SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER : Thta owning, 10.17; to-morrow mornine:. 10.42 SFN-SEr : thlt ewninsr, 6.13 j Stns«Klß»: To morrow mcyciijg, 616 MOON'S AGE: First Quarter, 19th, 1.8 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

*ie*ianaia. snip, 1115 tons, Captain G. Sellars, from London. 97 days' Belle Brandon, achooner. Oblson.from Wangaroa Pietty Jane, s.s., Fernandez, from Napier and Gisborne Mataksna, cutter, from Russell via Whar-gamumu and Port Fitzroy Onwaid, sohooser, from Russell Vinceut, cutter, from Tauranga

Tn the Manu&su: ■Ladybird, s s., Andrews, from the South

IMPORTS.

Per Ladybird, from the South : 10 barrels ale, Eyan, Bell and Co ; 4 cases, Kemp thorne, Prosser and Co. j 5 bottles quick silver, order ; 1 parcel, Broadbent; 40 sacks malt, Suiter and Co. ; 1 case J. Harris ; 1 box coin, Union Bank ; 1 parcel, Bank of New Zealand ; 1 parcel, H. Gilfillan; 3 boxes, 13 coils, Telegraph ; 1 cask wine, J. Soloman : 8 boxes butter, T. Veal j 6 boxes butter, Hoskins ; 1 box, Major Tisdall; 1 box, Combes andDaldy (agents). ; Per Rio Loge, from Lyttelton : iOO bags flour, 50 tea, iOO sacks malt, R. Arthur j 50 sacks grass sfifd, Jakins and Wilcox ; 25 cases cheese. 28S sacks oats, 10 cases bacon, L. Eaton ; 100 sacks bran. 25 do barley, order; 15 cases meat, J. Bu chanan ; 100 sacks wheat, order ; 5 cases bacon, G. W. Binney; 7 do do, J. Bu chanan ; 5 do do, 11 do. cheese, Townsend Bros. ; 70 pgs flour (5 tons), W. J. Hurst and Co. ; 5 cases bacon, R. Arthur; 2 casts bacon, 30 do cheese, T. H. Hall: 19 pgs. 1 case, 1 iron chest, 2doplates, «L Batger; 100 cheese, 500 sacks wheat, D. H. McKen zie; 100 sacks oats, Thomas and Co. ; 5 cases cheese, order • 75 do cheese, Close Bros. • 50 sacks flour, 260 bags do, 264 do bran, 04 do pollard, 10 do biscuits, order.— R. Arthur and Co., agents.

ARRIVAL OF THE MATAKANA.

We are happy to state that the cutter Matakana, about whose safety fears had been expressed, arrived in harbour yesterday evening. It appears that Hopkins, the master, affer leaving the Bay of Islands called at Whanefamumn as he had.arranged to, and took Mr JBigelov, junr., and another passenger on board. This was on Wednesday, the 7th instant, and on • the evening of that day the Matakana left for Auckland. When near Wangarei the gale overtook her, and she was compelled to run before it. The course thus laid made it nearly a straight run to Port Fitzroy, into which Hopkins ran the vessel. Here he has been lying ever since, the westerly winds rendering it impossible to get away. Messrs Dickson and Clark, when they found that the Belle Brandon, which came in from Wnpgaroa last night, had seen nothing of their cutter, thought some accident had happened to her.

ARRIVAL OF THE ZEALANDIA.

