SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER : ThSa ewatng, 1.20 ; to-monroW 'Slot ilug, 1.56 BUN-SE2: ?bl« evtnisg, 6.29; SUNBISIs To morrow ffliarainf, 4 57 , . MOON'S AGE': New Moon, 9th, 6.18 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

Southern Cross, Mission steamer, Jacobs, from a cruise Queen, schooner, Veale, from Russell

DEPARTURES.

Magellan Cloud, bri?a tine, for Chatham Islands A Edith, schooner, Trayte, for Aitutakijj

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Napier-Sir Donald, s.s., to-morrow For Wonga^ss.,-.early . tarn For the Pbuth—Wellington, s.s., November 4 For the Waik^to—Syren, brig, shortly :. o :.■ r For iiunediu— Zbalandia, ship, and Falcon, barquen tiae, eariy ..,:...■ , -~ .'_...;-,;-_:■,, . ■•-,

VESSELS EXPECTED

S'ar of the South, s s., from Levuka. 6th ins'ant. ■ Wonga Wi-nga, s.s .from Sidney, early Blackbird, ss , from Sydney, early Stanley Castle, barque, from London ; ISaUed 9th July Hyda/.pes, ship, from London ; sailed August S WaiUngi, ship, fromLondott; sailed August 1. ■■' Assaye, ship, frem London: sailed September 3 Glenora ship, from London ; sailed Lad< Jocelyn ship, from London : sailed Rapido barque, from:Ne,w.York,via Adelaide, loading Edith Rose, barque," fromNe;wYork; sailed Sept. 10 Chocola, barque, from San Francisco ; sailed Sept. 10

IMPORTS.

Per Dauntless; (topsail) from Noumea : 100 cases wine, 1 cask.ditto, J. S. Macfarlane and Co. -•■ ••■• ■; ■ ■.-■• _■•■•. ' •'■■ •■•-.■ -.■■ aiiia Per Southern Cross, s.s.,' from Norfolk Island : 2 bales and 4 bags wool, order.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.-POSITION OF THE PEARL REEF.

Captain '"Jacobs, of the mission vessel^ has supplied: us with the following bearings and description generally of the Pearl Reef : — Ovtego Island, S. by E., five miles Mount Guiliard, S.W. by S. Two:white patches on cliffs, under houses in tree tops, W. by S. _ S. ; Cape Astrolab, E. by N. _ N., latitude Bb_8 b_ 211,', longitude 159° 52' east. These bearings are' magnetic. On the resf •there is a i sandbank in the centre about fourteen feet above the level of the sea. It is the shape 6,f a horse-shoe. There are two dangerous patches between it.and the,shore with no niore than three fathoms of water on them. There are "very shoal patches about Ortego Island 1_ miles from it. Masters of vessels should give Ortego a berth of three miles, as there is,.a....strong current setting on to the south end.

The Prince Alfred sailed from Lyttleton for this port on Saturday with the following cargo :—4 tanks malt, 53 cases hams and bacon, 19 cases .-.preserved meat, 500 sacks wheat, 25 sacks' sharps, 250. sacks malt, 14 tons Hour.

The Mission schooner Southern Cross re turned from her cruise on Saturday evening bringing as passengers :- Passeuger^-j^ Bice and 2 children, Misses Mau^y (2), Miss Purchase. Miss, Revel, ■_ the, g o^ Messrs J. Palmer, C. Bice, R. J^_ Kson) an d Mr Bran kard. Particular? 6 f the cruise of the'; vessel will be found r__ our i oca j columns.

The topsail schooner '-'Dauntless, Captain. Millar, left Noumea on Thursday, October 22, and had S.E. winds till the 28th. The /Three Kings were passed on the 29th. Sighted the 5.5..-'Hero off the Cavalli Islands- on the 30fch She arrived at half past four on Saturday after a fine weather passage. v,,, . Z . The schooner Cleopatra v left Oamaru for Waikato on Thursday. !.'.'.'.Z'.Z The cutter Fannie, which arrived from Wangapou on Saturday evening, has been moored alongside the barquentine Falcon for the purpose of transhipping her timber for conveyance to Dunedin.

The bpgahtine;'Flirt, left/Oamaru for Auckland on Thursday last. The Star of the South is expected from the ITijis on the 6th jnst.., ... ~... , w ~,, :.„ •, : Captain Millar, of the Dauntless, brings confirmation of ■ the*burning of the' cutter Lapwing and the murder, of the captain and crew at the Santa Cruz Islands. We are indebted to Captain Millar for a full file of JFrench papers, extracts from whioh we.are at present compelled to hold over. " H.M. gunboat Sandfly was attacked by natives on the 17th of September in the day time. Nearly a thousand crowded round the vessel in canoes.; .iThe guns were brought to bear with deadly effect, and the savages soon fled .without doing any harm. The repairs to the hull of the brig Albion having been completed, the vessel has been re-launched and r brought over from the North Shore to Mr Ross*'yard' The schooner Christina has cleared out in ballast for Russell.

The schooneiv Ruby brings 1200 srboks from Waiheke.

The s s. Sir Donald cleared out for Napier to-day with a general cargo^ • ■' ' - R

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

■ -.AA'.-f: . .(■,-.jWanganUi, this day. The Go-Ahead arrived early yesterday morning.

Tauranga, this day. The Southern Cross arrived at 2 p.m, yesterday. 'xp.MTS iPJ6

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Maim will Close as follows :—

For iThimes, this day, at 5.30 p.m., "and to-morrow,

at 9 a.io.: ■• For Kawau and Matakana, per Lady Bowen, to morrow, at 10 a.m. - - ' - For Gisborne and Napier, per Pretty Jane, to moirow.atUam i " • For Bussell, per Queen,' to-wonrw, at 3p.ro. B"or Tauranga, per Vincenty»to-morrow, at 6 p.m. For Whitiangi, per Waratah, to-morrow, at 6 p.m.. For Coromandel, on Wednesday next, at 10.30 a.m. For Taranaki and Southern provinces, and Australian Colonies, per Wellington, on Wednesday, 4th November, atl p.m; IH a S. B. Bissn Chief Postmaster. "

MARRIAGE.

