SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH •WAtfSS : ThU evening, 6-46; tomorrow tnornint 7.4

STJN-SEf j bis sveidDg, 5.55; sUM«EIB3!; fo morrow mx}tam%, 5 48 MOuN'B AOE: Full Moon, 26th, 9.46 a.m,

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS. . m „ Dauntless, topsail s< hooter, Millar, bound, for ,I*ew Caledonia (put back)

DEPARTURES.

Hero, s.s, Logan, for Sydney and Molbourna Montana, barque, for Newcastle From tha Manukau: TaranaTu, s.f»., Vr heeler, for the couth Go-ahead, ss , for Waitara Waitara, s.s., fox Waitara

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Sydney and Melbourne—Victoria, s.s., Tuesday

iiext, 29fch instant, .it neon For Sydney Harriet Armitage, barque, early For Tiinarn—Flirt, biigantine, Parly ...... For the Sc.u h-Ladybird, s.s, Wednesday, noon For Wo!<art Town—Bella Mary, barque, Wednesday

next • ■ ■• ■' For .Richmond Kiver-r-Gem, vchooner, shortly j For Lytteiton —Ryno, brigantine, and .East Lothian,

barque, early . . For London—Countess of Kintore. ship, Thames,

and Kfirndile, barqnes. early. For San Francisco—Lo'h Urr. barque, early For Dunedin—Waikato, ship, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Ladybird, s.s , from the South, to-morrow Vivid, barque, from ■ ircular Bead. .. asneania, daily sien lain, larque, from Launceston, daily Jackson, ship, from London ; sailed Zeulanoia, ship, from London ; sa led 6th July- Stanley Castle, barque, from London ; sailed 9th July Hydaspes, ship, from London ; sailed August Assaye, ship, from London ; sailed August Wait*ngi, ship, from London : loading Dauntless (Hawaiian schooner), from New Caledonia, early

EXPORTS.

Per Hero, for Sydney and Melbourne : 1 ease leather manufactures, J. W. Hoare ; 1 case salmon, Henderson and Macfarlane ; 4 boxes gold, Bank of New Zealand ; 96 bales phormium tenax, J. R. Roberts; 4 bales fungus, 49 bags fungus, J. Reid ; 6 bales phormium tenax ,J. Armistead; 1 case stationery, New Zealand Insurance Company; 42 bales flax, J. S. Macf.'»rlane ; 1 case effects, H. Wood ; 1 case, , Combes and Daldy.—Cruickshank and Co., agents. Per Harriet -Armitage, for Sydney-: 87 Dales phormium, 10 tons tow, 193 hides, 34 tons scrap iron, 80 bundles- hoop iron.—Gv "W. Binney, agent.

The s. s Hero left for Sydney at 3 o'clock this afternoon. She conveyed the outward Suez mail, as well as a small general cargo, as per exports, and the following passengers : Saloon to Sydney : Dr and Mrs Arinitage.. Mr and Mrs G. S. Graham ; Messrs W. Berry, Paton, Varmeck.T. C Jennings, A. H. Lakeman. Saloon to Melbourne: Mr and Mrs J?dmonston, and 2 Misses EdmonstoD, Miss Slatter, Mrs Colclougb, Master and Miss Colclough, Mr and Mrs Dixon, Mf saw Hickman, E. C. Severn, E. Severn W. Bartley, Mi: and Mrs Holmes, and 2 Misses Hoi toes. Steerage ;to Sydney : Mr and Mrs Schumakc-r, Mr and Mrs Wright and 2 children, Mr and Mrs Duraifr, Mrs Fielding and 3 children. Mraud Mrs J. Black, Mrs Oorbett and 3 child - ten, Mr and Mra S. Ward and two children, Mrs Charles Loranue, T. Trumper end 5 children, A. McCaul, S. Norton, A. Christie, W. Matthews, G. Lyle, S. Gibbs, E. J. Hughes. .Steerage' to Mel-' bourne—Mr and Mrs J. Dobsou and child, Messrs A. Corbye, C Taylor, J. Harris, A. Adamson, J. H. Gowdie,'•'and R. Rerifern The schooner ilera and the barque Hairiet Armitage have hauled away from the wharf and anchored in the stieam.

It wa« feared during yesterday that the storm bad been fatal to at least two lives. It appears that two young men took a small sailing boat on Tuesday afternoon with the intention of making their way to Lucas Creek. Nothing was heard of them on Wednesday and Thursday, and it was feared that some calamity had befallen them. Early this morning however, they turned up again safely, haying run for refuge into a creek on the north side of the harbour opposite the Watchman. ... - • .;, ■ , The topsail schooner Dauntless, which sailed for New Caledonia, with a cargo of timber, &c, on Monday morning,, was to be seen early this morning -lying at anchor off Official Bay, having put back into harbour after running aground "at, the entrance to the Kawau. Captain Millar saw, the storm coming up od Tuesday nigh t t - and thought it prudent to"rim in for. safety:'' ITeranchored and remained there till yesterday morn ing at nine o'clock, when "he weighed anchor and attempted to resume his voyage. The fates, however, were against him, for the wind fell light just at the entrance, and the current set the vessel on to the land, near the Maori Rock at the entrance to the Northern passage. She grounded, and remained fast for some hours. Soundings revealed sand and rocks in her immediate neighbourhood. I £The rising tide at length." lifted her off, and she got safely out. Captain. Millar,-.although confident that the schooner had sustained rio> injury, deemed.it right'to return to town for the purpose of reporting the 'occurrence "tio the underwriters. . ..;.•• The brig Isabella, after waiting, in the stream for some days trying in Vain to get in alongside the wharf, came in this morn ing. She has still some of her coals to put' out.

