SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

POST OF AUCKLAND.

SUN-SET: This evening, 7.19 SUN-RISE: To morrow morning, 4.50 ifJG-H "water :. This evening, 0.1 ; to-morrow morning, 021

ARRIVALS.

Coronet, schooner, from Tahit:

DEPARTURES.

Alice Cameron, barque, for Sydney

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

£or London Hity of Auckland, ship, earl/ For Sydney: Wentworth, ss, Saturday For Wanganui and "Wellington : St." Kilda, ss, to OpTTOTT

IMPORTS.

-ter Coronet: 2CO bales cotton, 13 tons cotton seed.—Owen ami Graham, agents.

The. schooner Coronet, Capt. Rose, which "we announced last night as having arrived from Tahiti, brings a cargo of cotton and cotton seed. The Coronet left Tahiti on the 11th ultimo, and Rarotonga on the 21st ultimo. Had moderate weather with strong S. and S.E. winds throughout the passage. The schooner will haul alongside the ship Chile and tranship her cargo for London. The following are passengers fromßarotonga: —Mr A. Davidson, Mr and Mrs Canning and family (8). Owing to the general holiday yesterday there was no business done among the shipping. The ship Wave Queen, 853 tons, which left London for this port on October 14th, brings the following passengers :— Saloon— Mcssts G-ilmore (2), Melville, Carlow, Smith, J. M. Tunny, S. Tramon, Jno. M. Pegler and family (5), Geo. Williams, W. Winter ingham, Mrs Warrington, and 18 steerage passengers.

Tlk? ship Landerdale, Ssl tons, which left London for Auckland 19th October, came into collision off Dungeness, with the brigantine Messenger, frotn Sunderland, bound for Caen. Both vessels were damaged, and had to put into Itamsgate for repairs.

MARRIAGE.

Matt is ox—Regax.— At Grey-street, by the Rev. P. H. Cornford, William Wattison, to Margaret Eegau, both of Auckland.

DEATHS.

Jamieso*.— On January 5. "1574, "Willi-mi Charles Browne, only child of William sncl Alice Jainieson. junior, ayed ten months.

The funeral will l^sve his father's residence, Puke-st:eet (corner of UppCi1 Queen-street) New! ton, on Sunday afternoon, at three o'clock. Friends please accept this iatimation.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Til a :t, ■, -will Close as Ukdir :— For Thames, to-day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-mo*rrow

at 1 30 p.m. For Coromandol, to-day, at 5.50 p.m., and to-morrow

at 1 30 p.m. For Wanganui, etc., per Beitha, to-day, at 5 p.m. For Mahurarigi, eic , per Lady Boweri,'to morrow a' 10 a.m. For "Wanganui and "Wellington per St Kilda, to morrow, at 10 a.m. For Kussell, per Golden Isle, to-morrow, at 11 a.m. For the Australian Colonies, per Wenlworth, to morrow, at 5 p.m. For registered letters and money orders, at 4 pm. * For Taranaki and Southern provinces, per Ladybird, on Monday next, at 9 a.m. For "Wangamii, etc., per Clyde, on Monday, at 11

KB.—The postage chargeable on letters for the Australian colonies will ia future be 2d. for every half-ounce.

(Signed) S. B. Bibs. Chief Postmaster,

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

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And *l>« "-nod that we can do

The streets of Auckland again wear the gen eral 'appearance of a holiday. Tlie banks, and ali the shops, with the exception of the taverns, oyster and strawbeery shops, are all closed. The thoroughfares in the warm sun^ shine arc free of pedestrians, and it would appear that citisoua and the sons of industry and all passed to still quieter regions. The whaif this morning was all life, music, and animation, while hundreds were pacing the wharf, full-dressed, waiting for the particu lar steamer that wan to convey them to their temporary ' destination. More thp-n foul- hundred persons of various siizeS and ages passed over by the ferry steamer to the sylvan recesses of Woodside or Stokes' .Point with the view of enjoying a New Year's holiday, with accompanying music. We inadvertently stated in our yes terday's issue that Mr Winks, whose resi dence is near the ground, greatly aided in securing the success of the excursion ; it should have been stated that Mr Peter Hall had done so. Mr Hall's is the most com manding residence at Woodside, and that gentleman erec ed a commodious marquee on his beautiful enclosure for the use of the children of the Presbyterian schools, and liberally supplied them with tea and cake, which they freely enjoyed on the soft green grass, and at the close votes of thanks were accorded to Mr and Mrs Hall and the Misses Hall for their uniform kindness to the children. A number of picnic parties have this morning taken advantage of the holiday with the view of rusticating on the shady ( slopes of this interesting locality. The s.s. Golden Crown started from the wharf at eleven o' o'clock with a full cargo of souls for the interesting scenes of the Hotsprings, where no doubt they will fully enjoy them selves to their heart's content. The Lady Bowen started between nine and len for the beautiful island of Mot'utapu laden with citizens and a band of music, whilst hun dreds of persons thronged the railway station at Britomarfc for the purpose of taking a rail way trip toEllerslie races. We are glad to learn that Mr Kardington is doing as well as could be expected con sidering the nature of his injuiies, which are more serious than was at first expected. His jawbone is broken, and A'arious parts of his body very much bruised; but fortunately there is no injury to his skull. Dr Hooper has been most attentive to the patient, who hopes soon to be about again. Mr Hardingfcon has been connected with Auck landrace meetings for a quarter of a century, and has always given great satisfaction by discharging the duties of the offices he has filled with fairness and impartiality to all. Some years when racing was very dead in. Auckland it ivas mainly through the exertions of, Mr Hardington that a meeting was "got itp at all. The con ditch of the ruffians who caused the injuries which he "is now suffering under has been universally denounced. It could not have been wreaked on one less deserving of censure than.ihe gentleman who became a victim of tl}e outrace. His large circle of friends will ive ••are sure unite' with us 'in wishing Mr Hardington a speedy,recovery and early.ro tivrh/to' busihdss."

