SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUN-SET : This evening, 7.3 SUN-RISB: To morrow morning, 5.26 HIGH WATER: This evening, 10.15 ; to-monow morning, 10.2

ARRIVALS.

t> olden Isle, schooner, from Russeu Beatrice, barque, from New York, via Adelaide Mary Ellen, schooner, from Mercury Bay Go-ahead, s.s., from Wanganui "

DEPARTURES.

Star of the South; s s for Fiji Margarita, barque, for Kaipara Herald, schooner,for Rusrell: Merlin, schooner, for Russell Colonist, schooier, for Napier

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Chile, ship, for London, early . :! Clio, ketch, for Wan gapoa .'.' *"/ ~ Victoria, ss., from Sydney, Monday' . 'V :. Taranaki, s.s., for Southern ports; Monday

IMPORTS.

■ Per s.s. Go-ahead : 40 head cattle, 250 sheep, Wvßrewer. y '~''' ■' A'".'.L-. !

Per Mary Ellen, from Mercury. Bay I 18,000 feet timber, Schapp and Ansenne ; 20 bags gum, Owen and Graham. "Per Beatrice, barque, from New York: via Adelaide: New York—lsoo cases kerosine, 50 cases painters'spirits, S cases chairs-,- l 2 barrels blocks, Henderson and Macfarlane; 3 cases merchandise, 7 cases axes, 2 cases forks; 1 bundle merchandise, 1 case wheels, 1 bundle wheels, ,18 cases scales, 15 packages reapers, 1. case bandies, 6 cases tools, 5 eases hardware,-12 reaping machines andfplatform, 6 poles, 1 ;case merchandise, 50.cases lobsters, order"; 4 cases shovels,| Henderson and Mac farlane, From Adelaide—6 cases wine, R. H: Bartlett; 2 cases, Melan'esian Mission— Henderson and Macfarlane, agents., , ~,,

EXPORTS.

Per schooner Colonist, for Napier, via Cabbage Bay, 36,000 feet timber, Cashmore.

The s.s. Go-ahead, Captain McGillivray, arrived at Onehunga to-day at one p. m. She left Wanganui at 11 p.m.: on the 4th ; crossed the bar at midnight, arriving here as above. Experienced; strong; head winds, with confused se^ to the Cape", From thence light variable winds,. ..with smooth water. Passengers :—Misses -.Lodge, and Walsh, Messrs ifrcCallum," Pearce, Robinson, and Titford. " We are indebted to Mr Newman, purser,-, for^filep, Sic.) < / 3P. VI 7' A

The cutter Mercury has cleared for the East Coast and Gisborne with 1200 shingles 9000 feet of timber, 6 pair sashes, and 2 doors, Campbell and Co.; 15,000 feet of .tim ber for Gisborne... Transhipped ex Glen huntly from London—l case, T. Bilham. J The .barque Lady Agnes.'is now full of cargo'and will sailforNewjYorkimmediately. The s.s.. Star'; of the ,South sails for the Fiji's this evening with passengers and cargo. The baTque Margarita46dk- her departure for Kaipara yesterday'evening. .. ~.„ , The Golden Isle, schooner,, brings .107 tons of coal from the Bay of Islands. ■ •. il ■ I .. - •

The brig Albion/hence arrived at New castle on the 28fch u.£';' ',' ':, \'77'<'7'7 ,

The barque Bella Mary left Hobart. Town for this port oh January 15th with % cargo of bark, timber, fruits andjam, and the follow ing passengersL':—Mrs McArthiir, Mr' Ander son, Miss Boon.. v.The.Bellaj Mary should -be close at hand. yl.li

' The barqueßeatrice, from New York via Adelaide,;arrived in Rangitoto Channel .at,a late hour last night, and ."came up harbour this morning, anchoring in mid-stream off. the wharf. SheA brings a^ small cargo of Yankee notions. She left Adelaide oh the' 19th ult:, and has had a longish [passage of eighteen days;-. . '. , l,

Port of Ngaloa, "Island of Kandavu, following letter from.Commodore Goodenough to Governor Sir Hercules Robinson, K-C-M-GU has beenjpresentedLto both Houses of Parliament, by command. ''Her, Majesty's ship Pearl,,at Levuka, Fiji, lPth I.ecember ; 1873. , Sir,-,-!', havei taken ah opportunity;, of visiting the j port of. Ngaloa in the island of Kandavu, and have ,the honour to ehclose'to your Excellency^iforthe ihfcrmatioh of ;the Government of New South Wales,. Ia : tracing of : corrections to the Admiralityi plan which it may be convenient to publish.' 2. It is. so important to the Government of New South Wales to secure a good port of call for their mail steamers, that I'feel sure that your 'Excellency Lwill not think it.,an,'undue interference on.my part if I express an opinion on the* harbour of Ngaloa, and on any preferable, routo pr depot which might"*b,^chosen here. 3. It will be seen from,ithe/enclosed tracing that the sea reef of >< Kandavu extends much further to seaward than is marked,in the Admiralty plan. ..There will be, .moreover^ great difficulty and.expense in placing the leading lights for the entrance sufficiently far apart to enable a ship to enter with certainty at. night. Uutil those lights are so placed it is imposssble to enter the port at night. 4. The alternative which pre sents itself is to. make,-Levuka the port of call, and to pass through the group and by the Nanuku passage, as was formerly done ; and I have no hesitation what ever in saying that . this is the proper course'to pursue. 5. Coming from the. Samoan Group, , I myself entered, the Nahuku passage (where there is now no light) under sail only; ; ,at 10, p.m. ; ,and;on. the following night entered the: port of Levuka, also under sail, at the.the same hour, without difficulty and without employ ing any person.who had ever been in the Fiji Group before. 6. If any money be spent upon lights, it is far better that it should be laid out on placing* a -light in the Nanuku passage, rather than make an effort to light Ngalbayif such, a light be established" at Ngaloa it will be 4| miles from the ex tremity of the sea-reef.—l have, &c.-, JLG. Goodenough, Captain knd Commodore 2nd, Class, Commanding Australian Station/- '-<■ '■>

