SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

, *UN-SBT: This evening, 6.52 SUN-RISK: To morrow morning, 5.37 HIGH WATSB ; This evening, 6.68 ; to-morrow Dooming, 7.20

ARRIVALS.

jviiKJiao, s.s., 2999 tons, Moore, from Southern ports £Jm, biigautine, from Lyttelton -"or, schooner, from Wellington -fc-flje Meikle, from Poverty Bay

DEPARTURES.

■uj.iK.auo, s.s., i 5299 tons, Moore, (Pacific Mail Boat), for San Francisco Southern Cross, s s , for Tauranga Prince Alfred, barquentine, for Hobart Town Jiuby, schooner, for Wangoroa Vincent, cutter, for Taurarga fl.M.s. Alacrity, on a cruise

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Jiero, iot Sydney, next week Chile, ship, for London, early iJellujaiary, barque, for Hobart Town, early

EXPORTS.

Per s.s. Mikado, for San Francisco—2o cases kauri oum, H. Walker and Co. For Honolulu : 20 cases kauri gum, R. Walker ' and Co. j 76 coils rope, J. S. Macfarlan.e,

The Mikado left this afternoon for San Francisco at half-past fotu1 with the follow ing passengers from Auckland :—Saloon : Mrs Margatet Harrison and four children, Mr William Coates and wife, Mr Walter Coates, Mr and Mrs Wm. Hoskhis> Mr Wm. Mcßeath, Mr Thomas Henderson, and Mr Thomas Milne. Second cabin :Mr David Marks and Mrs Marks, Capt. Gray. Steer age : A. J. Hamon, Rannouf. Mr Thomas Howard and Mftty Howard-! The cutter Vincent sailed for Tauranga yesterday with a general cargo. The schooner lluby, bound for Wangaroa, ■sailed last night with 1000 bricks, 4 boxes caadles, and 3 bags maize. The brigantine Flirt arrived from Lyttelton yesterday with a cargo of grain, &c, con signed to D. H. Mackenzie. Captain John son reports having, left on the 7th instant, had light north winds for the first four days, thence strong south-east winds. The barquentine Prince Alfred sailed for Hobart Town yesterday evening with a cargo of flax, iron. etc. She will bring back a cargo of fruit, jams, etc. The schooner Effie Meikle arrived from Poverty Bay this morning. The schooner Zior arrived yesterday from Wellington after a long rxtn of ten days, Captain Pallisier reports light airs and calms during the first half of the passage, and thence gales from the S.E., N.E., and N. The s s. Mikado arrived yesterday from Southern ports with the following passen gers:—From Sydney: Mr H. M. Dove. From Dunedin : Messrs Terry, Watson and Hudson; Miss Cheeseman ; and 8 in the steerage. From Lyttelton :Mr and Mrs Hamilton, Mr and Mrs Harper, From Wel lington : Hon. J. Vogel, Hon. Major Richard son ; Messrs Fox, Daniel O'Connor, Blaney, Besford ; Mr and Mrs Potter, Mrs Brown, Miss Maxwell. From Napier : Messrs Steane,' Millar, Bussell, McVicar, Samuels, Baker; Misses Bendall (2); and 1. in the steerage. For San Francisco—ll .—Hender son and Maefarlane, agents. The splendid screw steamer Mikado, Capt. Moore, arrived from the South, via East Coast, yesterday morning early. She was berthed alongside the wharf immediately on arrival. The list of passengers appears above. The Mikado has on board 3,200 tons of coal, and about 500 tons of cargo. The quantity of coal is sufficient to last her to San Francisco and back. Thus loaded the vessel draws slightly over twenty feet of water. A full account of this magnificent vessel appears in another column. , , r •

The trial trip of the Tarn o' Shanter steam launch took place at Onehunga yesterday. The steamer, has been built to the order of Captain Cunningham for the trade between Onehunga and Waiuku. The service is ex pected to be a daily one, the steamer leaying Onehunga every morning and returning at night. The trial took place at 3 p.m. The run to Cape Horn, a distance of 3£ miles, was doneinSOmin. Comingback the little steamer. had the advantages of wind and tide in her favor, and effected a mean speed of nearly nine knots. The engine is of 14 nominal horse-power. The cylinder is of 8' in. dia meter, with a stroke 8 in. The screw makes 166 revolutions per minute with 67 lbs of steam. The Tarn O'Shanter has excellent passenger accommodation. It is stated; that a race is shortly to come off between the cutters Fannie, Mercury, and Start, on the regatta conditions. The Sovereign of the Seas is not unlikely to make a fourth competitor.

COMMERCIAL.

