SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

HIGH WATER: This evening, 7.17 j to-maHOW j morning, 7.83 ' SUN-SKC : Thta evening, 4.66; BTJN-3HSB s To- ; morrow morning, 6.56 i MOON'S AGE: New Moon, 16thinstant, 9.56 a.m. :

ARRIVALS.

Rowena, s s., from Russell1 Bella Mary, barque, McArthur, from Hobart Town Briton, barque, Dyson, from Newcastle Annie Lisle, barque, RatcHffe, from Newcastle Clyde, schooner, irom Wangarei Ocean, schooner, from Meicury Bay Albatross, new schooner, from Whangapoa Merlin, schooner, from Russell Fanny Kelly, ketch, from Mercury Bay

DEPARTURES.

Wonga Wonga, s.s./Lake, for Sydney and Melbourne

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Gisborne and Napier—Pretty Jane, s.s., early For Newcastle—Dorette, ship, early Tauranga-^Vincent, cutter Newcastle—lsabella, brig, Monday Southern ports—Wellington, s.s., Sunday, the 17th

instant London—Anazi, barque, early ; Hylton Castle,

barque, early Norfolk Islands—Southern Cross, Mission vessel, shortly

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Hero, s.g., from Sydney, early Sose M., barque, from Oamaru, early , Southern Cros3,, s.s., from England Empreza, barque," from Liverpool. Sailed October 16 Rouparell, ship, from London. Siiled February 19 Pakeha, br:g, from Lyttolton Pretty Jane, s s., from Napier and Gisborne, early Paterson, p.s., from the South, early Huntley Castle, ship, from London. Sailed Feb 21 Mary King, schooner, from Adelaide, early Serene, barque, from Wellington. Sailed 6th instant Augusta, schooner, from Sydney, early Edith, schooner, from South Sea Islands, early Excelsior, schooner, from Dunedin, early Clematis, ketch, from Lyttelton, early Dauntless, schooner, from Lyttelton Charybdis, schooner, from Lyttelton

IMPORTS.

Per Briton from Newcastle: 650 tons coal, Henderson and Macfarlane.

Per Annie Lisle from Newcastle : 423 tons coal, 33£ tons coke, Henderson and Maofar lane.

EXPORTS.

Per Wonga Wonga for Sydney and Mel bourn : For Sydney : 13 boxes tobacco, L. D» Nathan and Co.; 51 balesphormium, J. R. Roberts; 4 bales fungus, Ah Chong; 3 do do, 33 bags do, J. Reid ; 5 cases tomato sauce, H. Olson ; .101 bales pbormium, Ryan,, Bell and Co.'; 13 bundles mouldings, U.S. and Door Company ; 1 case, N.Z. Insurance Company; 20 doors, U.S. and Door Com pany ; 1 tin canister tea, H. M. Jervis ; 4 boxes gold, B.N.Z. ; 1 case plans, 1 case mineral waters, A.H. Board ; 2 bales leather, Ireland Bros>; 1 case sample boots, Lewis Bros, j2O sacks oysters, A. WiHH"; -1 case wine, Blaydes, Evans and Co. ; 10 bags seed, Hurst and Co. ; 16 bales sacks, T. Belcher ; 1 parcel clock dial, A. G. Baitlett; 34 empty cases* R. Arthur. For Melbourne : 1 box furniture, Ivey ; 3 eases plants, R. Baird ; 1 parcel books, Bank of Australasia. For Brisbane : 10 bales phormium, Must and Co. •For Rockhampton : 15 cases tomato sauce, 1 case handbills, H. Olson.—H. H. Jervis, agent. ,

. The A.S.N. Co.'s s.s. Wonga Wonga, Captain T. Lake, left for Sydney aud-Mel bourne at 1 p.in to-day. She took a general export cargo and the following passengers:— Saloon: Mdlles. Clans and Rekel, Signor Cecdbi, Mons. Kekel, Signor Biscaccianti, Messrs Conway, D. G. Murphy, Win. V. Quiggin, John Hay, Mrs Hay, Mr and Mrs Byng, Mr Chillingworth, Capt. McEacbearne, Mr Wm. Eastwood, Mr Jas. Daly, Mr Chas. O'Neil, and 19 in the steerage. The new mission barque Southern Cross took a trip in the harbour at 7 o'clock this morning for the purpose of trying her sails. They appeared to fit well. Her cruise only occupied a little more than an hour. The Screw does not yet work smoothly.