The dashing looking iron clipper Zealandia, 1,115 tons ' register, and. commanded by Captain C 4. Sellars, arrived from London yesterday evening abouthalf-past five o'clock, ."bringing 219 immigrants and a large number of saloon and second-class passengers. Sh* has made a moderately rapid passage of 90 days from land to land, and 90 from Graves end. We should say, looking at the magnificent lines of the skip, that this it longer than she was expected to be, bnt the delay is accounted for by the occur rence of a succession of • contrary winds .booh after starting. L)r. Tigbe comes as eurgeon-uperintende-nt over the pas sengers, and we, have again the satisfaction of reporting the arrival of another immigrant ship with a clean bil of health. Four births and two deaths occurred on board during the passage. The Zealandia Jeft the docks on the Bth Jnly, and took her departure from Gravesend on the 10th. Had light variable winds down Channel bill the lGth, when the pilot left her off the Start Point. Light east and north winds till meeting" the N.E. trades in 32 X and IS W. These proved very light. The Equator was crossed on the 17th August in longtitude 23 W. The S.E. trades were picked up in 2 30 N. and 20 WV, and lost in 17 S. and 3G W. Light variable winds fol lowed. The meredian of the Cape was passed September 1G in lat. 43 S., the ship thus being at the time 68 days out. During the running down of the eastings . (in lat. 45 to 4G S.) fine strong favorable • winds were experienced, and the ship made up some of her lost time. Made the Three Kings on the 14th inst., having run from the Cape of Good Hope in 28 days. Down the coast strong W. winds. Captain Sellers is well-known in this port, having previously visited it in the Ida Zeigler, Bombay and Elecrra, Dr Goldsboro' and the Im migration Commissioner, Mr Ellis, went on board this morning, and after examining every part of the ship, and inspecting the immigrants, gave her a clean bill. The Zealandia belongs to Messrs Shaw, Saville and Co., and is not chartered as stated by our contemporaries. The immigrants were landed this afternoon by the Takapuna, and took up their quarters in the Barracks. BIRTHS. Jnly 15th—Mrs Sefton, of a girl. August 25th—Mrs Grove, of a boy. October Bth~ Mrs Wright,, of a girl. October 10th—Mrs Morgan, of a girl* DEATHS. September 23rd—Mary Watson, aged 13 months, of diarrhcea. October 6th —Sarah Mitchell, aged 41 yers, of chronic bronchitis and diarrhcea. Per Zealandia, ship, from London: —Saloon: Miss 3N Tathan, Mrs. and Miss Gridley, Mr. and Mrs. Haw kins, Mr. A. Brown and family (4), Miss Metcalfe, Mr. and Mrs Powell Symonds, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Innes, : Mr E Dashwood, Mr. K. S. Abraham, Mr. (i. B. M-Queen, Mr. Frank Brady, Mr. Hyam Davis, Mr, W H. Thornton, Mr. J. Or. F. Gilbert, Mr. J. Bart ley Mr. Charles Stovin, Mr. Foster Stovin, and Dr. T J TigliG. Second Cabin: Mr. J. C. Wood and family (4)° Mr- D. Cope and family, Mis 3J. Baxter, Miss Le' Mesurrier, Mr. J. Renouf, Mr. F.- P. Maclean, and Mr. De Ca-rtent. Also 220 steerage pas-. sengers. GOVERNMENT IMMIGRANTS. Families. Wright: William 32, Ellen 26, Annie 4 James 1- Warman: George 44, Margaret 35, Edith 13 George 11, Harriet 8, Agnes 8; Lurnaine: Francis 37* Kate 31, Frances 12, Edward 10, Kate 6, William 3 Alice 1; Salt: Knoch 21, Ann 21; Sefton : William 34 Mary 27, Valentine. 7. Jane 6, Sarah —; Lister ; w'illiHm 30, Elizabeth 24; Powell: Matthew 32, Jonah SO Matthew (j, John 4, Mary 1; Mitchell: Henry 38, Sarah 39, Sarah 12, Henry 11, Rebecca 7, William 5, George 3- Morgan : William S6, Rose 30, William 6, Elizabeth 4, Edward 2; Lee: John 43, Mary 34, Michael 17, Martin 15, John 13, Patrick 12, Mary * 8 William 4, Thomas 2, Jane 1; Logan: . Robert 30, Margaret 38, John 11, Robert 10, Archibald * 8, James G, Jessie 3, Ales 1; Grove: George 24, Harriet ■28' Condon: John 40, Maria 30, Ruasell 8, John 2, James 1; Willmett: William 42, Isabella 40. Alice 17, Edith 15, Archibald 13, Walter 11, Ella 5, Lilian 4; ! Blake: Richard 40, Charlotte 34, Richard 4; Burton: George 30, Fanny 34, George 8; Cornish: William 43, Rachacl 42, vViiliam 10, Eliza 14, Alice 12, George 9, Hannah' 6; Clark: Steuhen 36, Ellen 36, Stephen 10, Alfred 10, Jame3 14, Emily 13, Eliza 12, Edwin 9,- Arthur 5, Ge<srge 3, Charles. 1; Cornwall: Jonathan 40, Ann 42, Ann 17, Alice 16j Frederick 14, Elizabeth 10,' Louisa 8, Ellen 2; Scholcs: Robert 20, Eliza 22; Pea-' cock: James 35, Louisa 34, Lo::isa 0, Edmund 4, Ellen* | 1; Mftgner: John 39, Bridget 19; Smith: Reuben 23, Mary 24; Bairdr'James 32, Catherine 33, Agnes 2,< William 1; Baird: Samuel 27, Catherine 33; SSloarn:'! Patrick 26, Eliza 28, Mary 1, Eliza 1; McCowan: David 24, Jessie 21, David 1; Brown: James 34, Jane 32, ■* Thomas 12, Margaret 9, Jeame 5, Jo)m 3, James la I Davidson: Christopher 29, Mary 28, George C, John 4- j Watson: William 41, Mary 38, Ann 17, John lc' Alexander 15, Eliza 13, Matilda 11, James 9. Sarah 7* ' William 3, Mary 1, Martha 53; Bridges: Edward 28* Martha 25, Frederick 1: Weavr: J. W. 40, Mary4l': Adeline 21, Kate 15, Lewis 13, Jessie 13, Henry B,' 7, Robert 1; Johnson: Joseph 28, Susannah 25, EdithS, Sarah 2, William 1; Parker: Charles 22, Emma 21; Harriscm: Thomas 30, Emma 33, James 12* Harry 10, William 7, Charles 5, Ursula 1. '; , « SiNQ.tiK Men-.—Campbell, Alexander 21; Summons David 18; Swain, Jarvis 18; Scholes: Robert 26 Elijah 22; Patt-n, John 19; McConnell, C. 21; Mettaferry Henry 22; Moak, John 30; Keosjli, Joseph 26- Moonev' ' Wll^l m,24: Hill, Charles 21; Hugh, Samuel 21, Hat- i ton./Wxlliam 2i; Grice, Frederick 23; Culver, Henry 123; Crocker Charles 22; Boyco, Charles 22; Annett , % James 19; Angrove Henry 23: Battersley, Edward • I 23; Bascombe, John 20; Dean Edward 97 • " Edwards, Walter 22; Ferguson, David, 22 ; HaJioa l

Richard 20; Smith, Thomas 22: Anthony, John 25: Runninston, .John 86; Baiter. William 20; I Tralease: Abraham 20; James 22; Marron, Charles 25; Gibson, Edwin 25; Caldwell, John 34; Wyatt, Horace, 23; Brown, Ebenezerlß; Jamittson, David 18; McKenzie, Murdo 22; Bailey, Benjamin 30; Mannix: Patrick 23; John 19; Smyth: John 26, Joseph 24. Single Women.—Andrew, Rebecca 27: O'Mara, Mary 26; Trope: Catherine 19, Eliza IS; Famy: Rosinn. 21, Jnlietir. 19; Turner, Mary 22; Spanner, Louisa 17; Raw'cy, Kose 20; O'.^augnessy, Mary 28; Newson, "KHzabeth 30; La I>ue, Augustine 26; Fltzpatrick. Ellen 19; Hessey. Margaret 26; Grcnvillo: Kliza 35, Susan 3; Andrews: Emma 34, Sophia, 32; Barrats: Mary SO, Amelia 13; Thompson: Elizabeth 22, I Eleanor 9; Smith, Emily 19. ' .

