SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

i»IS!E 'SV^TffS : ffei* evenfag, 10 46; io>S»3!fK)« iflirifsT 11 19

SUK-iE« ; j.fcs* *«enlßt, 659 ; SinS.SIBS! ?q ---tofIOTTOW •; O-rx.rsg 553 MOAN'S AGii: Last Quarter, Srd pros., 1.17 a.m.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS,

DEPARTURES, fiarrlet Armttage, barque, Malller, for Sydney Moneynick, barque, Morton, for Wangaroa and

Dauntless, topsail schooner, Millar, for New Caledonia

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Jto Newcastle-Isabella, brig, at ones ; Mera,

schooner shortly *or Lytteiton-East Lothian, barque, early For Timara— l iirt brigantlne, early For Hobart Town—Bella Mary, barque, early For London—Countess of Ktutore. ship, ThftiflSs,

and Kernd-de, barques, early For San Francisco—Loch Urr, barque, early For Dunedin—Waibato, ship, early For Samoa -Pacific, schooner, eaily

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Blackbird, s s , from Sydney, early Zaalandia ship, from Londots: Sailed 9th July Pretty Jane, s.s.. from Gisbor^e and Napier, due Phcebe, s.s., from the South, Monday Papua, schooner, from Rarotonga Ivanhoe, schooner, from Levuka Southern Cross, Mission schooner> from South Sea

Islands, early Edith Rose, barque, from New York, early . , Mikado, s.s, from San Francisco, early Jackson, ship, from London ; sailed Stanley Castle, barque, from London ; sailed 9th July Hydaspes, ship, from London ; sailed.August Assaye, ship, from London ; sailed August "Waitangi, ship, from London ; sailed Dauntless (Hawaiian schooner), from New Caledonia,

early Vision, brig, from Dunedin, early Paheh*, brig, from Oamaru, early Magellan Cloud, from Chatham Islands, early Pearl, ketch, from South Sei Islands, early Emu, auxiliary screw schoouer, from Lyttelton, early

The barque Loch Urr entered out at tha Customs to-day in ballast. The schooner Belle Brandon is discharg- j ing her cargo from her berth on the east side of the wharf. The new steamer Sir Donald, after re ceiving her boiler at the North Shore Ferry Co.'s T, was taken alongside Messrs Fraser and Tinne's workshop, in Mechanics' Bay. She will here be -fitted with her engines and prepared for sea. Mr W. Lodder prepared the plans of her machinery. It will be seen by advertisement in another column that tenders are called for lay Messrs Henderson and Macfarlane for the repair of the ship Condoren. Specifica tions may be Been at their office, and tenders will be received up to this day week. A considerable amount of cargo has been stored for the Countess of Kintore since she has beeninthe stream. She will come alongside again to take it in as soon as the Loch Urr has received her ballast. She is to sail in about ten days from this date. There is still accommodation left "for one or two saloon passengers. The discharge of the barque Bella Mary has been somewhat delayed owing to the adverse weather. She is now advertised to leave for Hobart Town on Friday. Captain McArthur is one of the best-known of the skippers who trade to the port, and this fact should secure him plenty of passengers, for whom the vessel has good accommodation. We understand that Captain Babot has resigned the command of the ship Hydaspes. The name of his successor has not yet tran spired. The barque Vivid came alongside the outer main T this morning, and at once commenced discharging her cargo of Circular Head potatoes. They are in splendid condition, and being stowed in new gunnies make a better show than any lot of potatoes lately landed. Messrs Jakins and "Wilcox have bought the consignment to order. An accident occurred to Captain Casey's twin-screw steamer Gemini last night about eleven o'clock. She was returning from River head, andin the darkness of the nightsteamed full butt into the coal hulk Bella Marina, fortunately without sinking her. The shock carried away the steamer's mast, and her port bulwarks were ako considerably damaged. - Captain Casey has this morning forwarded a • " claim " to Messrs. Henderson and Macfar lane on account of the injury, as the captain and crew allege that there was no light on the hulk. This, however, is denied by the owners, and they refuse to recognise the claim. We conclude that it will form another sub ject for arbitration, though it is hardly to be expected that Captain Casey will do so well out of it as in the case of the Miltiades.

The barque Monejmick sailed early this morning in ballast for Wangaroa. She will there load timber for Dunedin.

The Harriet Armitage, barque, after lying in the stream windbound for several days, sailed yesterday evening for Sydney. The new barquentine the Falcon was still lying at anchor off Orakei Bay this after noon.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Wangantti, this day.jrg The s.s. Waitara, from Auckland, put, in here at half-past eleven this morning through stress of weather, Napier, this day. The Southern Cross (Holmes) arrived early his morning. Nelson, this day. The s.s. Phoebe left for New Plymouth at 10 last night. Makitkau Heads, this day. Wind W.S.W. strong and squally. Bar breaking at interals. r'

COMMERCIAL.

COLONIAL PROTHTCE.