Moourc—MooßK-r-At the-residence of the bride's father,' Newton, on November 1, by the Eev W. Tinsleyi Robert Moore to Mary Ann Moore, both of Auckland.

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

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1874.

i'tir the cause that lacks assistance, I'or the wrong ll,at net-as resiatsios, i Pot tha fntiu-i" in the distance, i.vi £h» iv-oi that via can de.

In another column will be found a sermon yesterday preached'by his Lordship Bishop Cowie, having special reference to the late execution and the" principles involved in capital punishment.l His | i^ordship has had peculiar' opportunities of haying,, his, mind turned to this matter owing to his frequent communication's'with the •Unhappy man who has now pajid the last 1 dread penalty of the law,j arid his statements therefore on the subject have a peculiar value and interest: But Irrespective of this the Bishop's pleasing and eloquent and impressive style of diction, coupled \ with the solemnity of the subject, will make the sermon one of great interest to a^very large'ptbpSrtion of our readers.

Mflssre Cochrane arid Son will offer for sale to-morrow, at their mart, a valuable colleo tion of .books, consisting of 300 volumes.

The "benefit concert in favour of Mr. Edward Mason took place on Saturday even ing at the Prince of Wales. Theatre, and was well attended. Tha acting and vocal illustra tions were exceedingly creditable to the several performers, and Mr. Mason was several times called before the curtain dnringthe entertainment. The annual soriee in connection with the Edwardes-street Sunday school will be held this evening in the school room. The meet ing will be addressed by Revs. W, Tinsley, and Buna; also, by Messrs Ewington and others. *_

The members of the St. James' Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association will hold a, literary and musical entertain ment this evening in Albert-street Temper ance Hall The Rev. R. F. Macnicol will t*k_ the chair at half-past seven. The musi cal department will be conducted by Mr and Mrs Mitchell; and the St. James's choir will take part in the entertainment. The pro gramme includes, many favourite, ballads, readings, recitations, and musical pieces, as will be seen in our advertisement page.

About half-past eight o'clock yesterday morning two respectably attired women met in Cook-street, when one accosted the other with " You are a pretty ." The woman addressed immediately aimed a blow at the offender's nose. One was carrying a kit and the other a baby, when down upon the earth in the twinkling of an eye were, placed the living and dead burdens. The women mak ing warlike grimaces began to strip up their sleeves, and the heavier of the two dis played' a pair of arms of which a Somerset milkmaid would not have been ashamed. The belligerents fought one round severely, and the smaller woman, judging from her poor face and nose, evidently had the worst of it. She would not come to a second time. A few oaths were exchanged, and threats made, when the little woman picked up her baby, and the big woman her kit, and both turned towards their separate homos to prepare their Sunday dinners.

" From information received" we believe that a bunkum marriage notice is about to be given to the local papers with the intention of hurting private feelings. We give the intimation for the benefit of our con temporaries. We are waiting for the notice.

The meeting of the members of the Accli matization Society, announced for t- Z will be held on Monday next "*'

A notice "appears in' our , advertising col umns, 'signed by the secretary-, of the Mechanics Institute, calling attention to com plaints tha}6 are made of periodicals, Serials, papers and magazines being taken away from the Institute,,and never find their way back. The committeei now..notify their intention to expel any person detected in so gross an offence, and we heartily say: "serve them right." I ... >

The follow'- , , *.*.., at thp ■" -*& ls th-6 return of Bick treated <" - jcrovincial Hospital for the week ending •Saturday, October, 24, i 874 :—Remained last return, 11 ; admitted since, 12; dis changed, 12. Remaining, 77 (males, 65 - females, 12.) Arrangement of cases: zymotic diseases, 18 ; constitutional, 8; local, 34; developmental, 6 ; violent, 11. Thanks are returned to Mrs Vialou for a bundle of old linen. Similar donations will be thankfully •received.

Messrs. Hart and MoKinley, the enter prising proprietors of the line of coaches between Tauranga and Napier, purpose running a coach daily from Tauranga to Ohinemutu during tha sommer months, thus giving tourists to the Hot Springy in that locality every facility for visiting the dig trict. The Messrs. Hart and McKinley, we also learn, purpose making arrangements so as 'to obtain a three days' service from Tauranga to Napier instead of a weekly one, as at present.

There are three fine retrievers at the Police Station without owners ; and if not claimed by to-morrow morning will be executed forthwith.

We are requested to call attention to the following extra summer trips to be l*un on the North Shore Ferry, Commencing to morrow, November 3, 1874 :— Week days, leave Auckland, 12.30, 3 30, and 6.30 p.m; leave North Shore, 1.30, 4, and 6 pm. Saturday, leave Auckland at 1; leave North Shore, at 1.30 p.m. Sundays, leave Auck land, 1.30, 2.30, and 6.30 p.m. ; leave North Shore, 2, 3, and 6 p.m.

The young man Brown, who met with a sad accident some weeks ago in the Union Sash and Door Company's mills, desires, through the Evening Star, to tender his sincere thanks to Captain Leßoy and the officers and members of the Naval Brigade ; also, to the gentlemen of the. Union Sash and Door Company, and t'd Messrs. Clair and. Ward for their generous assistance, and that be has received from the latter gentle men the sum of £22 75., the proceeds of the late concert at Parnell Hall for his special benefit. It will be seen by the subjoined statement that the young men forming the Clair - Ward Troupe bore their own expenses :— RxoKiPrs. £ s. d. Cash at door v.,- .. .. 8 9 6 Tickets sold ... .. 24 5 0 - £32 14 6 xxrxKsxs. . Z £ ». d; '■ Bent of hall, „ : ... . ..2 0 0 ' Music .> ".. „ 810 0 Piano and cartage .. ~ 015 0 Printing and advertising _f .. 42 6 To balance .. .. 22 7 0 ; / '■'■ i f £32 14- 6 ....,.._ E. Clair, manager; , .... ; ..-,... l, F. W. Wahd, treasurer.