The s.s. Ladybird, Captain Andrew, arrived at Onehunga wharf at 10.30 a.m. this morning. She left Port Chalmers at 4 p.m. on the Bth, arrived at Lyttelton at 2 p.m on the 9th ; sailed 1.30 p.m. on the lOfch. arrived in Wellington at 630 a.m. on the 11th ; sailed at midnight on the 12th, arrived in Picton at 7 a.m. on the 13th ; sailed at 9 a.m. same morning, arrived at Kelson at 8 p.m. same night; sailed at noon on the 14th, arrived at Taranaki at 6 a.m. on the 15th ; sailed noon, and arrived here as above. Ex perienced strong westerly and N.W. gales from Nelson. Passengers—Mr and Mrs Ching, Mr and Mi-3 Ovefton, Capt. Eliis. Mr Maitland, Mr Sornerville, Mr MawJey, Mr Dod«shum, Mr Gregg, Mr Fyrie, Mr. Smith, JMr F. S. Smith, and Mr Foote. We are indebted to Mr Dougherty, purser, for report, passenger list, manifest, and for prompt delivery of files. In consequence [of j the continuous heavy weather on the West Coast the coastal traders have been lying idle for the last month or more at a considerable loss to their owners. The Amaranth, Wild Duck, Dawn, Hero, Taw era, snri Charybdis are the vessels detained in the Manukau, while we hear of the Derwent, Mercury, and Atalanta, all belonging to one firm, "eating their heads off" at Kaipara. A change of weather will, be welcomed among shippers as much as by the drapers.

A brig supposed to be the Vision from Dunedin is signalled as we go to press.

The cutter Miranda brings 18,200 feet; timber from Whangapoua. The Mary Webster, from Kaipara, arrived at Duneclin on the 7th instant.

The Hero was to leave Melbourne on the 13th inst, and will be due here about the 23rd or 24th inst.

The brig Tower Hill is now a long while overdue at WBangarda. She left Lyttelton as far back as the 9th of Inst nvntb, and waa last seen by the Harriet McGregor, schooner, off the East C;>rje, on tho ISrh September. Probably she has been driven to take shelter on the coasD. Bhe had not arrived when the Belie Brandon left, but; Captain Ohlson reports that on his way up he saw a vessel which in the haze appeared to be a brig between the Men and Chickens and Mokohiao. Perhaps this may turn out to be the raising vessel;

The barque Fleur do Maurice has almost completed her loading at Wangaroa. She will be ready to sail on Tuesday nr-xfc. The Moneynick is to be full up by tho end of next week. Both vessels are destined for Dunedin. The heavy weather has interfered with their loading very much.

The schooner Kyno, from Auckland arrived at Lyttelton on the sth inst.

The schooner Belle Brandon arrived last evening from Wangaroa Avith a c;vrgo of timber for Messrs ffoldshxp and Co.

The cargo of the brig Rio Loge comes coosi^ned to Mr R. Arthur this trip, By the report furnished us liy that gentleman we see that the vessel was only two days running from Lyttelton to the jtast Cape. From there she had a dead beat. The Rio Loge came up the harbour this morning and anchored off the wharf. The following items in the manifest which appeared as "to order" in our issue of last night come consigned to Mr Arthur : 50 1-chests tea, 100 sacks malt, 5 cases, 100 haa,s flour.

Tho schooner Golden Isle has cleared for Eussell with ballast.

The s.s. Pretty Jane arrived from Gisborne and Napier this morning. She brings as cargo from the first-named port 500 sheep, and as passengers:—Messrsßeilly, Crawford, Marsh Horsfali, Hepburn, Mrs and Mrs Milner, Mr and Mrs Roberts and two children. Steerage— P. Walsh and T. Berdoa.

The barque Thames cleared at the Customs this afr.ernoun with a cargo principally of gum, shipped by Messrs. It. Walker and Co. She is to sail to-morrow morning. Her manifest was published by us yesterday.' The schooner Mera, having completed her repairs, hauled away from the Gore-street jetty this morning, and is now alongside one of the teos on. the oasfc side of the wharf getting ready for her departure for New castle.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Napier, this day. The Star of the South left for Auckland early this morning.

COMMERCIAL.

Mr R. Arthur sold to-day at his Queeu street mart a number of fowls at Is 8d to 2s Gd; brahainas, 4s, Spanish, 23 9d to 3s 6d; turkeys, 3s to 4s ; ducks, 2s 4d to 3s 6:1. No geese were entered. A large quantity of Waiketo bacon ' fetched 7d to 9|d ; and salt butter realised Is 4d. The sale of household furniture was satisfactory. Mr Arthur will offer to-mdrrow a splendid shipment of fruit, including 4SB casea of Hobart Town apples of various sorts in splendid eonditiou ; also 90 cases jams, and a dozen bales of hops. The two-storied shop at the corner of West Queen-street, in a most dilapidated condition, was sold to-day by Messrs Tonks for the sum of £8.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails tvill Close as follows :—

For Thames, this day, at 6.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. For Wangarci, &Ca per Clyde, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Maburaugi, Watakana, Mangawai, Waipu, &c, per Lady Bowen, to-moi/ow, at 10a.m. For Taranaki, Southern; provinces, and Australian Colonies, per Ladybird, to-morrow, at 5 p m, Late 1 etters at 10 15 p. m. For Kapler and' Gisborne, per Southern Cross, to morrow, at 10 a.m. For Bussell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Rowena, on Monday next, at 4 p.m. Per s.s. Jaranaki, on "Wednesday, 21st instant, as under;—

For India, China, Mediterranean Ports, and Continent of Europe, at noin For Taranaki, Southern provinces, and Austra lian Colonies, at 12.45 p.m. For United Kingdom, via Suez and South ampton, (for letters specially addressed), at 12.45 pm. For the United Kingdom, via Brindisi, and late letters for Southern provinces and Melbourne, .at 1.15 p,m For money orders, and registered letters, and newspapers, a* 11,30 a.m.