The valuable property, consisting of a family residence and six acres of land situate in Oak Valley, Parnell, was offered for sale to-day by Messrs Cochrane & Sen. There was a large number of Ipiersons present; but few bidders. The property belongs to Mr John Copland, who is leaving Auckland for Tauranga, and cost more thlan £1,800. There were only three bidders of £800, £850, and £900; consequently the, sale was-, with drawn.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under :—

For Thames, this &ay, at 5.30 pm, and to-morrow at 10.30 a m For Coromandel, on Wednesday next, at 12 20 p in For Taranaki and Wanganui, per St. Kilda, to morrow, at 10 a m For Kawau and Matnkana, per Lady Bowen, to morrow, at 10 a m For Taranaki and Southern province?, per s.s. Pliasbe on Wednesday next, at S a m For Norfolk Island and New Caledonia, per Clio, on Friday next, at 9 am

(Signed) S. B. Bias. Chief Postmaster.

MARRIAGE.

Benjaihn—ConKN—On the 15th instant, at thfl residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev M. Elkin, Henry, eldest son of Benjamin Benjamin, Esq., Melbourn 5, to Lizzie Cohen, eldest daughter of Mr Morris Marks, of this city. No cards. Mel bourne and Sydney papers please copy.

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

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1874.

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

And *li« food that we can do

That Mr Moriarty's report on the clock ques tion, published by us on Saturday, contains many valuable suggestions no one will deny, but that it does not remove the objections which have been raised to the construction of a dock on the west side of Queen-street Wh'aff can as little be questioned. On the contrary, his report tends rather to strengthen those objections. The sole recommendations which the site chosen possesses, even according to Mr Moriarty's own admis sions, are the stillness of the water and the fact that it is on the Auckland side of the harbour. The reclama tion works, on which so much stress has been laid, we do not attach very great im portance to, as the land can be reclaimed and made a source of revenue as easily with out the dock as with it; and £8,600, Mr Moriarty's estimate of the cost of reclama tion in connection with the dock, should cover the expense of the work under any circumstances, while the ground woul^ be more valuable to let to private owners with a sea frontage than with the dock there. The shallowness of the water at the site chosen by the Board has been held as constituting a fatal objec tion if deep-water sites within the harbor were available, as we have every reason to believe they are j and what does Mr Moriarty say to overcome this objection ? Simply this, that by the employment of a steam dredge constantly for twelve months day work, or six months day and night work, a channel can be scraped in the mud which will, give. the required depth of water. This work, if .the. bottom proves to be all mud, he estimates to cost £5,700, or £5,000 for the rire.lge and £1,700 for working it. But presuming that a solid-rock bottom was met with at any part of the proposed chan nel (and boring operations have not been carried on sufficiently to test whether this is the case or not) then the work of forming a deep channel will become a very much more expensive one, and we might not improbably find ourselves with a monster dock and no way of reaching it. This artificial channel will also require to be kept clear by constant dredging, and the working expenses of the dredge, repairs, re newal when worn, &c, will amount to no inconsiderable charge on the dock. Mr Moriarty lays such especial stress on the security of this site from N.E. gales (which he has been informed is the quarter from which our heaviest storms come), that we feel disposed to inquire whether he has ever heard that westerly gales are by no means uncommon in our harbour, and have sometimes caused considerable damage ? The effect which these gales would have upon a ship in dock is a subject on which information is undoubtedly required, yet we look in vain to the report for any refer ence to such a possibility. If we now go to the report with a view of inquiring into the

rearons that have induced';Mr: '*"' . ■■■Ui " ; ivjionarty to approve of " ' . V, j • m 1 1 vnis costly, and mem sj'sfcem of making an artificial channel, we find nothing satisfactory. It is true_he enters at some length into the objections which he considers, fatal tb the Breakwater site ; but. with that exception i the following paragraph contains all that Mr Moriarty gives us with regard to the various other sites in the harbour that have been reccowrhehdted by men quite as fcohipisteiit to form an opinion as he is :—" I have, "he says, '' examined some sites which were pointed out to me on the North Shore, but saw nothing which, for convenience and shelter from the winds and currents, ttoilld compare with tbat last described.' This statement is eminently unsatisfactory. He does not, it will be observed, tell us that Ihe saw no site where deep water could be obtained and dredging avoided ; he does not even say that the strength of the <v winds and currents" is such aa to render the con struction of a dock either difficult or danger, ous ; but he asserts in a general way that the sites pointed out are not so convenient and sheltered as the western side of the wharf. So far as any intelligent comparison bearing on the dock question is concerned he might as well have said tEat the North Shore sites pointed out are not as convenient and sheltered as the market-place is. The north-east gales which occur in our harbour seem to have caused Mr Moriarty very con siderable anxiety. Will he tell us then that the North Shore of our harbour is specially exposed to those gales, or that it ever feels the force of heavy waves equal to those which break on the South Shore during the prevalance of N.E. winds; or will he tell us that sites have not been pointed out to him which are well sheltered both from North East and Westerly gales ? When he is prepared to answer these questions satisfactorily we may accept his assertion that he examined all the sites without being at all in fluenced by a foregone conclusion. Jt is instructive to compare the action of the Harbour Board in relation to dock site with the action of the City Council in connection with the source of our water supply. In the former case the expenditure of a large sum of money is beilig precipi tately rushed into without even the most superficial survey of the various sites avail able, while the members of the Council on the other hand demand survey on survey of all the sites that have ever been suggested even in the most incidental way. We know not which is the greater evil; but most assuredly no intelligent person will rest satis fied until a general survey of ail the avaliable sites for ' a dock, together with rough estimates of cost, have been made and pub lished. We cannot be blind to the fact that any failure with this dock would strangle enterprise in the same direction for years to come ; nor is it difficult to see that a good dock in Auckland harbour—one capable of taking in the Pacific mail steamers—would compete to a very serious extent with similar works in Sydney which Mr. Mori, arty has almost aole control over; we may even go further, and say that the failure of the Auckland dock would give very great satisfaction to Sydney merchants. And although, of course, we do not suppose for a moment that Mr. Moriarty, if he had been left to his unbiassed judgment to choose the best site available in pur harbour, would have permitted such considerations to influence his opinion as a professional man, yet when he came and found the Harbour Board not merely ripe, but eager for a dock on the most unsuitable and costly site ; when that was pointed out to Jhim as the Board's choice—the only really suitable position within the Waite mata harbour; when sites that had been favourably reported on before were not shewn him nor his opinion asked respecting them ; is it any wonder, under these circum stance, we ask, if he allowed the Board to have its own way j and will his reputation as an engineer of great ability suffer very materially in the eyes of his employers, the Sydney Government, if the dock, when con structed, does not equal expectations ?