Buying Prices, Corrected by Auckland Dealers.

s. d. s. d. s d. a. d. Butter, per lb. 1 9—2 0 Ducks, pair.. 0 o—o 0 Cheese (new) 0 s—o 8J Geese, each 0 0-0 -0 Eggs, per doz. 0 10—0 0 Turkey ..0 o—o 0 Lard, per lb 0 6—o 0 | Canterbury Bacon & Hams Fowls each 1 o—2 0| (bare) .. 0 10— 0 Good Salt Butter- 16| Do (in c oth) 9J—O 0 Grater. Cheese B—o 9 | Auckland Q 6r-0. 9 Hams, 9jd to IOJd per lb. Retail Prices, Farm and Dairy Produce. s. d. s. d. ». d s. d. Milk, per qt. 0 o—o 6 I Ducks pair 5,0—6 6 Butter (fresh) 2 0-0 0 | Geese,1 each 6: Oi-6 0 Cheese (new) 0 10—0 11 Turkeys, each 4 6-6 0 Eggs.per doz. 1 o—o 0 | Bacon, per lb. 0 9—o 1 Lard, per lb. 0 6—o 91 Hams .. .. 0 9-10 Fowls, pair.. 3 6-5 01 Salt Butter., 1 6—l 3 Bf Butchers' Meat. . f) Ift ! 3 Beef, per lb. 0 s—o 7 I Pork, per lb. 0 6-0 7 Secood quality Si 0-0 3 | Veal.. .. 0 6-08 Mutton .. 0 4—o 6, Steaks .. 7 o—o 9 BEBADSTUFFS. •.-.-,. ; v„ FLOUR. ,: j t n cjffi T WHOLESALE. Millers' Price, per ton—lst quality £15 Fine Flour—household .. .. £13 Adelaide Flour \ £17 Canterbury .. '~ .. £12 to £13 Seconds, £12. Sharps, £8 Bakers' Price, per lb .. .. .. .. , 3d Bran, Is 6d per busheL Bread, per 21b. loaf, 4d Maize, crushed and whole, 5s 6d to 6s BISCUIT. Cabin Biscuit, per 1001b .Retail 22s MAIZE, OATS, POTATOES, ETC. '.'-..,. WHOIiBSAL*; ',' ;•;•'-TT Maize, 6s Prime Sydaey Oats, 6s to 6s per bushel* American Oats, 4s to 4s (id Hay, £oto £710s per ton. *.» •. ~ « . Straw, £2 10s to £3 per ton. Chaff, £5 10s per ton. retail. Maize, per bushel, 6s 6d to 7s Oats, 6s per busheL Potatoes, gs 6d per cwS. Hay,ewt., 7s6d. ,-•■■. . .; i-vi Straw, 4s to 5s per cwt.' Chaff, 7s to 8s per cwt. _ KAURI GUM AND FLAX MAEKET. The following are the prices In the Auckland market :— Gum-Wen scraped, bejit quaUty .... £29 to £80 .i,.o^'* £27 to £28 t*Z^2u*vuU *r "■ £17 to £19 Second ditto ..£l4 to £16 A»W .. .. , air tf. na BUILDING MATERIALS'.* i »t ™Jf^T?^ ard? an£ soantling, 100 f t, 9s to 16s ;

BIRTH.

ANSlitv—On October l. at her moth»r'3 residence, Hturdtoge street, * ".ekiuEd, the or s*. .vi Ansley, Ecq , of is. sou.

DEATH.

Simpson—On Orfobw i, <J'auie.j ?',uarfc, younr; ."t son of tho lat(j Oantain Vr'-'iiuai Simpson ; aged, one year and ttixio muathft, - The faueral will >cave Mrs Simpson's residence, College Road, to-moirow, R,t 3 p.m.

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

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1874.

fht the pftiise that Tacks ass!Gtanc%, {far the wrong; that needs resistance, for the future in the distance. Ami the teod that we can do.

The liquor question possesses no smaller amount of interest for residents in this colony than for the inhabitants of Great Britain, where it continues to occupy a very large amount of attention. We have no doubt that the opinion expressed by a correspon dent in a letter published in Monday's Star is perfectly correct, and that the subject will be kept alive by the continual agitation of Good Templars and teetotallers for restric tive legislation in the hope of lessening What it is admitted on all sides is A gigantic evil. The cause is a good One, and tlie intentions of enthusiasts in the anti-liquor crusade are equally above suspicion ; they should, there fore, carry with them the warm sympathy of every one who has the welfare and social improvement of the great mass of mankind sincerely at heart. In fact the magnitude of the evil is so universally recognised and de plored, and so urgent is the necessity for reformation that the comparative failure o f the teetotal party in their endeavours to gain what they have struggled bo perseveringly for, can only be ascribed to some inherent weakness in their mode of procedure. Nor is it difficult to see where this element of weakness lies. Our temperance reformers are clamorous for legislative restriction in de fiance of the great principle that the liberty of the subject must lie at the botton of all British law. Successful legislation must always be an embodiment of the feelings, desires, and sympathies, not merely of a majority but of the great mass of the people, and any statute thet is otherwise will utterly failin the accomplishment of itsobject, and lead to an undesirable habitual disregard of thelaw, wholly beyond the control of the authorities and demoralising in its influences. That this has been the case in Massachusetts to a marked degree in connection with the prohibitive liquor law of that State we have - unimpeachable evidence before us to show in a recently published report of the Joint Special Legislative Committee, which we propose to notice at greater length on some future occasion. At present, in view of the practice initiated at Christchurch on Tuesday last of holding sessions of the united Good Templar lodges, wo desire to urge upon the leaders of the temperance movement in this colony a careful re-con" sideration of their policy,- with the view of determining whether, in following in the old beaten track, they have been acting as wisely and with as good results as they might have done had their efforts been directed from a different stand-point and. in new channels. We last Saturday made a very brief reference to Mr Bright's views on the simplicity and impracticable nature of the demends of teetotallers. Mr Bright has been a staunch friend of the cause, and his opinion is there fore of the greater value, and should not be howled at merely because it does not chance to fall in with the pre-conceived notions^ or creed of the teetotal party. For this reason we re-publish a brief 'letter on the temperance movement which the vete ran statesman has addressed to Mr W. H. Gregory, of Bradford :■— " London, June 5, 1874. Dear Sir, —I cannot write you along letter on the temperance question and my views upon it. lam sorely troubled with letters, and am obliged to omit answers to very many of them. I may say, however, that in my opinion appeals should be made to all mem bers of the Christian churches in the hope of creating a great public opinion among the thoughtful and religious classes in favour of the temperance movement, and of offer ing, through them, to the view of the nation a grand example of absti nence from the use of articles which are so seldom useful and so often pernicious. If the professing Christian people would take this matter in h?nd the great work would go on prosperously, their example would tell rapidly upon public opinion, and upon the customs of the nation, and a great reform would be in process of certain achieve ment, and, as this more rational opinion was created, would enable the Legislature to assist in it by such reasonable restrictions as the case may require and as the constitu encies would be able to sustain. At present a few-persons clamor for legislation which the country is not prepared for, and which it will not bear. The consequence of this is failure, there being much contention and no result.—J. Bright."

