SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

HIGH W_*TEE: This evening, 2.22 ; to-mono* morning. 2.E6 _ SUN-SET : This evening, 6.17; SUN-RIS-S: To morrow morning, 6.40 MOON'S AGE: Full Moon, 2nd May, 3.48 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

Dorette, ship, Avles, from Quarantine Ground Mary Melville, schooner, from Montronui Julius Vogel, schooner, from Poverty "Bay Rowena, s.s., from Russell Start, cutter, from Tairua Coralie, cutter, from Tairua Fannie, cutter, from Wangapoa Murray, s.s., from Russell

DEPARTURES.

Hero, 3.5., logan, for Sydney Clyde, schooner, for Wangarei Ebenezer, schooner, for Wangaroa Prince Rupert, ketch, for Tauranga

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

San Francisco—Allahabad, ship, to-morrow Newcastle—Hylton Castle, to morrow ; Wild Wave,

brig, at once For Gisborne and Napier—Jane, s.s', early For Russel—Rowena, s.s., Monday, 5 p.m. For Tauranga—Murray, s.s., Monday Southern ports—Wellington, s s , 27th instant Samoa, via Wangapoa—lvanhoe, schooner Levuka, via Wangapoa—Daphne, early Kaipara—Derwent, brig, early Napier and Southern ports—Cyphrenes, s.s , early London—Anazi, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Cyrhrenes, s.s., Mail Steamer, from Kandavu Rangatira, s.s., from Sydney, 28thli_stant Southern Cross, s.s., from England Empreza, barque, from Liverpool. Sailed October 15 Jubilee, ship, from London, Sailed January 21 Rouparell, ship, from London. Siiled February 19 Bella Mary, from Hobsrt Town, early Mary King, schooner, from Adelaide, early Coronet, schooner, from Tahiti Edith, schooner, from South Sea Islands, early Excelsior, schooner, from Dunedin, early Serene, barque, from Wellington Clematis, ketch, from Lyttelton, early Herald, schooner, from Lyttelton Merlin, schooner, from Lyttelton Ryno, schooner, from Lyttelton Flirt, brigantine, from Lyttelton

EXPORTS.

Per s.s. Hero, for Sydney and Melbourne. For Melbourne : 5 cases snuff, Soloman and Margetts ; 2do maccaroni, 7 do, preserved fish, 12 boxes mazina, 2 cases sauce, 3 do, and 3 J-chests tea, 1 case almonds, 14 do dried fruit, Brown Campbell and Co ; Eor Sydney, 6 bags fungus, 3 bales, J. Reid ; 95 bales phormium, J. R. Roberts ; 2 cases wine, Blaydes, Evens and Co. ; 173 doors, 218 pieces architrave, Union Sash and Door Company ; 2 bales upper leather, Ireland Brothers.—Crhickshank and Co., agents.

The s.s. Hero left for Sydney and Melbourne to-day with the following pas sengers :—Saloon to Sydney : Mr and Mrs Peacock, Miss Peacock, Mrs Stokes, Miss Giles, Mrs Owen Jones. Miss Merriman, Miss E. Taylor. Miss A. Graham, Mrs Whitla, Miss McCoy, Madame Carandim, Misses Fannie, Isabella and Lizzie Carandini; Messrs W. Sherwin, G. Cotterell, H. Gordon, Cochrane, Stokes, Pringle, A. Webster, H. C. Webster, Levy, H. Wood, Mr and Mrs Potter and five children, Rev. Wm. Jones. Saloon—To Melbourne : Misses Grey and Fitzallen. Steerage—To Sydney :J. Nixon, C. Stuart, A. Williamson, R. Jones, T. Mulhill, T. Robinson, A. Birmingham, W, Rattray, J. Lumpkins, J. Hall, H. Hulme, H. McGarrell, W. Fuller, Mrs Benson, and Miss Grace. Steerage—To Melbourne : Mrs. Hutcheon, R. Burnes, Mrs. Willis. The cutter Morning Light brings 18,000 feet timber from Port Charles.

' The schooner Fortune has entered inwards with 900 bushels wheat and 20 baas funeus £»_______<_. *i_o Bay or rioufry.

The barque Hylton Castle has cleared out for Newcastle in ballast. She will sail for Newcastle on Monday morning, if possible. She will load at Newcastle with coal for this port. The s s. Murray arrived at one o'clock to day from the Bay of Islands and Wangaroa. The s.s. Murray left Russell last night at 8 p.m., arriving in harbour at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Passengers—Mrs King and child, Mrs Hamilton, Miss Boyd, and Mr Mann. Cargo : 82 bags gum, Roiph and Co. ; 12 do, do, Walker; 1 barrel oil, Morrin ; 1 case, Compton; 2 pgs fish, Thompson. The construction of the new wharf at Port Chalmers is proceeding but slowly owing to a lack of the timber of which the upper beams are constructed. However, a supply is daily looked for by the barque Cezarewitch, now due from Tasmania, so that after she arrives the work may be expected to pro gress a little faster. But although we should have liked to have seen this impor tant undertaking in a more forward state, it is not to be therefore inferred that the con tractors have been idle during the last month or two. On the contrary, the wharf has been considerably extended, and is now 762 feet long, with a very large section of its centre all but completed. A small section of the sheetpiling on the inner side is also in place. About 500 feet more piling in length has to be driven, but we presume that filling in the wide space between the wharf and the shore will be proceeded with before that is finished. The number of .piles already driven, exclusive of fender piles, is 264.— 0tag0

Times.

