SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND

SUNSET: This evening, 6.23 SUN-RISE: To morrow morning, 5.53 HIGH WA.TK.R.': This afternoon, 0 ST; to-morrow morning, l.s

ARRIVALS.

Lady Eowen, p.s., Adams, from Mahurangi and the Hot Springs Clyde, schooner, Anderson, from Wangavei Isabella, ketch, from Opotiki

DEPARTURES.

A»aKota, mail steamer, Ingersoll, for Southern ports Star of the South, s.s., Holmes, for Napier Saucy Lass, schooner, Smith, for Napier Ayr, barque, ffood, for New YorK Comerang, p.s., Chrisp, for Russell

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Sydney : H.M.S. Blanche, early For Melbourne, via Wangaroa: Tower Hill, brig, to-

morrow For Poverty Bay : Tawera, schooner, Saturday For Sydney and Newcastle : Drover, brig, to-morrow .For Levuka : Charybdis, schooner, Saturday For Honolulu and San Francisco: Dakota, mail steamer, 20th March For Northern ports: Rowena, s.s., Monday next For London : Harvest Home, ship, early ■for Sydney and Melbourne: Hero. s.s.. about Bth March; Wonga Wonga, s.s.. about 19th March ; Phtebe, s.s., about Bth March (from the Manukau)

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Edinburgh Castle, ship, from London. Sailed 20th ■ December Parsee, ship, from London. Sailed Zanga, barque, from Liverpool. Loading Thames', barque, from New York, via Sydney, loading Hero, s.s., from Sydney Prosperity, schooner, from Melbourne Corredo, barque, from Sydney East Lothian, barque, from New York. Sailed 20th December Dauntless, schooner, from South Sea Islands Harriet Armytage, barque, from Dunedin Coronet, brigantine, from Wellington Satellite, cutter, from Levuka Dido, cutter, from Lyttelton Agnes Jessie, schooner, from Lyttelton. Sailed 24th February Natal Queen, schooner, from Lyttelton. Sailed 26th February Florence, schooner, from Dunedin Sailed 21st February Mary Millar, barque, from Newcastle. Sailed 11th February Success, schooner, from Levuka Albion, brig, from Newcastle Ladybird, s.s., from Sydney (in the Manukau) Briton, barque, from Newcastle Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town Amaranth, schooner, from Lyttelton. Sailed The p. s. Comerang cleared outwards for JRussell this morning with 00 bags potatoes, L. W. Eaton; 2 parcels, Upton & Co. ; 2 cases A. Barnes. The steamer took her de parture this afternoon and will proceed from Russell to Poverty Bay and Napier. The following passengers left by the Comerang : —Mrs Callaghan, Mrs Wellman, Miss Johnston, and 3 natives. The ship Durham has hauled alongside the wharf and commenced to discharge cargo. The brig Tower Hill, Capt. Harless, will leaver to-morrow for Wangaroa to load timber for Melbourne. . The sailing match for the silver cup, pre sented by the Commodore of the A.V.C., will take place on Saturday, the loth inst., start to be effected at eleven o'clock. The follow ing yachts will probably compete :—Spray, Fleetwing, tSabrina, Quiver, Eipple, Zodiac, Energy, and Rapid. The schooner Charybdis will leave on Saturday for Levuka. The Auckland Yacht Club will take part in the proposed demonstration upon the departure of His Excellency the Governor for Australia. The barque Ayr took her departure for New York at an early hour this morning, but brought up at the heads owing to con trary winds. Her cargo is valued at £12,385. The mail steamer Dakota hauled alongside the outer T of the wharf yesterday evening for the purpose of shipping Messrs R. and E. Maclean's consignment ot sheep, which were all safely conveyed on board. While along side the vessel was visited by hundreds of people, the majority of whom expressed admiration at her magnitude and her capital internal arrangements. . The following passengers left by the Taranaki yesterday for the South : —Saloon : Messrs Asher, Reid, H. Wymss, Blundell, Hnrley, Roberts, Mrs Schrimski, Miss Morgan and three natives. Steerage :Mr and Mrs Wallace, Mrs McNause, Mr and Mrs Smith, Messrs Hesketh, Campbell, and Chew Chong. The cutter Waratah has cleared outwards for Mercury Bay in ballast. The Government steamer Luna left the Manukau at half-past one yesterday after noon to proceed round to the port of Auckland. H.M.S. Blanche will probably remain in harbor a fortnight before proceeding to Sydney.

COMMERCIAL.

MTNING,

The following are. the current call and dividends payable in the companies named below :— £, a. d.

