SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HlGra WARIER : TWj evening, 8.55 ; *' «. 6rm( , rnomlßg, 010 ' <*'l*vw* MOOJTB AGJS ; First Quarter, 19th, 10.44 am.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS. Onward, schooner, from Taitua Swallow, schooner, from Tainia Sunbeam, schooner, fvovn Waipu St Ki!da, s s , from Wanjfamu (in the Manukau) Luna, p. 5..-from Wellington (in the Manukau)

DEPARTURES.

Phw.be, ss,« r; rsP) for the South (from the Manlikan) AnsdcU. lMra;; tCj f or Newcastle South urn Ctoss, 3 s., Holmes, for Napier

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

■For Melbourne, via Coast—Lady Franklin, barque, early For Newcastle -Montana, Ileur de Maurice, barques, and Isabella, brig, early For Norfolk Island and New Caledonia—D&RAUess, topsail schooner, early s"or Samoa—Suzanne, brig, early For Sydney—Helen Malcolm, bMvjue, early For London—Countess of Rintore, ship, and Thames, barque, early For Sydney and Melbourne—-Victoria, s.s., three day? after arrival

VESSELS EXPECTED.

3W«gregor, s.s., from San Frsrrelsfco and Honolulu, about 14th instant Victoria, s.s.. from Sydney-, uncertain Magellan Cloud, from Chatham Islands, early Pearl, ketch, frota South Sei Islands, early Pacific, schoc ncr, from South Sea Islands "Waiting!, ship, from London : loading Stanley Castle, barqu9, from London ; sailed Tl ien Tsin, barque, from Launceston Glimpse, barque, from Newcastle Prince Alfred, barquentfne, from Lyttelton Jackson, ship, from London ; sailed Zealandia. ship, from London ; sailed Kenilworth, schooner, from the Islands Flirt, brfgantina, from Oamaru Moneynick, barque, fcom Lyttelton ; sailed 9th Mer*. threu-masted schooner*, from Oamaru ; sailed 4th Elm Grove, barque, from Lyttelton, early Belle Brandon, schooner, fro ti Levuka, early Dauntless (Hawaiian schooner), from New Caledonia, early

LAUNCH OF THE MANAIA.

Messrs. Holmes Bros.' new paddle steamer the Manaia wa3 launched this morning soon after eight o'clock at the North Shore. Having been built, with her side parallel to the sea she was launched broadside on. Considering the extra difficulty which attends this method, she may be said to have been sent off successfully. The Manaia is intended to supply the place of the Challenger on the t3oromand 1 trade. She has had the engines of the latter transferred to her, and as they are well-known to have been altogether too powerful for the Challenger they will just suit the Manaia, which is a larger boat. Her dimen sions are—length of keel, 100 ft. ; do overall, lOSft. ; beam, 15ft. Gin ; depth of hold, 6ft Gin. ; draught, 3ft. The new boat is built on much the same model as the Haaraki, but her funnel is placed intthe iisual position instead of in the forward situation of that of the sister boat. She is also a trifle smaller than the Hauraki. Her internal arrange ments and decorations will be in all respects similar. Mr Dakin is to do the painting and decorating, and Mr ETalyday the upholstering on board. After being launched the Manaia was towed over by the Hauraki, and laid alongside the Gore-street jetty to be fitted for sea.

The barque Ansdell sailed for Newcastle this morning with a fine S.E. breeze. The s.s. Phcebe left this morning for the South with the following passengers—Mrs Salmon, Mrs Brooks and child, Mrs Hanson, Messrs Eraser, Hunter, Brown, Simon, A. Briggs, Geo. Dean, Jno. Dean, Wm. Arnold, Win. Crosby, Jos. Rickett, Watson, J. Taylor, Miss Gallagher. In the steerage—l 4 natives, and 6 other passengers. The mail steamer Macgregor, now daily expected from San Francisco, will, it is stated, have a detainer lodged against her by the Auckland Steam Packet Company on account of services rendered by the Com pany's steamer Star of the South, n hile the Macgregor was on the reef at Kandavu. ■ A sight entry to clear the ship Oxford Mill be passed by Messrs L. and D. Nathan, the agents, to-morrow at noon. A charge of y)s 6d cv.each bill of lading will be made after wards. Consignees are requested to pass entries, pay freight, and obtain delivery orders without delay. The cutter Morning Light brings 20,000 feet timber from Port Charles. The schooner Ruby has cleared for Wang aroa with a general cargo. The A.S.P. Co.'s steamer Southern Cross left this afternoon for Napier with a full general cargo and the following piassengers— Mrs Doyle and five children, Mrs Porter, Miss Hill. A cutter was launched this morning from the yard of Messr3 Henderson and Spraggon. She'has been built for the builders and Mr B Keane. Her dimensions are as follow :— Length of keel, 42 feet; overall, 47 feet ; breadth of beam, 14 feet ; depth of hold, 4 feet 4 inches. Tonnage : 18 tons register. She is intended for the brick and sand trade, and will be captained by Mr Hutley. The new cutter has been named after this journal, "The Evening Star," and in return for the compliment we can only wish her a similar share of prosperity to that which has attended our-own career. The yessel was launched complete in every particular, with her sails bent and her crew on board. She ■went off beautifully, and sail was made with in a minute of her settling on the water. Under canvass she appeared to great advan tage, and she is undoubtedly a useful little boat. She left on her first trip at noon. The keel of a cutter 49 feefc long 17 feet beam and G feet 6 inches depth of hold is just being laid by Messrs Henderson and Spraggon for Mr Conway. She will be launched probably about Christmas. The ketch Speedwell ia being repaired by Messrs Henderson and Spraggon. She is to be stripped, re-fastened, and re-coppered. The "Praikie" Disaster.—The Sol/art Town Mercury, of the 22nd ult., contains the following particulars of the catastrophe whereby the captain of the brig Prairie, Mr Clarke (a passenger), and five of the crew were drowned :—" The brig left Hobart Town in April last on a voyage of discovery, bound for a Queensland port. On the 2nd of July a boat belonging to the brig was returning from one of the islands, having on board the captain, Mr Farr, the chu:f officer; Mr Clarke, of the Marine Hotel, Hobart Town; Hans Martin, Thomas Burgess, and William, Har burg, all seamen ; and Charles Johnson and Henry Warey, apprentices. After shoving off from the island the boat suddenly filled in the surf, and shortly afterwards was swamped. The captain struck out for the shore, but, owing to the heavy surf, his strength failed him, and he went down to rise no more. Mr Farr, who swam with him, ■was more successful. He managed to cling to a rock,, and subsequently suc ceeded in gaining the shore. Nothing was c*erw(irds heard or seen of the captain, Mr ' -».. or the three seamen and two appren ~- Farr remained on the island for -o nights without either food or -norning of the 4th of July Me managed to get a on board the . •on board Mr and *. in