A white* brigantine, supposed to be the Coronet, expected for some time past from Tahiti, was passed by the b.s Rowena at half past three p.m. yesterday. She was stand ing down the coast, and was about six miles to the southward of Cape Brett. Messrs Owen and Graham have been expecting the Coronet for some time, and intended charter ing the. Belle Brandon to proceed to Tahiti had no news been received of her during the next few days. The Coronet brings 120 tons of cargo for the Anazi for shipment to Lon don.

The brigantine Eliza Mary arrived from Napier at Wangaroa on Thursday morning. The Prince Rupert, ketch, left to-day for Tauranga with 40,000 feet timber. The Ebenezer, schooner, has left with a general cargo for Wangaroa. The s.s. Rowena arrived in harbour this morning at 4 o'clock after a smooth-water passage from the Bay of Islands. The follow ing .is a list of her passengers i—Messrs Hundred, Jackson, Stoddard, Clark^ Wright, Hickton, Sobrieski, Fee, Aicken, Brown, Ronaldson, Stephenson, Brackenbury, Mr and Mrs McLeod, Colonel McDonald, Captain Brown, Captain Marven, Miss Stephenson, Miss Russell, Miss Johnson, Mr and Mrs Clinton, Mr and Mrs Hooper, Mr and Mrs Sloane, and 10 in the steerage, including two prisoners, She brings the following cargo : —21 bags gum, Arnold, Hines and Co. ;10 'bags gum, R. Walker and Co. ; 3 hides; Ireland Brothers ; 1 bundle skins, B. Gitto3 and Son ; 1 parcel, J. C. Morrin; 1 saddle, Wiseman ; 1 hide, Gittos ; 1 case, Stone Brothers; 1 case, McArthur, Shera and Co. ; 12 bags gum, S. J. Edmonds; 1 cask oil, J. S. Macfarlane. , Captain'M. T. Clayton has been appointed the Auckland agent for the Merchant Shipping Underwriters' Association, Mel bourne.

The ship-Dorette was towed up from Motuihi by the p.s, Takapuna yesterday evening. She has anchored off the wharf, and will take the berth now occupied by the Hylton Castle as soon as that vessel clears out. The fine new schooner Mary Melville came into harbour last night in ballast from N& , pier, baying left,that port on Monday. Had nj3.E. winds during her passage. - ......

The schooner Julius Vogel, Captain Doughty, arrived from Poverty Bay and the East Coast last evening. She left Gisborne on Tuesday, and landed part of her cargo at Tologa Bay. Had southerly winds during the passage. The cutters Coralie and Start bring cargoes of timber from Tairua, and the cutter Eannie a cargo of timber from Wangapoa. All three arrived last night. The Star of the South, whose departure for Napier we announced last night, took the following passengers—Messrs Buchanan and Sedgwick, Mrs McDermott, and two in the steerage. The cutter Catherine takes 9000 bricks to the Thames.

The brig Derwent has cleared for Kaipara with the following cargo :—5 boxes soap, 7 sacks; 33 pgs ironmongery, 3 do. earthenware, 2 do. drapery, 2 wine, 20 cases New Zealand geneva, 10 cases rum, 5 cases Old Tom, 17 cases ale and stout, 7 cases pre served fish, 16 pgs sundries, 60 bags salt, 50 gunnies sugar, 18 bales hay, 100 sacks chaff, 40 sacks oats, 15 sacks bran, 5 sacks grass seed, 8 kegs butter, 51 pgs furniture, -240 bags flour, 4 iron tanks, 60 bags flour, 20 sacks coal, 24 sacks potatoes, 40 bags salt, 1,500 bricks, Must and Co, ; 1 bale paperhangings, 1 cask lead, John Henderson ; 1 box drugs, Hamilton Brothers; 4 packages of lamp fittings, 1 case sashes, 2 case sashes, 1 keg nails, 1 do lead, 2 bd ridging, 1 iron bolt and nuts, 200 fire-bricks, 1 valeisse, 1 box, 1 cask fire clay, 6 do cement, Union Sash and Door Company; 12 sacks potatoes, Jakins and Co.; 50 bags flour, Stone Bros. ; 16 mats sugar, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 1 case sun dries, 12 lengths pipe, 1 roll zinc. 6 kegs nails, 2 spades, 1 package, E. Porter and Co.; 2 cases coffee, 1 do starch, 5 half-chests tea, 4 kegs nails, H. B. Morton; 8000 bricks, 40 bags lime, 500 fire-bricks. 1 bag fire clay, 2 boilers, 208 pieces machinery, Fraser and Tinne ; 12 cases galvanised iron, H. Fendelow; 106 timber dogs, U.S. and Door Company ; 6 leads scoria ash.—Master, agent. The fine screw steamship Hero, 'Captain Logan, left for Sydney and Melbourne at noon to-day. She takes a general cargo as per exports, and the following passengers. The barque Hylton Castle hauled off the wharf this afternoon, and anchored in the stream.

The ship Allahabad was still at her anchorage this afternoon. She is quite ready for sea, and is only waiting for a favorable opportunity to take her departure. The brigs Derwent and Wave are lying in the stream waiting for a chance of sailing for Newcastle.