At a committee meeting of the Teachers' Association held on Saturdaylast the follow ing teachers were added to the roll of the society-:—Rev -J. Bates, classical'master, Church, of England Grammar School, Par nell'; Mr and Mrs Addey and Miss Hart, of the Ponsonby school; Miss Dunning, of City East school; and Mr Kenel, from Norfolk Island. The next monthly meeting-will be held on Saturday, when a discussion and conference will take place " On the .Relation of Teachers to the Board of Education and District School Committees." If is recommended that the points to be considered, shall be (1) teachers' appointments; (2) teachers' sala ries j representation of teachers at the. Board of Education; and (4) religious teaching in public schools. We understand that before the meeting of the Provincial Council in May next His Honor the- Superintendent will receive a deputation of teachers to hear their opinions on the contemplated changes in the Education Act.

The shareholders of the Argo Goldmiuing Company held their annual general meeting this afternoon in the offices, Wyndham street, for the purpose of receiving the balance-sheet and other business.:' Mr Moss occupied the chair. The balance-sheet th.-wed the company to be in a favorable position with a balance in hand, i The chair man informed the shareholders that the directors had no report to offer, as the mine, for special reasons of which they were aware, had not been worked lately ; but as soon: as the battery was put ii(> the working of the mine would be re commenced, as beyond doubt the mine con tained some rich leaders. Mr. Wilson moved and Mr. Waters seconded "That tue balance glieet as read be adopted."

The following letter bearing on the veracity of-the Rev Samuel Edger was mislaid or it would have been published before :—"Sir, —Will you kindly explain how a letter of mine did not reach the ReV Samuel Edger ? A letter appeared in your columns frotii Dr Wallisj wherein he charged Mr Edger with telling shocking stories. Knowing Mr Edger did not read the Star I cut it out and en closed it in ah envelope to him.—Yours, &c., Fair PfcAY. [ A copy o"f the paper contain ing .the letter was also sent from this office to Mr Edger in such a way that he must have opened it. We are afraid Mr Edger's denial only corroborates the Eev Dr Wallis' charges referred to by our correspondent. In order that a man in Mr Edger's position may not be condemned without a hearing we ask him iv a friendly spirit to answer " Fair Play's" query, and explain how he managed, to open an envelope, and take out a slip of Dr. Wallis' letter, and yet be ignorant of its existence. We also ask him whether he did not receive a copy of the Stab containing Dr Walliß's letter, enclosed in a cover of the Alliance tfeifuJ'.—Ed. jE. »§.j

Mr F. H. LeWisson has challenged the champion billiard playei s of Wanganui to a match—odds being allowed by his opponent. There is little doubt but that the challenged party will take up the gauntlet thrown down, as he is an acknowledged master of the game, and possibly able to give|the required Mr Michael Corcoran, landlord of the Greyhound Hotel, Queen-street, met with an accident on Saturday evening. It appears that Mr Corcoran, in struggling to eject a drunken man from his house, fell and broke his leg just above his ankle. Dr M. E. B. Nicholson was at once sent for, and paid due attention to the patient, who is doing as well as can be expected;

An interesting debate is announced for this evening at the Newmarket Literary Association. The question " Good Templar ism, socially and politically, is it the correct thing?" will be discussed. A warm debate is expected.

A typographical er'rtlr in otlr Thames tele gram caused a considerable sensation among holders of Golden Calf shares. The announce ment that they had been sold at the Thames quoted at 7s, was made to appear as £7. A leading broker has, we are informed, this morning received instructions from a country customer to sell his Golden Calfs at £7 if he could not get mote. The sale, we need hardly say, has not yyt been effected.

A Very valuable horse, {the property of Mr Owen Jones, worth £50, dropped dead on Saturday evening as the attendant was in the act of cieaning the animal This is the fourth horse that has died in a like manner within the last few weeks in connection with the Biitoniarte works. We may also men tion the fact that Mr Jones has been for some advertising for men to work on the railway without success.

