay, Napier, and AVellington : Mana-

1 watu, p.s., Monday For Sydney and Melbourne : Wonga- Wonga, s.s., 29th"inst;; Kero,: 3.5.. about Ist August For London: Woodlark. ship, Slst inst. flylton C&stle;- baTque early For New York : Lyttelton, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Countess of Kintore, ship, frdto London Sailed Ist

May City of Auckland, from London. Loading Berar, ship, from London. Sailed 16th May Frniten.'tvc, ship, from London. Sailing Wonga Wonga; s s., Brown, from Sydney Hern, ss,, Lofian, from Sydney Akbar,'shiii. from Bo3ton. via Melbourne Emblie, schooner, from Tahiti . • Success, sohocrter, from Levuka . Mary..Webster, schooner, from Dunedin. Sailed Upolu, schooner, from Samoa Edith, schooner, from South Sea Islands

IMPORTS.

Per JKenilwm-tb, from Samoa r 32 casks oil, i-ton" coffee," 70 tons cobra, 8 bales cotton. , >

EXPORTS

Per Go-Ahead, for Waitara and Wanganui s For Waitara—4 cases, 1 roll, 1 bale, Mc- Arthur & Co. ; 1 case, Levy & Co J ; 10 bars iron, 1 roll zinc, Morrin ; 1 case, 15 bags salt, 20 do. sugar, 2(5 pg3. groceries, 1 case drapery, Ov'4n& Graham; 2 ploughs, 2 pgs: shares, 12 cases "fruit, '2 pkgs. sundries, A. Barnes; 15 p«s sundries, Vause ; 1 bundle mouldings, Holdship ; 2 pga sundries, Philips. For Wangantii—2 cases', Levy and Co. ; 2 bags naij^i.2 pgs haTdware, Morrin ; 2 cases dra pery, Owen and Graham; 1 case plants, Hay; 112 drain pipes, Roe ; 2 pgs sashes, 1 do casements, 40 doors, 34 pieces archi traves, Union Sash and Door Company; 1 bale Me Arthur .and Co,; 1 parcel, Cucksey;, 10,000 feet timber, Gibbons ; 1 safe, Cooley ;' 1 case, Philips ; 1 case, Waller ; 2 bales leather, Gittos.—Combes and Daldy, agents. Per Magellan Cloud, Crouch, for Honolulu: 30 c?ses wine, 50 do brandy, 3 qr.-casks do, 4 bales blankets, 2 qr. -casks wine ; 1 case apparel, 1 bale cottons, 2 do, shirts, 2 cases perfumery, A balQ apparel. 85-do, cottons-^ 10 bales > bagging,:"4 trunks boots? '3 eases) perfumed spirits, 4 cases cottons, 1 case trousers 2 trunks boots, 1 . box . tobacco, 1 case apparel, 10 do matches, 5 coils rope, 5 cases lollies, 30 tons rope, 1831, pieces timber,^ truss apparel, 1 parcel do.—Owen and Graham, agents.

The Rowena arrived from the Bay of Is- Jandft-to-clq^iwifch the. following passengers : —Messrs O'Sulliyan. pickeson, J. Williams. E. ffer'cv'MiJbrcy/Yavborougb, Helder, "VV. McLeod,.H, ); Steward,.JohnCallighan, Dono* vanj Mrs Vilcoq, Miss Stewart,, and two others.' CaVgb tieacl' of battle, 8 tons gum. , •:■■ The schooner Kenilworth arrived last night from Samoa, with the following passengers : —Messrs TV. Cruickshank, W, McKenzie, Mrs King, and: Miss.esKing:(2). Her cargo will be transhipped into the Woodlark. The Adieu cleared outwards for Melbourne to-day, via Faipara, where she will load timbar. - ■ 'stM'l. i«:> ovi >-■•'■■ 9i»tl The brig Jan,e haa^cleared ,fQr Newcastle, in ballast. She will load coal afc'that port for Hoba^tTowiU tf i I LV/ Llti .....-• The Vincent, from Onotiki, entered out wards to-day, t with ,700 tyishela , maize, 50 hides, 200 skins; *' '• "' ' -L Tb?' JfTagellaii; Cloud sailed: forjHonoluhi this afternoon with the following pagsengen : —Mrs Margaret White and three children. The men-of-war now on the Australian are :—Clio, 21 guns, Commodore Stirling ; Eosario, 3 guns, Commander Challis ; Blanche, 3 guns, Commander Simpspn; Basilisk. 5 guns, Captain Morseby ; -Dido, 8 gufisj ffJiapmans- Alacrity. 1 g"". Samp son ;.:Gonflict; 1 gdn I Eenard, lgnn; Sandfly, 1" gun ; •Beagle, 1 stani : H-'MLS. Blanche "is now, in th.c' ,Governme»t ,Dry Dock at' Sydney, being fitted with heavy bilge-pieces from 90,t0 100 fee.t in length, by 6rd^r3, lie^eived; fi-om tjiei Admiralty The i'work/is being carried out by:Mr J Cutbberfc.' '

The 11 barque signalled yesterday was the Natal'<Juee%; from iyttelton, with a cargo of grain. •• -'■' ■';i- ' — ■' •''';,.' ',' 'I '•'"« Tb^'! left thie Mannkati for' Waitara'jaria Wanganui to-day with the follpv/ing passengers :—Messrs Sampson, Davis, 'S&iton/i Johnson^1 Crawford, ; and Margett. r ~.-, ~r ,f, fV ,

COMMERCIAL.

MININO.

The following are the current calls and dividends payable ip.the companies named below:—t, I ■>.:< M I Lie,

OAT.LS. Windf all ... Yon TeMpsky Queen of the.May,!.*

0 .0 ( Auk ,lS(i 0 0 S A-ai IS ' 0,0 6 4ug (.13 |

MEETINGS, . ~ Rovftlßta^ard, Mr 1 A; A. Brine's office, Wyndham street, iuickland, 2 p.m.. 28th July El Dorado Mr F. A. White's office, Shortland street, JfiSSSk V'A/whUe^offlae, Shortland' street,

Thfme^GoldminjngiCompanyi Exchange"Hall; noon.