COMMERCIAL.

The market this morning presented rather a dull appearance., Vegetables were scarce, but there was an abundant show of fruit. MrFentbn had a large supply of butter, ham-3 and bacon, and several tons of flour at prices as per market list.

At Mr Arthur's>poultry. sale this,morn- ing geese sold iat 2s =6d to -3s 6d ; turkeys, 5s 3d to 5s 9d ;; ducks ls'to Is 9d-■/■fowls,s' la 5d to 2s; pigeons, lid.to ,1s; rabbit's (various Bizes),;sd'tp,2s 1d5,,..', . '. ! 7777 At the Corner Mart, to-day, Mr George Sibbin sold a quantity of rice at 2£d;; cheese, (kl i flour, lis to l^s ; half-chests tea, 2s 2d ; white siagar, s^d ;a candles, olljd ; vestas, 21s to 22s 6<L; oats, 4s lOd; maize, 7s. This was considered a very high price for maize. We Understand that a large ;cirder is to- handl to re-ship to Australia. ■ . .y

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under :—

For Thames, to-day, at 5 30 p m, and to-morrow, at ; 10.30' am ' For Eiji, per Star of the South, this day, at 4pm For "Whitiangi, per Mary Ellen, to-day, at 5 pm For New York, per Lady Agnes, to-morrow, at 9 a m For Mahurangi, Matakana, Mangawai, Waipu, &c., . per Lady Bowen, on Saturday next, at 10 a m For Whitiangi, Taifua, Taurknga, Opotiki. and ! Napier, via, Tauranga,,. per Southern. Cross, on I Saturday next, at 3 p m For Wangarei, Wangarei Heads, Mangapai, and Waipu, per Bertha, to-niorrow, at 3p m Fot Taranaki and Southern Provinces, pel Taranaki, I on Monday next, at ll,3o!'am'' For the Australian Colonies, per s.s. Victoria, on I Tuesday, 10th instant, at 1 p m Late letters for Sydney and Melbourne at I.3o'pm-- ' - ■' '"-'-'" '

; Money orders, registered letters, at noon For the undermentioned places, per s.s. Mikado, on I Monday, 16th instant, as under :— i For Fiji.Sandwich rslands.United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South ! oi America, and British and Foreign West Indies, j at 10.3u a.m.

• For the United Kingdom arid Continent of Europe, via San Francisco, at 10.30 a.m. I Letters ibearinglate fee will be received < untillla.m i For money orders, registered letters, and news j papers, at 9.30 a.m. i Postal Guides can' now be obtained at this office Price, 6d. . . ' ..,.-,.

N B.—Post-offices have been' opened at Cape Settlement and Queen's Redoubt.

(Signed)

8. B. Biss. Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Lawrence—On the 4th February, the wife of jEdward D. Lawrence of a son.

DEATHS.

LLpß'p-^Ori February 6, Herbert* Fair, third son of Mr J. Llord, of the Whau ; aged two years. ~ ; The funeral will leave the residence of Mr Larkin, LUnion-street, at 3 pm. to-morrow (Saturday). Friends"please accept this invitation.' LEogbtt—On February 6, at her -father's residence, near Seafield View, Mary, youngest child of Mr F. C. Leggett, clerk of Provincial Council ; aged four months. . 0 :! '

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

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the. wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance,. oi And «i« srood' that we can do

There is such a strong, and it is .to be feared too well grounded suspicion of jobbery and log-rolling about all public, questions in that we approach the subject of Mr Moriarty's water supply report with very considerable caution." 1 "'The result of the in vestigation by-the same gentleman relative 3b dock-site is.also anything but rei-assuring,, and the admission iaadeby :Mr Moriarty at the Council yesterday .''that on one occasion there had apparently been damming'up atthe Western Springs source to'make the flow stronger than proper," sets it beyond all .doubt that gross jobbery would be exercised here as elsewhere'if it were permitted. We I are inclined to think, however, that there are too many contending factions and opposing interests, and too inanyLgrabbing.for any bone thrown down, io give: any one clique a fair chance over the other,7 W^, must he,

