SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

B.I&EM AT« g j Uiu» of«; la<. 64$ ; to-morrow morning ZS.f.B STTN-SEjr s Shis «taatn*. 6.34; aUHf i&UJ* j To morrow lutwtfftg, 4 62 MuoJS'g AO»{ New Moon, 9th, 5.18 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

Bowena, s.s., from the North

DEPARTURES.

Tapna. schooner &uth»r>and, for Rarotonga Soathern C'oss, s s , H-lines, lor Napier Memento, bd^uo, for JNewcistleJ

EXPORTS.

Per Fiery Cross for Napier via Tairua: 50,000 feet of timber, Preece, Howard, and Co.—J W. Waller, agent. Per Brunette for Sydney from Wangaroa : 300,000 feet timber, G. Holdship and Co. Per Papua, schooner, for .Karotonga : 10 mats sugar, 4 boxes tobacco, 2 iron tanks, 5 casks hardware, 3 casks holloware, 1 cask earthenware, 5 pgsfurnifure, 15 pgs groceries, 7000 feet timber," 9 cases beef, Ouickshank and Co. ; 2 cases drapery, McArthur, fehera and Co.—Cruickshan^ and Co., agents.

The s.s. Bowena left Russell at 2 p.m. yesterday with, fresh winds and smooth water, and arrived in Auckland at 6 o'clock this morning. On the down trip, although encumbered by having to tow a large barge, the Rowena reached the Bay in 18 hours. Cargo :—lO4 bales flax, 31 do. tow, 26 do. wool, 14 bags wool, 4 horses, A. Buckland"; 13 bags gum, Stone Brothers; 4 do. gum, Lewis Brothers ; 4 do. gum, Owen and Graham. Passengers :—Messrs. S. B. Biss, Moore, Andrews, Capt. Jackson, J. Busby, Ct.pt. Barker, Capfc. Farquhar, Stephens, Lodder, Coleman, Gray, Ledger, J. Wrigley, Stephenson, Watkins, C Mock, Revs^ Rouse and Carr, Mrs. George Kelly, and six in the steerage. We are indebted to Mr. btodart, the pmser, for- our .Northern ship ping news, report, &c. We are happy to state that the barque Speedwell, about which some anxiety has been expressed owing to her not having ar rived at Kaipara after being more than 40 days out from Lyttelfcon, reached port last Tuesday—all well. She had been driven South by northerly gales. Mr W. Lodder and Captain Farquhar, who accompanied the p.s. Golden- Crown to Russeil, returned this morning by the Rowena.

The schooner Papua has cleared out to day Rarotonga with a cargo of timber and general merchandise, principally shipped by Messrs Cruickshank and Co., the agents of the vessel. The Papua was to sail this evening. The brig Syren is loading at the Break water for the South.

The barque Memento has hauled into the stream, and will sail for .Newcastle probably this evening. The s.s. Sir Donald arrived at Napier from Auckland at six o'clock yesterday morning. A large barque named the Enoch Talbofc put into Tahiti a few days before the Coronet left, leaking seriously. She was laden with grains, and bound from Baker's Island to Cork. Captain Talbot is the name of the master, who intended selling the vessel and cargo if he could find a purchaser. The three-masted Echooner Mera, Captain Pallant, arrived in the Xaipara on Monday last.

The schooner Fiery Cross has cleared out for jSapier via Tairua with a cargo of timber, shipped by Preece, Howard and Co. The barque Brunette has cleai'ed out to day with a cargo of timber to be shipped from Wangaroa to Sydney. The schooner Swallow has cleared with stores for Tairua, and the cutter Fawn in ballast for Russell.

After discharging her cargo, the Kohinoor will proceed to Kaipara to load with timber. Captain Burgess came up from Motuihi this morning, bringing with him the papers of the ship Hydaspes, now in quarantine. Both the worthy pilot and the documents ha?e boen nearly frizzled up with the amount of fumigation they have had. to undergo. The immigrants were being landed on the island. There are no fresh cases of disease.