jWe have received ths following for inser tion :—l> the Editor, of the Everting "Star.— •-.SitI,—1,— In asking to be allowed to make a few obseryationsdn your paper on the decision in the Chile case, I would in the outset remark that La'ni'gla'd-tosee,' asi indeed from your ustial independent way, of, looking .at ..all questions11 expected Would be the case, that you,do.,nps fall into the L ,common;ruck, 'arid ful-ly approve 'the judgment. For my own patt I heardiev.ery: word of the evidence, and observed the demeanour of every witness, and 11 . as-: an 'unbiassed and 'disinterested observer can come to no other conclusion than that it is a great and grievous mis carriage of justice. , And I have, no;doubt that the result would have been very dif ferent if the unfortunate quarrel between the Crown Prosecutor and the Judge had not occurred.... Lathis dispute Mr-Brookfield was unquestionably in the wrong, but ib '.was . veryunfortunate for his client. Mr Beckha'm's written judgment is .very cleverly and logi cally put together, but it savours' more of the i advocate^ than the judge, and II could write out'a judgment for the opposite side quite as logical and more just, fie assumes 'that all that is said by one side is neces ;sari{yjru6,>aiid<allsaid.Byrthe other necessarily' false. There is no dpubt that Mr Hesketh conducted his case with consummate ability, and Mr Brookfield on the other hand did not ; shew his usual ability, bufcsubstituted strong language for ordinary^care, and failed in many cases to bring but the 'truth; which would lia.ye told convincingly in favor of Mrs Vesey. I think you have erred in your severe re marks on, Mrs. yejsey's character. I have, known something 'of her, conducb,'and be haviour since heiv arrival here,'.and she is; anything but-the'^oinan described by the doctor's witnesses; .. With one remark, of yours 'I fully agree. " This' case will ring through the length and breadth of England, but -the feeling there; will not be that of astonishment at the conduct of a passea«er but rather of indignation that the treat ment experienced by .that passenger at the hands of (tc^say ; the ; least,) an unwise and unfeeling medical, superintendent has been condoned and justified, and almost com mended by' an Auckland judge,—l am, Sir your truly, Beta, -r \ . j;-; A?r g .j : i

In yesterday's Re raid wo observe a leader ette on tho success of the sugar factory con ducted by the "Government of Queensland, on the island of "St Helena," in Moreton Bay. Our contemporary may be correct as to beet being utilised for the purpose, but the plantation on the island was for many years, aud we ,iro couti.lcnt is sr.il, one of sugar cane. But what we desire specially lo remark as tending to supplement and make more interesting the account furnished b} r our contemporary of the success of the plantation is the fact that the little island in question, is the central penal establishment of the colony and the sugar is the product of the labours of the convicts. Why cannot our prison labour be similarly utlised 1

