SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH ■WATER; Thh evening 2.1 ; to-mowo* morning, 2.5(3 SUN-SET: This evening, 6.40 BTJN-SIS1!: To morrow woralng, 547 MOON'S AGE : Third day of first quarter

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS.

Tower Hill, brig, from Newcistle Columbia, schooner, from Napier Southern Cross, s s, Sellars, from Tauranga Taranaki, ss, Wheeler, from Southern ports

DEPARTURES.

Winona, yacht, for Dunedin Tawera. schooner, for Kaipara Pretty Jane, s s, for the East Coast Tarn o' Shanter, s s, for Waiuku Flirt, brigantine, for Lyttelton ■Zior, schooner, for Kaipara

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

jwiza j>iary, Drigamme, tor Newcastle, to-morrow Chile, ship, for London, immediately Hindoston, ship, loading Tartar, for Southern ports, about Ist proximo Mongol, s s, for Sydney, sth instant

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Tartar, s.s., from Kandavu, with Pacific Mail, early Star of the South, s s., from Fiji, early- Albion, bri?, from Newcastle, early- Alice Cameron, barque, from Sydney Anazi, barqiie, from London. Sailed October 31 JEmpreza, barque, from Liverpool. Sailed October 15 Hylton Castle, barque, from London. Queen of the Age, ship, from London Sailed Nov. 1 Magellan Cloud, schooner, and Kate Brain, from , Lyttelton, early Mongol, s s, from Southern ports, 3rd instant •Tone, ship, from London. Sailed Dec 20 Victoria, ss, from Sydney, early- Carl, brig, fromDunedin, early Queen of the Sea, barque, from Adelaide Phcebe, s s, from the South

The s.s. Taranaki arrived at the One hunga Wharf from the South this afternoon about four o'clock, with mails and pas sengers.

The brig Tower Hill arrived at noon to day with 210 tons coals consigned to G. W. Binney. C^gtain Harless reports leaving on the Ist inst., ajg^fefTflg had a fine though long passage, ..-with~]aasterly winds to the Three JKings^ -^Bpysr-the coast, had rain and thick weajEe^^asSßngers : Henry and Stanley'BeafeßawosS^fie'is^hted the s.s. Victoria last Wednesday. " The brigantine Flirt sailed for Lyttelton at a :late hour last night with an export cargo, already published. The s.s. Tarn o' Shanterleft the Onehunga wharf at ten o'clock this morning for Waiuku. • ' ■ ■

The brigantine B,hyno arrived at Lyttelton on the 2.3 rd inst. * '

The s.s.' Mongol leaves Lyttelton for Wel lington and this port to-day. The s;.s. Southern Cross, from Tauranga via the.Thames, arrived last night with a cargo and passengers. She called at the lftames for the pupose of landing His Honor the Superintendent and the members of the Provincial Government, who were thus enabled to be present at the-banquet given to the-Hon;3:J«Hiis ' Vogel last evening at Grahamstown/-*"': ° _ TMP-s. : Star of the Souih is now due from Levnka. ~-■>.-.■ n . ./,- \ti . .-'

M? .Street's yacht Winona started on her voyage'to ]Qunedin tl.is-morning under the command of Mr Hart. Mr Street does'not accompany his yacht as was anticipated. 1 The Ibrigantine Eliza Mary; has hauled alongside the wharf for the purpose of taking ballast. ' She will sail for Newcastle to morrow. . ; ; ! ■•: ; . ; ;. . . in:

The schooner Zior sailed last night, and the schooner Tawera this mornin" f or Xaipara.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails wili, Close as Under :— For Thames, to-day, at 5.30 pm, and to-morrow at 10.30 a m For Coromandel, on Friday, at 8 30 p m For Gisborne, and Napier, per Pretty Jane, to-day, at 4 pm For Tauranga, per Leah, to-morrow, at 0 a m, and per Vincent, at 5 p m For Gisborne, per Julius Vogel, to-morrow, at 11 a m For Russell, per Speedwell, to-morrow, at 11 a m (Signed) 8. B. Biss. Chief Postmaster.

MARRIAGES.

Gillman—Mob land- On "Wednesday, February 27 by the RevWarlowDavies, Thomas R. Gillman to Alice Louisa Morland.

McMaster— Cottbrell- On the 25th instant, at the Wesleyan Church, Pitt-street, by the Eev Alexan der Reid, Thomas McMaster, to Alice Harriet, eldest daughter of the late Henry Cotterell, both of Auckland

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

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1874.