oareful therefore not to let /blind prejudice

influence or protract a decision on this im portant question. Auckland requires a water supply, and the question of source should be settled without further delay in order that the work may.be proceeded with. Looking at Mr Moriarty's report as the opinion of ■an able engineer, given without prejudice, we must admit that it is not open to that charge of palpable unfairness which characterised his report on the dock ques tion. He has examined all the recognised sources of supply, and his opinion, there f ore^ whatever it may, be worth, is final so faras he is concerned ; and it cannot' be said that the Council has given an undue bias to his investigations by withholding information which ought to have been laid before him. Thus the most serious, indeed fatal, objec tion to the dock report cannot be urged against his report on the water supply. Coming then to the . consideration of Mr Moriarty's report on its merits we find that he disapproves of the Onehunga springs source owing to the smallness of the supply, the distance, and cost of pumping, and the pro bability of Onehunga some day requiring the water to supply its own wants. Lake St John he condemns, both on account of its small extent and the impurity of the water. The two sources mentioned have never been regarded with much favour, and we think the public will agree in placing them on one side as subordinate to Nihotupu and the Western Springs. It must be confessed that public opinion has been strongly favourable to Nihotupu and the gravitation scheme con nected with it; and the scandalous trick revealed, by Mr Moriarty regarding the damming up of Low and Motion's stream during .his recent investigations will not tend to weaken this feeling. It would afford us very genuine satisfaction to find this dodge defeat the object which it was in tended to secure. But we must not permit this ' feeling to create an unreasonable bias against the WcsternSprings. The duty of the Council in the interests of the public is to ascertain

the best source, apart from all other consi derations ; and, aware of this damning up, and while professing to have checked it, Mi Moriarty gives a very strong prefei ence to the Western springs over .Nihotupu. Wo should not overlook the fact that in this opinion he supports Mr Bell, who came here a perfect stranger at the request of the Council to report specially on on this question. Mr Moriarty's reasons for his opinions are clear enough, and capable of being put to the test by any competent engineer. He says that the flow of water down the Nihotupu stream when he measured it was 1,216,000 gallons a day, which he considers "barely sufficieht'for present requirements, and must shortly fall shorb of those of the future." Against this he estimates the flow of the Western Springs 'at 2,361,312 gallons. The cost of the Nihotupu scheme he also considers to have been under-estimated. Another grave objection which he makes is the liability of the water to serious and irremediable fluctuations in. quality. .". I cannot but think," he says, "that the water.received off such a country, during freshets, or in wet seasons, must be charged to so dangerous an extent with vegetable impurities, as to be unfit for domestic use." His reasons against Nihotupu briefly sum marized are, " the inadequacy of the supply from the, stream in ordinary seasons, the ap parent impracticability of obtaining good sites for storage reservoirs, the liability to constant interruption of the supply through the bursting of pipes, the danger of the pipes becoming choked with sediment, and the great cost of the piping at present prices." yAny of.these," he remarks, "v. ouldbenearly sufficient (all certainly in ,my opinion are) to exclude the Nihotupu stream from favour able consideration as a source of m ater supply for this city." Of: the quality of the water obtainable from the Western Springs he speaks very favourably, but observes that " on this head reliance must be placed on the analyses of the water which have been, and will be made." The distance from the Springs to the reservoir—which he recom mends should be placed on the Corpora tion allotments near the junction of Pon sonby Road and Karangahape Road—is two miles,'; and the pipe track along the line of road a good one, involving little claim for compensation. The quantity and purity of .the water, nearness to the city, "easy gradients for the pipe track, and the smaller cost of the wprks are such as lead Mr Moriarty to the con clusion.that "there can be no question" of this being the proper source from which to obtain Auckland's water supply. Upon the subject of compensation Mr Moriarty con siders that £750 for a' Cornish boiler for Messrs Low and Motion, and an annual allowance of ££75 for working expenses, to gether with £500 for land taken, would be amply sufficient; and, including this amount, he estimates that a good supply of water for the present and future; wants- of Auckland cohld be, obtained from the Western Springs for £66,714. The interest oh this sum at five per cent, £3,336,, and the working expenses £3,639, would form a total annual charge of £7,075, which could be met.by a rate of Is 3d in the £ on the average rental of city property. , The above; then; as briefly, summarized as possible, is the substance of Mr Moriarty's recommendations, and :we cannot see any reason for believing that he has not discharged the trust reposed in him wijth fairness and impartiality. We have omitted reference, to ~the questions of the rival reservoirs at Ponsonby and Kyber Pass roads, upon which so much stress is laid by our contemporary the Cross this morning, for after all that is only a matter, of detail which m ould arise in the Nihotupu equally with the Western Springs scheme ; the main question iB the source. Nor is it fair to capitalize the whole of the working expenses, of ■ the Western Springs scheme in order to bring up its cost to an amount equal with that?of Nihotupu, for any water supply will involve heavy working expenses ; and although the additional expense of a pump ing scheme may equal.the. expenditure in interest on a larger capital, ,it is. by no means an immaterial fact, particularly in the circumstances of Auckland, that the larger amount of capital has hot to be expended. We could not, under the law as it stands, carry out a scheme costing. £150,000, even if it were desirable to do so. Again, we con aider it unfair to censure Mr Moriarty for expressing an opinion on the cost of the J Nihotupu scheiiie without jnahmg surveys