MEETINGS. Tokatea, Coromandel, 11th March Nolan's Candlelight, Company's office, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 11 a.m., 13th March Sons of Freedom, Company's office, 14th March, Vaile's Buildings, Auckland, 2 pjn. Murphy's Hill, Messrs J. B. Russell and Devore's, office, Shortland street, 18th March Old Whau, Company's office, 2 p.m., 19th March Old .Stocking, Coromandel, 22nd March

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails till Close as under :— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. and 5 30 p.m. For Coromandel, to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. ForWangaroa, per Tower Hill, tp-morrqw, at 9 a.m. For Whitianga, per Waratah, to-morrow, at 11 a.m. For Wangarei Heads, Wangarei, Waipu, and Mangapai, per Clyde, to-morrow, at 11 a.m. For Mrthurangi, Mataltana, MaDgawai. &c, per Lady . Bqvtren, on Satu&day, Bth inst;, at 10 a.m. For Glsborne, per Taweira, on Saturday, the Bth inst., at 11 a.m., : : < , - . : For Fiji, per Charybdis, on Saturday, Bth inst., at 3 p.m. , (Signed) S. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

John Smith —plain John Smith—is not very high sounding; it does not suggest aristocracy ; it is not the name of any hero in die-away novels; and yet it is good, strong, and honest. . Transferred to other languages, it seems to climb the ladder of respectability, Thus in Latin it is Johannes Smithus ; the Italians smooth it off with Giovanni Smith ; the Spaniards render it Jaun Smithus ; the Dutchman adopts it as Hans Schmidt; the French flatten it out into Jean Smeet j and the Russian sneezes and ; barks Jonzoff Smittowski., When John gets into the tea trade in Canton he becomes Jo van Shimmit; if he clambers, atiqut Mount .the Icelanders say he is Johne Sihithson ; if he trades among the Tiiscaroras he becomes Ton QuaSmittia ; ,in Poland he isknown as Ivan Schmititti wei'^Ui; should he wander among the Welsh mountains, they talk of Jihon Schmidd ; when he goes to Mexico he is booked as Jantli F'Smitti; if of classic turnhe lingers among Greek ruins, he turns to lon Smikton; aad in Turkey he is utterly disguised as yonrself as Vqe Self,- 8. F.News Letter

BIRTH.

Fabkab.—On the 98rd December last, at Waikari, Canterbury, the wife of W. T. .Farrar, Esq., of a daughter.

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

THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 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

"We believe it is unnecessary to say one word to awake enthusiasm among our fellow-citizens in saying a cordial farewell to Sir G-eorge and Lady Bowen. His Excellency has now resided in the colony for a time, and amid political circumstances, that have thoroughly shewn his administrative ability, and perhaps the highest praise that can be used on review of the career of a gentleman in his position is to say, as can be truly said of Sir G-eorge Bowen, that he has been a thoroughly constitutional Governor. To follow the example set by the Royal Lady occupying the first position in the empire is the most prudent as it is the most dignified part which any Governor can take in guiding the course of responsible government. His Excellency has recently stated, and we believe truly, that in going from New Zealand he leaves no enemy behind him. It is easy enough for a man void of any force of character to say this, but our departing Governor is a man of vigor ous mind and energetic temperament, as well as most comprehensive views and strong convictions ; and it is not un warranted commendation to say that it is owing to his correct comprehension of his position, of his constitutional func tions, and of his relations to the Im perial G-overnment and the colony, that he has preserved his perfect inde pendence of party. Despite the in tensity of political feeling in relation to the great colonizing scheme, and the grave questions affecting the rela tions between the Maori and the ! Pakeha, no one has ever insinuated that Sir George Bowen has shown a bias or partiality to either of the con flicting political parties ; and though we have no doubt that all the while his hand steadily controlled the machinery, he has appeared to be sitting apart in an atmosphere undisturbed by the turmoil of political passions. These we admit are strong words coming from us, to whom abuse is said to be more con genial and habitual thanflattery; butas His Excellency is going away we do not ; hesitate to express these sentiments as the genuine convictions of the whole people. Of another striking feature we cannot be oblivious. "While our departing Governor has appreci ated his position in relation to his responsible advisers and the colony, he has on the other hand, not in this com mand alone, but in that preceding, pre served relations with the Home Go vernment of an amfcalle and cordial kind rarely equalled in the relations of colonial dependencies ; and the action of the Home Government in marking their sense of his administra tive wisdom and ability will re ceive the cordial approval and endorsement of colonists who from a nearer stand point have watched the doings of his Excellency. Sir George thoroughly deserves the important position of Governor of the premier Colony of Australasia, and we venture to predict that we shall see his name yet associated with the highest position in the gift of the colonial office. As for Lady Bowen it is scarcely seemly to make her the theme of newspaper eulogy; but it is excusable as it is true to say that she is beloved in the sphere in which she has moved. She was so before she came to New Zea land, and her name is yet a fond household word in Queensland. It is not disparaging to his Excellency to say that to Lady Bowen is owing a large measure of that popularity which he las enjoyed ; and as it is no secret that Auckland and Auckland people have always been special favourites, we do not fear to say that from no other part of New Zealand will they receive a more cordial and a more general kind farewell.