The barque Rose M. is on the berth at Dunedin loading for Auckland. She was to sail shortly after the 15th inst. The cntter Tradewind sailed from Wangaroa for Auckland on Thursday even- There have been no fresh arrivals of whalers at the Bay of Islands this week, nor any departures. The following vessels were loading at Russell on the departure of the Rowena : — Schooners Mariner, Golden Isle, Julia Price, s.s. Murray. The ketches Speedwell and the Policeman left Russell for the Thames on Thursday last with coals.

The Wave, brig, left. Wangaroa for Mel bourne with a cargo of timber on Thursday last. She was towed out to sea by the s.s. Rowena.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Lvttelto:*, This day. Tbe cutter Nautilus was sold to-day for £450.

Arrived: Paterson, and Inverne, ship from Napier. Sailed : Merlin and Flirt for Auckland.

Exports : Per Merlin—327 sacks oata, 90 do potatoes, 65 do barley, 45 do bran, 19 cases cheese.

Per Flirt: 800 sacks oats, 500 do wheat, 100 do sharps.

COMMERCIAL.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST,

The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below:— Calls.

£ s. d. Date Queen of the Thames .. ..010 April 27 National Bank of N.Z. .. 010 0 July 1

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Globx as TJndkr :— For Thames, on Mond»y next, at 10.£0 a.m. and 5.50 p.m. For Coromandel, on Monday next, at 12.30 p.m. For Napier and Southern provinces, per Mikado, six hours a<»v, a*X Jvß?, . ~_.,_ put Taranaki, Southern provinces, and Australian Colonier, per Wellington, on Monday next, at 11 a.m. For money orders, registered letters, and news paper., at 10 a m. Late letters for Southern provinces and Mel bourne will be received till 11.30 a m. For Kusscll, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Itowena, on Monday next, at 3 p.m. For Kawau and Matakana, per Lady Bowen, on Tuesday next, at 10 a.m, Mails for Australian Colonifg, India, China, Mediterranean ports, Continent of Europe, and United Kingdom, via Brindisi and fouthampton, will be made up at this oilice per s.s. Taranaki, on Friday, l6t proximo. Should a later opportunity offer, Supplementary'Msils will be forwarded. (Signed) 8. B. Birp, Chief Fottmaster.

DEATHS.

Norms—On \pril 24, Rev James A. Norris; aged 35 years. The funeral will leave St. Patrick's Cathedral, to morrow (S.inoVv), at 3p m. Rcqnlescat in Pace. Newman. — Died at flagstaff, North Shore, Mr W. E. N»wman. avert 28 ye»rs.

The funeral will leave his late residence to-mor row afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.

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

SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance, . For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance,

And ii.<- good that we can do

To the kind-hearted we can suggest a cheap and simple means of doing a real kindness. The old men in the Refuge never taste butter, and the poor old fellows are obliged to gnaw and grind the dry bread with their toothless gums. It is not the fault of the authorities, it is not the fault of the Relieving Officer, it is not the fault of any body. The old women of the institution are provided with butter by the Ladies' Benevolent Society. God bless them. But these poor old fellows, many of whom have battled bravely with the ills of life, but have been worsted in the long run, are left to masticate their crusts without a bit of butter to oil the poor old molars that remain as relics of the days of youth and vigour. Manyandmanyaone there is in Auckland and its environs to whom the price of a little butter now and then would be nothing, and there are many too who keep their own cows for their own private use who have often more butter than they can use who are too proud to sell it, and really do not know what to do with it. Think of these poor old men. They were long ago as happy and as hopeful as the best of us. But the world has gone on, and left them, . like battered, shattered barks, thrown up on the strand. Many and sad are their retrospective thoughts: prospects, they have none, save a quiet grave and a little comfort in the interim. Poor old fellows; it must be sad to have nothing to look forward to in life, and sadder still if little simple comforts like a bit of butter to soften their crusts are wanting too while so many in the city have enough ahd to spare. Kind people of Auckland think of this, and out of your abundance send a little butter to the Old Men's Refuge.

The immigrants by the Dorette were re leased from quarantine to-day, and were brought up to frown in tbe Takapuna. They will be none the worse for their spell of re creation on the island, especially as the weather has been so very favourable. A large proportion of the new-comers are single girls, and application for their services, as also for others, should be made to the immigration officer at once.

Messrs Samuel Cochrane and Son will sell by public auction on Monday next a large two-storey house and allotment ia Hobson- Btreet. y.,

A deputation from the North Shore High- j way Board (Stokes' Point), consisting of Messrs. G. Staines, chairman, Hawkins, and Hall, waitied on his Honor the Superinten dent to-day with reference to the road to the proposed new wharf. They stated that the Harbour Board bad determined to erect a wharf on the east side of the Point, in Shoal Bay, but the necessary to reach it would pass through a school endowment. The timbers were all ready to proceed with the work, and the deputation desired to secure his Honors sanction in opening up the road. The mat ter was one of great importance, affecting not merely tho North Shore but many country districts north of it. His Honor said there was no reason why the Harbour Board should not proceed with the work at once. He would be happy to forward the views of the deputation in every way in his power, and will secure the concession they desired. We are glad to learn that the Harbour Board intend to erect a substantial structure, equal to the wharf at Devonport. Its construction will be a great boon to the settlers.

Judgment, in the cases of Carlyle v. Brog den, and Coghan v. Brogden, was to have been pronounced this morning at 11 o'clock, but his Honor was unable to attend, and postponed the business till next Monday morning at the same time.