The barque Ferndale is now rapidly filling up with a cargo for London. Captain Wig zell hopes to be away before the end of the month.

According to latest accounts the ship Zealandia is to wait here for instructions in stead of proceeding to Sydney.

RUSSELL.

Between the 31st October and the 6th November the schooners Mariner, Julia Price, Ebenezer, Gem, William arid Julia, and Policeman, left the Bay of Islands for the Thames with 393 ions coal.

The cutter Maud, with 39 tons, left for Auckland on the sth November.

The p.s. Golden Crown arrived at Russell at <S 30 on Friday morning, after a rather rough passage, bhe. is to sail on Saturday for Melbourne.

The ■whaling barque Martha, Captain Stanton, with 600 and 700 barrels whale oil since la3t out from Bay, arrived at Russell on Baturday, tbe»3lst. Her cruise has lasted seven months. A survey will be held, when it is expected she will be condemned.

MANGONUI.

The barque Lady Franklin was towed out of Mangonui by s.s. Rowena on Thursday afternoon. Cargo : 146,000 feet timber for Melbourne.

WANGAROA.

The barques Tein Tsin and Brunette are still loading, and schooner Belle Brandon.

The brig Tower Hill is ready for sea. Cargo: 110,000 feet timber for Melbourne.

CRICKET MATCH.

(PER STAR CARRIER PIGEONS.)

North Shore, 3 p.m. The first innings of the Wanderers and North Shore elevens has given a majority in favour of the Wanderers, as you will see by the following scores :— Nokth Shobe.—First Innikss. Ryan, run out ... ... ... 0 Thome, b Cotton ... ... ... 0 Eees, c Mowbray 0 Colson, stumped ... 0 Brown, b Rees ... ... ... 0 Browning, b Rees o 4 Jordon (retired hurt) ... ... 3 J. Philson, b Rees ... ...'-A "... 10 Mills, b Kees w ... j Philson, c Cochrane... ~ ... ... y 2 Fletcher, not out ..." ' "...' ... 0 Extras 5 Total ... ... ... 31 4 p.m.

WANDERERS.

FIRST INNINGS. Conjeon stp Nolan, b Rees 8 ]{ " 0 Bluncf.en b Dacre 0 Browning b Rees ..' 4 Jordan retired hurt;.. .. -: ~', 3 Philson b Rees ~ ... ... 10 Mills b Rees t# 7 Philaon c Cochrane, b Reea '..'. 2 [ Cotton, run out ... B8 Mowbray c and b Dacre ... ... 5 Stackpole, not oat ... ~. ..*, 1 Blake, qiKolan b Rees • ... !!! 0 Extras ... ," g Total "^ ar^" 46

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Closx as follows :— For Thames, on Monday next, at 5 30 p.m. For Oorotnandel, on Wednesday next at 10 80 a m. For Olsborne end Nppier, per s.s. Southern Cross, this day. at 4 SO p.m. . For Taranaki, southern provinces, and Australian Colonies, per Ladybird, this day, at 5 p;in For Russell, Wangaroa, and BSongonui, per Rowena., on Monday next, at 4 p.m. • For Tairua, per Gazelle, on Monday next) at * p.m. For Kawau and NTa*akana, per Lady Btwfen, on Tuesday next, at 10 urn. For Sydney, per PBrunetto, on Wednesday next, at 6 p.m.- For the undermentioned planes per s.s. Mikado. on Tuesday, 2+ttt instant, as follows :— For Sandwich /Islands. 0 United Stalest of America, Rnthh and Foreign West In lies, Canada. British Columbia, Central and South America, at 5 p.m. Por the tJDited Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 5 p.m. For money orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 4 p.m Late letters bearing an extra fee of Od will be reßftived by the Mail Agent on board up to time of , sailing. S. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

MARRIAGE.

Hlf-T—M'AnL-EY-At Hardinge-straet, ~nd, on th^ sth November, by the Bey D vid Bruce. Mr Ed-ard Swanston Hill, to Mary, second daughter of Mr D. McA.uley, Cove, Waipu

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

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1874.