The Govp^uflg^. p_ s _ Luna, Captain Fair- j ? h'If\. arrived at Onehunga this moraine f-^ m Wellington She left that port - v rnorning tit half-past tw^ aM on get ting well into the eti & uca a stiff blow from the N, W. tuat the captain deemed it prudent to run under the shelter of Stephen's Island, where she anchored about noon. She took her departure from here at half-past nine in the evening, and had favorable winds for the rest of the passage, crossing the bar at half - past eleven last night. An chored at the Bluff all night, and came up to the wharf at daybreak. Passengers :—Eton. Julius Vogel, jfon,., Dr.-Pol^eri, Messrs C. O'Neill (M.H.f?,), Hu^h Pollen, —. Ranken, —. 3£6 x, Moorhouse, Te Pokiha Taranui, HatteCa, Miss O'Neill. The schooner Onward arrived from Tairua on Saturday evening, haying been tem porarily repaired aftar tier recent mishap. Messrs Hen^efsoii and Spraggon will take her. on Ihe slip to-morrow morning, the firm having taken the contract for refitting her from the Insurance Company. Her keel i 8 knocked to pieces, and her bottom is exten sively damaged.

COMMERCIAL.

At Messrs Cochrane and Son's land sale to-day part of allotment No 6, sec. 3, between Graham's bond and Custom Houfie Hotel, was purchased by Mr Tickers at £14 10s per foot. The S3? acres, more or less, known as Parkford, situated at the confluence of the Waihou river with the Totara creek, was bought by Mr Green wood at 2rf 9d per acre. 117 acres of land, situated at Hutoia, Hokianga, was sold to Mr Sykes at 5s 9<l per acre ; and the farm of S9 acres at East Tamaki realised 24s per acre, the purchaser being Mr Alfred Buck land. The allotments in Anglesea-street, Ponsonby, Taupiri, Hamilton West, and Wairau were passed. There was a large attendance of bidders, but the bidding was not spirited.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows :— For Thames, to-morrow, at 5 30 p.m. For Wanganui, per St. Kilda, to-morrow, at For Kawau and Matakana, per Lady Bowen, to morrow, at 10 a.m. For Coromandel, on "Wednesday next, at 11.30 a.m. For "Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago. per p.s. Luna, immediately after arrival of Macgregor from Honolulu . M For Wangarei, per Clyde, to.morrow, at 4 p.m. For Whitiangi, per Maud, to-morrow, at 3 p ra. For the undermentioned places, per Wellington, on.Saturday next, as under: — For India, China, Mediterranean Ports, and Continent of' Europe, at noan j For Southern provinces, and Australian Colonies, at 12 45 p.m. .'-„._ For the United Kingdom, via Suez, at J2 45 p.m. For the United Kingdom, via Brindisi, and late letters for southern provinces and Melbourne, at 115 p.m. For newspapers, at 11 a.m. For registered letters, and money orders, at 11 a.m. S, B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Pea<;ook—At Seafleld View, on the 14th inst, Mrs T, Peacock of a daughter.

DEATHS.

