SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUN-SET: This evening, 7.17 *-ItTN-RlSffj To morrow morning, 5.2 HIGH WATER: This evening. 8.31 ; to-morrow morning, 4.6

ARRIVALS.

Hpro, ss,' T. Logan, from .Melbourne ana ayuney T«rahak3.-ss, from the" South "'; " ' Queen, schooner, from Russell „^**ni«L. • '• -Clyde;schooiieT, from Wangaret""'

DEPARTURES.

Pacific, schooner, for Russc)l •. ( , f ,-' /-. ! -- Vincent, cutter, for Tauranga f _j

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Star of.the South, ss, from Levuka, _early 1;, i - Emiireza,' barcpi'e, from Liver_iool. ' Sailed October , • Dauntless, schooner,' from New Caledonia, early Beatrice, barqHe, from New York, via Adelaide ~ ,■ ~ Wave Queeni ship, from London. Sailed October 14 Anazi, barque, from London. Sailed October 31 Lauderdale, ship, from Lor don. Sailed October 19 • ' Queen of the Age, ship, from London Rhyno, brigantine, fromX'yttelton

IMPORTS.

' Per s.s.,Hero f rom < Melbpurne :13 case 3' iron, 2 casks zinc f 2 cans nails, 2 bundle.? ridge, 1 ditto fittings, 3 lengths pipe, 72 boiler tubes, 12 plates,99 bars iron, G kegs rivets, 1 cask do, 1 case gauges,- Eraser iahd Tinne; 2 cases.: Hesketh and Richnjond ; 5 doi, 3 jars, Hamilton Bros.; 10 do.' sewing!' machines, G. M. Alcfrich ; 13 do. do., Winks and Hall ; 4 do., 1 keg,'J. C. Sharland ;50 cases Geneva,: H.S. Meyers ariil Co.- 2 do., 1 parcel, Upton and Co. ; ,1 domineral water, 2 pkg's saddlery, M. W. Forster ; 100 half chests tea, Owen and Graham; Ohhds.ale and porter, F^W'ibter; 4 pkgs bepts, BGiir-t : to'a; 1 bbx type,' Southern Cross. ; 1 case shel lac, 7 do. capsules, ; etc., Kempthorne and Co.; 1 do. D. Gardener; 10 bundles iron, 1 bag thiihbles, H. T. Anderson and' Co.; 15 cases oil, 3 do., 1 cask, 1 do. axes, 2 do. nails, abdls steel, 1 parcel,T. andS.MerHn ; 35 bundles hpop, 15 do., 40 bars, '7 eases iron, 13 do., 0 casks,hardware, 15 cases castor oi},, '25 boxes- tin plates, E. Porter and Co.;; 2 bales paper bags, 6 qr.-casks trine,, 2, do. vinegar, '2J 'cases.; brandy,. 55 dq. .groceriesj- ■ 50 boxes candles, 9 casks blacking, 40 bags sugar, 3QO do. rice, ,49 4-chests ten, 1,00, ~ boxes tea, J. C. Morrin ;40 do. bandies, 100 bags rice, 120 cases brandy, 20 do. sardines, 10 do. sarsaparilla, 9 casks blacking, Lewis . Bros. ; 10 do. currants, 92 t-eheMis-tea, 75 bags sugar, 5 cases, TO bexesi tobacco, J. Buchanan; G cases do.-, i 201 casks currants,.! IGObags rice, 230 pockets sugar, 199 boxes tea, H. B. Morton; 200 bags rice, Owen & Grahani; 41 cases groceries, 10 casks currants, 10 do. carbonate oFspda, 70 bags rice, G. Sibbin ; 1 bar steeled do. iron, 3 casea sundries, 39 kegsflails. 20 cases-caster oil. 34 coils rope, Stone:Bfos,j I keg, 4"cases, 20 do, Geneva, l'^'l-chests tea. Crnickshank'arid Cd.; 150 • .boxes,tea, 150/ bags rice.l qt. _W/&Tf&i l case gratings, Nicholls and Gilbert; 10 cfesea . chicory,.34 bags coffee, 17 do. pepper and ' cloves. 10 boxes tobacco, 3 cases cocoa, 3 do;,, confectionery, 70 4-chests and 12 boxes tea,. Brown, Barrett, and Co.; I case drapery,R.;' McKaj'; 20'cra;tes bottles, W.. J'.'Cawkwell;1; 7 casesi sundries, ;R. Gittos ; 5, casks fuze.y * J."Renshaw,; 20 kegs nails, 18 ovens, 3 pgs. hardw^te, Ji and J. Dicjkey ; 2 cases'Vor-; nish, 2 casks paint, JO firkins lead, 3 pgs. sundries, 3 drums spirits, Holland and Butler; 10 i-chests tea, E. Ellinsham; 10 do. do., 1 box Chinese goods, John Ah Kew; 6 drums oil, Ireland Bros. ; 5 boxes tobacco, 4 i-chests tea, CloSe Bros. ; 6 do. do., 1 case ■ do"!, 10 i-chests do., 30 boxes do., W. Graham ;"s'cases fish,6 chests candles, 50 . boxes do., 10 barrels curranfs, F. E. Comp ton ; 2 i-cheStsi iea, Bishop of Auckland ; 4 ; cases hardware, J. Stacey : 1 box, H. H. ; BartHt-; S.casei.wine, Ji W.Hall anoAOOi ; '2iDBSv'G. Akers ; 1 case isinglass,"Smith and 1 od.y 1 do. do. Beddeß^d^^tSin'AlO do. geneva, Hfincock ; 2'qr.-caska,wine, ;Bro,wn. I,CamptieU.andCo.,; ,1 parcel,: J; Smart; and Co. i 1 do..- Captain. Ro^aW 7]\. «&,, S. I "do.,* W. Fitzgerald j 37, sheep, , viC'7i., Taylor";."„5: casks, .vipegar, .10..cases *toandy r l:bale cork 9, sundries, lOOdo, fruit, "20casks,treacle > '864,! T,gs.suga^,' otder; Sydney "cargo :,^ parcel, JZ...0. Macdonald ; 1 'aS.,* J. Buchanan; 6 pgs, Cmickshamk-and Co./. 4 c^sesboqkß. R. Lusk s sa do:ibrandy , SO! do;, cordials;!.J,! CiiMorrih r'l^do^soft goods, McArthur, Shera, and rJSiii 1 :> do. ! goods/ Hv Mi* 'J«rvis';i 1501 d6.^aeid,^Ba4rk New Z&dand; fl.' do v drapery, Stewart,, and An^rgon : ; '24 coils rope, J..R. Roberto ; 1 pgFeaither,- B-tGittod;'6oo felloes," Goldie; 75 cases fruit, L. W % Eatom;B d». doj,iH- Canham; 69 do. do., W.Marshall ;;100 do. do.; R. A-rthur ; 1 caße, ;H. GMllan; ?do. bo'6ts, JF. 'W. Hoare ; 1 do., Wilkinson;; 15 do limeiuice,,24 ;( casks bottled, MWfi #i'Sl Meyers ;' . 1081 bags malae, ,;3 horse, drays 2 cases drapery, 1023 gunnies sugar/* cask treacle, order. 1 Cruioksbaiikland.Go.i ,a«ea.4s.» Per'Taranaki, from the Seuth!'42b«etrels, Lusk; 40 sacks, Binney ; iq do., Morton ; 1 scan/Williams'- 10a,bans; geReva, .Must,and, CQ.'t^rc'^W^^l I-4o.,,Xempthorne, Prosser and ,Co. 51 »'^«»^t^t'f fSffi McA*thur-> ;• 2 I,'W^, HeiidersOii'^ahd^ Macfariane' ;• 14 pkg»,r:i Co^bpa and^Daldy,,'..' 3 Customs:.; 1. J *&_s> .^S^, A % "ss&> Telegraph Departoeht1 -J-l8; bhfe't Soloqian,; : , ; l 8 do.,' Hood; Wte'A ßarriesV3 do.. Neale.

