SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

D.IOS WA'.ER : This evening*, 6.56 ; .o-moncow mornini'. 7.17 SHlv-SET :'f hie-.vsniuß, C.29; 3TJN-.P-IJ-E: Tc jnorro - morning, 6.r_l MOON'S AGE: New Moon, 17th, LSI a.m.

ARRIVALS.

I lone; barque, from London I Wild Wave, brig, 191 ton?, J. Wilson, from Newcastle I Phcebe. s s.. "VVorsp, from the South (j Southern Cross, from Tauranga | Clyde, schooner, from Wangarei | Golden Isle, schooner, from Russell Fannic, cutter, from Wangapoa

DEPARTURES.

Pretty Jane, s.s., for Gisborne and' Napier Murray, s.s , for Russell and "Wangarei Go-ahead, s 5... for "Waitara

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Paterson, p.s., for the South, via Napier, Saturday Prince Alfred, barquentine, for Lyttelton, early Ladybird, s.s., for Southern parts, Friday Xytt'-lton—Magellan Cloud, shortly London—Anazi, barque, early San Francisco—Allahabad, ship, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Mikado, s s., (English Mail via San Francisco), about

the 23rd instant Jubilee, ship, from London, Sailed January 21 Hero, s a., from Sydney, about 20th Star of the South, from Fijis Serene, barque, from Wellington Norn ariel, ship, from London. Sailed February 7 Excelsior, schooner, from Dunedin, early Clematis, ketch, from Lyttelton, early Southern Cross, s.s., from England Coronet, schooner, from Tahiti Empreza, barque, from Liverpool. Sailed October 15 Edith, schooner, from South Sea Islands, early Bella Mary, from Hobsrt Town, early Mary King, schooner, from Adelaide, early

IMPORTS.

Per s.s. Phcebe, from the South—From Dunedin ; 10 bags coffee, order. From Wel lington :10 J-casks brandy, order.'1 Ex Alhambra : 1 box, 2 pkgs, 2 trusses, 2 par cels, order. Ex Claud Hamilton : 2 pkgs, Burton. At Dunedin, for Onehunga : 1 parcel. Shaw ; 1 case, Williamson ; 10 hhds Reid ;10 cases, Close; 10 sacks, Coupland; I parcel, Montague ; 70 boiler tubes, Masefield; 1 tin, Combes and Daldy; 6 cases, Kempthorne; 2 cases, 1 trunk, Hoare ; .2 bundles, Eeid ; 2 cases, order. At Wellington: 2 trasses, Rout; 12 boxes, Walker ; 1 case, 1 cask, Telegraph Depart ment. At Nelson : 1 case plants, Barnes ; 12 bundles hops, 11 kegs, Nathan & Co. ; 56 cases fruit, 11 kegs, Soloman • 50 sacks malt, 10 bales hops, Binney. From New Plymouth : 1 case, Dennison ; 1 case, Veale; 4 cases, 3 kegs, Hood,—Combes &. Daldy, agents. Per Wild Wave from Newcastle : 260 tons coal, Henderson and Macffarlane.

EXPORTS.

Per s.s. Go-ahead for Waitara: 9 pgs sashes, 1 do doors, Sash and Door Company;, 2 boxes glass, 1 pge, Holland ; 100 bags salt, Lewis Bros.; 1 bale. Owen and Graham ; 2 casl*s soda, S cases jam, 28 cases sundries, 1 sack catmeal, 43 kegs sugar, and 2 casks, Meyers and Co.; 1 tank McArthur; 1 cask paint, 1 do putty, 10 boxes glass, 12 drums oil, 1 pge mouldings, Philipps; 1 case, McArthur, 40 casks cement, _ Brogden and Sons ; 1 case, McArthur; 4 cases, 2 do raisins, 1 box tobacco, Brown Campbell & Co. —Combes and Daldy, agents.

!It was intended that a visit of inspection should be paid this morning to Rangitoto Reef by some of the members of the Harbour Board in Captain Casey's screw launch, the Eclipse, for tho purpose of ascertaining the most suitable spot for a pilot station in that neighbourhood. Owing to the 'unfavorable weather the trip was postponed. The s.s. Go-Ahead left the Manukau for Waitaia to-day, with a cargo as per exports, !| and the following passengers : Mrs Honey- I field, Mr Petty, and two natives. The cutter Hero arrived in the Manukau to-day from Waikato, with 30 bales flax con signed to Mr A. Buckland. The schooner Ruby' has entered inwards I from Wangaroa with 29,000 feet sawn tim | ber, 13 empty casks, and 35 dozen bottles, I consigned to G. Hole.ship. The s.s. Murray, Captain Palmer, took j her departure last night for vVangarei and J Russell with a full cargo and several pas- I seneers.