Punch has returned to the city invigorated and refreshed after a sunny pilgrimage to other sc&nes, and to-morrow lie will be out soon after sunrise with his diary of facts, fancies and wayside thoughts ; also a very pleasant lay discourse on things in general, including his Excellency the Governor, the Exhibition, Broadwood's, races, pigs and -kittens, and effervescent ginger-pop. He will also introduce a pretty series of brief e3sa3-s, on " Scieuce and Sense," "Good Templars and Domain Sandwiches," "Mrs Brown on Locomotives," " Jenks on the Caledonian Mail Service,'1 "Dogberry and Watchman's discourse on the 8..M. and the Inspector," showing how these gentlemen went to Ellerslie races and came; back again ; also "Hints to Railway Travellers," and a learned disquisition on " things we dream about," after heavy suppers and stout. Punch will sing, moreover, two capital Christmas carols, one in the spirit of Tom Moore, in praise of women and wine, ami not composed, as shrewdly suspected, by T.8.H., the High-street song-writer, who dabbles in crystal streams. The carol is essentially lyrical and honorable as a liter ary composition to the muse of Punch. The other noticeable effusion was written on the banks of the Upper Thames, or New Zea land Isis, and is a lay of Ohinemuri. But we are divulging secrets, and Punch may think we are a little green, liko the Educa tion Board on account of its being connected with moss. We maj state the fact, however, that Punch will, in future, meet his consti tuents every Saturday morning. The ahnual excursion and picnic of the members and friends of the Auckland Catholic Literary Institute took place yes terday instead of Boxing Day, which full on a Friday, consequently the inembors thought U best, in defcience to the teachings of tho Catholic Church, to postpone the holiday un til the first day cf the new year. About two hundred members and friends, therefore, started by the .Lady Bowen yesterday morn ing between seven and eight o'clock, for the sunny isle of Motuihi ; and the weather being propitious, the excursion and island sports Avere most delightful and .refreshing. The day was possed In various sports, under the management of Mr .Tohu Sheelian, M.11.11 , who takes much interest in the Institute, consisting of foot-races and sack races, and pleasant dttncea in the quarantine, building, kindly permitted by the authorities. The return "was bracing, with a strong head wind, yet pleasant withal by tho light of the bonnie moon. The whole reflects great credit on the Committee, who were in defatigable in their endeavours to cater for the comforts ol all concerned.

The Wentworth has been unavoidably de tained in consequence of the holidays until nine a.nu on Sunday.

The members of the Loyal Enniskillcn Orange Lodge will hold their usual meeting this evening in the lodge-room, Wellesley street, at the hour of half-past seven.

The vei-y varied exhibition drew large numbers of persons to the City Hall last even ing, and formed a fitting close to the holiday. The curiosities were eagerly inspected, and the Scotch festival concert was the theme of general commendation. The musical depart ment was excellent, and the singing of Mrs and Miss Gourlay was unanimously ap plauded, while the dwarf, by his eccentri cities, contributed largely to the fun of the concert.

The Mechanics' Institute exhibition was Well attended yesterday, and great interest was manifested by visitors. A lecture will be delivered this evening by Dr Purchas on the construction and uses of the collection of philosophical instruments exhibited, with many pleasing and interesting experiments. As the lecture is of an attractive and scientific character it will draw many en quirers together.

The Prince of Wales Theatre was crowded last night, and great delight was evidenced at the performance of the new burlesque of "Pygmalion and his Gal-a-dear," in which Miss Watson and Mr Braham appeared to much advantage, supported by the strength of the whole company. Messrs Alick O'Brien and Mat Riley were highly humourous in their splendid delineations of Irish character. Messrs Baker, Hamew, and Madamoisella Blanch were also eminently successful. Much crodit is due to the mnsicians and to Mr Hegarty for the ability displayed in the management.

The bell-ringers' programme, including " Auld Lang Syne," was repeated last night to; a .full house, and with the same un questioned success.. The melodies we're mostly the same as on the previous night, and were performed in the most satisfactory manner. Messrs Seymour and Cullimore were t.rue to. the notes with.;'their: original and selected pieces. The Lynch family were encored in several favorite tunes, which have long since been, incorporated: with the music of the people.- The Schmoker family and, the concluding farce were received with shouts and whistling satisfaction ; ..whilst "Auld •Lang Syne" moved every tongue and touched every heart.

REED AND BRETT'S AUCKLAND ALMANAC.

j Having refrained ourselves from commenting on the, .excellencies of the! Auckland. Almanac we j may be .excused for .the opinions of our morning contemporaries; ■ which have the merit of impartiality.' The, sale of the". Almanac, is exceedingly good, the public shewing by their patronage that they appreciate a work of the kind presented atthe low, price of one shilling. Our : con temporary the Cross points out one or two ad ditions that might have been made. These were recognised,; by",',.,the.> publishers while engaged in the; work' of compi lation, r . but ,the. Aimaiiac 'has no# reached;;such 'a bulk ;that [ the', ; weight of paper,.' cost of binding, etc, on each' copy, after deducting i commission to ruiil- ners jahdwagents, and- without reckoning any thing for' the heavy cost of printing the. work, is such as to leave an actual loss on every copy disposed of. The Almanac has therefore this year arrived at the state so well known to publishers that the greater the number of copies sent out the more is the publishers' prospect of profit reduced. This was fully anticipated by the publishers, who lasb year, in announcing that the Almanac had yielded a profit, stated that this was never intended, and that the second issue would be so much extended as to render it ex tremely "improbable that any profit would be derived from the publication. The publishers did not start the work with the view of making it a source of profit, but did so solely with tlw object of supplying a want