Yi'r th« cßiis? tluu lnckn *.snl«txnc«, For llu- wronc i. hi i,u'.-.U r«siy,-,*ace, for tils f- '.«;■!» in llie itUtnufe. A-st*. p v» <,-*o<l thai w« er.ii 60.

We cordially endorse the desire of the City Council to give a proper reception to our new Governor. Bat there is a fitness in things, and this should not be traversed even in the exhibition of loyalty. It is known, indeed it was mentioned at the meeting of the City Council, that bis Excellency Sir James Fereusson will be in Auckland to receive hi? successor, and we trust that good taste will suggest the propriety of no extravagant manifestations of public rejoicing at an even! which cannot be dissevered from th( departure of the gentleman who has held, and will at that time be holding, Her MajestyS Commission as her representative ir, New Zealand. The short tenure of Sir James Fergusson's vice-regal office may not have afforded opportunity for hit leaving any very marked impress on the his tory of New Zealand, but he has exercised the functions of a constitutional Governor iD a manner that has won for him respect and popularity. Amid the complications of our queer constitutional machinery he has not been entangled, and while he has laboured industriously to familiarise himself as wel] with every portion of New Zealand, aB with every public question, and while he has m> doubt exercised a potent influence on the poli tics of the country, no one has ever even insinuated that he has lent himself to. clique or party. We are not callcf] on to speak for the rest of the colony, but we do know that in Auckland Sir James Fer gusson is popular, and we venture to say that it would be at least quite as fitting for the City Council and the other local authori ties to give a cordial farewell to the retiring Governor as ifc is to join in worship of the rising run. Far be it from us to urge that there should not be a fitting welcome to the Marquiß of Normanby. He comes to Auck land as the Governor designate, but he comes as a private nobleman. Until he reaches Wellington, and receives there the trust from Sir George Arney or whosoever may be acting Governor, he will not be actually the Queen's representative, and any demon stration of " loyalty " on his arrival here will be Bimply misplaced and unmeaning. But wholly irrespective of' this we are confident that that there is good taste enough in Auckland to admit that, both thejretiring and the coming Governors being present in the same place at the same time, it would be more becoming that any demonstration of public feeling should be towards the Governor whom we know rather than towards a gen. tleman who is yet to be proved. The Marquis of Normandy has, we observe from Queensland papers, taken hia departure from his late Government amid fetes and farewell banquets that testify to the esteem in which he was held, and that afford to New Zea land a guarantee of the popularity which he will here attain ; and if we do not mistake the people of Auckland, 'they will feel pleasure in having an opportunity of paying a disinterested and sincere tribute of respect to Sir James Fergusson on hia leaving New Zealand for ever. If there is to be a demon stration at all we certainly think that this is the direction in which it should tend ; unless indeed we are to be guided in such things by the principle which is said to be the essence of gratitude, "A lively sense of favors to come."

The public meeting held last night was successful as an expression of repugnance to the principles of direct taxation as brought home to our citizens in the rate for educa tion. The occasion was opportune for such demonstration inasmuch as the collectors are at the present moment knocking at our doors. It cannot be said indeed that the feeling manifested was so strong as on pre vious occasions, which may be accounted for by the fact that the principal resolution embodied a proposal the feasibility of which was doubtful, if not to all at least to almost all of those present. The appropriation of the £25,000, granted by the Colonial Government from surplus revenue, or of any part of it, to .purposes of education is simply an impossibility, as any one hearkening to the terms of the Act as read before the meeting must have felt, for it was surrounded by conditions that made it be devoted to public works, re ceiving the sanction of the Minister of Public "Works. Whether he would have been dis posed to regard education, however admit tedly important, as coming within the cate gory of such works is doubtful. But there* is an important circumstance that appears to have been overlooked by Dr. Pollen in his telegram, it may be intentionally so, for a lerge portion of the £25,000 has necessarily already been applied to meet the expenditure on contracts entered into on the pledged faith of the Colonial Government, that the usual ten thousand pounds for roads and works north of Auckland, should be paid this year—a faith which has not been kept by the Colonial Government. And for these and certain other works amounting to almost the whole of the sum, the specified approval of the Minister of Works has already been