Bsvbridge—On tlia 12th instant, at the Tower, Bemuera, Mr Andrew Beveridge, solicitor. The funeral will start to-morrow (Tuesday), the 15th instant, at 3 o'clock pm. Friends will please accept thia intimation. Ryan—Ou the 12th instant, at his residence, West street Newton, Daniel Ryan, aged U years, leaving a wife and young familf to deplore his lo3s. The funeral will leave his hits residence to morrow (Tuesday), at half-past four p.m. Friends will please accept this intimation. PnouD-On September 14. 1874, Mr George Proud, of Waikeke, and formerly of Pyalong, Victoria, .Australia; aged62years. The funeral will leave 95, Victoria-street, to morrow (Tuesday) at 1 o'clock. Friends please accept this invitation.

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

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that nevds resistance Tcr^hs future in the-distance, An* th« rso'i tbat we can do.

Whatever diversity of opinion may exist respecting the general policy of the Govern ment of New Zealand, the warmest commen dation is "due to the efforts made to bring the blessings of Life Assurance home to the people. In a recent issue of the Gazelle there appears t notification that deserves the most earnest consideration of all persona of limited means who are dependent on the hands of the bread winner of the family. It is the institution of what is called "Industrial Policies,''by winch is in tended policies of a " class the premiums on which are payable weekly." These are limited in their application to members of Friendly Societies, though why this limitation should exist is not very apparent. However, as a veiy large proportion of residents in this city who are not in position to bequeath an independence to their families are con nected with these benelicent societies, the scheme now proposed by the Government Annuities' Commissioner may be both extensively availed of and be productive of an incalculable comfort in the homes of our people. We may state at once that the premiums are small in the extreme, and that through the post-offices of the colony the means of paying them are placed within the reach of every one. To place the matter in the clearest light we give a few illustrations from the tablos published. A youth of sixteen yeaiaofage may, by the payment of oxu penny per week, secure an amount of £10 43, to be paid 'at his death to any one he may choose. Or by the payment of threepence per week, the price of a cheap cigar, or of a glass of beer, he may provide that the sum of £.^0 12s shall be handed over to any friend when ever accident or sickness may remove him self from life. .And we can easily imagine how many a good young fellow, to whom the care and comfort of perhaps a widowed mother are among the tenderosfc and the fondest of his aspirations, might feel an anxious desire to lay aside say a hundred pounds to keep the wolf from her door when his own arm might be prematurely paralysed by the hand of death. Well, here is the opportunity: —By paying at the age of sixteen the small sum of ienpence per week, he can secure a policy of £102 payable at his death, or if ho make it the even amount of one shilling por week there will be handed over at his death to any one appointed by him the siim of £122 S3. We are thus ex plicit respecting the youthful class of assurers, because we know that there is many a generous - hearted youth who feel 3 the impulse to do something for those who have done so much for him, and because we know that the commencement of such a habit in early life would have the most salutary in fluence on after life. For every year from the age of 10 to the age of dO there is provi sion made in the new tables of the Commis sioner. And every amount from one penny to ihi'ee shillings per week will be received ■with the one limitation that the sum insured under these "industrial policies " shall in no case exceed £200. For a young man or young woman ol 17, the sum of one penny per week" secures £10 at death ; threepence secures £30 ; a shilling secures £120, and bo on. For a youth ot girl of IS, one penny per weak secure £9 10s ; threepence secures £29 Ss ; one shilling secures £117 12s, and so on. For a young man or young women of 20 years one penny per week secures £9 93 ; threepence secures £28 7s ; a shilling secures £113 8s and so on in proportion. Now surely there is something in this that , should arrest attention. How utterly insignifi cant does the sum of a penny or even a shilling appear as compared with the amount of com fort that might result. And there is no difficulty, no embarrassment connected with ' the thing. By enquiry at any Post-office respecting an "Industrial Policy" every information will be given with the tables. There is no charge whatever either for medical examination, or proposals, or any thing else. The Post-office will put the applicant "through," and all the cost to which the applicant is put will be the weekly premium, a penny, sixpence, a shilling, or three shillings, as the case may be. For higher ages we append a few of the rates, merely explaining—unnecessarily to many —that the rate of premium at which any one enters in accordance with his age does not increase subsequently with age, but continues as at first till death, or till he sur renders his policy. A person entering at the age of 25 can by the payment of one penny per week secure £S 13s ; for sixpence per week, £51 ISs ; for one shilling per week, £103 IG3, and so on. Entering afc 30 years one penny per week secures £7 16a ; six pence per week secures £46 16s; a shilling per week secuies £93 12s, &c. Entering at 35 years a penny per week secures £0 ISs ; sixpence per w»ek, the price of one glass of grog, secures for wife and wains £41 8s ; and a shilling a week or two drinks secures £82 16s. A man would de serve to have the tongue cut out of him that would not forego two glasses of grog in the week for the sake of leaving over eighty pounds to keep the wolf from coming in when the coffin is going out. And thus ib is at every year of age from 16 up to 60 years. 6A man of forty for two glasses of whiskey a week refused to his gullet can bequeath £72 12s to his family ; or by deny ing himself half-a-crown a week he can leave £181 10s to those who should be valued by him at more than two and sixpence. A man of 50 years, by paying a shilling a week, can secure £52 10s to his family ; or with three shillings per week he can leave his family. £157 10s. Even a man of 60 years, who surely should begin to think how is it going to be when he is gone, can by paying a shilling a week secure £34 16s, or by three shillings a week he can bequeath the amount of £IC4 Bs. We do not hesitate to say that never before were more simple easy means for making provision for wife and children, or others near and dear, placed within the reach of any community j and where we see on every side of ua ca^es oj dtes.titutioa w&

misery, and absolute risk of starvation appealing to public charity on the death of a breadwinner, we say that the man is not superior to a savage who will neglect the means of provision for his family, which are now placed ready to his hand.