and taking levels. It was never for a moment anticipated that he would engage on such a work, which could not be carried out accurately underfive hundred pounds or more. We presume Mr Moriarty accepted the sur veys of other engineers as correct, and formed his opinion upon data so obtained, making his calculation at present prices of iron ; but as he has avoided giving even an approximate estimate of the cost of the Nihotupu scheme, condemning it on other grounds, he can hardly have laid himself open to blame on that score. We must admit-that some of the opinions now ex expressed are contrary to preconceived notions, but no one can read Mr Moriarty's report, unless , judgment is warped by prejudice, without admitting much of its force. It seems to us that the first duty; of the Council now is to make an independent: gauge of the flow of water at the Western; Springs in order to set at rest the suspicion of deception ; their second business is to as certain what claims for com pensation are likely to arise, in order that their true position may be understood. This done we think they should come to a decided con clusion on the matter. It is childish in the extreme to employ engineers one after another and reject their reports as soon as received on mere unskilled opinion. While this question has been debated more property in • Auckland has been de stroyed—mainly through the want of a good water supply—than would cover the whole cost of the proposed scheme. In the name of common sense we ask the Council to como to a decision at once and give us water.

[Since the above was in type we have re ceived a letter endeavouring to explain the damming of the stream. We must say how ever that it is not satisfactory. If it was only what our correspondent alleges, why Mr Moriarty's reluctance yesterdoy to men tion it ? and why did he not at once make the explanation now proffered by "Pro Bono Publico ?" It won't do. However, as we remarked above, that does not very materi ally affect the main issue.]

To the Editor : Sir,—l noticed in Wed nesday night's Star a letter signed by " A Lover of Cricket," relating to the match still at issue between the above clubs, and ad vising the North Shore eleven to give up the match and allow the Aucklanders to claim a victory which they have not yet earned. He says that the North Shore eleven were shamefully beaten owing to their bad bowl ing, fielding, etc. Granted that they ob tained a minority of runs in the first innings, would it bo fair to ttiem for the Auckland eleven to claim the victory until the game was fully played out ? Besides, was it not evident to all concerned that the North Shore eleven had, when the wickets were drawn last Saturday, a very fair 3how in favour of redeeming tbeir character. With Messrs Rees and Swanson not out for 60 runs, surely their chances of pulling off the game were not by any means so discouraging as before, and augured well in favour of the remainder of the team. If the North Shore eleven will take my advice they will on no account consent to any conclusion of the match except on two grounds ; Ist, that the game is allowed by both elevens to be fairly a drawn one, leaving neither party victor ; or second, that the game be played out (as at first intended) on its merits. I have heard, sir, that the letter referred to emanated from a member of the Auckland eleven, and was written in order to induce if possible the rival team to give up a match which thej. now have a fair chance of .vinning, and that the Auckland eleven are in consequence getting slightly "funky." Surely, sir, this is not a manly way of obtaining a victory. Let the game by all means be played out. If the Aucklanders are beaten the verdict will be that they deserve it; if the North Shore win the game all the more honour to them ; if they lose it they are in no worse position than now. With 60 runs to their score for their second innings, and only one man out, surely they need not have much fear of making at any rate a good show on Saturday next; if not sufficient to pull off the game, at any rate sufficient to take the edge of the defeat. Let the game then proceed, and do not disappoint the public, who will no doubt be assembled in force to observe what bids fair to be an exciting conclusion to this match.—Yours, &c.,' One of the Public.

The Edinburgh Castle hotel, Symonds street, which has been untenanted for some time past, will, in all probability, be opened again for thirsty pedestrians and travellers. On the 13 th of February an application will be made for a transfer of the publicau's licence from A. Pollock to John Clarke.

The several "Volunteer companies, 2, 3, and 4, underwent their monthly inspection last evening.1 They met in the Drill-shed and were marched to the Albert Barracks, where they were drilled by Major Cooper, the inspecting officer. At the close of the exercises the major addressed a few words of encouragement to them, and complimented them on their activity and appearance.

Captain True, of the barque Lauderdale, acknowledges with thanks the receipt of £3 2s 6d, contributed by the passengers in aid,of the Merchants Seamens' Orphan Asy lum, on the vessel's late voyage to this port.

A correspondent writes as follows with reference to a water scheme, which we believe has been condemned as impracti cable :—" Amongst the sources of water sup ply to which the attention of Mr Moriarty, C.E., appears not to have been drawn is one which ;Some time ago was spoken of by ex perts as an eligible one, and at all events may be' not unworthy of further notice and inves tigation before the Auckland water supply question is settled, .viz., Takapuna Lake. This water, which is supposed to come from the scoria rock on Rangitoto, has been pro nounced excellent in quality, and it is cer tainly abundant in quantity. ■ The engineer ing difficulties of bringing it across the Waitemata to such a level on this side of the river as would supply the whole of the city and suburbs would not, it is said, be great. What the probable expense would be, and what the advantages or disadvantages of this undertaking as compared with those upon, which Mr Moriarty has reported it ' may be worth while for the City Council, in its wisdom, to consider. At all events a good^ many people will- think it rather odd of a scheme of which so much was. said favorably some time-ago lapses altogether without, a word of comment by thepowersthat.be."' •' ■'"••' ms- <' A ..