which the province hay long felt, and of making known to strangers here aud abroad the resources and capabilities of Auckland province as a field for settlement. This they feel they have accomplished, and no question of expense will be permitted to interfere with the improvement of the Auckland Almanac from j'e.ar to year. We give below extracts from the Cross and Herald on the sub ject : —

[From the Daily Soul/tern Cross.] This is the second year of publication of Messrs. Reed and Brett's "Auckland Almanac, Provincial Handbook and Strangers' Vade Mecum." It is a creditably got-up publication. Many of the defects apparent On its first publication are corrected, and many additional excellent features are added. It aims to be what its title implies, a perfect store-house of information respect ing the province of Auckland. Those who apply to it for information upon almost any subject relating to the province will seldom have to lay it down disappointed. This is as good a recommendation as it is almost possible to give any work of this character.

[From the New Zealand Herald.] We are in receipt of a copy of Messrs Reed and Brett's Almanac for the coming year. It is as nearly perfect as an almanac can be : that is to say it gives us all that we can reasonably want to know generally as regards the colony, and specially as regards the pro vince. The book contains a very large amount of matter put into readable form, and so arraged that the right kind of infor mation is to be found in its right place. There is nothing omitted so far as we dis cover which we may require to be informed, and there is nothing we are informed on which can be looked upon as unnecessary or superfluous. The almanac is one which will find great favour with readers, because there is material so well digested and condensed •that it places them in possession of much coveted information without exhausting the patience or drawing too much upon atten tion. The almanac is well printed, and the information appears to be as accurate as the most careful attention to details will allow. The late annual compilation of Messrs Reed and Brett'n was in all respects creditable ; but an effort altogether successful has been made this year to excel that of the previous one. We omitted to notice in its place a very interesting feature in the almanac. This is an admirably-collected and well written description of the leading country districts of the priyvinc, the information pertaining to which had been obtained with much labour and at no small cost.

ANCHOVIES AND TOAST.

Londok, October 23. THE GLADSTONE MINISTRY AND

MR BRIGHT

Parliament has been further prorogued until the 15th December. Surprise has been expressed at this, as it might have been sup posed in view of the Ashantee war that the Government would have been anxious to have laid such an important question before i the House as soon as possible. The series of successes for the Conservatives has sud | denly been broken by the return of a Libtral I member for Bath. His majority, however, j was very small, and Mr Gladstone's Cabinet j is byno means occupying the safe position it did six mouths ago. The attempt to strengthen it by the addition of Mr Bright is, moreover, rather a failure, for the Quaker is not the man he once was, and has for some time been gradually weaned from the democratical views which at one timo made him the idol of the " great unwashed " of England. Mr Bright is but human, and as honours have fallen upon him he has per mitted his excellent common sense to per ceive that there is a time for everything, and that it is often advisable to let well alone. The Dally News, a Gladstone paper, is most gloomy on the subject of the Liberal future, and prophesies a year of power for the Conservatives, after which the reaction in favour of Liberalism is to set in with re doubled force, and carry everything before it. THE FUEL FAMINE. _ The art of saving coal is now being prac tised in every possible form, and inventors are cracking their brains to find out now ways of encouraging heat. Certainly your ordinary English lire-place is the most ex travagant and unsatisfactory contrivance that the genius of man has ever given birth to, and seem 3 the perfection of a system for consuming the largest possible quantity of coal, and obtaining the possible amount of heat. It ia likely that all this will soon be changed. At present people have only just discovered that they require some thing better and in the interim are driven to tilling their grates with falls of fire clay and other similar expedients for coal-saving, but advertisements of econo mic fire-grates are beginning to appear, and some families have already adopted the Eussian portable stove system, which is] very cheap and useful, whilst gas is coming into very general use for cooking aad heating. At _, Manchester , there is shortly to be held an exhibition of economic fuel, and methods of warming buildings. THE HOME RULE MOVEMENT. The Irish, not content with their Tenant Right Act and the Disestablishment of. the Irish Church, together with the many con cessions which England has made them, are more clamorous for home rule than ever. Many .people entertain the belief that the -Irish never do: any good until they leave their own country, and there seems to be a good deal of truth, in the idea, since their minds seem to dwell' on: politics to the exclusion^ of all useful matters whilst they remain at * ho.me'J If this be so, then the. movement which is said to have been sot] on foot, -''for , an emigration of the people en masse to Canada will be an un doubted benefit to everyone concerned. Mr Johnson, the chairman of the Irish Labour. Union; has lately written a letter, in which he states that suchj an emigration movement is'; in contemplation, and he winds up his statement by the declaration that "if we are denied a home in Ireland1 we will build up a nation in America." <

