SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

! ■ -.-''■ • tidt w«ita#, 8,15; to-taoti<yw M%a*A^. ■■-'■ ■■■ .TMayrir.vs; DJEP'ASTUSJIfa ■:.'-■'■■ B"jvgr rcljcwor, ?"•■ !'■.■',■-tv '■ '•.-.: -vti V'4tf Cv.iSi .; Chsn-l/clis --l >o-- for Ciiipars iiomtte 3dfca&S»»ij ijltwe'.ft-, y.Sfi fc" tsWrHostfe- ■ • - ■■ ■ Bio Lbge, SjHj, |ot fc < /" ••,~.ao; ---,*nJfor .Sydney—-Hero, |!,s., 29th;,, Wgiga; Wonga, s.s., early " i f Por EarotoDga—Edith, schooner, "Wednesday j For San JFrancisco—Macgregor, 5.8.. (Mail), 30th i*- * g Por, Chatham Islands—Magellan Cloud, brifr^^g' early ""■ ' ■' For Pnnediyi—Zealandia, ship, and ralc^j n barauen tine, early1«H ..! X., ' v P-V A (T S '""" .''» 7- ■• '•" -'' "!7 T 51 (i ■'[ i ■

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. m&gi<%ot; s.s, Mom; Sydney, about :the SOth Instant Wonga Wonga, «;s ij!from S y dne y, early City of Blelbpnrje^ Si g. (inward' Frisco Mail), early Blackbird s.?,^ Sydney, early . - ; Papua, sci'jone^ from Karotonga ' ' ;; a \ w ' I""* 06 ', schooner, from liefaka , *™,v;'fOve, batqio, from Nie-woastle, early ou them Cross, Mission schooner, fr6m South Sea Islands, early Edith Tttose, tjarque, from New York; sailed So^t.; 10 »tanle.y Castle, barque, from London ; Bailed 9th July Hytfaspes, ship, from London ;" sailed August 8 As'iaye, ship, from London-; sailed August >Vaitangi, ship, from London ; sailed August 1 ■Dauntless (Hawaiian schooner), from New Caledonia, eprly , f, • , " iHidcola, barqiie/f tbm San EVanoisco ; sailed Sept. 10 !!«kpid6, Barque, from New'Y f ork,7ia Adelaide, loading Dauntless, topsail, schooner, from New/Caledonia, ■ 'eaTly1:; ■ ; ; ■ ■ -'\j •'■■ r_■-,-' .;* '™*% .nirt, brigantine, frprri Oatnaru, early ~ ~ I ' Bella Mary," barque; from Hobart Town, early' , ; Chanticleer, brig, from Hobait Town, early - Glimpse, barqjie, from Newcastle, early , Kohinoor, barque, from Newcastle; sailed October11C Elm Grove, barque/f rom Newcastle; sailed October^ 16 Suropa, barque,1 from Sydney, early ■ Helen Malcolm, bfque.from Sydney, early ; ■,; Asaaye, Bhip, f ram London; sailed September 3 > lady Jocelyn, ship, frqm London; sailed August 19 j Olenora, ship, from London'; sailed August i 9 Star of the South, s. s., from Levuka, early Pacific, schooner, from Samoa) early . , , v. Kenilworth, schooner, from Samoa, early i

i« ;--'- The ketch-Pearl, Captain Pennell, arrived from Levuka yesterday with a cargo iof maize, &c. She left port on the 6th, a,nd experienced light S.S.W.! and S.E. winds during'the passage. The brig Rio Loge. sailed for, the -Thames at seven o'clock this morning. -pjQor attention, .has been ,called, to'an error '"'made by iis yesterday in publishing the g of the, snip Hyiiaspes, 115 catees "being mentioned as consigned to W. Philson and Go,, instead, of, W. Phillips and Son. Theibrigantine Hannah Bloomfield sailed 'A >j from Kaipara for Dunedinon tie 21st inst. ■ The s.s. Oyphrenes called at Leyukaj en iroiitefbr San'^r^ncisco on the 3rd October, landing 1.0 passengers and 40 tons of cargo, , besides despatches for Sir ,Herqnles Eqbinson. The schooner .being built by Messrs Niccol and Son for Captain Lewis is to be?launched next spring tides. The standing rigging, iJ.j.^whloh m&H expected rby the ; Zealandia,' lias arrayed,l and with tha' vessel's spars will; be Bet up/beforetbe launch: 'The schooner has r a heenMileasnredj. and'is found to registerj 7^ ions.. ~ . ' ■^;-; '. . %I ' Jl'ril A brig^is signalled as w6l go i^ pYesa ■ The brig Albion, wV e n has been'under r^-gojng anextensivq yep a i r on-Messrs Niccol -1: i. and: Sons elipj after stranding at Saukapa-' iapa, is !to be' lauhctied on Thursday or ■if Friday. Although on .Messrs ; Niccol's slip v , J :tne,ves^el,;has been repaired ( by Mr Ross, ijq d "who bought her after higr accident. Her

