SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

SIGH WA.TSB : ihSs evening, 8 30; te-aioit** Haomins: 8.43 SUN-SET j Tbto etetixz, 6.63; S'OK.BIBB: 2o morrow masting, 5 43 M002f3 AG.K: Last Quarter, 3rd prox.i 1.17 a.m.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

AP.Ri.VALS. *Ren Tsin, barque, 254 tons, Taylor, from Launceston Q-jeea, Echooner, Veale, from Eussell Vitirent, cutter, from Tsuranga . Ladybird, s c.. from the South (in the Manxikau)

DEPARTURES.

Southern Crof, s.s , Holmes, for Napfer Southern Cross, s s , Sellws, for Tauranga From the Manufcau: Tawera, schooner, for Kaipara 'JDawn, cutter, for Rf^lan Hero, cutter, for Kaipara

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Sydney and Melbourne—Victoria, s.s., Wed nesday For Duncdin via Waagaroa—Monaynick, barque, shortly For Newcastle—lsabella, brig, at one? For Sydney—Harriet Armitage, barque, at once For Lytteiton—East Lothian, barque, early For Timaru—Flirt, brigantine, early For the South-Ladybird, s.s , Wednesday, noon For Hobart Town—.Bella Mary, barquo, Weduesday next " For London—Countess of Kintore, ship, Thames, and Ferodsle, barques, early For San Francisco—Loch Urr, barque, early For Dunedin—Waikato, ship, early F&r Samoa—PaciQc, schooner, eatly

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Pretty Jane, s.s , from Gi3borne and Napier, due Papnt, schooner, from Kar^tonga Ivanhoe, schooner, from Levuka 6,uth*ra Cross, Mission schooner, from South Sea

Islands, early ElithKose, barque, from New York, early Mrkado, s.s., from San Francisco, earJy Jack?on, ship, from London ; sailed tarlty Castle, barque, from London ; sailed 9th July Hydaspcs, ship, from London ; sailed August AE^aye, ship, from London ; sailed August Waittngi, ship, from London ; loading Dauntless (Hawaiian schooner), from New Caledonia,

early Vision, brif:, from Dunedin, early Pahehi, brig, from Oamaru, early Magellan Cloud, from Chatham Islands, early Pearl, ketch, from South Sei Islands, early Emu, auxiliary screw scho ;ncr, from Lyttelton, early 3?elle Brandon, schooner, fro :a Levuka, early

IMPORTS.

Per Tein Tsin, from Launceston : —2117 bags potatoes, 1200 bags bark, 2000 palings. —G, W. Binney, agent.

The s.s. Ladybird arrived at Onehunga from the South at twelve o'clock to-day. She left Port Chalmers Heads on the 22ud ansfc , and has had a very rough passage. The following is a list of her passengers : — Mr and Mis and Miss Nancarrow, Dr Hector, Mr Murdoch, Mr Buckland, Mr Moray, Mr Shera, Mr Crotheis, Mr MacMar^ Mr Ingle, and five steerage. —Cocoes & Daldy, agents. The cutter Coralie brings 18,000 ft. timber Jrom Tairua.

The schooner Oee3n, from Merer ry Bay, has entered in with JS.OOOfc. sawn timber lor Schapp and Ansonne, and 9 tons gum for Arnold, Hinea and Co. She has cleared for the same port with a cargo of stores.

The cutter Miranda, from Wangapoa, brings 19.000 feet sawn timber for J. S. Macfarlane.

The City of Auckland has now all her fine goods put out. She still has a large quantity of iron, to disohwge. Her stuff has turned oub in very good condition. The barque Ferndale has nearly done dis charging her ca>'go. In spite of her long voyage it all appears well preserved. As soon as she has taken in a few tons of ballast she will haul away into the stream to make room for the barque Vivid.

The schooner Kenilworth has supplied the the place of the Pacific alongside the Countess of KLintore. The transhipment of her cargo of cotton is going on apace.

The barque East Lothian has hauled away into the stream before sailing for Lyttelton.

The barque Moneynick having nearly com pleted her ballasting and repairs has anchored in the stream. She is to sail for Wangaroa and Dunedin to-morrow.

The ship- Oxford, .began taking in her ballast this afternoon. All her fine goods have been discharged. The surplus stores of this vessel were sold to-day at auction by Mr G. W. Binney. They were of splendid quality, and"'fetched very high prices: for instance, casks pi;salt beef brought as much as sid per lb., a pretty convincing proof that our immigrant ships are now well furnished in the way of victuals.

The barque Tein Tsin arrived from Laun ceston yesterday afternoon with a cargo of potatoes and other Tastnanian merchandize. She left on the 11th instant, and experienced weather very similar to that reported by Captain Jones, of the Vivid. On the 23rd instant she encountered a fierce gale from the N.N.W., veering to S.W., with thunder and lightning and very heavy sea. The vessel was driven many miles south during the storm, which lasted more than 24 hours Sighted the Kings on Friday, 25th instant. Down the coast had a strong N.W. breeze. Tho Tien Tsin found a berth on the west side of the wharf, where she was moored this morning at high water. She has already commenced putting out her cargo. The brig Isabella has cleared out for New castle in ballast.