Tub Honorable Mr Vogel is now in the midst of his constituents. Will he give them the benefit of his views on the public questions on which this community is rent in twain? Will he speak his own sentiments from big own lips and give to his constituents so much of His real views as are consistent with his position of Cabinet Minister and are due to his constituents of City East. We who now say these words are of those who most earnestly supported Mr. Vogel's candidature for City. East. We are of those who most cordially believed in the giest scheme of Colonization ; but we think Mr. Vogel has sold Auckland, and we believe that the great coloniz ing policy has been so mismanaged that it has been a mockery, a delusion, and a snare. And we are of those who would like to hear Mr Vogel's real views on the present position. And this we say not in any cap- , tious or any hostile spirit, but with a sincere desire to knoio the position. We have had that position described by various persons, who each protested that he knew the secret mind of the Premier. This mind has been interpreted according to the proclivities of the auditors. In the South that mind has been pictured as irrevocably bound to maintain Southern provincialism and the Southern land revenue as existing. In the North it has been represented as bent on the abolition of both. We have to-day in the Southern Cross Mr Luckie devoting a whole leader to himself and to the questio n as to whether he is or is not the mouthpiece of Mr Vogel, or whether he spoke at Kelson as an independent member. Nobody here cares a button what Mr Luckie's opinion on any question is, and we are quite strre tnat Mr Vogel has never confided to him his real sentiments, although conveniently making use of him to do things that he is ail happiness to do. But Mr Vogel's constituents would like to hear fiom Mr Vogel himfelf, and not through his under lings, and we do not hesitate to say that if Mr Vogel does not take the opportunity in meeting with his constituents of correct ing the mistakes made respecting his policy aud of harmonising the Northern and South, cm versions of it, then his conduct will be fcimply that of a political trickster instead of h high-minded statesman. He will stand confessed as trying to profit by thereprcseuta tions made by .Northern members to Northern constituents, and by Southern members to Southern constituents. If he meets his constituents, not from behind decanters and wine glasses, but face to face on the platform, and in public assemblage, he will meet with a respectful reception. Jf he is again " too ill" or "too hurried" to meet his constituents, listening to the advice of the Masons and the Luckies and the other small nattorers of his surround ing rather than to his own convic tions of what he must feel to be right, then although it may be that he does not care a pinch of Biiuff for the people of City East he cannot exonerate himself from the charge of having offered an unworthy and lepeated insult to a constituency that unani mously ami enthusiastically asked him to be its representative.

The members of the vaiioua Masonic lodges are summoned to attend the funeral of Brother Baveridge to-morrow. A large number of Masons from the Thames will ako arrive in town by steamer to-night to bs present on the occasion. We make a special request to-day, particularly at the hands of our readers of the " industrial" or so-called " working classes," that they carefully read our first leader, viz , on the new " Industrial Policies" of Life Assurance. We are authorised to state that the report published in the morning papers to the ell'ect that To Waka fell overboard when landing from the itowena is wholly fictitious. The chief walked ashore as safely as his fellow passengers by the vessel. The ollici.il scrutiny of the voting at the recent election for Wavtemata was completed by the Returning Oilicer to-day. The total number of tho votC3 recorded for each candidate was : Mr Yon dor Heyde, 2S!) ; Mr Macfarlane, 22!). Of these 18 double votes' were struck from Mr Yon dcr Heyde's list, and 20'froin MrMacfarlane's, leaving Mr Yon der Heyde a majority of G2, which will be the result announced at the oliicial declara tion in a few days. The sale of ship's tanks, ex Oxford, by Mr Geo. Binney, is postponed till further notice. The following disgraceful case of tin kettling is reported by a Melbourne contem porary : — " Sydney street, Kilmore, was the scene of wild excitement on a recent Saturday evening, about 400 persons, men, women, and children having assembled for the purpose of giving an ovation to a newly married gentleman, whose first wife had been placed under the sod but a short month pre viously, and whose open manifestations of grief on the occasion seemed unbounded. There was scarcely a single instrument in the town from a penny whistle to a bullock-bell, or a kerosene tin—indeed anything that would emit a sound, that was not brought into play, and willing hands having pliel • the several instruments it may be imagined how attractive the medley proved—indeed the harmonious strains of the 'music' were heard three miles from the centre of oper ations." A respectable widow still ia the prime of life has had the misfortune to bury three husbands. A few weeks ago a gentleman who had paid her marked attention in the. days of his adolescence went with her to the cemetery to inspect the three graves of her departed husbands. After contemplating the scene for some time in mournful silence her companion breathed a few words of sympathy in the widow's ear, when she replied, "Ah, Joseph W , if you had mustered sufficient courage to have popped the question in time you might now have been in that green row, happy beneath the sod, watered by a widow's tears." Poor Joseph immediately uttered a shriek, and has not since been able to sing " Lost Ellenore." His voice is now as silent as those graves. M. Blondin is erecting, in tho Outer Domain, Sydney, a monster tent carable of holding from 18,000 to 20,000 persons. To the Editor: Sir, — Herewith please find a cheque for £2 2g, proceeds, &c, which please hand over to tho Orphan Home, Howe street, proceeds of the lecture kindly given to the Association by Mr Blackman. Will you also kindly state, owing to their being so many inquiries, that the balance of the first lecture, £2 2s, was handed to the secretary of the Auckland Dispensary, and have no doubt that it was thought too small to ac knowledge.—l am, etc., W, J. Hayes, lion, sec. Mrs Mack, matron of the Old Men's Refuge, called at our office and states that there were no less than seventeen Bibles lying on the shelf of the institution for the use of. inmates, and the paragraph in our last issue brought several more. The com plaint tif the old men, oa tibis acQOViiit wpb ttUerefcrQ utwaUod. for*