" Tom Brown/ of Newton, writes deny ing in emphatic terms the charge of plagi arism brought against him in connection with his late political effusions. He says : "In the first place, then, you charge me openly with plagiarism, to wit in composing a parody on 'Hiawatha.' Allow me to as'*'uvi you,' Mr Editor, that unfortunately I have noverhad the pleasure of reading or having heard tbac famous poem at all, so that you pee you are entirely mistaken in your conolu.-ioiis <m that point. With re gard to ni.y first contributions 'The Foe of the Land,' on which you have made such an important discovery, and which you state to be a reprint, all that I can say is that you have been entirely misled."

" makes the following perti nent remarks on Mrs S. A. Bell's'case :—Sir, —In Saturday's issue of the Star I noticed in your telegraphic intelligence that Sullivan, the Nelßoll murderer, has been pardoned by the Government, and that he is on board the Mikado, en route to California. If this be a fact, if the Government think that the ends of justice are fully satisfied by condon ing the crimes of a notorious murderer, the associate of three other notorious criminals who expiated their offences on the scaffold, bimself sentenced to imprisonment for life, by granting him a free pardon, sotting him at large again upon society, and not only doing this but also giving him a free passage to another country ; if, I say, the Govern ment think that justice is satisfied in the case of Sullivan, one would imagine that the Government ought to say that the ends of justice.are also,fully served by the term of imprisonment Mrs Bell has already Under gone, and grant her a free pardon for the re mainder of her sentence, thereby restoring her to her family. Surely there is a vast difference between her crime and that of Sullivan. Surely the lesser offence is deserv ing of more mercy and consideration than the greater one—surely if mercy is to be extended at all' it ought to be to wards minor offences. Besides, in the case of Mis Bell, her children, who are entirely innocent of her offence, are the sufferers by her prolonged imprisonment. It is for their sakes that mercy ought to be extended to the mother. Justice is often tempered with mercy, and the latter quality' in Jhe hands of rulers is a great blessing, indeed—blessing the giver and the recipient. Mercy becomes the throned monarch better than his crown, and the representative in New Zealand of a gracious crowned monarch would, I am sure, be fulfilling her wishes by extending mercy towards the mother of a family whose crime after all is not of that terrible character in comparison to others whose offences have been pardoned. The benevolent ladies of Auckland would be doing an act of great charity towards one of their own sex in making some exertionin restoring her maternal care to her children, who must sadly feel the want of her presence amongst them. It would be a very meritorious act indeed on their part to do so. The Stan', has already done good service in the case of Mrs Bell, and it is to be hoped it will still further continue to do good service in the cause that needs assistance. It is belived if another effort were made in her behalf that the remaining term of her sentence would be forgiven. If a memorial were presented to Mr Vogel now that gen tleman is in Auckland I feel convinced it would be attended with good results. There are philanthropic people in this city, and I do not know of a better cause they could be engaged in than in making the praiseworthy effort of to restore Mrs Bell to liberty, and to her family.—l am, etc., A^THKOPOS.

To the Editor : Sir, —Auckland proper is acknowledged to be some years behind the other provinces of New Zealand. The wel come accorded to the Hon. Julius Vogel in Otago, I^elson, etc., should at least incite his; constituents, if not the Auckland public, to give the hon. gentleman a fair reception. We apologise for using the word fair because handsome ought to replace it. This province has beeen represented by Mr Vogel, and to him we are indebted for much, and doubts less the acknowledgment of his valuable services might lead to ulterior results. At all events some appropriate approval of Mr Vogel's services ought to meet with public favour.—l am, etc., J. M.

The regular monthly meeting of the Lodge Waitema,ta, 659 E:C, will be held at the Masonic hotel, Princes-street, this evening at the usual hour.

A correspondent writes as follows with reference to tonic sol-fa singing in Dunedm : Sir,—A paragraph in your iinptession oi Saturday evening referring to tonic sol faism caused no small surprise to myself and others viz.* the character of the information supplied you, and.which you quote as an authority in proving the advancement^ ot Auckland to that of Dunedin in this jjartictt lar. I grant all the advantages you hold in this matter. Yet allow me to state that your informant could know nothing of the rise and fall of the Dunedin Tonic Sol Fa Asso ciation. I have not the slightest hesitation in savin* from your publication that he knew nothing of the peculiar circulhstances surrounding it, and above all the over whelming bigotry of old notationists thrown in to overbalance it. I will not trespass in giving a full account. But the conductor bring a friend of mine it is only fair to state that he does hold a certificate, which it would be well for your informant to go and see. Ke evidently well knows where to call; The poor dominie in question is still doing a work of this character—not for money, but for the love of music, and his work has not been and is not without success.—Yours, &c, The late Secretary of the Dunedin T.S.F. Association.