There is a great deal of sound advice in this plain and straightforward expression of opinion, which is worthy of the careful con-?, sideration of temperance reformers. And it is worthy of note that the good which the temperance movement has accomplished in the past has proceeded entirely from the measures taken to enlist the sympathies of the people, and not from the efforts made to restrain and make moral by force. Moreover, the degree of success has been exactly pro portioned to the extent to which popular elements .have been introduced, and. thie glOomy, misanthropical and intolerant garb, of ancient teetotalism exchanged for brighter and more cheerful influences. Herein lies the secret of the rapid spread of GoodTemplary at a time when teetotalism in its original form had become almost stationary; and the more liberal the ad vances in the same direction the speedier will be the creation of cordial sympathy with the cause of total abstinence. Hitherto teetotalism has been put too much in the light of a medicine for the dipsomaniac, pos sessing, like most other medicines, very nauseous and uninviting properties instead of being represented and proved in practice to be the wholesome food of a healthy consti tution, intellectually and physically. A few attractive Good Templar hotels, reading rooms, dramatic and musical societies, and entertainments (not of the recond, rate; penny-reading stamp, which may suit the the mental status of children, but a re

wearifcoine and distasteful to intelligent people), but iehtertaimlent.? ftiodelled mßre Upon Kiq T-'A.'.cirn of *hose wofeh.prove no .Stally : atfcr-rvefcive to the dppositioii pariyi #ould Uo utoro Tor the cause of fcupcr«noe than ar.y lequl restraints, tfeniperanceoi'&tions, or ritualistac tomfoolery. .

We are glad to learn that our repeated sug J gesbions that the settlers should urge upon J tbe General Government the importance of opening tho railway to Papakura are at length to be acted upon. As will be seen by advertisement in another part of to-day's issue the residents in Papakura and Surrounding districts are invited to attend a meeting at the Papakura hotel on the 2nd of October for the purpose specified, when no doubt resolutions will be passed affirming the importance Of the immediate opening of the line for traffic, tt is rather an anomaly that afser the premises of the Minister of Public Works, and the repeated expressions of opinion from the press, public agitation should have been forced upon the ; settlers ; in point of fact that a paternal government which discovered the need for a railway through the district should not also have seen the necessity for opening it when completed j but so it is, and the settlers have, no option but to remind them oi their duties and responsibilities. No doubt at the Papakura meeting a deputation Wall be appointed to represent the matter to the Colonial Secretary now in Auckland, and we hope thitt the result will show that the Government are not as indifferent io thfe expressed wishes of the people as they have shown themselves slow to anticipate public wants. A number of gentlemen representing 1 the city of Auckland should be appointed to j co-operate with the settlers, and for this pur j pose we know of none better than his Wor -1 ship the Mayor, the President of the Chamber jof Commerce, and city gentlemen who are j more or less connected with country interests. A very ingenious way of covering the,laches ■of the Immigration Department from the criticism of the public has recently been initiated by the Government. It will be re membered that whed certain charges of a very grave character were brought against the doctor of the ship Loch Awe an investi gation was held, at which the representatives of the press were present, and a larger amount of criticism was applied to the system that permitted such occurrences than was gratifying to the Government, however wholesome it might be to the public service. This has led to an order for the exclusion of the public from all such enquiries, and even for withholding any result tha*; may be arrived at. The first case which has arisen since the promulgation of the order was that of the ship Oxford. Upon the arrival of that vessel it was pub licly announced that certain charges were to be laid by the doctor against the captain. Subsequently the public were informed from day to day in mysterious paragraphs that the inquiry was proceeding, but no hint regard ing the nature of the complaints was given, t and reader* were left to the exercise of their imaginations as to whether some crime little short of wilful murder, or something very paltry indeed, was at issue. From out side rumours we have been led to suppose that the charges in the case of the Oxford were of a very trivial character, and should never have been made the subject of a judicial investiga'ion ; but for anything reliable that can be learned from official sources the very reverse may be the case. Now this is very unfair to the captain, the doctor, and all concerned, and is opposed to the interests of the public. We have only just learned that the Loch Awe inquiry resulted only in the witbolding of Dr. Wylie's gratuity, some £50, and even the doctor himself was kept in a stato of uncertainty for two months, during which time he was put to considerable expense waiting about in Auckland. Now what ever the faults of the doctor, and we are not of the number of his apologists," we maintain that he was unjustly dealt with in being made the victim of red tapeism and departmental circumlocution ; and the sooner this state of things is remedied tho better I will it be for the public service.