We have had brought under our notice another case of extreme hardship which is < deserving of any assistanie which the chant' able can render. In our obituary notice appears an intimation of the death of Mr Daniel Ryan. The deceased was a, brick layer, and has been ill for a period of two years, during which time his wife has sup ported the family, herself, live children, and sick husband, with the aid of A mangle, and such assistance as she has received, from the Relieving Officer. "Daring this distressing time the few articles in the house, even to the clothing of Mrs Ryfin and h&r children, have disappeared, and all of the family are nearly naked, and have bub a few oia wrappers to cover them afc night. Dc lven derdine, with his usual kindness to the poor, attended the deceased during his sickness, and has now headed the subscription list in aid of the distressed family with £1. Other contributions may be left at the Stab oihce, and will be most worthily bestowed. Y\ c have no doubt that articles of warm clothing, boots, etc , for the children, will be thank fully received by Mf3 R^an. The only business transacted at the Police I Courtthis morning wag the punishing, accord ing to their deserts, of a number of drunkards. Their names were August Bloomberry, (*eo. Campbell, Alexander Philips, Anne linn, John Wilson, Henry Bowers, and William Martin. Two others who were out on bail did not appear, and their bail was forfeited. The concert in aid of the Bennett testi monial fund came off recently at the Victoria Theatre, Sydney. The public nobly responded to the appeal. Every part of the house was densely crowded. In response to an enthusiastic call, Mr John Bennett came beforothe curtain, and, in words broken by emotion, returned his thanks for this public recognition of his services. Major Atkinson, the new member of the Ministry, has ever been a determined oppo nent of the principle of the compact of 1850, and an earnest advocate for restoring the land fund to its original position as colonial revenue. Next.—The Danbury Philosopher observes that the placidity of expression worn by a man who is "next" in a full barber's shop cannot be counterfeited. The marrow seeds obligingly placed at our disposal by Dr Home had disappeared in ones and twos before ten o'clock this morn ing. The worthy doctor, has, however, promised to send us the whole of the re maining seed in his possession for distribution to-morrow. He is so convinced of the ex cellence of the marrow above all others of its * kind that he considers every plant as worth £1 to its possessor. The seeds were impor ted by Mr Vascello, watchmaker, from Malta, and were first grown in this province by Mr Home. A correspondent of the Daily Telegraph visited Bazaine while in captivity. He seems to have been struck with Madame Bazaine, whom he describes as a " Mexican, with dark hair, lustrous eyes, dark eye hushes, and eye brows beautifully curved, a mouth indicating unusual resolution, and a radiant, lovely face." A grand vocal and instrumental concerb will take place this evening in the; City Hall in aid of the Band fund of the' Artillery Volunteers. The programme promises a very choice selection of aongs and duets, including "The wind and the harp," "The power of love," "Her heart was true to me," and other equally beautiful ballads. The whole will wind up with a select quadrille party. The anniversary aervices of the Wellesley streefc Chapel were well attended yesterday considering the character of the day. The sermons were preached by Rev. P. H. Corn ford, the minister of the church, and Rev. A. Reid, of Pitt-streef. The collections at both services amounted to £14 Us Bd. The annual soiree will be held to-morrow evening (Tuesday), when ministers and gentlemen will address the audience. • The regular communication of the Pro vincial Grand Lodge of New Zealand will take place tomorrow evening (Tuesday), in the Princes-street lodge room. A fatal accident occurred on Wednesday last to a man named John Maclean, a settler at Maketu, a few miles beyond Drury. The deceased was formerly a shoemaker in Auck land, but removed several years ago to the locality of his death. He was in the act of felling a tree when a heavy limb struck him forcibly on the head, which rendered him unconscious and caused his death. An in quest was subsequently held on the body, and a verdict of " Accidental death" re turned. Maclean was a particularly sober and industrious settler, and. leaves a widow and five young children unprovided for. Sensible people accept and act upon the orand old truth —" cleanliness is next to godliness," and every person who reflects upon this truism knows how beautifully true it is. One cannot read ancient history, especially the glorious histories of Greece s.nd Rome, without being convinced that the Greeks and Romans were remarkably clean in their persons and habits, and so were the Jews. In Rome and Athens great provisions were made for cleanliness. The main features in the economy of those cities were their extensive baths. Any ordinary observer in our Police Courb must be struck with the fact that there are a great many very dirty people in Auckland ; and dirt and ungeni'al homes have much, more to clo in fostering immoralities and vices than we on a first glance may imagine. Some unfor tunate creatures in the police dock appear wretched in their dirty condition, and even express gratitude on being con signed to Mount Eden for three months, where they have, the opportunity of experien cing the pleasure of a good scrub in the Edenic bath. Health greatly depends upon cleanliness, which is in accordance with the honest laws of nature. The human skin is one of the most delicate and beautiful of organisations, a divinely - constituted ap paratus serving the purposes of keeping up the right temperature of the body, and getting rid of secretions and impurities. Who can endure the society of a woman who does not attend to the text above quoted ? She might have been beau tiful as Hebe, and as learned as Madame Sevigne, but if she be not cleanly in her habits and person her beauty and intellect are of little avail. We would urge therefore upon persons the necessity and importance of cleanly habits as conducive to health and happiness, mental and moral progress, and good citizenship. The rifle competition at the Mount Eden range on Saturday was very successful con sidering that it was the first match of the season. The following were the competitors and their scores :—Lieutenant Kitchen, 47 ; Volunteer R. Macdonald, 43; Volunteer Payne, 42 ; Captain Morrow, 40 ; Volunteer W. Partington, 40; Volunteer Hay, 39 ; Volunteer Soall, 39 ; Lieutenant Skinner 38 ; Volunteer E. R. Parlington, 37 ; Volunteer Cameron, 36 ; Volunteer E. Cooper, 30 ; i Volunteer Bowden, 35; Volunteer G. Part ington, 35 ; Volunteer Stone, 34; Volunteer J. Lee, 33 ; J. W. Lee, 32 ; Volunteer Lally 30; Lieutenant Payne, 29 ; Volunteer J. Part tington, 29 ; Volunteer Burke, 26 ; Volun ;eer Allen, 19. The prize-takers were thus Messrs Kitohen, McDonald, A. Payne, Cap tain Morvow, W. PartiogtiOß, and, Volunteer .Hay. ' ,