The Stanley-street drain is becoming a nuisance to newspapers, and we are deter mined to abate it in that direction by curtail ing correspondence on the subject in future " Bob Pudor writes:—" Sir,— Ahumber of letters are appearing about this unsavoury subject which bear a very suspicious like ness to each other although under various norn tie plumes. The facts are that a very great nuisance in this neighbourhood is 'sought to be removed at the expense or the ratepayers of the city, and the City Council are. coolly asked to expend. Some thousands to facilitate the disposal of tnatter that has no right to be allowed in this sewer. The old hackneyed style of abusing the City Coun cil, from the non-success of the New Market to the late gale, is as usual freely indulged. Of course, if the City Council can be bounced intb doing this work it will save some parties onsiderable expense. Great stress has been laid on the sewage from the Alten road. This neighbourhood consists of ten house 3 ; two of which only have any drain pipes from closets, and these are reported not in use. A writer in a letter the other clay alluded to a similar nuisance per mitted in Melbourne ; he forgets to add that this place is constantly being flushed With immense quautities of water, without which it would not be allowed for a single hour. Of course it is all. right if the City Council can be bounced or abtlsed to do it, and make matters easy." "Facts not Fictions" takes exception to the ambiguity of the memorial sent to the Coun cil on the subject. He says : —" The memorial is ambiguous, for it does not pro vide, for a " rush of water " to drive all foul matters into the sea when the tide is out, and when it is most required, namely, when two or three months of dry weather takes place. Stanley-street drain is no nuisance when a heavy rush of water from the Domain and high lands are rushing down it."

A cricket match among members of the Auckland Cricket Club was played on Satur day at Ellerslie, the sides being chosen on the somewhat singular principle of first half the alphabet against the other half. The game proved very interesting, and bronght out several players "who were once v ell-known, but who have long since retired from the scene of the grassy plain. Some of these gentlemen played up well, and the game is iikely to be prcduetive of good results as increasing the effective strength of the club. The sides were captained by Messrs Russell, and Jos. Bennett respect ively. The stumps were pitched, at half past two, and the game continued till six, at which time Mr Bennett's team had seven wickets down for ninety-eight" runs—eight een in excess of the total compiled by the partizans of Mr Rusßell. Messrs. Ruddock, nml Russell, on the one side, and Messrs. Browning, Bell, Davies, and Ellis on the other all scored into double figures ; the last-named gentleman exhibited capital form in making his 26, and it is to be hoped he will play oftener. The following are the scores :—Mr. Ytnssell's. team—Quin tal, b Isaacs, 1 ; White, b Hesketh, 3 ; Young, b Jackson, 4 ; Philson, c Isaacs, 3 ; Sandes, b Heather, 8 ; Newbury, b Bell, 2 ; Bice, b Bell, 0 ; Euddock, b Hesketh, 14; Yates, c Daries, 4 ; Osborn, st Heather, 5 ; Wynyard, b Heather, 2; Sherwell, hit wicket, 1 ; Maclean, b Heather, 6 ; Russell, not out, 13 ; extras, 14 ; total, 80. Mr Bennett's team—Heather, b Young,■' 3 ; Browning, c Russell, 11 ; Jackson, b Young, 5 ; Bell, o White, 13 ; Daries, not out, 13 ; Isaacs, b Sandes, 7 ; Ellis, hit wicket, 26 ; Brett, c Russell, 3 ; Hesketh, not out, 7 ; extras, 11 ; total, 9S.

The members of the Good Samaritan Lodge of Good Templars will give a literary and musical entertainment this evening at the Young Men's Christian Association room. Free to members and friends of the order. The contract for the construction of the Manawatu Gorge bridge has been let to Mr McNeil for something over £12,000. The building of the bridge; says the HawTce's Say Herald, is of some magnitude, the centre 'span in it being 164 ft. The Manawatu River is a serious obstacle in the way of the South road, the water having been known to rise forty feet in one night The work of bridging will be commenced as soon as the cement and iron arrive from England. Mr McNeil iB a well known contractor, he having been a builder off the. Wanganui bridge, and also that over the Tamaki, in the province of Auckland.

To-morrow evening (Tuesday), the mem bers and friends of the Congregational Chapel, High-street, will give an entertainment in aid of the Sunday School in connection with that place of worship.

The usually quiet settlement of Howick was disturbed on Saturday afternoon by an. alarm of fire,' which proved to be correct. The report states that Peter Kent, a laboiir-' ing man, set fire to some docks in a gully, and the fire extended onward to a quantity of withered grass, and then to a cluster of furze. The sparks from the tire fell upon the house of an old man named James McLaren, aged serenty-four, and who lived by himself. The humble tenement of four rooms ignited, and neighbours ran to j extinguish the flames ; bub there being little water at hand they failed in their efforts to stop the flames, but managed to save the old man's furniture. The cottage was uninsured, and is a great loss to McLaren, who talks of taking pro ceedings against Kent, with the view of re covering compensation from him, as it was through his wilful act that McLaran's home was destroyed. Men who can thus wan tonly endanger the homes, lives, and pro perties of their neighbours should be severely punished.'

We notice that a branch office is opened in Gnehunga in connection with the Auck land Permanent Building and Investment Society for the accommodation of members who reside in that district. The office is at the c uner of Queen and Church-streets.