The striking improvement in the pre cision. of our marksmen is a circum stance1 that cannot be overlooked. Long and earnestly had we striven in favour of the location of butts adjacent to the city, and often did we predict that the Mount Eden Rifle Range would assert itself at the next Tir federal of the provinces. As we said, so it has come to pass. Our sharp shooters have begun to wipe out the stigma of the past, and we can now cherish the hope that soon in shooting, as in commerce and everything else, our city will show itself the premier city of New Zealand. There is a contrast surely between the time so recent when Auckland almost failed in qualifying for engaging in the friendly strife and the present when more than the requisite number

showed themselves prepared o o forth and do battle for the glory f the North, and already our represen tatives have given proof that they will bring back somo of the lost honours of Auckland. It is sincerely to be hoped that the cloud of disap pointment which has hung so discour agingly over the heads of our local Volunteers will now have passed away, and that we have entered on a new era of enthusiasm aiad determination in relation to the use of what is really the defence weapon of the age. Volun teering in itself, if by that we mean the practising of military evolutions, may not be of very vital import ance to us in our circumstances. But our shores will be long inviolate if we could but train our people so that from rock and tree, and hillock and bush, five hundred yards away they could lodge an ounce of lead in the stomach of every outlandish in truder that would dare to show his unwelcome physiognomy within the outline of our coast. The cultivation of this faculty is the cultivation of the true arts of peace ; and while prepared to exhibit the kindliest deference and respect for every nationality, our surest way to ensure for our adopted country respect in return, and cordial relations, and a wide berth in troublous times, is to make be known that interfer ence from abroad is death to the visitor. Success to the North ern rifles ; but success, too, to the marksmen of the South. Our interests and our cause are one; and may the generous rivalry and the alternation of victory excite in all increased en thusiasm. We are glad to see that the representatives of our neighbours at the Thames are continuing to ex hibit their skill and prowess. That too is a testimony to the advantage of having a rifle range adjacent. Oui 1 goldfields friends have long occupied this vantage ground, and wo sincerely hope that for the reviving of the cause which has been rather languishing, the united skill of the two teams will place our province high up on the list at the close of the contest.

Wo have much pleasure in giving insertion to the following earnest appeal from an esteemed correspondent, for water pure, plenty, and cheap. We have come almost to despair of waterworks being provided for the city for many years to come, and more sad dening still is the fact, so plain as to be unmis takable, that the main, if not the entire, cause of popular resistance is in the fact that the people believe that the work was intended to be a gigantic swindle. The people may be right, or they may be wrong, but we do not wonder at the now general belief that no scheme for the general good can be originated amongst us but it is the signal to prepare for plunder. In the case of the projected waterworks the citizens have had a controlling power, and hare exercised it. While admitting that there are grounds for the popular suspicion, we sincerely and heartily regret the seemingly hopeless posi tion of the water question. With our corres pondent we believe that many a poor child has been sent to an early grave through the present filthy state of things ; but we are inclined to fear that the health and lives of young and old must be sacrificed for some years to come as a peace offer ing to the deep-seated suspicions of the people respecting swindling in places of public trust. Thus pleads "One who knows the value of clean water":— " Truly the people of Auckland are greatly to be pitied. With an abundance of pure water -within easy reach, of the city they often have none lit to drink. Had there been less provision made by nature it is well-nigh certain that the people would have had more for use to-day. Have they sinned like Tantalus that the cup has been so often brought to their lips only to be ruthlessly dashed away by the demon "Taihoa" ? Some of the "elders" of the city have doubtless richly deserved punishment, but the poor women and children what have they done ? Many an innocent little child has perished in this city for lack of wholesome water. Every year adds to the number of victims. Who have been their slayers but they who might if they would have given them pure water to drink? And now the power to save many a precious life that else must be lost is in the hands of the City Council. A terrible responsibility rests iipon them in this matter. How can they dare to shirk it ? Some indeed are try ing to excuse themselves on the score of inability to choose between the rival plans of engineers and schemers, great and small. But why not let common sense decide the question ? All agree that we want plenty of water, clean water, and cheap water. Now Nihotupu would give us water that would need to be filtered, and even then would not be pure, and water that would cost too much; that is, to put it shortly, dirty water and dear water, therefore we will not have it. The western springs would give us plenty of water, fairly clean and moderately cheap, therefore we are willing to take it if we can get it, and cannot do better; but the ugly beast "compensation" stands in the way and guards the gushing fountains. Why not, then, go to the purer springs at One hunga ? There we can get pure water, nearly, if not wholly free from organic matter ; plenty of water for all our probable wants for many years to come, and cheap water, for those springs are and ever have been public property. Moreover, common sense points out another cogent reason in favour of utilising the Onehunga springs be fore the others, namely, that the whole isthmus would thus be supplied without extra <!bst, while the additional revenue would help to reduce the annual expense to the city. And if in course of time a larger supply should be required the western springs could be made available simply by the addition of pumping gear and main to convey the water to the service reservoirs of the city. Hoping that common sense will prevail, and that the City Council will do its duty,—l am, Sir, yours, etc., One who KNOWS THE VALUE OF CLEAN WATER." §gt In our Thames telegram yesterday it was stated that a parcel of specimens had been taken from the Caledonian mine It should have been read from the Nonpareil.