His Honor the Superintendent has kindly consented to take the chair at the annual meeting of the Industrial Home for Neglected and Destitute Children, at the Young Men's Christian Association, on Monday evening next. The meeting will be addressed by Revs. Dr Maunsell and D. Bruce ; also, by Messrs. Philips (Mayor), Rattray, and Macfarlane.

Divine service to-morrow (Sunday) at Nelson Kirk by the Rev. Dr. Wallis. In the morning " Faintheartedness, " and in the evening the "Weak points in tbe Secular system of Education." City Hall : Anni versary Services, morning by the Rev. War low Davies, M.A. ; evening, Archdeacon Maunsell. Lome-street Hall, by the Rev. Samuel Edger, B.A, morning, " The Re surrection of Christ the basis of Christianity; evening, "Christ and the Good Templar." Sermons also at the usual hours (morning and evening) at the United Free Methodist Church by the Rev. G. H. Turner ; Baptist Church, Wellesley-street, Rev. P. H Corn ford ; and Cook-street Christians' Meeting house and Primitive Methodist Chapels, Edwardes and Sheridan-streets, as per ad vertisements.

We were shewn on Saturday last, by a gentleman Avho arrived in town via the coast, a specimen of coal obtained within two hours' ride of Gisborne, whore the article, it is. said, is almost inexhaustible in the locality—spreading over a vast extent of country, and obtained in some parts even on the surface—P. B. Herald.

Messrs Williamson, Ellison, Coombes, Bartlett, and Waters have received notice from the Council that " Tho City Surveyor haviDg reported the buildings occupied by them in Queen-street to be in a ruinous and dangerous state, the owners thereof have been required to take down the same forthwith."

Captain Taylor, of the Auckland College, took out his school and the Sir George Grey Cadets by rail to Ellerslie course for an outing in the country. The weather was magnificent and the boys would have a holiday that must be very beneficial to them.

Mr W. A. Thompson, lecturer to the Aus tralian Mutual Provident Society, will deliver a lecture advocating the suporior merits of the mutual principle over all others in the Onehunga Hall on Monday next. Mr W. Stevenson will take the chair. The lecturer will illustrate each distinct feature by diagrams. Free admission.

Time has stood still at the Police Court for a whole week. The clock seven or eight days ago pointed to ten minutes to eight, and nt ten minutes to eight stands now. We are informed upon inquiry into the cause of this phenomenon that Mr Bartlett.of Queen-street, who usually attends to the well-being of the timo-piece has been unable to get his little bill settled, and has in consequence left the clock to its fate. Tho amount of the bill is ten shillings. If there is no fund from which the payment can he made it was a fraud on the part of those who engaged Mr. Bartlett to make use of his services without having the means to pay for them. The clock must, however, be made to go, and if no other mode can be desired for raising the wind to satisfy the watch maker, a public subscription must be got up or a collection made in one of the churches. If the latter course be adopted we should suggest that notice be given the Sunday before in order that the offerings may reach the required amount.

The entertainment recently given at Par nell Hall for the benefit of Mrs Grange by the Minstrel Troupe, widely known as E. Clair's troupe, was very successful, and as will be seen from the balance-sheet below produced profit to the amount of £9 lis, which has been handed to the widow, and for which she expresses her gratitude. We notice that the members of the troupe bore their own indivi dual expenses, which has not been practised by other city troupes now numbered with the things that were :—

Receipt..— £ s. d. By money taken at door 7 14 0 Money received for Tickets .. .. .. 9 0 0 Total Receipts 16 14 0 Expenditure— To Parnell Hall .. .. 2 0 0 Printing and advertising 2 7 0 Musicians 200 Hire of piano and cartage 0 16 0 Troupe Expenses Nil. Total Expenditure ....... .. 7 3 0 Balance paid te Mrs'Grainge 91l 0 • E. W. Ward, Treasurer. E. Claib, Manager.

The following are the words of the hymn sung in Westminster Abbey (by the Dean's wish) on Friday, January 23, the day of the Dulce of Edinburgh's marriage. It is written by the Rev. S. Flood Jones, M.A., precentor of Westminster and Priest in Ordinary to the Queen. The tune has been composed by Mr James Turle, the organist of the Abbey, and is published by Messrs Novello, Ewer and Co. :— Father of Life, confessing Thy Majesty and power, We seek Thy gracious blessing To greet the bridal hour ; The troth in Eden plighted The wedded now renew ; May they, in Thee united, Till death be pure and true. Jesu Redeemer, hear us 1 Still be the Wedding Guest; Thy gentle Presence near us, Makes common things more blest ; E'en care shall be a learning Of blessedness divine If Thou wilt -till be turning The water into wine. Spirit of Love, descending, Impart Thy joy and peace, These hopes together blending Bless with Thine own increase— Athwart the roughen'd ocean, " Or on the peaceful tide, Thy breath through each emotion Their heavenward course shall guide. The Church, Thy bride, hath given Her blessing on the vow, Oh. rathy from Heaven , ' Her benison below ; BlessTather, Son and Spirit, The union now begun. t That in the Life Eternal It may be ever one. Anient