The barque Harriet Armitage, ready to sail for Sydney, is detained in harbour by contrary winds. The schooner Mera ha 9 been laid along side the Gore-street jetty. Tenders are in vited for the repair of the damage inflicted by the late gale. The Mera is insured for £3000 in the New Zealand and the Facific Insurance offices.

The fine barqiieritine just built for Watt Bros., of Napier, by Messrs Sims and Brown, at the North Shore, from the design of Captain Clayton, is now completed. Her masts are stepped,. and her lower rigging all setup. She will be launched ab half-past nine on Wednesday morning. The new vessel is to be named the Ealcon. She'is the largest craft yet built at the North Shore. The schooner Pacific, having transhipped all her cargo, has taken a berfch on the east side of the wharf. She is to load immediately foranother trip to the Samoan Group. She •wiil probably sail at the end of the week. The barque Vivid was berthed at the wharf to-day, and has begua putting out her cargo. The Queen, schooner, brings 72 tons of coals from the Bay of Islands. She left Kuasell on Saturday morning, and had a fiDe run down the coast. She passed the barque Helen Maeolm off the Poor Knights ; and the brig Ware off Cape Brett. The Golden Isle was entering the Bay as the Queen left. During the gale of Tuesday and Wednesday last the Queen was at anchor off W^angarei. The schooner Dauntless, Captain Miller, after discharging a small portion of her cargo was placed on the gridiron this morning at high water for the purpose of being inspec ted. A survey was held on her this afternoon by Captain Clayton on behalf of the New Zealand Insurance office, in which the cargo is insured for £500. It was found that considerable damage had been done to her keel amidships. About 2 feet had been knocked away. The repairs to the Eowena will be finished in time for her to take her departure for the Bay of Islands to-morrow. Messrs Biglow and Sons have fitted ber with a new fore mast, and her new propeller and shaft are now ready to be attached.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails "will Close as follows ■.— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m , and tomorrow, at 10.30 am.. For Coromandel, to-moirow, at 5 p.m. For TamaKga, per Vincent, this day, at 5 p.m. For Whitiangi, per Ocean, tins day, at 5 p.m For Kawau and Matrkana, per Lady Bowen, to morrow, at 10 a m For Taranaki, via V/aitara, per Go-ahead, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Kewcastle, if.S.W,, per Vivid, to-morrow, at 2 p.m. For Kussel!, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Kowet>», to-mori-ow at 4.30 p m. For TaranAi and Southern province?, per Ladybird, on Wednesday next, at 10 a m. For Australian Colonies, per Victoria, on Wednesday next, p.t 11 am f N.B—The Post-ofn>9<! at Drury and Kercir, w"U be coristitntoi Money Order and Sav'igj B?nk Offices from Ist proximo. B, B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

MARRIAGE.

Grkf.kwood—Boles —On the 23th inst-nt, at tliß residence of the bride'B father, Wrn. Barrow Green wood, to cnarlotte Jane Bolei.both of Auckland.

DEATHS.

Elliott—On September 28. Mable, infant daughter of Captain H. .Elliott ; aged nine moath'.

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

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance, ' For the wrong that needs resistance, for ths fotuve in the distance. Ab.4 til* g»od that we can do.

I Never since the first collapse of bubbles on our goldfield has the interest in mining ventures been more spiritless than at the present hour. There is no doubt the fever stage in gold-mining is some what perilous, but the prostration of the present is ominous indeed. As can be ob served from the stock reports recently pub lished, scarcely any mining stock is changing hands, and faifch seems dead. Yet the mines are there, and the yields of gold from crush ings are reported such as seemingly in Victoria would craze the heads of the mining community. In a recent issue we quoted the yields of Victorian mines, invest ments that are paying good dividends and the shares in which are at all times negotiable. Instead of showing as with us over an ounce upward to t-he ton, tSeir yields are quoted in pennyweights, there being in the whole list of quotations but three or four with the valuable word "oz. " appended. Six, five, j four, and even two pennyweights to the ton are the usual figures, the average in the list being five, and of this the Ballarat Miner says " th e average continues satisfactory." Making every allowance for the steadiness of the yield of goM from auriferous quartz in Victoria, and i the intermittent character of the distribution of metalin ouc own quartz, the contrast is still a strange one, and the distrust attaching to our mining interests is not less striking. It is true that with all our reported yields of gold but very little reaches the pockets of shareholders in the form of dividends—the true test of merit ; and this of itself is enough in course of time to damp mining ardour. The ever-recurring " call " is enough to throw a shadow over the heart of the most sanguine, and the inscrutable non-appearance of dividends, amid so promising returns, is enough to turn away capital from the goldfield. It is to be feared that this is the phase which public feeling is at present assuming, and that gold mining, on" which Auckland is Btill so dependent, is fast losing its attractions. <