conveyed. The Colonial Secretary may or may not have been aware of this but it is true nevertheless. Had any feasible means been proposed for carrying on the schools of the province until the annual revenues are Ibeing again appropriated by the Provincial Council it would have been deserving of con sideration, but we can fancy that the mem bers of Council, especially those in country districts, would feel very little obliged by being brought together at an unseasonable time on a fool's, errand. We trust, however, that after last night's de monstration people will quietly settle down to the payment of a rate which is really necessitated for the present year by our peculiar circumstances. A very large number have already paid the rate, and common justice demands that others should not seek to shirk the burthen. That it is ntt unpleasant rate no one questions, and that the support of education should ba made to .press more equitably on rich and poor is equally beyond a doubfc, bub ib is in its main features the form of taxation that has been adopted in almost all the provinces, and Auckland cannot complain of being ungular. Next meeting of the Pro vincial Council will afford the opportunity for a re-adjusttnent of the burthen ; and such meetings as that of last nighfc conducted with equal temperance of langxiage and demeanour will do good service in directing public atten tion, and in bringing about some arrangement '.hat may commend itself better to popular feeling, and perhaps belter promote the great cause of the education of our children.

The decision of our worthy Resident Magistrate in the Ferndale case yesterd ay is provoking a good deal of comment in shipping and mercantile circles of the city. Without entering into the details of the* special case, which are irrelevant to the point at issue, Mr Beckham has ruled that a sailor dis charged iv the ordinary way —that is to say, before Mr Rowe, the Customs shipping clerk —is not legally discharged, because the papers have not the signature of the shipping master, who is in one case Mr Hill, the Col lector of Customs. We presume on the same principle Mr Howe has no legal power to ship seamen, so that we have to face the astounding fact that not one of the sailors shipped or discharged in this port for years past has been legally shipped or discharged. Here is a fine opening for the lawyers in all future shipping disputes where the hands have joined or left ships in Auckland. But is hot Mr. Beckham in his decision at variance with the Board of Trade directions, printed on the authorised forms used at the Custom-house, bearing the official Btamp of the Home Office ? It is there stated that, as attesting the discharge, must appear appen ded the " signature or initials of the Super intendent, Consul, or Officer of Custems before whom the balance of wages was paid and the release was signed." There is no mention of the shipping master being the only person qualified to ship or discharge. We cannot help thinking that Mr. Beckham has made a mistake.

Really, now, " X.X." deserves to remaia a bachelor all his life for treating the friendly note of " Miss Maude Mary Jogarty" in last night's Stab in the following ungracious and ungallant manner :—" Sir, —I see by last night's Stab some gentleman (?) has, under a lady's signa ture, presumed to chaff me for advertising in all sincerity in your widely-spread journal for a wife. Perhaps your correspondent is one of the favoured few, and has a dozen of young ladies at his beck and call; or, per haps, is a tall , handsome fellow, and. prides himself on his many conquests. Now, sir, I am not one of those highly endowed crea tures. I said in my advertisement that I was only five foet four, and I might have added a very timid ybung fellow ; bashful in the extreme, and could no more think of making love to a young lady openly than fly in the air. My friends have told me I will never get a wife, and I am determined to have one. Neither this person's unkind letter, nor your unfeeling introduction will deter me from making an effort. . While I am writing I will politely request you to erase my name from your subscribers' list, and any further advertisements I may wish to insert will be given to the morning papers, which, I am sure, will admire my determina tion.—Yours, &c, X;X."—Maude had better take that half-crown she was going to spend with Mr Backlell, and invest it in loHie-sticks for the ardent and indignant swain. The weekly statement of the Auckland Provincial Lunatic Asylum ending Saturday, November 7 :—Remained last state, 142 ; admitted since, 2 ; discharged since, 1; died j since, 0. Remaining at present: Males, 90; { females, 53; total, 143.