The members of the Auckland Early Closing Association held their annual meet ing in the Wellesley-street rooms on Friday evening. Mr Stanwix, president, occupied the chair. Mr Hayes, the secretary, read the report, which, with the balance-sheet, was considered, very, satisfactory, and adopted. Mr Hayes, in speaking upon the documents which he'had the pleasure of presenting to the nieeting, was glad the members had held firmly together during the past y ear j -arid -that 'there was a balance on the [ right side. He hoped members would still hold together in a cause which .was of bo much physical and moral importance to a large and useful section of the community. Mr Stanwix fully coincided with the secre. tary's remnrks, and although he 'should like to see larger numbers of assistants present; also the ladies, many of whom were connected with the Wade, for the movement was equally:to their interest. He considered, however, that they had cause _ for thankful ness. The'movement'was now fairly estab lished ainong^ the, Jiberal institutions of the city, and he was happy to say,that employers, with scarcely an exception were favourable to the society,: and had shown much practical sympathy..with its. immediate object. The public, moreover, had proved that they were not unmindful of the claims of those who studiously ianinistered to taste, and :■; supplied; the public With useful aridfashionablei : articles, of dress. He observed with pleasure that there was a growing disposition on the part Of the. ptiblic; by not shopping late, \ to give assistants that.leisure which nature seemed to demand. 1. The Society had been able by entertainments and lectures to render some small assistance to the several charitable institutions of Auckland;.-••■. He would not trouble them with a long speech, on the present occasion, but simply congratu late the'members in,baying! by their perse verance; placed the Society on what he believed to be a satisfactory and permanent basis. 'Several; other gentlemen haying briefly addressed the "meeting, and officers elected for the coming year, it was resolved to hold a general meeting in the same place on Tuesday, (to-morrow) the 3rd inst. The meeting closed in the usual way with votes of thanks to the chairman and secretary.

A meeting of the Golden Crown Gold Mining Company was held this afternoon in Mr Browne's offices Wyndham-slreet, Mr George Williamson in the chair. The report and balance-sheet were passed ; and the retiring directors, Messrs Williamson, Clarke Beetham, Waters, and Garlicky re-elected.

There will be a full rehearsal of the members of the Choral Society; at f the Hall this evening at 7.30, when all members are requested to attend.

BISHOP COWIE ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

His Lordship the Bishop of Auckland preached at St Paul's Cathedral church yesterday morning, taking for the subject of his discourse the recent execution for murder at Mount Eden. As his Lordship'sutterances have a mosM&portaht bearing ohvthe vexed question, of Capital- Punishment and. are; otherwise interesting we hero give tne discourse nearly in full s — Peter said unto-Jesus, " Lord, how.oft, shall fl& . brother sin against me, and! forgive him ? ±Hi seven times." Jesu* saith unto him "I say not nnto • thee, until neven times, but until seventy times 80ven•,, -Matthw XVIII, 21,22.,

CHRISTIAN FORGIVENESS AND OHEKTIAN INDIGNATION RECONCILED. — PUNISHMENT CONSISTENT WITH CHRISTIAN FORGIVENESS. —VENGEANCE COMPULSORY UNDER THE

OLD DISPENSATION. ■ The Greek words here rendered seventy times seven' have been variously translated by scholars, but as to the doctrine intended to be conveyed by them there is no room for doubt,'viz., that Christians are at all times to forgive, even as they hope to be forgiven. Jesus Christ 'sets no number here, says Chrysostom, but directs that forgiveness shall be «infinite and perpetual and for ever. Our forgiveness, ' like our love, i* hot of the right kind unless it expresses itself in deeds j but, at the same time, its quality cannot be guaranteed by the number of definite occasions on whioh it is exercised. In this grace, as in that of alms-giving,

High heaven rejeots the love Of nicely calculated less or more. Even a tale of literally seventy times seven acts of forgiveness would not neces sarily imply tbe possession by us of the mind which was in Christ Jesus, any more than giving all one's goods to feed the poor would afford indisputable evidence that brotherly love reigned in our hearts. It is the whole spirit of our minds that is to be one of forgiveness if we would in this matter be followers of God, as dear children. Such is the high ideal set before us in the words of Jesus Christ to the apostle Peter, as it is in the life of Him " who, when He was reviled, reviled not again j when He suffered, threatened not." If, then, there is no time at wh^'a forgiveness may be withheld by Christians from their fellow sinners, does it follow that anger is never justifiable in Christian morality ? By no means. We are ao constituted by Odd that we cannot But be angered by deeds of certain kinds, just as our hearts are warmed to love and admire conduct of an opposite description. We know how David expresses his hatred of them that hate God and prays that the pitiless may/ be wiped out of the book of the living ;" ( not, however, that David's morality is to satisfy the disci ple of Christ, or that we at this day are to imitate conduct that may have been com mendable in him. "Ba ye angry," says St. James, " and sin not;" let not your anger exceed in continuance, or in force, the bounds which the mind of Christ would improve. What those limits are no child of the Church need be at a loss to ascertain. He that runs may read them. Our own | Noughts accuse m?l*? «*cuse ourselves m the matter. We pray not that our uu...: may feel no anger at the Bight of injustioe or cruelty. Evil would mbe the day for our country if it ever came, when the beater of women or the injurer of children raised no storm of indignation among our citizens. Let us pray and work for the coming of the time when there may be no longer occasions for such indignation, but when men shall all know the Lord from the least to the greatest. In the meantime, so long as men make them selves vile there will be ground for indigna tion, and reason for expressing it, on the part of individuals and on the part of nations. But this feeling of indignation is very differ ent from the unchristian spirit of revenge. In uncivilized times, and among barbarous nations, the law of vengeance has always been one of the most sacred. In the Old Testa ment, and in the poems of Homer, we find revenge a right acknowledged by all, if not of divine obligation. " Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot," was the law of Jehovah, as known to Moses. This was only a little in advance of the utu of the Maoris, or the law according to whioh Bishop Patteson's life was forfeited to the people of Nukapu. THE CHANGE WHICH CHRISTIANTST HAS WROUGHT.