We have received the following with refer ence to the condition of the Flora McDonald —Sir,—As; a" matter of self-defence I am compelled to reply to Mr Waller's assertions in your issue of yesterday. From the man ner in which he writes I should imagine he held some considerable spite against myself,, .but for that I am entirely regardless ; his inu'endoes as regards myj falling off my bar gain are mere aimless'shafts. That I did fall out of, it I confess, and for the simple reason that the party whose share I was about purchasing informed me that the simple rea son was her unfitness for sea which made him seU out. As for the late Captain Kenny I cannot express anything but respect and esteem for his memory, ,nl lamenting the unfortunate occurrence quite as fully, as Mr Waller, I beg to remain, yours, &c., Gjiprgb D'Eaul !■" ■■■'■<• :" ' '■'" a. .-

An accident occurred to Mr H. P. Barber this morning. As that gentleman was riding into town this morning, on descending the hill from Parnell his pony trod on a loose stone, throwing his rider, who alighted on his face. From the bleeding which ensued it was at first thought Mr Barber was seriously injured, but this happily turned out not to be the case, a few flesh wounds on the face being all the harm inflicted. Mr Barber will it is said be able.to attend busi ness to-morrow.

The s.s. Victoria will be despatched by the A.S.N. Company on Tuesday at 2 p.m.; for Sydney, and not Monday as advertised.

At a special meeting of the City Council on Thursday Mr Moriarty's report relative to water supply was laid on the table. It, is printed in the form of a pamphlet. Mr MToriarty reviews the various schemes and: reports "on the' score' of, quantity alone Nihotupu seems to me to be out of the ques-, tion." Of the Western Springs he says this; is the source "which I have no hesitation in recommending for adoption." He estimates j the dry weather flow from Low and Motion's at' ],734,048 gallons, and Edgecombe's 093,792 gallons. The cost of the works at £G6,714, and the annual working expenses £3,039 ; interest, £3,33 G. Total annual charge, £7,075. Pressure .on our space pre cludes further reference to the subject to day.

We have to acknowledge receipt of one guinea from his Worship the Mayor in aid of the families of the unfortunate men killed in the late boiler accident at the Thames.

The Auckland versus North Shore Cricket match]i will" be [resumed to-morrow at 1,30 p.m. It will be"remembered that the North Shore followed their second innings with 132 in the rear of their opponents, but suc ceeded in' putting togethergfsixty runs with the loss of one wicket. If the Fates are at all propitious an exciting match may yet take place. The only change in the players is that Gatland will take Abraham's place.: Special trains will start from Britomart to Ellerslie at 1, 2, and 2.45 o'clock, returning at 6 o'clock. L ~■ ~■

Among the list of passengers by the Star of the South, which leaves this evening for Lev'uka, we notice the name of Mr. J. Pi Shanaghan (late Quartermaster of the 4th Regiment of Waikato Militia, and Drum- Major of Her Majesty's 58th Regiment.) We wish him every success in his new sphere.

Referring to the oil springs on the East Coast a special correspondent, -writing to the Poverty Bay Herald, says : —" The extent of the line along which they lie scattered here and there seems to place.it beyond doubt that the vein, if not an inexhaustible one, is, at any rate, one which it will take years to exhaust; and the evidence in favour of this conclusion is strengthened by the fact of other veins being known to exist in the neighbourhood, and, indeed all along the East Coast from Hawke's Bay and the Bay of Plenty. The whole district, in short, appears to be a rich oil-bearing one. It, is moreover. I should say, little short of certain that the oil, when tapped, will come up in an abun dant and spontaneousstream, and will require no pumping. If, as it seems, the reservoir extends up to the summit of the hill, the law of gravitation alone will surely secure a copious and rapid outflow from., any boring which tonches it lower down." '

The action, Graham v. Thomas and others, was brought to a close at midnight,; and the jury, at 12.20, found a verdict in favour of plaintiff. The case occupied five days.

A well-attended meeting was held last evening in the Pitt-street United Free Methodist school for the purpose of explain ing the principles of Good Templary, and in stituting a new lodge. Mr Ewington occu - pied the chair, and addresses were delivered by Messrs Battley and Hemus, after which the new lodge was opened and designated the "Junction." The following officials were elected for the first quarter :—Battley, C.T.; Parker, V.T.; Hannaford, W.S.; Kerr, L.S.; Major, W.T.; Jenner, W.C.; Carlow, W.M.; Addington, W.1.G.; Fox, W.0.G.; Sister Turner, R.H.S.; Sister Parker, L.H.S ; Sister Nesbitt, D.M.; Webb, W.A.S. Mr Hannaford previously belonged to the Pioneers; but as he was strongly suspected of writing a treatise on " Sandwiches" he seceded from the Pioneers and joined the Junctionists.

I The Rev. Mr Buller's many friends on the Thames will deeply regret to hear of his illness. We are informed by telegram that he fainted in the pulpit on Sunday last, and is unable to attend the sittings of the Wes leyan Conference. -He is, hoWever, pro gressing favourably, and we hope will soon recover his wonted vigour and energy.