N.B.—Mails for the United Kingdom, via San Francisco, Canada, United States, &c. will be made up at this office on the 30th instant. S, B. Bias, Chief Postmaster. ,

BIRTH

XYavAR—At Gisborne. Poverty Bay, on the Bth inst, the wife of Mr W. J>. Lysnar of a son.

MARRIAGES.

Thomson- Swtt.bney— On the 16th inst, at theßoman C&thclic Chapel, George Thi mson to Margaret Sweeney, both of Auckland.

Williams—'>iNOELL—On the J3th October, at St Matthew's Church, by ths Itev E. S. Hassard, In cumbent, Thomas Williams to Emma Gingell, third daughter of William Adams, Architect, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, and Lynn, Norfolft.

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

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resiutance, I?or the future in the distance, Aid the e»od that we can do.

From time to time we are treated to a fever ish fit on the unsavoury subject of nightsoil, and in the interval, we presume, the questions what to do with it and what not to do with it are mentally but earnestly debated by sufferers. Arch hill for a long time has been the focus on which centred these intermit tent discussions, but the edict "move on" has but temporarily afforded alleviation. There is advantage in the favourite proposal to send it off by railway, namely, the advantage of removal. All questions of cost and public comfort would go to heavily weight the other scale. The pleasantness that would breathe around our railway terminus when it becomes the central point to which will be conveyed every night the entire ex cretje of twelve or fifteen thousand people may be imagined by those of lively fancy, but requires no description at our hands. In theory the stuff will be disinfected and odourless, though whether the mixing process is to take place under the shadow of cliff Britomart or in some other central place we have a shrinking feeling that the last dying odours will hang heavy on the night air, and float unpleasantly through chink and cranny into the bedrooms of slumbering citizens to their great discomfort. In theory we know there will be nothing objectionable found about the platforms or trucks when daylight dawns, but our mind's eye sees dainty ladies who have travelled by railway, on retnrnixiG! to thtir homes or entering those of other people, turning up their pretty little noses and saying there arc dead rats about. Wo apologise for alluding to the subject, but better this than allow unchal lenged a feeling which is growing in favour of making the railway tho means of remov ing the city filth, however beneficial the stuff may be to the potatoes and cabbage g grown within reach of tho railway. Every one knows that v ;tter carriage is invariably cheaper than railway carriage in its best estate ; and why with countless little coves ground the city, and the great water highway in front, any one should think of this heavy and filthy cargo on iron rails is one of those things that "nofellah can understand." We know that it has been computed that a barge would cost .?o much, end the men to work it so much, and the unloading again would cost so much, and all these so muchesin the aggregate would coat more than the cost of removal by railway, the " so much" of which does not appear to have been taken into account at all. It is assumed we suppose that the Government will do the filthy business for nothing at all> and on public grounds ; and as anything the Government does costs nothing to anybody, any question as to the cost of removing tho muck by public railway is nobody's business. If we have reached that stage in civilization when this material is of appreciable value as a revivifying agent for tho soil, what more admirable sphere for its operations than, tho wild waste and banen soils that skirt our harbour < w its northern side ? And what more ready means of removal than brirging it down to a quiet little jetty on some seques tered little cove in the outskirts of the city, there tilting it into a barge, and carrying it . away, either to enrich the settlers on kungry soils or tip it over the side for the delectation of the sharks and little fishes. This may be expensive ; theory through the mouths of objectors says ifc is. But whether it is or is not, whether this or any other scheme may be feasible, in the name of all that ia cleanly we protest against our railway stations being defiled with the abominable thing, and the line being made a conduit for the dissemina tion of inaliferous stench and poison germs among the villau and hamlets that will soon dot the country on either side of the railway. We have touched this malodorous subject as daintily as we can, but we must give utter ance to the sense of loathing and sickness provoked by the proposal for this dirty utilization of the railway.

A break in the Jong-interrupted telegraphic communication was made to-day, one wire being got to work. By this means we are able to publish a column of interesting English and Australian news per Otago at the Bluff. The wire, however, has nob been equal the large amount of work required of it, and many of our southern despatches are consequently still missing.

In reply ,to Maggie, Agnes, Adelaide, Annette, and fifteen other Auckland lady correspondents we may state generally that we know nothing of the young man, George, who advertised in the Etening Star of the 13th instant for a partner for life. He states that he is 23, and good looking, and this is really all that we can say about him. We learn that he has already filled his album with female portraits, and that many a pretty Auckland face shines therein. We cannot inform "Emma" whether the said '' George " is possessed of common sense in connection with his business in the Bay of Islands ; nor do we know the nature of his business, which may be that of looking, after a wife. We advise our fair correspondents to be careful of these specu ■ lators in affections, as such persons are either fools or rogues., Men of respectability and culture never resort to such practices, nor are sensible young women thus caught. Read the " Proverbs of Solomon," Tupper's •' Proverbial' Philosophy," and " Cobbett's advice to young men and women."

The Ponsoby Hall has become the scene of some pleasant evening gatherings. Last night it was well attended. A chess club meets there every Wednesday of each, week, and the tables are usually all filled. A few more boards would be a welcome addition. The chess playtirs of Ponsonby should soon be iv a position to issue a challenge to the rest of the city.

Sweeps on the Melbourne Cup will take plaoe this evening at the Occidental Hotel at 8 o'clock.

The members of the Building Commission proceeded this afternoon to the hospital giounda for the purpose of selecting a site for the new building.