'coppering is'nbw just upon completed.,/ She , ' f 'has had f a rieWiand strong main keelson fixed ■•.;: -and a new, .bilge keelson, also new watsr r . v, • 'vays, Btringers, and decks; Her. new, owner is; confident.pf.getting several years ~-' good wear out of the vessel yet. If he does i his bargain will-be a profitable one in/spite of i:i: the hfeavy-exipense he has^gpne to over her, , The barque Ferndale is getting on with her unloading.: She will be the next ship for '^London/ ''/,.'.;,';, ;",' i; ';■ * ' V,. ii-v' ; The Charybdis,, schoGnerV after, being . . windbound for nearly, two'months, crossed ■ |:: the./.-Manukatf bar at' half-past qua to-day, ;;; 'Bound to Kaipara.,; ..;,.., »; V ,%\ . ; ;, The^seh^ooner Swallow cleared out to-day for Tairu^ with a general cargo shipped by ;:.:^t-}'W< Waller.;:.' ™ *W» :;:, : ... • ! " , : r .The jschbpner, Rover*.pa;ied this afternoon for Poverty Bay and the.East .Coast. She , ; has 13 tons of; cpal onboard shipped by the •'!iis *8^» Niccpl, r and;in addition, '•■ a'general cargo shipped by various firms. . ~ • | The screw schooffer Emu, which was dis masted off Cape Ttirn,again on the 12th insj;.,-, arrived this afternoon at ■fchree p'plock, from ■• iTap^ier. 'She presented a singular appear ance.as she came up theWhar&our' with !her stumpy jury-rig. Probably thinking it was possible that y in her, altered gui^e.ohis vesgej.. niigtit not "be recbgnised, <oaptain Baker Hew" ?■ r~his -number -at -the -mainmast head; or what, was doing duty-as, such. Full particular^ nof; - -the disaster have already been received; by" or telegraph and,- published/! The "L Emu I left5 s. iiNapier on the 23rd instant, usmq I ■

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails -will Close as follows :— For Thimea, to-morrow, at 10.30 a.tn. and 5.30 p.m. for Cororaandel, to-mo-.ow, at 11 30 a m. For Taranakl and Southern provinces, per Phoebe, on Thursday, 29th instant, at Bairn. For the-Australian Colonies, per Hero, on Thursday, 29th instant, at 1 p.m. For the undermentioned places per s.s. Macgregor, on VrM.tr. 3Hb instant, as under . — For Fiji, Sandwich Islands, United States' of America, British and Foreign West India*, I Canada, British Columbia, Central and South < , America, at 12.30 p m. •For thd United Kingdom and Continent: of Europe, at 12 30 p.m. Frr mdney ordersj registered letters, and news papers, at 11 a.m. ■ Late letters bearing an extra fee of Od in addition ' ■ to- the postage, wiil be receiverl by the Mail Agent on board the sleimor up to time of sailing. For Chataam Islands, per Magellan Cloud, on Satur day, 31st instant, .at.ll a.m. Malls for' Australian' Colonies, via' Melbomje, close per Albion at Hokitika, at 9 a.m. to-mo-ow. ' ] ~i it i *! Si B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Finney— it her residence, E^en-street, Newton, the wife of T. Firiney, of a daughter (prematurely.)

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

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1574.

♦ — - for the cause that lacks assistance, ■./.. { ... or the wrong that needs jesistaßOCb / ■ ■ or th» future in the .Ustance, ' ' Aai tbt g»od that ye can da.

The public mind is singularly directed at the present time in England to Job® of 1 the ..queerest; .social,,; questions that fhas vexed nublic. opinion ..,for many a day. It is whether the elements bi the bodies of the dead should be dissolved in jfire,, or, , the .^bodies,, .sh.guld, ..be , given to! be 1 fcixe food' of worms, arid be separated into their elemental/ h'on&iibie&foi through the slower process of corruption. We believe that: the public, " wH?. f 'rjSflUife gL long j^ime r they j are1"" educated up ffom ; tr. primevaln 1 bull agQQjan^ fwi prejudices 'ib appreciat^ana'pradtice jthe new systeit; of? crematioh;Cft But thefe^s^,a minor ques tion relating to the .same sad subject thaj; has, %tecent^]begun" ) to at^ra^t "pon'siderable atten-; tion at home, and now in the "neighbour ing^ cplpniesj "w^ipH"really .."d°ea.'". pe^evv c %e^ notice-'of^tblc^e'Wo wisrf^t^itv-elfaVeh pfjt^r f/^hejSubjegt'pf this agita tion is funeral reform^ and the intention of its promoters is to so turn the direction; lofi^ubliCuCiastom! t that iit wjlb no dongar be esteemed a compl;ment to the dead for the living relatives'-to1 -impoverished byHhSc 'fe^elißive fJaM;^ that ueuaiiy 8 charjact^ris^es conveyance of the de;id to burials are few who have not become aware of msJWGQS xn,^hich the pover^ oi^ a bereaved family has been made jm_pjcp. t p^tinfufbystheexp&Sealncurr^iii deference ; ' to ¥^I(3:ciis'^m 1" M! 'th'e |:p^irpoße of paying "th¥ lakb " tFiGute^T^pf- reipeit"td ra""beloved relative. .No"one' would nAiutain_that .iany^ jbenefit is,bestowed on th© departed^ 08 that pany:compliment' or-^honor is conferred JifelessL J?layi_ _buti 'inexbrable oustom!- b.a,a imposed.^ they, usage, i and ;»-family doeao'not. : conform :to it feels that ]$'' 'wilt1 be'looked on as wanting Ja '}' affectiPn for "thi dead, and there is a kind of in%aj<jl cpneciousness of positiv e neglect. The expensiveness of hearse