I The schooner Golden Isle brings 118 tons I cf coal from the Bay of Islands. I The schooner Clyde brings a general cargo I from Wangarei. Captain A. Marks, whose appointment to I the commandership of the yacht Blanch we I chronicled yesterday, was formerly in com- I mand of the gunboat Sandfly, and at differ- I ent times captain of the steamer Duke of I Edinburgh, He has also filled the post of 1 pilot in the Manukau. The s.s. Southern Cross Captain Sellars I arrived from Tauranga last night with cargo I and passengers as follows :—Messrs Atkin, I Jackson, Connor, Smith and three in the I steetage. The brig Wild Wave left Newcastle on the 27th ultimo. She brings a full cargo of coal. I Two other vessels were loading for Messrs Henderson and Macffarlane when the brig ' sailed. The s.s. Phcebe arrived in the Manukau to-day with the following passengers :— ! Mr and Mrs Kingdon,. Mrs Guildford, Mr " and Mrs Willis, Mr and Mrs Searle, Mr and 1 Mrs Simmonds, Mr and Mrs Booth, Mrs and | MasterDavis,MrsKenny,Mrsßonningtonand | child, Mrs and Miss Holdsworth, Mrs Co'nnell, Miss Clara Stephenson, Miss Merryman. Messrs. Dalgleish, Robinson, Wilcox, Mor -1 gan, Conway, M^honey, Ward, South, Capt. I Jones, and Dr Simpson. Steerages-Messrs. .' Johnson, Cousins, Aamatu, Harrison, Pearce, Still, Jones, Steel, Morris, Roberts, Jackson, I Mr and Mrs Welsh, Mr and Mrs Bigham, and Mrs Quinn. Ir' The Clio ketch is loading with timber j for New Caledonia. She is expected to take '■ her departure about Saturday. Her injured j mainyard has been replaced by a new one. After her next trip it is intended to lighten the foremast, which "as it is at present is too heavy for ocean trading. The cargoes of grain brought by the 1 schooners Ivanhoe and Belle Brandon are I turning out in magnificent condition. E His Excellency's yacht the Blanche took , her departure for a cruise this morning at I at eight o'clock. The strong westerly breeze is and frequent squalls which have been the | order of the day will give His Excellency a 1 taste of some roughish weather. , ;

On Saturday next at the Thames will be 1 launched Messrs. Stone Bros.'new auxiliary 1 screw three-masted schooner which has been I;: built by Mj? Robert Stone, in his yard at H| Shortland. The dimensions of the vessel are §D las follows :—Length, 125 feet; breadth of I beam, 22 feet; depth of hold, 8 feet. Ton nage, about 200 register. She has been built !| on the diagonal principle, and in that re spect resembles Messrs. Holmes Bros.'new | J steamer the Hauraki and the Lalla Rookh. j Messrs. Stone Brother's new schooner will be H| the largest to which this principle has been pi applied in New Zealand. Having but a light jjl draught of water the new vessel will be [U specially adapted for coastal trade, as she , |j| ; will be able to enter creeks and proceed up hi fl, rivers which are at present unnavigable to il|jifllarge craft drawing the ordinary depth. The [||;jengines have been constructed, by Messrs. H| Fraser and Tinne, and are calculated 'YY :o drive the ship about three knots an Lliour when unassisted by the sails. The I

schoqner, after being launched, will be towed - up to Auckland, and there be fitted for. sea. - Mr Baker, late chief officer of the p.s. Golden Crown, who resigns for this purpose, is to take command, and we are informed Mr Zealand is to be chief officer. The schooner was originally intended for a screw collier between the Bay of Islands and the Thames, but it has been decided to employ her as a general trader. . . -. -

The s.s. Pretty Jane sailed last night for Gisborne and Napier with a full general cargo, and the following passengers :—Mrs Roble, Steerage : Mrs Wild, Mr Burdett, Mrs Murray and six children.

The s.s. Phcebe before leaving Dunedin was taken into the graving dock and had her bottom cleaned .with anti-fouling composi tion. ' •

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

(From our own Correspondent.)

Napier, this day. K^The schooner Colonist from Cabbage Bay, Sancy Lass from Auckland, Mary Melville from Mercury Bay, Lsetitia from Tairua, and Wangarei from Tairua, all arrived hero yesterday. Lyttelton, This day. Arrived : Dauntless, from Kaipara. The Otago with the Suez mail sails North to-night. The Wellington sails North to-morrow. Sailed : Salisbury, ship, for London ; City of Glasgow, for Wellington; John Knox, for Sydney; Woodlark, for Sydney; Veloci dade, for Newcastle. Tauranga, April 15. Arrived : Ringleader, revenue cutter, from Auckland; Janet Gray, cutter, from Tairua. Nelson, April 15. The s.s. Phoebe left last night, at 6.30 o'clock, for New Plymouth and the Manukau. The s.s. Taranaki arrived from New Ply mouth early this morning. Port Chalmers, April 15. The ship City of Dublin has arrived deeply laden, from Liverpool, after a passage of 109 days. She brings no passengers.

COMMERCIAL.

MESSRS. HUNTER AND NOLAN'S RETORT

Horses : There were an increased number entered for sale by auction and although several were not brought forward quite the average were submitted. There was also a little- improvement in the stamp, and prices were maintained, although some few were withdrawn for higher rates. Really good draught stock are inquired for, and young brood mares of this description would find purchasers. We quote —Hacks, from £9 to Lls ss; light harness horses, from Lls to L 23. Cattle were in fair supply. The dairy cows and grown stores were of a very indiffer ent description, but young cattle were farly represented. The fat beasts ex Go-ahead from . Wanganui were well fatted, and with one or two exceptions came to market in very good order, and met more spirited competition than the provin cial-fed. At tho opening bidding was rather langjiid, but aa the sale proceeded became brisk, and 26's per 1001b was obtained for top sorts. We quote—Dairy cows, £7 to £9 ss; yearlings and weaned, calves, £1 7s to £2 12s Gd ; two-year-old steers, £4 each. — Sheep : The Newmarket pens were well filled. The stores were of inferior descrip tion, and* did not command attention. Ewes sold at. 3*ls_ ; ewe lambs, at 16s ; fat sheep, from 2s to 2s 6d per Sib ; lambs, 113s to ISs, —Pigs were scarce, but in brisk demand at 3d per lb, live weight.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST.