Whatever effect specimen-stealing may or may not have had on dividends, there can not be a doubt that the utter want of faith in the honesty of gold mining has a ten dency to repel investment. Prom the peculiarly patchy character of our gold field, and recurrence of nesta of specimens amid intervals of barren ground, men have come to feel how utterly dependent they are on I the character of the men engaged, in manipu lating their interests away down in the bowel: of the earth. Mining managers and men ma} be as honest as the daylight, but every on< knows that if they are otherwise they cai simply do as they like, and if so there is no in all the catalogue of offences on the statut( book one more difficult to detect and prov< than the stealing of gold. By the simples understanding between managers and men between miners and the owners of privati berdans, the interests of those who have beei reasonably expecting some return for mone; invested may daily and nightly be sacrificed We do not say that such is actually the case we do not say that every one engaged ii mining is not thoroughly and absolutely honest. We do not assert that a shigL specimen is ever taken surreptitiously fron any mine. We do not affirm that any owne: of a private berdan i 3 not a man like Cresar'; wife, above suspicion. We do not insinuati that there is the least foundation for auj base deductions in the contrast between tin reputed yields from mines and the reportec transmission of gold from our ports. No: do we say that all the gold, deducting legiti mate expenses, does not find its way into th< pockets of shareholders in dividends We offe; no opinion on all this ; but we do assert thai the vague suspicion that shareholders arenoi honestly dealt by is- calculated to hare : deterrent effect on investors, and that to thi\ to a very large extent wo may attribute the continued depression in the mining market, Men may hope long for a turn of luck, *»•-' when yield or no yield the f""1" ,■ ii. i i it p _«.ounflS are no stimulated by the p , °. ~ ~ hr ,_ . ..ugers touching dividend* —wye deferred inaketh the heart sick. I is greatly to be feared that until some mor effective machinery, not only for checkin; fepijcimen-stealing, but. for assuring the genera public of its effectiveness is applied, we maj look in vain for a revival of faith in Je»itirnat' goldfield ventures.

With regard to the water rate a correspon dent writes :—Sir,—Can you inform me if the public is to be charged any more than one shilling in the pound rental for the water when it is brought into Auckland. It is reported in private quarters that the shilling on the pound rental is only to pay for sink ing fund and interest for the £18,000, and that the public will bo charged for the water over and abo-ve the shilling Mr Editor, as you are a public benefactor, I hope that you will give us the required information.—l am, &c , RATEPAYER. [The Is rate is merely the guarantee which the Council offers as aecu lity for the proposed loan. When the water works are completed a " water rate " will be made in terms of the Act, namelj', a per centage on the annual value of premises using the water. The general rate on the whole of the city propetty will be regulated entirely by the amount of revenue disrived from the water rate, with this limica tion, that no ratepayer can be called \;pon to pay both the geneial assess ment, represented at pi'esent by the proposed shilling rate, nor can any non consumer be called upon to pay a higher rate than Is 3d in the £. Even that amount the Cpuncii has deemed unnecessarily large, and has, therefore, ingoing to the London market guaranteed only the ono shilling rate.—Ed. JE. S\

Those persons who have been in the habit of listening to the ministrations of tho Rev. Samuel Edger will be grati fied upon hearing that Mr Edqer's health has so much improved since his sojourn iv Sydney that he contemplates returning to Auckland by the s. s. Herb on her next return passage. We learn that Mr Edger has been quietly ruralising in the beautiful suburbs of Sydney, and has lectured on Sunday evenings in an unsectarian hall in that city to a gradually increasing congregation.

"An Advocate of Temperance" writes calling in question the recent utterance of Mr Bright on intemperance at the annual meeting of his co-religionists, the Quakers, as alluded to in our Saturday's issue. Our correspondent says that, Mr Bright's opinion to the contrary notwithstanding, tbe Good Templars and temperance advocates will continue to petition Parliament. He con tinues : —" Mr Bright tells us it is impossible for the Government to abate the number of grog shops, and so stay the drunkards' course, and make homes comfortable, with mothers and children happy. Is it owing to the revenue it brings to the Government in filling the excise coffers so full of gold that makes it impossible ? If it is, it is ill-gotten gain, not in accordance with the sacred scriptures. They make themselves rich with the price of the blood' of souls, with the misery of wives and children, with rags aud starvation, Was Mr Bright looking through the window when that cruel murder was committed in our city a short time ago ? If he was ho might understand our simplicity in crying to Parliament. It was the spirits made the men drunk, sold to them for money ; after that came the murder. A portion of that money rattled in the excise coffer. The powers that be laughed, saying impossible. What simplicity ?—I am, &c, Asr Advocate for Temperance."

A; facetious hair-dresser up town (we shall nofc mention names) sold a bottle of scent to a young Lady in the neighbourhood of Ponsonby who was of a sentimental and rather fastidious turn of mind, and sent it to her home. The young lady took it back to the perfumer, and' said " I don't think you forwarded the scent I meant ; it; is ho differ ent to what I expected." The bssrber re plied "Miss, I am sure what you meant, I sent, the scent I sent was the scent you meant, consequently we are bofch.of one sentiment." The lady rejoined, " Whatever your intent, and however well meant, I never will consent to keep this scent," and she left the bottle on the counter and the hair-dresser speechless. We have received the following letter on the new coal company :—Sir, —Seeing an account in your paper of the Miranda Coal-mine, by one named Thomas Poison, led me to call at the company's office for information about the coal and its company. To my great sur prise after reading and hearing at different times bad reports of it, and even calling it lignite, whereas I was shown a fine sample of coal, and it appears to be a fine gas coal, and was informed that the thickness was from 10 to 20 feet; that being the case it wiL be a valuable mine if properly managed. In addition to the coal I was shown a fine sample of ironstone, just similar to the Staffordshire earthing coal gubben, the only difference seema in quality, this being supe rior to the English ore. The situation I have not seen, but was told there was any quantity. I asked if the promoter's shares were had free of _ charge. The answer was that they had paid 10s for each-share be sides their loss of time* The aocounts I received were very encouraging.—Your, &c, William Payne, being able to judge of coal and iron mines.