and mourning coaches, and hat-bands« and scarfs, and gloves, ia not the only evil assailed by those who are thus endeavour ing to liberate those of straitened means from the slavery of custom. But the crusade is also against the system of wearing? rr - for months after a death s»~ * §. _ -u.yar^s^| of the sorrow w NI * . —» sJie outward sign respect i° - -«uin. The custdol in tfejl Jt, ... equally indefensible,,and "especial^ v a climate like our own, where in the heat of summer these " habiliments of woe" become at times almost unendalfabiei and in many cases most injurious to health.':.lt.is only custom that demands such a sacrifice, and we are confident that if the dead could speak on the subject it would be to plead with relatives to not make poverty more painful, or themselves uncomfortable, by con forming to such a meaningless usage.. .-The folly of the custom of wearing mourning is often plainly enough apparent/if we take the trouble of observing a ".mourne'*.'' How many a time have.we seen a man with a broad band round his :hat the jolliest of his l^Xoi^ai companions ; and how often haVe we seen the pretty face in weeds fairly radiant with smiles, , aa.d the, waves of crepe quivering tyith irrepressible laughter. We do not say that either jollity, smiles, or laughter is wrong. But (.he wear, mg of the outward symbols of sorrow in such circumstances is simply mockery of the dead, for which stupid custom is alone res ponsible. We observe that at & repe|n t public meeting held at. Adelaide ioi ■promoting funeral s-eform there were present not only clergymen and the lead ing public men, but the undertakers themselves, with rare disinterestedness, attended, and" gave their sympathy to; a movement the sole object of which ia jtd relieve the poor from, the slavery of an oppressive custom. Several gentlemen present stated the amount beyond which they had expressly arranged that their own funeral expenses should not go; and had generally prescribed the details of their obse quies: The movement iscertainly aquaintone, but it is one of genuine benevolence. If any benefit either to the departed or to society accrued from the existing custom it might be -defensible, but' when we must admit that it is simply arbitrary end purposeless, *] " needlessly expensive, we cod"-' , , "^ God speed the refo'- m but msh " fitness of A' • -xin' To s Peak of the ; 0 1 f v . -nlngs" as an argument in favdur -»je retention of our funeral and mourning usages is simply coming round again to custom, for there is no more of the. " fitness of things" in black plumes and hatbands and crepe than there is in sticking feathersiin the hair, or cutting one's self with stono3, or rending the garments, or wearing white, which was once the symbol of woe. Itiis really to be hoped that the movement towaids funeral and mourning reform which, origina ting in Fngland, is now spreading rapidly over Australia, will extend to New Zealand ; and that we shall sec it no longer demanded by -'nexorable custom, as we often see it> that the scanty means of the survivor shall be farther impoverished when death has removed the breadwinner; or that the small pittance which should have put bread into children's mouths must be sacrificed, not at the shrine of affection and grief, but as an offering to the gossips of society.

In our telegraphic columns will be found a synopsis of the second half-yearly report of tho National Insurance Company. This in stitution ha,s really burst into prominence, and such a report as that submitted at the close of one year's operation is a subject that should give gratification not only to share" holders but to every good colonist of New Zealand. After meeting losses and the unusual expenses incident to the starting of such an enterprise, and after making liberal provision for a reserve fund, this younf» but sturdy institution hands ten per cent on the paid-up capital to its owners. There, "were those who feared at the starting of the South .British that there was no room for such an enterprise. Yet not only has that company been eminently successful, and been followed by the National, whose great prosperity jwe record to-day, and the "Standard" following in the same path, but we see that; the "New Zealand Insurance Company," to which all these were thought to be rivals? qbritinucs tosh qw " a vigour and,prosperity never surpassed by it in what were thought to'be its palmier days,. ; ere South British, National or Standard appeared on the scene. Fire insurance enterprise could no doubt, be overdone, but there cannot be a doub^t that at the present hour it exhibits a hjjalthy soundness that reflects credit in the highest degree on the commercial acumen of I the promoters and conductors.

a vWle. take ifc as indicativej of the intention to open up the railway line to traffieaa speedily as possible when we see the notice in |our advekfcismg columns with reference to,waypide stations., Tenders, are called for six of these, extending on to Mercer, and we trust that similar foresight will characterise future proceedings, so that we may have hp!nWe of those tantalising hitches which have attended the opening of sections heretofore. , We-are glad to see the improvements being made in^Customhouse-street. It seems proba ble fiow that at rs, ,distari,t date this impor tant are will beta .credit rathe^maa /tfH&'duw been-till 'ifiowy. a 'disgrace ij6 [the fiity.'' 'qi6Se>^to..*th'o'?Fiiam^s'Hotel, Hr'fDil- wqr'tb.) ; is building, three sttbstantiapilJLree' ' storied'warehousesMile]}, fill' tip fchg,,unsightly 'gap between t the hotel and Messrs jNicbfolj and, Mackenzie's offices. The. style -of torphitee-' tare Wfiifch-- has f obtained1 favour I'm •these i new': ;briildirigs7 'is; ■■; of v :aii' im posing and business-like character- jlt is not so plain as the new block next to Binney's ■ store, but the ornamentation is ik^i^®^^e^#MsSio^%S^SJlSffl W^ *>c finished in little more than a fortnight's time. Mr ; JDixon,i9 doing the building. The imgrpvemenVwhi^li has ,be^n . r . .effected in the appearance of tihe ; bi}ilair;gs ''. o£cu*pled by Mesars.'iM, Mccol, Mackenzie,' Morton, and Beif'^rotaers 'lias' already tl!been referred to more than onoe. Nearer"tke"'railway Bcation.we ...find^some , being _taken by, lessees .to portion the,in take .whicn belongs t'9 th^m.,. t Messrs Jakins and 'vyilco;* are abqut to, open a' r woodward on their allotment."' The' party-wall "is; being tunupb'y^Me%ra'Mc£abeafticl Wills'.'."Whea this is finished level with the rbad'tTiS earth wilLbf?,gUeddn.- )r^a ,w.e : have.ovg^and over again said, it'should be compulsftrv.for the lessees to remove by filling in such a danger ous nuisancei" However, we believe some of the offenders are members of the Harbour Board,: and^'others want to be, so that, we supppse, '.explains matters., |The side-path on the south side of tHe street is being per manently .made. ;^. t^ .-.|^ , Mr Martin's lecture, announced for this evening in the Grafton Road School-room, is postponed until Tuesday next. \