In our report of the storm on Wednesday ■we mentioned that the telegram from the Manukau Heads stated that the bar was clear of break in the morning. We learn that no telegram was received on Wednes day morning, in consequence of and accident to the wires, but the telegraph authorities left the previous day's telegram exposed to the public view. We need hardly. say that the bar was anything but clear of break on Wednesday. - It is somewhat fortunate that at the time of the blow on Tuesday night and Wednes day morning nearly all the sailing vessels tradiDg between the Manukau and ports on the West Coast, were lying snugly in har bour and consequently escaped injury. Among these were the Tawera, Charybdis, Amaranth, Dawn, Wild Duck, in the Manu kau ; and Atalanta, in the Kaipara. The b.s. Hauraki, which should have left Coromandel at nine o'clock last night, went aground after mooring away from the pier, and was not able to leave till early this morning. She arrived between ten and eleven o'clock. -~.,.,!-,, . r ~, .. ''■ !•, • brigantme Ryno-witt.saiLfor.Ly,tteltpn in a few days. The London vessels discharging are pro greasing favourably. All four are turning out their cargoes in a manner that leaves nothing to be desired. The shipMilfciades has arrived atMebourne

The apparently mysterious accident to the Kowena.has been.fully, explainedj>y r ,an ex amination of the brokenishaft. iTliis'^as of cast iron cased with brass. It being a some what difficult job to manufacture this cover ing in one piece it had been fitted on in three or four lengths, which were secured at the joints by caps of the same metal. It appears that the water had penetrated through one of these joints; and the galvanic,action of the brass set in motion--byi-the waters, had eaten the iron away all round the joint. A sudden heavy strain proved too much for the portion ef the shaft thus weakened and it had snapped off. The vessel is now on the gridiron havipg anew shaft fixed. It is iatended this time to have the covering made in one length The i-haft, whiehisbeingconstructedbyFraser and Tinne, will be r.ndy by Monday, and it is anticipated that the "boat will resume her trips to the Bay of Islands on Tuesday. The p.a Southern Cross, paptain Holmes, was put high aiad dry" en tHe hard yesterday for the purpose of being cleaned. To-day ahe has had her bilge and sides well scrubbed aud painted. She looks much better for it.

The brigantine flirt has had he? Oopp scraped on the hard. She was to be hauled alongside the wharf this afternoon to com mence loading timber for Timaru^ Complaints have .reached us with regard to the*detention of. the Victoria in the stream during the last two days. Consider ing the small quantity of cargo whioh the Hero takes away, it seems to us that it would not have been difficult to have arranged for the Victoria to come in as soon as the Hero had finished putting outhercargr. It is rather hardlinesbii.importers that their goods, perhaps of a perishable nature, should re main on board two or three days more than necessary. A large shipment, of horses on board suffered materially by the delay in landing them. The schooner Jessie Henderson arrived at Duuediu on the 23rd inst after a run of nine days. . ; The s.s. Victoria came alongside the wharf and took the Hero's berth as soon aa it was vacated, The s.s. Taranaki left for the South this morning. ; , Mr Gouk, the shipwright, is effecting the necessary repairs to the Moneynick. Parliament has ba?n presented with the final report of the Royal Commission on un seawortby ships The Commissioners express themselves generally unfavourable to any ex tension of the powers of interference possessed by the Executive that might lighten the responsibility of shipowners ; but they make several recommendations with a view to the better security of life at sea in merhant ships and to enable the Board of Trade to ascertain whether owners keep their vessels in sea worthy condition.— lllustrated London News.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Nelson, this day. The Otago left for Grey mouth with the Suez mail at 7 o'clock this- morning.

Onehunua, this day. The Waitara left for Waitara at 2 o'clock to-day.

NAriER, this day. The schooner Columbia, from Kenndy's Bay, arrived on Wednesday afternoon.

COMMERCIAL.

We are in receipt of Messrs Meyers Brothers and Co.'s circular, dated Christ church, j Sept. IS, in which they report lighter stocks of wheat, principally in millers' hands, and large shipments to the Cape and Jfngland. Oats also light and deemed insufficient for local consumption. No prime malting barley obtainable. Flour fair stocks. Potatoes not sufficient for two months' local consumption. Prime butter scarce. Cheese, bains, and bacons advanced.

Mr Arthur repents to-day, fowls, Is 7d to 2s Id j turkeys, 3s 10s ; ducks, 2s 4d to 3s 2d ; Auckland bacon, Sd to 8."d; salt butter, Is 3d j cheese, Sid ; apples, lid to 2d.

AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

Mr kd -Buckianu's Wj-ekly Rkpo-t. —Xt tbe Haymarket, on Fiiilay last, fodder offered in less quantity than usual. Straw was »t late values, but ha.y sold dearer ; best quality, 11s ilie cwt. Ho se stock of a go< d closa wort more numerous than usual, principally medium draught, 'lhere wa3 a good demand, and late prices were maintained. The buegy ponies brought L 32 ; unbroken two year-old colt, L'l4 ; thr?e-year old mare, L3B 10s ; medium draught, L2O to L3l ; riding horses, L 6 to Lls each—At Eemuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were in usual .numbers Store cattle in less than average numbers, and at higher values, particularly j ouug cattle. Fat tattle in full supply ; 160 penned. Last week"s value fairly maintained Sheep in t hortsupply ; story sheep at hJcfhrr values. F»t sheep .it last week's prices. Young calves numerous, and in demand. Pigs— scarcely any panned. Prices given wt>re :—Dairy cows from L 5 to 1.7 lbs ; eight to ten-moaths-ol'lcalves, :50s to 43:5 ; yearlings to eighteen months old, 50a to 75s ; two year o!c;s, Uto L.V; giown steers', L6to L 7 ; barren cows, L 3153 to L 5 Fat cattle, 45s to 50s the lOOlbs ; ewes and lambs, 27s 6d the couple ; hoggets, 21s each ; fut sheep, 6d per lb ; young calves, 10j to 25s each.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails wili Close as follows :— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m. and to-morrow, at

10.30 a m. For Corrmandel. this day, at 5.30 p,m. For Mfihursrgi, Mstaiana, Wargawai, Waipu, &C, per Lady Bowen. to-morrow, at 10 am. For Newcastle, N.S.Vi''., per Isabella, to-morrow, at 11 a.m. For Wbitiangl, Tairua, Opotiki, and Napier, via Tauranga, per Southern Cross, to - morrow, at 1 p.m. For Wangarei, &c, per Clyde, to-morrow, at 8 pm. For Xapier and Gisborne, per Southern Cross, on Monday n^xt, at 11 a m. For Australian Colonies, per Victoria, on Tuesday, 29tli instant, at 11a.m.

S, B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

J ones -On September 22, at Wellington-street, Mrs H. Jcnes, oi a son.

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

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong tliat needs resistance, J?or the faturo in Hie distance. Ami the food that vre can do.

We thiuk ifc may be confidently anticipated that the long desired improvement in the accommodation for our Hospital and Lunatic Asylum patients will soon be an accom plished fact. The delay which may attend the erection of the public buildings in Queen street, from the requirements and available accommodation having to be adjusted, and the plans arranged, needs not to hold in the case of the two eleemosynary institu tion, la the case of the Lunatic A sy lutn the work to be performed is but the carrying out of a plan, portion of which at present accommodates the patients, and in the case of the Hospital the prize plan of Mr Herapath, accepted by a previous Provincial Government, will in all probability be carried into completion by the Public Build ings Commission. The unmerited reproach which Mr Vogel cast upon our charitable institutions can only, as we have often asserted and as every one that knows our institutions must admit, find excuse in the limited accommodation which has alone bsan heretofore available ; but the Provincial Council having given the nefdful powers, unless something unforeseen is interposed, it will indeed bo to the re. proach of Auckland if the accommodation provided is not made accordant with the skill and care and attention which are be youd question applied to the treatment and relief of suffering in our two principal charit able institutions. The antiquity of the structure in which the Hospital is lodged, the decay of the timber, and possibly the absorption and diffussioa of unhealthy emanations from sick bodios, in which the old walls must be playing an important part, all increase the demand for a new and airier and healthier structure ; and it really seems a pity that a site so magnificent should have been so long surmounted by such an un sightly pile of buildings as that which does duty as the Provincial Hospital. In the Lunatic Asylum the urgency is of even a more practical kind, for by actual over crowding the health, to say nothing of comfort, of the patients must necessarily be impaired. Tables are transformed into bleeping couches there, and corridors and passages into dormitories, and that any patients should in such circumstances ever make recovery must be a testimony, not to the efficacy of the healing art, but to the vis medicatrix natures. It will be exceedingly satisfactory if the labours of the Commission are accelerated to the utmost in this direction. At the meeting held yester day it was resolved to proceed with despatch, and as the Hospital endowments at the present moment produce between seven and eight hundred a-year, and will from month to month, as leaseholds now fall in, be constantly increasing in value, it is not likely that much difficulty will be found in raising by mortgage the amount of £10,000 as authorised by Council. The Lunatic Asylum endowments are not indeed so valuable, being recently made and still unutilized ; bub as it is understood that the money will be forthcoming, we may cherish the hope that the "disgrace" caused by Auckland's poverty, on which Mr Vogel was so insultingly eloquent, will soon be blotted out.

Only one culprit, and that an unfortunate wight named Green, who had been overcome by his potations, answered to the stentorian call of Constable Mulville this morning, and appeared before the Mayor and Dr florae to answer , for his conduct. Their Worships seeing Buch a clean charge-sheet on mail morning were so gratified that they were tempted to act forgivingly to the solitary offender instead of fining him, but justice was i remembered, and the inexorable fiat went forth —5s and costs, or 24 hours' imprisonment.

Telegrams have been sent to England authorising the calling of tenders for the £100,000 loan at 6 per cent, for the construc tion of work necessary to supply Auckland with water. A special meeting of the City Council will be held on Thursday next to con sider the matter. The terms proposed are : — Debentures to be £100 each. Interest pay able in New Zealand or elsewhere. Principal payable at the Corporation Offices. Repay able : —

• ,£25,000 in 25 years. £25,000 in3o.years. ; £25,000 in 40 years. ' £25,000 in 50 years. The amount of spesial.rate purposed should be made for securing the payment of the above loan in one shilling in the pound on all rateable property in the city.

As illustrative- of the blessings of our immigration system as at present conducted the following incident is interesting. Per. the Miltiades came a bricklayer with his wife and three children. Seldom perhaps has the building trade been. brisker, or would there have been less difficulty in obtaining employ ment in this man's particular handicraft. Yet when the Miltiades sailed, he sailed too, for Melbourne, leaving his wife and children in the confident belief, no doubt, "that they would not starve among the charities of Auck land." They are utterly destitute, and are now applicants for rations and relief from the Provincial Government.