I The death of Admiral Wiseman, who was j Commodore on the New Zealand station during the Maori war of 1863, is announced ;in our telegrams. He will be remembered j by many people in Auckland as an intrepid and brave gentleman, and a skilful officer. Mr Bates, the American actor, has been engaged by the lessee of the Prince of Wales Theatre to appear for a few days next week. We are very glad that an opportunity is thus to be afforded of seeing Mr Bates on ! the Auckland boards during his present I visit. His reputation as a star actor in Melbourne and Sydney leaves not the slightest doubt that a treat of a high character is in store for the lovers of legitimate drama, and after tho surfeit of other entertainments such a change should be welcomed. We learn from items of Home News that the late Samuel Taylor, printer, of Graystcck Place, Fetter Lane, London, bequeathed £1,C90 to the Printers' Corporation for the I benefit of distressed printers. Mr Taylor, I piiginally a printer's devil, had been a j printer in the neighbourhood of Holborn and Fetter Lane for nearly half a century. He was one of those persevering men of the Franklin type, with an eye ever upon busi ness, making the most of odd moments, and owing to close attention, regular habits, and systematic rule he acquired a large fortune, and at the close of his prosperous life was enabled to give a substantial bequest to printers who had been less successful or perhaps less persevering in the battle of life. Mr Taylor was buried in the cemetery of Higbgate Hill. I The vocal,and instrumental concert in aid of the funds for enlarging the Church of the Holy Trinity, Devonport, will take place this evening according to announcement. The best professional and amateur talent will be brought into requisition on this pccasion. '■ Compensation is undoubtedly one of the beneficent laws of nature, and good often springs from circumstances seemingly evil. I The Good Templars of the Union Lodge j recently lost a fish-hawker of their order, j who passed with his clearance card ' v to the I lodge of the sacred herring. What the I lodge lost, however, in the merry fish- I hawker they have more than found in a happy shoal of salmon. A whole family of this"name, recently imported from the poetic shores of the Trent* were initiated last lodge j night, and received the congratulations of j the brotherhood. . The ihembers of the Auckland Total ! Abstinence Society's annual meeting was held last evening in the large hall of the Young 4 'Meu's|room«, Wellesley-street, Dr. John 1^: Nicholson in the chair. The Chair man in hi* introductory speech referred to the inefficienqif of the Licensing Act, under which it was almost impossible to cenvict an hotel-keeper of a breach of the Act. The Secretary read the report and balance-sheet for the past year, which shewed that the expenditure had considerably exceeded the income in consequence of the purchase of property and repairs. The receipts were £884, while the disbursements were £1,11.3 ss, which left a debit balance of £323 7s. The following gentlemen were elected to office :—President, Mr A. Clark; vice presidents, Colonel Haultain, Dr. Nicholson, Revs. P. H. Cornford, Samuel Edger, Peter Mason, and Messrs Probert and Robinson ; treasurer, Solomon Hemus ; secretary, J. W. Carr ; committee, Messrs White, Carr, Cole man, Edwards, Hill, Anderson, J. E. Carr, Hurst, Swinnerton, Goldie and Cherry, ~..

We leatti from * private source that tin "Wizard Oil Prittte *■ is doing a good stroke I of J§*U-,i>sß fc B.isbind. fie i* drawing *m- j measelv Mid, says odr eotrespoadent, his j •word; arc oily, and his .liquid eloquence, lioth-og eLe. 1 the October number Of the Church Gazette -lor the diocese of Auckland contains the I usual amount of intelligence, noticesi oi festivals, ordinations, articles aurt extracts , also, visits of the Bishop of Auckland to various Maori settlements, which wul b read with interest by all good charcWen, The articles on "The Church Coftit^tton and "The Choral Festival Book" are ve,y Readable and instructive. A^org sketch of a large gathering of 3 wh eh took place at Whabatiwai is commenced in PT eand cSots /SSSX^ manners and customs ~i "° dnvtti* is The remaining portion of the o*f™Jß made uo of Church news, ncticisof b^oKs theological writers of the present and past There is also a very good summary of the life bf Archdeacon Williams from the recent biography by Hugh Carleton. A libel case reported in the papers by the last mail should expose the folly of the im press Ton which some Auckland people whose dignity may have been offended by a news paper entertain, that all strong language is libellous. Recent decisions in English Courts have gone altogether against the practice of instituting frivolous suits for libel, and unless substantial damage can be shewn the juries hate been almost unanimous in finding for the defendant. The latest ease—that to which -we specially refer just now—was one heard in London, in which Mr E. Wei by Pugin, the ,well known architect, was the defendant, he being tihsrged with libelling Mr Herbert, R.A. Some of Mr Pugms letters were read, in which he called Mr Herbert "a viper," "a humbug," "a filthy creature," and "a shocking cur." Never theless he was acquitted, on the ground that the letters, though scurrilous, were not libellous. Mr Gladstone was one of the witnesses examined, and he testified to Mr Pugin being a man of warm emotions. Scotchman from Auld Reekie will have noticed in the window Of Mr Wayte, of Queen-street, a very correct painting of Edinburgh Castle, which stands at the head of a fine street, a mile and a-half in length; •frhioh is terminated at the other extremity by the famous pal&de Of Holyrood. From the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle one of the finest views is presented that the imagination can conceive. In one direction is the old town, swarming with inhabitants, and full of Scottish life and activity. To the north is the new city, whioh for the regularity of its plan, and the beauty of its buildings is ex ceeded by no other citj of the world. Beyond are Arthur's seat and Salisbury craigs, the Frith of Forth, with its southern bank em bellished with woods and plains, hills and meadows; which the late poet, Alexander Smith, incorporated with his word-paintings, aad in the extreme distance appears the boundless ocean. Edinburgh Castle has many historical memories which will be revived in the minds of the countrymen of Burns and Scott, as they gaze upon the pictorial representation of the old castle in Mr Wayte's window. An Otahuhu correspondent writes:—"A short time since the road leading from the station at Otahuhu to the village was com menced, everything being favourable with regard to weather. The removing of earth work (for which no time could be better adapted from the amount of moisture re tained in it after the winter rains), and to add to the benefit derived by the contractor, the lengthening of the days is of no small importance. All these things combined allowed of such work being undertaken at a much less per centagethan otherwise would be the case under less favorable circumstances. But strange tosay the work has been stopped, And why ? is the next question. From what I can gather it seems the Government want to throw the burden on the Otahuhu Road Board. This, I think, is hardly 'fair. Surely this picturesque village has been ignored enough up to the present, in the lavish expenditure of public money laid out on all sides of it, and of which its inhabit ants will have to pay their full pound when the day of reckoning comes. In tbe laying out of the line it has seemingly been thrown on one side with disgust, for unless they plunged into the ocean they could not keep at a greater distance ; and I must say in the laying out of the road in question the villages have been equally slighted. None of the public money, with any proportions to the indirect taxes dragged out of the poor earnings of its thickly populated working class and other industrious inhabitants, has yet been laid out in its locality. What has been done was a causeway enlarged and Ann's Bridge repaired on the South Road. Yet a neighbouring village has had upwards of £30,000 spent in its very centre. Surely the Government might make One quarter of a mile of road to the station for a sorely taxed people. We must certainly be an easy governed populace when we take things so quietly, with only one bobby to prevent us from using harsher means than that of speak ing through the columns of your paper.—l am, fee, R. W. Kilflya.nn."