As will be seen from another column the ; anniversary soiiee of the Pitt-street Wea leyan Church takes place this evening " T1 is quite unnecessary for "'" - ■ -,- .** ' names of the s*%" -a «o ruipi to the *ions *■- ±_ and the musical select 1 . y , till the interesting character of tne proceedings. These anniversary soirees at tSife>Pitt-st<reet s 'CJ|urch^re alw&ys afcttaotivo '■ffiH/interestingly' tti&extr§&es»nd. wj^-arq ioltfident 3fcbat to-nightj iboth in. numbers |resent|iid in the merest excited, ;wls ;be nd ; ' excepion to^e BpAe. Let gjs ? drafts at trition toVan'- error which ap^ldtea in the advertisement relating to this soiree in one of our morning contemporaries.. In it two shillings and sixpence is stated as the price bf'aelmißsio'&T This is-a typographical error for one shilling and sixpence. For though \te know "that not merely half - a - crown's worth, but a whole crown's worth vOf mental and bodily refreshment and nourishment will be provided, not to count any thing on those delightful sensations which are produced in the bosoms of the young fellows and the pretty gi'^ls when they meet thus in friendly and affec tionate communion amid bread and butter and cakes and tea urns—delights which are beyond all price, still the conductors of this soiree have imposed but the small admission fee of one and sixpence. We observe, further that in order to not interfere with the attendance at the soiree Mr Martin has deferred 'till November 3rd, his scientific lecture, which otherwise would have taken place to night. $*•' The entertainment last evening in the Temperance Hall, Albert : street, On behalf of the newly-organised temperance band was very successful. The hall was ccHVpiotely filled.) and everything wsiku off with the utmost satisfaction, Ladies and gentlemen assisted with their songs, others gave recita tions, Mr Wilkes " A lay from the bush," Mrs Johnson sang " 1 heard a spirit sing." Messrs and . Spragg,gave the ? ''Minute G-un'at Sea," in a spirited manner. Mr Ryan, who is a capital singer^ sang " Beautiful Isle of the.Sea," whilst two young lade treated the audience to Campbell's goem, " Loch'iel's WarhiDg. h These lads, Masterß'lCeesing and Miller, got through their task very, fairly. The band "played a variety, of tee|ectioins during,,the evening, conducted by..Mr <Md- Cornish, in a highly creditable manner. The entertainment must be considered a success

To some of ourgreaders who have a sporting turn it may be interesting to know that, according to the very best authority on the subject, the two New Zeoland horses en gaged in the Melbourne Gun namely, Papapa^ and Lurlino, are both doing a3 well as their best friends could desire. Mr. Watfc hftfj backed the two and both --;;; &tar t, then, in the race. iZZ>, 'nlmself, when the horses went away believed that the colt was best in at the weights, but the betting seems to indicate that the reverse is the opinion in Australia. To ask Lurline to win with Sat lllbs is to suppose her the best racehorse in the Aus tralian colonies, for according to Dagworth's running in the Metropolitan that good old horse could hardly win^'with the same weight. There is no reason why she should not prove herself so, for it must be borne in mind that none of the New Zealand horses have been able to take her measute. She is a grandly-framed mare, and well adapted for weight-carrying, and wherever she runs will not disgrace herself or the colony. New Zealand has two excellent representatives, and we fully expect to see one of them figure among the placed lot, if not telegraphed as the absolute winner.

A turkey case occupied !the attention of the District Court the whole of yesterday, and brought forth two great speeches from two of the leading members of the bar, and righteously terminated in the plaintiff accepting a nonsuit. The parties were: neighbouring farmers at Eanst Tamaki; one kepb dogs and horses, and the other owned turkeys and fowls. Plaintiff's dogs, it was conjectured, worried defendant's turkeys,'! and some of them were found dead by the waysido. The defendant thought it possible that the plaintiff might have Lynched his turkeys, but "baing of a quiet turn of mind he did not accuse his neighbour ; besides, the fowls and turkeys were Maria's, and she might settle matters. Maria inti mated to her neighbour that he had trained a dog for yery fou(w)& work, at which he (John) bristled up. She, good woman, im mediately £ut on her bonnet and shawl (her very best), and went to Howick* k and had an interview with Constable HutcTiinson, a very smart good - looking officer, who re turned with her to Lynch lodge.' Some conversation ensued, and some smart words js»ifere exchanged. ."Still," said Mrs Jl^ttaway, "LZI won't jtccuse you ,of stealing my turkeys, John ;/nor wiJUgive; you in charge; you have a little family, and they have no mother." The plaintiff, however, fancied that he was in custody because the Constable stood in the doorway, and was dressed in blue. : slle also had an official cap on, and something whispered in plaintiff's inner| consciousness ; " now-<Tohn, you 'are really in charge, look up yotft blankets, and ,get oat a clean shirt for the occasion." The - constable went away; and - Johnvwent to his 'solicitor to know, : under the cir cumstances, if he really had :tjeen injcustcjdy. It was proved that his will had been; re strained. He wanted to go to Howick, ; but did not go/beeatose of'the shadow- of Con stable Hutchinson at the door. Hence arose 'the case 'which occupied the mind of the Court the of yesterday^ and which? re sulted in anon suit. We cannot sympathise with Mr -Lynchi I£ was clear that ip/Lrs> Hattawayhad lost about eighty of t her fine turkeys, and it was also shawa that she had acted with considerable leniency towards;her; neighbour, but then he-had seen the constable; at his door, and consequently he must have, been in custody, and suffered in imagination' to the amount which he claimed and did! not '"get. >