ARRIVAL OF THE HERO.

_M Hff^W Gaptain-1 _io_W, /'9^UM from Sydney this mMfl&W."* ««^ after a longish passage fc*iii anH aihalPdays. She brings ,a. ,fnU-.pwiKP iW.fl 9. .^KIS9BP« left Sydney, :*afld -cleared ,*he Heads at 5.45 iiV <.m_ on, . the .Jthviinstant ; rounded the North/Cape .*<_. 7 a,.m. on the 13th, and arriyed in .harbour tUs morning (W-Jdhwda^'at <M's i.nfi. OWhenSW^lf across the Hot© <aperienced.fresh,sottth-east winds^ihead pea,,and. fine we^er jthrpughi : From Mr . Mrs G. J. Engall, Mr and %s .Taylta,find family (4),. Mnand Mrs MenmejMrs Inftne, MiBB White, Miss. J^W^ite, Miss'Pui-chas, Miss E. Purcbas; itbe: Ho'm ,■& ,&#, Messrs D. *», D- fbite.YJ^™, 8 ' W. Lambertv' H, A. EngaU,- S.,SMnno6. Frttii *Svdney-^Mr -and MrsQoint, Mi's Wrigg, &r and Mrs, Baizes, Miss.Jtawlwr, Miss E. Hunter, Messr^ Y^> Wigram, Walker, J. m4ftta,* Jgjgmk A Levi, S. PhiUips, A. frocksti.yhe, and eighteen, in peerage. , % ~ „-, x ,t a! „.J Ly?tSton on 9th; 'Wellington on 10th; pfeton on ll.thuNelpW tm &W> 5 and-Tamn aki on 13th, arriving in Onehunga atJ-a m this mowing. Saloon yiassengd's :Mr Aid Mrs Carr, Mr and Mrs'.Mirlrt, Mr afad Mrs Cook, Mr, and .Mff Gaiyete -Miss Harrison, MSs Curtis, Miss e^u>^-9 J, m»re' , TOipers. Bell, .McDbnaia; Lew^soni&vP*^, ' S^Wwflffi? Soloman. ,'Son«i,i ' SeX, J^WiS«^/-t Steerage : Messrs Hock f n Jr&WWL Stevens, - Hill,, £llin, Collis, Bdm'inston for reporHind-filesr _ —I«Vfswwbf!-J O'A /o ; .l ; 1.,. - /-( a .yaklEia ,77- .4?

Wt. he brigantine Augusta has hauled along side/the ship Hindostan, and is engaged transhipping her cargo of guano for London. '■ The Hin.dostan has been unloaded with great i dispatch'for the purpose of receiving it. The ship Chile is fast taking in cargo for London. She is now about half full, and is advertised to leave early next month. The s.s. Southern Cross has, during the last-week, been on the gridiron receiving a complete overhaul. She will be ready, to make her usual run to Tauranga to-morrow. The Queen, schooner, from Russell, brings 70 tons coal. ~B.M;S. Basilisk arrived at Sydney on the evening of Tuesday, the Gth January. I She left Sydney the 25th August last, and has thus had a more than four months cruise, 111 the course of which she has been employed in perfecting surveys in the coral seas. Her > tasfc port was Levuka, which she left on the 26th December, experiencing line weather to Sydney. The Basilisk having met with some injuries from touching a reef in,the Fijis will be placed in dock forthwith,, and will then rfesnhie her survey of the New Guinea Coast. j , The barque Tasso was to leave LeVnka on the 31st ultimo, bpund for Sydney. , 1 The brigl DerWent, Captain Ohlson, from .Kaipara, with timber, arrived at Sydney on' the Gth January. The ship Hydaspes, now at Sydney, has beep, placed upon,the berth for London. She : is hauled alongside at the Circular Quay.