The next sitting of the District Court will be held on Monday. The cause lisb contains nine undefended cases, and amongst other defended causes the Kowing Club case, Copland v. Fletcher and Oxley. His Honor will give judgment in the case of Lundon v. Kakati. On the following day schedules of contributories in the following gold mining companies in the process of winding up will be brought forward—Taurus, Brighton, and Daniel Webster.

His Excellency the Governor will leave Auckland for Ngaruawahia on Monday next to attend the native meeting, which takes place there on Wednesday. It is expected that there will be a large miscellaneous gathering of natives at the meeting ; but probably the leaders of the King party will not be there. No special invitations were issued, merely a general notice for all natives who please to attend having been sent round. His Excellency will return to town imme diately after the meeting, and will take his final departure from Auckland on Friday, the 14th instant. He will proceed to the Bay of Islands in the Government p.s. Luna, and be present at the uncovering of Tainati Waka's monumental stone. The s.s. Hero, by special arrangement, will, we believe, call for his Excellency at the Bay, and he will proceed in her to Victoria without re turning to Auckland. Lady Bowen received visitors at Government House between three and five o'clock this afternoon. We are glad to learn that the Harbour Board have at last interfered, and have resolved to separate the three North Shore boats by twenty minutes. The conduct of the Hoimes Brothers in this matter has been unreasonable in the extreme, and defiant to the public. We presume this action of the Harbour Board will prove fatal. We will back Howick against the colony. That in this year of grace, and within a dozen of miles of this centre of civilization a community of such innocents should be dis covered passes all comprehension. Parson and constable, magistrate and jury, and people, all seem to have been tarred with the same brush. In eastern villages the people will not interfere with a tiger making a repast on a fellow-villager because the wild beast is sacred. The people of Howick, perhaps, from hereditary instinct, appear to have similar holy reverence for a rope. Queen -street was swept at an early hour this morning as usual. Notwithstanding this fact heavy clouds of dust have bee blowing about the place all day to the annoy ance of. everybody. It is a sort of day tha the water-carts might have been profitably employed in laying the dust. A correspondent enquires from us on what authority we stated yesterday that this jour nal has the largest circulation of all the papers of New Zealand. In reply we would state that we have through the most reliable source obtained, we believe, the correct state ment of the daily circulation of the most largely circulated journals ; we have found that the Evening Star in Dnnedin has had a daily circulation the largest in the Colony next to ours ; that next comes the Ofru/o Daily Times, and on this trustworthy information we base our statement. And we are willing to stake fifty guineas and to challenge all the daily journals in New Zea land, and affording every facility for investi gation we shall forfeit the amount to the proprietors of any journal that will show their average circulation to be equal to that of the Auckland Evening Star. Mr Levy, partner with Mr Goldwater in the discovery at Hikutaia, said to have been made by Brogan, has furnished us with the result of an assay of stone taken from the prospectors' claim awarded to Mr Goldwater. The following is a copy of the assay ticket :— " Bank of New Zealand, Auckland.—Sir : The assay of the sample of quartz, said to be from Whangamata, gave a return at the rate of G dwts. 10 grs. of gold to the ton.— S. Eapsox, assayer." Mr Levy informs us that the piece of stone referred to was broken by himself off the reef on Goldwater's ground. He proceeded to Whangamata for the purpose of personalty examining the ground before taking legal proceedings against Brogan. He found that the rich reef which Brogan said lie had discovered waa a myth, but bethinks that it is satisfactory to find, from the above test, that gold exists in the district. Mi- Levy, referring to his visit there, says it was the first time he had ever been in the bush, and £500 would not induce him to venture there again. So much for the pleasures of travel on the new field. Judgment in the long pending case of Machattie, which was to have been delivered by his Honor the Chief Justice at the Supreme Court to-day, was deferred until to-morrow. The usual weekly drill of the Naval Volun teers anil Cadets took place last evening at Fort Britomart. There was as usual a t;ood muster. At the finish of the parade a meeting of the company was held, and it was decided to hold a company's ball on the eve of the departure of his Excellency the Governor. A committee was appointed to carry out the arrangements. It was also agreed that on the day the Governor takes his departure the company should proceed to the North Head and fire a parting salute. The settlers of the Wade have resolved to follow in the track of the people of the neigh bouring districts in the matter of racing. On Friday last the programme of the races was arranged for St. Patrick's Day on Orewa beach, and the following gentlemen were chosen as stewasds :—Messrs H. and C. Dacre, Lord, Jones, Famall, Lambert, Elias, and the chairman of the evening, Major Stoney, Henry Lloyd, Esq., J.P., was chosen judge, Messrs Lord and C. Dacre, clerks of the course ; Mr. Lambert starter, and Mr H. Dacre, treasurer. The particulars of the races will be duly adver tised. A variety of other sports are in con templation in connection with the day, and the 17th of March is likely to be a red-letter day among the settlers of the Wade and surrounding districts. Dr. Hooper was called yesterday afternoon to attend to a little girl in Freeman's Bay, named Baker, who was taken suddently ill, accompanied by vomiting and burning of the skin, in consequence of having eaten some wild berries known as Koiuai. Dr. Hooper immediately administered an emetic, which cleared the child's stomach of its pernicious contents, and though suffering occasional pain, she is recovering. The Onehunga Choral Society will give a i concert to-morrow evening at the Onehunga Institute. The Engineers met last evening in the drill-shed for their usual weekly drill. A correspondent, under the signature " Hobson-street," writes :—" The following is the solution of your question by arith metic, not the slightest aid having been | sought either from algebra or the rule of position, which some regard as scarcely pure arithmetic. The square root of 41 § (*. c. the 125 — 3) will give the result of dividing the largest number by the smallest, and the integer 1 added to this will divide the 21 so as to give the smallest of the two numbers, which taken from the 21 will give the largest* 125 by 3 = 4*16 = 6.45497 ; to this add 1, making 7.45497 ; then 21 -j- 7.45497 = 2.8169 (the smallest number), and 21 less 2.8169 = 18.1831 (the largest number), and 18,1831 + 2.8169 = 6.455 x 319.365 ; then 2.8169 -f- 18.1831 = 1549 x 125 = 19.363; leaving an error of only 2-1000 th." The name of the Dedwood Highway Dis trict has been changed to the Ponsonby Road Highway District. Henry Ward Beecher says that more lies have been told about him, every year of his public life, than would shingle a cathe dral.