For Hii J'il|^liiiniiili^: fi|ijiifiii^O^ For the wrong that needsSre'aisjkance,i/ For the future in the distanced ~-. V And Hiftie-nod that we can do

The action of the. ironworkers of Auckland in liberally offering to give one day's pay per week towards the support of their fellow craftsmen in Sydney now locked out brings before us prominently the question of Trades' Unions, which are exercising such a powerful influence over the working-classes in all parts of the British dominions. The excesses committed by workmen in their first efforts to throw off the tyranny of capital—more particularly in Sheffield and Birmingham—created a strong prejudice against working men's labour associations, but of late years wiser counsels have pre vailed in the government of Trades' Unions, and their moderation has secured the

attention from capital, which threats, ex tortionate demands, rioting, and reckless ness could never have obtained. Trades' Unions are now recognised by all the great British capitalists, and have been com mended in addresses lately delivered by Messrs. Brassey and Brogden. When wisely managed they are an assistance rather than a drawback to capitalists, by aiding in fixing the standard of remuneration for labour, and

thus removing the disadvantages against which a liberal employer has to contend in competing for contracts or for supplying existing demands with unscrupulous manu facturers who employ inferior labour, enforce long hours, or in other ways exact from their workmen a.larger amount of labour for smaller pay than that current at the time. The Amalgamated Society of Engineers, which has moved in the present matter, is one of the most "powerful and also one of the best managed of existing Trades' Unions. Its; aim is the general advance ment of the workmen employed in the iron trade, and it endeavours to secure this object by regulating the hours and remuneration of labour, establishing benefit and superannu ation funds, and providing instruction in the higher branches of technical knowledge; but the main source of its strength and influence is its unity throughout the British dominions. The principles of this Society are worthy of imitation by all kindred associa tions. All working men's societies have our warmest sympathy, and are calculated, when judiciously conducted, to effect a great social reform; but they are, of course, at tended with several serious dangers. Mr. Thomas Brassey, in a recent address before the Social Science Congress on "Economy and Trade," made some

very sensible remarks approving of the increased wages of the British workmen, but at the same time directing attention to the fact that the industrial position of Britain in the future depends on the use made of the power which the working classes have ac quired." He laid especial stress on the great contest now going on be tween Great Britain and the manu facturers .of America and the Continen tal countries, and he did not regret the re duced hours of labour in England if the greater leisure were ; made conducive to increased skill and ability to vie with foreign manu facturers. The question of. overtime he seemed to place especial weight upon, ob serving that so long as mechanics were allowed to work overtime the reduction of the standard length of a day's work was not likely to interfere materially with the amount of production. This had already been proved since the establishment of nine hours labour in England. : The amount of over time in large manufactories now is considerable and "many men refuse to work unless a certain amount of overtime is given them." Mr Brassey ascribed the advance in the wages of. iron-workers and coal miners at home to the increased demand for iron, and he did not think there was any pro bability of a reaction in that industry. We have directed our remarks to the influence of Trades' Unions in Britain, and to their development here rather than to the special instance of their working which has lately brought them into prominent notice in this j city. We may, however, state that so far as w;e are acquainted with the merits of the dispute between the Australian ironworkers and their employers the latter are in the wrong. It is not so much any special griev ance that is at issue, but the broad principle whether the workmen as a body have a right to a voice in5 fixing the hours of labour and pay. The attitude assumed by the em

ployers is a very tyrannical one. They say in effect "We make a rule inour establish ment from to-morrow, and you must obey or leave our employ." Themeri appointed ade putation-to consult with their employers, but were refused an interview, and told that they were not capable • of. thinking, and must do as they were ordered. It-is, ia short, "an attempt to break up all com bination on the 3 part of labour, and give over to capital uncontrolled sway. The same thing has been tried in Eugland and failed ; it is not likely therefore to succeed in the colonies, wheie labour is scarce and eagerly sought after. That the issue involved is an important one, and that theg men feel it to be so, may be con ceived from the fact that fourteen hun dred men have accepted the lock-out in preference to the terms offered by their employers. Every effort has been made to starve them into submission by requesting Sydney shopkeepers not to supply them with goods on credit, but the men have still held out, and that they are not without funds may easily be imagined when it is stated that New castle workmen alone contribute over £200 per week towards their support. It is not diffi cult to perceive that the employers of Sydney will suffer seriously unless a more concili atory attitude is assumed. The next step of the Union will probably be to draft the skilled mechanics of Sydney to neighbouring colonies, which might easily absorb a large number of them, and then when the iron masters of Sydney do choose to open the doors of their establishments they may find that the skilled labour available in Sydney is far below the requirements of the place, and is very dear, while neighbouring colonies, with plenty of labour, are prepared to execute the orders which Sydney establish ments, unable to execute, have had to turn from their doors.

By approving of the report of the Endow ment Committee on Mr J. B. Russell's dock proposals the Harbour Board yesterday sanc tioned a 99 yeara' lease of the harbour en dowment in front of that gentleman's pro perty at the North Heail at the nominal rental of £1 per annum. In doing so they have shown a very commendable disposition to encourage local enterprise directed towards the improvement of our harbour facilities. We hope to see the work of con structing a dock on the site now granted, commenced soon, and fiuished before the expiration of the time speciiied, namely, two years. We have no doubt that the investment will prove a profitable one to the enterprising gentleman who has un dertaken it, and the prospect of making the capital invested reproductive will operate as a sufficient stimulus for the completion of the dock as rapidly as possible. Where private enterprise can be induced to under take works of a kind beneficial to the com munity we do not think it should be killed, except when public interests are at stake, by competition backed up with public funds. On the contrary, every reasonable encourage ment should be afforded by the authorities, and we are glad to see that the members of the Harbour Board are disposed to act on that principle.