COMMERCIAL.

Mr George. Sibbin sold this, day, at the corner mart, a quantity of tea ex Went i'wortb.-'slightly' damaged, from Is Sd to 2s per lb., duty-paid ; sound Southern flour £13 to flSiper ton ; currants, 4-_.d. per lb. ; white potatoes, 2s 6d per cwt. ;' Hobart Town potatpes;'4s BeT per cwt, ;. oatmeal,- 21a per cwt.; bran, '.Is 2d to Is Gd per bushel; Sydney maize, 5s (3d to 5s 7d per bushel; loaf.sugar, Sidpcrlb.'; onions, Id. per lb. ; cheese, 7d per, 1b,,, A7 l ..-■•■•• A ■'- •. -: ■ At Mr B. Tonks' sale of villa sites in Pon sonby Road the following prices were rea lised t—Lot 8,'30s per foot; lot 9, 30s per foot- lot 10, "31s per'foot; lot 10. 10s per foot- let 17, 9s per foot; lot IS, Gs per f.oot; lot' 19, 8s Gd per-.foot; lot 20, Gs Gd per foot; lot 21, Gs Gd per foot. From 22 to 70 in clusive fetohqd prices \tai-yiiigi from '5s Gd to 6s 9d. • "■ ; ' :,,' '' , ... . At Mr A. Bucklancl's wool and flax sale fo-fla^ about 200; bales of| the former were quitted at prices as follows i—Long Vool, washed, lGd to 18d ; in grease, Sd to lOd. About 100 bales-flaxYwerer disposed of pn ••vately at prices of from£ls t6 £20 per ton. , Melbourne.-— Telegrams to January oth report:—Queensland sugars—pretty samples ■equal to Mauritius, £23.10s M low.rationß to £34 10s for fine yellows. 1,700 half ■ chestsiand boxes tSas,'7^d-to Is Id; pearl sago, 3d ; white pepper, Is lid., , Inquiry forJDKZ; salesat 13s 9d.to 14s. Gunnies, fls lod. Elour.is selling readily at £12 17a Gd. Wheat -is very 'much wanted'; sales . of new,"ss 10d. 1,300. bags maize at 4s 9Jd 'to 4s. 10d; 4a lld is offering. o'OOO hags sugars, auctioned; whites were 103 -better, rations and other sorts 10s less. Home advices state' that Hennessy is refusing to execute orders,, as lie anticipates an advance^ aiithe beginning of the year.' Corn sacks, ,12s. FoOcbow advices state good business congous laid' down at Is Id. Ship ments £11,049,000.. Freights, £3 10s. Singa pore advices state that there is an advance oh coffee-, pearl sago, and black pepper, ajid [that freights . are i required at Java and ■ Burmah -to load for Europe. At tile •• sugar sales yesterday (Tuesday), 'Mauritius'grey"counters realised £34 103 per itoh •" Queensland ration, £23 10s to £25!; brbwns, £2G to-£27 10s. Teas brought lid -to: 13d per lb for inferior to low Congous. An advance to .the extent of lid per gallon haa been established on brandies. Geneva has advanced .ls.percf^e., ' ADELAi'pEi AA telegram of the' Gth reports : steady at 5s 5d ; little .offering'; everything is r'erjf quiet. Flour, £12 10s to £13 55... ..... ..;„!«.Y ,;..:..--■-"'-" a ,'■' V ,SIYDNEYi^The i ;S'. l ,il/.: J &er<iWL'Qf January 14th reports' -r^Flour. sella in- trade lots at £15 to £15 10s. New wheat is worth 5s to Gs 3d., and even the latter rate will hardly pay for prime Adelaide. Coffee continues scarce ; plantation commands Is 3d to -Is 4.d:>t Te*«i4t wire! inquired' fori sales {oh Melbourne account at full rates. Hoop, rod, and bar iron also firmer . Liquors are un changed, ' and the demand not large. The large quantities of sugar offered recently at auction have weakened quotations, without much prospect of immediate recovery. A portion .of the cargo-ex Hartowby. from Mau» ritiUs, was sold by Messrs Stubbs and Co. to-day,--''at''£37 to £38 10s for white, £34 10s to £34 15s for yellows. Messrs Cohen, Carey, and Giflies el&fred the ; whole of .-the > balanfce *of "Ghiha -■ sugars,', ex iMacgregor, prices ranging for.-light yellow icounters, from.„£ 34, 1.2,5,.,5d,.t0 £35,J256d; j yellows,' £&ip£.p ; white, crystals, £35 ( 103 [to £37' Wt Honolulu; sugars, ex Wind hover arid Maxy 'Foster',' brought from £20 |15s'-to'£Be,i)irItoti . Keht^hops sbld at Sd, half,pints salad oiMs'Sdypints* 8s 9d; New Zealand oatnjealat :£24 10s, -.1 The same jfirm ak^.^posed.pf; a mis.qellaneoufli lot. of goods!

Calls.