Immeasurable indeed is, in this re spect, "the change which Christianity has wrought," says the greatest Eng lish statesman of the present day, '|From the time when the Redeemer of Mankind on the one hand • glorified humility, suffering, and forgiveness, and on the other hand pro mulgated definitely and clearly to the world at large the doctrine of a ruling and reckon ing Deity, Revenge's occupation has been gone, and it has become not noble but simply base and bad. But in the days when the veil had not been lifted, and the belief ■in the Providential order was but weak and vague, each man was for. himself, the vindicator of the moral order, 'f It was not, however, only ' by way of revenge that punishment was inflicted by man on his offending brother; before the coming of Christ; land, consequently, even.in Christian lands there is now, as ever there was, need of judges to punish transgressors, of magis trates who may bear the stoord not in vain. With the spread of the gospel, and the accompanying ' advance of civilisation, penal Codes have become in all lands less and less severe. ! The servant owing his master ten thousand talents, but with nothing to pay, cannot' in Christian countries be sold into slavery with his wife and children, —with ourselves the debtor himself Cannot now be imprisoned. '"Thus faj: has vengeance been supplanted by forgiveness in the spirit of bur laws. 1 MURDER AND ITS PENALTY.

But there is• one .crime still, alas! too frequent, Jor which the punishment is virtually the same in our own 'day, and in this' our country, as it was thousands of years ago, and with Jews and Gentiles alike, —I meah'the crime of murder; that is, the Wilful and unlawful putting to death of a brother man. A Greek poet, who lived 500 years before the birth of Jesus Christ, expresses the universal consent of mankind that wilful murder 'oughtto be punished by death. It was felt ito be not only the utmost wrong that a man could do to his fellow man, but the greatest;insult that a man could offer to his Maker, in whose image and after whose UJce .f»e.M;;pnah was made. By the law of New Zealand the wilful murderer is hanged by the neck until he is dead. Is the infliction of this punishment compatible with obedience to Christ's command ? We shall see. Many Christian people oonsider that it is not open to believers in the Bible to consider whether it is expedient that murderers should thus be put' to i death. They consider that this matter has been decided for ns on the highest authority, and that our loyalty to the Bible obliges us to retain in our statute-book the punishment of death. "At the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man," was the declaration of. Jehovah to Noah and his sons; and the manner in' whioh that penalty should be exacted is also stated, namely,: in the j words, " Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." ARGUMENTS POR . AND.'. AGAINST CAPITAL

PUNISHMENT.—LACK OP CHRISTIAN MINIS TRATION AMONG OCR SETTLERS.—LESSONS

TO BE? LEARNT^: |, ; ( V.,,.; I have felt Zit my duty to speak on this subject ! to-day, in consequence of my connection with; the miserable man whose case engaged so much of our atten tion during the 'past week.'' Of him person ally it is not my purpose to say many words. He lias . suffered the heaviest penalty that our law can inflict. I believe him to have been truly penitent. The Great Judge to whom all hearts are open, and from whom no secrets are hid, alone knows what his future will be. Even such an one as he