The barque Bella Mary arrived from Hobart Town yesterday evening"with a cargo .of fruit, jams, &c. She left Hobart Town on the 24th of April with light winds from the nerthward, rounded the Pillar at noon on the 25th; thence to the 29th light westerly' winds and calms with a heavy swell from^the S.E. On the 30th the wind set in from the S.E. with terrific squalls and dense-black clouds, accompanied with heavy rains at times. At 10 p.m. hove the ship to under the mizen staysail. The gale continued steady until noon of the 4th of May, when it began to veer to the northward, blowing with the force of a hurricane with "white ■water " all round. Blew the mizen staysail to pieces {immediately bent another, which had not been set five minutes before it was blown to atoms. Got a tarpaulin in the mizen-rigging to keep her to the wind. At 4 a.m. the vessel dipt her bow under water, and carried her jibboom away close to the bowsprit, and also -the starboard cat-head ; had to cut away the whole of the gear to save the bowsprit from gping through the bows. The hurricane-continued until 6 p.m. of the sth, when it began to moderate, and died away with a low declining gale from the N.W.; thence to the Kings light easterly winds with threatening weather. Sighted the Kings at noon on the 12 th, and rounded the North Cape on the same day at 11 p.m. The gale took.place in lat. 35 ° 55 X S., lon. 156 ° 30' E. At the height of the gale the barometer fell to 29.16. From thence to Auckland with light N.E. winds. The Bella Mary brings the following pas- Bengers :—Cabin: Miss Kate Daldy, Miss Lovell; Mr Jno. Ryan, jun. Steerage : T. Salter, Browning, English. A testimonial has been signed by all expressive of their ad miration and gratitude to Captain McArthur for his careful management of the ship during the fearful weather she has encountered. Captain McArthur, of the Bella Mary, re ports having seen a large iron ship with red bottom on the 6th instant in lat. 36° 3' S., long. 158° 27' W. She had her fore, main, i and ■■ mizen-masts carried away, and was labouring heavily. She was apparently bound for Newcastle. Her name could not be made out, nor could any assistance be rendered. The B.s. Murray left Russell at 5.30 p.m. yesterday,, arriving here at 10 o'clock this morning. Passengers—Mr and Mrs Hutchin- Mrs Adamson, Misses Adamson (2). Cargo—ls bags gum, Rolph and Co. ; 13 do do, Goodhue ; 7 do do, Walker ; 1 bdl hides, Ireland ; 2 bags coomeras, McLeod. The barque Briton, Capt. Dyson, arrived last night from Newcastle after a run of 23 days, during which she experienced gales - very similar to that encountered by the Bella Mary. She was hove-to from the 30th ult. till the 3rd, and stood the violence of a , perfect: hurricane splendidly. Sighted the Three Kings on the 11th—weather thick and . squally. Had light winds down the coast. The barque Annie Lislef Captain Eatcliffe, arrived in port from Newcastle last night, having been on her journey 21 days. By the Captain's report we see that she fell in with? weather as bad aa that encountered by the Briton. The Annie Lisle brings a cargo of coals consigned to Messrs Henderson and Macfarlane.

The ketch Fanny Kelly, having been temporarily repaired at Mercury Bay after Btriking on the rocks in that neighbourhood, ■was brought into harbour last night by Capt. Baker and laid alongside the wharf, where she will put out her damaged cargo previous to being taken on to Messrs Henderson and Bpraggon'a slip for a thorough overhaul.

The new schooner Albatross, built and lately launched at Wangapoua by Mr Harris, junr, arrived in harbour this morning early, and anchored off the Breakwater. Mr Bar ber, the builder of the cutter Fanny, has been the directing mind in her construction, and in the Albatross he has turned off a vessel that fully [sustains his reputation. She was launched on the 21st of last month, the occasion being one of holiday making in the district. She-received her name from Miss Harris, the sister of the owner, and daughter of Mr 0. A. Harris, of Auckland. The new vessel is a model of symmetry and grace, and looks a splendid sailer. Her dimensions are as — Length of keel, 74 feet ; length overall, 86 feet; : breadth of beam, 20 feet 3 in. The registered tonnage is tbout 75 tons. She is registered as, a fore-and-aft schooner. She has. the latest improvements ,in her steerage apparatus, and»her masts being wedged with indiaiubber, causes a great decrease of the wear and tear caused by straining. She will be employed by Mi- Harris in the Southern trade.

' The schooner Bonita, which arrived from Mongonui this morning, cleared Cape Brelt yesterday morning, ftnd made a splendid pas sage down the Coast, arriving in harbour at the same time as the Rowena.

The Eowena brought in tow a splendid kauri spar—S4 feet long, and 12 inches square, for part of the keelson of the new steamer, to be built by Messrs Niccol, for the Russell trade.

The ship Jubilee has anchored in the powder ground. She will come up to the wharf at the, beginning of next week. Con signees are requested to pass entries at once. The schooner Bonita has entered inwards in ballast from Mongonui. The schooner Merlin brings 72 tons of coal from Russell.

The schooner Bbenezer has cleared for Wangaroa with a cargo of stores. The cutter Mercury has cleared for Mer cury Bay with a cargo of stores. The brigs Fanny, and Alarm, _ and the barque Fleur de Maurice, are loading timber at Wangaroa i The Rowena passed a topsail schooner beating North, off the Hen and Chickens, at 9 p.m. last night. The brigantine Eliza Mary sailed from Wangaroa for Sydney on Saturday lasb with a cargo of timber. The schooner Mary Melville tailed from Waugaroa for Lyttelton on Wednesday hvst with timber.