AucVlarirt yGas;.oompanyi Company's office, 2 p.m., MMdteKSw Mechanics' Institute 3 p.m., 29th July XwzSh toan and Mercantile Agency Company, Company's office, Auckland, noon. 29th July Waitcn^ta. Gover ft 6r Bowen Hotel, Grahamstown, 3 p.m,'3oth July Durham Ox, nrahatnstown, 30th July Kod Qneen, Mr Garland's office Vailo's Buildings, ■WVnrtbam street,-? 30 p.m..,30th July, rg Q tTnaQuarfij;, Grirhamstbwn. 31st July- - j A i AT.arv Ann. Graliainstown, 31st July Morning Star, Grafcaawtown, 7th Augnst _ .

For TkSi&. on Monday, 28thinst., at 10.J80 a.m, and F^s3^r,^^atu,onMond W , Fo^BnlelJ/Wan^a^ and MoDgbnui, i«rKo*et.a;' on Mdnday, 28th fnst;, at 8 ligttW-* »'"^ lH4 i,ivit For Ka^ per Seveid, on : Monday, 28tn, inafe^at For^itiar^.T^iraT,^ ««d O^itki, perSoutheyii; Cross, on Tufei»iy,.29th inst., at 3p m. l^"~J For th< ?< ;Hnd_Brm?n^qDed (i p}^ea, per Lnna, on,Thur ft d<Fnr InVia htChlna UnMediterrai)ean port 9, Continent of Eurone, America, &c, at Sa.ra, ■ Far Taranaki and Southern provinces, at 9.30 a.m. ForAust&lia^ Coldniea.anA Ugte4 gjngdom^Tfja letters for Southern provinces and Melbourne, at 10a.m.(.•!•::■::ii>i Tdj:<i.'.'-:i'!i r.tjU'i ;l'!O.j A.

For newspapers, at 6 a.m. For ror'stcrpd letters and money orders, on ■Wrdfl'SnUTi 3Qth inßt; (i at 5, p.m. ~ IVm;,. i. it/fl Mails for Austriii'im ColonJ"" ?id UnUed King dom, vU Melbou ne, w;U clb^se, tl !i day, at 8 p m.,\

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

O.K.—We received your well-meant verses on th» death of Rev D. Hamilton, but they are not adapted for publication.

BIRTH.

Pbot/d.— On July 22, at,her residence, Chapel street, ! - Mrs George Proud Of a son;

MARRIAGE.

HAA.SB-SiNDKN.^On, J.ufy 24,, at the residence i of thd Key. A.' Macdonald, Vincent street, Auckhtnd, Hejory, second son of William Haase, Esq., of Craw ford street, Bryanston Square, London, to Elixabcth Josephine, third daughter ofthejate Joseph Sinden, Esq., of Auckland.

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

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1878.

For the cause that laeki assistance. For the wrongs that need resistance, ' For the future in the distance, , And the good that we can do , ]

", A ipetition ,has;been prepared for presenta tion [to the City Council on Monday next, praying that the Market be permitted to remain open till eight o'clock every night. Xl, the Market were entirely devoted to stalls for ceuntry produce the prayer of this petition would be a reasonable one, but-the businesses, 'carried oh have fcio muchthe'chaTacterof shops! Lf or the petitioner* to.make gpod, their case. Itmusbnotbe forgotteniihat the Market-house 'has ibeen erected,.. at the cost.of the rate payers ; and as those'who have been instru mental in securing its establishment have, at a personal sacrifice endeavoured to carry out the early-closing system for the benefit of'their employe's, we think the stall-holders are going rather too far in pressing for privi leges', which must either compel all retail Shops to continue open until eight, or carry on their trades at a great disadvantage. This' w3ul4 /b&JKmdsJjifcdesii'able fesult from; | i'the establishment of a market. The stalls in the market-placet: have already* too much ifcheiqh/iragj#r£f. miscellaneous shops, an.4, as., thesej shops ?ieJetatiyepy46w. rentals, and do not,contribute to. the.rates, in the same ratio; as ho&'er. .pity t propeirty, the stall- | holders!" 'should "k be, thankful for the ! privilege's they! ienjdy1 and, hot *aise a' feeling agaiasWithem amongst '.business men..: It is a' matter which wilV'yet!1 have to be conJ sidered' °by/;ithe! '. Cotitic.il wHethe^^me pf-,j the,''^tafts,; laire.; r .no£. (of oft' cfra,raptier which .iib waa never contemplated when i the market was projected would be permitted;1 It is quite right tha.t the whole of the etalla

should be let if possible until the market is fairly established; but a clean sweep of. one or two of them will yet have to be made. If the market were purely a produce market, and the extended hours were required to afford time for farmers to dispose of their produce, then we could see good reason for granting the petition, but as at present constituted there ia not one argument urged on behalf of extended hours at the market that could not be urged with equal force in favour of throwing open every shop in Queen-street until eight. We trust every encouragement will be given to holders of 3talls, and every privilege con ferred upon them which can be done with fairness ; and in this we do not think that too much weight should be given to other city interests to the detriment of the market. On the contrary we trust nothing will be want ing on the part of the Council to make the Mar ket a complete success; but in this demand for the opening of the Market till eight o'clock, while the ordinary hour for closing-=in town is six, we see a principle likely to operate injuriously upon the early - closing movement, which has our warmest sympathy ; and at the same time a course which has nothing to recommend it, as the stalls are at present let. We think, there fore, that the Council w:ll act wisely in rejecting the petition.