despaired not of God* forgiveness* how oould he, when the human being whom ha had bo grievously wronged had at onoefor. aiven him ? How oould Tie, when God, who knoweth our frame and remembereth that we are but dust, requires that even we, with all the limitations of our nature, should for give until seventy times seven ? I have said that many Christian people consider the punishment of death to be absolutely pre scribed by God in cases of wilful murder, so that nothing but the entire disappearance of the crime in any nation oould warrant the discontinuance of the penalty. This is the inference drawn by many Christians from bt Paul's words, already referred to, that the magistrate "beareth not the sword in vain. In ancient times, as at the present day, the sword was carried before the as a symbol of the power, of life and death exer cised by them. At the coronation of Queen Victoria the sword of justice was laid upon the holy table in Westminster Abbey, and was afterwards placed in the young Queen s hands, the Arohbishop having first said these words :—" Hear our prayers, O Lord, we beseech Thee ; and so direct and support lhy servant our Sovereign, that the Sove reign may not hear the sword in vain, but may .use it as the minister of God, for the punishment of evildoers, and for the protection and encouragement of those who do well, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Still it is by no means the universal opinion among Christians that the texts that I have quoted, from the Old and New Testa ments, render obligatory in States the con tinuance of this last penalty of the crime and sin of murder; and among several ot the most enlightened peoples of the world • this punishment has been abolished. Ibe grounds on which some of our fellow sub iects desire its abolition in the British Em pire are that (1), an instant and painless death (as death by hanging must generally be) is no adequate requital for the acute and pro tracted sufferings that the murderer m many cases inflicts on his victim ; that (2), the mur derer should be made to labour all the re maining days of his natural life for the benefit of the State, which, he has so greatly injured ; and that (6), more time should be allowed him for repentance. To these allegations, it is answered that revenge or requital is not an object contemplated by the State in inflict ing the penalty of death, whether by the sup posed requirements of the Bible or otherwise. Doubtless the punishment of Cain, to wander through the earth, branded as a murderer, the object of horrorand detestation to all beholders, were worse than any death. The purpose of the .State in summarily end ng a man's life on the gallows, is, it is said, io deter other men from committing the crime of murder ; in fact to prevent more mur ders talcing place. lb is thought that the horror of death in this form, and with its attendant disgrace, will check the most pas sionate and the most debased when no other motive would be effectual ; the prisoner for life possessing always the hope of liberation is not escape. . But it is not only as a deterrent against other men becoming murderers that capital punishment is maintained ; it is to prevent the man who has once perpetrated the crime doing so again. It is thought, and with reason, that -to bring himself to the oom ioii a m**. „ a deed as the taking mission of so inhum**. -^r.^ have so of the life of a fellow man he v... - _fn torn in shreds the reins of self-contrOl as .. be no longer capable, humanly speaking, of restraining the passion of which his crime was the result. Accordingly, it is affirmed, that if only in order that the mass of the citizens "may lead a quiet and ,peacable life"—may be free from the dread of murder, the man who has once committed so damn able a crime must be rendered incapable of committing it again. But, it may be said, is not such reasoning to ignore the fact that even a murderer may repent, and become a true servant of God and a useful member of the State ? No. We do not deny that a murderer may truly repent of his crime; we do not doubt that this has often been the case ; but who is to know that it is so in any particular instance? On the other hand we do know that if, by man's mistaken inter pretation of God's will, a repentant and forgiven sinner is precipitated out of this state of existence, his departure hence in peace and in God's favour cannot be to the dying man's loss. God, who hath begun a good work in him, will complete it in His own way. His love is not limited by man's mistakes. Revenge, then, should not be tho object of punishment with_ individuals or with States, any more than it is with God. "Avenge not yourselves" says St. Paul. 1 Vengeance is not only wrong in Christian men, but it is unnecessary, for " Vengeance is mine " : such vengeance as must be "I will repay saith the Lord." «If not here, then hereafter, God will render to every man according to his works. Revenge being thus excluded from the motives of Christians, the punishment of our criminals is compatible with the observance of our Lord's precept of forgiveness spoken to Peter; and it may be required by considerations of brotherly lqve—not only love for peaceable citizens who have a right to the State's protection, but also (in cases in which death is not.the penalty) for the criminal himself. The State's punishment may thus become, the earnest of the State's forgiveness. When the word from which penalty is derived was framed, punishment was conceived from a higher moral and religious point of view than it often is J>y ourselves, as a purification from sin. From the root pu, to purify, we have purga, used particularly with reference to purification from crime. If this transition from the idea of purging to that of punishing should seem strange, says a great philologist*, we have only to think of castigaUon, chastise and chasten, all coming from on* root. May this ever be the primary idea of punishment with our legislators, to chasten and purify as far as possible those who render themselves liable to the penalties of the law. While this is the case with our legislators, and with those who carry out the laws in - onr own gaols, we shall be obeying, on a scale not unworthy of a British colony,, our Lord's injunction to Peter -of universal forgiveness towards, our offending fellow men. „ .And no one who is acquainted fwith the antecedents of many of the prisoners shut up 'in our gaols'will grudgo the cost at which this discipline of purification is carried, on. Not a few of those who are sentenced to im prisonment in the Auckland stockade receive within its walls almost for the first time any definite | Christian instruction ; and I am often more surprised to learn that the incar ceration of such persons is their first com mittal, than I am shocked at the offence of which they have been found guilty. It may bethat if we who have been taught from our earliest days to "approve things that are excellent," had oared more for the souls of our less privileged brethren— for whom Christ died—if we had been more willing to make even small sacrifices ofjjtime or money on their account, many: who now almost inhabit our gaol might have led useful and happy lives. Nay, it may even be .that had we as a Church done our duty, aiid provided the ministration of a clergy man to the poor and scattered settlers between Auckland and Mangapai, our brother had not died; at the hands of the executioner on Friday last. During the last hour of his life he told me that he attributed much of'his forgetfulnesß Of God, and of his consequent evil-doing, to the-neglect of Sunday:; .and entrusted me with a message to that effect to his children and grand-chil dren. Who can doubt that the mere hearing with the outward ear Buch passages of Scrip ture as the Gospels* for to-day, in one of which it is said "Blessed are 'the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy," might have checked the tyranny of a rough man over a poor woman, living absolutely at his mercy, far away from any settlement, on the outskirts of a New Zealand bush. When we think of the nobility of nature that still re mained, in spite of such antecedents, in th" ' :— -•" ' ■ " " * *lTMMuiler

«^f«hed woman, whose devotion to her teaching and advantages own daughters ehjoy. If it is po*». to learn a lesson of patriotism from the treacherous woman who "pufc her hand to the nail, and her right Land to the mrt- I men's hammer;" if Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, who smote off the head of Riser*, deserved in any sense to be called "blessed among women" by Deborah and Barak. , c may well take to ourselves a lesson of foraiveness from the conduct of her who was the victim of the murderer's vengeance. To save the man Who had done her the ntmost Wrong from the punishment which he justly deserved, this woman, amid her agony, with Such Btrength<as.yet remained mher charred and dying body, declared that by an accident on: Aer own part, and not by the act of him whom she had been brought up to address as "father" her terrible suffering and approaching end had been occasioned. To this bitter end of the seventy times seven she carry her forgiveness. " Father," she said, " I know you did not mean to do it." In any case Bhe_fdrgaVe as she hoped to be forgiven. Oh, dear friends what are our sentences of absolution, conventionally called- forgiveness, compared with an act like this ! professions of forgive ness, where nothing is forgiven, but resent ment is cherished in the heart. Let us not be deceived: God is not mocked with such shams. St. Paul saya, '.'Love is not pro voked," and not as our Version has it, not easily 'provoked." We are constantly provoked, angered-m-nj of ns-by_the pettiest of provocations ; by the mere with holding of the measureof commendation which we consider our due, by the preference of others before ourselves to positions of trust or importance, nr even of display -, our heart beats quick, and our cheeks are flushed, with thoughts of resentment; we cast our Christian principles to the winds; mthis case in the case of our own offended dignity, wa are not troubled that ' fromour hearts we fondve not every one his brother their trespasses.' Oh ! let us take shame to our selves that such things can be with truth affirmed of us, who profess ourselves to be knit together in one communion and fellow ship, in the mystical body of which Jesus Christ is the Head—the disciples of Him who prayed for His murderers, " Father^ forgive them : they know not what they do. -Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but •he that doeth the will of my • Father which is in heaven"—the Father, whose lovepasseth the love of women, who "maketh His son'to rise on the -?vil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust " : ! I ! ; i »

ARRIVAL OF THE MISSION VESSEL.