The following is a complete list/of the pas sengers by the ship Jubilee: — Cabin: Messrs Brown and Redgrave. Second-class: Messrs F. Noyesj F.'Payne, F. Bnckland, Ja3. Roes, Geo. Woodhead, J. C. Crawford, W. J. Mon roe, and P. O. Hughes.. The s.s Rowena arrived from Russell at 4 a.in to-day, having had a fine run down the coast with winds from the N.E. She brings a small'cargo and the following passengers : —Mr and Mrs Hosg, Messrs Blankhead, Fairbum, Clark, James Macfarlano, Reed, Miss White, Captain Brown, Messrs Elliot, Ford, F. Raekstraw, Miss Robbins, Mr Lock Mr Jamieson, and 10 in the steerage.

PORT OF RUSSELL.

ARRIVALS. . May 14—Eliza Adams, whaling ship, Captain Hammond, from whaling grounds May IG—Milton, whaling ship. Captain Fuller, from a cmise.

DEPARTURES. May 14-Jno. H owland, barque. Captain Clnse, for the whaling grounds.

The Abraham Barker, barque, is lying in the stream and ia expected Jo sail immedi ately. The whaling ship Milton, which arrived on the 15th inst., brought about 70 tons of oil taken during a seven month's cruise. The ship Eliza Adams brings SOO barrels of sperm oil taken since she left Hobart Town four months ago. Her cargo is worth, it is said, close upon £8000.

COMMERCIAL.

At Mr R. Arthur's poultry sale yesterday there was a large supply of fowls and other birds. The prices were : —Fowls, Is to 2s 4d ; Brahmas, 2s Sd to 3s fid ; cochins, 2s 6d ; turkeys, Is 4d to 3s "hI ; duoks, Is 9d to 2s 3d; geese, 2s Gd to 2s lid. At Mr Arthur's Queen-street grocery sale, tea, quaiter-chests.j realised 2s 2d ; rice, 2gd ; dark sugar, 3gd ; pearl barley, 2Jd. Pro visions fetched good average prices. We noticed that Mr Fenton had received a large quantity of country primrose butter.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

M*.nw will Close ah Under :— For Thames, on Monday next, at 10.30 a.m. ami

5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, on Monday next, at 11 30 a.m. . For Russell, Wangaroa, an.'l Mongonui, per itowona,

on Monday next, at 4 p m For Tnurr.nga, Ginborne, Napier and Wellington, per

Murray, on Tuesday next, at 2 p m. For Norfolk Island, per s.s. Southern Cross, to on Tuesday next, at 4 p.m. The Post-office at I'ort Waikato will be re-opened on Ist proximo.

(Pigaed) 8. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

DEATH.

Tucker.- On the 16th insUnt, at his residence, Eden streot. Newton, John Tucker, aged 63 years.

The funeral will leave at half-past three p m to morrow. Filcnds w'll please accept this intimation

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

SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1874.

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

And th« good that we can do

On Monday next will be inaugurated the new system of coastal weather observations determined on by the General Government, by which a continuous interchange of tele graphic signals will bo kept up between the various ports of the Colony and the Central Weather Office at Wellington. To Capt. W. Ellis, harbour master, has'<been assigned the task of taking and reporting the Auckland weather notes (for which, by-the-bye, he receives no extra remuneration). The regular observations are to be taken daily at8.30a.m,, and at nine o'clock each day the instructions enjoin they shall be dispatched by wire to Wellington. They will include height of barometer and thermometer, with direction and force of wind. In addition to these any extraordinary changes or phenomena will have to be immediately telegraphed. For dispatch in wiring these a cypher code has been adopted, copies of which are supplied to every meteorological station. For the storms or cautionary signals in harbour the commercial international code is to bo used. The apparatus for these is not yet arrived, but is expected shortly. Beaufort's scale will be used for denoting the force of the wind and state of the weather. The central weather office is under the superintendence of Commander R. A. Edwin, R.N.. The introduction of such a system of weather records is very much to be commended. There can be no question that many lives and an incalculable amount of property has been saved in England by the timely warning afforded by the Fitzroy code. At the same time Auckland will not derive the same benefit from the system which will be conferred on such ports as Napier, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and others on the direct coast line. Experience proves that the weather here is very little dependent on the weather either to north or south. Nearly all masters of vessels trading on the East Coast can testify to the fact of meeting, as a rule, with an entire change of

wind and leather after rounding the East Cape. Or to take, for instance, the facts known of the weather down South during the last few days. At Napier they "have been flooded out, while the s.s. Wellington, which arrived yesterday from the South, was detained by a gale two days at Wellington, neither of which visitations have been ex perienced here or appear likely to be. Still for all that we doubt not numberless occa sions will occur when the signals will render good service, and wo hail their introduction as a guarantee of the interest; taken by the Government in our commercial marine.