,An inquest was held at the Whau Asylnm on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock on > the body of a patient named Henry Stock Lamb, ..who died on Friday. Dr Goldsbro' wasl the Coroner, and Mr^Bichard Grigej foreman of 3he jury. The evidence of Dr Aicfcen, Who' . had performed a post-mortem on the deceased, showed that'-death had resulted from. ■J' Serous apoplexy," and a verctiet to jbhat effect was returned. Lamb had" been ifl the Asylum about eleven months, and (was1 formerly a gam-digger. ' >rta j / A Sjpecial meeting of the members ofl-fehe Orange listitutiqnwill b^; held this Tuesday /evening/at seven o^-clockv'tq^uthorise.thelsale" of tha'p'resent^prbper^y of the institution^ wjjjk. f,f^Gw to "the building of a hall'int'V inoifljg centtal position.. r. r Al| members of} the i " it^tatutipn-rfiay attGndv/ *r u : \ ■ t? Mr Thomas Mack, .the n^anftge^pf .Jihe 1 Old Men's Kef lige^ desires througn' T6nv oqlumii^to." th^nkMr Nathan and ffie other genfclo|rtileii; who forwarded'two parcels of clothes to the' Refuge for the benefit of jts inmates. I rfio-w The monthly meeting of ?thj Auckland In-' stitote was held lSst, eyje>in|ng^ and strange t&« say only fifteen memoers were present. ] The apathy displayed by members in connedt^ori ?. with this institute is very remarkable [con sidering it 3 colonial imporisa^cer Sir George A. Arney, president of the Institute, occu pied the chair. ,The secretary announced that two ne,^ members had been elected sinee1 the last meeting,'and.;,th^tVarious contiribu tipns had been made *to the society by- Mesisrs Ritchie,; Matthews, Giilies,' HilljviStevens, and a Dutch silver coin ifromT ]!^SB-C^aml^fl^/i;;T]iirßeveral papers provi ously announced "were successively read by UrTvß^GilliesandMr J, C. Firth, which<^ W.ere aEoJc =a practical character. Mr Firth's paper o^r" Forest Culture" wag lengthy and interesting, and called forth some discussion. Dr Purchas was prevented from reading Bis/ promised paper on the "Best locality for placing the shore-end of the Australian and New Zealand Submarine Cable," owing |to a sudden call to Mongonui. The paper there fore will be read at the monthly meeting^ <pf the Institute, ' I

A private Act pf Parliament has jasfc been trustees of the estates to raise money on them, %nouitinr*o^9lf677 12s 2d, 4fthe \U Sa|#'^izaar completed its career p night imosi satisfactorily. The takings Bn c^ i£44 ss-9d, £95 13s 3d,#<id£9B 17s 4d. Total £23Slfis4d. qjhe«ture has proved most 'tnccessfiil anlthe^ feult must be highly Lye devoted time and trouble to it. We hear that Mr Daigan, the|!recent pro daSSWUMM the editor* of the Heraldi the entertainment given at the Parnell Hall last night fey Clair's Magnet Troupe in. aid. of the injured lad Brown, whose arnvwas cut off at the XTnion Sash ancl Door Com pany's works some weeks agoy was success ful in attracting a Y<:ry large audience* # The performances consisted of the usual varieties, namely, sentimental and -coid'ic singiDg, negro sketches, etc., all of which were credit ably gone through and to the satisfaction of the spectators. The ,;'• plate;.eaullibTiuba" feat by'Mr. Olair, and the sketch, "Bill Jones' Cousin' (after the California Min strels),.. by Messrs. McCJleary and Ward, assisted by a "gentiemah' aniateur," seemed to provoker *he thosfc, applause. A dancje followed, whicn was largely patronised; •■ The anniver3ary soiree in connection with t'ue Pitt-street Wesbyan Church will take place this evening in the church at half-past seven o'clock. The annual report will be presented and addresses delivered by Revs. • Messrs Tinsley, Cornford, Reid, .and Oliver ; and by Messrs Martin and Ellis/' The chojr will give a number of selections df' sacred music during the evening.

MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.

(PER STAK CARRIER PIGEON;)

Although the good ship Countess of Kintore has not yet sped very far oif'Ber (jourse from the coasts of New Zealand, it will be intet^ esting to many to receive "last words" in the following message from the sea. To provide this for pur readers we despatched carrier pigedhs in charge of the worthy captain, and the following messages are to hand. There is yet one bird to return, Captain Braddick having promised to inpf start it until the last outline of the coast of New Zealand was sinking below the horizon :~

" Ship Countess of Kincore, j T "October 26, 5.10 p.^n.! " Tiri Tiri bearing N.W. by compass two miles. . -, ftrfs I '". -"Wind, 5.5.w..:;,/■; , '~?* j - " Weaiher fine: ■.. .j ' • " Passengers all well, ,"H. Bradijick;." I. : j j -■ / ...;. _:_L_l_ : ■ «;% 1' ' "Countess of Kintore, ' j Tuesday morning,.October 27, s.o'clock., "We passed Capd Colville during the night. - ; r r " Wfiatier very fine, and wind* light. " Kind remembrances to Nathan and all: frienda, and thanks to- Masori, of Parnell, for the plants he did not send in exchange for some he had of me, - - ; «- . \ " Nearly all the passengers on deck. J ■ ",H. BBADwqii."

COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS.—This Day.

(Before Thomas Cheeseraan, Esq.; Hon. ;C, J. Taylor; Allan O'Neill, Esq. ; and Bpajor . Tisdall, Justices.) ..- :f .. f.- r; rOT

DRUNKENNESS. Margaret Roberts and John ifuffiey both admitted haying been drunk, last nigjit, and were punished in the usual mariner. ;. v .'

" ' A BLACKGUARD; i • ';; ~„ James McDonald was charged' with abfeaeh: of the Vagrant Act, 1S68; seC'4, by wilfully • and obscenely exposing himself in a/public place—-to wit, Durham-street, one the 1 26 th October, 1874. '..'" .! . " ,?,'! , Prisoner pleaded guilfcy. ; He was drank. A constable detailed the circumstance under,, which prisoner was arrested. ...,,. f: : ■ Mr Inspector Broham said the prisoner had appeared" in Court before oh'a similar charge. Their Worships inflicted a sentence of one month's Jmpfißonnieiit with bard labour, i a sergeant's troubles.

John Graydon was charged with assaulting Sergeant O'Connor in the execution: of his duty by utriking him on thehead with his clenched fist on the 27th inst. There was also,»notb.«rcharge agaißst^the prisonpifor tearing the sergeant's uniform and^nmerltianT ables, and damaging the said articles of attire to the extent of 305,. , ,7 n[ |_ .The. piisoner pleadeid.. guilty,, to,! both charges. Sergeant o,'Oonner Baidfhe was on duty in Hobson-street about one o'clock this morn- ing, when he saw: the accused quarrelling with another person. He recommended hina. to go home quietly, when he took out a knife and threatened him (witness).,, prisoner p,lbo' struck him-on the head^andtheß seized him by the middle and tore his trousers.