On the 22nd January a number of officials under former Pontifical Ministries presented their respects to the Pope. The Pope', said in his alocution to them '' I say it publicly that at the hour where we are may be re called : ' ignis grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellaram.' All senseless creatures listen to the word of God: " audiunt verbum Domini." It cannot be denied that since the, fatal 20th of September the elements have obeyed the hands of God, and that he has used them not as a tender Father but as a severe Judge." After enumerating all the disasters from storm, rire, and water, which haverecently occurred the Pope concludedhis observations by giving his blessing.' At a recent marriage a novelty in the bridesmaid's gloves was introduced. To the back of the gloves a small, compactly-made rosette was attached. Upon the marrage of Wheat, of Virginia, an editor hoped that her path might be flowery, and that she might never be thrashed by her husband. A New York paper says that the sparrows imported into that city from England have grown several shades lighter in color since their arrival. A lively cricket match between married and single of the United Cricket Club is announced for to-morrow in the Albert Barracks, when some good play may be ex pected as some of our crack players will take part in the match. It is not improbable that in the course of a few years these islands may foster the majority of the small English birds, those little hedge-side favourites of our earlier years which old Gilbert White has told us so much aboiit. We should like to see robin redbreast hopping by the way-side and twittering his winter song from some old tree, which would strengthen our belief that New Zealand had really become in Mr Wentworth 1 Mike's phraseology the "Britain of the South." Thanks to the promoters of our Acclimatization Societies, this dream seems to be approaching realization. We observe that the Charlotte Gladstone has brought out to Otago 70 partridges, 30 rooks, 50 starlings, 100 blackbirds and thrushes, 605 goldfinches, 135 linnets and redpoles, 100 yellow hammers, 20 skylarks, and several pairs of pheasants, a number of ducks, and about a score of pretty English and Scotch girls. The accounts of the Provincial Govern ment gazetted yesterday showed that the total amount of cash standing to the credit of the province in the bank and in hand on 31st of December last was £2,155 13s 7d. The total assets of the province were set down at £24,209 4s 2d, and the liabilities, £3,500. At a recent fashionable wedding in New York, the groom, after the ceremony, lifted the bride's veil and presented her to the clergyman to kiss. It is very sweet to be loved. It is very sweet to know that one's coining rejoices the heart and brightens the eyes, and that when we go where we are beloved we scatter light .and joy, and make the dark chamber of the soul radiant with sunshine. The empire of woman is an empire of softness of addresses and complacency —her commands are caresses, her menaces are tears. Despite opposite influences such as Teetotal ism, Rechabitism, and Good Templarism, whose labours for the good of the community are commendable and not wholly ineffective, the thoughtles many will have their beer, and ten new applications have been made for licences beyond the usual complement of requests for renewals of licences already in operation. The annual licensing meeting will be held on Tuesday, the 18th April. There was a fair attendance at the Prince of Wales Theatre last evening, and the per formances were equally satisfactory. Miss Neilson sang several excellent songs ; Mr Bromley was especially amusing with his budget of comicalities which elicited much laughter. Mr Tom Margett's received greetings for his vocal successes, and Signor Ferrari shared in the general favour of the audience with the clever tricks of his well trained, monkey family. Tlie whole concluded with the laughable farce of the " Ghost in a Pawn-shop." To-night other interesting comicalities and songs will be introduced. The Rev Neil McCallum and the Rev. James Galloway were ordained ministers of the Presbyterian Church last evening, in St. .lames' Church, Wellington - street. The Presbytery met in the vestry at half-past seven, and received a call to Mr McCallum from VVaiuku and Mauku, offering a stipend of £150 per annum. The call was placed in the hands of the reverend gentleman, who left the matter entirely for the Presbytery to decide. It was thereupon resolved that Mr Galloway be stationed in the Waiuku district, and Mr McCallum in the Waikato, a,s originally decided by the Home Mission Committee. The ordination service was con ducted in a very impressive manner, the sermon being delivered by the Rev. David Hamilton, the usual questions put by the ] Rev. It. F. Macnicol, and the ordination address delivered by the Rev. P. F. McKenzie. The Rev. T. Norrie, Moderator of the Presbytery, presided at the service. A London telegram of January 10 alluding to the jlate Emperor Napoleon's death says:— The Empress Eugene and all the household at Chiselhurst were present at the bedside of Napoleon when he died. The Emperor showed slight signs of consciousness towards his last moments and spoke to the Empress twice in a very feeble tone of voice. The last indication of life was a smile when the Empress knelt to kiss her dying husband. She was completely overcome by emotion and fainted at his bedside. The Prince Imperial who was summoned by telegraph from Woolwich, arrived at Chiselhurst fifteen minutes after the death. He was greatly affected, and kissed the face of his dead father several times. The Emperor died peacefully and passed away without the slightest sign of pain. His death is attributed to syncope Eugenic knelt by the beside several hours after the death of the Emperor, engaged in prayer.