~,,...,,,„ /, -£ s.'Pi'( -Date. Albion Coal CO. AAA.I A! ..['VU'f A Jeb. 1 National Bank of N.Z. .. 010 1 April 1 National Bank of N.Z. ... ... 010 0 July 1

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Maids wili. Clobb as Dhder -.— For Thames, this. day,,at.0.30 pm, and to-morrow a*s.3o_iW.' I' ■'' ' -"' ': ' For Coromandel, on Friday next, at 1 30 p m. For the undermentioned. places, per Governor Black all, on Thursday, 15th instant, as under : — For Pan'twieli Islands, United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 10.30 a.m. For the Dnited Kingdom and Continent of Europe, via San .Francisco,, at 10.3Q a. m. v~, ... ■;■. Letiets'lieirlnglate fee wiU be received untflll'l a.m For money orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 9.30 a.m.,,... J.i«. _-\i For Newcastle,'per Albion, to-morrow, at 9 am. For Wangarei, &c, per Clyde, to-morrow, at 11 a m. For Russell, per Queen, to-morrow, at 3 p m. For AVhitiangi, Tairua, Tauranga, Opotlkl and Napier, via Tauranga, per Southern Cross, to-morrow, at 4.30 pm. For the undermentioned places, per Hero,, on Satur day next; as /ollotos:— '• ■'■ For India, China, Jledilorranean Ports, and J Continent of Europe, at noon. Por the Australian Colonies, at 12.30 p m. ; For United' Kingdom, via*' Suez (for letters I specially addressed), at 12.30 pm. '■ .. For.the United|Kingdon),i|viaißxinaisl,-6nldlat6 ■letters for Sydney and Melbourne, at Ipm. For money orders, registered letters' and news i papers, at-11Am.i ' 17. U '•' !;.U '.'■' I For Mahurangi, &c, per Lady Bowen, on Saturday 1 next, at 2 pm. , . ~ ~ ..•,,,.;.-;•■ ..-i(j -<i ;For Taranaki-arfd'Southern Provinces, per Taranaki, I on Monday next, at 8 am. I (Signed) S. B. Bibs. Chief Poatmastor,

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

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1874.

.«!,!■ ■ ■.■ .i " * ■'■■■ ' ■'■'-■^'■■-"' !' For tfa«''catis^:that''l3cU assistance, . For the wrong that needs resistance.,. For tkK future fa tho distance, ■ •-' ; And the aaoi\ that we can do

Just so.'' It is 'exactly as we expected. Mr. MoriartyL.hap reported ,on the projected graving dock. It is all right. The best site .lis " the place selected"by the Board and by 'the Enginee^,,''.., That .s^^say,' the site west 'of the Queen-street wharf which various formal reports and concurrent public opinion .declared 1^ be urisiiitkble even for the'" Baby /Dock" is declared by! Mr;.' Moriarty to be the best for a dock capable of receiving the S?.n Francisco steamers, having a length of ,is^o feet,,a \yidth, at entrance, pf.ss,feety and a! depth on sill of. 16 feet. .Let no one 'ba| alarmed"' at' '"'the' 'diMculty of having the , requisite depths bebKuse the'estimate nicludes i "'& small.dredge and two punts, which will! bei required to dredge out the channel lead- ' ing to the Mock. 1'1' Tile' "Baby Dock" is I now abandoned, and eftHhe arguments which went to show absolute necessity for attend, ing to our coasting craft and their repairs are scattered!to>thP.winds.. ABdt' thy site re-'' mains, which shows to a demonstration that it was not the requirements, .of the coasting craft, but the requirements of the dominant few m the ppalrd fcatl -vv'ere'the real con sideration. Mr Moriarty was a stronger, a^cl ;we took Wm'in/ancl'he'haß confirmed our

1 foregone conclusions. We attach no blame j to Mr Moriarty. He has simply re ported on the information supplied, which it appears also included the instructions that there is no graving dock in any of the Southern ports. With such a dock erected on the intended site of the unfortunate and abandoned "Baby Dock," and its mouth kept well open from the silt by the efforts of a well-conducted steam dredge, we are sure to put the graving dock of Port Chalmers, and the patent slip at Evans' Bay in the shade, while we shall ex hibit to admiring strangers how successfully engineering skill can overcome the difficul ties of a harbour so bereft of natural ad vantages as is the harbour of Auckland. As Mr Moriarty's report is not as to the best posi tion to be found for a graving dock, but onlyas to the best in accordance with information supplied, no-one can have any quarrel with his opinion in itself. But we think that the manipulation which has led to the recom mendation of-a large graving dock in the site indicated will be an additional drop in lilling up the measure of iniquity of ;an institution that has shown itself so unworthy of the large trusts reposed in it, On ships visiting our port there are imposed the most exorbitant charges made in any port in the colonies—wo believe it is said by masters of vessels the heaviest they have ever paid in any port in the world— while the most miserable patchingand cheese-, paring policy, calculated only on the princi ple of collecting the last penny possible, and ! expending the least possible, has retarded the development of the interests of the harbour, and done'discredit to the port in the estima tion of strangers. Under more liberal con duct docks and building yards and jetties would have sprung up around the harbour in every place where required, hut dog-in-the mangcr-liko the policy of the Harbour Board has been to refuse any encourage ment to anything that is not directly under its own control. The Harbour Board was constituted as one of those institutions which were to take the place of provincia institutions. But if this Board, which holds itself in no way amenable to public opinion, which, having the power of filling its own vacancies, has been notorious for log-rolling and the subserving of private interests i beyond all other institutions, if this is the j kind of thing that is to take the place of I provincialism then heaven have mercy on the j country. It was an idea of Mr Gillies' formed with the most disinterested and the purest of intentions, and the Board was no Booner formed than it flew at his throat; and throughout its whole log-rolling career it has exhibited supremo indifference to every on e to whom it owes its origin and whose interests it is supposed to represent. We think the time is now come when the Pro vincial Council should withdraw the trust i and either administer that trust honestly itself, or constitute a Board which will in some sort represent public opinion. These irresponsible Boards are out of place amid our free and representative in stitutions, and events show that they are not to bo trusted. The hybrid constitution of the Harbour Board, and especially ( . its power of stufiingivaeancieH, place' it Wholly beyond the influence of popular feelings, and We trust that before any further mischief is done its constitution will bo either annulled or so modified as to bring it more en rapport with the interests of the city and the pro vince. ... 1.,