;; ; -RAILWAY MONOPOLIES. .1 see;, by;,'your files' which, have reached me by the last mail ..that Messrs Brog den; and Co. have renewed their over tures on behalf v of an English company ito, take over the construction and man agement of all the New Zealand'railways." In a late letter I mentioned- the prqsent dilemma in which the AmeWcari'ag'ricultuiists have 'been placed) .by jthe huge .monpblies' .enjoyed by railway companies in America, aud j I hope' that; ;'the New Zealand .Government r;,-,willi- nob " allow them-" selves to be persuaded1 or forced into the surrender'of their control over all the rail ways in the colony. THE ADVANTAGES OF A NOBBLER. Here's a bit for the Good Templars. Mr Wright, a government clerk, was found dead m his room the other day.' j At the inquesrt it was shown that- he;;,was a tremendous. smoker, and that his U$M 4 had been caused by the excessive use v'of. tobacco. But the doctor, who made t\ie post-mortem examina tion, said that if Mr- Wright had taken a glass of grog with his pipe he might have lived up to date. Moral—the correct thin« is, as the old Cambridge song has it— " Don't stuff up your-attics with dry mathematics, but moisten your clay with a. bumper of wine," ....;*'

TURF NOTES.

[By our Special Correspondent ]

Titk disturbance which took place on the course yesterday on the occasion of Fapapa walking over for the Railway Stakes is very much to be regretted for many reasons, and is an instance of that unreasoning and silly fickleness which is characteristic of all crowds. There is no doubt that the out burst was in the first place the work of a few discontented spirits who had perhaps lostafewsbillings, and who were determined to have a row since they could not get them back again. Ifcisquite enough for one or two to start such a foolish idea for the multitude to take it up like a flock of geese. The unreason ableness of the attack on Papapa and his rider is shown from the fact that the brunt of the affair falls upon the very person who does what the mob wish every owner to do, viz., bring his horse out to run. If any blame attaches to a walk over, which by by the way is a very absurd idea, it should manifestly fall upon the shoulders of those who scratch their horses, not upon those who are willing to run. The onslaught on Mr Hardington is simply bar barous, and shows a depraved state of popular feeling which it is very depressing to contem plate." It is sincerely to be hoped thatjthe luffiuns concerned in it will be brought to justice. The l-eal reason of the unsatis factory nature of the sport provided by bcth the Turf and Auckland Jockey Clubs' programme is not very' difficult ,to fathom. Racing in Auckland is in a state of transition. Till this year the class of animals performing in our local meetings have been only of a third-rate quality. So far as sport is concerned this has been no drawback to the success of former gather ings. The very fact of all the horses being of l lie same low calibre, or nearly so, in duced good fields, and often presented in teresting struggles. The enterprise exhibited by the Turf Club has brought about a different state of affairs. The money to be run for at the present meetings has attracted some of the best horses in the cclouy._ These all came from the Southern provinces, where racing latterly has been much more active than in Auckland for obvious reasons. On an average these horaea are from 14-lbs to 2Slbs better class than any we havo been able to bring to cope with them. The conse quence has bean that they have had it all their own way, and the sport has been ruined. We should not however rush to the conclusion that the defect augurs badly for racing in the province. On the contrary, it is reasonable to infer that ul timate good will result. We already know that tv/o, if not more, of the Southern horses will remain here permanently. Before the end of the season it is likely that we shall hear of other important additions being made to the racing studs of the pro vince. Should this be the case 1573 will in future years be looked back to as the year when the racing of Auckland made the first step towards assuming its former pre eminence in the colony. CIIAXTICLEER.

AUCKLAND JOCKEY CLUB RACE MEETING.