Theenterprising individual known through out the three kingdoms as "Steeple Jack was engaged on the 23rd May on the top of the tall column in the works of the Edin burgh Gas Company examining the struc ture with a view to its immediate repair, it seems that part of the stalk near the tap has been split in several places by lightning, and ib will bo necessary to make good the damage by encircling the brickwork with iron hoops, •'Steeple Jrtck," in order to reach the sum mit;, hid recourse to his usual method oE flyitip a kite over the column, Which 13 up wards of 320 feet in height, and then draw ing himself up by a rope, to the free end ot which a couple of sfilb. weights were attached The daring character of this feat excited a considerable in'ercst among knots of people in fc'ae vicinity of the stalk. Mr J Martin will deliver a lecture this evening in the Albert-street Temperance Hall on "Water, its properties and econo mic qualities." The lecture will be illus trated by numerous chemical experiments.

DISTRICT COURT.-This Day.

(Before His Honor Judge Beckham).

H, S. MBYKBB V. JOHN SIMPSON. Claim, £24 14s Gel. Mr Meyers for plaintiff. This was a claim for goods, the delivery ot which was certified by plaintiff's clerk. Defendant did not appear. Judgment for plaintiff with cost.s. W. J. SPITER V, B. C. HAYLES. Claim, £39 53. Mr Meyers for plaintiff. Judgmenb for plaintiff. SAMUEL J. HOBBS V. ARCHIBALD MANNING. Claim, £100. Mr Hesketh for plaintiff; Mr McKechme for defendant. On the application of Mr Hesketh bis Honor granted an adjournment of this case until the 9Lh of November. This was all the business.

THE CALIFORNIA MINSTRELS.