The school-room attached to the Pitt street Wealeyan Chapel was crowded last evening on the occasion of the second 9oiree of the Mutual Improvement Class. Mr Joseph Wilson occupied the chair, and intro duced the proceedings with an appropriate speech, delivered with studied care. Mr Bridaon conducted the choir with hia accustomed ability, and Mr Smith presided at the harmonium. The choir gave several excellent pieces, such as " Hark Apollo," " Away to the Woods, and " Ye Shepherd Swains, "which elicited well-merited applause. At the close of the first part, on refreshments being announced, the cheering was immense, which the members of the choir interpreted as an encore for "Trip it merrily," which they repeated. The recitations included "The Infinite," by Mr Hoskins ; " Tell's Soliloquy," from the play of Sheridan Knowles, which was rendered by Mr Beaumont. Hood's " Bridge of Sighs" was given with true feeling by Mr White. Among the readings perhaps the most suc cessful was Pandecn O'Rafferty's Sea Voy agd," by Mr McMaster, who was quite at home in this characteristic piece. "Martin Craghan was fa; rly rendered by Mr Buttle. Mr Thome read the " Unlucky Present" with much care. It was a very abaurd and im probable story of a parson, but passed off successfully. A story by Mark Twain, by MrKeven, was full of humour,, and vocifer ously received. '' Belahazzar's Feast," by Mr Buddie, was rather of too serious a character, and was delivered in too low a tone ; much of its poetic beauty, therefore, was lost to the audience. , Tlie pieces, with one or two ex ceptions, and the music throughout were of the liveliest description. Mr Lewis, with exceedingly good taste, made a brief but tell ing speech on the general utility of such associations, from which we learned that the Pitt-street class number fifty members, and that about thirty attend regularly. The reverend, gentleman said they were quite Pai-liamehta'ry in their proceedings, but not so in their recesses, as the members neither went out pheasant shooting nor Btudied Homer. Archbishop Whately had been opposed to such societies because he con sidered that at such places young men acquired fluency of speech before they could form correct opinions. He had known many similar societies, but did not knoyr of one which had been more successful within the space of six months thau the Pitt-street Mutual Improvement Class. The entertain ment loyally closed with "God save the Queen." . .

It would appear that the poetic effusion of "Nannie " has reached its intended mark through the intervention of the Stnr. We have been requested to publish the follow "ng reply : _'« Nannie,—Yours of the 21st was recognised., Your angelic name was stamped upon every sentence of the letter. But you fall into a pormlar error, viz., mistaken shy ness for pride. Dear girl, hope on, hope ever, all wilHyet be well.—Willik."

Discourses will be delivered to-morrow at Nowton Kirk by Rev. Dr. Wallis : morning, "The Great Mystery of Godliness ;" evening, Lectures on Popery, lecture No. 4—"The Bible : the Rule of Faith and Practice." City Hall, by Samuel Edger, B. A. : morning, " Enthusiasm in Religion ;" evening, " Dives and Lazarus." St. Matthew's Church, by Right Rev. Bishop Cowie : evening, a funeral sermon on the death of Rev. David Jones, when the choir will perform Handel's " Last Judgment." Whau Presbyterian Church : in the morning a funeral sermon by Rev. D. Bruce, on the late minister, the Rev. D. Hamilton. Pitt-street United Methodist Church : morning and evening, by Rev. G. H. Turner; and at Cook-street Christians' Meeting-house services will be at usual. Mr Ewington will conduct Divine service n the Newton Hall to-morrow evening.

A close observer of the times sends us the following on political treachery : —" Sir, —It is really amusing to notice how invariably, as each; session of Parliament comes round, your moining contemporary polishes up his op position armour, and haying.in an underhand sort bf way, been supporting the Vogel ad ministration throughout- the recess, now wishes the public to bolieve that Stafford is their man, not Vogel! But the leader in this [ morning's Herald really ' out-Herod's Herod' in its attempt to throw political dust in ;the -eyes of this community. The| writer most kindly advises us at the, commencement of the article to give Mr yoge! fair-play just for one more session, so as to allow him to br.'^g the colony a few fetefc hearer to the edge of that financial abyss into which we are about to plunge, and that if he: then turns put neither a statesman^ nor financier it (tho' New Zealand Herald) •« 111 be miserably disappointed to think that this promising child of fortune, after having had some ten millions squandered upon his poli tical: and and financial education, should after all turn.out a rank' 'duffer.' Now does the Herald imagine that people have resided in the colony for over a dozen years, and do not remember that the parties sup posed to pull the political wires in Wyndham stree*t are known to be staunch supporters of the separation,policy, now being carefully mooted in the South. And why? Because in the .event of, separation they see a prospect of Auckland again becoming the capital, nos of the future 'Great Britain of the South;, but of a portion of that country represented by a few insignificant villages on the, sea board, and an interior inhabited by a hostile aboriginal race. Electors beware of separa tion !-M: am, &c, Paul Pry." ".ifche Auckland drum and fife band will hold ] their anniversary meeting on Monday evening next, in the large room of the Young Men's Christian Association. C3lonel Haultain has promised to take the chair. The programme is full of promise : the band will play a number of-select , pieces, the ladies will sing several ballads, the gentle men .will give recitations 'and apt readings. No, I of the imprinted publication, ,the J>rum ami, Fife Gazette, will be.read by the editor, embracing the latest Auckland intel ligence, witk strictures mx milk women and coYs, milk and water,, and the ed««ation rate, i^i .V-liiW \uuii ■:■■ >. '•• '■■•■; ■

gfritelligence'-has beeii'received fronv-W.el-i lington to the effect tfiat haying considered the petition praying for the commutation of the sentence of death passed upon\ Epp wright,' the Government see nothing to justify their interference with the course of the law. The Sheriff .has . received .-the warrant authorising the execution of the prisoner on, Tuesday morning next, at.seven o'clock, and the condemned man has been informed that no hope remains foi* him- inthis world. Eppwright seems, to feel tKe awful nesa of his position, and pays great attention to: the ministrations of the clergymen who. visit him. He is confined in the condemned:, /sell set apart for men under the sentence of death. He is very reticent with regard to his past career, but sufficient has been dis closed to show that his parents were respect able people, and endeavoured to instil useful lessons in his ir-;nd. Fo?lowing the sea, he p squired the wild reckless character which, made him a terror to all who offended him, and resulted in the comnrssion of the offence for which he has forfeited his own life.