The shipwrights of Auckland held a meet ing on Saturday evening last at the Eagle Tavern, Albert-street, Mr Ramsay in the chair, when a trade society was formed and thirty-three members enrolled..

The Prince of Wales Theatre was largely attended on Saturday evening, and the several dramatic selections from the "Hunchback" and other comedies were justly applauded. At the end of the second piece Mr Hoskina addressed the audience briefly, and thanked the citizens for himself and Mrs Hoskms for the kindly feeling which on all occasions nad been shewn towards them

The annual general meeting of the mem bers of the Auckland Institute will be held this evening in Museum Buildings at half past seven.

To the Editor : Sir,—l think the police and authorities cannot be aware of the in tolerable nuisance there is continually going on in Abercrombie-street by four or five most disreputable females, using the vilest language on my passing through the street. A girl named , and a woman of the same name next door to her was using language most vile at night. Returning late across the toad from 0 's, another woman named -, aihost notorious drunkard, where drink ing is kept tip until two or three in the morning, were having a fearful quarrel, and the language was infamous. How the re spectable inhabitants can put up with these outrages and language is more than I can understand. On speaking to several persons neat I was informed ihe police had been spoken to, but that I can scarcely credit ; for surely such things otlght not to be in a street so much used as a thoroughfare.— • Yours, &c, PftoßoNO Publico.

A «hort lecture on the programme of the colonial, prize-firing at Napier, with hints and suggestions derived from personal obser vations of the last colonial contest at Nelson, will be given at the Drill-shed, Princes street, to tlbe Auckland representatives on Wednesday, at half-past seven p.m., by Sergt. Spall,, Inspector of Muskets, late Rifle Brigade.

An eminent I£cal imitator of the Chelsea philosopher has brought thfis Sabbath contro versey to a close in this morning's Cross, and as the letter contains his last words on the subject, it should not be liehtly esteemed. The style, , morever, is picturesque, like Carlyie3 French Revolution, only much more original. One example will suffice : — " I must repeat and dogmatically affirm, in all ages, sir, and at all times, sir, tr&tti. Paradise downwards, sir, Saturday, or rather, if you like, from Friday evening to Saturday evening, punctually and punc tiliously." The members of the Auckland Regatta Club will hold their annual general meeting in the club-room, at the Thames hotel, on Wednesday evening at half-past seven^ for the purpose of receiving the report, balance sheet, and for general business.

The Auckland Representative Volunteers fired their match on Saturday afteriiotfn at the range. The wind blew strongly across the range, and raised clouds of dust occasion ally with blinding effect. Still in spite of thenp drawbacks the firing was considered very good, as the appended scores will show :—Corporal Haslett, Victoria1* GG; Mills, Victoria, 60 ; Alderton, No. 2, 59 ; Somerville, No. 2, 57 ; J. Leigh, No. 2, 55 ; E. Cooper, No. 2, 55 ; Bowden, Victoria, 53 ; J. W. Leigh, No. 2, 51 ; M. Cameron, No. 2, 50 ; A. Edmonds, Victoria, 49 ; J, McLeod, Victoria, 48; Sergeant Bell, No. 2, 47; Fowler, Victoria, 47; Sergeant Cameron, No. 2, 45 ; Putman, No. 2, 41 ; Sergeant Edmonds, Victoria, 37 ; Sergeant George, No. 4, 35 ; Mason, No. 2, 34.

The reports from the Medical Superinten dents and Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums in New Zealand are exceedingly instructive. The tables illustrate in a remarkable manner the necessity for a central establishment, which should be placed under the control of a medical man exptrienced in the treatment of mental diseases, and shew that some lunacy establishments are overcrowded, while others are almost without patients, or convey at most four or five inmates. In Auck land the number under treatment in 1873 was 118 (83 males and 35 females) ; in Tara naki, 3 ; in Napier, 7 ; in Wellington, 27 ; in Christchurch, 113 (79 males and 34 fe males) ;in Hokffcika, 45 (31 males and 14 fe males j in Dunediu, 174 (125 males and 49 fe niaies. The classes of society which contri bute most largely to the number of cases are laborers and settlers, the number of the for mer in Auckland being as 10 to 2 of any other occupation, and the latter most'y female 3, as 15 to nothing. This calculation is upon 51 cases in the Auckland Asylum. The figures in the table furnished by the Dunedin Asylum conespond very closely—laborers 16, and miners, 13 or a total of 29 as compared with 5| of any other class. The class which is the next largest contributor is that of" domestic servants." Dunedin and suburbs contributed ohly 14 cases out of the 159.under treatment. iih'eage. at' which the greater number of lunatics manifest their derangement is from 35 to 40. The total number treated in Dun edin during a period of ten years was 663, of which 405 recovered, The chief complaints o£ the inspectors and medical superintendents isjovercrowding, which makes classification very difficult.

POLICE COURT.—Monday.

i (Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.)