Mr Cooper's lecture last evening at the Young MenV, Christian Association on *Kfe4id pWiiiody" *Ma kigel* *J tended His Honor the SupeHntto3e n trt. Sodiiced the lecturer with a few well-tuned remarks on the influence of sacred mfcaic. H?al ß oWred to the music of nattlre, which had a powerful influence on themind of men. Musi/was th 6 spontaneous expression of tha aoul under every circumstance of Me. Mr Cooper then delivered his lecture, which was fuli Pof poetic thought, and in many parta extremely eloquent? It was also historically xnstructive ia referenced mttSitf ii» diftrwrt ages and among different sedte and people^ 5K choir gave able assistance with musical examples, while Mr Lambert presided at the harmonium. A Vote of thanks was proposed by Key P H. Cornford td thd Chaitman Mr Cooper," Mr Lambert aad the choir, seedttdtid by Dr Purchas, and carried by acclamation. A sample of cucumbers may be seen in the wiudow of Mr Robert Biewin, next to Mr Sibbln's auction mart, which surpasses in length anything of the kind we have wit nessed. They are two feet and two feet three inches in length, beautifully ribbed, and are known to gardeners as the " Marqms of-Lorne" cucumbers. These splendid speci mens were grown by Mr Pace, of Mount Eden, from seed imported from the nursery of Messrs Veitoh, nurserymen, of Kings Road, Chelsea, near London, where Mr Brewin was employed for many years. We have seen cucumbers grown at Chatsworth, and in the market garde/is around the English metropolis, but none of these were equal in growth to those we have seen to day A sample of Lome's, but of smaller dimensions, was sent to Her Majesty from the Chelsea Gardens, who graciously named them after h«r Scotch son-in-laW, the heir of the house of Argyle.

1 One of the saddest occurrences in connec tion with immigration is that Where the friends of an expected arrival have Watched and waited perhaps for years for a re-union with a near relative they had left behind ; the time has arrived when the absent one is in a position to embark ; welcome letters are received naming the ship in which he has set sail; favouring breezes bring the vessel speedily to her destination ; eagerly the friends of the new comer hurry to the ship, but only to find that the hand of death* had marked him a victim, and the sea had become his grave. Such a distress ing case there was in connection with the Hydaspes—a young man eagerly looking for his father applied to the- Star office on the arrival of the ship to ascertain the particu lars of her voyage, and the first name that caught his eye on looking down the passenger list was that of his parent; but, alas, on the list of those who had died. A pre sentiment had told him that ib would be so, and his forebodings were thus strangely and sadly realised.

" Index" takes exception^ to the practice of advertiping sermons. He says : "So that instead of there being a demand for preachers there is a demand for congregations to sus tain an overcrowded ministry. Wherever competition thus arises there is an evident deterioration of quality and loss of high and noble endeavour. It co&ts no humiliation to-day to acknowledge that preaching must be adapted rather to please the popular taste than to purify the public conscience. So preached Mr Edger on Sunday evening last, and that his statement is true a glance at the morning papers will prove. Ministers seem to cry their wares like rival auctioneers at a mart. Their advertisements are hud dled together with business announcements and enquiries for btray goats, and capital is made of the dreadful end of a wretched criminal. Theatrical managers, in order to draw a house, announce the production of some startling play with a sensational title. So the ministers take their cue from.them. — Yours, &c, Ikdrx." We by no means hold with our correspondent's mode of reasoning. So far from regarding the practice of publicly announcing sermons through the recognised medium for obtaining publicity we think it rather an evidence that the pulpit is coming more into sympathy with the age. The very fact that such means are necessary for accom plishing the object which the pulpit has in view is a most potent reason (ho long as there is nothing wrong in the practice itself) why they should be employed. Comparisons such as our correspondent draws are not very logical. He might as well tell us that because theatrical managers (who by the way are about as well able as any one to judge of the best way to get at the feelings of the people) eat beafhtcak or do anything else that the general run of mankind are in the habit of doing, therefore clergymen should abstain. There is no extreme of absurdity to which eh ialai reasoning might not lead.