wind and weather alter rounding tne n-aac Cape. Or to take, for instance, the facts known of the weather down South duriitg the last few days. At Napier they have been Hooded out, while the s.s. Wellington, which arrived yesterday from the South, was detained by a gale two days at Wellington, neither of which visitations have been ex perienced here or appear likely to be. Still for all that we doubt not numberless occa sions will occur when the signals will render good service, and wo hail their introduction as a guarantee of the interest taken by the Government in our commercial marine. With reference to Dr. Kidd's letter to the Board of Education, referred to in a sub editorial in our columns yesterday, wo are requested to state that no comuiuiiication passed between Dr. Kidd and the Board previous to their adoption of the arrange ments respecting which the reverend gentle man wrote the letter onfvvhich we commented. Dr Kidd states that Mr Lusk had written to him "that the[.deoision come to by the commit tee was arrived at after a very careful inves tigation of the circumstances of the case; and especially of the results of the evening classes for the past two .years." This letter has been treated by Dr: Kidd as official; but we are informed that Mr, Lusk could only have written privately in reply to some previous .onununication from Dr Kidd to him on the subject. We are also requested to state that the Board have always attributed the small success of the evening classes, when compared wi'h the money expended upon tliom, only to the want of interest among those who were relied upon as probable students. It was on this account and with out the least reflection on the competency of any of the lecturers that the Board pro posedthe recent arrangements when written to by the Chancellor of tho University on tho subject.

Divine services will be held in the follow ing places of worship to-morrow (Sunday):— Newton Kirk (by Rev. Dr. Wallis)—morning, "The Idyll of JRnth ;" evening, " The Mystery of Sin and Suffering." Lome-street Hall (by Rev. SamuelEdger.B. A.)—morning, " Our Children in the Better Land ;" evening, "On Creeds: their use and abuse." City Hall (by iCev. Warlow D:wies) —morning, " Daring to do the Right;" evening, Lecture 2, "Heroes of Faith." Wellesley - Bticet Baptist Church (by P. 11. Cornford, pastor)— morning, "Christ's -Appeal to His Disciples;" evening, "Dress zuid Adornment, "'addreaßwl more particularly to-women. United Metho dist I 1 ree Church —morning and evening at the iisiuil hours ; services conducted by the Rev. (!. 11. Turner. Services at Cook-street Christian Meeting-house, Sheridan-street, and Edwardcs-strecfc placoa of worship ;it 11 and (J o'clock.

Sufferers from coma and bunions, and their name is legion, will have an opportunity of obtaining relief ,at the bands of Mons, S. Jlucif, of Paris, "wlio lififi opened a surgery in Princess-street. We have seen testimonials sevoiiil of them local, in which hia skill is, spoken of in tho highest terms. His charges, moreover, aro exceedingly moderate.

Good Tcmplary seems to be making very considerable progress among the natives. Mr G. B. Do Thierry, P.G.D.R.W..G.T., to whom ha'i been specially entrusted tho duty of enlisting the sympathies of the native race in the movement, has already got tliirty leading natives initiated in tlie Auckland lodges, and ten more have expressed their deeiro to join the sober band, and they will bo admitted to tho brotherhood shortly. Mr Do Thierry ha.B received an invitation to attend the native gathering'at Ohincmuri for the purpose of explaining the principles of tho older. From the preparations that are 2;oing on in shipping rum from Auckland it may be inferred that the natives do not an ticipate any sudden conversion. Neverthe less Mr Do Thierry is determined to attend and sow the good seed, trusting that it will bear fruit in due season.

During the argument of the recent, case of inciting to murder against J. S. Macfiirlane Mr iveca drew attention to the fact that either a great majority of the Auckland jus tices were actually sitting on the Bunch with out authority, or that the Governor had neglected his duty. The 12th section of the Petty Sessions Act, 18(15, provides that if any justice on thu rota shall, except from un avoidable cause, fail to attend two sittings of the Potty Session's Court in any current year, he shall be removed by the Governor from the commission of the peace, and shall be in elegible to hold the commisaion of the peace again for twelve months after such removal. Mr Kees further stated that both gentlemen (then on tho Bench) were in the category of defaulting justices, and wished to know whether the Governor had enforced the stringent clause of the Act. . Of course the Governor could not comply with the Act until the Colonial Secretary drew his attention to it. It is said the proper returns have been sent to the ministry by the Clerk of the Court properly verified as tho Act requires.

Preparations are now being made for a great native meeting at the Upper Thames to consider the land question. A number of natives chartered a cutter in Auckland yes terday, and loaded it with tea, sugar, and rum. The meeting will be attended by na tives belonging to the Ngatimaru, Ngatite matera, Paterkii ikiri, Ngatiporou, the Piako, and Ohinemuri native. Te Hira is also ex pected. The old chief is understood to be very wrath at the sale of ISOO acres of spo cial land to Mr Young, and says he will disown the Hauhaus, who threaten in retain to throw all their lands open for lease. The forthcoming meeting will probably deter mine the Upper Thames land question.

In the Wanganui Police Courb Johanna Whelan, a Woodlark immigrant, was charged with begging for penuies and sixpences on the Quay to enable her to gratify her crav ings " for a drop of the cratur'." The E.M. enlarged very considerably on "the charge, stating that if the prisoner was a sample of the immigrants sent out tho present scheme would be cursa to the colony. Sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labor.