We are requested,to remind the Engineer Cadets that their monthly inspection takes place this evening at half-past seven o'clock in the Drill-shed, without arms.

"Bad Coat" thinks the Cross are too ready to find fault, aad asks if they expect the Volunteer Fire' Brigade to drag the engines out to Parnell, and suggests that that fashionable suburb should support a Pirs Brigade of their own* or contribute"? liberally towards i. the support of then City Brigade, so as to enable it to add materially plant, horses, and men,' and thus be in a position to go any reason able distance when required, and at the ame time leave an efficient force in the city, ghonldafiie occur, to render their services a t the same time neocessary.

The famous California Minstrels will appear for the last time this evening in the Prince of Wales Theatre in their much admired entertainment* which will be given for the benefit of Messrs Button and Kelly. The bill of fare provided for the occasion is of a varied and most attractive character, including violin and banjo performances as ■well as the farce of the " Lunatic Asylum," which has, on previous nights, created roars of laughter ; "Bill Jones' Cousin " will also be introduced. This is positively the last night of the Minstrels, of which advantage should be taken.

The first select ball in the Lome-street Hall, last night, was a great success, and the committee of the Early Closing Association deserve much credit for the arrangements generally, which resulted so favourably. There was a large number of persons in at tendance. About thirty couples tripped it on the "light fantastic toe," and dancing was kept up until the stars began to " lose themselves in heaven's own light." The ex cellent string band under Mr Wright and Mr MoComish played with much spirit through the silent hours in the presence of youth aud beauty. The major part of the dancers were assistants and ladies associated with silks and mantles, and not a solitary tailor was to be seen in sportive action among that gay and lively assemblage. The refreshment department was choice and ample, the table 3 being tilled with all sorts of good flings, from the rich Banbury cake to the ham and beef sandwich. In nocent drinks were also provided in abun dance by the catering committee, and noth ing of an intoxicating nature was permitted within the hall. The evening, therefore, was a most agreeable one, and each happy participator in the "draper's delight " rose this morning with a clear head and a light heart.

The treasurer of the Orphan Home ac knowledges with thanks the receipt of £2 2s from a friend, per the Evening Star.

The members of the Fraternal Home Lodge of Good Templars will hold an open lodge meeting in the Albert-street Temper ance Hall on Tuesday evening next, Rev P. H. Corn ford in the chair.

The ninth of the winter course of lectures at the Young Men's Christian AAssociation will be given this evening in the large hall of the institute. The lecture is entitled " Science among the Cinders—a grabs lec ture," and will be delivered by Rev P. H. • 'ornford, pastor of the Wellesley-street Baptist Church. The subject, no doubt, in the hands of Mr Cornford will be both nimising and instructive:

A Ponsonby cot respondent writes:-Sir, —I would call the attention of the gentle men of the Ponsonby Highway Board to the disgraceful state of Kiohmond Road, leading from Ponsnnhy to Cox's Creek. It; is a sin gular fact that while every other road in the neighbourhood is in good rep ir this road has been entirely overlooked. If this road war, put into good order (and there is a con siderable amount of traffic to and fro) it would not oulv convenience the people of Oox's Creek, but also the inhabitants of Spring Bank. .•

A new diFcovery has been made within the last few days in one of the silent shadowy corners of the now famous "Noah's Ark," and which will .add interest to its many mysteries. The inhabitants in the immediate locality of Moreton-street keep numbers of fowls, in the breed of which they take very great pride. In truth, the ladies of Moreton (street declare that their fowls are the fiuentlin Auckland, and " thank God," as Mrs M says, "fowls are out of the pale of the city by-laws." Many of the finest of theae birds, however, have lately been missing, and their owners have been puzzled about their mysterious disappearance. Mrs M considered that they had Buffered of the pip, and had crept into holes to die in peace, but Mrs W expressed it as her opinion that the fowls had been taken away by the foul hands of thieves, and her view was strengthened by the intelligence that a boy had been seen decoying the fowls into Noah'a Ark with a handful of maize, for which the feathered innocents have a liking. "I believe that youngster stole my drake," said Mrs W . The women entered'the echoing windy apartments of the Ark, and found in a sly corner a quantity of feathers, which plainly indicated "that the lost fowls had been plucked, if not cooked and eaten, in Noah's Ark.

We have much pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of £1 from " Benevolence " in aid of Mrs McLean and her five orphan children left destitute by the death of her husband through a falling tree at Ramarama.

Our Woodside correspondent informs us that the fruit trees and gardens generally look promising. The hundreds of fruit trees in the spacious orchard belonging to Mr Hawkins have been literally covered with blossoms, some of which have been scattered by the recent winds. Still, if the fruit he in proportion to the promise, it will be abundant. The Wood side people have also had strawberries for two or three weeks past, some of which have appeared in Queen-street windows, Peas are also in a forward state, and to-morrow Messrs Wilson and Thompson will bring a quantity into the city. We may mention that a consider able quantity of the land in that district is good, and only needs industry and patience, as examples have shewn, to render it equal to any round -Auckland.