We have received the following with a request for its insertion :—■',',,

Doth this man serve God ? "Why ask you? lie speaks not like a man of God's making . —Love* Lahtur L*st Sir, —May I e-qnire whether Mr W. E. Sad let' is a perambulating vocabulary, or only one who, having been "at a great feast of languages and stolen the scraps," is generous enough ho share the spoil with hu neighbours. There are many who on this point, to use this gentleman's own words, "desiderate large explanatory amplification." Mr Sadler will surely hurt himself by his d,eep researches into lexicons, and the labour employed in poring over Johnson, Webster, and Walker must inevitably bring him to a premature grave. In such a case, should.a Coroners jury "sit";on him, the probab c verdict wou'd be "Died from a.surfeit of multi syllables;" But seriously a'jieakmg, what heinous crimes can the people of this place have committed that no less a penance than the perusal of Mr Sadler's effusions will suifico to procure their condonation ? It is surely hard lines that DO subject of controversy can arJ3e in this city but Mr Sadler^ like a second Don Quixote, must rush into the fray, and, launching out his inex haustible stock of octosyllables, create "confusion worse confounded ;" in fact the moment Mr Sadler makes his appearance one feels inclined to say with Mac/luff, ''Con fusion now hath made his masterpiece." Will none of this gentleman's friends persuade him that he"is lost in Auckland, and to be properly appreciated he should hasten his exit from this sublunary abode to tho regions of endless space, where, basking in! the smiles of departed lexicographers, he could dual out his polysyllables to hia heart's content be sides possessing the consolatory thought that " though losfcjjjo sight " to hia quoiidura fellow citizens he will " be to memory dear." Dear, indeed, when the cost of'"the remem brance is considered.—l am, Iconoclast.

Telegraphic business has been greatly ob structed to-day, two wires being down, so that the whole of, tho business between Auckland, the Thames, and the South, has been thrown on to one wirs. ' • I

The Auckland Whaling Company will hold its half-yearly-meeting on Monday next, when the report and balance-sheet will be presented, officers for the ensuing"term will be elected, and other business of importance brought before the meeting.

A correspondent under the sigaaxure '* Drifter" writes as follows on Waikato de fence :—The front of the country upon which Mr Mackay and Lieut.-Colonel liyort> are operating is a line of open country—hardly a tree upon it. Along this line of' open. country patrol track* and redoubts, and all the rest of it, are being established in abund ance. But the western frontier of Waikato is a line of: dense forest and hill from end to end. Along this western frontier run the main road 3 from Kawhia, Toko ogamutu and Makau; in, short, ; from all the fastnesses.of the King party. Along this line not a single precaution has been taken—'hot an official goes near it. Waikato strategy would from'this appear to require that the. forest flank should be quite neg lected, and that every available shilling and man should be crammed into the defence of the open and easily guarded line that we are pleased to call the "front." In short, we are drifting helplessly, and under the guid ance of quackery we are spending money in thousands for tli'e manufacture of just such a mess as was made of Tito Kawaru's little affair. Tito Kawaru had a bar* handful of' savages in the bush upon the flank of an open country, coloneled, majored, and redoubted in ridiculous profusion. Tito made feint? on our front and forced marches on our flank ; house?, flocks, herds, and eettleib were swept away as fast, as Tito and his Bavages could march. One word more on the composition of th,e' force now gathering for the pretended defence of Waikato. About one hundred and fifty of the A..C, officered by one colonel, one major," and six sub -inspectors, which rank as captains and draw pay accordingly ; Native contingents of various and discordant tribes,' officered by= whitea and blacks, in, glorious corfusion and profusion; Militia and ! Volunteers from here, there, and everywhere. The" organisations and ' iis terests of these forces vary like the wind. The rates of pa> in th« ranks vary for private soldiers from 7s to 2s 6d per diem.. The appointment of-officers depends upon somebody's momentary whim. >■• Theelements of clashing; and confusion »re lavishly pro vided ; simplicity, and unity of ■ organization areignored. And out of the depths, of this chaos harmony, victory and. peace are to be. evolved. j ■ '

There are now six mills at work in the neighbourhood of the Pelorus, giving employ - ment to some 150 hands," and capable of cutting about 7,000,000 feet, of savin timber annually.1 Valuing this "at. its "now mar-"1 ket. price, it will realise something like, £28,000, and will give employment to 200 vessels of the class now used in the trade. The abqndaals quantity of timber, supplying, trees in the Pelorus Sound will enable the whole of : the, mil's to be. kept: at constant work for a number of years, supposing there should be no diminution in the demand, of which there ia now no indication.—Marl borough JBres^,

I We cordiaJ'y endorse the suggestion con taiacld in th« following letter respecting-the petition to the Assembly for a loan for the object Of a^free, public library :—•• Sir, —II think country districts, and. especially those that have institutes (tmd libraries, are as much interested'in the present movement for a C3ritraf free, library as Auckland itself is. , I would'-suggest that the promoters of < the petition forward copies to postmasters,., etc., in different parts of the province^ and' I believe that agreat nuinberof signatures could be obtained. . I know of one institute where^ there are a few' hundreds of really, good books which have been read or looked at by the members, and. which could be^exchanged,, with another similar number witb?a'4vantage in the shape of fresh selections to both parties.-r-I am, &c, Country Librae^." , , We beg toacltnowjedge a further donation to Mrs Mann, being fire shillings from-J.