To the Editor : Sir,— I see in your report of the deputation that waited on Air Vogel respecting the Thames and VVaikato Rail, way, Mr Vogel said they could not provide immigrants for the land already opened up. Why not try and benefit those that are al ready here and have no land. There are hundreds here who would be only too willing to settle. .if they could get the land and roads to go to it. There is the second-class Auckland Militia that served two years an^^ ; halt: [They were to get some recompense for the loss of time. Why not give therft.a.dand. grant on condi tion that they form a settlement ? Many would gladly accept the offer. There is no need to send for the poorest of the poor when there are so many old colonists ready and wil ling to utilise the land.—l am, &c./l\ Clark. —[We have,no - doubt the Provincial Govern ment will very willingly' se£ apart a block of land if a sufficientjaumber-of persons willing to form a special settlement come forward and make application in due form.—Ed. B.S.]

The return match between the Coromandel and the North Shore Cricket Clubs will, we understand,' be played on Saturday next at Coromandel. No doubt the • North Shore Club will'treat with more cdiirtesy the Coro mandel players than did the Auckland Cricket Club lately; and &e_hope that the eleven chosen to go down for Saturday's match will be one fit for men to play with, and not one which an ordinary^ fourth-form school eleven be able to beat. ' The last match between the two elevens was played at the North Shore at the end of last year, when the Coro mandel eleven were beaten by 9 wickets. This time, however, the Coromandel team will no doubt give a better account of them selves, especially as they will play on their own ground. The Lalla Rookh leaves the Queen-street wharf with the cx'icketers at four pirn. on' Friday, and Coromandel at half paet six on Saturday evening.

We learn this morning that Sullivan is in excellent health, eats heartily and talks fluently. He is somewhat dissatisfied with his warder, and wishes that he had brought a higher-class man, and a more companion able traveller with him from Dunedin. He considers also that he has been neglected by the press, as he fully expected a deputation of editors to hear his sentiments on things in general, and especially on the immi gration and education schemes. He might also have enlightened the . Council on the vexed question of a water supply.; He is firmly of opinion that the name of Sullivan will occupy a conspicuous place in colonial history. He regrets that he was not permitted to reach the shores of free America, where he would have been interviewed, not only by the President of the States, but by the illustrious Brigham Young, a man, above all others, as the father of a family, that he would like to see.

At the Harbour Board yesterday the Chairman moved that the Chairman be authorised to expend a sum not exceeding £25 for the purpose of making further tests as to the value of red scoria ash for making hydraulic cement. Mr Fraser said that he had made experiments with red scoria, and he held a very high opinion of it ; he would second the resolution. The motion, which is one of considerable importance, was carried. Captain Daldy moved that it be an instruc tion to the Wharf Committee to report to the; Board the best means of warning shipping to prepare for bad weather..Mr Yon der Heyde said the Board ought to be very grateful to the Chairman for the promptitude of action he had taken. He would second the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr Kissling would move "that the wharf business be referred to the Works Com mittee to take whole matter into its consideration, and report to the Board."

One of the most useful of the Thames Benevolent Institutions is the Miners' Acci dental Relief Fund, which has been the means of doing a great deal of good in the districts of the goldfield. On Monday even ing arrangements were made by the acting committee for the payment of fixed weekly sums to two miners who were severely in jured by recent mine accidents, and a sum of £12 10s was yoted to the widow of Mr Clarke,

Two men named John Goudge and James Symons were found guilty of an unnatural offence on the 22nd inst., and committed for trial.

The entertainment last night at the.Brince of Wales Theatre was chiefly a repetition of the previous night's performance, and was well patronised. The pieces were judiciously varied to meet varying tastes, and gave great pleasure. We notice that there will be an entire change of programme this evening. Mr Vivian will give half a dozen of the latest songs of the day, and, among other fancies, " Nothing to Wear" will be pro duced.

The City Band, under the control of Band master Impey, will play some select pieces of music this evening on the lawn of Govern- ment House. ,

An interesting cricket match will be played cm Saturday next at Ellerslie, between the married and single men of the Auckland Cricket Club, and if the day should prove fine some capital sport may be expected.

The friends of Sheridan-street Chapel will hold a tea-meeting and soiree to-morrow evening, in the chapel. Tea will be on the table at half-past six, and the chair taken at half-past seven. A report of the progress of this section of .the Primitive Methodists' will be read, also the balance-sheet, and subse quently the meeting will be addressed by Rev G. H. Turner and Wm, Tinsley, also by Messrs Smith, Hemus, Booth, Binns, and others.

The members of Odd Fellows' Lodges of Auckland will hold the Anniversary Ball of Coiirt No. 4,741, on Thursday evening, in the Cook-street Hall.

To-morrow evening the concert in aid of the funds of St. Matthew's Sunday-school will take place in the City Hall. A splendid programme has been prepared under the superintendence of Mr Brown, organist of the church, and promises some very choice selections. The choir of St. Matthew's will take a prominent part, assisted by eminent vocalists and instrumentalists, and being in the mote roomy City Hall the concert will be all the more successful.