i In another column will bo seen a dotailed statement of, the receipts and expenditure of the Harbour Board during the year ended. : At present1 Wo,have not space for a review of'the items, but however we may feel to wards that Board's administration we can- I not refrain 'from pointing to the clear and explicit manner in which ,the Treasurer (Mr Brigham) has placed those items before the public. Wo. canpot say that wo have seen any public statement of accounts in connection with our local institutions (arid certainly-npne in connection with the 'har bour) that so,:fully and explicitly shows what has been done ; and however we may differ.as .to. the -wisdom or folly of -whairhas been done or left undone, w,e will compliment Mr Brigham in saying that he sets an ex-. ample in his own particular department that, we should Uke to spe followed by other pub lic officers^' It is certainly not in his depart ment that We find anything at which to point the finger; but away behind the curtain where the logs arp rolled. .-: '■' '' We would draw special attention to Messrs E.and H. Isaacs trade sale of cheice teiiß to-morrow. ( ; ~, ~ ■■._>■ ■. • > ! We are informed by Messrs Henderson ( and Macfarlairie; ■ aigents' of ' the ' Sah Friahcii?co line,;thatthey have received no advices per HeroJ relative to the main steamer for Sydney., The,, branch boat will probably leave,; Auckland, therefore, to-morrow at twelve o'clock. -■'•'•'" :■'. The Sydney Morning Herald of January 7 : li,aS the I following :—" The John' Williams/ i missionary barque, which arrived yesterday, . sailed from this port on the 29 th March, 1873. She has visited the stations of the I London Missionary Sopiety at.tbejellowing . group's of islands" in the South Pacific :—The Austral, Society, Hervey, Penrhyns, Mani hik.,' Raaraanga, Dangers Isles, Savage i Island;; the, Navigators,", the, EUice Group, . the ItirigsHiil-s, and the Loyaltys. She has ' called* at.fif .yj.five' places; and-anchored i eleven times-; thh"Whole of1 the time ,at ; ariohorbas heed'thirty days; twenty-one. i only^ad. been working days; fifty-tWo | days .have been.spent lying off and on, i with the boats in communication with the shore and, frequently oh night duty. Of the nine months and nine days absent from this port the ship has been eight months under way, and over. ; She is from Apia,'• Naviga tors Islands, having left that porb on the 17th December, y Light- and favorable winds pre vailed during the passage,, and fine/weather up to Sydney Heads, which she sigfl§gled on the evening of the sth inst. The only^Sifel in port at Apia when the John Williams left was the lSerbroo£ from the Line Islands. "* The friends of tibpi total abstinence cause, viz., the Te'etpta^^s'of Ah,ckland4(not the Good Templars)k jßave. engagM-Jhe'steamer I Golden Crown for an excnrSmlii to Motuihi I on the anniversary day.;" A~~% • > •