A correspondent writes ua respecting the goat nuisance. He resides in Cook-street, and has had his (lower garden twice devas tated by an animal which is allowed to roam about. Mr Mulville had better pay the locality a visit. To the Editor : Sir, —In common with many others I have to protest against the frivolous and annoying objections which have been lodged by emissaries and others of the Good Templar organisation. In my own case the "objector"—one Thomas* William Seaman—must or ought to have known that his objection to the following was "false :— " Freehold, lota 34^ 35, «6, 37, 38, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 79, SO, 81,-82, S3, and 84, of allotment No. 26 of subdivision of section No. 1, parish of Takapuna, county of Eden, sold. Objected to by Thomas William Sea man, an elector." At any rate I have now in my possession the deeds of the above pro perties, and I think the law is defective in not having made the lodging of " objections" of a known frivoulous character, punishable. Yours, &c, John Sceats. To tha Editor : Sir, —Will you please di rect the attention of the Board, of Health to the brewery on the New North Eoad, as waste is discharged into a basin from which it can only escape by percolation Or evapora tion. The stench from it is abominable, and is dealing out yours, etc., Typhoid...

A libel case has disturbed the equanimity of the people of Taranaki, but it did not reach the Court for trial. In discharging the recog nizances of the defendant Whitcombe, Mr Justice Richmond observed:—" I know but little of this case, but if the aggrieved parties are satisfied I think the public have nothing further to do with the matter. With regard to affairs of this kind it is necessary to draw a line between statements of fact and those of opinion. There is no necessity being ' mealy-mouthed in the expressions of opinion regarding public men. A spade may be called a spade if it is likely to betray trust reposed on it ; but let there be no statement of matters that have not really occurred." There will be servics to-morrow in the Presbyterian Church, North Shore. Subject:; "Simeon coutiuued." j We learu'Jthat Doctors Philson and Ellis performed a r very successful operation on Mr j Albert Griffiths, of the Itoyal Mail Hotel, | by amputating the fore ringer of his right hand. The patient is now doing well. Mr G. W. '.Elliott telegraphs to Auckland from Dnnodin that the Shotover min»o is look- j ing splendid, and there h groat excitement in consequence. The Claus-Bekel Company left for Sydney by the s.s. Wonga Wonga to-day after a very successful season in Auckland, considering i the many counter attractions during their stay. The entertainment is one which will ■ always secure admirers from- amongst the cultivated rather than from the misses. Signor Biscaccianti, the director, has gained new laurels as a manager by the arrange ments for the tour through the colony. In these he has been greatly assisted by Mr i Conway, the agent, who has won golden; opin^ous from all with whom ho has had dealings in his business capacity. To these gentlemen ia greatly due the success that has attended the visit of the Company. - At the Provincial Council yesterday, in reply to Mr -Gheeseman, fchc Provincial Secretary said the question of dealing with toll-gates would be,submitted to the Council by message from the Superintendent onTues-, day. In reply to Mr Brown, Mr Sheehan said that in consequence of the private land purchases at the Uppe r Thames the General Government bad been urged to place the district under the Immigration and Public Woiks Act, so reserving to the Government the preemptive right to purchase from the natives. A return o f lands available for Volunteer land scrip shewed 20.57R acres so open in the Waikato district. The I[k'hways Act was read a second time. Mr Sheehan stated that the exemptions from payment under the Education Act amounted to 49G, The Provincial Treasurer intimated that ho would make his financial statement next week. A meeting' of the members of the Auck land Teachers' Association was held this afternoon in Mr Eraser's High School, Sy monds-Btrcefc, the ltev. Dr. Robert Kidd in the chair. The meeting was not numer ously attended, and after some preliminary remarks on the proposed discussion on the new Education Dill, which it was not deemed advisable to pursue at the present moment, Mr. Martin, of Graf ton1 Road, introduced the resolution, which was seconded ].y Mr Eraser, and with a slight alteration made at the suggestion of Mr3 George waß carried unanimously as follows : —"That tho Teacher^' Association desires to acknowledge its obligations to the Super intendent and the Executive for their recog nition of the principle of the appointment and payment af teachers.by a central autho rity ; also (at the suggestion of Mrs George) for tliC recommendation <>f the establishment of High Spools." Mr Watkin Edwards then proceeded to read hia papM on the " Train- I ing of Pupil Teachers."

THRILLING-SCENE FROM LIFE.