In the romantic district of Deniliquin, New South Wales, a newspaper has been started in the interest of squatters and farmers' wives. It is entitled the Pastoral Times, and edited by a countryman of Owen Glendower, formerly a shepherd in the vale of Llangollen, bearing the appropriate name of Taffy Jones That the editor is exactly the man for his verdant position the following will shew :— The grass is green, the flowers appear, The crimply leaves are on the boughsi, . ■ The pleasant creeky streams are clear, And welcome to the thirsty cows ; ; The squatter's son the breezes quaffs, The squatter's wife the butter makes, The grand-dad reads our paragraphs, And Johnny brews, % and Sally bakes. Tyranny is not confined to countries such as Russia and Turkey. Even in the me tropolis of free England it finds congenial soil. It seems that the master drapers in London have, for some unexplained reason, lately issued a mandate that their assistants must not wear moustaches. This invasion of the rights of the subject could not of course be borne in silence, so the aggrieved assistants have resolved to strike rather than comply with the order. Since the strike of maid-servants in Dundee against the wearing of caps, no more nohta and patriotic move° ment has fallen to be recorded. The friend s Of liberty will hope that victory may rest with the intrepid vieux moustaches. To the Editor': Sir, —- In answer to " Temperance," in last night's Stab, I have only to say that I cannot accept his challenge, as the statements made were the recollection of a fictitious story that appeared in an old American paper. Under these circumstances I hope I, may be exonerated from wilfully withholding; any portion of the tale as I read it.-^1 am, etc., Cameo's MA. ' We' have^frequently drawn attention to local manufactures, the growth of which are greatly on the increase, and among the last, but by no means the least, is that of quinine wine by Messrs Solomon and Margett'a:, mer chants, of ! : Queen-street, the distinctive brand of which, (the initials pf the.firm)'conspicuously placarded in the hotels and business places, has elicited some amount of curiosity. The wine is made from a receipe of the celebrated Dr : Bennett ' and is prepared solely from the best pale sherry and solution of quinine, the medicinal effects of which as a tonic are highly attested by several aUalysists, who pronounce it in strength and flavor superior to the imported artitle. It has, we understand, already com manded an extensive sale in the Soiathern provinces, and judging from the sample tested by lis is deserving of the commenda tion it has received.

The labour absorbing pow*r of the province v v Vrv remarkable. Wwe informed by tie Immigration Officer that the whole M the Oxford* immigrants, with one or two exccptSnS, haveb^n drafted into employ- Sand there are between twenty and Sirty unsatisfied applications for labour of various kinds on his books. Notwithstand ng the lafge number of new arrivals during h? past yeir the demand for labour is greater now than it was twelve months ago. This fsTne in a great measure to the increased Attention tiSgg paid^to the :ar<re tracts of the Waikato lands hitherto IviT.r, waste, but whicb, in anticipation no ttofthe completion of the railway, are bein<» fenced and drained. Tbfc' Bfconeham entertainment was repeated last evening at the Thtetre, bat the Mduaee was not large. Miss Stonenam wertt through her clever character performances with tei usual activity, and received the grateful Tudits of d' few present. The songs of foeesrs fetoneham and Vdrner were also satis factorily rendered. -The representations wil be repeated to-night, and to-morrow (the last •thebuilcHqueof the. " Golden Fleece, wiR be exhibited. The marvellous, awe-iMpmng mystery box will be produced and duly corded for the last time this evening. The Hon. Mr Fox has generously mad* over a number of sketches of New Zealand scenery, painted in water colours by himself to the Wellington Good Templars, and they propose turning them into money by means of an art union for the purpose of aiding the building fund Of a Temperance Hall. We call attention to the sale of the grand stand, bar,, booths, gates, and cards to< Hiorrotf by Messrs Tonks and Co., in con nection w yith fe Auckland Spring race meeting. The current number of the New Zealand Presoyfemn Church News appears today, x rexuy<.ei y.+^atxr and religious interest and in point of literary ana reug is eaual to previous issues. me leaamg artSe advocates additional ministerial strength in order to meet the requirements o colonial provinces. There is also a thought ful sermon to volunteers, by terSw**™ of the Thames, which will be read by those young men, to whom it is es pecially addressed, '< Revivals and their results" by "Alpha," contains facts respecting various religious awakenings at different periods in cOnnection various Churches in England and Scotland, lhe power of the Bible in Turkey is another paper of sterling merit. The present number contains moreover a graphic account of the unveiling of the statue of old John Bunyan, whose memory has been kept alive for two centuries by his immortal allegory of Christians' progress. There are also records of the various district Presbyterian Churches and of their progress, with financial and other necessary infor mation. The last page of this useful monthly is enriched with a poem of more than average merit, entitled " Room among the Angels," founded upon a little incident recorded in a foot note. This well conducted representative of the Presbyterian Church deserves the support not only of members but of the public generally,