The second eleven of the North Shore Cricket Club has accepted the challenge of the Dedwood Club, and the match will be played to-morrow afternoon behind the church of All Saints'. Wickets will be pitched at two o'clock, and a spirited match is expected. >~-_._' ■_.>.

An Irishman having been interrogated by his sweetheart as to his fidelity, replied ARAB AC, BDKC. '

I During the late race meetings several dis putes as to bets were referred to the arbitra tion of the Australasian. In the issue of that journal, dated the 24th January, we find several answers, which we presume decide the bets in question. These are as follows :—A.K. (Auckland) " You must draw again." " Auckland." " The backer of, Yatterina wins both bets." "Auck land, New Zealand." "The bet stands, and the backer of the horse that won wins his bet." As we happen to be acquainted with the questions which elicited the latter two replies we may add that they substan tiate the following principle in betting on horse racing. If one horse is backed against another before the day of the race in any kind of race except a match, supposing one of; the pair is scratched, and the other wins,, the backer of the winning horse can claim the money-staked. We believe we are correct instating that it was maintained by some of our late visitors from the' South that in such a case the bet was off. It appears, as Hosea Biglow, puts it, : that, "they, didn't know everything down in Judee." f ...',.

That well-known and ; old 1 established hostelry, the' British Hotel, Queen-street, has, we hear, changed hands, the price being £1.500 cash down, and £2 per week ; for seven .ye^rs.,; Despite of somewhat dull times and the ; onslaught of Good Templars , hotel property is not altogether at a discount Las yet in Auckland. - - ■■-■■-■ >>•; ;-..:

; ot A cricket match will be played to-morrow at , Ellerslie between the Auckland and North Shore Clubs. Special .trains will start from Britomart to Ellerslieat 1,2, and 2.45 o'clock returning at 6 o'clock. •*. a■■ i \ .. .. ?[

'■'I _ , T . . ■ ...... .-.i I .- !■, ■ .. I The return hutch between the West End •] and the Brighton Cricket Clubs will be 4 played on- the Barrack green to-morrow I (Saturday),1 commencing at 2.30 p.m. sharp. The following are the names of the players • —Brighton Club: Messrs'Stichbury,! Tonks (two), Merriman, Copland, Mears, Snod grass, .'Davis, i Hetley, yPhiUp'soa^atfcU "Von-' Tempsky. j West End Clubs : Messrs Mason Mackay (two), C. Taylor, Caldwell, Hos kmg, H. Taylor, Glee^on, Westers, Hale?, and Choyee.

To the the Editor : Sir,—l asked in my letter to the Cross, " when, where, and in what terms the Sabbath was given to all mankind." •' Lover of Truth " says he will enlighten me, and accordingly holds up his light to what. When the world was 3300 years old, it was predicted by a prophet that it would be given when Christianity was set up, 700 years afterwards ; also that those Jews to whom Isaiah was speaking would be blessed in keeping it. Surely we want more than this as proof. ' I refer him to Josephus antiq. Lin 16, cap 2, sec. 3, where he will find that the Jews, aggrieved at the judges allowing suits to proceed on their Sabbath, appointed one Nicolaus to appeal to Herod and Aggrippa, and he contended that the seventh day was to them a sacred day, but not one word as to the Gentiles obligation to. keep it on either side.—Freeman :— [We hardly think our correspondent's argu ment, which is of a wholly negative charac ter, can have much weight. We must go to a better source than Josepheus if we desire "to get at the truth in this matter. The Jews were not in a position to enforce their laws against the Gentiles at the time " Free man " speaks of, but it is a well-known fact that when they did possess the power the observance of the Sabbath was required of "the stranger within : the gate" equally with the Jew. Even if this were not the case we cannot see that the Christian's duty to observe the Lord's Day would be greatly affected either one way or the other i by the opinion of the Jews in Agrippa's time re garding the duty of the Gentiles in relation to their Sabbath.- Ed. JE.S].

To the Editor : Sir,—l am after returning from the Front, where I dated my first and last on the 16th June last, published on the 18th, on matters in general in the Upper Waikato. I am glad to say that public house accommodation and everything else, has taken a change for the better since then. The road, which was only commenced sur veying then from the Crow's Nest opposite Buckland's to Alexandra for connecting the redoubt, is near being finished, to the great satisfaction of many settlers at present near the confiscated line. Mr Walker's swamp, s which was a terror even to a surveyor's man, can now be gone through by a carriage and pair. And Sir Kay, who came to Auckland in terror of his life from his three hundred acres near Rangeawhia, has returned, and is building a substantial dwelling house in con nection with his larm. '. Several similar cases I could mention of what Queen-street idlers call useless Government expenditure. This new force has had not sufficient trial for me to say anything about it; but as Mr Mackay is the working head of it there will be little nonsense. That gentleman is all that" could be required in his peculiar position. He has the best wishes of the working men of the colony, which lam one of. Any single man that is willing to woik need hot remain in Auck land. The farther up the country the bet ter.—lam, &c.,,Joiin Seiveright. ij

SUPREME COURT.

Civil Sittings.—Thursday.

(Before His Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Knight L Chief Justice.) GRAHAM V. THOMAS.