Northern Crescent Office, Queen street, 5 p.m. Present :—Mr. Unfortunate —sitting at a table holding a pen and " leaning is 'cad on 'is 'and" (quotation" from an unpublished poem, " 'Aunts and ' v Omes of 'Appy Mfarts," by'Or Trumpet.) Unfortunate (soliloquises) : Mow shall I go on with this confounded article? I shall have both Seer and tho Star jumping on me. I wish the House were sitting, or that I was nn Immigration Agent, as Vogel pro mised, or . Enter Mac. . Mac : How is the aiticle getting on ? Unfortunate : I'm d<iad beat, Mac. Mac : Dead beat! This is domnable. Unfortunate': What shall Ido ? I think I shall go mad, Here's a precious mess—all in it. Vogel, the Juries, the Justices, the Crescent. I'll send for Vogel, I'll Mac : Don't fash yourself mun. Here's a pack o' cairds. Send for Captain Reeves and Blouse. (Calls). Hi ! boy. Enter lot/. Mac : Just see if you can find Captain Reeves, and tell-my friend Blouse I want him. Exit hoii. — Enter Mr Deerland. Mr Deerland : Halloo ! What's up ? Cards already ! Wiat's your little game ? Unfortunate : Oh ! Get out ! Geb out J I'll , take strychnine, or a dose of— Mac : Hob toddy. Come on 4 bring the cards, we'll off.. (Holding up his hands), Isn't this domnable ! Deerlaud : By-the-bye, how did Seer gob scent of our buying the native land ? Has he been trying the spirit rapping 1 Mac : D—n the spirits. I'm off for some spirits and water. Exit Mac. Unforbunate: Go away, Deerland, for Heaven's sake ? Deer : There's no such place. Unfortunate : You'll drive me staring mad. Go away do. Oh ! this cur3od article. [Door opens quickly ; re-enters Mac in a hurry,] Mac : Oh ! this is d ble. Chorus : What's the matter ? Mac : There's Cliff coming up the stairs ; give me the poker. Cliff's got a revolver, and that scoundrel Seer's clerk is behind him with a fistful of writs. Shut the door. Look out. [Door is burst open. Enter Cliff with a revolver in ono hand and an open paper in the other.] • '. *, Ciiff: Where's Jai S. Mr Deerland raps tho table for the spirits peremptorily. He and Unfortunate disap pear in the custody of four very strong spirits. Mac (from under the tabls) : This is d ble. Cliff: I hear him speaking. I'm all right. I've gob Seer's guarantee to get me off before a jury. Mac (sotto voce) : Oh !' This is ; but if he is going to shoot I'd betber not use bad , language. I think I'll repent. • I (Curtain fall's.) j

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

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

DRUNKENNESS,

A young woman who has frequently ap peared in Court upon chai-ges of drunkenness was again brought up on the same chargej and fined 103 and costs. HEIGH O ! AND- CRACK GOES THE WHIP ! " William Henry Finne was charged >with furiously driving a buggy and pair of horses in Symonds-street on the 14th inst., to the danger of Her Majesty's subjects.

Mr Broham gave evidence in this case, and satisfactorily proved the charge, which de fendant did not deny. ?r It appeared that Mr Finne was a young gentleman of means, residing at the Thames, and had come to Auckland for a bit of a sprees and consequently he hired a buggie and pair. He was rattling away at the rate of fourteen miles an hour, and, inspired by bold John Barleycorn, was singing "Heigh. 0 !" and cracking his whip in glorious style His Worship remarked that such" things I must not be, and if young men would go out and drive about in such a furious manner they must pay dearly for it. Defendant must pny £5 and costs. Mr Maurice O'Sullivan appeared in an : ■ swer to a summons charging him with sup plying alcoholic liquors to one Lizzie Olding ! on Sunday last. \ Mr Kissling appeared for Mr O'Sullivan, and pleaded not guilty. He also asked for a remand until Monday, when he would be prepared with rebutting evidence. His Worship said the case had better be remanded for a week, as Monday he expected would he a busy day', ami he would bo away at the Thames. The case was therefore remanded for a week. LUNACY. A poor man named William Lloyd was charged with being of unsound mind, and, upon the evidence of Dr. Daw. son and Dr. Lee, was committed to the Lunatic Asylum. This was all the business.

SONGS OF SCOTLAND.