We regret to have to announce tne death of the Rev James A. Norris, a gentleman who has been well known in Auckland and at tbe Thames for some years as one of the Koman Catholic clergy, the decease of the reverend father took place under very melancholy cir cumstances at the Whau Asylum yesterday. Father Norris was ordained in Auckland by the late Bishop Pompallier about eight or nine years ago, and shortly afterwards lelt the diocese to attach himself to a pas torate in the diocese of Bishop Moran, at Dunedin. He was during a portion of his stay down South resident on the West Coast, where he was exceedingly popu lar, and where he received a handsome testi monial on his departure to rejoin his former sphere of action in Auckland under Bishop Croke. During his last residence in the pro vince, Father Norris has acted as pastor at St. Patrick's Cathedral, where his eloquent and scholarly discourses have attracted large congregations, and latterly at the Thames, where he was universally respected. Sad to relate, some few weeks ago symptoms of aberration of intellect became manliest, and these developed so strongly that his friends were compelled to take measures to have him placed under restraint. About three weeks ago he was committed to the Asylum. Since that time he has &*a™ly sunk, and yesterday (about three o clock) he breathed his last, leaving a large circle of friends to deplore his early loss. The de ceased was a rising young man, and about 35 years old. The funeral will take place at 3 o'clock to-morrow.

A solemn Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of the late Rev. Jas. Norris will he celebrated at St. Patrick's Cathedral to-mor row morning at nine o'clock.

We have to acknowledge receipt of £1 from his Worship the Mayor towards the fund being raised in aid of the widow and children of the late Mr Redshaw.

The engine for the Poverty Bay Petroleum Company has now been carried to within a mile and a-half of the oil springs. The whole of the plant and material is now on the spot, and the arrival of the manager is only awaited to commence operations. Substantial workmen's cottages are also being erected by Mr Ross.

The members of the Auckland Choral Society will have a full rehearsal on Monday evening next, preparatory to the forthcoming

concert,

I beg thankfully to acknowledge the receipt of one pound from Dr. Kenderdine towards the fund for the widow Redshaw sister of the I. O.G.T.—T. B. Hannaford.

Lovers of genuine Scottish song will shortly have an opportunity of listening to their favourite ballads, as Mr Kennedy purposes commencing his "Twa Hours at Hame" on the 11th May. Mr Kennedy is well known in many parts of the world as an eminent Scotch vocalist, with a thorough appreciation of the works of poets who have by their genius thrown a charm over the land of Burns and Scott.

The English fire insurance companies begin to complain of the heat in the United States. They have found it warm—and expensive as well. The privilege of taking firo. premiums in America isn't an unmixed joy. The Liverpool, London, and Globe Company has, according to a New York journal, paid for the fire losses, in two years, £2,240,243! But then they are largely patronised, for the assured find that British tire companies pay and look pleasant—that is, as pleasant as they can under the cir cumstances.

We observe by an advertisement else where that Mr. G. Redfern, photographer (a sufferer by the late fire) has purchased the business, stock-in-trade, &c, of Mr. Cater, opposite the new Market-house, where he will continue to take the portraits of the people in his finished style.

In the case before the Resident Magis trato's Court yesterday (Fitzgerald v. Matt son,) for breach of warranty in respect of a horse, the evidence of which caused a good deal of mirth in Court, Mr. Beckham, after the examination of about twenty witnesses pro and con, reserved judgment until Friday next,,

Tho shop windows of Mr Linabury at tracted a great deal of admiration last even ing from the rich and choice display of car peting and rugs, surmounted with borderings and window cornices of every hue and color. In the centre of each window are two immense pictorial screens or rugs—the one descriptive of a Turkish harem, with the figures of three Turks sitting in solemn con clave ; the other subject an Indian one. Both are handsomely worked in colors. The effect, with the glow from the gas chande liers, was particularly striking, and reflected great credit on the taste of the " dresser." Mr Linabury has also a large stock of floor cloths of unusual width and of the rarest patterns on view.

The condition of the Czar of Russia is a melancholy comment upon the utmost attain ment of human greatness and its insufficiency. He has always been of a melancholy tem perament, and subject to fits of brooding, during which he found most relief in long solitary walks, but this shadowy melancholy has now taken a terrible form—one not un familiar to the Romanoffs—and the mighty monarch of all the Russias lives in the constant dread of assassination. It haunts him everywhere—as a similar fear haunted Oliver Comwell and Cardinal Ricblieu who were greater men—and destroys all peace and enjoyment for him.

Even the greatest lover of sherry will feel inclined to give up his favourite tipple if he reads the disclosures regarding its composi tions which have been recently made in the Times. It seems from the statement of the last wine-importing firm in England that no pure sherrj ever finds its way into that coun try, the reason alleged for this being that it would not " keep" in the British climate un less fortified, though this assertion is in opposi tion to that of a high scientific authority. Even to enumerate the various ways in which sherry is doctored would far exceed the limits of a paragraph like this. Suf fice it to say that the doctoring is of all kinds and of every degree, until even the climax attained by the dairymen lately con victed of selling "milk" containing 100 per cent, of adulteration is reached. Sherry of this description is entirely devoid of the juice of the grape, and is composed of vitriol, beetroot, or potato brandy, sugar and water, this delectable compound being sold at a price that is as cheap as the stuff is naßty. While all the wines imported into England seem to be subjected to poisoning processes to a greater or less extent, sherry seems to hold a bad pre-eminence—indeed the ne plus ultra of adulteration has been reached in such a case as that just mentioned. It seems not unlikely, unless some reform is effected, that it will soon be necessary to label bottles of sherry as '-Poison," equally with laudanum.