Several owners of cows and horses were fined yesterday in 20s. each, with costs, for allowing their cattle to stray beyond their proper enclosures. We would advise all such persons to keep their fences in good condition, as the resident magistrate is now empowered to inflict a fine of £10 in every such case ; and to be mulcted in the sum of £10 for an erratic cow would certainly take the cream off the milk, and mingle the milk with the pure element of templary.

Mr Fred S. Peppercorne, C.E , formerly of Auckland, is writing to the Napier papers on the value of concrete for house build ing. He points to the rapid destruction of the kauri forests for timber" purposes, and predicts that twenty-five years hence, or in 1899, at the present rate of consumption, there will not remain in the province of Auckland a single kauri tree larger than a sapling.

The Bishop of Waiapu in his address to the Diocesan Synod spoke against the use of Hymns Ancient and Modern in Episcopalian Churches on account of their tendency " in a Romeward direction " He said :—" There is a covert attempt to bring in doctrines novel to the Church of England, and which pro mote a restoration of practices which were removed at the Reformation. I shall only notice a few leading points. * * * But the most serious objection against this book is its tendency to Miriolatry. In "Hymns .Ancient and Modern" we find that the name of the Virgin is put forward with singular prominence. There we have the terms, " Virgin fnil of grace," "Mary uudefiled," " Mother mild," " Mother blest," " Mother dear," " Virgin born," "The Virgin's Holy Son." We look to the Ptomish Breviary, and we 3ee that these are the terms there recognised ; and, in fact, no less than 123 of the hymns of this work are borrowed from the Roman, Sarum, and Paris Breviaries ; but these ex pressions would have sounded strange to the ears of members of the Church of England at the beginning of this century. The object of introducing them now seems to be that those who use the book may be insensibly reconciled to unaccustomed words and phrases which are the symbols of superstition and idolatry."

Mrs Jennings, of Nelson-street, called to

state that her cows are no nuisance, and that ten of her neighbours are prepared to support hur in this statement. We are not aware that anyone said Mis Jenuings' cows, were a nuisance, but that somo one's cows in tho vicinity of Nelson-street and Napier-street are a nuisance is undeniable.

We learn that Mr H. Higgins, some time of Parnell, and lately of Otahuhu, has been appointed choirmaster of Trinity Church,

.North Shore. Our friends at Devonport may be congratulated on having been able to

secure the services of so proficient a per former as Mr Hijjgina, who will, we are sure, keep the choir in an efficient condition.

Captain Ealls, of tha ship City of Auck land, has kindly undertaken to give an entertainment at the Orphan Home to-night consisting of the exhibition of his admirable collection of dissolving views.

With reference to the specifications of plant for the proposed water supply, for which tenders are called, we are authorised .by the Town Clerk to state that certain lithographic work requisite will rit>t be completed before th'j 23rd, but intending tenderers may obtain the fullest information possible by calling at the Council offices at any time during office hours.

Bottlebury, of Camdcn, will never dive into the creek to save another woman from drowning. He saw a red-haired girl named Sparks tumble in the other day off a boat, and he instantly plunged in after her, caught her by the dress, and swam to the shore with her. As soon as they were on dry land Miss .Sparks gave a hysterical scream, (lung her arms about Bottlebury's neck, and fainted. Just then the father came up with the rest of the family, and perceiving the situation he dashed tip to Bottlebury, grasped his hand, and said—"Take her, ray boy ; take hsr ! It is hard to give her tip —it wrenches her old father's heart, —but she in yourg. Bless you, my children — bless you ! " Then Mrs Sparks cried, and said she hoped Hat riett would be happy. The little. Sparkses manifested their emotion by climbing up Bottlebury's legs and pulling at his coat tails. Then Harriet came to, and laying her head on his shoulder, whispered, " Kits me, darling." Uottlebury, amazed and indignant, tore himself away and fled. He was arrested that afternoon on a charge of breach of pro mise, and on the trial the jury gave the broken heaited Miss Sparks two bundled dollars damages. Bottlebury has intimated to his confidential friends that if any other warm haired woman intends to fall overboard near him she will find it to her advantage to learn to swim.

Mount Ararat has been encroached upon by journalistic enterprise, and a newspaper, Whiffs from Ararat, has been established by the Aineiicau pilgrims at the very foot of the mountain. The paper contains some curious and interesting local topics, quotes the price of girls as wives ia the Armenian villages varying from £2 to £16, and dis cusses the peasant notion that the world rests on a large ox, which, being irritated by a fly, tosses its head and thus causes earth quakes.

Sir John Hawkshaw has received a com mission from the Emperor of Brazil to pro ceed to his dominions for the purpose of sur veying the extent of coast (about 5000 miles) from Pernambuco to Callao, with the view of developing harbours, and of mapping out such lines of railway as may be conducive to the extension of trade on the south - east coast of America. A part of Sir John's staff has. already embarked, and he will leave England early in August, and will not pro bably return before the end of the year.

It has been suggested that twenty thou" sand acres of land near Castle Rock, Coromandel, recently acquired by the Gov entnent from the native owners, should be thrown open under the new Waste Lands Act Agricultural production is certainly required in the- district, which is entirely dependent on Auckland for nearly every kind of produce. *

The Rev. Dr. Maunsell will deliver the last lectnre of the winter series this evening at the Young Men's Rooms. The subject will be "The Man." These lectures have been well attended through the season, and have been very instructive iii character ; and from our knowledge of the sound common sense views of Dr. Maunsell we feel sure that " The Man " will be presented to-night in truest type.

The Auckland Teachers' monthly meeting will be held to-morrow afternoon in Mr Praser's High School, Symond-street. After the preliminary business of the society a paper on " Parsing and Practical Grammar" will be read by the Rev Dr Kidd, and dis cussed by the members present.

The regular monthly meeting of the Royal Albert Loyal Orange Lodge will be held this evening in Wellesley-street for the ordinary business of the Order.