The weather on Saturday evening was not of an inviting character, but the rain and the wind did not prevent a large number of person.^ from visiting the Priace of Wales Theatre in order that they might witness the melodies and humouri3tic represeatations of the renowned minstrels of California.^ There are many persons in and about this city that are victims of the weather, and are played upon by atmospheric influences a3 the wind plays on the string 3of an reolian harp, or the fingers of Thomas Campbell on the other wise silent banjo, which never utters a dis cordant sound except in unpractised hands. These famou3 minstrels performed on Satur day evening before several hundreds of enthusiastic listeners, and their comicalities and sable pleasantries formed a lively set-off to the unfavorable state of the evening. In the hands of mediocre men such an enter tainment as that given by these minstrels would be abortive, but with this company it was immensely successful, and reached the highest degree of excellence. Each separate member did his work well, and received that satisfactory applause which merit is sure to win. Indeed so enthusiastic was the audience that not a single performer escaped the honour of an encore, the length of the programme alone preventing repetition of the songs and dances. The parts opened with an overture by the congregated min strels, and musical selections by the orches tra. Six sentimental and humourous ballads were given between the first and second part 3, comprising—" She is only waiting for us there," by Mr Campbell; "My little one's waiting for me,:' by Mr Rockefeller ; " U-pi dee," an extremely funny ditty, full of life and vivacity, by Mr Harry Kelly ; " Dublin Bay," a lino pathetic song, ably sung by Mr Amery; "When my band begins to play,' by Mr Sutton, which created much pleasure by that gentleman's happy movements be tween the stanzas; and last, ': Beside the grave of Jennie, "an effusion full of tendersentiment. " Carry the news to Mary " in three acts, by Messrs Kelly, Bonning, and Sutton, took the house by storm. The double song and dance entitled " She's my sugar plum," was also lively and interesting. The " .New Prima Donna," was excellent in its way and highly successful. The beautiful duet, " The moon ha 3 raised her lamp," by Messrs Mayor and Amery, wasgiven with due pathos and fol lowed with cheers of approbation. The little piece " That Rascal Harry "possessed no literary merit ; its success was due entirely to the representatives, Messrs Rockefeller and Kelly. " No, my courage," by Mr Amery, and the sketch termed " A Shower of Cats " brought a capital evening's amusement to a satisfactory close. The conversations, wit sparkles, and the trial of the chicken-stealer between the songs in the first part, were full of point, irresistibly comic, and frequen tly made the house ring with merry laughter.

A VIEW AT THE BAY OF ISLANDS COAL MINE.

To the Editor.

Sir, —Understanding that the directors of the Bay of Islands Coal Company were abont to call for tenders for getting out coal at the Kawakawa mine, and having had twenty-five years experience in coal-mining in all its forni3, practically and theoretically, I went to the mine, being partly induced by an ex pressed desire of several shareholders that I should report through your columns on its present state. In order to get a good insight into the workings I engaged myself as a miner at coal-getting, and I do not think there is a man about the mine who saw my way of working who will not say that my example was worthy of the imitation of a good workman. I have been, as it were, cradled in coalmining, and have worked coal in seams from two feet thick up to thirty feet. My iirst training was in Staffordshire, Eugland, with both thick and thin seams, worked both by nobs and pillar 3, and also by what is called long-work, and I have worked ia nearly every company's mine in Newcastle, Australia. With regard to the working of the Bay coal mine I defy any good miner to say there is any systematic working about it. It reminds me more of pig rooting than coalmining, and if a number of Maoris who had never seen a mine before had carried on the operations they would have been a discredit to them. As to the ventilation of the mines (which is one of the most essential things in coal-mining) at the Kawakawa there is no" system at all, and those who work the coals may be very thankful that no ignitible gases are contained in the coal as there is commonly in the old country, otherwise it would be impossible to work this coal mine without incurring great danger of an accident through want of know ledge how to ventilate their workings. I am sorry to state that I see no sign of any alteration for the better. There must have been thousands of pounds wasted—literally thrown away—in the mine, and the shareholders should see to it. One example I will mention :—A new shaft has recently been sunk in a portion of the crop, for the purpose of drain ing the dip of the mine. Very soon that crop will be worked out, and it will be necessary, in order to drain more o the deep of the mine, to sink the shaf deeper* and drive out a level ia the roq ,

instead of in the coal/oTrT^ been done afc first) sink ■» "^SW deep of the mine. ThTii^JS (?) may be seen by a^. K« part of the mine. Til tlc,al V one, and might be tv/'"**** 5a Wj than the Newcastle ' *~~ ? a motj, ment, the latter bei** 0 : *■ %HC I am, &c , Wmjrjij^J mu*^

Burglary in Queen-street.

the premises of Messrs p1 butchers of Queen-street w^S, entered last night. Mr ll.i Wi at the shop af hJl^.*t found the side door in EtoA &> and on entering saw anm!t^'B^, having been at work. All ll^H tills in the office and shop feS open and their contents m*, S» nately only a few BhU]i2S*fH in the money-drawer in the Jr * day night, and so far aa ig W °l?t extent of the booty obtained fo^j They however narrowly roigqpj p ize, for the key of the office,,? T?I was nearly £500 cash, was p^t drawer from which the moii..*s This they do not appear fc iN although the safe ifc^ marks of some rade ■, f 1 break it open. The lock of T^ which the robbers entered bt>J being forced, so that it i s ,£?*■* must have had o duplicate W 71 van, residing next door, says tku1 a nr/se inside the premises: aWt ' this morning. The affair.«S^1' ted by the polios. ■■*$***

BARNUM'S LATEST SHOW.