1 The chief businekat the' Police Court to "day was the disposal of a batch of drunkards, and the excuses of the women were some what remarkable. Amy, or Annie Hamilton, a «aily dressed young girl, said she had been in service a year in Hauraki, but had quite forgotten the names of her employers. - bile came into town yesterday, and treated her self to ft few glasses, which, strange to say, deprived h«r for a time of the use of Jjer senses —Aim White, a.woman about fifty, with four large marks of the graVel rash on her face, and a baby in her arms, which the bourt considered from ita dingy face and arms must?, be half-caste, said her husband was a settler atWaiheke, and was the owner of a boat. He had gone home without her, and to, keep up her spirits and keep out the cold she took a nip.— Ellen Coulon stated that she was a young married woman residing in Newton. Her husband was a ye.ry good man, but she foolishly was in duced to. see the sights of Queen-street yeßtereve,' arid took a drop of real Irish, and being in a weakly state, it made her giddy, when the constable came to her assistance. She implored his Worship to let her oft, as she had left baby, a fortnight o,ld, and she feared that John would neglect to give it the bottle. On promising the Court that the child should drink from the proper bottle, she was allowed to go at large.

We pity the sorrows of Constable Mulville since the nursemaids and. their little chariot; eers are removed from his surveillance. He lmows the hymn that says " For Satan finds gome mischief still for idle hands to do, and he makes painful efforts to keep his hands busy. It appears that the contractor engaged in forming the cricket ground withm the Albert Barracks is under the neces sity of keeping a horse to take him about his duties. As is customary With most people similarly circumstanced he does not always stay astride of the beast but dismounts to attend to his business. Yesterday he had bo descended in the Barrack Green, and fastening his horse for a few moments on the very ground which his men are engaged in levelling and turfing, he was giving them orders when, happening to look -round, he found no less a person than Constable Mulville fiddling at tfre hole's bridle, it' appears the worthy officer had pounced on the aDimal; and loosing the bridle, was taking the horse to the lock.up for "shthraying." The owner naturally indignant gave vent to his emotions, and 'was on the point of involving him self in the meshes of the new Police Protection Act when Mishther Cunstable Mulville, finding him wickeder than the little nurse-girls, thought discretion was the better part of valour, and beat a re treat. Not, however, without pulling out the note-book, and inditing the name with the awful dimity of offended law.

To the Editor : Sir,—lt is not often I ad dress ■ thee. I fear, seldom as my scrawls reach your editorial hand, they are becoming somewhat wearisome. Yet with this sombre reflection pinging on my heart I must again come to the fore and ask you to record in your imperishable columns an act of the most cold-blooded premeditated malice that was ever perpetrated before in this or any other portion of the civilised world. Sir, I live in Bereaford-afreet. I am daily in the habit during the wet winter months of ascend ing from the gully in which. I reside, to the Pitt-street begimrns;. On the right hand side going up is a crop of thistles, not sparsely distributed, but literally in thousands! See- for yourself. I drew the attention of a friend only yesterday to the fact patent to his optics. Warmly wedis eussed it, and as both, our ways trended up the Katangahape road to its junction with the Cemeteries, oud as we chose the right-hand side of the road, we necessarily had to pass the shop of Mr David Grubb, of Scotch pie celebrity.- In his: window were three pancakea. On; the right-hand one, in slips of preserved lemou, was the following : " Auckland /or ever !" The left, "Scotland ever !" Now comes the atrocity: In the centre(with the blue Turk's head bloom steam ing inhis nose) was "Hurrahfor the Thistle!" Can check of lakers further go ? As Mr Grubb appears to be an enthusiastic a'lmirer of auld Gael's interesting plant, I bej resiiect fiilly to intimate to-the City Council their immediately passing a special by-law that Mi Grubb be compelled to "grub" up those dwarfish Scottish trees, and take them to his bosom in the Karangahapo road, which will be productive of two things—the removal of an eyesore to non-Scottish tastes, and a boon to himself, inasmuch as he will then be enabled not only to advertise his enthusiasm oh a:pancake, but w:ll have a shop-load to shew; of the very Scottish beauties over which he sixigs poeans.—Yours truly, T. B. Hanna- FOHD.

The stone-breaking machine at Mount Edeii is kept constantly working, and turns out a good supply of metal for the streets. Sevejral men are keptiemployed quarrying the and feeding the machine. The roadi leading from the stone-teeaking ma chine .through the toll bar is in a fearful state of mud, notwithstanding the special facilities for keeping it in order. On the opposite Iside qi the. mountain the hard-labour men. are kepti working under the direction of .Captain Eyrei and his warders. They manage to preparp a gtood deal of metal for spreading, although not sufficient for the requirements of the Government.

I We have received the following for inser tion :— " Sir,—Your correspondent, 'Ml Adm^ari," says that I see no harm in per sons feeding their cows,and goats at the ex-, pense of their neighbour's gardens, etc. I. beg tjo say thatinothing was farther from my intention. In my letter lif aid, under proper restrictions, J would allow.poor people to feed their cows on unenclosed lands, as is done in England. If he thinks that lam hard up for a; mouthful of gras3 for my own. cow he ia mistaken. ' Nil Admirari' seems to have a;'great regard for any law if it only receives the imprimatur of our City Council (he must 'be*' a: councillor himself), and to think that the public exist for their convenience ; and no doubt; in his opinion, the summum honum of human happiness is to be mulcted at every turn you take for the.benefit of the civic ex chequer. 'Nil Admirari' says that if Auckland remains a mud-hole it will be through the selfish arguments of thot-e who oppose the law. I can assure him that if the Council will pass a by-law to fijl up all the mudrholes nobody will oppose it. 'Nil Admirari' says that Auckland has got the name! of being one of the worst- regulated cities in the colony.' Well, it nia^ be so; biifc' I defy anyone to say that it i» owing, .tb> any deficiency in the number of by-laws. — "Kourß, Thos. B. Kenderdine. : '' 71 ji i