Mr Editor : Sir, —Permit me space in your valuable paper to thank "Oxonian" for haying in your issue of the 23rd commented on the proposed amalgamation of the Italian and Nonpareil Companies. I bought into the Italian, not with the absurd idea that when gold was found to exist in our ground we should amalgamate with an apparently worked out claim, whose shares are at their lowest ebb. If I rightly understand the offer made I, holding 100 Italians valued at Is 9d each, or £8 15s, am to receive 25 Nonpareil double shares valued at 5a each, or £6 ss, losing on the transaction £2 103. Sir, as a holder of Italian shares I object to the present offer, and ask what shall we gain ? —Yours, etc., Italian. ■

The members of the Star of Newton Lodge, 1.0. G.T., held an open meeting last evening at the Newton Hall. The hall was crowded, and an excellent programme was gone through. The audience was very select, and the pro ceedings wereVconducted in a manner that reflected great credit on the committee. No songs or recitations of a vulgar character were introduced, as is sometimes the case at open meetings. Bro. Salt, W.CS., occu pied the chair. Ere. Redfern presided at the harmonium, and accompanied the singers with his usual skill. The meeting closed at half-past nine with the National Anthem.

Mr C. Fincham, collector, thankfully acknowledges receipt of the following amounts by lists and entertainment collected by him on behalf of Mrs G-ribble :—Vivian Troupe, £14; J. B. Russell, £1 Is; Mr Fowler, £1 18s 6d ; Mr Gratten, £2 12s ; Star of Newton Lodge, £3 Is 6d ; Olive Branch do, £1 ; Mr Macrea, £1 9a ;9C. Fin* cham, £5 ; National Bank, £1 ; sundry lists. 18s 9d. Total, £32 Ok 9d.

One of the !&i>g« *rovtooi&l land salea to wWch the Superintendent of Wellington has been stimulated by the proposal to wipe the Northern provinces off the map of New Zea land is thus referred to by the-Wellington correspondent of the Otago Times :— The Provincial Government have just done a good thing in the sale of 20,000 acres in ' h<* " »n* watu district, to a firm wuieb inc-lu.ies \lr John Douglas ( formerly of ]>■.■.>*"a--. *Met son, and C 0.,) Hon. Kobert Orop ell. Mr , Dawson, Mr Thomas Bus ■•". and tt, M'Million, amongst its membe-s, aul a- may be supposed therefrom has »n> amouut ..t money. The land consists of a lar^e a*ani|j close to the Orana bridge where Maodoa-jM "recently shot the coach horse. Wuh suffi cient capital this land can ranly be dwmed. aad will then be about the finest in toe colony. The province, moreover has nut h* money to invest in dram ge works. »nd the End would be of no use to tn II owner.. In a block, and in the hand* oi its present purchasers, it will be a .n.g.iitioont property. The price paid is 12s 6J an cere bub there are conditions attached. One is the expen diture of £10,000 in drainage works and im provements, and the other the settlement of at least 70 families on 100 acre allotments, within two years. Although there has been some grumbling at the purchasers having got what may be koked on as a bargain, I think that on the whole the transaction is a very advantigeoua one for all parties. The province will certainly benefit by the intro duction Of capital and capitalists. The sale required the confirmation of the Governor m Council, and this has been given. Altogether the province has done better with its swamp land than the General Government did with those in the Waikato, which they sold at 33 6d an acre, as Mr Waterhouse showed early in the session. It is said that Messrs ! Douglas and Co. contemplate other large i land purchases in this province. They have 1 already added to their Orana estate by :by purchasing some 10,000 acres adjoining • from private owners."

Another consideration which should influ ence the settlers in agitating for the immediate opening of the Waikato TLailway as far as completed is the fact that the Auckland Spring race meeting takes place on the 7th October, which the settlers would have the opportunity of attending by rail, giving at the Bame time handsome receipts for the first day's business done by the line. We are also informed by a large farmer at Papatoitoi that there are several hundreds of tons of produce ready to send into town, and the farmers would be very glad to avail themselves of the railway. We hope our suggestions of yesterday for pressing the matter upon the Colonial Secretary, now in Auckland, will be acted on. It is shameful that such an amount of agitation and pressure should be required to Beciire this object, but we suppose there is no help for it.

Sweeps on the Melbourne Cup will take place at the Occidental Hotel this evening.

Mr F. H. Lewisson's art union closes next Thursday, so that those who desire to par ticipate should lose no time in applying for one of the few remaining tickets.

Alas for fallen greatness ! (says the Mel bourne Herald) When Topley, Hewitt, and Bird, the English pedt-Etrians, first came to Melbourne they were the admired of all observers. At the present time Topley has retreated to his native land, Frank Hewitt has resigned running, and given hia mind to bookmaking ; and Bird, the " swallow catcher," the greatest hero in the trio, has settled down in Launceston as a respectable fish-hawker.

Mr Battley will re-deliver his lecture on "Archaeological Discoveries" this evening in the Sheridan-street Wesleyan Church.

The Wharf Committee of I;he Harbour Board have resolved in favour of the con struction of one T ou the western aide of the wharf instead of two as suggested by Captain McKenzie's motion. The length of the pro posed T is to be 100 feet by 40 feet broad, and it will be run out a short distance within the present outer T. This will not only in crease the accommodation at the wharf to a very material extent, but will afford very great shelter to vessels lying alongside. The new T will no doubt be ample for the present requirements of the port, and as the committee were unanimous in desiring its immediate commencement we may reason ably hope that no great delay will occur in carrying it out.