The pigeon which went holiday-making yes terday instead of coming home with our message from the course turned up at a most discreditable hour in a dissipated condition. Ho has undergone a proper punishment, and will wo hope do beLtor in future. The races which we were unable to decide resulted as follows : — Ladies' Pukse —Of 50 soys. Distance, 1$ miles. Mr J. Watts' Parawhenua, 4 yr3 ... 1 Mr GWynne's Flying Jib, figed ... ... 2 Mr Redwood's Kakapo, 3 yrs ... Betting 3 to. 1 on Parawhenna. Flying Jib cut out the work at a good pace, and led past the stand by two lengths. Hounding the last turn the favorite joined issiie, and coming away 100 yards from home won easily by two lengths. Time— 3 mm. 32 sec. Novel Handicap—Of 100s, Distance, H miles. Mr Walters' Ben Nevi3, aged ... ... 1 Mr H. C. Young's Tattler, 3 yrs ... 2 Mr J. Watts' Never Miss, 4 yrs ... ... 3 Betting 6 to 1 on Ben Nevis. The favorite got weil away,, was never headed, and won in a canter by 5 lengths. Hack Race—Of 10 soys, post entrance. Mr Campbell's Cottie ... 1 Mr Leonard's Daybreak ... ... .... 2 Cottio and Daybreak made all the running an interesting race between the pair, ending in a neck victory for Cottie. In our announcement of the result of the Summer Handicap yesterday Batter was accidently placed second instead of Yat terina. In the account of the running the proper order of finishing was given.

SECOND DAY,

The day was tremendously hot. .About 800 people assembled on the course. The racing b.egan with the Epsom Plate, for which there were five acceptances, all of which came to the post. Enquiries were .made after Mr Hardington, wko, we are glad to say, is pronounced out of danger by his medical attendants. Fatal conse-" quences were at first feared. Mr Inspector Broham was present'in uniform with a body of police, -but happily their restraining force was riot required. The band of the Royals again attended on the paddock. ,';.,-'' Some confusion was experienced by two sets of cards being printed. Very few traps were on the course. The bell rang for the first race at one o'clock. ■ • . ° "■■.

Epsom Plate—A handicap sweepstakes of 3 soys, with GO soys added ; second horse to receive 10 soys from stakes ; entrance, . 2 sovß ; distance, 1£ miles. ' Kakapo, Sst. 31b. .'.'. .... ....;.' 1 Slander, Sat. 101b. ( Judge unable to j Black Eagle, 6st. ( decide \ 2 Atalanta, Gs't. 61b. ... '-■ 4. Batter, 7st. 61b. ... ... ~' "' 5 Great excitement was experienced at the ".sight ,pf. five, numbers hoisted on board. The betting was evenly divided between Slander and; Kakapo.v Great excitement .prevailed when the hprses went dpwnto -the po^.and' the finest race of the meeting wasl. .confidently' .looked (forward to.i The crowd'seemed in , high good humour, and entered into the sport with much more zest. The flag fell £0 a good start, Atalanta getting the best off, and Slander lying second. Kakapo lay last but one itill rounding the last turn, when he cams through and assumed a' more' forward position. In the straight Slander, Atalanta, And Kakapo were all in it, and the' shouting 'was tremendous. Atalanta held the lead till approaching the dip, when she compounded letting up Slander and Kakapo. The latter was let out in the dip, and,at once.rushed to the front. Black Eagle here came with' a rush, but could not quite catch Kakapo, who won by three parts ©fa length.- There was great delay in hoisting the numbers. The judge was unable,to place second and/third. The following races were to be run when our despatch left the course by rail. A pigeon arrived shortly after four o'elook

but without a message, the paper haviuS evidently been picked off during the journey. Auckland Plate—Of 100 soys ; entrance, 10 soys ; h.ft. weight for age; distance, 2.] nrles. Mr Perkins' Kakapo, 3 yrs., 7st 51b. ... Mr J. Watt's Calumny, 4 yrs. Bsfc 111b.... Provincial Maiden Produce — Of 50 soys ; 3 soys entrance ; weight tor age ; distance, 2} miles. Mr Walters' Kingfisher, 3yrs. 7st. Sib. ... Mr O. McGees's Golden Crown, 5 yrs.

9at. 31b Mr J. Watt's Perfume, 3 yrs. 7st. 51b. ... Ellerslie Handicap—Of 100 soys ; entrance, 8 soys; winner Summer Handicap 71t> extra ; distance, 1^ miles. Mr W. Walters' Slander, aged, 9st. Mr Walters' Yatterina, aged, Sst. 111b.... Mr Watts' Parawhenua, 4yrs. Sst. Gib. ... Mr Watts' Never Miss, 4yr3. 7st. 41b. ... Mr H. C. Young's Bedouin, 3 yrs. 6st.