HARBOUR MANAGEMENT.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sir, —You would much oblige by publishing these few lines in your journal. On Monday, the 3rd iust., I had occasion to go to the North Shore in the Takapuna, and on arrival found the Devonport at the Flag staff wharf five minutes beyond her time and a strong ebb running. They would not allow the Takapuna passengers to land across her, the consequence was a collision took place, and it terminated in the cutting of the Takapuna rope The sole blame is attached to Messrs Holmes Brothers for the irregular hours of the boats. The public good should be at the heart of everyone.—l am, &c, G. H. Shepperson. March 5, 1873. LThe surprising thing is that the underlings of the Harbour Board should be permitted to connive at this; and mere surprising still, that after the public have been for years subjected to the ill-treatment, insolence and inconvenience of the monopoly there should be any one found now to travel bj those boats. The public have the matter in their .; vn bunds.—JJp, ■U.S.]

SUICIDE OF AN AGED WOMAN.

INTELLIGENCE was brought to town yester day to the. effect that a woman named Ann Folks had hanged herself at Howick. The report turned out to be correct, for Sergeant- Major Pardy found on his arrival at Howick that an inquest had just been held on the body. The particulars of the case are extraordinary in the extreme, and shew the lack of intel lect among the inhabitants of this pensioner settlement, The age of this poor old woman who raised her hand against herself was past three score years and ten, being just upon seventy-three years of age. She was in mid' dling circumstances of life, but was consi dered by her neighbours to be of unsound mmd —at least, so the foreman of the jury expressed himself after he had returned a verdict of felo-de-se. This person was Mr White, the postmaster, who should have been called as a witness, as he was one of the first to see the body hanging. It appears that the deceased was a widow, and kept a small shop at Howick. f^fae was very infirm, and was of a complaining disposition. A neighbour named Mrs Organ discovered her hanging by the neck to a beam in the wash-house of the building in which she lived, on Tuesday morning last, at about half-past eight o'clock. Mrs Organ at once ran and acquainted Mr White, the postmaster, and Constable- Molloy. Both these personages hastened to the spot and gazed upon the woman, who was suspended by her neck to the beam. They did not cut her down, but Went and fetched Dr Fitzgerald, who, on arrival, pro nounced life to be extinct. Dr Fitzgerald took his departure, leaving the corpse still suspended. Constable Molloy then took possession of the premises, and kept them closed until noon of yesterday, when they were thrown open to the jury and public to witness the ghastly spectacle, for, by this time, an inquest had been convened by Mr Gr. Kells, J.P. (in the absence of the coroner). The enlightened jurymen also gazed on the hideous sight of a corpse suspended, and no steps were taken to take it down. The evidence at the inquest consisted of the depositions of Mrs Organ, Constable Molloy, Mary Lorrigan, and Dr Fitzgerald. No evidence was adduced as to how the deceased came in the position she was found, or how long she had been hanging. As we have remarked, the post-master was not called. The jury returned a verdict of felo-de-se; and when the enquiry was finished the foreman expressed to the by standers that, in his opinion, the deceased woman had been of unsound mind for some time past. The body was at last taken down in a very decomposed state, and placed in a coffin for interment. The Rev. Mr Hall, a clergyman of the Church of England, at Howick, refused to perform the burial rites over the woman when requested to do so. He also refused to allow her to be buried within the precincts of the burial ground, but considerately allowed the body to be placed in a hole up in a corner of the cemetery, away from the other interments. The body was then conveyed to the cemetery by Sergt. -Major Pardy and the constable in Mr W. Lundon's trap ; the owner who happened to be present having kindly placed the vehicle at the Sergt. -Major's disposal. The villagers stood by and superstitiously refused to assist. The aforenamed clergyman then re fused to allow the corpse to be placed in the grave he had considerately allowed to be dug until seven o'clock at night. But Sergt.- Major Pardy very properly disregarded the order and interred the body at four o'clock. The poor woman had been heard to wish on several occasions that she might be "saved from her own hands and evil thoughts."