Tjte echoes of the songs of merry Scot land were again heard by music-loving hundreds last evening,' in the City Hall, and were as on the preceding nights given with that peculiar richness and power which helong to the gifted Kennedy family. The first part was executed with his wonted fidelity by Mr Kennedy, with pianoforte accompaniments by Miss Helen. The ballads of this part, of tho programme were from the lesser hards of Scotland, which Robert Chambers sketched with his judicious pen, such as "0, why left I my haihe," by Robert Gilfillnn, and the famous "Jock o' Hiizoldean," from the muse of Sir Walter Scott. "Jennie's Bawbee," f com the little brochure of Alexander Bo3well, gzandfson of the renowned Jamie, who wrote the best biography in the language—that of Dr John son—Was given in frue character. The sweetly plaintive song by Prof sssor Aytoim "Annie's Tryste," was rendered with much feeling. In this little song, which abounds in the poetry of pious feeling, the lover is made to speak of the bounie braes and the- beau ties of nature with the sunset upon the mountains and trees, and desires Annie to meet him at tho sacred trysting tree, but Annie is passing from the scenes of nature to tho?p of the immoital world, and she tells her lover that fche is dying : — I dauma tryste wi' you, Willie, I datirna tryste ye here ; But we'll Jiaud our Uysto in heaven, Willie, In the spring tirnfi o' tho year. This tender effusion was sung with that pe culiar tenderness and softness of tone which the ballad requires for true effect. "Bonnie Prince Charlie " was of a different type, and fully expressive of that deathless regard which Scotchmen of the olden time held for the pleasant, round-faced Charlie. Every Scotch dame and lassie in those days sang the praise of the prince. " Come live with me and bo my love/ from one of our old English poets, was well executed by the com pany. The beautiful elegy, by William ColHtik, tho Sussex poet, wa3~lost to the audience owing to the overlaying of the voice.". We find fault with Webbe's music to this, one of the sweetest and most poetic gems in the ran,£e of British poesy. " Draw the Sword, Scotland " was well sung by Mr. K'obert in-the face of a cauld. Misa Helen's rendering of Tannahill's "Bonnie Wood o' CraiuioLea" wasdelightful; andthe " Waggin' o' oor Dog's Tail," by the late Dr. Norman McLeod, was a capital satire on the Dar wininn theory of the origin of species. The glee " With Sighs, Sweet Rose." was well and gratefully received.' But the great effort of the evening was Tarn o' Shanter, by Burns. The due recitation of " Tarn o' Shanter," with its serious, reflective passages and sud den bursts of merriment, requires great exertion, and we do not pause in cfSrming that Mr Kennedy performed that wonder fully weird, occasionally pathetic poem, with a power and appreciation which every true Scot in that large assemblage immediately recognised. " Tarn o' Shanter" is the story of a Carrick farmer who went for ordinary business to Ayr market and got "fou," and in that state rode home through the tempest on his mare Maggie by " Alloway's auld haunted kirk," and. then we have pictured the witches and warlocks and the superstitions of Scotland as were credited by Scotsmen in the last century. Never in any other form were such discordant scenes presented in such rapid transitions, and in so few words, and yet ■with such perfect delineation. The opening four lines give a most graphic view of a market town late in the evening, and how vividly is the auld Scotch dame, watching for Tarn's footsteps, brought before us. So true is the picture that in imagination we see her by her am fireside " gathering her brows like gathering storm, nursing her wrath to keep it; warm ;" and the portrait of Tarn is true to history, but a portrait which is fading happily from the, hills and glens of Scotland. The roaring of the tempest is described in a manner which none could depict save a poet of the divine order, and its awfulness i 3 heightened by connecting it with the mys tery of the evil. At the spirited address to John Barleycorn we noticed several Good Templars turn pale, and one exclaimed "how shocking !" without considering that this poem is one of the most striking protests against intemperance that was ever penned. We need not go farther into the peculiarities of Tarn O'Shanter, but simply remark that Mr Kennedy is the best interpreter of the poem that we have yet heard ; and at the close of the recital it is probable that some young man felt the force of the moral— ' Whene'er to.drink you are inclined, Or cutty sarSs-vun ia your mind. Think ye may buy the joys o'er dear, . Eemember Tarn O'Shanter's mare. The entertainment concluded with Scotland's national song, "Auld Lang Syne." A change of programme will be made this evening, and among other things the story of the " Musi cal Minister" will be told in Mr Kennedy's own humorous style.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

The theatre was well filled last evening, and "Ixion" and " The Rough Diamond " were received with acclamations of pleasure. The varioias characters were faithfully and vigor ously sustained by the goodly company of performers. We notice that the programme for this evening is of a very choice descrip tion, and includes Tom Taylor's " Ticket-of- Leave Man," which had a run of 453 nights at the Olympic, Theatre, London.. We have no doubt bat that it will be successfully presented to - night at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The play, wiitben by the beat living dramatic writer of the age, is lively and interesting, and truly points a "mpral and adorns a tale," and was not without its due influence on the public mind. We notice that Miss Stephenson will represent May Edwards, Mr Collier,

Bob Brierly, for which that bp^T^~ eminently fitted. Miss Mly Eg**Y) appear as Saw, Mrs Searle J i?*l*/ longhby, and Mr South, asHawu" M detect ye. We notice' that tWs dramatic company will close thier Zl*ni ments this evening. , r^nain.

SMITH'S ENGLISH AND CONTI NENTAL COMBINATION.