51b Thames Plate—Of 60 soys ; entrance, 5 soys; h.ft. weights for age ; distance, 2 miles. Mr Perkins' Papapa, 3yrs. 7st. 51b. Mr Watts' Hatred, 6 yrs. 9st. 71b. Mr Watts' Calumny, 4yrs. Sst. 111b. ... Selling Race—Of GO soys ; entrance, 4 soys ; welter weights for age ; winner to be sold for 50 soys, if entered to be sold for 40 soys, 101b allowed ; 30 soys, 201b allowed ; 20 soys, 301b allowed. Mr Perkins' Miri, 4yra. £20, Sst. 121b. ... Mr Walters' Ben Nevis, aged, £50, list.... Mr Gwynne's Flying Jib, aged, £50, list Mr Watts' Perfume. 3vrs £30. 7st. 101b....

NORTH SHOEE.

We yesterday gave the results of the two first events in Mr Goldie's sports at Itosebank Nursery Gardens, North Shore. The follow ing races came off later in the afternoon :— Boys' Race (under 12). —Prize £1. Parker 1 Atkinson 2 Six started, but the two placed had the race to themselves. Parker held the lead till twenty yards from home, when Atkinson made a dead heat of it. In the run off Atkinson, who was the bigger boy, was slightly the favorite, and getting well away maintained the lead till fifteen yards from the tape. Here the " little un" came with a rush and won a splendid race by six inches. This race caused great excitement.

Hurdle Race, 150 yards. —Prize £3 10a. Thoma3 1 Burgess 2

The sports were well conducted. Mr G. Dunnet did the handicapping and also officiated as judge ; Mr A King acted as starter.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M DKUXKEN'KESS.

Alexander Graham, Patrick Nolan, and John Roach were severally charged with be ing drunk last evening, and were dealt with in the usual way. ASSAULTING 3ITS EROHA3i. Anderson Christie was charged with assault ing Mr Inspector Broham at Ellerslie yester day. Prisoner pleaded guilty, but said he did not know Mr Broham, or he would not have done it. Mr Broham said that under the circum stances, it being New Year's Day, and the day of the races, he would not press the charge against defendant. His Worship gave Christie a severe lecture on the impropriety of his conduct, and told him he had a narrow escape of three months imprisonment with hard labour. He hoped it would teach him to control his temper in future. Mr Broham said that the expenses of bringing defendant into the city wero los. which defendant being a man of means should pay. Defendant expressed his willingness to defray the expenses. His Worship said he- ought to do some thing more. There was a box waiting for donations for the poor| and destitute. He should contribute to that excellent object. Defendant dropped a sovereign into the box and departed for the races. ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE. Daniel Holland was charged with assault ing Constable Maroney while in the execu tion of his duty last evening. Prisoner said he was drunk, and had no recollection of assaulting the constable for whom he entertained profound respect. If he assaulted the constable it must have been .the whiskey and not him. What with the hot weather and the strong beer he was over come. His Worship sentenced him to fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labour. . ; CONVALESCENT. William Pratt, whe was supposed to be a lunatic, appeared in a state of convalescence, he having been subjected to substantial fare and pure water for several' days. Pratt was improved in his general appearance, and every symptom of , deUrMn iremens had vanished before the influences of Good Templarism. ' r ~~ ~ ■'» His Worship recommended: him strongly to_ continue the cola waiter System as the most effective cure for "drunkenness and delirium tvemens, and allowed him to go free. This was all the business;

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

(From our own Correspondent.)

SEAMENS' STRIKE AT WELLINGTON.

WELLINGTON

■. - ! ■ This day. llie seamen all struck, and demanded seven pounds a month, and eight hours labour when. they are in port; The strike however was settled, the seamen and directors met. The result was £8 per month, and twenty-four hours' notice on both sides to' proclaim it. .' : '. ■"... '

THE WANGANUI REGATTA.

NELSON.

Per Anglo-Au3trailian ( Telegram Company.

J • . This day., ( It was lovely weather here for the sports yesterday. o T v o'

The steamer ; ." Murray, , from the j West Coast, in coming up .the harbour' yesterday ran into the ketch Mary, and sank her ; then into, the Government wharf to a depth of twelve feet. 5/THT.I ITTfI • ■■'.:',;' f i'Tii ■■,' ,-

The engines were reversed, but' the cur rent was so strong that it was, impossible to stop her. The^jietch and cargo were worth £500. -r. :. . ■<* ,:u, » \mt\\ . ■ . i» a l<

The .highest-.scores: -at the competition firing, so far, are Cas'sman, Bunn, Tomlin son,;Bß each. •; .1 ~, ..: .•. ~!ji;iil'J

WANGANUI.