GIGANTIC AMPHITHEA^i A New Yoric correspondentki ■ interesting account of the latestsZitt of the prince of showmen. BV^B "The great attraction now is fiirjWß hippodrome. It i 3 an immense all'm senses, and so charactemticaUjfean !■ his style is as a-parent a3 if it heralded fax and wide as it is, ItjTji thing, outdoing everything he ''e,»M took. His amphitheatre occupies suß block, and seats 12,000 people aadriM say it is crowded nightly, and 'twamfi; a week also, you will begin to wori ß l| don't pay. Ifc is the moat giglnti 0 Jm the kind ever undertaken, ocWpyijTß vast space, requiring one hundred brl's several hundred employes and $M. era, to say nothing of the me^B The style of the exhibition wl|» novel—commencing with agrandpn^M entirely filling the ring, nearly a <mM a mile in it 3 oblong circuit, rept^aitii!|B • dress and style of all nations, leadiWjgl English knights on horseback, iajiJß and heralds splendidly dressed. Attfi circuit another nation emerges andjoicS cavalcade—France, Germany, Rmsij,iuE Arabia, India, China, winding up \ntsX land and America—a'l of the most t^M description, rich dresses, rich armour ,«w chariots drawn by a dozen horses,'edg and elephants, richly caparisoned-iijM every country is represented by its mMb flags, dresses, in the style of theoldetiS I noticed, however, that the Qaeenifß Emerald Isle was dres3ed iv a gttjg green silk dress of very modem iB while the Goddess of Liberty was ."{eqK to the latest evening costume cf^B period, very brief where it could H been amplified to advantage —iHnsSijJg however, the term which means' "lkaM to do as you please, and if the goddessoiß to clothes she need not wear them." fw Baruum advertised for one hundred bhß of every nation, iv all fifteen hnnfc!,a| ca7*r} r out the idea of the "ConfireaiiMg Nations," he had applications iflijg by Turks, Arabs, Chinese, French SpsS and Portuguese, but they all had the imm takable brogue, and Bamum, holdingtj|B hands in despair, exclaimed, "IsitpoiH that all other nations have gone ffiiH print?" So Barnuin's Arabs, his Tur^B Germans, his Chinese, and his FrentlME are all from Cork. It don't make aIR difference, it's the dress that 'dee9|ii)H ness. An Irishman makes up into Jiyisp on short notice—as a French cook willmw fourteen different dishe3 from one meal« is the imagination that does it. andß»m» show would not be a cent's worth' kttaßß all were that they represent. An Lsbflg don't make up so well into a wildHaW is not the wild that* he lacks, biritejifiH can give the Indian war whoop without™ fusing it with that of the DonnybrwkfiK and it always has a brogue to itriotlefß withthepuredialectof thegentlemaisalaß In the course of the' evening there Mtu^jp veritable chariot races ; one with .twobaß abreast, and driven by a lady in eachdi^| and one with four abreast and driveabyljl Romans, one of each sex, one team feffi black and the other as white as snow, 'BjH is no sham about it, the horses arliaig^| cent, and run for their lives, ahdtheijf is one of intense excitement. ■' Amj^e beautiful race is riding standing twqtolß patterning after the old Roman gWI JB Roman of the olden time ever I^?:'jH magnificently than do these two men, s»M doiibt very much whether any Badd MB of that ilk ever turned out such, speed. M horses seem to enter into the spiritof*?™ are wild with excitement, as they around the immense arena with fi^^^H and spreading nostrils. It completelyt»Sß| away the multitude, and twelve ttogj people rise to their feet wild withexciten^H | The huidle races are scarcely less k^'M ! and fascinating. The riders, fora fV , ladies, look serious as if they meant bofflWJ i and that is exactly what it is. Tta \Wm ! are English racers, unmistakably ™ors| : breds, and when they take their P?^111^ i canter round, show beautiful g^ 35>^jp • and limbs delicately formed. *? «« ; light horses. After going round on«vh I word is given, and away they dash; » ,|| I fences in imitation of hedge"are.P*J| ! Around they come, and as they rise »| ! hurdles, seem to cleave the air as. §**,;■ ■as birds : but the pace is terrible,•» ■ ! miss or falter ia death. There »«5i ! several serious accidents. One of tw »JB \ horsesfell and rolled over its rider, adeu»i| formed girl, who has never apPearßtt T 7iJ,i audit is said, died from her injuries. | chariot race, with four abreast last w> •■ one horse went down and was suppy| be killed, but was found not I^l injured. In the jockey race thattouo« ■ closes the racing there are four «""% American and two English, and .» the excitement and interest-is mtew?-■ people cannot be kept down, W'* their feet and cheer, delicate women« handkerchiefs, and are carried away j/u excitement. The race ls.,A'.jj times around, equivalent to two »ue-^ is run to -wind. The horses are * racers, and do their level best. &OJ».^ John Bull wins and sometimes Jon"^ when he does you could hear that en miles—and yet, so perfect are all tne ■ ments that there is no crashing noro- The immense arena is as comfortawj '» aa any theatre. The seats are oW >^ the house is divided into sf»£f system is so admirable that laoie< U eyea unattendedj as they do p? WO^j

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To the Editor : Sir,—Will you allow me to draw the attention of the members of the late Artillery Corps to an advertisement that appeared in the various papers a few days ago announcing the final meeting of the members at 7 p.m. punctually on the 15th. I would advise them to attend punctually or the gallant captain tnay adjourn the meeting at that hour sharp if there is not a quorum, thereby causing another little hitch. This last hitch, if it occurs may prove fatal to our capi tation. I don't like those words ''final" and ' • punctually" in the advertisement. I think they mean mischief. —I am, etc., The Last Shot,