The following are the current calls and dividends payablo in the comuanies named below :— ..... Calls. £ a. d. Date Queen of the Thames .. ..010 April 27 National Bank of NZ. .. 0 10 0 July 1

COLONIAL PRODUCE.

-Buying Prices, Corrected by Auckland Dealers. s. d. s. d. s d. s. d Butter, per lb. 0 o—l 0 I Ducks, pair.. 2 o—4 0 Cheese (new) 0 6—o 7 Geese, each 2 6—4 0 Eggs, per doz. 0 o—l 3 JTurkey s .. 2 0— 4 0 Lard, per lb. 0 7—o 0 | Canterbury Bacon & Hams Fowls, pair.. 2 o—4 0 1 (bare) ..0 8— 9 Good Saltßutterls — 1 3I Do (in cloth) -0-0 10 Canter. Cheese. 6—o 81 Auckland 0 0-07 Hams, lOd to 13d per lb. Retail Prices, Farm and Dairy Produce. s. d. s. d. s. d s. d. Milk, per qt., 0 o—o 61 Ducks each .5 o—6 0 Butter (fresh) 16-1 9 I Geese, each 5 0-60 Cheese (new). 0 B—l 0 f Turkey 3, per 5 0-73 Eggs.per doz. 1 9—o 0 Bacon, per lb. 0 B— O lo Lard, per lb. 0 6—o 0 Hams .. ...0 9-10 Fowls; pair.: 4 6-5 0 | Salt Butter.. 1 3—l «i Butchers' Meat. Bee?, per lb. 0 4—o 7 I Pork, per lb 0 6 Mutton .. 0 4—o o|Veal.. 0 0 BREADSTUFFS. FLOr/B. ;- WHOLESALE. Millers' Price, per ton—lst quality £18 Fine Flour—household £14 Adelaide Flour £18 Canterbury .. £12 to £15 Seconds, £12. Sharps, £710s . . Bakers'Price,' per lb .. .... .. 3d Bran, Is 9d per bushel. ... • Bread, per 21b. loaf,'4d to 4d. Maize, crushed and whole, 7s - : BISCUIT. Cabin Biscuit, per 1001b, '.. .. .. Retai 22s MAIZE, OATS, POTATOES, ETC. WHOLESALE. ,' ;,. ' j, Maize, 7s 6d good ; very scarce ; '•. ■ Oats, 5s 6dp<.r bushel. AA,,'/- ■ Potatoes, £5 to £5 10s Hay, £2 to £4 10s per ton. Straw, £2 10s to £8 per ton. .. Chaff, £6 10s per ton. ... .-"•- j s£<. i •- RETAIL..-; ij'i Maize,: per bushel, crushed, 7s Cd ■ ■>■■ Oats, (Js per bushel. ■-.■,_ .; Potatoes, 6s 6d per cwt. Hay, cwt., 4s to 6s. Straw, 4s to 5s per cwt. Chaff, 7s 6d to 8s per cwt. KAURI GUM AND FLAX MARKET The i following are the prices in the Auckland market :— Gum—'Well scraped, best quality .. .. £26 to £28 'Ordinary sorts £25 to £26 Flax.4-Finest quality £13 to £16 .:'Second ditto £10 to £14 Tow I £7 to £8.: ! BUILDING MATERIALS. Timber.—Boards and scantling, 100 f t, 9s to 16s ; at mills, lls6d; planed, tongued,_ and grooved, lis 6d to 17s New Zealand palings; 6-feot, 10s; 6-feet, 12s; ti tre.e rails, £215s to £3 per 100 ; puriri posts, £5 per 100 ; shingles, 8s to 18s per 1000 ;, r Hboart Town palings sft., 17s; 6ft., 193 ; Hobartown rails, 755. COAL AND FIREWOOD MARKET. Coal.—Newcastle, on 'Wharf, nominal; delivered, 15s per ton. . Firewood.—Uncut, 14s 6d per ton, delivered cut, 17s per ton, delivered. . ; •

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mail-, tol Close a>. Under :— For Coromandel, on Friday next, at 12.30 p.m. For Taranaki and Southern provinces, per Ladybird, on Friday, at 7 a.m. For Napier, per Paterson, on Saturday next, at 11 a m. (Signed) S. B. .Bis., Chief Postmaster.

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

THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrorjg (that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do

Whe_jt Southern journals undertake to deal with the native question the result is almost invariably very amusing.. Of such a charac ter is; a leading article in a recent issue of the Otago Daily Times on the kingifce meet ing at Te Kuiti, from which we make the following extract :—

! The result of this division of the King party should have an important influence on the future welfare ofithe colony..; It is' the breaking up of the last great confederation of the tribes; they have found kingship has given them no cohesion; the influences of the Lind and King League that have cost the colony so dearly both in money and blood may be considered to come speedily to an end; the Government will be enabled to purchase tracts of land for settlement it has long wished to acquire, private individuals being excluded from Coiripetition'; and by'wisely expending the half million sterling voted last session for the acquisition of a landed estate for the North Island, we may hope to have heard the last of the railing of our Northern fellow colonists against the " un holy " compact of 1856. It will be interest ing to watch the action of the Native Depart ment in this new phase of Maori affaiis.