A meeting of the householders of Onehunga I was held last night in the schoolroom. Dr. I : Purehas, chairman of the retiring committee, I i„ the chair. After a few explanatory remarks by the Chairman, Mr. Stevenson, the secretary to the committee,, read the report. The principal items were that the school was <.pencd on the Sth September, ! 1873 with GG names on the roll. laxs ! number rose in a month or twoto -90 ; the number at.present being."lss, with an average I attendance of at least JOO. Regret was expressed that parents diiMfot pay sufficient attention to the regular attendance oi the children. Application had been made for a girls' school. This application had been granted by the Central Board and the initiation of the school would be thework.of. the new committee. Previous to ' tlie adoption of the report Mr. Oilman suggested that the committee should append tbyiieii report an opinion as to the Education Act as a whole Dr. Purehas consulted with; ins colleagues, and their decided opinion was that the Act as a whole Was a.good one. llic report was then adopted unanimously. An open discussion (in which a considerable., number took part,) then ensued m reference to parts of the report, the compulsoiy education clause, and various cognate matters. The election of the new committee produced a motion by Mr. Peter Clark that Ihe four members of the old should be re-elected on thein^.^v^ others were"proposed, but; it: was tie expressed wish of the meeting that the torn should be voted in together .«, an acknow ledgment of _thu maime v -»>*» **£.X performed their duties W °S put the names of M, H, Roe, W. Stevenson J. W. Waller, and Rev. A. G. Pachas .to the meeting, and declared thent d^g o**0** mm. con. Mr. Alexander Whyte was the highest on the voting list to Complete,;the committee. Mr Waller referred. to the kindness of Dr. Purehas Ift, .gWW.^ "committee the use of a room m wheh.to meet, &c. Mr. C. C. Fleming proposed, and Mr Spragg seconded,"that a hearty ypto ot thnks 1« given the old committee or the- past s^'Miccs.,:; Came«liui,aninibrfsly. ffi Chairman acknowledged*the compliant. There was a considerable number of. house holders present, and a good deal of intercrt; shown by those present. . .-,.,,.-. <r. IH-its:T-hui-Bd*y,«"issu<vtbe w f kato Tim% 8a " _«We are in receipt of. a copy, of Messrs Reed & Brett's ''Auckland Almanac for the current year. Publications of this description arc issued in each of i our pro vinces, but without desiring to flatter the energetic and enterprising publishers we have no hesitation in saying that i is equal to, if not the best periodical of its class, inraod in the colony. A vast fund of in formation is contained in its^ pagesi; indeed there is little information that the settler can possibly require that cannot be readily found in this annual; it is.a large work, the space of which is well filled. We recommend that all should add the almanac to their book-shelves-in fact without it no Auck land library can be complete. We> PW° re-printing in our columns some of the many interesting particulars related in this bool^ concerning the Waikato. . , ~ *^ To the Editor: Sir,—At the time of the disastrous fire in Queen-street a man named Stapleton was convicted at the Police Court of stealing a bottle of brandy from the United Service Hotel, and sentenced ,to four months' imprisonment. *ow, Sir, it is well known to a few persons that .the prisoner was never sent to Mount Eden gaol like other prisoners, but was easily em ployed and comfortably lodged at the police station in High-street. ;This statement may appear strange, but it is true neverthele*. Why I would ask should favoUßitism exist where justice should only sway, why such distinctions made among,thieves?— Ajax. An instanoo of the apathy of a portion of .the people of City West in the-matter of edu cation was evinced last evening ini-UaiW street. A meeting of the householders had been called for the purpose of electing a school committee for that district, when, strange to relatd, only the]members •pf |he old committee made their at-the appointed time. Five minutes -later the ef chairman and the, school-teach** yalked-irf, and twenty minutes 'liter' the door quietly opened and in peeped.a, very senoi^ re porter As "a 'member of the Press was now present it was deemed expedient,.,to proceed to business!, Mr. Shove.; was there* fore voted to the chair. Mr. Main (secre tary) read the report, whiph, uponthe motion of Mr. Rillingtoh, sec6nded,by .Mr.:.LQjr« (J was unanimously adoptedfyMK Main, as one of the retiring cpmimMee, moved, as they could not consistently re-elect them selves, "Thatunderithe circumstances tip meeting decline to proceed to the election, 4f s a school committee,, and ithat thp chairman ;be authorised to communicate with the Board .of Education in connection therewith." The motion was seconded by Mr Billington, and of course carried pnanin^ousljsf., •., ■,<__ Messrs Collier and McGowan will re-open the Prince of Wales-Theatre .on. Monday ievehing next, for one week only, with the 'Christmas pantomime ," The House that Jack Built," with new scenery and effects hy Mr Williams. The Ldillipiitian army, consisting of a corps of lads, are in daily •training for the grand battle march to Jack's bouse. ~,,;. 11 ,- ;:< 'i' oa :i i A committee meeting of the Early, Closing Association was held last evening at the tSToung Men's Christian Association. Letters were received and;ipad from several reverend gentlemen who are entering heart and soul into i the-.cause o£.early .closing, rand I have signified their intention of doing their utmost for the cause. . Altogether tj»n.gß are looking decidedly bright for the employes. 1 A meeting of the householders in City West, No. 2 educational district, was held last evening, i.when about twentyipersons were present, and Messrs Gorrie, Hougham, Macmillan, Wright, and Dr Bayntun were declared the elected committee. The num ber of scholars on the roll, is 277, and^e average attendance only.. I72y^ Tl*&s<^%^iA lastyearLwaß^3Q3^T;^A;^ v l^' ia,| A very touching-case .£ metitj^bms^ti in a charminsyohng lady if'dtJtis^jE[sljs careful stib^ei'yfii*'." Not long ag^hCT'4*p6ffler found her in-heiriibbin'-Bner|;eticMly*-aarning stockings,; and soon .after she appealed in the' kitchen and assisted-that .wondering dame in making and .baking bread and pastry.' Alarmed by these fearful signs of intellectual, disorder, her fond parents immediately' fcent^ for,a skilful. physician, who yj^atched her through a keyhole While she sewed} oh her father's garments and mended those of'her little brother. Much affefcted,'the venerable man remarked that itey^r during a practice of twenty-five years bad ; he Anown i any young person to manifest such symptoms ; as theße. The most heartrending phaSe of J all however, was, shown the other day, '\yheh ". her kind father, with a faint hope of arous.-. \ ing her from her sad state, gave her two hun- ; dred dollars and told her to buy a new dress, i \ Alas .!'twas useless. She instantly observed .1 that she didn't need a hew dress, and if he v would let her keep twenty-five dollars to pay a poor widow's rent she'd much rather; he. '} would take the rest Of the money for himself.: For a few moments that grief-stricken-old 3 gentleman gazed upon his hapless child, .theti' £ Hiding his face, muttered between ibis flphs,, '.', " Hjer mind is gone 1 her mind is .gone 1" — a _Wew York Whine, t

The; half-yearly general meeting of fthe j Crown Prince Gold-mining Company was heldat the Queensferry Hotel this afternoon . at 2.30 p.m., Mr G. S. Graham, chairman, j The advertisement convening the meeting ;. was read. A telegram from the Thames shareholders was read by the Chairman, asking that the meeting be adjourned on account of no notice being given of election - of directors. The meeting ruled not to accede to the Request, as it was universally known that at every annual meeting, direc- i tors were ; elected. The tfamutes oflast meeting were read and ||confirmed. xne half-yearly report and balance-sheet was i read,: which showed the mine to be in a most flourishing condition, and \* as unani mously adopted. The following directors were elected for the ensuing year,:—Messrs W. S. Cochrane, W. Ogle, G S Graham, Williamson, J. Soppett, T. L. White, Cook. A cricket match, Eleven v.. Eighteen, will be played in the Albert Barracks to-morrow, commencing at ten o'clock sharp. Mr Buck land ,is .selecting the- eleven, . and Mr 'V E. Rice will be capl'.ain ot tne eighteen. This match is airannual contest, and last year some very close games were played between the team, and no doubt Mr Rice's eighteen will make things warm for the eleven. Thel visit of Dr Rosenthal to Auckland has conferred very great benefit upon many, per sons suffering from complaints of the eye and ear. Sixty patients are under the doctor s care, and he has already worked some marvellous cures. The consulting-rpoms, Prindes-street, are closely thronged Y\>r ith patients every; day. One case that; was . brought under our notice may be specially mentioned.- It was that of a girl, who, after being totally blind for fifteen months, was so far restored as to be able to distinguish .ob jects held at some distance from.her, after two days' treatment by Dr Rosenthal. Other cases have given equally remarkable, evi dences pf success. .",', , , ;. . . ■■■'■'• A meeting of master shipwrights was held this day. Mr H. Niccol'in the chair.-. A letter from the journeymen shipwrights was read, suggesting an advance in the rate ol wages to twelve shillings per day on old .rfork. It was thought ,by the gentlemen ' present that the advance was too great, and that it would injure the trade by causing the work to leave the port. It was therefore proposed by-Mr Henderson, seconded by Mr Gouk, "That the rate of wages on old work be eleven shillings per day from the 19th instant. . . A large meeting of juveniles was held in the Temperance Hall last evening. Mr E. Carr occupied the chair, and in a very telling speech, full* of the speaker's force and charac teristic humour, touched upon the varying phases of drunkenness, from the man of one glass to the man of twenty.'. The audience was subsequently treated to a number of recitations from the hopeful children offthe Band of Hope, alsb to a, .song, "Ben Bobbin's" error. "> * .:

LATEST ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

PER S.S. HERO.