* The Rev Warlow Davies, M.A., delivered an eloquent and yet thoroughly practical discourse last evening in the new Beresford street Congregational Chapel on the v Char racter of Joseph." The reverend preacher dre w a picture of the dreams of Joseph's early years in language richly colored, and intensely poetical, and shewed that such dreams are typical of the ideal visions of m ost young persons in the roseate dawn of hfe, but which are never realized in actual experience. The preacher, in the course of j ' his remarks, touched upon the filial regard and obedience of Joseph towards his parents, ' and stated that he saw continually in this 5 city instances of wilful disobedience in child v ren which he never saw to such an extent in |. the old country, and which frequently made his heart grieve. The discourse throughout 3 wns suggestive and practical, and full of i idyiic beauty. b Return of sick treated at the Provincial Hospital during the week ending Saturday, 3 September 26, 1874 :—Remained last return, J 70; admitted since, 15; discharged, 16; i died, 1 ; remaining, 68 : males, 57 ; females, T 11. Classification of diseases : Zymotic # diseases, 23 ; constitutional do, 7 ; local, 24 ; _ development, 5-; violent, 9. On22ndinst., » W. C, male, aged 55 years, died of serous i apoplexy. Thanks are returned to Mrs j Brissenden for a bundle of old linen. 3 Alluding to the new Turkish loan the ! London Spectator says :—"The fitlanciers of r thfl Porte, who already owe £1:20,000,000, at various rates of interest, which swallow up 3 £9,000,000 annually out of £17,000,000, now i propose to swell this amount nearly T £200,000,000, by issuing some £80,000,000, j in 3 per cant bonds, at 25 or 26. This course, ' which increases immensely the capital of the debt, and almost precludes repayment, is of r course intended to tempt investors, who gain . by any rise, instead of the Government ; but s it means that the Turkish Treasury is very ; nearly desperate. No further loans can be ■ raised unless further resources arc obtained, -' taxation in its present form has reached its j ; limih, and the next step must be the Sail* of t State property, concessions, and so on, to'lie followed byi taxation of dividends, If ; investors like that nroqnp^f !«*■ ■• • £ but let them also .- P* & ?T■ ' will be p- -uinetnber that their money ..fended at the pleasure of the Sultan —that is, uselessly." t The outward English mail Via San Fran sisco, conveyed by the Mikado, was delivered 1 in London 43 days from its departure from t Auckland. 8 The vaccination of Maoris in the Opotiki I district is proceeding. The correspondent of 1 the Yt&y of Plenty Times Kays :— '" The coy ness of some of the young women when called upon to bare their arm was very 3 amusing, and reminded those who had clas sical memories, of certain lines in Horace, showing that human nature is the same still, as it was in the days of the Mantuan bard." A paragraph has appeared in the Nelson 3 Colonist stating that Mr Creighton, M.H.R., ! was about to proceed to England and to act r as Emigration Agenb. So far as wo can learn 3 I there has been no appointment of Mr / Creighton to act in that capacity. To-morrow evening Mr J. Martin, will I give tbc second of his popular science r lectures on the " Atmosphere," ite; chemical ' constituents, physical properties, andnatuial 1 phenomena, illustrated by numerous ex . periments with the air pump, aurora light, ! Ac. The lecture will be delivered in the Giaftoh road district Echool-room at half past seven. As these lectures are designed ' with the view of interesting and instructing f the mind of youth we hope Mr Martin's 5 efloit-3 will be largely patronised by young * men and women. Mr J. G. S. Grant is again an editor and publisher. His new publication is entitled i " Flaming Swords," and is described by a contemporary as "bristling with figures upon ; every conceivable subject." " Major Gordon's report on the Volunteer j force is being discussed here," says a Wel -3 lington correspondent, "in quite as