Tins company will open on Montfav «„ ■ next at the Prince of Wales TheaU "? the management of Mr John Smith V*' ably known throughout the colonies vS* greatest speculating manager in th& , c sion. The last venture of proceeding ilv land and engaging a full'coinpauy coirC 7' variety arti 3 ts appears to have beenveT ccssful from the tone of the mZ v Smith's idea of catering for the public ' 7" give novelty, and as the Age in Melbnn remarked, hearing unfavourable retorts * our Collins-street contemporary of the <m* of Mr bmibh's new company we werpin,,v, to think he had made a mistake, bnt2u in c(Mr Smith had never made one whilecaW forthe public, we cameto the conclasion'to our own judgments, and proceeded to ft Princess Theatre, which we found ful] J'-j 0 the ominous card hanging over the'tu! offices ' standing room' only shewed nsplay we were right in one- respect of the public' belief in the new Company. Of the various artists commend ns to Airec', theaerovolanti aa lie is termer!. This petite athletar ig |S most beautifully formed model we have ever sren, and his performances on the hi s h swinging bar is one of he greatest sensation acts ever witnessed. Air3c stands alone in his peculiar art, and since Ms advent in the business he is the only artist that at tempts this" hazardous and break-neck per formance in consequence of its dangerous tendency. Val Vose, in close proximity to Valentine Vox, is a ventriloquist, and I must say the only real one we have ever seen in Melbourne. This young man, pog. sossiug a most gentlemanly apfjearanee, and very unassuming in his manners, kept the audience . iri good humour for thirty-five minutes. His random sayings with his quaint old friends, two mechanical figures, an old man and woman was the height ofjlhsion, and created sreat merriment, while his chorus of " Father come Homo "in five different voices hi various ' parts • of the Theatre was something wonderful; The Da Castro .family, a troupe of carpet tumblers (consisting of three children, the father, and the mother), were regarded by the audience a'j something above the com i moa order in this style of performance, We have, seen the Carlos, who certainly were the bcr.t at the time we had ever seen, but while witnessing the De Castro's feats we ex claimed, " Can it be possible that child ren are taking - the place of men in this style of performance, and surpas sing them." Young England is bat nine ye.ii' 3 old, the recipient of several medals and is a prodigy of acrobatic and gymnastic skill. Mr A. St. Vincent and Mdlle. Mootebello, gas light swells, were ex tremely clever in hitting the absurdities of lawdy-dawdy life, and appeared to_£[ive great satisfaction to the immense audience. Some of the minor performances were tetter than,usuallv witnessed at entertainments of this kind, "and Mr Smith's company, taken asa whole, is light, pleasing, and varied, and a great success.

DEPUTATIONS TO THE SUPERINTEN DENT.

A deputation to his Honor the Superinten dent from the members of the Highway Boards of SfcokeV Point and Takapnnadis tiiuts was received this afternoon. The deputation consistedof Mr Stakes (chairman of the Stokes' Point Board), -Mr A. leil (chairman of the Takapuna Lake Board), and Messrs. Hawkins and Seaman. The business of tlie deputation was the eefag of those districts represented, if possible, on the Harbour Board by the Chairmen of the Highway Boards. Mr. Seaman stated that both districts have_two wharves and a ferry service, and the desire of the'settlers-was that the chairmen of the two Boards should have a seat each at tne Harbour Board to represent their interest, .as well as the districts of Devonport, Parnell,. and Dedwood. Mr Staines said that btotts Point possessed one of the largest se» frontages on the Nor bh Shore. Mr Reed ex plained the circumstances and PurP°" °' the request: Mr Beveridge remarked tM in order to satisfy them the pre» constitution of the Harbour-^ would have to be altered.. Mr Sheehan suggested that the districts, should be jo amalgamated as to r»ed but one rqpnjjj tive. He thought by so doing they w™ be more likely to gain their pom*. Honor told the deputatiort that;«*»£ take the initiative by putting ttg*^ into writing, and they would _ receive attention. The deputation tbanfcea "» Honor and withdrew. ,/ mjg. A deputation of two members of tne x rangi Highway Board also waited upon HoSor, fsking that 3 deviafapn njf" made from the orginal plan ot tneiw 1 sing through the land of Mrs Bishop, « district. His Honor having hearfgij marks of the members oßhe Board » should receive immediate attention, «» submitted to. the legal advser.

THE AUCKLAND CRICKET CLUB.

By Chanticleer.

This Club, which has t^/f^fi position as the MetropoWan .<M> province, was formed in October J* in pursuance of resolutions ' R««JJ£, Hotel, ingof cricketers held at. *« Xgflag* Auckland. His Excellency Sir Jag « rf son was requested to become JJ»w .^ Club, Sir Qeo. A. Meyt»J lf and F. D. Fenton and Jam* vice-presidents; Mr H.._*• 0 .])»Yie» elected hon. secretary, Mr "i* ■ acoin treasurer, and the following gpw™ mittee-Messrs James Russell, Joseph Bennett,-W^ m dj V. E. Eice, and W. T. J. f^fa £ numbers about one snß^jS«snß^jS« the first meeting a code of rnies and ordered to.be printed apas^^ the members ; the annual fixed at one guinea for tpwn mj 1 Jj guinea for country >»^>J entrance-fee in the case oi» .^^, of one guinea. The nfteenth i g 1373 was fixed as the op Great exertions were n>^ «J the occasion a .success, J e jjtallftj . mitiea were backed up M* several of the leading ge^J; prf rf £ who contributed the $££&s*& expenses of the day. ffi^J Son were induced to oi t^*^ on the yet unopened tiffi^ the. Auckland to *c S & passenger train ccoi&PS>^ large concourse of peop*^Utyrt'Jf f t4 which parsed manner, and J& S# joyable day being sp^ #».»&»■ Club's Grand Stand.

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