There are hundreds of small poets or "minor minstrels," as the Athenaeum terms them, who live and breathe among the fields of old England, and of whom the great world never hears ; and yet they are repre sentative men in a certain sense. John Green, a native of a village near Blandford, in the county of Dorset, was one of these small singers whose veraes were confined to the simple village of his birth. He worked in the fielda aa Bloomfield and Clare had worked before him, and he made very crude verses, and occasionally ran wilth squire Far q uarson's hounds. It is not quite certain whether John Green ever really wooed a maiden. The Dorset dames said Johnny was too shy, but it is very certain that a little rosy-faced dairy-maid thought a good deal of rhyming Johnny Green, and in the innocency of her inexperienced nature considered that Johnny was in love with her. One day she told her mistress that she intended to leave her situa tion. Her mistress, a farmer's wife, was surprised, and asked Jenny why she intended to give up her situation ? Jenny, blushing like a summer rose, hung down, her head and replied, " I've got a sweetheart, ma'am, and expect soon to be axed in church." "Who is the happy lad?" Baid the lady. "John Green," said Jenny, "he sits opposite me in Church and smiles at me; he is such a nice lad, and makes verses." ;■*• Are you sure, Jenny that Johnny loves you, and intends to act honorably ?" "I feel sure on't, ma'am, for he looks all truth." "Has he promised to marry you, my poor girl?" "He has not promised yet, but I believe he means to, for he has been looking and smiling at me for a long time. Last Sunday he gave me a nose gay, and I think he'll Boon be speaking; to me about the wedding." "Jenny," said her mistress, " keep your place, lassie, and wait until the ice is broken."—rßlackman's lecture on " Poets, their Sweethearts and Wives."

The committee of theSt Mary's Organ fond entertainment desire publicly to thank all those ladies and gentlemen "who so kindly oame forward and took paifc in the "At Home." The following is the balance-sheet: —Receipts from entertainment and contri butions, £36 6s Id; expenses : Tickets, 3s 6d ; Parnell hall, £2 2s ; advertising, £4 2s ; cleaning hall, 3s ; cartage of piano, 8s ; total, £5 Is ; nett proceeds, £31 5s Id. B. Ire land, hon. treasurer.

A meeting will be held this evening at the Captain Cook' Hotel, Newmarket, for the purpose of arranging for athletic sports. .

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

An accident occurred lasfrevening on therail way at Fapakura, to a young man named Francis Regan, which terminated fatally. Regan, it appears, whose parents live at Pukekohe, had been employed for- some time on the railway line as a labourer, and last evening about half-past fire the deceased got into the fourth waggon of a train of ten which had been unladen, for the purpose of returning from his work, as was customary with the men. Shortly after the train was in motion Regan commenced throwing stones at a dog on the embankment, and in so doing it is supposed he overbalanced himself, and fell over between the waggons; six of them passing over him, > breaking his legs and mangling his body. His fellow-workmen as soon as,, possible, procured the assist ance of Dr. Bodell, who upon'reaching

the spot foimd that th« iintortmwtj Youngman had breathed his last. The body las conveyed to the Globe Hotel to await I coroner's inquest, which has probably taken place this afternoon.

ANCHOVIES AND TOAST.

(FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT). London, July 28. j MKGI,AD* I'ONEJAS AN AUTHOR. Mr Glvist .nd is deeply engaged in literary work, a»d hilit in b« place in the House Mo b evening he is s n-bling as hard « he oati. How he man ig-a to do this, and yet attend to the speech's, is a marvel. He looks very ill Mr Di«r-*e iisby no means well. He suffers awfully from gout, and standing appears to make him very uneasy and his comuenauue exhibit* tnces of pain after he has been oa hU legs for any time His friends are rather uneasy about him, but the near approach of "the recess gives hope that ; rest will pull him up to the mark. SULLIVAN, THE MURDERER, AT HOME. The Pall Mall Gazette of a few days since thus alludes to your friend Sullivan, of whose company you have apparently become very tired • " We learn that the interesting person known as 'Sullivan, the New Zealand mur derer'had sailed for England, whose hospit able shores will no doubt welcome him, and whose admirable detective police will receive him, it is to be hoped, with^a cordiality tempered by intelligent reserve." PERVERTS TO MAHOMMEDANISM. A few mails ago I sent you an account of an English Civil Servant in India turning Mahommedan and going in for a new wife on the strength of it ; now we hear of an Englisman's wife turning to the religion oE the Prophet, and taking advantage of the move to acquire an Islamitish husband. ; The last-named sensation has come off in . Bombay, and the name of the charming j creature is Mrs Lennon. This delicious being, who has knocked all the doings of AhoJab, Ahciibah, Guinevere, Lady Mor daunfc, and Mrs Firebrace, all combined, into a cocked hat, took her two j children one fine day to the Mosque known as the Jackaria Misjid, and there in the presence of a Pathan, who appeared to be on the best of terms, with her, announced j her intention of embracing the Mahommedau faith. She was at once received into the church by tke Mosque Mollahs, and married -j to the aforesaid ni^er, who is said to belong