unfavor , able terms as it was down South. But there i is no blinking the question that he makes j repeated statements of fact as to capitation allowances having been drawn by many corps on false representations as to the necessary ; regulations having been complied with, which J statements cannot be allowed to be passed over in silence. And however he may he blamed 1 by Volunteers or others for want of tact and 1 judgment in his mode of conducting the in } spection, one fact is patent :it is impossible 1 the force could be in a more unsatisfactory 1 condition, and to continue it at the present annual expeuse in its present Bta|e is the 1 height of folly and extravagance. The feeling 1 i 3 becoming more and more general every day that it will not be long before we have quite j suificient to do with our revenue without f frittering it away in playing at soldiers. Not I that for a moment would I seek to disparage j the Volunteer movement as an institution ; „ but then it must be rendered efficient or else dispensed with, and therefore 1 for one am I not inclined to condemn Major Gordon's report in the wholesale style in which it has been in some places." } Lord Salisbury has introduced and passed f through the Lords a bill adding a sixth > member to the Cabinet of the Viceroy of l India, who will have charge of the Public } Works Department, already vast, and about t to be entrusted with irrigation works to the l extent, possibly, of fifty-eight millions, i Mr Soyer, the celebrated cook, in a recent I work estimates the amount of food which a i wealthy person of seventy years of age may } have eaten. Among other things Jae is to I devour 30 oxen, 200 sheep, 100 calves, 200 i lambs, 50 pigs, 1200 fowls, 300 turkeys, 263 ! pigeons, 120 turbot, 140 salmon., 30,000 E oysters, .5,474 lbs weight of vegetables, - 243:^ pounds of butter, 25,000 eggs/ and 4| i tons of bread, besides fruit, sweetmeats, &.^ ■ and 42 hogsheads of wine, 554 gallons of . spirits, and about 3000 -gallons of tea and s coffee. Soyer assures us that he had from i ; experience made up a scale of food for the day for a period of sixty years, and it amounts to 33f tons weight of meat, farinaceous food and vegetables, Sec. ; We learn that Mr H. Isaacs is about to : retire from the business of the well-known • firm of Messrs E. and H. Isaacs. In order • to reduce stocks and consignments prior -to his retirement a large tra<|e sale of groceries, j ' etc.,. "will take place at the stores of the firm ! to-morrow, to which the attention of the j ' trade is specially directed; Most „of the goods are unreserved, and as they-have been selected by the firm specially for. thisi market the opportunity is one which the trade sel dom have presented to them.. We are un aware of the future intentions of Mr H. Isaacs, but are sure that great regret would be felt at his complete withdrawal from the number of our leading city merchants. Our organ-grinder says he dosen't under stand how any cultured musical nrind can object to selections from Handel—if it does turn with a crank ! Mr Taylor, the contractor for the erection of the bridge, across the Waikata, Ngaruawa hia, has been on the scene of his'future opera tions for the last few days. We understand that he will commence work forthwith. The railway tunnel on the Waikato side of Mer cer has been commenced. This is one of the most important pieces of work on the line. The contractors, Messrs Martin and Brittain are working energetically to bring their con tract to as early a termination as possible We trust that every effort will be made to complete the railway as far as surveyed at as early a date as possible as we are confident that the railway will at once pay working expenses and some portion of the interest on the outlay.— Waikato Times. After a most successful tour the Kennedy family have bidden farewell to the colony, and proceed to Melbourne from Dunedin Mr Kennedy, at the last entertainment, said that if fortune favored them they hoped to re-visit New Zealand in seven years hence. '