"A Boy under Thirteen" has his little grievance like the rest of ua. He says :— v. I was rather surprised on entering the room of the Albert hotel, to enter for a boys' race under thirteen, to see boys about sixteen' entering fox the same race. Myself and others turned away with fright at seeing' such long - legged boys under thirteen. The gentleman at the book never seemed to take any notice of age nor size, but down with your sixpence, and your name, that will do. Sir, that don't give others nor I justice."

Divine service to-morrow (Sunday) at Newton Kirk by Rev. Dr. Wallis. Morning : " Daniel's Propheoy of the seventy weeks ;" evening :" The Duty of Confessing our Faults."—Lome - street Hall, by Samuel Edger, B.A. MorniDg : "Religious Educa tion;" evening: ''The absurdity of hang ing criminals."—Beresford Congregational Church, services by Rev. R. Laishley, of Melbourne.—Baptist Church, Wellesley street, P. H. Cornford, pastor. Morning, " Christian living ;" evening : " The dignity of human nature." —Anniversary services Onehunga, morning, by Rev. T. W. Davies, M.A. ; evening, Rev. J. Warren.—After noon service in the open air at 3 o'clock, near; Noah's Ark, Freeman's Bay.—Services at the usual honrs at United Methodist Free Church by Rev. G. H. Turner; at Edwardes street by Rev. W. Tinsley, and at Sheridan street by Mr Booth.

The School Committee of Auckland East met I pursuant to public notification last evening at the Young Men's Institute, Wellealey-street, to take into consideration the application for'exemption to the'payment of the Education Rate. Those who proved to the satisfaction of the Committee they were unable through poverty to pay the rate will be recommended for exemption. The re mainder of the cases were adjourned until Friday next for further enquiry. The com mittee desire it to be known that they will meet at the same place each Friday in the present month to consider any additional application for exemption. The first grand cricket match of the season is to be played on the new ground in the Domain on Monday, entitled: England v. the World. The following are to be the sides : —England Messrs Rees,. Mumford, Ctohon, Cotton, Clifton, Dufaur, Robinson, Mills, Jordan, Paul, Garland. World : Messrs Buckland, Yates, Russell, Gleeson, Davies, Dacre, Connell, Mowbray, Horan, Mooney, Nolan.

The; steamer Manaia will leave Auckland for Coromandel at 4 p.m. tomorrow, return ing from Oorotnandel on Monday morning as per advertisement. ' • ■ ■ s*

A moonlight trip by the fine saloon boat Takapuna, leaving the North Shore at 7;30, and the Auckland wharf'at eight o'clock, is a fitting termination to the day's enjoyment and we have no doubt will be very largely taken advantage of should the weather prove nne. A first-class band has been engaged for the occasion. ; '

We have been requested to correct an error evidently typographical, which appeared in the report of Mr Sheehan'g speech'in to day'g Cross and,is calculated to mislead. Mr bheehan said that 85 per cent, 'instead of 35 per cent, as statedjin the Cross, ot the educa tion tax after payment of expenses of collec tion would be available forfleducational pur-! pOSeS.: < - ; i r , l :f V