The appended report of the prize ■winners was held over from yesterday from want of space. We were kindly furnished with the list by Captain Dprrom :—Vol. G. Parting ton, No. 3, £10 ; Vol. J. Leigh, No. 2, £8 ; Vol. Hay, No. 4, £fi 10s; Lieut. Kitchen, Engineers, £5 10s ; Vol. W. Stone, No. 3, C."> 10s; Gunner Skinner, Artillery, £3; Lieut. Payne, Royals, £3 ; Lieut. Devore, Artillery,' £3; Vol E. R. Partington, No. 3, £2 10s; Vol. Forder, No. 2, £2 10s; Gunner Kelly, Artillery, £2 10a ; Vol. E. Cooper, No. 2, £2 ; Vol. C. Cooper, Victoria, £2 ; Vol. Thorne, No. 3, £2; Vol. M. Cameron, £2 ; Sergt. Little, Royals, £110s ; Vol. Bell, No. 2, £1 10s ; Vol. Duff, Vic toria, £1 10s ; Vol. E. Mills, Victoria, £1 10s ; Vol. Haresnap, No. 3, £1 10s ; Vol. E. Morrow,, No. 4, £1 ; Vol. Fowler, Vic toria, £1 ; Captain Morrow, No. 4, £1 ; Vol. Gleeson, No. 2, £1 ; Captain Barnett, No. 2. £1 ; Gunner McMaster, Artillery, £1 ; Vol. Brighton, No. 3, £1 ; Sergt. Soall, No. 3, £1.

The members of the Auckland Harmonic Society have the reputation of being an ex tremely social body, and unlike many Auck land societies they hang together like bees, and cluster round"the harp. Music is their central object, and to her sacred shrine their hrarts''devotions are sificerely paid.' The Society has resolved to give another moon light concert on Tuesday next on board the Golden Crown, when such melodies as "Meet me by moonlight alone" will give natural zest to the occasion at that 'witching hour.

The unfortunate woman who was tempted to enter the Wellington Hotel, yesterday, and steal therefrom mine host's box of money, is the wife of a decent working man, and the mother of four young children. The perse vering workers of Sheridan-street Chapel have recently taken much trouble with her, and had induced her to become a sister of their lodge ; but the influence of bad companions thwaited 'their laudable efforts,'.'and-ithe woman fell into temptation.. Mr Thomas Barraclough, D.R.W.G.T., writes in reply to the correspondent who took exception to his remarks at a Good Templar meeting held at the Whau. He says :—" He has got hold of my meaning by the wrong end, which by his style of writing I shouldijudge him capable of, or any other piece of absurdity. It was a Good Templar's open meeting, and. the language I used was to try and stir up those professing abstainers who make professing suffice, and are very lukewarm about putting their shoulder to the wheel to advance the cause of Good Templarism. However, your correspondent wishes to know what I meant by saying that we wanted only the lowest classes of society to join us—not my language, Mr Editor. I did say, and without prejudice would have been understood to say, that I, individually, would sooner see poor drunkards and other unfortunates join our society than a set of people, cold blooded as frogs ;and, sir, I submit there is a class of cold, calculating, professing abstainers who refuse to join the Good Tem plar organisation, or who, by a great deal of persuasion, have joined and are merely drones ,in the hive. Individually I have no respect for these people—their own selfishness is sure protection for themselves, and they feel no sympathy for any other individuals. Not so the recovered drunkard ; he is truly grate ful for his own escape, and is ever ready to lend a helping hand to a brother in distress." "Kissing afore fouk" has always had its drawbacks, especially to bashful people, and it appears that its inconveniences do not decrease as the world gets older. A few cases such as that of Homan versus Earle recently tried before a Transat lantic judge and jury, will, we fear,; reduce public osculation to the narrowest possible limits, if not to render it obsolete. Miss Eoxelana Homan, a Brooklyn' belle, having been repeatedly kissed " afore fouk" (nothing to Ler own dissatisfaction pre sumedly) by a Mr Earle, felt bound to hint to her partner in the osculatory business that such familiarities admitted of only one con clusion. The lovely Eoxelana maintained, in fact, tbat kissing before witnesses, if it did not mean a tacit promise to marry, ought to do so. Mr Earle, whose heart was evidently his strong point, did not quite follow his fair ■ interlocutor's logic, and when pressed de clined to acquiesce in the inference drawn from his osculatory attentions. Thereupon Miss Homan, with proper spirit, appealed to the Courts of her country to support her logic and vindicate her wounded feelings and out raged lips. No way loath a chivalrous jury under the direction of the presiding judge endorsed the fair casuist's reasoning, and cast the illogical and too demonstrative Earle in damages to the tune of 15,000 dollars. Roxelana is a smart girl, and for once at least has driven her pigs to a good market, j But has Miss Homan counted the whole cost of her cleverness ? Is she prepared to go down: to latest posterity, her memory execrated by virgins unkissed, as ;tbe iconoclast -who for 15,000 dollars, for ever circumscribed the sphere of osculation? Generations yeti unborn of pining maidens will hurl malisons at the Yankee girl who was 'cute enough to get kissed and dowered with 15,000 dollars,; but at the cost of depriving them of a chance of obtaining either kissing or cash. If conse quences such aa these are to attend kissing it will soon become a lost art, or will survive only in the iurtive, illegitimate form mmortalised in Scotch song a,s. "the kiss