Mr, Williams, ship-chandler,, gave evidence in favohr1 of'prisoner|s character. He hkd fefhiiwii nirn ifor'eifeht'lor cfiine years, and always regarded him sis • a most respectable man. <:, He. believed J; 'that;' ]}ast night Graydon went to a dinner in connection with the Shipwrights Society, and took a -gltisß or two ; not being used to it it had prodiiecd unfortunate results. . <r The Benph.taking a,favorableVjiew, 9^j*ne ca se after Mr William's' .evidence fined j the ' isoner £2 and costs, and ordered him to !p- a -y the costs of the damage. ' ' J>ss t:F i y Th's was all the business.

A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT SEA.

The Journal tOfflciel oi Paris has received,. an account of a terrible occurrence at jsea,* the particulars of which are at follows i On the Bth of June the Italian! vessel Niipojleon 1 Camarero sailed from Macao with a c^ew^of -40 men and 663' coolies for Callao, and B^ooo packets of fireworks/ After'a lapse of ,two days the'; interpreter * discovered a fplot among the emigrants tq sejjze ; pn pthe- tih^ip. , The Captain immediately ordered s .one i-half1 ,of them^ tabe confined, in! the,iipidjr^ut! the ,next day t ,those .who rernaineol on jieek farmed "themselves (withr 'knives'; Wa>Hng pins,;.> pieces df wood1 — in'^shon; aiiytihing tHSy;1 "CQuld lay| '^eir h#da; 0n,4-jand a^J» pked >■ the ctq^,,. jwho-odefendeii'' themseives, jwith muskets 4 t^nd Vreyolve^. tr t <flPhe?;fcp6lfes pheu^ masße^ Jhemijelves on r #e *f6Tdcastlfi>an.a fireto jbha^esselj hopingthat theprew^ipjouliil; isefeto workat thei,pumps to ext^tiißli tljie •fiateß:4 l ;.'Durljig^.t^at/' time rthev fiad: | alsp freed their '"comrades^ %d- B^iJoraithey cpold get.hpi<3lVof. .^Thjercaptain, seeing!Whatttheytw^rendoingi oMtefMrthe ,poats to beJlqwecedj'^BLd-feft^lJe!^hip iwit|i'' the remainder of his men. Some sailors' wil) remained ~ 'pn bpafd . witlf theirdpcior, the:, magazine man and interpreter,;i'wese unable to preyent'the flatt(fsfrpm Teaching^tne fire .;^ort^iijcid,t!^Q 'sKlp^^le^ T ,scatterin^ the fragments and mutineers' in every direction* .under tb,e,very eyes of the,escape^., crew, Tt

A HARD CASE.

of cshe;.ppa»i^lssi£B •) Sib,—-In. your issue of the 24th- in Jt. you k£Y c a pa'Seraflv^Nierrin^g to the young 'ragatouffins?iH'FreemSn?'s BayT^or1 six years- I was residing in the 'Block-house in Free-! man'sTßay, but Qffift tuMed?out by thejOity^ vP^neil to make/TopnrtpTr ianpftlicemab %'6' keepTthose youngrnMni" IS v?rcftip«TweU as to preserve the peace of the -*clikriot getea%i^-K^w/^#^|li;wga thb use himself;; on- ac c6unt-o('V^re woundb re qeivea^ithte^ Pd^rty®*y/fo»sa&6ret-~^ounds. ©t aach a deßperate character as will utterly

incapacitate me for life following any' labourous occupation. After I was turnea, out the City Council, instead of a member of the ArMed jQoixstabillary there, -''owed a lot of new cmpjns tdloe^tipy-ifreiit See- and I liave||Aig3lt m hvpetotf*-* battles and shed my b^d on thfe^;; lepar?*p fields ia^his colony*hAvieito rent^a notiae at ft weekly'rentpf 10s lowedirieby tHe.• Government. ) X*W\ STtre», sir, you wifi consider>tny case a very, Mtd one. Ppori-'and iriendless as lam I^lcndw that any personal remdristrance on ,riay part would be productive of no real good to my self, I therefore appeal to the journal that is .jevery -ready-to assist in redressing." Thej wron* that needs resistance."—l am, etc.,* Thomas Lake, per T. B. Hannafobd,

NEW ZEALANDERS AT THE NEW SOUTH WALES MINISTERIAL PICNIC.

On October 7, by invitation of the Ministers.' a company of about sixty gentleman went with them on an excursion to.the Zigzag, Lithgow talley. As th&e were guests from Queensland, New Zealand,. .Tasmana, n Sput^ Australia,' and Victoria, the siifc colonies <it this group were; represented in the company. They left Sydney at aY^uarter to 9,a.m./ and 1 reached Lithgow galley a few minutes after; I. After walking up the valleya little way past the reservoir; the- party, without delay., rfe-antered n the carriages;. ,and, returned to Mount Victoria, where a Itineheon was pro vided in the goods shed. < The Ministers present were the Colonial Secretary^ ,,..&?> Treasurer, the Postmaster-General,^ tbje Minister for Works, and the' Minister of I Justice and Public Instruction. Among the visitors were—From New Zealand: Mr LRussell, agent of the Government, the, Hon. James Williamson, M,L. C, f Mr Charles O'Heill, member of the. 3ouse of Represent atives ; and MrG. S. Graham,irom Auckland., At the conclusion of their repasi MrPaTkes,. who occupied the chair, proposer! the health of the Queen, which was loyally responded. io r and then "Our Visitors from the neighbouring Colonies.". He congratulated; the company on the fact that' they had among them men of distmctfori from New- Zealand, Queensland, Tasmania, and Sokth Australia, and gentlemen who rep're3eritdd the sporting world from Victoria. So that .the, men, assembled there represented ~-thje whole of the colonies of Australasia. Every one of them doubtless felt a special attach- , ment to his1 own colony. But they would,, remember^.iihat the sentiment of' patriotism grows most, • healthfully, wfcen it breathes the inspiring atmosphere of the whole of the .Australasian colonies., They were .ifere as representatives of British enterprise ; and on an occasion like this, when men mingled together who represented the whole group, they .should seize the occasion to caltiva|e j this higher and grander feelin?. In respoafling Mr Russell., as the representative of New Zealand, congratulated this colony on the magnitude of the work, they had seen.. He; had travelled much by railways ; but neither • in America n'>r.at hadhe sedn anything equal to this. -He had expected to find the climate of tfhis country arid, dry, aad unpleasant. But on these mountains they had''a New Zealand,;,climate;-^M'r Henry Henderson, formerly 'of Auckland, as la Victorian, expressed the thanks he and, his companions felt for, the kindness with wtich i tnej, had been welcomed. 4vi ' i