Miss Clara Stephenson, Miss Jessie lUy rnond, Messrs Burford and Hydes, and ten others of a company, are now performing at Hokitika.

A serious accident to a child occurred at Fort Britomart on Friday. A little Rir.l named Mary MacMillan, aged twelve years was playing about on the fort, when "she went too near the edge of the. cliff,, and some of the earth giving way she was precipitated to the railway works beneath at the bic'c of the I station, close to the spot where the fatal acci l dent occurred last summer. She was taken up insensible by Mr Percival, (a gentleman in > the employ of Owen Jones and Co., who Wie nessod the accident,) and conveyed into Mr i Gilohriat'B saw-mill close by. Meie restora s fives were administered* and she recocted ! consciousness. It was ascertained that E although very ffluch bruised she had no bohes broken, and a cab being procured she I was sent to her house in Durham-street. Dr Hobsonwas called in and pronounced her ' injuries to be slight. She v now completel| '. restored. Mr Pereival assents that hfe saw ' one of the child's companion* hfer a push '. fust before she fell. The girl herself says i She was " shoved." The accident should be ' a warning to mothers to keep their children \ away from such dangerous places. 3 The ship"; City of Auckland feas how on board ,to bs disbhatgsd as soon as she has j fcakSri In &ome ballast the iron work of a E bridge to be erected over the Waikato at b Ngaraawahia. The various girders, knees, > slabs, bolts, and other parts weigh on ' less than 133 tons 17 cwt. They come con ' signed to the Minister of Public Works, and we can imagine that the residents at the \ Meeting of the Waters will thank that ! gentlemen to see the connection made as soon I a3 possible, \ It is not often we'&ee timber shipped from ; England to Auckland, but amongst the cargo of the City of Auckland we find 58 pieces c-j; sa,wn ash. it is Somewhat remark- I able that New Zealand does not possess any \ indigenous timber which possesses the elas : tic properties of the ash. Nearly all our ! boat-oars, shafts, coach-building material, and other articles for which wood ' having such properties is Heeded are imported ready made from America and 1 Australia. The slabs are from 20 to 40 feeb in length and 5 inches thick, and should • prove a valuable consignment. Why cannot I ' such a useful tree as the ash be naturalised i here? Perhaps some member of the Acclima tization Society can inform us. i The testimonial to Mr Asher will be f presented to that gentleman this evening at - Kiordan'a hotel, Fort-street, by the members i of the late Volunteer Fire Brigade, as a r slight acknowledgment of their respect for - their late superintendent, who laboured long , and earnestly in that capacity without fee or , reward, The members and friends of the Fraternal 1 Home Lodge of Good Templars will hold a i tea and open lodge meeting to-morrow "' evening in the Albert-street Temperance i Hall,— Key. P. H. Cornford in the chair. ' After tea addresses, recitations, ballads, and musical pieces will be given. The vocal and [ instrumental department will be under the , able conductorship of Messrs Cooper and Lambert. We understand that the enter i tainment, will be worthy the occasion, and . such as will give satisfaction. The members of the Auckland Ship ! wrights'Protection Society will hold a general ' meeting this evening in the Albert-street ■ Temperance Hall for important business in ' connection with the society. Mr Jamc3 T. Fields, publisher of Boston, America, has been lecturing on " Eminent Novelists," and he thus compares Bulwer aid Dickens: "Bu'wer caw human nature i through bits of painted glass from his castle L window at Knebuorth ; while Dickens walked and thought with his kind in the free, open air. Dickens wrote with the vehemtnsc of conviction, and had, from the start, an enthusiasm for humanity." This we conceive to be a fair estimate of the two ! great English novelists. We road Bulwer and occasionally pause amid unreality to 1 admire a startling and beautiful thought; but J in Dickens we feel that we are in company - with a writer who had suffered and j sympathized with a large majority of the . people. i A new phase of speculation on the art . union principle is about to take place in a . drawing for a six-roomed house, worth £300, r and well-suited for a young couple comnaenc ; ing a career of wedded joy. The cottage is > poetically represented in a a style worthy the , genius of George Robins, the once famous ' auctioneer of Covent Garden. We learn » that it is beautifully situated, commanding ; views of the loveliest landscape scenery, with : a splendid well of water, fruit trees, &c. . The locality is not mentioned, but Mr ; Churton is prepared to furnish every particu . lar. Two hundred members at 30s each are t required to fill the list. ' We do not suppose it was Mr Vogel's origi nal intention to tell the electors of City East . thnt he did not intend to again sue for their suffrages. The avowal was evidently forced i from him in bitterness of spirit at the recep ; tion accorded him. He lost his temper a ; little and showed it. Probably he himself ' would in calmer moments find it difficult to ! precisely define the circumstances which render it inexpedient that he should again ; represent an Auckland constituency. It is >. no advantage, indeed, it is rather a disad r vantage, to any constituency to be represen > ted by the leader of a party, for all localcon ) siderations and interests must often of ! j necessity be sacrificed to consideration I and interests of a wider and differ ent character. Mr Vogel spoke of almost , every city in the colony having asked him to stand. This, of course, was an ex ; ; aggeration. A few individuals in several of the cities may have done so, but there has : | not emanated from the people of any city any i request of the kind. It is, we think, inex ; pedient as a rule that men like Mr Vogel should represent cities at all. Large centres of population usually have strong local inter estsgdemanding the attention and advocacy of their representatives. Political feeling runs high m them, and changes rapidly. Political leaders do not make good representatives of I such constituencies. They should get seats | for quiet constituencies, which would be ; content with the reflected honor of havhi" an eminent man as a representative, Avithont endeavoring to influence or control him — Wellington Post. The following cure is recommended to patients suffering from love:—Take one pound of dislike, fourteen ounces of resolu tion, four pints" of the cooling water of con sideration, with a sprig of time ; sweeten it with the sugar of forgetfulness, sup it with the spoon of melancholy, put it at the bottom of your heart, cork it with the cork of sound understanding, and there let it remain, and you shall instantly find ease and be restored to your former health and strength. These articles may be procured at Apothecaries' House of Consideration, next door to Eeason, 12, Content-street, City of Patience; The neart that never sighed. The Superintendent of Taranakihas issued a notice to the effect that he is willing to pu?CTr?e a'l scrip issued under "The Militia ZtZ olunt«ey i Land Act, 1865," aUOslin the pound ; and that persons desirous of availing themselves of the offer have to lodge their scrip at his office before the 20th October Wh- tll° Stat? 3 that as Boon aa r three- Z f °vu hQ■ TW- has been lodgeA■ pay ment will be made in cash for the same.

v™™ £ Je >ct™ discassion at the St. James' Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associa tion this evening ig "Discoveries; a few of tne^benefits derived therefrom." These £™ °ga T> ak£ F laoe every Monday at St. James' Presbyterian Church, to which strangers are invited.