To Auckland people accustomed to the aimless nonsense of these periodical gather ings for feasting and talk their termination without arriving at any tangible conclusion' is considered much less remarkable than wpuldbe the enunciation of some important policy for the future government of Maori dom, which seems to have been expected by our k Southern contemporary. The position of Tawhiao and the Waikato tribe is well

understood.?;> They have lost nearly the whole of tiieir territory by confiscation, and arc now only, tenants at will on the Ngati manipoto lands, and their policy is neces sarily one of wailing and exclusiveness. No one knows better than Tawhiao and his advisers how futile it would Ibe to attempt to enforce his laws or to assume any active sovereignty over the territory of his friends and allies who havo afforded him an asylum. In their present mood there is no balm for the wounds of the bereaved Waikatos but the restoration of their lost lands, and this they know is beyond the power of the Government to grant now that the land has been so largely alienated from the Crown and settled upon. To come out of their shell, and accept the bounty of the Government in the form of a small slice of territory, would be to lose the semblance of authority that Tawhiao and his advisers still possess, and would not very largely benefit the tribe, who are from all accounts subsisting very comfortably at present, with no lack of the luxuries which civilization affords. That there is any danger of a renewal of hostilities for the recovery of Waikato we do not believe. The Waikato tribe feel their helplessness to undertake such a work alone, while Rewi at the head of the Ngatimanipotos has too much to lose to allow himself, with the exftmple of Wai kato before him, to become embroiled in a war which would unquestionably terminate in the loss of his own valuable territory. That there is, however, any present prospect of Rewi throwing Tawhiao and hi 3 people off we do not believe, and we fear that if the dissatisfaction regarding tho land compact of 1850 is to be terminated only by the opening up and acquisition of the territory beyond the confiscation boundary, the people of the South must endure the twittings of the North for years to come. The native difficulty has resolved itself into a question of time. By more frequent intercourse with the settlers in their trips across tho lino for the disposal of produce the natives will no doubt gradually relax their present semi-hostile attitude, and more cordial . relations grow up; but that this will be effected suddenly by any decision of a native gathering we do not anticipate, and that the Government take the Bimc view is indicated by the indifference which the Native Minister displayed in relation to the proceedings of the late Te Kuiti meeting.

A Provincial Government Gazette was pub lished to-day containing a notice of Mr H. D. Morpeth's appointment as Inspector of Lunatic Asylums, vice Mr H. 11. Turton, resigned. Also a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Government for the quarter ending .'slst March, which shews that the disbursements were £21,382 l'2d 4d, and that to meet this, in addition to the expen diture of £8,675 lis Bd, balance from last quarter, an overdraft at the bank of £3,15u 8s Sd has been incurred. The expected new theatrical company arrived by the s.s. Phcebe this morning from the South. They will appear on Monday night at the Prince of Wales Theatre accord ing to advertisement. The company consists of the following ladies and gentlemen : —Mr and Mrs Searle, Mr and Mrs Simruonds, Miss Clara Stephenson, Mr South, Mr and Mrs Booth. Mr Thos. Henderson's cargo boat the Tar tar has been engaged by the Superintendent to maintain the necessary communication between the ship Dorette and the authorities in Auckland. An experienced man, lohn Wood, is r in charge, assisted by another. Tho boat is to go down to the island of Motuhihi every morning and return during the day. She took her departure for the first trip this morning. The communication will be kept up under very stringent restric tions, and there will^be no personal contact with tho infected ship. Every letter brought off will be subjected to a scries of disinfect ing processes, and stores taken down will be left at an appointed spot, from whence th_y will be afterwards conveyed by the Quaran tine Station Superintendent. The last ves sel placed in quarantine in this port was the Tyburnia, which came into harbour with re ported small-pox on board, some ten or twelve years ago. On that occasion the passengers were landed on Rangitoto, and had to live in tents, the present buildings not being then in existence. Mr Landers was then engaged to look after the wants of the passengers, and to make reports to the autho rities. We are glad to state that the nuisance caused by the Parnell soap works has been removed. The open ditch down the hill along which the soap lyes used to run' in a

smoking, torrent has been done away with, and drain pipes laid down to carry off the refuse from the factory. Mr Allender has always shewn a commendable desire to carry on his business so'that it shall not interfere with the comfort of his neighbours, and this is only a fresh instance of it.

An interesting piece of intelligence comes from Poverty Bay. The Standard, the lead ing local journal, says :—" A timely addition to local requirement has been made in the erection of a pump." The addition is timely. There are one or two people in the district who have gone there specially with the view of sowing dissension among the residents, and we would auggest that an example be made of them by placing one under the spout of the recent erection and plying the handle vigorously. The proprietor and conductor of thePoverly Bay Herald especially suggests himself as a subject of this purifying opera tion. If the pump is put to its proper use the lload Board will undoubtedly, as the Standard remarks, " deserve the thanks of the community for this great utile boon."