DRUNKENNESS. Mary Mullen, Alice Richards, and Henry Nesmyth (on bail) were charged with drunkenness, and dealt with accordingly. j VAGRANCY. John Thackaberry was brought before the Cdurt charged with drunkenness and vagrancy. "Prisoner pleaded guilty, and expressed his regret. . . , The? c were thirty-two previous conviction for one year against prisoner, and he had been iq.gaol two years seven months and nineteen^-days.

Prisoner .promised to "reform if his Wor ship would, let him off. He was now sincere. The ..Court sentenced him to seven days for being drunk,' and nine months with hard labjOur for being a rogue and vagabond. Prisoner r A" Oh, dear, dear, dear! What shall I do."

; A RnUGH CUSTOMER. X'aniel Holland w s charged with drunken ness, '"vagrancy,1 and assaulting numbers of persons.

Constables Moroney and Spry proved the charges against the prisoner, who .-with, his companions, were drunk and kicking.up a roiy in Corcoran's hotel at two o'clock in tho morning, and,being put out, prisoner assaul ted! several persons in Victoria-street. Prifeouer was the aggressor.

Prisoner bore a very bad character, and had only just come out of prison. For being drunk he was ordered to pay a line of 10s, and for the assault ,fc"s or seven days' imprisonment with hard labour. ASSAULT. Robert Leary, a singular-looking being with a severe look, was charged with assault ing Kiehard Barrett, a sail-maker, on the 14th. instant. I'a-isoner pleaded not guilty. Jlichard Barrett stated that he lodged in the .same house as prisoner in West Queen strti^i, and that inconsequence of rebuking prihtmer he was attacked in the most savage mminer by the prisoner.

The case was remanded until next morning that the necessary evidence might be forth coming

FALSE PRETENCES. ~""""? Charles Simmons -was brought « char~a of obtaining twenty pounds ftS °1 * J. W. Carr on a boat which did ««*• v ,^r to him. not belong Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Kemanded until Monday next Several petty cases were withdraw » This was all the business. ™*'

THE MURDERER SULLIVAN.

ThF West Coast murderer Sullivan as was announced in our Southern tel ' lately, had been pardoned, and was^*1"- 8 way to San Francisco, has been turnp>u ■ in Auckland. The proposal to land sna desperate villain on our neighbours w * doubtedly a cool one, and the" Am V*' Consul naturally took objection to'it^m* passengers by the Mikado also demn 3 against travelling with him, and Cat • Moore therefore cleared him out of the v" ' on arrival in Auckland. We Bincerelv that he had been conveyed as far as Kand and landed there, been placed on desert island, or quietly dropped overboil He has most assuredly no right to be saddlli on Auckland. Sullivan would be af1 exchange for Francs, the Fiji murderer ■Jf was half hung, or for the lunatic Smith' 2 by the Fiji Government to Auckland.' 0 Government could not do better thandeaDaU him thither quietly and then let hiia shift for himself and find some quiet place »]i» he may repent of the unpardonable offence! he has committed against society. Xhein dignation which was expressed at this doubl' dyed villain being saved from the fate of ft' brother murderers will break out with greater intensity at his release. This man ought never to have been set at liberty and an explanation of the reason why he has'been brought here should be exacted of tjm Government. The matter is not likely to rest where it ia. Sullivan was, we believe sent ashore with all his luggage this morn ing, to shift for himself, and he lias been seen about town during the day.

THE MURDERER SULLIVAN AND THE DUNEDIN MERCHANTS.

[By Tctvegraph.]

DUNEDIN,

This day.- N umbers of gentlemen who feel strongly on the subject of Sullivan being" sent to America by the Government, subscribed and sent a cablegram by the Gothenburg, for San Francisco, apprising the Government of that place of the'fact. ]t is generally thought that Sullivan will not be allowed to land after the receipt of the telegram, and it is to be hoped the Go vernment will not allow him to prpieed.

THE LATE GALE.

ANOTHER BODY FOUND.

A BODY, apparently of a yooth, and sup posed to be that of Edward Jones, who" ■•was lost in the Pearl, in the terrible atorm of Saturday, the 7th inst., was discovered yea- i terday evening on the Long Beach, near Takapuna Lake, by Mr Spicer. Information was conveyed as soon as possible to the water police station, and this morning Ser geant Baker went to the spot as directed by ( the informant, but up to the time of bur; going to press, he had not returned. i*

THE S.S. MIKADO.