} We learn that to-morrow eyening His Lordship the Bishop of Auckland,will preach a funeral sermon at St; 'Matthew's having reference to the' lamented death of the^ late Rev. jDav^d Jones. The service also will\be a;funeral service,,and'the choir will sing the anthem, •! Blessed are the departed." From the feelings entertained towards their late pastor by the parishioners, and by citizens generally, we are confident that St. Matthew's. will on the occasion present a large and ! deeply interested congregation, while .the. time, the place, aiid the circttmstahcea Wll\ unite iii giving a most impressive: and solemn whble gervioe. .! : ,

The memberatf the Diampnd Twup^md giving extraordinary concerts on T^»day> K«Cr 'Songs a touchy lotos*. << Sfhour Khrout," (German) and nmilar merrv-makiuc melodies, and need only to mXnth*.Lmes of Messrs Farjuharso" Cameron, Fox, Reid.Doran, Hill, O Haie, and Cutbbertto coavince our readers that the Ejected concert wfll be of the tot^order, and a sufficient guarantee for the due per- Jormance of every lettered P^e One creat feature of the evening will be the £ Marble Pedestal Dance, " by Messrs Came, ron and Fox, who are unequalled in this par ticular line, Which-the genius of the Cl ty has rightly termed the " poetry of motion-

The case of Stovin v. the Thames Gold Mining Company, at the Supreme Court yes terday, resulted in a verdict for the plaints with £187 damages.

The foot ball match is p»oceeding at the North Shore as we go to press between the Auckland and North Shore clubs. The team across the water is very strong, comprising many- sturdy men, with well set limbs, and in point of physical strength appear to have the advantage of the patient heroes of the barrack field.

The ratepayers of Newmarket held a meet ing last evening at the Captain Cook Hotel, Mr Frederick G. Clayton in the chair, when the reroii and balance-sheet were passed, and a, penny rate struck. The follow-ng residents in the locality were then elected on the new Board, viz. :—Messrs Seccombe, Clayton, Osboine, Morgan, and McNeil. The auditors appointed were Messrs Demson and Wniteford. The balcnce-sheet showed total receipts, £221 8s; expenditure, £278 18s Bd. There w?s a credit balance from last year of £102 19s Gd, and with arrears of rates £16 19s lOd remained to be .carried to next year's account. A warm discussion ensued on the motion for the adoption of the repoit, but it was ultimately onrried.

A general moan, like the portentous storm wind through the bush. ha 3 passed through the city outskirts, and its burden was— "Muddy roads." One fine day, however, has almost dried up the thoroughfares, and in the course of twenty-rfour hours the moan has passed. This morning clean boots and cheerful frees were seen in all ci;rections ; and here and therej apparently fearless of police regulations, little maids were seen with green perambulators, H which pretty babies appeared at rest with their innocent faces turned towards heaven.

The annual meeting of ratepayers of the district of Waitakeile South, called to-day at the Thistle tavern, wss adjourned until this day fortnight, the necessary number to form a quorum not being in attendance.

We observe that Mr J. Levy has issued his address to the electors of the province, offering himself aa a candidate for their patronage in the clothing trade. He assures settlers everywhere that it elected to the seat of .clothier to the province he will undertake to fit men and boys of every size, calling, and, character, so that all men with a vote who are willing to support him may go to the poll with a bran new suit of clothes, and equal in appearance to the Superinten dent himself. The polling mart is now open, No. 210, Queen-Btreet, Auckland. Levy for ever !,..;.. We learn that there-is a general desire among the Volunteers to have the Drill shed removed to the loc?lity of the Market house for a tiuie, which appears very reason able as that spot would be more conveniently reached'by our volunteers after the labours of the toils of the day during the winter season.

I Wo; are glad to.learn that Airs M. A. Colclough, formerly of Auckland, and lat terly teacher of the Tuakau school, has accepted an offer from the school committee of the .Kauwaeran"! girls' school, and. takes charge,of that school shoifcly at a salary of £2t" 0 a-year. Mrs Colclough had closed with a suggestion that,she should-bacomo: the teacher of the district school'at Ngaruawahia, but upon the offer from the Thames being pressed Bhe determined to accept that as affording her a wider sphere of use fulness. We are sure the settlers of Ngaruawahia, while regretting their loss, vrtil, see the wisdom of the course taken by Mrs Colclough, and will not regard her action as any breach of faith. The Kauwae rangi school committee have shown good judgment in the course they have taken, and the people of the .'Thames may justly regard the engagement of this lady as 8 bene fit conferred-on the district.

W ; e are glad to notice that our repeated remonstrances with regard to the road lead ing from Parnell Hill to the foot of Con stitution. Hill has had the desired effect. A party, of City Council men were, engaged scraping off the mud to-day and tilling in the, holes with broken metal, so that the road; will once more be passable", and Queen street shopkeepers may anticipate a brisk week s. business owing to the innux of ladies into,town after being so long penned up in our aristocratic suburb. ;

The subject of the following complaint should be attended to:—To the Editor: Sir.VThe inhabitants of Turner-street would feel much obliged if you would through your valuable columns draw the attention of the City Council to the dangerous state of the above strcetj especially to pedestrians.—l am, &c, Ratepayer. . .

,TKe treasurer of the Orphan Home, Par nell,! acknowledges with many thanks a donation of £10 from the Loyal Orange Institution of Auckland, forwarded through the Evening 'Star;

Maoii .woman Mary, whose mad esca pade'with the Queen-street fire-bell was re ferred to in 6iir last issue, was to-day sent to; the Asylum, it haying been ascertained that she is of unsound mind.

To the Editor: Sir, —Several persons having'attributed to me the authorship of certain letters of late, I beg to state I always put, inj' frame to any lette^k I ,send to the papers, and which are. few and far between. —It. 18. Shalders. T • • .

The,death of Baron Channell has revived-an anecdote of his practice at the bar. His Lordship was always regarded as a man of soun(jl legal learning and very /considerable general erudition, but he was, at the same time, remarkable for his utter disregard of the unfortunate letter H. Beingengaged in a com mercial suit in which the ship Harrow was the bone of < contention, the Judge expressed a wish to know what was* really the name of the vessel. "Was Bhe,">-he asked, ''the Harrow or the Arrow? " tyy lord," replied Mr Cnanri^li's ; ; TUfitty, but disrespectful junior, '' when ;the ship is at sea is known as tte I'Harrow, but when she gets into the c hops of J'the Channel she becomes the trow.