A French prefect recently wrote to one of tbe mayors of his department advising him, as cholera had broken out in tbe district, to take all the necessary precautions. After some time the mayor wrote to say that be had taken all tbe proper steps, and upon tbe prefect sending to see that they were effectual, he found that the only preparation the mayor had made consisted in having a large number of graves dug in the church yard.

The nuisance and danger of leaving fierce dogs loose was painfully illustrated shortly before eight o'clock this morning on the per son of Mr John Keefe. While passing down Nelson-street at tbe hour mentioned Mr Keefe was seized on the thigh by a large dog belonging to Judge Munro. He managed to throw the brute off and to escape from it, but suffers from a fpainful bruise caused by the pressure of the animal's teeth, which did not, however, penetrate the thick trowsers Mr Keefe was wearing at the time. Com plaints have been made by others regarding this animal, which, should, we think, be kept up otherwise the result may be serious to some passer-by.

His Worship the Mayor, and not Mr Beckham, was the presiding Magistrate at the Police Court yesterday.

Mr William Adams, of th*. Queen's Head Hotel, writes again with reference to his license. The letter is to the same effect as that published yesterday. There was no objection to Mr Adams' license, which was accordingly granted. The statement; made in our report of the licensing meeting that the Queen's Head application was adjourned was evidently a misapplication by our re porter of the course pursued by the Court in relation to the license for the Crown Hotel, Grey-street, kept by Mr John Adams.

The p.s. Dsvonport, with the committee for reporting upon the most suitable sites for a new pilot station, returned from her trip last evening after touching at Tin Tin and Rangitoo. On the return trip a school of whales was passed off the Wade. The Com mittee will present their report at the next meeting of the Harbour Board.

Messrs Henderson and Macffarlane, the agents of the San Francisco mail service, in form us they have received no intelligence of the movements of the expected steamer Cyphrenes beyond what has been made pub lic. It is not probable that the steamer will be here before the early part of next week. The Mikado left San Francisco three days late, and if it is decided, as an nounced by telegram, to tranship the mails and passengers of the Cyphrenes into the Mikado and send the latter vessel back to San Francisco and allow the Cyphrenes to come on here, the ar rangement will involve transhipping a larg<. portion of the Cyphrenes coal into the Mikado, an operation which would take two or three days. This would throw the mail boat fully 5 or 6 days behind the 23rd inst., her advertised date of arrival.

THE LUMPERS' CHARGES.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sib,—We, the Wharf Labour Unionists, read with real pain your leading article of last evening re-pecting ourselves and our charges, and knowing that you have been grossly misinformed, and feeling peifectly convinced that when the true facta of the case are pro perly laid before you that you will obliterate the stigma that article is calculated to fix upon us, we deem it right to place the plain matter before you. The facts are these :— On the first of the present month the Union ists published a tcale of charges (a copy of which is enclosed). That scale was arrived at after deliberate consideration, and we are , sure, sir, when you take into consideration 1 the fact that we are never more than half employed you can come to no other con clusion but that our charges are barely sufficient to obtain a living for ourselves, wives, and families. In the matter of the Hero, the men were at their post on Wednes day at six a.m. prepared to discharge cargo (not the slightest objection was made to our rate of pay). For some reason or other their services were not required until nine a.m. After having turned to about half-an-hour one of the employers sent round two out siders to the barque lone to relieve two non union men for the purpose of placing them to work with the Unionists ; this the latter positively refuse to do, as it is entirely pro hibited by their rules. This line of conduct being persisted in, the men had no alterna native but to knock off work. The men well know the employer who has so grossly mis represented the matter to you. Had he adhered to truth we are certain we should not have received the unmerited castigation we did in last night's Evening Star. In the matter of the Golden Crown, this afffir we will settle in a very few words. Two men (no more) were wanted for half-an-hour to load, the manager offering each of those men the magnificent sum of 6d ! ! This the men naturally refused to accept; they demanded ls 6d each, and let it be remembered that such charge would not have been increased had a full hour's work been demanded of them. You have now, as the late Sergeant Adams said to the jury, '.* the boy and the pudding before you," and vie have not the slightest doubt you will place us right with the public. We feel more acutely the reflections cast upon us by the Star than we should had it been either the Herald or Cross, for the former is undeniably the poor man's paper.—We are, sir, your very obedient servants, the Wharf Lumper Unionists. Our Amanuensis, T. B. Hannaford. Appended is the scale referred to :— IFOR GENERAL CARGO : - s. d. From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 1 day of 8 hours ... 10 0 If under one day to be per hour 1 6 Overtime, per hour ... ... 2 0 Nothing under One Hour. for coal : s. d. From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., per hour ... ... .. ... 1 6 Overtime, per hour 2 3 In force April 1, 1874.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