Counsel on both sides having addressed the jury at considerable length, His Honor, in summing up dwelt, minutely upon the various issues, and after carefully reviewing the evidence asked the jury to consider their Verdict. At twenty minutes to nine o'clock the jnry returned, and the foreman stated that in consequence of the absence of a certain plan the jury were unable to agree. The difficulty having been explained, the jury again retired with permission to take refreshment, and a few minutes before twelve the jury found that defendants did break and enter upon plaintiff's land that plaintiff was possessed of the land -at the time of the alleged trespass ; that the defend ants were: not, from January 1871 up to the time of the said trespass, in actual possession of the said land ; that the. plaintiff. did not wrongfully enter ; that the defendants had not poscssion of the land on the seaward side of the red line marked on plan G, the land on the seaward side of the red line was not Crown lands, and the defendant were not in actual possession and occupation of it with the peimission of the Crown ; that the land was within the area of the gold fields • that the Queen of Beauty claim had not in cluded that portion of land in question ; and that ,the plaintiff- was entitled to a farthing damages. |His Honor certified to costs. . ,; ,y/__ --.

j The Court rose at 12.20,

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.— Friday.

(Before T. Beckham, Esq., R.M.) JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF." " Walsh v. Smith, £1, wages. DEFENDED. Cutler v. Eaton, £1.

Mr Thorne appeared for the defendant, and Mr Joy for the plaintiff. j.

In this case the defendant had impounded a cow belonging to plaintiff, and plaintiff now sued for damages.

Mr Thorne justified the impounding of the animal. ■ ■ ■ . . .

Mr Joy in opening the case said that it appeared, to him the case hinged upon a point of law. The new Zealand code was at variance with the Eng lish law on the point he referred to. ! By the latter the owner of land could not recover damages for trespass or impound in a case where the cattle of another broke into crops, &c., which were unfended. In' New Zealand, on thecbhtrary, cattle could be impounded inj all;cases when the land was under cultiva tion. The position taken by his client in this case was that the ground was not under cultivation, and never had been. [ >'.- . This was accepted ..as. the determining point of the case* and three witnesses having deposed to the,factf of the land being uncul tivated^, , , -" Judgment was given for the plaintiff for 2s 6d damages, and costs £4. GILBERT V. MAZZOLENI. £1 10s—Services. - l OJ A ... , Mr Joy appeared for the defendant; plain tiff was not represented' by counsel. This was: an action to recover the sum stajtedydue for professional services by the defenda^t.to the plaintiff, who isa violinist. , It appeared from the statement of the case that the defendant gave a ball at' the C!ity Hall on the 29 th ultimo; The affair .was not a success, since only two persons bought tickets.' Meantime the musicians; of which plaintiff was one, were in 'their places and; played their best from half-past eight till ten o'clocky but with no effect in bringing dancers to their pipirig.' A "pttle after ten "defendant went to theiri and told them he did not think: it was any good keeping the hall open any, longer—they had better, "jack up." Now defendant swore I that •he y had told plaintiff not to go.: Plaintiff on the contrary swore that he went away at defendant's!bidding, and was- not told to- stay.- Two witnesses supported plaintiff's verson of the matter, arid three, one of whom was very foggy in his recollection, supported the story of the defendant.

At. the conclusion'Tof the evidence. Hi» Worship gave judgment for .ht plaintif,

another case.—bowbiko -vCr~"^ Claim £1. MAZzoi I}t , The plaintiff in this case was' Ifis4l : ; at the same ball. *c P*dn j The result was in accordance witK «. lit previous verdict. . ~..:,;,, I CALEY V. MOYLE. £1 ls6d, 1.0. U. The plaintiff was represented CZ \ Thorne, his solicitor, and his case smmL P by Mr Joy,, . ~,- SPwteJ j Defendant conducted his own case The 1.0. U. it seems was given "ag .v. balance of account between' the ', partly* 0 ! the sale of a horse, about which precee_J had already been taken in Court, y:^' 1 Defendant pleaded a set-off of £p in owing to him by plaintiff. .^ Mr Thorne, in giving his evidence ■'<_.•> that he had written to defendant a k^} 1 letter demanding payment of the/Jmr 8 f Defendant came to his office and was v * abusive, so much so in fact that he (witrieS. lost his.temper, and some very hot laiienal passejd between them; Defendant on tit * occasion after promising to pay the I Or. 't' refused to do so unless witness first paid Mm ! £1 10s, due to him by Caley: a -'Defendant in'very excited language tried '■ to substantiate the set off of £1 10s. '■ _■- . His Worship said that the I.O.XF.nj^ be taken as presumptive evidence o{ ft, • state of accounts between defendant aM : plaintiff up to that date. He should return judgment for the plaintiff with costs. This was all the business. * —- ' :,:' :i-?'^ 77 r

POLICE COURT.—Friday.

(Before P. A. Philips',.Esq^R;M;)^i X ■..:■ ... . ..DRUNKENNESS. • ,\\

William Johnson, who, appeared to he vpy' deaf, y pleaded guilty to being drunkslast night. He deposed that he was a sailo^ffcj* landed in Auckland, and he partook (pretty freely of colonial beer, and it' made him %% steady. I '-v. .:' ..'*.

His Worship, under the circttastanceß? fined him 5s and costs, or twenty-fohr hep at Monnt Eden. ■"'■.'"