to the aforesaid nigger, wno is sai g to a Beioochee Regiment. She -was married under the assumed name of Mrs Bonsey. The next day her European husband took out a warrant against her for bigamy, and she was sent to prison with her children. The Pathan wanted to take charge of the youngsters, but the Government interfered, and they were sent to a Christian school. When the woman was brought up it was impossible to obtain evidence of her adulter ous marriage, and she was discharged. The husband then got out a warrant against the nigger on a charge of adultery, and he is now in custody, and probably wondering whether the game of marrying another man's wife is worth the candle. As for the women, there is no accounting for tastes, atad black pelt; has found favour afore time, even in the exclusive circle of London society—as you well know. IMMORALITY OF THE STAGE. The French drama, as imported of late into London, has not proved a success, as niight have been anticipated. It wa3 in the lirst place somewhat difficult to find a pay able audience that could appreciate the finer idioms of the French language. Stiil that would not so much have mattered if the Lord Chamberlain would have allowed certain plays to be performed, # which were grosa enough to be understood even by those who had no pretentimis to a knowledge of the tongue. However, this could not be, even in London, where the Prince of Wales applauded Schneider, so the Company was reduced to the painful necessity of acting wholesome and standard plays, and this was so tame that no one cared to listen to it, ani so the projectors have come to grief. Talking of theatres I may mention a fact that you may! not have heard mentioned before. Numbers of the most celebrated Ljndon actresses, celebrated rather for their beauty and the decollet.ee style of their dress than their histrionic abilities, are not paid salaries by managers, the opportunities which they have for advertising their persons beiug considered by their employers and themselves ample remuneiation for the exhibition of their charms, and ignorance of the first principles of the art they profess to expound. THE HOME RULE PARTY are quite out at elbows. Thoy have been sat upon in the most thoroughly complete man ner, and so disconcerted that they find it impossible to put even a decent face on the matter. As is not unusual in such cases they have begun to squabble amongst them selves, and like the proverbial cats of their own country they are like to do one another a mischief. So humiliating is their position that in spite of their worse than folly one feels almost inclined to .pity the poor creatures, who like whipped hounds are slinking away with their tails between their legs, snarling at their comrades on both sides Poor devils ! Never had men such a bitter pill to swallow; never did political party have such a beating. The whole sixty of them voted together like bricks for Home Rule for Ireland, and the rest of the House, those at least who thought it worth while to be present, went the other way. It was almost tantamount to ostracising them. PUBLIC WORSHIP REGULATION BILL. The Government have identified them selves with the Public Worship Regulation Bill, and the consequence is that it is sure to be pushed through this session. The Kitn alists are in a dreadful frightjabout it, although 1 clont believe it will have the summary effect which most people imagine. It makes no alteration whatever in the law as it exists at present, but merely facilitates the takina action against Ecclesiastical oftenders against the Rubrics and the Canon laws. Mr Glad stone stood forward in the breach in defence of the Ritualists, but afterwards withdrew, having fearfully damaged his reputation as a statesman by the childish course which he took iv bringing forward a number of silly resolutions Until the discussion on the StT, ng u tMs BiU no OQe oQt3ide *>r m had the slightest idea of the temper of the House and it was not until that «A V^ Q x-made co* Sp icuou 3 by the Z/Sr <3^ eCtlO ir? of the drift of tbe debate £5 % S?B^ cx Pressed a wish on the part of his Ministry to see the bill pass.. At the present moment such a wiaiTmay be SEfif dal a'mOSt law ' siDCe the Conslrva! Z)l a b6en g?*tinß sponger and stronger daily, and propably there never has been so successful and popular a Conservative Minis- JKm aSf'T- , Th, ey carry "U **>« sliT; p «?tlT leS?i y.Call for divisions on-the slightest hitch. It is wonderful, and no less wonderful than gratifying after the surfeit c o c dPe ra e t Vr Blyhad °f Libe"al hobb^ Sdt*

EMIGRATION TO NTiIW 7uat *^

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laughing stock in tne house as the J» h v Padding who represonta Peterboiouffh Some one under the signature of «• ]jA mian" has written a column letter to tK Times advising people not to emigrate b ■ Says oxdy two kinds of persons get on in S* colonies—those with plenty of money those who are masters of some akiUed trsuPm Be gives long and wretched accounts of ]^H experiencea in the States and Canada, ivher W he has evidently suffered much privation T^ and draws the conclusion that they **„ ' places for decent English folk. A 8 Z° this goes I don't question hia autfearitY^ftJ he winds up by saying-" In New Zealand things are much the same." Now W this T object in toto. In the first...place. l Anjl believe the writer was ever in New ZeaiS and in the second place every one trio hgJ been there knows that any decent, ( respe^ able, and industrious person can earn |good - livelihood if he is not ashamed to work; /\ Greenstone, I

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.- This Day.