MissH——, a funny old body, born in islO, informs us that upon a careful calcula tion she finds that the majority of the young Auckland ladies pass at least two hours a day each in dressing their heads. fa. ~ does not do so, and considers that one pound per head per annum for chignon pads, poma tum, and hair pins, and 730 hours each in the course of the year, is a great waste of time and money ; but then, she thoughtfully adds, "thehead is the most important part of the body, and a young woman's great busi ness in this world is to look as pretty, as she can, and get a husband as soon 'as possible. ,

The following letter is an important-one; and its publication will, we trust, ;haye a beneficial effect upon, the class of sharpers referred to : Sir,—l have had a great diffi r culty in getting men for my vessel, which I attribute entirely to the machinations of the keepers of seamen's boarding houses. I have very good reason for saying this,.,as upon one or two occasions under my very eyes, when I have had seamen upon the point of shipping, I have seen and heard a boarding master tampering with the men by per suading them not to sign articles at thecur- rent rate of wages, in consequence of which I have had to pay £1 10s per month for some six men I required in excess of the current rates. I think this should be put a stop to,; likewise a system also adopted of swindling the seamen in cashing their-'advance notes. I will give a case in point.- A man had shipped on board my vessel, aad had to be on board yesterday morning by seven o'clock: He came on board carefully escorted by his boarding master. His traps were as carefully taken to his quarters in the forecastle. John looked round for his boarding master (one Smith, by name) ; but lo ! he had disappeared aud was a long way on his passage ashore. Then there was a cry from the man that his boarding-master had robbed him. I as certained the particulars, and followed the villain on shore, where I made him disgorge the sum of £3 11s. Now if this not a bare faced robbery I do not know what is ; and if, as it often happens, this man had not been put on board until the last minute he would have seen no more of the balance of his advance notes. I regret now I did^not take steps to prosecute, but as I have had; rather a lengthened stay in port, and was ready for sea, I was somewhat afraid that I : should be further detained. Hoping that; this exposure will deter this boarding-master: (Smith) in future from carrying on such nefarious practices, I am, etc., Thos. Thompson, master ship Chile, i

Perhaps our Legislative Council will agree to pass next session the Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Bill, which the member'for Waitaki will again bring forward, seeing that it is now law in another of the Australian Colonies. By the last mail, the Governor of Tasmania received intimation that the Queen; had assented to the Deceased Wife's. Sister's : Bill passed by the Tasmanian Parliament last year. • i ■-. . a a William Stallard, a farmer, 'living at Dundrey, near Bristol, stands committed for trial for the wilful murder of Henry Cook-, &> labourer. The accused rode against jjb& deceased's wife on the highway, and deceased threatened to unhorse him. -<• Stallard challenged him to have a couple of rounds, but deceased walked quietly away. ...Three; hundred yards further Stallard, ,with coat aud waiscoat off, came up and knocked deceased clown in the road, and he died from a fractured "skull. .' f j

The members of the Victoria Company, under Captain Derrom, met for drill lastl evening in the Drill-shed, and went through! their varied exercises .with/smartness and success. This Company is advancing through; regular habitsandattention to drill.

A large meeting was held last evening in the Albert-street Temperance Hall, and a new lodge, the " Fraternal Home," was opened. Fifty-five names were recorded for! membership. The speakers were Rev. P. H.j Cornford and Mr Hemus. Mr Smith in the chair.

OUR LEADERS.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sir,—Commend us to the vagaries of the Press ! ! Your morning contemporary tne Herald, yesterday in bold type praised the action of the City Council in coming to the decision they have, and many were in hopes for a time this matter would rest, but a correspondent has been down a well! (not the well of truth, I fear), and having plunged his arm up to his elbow: in cool water at once alters your contem porary's opinion, and we are told notwith-1 standing that the Council have resolved to adopt a scheme which will cost some* £05,000 in preference to one estimated at; £160,000 ; that the bigger the scheme and the greater the outlay is the idea which per vades all discussion in the City Council on this subject ! These sort of statements from those who profess to guide public opinion won't do much towards settling this subject; it is only helping those who are determined to oppose any water supply if it is to cost anything, or any individual is to benefit thereby (even if you take his means of living from him). As regards Mr Sec combe's -well, it is undoubtedly a good well, bnt evidence is in existence that it ia nothing than a well, and therefore not the supply to be depended on for the city and suburbs with fully 20,000 inhabitants.—l am, &c, Desideratum. [We agree with our correspondent in con demning the proposal to erect pumping works over Mr Seccombe's well in order to draw: from there our city water supply. The sug gestion is so ridiculous that it is scarcely! worth spending a moment's thought uponj We require a permanent supply for the city,; and not one that " might provide Auckland' for the5 next few years." " Desideratum "| should make some allowance for the immense tax on intellect necessary; to' produce! six leaders a day in a small community, and) j find subjects for the same.' ■ A good deal oft what appears in our contemporary may! readily be accounted for when due consider-l ation is given to the natural effect of the! fashion which seems to have found favour in' its i eyek. It is a question of quantity not quality.—Ed.U.S.] si*—*: i