The members of the Ponsonby Musical Society will meet this evening for practice Subjects of rehearsal—" Te Deum " and Gounod's Mass. This society bids fair to rank among the foremost of our musical societies.

A public meeting of the ratepayers of the Grafton Road district will be held this even ing for the purpose of electing a member of the board of trustees.

ANCHOVIES AND TOAST.

(FROM OTJR OWN OOBEESPONDBNT.)

Londok, August 24. CARLIST ATROCITIES. The Republic of Spain has been aeknow ledaed by the European powera, which must be =an almost fatal blow to Carhsm, and consequently to the Ultramontanesof M.»w>pe. It was the gross atrocities of which the Carlists have been guilty which led to this denouement. The mostfshocking description" are given of the unbridled license accorded toCarlist troopawben they capture towns. Robbery," pillage, murder, violation of womenf and wholesale massacres are things ot daily occurrence, and what makes the. matter so bad is thac these proceedings are approved by Don Carlos and his wife Donna Bianca. This last patriotic lady is reported at the capture of Cueuca, .to havt. ridden amongst the troops urgiog then, to deeds- of rapine and. Violence. They shoot most of their prisoners, and amongst others, the other day, they executed a certain Captain Schmidt a German newspaper correspondent, whom they chose to imagine was a spy. This < < fetched Germany, which country had been watching the Carlists with a very jealous eye, and a German squadron was despatched to bpamsn waters. At the same time Germany com municated with the rest of the European powers, and the result was the recognition of the Republic. Months ago I told yon, in spite of prophesies to the contrary, that Republicanism must prevail, and now its success seems certain. Should the Carhsts obtain any great victory it is not improb able that there might be some intervention on the pait of Europe, Donna Bianca is on her mother's side a German, and was married to Alphonso in Germany. She is the daughter of the ex-King of Portugal, Don Miguel, who, married the Princess Adelheid yon Lowrnstem of Bavaria. This is the eldest daughter, and her next sister is married to the brother ot the Emperor of Austria, and a third to Duke Karl Thedor, of Bavaria,

BROOD MARES FOR NEW ZEALAND

A number of brood mares have been pur chased at the great horse fair at Horncastle, in Lincolnshire, which was held a few days since, for exportation to New Zealand. I have not been able to ascertain on whose account. REVOLTING MURDER AT YORK.

A man has just been hung at York for a murder committed under the most revolt ing circumstances. His name was Jackson, the son of a labourer near Ripon, and for aeveral years he was absent from home, having enlisted and being sent on foreign service. When he left a sitter had just beeD born, and on his return home a few months ago he found this same sister grown to woman's estate. Her age was sixteen, but she was more like a woman of twenty, and in appearance she is described as having been exceedingly handsome. Indeed she was celebrated as the rustic belle of that part of the country. Jackaon and she were, as you may suppose, almost like strangers, and. in an evil ho«r they conceived an incestous passion for one another. Jackson was a man of very violent temper, and it seems that he soon squabbled with his father and mother, who, however, had no idea of the existence of improper relations between the brother and sister. Eventually the son was ordered by his father to leave home, and packing up his swag he set off. The sister, however, followed him, and the murderer's own con fession tells the rest. After walking some distance ou the road, the girl in great distress, he urged her strongly to return home, This she refused to do, and Jackson, partly annoyed by the spectacle of the dreadful ruin he had created, for the girl was encieni c, and partly driven to distraction from fear of exposure, drew out a razor and cut his sister's throat in the most horrible manner. This was done in the dusk, and no one saw the deed, but Nemesis could not fail to overtake such a man, and at a village where he arrived a few riaya afterwards .he let fall certain expressions which betrayed him. No effort was was made for a reprieve, for it was felt that his fate was, well deserved. I have given you particulars of the above case of fiororicide, which have not appeared in any of the papers, but I had them from the chaplain of the the Castle of York, whom I met in town a day or two ago. It was thought better to suppress many of the details of the confession. Murders are very numerous just now, but it is pleasant to re mark that the present Home Secretary doe 3 not show the weakness for granting reprieves which wns exhibited by his predecessor, poor Lord Aberdare.

AMERICAN NEWS ITEMS IN BRIEF.

Pittsburgh has an alligator from the Red River nine feet six inches long, and to make the animal profitable it is proposed to put him in the park in order that the children may be kept off the grass.

Twenty-five husbands are now in the New

Haven Alms-house for failing to support their wives. They are obliged to work for their own board, and any surplus wages go for the support of their families.

If Ben Butler hopes, as he says, to live to see his character thoroughly vindicated, he may as well lease a house for nine hundred and ninety-nine years, renewable for ever.

A Maine gentleman, now sojourning in Odessa, has exhumed a Roman Emperor and his legions, including several rusted stirrups, a splendidly caparisoned mule and a case of razors.

The rivers of Florida are lined with rows of alligators, while tiers of crocodiles are more often spoken of than seen on the Nile.

The people of JBarton, Vfc., are happy in the possession of a toad which stands under a leaky beer-barrel and catches the drops as they fall, thus getting amusingly drunk. Disgusted with the sorry performances of a number of young men who were running foot-races, an Evansville damsel pulled off her shoes and beat the whole kit of them.

The most successful crusader in the West is one Tom Pounce. His plan of operations is to travel from one small town to another and . drink up every drop of whisky to be found.

It is stated there are now ninety-eight Protestant churches in Mexico ; and that five years ago there was less than six.

Thirty prisoners in the Kentucky Peni tentiary recently broke out. Measles, It takes sixty fortune-tellers to keep the foolar in Chicago comfortably swindled. "Does the woman who wears the breeches pant for fame !" asks the Boston Transcript. i A Massachusetts farmer's remedy for hard times consists in ten hours' labor well worked in. ■

Western birds are getting into the habit of late rising, as the worms are to be had in abundance at all hours.