VAGRANCY. " ,-YY.:y,: ,Joseph Thompson, a 'wretched ./looking young man, ,who has frequently- app^jedin Court on a similar charge, was chargi-djA having no visible lawful, means of^ppory^j Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. , A WOMAN'S VAC ARIES. , Maria Lysaght was charged, with assaulting" Annie Crummins on the Ist instanty' ■<< His Worship suggested, a settlement of1 this small quarrel, but Mrs Cruinmiiii'sii^ she could not come to such an agreement with defendant, who was in the continual^ habit of annoying her. She had been sub jected to persecution during the last sev^n months, and on Sunday morning last defen dant came to her door and struck her on tb face with a hand-towel..- :

Mrs Lysaght, who held a young baby iiP \ I her arm 3, acknowledged that she.called on \s her neighbour on Sunday morning", bnt had'; •;.' no recollection of committing the offence _ I complained ...L Mr Lysaght, a respectable looking man, expressed a desire to have.'...therematter mutually arranged, but said he feared that_ 1 Mrs Lysaght was scarcely responsible forlef ! actions/1 .: ; A 'A%JL |L ; Mrs Lysaght was at length inducediwj g plead guilty to the charge, and w&^Jspv f| to enter into her own recognizances of £10 to keep the peace for three months. rf- 3 _v.r-,i;-'( 1 ~ BREACH OF. BUILDING, REGULATIONS, n '-'U 7 Mr Edward Bartlay, builder^: was charged | with a breach of the BuMing Regulations ofy I the City of Auckland on the 24th Jianuaryy £i M Mr Laishley appeared for defendant; andl 1 Mr Brodie for the City Council. Mr Brodie asked that the case nrigMrbr adjourned until Friday, next, as "the Citj, f j? Surveyor was particular engaged upon id- ; portant work, and could not conveineSti|| 1| attend before. r,,^-, Mr Laishley requested oh the part of his | client that the case might beheardto-mo^py as Mr Bartley was'anxious to have the matter settled.'1 '•-; ,;. '• :i 7,77 SJ7i His Worship adjourned the case; vPHw 1 Wednesday inext, coats to abide the judg- m ment. a- ,ifc ~ |, This was all the business. "." "A ::1

MR MORIARTY'S REPORT ON WATER SUPPLY.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) -7 ;',j Sir, —It is desirable we should have ; a'fuif. criticism of, Mr Moriarty's report. The Cross of this morning states if Mr Moriarty had ..taken Mr Anderson, the City 'S—^7 veyor, with him to Nihotupu, he would haYfl"" found out certain things. It: happens Mr , Anderson did accompany him. The,state ment as to the purity -of the Nihotujpn) water is also incorrect,' and it ..is »L pity the editor of the paper is so i ready toi base his assumptions on the unsupgortedj statements of individuals. Dr. Hectorrepbrted > that the water contained sewage .matter.?. Great astonishment is. professed to be: exy pressed because Mr Moriarty has not re-" ported upon- the expense of the Nihotupu source. This gentleman was not employed., for ,any 'such purpose. In the words of 'haw report he was requested "to (adviseJ^^j. best means of obtaining an adequate supply - of; pure water for the city." Ncr mw\d the time at his disposal enable hm- to. do; more than give an approximate ,este|> mate founded on some six or seven; reports * before the public. The matter of damming W up the watery which is sought tomake a, veS | " serious - tale, " after explanation^ amounts m to; nothing.. The Mayor was desirous of,, knowing if Mr Moriarty had reported after . such customary practice by all inillerSi, I (when not requiring the use of theiwateWj power) or had he taken care such, wasW, ; , the case. His reply satisfied the! Wy Councillors that he was in no, manner., de-jj ceived, and. he is fully supported •in n^H staitements.by Mr Bell, who had every drop,ot , water run out, and then tested the springs.' which were found at that time,'to.rawer exceed Mr Moriarty's average. .-We .want water, and if we are to have it let us have the bare facts and no deception to,continue to mislead the public—Yours, &c, "&0 Bono Publico. -■:> ■■■-■ . ■■■■■■>

GOOD NEWS.

To the Editor of the. Evening star. Sir,—lt has been generally admitted thajy preaching the Gospel has had the effect au over, the world of keeping the; wickedness of the. people at least in checkyin *° JJf ' present. lam happy, however; to find tna preaching is no longer required,.as^jJi&JS a letter which appeared in1 the' Vrw o m 1 4th! inst. that Good. Templarism s has n dope,f/ more good in twelve months" than#rf^sw in twelve years. 7.H[ is now b,ut,' newssary and right that the once " rowdy m°b.ya- Auckland, of whom Good., Templars jr - chiefly composed, should request the woyj r Doctors and Divines to hand' over tin charge to abler men (and-women, too, by- yft bye) „than themselves, for, .as .Good »|; larism is growing .fast, every day, and va. _j« [j|| every night they, the Good Templars a very soon put a stop to Sunday trams, . bind hand and foot every man, c m l^ n;> n ity . child, and horse too in this, our M^-^ .'! of Auckland, and make them -kcoprJ^E | doors like all true and Chrw-WH s men ( —l am be., A FbssMAN« f

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