ART EXHIBITION.

A considerable number of persons visited the exhibition of arts in the City Hall both yesterday and to-day, and expressed their admiration of the paintings and photographic views which our persevering artists have brought together ; and we must honestly confess that the exhibition will bear favourable comparison with the exhibitions of other lands. We do not profess to be art critics, like the eccentric John Ruskin, nor would we pull a picture to pieces, as a peasant would a primrose, or an unpoetical scribe a poem, merely to gratify a vain curiosity and unconsciously display a want of true appre ciation and utter ignorance of the subject. A beautiful picture is to be looked at and admired for its own sake, and the artist who first saw the painting in bis mind's eye, and then gave to it life, colour, and ideality, is after all the best art critic. The artist with real poetic feeling out of the depths of his own soul first catches the outline of his woi'k from some natural scene, and by labour and genius impresses it upon canvas, and to him, and to all like him, it becomes a " joy for ever." Painting is one of the sister arts, it appeals foi* acceptance to the cultivated mind, and indicates an educated intellect. In walking round the newly-opened Auckland gallery we have been pleasantly struck with the variety of scenes and sub jects which have been illustrated, and the more so when we consider that numbers of the pictures have been produced by hands inured to toil, and associated with the bread winning occupations of life. Hence we have a capital view of "Sandstone Cliff," North Shore ; and " Rangitoto, by Moonlight," by John Symons, who daily drives the quill in a lawyer's office ; two really good pictures in water-colours. We have also faithful water colour views of '' Takapuna," '' Judge's Bay, Parnell," taken from a spot in the Domain ; " Waiotahi, at the Thames;" " Golconda claim," "Official Bay," and some half-dozen sketches of the district of Coromandel, taken on the spot by T. Warner, a self-taught artist, and no stranger to the throes of toil. We have further, in water - colours, '' Drunken Bay," the beach on Lake •'Takapuna," and "Peaches," by E. Bartley, who can use the carpen ter's plane, and plough, and handle with equal agility the limner's brush. Mr Hoyte, too, has done more, perhaps, than any other of our local artists to make us acquainted with the beautiful scenery which surrounds, at no great distance, our New Zealand homes. His exquisite views of " Menaia," Kennedy's Bay," " The Thames Ridges," "Lake Tarawera," "Ngahapu," "Rotomahana," "Otukapuarangi," "Judge's Bay" (Parnell), "Hamilton Ferry," and " Tiki Tapu," indicate a keen perception of natural beauty and poetic genius. His "Digger's Hut" is a brief passage in itself of a phase of New Zealand working life. The works of Mr Eastwood are legion, and many of them exhibit the painter's love of antique scenes, in exemplication of which we need only mentionhis "Old St. Paul's," "Dur ham Castle," "Ruins of Kelso Abbey," and his several Italian drawings. Nor should we omit the name of MrAlbin Martin, whose contributions though few, show that he is still capable of producing a creditable picture, and of adding to the varied art collection of our youthful city. Mr Martin's conti-ibutions comprise a view in the province of Canter bury ; and a water-color sketch of the " Hot Springs, Waiwera." Dr. Kinder has also been busy in such moments as he could snatch from his nearer professional duties and has exhibited his "View at Rotomahana" " Cupolas of Saints Peter and Paul, Wan<*a roa, and photographic views near Titirangi and Wangaparoa," which certainly reflect