THE MURDER BY JOSEPH HUSLER.

JFhb , inquest on Mrs. Husler, who resided with her husband in Auckland for some

years, was concluded on the 12fch. Bailey said : I took the prisoner from the Richmond Lock-up,to the Melbourne Gaol. In Bridge Road the prisoner said,"" Take off these darbies, fl want to go home to my wife and children. She has been murdered by a paramour.'* | l' said, "Ohjno." He said, "Yea she has, and ifc will all be found oat; the jewellery, r fi&n be traced," Going down Wellington Parade he again said, "Take off those darbies; I want to go home to my wife and children." 1 said, "You told me she^vas murdered." He said, "Oh, she's not mur dered ; I have only been living with tiet this last three years." I said, "Is she not the mother, of the two boys ?".'He said, "fNoj the mother Jeft me in $ew Zealand two iydars 'isgo: You can find it all out. Y<ou| will get nothing more out of me." Ee.aga.iii said, "I want to go home to look after the* money. There's a thousand pounds there, orVsry^naar." «f I asked, *** Where is the money?" He said, "You can find it out. "~ ,1 asked, .him where.the, young woman was. that was living in the house some time; ago. ,He said, "I followed-her and threw her into 'the;Yarra. f . It will all be found out by-and by." ■ l ;: / J \ _, ; ,_. Augustus John Richard Lewellen, resident: doctor at the hospital, deposed : I received1 Joseph Husler on the 3rd inst., about eight o'clock a.m. I examined him and found him very drowsy; directly after he was roused he tell asleep again. He appeared to; be suffering from some narcotic1 poison. I. gave .Mm aii "emetic ■ at. the same time X-seni^fop-a" stomach :pump. He appeared to ;be sufierifig "from the effects of drink. He'said previous tohis'removal, "I wish to' leave theiiospital to give myself into custody." He said that b.e had taken; about three ounces, aiSl added " I have hit my wife on the head with a truncheon." I asKe&'him why he did that,* He Baid " I thought my children were de|d^"* I ssked him what made him think that, i He answered, " been drinking." Thomas Mooney^ Sergeant of Police, siid : I retnbved the1 prisoner' from»the Melbourne Hospital to the Richmond Police station at ten minutes past three in a waggonette! .pit said, "Husler, you are charged at the Rieh raond watch-house*with the''murder of yo^r ,wife;this niorning." lOn the he skid', "I killed the,two bpy.s, and the wife is! all ri §^" ; -1 said, "The bpya ( are all right, W> your wife is dead." He said, *' I felt the"top of her head, and it was very hard. I then< Strilck Hex on the top M the jjead, sandi she!^ lay down. They have been trying? io jtDl '^SJ^lgreal: q^antitiiea, ofpoisonv'i lasied, " Where did you gist the poison from iHat! yoHrhave .$\ |HeisaidJ JlWhJ1 d^brbtight it from home with me in my chest." I daid "< S^ Wx mUCH Mi *W rtake?" He said!j "Thre6" ounces." I said, "How do lyou know: ifc was ©uncßs ?" •. JHeH»nawdred r 1 Because it %as in u a ' tbtide-6ui'ce bottle." At the Richmond-Station I said, " Huller ay,av_ c you.a.kn^fe, on, yqu f He answered, No j rthrew nayHhi'fe oh the bed." | Several witnesses deposed that prisoner ■and his(wif(S.lived:'ha^plily'togetHer^n'f j lyifTml r e^^fefd the .prisoner if he had anything to. say. Ha replied, "NoTndt ;aj^resent. J _;''.''-, r . "* "The juVy, after'^a^Qu^ths^tiusfflt^cs q£ an °S^., a. deliberation, foundjfcib^iKe^eceMed, ■' Wi^'f 1 ■&**&» Aadyßmfefherydeatlj internal^emmprhage^from^wqunds by the prisoner, Joseph Husler "; they 'there;' WB, l? und, tjie said,,,JpsephjHusler, guilty^ e the murdOT.oijthe said MaryAnn^Huslef 9"'j IJ prisoner was then committed'tb ffi t^jaext^riminaLSessioßs, ttbe held q& the 15th inai T .; '' urn ■ l. , _ "\ ;. j Off 0.1

SUPPOSED LOSS OF THE IVANHOE.

fefi^T^l^ 1100 ' Ca Ptain Stuarfcilift thisvportfoELemkaxoa the'e'veriing of! the -S-t^ Sk^n^^ ou S h we have news from S^ts up to the 6tfi^fisb.7 no tidings of! her arrival h^ve^een received. Knowins.a^ %£ do how vessel&inay bea^lveu off thei? course by a succession otgales^as in the case of the Fiqvv Cross, it.willnpj; dp to rush %&i buoe r th^P the schobnet ,do\wi, althoughl the presumption ia very strongy againstr, her. Tie Ivaphoe beL ong%v^pDJoiatly 2 to,r-Me S sr3 Oruickshank (WGpoand ,(3apM"nßM'ae(Jrig6r, of! the Kowena. S%.is-valued at £1,500, and is infe a^Soutbt©ritißb.ana -National °ffices-. for i'i^^h. The, value of the eargflft'ts^fltittt^ed1 Hi' £400^^31 is insured' for £380 in the New Zealand office. T h

names of the ofßcers^cjZf^^S -Captam Donald Stuart I Bobinson (mate) . S* n^); S| geo Eunge, James Wilfe Ti'^oO I (Fijian). MS» Al)l%p:|

TELEGRAPHIC.