The thanks of the ladies'acommittee of the Home for Neglected Children, Newton, are presented to Mr Allan Taylor and Mr flat ter for presents of fruit, and to Mr Bracken rig for, racily volumes of books as rewards to the children, also to Mrs Webster for a large parcel of clothing.

The following is an extract from the civil list which is annually voted by the English Parliament: —Princess Royal (Crown Princess of Prussia), £128,000 ; Prince of Wales, £400,000; Princess of Wales, £100,000 ; Prince Alfred, £105,000 ; Prince Arthur, £30,000 ; Princess Alice (of Hesse), £72,000 ; Princess Helena (of Schleswig, &c), £42,000; Princess Louise (of Lome), £12,000; Princess Mary (of Teck), £13,000 ; Princess Augusta (of Mecklenburg-Strelitz), £90,000 ; the Duchess of Cambridge, £90,000 ; the Duke of Cambridge, £270,000.

i - A Victorian squatter, Mr Donald Cameron, has found journalism anything but a paying speculation. He took shares in the Town and Country Journal and the Evening Ex press, and in the course of a few months lost £13,000 by the venture.

The gentlemen who form the committee in connection with All Saints' Sunday-school have determined upon a series of lectures for the purpose of providing the choir with a harmonium. The first lecture will be given on Monday evening, the 27th instant, the subject will be " Milton, tho man and the poet," with musical accompaniments by the choir. Other discourses will follow on " Our Coalfields," " Travels in the South Sea Islands," &c. We believe this series of discourses will edify and interest the young men and women of Ponsonby, and go far to wards the realisation of the needed harmo nium.. The members of the Auckland Harmonic Society will meet for practice this evening in the large of the Young Men's Christian Association. The selections will be from the' best works of Handel, Mozart, and Haydn. The interesting Sunday-school panorama, recently from London, will bo exhibited this evening in the Grafton Road district school room (Mr Martin's). The scenes will illus trate the Arctic regions and whale fisheries, and will be described by a competent lec turer. Wo notice that Messrs B. Tonks and Co. will sell to-morrow afternoon at the water men's step 3 the Sea Gull, a smart little yacht of four tons and well found. An old Parisian beggar, famous for his success, thus explains the business rules to which, he says, he invariably adheres: "I never ask alms of any one who has dined, as roshi f renders a man selfish ; nor a stout man, as it bores them to stop ; nor of any one putting on his gloves ; nor of a lady alone ; but always of any one manifestly going to dinner ; of people walking together, as their amour propre makes them generous ; of, officers in grand uniforms, and of people apparently seeking favors from the Govern ment—they think that a gift will bring th_m luck." A London telegram under date February 17 says : " Dr Beke, the English traveller, reports that he has discovered the true Mount Sinai. It is situated a day's journey north-east of the village of Akaba, Arabia, at an altitude of 5,000 feet above the level of the sea. Dr Beke says he found the remains of animals that had been sacrificed. He also dis covered Sinaitic inscriptions, which he copied." The question as to which of the peaks of the Sinaitic peninsula formed the "Mountof God" of the Bible narrative has divided travellers and geographers for many years. At one time the south point of the ridge known as Jebel Musa was supposed to be the mount on which Moses received the law ; then the Jebel Serbal was assumed to be the true Sinai, and still later the Ras Sassafeh was supposed to fulfil best the conditions of the Biblical narrative. The problem has been to find a peak isolated enough to admit of tho space around or in front of it required for the great encampment of Israel, and to render it possible that the summit should be in view of the entire congregation at the same time, and all the points hitherto selected have been open to objections on this score. Dr Beake may have succeeded where so many others have failed, but it will be well to await the data on which ho bases his belief before accepting it as conclusive.

To the Editor : Sir, —I hope you will let me make a few remarks in your valuable paper about Mr. Burnside.^ He said the doctor told him he was going away. He might have done that, but he told me that he was only going away for afortnight, and that his brother would attend to mo and the patients ; but a few days afterwards his brother slithered away to Sydney, and the place is to let. Now Mr. Burnside said he cured him. He might have done that, but it is not all over yet with Mr. Burnside. .Again, I know he can't cure everybody, but he took everybody's money away. He has cured about sixteen cases that I have seen, but he needn't have run away and left a lot of cases behind him that had been paid for. All I can say is that he did me no good, but he took good money from me. That's all I have got to say this time. I will he ready for Mr. Burnside next time. Yours, &c, One of the Patients.

At twelve soup houses, in New York, no less than 13,000 persons were in one day furnished with soup.

All tho Catholic congregations of New Haven, Connecticut, have united to promote the total abstinence movement.

There are over 14,500,000 of children of the school age in America. §95,000,000 are spent annually for schools, which is equal to one-third of one per cent, of tho property, real and personal, of the whole country, as returned by the last census, and 221,000 teachers are employed. The National Go vernment has already set aside for educa tional purposes 140,000,000 acres of the pub lic lands.

Captain McConnell informs the members of No. 3 Company of Auckland Royal Volun teers that a special meeting will be held this evening in the Drill-shed, and that their pre sence is requested as important business will be brought forward bearing on the future progress of the company.

The second meeting of Mr Brown's singing class will be held to-morrow evening in Cook street Oddfellow's Hall. We learn that eighty persons joined the class at the first meeting, and that no one will be permitted to join after to-morrow evening. We would recommend young persons who are desirous of improving themselves in the beautiful art of singing to become members of Mr Brown's class without delay; the method of Hullah is simple and, with attention, easy of acquisition.