credit upon the artist. We would invite particular attention to pictures numbered 235 and 230, entitled " Mar garetta," in oils, and a group of Austra lian Birds, in writer colors, by Francis Heighway, a self-taught youth who lives in the bush, and who in quiet intervals between labour and rest employs his pencil in con junction with his fancy in giving artistic expression to his bush dreams and reflections from nature. There are many other pictures of great merit to which we shall have occa sion to refer in another notice ; but before closing we would make reference to some excellent specimens of photographic art. Those exhibited by Mr R. H. Bartlett include fcio-Wy finished portaits of many of our Auck land worthies which are strikingly life-like, worthy of emulation, and calculated to attract the attention of every admirer of photography.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before W. C. Daldy, Esq., J.P.) AUCKLAND BOYS. Hu^li Wilson, Timothy Healey, and David Hotne, were charged, under the Amended VaoraW Act of 1869, with misbehaving themselves in a Public place in Grey-street in the course of yesterday, with evident intent to commit a breach of the peace Mr Broham said this tf'JW the first case which had come before the Coat* under the modem designation of " larrikimsrn, which was becoming very prevalent and a public nuisance. , „ Richard Eogera, general dealer, of Grey street, stated that during the last month he had been continually annoyed by these and other " lariftins" of the neighbourhood, who were in the habit of getting on his verandah and making the most hideous noises, and jumping with all their Weight upon his boards, to the terror of his family. Richard Rogers, junior, deposed that he was on the watch on the opposite side of the street, and could swear that the three priso ners were the most prominent among the offenders. ... The parents of the lads severally ex pressed regret at what had happened and, like parents generally, they considered their sons the best conducted boys in the world. His Worship said that this sort of thing was becoming a great nuisance, and must be put down by the strong arm of the law. Me himself had been an eye-witness of similar, proceedings among the youth of this city. Indeed it was difficult for a lady to walk in our streets without being molested,, and as this was the first case of the kind which had been brought under the notice of the Court, he should make an example of it. He hoped also that the press would notice it, m order that other boys may know that they will not be allowed to commit such breaches of pro- prietv with impunity, but if they will persist in endeavouring to perpetuate these nuisances they will certainly be punished. They each must pay 10s and costs, or be subjected to forty-eight hours' imprisonment. BREACHES OF BY-LAWS. _ The charges against Messrs Friend and Hardineton for alleged breaches of the by laws of the City Council were postponed until Saturday next in consequence ot tne absence of the Resident Magistrate. This was all the business.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Special Sitting.—This Day.

(Before P. A. Philips, Esq., R.M,) HOLDSHTP V. SKINNER. Claim £20, for damages to goods received per Warwick. m , Mr Rees for the plaintiff; Mr Weston for the defendant. His Worship proceeded to give judgment in this case as follows : I am of opinion that this is a question of either good or bad stowage, and the evidence proves some care lessness in this repect. While from the bill of lading it is evident that some of the t)ases were received stained, dirty, and some of the contents supposed to be broken, there is no evidence before the Court to show that from six to eight cases delivered to the plaintiff, with their contents more or less broken, were so received by the defendant, and the probability is, that such damage arose from bad stowage. The question raised on tke bill of lading is, in the opinion of the Court, met by the delivery to the plaintiff, and the receipt of the freight from him, which is not denied. The judgmeut will be for the plaintiff for £9 damages, and costs £4 12s. Mr Weston asked leave to appeal on the question of endorsement of Bill 0f Lading. Whether his client would take advantage of the right he could not say ; but with all due respect to the Court he would make the application. He would not confine himself to a single point, although he only mentioned one. There were other points on which he proposed to ground his appeal. Mr Rees did not oppose his learned friend's application, and leave to appeal was granted. The Court then rose.

PRIZE FIRING.—This Day.

The weather was exceedingly favourable for. the District Prize-firing of the Cadets of the several companies of Volunteers, at the Mount Eden Rifle Range, this morning. There was a good muster of young coin petitors and others on the range, and the firing commenced at nine o'clock, under the superintendence of Major Tisdall. Those of the members of the corps who made 20 pointsj on Tuesday, and 25 points and over to-day, will fire again on Thursday next in the tflivd set. The Grammar School and Sir George Grey Cadets will also fire in the second set. The firing of to-day resulted as follows j—-

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