The Melanesian Mission vessel, the aux iliary screw barquentine Southern Cross, Captain Jocobs, arrived from a cruise on Saturday evening about half-past 5 o'clock. She has been away just five months, having left the Bay of Islands on the 2nd June. She arrived at Norfolk Island and landed pas sengers and stores on the 9th, and sailed for a cruise among the islands, having taken on board the Revs Codrington, Selwyn, Brook, Still, and 60 Melanesians. On the Ist July, while rounding Ortego Island, sighted a very dangerous reef, which was inspected. Vessel -">«nmended to give the island a berth arereov—. •-i« as t. Mr Brook and party of three miles at, - ~on the _$_£ -__% were landed at OboUi*. -stives much Matanta and Ulawa found the *~ rr« Bsrs8 srs more friendly than last year, and ai*. Selwyn and Still went on shore. When among the Torres Islands on the 29fch had very bad . weather. In Crater Bay, at Uraparapai/ found a labour vessel, the Southern Cross, schooner, of Brisbane, at anchor. On hearing that there were five natives on board who wished to leave the vessel', Mr Codrington went on board, but tbe Captain would not allow the men to go. The Government agent gave Mr Codrington a document guaranteeing that they should be landed when the vessel came back. On the Ist August Tanna was reached, and Messrs Codrington and Selwyn went in the boat to Gona, about 14 miles distant. On the sth started for the New Hebrides, and on arrival called at several of them. On the 12th a cutter, the Leola, of Melbourne, passed with 70 natives on board. On the 20th returned to Mota and landed Mr Selwyn. A*t Ari landed Mr Selwyn and returned to Norfork Island with Mr Still and some Melanesians. On the passage thither experienced S.S.W. gale, in course of which the foretopsail sheets were carried away. Norfolk Island was reached in thick weather on the 9th Septem ber. H«re Mr. Bayard, the chief officer, joined the vessel again after having a spell on shore after his illness. Rev. C. Bice, Mr Kenny, and some boys came on board at the Cascades. Sailed for Mota on the 10th, and encountered a very heavy gale from the N.W., lasting to the 12th. Mr Kenny was landed at Ambyn, and Mr Bice and the boys at Wararigi. Arrived at Mota on the 19th. Took on board Mr Codrington and Mr Sel wyn, and sailed for the Solomon Islands. On' the 24th Mr. Codrington and party went on shore at Isabell. Here were obliged *to g6t up steam as the vessel was drifting with the current. At Tana on the 30th boat brought off Mr Atty, wife, and two boys. Started for Mota on the Ist October. On the 4th in company with the barque Hetty Loraine, bound to China,* made passage from Wano to Mota in 6 days and 10 hours. Mr Codrington landed there, but came on board again after vessel had run over to Parkea and back. At Ari picked up those who were going ' over to Norfolk Island. After called at several places arrived at Leper's Island on the 11th, and received Mr Brice, and his party on board. Got to Ambrym on the 12th Mr Kenny was found well. During his stay at Ambrym three labour vessels called, viz.: Jason, Lady Darling, and Donald McLean. The Captain of the Lady Darling informed him, that the x former captain, tne mate, and four hands were murdered by the savages at Tasicka, an island twenty miles south of Ambrym. While at Savn the news reached us that the mate and the Govern ment agent of the labour vessel Southern Cross ; had been killed at Banikero, one of the Santa Cruz group. On the 14th called at Moy. On the23rd, returned to Norfolk Island, where the misson party were landed. Capt. Jacobs, at the conclusion of his report, speaks highly of the sailing powers and sea qualities of the new vessel. The mission gentlemen are very pleased with her as her accommodation is so superior. Her ventilation is most perfect.. The steam power has proved very useful on several occasions. When the Southern Cross left Norfolk Island three whalers were off the island* viz., the Mary Eraser,! California, and another. Left for Auckland on the 27th with a fresh breeze from the E.N.E. On the 29th, at midnight, when abreast of the North Cape, made out ii barque standing to the eastward. On the 30th, when 25 miles N.W. of Cape Brett,' saw a ship standing to'the westward.

CONFIRMATION.

Bishop Cowie held a confirmation service at St Mary s, Parnell, yesterday evening. About 25 candidates of *both sexes were presented byDrMaunsell, and had the holy rite admin istered to them.- Prior to the laying on of hands his Lordship delivered ari iniujressive address from, the words, "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ," being the 6th verse of Ist chapter of PhiUppians. The even ing service, at the close of which the cere mony took place, was full choral hi honor of -the occasion. \ ■'■■\'"\ : v = ~ At Messrs B. Tonks and Co.'s mart to-day the sale of the cutter Greenwich was with drawn, the highest'bid being £^15, a sum far beneath her value. ; , The sale of booths at the cattle show and EUsrslie sports was adjournwi until Thurpdav nsjrt; :-