To suggest horrors is said to be the most effective method of arousing the interest of a lover of sensation ; it beats description hol low. The following taken from the Welling ton. Independent is not a bad sample of what is meant :—"A shark about four or five feet long was caught a few days ago by an angler at the wharf who had some difficulty in hauling him in. When opened—and sharks are usually subjected to that process—a child's bib was found in its stomach.

One of the most noticeable signs that winter is approaching is the fluttering of Autumn leaves in form, of hand-bills among the drapers of the city, announcing the impor tant facts that Messrs Brown, Jones, and Robinson are making large sacrifices in clearing out their remaining stock of summer goods; or that tremendous bar gains may be had during the next ten days at Messrs Lace, Satin and Co.'s ; or that Messrs Polyanthus and Primrose have to offer a large assortment of Manchester goods at extraordinary low prices. Such are the indications of coming winter in Auckland but in the old country we look to the yellow ing elm leaves, and the hoarse cry of " wal nuts, oh !" along the drizzly streets from the half-ventilated throat of the bawling coster monger for such is signs. The Vivian Royal Comique TroiTpe in con junction with the Californian ministrels com manded a fair house at the' Prince of Wales Theatre last evening, and the various perform ers sustained their parts in a highly creditable manner. The singing of Mr Frank Verten drew forth frequent applause, as did the comic representations of Mr Vivian and the various dances by others. The performance, with a slight change, will be repeated to night. .

Henry Ward Beecher makes the following touching remarks on the death of children :— " When mothers go down to look for their children in Greenwood; when companions go, in some lonesome hours in which the world goes hard with them, and sit in memory upon the tomb of those who have been so much to them, I would to God that they could look up and not down. Their dear ones are not in the grave. My children — why, they have never ceased twinkling, like stars, down upon me from the heaven above; and, though for other reasons I havo often been where they are buried, I have never made one purposed visit to their dust. My children—so bright, so full of promise, so full of sweetness, so full of everything that the heart craved—they rest with God, and my thoughts follow them through the air and not through the ground. Do you ever notice the dandelion when_ it first comes up in the spring, and is nothing but a mat of little, flat, and homely leaves lying snugly on the ground ?" A few days of- summer sun will bring out the plaited bud nippled in the soil. In a few days more it will lift itself higher, and open its golden circle. It is now born ; and so are our children born to us. Wait yet a few days, and that blossom if shut up. Its beauty is gone. Wait a few days again, and out it comes once more. But now it is an airy globe, white as pearl, an exquisite in form as no compass could score it. An ethereal globe it is. The wind could blow it away. And such are our children. They have gone from us, beautiful to the last. Through all ages they shall live, and bud and blossom. They have been wafted away to the celestial sphere,, where they are singing, and shall sing forever and forever. Sons of God are your children, and they are with God.

Dr. Tristram, Chancellor of the diocese of London, has refused a licence to erect a bal dacchino over the communion table of St. Barnabas' Church, Pimlico, as an adorn ment, Mr. Bowron and other parishioners had entered a protest, and the matter had been taken up by the Church Association. In giving judgment Dr. Tristram said that after much consideration he had come to the conclusion that the proposed ornament did not come within the rubrics, and that it was not necessary or subsidiary to the service of the Church. It was not in the province of this Court to sanction the erection of an ornament that was not sanctioned, and as the law did not provide such an ornament to the communion table, it was not for this Court to issue a faculty to give greater -dignity and honour to the holy table than the simple dignity prescribed by the law. He should therefore refuse the application for a faculty, and grant Mr. Bowron his costs. It is expected that the vicar and churchwardens will appeal to the Arches Court.

The latest intelligence on the dock ques tion is that the matter has found its way into the Attorney-General's Court.

To the Editor: Sir, —In Tuesday night's issue appears a local in reference to dust-box rub bish, in which you remark that it is assum ing a magnitude that it was never intended when it was proposed to only collect shop sweepings. I don't know the inspiration of your remarks, but this I do know, that it is absurd to attempt to draw a line as to the "magnitude" of the sweepings. I suppose the contractor undertook to remove the sweepings of the city Jor a given sum. In London dust bins are cleared out regularly weekly, quite irrespective of amount and contents, unless they are of a decidedlyjimproper and foul nature. What are shopkeepers to do ? They are not allowed to remove yard rubbish themselves, and yet it appears it is not to be removed except at the discretion of the contractor. Moreover, I understand an absurd regulation will come in force to-morrow morning by which dust boxes will not bo allowed outside business premises after eight o'clock. Can the height of absurdity further go ? —Arc. us.

Messrs S. & J. R. Vaile notify by ad vertisement that the National Mart will be closed to-morrow (Friday), and re-open on Saturday, April 18.

Suicide by Hanging.