POLICE COURT.—Wednesday,

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.) RINGING THK CHANGES. Hugh MeCormack was charged with utter- ' ing base coin, but on the application of Mr Broham the case was remanded until Monday' next. • '.;,;, ; /. ■ ■ • J' BURGLARY. • Joseph and Daniel Danzey were brought up on a charge of breaking and entering thei dwelling-house of Alexander McCullough of: Parnell, on the 24th instant and stealing therefrom the sum of 7s Gd and a half-far thing coin. ; . ■ ■. : : - . ■ The boys pleaded guilty. iMr Caleb Wood stated,to the Court that the boys m the dock were the children of a very poor widow, who had to work very hard for the support of herself and family, and the children were consequently neglected. It was the desire of. the mother that they should go to school, but they were beyond her control. He inter fered for the purposa, if possible, of getting them into the Home for Neglected Children! I His Worship considered that a home was required for criminal cases, . .

-' ' ■ ' I ' ': ■■ After some further consultation on the matter, the case was adjourned Tintil Mon day next in order that some steps might be taken for the possible benefit of the lads. LTJNACY. Edward Alag was charged with being of uusound mind, and on the testimony of Dr. Kennedy andYDr. Hooper, was committed to the Lunatic, Asylum, r- \ j

ANCHOVIES AND TOAST.

(From our London Correspondent.) 'j,, London, December 26

CHANCELLOR OF LICHVIELD. ■ The Bishop of Lichfield has; appointed Dr Hobhouse, the late Bishop of kelson, .to the office of Chancellor of Lichfield in the place of Chancellor Law. , PAPAL ENOLYTICAL LETTER. The Pope has been coming out awfully strong in an enclytical letter, which, besides being published in the papers, has beenread at High Mass in all the Roman. Catholic places of; worship. He excommunicates everybody who does not believe in his In fallibility, and says that the Church is now passing through such a storm of persecution as she has never before experienced. It must be consolatory for him to think that the times in which he lives do not permit of such persecutions as those in which his pre decessor and their friends were wont to! indulge,else the old gentleman would stand a very good chance of being roasted alive or tied up'by the ' heels, or something of that kind. He especially anathematises the Freemasons, who, he says, govern Europe, and have the ear of every crowned head, and he says that they form a very " Synagogue of Satan." Pretty talk for an educated gentleman of mature years—isn't it? The best of it is as the man said when his wife was< £b6Xin£fJhis ears —it amuses the Pope and doesn't-hurt anybody else. THE KAFFIR WAR. ■ '- '~ , Yoii may have seen that our colonists at Natal are having a "native difficulty," whicf although, small and trifling at present, may possibly increase |to something formid able. The affair first arose out of an objec tion on the part of, the natives to register their arms—for it seems that in Natal all arms in the possession of the Kaffirs are. by law compelled to be registered ; an attempt to enforce this law by a body of mounted volunteers resulted in a warm engagement in which the colonists behaved gallantly but were cut |up terribly, several troopers and amongst them the son of the Colonial Secretary being killed. Some British;: troops ; have been ordered up from tke Cape, and the event is doubtful. The Zulu Kaff res are a warlike race, and have given us much trouble in former years, at the same time one is always dis posed to take the most cheerful view of, things, and hope that the affair may blow over without further bloodshed. -;i, . -~ THE TIOHBORNE CASE. I must try to give you an idea of how the Tichborne case stands at ttiis advanced stage..- Everything has been going against the defendant of late, and although he is a most imperturbable man and gives no outward sign'lie must regard his case as, a very hope less one by this time. You will.remember the witness Louie, a Dane, who swore that, he was steward of the Osprey, the vessel which picked up the Bella's boat according to the defendant's story, and nursed Roger all the way to Melbourne.' His story was rather plausible, but suspicious for the reason that during all tKe? years .the trialhas. been going on he had not come forward pre viously to corroborate the fat man's story. He said that he lived inNew York, wherehekepta a grog shop and had a family, and that it was accidently on his way from Germany to New York that he met; the defendant's agents, and was introduced to him.,-At that introdue-: tion he said the defendant' had at once recognised him and spoken to him in Spanish. This witness waa thought much of by the prosecution, and was Mr Whalley's trump card. An adjournment? was (granted in order to allow the prosecution to send agents td'America to enquire into the. man's story, and witnesses were produced there who clearly proved that no such person was known in Mew York, and that his story about the Osprey must have been pure fic tion. Still this was merely hard swearing, until one day the matter was finally settled by the recognition of Louie, in Court by some commercial men as ah individual who under another namehadrtried to swindle, them a few months before. Louie' tried to brazen it out with the most astonishing, effrontery ; but at last it was proved"; by the ' produc tionof prison^ warders "and- others that this precious witness was a ticket-of-leave man who had only been out of gaol a few months, and who had passed a large portion of his life in "quod" for. a series of swindles of various kinds. At the time that he swore to picking up the Bellas' boat it appears he was clerk in a store in Cardiff. So much for the Osprey tale: Of course every, one is of opinion that the defendant must have known! all about.this, and that it was a deliberately concocted plan on the part of hispiarty. ( At any fate it has fairly damned his case—what there was of it. Louie has been committed to take his trial for perjury. Dr. Kinealy has been taken ill, and no wonder after such a terrible blow. He fights well though, and if it were not for hia coarseness and brutish ness he would be very popular, for he is a clever fellow, welL educated, and a good lawyer. But he has the temper of a fiend, and has been imprisoned years ago for hammering his wife and children. There is a riddle out about that by the way— Why do the defendant and his counsel resemble one another ? Because they have both got into trouble through Wapping (whopping) ' relations. Dr Kinealy is to resume his speech on the 29th instant, and is I to finish.in, a week from that date, so that the end must be very near : now. Mr Hawkins is to be made a judge at the close .of the jtrial as some for the losses he has sustained .through its protracted length. He had a splendid business, which hasi all left him, as he has had ho time'to attend to it. Physiognomists say, from a study of the: faces of the jury, thai there are yet ! one or two of them rather doubtful, but i] don't believe they will hesitate an hour.