\ We shall soon have ocean signal stations I —telegrams meeting a captain in xaiii ocean, warning him which way the vnn& is blowing a few hundred miles ahead of o. him. At sea aa on land, all over tha Vi world, there will Boon be a aimultaneotu k« knowledge of where the storms are, and 'what course they are -taking. It is = not thought to be at all beyond the resources . !of the age to have floltin* stations i deep water secured by submerged buoys and I connected with a cable. Whether these will ■•••■• ! ever be converted into mid-ocean post-offices : to save the, double voyage many letter-bagr take, we will not hazard an opinion, but * insurers of ocean freights will not be long satisfied without the means of protecting by '** a storm signal, vessels that would otherwise :itr be rushing to destruction. ■ . '

THACKERAY.

We give an extract from an essay on ( " Thackeray, as a Writer and Humourist," f iT Yead by Mr Elackman, on Tuesday evening, i before the members of the Auckland Debat*. ing Class, at the Young Men's Christian Association, Wellesley-atreet. — : • t,, J* It is possible, in truth it is highly pro-f* bable, that Thackeray spent a good deal of ,;^ his youth in comparatively frivolous and un substantial pursuits ; yet at intervals he ; withdrew from the gay world into the sanc tuary of his own mind, and communed with his own 'thoughts. He preferred the com- \ ,;" panionship of the Spectator to the passing,, news of the week, hence he was never much of a politician. From the graceful pages of. the Spectator, Thackeray seemed to gain in spiration, and at this time lie laid.the found: ation of those bf-his<works which will^re-p^ serve his memory green among the authowJK of England: ; When quite a young man, iagfe the reign of the fourth George, Thackeray lived mentally in the reign of Queen Anne^f Possessed of a fine imagination, naturally of a generousxiisposition, withconsummatetaste') J. for the beautiful in art and nature, so soon' - . ■to be o'ershadowcd and dimmed, if not obliterated by the rough rubs of the mater ial world, Thackeray fostered the idea oiIJL travelling in lands associated with the .-S memories of Virgil, Dante, and Homer, and*l~~ of tracing the foot-prints of genius in Paris, and other continental cities. Duly equipped, - J he started on his journey, visited Paris, and passed through Germany, Switzerland, Home and Athens. While on his travels he -nk paused at Weiuvir, and spent a couple of {- days with Goethe, .the German prose-poe£ . . .'£ who has been held up by the eccentric ../* Thomas Carlyle as the prof oundest of modern thinkers, and the teacher of the age. • The ,/;;£ desire to become ; rri artist still clung w. o *M Thackeray, and, never while life lasted did .^ that refined desire wholly dosert him. He ! ■** studied ardently in the academics of Paris and! Rome, untfl Tie very considerably dim- — inished his once ample fortune.; He made k many drawings, which are spoken, of by art *j critics as "quaint, picturesque, and truth; |* ful, but deficient in the bright touches of %fc a master hand." Somewhat disappointed,, hati and it may be a little soured by failure, he ,w returned to London and devoted his thought* •'«" to compositions in'light literature, with the ;: , ol principal view of restoring his lost sovereigns [-jag and compensating for wasted years. He com- <» w menced by writiqg satirical sketches of social; life, under the norn deplume of Michael Angela -/ ~ { Titmarsh, to signify his undying love of art ; <p and his veneration for that inimitable artist. J I knowbut little of Thackeray's life in those , ;^ years whicli interverieS between the close of v .Uia his college career'and his advent ;as the au-: thor of *«-Vanity :Fa'T," but it may safely be, ;0 assumed that those .years were years of struggle aud intense application. Although lively ia temperament Thackeray was by no / ' means licentious ; hisnatural thoughtfulness ; :{ eversustaihed'his manly self-respect. He was „!..-/ a gentleman by birth, education, and man ners. Some writers (one or two) would have,, his reader^ 'believe that in early litt,-i Thackeray was a libertine, but from eontr* .^ statements by those who intimately, knew /-wSf him, and from a kuowledge of his character aud habits in the years of his popularity,,! when I had many* opportunities of seeing < him, I am disposed to think he was the very reverse, of this. ... ~ r ~. -.--, •■-t'l'T/T Every reader* who knows anything of tne> ./} writings of Fielding and Thackeray cannot )} , M fail to perceive how much the writings of the former influenced the thoughts of the latter, m There is, moreover, a striking similarity in the v lives and characters of the two men. I ven-' j^

ture to affirm that for subtlety of delineation,;., deep worldly wisdom, and keen insight into, ; the motives and passions of mankind, Field- <••* ing as a novelist, apart from his occasional., 1 coarseness, has never been excelled, Thackeray, without the nngenial characteria-ii, tics of Tom Jones, has give us life-like por-1' traits of ,the Becky Sharps, Colonel Neir-,, !T comes, Pendenises, and Barry L'yndons of,;i haa modern days, which have not been drawa^ with superior trutlifulness by any living' (J : ;0 * author, A übther feature, too, belongs to thetx i 0 novels of this ; writer, which may be termed pcJ original •• all his creation* are connected by : near' or Remote relationship, so that there is,^".^] a oneness perceptible in, his fiction* -M'ti Thackeray resembled Fielding in his hatred'1 £<£jj of meanness, petty tyranny, and knavery,, ''; j which givey rise to ,the charge of cynicismi >, c s formerly"'brought against him. There is 7'^ also I traceable in his writings the satin*'^.j"^ large-hearted sympathies with the frailtießof, , t ',. } y humin nature, the same joyous relish of life;, ■'mli the same glowing humour, and delicate vfitf"^ and irbny as characterised the Bow-strettt jagi Magijslirate, Master Henry Fielding. .'. ;i-,'i ►'nsl Lajdue'thne, like most young men, Thack- -j'e;i>j eray' got-married, and this event, and the Jj'; prospect of a young family, stimulated him ""' to ftfesh, .exertions.; Still for many sub^.r x sequent! years hie laboured hard with his pen e|re'the-public was disposed to listen to "! r ,'J' the pleadings of an obscure author in Fraser'tivzqsin Magazine, where his " Great Hoggarty Dia mond" and " Barry Lyndon" first appeared* '•'-•• - iJ These works, however^ won enough of ad mirers to; warrant,. in a separate form, the>l 01 publication of■ ,hia Paris Sketch Boole and . other of his minor books. The establishment j, '^^ of JPuncK, niorebyer' in the autumn of 1840, ■;,. opened a new field for the display of Mi powers as a satirical writer and humourist, *?*j and to this •lively periodical he contributed'.;'^ his fambiis' " Snob' Papers" and ~" Jeamea1 * : '-..>.u Diary," and the'majority of his timely but crude ballads on subjects of passing interest. His ballads were'simply hits at the features •