About half-past seven o'clock this mornin the body of Joseph Redshaw, who keeps a tallow and boiling-down establishment off the Mount Roskill Road, Cabbage Tree Swamp, was found hanging by the neck in an out-house. The deceased was seen by his wife a little after daylight, when he appeared to be in his usual health. He had, however, been drinking lately, and was intoxicated last night. After the time when Mrs Renshawsaw him until half-past seven he was not noticed about the place, but at that hour John Redshaw, his son, in company with a man named Ruben Shaw, went into the salt-house, when they found the deceased suspended by a clothes line from one of the rafters quite dead. He had evidenty stood on a barrel four feet high, and, after adjust ing the noose, swung himself off. They at once cut down the body, but there was no indication of life. A doctor was, how ever, sent for immediately. It is stated that the deceased had lately suffered several losses in business, and that he once before attempted suicide in Grey-street by drinking a shilling's worth of laudnum. He was 55 years of age. An inquest on the body will be held at two o'clock to-morrow at the Eden Vine Hotel.

SUPREME COURT.-This Day.

IN BANKRUPTCY,

(Before His Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Knight, Chief Justice.) Re J. AND J. SOPPETT.

Mr:J. B. Russell applied for an order for complete execution of a deed of arrangement in this case.

In making the application Mr Russell stated that the total amount of liabilities in the estate was £10,901 8s 4d, and the num ber of creditors 31. Of these 18, represent ing £9,409, had assented to the proposed deed, a proportion exceeding the three fourths of liabilities required by the 263 rd section of-the Act. Mr Russell put, in affidavits from the bankrupts in lieu of the certificate of the trustee, who was unavoid ably absent.

His Honor, observing that the evidence of complete execution was perfectly satisfactory, made the order asked for.

Re JONATHAN WARRAL HINES,

Mr Brookfield, on behalf of the trustee in this estate, applied for an order for a summons against the bankrupt requiring him to appear and shew cause why he had not fulfilled the conditions of his discharge. Mr Brookfield said the application was made under the 2S6th section of the Act.

The bankrupt, who was described as a gentleman of Parnell, was adjudicated on the 12th April, 1873. On the 29th May he came up for his final examination. On that occasion several creditors appeared to oppose, and the trustee's report was also unfavourable. "The examination was ad journed to the sth of June to admit of / composition being made. When the bank rapt appeared it was stated by Mr Jame

Russell on his behalf that it had k. arranged with the creditors that he ahnu pay the trustee £5 per month as long M iT received his allowance from his father until he had paid 10s in the £ on the «i« of liabilities. All opposition was then with drawn, and the bankrupt received his d charge. Since that time the bankrupt Wi* only paid LlB instead of LSO. The truatT had made repeated applications but had r ceived no response. " c

The learned counsel put in an affidavit of the trustee. He had every reason to heW that bankrupt had received his allowance regularly. '* His Honor granted the order for a sum mons requiring the bankrupt to appear next Court diy.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M) THROWING STONES. William Roberts, John Roberts, and Wil liam Bett were severally charged T^th maliciously breaking two panes of glass yes terday, vahm 4s, the property of Mr Atkin printer, of High-street. ' Prisoners pleaded not guilty. Joseph Keats proved the case against the prisoners. Mr Atkin stated to the Court that this was not a solitary case. His windows were continually being broken by idle boys .such as the prisoners. Mr Broham said that the boys were mostly neglected children. The father of Roberts was in prison. His Worship ordered the lad 3to pay lfe each with 4s damages, or fourteen days' im. prisonment with hard labour. BRICKS AND PUNCHES. John F. Gibbons, on remand, appeared in answer to a charge of shying a brick at the head of Edward Gargan, and striking him thereon on the 6th of April, and Edwd. Gargan was charged with assaulting the said John F. Gibbons by punching him in the belly on the same day. Mr. Beveridge appeared, and said the . parties had made matters up, and were'de sirous of withdrawing the charges. His Worship said that these absurd quarrels among persons must be put a stop to. - It was becoming an every-day occurrence for persons who were foolish enough to have petty quarrels to run to the Police Court and make it a place of persecution. Ha was sorry that there was no law to consign all such persons to prison for a month to break stones side by side, and' at the end of their term they would become the best of friends. As Mr, Beveridge desired on the part of the com batants to withdraw the charge, the Court"' could have no objection to such a course, Mr Broham said that Dr Nicholson had been subpoenaed, he was entitled to his ex penses. .. His Worship : Certainly, certainly, the doctor must be paid his guinea. The cases were accordingly withdrawn, and the men returned to their daily labours, resolving to fight no more. HARBOURING DESERTERS. George Allen, a labouring man, was again brought up on a charge of harbouring and employing two marines, named Joseph Nee and William Thorne, of Her Majesty's marines, belonging to the Blanche, with a guilty knowledge. Mr Laishley appeared for defendant, aud pleaded guilty under mitigating, circum stances. Sergeant-Major Pardy stated that he went to a hut at the Manukau, where he found prisoners, who told him that their uniforms were at Allen's house ; he went thither and demanded the clothes of prisoner's wife, who said that the boy had taken them into the bush ; he also saw Allen, who pleaded igno rance of the fact of their being marines. Joseph .Nee stated that he deserted from the ship on the Oth April. He went in his uniform to defendant's house. It was blue cloth. He asked Mrs Allen for a pair of old trowsers. He saw Allen on the evening and. asked for work; but he hesitated, and said it would be dangerous ; but he gave work to him and his mate, and found them both

trowsers. To Mr Laishley : He did not know what defendant meant by "dangerous j" whether he referred to the work, or giving them work.