A vkry important disclosure has been made in connection with the cattle show on Mon day next, and we should be open to very grave censure if we withheld the knowledge from intending exhibitors of sheep. Untij very recently scabby sheep have been run ning on the Ellerslie grounds. This fact became known to the committee of the society, who thought to guard against any evil effects by providing new pens. But it is a well-ascertained fact that scabby sheep leave the iufectiou in the grass, and no purity ia the pens can prevent the danger aribinu; t'roin this source. We cannot but view with the greatest alarm the disastrous conse quences that would follow ar-y infection with scab to the pick of the Hocks of the province, which, in ordinary course, •.vould be gathered at the buow ; and the comoiittee should get some postponement of their annual exhibition raiher than risk auoli a contingency, but at any rate exhibitors ought to be made acquainted with the exact state of the case in order that due care may be exercised, and they may not be #bble at a future time to Bay, should evil coußequences arise, that they uad been led into incurring a risk which they would never have dreamed of doing had they known the full facts of the case. We wish the utmost success to these agricultural competitions, which, above all other institu tions, are beßt calculated to improve the breeds of cattle aud sheep in the province ; but even at the risfc of detracting from the success of the show no thing should be held back which it is at all important for exhibitors to know. In con nection with this matter Mr Robert Bent, a member of the committee, has called at our office to-day, and states that it is a month last Wednesday since the infected sheep, which only numbered two or three, were on the ground, and that there is no danger whatever. In proof of this he says that Messrs May, \\ allace, Shipherd, and other leading exhibitors are aware of the whole facts of the case, and are still satisfied to send their valuable animals to the exhibi tion. When other exhibitors are possessed of the fullest information on the subject, and are in a position to exercise their own judgments in the matter, they are not placed at any disadvantage. One gentleman, however, who may bo credited with possess ing a full knowledge of the subject, and the law relating to it, maintains that the danger is really very serious, and that it is the duty of the Inspector to dip every sheep ex hibited on Monday before it is permitted to leave the ground. This afternoon Mr W. T. Bucklaud made formal wiitten applica tion to His Honor the Superintendent on the subject, who has promptly brought the matter under the notice of the Inspeotor of Sheep. We are not aware what steps will result, whether the removal of the pens into an ad joining property^or the postponement of the show, but there re no doubt that the interests of Bbeepowners and of the public will be fully guarded.

PONSONBY MUSICAL SOCIETY.

tSB members of this Society gate foeir snb-, •cribers and friends a grand concert oiuatitea music in ibe Ponetrnby Hall last evenine. The Society ha« ofiff /eoefttly been started, but the progress which has hitherto attended its career is hiehly satisfactory ; and weHope that its supporters will not suffer their inter est afid energy to flag after the first novelty has worn ott. The performance of last night bears testimony alike tti the ability of the wesfc end amateurs and to their skilful tram ins *fc the hands of Mr Mitchell, the Society's courlucfoT*. Ife should bo added that the Society was on this Occasion largely rein forced as to instrumentalists, try tfieir brethren of the Auckland Choral Society, and the result was roost successful ; but it 'was niue-h to be regretted that, owing to the want Of batid" parts, iheir instruments had to be silent during iiie performance of the le Deum," where they were most needed. The '.' Detfcingen Te Deum," which com posed' the first part of the programme, Was rather an ambitious undertaking for a vounp Society of amatenrd ', bilt its choruses are the very best text-book for" instruction in chorus-singing. Perhaps the " Te Delim, more than any other of Handel's composi tions, requires a larger accompaniment oi trumpets and drnms, on account of its military character and association ', and there can be no disguising the fact that its perform ance, without an adequate supply of these auxiliaries, is rather a tame affair. J.ne music itself, and the faithful interpretation of the grand words of St. Ambrose's Hymn, are well worthy of Handel, and show him to have been, not only A thorough master of music, but also a profound arid intelligent thinker. The plaintive notes assigned to the trebles at the words "To Thee all angels cry aloud ;" the thme repeated " Holy," interwoven so grandly with the words " continually do # cry; 1 the contrast of minor and major m , the chorus " When Thou hadst overcome j the introduction of the trumpet flourish after the words "We believe that Thott Shalt come to be our Judge ;" the exquisite pathdS of the bass solo "Vouchsafe, O Lord,"—from which Mendelssohn evidently borrowed an idea, if not more, in No 18 of his 8. Paul : all these (and many more) reveal the master ly hand of the great master, and illustrate the saying that "There is always much to be learnt from Handel's music. ' Considering that it devolved upon a piano and harmonium (both very effectively haadled) to represent the accompaniment last night, the instrumentation was very fairly rendered throughout the " Te Daum." «be choruses went well, notwithstanding ie altos being evidently overbalanced, and an occasional flutter among the tenors. We should add. however, that the chorus was far from perfect; if the members would only strivs to watch the conductor's baton more closely, it would ensure that precision and unity which are the criterion of good chorus singing. As an illustration of wba<; we mean, we may refer to the opening part of the chorus " Day by Day," where each voice in turn follows at equal distances the lead given out by the altos. Wa offer the warmest praise to the lady who sang the alto solos in the "Te Deum" with the utmost accuracy and good taste. The bass solos were undertaken by a gentleman whom we had never heard before; bis voice is good • and smooth, and with careful study he may hope to become a very useful member. Tbe solo parts for the treble and tenor voices were well and carefully rendered ; but there is nothing in those parts, requiring special comment. The performance of the "Te Deum" alone would have been almost enough for the vocal capabilities of ordinary amateurs, bat our Ponsonby friends seemed to think otherwise, for after a short interval they applied them selves with renewed vigour to (what we may call not irreverently) the lighter confectionery of Gounod's Macs, commonly known as the St. Cecilia. This music abounds with imi tations of the higher class, not so carioa turistic (to coip a word.) as Handel's erratic chorus, descriptive of " Stray Sheep," or Haydn's "Flexible Tiger," and "Sinuous Worm." but imitations which serve a higher purpose by their tendency to a devotional feeling. At the risk of wearying our readers we may notice a few of these: e.g. the rustling prelude to the "Gloria," betoken ing the multitudinous gathering of the heavenly host ; the unison, introduction of the " Credo," as signifying unanimity of belief ; the repetition of the words " Crucifixus," and " Passus," with a minute gun kind of accompaniment; the gradual introduction and development of joy at the words " Efc resurrexit;" and the representa tion of " Et vitam eeternam " by notes tha1; seem to die away as it were into a joyful eternity. Gounod's music pleases the ear, not so much by any grand harmony or ori ginal melody, as by its thoughtful and devo tional character.