Mr Tracers lias been mentioned as well as Mr Moorhonse as the " barrister ,of colonial employed by the Government to Spare ?he Bm^endiithe Cogitation. A meeting Of fhe membersi«£ ih6 SdtUj-. senterl ft the next ordinary mMtoKofto Boa-d but no definite .conclusion had oeen arrived at when our reporter left. • the next Congress of Old Catholics is to ■ be li-l'l in September-. English, American, i&MiUia.o -?ampatM-em are expected. The congress will endeavor to obtain, as in Prussia, a law similar to that already passed in Baden, giving then a share in property belonging to the Roman Catholic Church. At °th° la&t meeting df tile Glasgow Cham ber of Commerce, Mr McEwen introduced the snMect of gambling on the Stock Jlx cnanj>e\ He said that a large proportion oE the recent bankrupts had been involved m Stock Exchange speculations, and every fail ure now taking ? lace was attributable to share speculations. These* speculations were more serioas than betting, which was being put down. Commercial credit was being destroyed. It was stated on the authority ol a member of the Stock Exchange that three fourths of the transactions were by parties who had not a single share. A committee was appointed to make inquiries. A company has been formed in London, with a capita! of £500,000, "to provide, in the heart of the city, an aquarium and summer and winter garden, and, in connec tion therewith, to afford facilities generally for the promotion and encouragement ot artistic, scientific, and musical tastes. A freehold site has been procured facing the Houses of Parliament an.l Westminster Abbey.

DISTRICT COURT.—This Day.

(Before His Honor Judge Beokhano.) STEPHEN E. HUGHES, .TUN., V. CHARLES E,

MADTEX

Claim, £50. Mr Thorne for plaintiff. This was a claim for money lent.

Defendant did not appear. Stephen E. Hughes proved that defendant was iwdebted to him in the sum of £48, and J^dnoent for plaintiff, with costs £5 17s. SEdCOMEE AND SON V. SAMUEL DAVIS.

Claim, £54 18s Srt. Mr Thorne for plaintiff. This was a claim for goods sold and delivered. . Defendant admitted the claim. Judgment for plaintiff. THOMAS FA.ULDER V. JAMES MCCROEY. Claim, £23 103. Mr Thorne for plaintiff. This was a claim on a promissory note m plaintiff's favor for the amount claimed, which upon being presented by plaintiff was dis honored. Judgement for plaintiff. ALEXANDER BTNNIE V. THE VULCAN GOLD MLNTNG COMPANY. This was an application (Mr Bennett for the applicant) to confirm the appointment of a liquidator in the matter of the winding up of the Vulcan Gold Mining Company, also for an order for the legal manager to hand over all the boots, papers and documents belonging to the company. Mr Bennett informed the Court that all the conditions of the Act had been complied with. The application was granted.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before Dr. Home and John Cosgrave, Esq.,

Justices.) DRUNKENNESS

George Watson, Geoige Cook and another were convicted of being drunk and incapable on Saturday night, and were mulcted in the usual penalty. MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT. John Morton, maator of the barque Money nick, appeared in answer to a summons, charging him with having unlawfully refused to pay Geo. Henderson the sum of £3 Is wages due to him for services rendered during the months of July and August. Mr Joy appeared for the defendant, and Mr Laishley for the complainant. It appeared from the complainant's exami nation that some weeks ago he had been sentenced by the R.M. at Hokianga to one month's imprisonment for neglecting to obey the lawful commands of the captain. The offence consisted in complainant declin ing to go to sea without a mate being shipped. Although the magistrate had expressed an opinion that the wages should be forfeited, no order to that effect had been made. Henderson at first said that when he got his discharge six weeks ago he asked for his wages and was refused them. Later on he said he had made no demand until the present action. Peter Major, a seaman of the Moneynick, was next examined. He seemed rather obtuse. When asked by Mr Laishley if hi knew the complainant he replied "No;" on the question being repeated he said "Yes." Mr Laishley: "Was Henderson compe petent to do his duty ?" Witness : " No." Air Joy smiled. Mr Laishley : Do you understand the question ? I mean was he a good seaman and up to his work ? Witness : "Oh, yes." (Laughter.) \N ltness deposed that he never knew the complainant refuse to do his duty except on one occasion when the Captain wanted to put to sea without a mate. On being cross-examined by Mr Joy. witness admitted that he himself had been convicted with Henderson at Hokianga. John Me Adam and James Hill, two other sailors of the vessel, also gave evidence as to complainant's general good behaviour and einciency on board. Mr Joy submitted that the complaint was informal, inasmuch aa the words " without sufficient cause" were omitted. Mr Laishley claimed his right under the Justices of the Peace Act to have the com plaint amended.

This the Bench allowed. ormJni^S® 11 baS6d Ma defenC6 On the ground that the complainant made no demand ror nis wages. f^f ALf i *hley quoted the 187 th section of neLily* 0 Pr°Ve thUt n° d6mand WaS T^S Captai" h, avin S §iven his evidence, the This was all the business.

A DARING ACT AT NIAGARA.

In the neighbourhood of the falls of Niagara becoming bentSbed » n^ <Were fast

left hand, swam with the cnm&t n^iv reached the exhausted painter, wh»t k .^ the rope round him, and the two ism* dragged ashore amid the frantic mJKi?*l v all present. n»«w«» „(..■■..

ARRIVAL OF A VESSEL IN DIB3!RBSS I A ship flying the Swedish flag hj^'^ anchored in the harbour. She k j laden, and has evidently put in i a dirt fly X Her foretop-gallant-mast and mair* 88' -' with her mizen topmast, are all eoite*^ the board. She has only he? two foLi yards left npoh her, ™

TELEGRAPHIC.

(From our own Correspondent.)

ALEXANDRA.