Mr. Laishley submitted that there was no case ,as defendant was not aware until the following Saturday of the real character of the men. He thought therefore under the cir cumstances a nominal fine would be suffi cient. .„. His Worship said defendant was an old soldier. Had been twenty-two years in the service, and was not so ignor ant as he appeared. He believed that he had a guilty knowledge," and tfce Court must find him guilty ; he had tha men's clothing in his possession, and the term - -dangerous" referred rather to harbor ing the marines than to the work they were put to. The law must be put in force in suoh cases. Prisoner must pay a penalty of £-0 or be imprisoned. » .A SAILOR BOY. ' George Graham, a sailor boy, was charged with deserting from the ship Hylton Castle, on the 11th instant. The lad pleaded guilty. Captain Scott said the lad was generally a good boy, but he had been led away by others. He was willing to take him back. , The boy said he was willing to go back, . and the case was dismissed. THE 'GUM-DIGGER AND PUBLICAN. ! Henry McGoldrick, a fine-looking !$M j with a long flowing beard, was charged with using unbecoming language, not to be found in any dictionary, towards Daniel McLennan hotel-keeper, at Helensville, and with having committed sundry other offences in that neighbourhood on the 9th inst._ . Mr Bees appeared for complainant, ana Mr Joy for the prisoner. ; , Mr Joy stated the facts of the case, w_ic_ were these :—The prisoner was a respectable gum digger, and had been fortunate enongn to acquire a bundle of notes and a number oi sovereigns by the fruits of his labour. tfeing of a generous disposition he thought he wouia treat himself liberally, and fo' "TV . purpose left his hut in the solitudes of the bush and went to the house ot. McLennan, where he imbibed AB^m draughts of potent liquor, which strangely affected him in the head. While m this state he used certain words, and was put out" doors; whereupon he broke into *J-e^ d again, and a general row ensued. 4 e » plead guilty of using the- language wjn under the influence of drink, supplied ton** by the complainant. He hoped tiiere^ d that the Court would weigh these tacts, *» k deal leniently with the prisoner. Daniel McLennan, publican, of He eDs* deposed that prisoner used obscene lsng^ss inside and outside his house on tbe . ti lt was not fit for the public ear. i-afc Daniel McLennan was then cuargeu beating and violently assaulting s0 James Goldrich, whereby his armw k , severely injured that he was unable w Goldrich then left the pnß«n«».^ witness box, and sta ted that he» J"^ ta a considerable sum of money, «», ft .„ t ting McLennan's hotel, with the view oif Hfl the money into the landlo rd s *«?P*^ tv ith took some drink, and his money an .* ffheD the exception of five shili wgv . opoß MoLennao made a murderous «w»*

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TJETIRING FROM THE RETAIL. 1 ■'•"• isM; .•Al*■ ... J. COSGRAVE & CO. ' Are giving up their Retail Business in Queen-street. A SALE of the Goods will bo held TO-MORROW, the 14th of March, and will continue until the entire Stock is disposed of. Wo are now landing THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS WORTH of DRAPERY and MEN'S CLOTHING-, purchased by Mr Cosghave from the English and French Manufacturers, which will be SOld at UNFEECEDENTEDLY LOW PRICES. No credit will be given during the Sale" SPECIALTIES FOR THE SEASON RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN, * (LATE R. HOBBS), Are Noav Opening up tiieir WI N T ifl R SHIPMENTS EX N OBIIAM CASTLE and HYLTON CASTLE Comprising— SILK AND ALPACCA UMBRELLAS. LADIES' BLACK CLOTH JACKETS, CHILDREN'S, MAIDS. AND LADIES' WATERPROOF TWEED MANTLES, In Great Variety and Newest Styles. CHOICE NEW DRESS GOODS In Greatly Variety. FRENCH MEBINOS in all shades COBURGS, WINCEYS', FLANNELS All Wool Plaids, Union, and All Wool Crimean Shirtinrs STRONG TWEEDS. GAMRROONS WATE aPROOF TWEEDS In Great Variety. Furnishing Goods, Blankets, Sheeting.., white and grey White Linen Damask, Loom Damask Window Muslins, Muslin, and Leno Curtains "Victoria Table Covers, Printed Cloth ditto Druggets, White and Red Matting, &c, &c. ALSO, TO ARRIVE EX DORETTE— . 34 CASES AND BALES OF GENERAL DRAPERY GOODS, CLOTHING, Etc., Etc., Etc. RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN VVHODE.-ALK AND B.KTAIL DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &0 JUNCTION* DRAPERY WAREHOUSE, (Opposite tho Army and Navy Hotel,) Upper Qtjee.m-s'iuket, Auckland. TJ! H. LEWISSON Begs to inform his numerous frienes and the public at large that having been success ful In disposing of all his old STOCK at the recent OLE A RING-OUT SALE, He has determined to RE-OPEN with an ENTIRELY NEW .SELECTION OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OP JEWELLERY, WATCHES, &c, And is resolved to offer to the Public Goods of Uie best Quality at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE. jtST Extensvc Altctations are about to bo made in the Bnsinc.i Premises, which when completed will make them second to none in the Colonies. The Manufacturing Branch of tho BusincM will bo carried »n <"S ii«u,'il nnd sll Repairs or Orders for Cutting and Mounting Greenstone and Quartz will be executed witii promptness, F. H, LEWISSON, OPPOSITE UNION BAN X, V QUEKN-STREET, AUCKLAND. '