.&'_.•■-.. London, January 2. B enforcements have arrived at Cape Coast and are cruising about to maintain health previous to the inarch on Commassie, which'will take place in January. ... . .-. January 4. Despatches from the Cape Coast dated the lGth of December Jstate that Commander Glover had abandoned the Volta expedition and joined Sir Garnet Wolsley. They had determined to "land re-inforcements and march on to Commassie. Captain Charteris is dead. , London, January 3. The money market is hardening, and an advance in the rate of discount is again looked! for.; :. 'i .- ... ; : Wheat, strong, with an upward tendency; Adelaide, worth 71s per quarter; Adelaide flour-. 4Gs to 50S per 2Solbs. ' , i Tin heavy and ; , unsettled, i and prices receding ; present value of Australian slab, jdßUij Straits,,£LlG.' A.A ,«.;!.:,, l, 11 ' "•' '-''"•"' : _. London, January 4. | His .Royal Highness, .the Duke of Edinburgh has arrived at St. Petersburg. ». i / . I ' London, January 5. ! A reduction in the rate of discount is ..-.•■ ~:..ii-m y< '*■• ',

SPAIN.

i i., : ~ ..... .r ; London, January-4- l ! Senor Castella has beentwiPe outvoted in' ithe Cortes, and his Government has not sur vived these defeats. •' i I ' 1 '•' ■1 -' I General Havila having taken the reins of. powsv. fio?. prdpred a dissolution "of the Oorte^ h net! summoned .the, leaders of the various partieja (excepting tbe Carlists and the In transigentes) to form a new Ministry,!., i Marshal Serrano, ,whp was! elected Regent of Spain, continuing to act in that capacity until the son of Victor Emanuel wa&" pre vailed upon, to accept the Spanish Crown, and ivbo was afterwards engaged in' suppressing theiCarlist'insurrection in N&varre, has'been appointed Ghieif of the hew Sp Jtpish Executive! The.^ilew '.). is„ sp composed (com prising .'equal 7 numbers of Radicals and Conservatives); .that -no disturbance ensued in Madrid uppn, f their assumption of Execu tive authority.- " ' :...:.- i^>J i ■■>■•'■ ■'" I There was no disturbance in consequence of the."recent Government changes. ■~,.,. | In a message to tbe Cortes, Senor Castelar declares thatthe abolition Pf slavery,is-urgeniji^ i Gebei^LMoriones is" marching oh "Bilba^ Where 20;000 Carlists are concentrated.'

NATAL.

! London, January 3. j Kaffir troubles^ cohtiiiue in' ,tbe British cidony 6f N-ttaiy " ' :,-, ■ ...in :>! y

SHIPPING.

', ?3.H'i A } J. ) cl L6NboN,:Jahuary,3.' j i Arrived^ Hyltbn Castle, from Auckland ;.l J6hn Bell, from.., Lvttelton^ -Thames, ffrom Auckland;" all iti November.. 7." ■'. '" ' • Sailed: ~Ai^azi,.ifpr Auckland for Canterbury; Chandelier, for Nelson ; Glenlora, for Wellington i'j« Islesof 'the South,' fot Canterbury; Lutterworth, for Otago • Oceaft Mail, fori Wellington, i£■ A. f 1 Loading: Seven. , [Arrivals.^October -29;- Dunbar „ Castle., frpm Sydney,'-August! 2.' 'November^ §, Jftneveh, from Sydney, July 28.' ' 1 Sailed.—Sydenham, Alexander DuthiejAhh x)iithi*b',"Dora', and Madams Demarest, for I Sydney.. Salado, for Brisbane.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

'The following are telegraphic items froni j late Ceylon papers':— ' '■' i r Major,Festing surprised the Ashantees, on thei27th of October; after three hours' hard bush-fighting he destroyed their camp •"5 j officers and 52 natives w^re .wounded., Col; \ McNdl was wounded, and Col. f Sir Archibald ARisqn is going out to re-place him. . ; *."".,, _fFhe Himalayaltbok'l4oO troops. The Imperial Parliamint is to meet on February 2. .;..::.; l,: . ' i A line of £2,200,000 has been imposed on Oiva for war expenses;' This fine is payable i_h instalments till 1893. ~ ■ , , , > Coloriel ißakersand Liatitenant Gilliafrivea it Teheratij having discovered tW: Boijfoe of SheAt#rek. h y.A.,;•"."'.. ;;';,". 77i7{,7.7.7 ~ ■.■.. .'