of the times, were interesting at the moment, and caused much passing merriment; stili'-rs* it must be affirmed they do Uut; prove" how ."' i utterly incapable Thackeray was of reaching "'^^e poetic excellence. Hia numerous papers, i| written in good-, si>und English, immediately \£f attracted- public; notice, and were hailed*' week by -week < with.the same -Jsind of" en*

thusiasm as that which greeted the appear* I 8 ance of " Mi-a Caudle's Curtain Lectures." The satisfactory-■': success which attended the growth; <of "Pickwick" and ,"3Sticholaß '! '# Nickleby" induced TJuckeray,totry "Vanity Fair" on the. same I'emunerative principle ~/ It was! unquestionably an honest" rivalfyi ' | and the reading-world which had eagerly. ...m looked for the green-covered monthly instal- . ; v? ments of Dickefls welcomed the buff-coloured "

monthly numbers of Thackeray!, The sale of ; the.former did not detract from the sale of' r jthelatter. L<THe^public was 'all the'richer; i. for the addition, and' the authors gradually ' 'J, warmed towards- each other,' and bedaina::-"Vr intimate friends. Two of-a trade, it is said, agree : but tbis ariomdwi ttolf J;;

*Ms jrexartfre b^aa, Saturday, toly ac, is 73.



;X OIiSON'S TOMATO SAUCE. " Connoisseurs pronounce this Sauce to h« the ■RftST for general use in households, and, in eon- ' sequence of Hi hifch reputation, some unprincipled ! persons have been induced to Collect Empty Bottles . bearing the manufaotuier's name stamped thereon, \ and pass the snme eff as "' Olson's Universal Tomato ; Sauce." The proprietor has in consequence caused I his TRADE MABK to b« Registered under the . provisions of the "Trade Marks Act, 1806," and proceedings-will he taken ag".lnsf such persons as ; may forge or counterfeit auoh jnark. : The public are cautioned to ■ - ' ASK YOU OLSON'S SAUCE, and see that the name is Stamped on Bottle and Stopper, and wrapped round with his well-known label.j j ''■>>'. GREAT REDUCTIONS FOB THREE MONTHS ONLY ; : ' ■ AT THS ■ . . AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY, 194, queen street, Next Door to Savings' Bank. Carten-de-insite reducod from lfis per dozen to 18s 6d. Maori Celebrities (largest stack in New Zealand to select from), reduced from 12a per dozen •'■•■■■ ' ' ' to 6s. ... Views from all parts of New Zealand reduced from , . , • 12s per dozen to 6s. Enlargements'from C'nrtes-de-msite to Life-size, plain or beautifully finished in Oil or Water Colors, also reduced in price. Large Stock of Photographic Goods and Apparatus, Magic Lantern Slides, Stereoßcopio Slides, &C, ' ■ ''• • ' grsatly reducod. . :J. •! MoGARRIGLB, Manacer. W TJ S T BE S O LD, 180, QUEEN STREET, Opposite Da r by's, 1 240 Boys' Felt Hats, at .. .. 6jd 1800 do do do at. .. .. Is each. . AKV, AT THE CITY CLOTHING MART, 36 doz. Men's assorted Felt Hats now and fashionable at .. Is Hd 1 case Fashionable Black Wire-rlm Hats, at 3s lid .The Cheapest Bats ever'offered. 0 ! s SAMT7EL COOMBES* No. SO. QUEEN STREET. —. j-ff-ri —; ; ' ■■' ': —* ' —' '" —^~~ TfOETMANTEATJX AT COST. TRAVELLING! BAGS AT COST WATERPROOF COATS AT CO3T : REAL MACINTOSHES AT COST. ;Clearing out above lines at Cost Price, at the CIJTY CLOTHING- MART, j. SAMUEL COOMBEtf. : FURNISHED APARTMENTS. ALAjDY .living; in n pleasant, and convenient locality would be; glad to accom modate two or three Gentlemen with B^ard and Residence. A nice Drawing-room and Bed-room, with use of Piano, and; every, 'possible attention given to ensure the comfort of the boarders.—Apply for card of address to Star office. [Established 1864.] V\ STEPHENSON A CO.'b .ii CELEBRATED CP.E.FEES, i ■ ''EXHIBITION BRAND" " EAGLE BRAND " "CROWN ; BRAN D." i Are to be procured at all respectable Grocers and Storekeepers throughout the Province of Auck land. : D. STEPHENSON & CO., W-Y-N.D .H A, Mq STR|B T, • l jAUCKLAND. ) 1 1 • T COSGE AYE & CO. • ' ■ Are now holding an ~ . ;" ' ■<} o ./, ;] v '.. "'■> v■- ■ EXTRAORDINARY CHEAP SALE ov ! DRA.^ERyY AND CLOTHING At their Premises, * ■■[' BUILDINGS, 1 ■ • .QUEEN .STREET.. i