"At MTTp W. iht^td^afJH to 10s per case ; lom'oas, (J 3 u^*7o_\

UNKNOWN

{To the Editor pf the Eymsj^q g Ti I Sir,—As the above-nauwd gentienaT - m been pleased to make my name csS*^' fl in connection with the capitatioanta t"*** ■ children I trust you will allow iw^'H opportunity to reply thereto. I be* ETJ*' I that the firat intimation I received'iL\ I Johnstone that his children attended k^— I school was by letter, dated the 24th ul^ I after the rate had been paid by mS$ I B. Lusk. I immediately repli^'t^A communication, and informed him thi*i? 1* I would forward me the necessary w *Sfi ** I I would take atept to have the u^Si I refunded. Instead of complying wittH?! -0 j request he-wrote to you with an l'^** -I which was not very creditable .to fciS^ I just to me. I have further to Btofartfea,*, I certificates reached me only on SatarfStS* I after a lapse of six days. As sooo JS I came to hand I instruoted Mr Johi_it<&Sj I letter, of which the followingis aco^S I he might obtain a return of the tam_U I " October 31, 1874. To Mr G. JohSr I Sir,—The/enclosed certificates, JMtiSiz| will have to be presented by yon to Mrß I B. Lusk, the general receiver of the tyJL I tion Rate. This step becomes Moeiiiapj,l consequence of the money having bli^y fi over to him, and also ..that"he' wui^^ you to give a receipt for the amonht of refund,: thirty shillings. Your letter ■■'_& to hand contains a palpable 'imtntt in your stating ' I am in receipt of youri !5 the 28th inst.' I beg to inform you %n wrote my reply to yours of the 24th on \L following day, the 25th. as soon »Bit*, given to me on the latter date, and 'Ajitei Z it myself at the post-office in-. ..Vic'^niSS s immediately Lhad finished pending it;Tu answer must, in the ordinary couwe ofw; have reached your office on the-26th (S to your writing yenr first letter, whici V peared in the Eves mo Star} ; and v 3 •were by my communication placed ia ipon. tion to obtain a refund of the 30s and that im evidently declined to take advantage rf tie mode of procedure as required by the Ae^ publishing of your letter was mogtinßjmg. fiable and unworthy of your as gentlema, Your other remarks of a personalnatwelaj afford to treat with that scorn whicli?^. merit.—l am &c, Osmund Lewts." «^ justice to myself as the collector U ft, school rate for Auckland East I begV^ that I have visited between 200 tai ijflo individuals for the rate, and Mr Ma6«i_f the only person who has raised ni^'m. plaint, and had he only exspjiii^ common courtesy of replying to raj kg* 4 the 25th October his claim would hmW at once recognized and paid.—l .«_,&,, Osmund Lewis."—Nov. 2,1871 __ , ■

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

Before Dr. Home and D. M. Lndde,

NOMINAL MEN. I Joseph Marks was fined Id and Jnw .' I Kennedy 20s for being diunk on Sanity, M ■ who could not remember where he got t_t I drink James Kennedy forfeited hisbuL I RECKLESS WOMEN. A ;,T'k. I Jane Relly, a very old offender, :wu fined I 10s for being drunk. Mary Bobinsoo, abas I " Topsy Turnover," was committed for asm I days, this being her fifth offence; and Mint 1 Lysaght, for drunkenness and vagrancy, w* I ordered to prison for one month wit*, tort 1 A SMALL APPREHTIci; $ < I William Small, pn warrant. Alittl^ beyv I was charged with a br£*ch of the MasteiMd I Apprentice Act of 1865 I from the service of John Fergfißoa, 1m awtat I on the 29th October. - I The lad pleaded not guilty. | Mr Home, appeared for the ladl mm I and said that if the boy would P*"»2 1 return to his work and **w«_»f~J I properly in future he would wiWttW ■.«• I The lad promised to be a _ good ty- I future, and was discharged ™*|§|§^ I tJHIMNEYS ON REE. \ John Oxley was summoned f°r!^jT'i* chimney in Abercrombie-street tp|||§|p \ the 13th October. '' * Defendent pleaded guilty, but »Jfcl£ his fault exactly. He kept the, ' swept, but forgot the upper part.i|| Fined 10s and costs. • f Thomas Constable was sunuuo***' . similar offence in Beresf ord-street ostaf )** Defendant expressed his regret H* J* ] the Bweep for a thorough sweep, but fl||» j not done him justice. OUT AT-'ORASS, _ ( . ; Robert Hayson, for depasturing W&Bo in Ponsonby road, was fined 5s and cob* Mr Hayson said he tied his pony f»* strong halter, but the little thing-wasW»^ broke loose and bolted. __t The Bench recommended a stronger J»*v GeorgeiMcCasslin pleaded no^ffiiJgiJ charge of depasturing a cow in PoMoaßJ''! 0" on the 22nd inst. Z^_ Defendant said it was not a cow; «~* a little donkey. ____.L Amm' The Bench : Do you plead guilty to turing the ass ? ~,... ta . Yes, your WorsHp ! but I should W w say a word in palliation of the ft^ ed.^^ The little donkey was a most inonPSSSH ture, only ten months old, "d"?sK< an ass, but the boys who infest tt»neignDO£j hood worried the little animal, unW ».«• took to :its heels. He had now senf ]MP\ friend at Mount Eden, from whomjt^i The Bench under the ckcunutanc* j*» ■ him but ss. , . i^m Patrick Long's horse ( was *o,^*^jj{, % by the wayside in Ponsonby read, ipo owner fined ss. . *-_«_j*i I Mary iHindry, for allowing her W9_ to be at liberty on Carlton Grove PWi~\ | 11th October was finedSs. I This was all the business, I

CITY COUNCIL.