The magnificent play "The Lady of Lyons," probably the finest.of the dramatic produc tions of the late Lord Lytton, was performed last night at the Prince of Wales Theatre to a full house, aad the performance was sus« 1 tamed throughout with appreciative judg ment, especially by those who represented the leading characters—namely, Miss Clara Stephenson and Mr Collier. It is not often that citizens are treated to a high-class play which depends for success chiefly on the condition of taste. That better plays are not more frequently introduced is not the fault of managers and actors, but rather of those who form audiences and require to be pleased. The player, therefore, who 1" struts his hour upon the stage "is but the minister of such pleasures as the people seem to need. We have heard persons de claim against the drama as not a fit and proper place for the assembling together of young persons, but it is not the play, but the outer associations—"to tbe pure all things are pure." It is not in the use but the abuse of the play-house that evil lurks. The theatre, as in the days of old Greece, might again be, come an accessory to educational influences and the school of poetry, oratory, v and art ; but turning to the play of last night we may venture to assert that Miss Clara Stephenson as Pauline appeared to greater advantage than in any other character presented dv ring the week, She was richly attired as a lady

of the wealthy manufactory! Jw?ss » Lyons should be, and her aeff^.. I exceptionable when the surrounditfi; * position as she maintained are M ."""W H count. Mr Collier, as Claude Meln^fe I fairrendenngofthecharacter.whichT'^* I taste and finish. Mr Searle exhibitinH I Dumas in true style. The nerf^**"! I and villain of the play, BeauwSk >* B Launcelot Booth, was a h-chlVr^ I performance. We need only add PP« Searle as Madame Deschappelle. __*M 1 Busche as Widow Melnotte, Mr I as Glavis, Mr South as M. De^^ds and Mr Hill as Caspar ' wel?^ | their respective parts with muel, We understand that to-night till^l the series of dramas for the aa* 8 the company are to appeal? ..-»■ I Thames. This evening will be jfe-Jr I Flowers of the Forest," a lively and J* 6 § able performance, in which Miss Staf^ si will appear as Cynthia. &.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING REPORT.

Bank of New Zealand—Sellers, £yj •* I National Bank, 755. National Insurance—Buyers, 33g, Standard Insurance—Buyers, 16s, - Tookey, (double)—Buyers,*^ 15s; j L 5 53. ' Moanatari—Sellers, 365. Alburnia (new issae)—Sellere. ad Ditto (paid up), 495. .. Ditto (double)— Sellers, L 5 2s 6d. Windsor Castle—Buyers, 2s 6d. A, Caledonian, £9 ; buyers, £ 9': sellers fo 1 2s 6d. ' ,M h City of London, 23s 6d. Crown Prince. 16s ; sellers, YlsA_- • Sons of Freedom, £4 10s; bajWii I 7s 6d; sellers, £4 12s 6d ' | Bird in Hand—Buyers, 20s 6d;sdleri 1 22s 6d .-A™ I Exchange, 16s ; sellers, 17s * Golden Calf, 22s ; sellers, 24s A? Do. (new issue), 10s 6d ; buyen, Ifo. I sellers, lis. -I Central Italy (new issue)—Bujenygj Queen of May Buyers, 13s ;. Bellerg, 15, I Old Whau, £6 6sto £6 2s 6d; buyers;^; |;_ sellers, £6 5s "f". Union Beach, 20s 6d, 21s; buyers, %. 1, sellers, 22s 6d ' ti Cure, Bs, 8s 3d, 8s 6d; buyers, 8s;"8elki I 8s 6d '. ft- Thames G.M. Co., £3 3s k Ruby, 6s ; buyers, 6s 6d '<r |

A LADIES' CRICKET MATCH AT SAND HURST.

It certainly required a very coiaadenble H amount of courage on the part of tbe Ma Hi to undertake to play a cricket match in ■ public. The thing was unprecedeßt^afii Wm as Australia was concerned, and such are- H markable event as a ladies'^crieket matt H has seldom happened even in the old cotmhy ■ —the home of cricket. The cause ia--i_B they were engaged, however, that of "hem Hi born charity"—overcame all scrapie, indite M came boldly forward to aid tbe destitute u_] H the sunering. gandhurst has had kEg honor of turning out the first .twenty Hi two lady cricketers, and -from tin fl exhibition of their capabilities yesfe-Sl day in this new field of. lore's lata £ . they have added an addition!; charm to the game of cricket, and -h-ijf3| that, as a healthy exercise, it is as IMfitt«| for the gentler as for the sterner sex, Pfl match was organised in aid of the fundi || the hospital and asylum, and the large cicti of spectators who gathered y^tedaj^M witness it evinced an amount o{P™|| interest in it far beyond what «as 'app*fl| For some weeks past the ladies had MM practising the game on the Back Cret^-, cricket ground, kindly placed at, their to t : x posal by the B.U.C.C, and the P"*»|| which they made was astonishing, kTWm picked up the points of the«Mmew-| wondered aptitude. At fifsfilgi pected that they should Bostume, as being less likely to*j§ with their freedom of movement..wfM other, but the innovation was cdnsiiOTK too startling for a British, commnmjg and the idea was given up in WWjJJfI attire of the ordinary shaped^..Sfl calico, with a coloured jacket. the respective sides. These .(taw »■ ladies purpose handing over as 8* JJfl charities. The game was df>Jl played on the Back Creek encttgnW but unforeseen circumstances P^^fl taking place there, and KwWjL" l' Camp reserve. At one o'clock the to^ | full costume, arrived in three o«b#^.| wickets were jpitehed * ™V^|3l walks by the umpires, Mr J. .Ijgjg | Mr John Glen, who officiated bMJ i of the Hon. A. Mackay, -B»g*g.*B|' in readiness, the ladies-the .m* ■ wearing red Garibaldi jackets and,WJ| hats, aid the other blue jackets,^| hats-m_rched in pairs-red a*»g | linked together-from the tent into tie lg | headed by the respective »P-Wg}fc I for the Reds, and Miss B. Rae, tattaWj | Their appearance was very Vffl£&M. turesque, and they w™--*^***!' by the on-lookers. i » l .^j a^| discovered thai though the tog^H brought their bats and W^%MW forgotten the ball, ta*'ft hftSS|' waf got over bygone 1 ducingoneof Duke's best. .^Jft^B' captains having tossed for If 3«o "1 decided that the Reds .should gm ; the bat, and they secured a totaioi Est ß before the last wicket felL " B scorer was Miss Kate P^^^l 27 runs. This young lady not <W'sj& H herself well with the bat, the ball with effect., Ml*? tinguisheH herself Pf}^&^_W a capital catch by which a l^TproreT . Clay, wasgotridof Miss* JgfgwM herself a first-rate bowler.J^g^l of half-an-hour the Kedatookthe^ | they put their opponents out J ° j n Miss \ Rae was top "*«^g not out; while Miss Gerbei rtn^w ith ™d besides didl good .<%£s£* *\* ball, bowling underhand JjWfo *#E lowering six■ c^ k aTpfe^ ■ out Miss Luthwhyte by af^fe. ts& 1 catch, which and brought, theronujjj » &^s| innings each was only m& J, jfr,flj I therefore rested mth acted as scorer, theto^ofj H bled in the booth Mr'^''JJjfj § Hospital Committee, t^V ey W,*J X the successful effort I on behalf of the,WSJfefi ■ present sang, "WW fiffe S ■ Mrs Rae, on b&atf of J^^ftfrgjj, I stating that the WW-^Jjfaj, Eg the game and had tne utaort 8^ gJ ■ knowing that ~ tive of a substantial addition w | the charities. _____ r=^ss s! tl..-