Comte Chambord recency Jfflited Prance 1 and his official organ publishes -an article ; which is interpreted as an intimation of th« Comte's intention to abdicate and waive hi* A claims to. the throne. """*, *The German Government has summoned > the Archbishop of Posen to resign. General Ducrot has resigned hi. ajsatin ,the-French Assembly. The Ellora brintfs no late English ov Galfe telegrams. The following is a summary of M the general hews :— The Queen took the communion at the m parish church of Crathie, an unparalled event in the history of the national church, -i . 7 : The Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Prince and; Princess of Wales, and the Duk e of Cambridge are about to sail for St' Peter sburg for the Duke of Edingburgh's marriage, i A which will be performed by the Archbishop' | of Canterbury. - ." y Cardinal; Cullen has issued a pastoral A favouring Roman Catholic education. Gigantic preparations were made for the visit of AMr Disraeli to Glasgow. Fifty M telegraph i clerks'and sixty reporters were '-. engaged. It is proposed to make Mr DjsraeU L.L.D.' The Archbishop of York has pointed out ; that 50 per cent, of the London, Southwark, and Oxford candidates at the Oxford exami nation were plucked.. The Archbishop of Canterbury denies that the Church is in danger, believing that the people of England really love it. " A The revisers of the New Testament have revised the, 25th .chapter of Acts. i At the election for the Manchester school . board there w.re .seven churchmen, three Catholics, and. five unsectarians returned. Lord Coventry complains of the rapid in crease of short distance races. The Lancet recommends the doctors to raise their, fees. "' Sir Henry Thompson insists upon the full particulars of the operation performed upon the late Emperor Napoleon being published. Janet Hamilton Coleridge, poetess, the most l remarkable Scotch woman of the pre- • sent century, is dead. Najpore,. from Calcutta to Liver pool, came into'collision with the schooners I Pilot and Echo. The former was wrecked, and Captain Ellis, of the latter drowned. The Najpore put into Kingston Harbour on • fire- ,:,..- ( ( .y y' M It is proposed to establish a federation of the provincial agricultural labourers.

GERMANY.

Yon Moltke Spent his 74th birthday at Berlin. He is in perfect health.

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

. (PER SS, HERO.)

SYDNEY.

i. -* ■ January 7. A Official notice has been received frou. Victoria to terminate the Border treaty at the, end of January. _ ,' J On Monday Mr Slocombe, a resident at Coulburne, was robbed by a bushranger near Wheo. The <: ruffian tied him up. and attempted to cut his throat, wounding him severely. Mr Slocombe broke loose and ran off. The bushranger fired two shots after him ; one went through his coat and glanced off his pocket-book, without hurting him. 1 Mr Slocombe was brought to Goulburne, and it was found that; he is not dangerously wounded. ~ . ■ "... , The schooner, Mary Ann was totally wrecked at Clarence Heads. The crew was saved/ '',"/", '■ ."■'., . :.a' : ; Trade is reviving ; stocks are still excess sive. ■ l ii!- •':•■: .- ; .:■■• . j Ati The cricket association has resolved .to play eighteen agajnst: the English eleven. ' Bishop Barker is convalescent. The next Californian mail leaves here on the. I7thj .not ,the; 13th. A farm at. Piper's Flat, near Bathurst, wa» struck by lightning yesterday, and destroyed by fire. Loss £300. V ,-x Three htihdfed cabihen are out on Btrike against the new regulations. , l A The ixoji'jfcraders also are on' strike and journeymen butchers ar,e agitating for a cessationl of Sunday labour. ... •■ 166' catiile were shipped on Monday from Newcastle for New Caledonia, on account of, the :Freneh government. •':,';' H.M. Basilisk has arrived, and been docked. --.After; a complete survey she proceeds to New, Guinea and thence home. New Zealand oatmeal sold at £24 10s per tonjL'Oi.i.l."! 7 7. 7. LS i : . :'•

MELBOURNE.

■ l ... 71 January 7 , The, Governor is visiting Hobart Town. ;, The BaUarat V. ' English eleven cricket match' Was! drawn.' The former made 274 in the first innings, and the latter 470. '■■ ! The Inter-colonial Handball Match against Sydney commences on the fifteenth. The EUpra .arrived from Galle on Monday, "\ and'left next'diy for Sydney.' • ../ A disturbance occurred aboard the Ellora. One of the! DaScars named Fernandus has . Stabbed three others; one dangerously stabbed, and his deposition has been taken. Alexander Young,, who is charged with ■ having'marriedthree, wives, was committed fpr trial this, morning for bigamy. The laborers at Government piers, coal whippers, firemen, and trimmers, are on strike, j The Minister of Lands has decided to con tinue a raid against dum'myism. ]" 1 Harris, the trapezian, who fell and was ] severely injured, is improving. I There were heavy receipts of produce apross the Border before the Border duties imposed were re-,imppged. >j y I A successful taaPtfas b-ifen' made, in the presence of a number-of-gentlemen, of meat preserved.by 'Leoni*s process; j The Argus has a leader on the Most Rev. . _Djv- .Vaughan's educational views. It says \ ; /Vthe new Archbishopj we venture to pre- . ; diet, will Soon find that his pver-haßty and demonstrative, zeal in proclaiming his new crusade is ,'a decidedly impolitic line of action. It will evoke reprisals. The friends ;Pf popular education, intellectual freedom,.' and political. advancement will 7 -band themselves together as one man go] repel the clerical _assault •-< on their dearly cherished : principles. The:; conse quence will"certainly be ia damaging \4efeat and sore-dismay to the new leader Jof his party. Neither, from ;the legislature ■ nor from the Goverrimehtjnor from general society, nor evenfromithel^tjrLof their own communion,will the^ rectaye, we believe;~ihe i slightest1 cduttteriance-; 7 Emissaries of an ecclesiastical organization—they may misre present, focts^ | and;,caricature history, '■ -but they will strive in vain against the * saving common sense' of the people of these colo nies, who have made, up their minds, once for all, that a democratic and-unsectarian , -Sfate cannot dotoWej and must hot do less, ' ithan secure the instruction of its youth in secular knowledge," -j ~,,, . Sl . nl ~ . i ' A valuable discovery, of tin mil.es has been made m Gipps.Land, yielding 65 per cent, pure metal. " 6 r The Ceylon papers mention that the Ger man Government h&V'e -mmmbbed the Catho lic Archbishop of P o seD to resign. The report on the Victorian wines has teen received from- the Vienna Exhibition.... Carbfi^^iiVerdwlhOi.. and Shirtw, - ' J

THE TMrairiKQ STAtt. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 1874



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