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.) FALLING STARS. James Burns and Catherine Cullen were subjected to the usual penalty for the plea sure of getting drunk; James was fined 20s, and Kitty 10a and costs. THE WHIP. John Murphy, was charged with stealing a whip, value 15s, the property of John Smith, on the 2Gth ult. Prisoner denied the charge. John Smith deposed to losing the whip, which cost him 18s. He left it in the stock of his cab. A cabman, whose name we could not near, as he spoke bo very very low, but who slightly raised his voice at the suggestion of his" Worship, was understood to say that his name was Clipper, and that on Saturday, while he was opposite the Waverly hotel, he saw prisoner, who was a stranger to him, stoop down and draw a whip from the bottom of his trousers. To Mr Joy : He had not been drinking with the prisoner. His Worship : What is the length of this whip ? It must have been a wonderful whip, or prisoner must have worked it by magic. Mr Joy submitted that though the prisoner ' had long legs there was no case ; there was no evidence that prisoner had stolen the whip. Detective Jeffrey took . the man into custody. He was drunk at the time. The whip had not been found. His Worship remarked that the evidence failed in the matter of identity, and that the Court could, not convict under the circum stance. Prisoner was then discharged. A DANGEROUS FELLOW. George Jackson was charged with wilfully and maliciously discharging a loaded gun at the house of Mr John Sceats, viz, the Royal George, Newmarket, with intent, &c., on the 30th ult. Mr Laishley appeared for prisoner, and pleaded not guilty. Mr Broham asked for a remand until Saturday. Mr Laishley asked that prisoner might be admitted to bail as he understood that he was a highly respectable gentleman of Chapel-street. His Worship : A respectable gentleman, Mr Laishley, why he has got a black eye * Mr Laishley : That was by accident, your Worship. I am instructed that he is a respectable man, and can find bail. ■"■ ' His Worship : Well, then, let the respect able gentleman find bail, himself in £100 and two sureties in £50 each. SUMMONS OISKS. Hugh Wilson, sen., with unlaWfvlly and violently shaking Charles Eaton, the New inarketpound-keeper, by the coat on the 27th ult. ; and Hugh Wilsoit, jun., was charged with unlawfully rescuing four cows and two heifers from the said poundkeeper, or ranger, on the same day. Mr Hesketh appeared for complainant and Mr Joy for defendant. It was finally arranged between the learned counsel, owing to the peculiar circum stances of the cases, tbatthe charges should be withdrawn on defendants paying expenses. His Worship gave Hugh Wilson, jun., some sensible advice, and allowed the case to be withdrawn. ON THE SHORE. j Frederick Somerfield was charged with a breach of the same Act by suffering two mares and one filiy to wander on the North Shore alone and unattended on the 29th ult. • Mr Joy appeared for Mr Bond, and Mr James Russell for Mr Somerfield. - : Mr Joy in ppenint? the case, descanted on the beauties of Devonport, and stated that the people there were anxious to keep their highways and by-ways as orderly as possible," and consequently cattle could not be permit ted to be at large in the district.. Mr Bond was compelled to do Ida duty. f Mr Russell urged that the cattle were on Wasteland, and notion the street. 'His Worship said that persons who allowed their cattle to run to the injury of the property of others ought to be punished. Lxf Russell said he v^ould plead guilty for Mr Somerfield, and leave the case in the hands of the Court. ' His Worship referred to a recent fatal fiSSgSI ? nA oth«r mishaps in connection with straying cattle, and said that in future cases where cattle should be found unattended •a- ! B, tre6t8 > the full penalty of 40s I will be mtlicted. In the present case a nominal fine only would be inflicted. ' :. Thomas Inglis was summoned, and also 5 eS ry, Nipcpl for allowing their horses to iff? *£ the locjai*y M Devonport on the 17th Ult; " ■•• ■:•.■>,;.; ■.;,.,;,_•; ~> , s , -,,: Mr Joy appeared for the pound-keepw. j

Kfr Ingles deposed that he **»-?* smith at the North Shore, and tl^" horse, which belonged to the CbS \** the Highway Board, was sent to2*!M Shod, and broke away; it W! w entti W accident; and he did not feel discos*! y fined for another man's horse. *° fc< His Worship read a portion of «,. A 1 defendant, and shewed that be was«. to party, as the horse was then in hU DQ !z^t: I he must pay 2s 6d and costß. ; Mr Niccolsaid he supposed, w»*i. well plead guilty. jfr added 2^ impounding business at the North 4 "" getting to be a nuisance and a C n« ** pound-keeper, with his hawk's 'ews M&j the habit of hounding out the cattle **^ His Worship-remarked that the' - keeper was doing his duty in keniii J o?*'' look out. and he saw that these r^-SP were made where defendant wag- &• arid he must say they were verv:*<i^ii|| able and to hia credit. f Mr Niccol: The fact is there Wiil L living at the North Shore soon, ana -^ keeping a horse that will be out of thean^J 01, altogether. The pounding busiaess St* unfair arrangement, and the keener J^ * busy. '.;■ fi*M His Worship recommended Mr Nfe^ :b keep plenty of corn and hay in the^Elr and the horse would not care tow^a1 He must pay a fine.of 10a and costs. ' PATTY AND POLLY. Martha Lindsay, a fine young>om»n ». summoned .on a charge of assaulting w^ O'Haurahan on Monday last in (^L«S; lane. . .*7\ Mr Brock appeared for complainant Mrs O'Hauahan deposed that she'wi^i tenant of Mr William Bacon, and«&» "s* to his residence upon a little business'i* '<■■ Mr Bacon scolded her in a rude manner is Patty pitched her out of the house 'S! was an awful gal; and had slapped her W once before with a gingerbeer bottle, and a! forgave her; but she could not Btaijfl Vg* 1; dragged out of a house by Patty Limw" 14 Detective Ternahan depoaed. that he» Mr Bacon in a terribly excited state rosfa towards the police station, as heiewedS murderwould.be done. He went" aniS the women hissing at each other, and onel them gave Mr Bacon a slap on the face, Mr Bacon gave a very vivid description of the tow. He endeavoured to pfeserve'pei«P and got a " spanker" on the eafforKaS It was shewn that the women were fotH hard-wo-king — complainant a widow, «| defendant the wife of a labouring man.' The evidence shewed that: complain^i began the row, accordingly tHe;Coartd» missed the case. This was all the business.