Florida alligators are anti-Baptists. They wont let converts be immersed ; so they have to be sprinkled. Aalady resident near Davenport, la., has a beautiful green lizard in her stomach, and i* still discontented. '

St. Louis people have already begun to make the big bridge useful as an easy and inexpensive means of suicide.

Barnums latest project is a letter-carriers' walking match. It will be sure' to elicit a general delivery of opinions. St. Louis musical circles are convulsed over the question, should or should not key 9Wn m a Coal Mine'" be SUQSin »*W

POLICE COURT.-This day.

(Before His Worahip the 1 Mayor, T. H. Cheeseman, and T. Macfarlane, Esq., Justices.)

INVETEEA'EE.

Arthur Drainsfield, who looked sorry if nob repentant, pleaded guilty to this charge, and, in preference to parting with 5s and coats, elected to do 24 hours hard labour, a cboica v.:.!';i the police records shewed he had made about twenty times before. WIFE DESEKTION. Daniel Murphy v.-aa again brought up, charged wit;h deserting his wife and family, and to contribute to their sup- It'will be recollected that this case was adjourned to allow the accused to bring witnesses to prove that his wife had left him of her own accord.

On appearing this morning prisoner was unable to produce his witness, and he was accordingly sentenced under the Destitute Persons' Relief Ordinance to pay a fine of 10s and costs, and to further contribute the sum of 12s 6d per week to the sapport of his Thomas Mulvany was charged with a breach of the Vagrant Act by behaving in a public thoroughfare, to wit Lome-street in a way calculated to provoke a breach of the peace on the 14fch inst. • Prisoner pleaded not guilty. _ Annie Mulvany, the wife of the pnsoKer said she had a protection order from the Court, and on the evening of the day in question her husband came home from Chancery lane, where he had been living with some low woman. He was very violent, and wanted to get in, but she was airaid of him, and would not open the door to him. He wa_s very abusive. On a previous! occasion he had threatened her life and broken the windows. On beintr questioned by the prisoner wit ness repealed her assertions about the foul language. ... Sarah Green, a married woman living m; Lome-street, deposed to witnessing the dis turbance made by the prisoner. He was usinc very foul language, and the whole neighbourhood was aroused. Prisoner was there nearly an hour. He would make a great noise,' then lie down for a time, and then begin again. . _ . Constable Mooney deposed to being on duty in Lome-street on Wednesday night. He saw a disturbance, and asked the cause of it. He was told that the prisoner had been threatening to break into a house. He was t-en asked by the family to protect them as the/ were afraid Mulvauy would do them some bodily injury. He then took prisoner into custody. . , Prisoner said he had a witness, but he was not present. Their Worship fined the prisoner 20s ana costs, with the alternative of 48 hours im prisonment, and called upon him in addi tion to enter into bonds for his good be haviour. 1/ YE AND JKALOUSV. Franci? Diver was accused on remand ofl unlawfully assaulting Robert Andrews by striking him across the face with an axe handle on the 13th. inst. Me Joy, who appeared for the defendant, said the circumstances, of the case were somewhat peculiar: with their worships consent he would shortly state them, and leave the case in their hands. The com plainant had been in Mr Craig's employ,, and had been dismissed in consequence of carrying on an illicit intercourse with Diver's wife. It was well known that Andrews was too intimate with Mrs Diver. On the 13th the complainant went into Craig's yard and spoke to Diver in an insulting manner, when the latter, smarting under his injuries, gave him the Wow complained of. Wiih lhi3 expla nation he woold plead guilty to the charge. Their Worships desiring ti hear the com plainant's ktory, the latter, whose fice was much cut about, got into the box, and absolutely denied ever having been on familiar terms with Mis Diver. When the assault was committed he gave no provoca tion whatever.

By Mr Joy : He was quite certain lie had never walked out with Mra Diver. He had not been dismissed from Mr Crai£» J3 employ. He was not in his employ now because he had no work for him to do. He knew a Mrs Macintosh. Recollected going to her house and asking for Mra Diver. She was not at home, and ho left word that his wife wanted to see her.

J. Craig, timber merchant, swore that he did dismiss Andrews because of the report 3 that were about respecting his intimacy with Diver's wife. He believed that the reports wers not without foundation.

?* i Mclntoah, a married woman, living i i Grey-street, deposed that complainant came to her house one evening last week and asked if Mrs Diver lived there. She said she did, on which Andrews asked her to tell Mrs Diver to meet him at six o'clock on Friday night at Craig's yard. She was quite certain that complainant said nothing about his wife wanting to see Mrs Diver. Mr Joy said he could bring Detective Ternahan to prove that Mrs Andrews had made complaints to him about her husband's goings on with Mrs Diver.

Their Worships, however, said they had heard enough to see how the land lay, and after cautioaing defendant a3 to taking the law into his own hands again, fined him 20s and costs.

Complainant was hissed after leaving the Court.

T his was all the business.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.— This Day.

(Before Thomas Bcokham, Esq., E.M.)