Te Reinga, Manuhiri's daughter ia*L«" Unwell at Kaipiha. *v. The river is now higher than ever Th country above here is all flooded, «ul t s* loss to crops will be heavy; •

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

CITY OF LONDON CALL.

BRIGHT SMILE MEN DISCHARGED GRAHAMSTOWN. The Moanatairi gold melted weighed goo oz3 10 dwts. <M A City of London call of a as per share a The Bright Smile has knocked off all hand except those employed felling mullock jnto At the Police Court .James Stewart, recently purchased the good-will of JW Queen's hotel, but had not a license trans, ferred, was fined 20s and coats ftkjexpogjfc, alcoholic liquor 3 for sale. 3 No mining sales were reported at noon,

LATEST FROM COROMANDEL.

THE SUPERINTENDENT AT

COROMASDEL,

CCROMANDEL.

43 lbs. of stone from the Green Harp leader gave 70 oza. gold. Herbert, a miner at the Union Beach, wag severely injured on Saturday morning. The Superintendent received a number of > deputations this morning relative to road* Mr Sheehan is examining the roads on ti« Mr Hollo way with Mr McLeod weatoro the ToKatea mine on^Saturday, and visited the Kspanga to-day. He goes to the Tiki this afternoon. He is seeing all he can of the district.

TAURANGA.

The Southern Cross arrived at four o'clock yesterday afternoon. An okl resident has just returned from the Palmer and reports things flourishing.

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

THE STOBM SIGNALS.

THjS TRANSIT OF VENUS.

[Per Press Telegram Agency.]

GREYMOUTH.

There has been incessant rain for the is&p twenty-four hours. Tlie lower part of tii« town is submerged. Ihe river is rising rapidly. It is still raiuing. There are gwe; apprehensions of a serious inundation. Tb ■sieamw Waipara with Judge Kiclimcnd, ■-_ the Piovincial Secretary, the Stephenson- Burford Troupe, and others from HoMtila attempted the entrance, but took ground on theJNorth Spit. Endeavours are now being ' made to land passengers.

WELLINGTON.

This d»y.J ' Captain Edwin early to-day predicted » : heavy blow from the N.W., afterwards from I the south. A very strong gale is now blow ing from north-west. Ships and steamers'at . the wharf are putting out fresh warps and : v making all snug.

CHRISTCHURCH.

Thiadsf. The British expedition for observing the transit of Venus in Canterbury arrived in the ship Mtrope. The party consists of Major V Palmer, R.E., Chief Astronomer; lieutenant ■; L. Darwin, R. E., Assistant Astronomer and Photographer ; Lieutenant H. Craw ford, R.N., Assistant Astronomer; and-,* three non-commissioned officers of the Royal Engineers. They bring a largf;. equipment of instruments, observatory^ KM- ■ and other apparatus, about SO tona in*& ■ The site for observing the transit, will to elected when the party have vjewed tw various localities, the selection being leftfe Major Palmer. Ihe decision will probably be near Christchurch. The annual show of entire horses too* place on Saturday, There were 53 entries!,, includingmany recent importations of draogfi* stock of very fine'class...

GREYTOWN.

Thiada?. Heavy flood occurred at Greyloirn yester day. From midday till evening the to*n was under water. A good deal of fencing was destroyed, and one or two hoaaea dapJK ( ged. The water is rising again this mornfflft but is not likely to rise much higher. *?*'« I coach cannot get through to Greytown. .

LYTTELTON.

This day. The ship Merope has arrived. *92 &11 from Plymouth. She brings 331 immigrant*

THE NEWMARKET HIGHWAY BOARD.

Sir,—ln your issue of the 23rd inst. 0: gave publicity to a petition—which the tiro ;S late members of the Newmarket Highway ; ; Board have been carrying round frpmkoßM^i to house to get signed—requesting us tbree-^ trustees to resign office in a body.Your ow» strictures on the subject are manifestly W^": a wrong view of the case, owing, °°, d<?^ J# to the same misrepresentations which ."L"'.' been so freely used to entice ratepavers^ sign the petition. You state that ttfe*»? f trustees had resigned in consequence^ , differences among the members. '•Cjjers^'t j no difference other than that the Ohf*™^ ■ desired to be considered "The fS « [ himself, to have all power and controi;ow^ ■ honourable members of the Board v I questions decided by the 11| the uproar. The reason assigned i°TF l*3 M up this petition by the late trustee, «^L :*■ it to the meeting^ was that the most P^rt-^u |! ■ part of the district was not folly '1 This you will allow is for the , I voters in that district to amend ■ tions take place. It has beenstatea » i ■ us that £160 of money has been spew Jj ■ in draining private ground. We ■«* _-, ■ no money at; all in draining »»{^ | nor has any ever been spent by us- - ( j^- m manner. It is reported that * fl { JB Chairman resigned in consequence or t mmb being willing to make good toe " IK Messrs Seccombe's. Such ",?^Jl»tion 11 as the meeting following hw rf it ■ ordered, the work to be proeeedea -w m. once. We will not trespass if valuable space to reply to the n**^-^ If current, but beg to state to tM ""E^ei ■ that we shall readily resign o? r*J a »»y « requeated to do so by the W ti» M cause be shewn, but to bo turneo v m%

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