THE PREMIER AT THE THAMES.

[By Telegraph.]

The Hon. Julius Vogel was entertained at a banquet last night at the Thames. In addi tion to;the guest, of the evening,'who arrived by the Golden Crown, in the afternoon, there were, about eighty gentlemen present, in cluding his Honor the Superintendent and the members of the Provincial Executive Messrs G. M. Reed and J. Sheehan. The banquet was. laid out in the Academy of Music, and did credit to the caterer Mr Curtis. The chair was taken by Mr Howe, and the vice-chair by Mr Robert Graham. On the right of the Chairman sat the Hon. J. Vogel, and the Hon.' E. Richard son. Mr Sheehan, and thetwo native chiefs —Paul of Orakei, and Wi Katene—occupied seats o^hisleft. , The Thames Scottish bind played during the repast, which was got up in Wagoj&Jentj Style, ; . * ?

On the removal of thT~cloHr«r^' I loyal and patriotic toasts -wei-fl*,. he *W-/ The Chairman then proSf^.' the Superintendent in euloeiabV ♦ .Mr Williamson referred ?£ r te^ s more than ordinary care in adnr • Jt('% which was required'at the 1 ■preap^s4latl'cn of affairs and stated that he andE^F** had been-collecting-mfomatioS3^ them and trusted that! he BhoJ^ have the help and support of the in? v in whatever he put his hands to (A^fiH The, Chairman, in proposing 'the t Bel' the evening, disclaimed any desire ir °f Mr Vogel. The Thames peopS^tter famous for that. ; He helievej tn a Va« (habitants of .the Thames took as■ Sir* teresfc in politics as any setof plotf -k colony. As a body they endorsedfteKi!" Works policy of the Government/' 4 *™ilc The toast was drunkwith greatenthnsi and with musical honors/ fWn