The interest attaching to the arrival of,, the Mikado—the first of the new trans- > Pacific mail steam liners—warrants us in

giving a somewhat lengthy account of the vessel herself. Some of the particular* we have gathered have not till now been made

public, and may prove interesting to bur readers. The Mikado was built last year

at Glasgow by Messrs Aitken and Manieflfor MrD.R.. M'Gregor, and was intended originally for trading between San Francisco, Yolkk hama, and Hong Kong, in the service rf the Pacific Mail Steamship Company (American).?: She was chartered by this company, and oil her completion was sent to Hong Kong, tHe the port from which she. was to commmoe her traffic. Arrived there a difficulty arose. It appears that a law has existed for some

time in America (without however being! in force) forbidding American mails ,'being'l, carried in foreign bottoms. The Mikado wa;/: rejected on tins score, and was detained two months at Hongkong waiting for & route. It becoming a settled matter that her original contract could not be fulfilled

the offer to engage her in "the mail service frjom .New Zealand and Sydney to S«if, Francisco came in very apropos, anal was accepted at once. It should be men tioned that the Mikado made the voyage out to China in the shortest time on record, the time to Hongkong being thirty-line steaming day a. Her time to other ports w»3 also unprecedented. From Hongkong sh*' sailed for Port Chalmers, a large cargo pre senting itself for that port in addition to 600 Chinese emigrant Coolies, who were seeking;!; means of conveyance to Otago. Thevoy»g« J toDunedin was* characterised by an incident, which does not seem to have gained much"... publicity. One morning, shortly after leaving Hongkong it was found that some ofth« . passenger Coolies had captured one ofithe^J- Chinese stokers, and having chained him;t" J a stanchion were proceeding to torture Win as only tho Chinese knew how. The resolt would have speedily been the man's death. . Fortunately, Messrs Tulloch and Lockhart, the third and fourth officers, heard the wretch's cries, and revolvers in hand ran to , the rescue. No cause conld be assigned |; for their cruelty other than that there is > .*;, standing antipathy between the Coolies^nd I other Chinamen. Up to this time the y^ Chinese had been allowed, to sleep on d«ck j in the hot weather, but afterwards it became . necessary to put some restraint upon them. On the next morning after the outrage the ship's company w.e,re mustered under arms, and two old soldiers who happened to be among & j the crew marched them down into the after | end of the tween decks, where the quarters ~ of the Coolies were. The ringleader of the,: ■ mob was arrested and put in irons, and from that time a guard was kept over the h**^® 1 every night for fear of an outbreak. >ne ; jfi wholesome display of force was, however,- | effectual in keeping the Celestials in order during theremainder of the voyage. Thearnvw/j | of the Mikado at Dunedin, »Dd hermovernqnt? j if since are well known to our readers, and we M will therefore proceed to notice some of tM) | special features of interest about the vessel* - build and appearance. The first point wmon strikes a spectator is her great length, wflicn bears the large proportion to her breadthi or | nearly 11 to J. As loaded at present Wi j Mikado sits very low in the water, and iditiuj > respect presents a very great contrast w c= the Webb line of steamers. The length is a 382 feet, while the breadth of beam is oniy 36 feet. The rig adopted is singular, tnerc being four masts, the two forward nwtu , with square sails and those aft with ipr» m and-aft sails only. There is only one ■1»: || nel or smoke-stack. The saloon, whi<JflJ» 36 feet by 32 feet, is amidships, and w mb« somely decorated with maple •«» PW«g It is furnished very handsoraely v » -H, is supplied with a piano, w«f' nS2gJJ,. . ' library, and other conveniences. i*'« BJ" g j,; . berths are ranged on either side of tlie v»» .

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JC 0 B'OE AY E & CO HAVE JUST RECEIVED PER SUEZ MAIL: 1 case Self-coloured Gros Grains . 1 „ Best Paris Kid Gloves ,n;l ,»- ?,eat Assorted^ Colors.;. :...•,[:> iIOO.. ff A T .gi..;-, vl AT SI .SUMMER HATS . _ ■ A'_T EEDIT CE D Pgßfl CE S. IN [ORDER TO'EFFECT A CLEARANCE RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN: havefdecided to Sell the Balance of their Summer Stock, Children's and Ladles' Straw Hats at g COST PRICE. A^Great Variety to select from. xi HUSHBROOK ftBRIDGI^AN *"' (LATE R. HOBfiS);' E " Wholesale and Retail DftAPsas, Clothiers, &a JUNCTION DRAPERY "WAREHOUSE, (Opposite the Army and Navy Hotel;) "J?per Queen-siiiest, Auckland.



I SAMUEL COOMBES' ADVERT I SEMEN T sth Column, FRON-rJp'itife. tE§'TABLISHED 1864.] DSTEPHENSON k OCX'S [CELEBRATED OOF PEES, ''BfCffißiriON BRAND" v . ''ISAGrE BRAND" "15 ft OWN BR AND," . Are to be procured at all respectable Grocers and Storekeepers throughout the Province of Auck and. D. STEPHENSON & CO. WYNBHAM STREET •Avak l ay n fi A U T [ ON. OLSON'S TOMATO SAUCE. Connoisseurs pronounce this Sauce to be the BEST for general use in households, and, in con sequence of its high reputation, som« unprincipled persons have been induced to Collect Empty Bottles bearing the manufacturer's name stamped thereon, and pass the same off as '* Olson's Universal Tomato Sauce." The proprietor has in consequence caused his TItADE MARK to be Registered under the provisions of the "Trade Marks Act, 1866," and proceedings will be taken against such persons as may forge or counterfeit such mark. The public are cautioned to ASK YOU OLSON'S SAUCE, and see that the name is Stamped on Bottle and stopper, and wrapped round with his well-known abel.