I' ' '.",. \ .." . ..This, day., ~r THe Sculler Eace Jwas won by "Woods," of Wellington, ' ..., : <T ; In;ttie-r]?air-oared Race Roman Fall won easily. Logan's Te Kboti, point,; waS coming on a good second, when she,shipped. a>heavy sea, arid broke into 6aebu»ar©dpie«eß thw» lengtUs ivoxa, hojae,'--^:oilj sniinfr*'1 i-Huoii.-v mi

— pNg^ The greatest excitement was exu jn i the match between the Elvira auciV/kj; * for £50, Wanganni and Wellington pkkf^ their own crews. Over £100 was bet $ odds being in favour of Wanganui. '$ two boats were abreast nearly the whole <j tance. For the last few hundred yards th Eclipse, of Wellington, put on a spurt J) won by several lengths. The distance was little over three miles. '*

WELLINGTON.

This day The Caledonian sports yesterday passed'ofi successfully. Nearly 4000 persons w ete present. The Champion Mile liace was run in smin. 15 sec 3. Putting 221b stone 27 f ep i 9 inches. Hammer 191b, 64 feet 10 inches Not a single police case occurred.

Three hundred excursionists went to Picton in the Taranaki this mornincr. captains of all the steamers in p o u were served with a formal notice f rom the Seamen's Committee that the seamen would work no longer except at an advance of a pound a month, making wages £7, working only eightj houis instead of twelve. There is an inclination to concede the advance demanded, an d they may agree to ten hours. The matter is not yet settled. The difficulty arises from the uniform ftermination of articles at the end of June and end of December, as by l a^ affording seamen an opportunity to combine to extort their awn terms.

CRICKET.

AUCKLAND UNITED C.C. V. RODNEY C.C. The annual match between the above two clubs came off at Upper Mahurangi yester [ day. The United team left by the Gemini on Wednesday evening, and arrived at Southgate's hotel at four o'clock a.m., and after a couple of hours repose repaired to Mr Angrove's paddock, where the match was played. We are not in a position to gire the detailed scores owing to the scoring-book being mislaid, but give the total. The ■ captains, Messrs Mumford and Jordan, tossed for innings, and the latter winning put the Uuited in. The following are the names of the team and the order of going :—A. Whitaker C. Gleeson, J. Mumford, It. J. Yates, Cotton, Buckland, Horan, Clifton, Garland. Alder ton, Lincoln. The first wicket fell for eleven runs, when Mumford joined Gleeson, and some very steady play ensued. Gleeson, although he only got eight runs, guarded his wicket for nearly an hour, which of course helped considex-ably to break the bowling. Yates followed Gleeson, but appeared to let go the painter too much, and fell a victim to the bowling of Brooks for eight runs. Buck land next went in, but only contributed three runs. Cotton now joined Mmnford, and some really magnificent play was exhi bited. The splendid forward play of Mum ford, and iine on-drives of Cotton were much admired. Mumford after; playing a steady innings for 51 was bowled with a bailer. Horan joined Cotton, and the field were kept leather-hunting to their heart's content. Cotton played a clean hitting innings for 47, making a number of very brilliant drives. Garland added 1G to the score, and Horan was disposed of when he had made 38 by some fine gallery hits. The innings closed for 212. This of"course looked gloomy for Mahurangi, and they went in, no doubt, somewhat despairingly. They commenced by trying to run short runs, but a piece of very smart fielding, at short leg by Alderton, disposed of E. Whitaker, henceforth Mahurangi played steadier, but the bowling of Buckland and Cotton fairly stuck the Mahurangi men up, and the first innings closed for a total of forty-four, of which number twenty were byes. In the second innings they scored fifty-nine, making a grand total of 103, leaving the United men winners in one innings, with 109 runs to spare. In the even ing the United men sat down to a very sumptuous supper at host Tothgate's, Mr Jordan in the chair, and Mr Mumford in the vice. The usual patriotic toasts were drunk, after which the " United Club" was drank in bumpers of champagne, and re sponded to injthe same manner by the United, men who spent a very agreeable time of it, and gave three hearty cheers for Mahurangi on leaving.

THE GOOD TEMPLAR'S HYMN.

Kids young and neat, again we meet, Beneath these blessed trees. The new year greet in this retreat, Cheered by the fiesh'ning breeze. We want no drain in the Domain. Here, kids, we'll sing and hop, And keep awake, eat plain plum cake, And drink our ginger pop. Kids list to me, be wiseand free, Nor swallow British beer ; Still stick to tea, for barley brae Will make you very queer. Sheltered from rain in the Domain We'll dance, and romp and swing, Share buns so plain, then come again And eat like anything. Hurrah! hurrah ! mind Nature's laws, Stick close to tea and cake • Though folks cry Pshaw, you make a flaw, You'll get the stomach ache. Then come to tea. Good Templars be, 'Neath Reason's sober sway ; At whiskey wink, and think, kids think, And welcome New Year's Day.

THE EVENING STAB, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 1874



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