TELEGRAPHIC.

(From our own Correspondent} '

LATEST FROM WAIKATO.

FIRE AT HAMILTON. | HAMILTON. .' A fire broke out in an outhouse at own- Hotel at five this morning. F&rtsrf|ppj was confined to the de3tructio m °£*§|||§P house of the hotel, which is the pil|iS§pf Mr Cummings, and was not insured. The head-quarters of the Armed .Conihbnv lary will be removed from Cambridge is Hamilton this week.

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

MINING NEWp" M ROSE AND SHAMROCK CRTJpN(

GOLD IN THE CURE.

GRAHAMSTOWN;' ' „ ...,,, ; .:;31i|.dsy.. The Rose and Shamrock tribute retorted to-day. The result was 100 05?3.~ Sidifc melted gold. ~..-.' t s The Cure broke down somejof the **%&&, the- junction to-day, and .had gold eiiflr hanging wall side. The Manukau gold melted weighed 187« 2 dwts. Sales—Old Whau, 35ij, UaxMwj'ji. j

MAJOR JACKSON AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.

TE AWAMDTU. _ Major Jackson addressed hißf«conßtite«iii at Ohaupo to-day. A com^Mentarydi* took place afterwards. The floods are higher than for years.

THE PRETTY JANE TEN DAYS OUT FROM GISBORNE.

TAURANGA/ § I

The Pretty Jane has just arriT^dfron* borne 10 days out. It is blowing aaW and she was unable to ; makesf*7^rl! cargo consists of sheep, of which-BMMf'S 250. The passengers were some diyiu^i on mutton, being out."of provisioni. _—_ The Southern Cross, is covaiagfif* Ohiwa, and leaves to-day for AocktaMi^ . ._' : 'L27 ; ?a-! The gale isincreasing, &q^m^Mil squalls. ; ' The Pretty Jane is m > dUemnM, Wf p coals. /■;■_. • -^ The Southern Cross resports wn** along the coast fearful... H«r m]l blown away. Owing to the fi^jg-J' gale she was.unable to,geJjinside Mm^ bumped . heavUy on..the," PgtrjMw fortunately swung round, and sne re», I back to Tauranga. Both.stewnrf&reiMß i port till weather moderates. | I

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

(Per Press'TelegrWAgW " ; , DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM W^' THE NEW MIISsTER Ws%.> - constituents | FLOODS AT NEw"P^?ft'S NEW-PLY^OUTH^- The weather here is are higher than has *W There I a fearful surf *M^*%o* a boat could leave the shore to com » with the-Lady bird. - ?,'..• ? b'*!% ;«*#*

WELLINGTON.

The death of AdmrrfS^jg 1?^ is annbuhced in the daSl in charge of &*sm\^s& J| the last Maori war ; and afterw» ~„{.« other British officers ; ,too :cM g^| Turkish navy in the Rgjj"* 1 subsequently ff^^^S^**^'Lm\ P The rain-fall here *«**^fSj| eleven inches-more than dfJJ^^W amount for 'the same mentb. w _ m years. ~'v ;___J:*L' ia:'' I

DUNEDIN.

The Church of England Sy j^M its session. *ia'Xf&°C^m Bishop reviewed Thi Hood .a %*&&«» position the concrete g« Hutt;raimay,Tso^,g^fc ;^| The whole will have to'J*^*j -jfl damage is oonfinedto.afew^^j^^™ The new directors or » are the Hon.. 6^ J# JfefflK Moiris, W. A. TcWuMrijM John Reid, of^q^SOTH Reid, M.H.R., J ob°;fflniao^B| auditors, W. D. Mea* £|