At the ordinary fortnightly m«^ $& City Council held this afternoon tee W" ing business was transacted:— < ~«,.*—' His Worship the Mayor expbuned»»Sg arrangement had been come to witfi ww vincial Government respecting *^"j^j.;v mentLoan. The city was to pay ta»*w, and take over the mortgages. city haix. •«-_j-.a4"' A representation from Messrs Jones that the city i"P^^3|Ps ciated the value of the hall by bnnpng« a flow of water, was read, »d';*J* solved .that enqniry be made into «• f"p NBW ÜBBs*l<>._ ■••;■; ..' It was stated that a pnJ»ho "fflffi ( be constructed at once m the aeignw^T of the silt basins. ZZf WATEB SUPPLY. m 7_AJj <* ? "A letter from the Prbymcial SecrsW. behalf of the Super* *ndenV*Bjr^|H enclosing letter from proposed improTeraents in After a general opinion had °f j,*;: to the elect that Mr'Buckland WJ» done well to direct hucommumMfa*^^. Council, the letter was ordered to s»» .. :v , " COMPENSATION.. ■:' ' i^* J. J A petition from Jno. N, sation for damage dene **■ laf^ attempts to arrest the Progress « w fire,-was received and laid uponi* « , . ;oiTV SURVEYOR SBEPOBT. • . In accordance with this {Jk ft*.' voted on the motion of O^jJJ *. the finishing of the improvements Parnell approaches. Accounts, were, ordered to be P*» extent of £491 8s lOd. nw building/TO^ ASSn«nf* Z CouncUlor Holdship's new nana"*



just t 6: ■ h i jpi), A LARGE LINE . ,00 . .Qtr'A'f fr..y.)'A-'-'.' .'ZT-fc; SYDNEY TWEEDS, Slightly Damaged>y¥eal^'ater', 2a ild and3s lid ; Pe* yard.,.. ~ xt.„ SAMUEL COOMBES, h\ CITY CLOTHING MABT, 92, QnitEN-STKHET. DS TE P H EIN S6 N & CO. 'S CELEBRATED COFFEES, EXHIBITIO P^Bfßi "_T ''D, BAGLE BRAND, C B O W N B X A-NDr Are to be procured at all respectable Grocers a^^toreke^perSCthrbngJhou'ttlie SUl*B 9 Province of Auckland. •-'--, *. '■-'■ ■ *1 j. ■i' m i'rj;,. "Ail" iflCl i D. STEPHENSON & CO M -W T N D tt«^A..:-M^3V l _J^-BI"BV'E-a?, AUCKLAND. _4. LINABURY AND CO. Saving taken those CENTRALLY-SITUATED PREMISES (Three doors below the City Hall), _. Lately in the occupation of Mr S. Smith, g « ifiheTnistjP ■,& fy! On * TUESDA^7MOSNISG, 7AOGtQSEM!2f^ i-Wj i»Yi:»r>T fcnjl ,-'■■• ii C■•■! > tuts ,Y-iK ■ :rti.>v.A}jrith a«-i'iJ.« nrn_e t»««fjisr ; ENTIRE N^W^Te^K ■■ Of' ■ * SPRING- AND SUMMER DRESS GOODS AND GENERAL DRAPERY. JMI particularsin future acfoffrtitement



TUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE. NOW OPENING, OUR NEW STOCK OF SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,; '.-.Z':, «»% .Comprising—-: 'Cnoico'-'-NEW DRESS GOODS. In great variety Tussore CJotbs, New Pattern Prints, Printed Muslins, Check- and *r"»Mn i-tripe Muslins 'Grenadines. New Summer Skirtings, -Hollands, &c BLACK SILKS, wide with, unusually good value Ladies* Pilfe Umbrellas, Farcy Co??on Sunshade ■ ■7.. Childrenls and Lsdies'_White Straw and Leghora HATS, ■C!':" In immense variety and price. 'Coloured Ribbons, New Flowers, Feathers, Rusche3. &c, <*,c. ■ - , ALWAYS ON HAVTD, A Large Stock of White and <srey Calicoes, Sheet I togs, Shirtings, &o, of best make; " Cj And a complete Stock of FURNISHING AND GENERAL .3 ?> ! DRAPERY GOODS Of Bve'ry' Dkscription. BOYS', YOUTH'S. AND MEN'S CLOTHING. In Great Variety. White Shirts. Fancy Scarfs and Ties, Cricketing Belts, Braces, Collars, &c, A Large Stock of little Boys' Suits in Printed Drill ' '■ ' Serge, &c.» suitable for Summer wear. Boy's and Men's Leghorn and Straw Hats, Felt Hats and Caps. ARRIVED, EX ZEALANDIA, 24 CiSES AND BALES GENERAL ®RAPERY GOODS, SUMMER CLOTHING, &c Importing our Goods principally from the best Home Houses W9 are in a positron 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, (LATER. JBOBBS,) AJfl> RETAH, DBAPBBS, CIiOTHIEBS, JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE, . (Opposite tho Army and Navy Hotel,) Upper Queen - street, ' Auckland. pOMP "C i/sb E V S ALE AT THE 0 ! T V H ' A L L 9 (Late. A. H rfAßnß . o^00) ■A SA L E . :. 03" ■'■..■'•■:■'■'' DRAPERY, MEN'S ft BOYS' CLOTHING, CARPETS, FLOOR CLOTHS, MATTINGS FURNISHINGS Of ev*ry de.«cription ! WILL TAKE PLACE at the C fßi'i V HALL, ON SATURDAY, 24th OCTOBER, And will continue for 0N E MON TH, After "which the residue of the STOCK will bo sold by ! •_, , ..,' • Tender. TTTE ARE NOW SHOWING o OUR MAIL GOODS Eiczitsd Zpeb bs. Hxko, Consisting of * COSTUMES, PARIS BONNETS, "; TBIMMED HATS, . MANTLES, FEATHERS, FLOWERS, GLOVES, &c.j Ac, &c. ; Also, . 72 CASES PX R ZEALA NBI A, r Comprising— PRINTS, DRESSES, and MANCHESTER GOODS. J. COSGRAVE & CO. ,



* For the Sunday and All Saints' Day. t Rt. Hon. W. B. Gladstone.