I JUDGMENTS FOR PLAINTI* Jg. < A. Asher v Carrol, claim £3 lOi^j goods; F. Howard v. Daltoff, claim &' board and lodging. ', " T1; BURTON V. SPEAR. ' ' ;■' Claim £1138., goods. : Vf . £# D AVIS V. MADDOX. .' '?. **<!*: Claim £6 10s. Mr Joy for plaintiff. Mr J. B. Russell for defendant. 1-jfJT The particulars o? this claim 4»v* already appeared, and his Worship proceeded to give judgment thereon, an& v a fjg- - giving the case his most careful cbwicUration he concluded that the evidence Ksd shewn that defendant had exceeded hig d U {. and rendered himself liable. Tlie fc^i difficult Acts with which a Court iiad'| I deal were the Education, Licensing, amj ; Impounding Acts. | Judgment for defendant, with'coßfe^^ SHEPHERD V. LAWEY, !1 .■ Claim £3 12s, goods. 4V Defendant in this case was a plumper, tjjj& ' the claim was for grocery goods. ",,,_, j His Worship : I fear you have ijeaalwtng sumptuously every day. I see the claims for sardines, Olson's sauce, [ hpnej^: iigfj variety of luxuries. I Defendant said he was only-earning tyj '' guineas a week, and £1 2a of the araoihtlas mortgaged. j Plaintiff said that defendant wis patting . '9s a day. ■■ "V •"" '"■ *'■ ■' j Mrs Shepherd here exclaimed, jwingji I -with a big umbrella to the Court; that i§| ! could prove it, but she was not peHaittd to address the Court. It was at length agreed that defendaat should pay 5s a week. GILES V. WOODWARD; •' Claim £10, damages. Mr Brock for plaintiff. ' ,s Mr James Rns3ell for defendant. 1 '~t George Gile3 deposed that he'lra^a butcher, and that defendant on, the,l3th August last offered him seven pigs a.isdpo lb,"which, he agreed to take at;theprice," Defendant promised to deliver the'eaWigea on the following Friday, with; the; <tfa, but failed to keep his promise. . Defendant. subsequently told plaintiff's maa,thit he had sold the pigs for more money, quence was that plaintiff suffdredloaf x>f frile, and could not supply his customers that week. Altogether it was fully £10 olt of his pocket. .. t,... ;i 7* i "„■ , John McG-uire, who was then ahopmattio plaintiff, deposed that he remembered the agreement about the pig's as started by^laat witness, when Mr Giles said " Now do not disappoint me as I shall depend uponjoi" Defendant dßiuot send the pigsio> and he (witness) had to run all over the town after pork, which was scarce that i week'f>; Mr ; , : Woodward told him that be had met with a better customer for the piga, »ndwifcjav*d killing he had sold them. !; if'ti- - Mr George Garrett deposed that the price of pork for some time had been 6<L it. ; Mr J. Woodward, of the Whan, .depoied, that at the time mentioned., Mr.Qfljtea. asked if "he (defendant) had any pigs,"wton"l»" replied that he was goiDg tp Jofji some, weighing from SO to lOOlbs., which Mr Giles agreed to take. When he got home he fonnd that the :pigs had been sold to another person. He informed the man of-the circcm ■tance^gandj the next day he ; told;J4tfi|es;, he lost his profit as we^ll.' He told|i» man, McGuire, that the owners had sOWtne piga for more money. .!. j sJfe'-jP* Counsel having addressed the«G<W* i llß Worship remarked that he would take fame to loofc the matter over, and give judgment on Friday next. , .. a r . c., 1 This was all the business. «

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING ASSOCIATION.

BtTSTNESS DONE-^- . . , ■ - •■ > Bank of New Zealand, £17 178*%, ; ~ National Bank, 70s !.-a t ?' South. British Insurance., 51s 6d; DHyers, 50 J ; sellers, 53s Fiji Bank—Sellers, 455. Q hr City of Lond^^SeH6rs;:23#6tU 8'; a r^ Grown Prince —Buyers,.los 6ds Royal Oak—Buyers 25.6 d.. ~ ~ kj p Thames GaS—Sellers, 38s: "" Thames G.M.Co.—Sellera, 40fl. Caledonian—Sellers, £B'.~ Junction— Sellers, 2s 6d , ? y-'i-'/fk§ Red Queen—ls 2d.' : , Bismarck- Sellers^Ss 6d." «'1 !!- :LC Moanatairi—Sellers, 40s.

THE NEW COAL COMPANY.

i ; (To the Editor of the S*£a). X Sir,—As one of the investing Fblicl]f B feel obligedjby^,your .permitting if^^hfaw! ■'B through your columns, Messrs G. ™'^>^.l R Br Lee, and Allan O'Neill,,^tort » I Miranda Coal and Mineral Company, W® I following iaformation :—l. H ™%Kbe I have; obtained permission to constrac m proposed tramway through < i!tfl»*»»,« I Messrs G; S. Graham' and^ otbere ?***•£ I the directors employed a «oinP eten*f!x^ I to give them a report ftfln^.Jte^*'*^ ■ tramway, .and-- likewise: ■Mt^'fji ■ vharf at Pokorokoro,; ana^li^^ report showed . that jtWr ; Wfl^^^ jo I require to be one mile in R reach sufficiently 1 'deep :w*ter I *B'T ( | 1 cutters T-- 3. If the • coalJ"W^'^*^ I flobded, -and if it reqmrejagj^ X pumping machinery to keep «thfl w»* ''- E so as to work the seamsj ,4. U^ ,0 | requireii by the": Company ia toot W".r^J ■ the Waikare Lake,' mangafnig,^ :■ Maramarua swjimps, and; l{'? bf3 nf ?his If ject to their drainage? 5. directors.are elected if or life years .2. 6.. If Mr Jamea dKoqfi**J? P I £1 shares ful'y paid upi .a»d-f WW^ f ,j, I for a lease of the property ? W ■ directors are to have promoterti b"^ tb jt B if so what number, and if »J '' »i &\ m they are to have 230Q .'.*«%£ 1« fully paid up as a reward for tw" T IW#;B trouble in inspecting the proper^ n pM penses for floating Company,., xjfitft M promoters shares will be aUotwa * n« G, W. Friend, 800; l)r V&jP^ff I O'Neill, (500. Total for n d>f^ R fully paid-upvshar.es ? y \\f'mM¥lM junf., is to have 700 re^ .. for his trouble in formiog H and contributing £10 toWcr^^^W 10. If tke total expenae'^fi^ariSj-flp^B pany, printing, etc.,- '.MM as agamst firpin?^ fftgf^g-■ What; is the Koyalty J^^TfiMMif/B terms of lease ? I ?W.,m#W'ffi'B men should < have no W«^SS'tifl«'»Sß these ■ tfuestions^^^einl-'JffipjHHSfß pledged themaelvea *€*&«jf^l JPO ■ peo'tS. published mi ;ttfj£3ifc#y I Thomas Poljiok. X

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