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Hew Zealand palings, 6-feet, 103 j 6-feet, lSsVtl* \ tree rails, £2 10s to £5 per 100 : puriri posts, £5 per 100: J shingles, 8s to 15s per 1000; Kooart Town palings 1 bit. ~17s; Oft., 18s : Hofeart-own.ra.ila, 75s - 1 ' CO.AL ANO PIREWOOD MARKET. Coal.— Newcastle, on Wharf, 475; delivered, 60s,per ton.: FiiiswooD.— Uncut, 15s per ton, del'vered, cut, ]JSs 6d per ton REED & BRETT'S AUCKLAND ALMANAG AND 1875. Tab Publishers' have great pleasure in announcing the third issue of this annual. The unnrecedented Bhcce&i which hss attended this Publication is a jts&ttfying testimony to the Publishers that they have really met a clamant want of the Province, and encourages them to further effort to make their Hand • bonk for lis sphere uneqaaited !n the S uthern hemisphere. It in untie'eessary to repeat that it never was in i:ieir intentions >'o irake pecuniar? profit, bj the work, the obje t being to present a ooihplete digest of as much rsluable information a3 could be afforded within prescribed space respecting the capabilities and resources of our fine Province, so that net only .should residents have useful knowlege of the several districts of the • Province, but that persShs'at a distance might learn from the most reliable authority the nature of the Province as a field for immigration. It is unnecessary to say that each year's experience enable* the Publishers to improve the character of the work, and to repair any short comings in the previous issue. A lengthened series of questions has been forwarded to the Chairman, of every Highway District in the Province, to supple ment the labours of our Special Commissioner, and from the copious and' exhaustive descriptions already received the Publishers calculate that they will be enabled to supply in the coming issun a much fuller and more valuable compendium of information than that of previous issues Every portion of the workv.illbere-Writteu, and the information in every case obtained from the authority most competent and reliable. In order to carry out to the fullest extent the original intentions of the Publishers arrangements are mad« whereby one thousand copies will be transmitted to Britain for distribut'on amonir the various agencies of emigration to New Zealand As the issues for 1875 will be between four and five thousand it is unnecessary to say that as an advertis ing medium The Auckland Almanac and Provincial Handbook Will be unsurpassed, while several features to be subseqnentlv described will mate this annual for the coming year far more attractive and useful and popular than its predecessors. Very cordially thank ing advertisers and Ihe public generally for the sub stantial support hitherto afforded, the Publishers respectfully solicit a continuance of favours. SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISING : j Advertisements will be charged at the following rate* :— One page 1 10 0 Half page .. 10 0 Quarter page .. * .. 015 0 Sard 010 0 One page on coloured paper before reading matter, Os ; half-pagd, 2&3. REED & BRETT, Publishers.



•vr 0 T I C E. I have this day sold the Wbatipu Saw-mUls, Manu kau, to Mr J. W. Waller, and have to request that all Accounts (If any) owing by me in respect" of the said Mill may be presented forthwith to Mr Waller, who will pay the same. ROBERT P. GIBBONS, Auckland, September 30, 1874. "DACES! EACES! EACKB! PUBLIC HOLIDAY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7. FUNCTION DRAPERY WAREH OUE. NOW OPENING, , OUR HEW STOCK OP SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, Comprising— Choice NEW DBESS 0001)3, in greit variety Tussore Cloths, New Pattern Prints, Printed Muslins. Check and Patin Ktripe Muslins Grenadines, New Summer Skirtings, 'Hollands, &c. BLACK SILKS, wide with, unusually good value Ladies' Silk Umbrellpi, Fancy Colton Sunshade - Children's and Ladies' White Straw and "■ .. Leghorn HATS, In immense variety and price. j . n .. ______ ■ • Coloured Ribbons, New Flowers, Feathers, I •'"'"' Rusches, &c, &C.J ALWAYS ON HAND, A Large Stock of White and Grey Calicoes, Sheet tags, Shirtings, &c., of best make; i .•: And a complete Stock of 'j FURNISHING AND GENERAL DRAPERY GOODS Of Every Description. BOYS', YOUTH'S, AND MEN'S CLOTHING. In Great Variety. jwhite Shirts. Fancy Scarfs and Ties, Cricketing 1 'Belts, Braces, Collars, &c, ~ A Lsrge Stock of little Roys' Suits in Printed Dr'll Serge, &c, suitable for Summer wear. Boy'a and Men!s Leghern and Straw Hats, Felt Hats and Caps. TO ARRIVE, EX ZEAL INDIA, 24 CASES AND BALES GENERAL i DRAPERY GOODS, SUMMER CLOTHING, &c! I Importing our Goods principally from tho best Home Houses we. are in a position to supply our Customers at prices which will compare favourably with any other House in the trade, Country Orders carefully and promptly executed. RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN, (LATE R. H0BB3,) ' v^holksale and Retail Drapers, Clothiers, JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE, (Opposite the Army and Navy Hotel,) Upper, . Queen - street, Auckland. Ij^'JßfW "ZEAXA S ti F EBN 8 HA.NDSOM?LY-BOUND. BOOKS OF FERNS ' - ' Collected and Mounted by ■■"...'.■'■■. T. CRANWELL, parnell. I Extract trom Letter received by T. Cran- TTELL.—"The collection of ferns shewed me were correctly nariaed and beautifully preserved"— J. J). Hooker, F.R.S.L.S.; Royal Oardens, Kew, London. | "iTheljook is exactly; the kind of thing to choose for a present."— New Zealand Herald. "■''■ ' " For a drawing-room table no more tasteful orna ment could be found."— Southern Cross. All Ferns mounted by T. Cranwbll bear his name and address. May be obtained of Upton and Co Wayte, Cranwell and Co., or of T. Cranwell.Parnel L .... i . - ■ ■ . ■ , ■ j mmm 9 CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND, , Mails will Close ab eollows :— For Coromandel, per Hauraki, this day, ats p.m. For Hobart Town, per Bella Mary, to morrow, at 2 p.m. For Whitlangl, Tairua, Opotiki. and Napier, via Tauranga, per Southern Cross, on Saturday next, at 1 p.m. For Samoa and Tonga, per Pacific, on' Saturday next, ; at 11 a.m. ' Mails for Australian |Colonies, via Melbourne, and bjokttika, close per Albion at 10 a.m. on Saturday, 3rd instant. N.B.—The Post-offices at Drury and Mercer, will be constituted Money Order and Savings Bank Offices from Ist proximo. S, B. Bibs, Chief Postmaster. I