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

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SPECIALTIES FOR THE SEASON. RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN, (LATE R. HOBBS), Aek Now Or-iN-NO up theik WINTER SHIPMENTS EX NORHAM CASTLE and HYLTON CASTLE Comprising— SILK AND ALPACCA UMBRELLAS LADIES' BLACK CLOTH JACKETS, CHILDREN'S, MAIDS, AND LADIES' WATERPROOF TWEED MANTLES, In Great Variety and Newest Styles. CHOICE NEW DRESS GOODS In Greatly Variety. FKENCH MERINOS in all shades COBURGS, WINCEYS', FLANNELS All Wool Plaids, Union, and All Wool Crimean Shirtings STRONG TWEEDS, GAMBROONS WATERPROOF TWEEDS In Great Variety. Furnishing Goods, Blankets, Sheetings, white and grey White Linen Damask, Loom Damask Window Muslins, Muslin, and Leno Curtains Victoria Table Covers, Printed Cloth ditto » Druggets, White and Red Matting, &c, &c. ALSO, TO ARRIVE EX DORETTE— 34 CASES AND BALES OF GENERAL DRAPERY GOODS, CLOTHING, Etc., Etc., Etc RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN Wholesale and Retail Drapers, Clothiers, Aa JUNCTION DRAPERY WABEHOUSE, (Opposite the Army and Navy Hotel,) Upper QuEKN-sinEBT, Auckland. "DETIRING FROM THE RETAIL. J. COSGKAVE & CO. Are giving up their Eetail Business in Queen-street. A SALE of the Goods will be held TO-MORROW, the 14th of March, and will continue until the entire Stock is di.posed of. Wo are now landing THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS WORTH of DRAPERY and MEN'S CLOTHING, purchased by Mr Oosoravm from the English and French Manufacturers, whioh will be Old at UNP_-_-O_.D__NT-CDI_Y tOW PETOICS. A t No mdlt will be given during tho Bale.



[Established 1864] T\ STEPHENSON & CO.'S CELEBRATED COFFEES, "EXHIBITION BRAN D," " EAGLE BRAND," "CROWN BRAN D," Are to be procured at all respectable Grocers and Stori Ki-ErEi-s throughout the Province of Auckland. D. STEPHENSON & CO., WYNDHAM STREET, Auckland. T7l H. LEWIS ON Begs to inform his numerous frienes and the public at large that having been success ful in disposing of all his old STOCK at the recent CLEARING-OUT SALE, He has determined to RE-OPEN with an ENTIRELY NEW SELECTION OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OP JEWELLERY, WATCHES, &c, And is resolved to offer to the Public Goods of the best Quality at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE. _W Extensve Alterations aio about to be made in the Business Premises, which v. hen completed will make them second to none in the Colonies. 1 he Manufacturing Branch of the Business will be carried on as usual, !U?d all Repairs or Orders for Cutting and Mounting Greenstone and Quartz will be executed with promptness, F. H. LEWISSON, OPPOSITE UNION BANK, Queen-street, Auckland. (A A U T £ ON OLSON'S TOMATO SAUCE. Connoisseurs pronounce this Bauce to be the BEST for general use in households, and, in con sequence of its high reputation, aom» unprincipled persons have been induced to Collect Empty Bottles bearing the manufacturer's name stamped thereon, and pass the same off as "Olson's Universal Tomato Sauce." The proprietor has In consequence caused his TRADE MARK to be Registered under the provisions of the "Trade Marks Act, 1866," and proceedings will be taken against such persons as may forge or counterfeit such mark. The public are cautioned to ASK EOR OLSON'S SAUCE, and see that the name is Stamped on Bottle and stopper, »ud wrapped rou_id_!with his well-known label.