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ALEXANDRA.

A large meeting of gettlera too^^'B Te Awsmutu on Saturday l«f *°4 Place M termined that th.c annual Si,, I *mM

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

GEAHAMSTOWN.""""""' I T'ltJ the Warden', I application waß.inade?bv Mr of the Ir^eri^rottn C6aJJS»I divert water to the company's battery;- "Mg^sSliH ham and the Borough Council obS^B application was refused. [ . Vc flftM The Warden expressed }fa"J' " ■ objection had been made tdittMAß righfe... ; ~, f>v."''''::Wi^). s'wtß^ltH Sales-Cure, 13^-CiiyoftfcSl

COROMANDEL.

i The. tTnion Beach crashing is 1 j|?% B | After §0. hoTlrsi'rnn ;tn«elSSpß amalgam on the plates. T*aH The Bismarck calls fdr'-tgiaeftf^ I 100 feet in the Van level. ** The Kapanga company-ate m^. t ■ the leader in the shaft. V™**»«B

TAURANGA.

- Owing to'severe frosts inriwwS I nights the peiatoe, CTop-is^llS^H The s.s,; Southern- Crossßailef&fr ll for opotiki. -.; I ■- r;. _ ea *% II ..f.L frjxe assault! case of^Lefjjtton jfr #;" IS has been withdrawn. -A .^Smjjl^l [From our own Corresp^M^M- I

WELLINGTON.

' Ik tremendous smnJ wais irgjS fa sale of provincial lands .to-day^gs I pieces having oeenspqtfe^£^|^ I ensued. Some ~of,,the piece?, jtjwnSpl I of widck £2.lO3'anSWiKP^H £I&and higher. "*>. m^M A number of people ,whq j&u t^ ■ Wanganui for the purpose:o|SS ■ lota at any figure were 11 _the steamer and getting the sale altogether. Others, mc^^^B overland in hot haste and <f£|jg|C7B nests accordingly. A ring vrag-Jjig^'H said, amongst-^otjiyhorwant^jiaJ^B Paraekaeutu block,-_bnfc •n-anfed"-it;&B Thp.y did nat:Md-dt allw/KojOTKeb^B ing much,.'about!.thiß'!localityjifithemaliiyi{B ; thg.; land ;did-not bid either." go it fWiB "got' at the"up3^t' pric^'l^f|pn£|B .rin£[3ters. ;• . =■~;.% ,~, :''/^,f^B

NATIONAL INSURANCE MEETING.

TEN PER CENTv-IJfVTDKRDWBjB :-■-•-• HALF-YEAR.1 M [Per Press Telegrm A|&y|i ■ .sL^ft.WLLTNGTOK I At ttie provincial Tj^t&^yeß&M the prices realised. wer^ ; eonfflderaH|«H the upset in "generally H ( 'The Fteteh wars£i|) ?i^ha« armed ■ EMr Eattray-, -thfi-ktel£preddfii£i«B tfu at d iii C ricket Clnb," i was ssserjii£"P^B sooted by the club with a.Wiwiigtsiß mental plate sUver. ani leaves! fbf Eiirbpe tc-moTrow.I'3^^ Ms The Eevs. O'Leary .and .WpifljfcH mfia .Catholic mivister.3, are pasengfiiii;a ■ Calypso, from Londoa. H The second -half-yearly National Insurance Company BliwJfcfo^^P receipts for the past half-yeari«»,l6i™i Ss2d; expenses. £13,518'lS^SnS surplus of £15,641-9a Bd, -affeßiM t £7,588193'-Sa,: the. for the.tfi*^ Loss accounts £23,086,^6d;*33»p'8| Tecominend £15,000 td^be Befc-*j»|||B formation of a reserve fond. ;.f^fpl^H ten per cent, has been*Se(^|r^!enJ|^B| -capital (£25,000), andlihe^bakioop^K carried forward to the next hstf-jil|^B ' '" The dividend iff pa'jable on Nort^i |H

PORT CHALMERS.

.. "'."HUM1 The ship Calypho has amwd^H ~'...Tvp v Jessie Readmai iM^atow.^» being blown off. i <■ .' ' , r'^H The wha")ing barque"#fM^Sß back1, having lost'both' *ncioß : »>**M quarries. , '' : ' $„i SI I

DUNEDIN.

:,, The Press Club" is nawt^S^ffU At a .meeting WiSatariv^KsJß stated that nearly sixty Wf^3 and,the meeting proceeded™*SSß a president. The Press J£n*[ JJM a ,performance ?on.-;NpvaßOpjvSJi 1 the HaUie^eppherd^teW^ I

NELSON.

and one; birth, Oferairrearon the^jg*^ I

THE MURDERER DYER

1 'SENTENCE.OF-DEATH,IO.BE.Ci BEm Tics-unhappy man,* Charles D*"'s!Hß , sentence of death Joe, *Psfe*9M Eliza Batteraea, is perfectly^.^H face, and apparently has>sep»w ,f^H from the world without his pns°n **Jm devotes .his thoughts chiefly -*£X matters,,.and pays due fed it to be their duty,* y gVB spiritual wants. ■■^Vhen tIMM deliyeredythe, dread. fM£S« Wellington.to;the effect Mrt WJ&*m of mercy could not reach am »!*■ law must:take,itß cduraff^ Up ji,#W out concern. It seems ™»!^wM has' entertained no |f JH ■Shteriff. receiving ;£ tB i l|<l^Jtfiffiß tions for the dr«adt«J^J^||;hM ■dommenced.; JivesaE'^the rressojy^^ y ■

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