The Hon. Julius Vogel onrising to** was greeted with' loud; cheers. After air to the fact of the occasion being the fir^r^ the proroguing of parliament that he uT* the Superintendent, he; proceeded to ».f that the kind reception he W| .with was hardly to be exoeS'Sf his reply to the recent deputation in «♦„ f to the Thames and Waikato raiW M plain answer had after all turned d V best. His speech referred chiefly to n questions, the.character of.the fieldjs pared with Australian fields, itg.cosjiS 811' and the means for its development -'a/hi prospects. Five years ago he recollected Wt ing the goldfield at the Thames, and by then little thought that such progreia'J»M be made in so short a time. .He felt cosfifa that a brilliant future was"yet before ft Thames in spite of temporary depress!? Sandhurst was an instance of the ppperib which attended resolute efforts. (LI harm had been done to enterprise in Ui seeking by the false scientifiijf'dicim that gold could not.be found at gteat deptk That opinion was now exploded. TheXMmes possessed advantages enjoyed by jju, goldfield in the world, and no fear need be entertained of its prospects being blighted h the withdrawal of capital. He believed! 1 deputation was about to wait oninm in &■ gard to a special grant for, deyelopWjfie goldfields. That he would, not anticipate. The hon. gentleman then referred Jo the i* portance of encouraging coal-mitiiig;;indestab lishing a municipality, atthel&uiiestorep. late the tramways and the supply of sasini water as well as to control generally tieidcsl works. The utilisation of riYer:icqminiiiiiea tion was another very important^"Sgkjeet which possibly, did not strike them.irlieiijte asked for a railway. He thoughlfij|§fj great mistaketo reduce the •expor^OT^i gold. He considered such a levy (lie could, not call it a tax), quite fair, as it m expended on the' goldfields? where iitiw raised. He was ilpt in faTour rf the reduction .made in the duty, ll had been said that a mint ought to be started in the colony. He did'oot^agiee with that. It was a. luxury;wHeK;'iirmild prove an annual loss, and he did not think it would be allowed by theilmpeiM'THithori ties. The fixing of a'itandard price of gold would be its only advantage, The franchise was another subject''hV ought to refer to. The Government proposed to ■ do' away with the present ,exSeptionkl.& chise and substitute.manhood isnirip. He himself saw no freaßoit gainst uni versal, suffrage. -, (ApplanseJ.j.-pWpiiieiii" 1* thought, were capable^ of ; exercising'a vote, but public , feeling, was. notyyet matjoted enough for' that; " He closed by stitmg toit he had discovered since he' La'df ipoine, into] the room that.it was] his birtn:day,^the v-: nouncement of which was greeted with lonl and prolonged .applause. ( '/T^-; ti&m throughout received frequent and repeated marks-of approbation, and twasa^reatsifr re"ess. ' ~~ ~ ' >7 *" ' fl. The vice-Chairman'then proposed "Bt Ministryj'.' which, -wasi reaponded^iojjbylfr Richardson, Minister of Works. ~l' Sir Rowe replied in a characterisfespw!! in the course of which he described to Thanies^aa -a gdldfield offering *■■betfentais of investment any other," not'evenei cepting Victoria and ".New South Wales. Mtßrown.M.P.C., proposed/'■The.W Assembly," coupled with"slo names« * O'Neill, who responded, as', did ilao Hi Luckie. - —— '"'■'.. Captain Richards proposed "ThePtOTJncul Council" coupled with the names ; jfl(Mff Reed-, SheeHari^and local feP reW™f*si The toast was replied toby Mrasn Epal, Sheehan, Brown, and BagnaU/'Vi-iV The " Commercial ..Interests" WP pbsed by Mr Macdonald, solicitor, and re sponded to Mr Ehrenfried. ,- . y :<mp •:': l"' Sir1 George Arney, Chief -Jnstic«/ J proposed by Mr "Allom and resporiaw to DJ Captain Fraser. '.)'■■ ' > " The Press" was proposed by Mr W and responded to by Messrs jEeedf^W son, and Hopcraft. ", r [rsVyit 4 '. "The. Chairman" was prbpo^a )J : » Vogel and responded to" by Mr Kftwe, "The Vice-chair" was proposed^Jy* Sheehan and'dulyrresponded to; \lj'"J.- V . Three hearty.cheers .were enßf!^,j the Premier, and the proceedings closett midnight. n at Deputations on variouP subjects are bo waiting on the Premier-and the Snper^ '.dent.*^ •iJ:i.,;-ii ' V* ■■:■'- Thei Ministerial and : Supennto^ parties JeaVe by the Crown for AuckH" 111' foixr this afternoon.

PRIZEIRING.-This Day.

The firing for the: second set P^ OS j commenced this morning at the.Mount , Range at nine o'clock precisely, i command of Captain A. Morrow,; Bugler Lee. The wind was'sornewWg and variable, still there was some g^^ Captain Burns, of.the Hobson W^PJ made the highest score., The r^^Ui 200, 400, ;and 500 Jards/ and the w"T are the scores :— J ' " ,'. '•... jfl

CTtl ttVliftfoft Bliffi WEDNESDAY, PEBRtfARY 25 1894



200yd. 40O«*"{3 Capt.-Buriw,-H; C6.~ " 23 23 « ■ fl .Serg. Anderson, Ri Co. 24 23;«,'}{ : *j Vol. E. M. Grace, No. 3 23 21, » uJ Vol. g". Kohn, No. 3 22 21 - n 55 VbL3V McLean, NJB. 24-.«■■•{?■■■ jj Serg. Marlin, N.BJ '23 1» » 55 VoL'Needham,-»N.&; ;' ? jS Vpl.'A.Edmondl.yi 06:23; : Wq 51 Vol. J. McLeod, V.Co. 24 ; N •■■ |J {S Vol. Buttle, A.R.V. 56 ; lj |j 5I Sergt, MeComish, H.C. 22 '; « . " 5< Vol; G. Osb-orne, A.R.B. 21 J8 |J. j Vol. A..Hardwick r XC, 21 Jf 2 * jl Sub. Lieut;:WM^ lE.G. 24v ; Jj.f- g jl Vol. Jaa. MoLeod,^,®. 18 'if: , {3 *', Vol. J. Gilihore, V.B. 7 811 .?}*> •«;* Vol. J. Lonsa&e, V. Co. 21.. W Lieut. Goodfellow, Ota- , n in huhu .... 26 JO } il Vol. w. Fowler ... 21 }*-,7.'^ Vol. C. Stewart,^Eug. .17 •-"■: 2 I Vol." J. Buttle, A^R.V.-25 Jj 9 I Vol. A. Cooper. V. Co.. 21 1} 7 j Vpl. Gould, Otahuhu Co. 20 f/ 4 s 4 Vol. W.H. Taylor, R.C. 17 f" 6,? Captain Le Roy, N.B.' H ■' j J Vol. T. Phillips , • -^dl. Lieut. Tremain, V.C. : 15 ?V f J Vol. G. Nicholson, R.C. 16 ,,.if.



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