JUDGMENTS TOR PLAINTIFFS. Blaydes, Evens and Co. v. Patrick Quinn. (Mr Heskefch for plaintiff.) Claim, £20 • goods. John C. Moron v. S. B. Colls. (Mr Thorne for plaintiff.) Claim, £14 16s 6d • goods. A. Dornwell v. James Mooney' Claim, £4 10s 3d ;2s 6d weekly. 0. S v. James Butler. Claim, £1 16s money lent. Evinson v. Ransome. (Mr Oonnell for plaintiff.) Claim, £12; proniis sary note. R. FIELDER V. J. AND R. OALLOWAY. Claini, £15 11s 3d. A. FIELDER V. J. AND R. GALLOWAY Claim, £15 14s 6d. Mr Thorne appeared for plaintiff; Mr McKechnie for defendants. These claims were the balances of accounts tor work done in building a boat for defend ants, who reside at Coromandel. Fri? 6 Ca3eS W6re adJ°urned until next BEN JOHNSON V. THOMAS FLAHERTY Claim, £4 15s. Mr Lusk appeared for plaintiff. Mr John B. Strange proved the claim, which was for the rent of a cottage. Judgment for plaintiff. THOMAS SHOVE V. JAMES CHAPMAN Claim, £7 Is 4d. TTrSn Plf Uti? ** «& °ase was a butcher in Hobson-street and defendant was a customer fe h od faded t0 Pay his butcher's bill Mr Shove having prove<s the claim, judg ment was recorded in hia favour. A. HERBERT V. GEOEGB SIMPSON. Claim, L 3 18s 6d. Mr Rees for defendant. of a co?^6^ Sh6W? d thal: h& was the owner tLt ?J i %\l n a met street in and at It I^^^d cottage to Mr Simpson rLS ?fi Uae a^. Mount Albert, at a weekly rental of five shJlmga for the first four weeks, and 6s a week for ever after, or a 3 long as they should retain the house! S Plaintiff was undefended, and his Worship from gh?m Hy in 8 direct aDSWer« fy,^ rl Ja? e $icj9Bon sworn, and deposed 2rl?f to? k c cottage afc s*>5 *> aQd never agreed to give six shillings at a later period.

Sho broke JtuTi^Slhi denied, « .achSSVJftwfe was drank at half-ZS ™ " ™»«»t£ dozen eggs for breakff. 8 £ J H he was waiting for his eegs 6 H Tne.cook corroborated Mrßn* , ment; plaintiff was 7ery Sw* 8 s He ordered six eggs. > that *<>n His Worship considered thatan.l be veiy fresh to be able to ea?£^' considered that the evidence w^ wh^Ze^^^J, wages, which plaintiff denied;™. 1! Mrs Geard, wife of plaintiff, the money was owing, andthffi had no counter claim. . T^ Defendant said he was employ 2 l^erT tlff;heab°^dthe^

To Hia Worship: He was act iad A lodger proved that Mrs GeariSl daughter dia the cooking, and t33 never turned a spit nor fried a S3 was in the house: .- ™^i Judgment for plaintiff. I This was all the bnsinegg. I

ARRIVAL OF THE OTAGO.

IMPORTANT ENGLISH AN AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

BLUFF. The s.B. Otago, Captain McLean 'I here on Wednesday-at 8p.m.,^1,^ i Melbourne on the" Bth. She einal heavy weather on the run down, fe 280 tons cargo for all ports, U W 84 passengers. m>

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

(Per Java Cable.) EX OTAGO AT THE BLUffi Terrific Powder i^toi The Wool Sales. France and the lope. (Eeoteb's Special Tkubeub,) LONDON. : Octoboll The Times contradicts theramoiiHftffl embarrassments of the Priaw'ofW^B explains that although Ms iueome is kn ticient to meet his expenditure he k M that difficulty by realisation of his M perty of the Duchy of CorawalL I Octokoli A barge laden with gutipowdei teM ploded on Regent's CanaL SeywW| were lost, and several hundred ktafl : ' Odotffl The explosion, which took pto'Jg o'clock yesterday morning, is unprasjjH The barge had five tons btgtmpww board, and when the explosion oafl blew up the bridge, and caused a-grwßi Houses in close proxiimty weie«sß wrecked, and the explosion W'SH miles off. Loss of uf efa confiwj bargemen, but the destruction of pfl| immense. In it is included-"tM»| Alma Tadema. The buildings m}» gical Gardens narrowly escaped^- The telegraph steamship; Fj«» turned to Queenstown. DnnDiJS 2 cable parted and was not recoTerei The wool sales sales have cWj^ tone of advance was maintained vm the series. The bulk;w«,wf home buyers, but 120,000 Wj! taken for export, ificluding4ooo » ■» The next sales are fixed fe w November. , u\ Balme and Co., bn^tWJSm prospects are favorable, and ®Wjjjß creased import during the yeutt Iv| bales. ;. -.jjiH An advance'in therate of aww^jM pected. A fuU fall of 2s a \9W&ZM lish wheat has taken place. AT^« quoted at 52s to 545; Xtv I 49s : Tasmania, 48s tosls. ....^B Arrived-Ben Voirh-ch and.^jjßß C. W. Eddy, hon. Institute, who always took a Q*[uM in colonial affairs, hW-^SH Glasgow. He had arranged fJ^M on the colonies at the Social r*'M Arrived—Somersetshire. q c J|H A Victorian 4 per cent loa* <& ''H and a-half is announced. g||

ROME.

The French frigate Oran^,^ some time past has been P^f^W posal of the Pope, baa been r*r « Civita Vecchi. . , Oei^l The Italian Parliament is M

MADRID.

The Eight Hon. ( !« Ambassador, and M. <f«?gS* Minister, have presented w^ df tli«S|f« Marshal Serrano, as President | Republic. "" 00M It is reported that D"0 X mounded during a mutiny. B

BERNE.

The international P^jj^^ Berne has adopted a postal X uniform rates. _____ B

VIENNA.

A Hungarian loan of . Jm millions is issued. A pastoral hasjbeen ugj^i*jM|; ; S cher, ArchbUhop.ofJJJJli^jß Prussia of attemptingto^ and compares thoWJ"^ ip H Revolution in BoJ-^jft* ■ the leadership of (xenera^ H

BERLIN.

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Our Sale of Summer Goods, commenced on SA TURD AY. We have opened 87 cases of Men's and Boys' Clothing, made to our order by the best manufacturers in England. — J. COSGRA YE & CO.



Oh bury Bartholomew out in the woods, In a beautiful hole In the ground, Where the bumble-bees buzz and toe woodpeckers Hn^Vi 16 s*raddle-bugs tumble around •