The Mass waa very fairly performed throughout, the additional accompaniment of stringed and wind instruments, giving a completeness to the whole, which was sadly deficient in the first part. The lady who sang the treble solos is an especial favorite by reason of the peculiar sweetness of her voice : the "Gloria"* and "Benedictus," en srusted to her, left nothing to be desired. The bass solo in the " Gloria" was sung with judgment, expression, and good taste: and the trio, with chorus, " Qui tollis" was charmingly rendered. The tenor solos were sung by a gentleman who is gifted not only with a nice voice, but also with a most in telligent and correct appreciation of his words and music, which adds life and earnestness .to his performance. We should not omit to mention the " Offertory" played by the _band, and perhaps one of the most interesting items in the whole programme.

THE HOLIDAY IN PROSPECT.

Whatever may be the shortcomings of colonists they are not wanting in their pro fessions of loyalty to the Queen and Boyal family. On Monday next a general holiday will be kept in honour of the thirty-third birthday ®f Albert Edward, Prince of vValea, and if the day should open with its sunny influences Monday will be a right-royal holiday indeed. November, which is pro verbial in the old land for fogs, glooms, and suicides, wears a true summer aspect in New Zealand. It is.the holiday of the heart and the blossoming carnival of mature : and everything wears a green, radiant vesture of beauty and promise. The lads and lasses are on the look out for the purple skies and rural excursions; the girls and boys are on the tiptoe of expectation ; and even the shoemaker and the sweep, and the washer woman declare that the royal birthday shall be a holiday outright. The birds are merry in their leafi^ orchestras, and the trees are musical witjfi sweet sounds. The sparrows even have intruded into the very heart of the city, and twittered of summer over the entrance to the Union Bank of Australia, but as there were no efiectg to their credit they have been mercilessly dealt with by cruel hands. The holiday thought, however, is of the grassy hills and the sea-washed shores, where the citizens can lie and dream of future happi 2i, TJ ere!?™ 80, me pretty walks about Auckland, which will be prettier still as the years roll on and the hand of cultivation decorates^nd ntilizeg the silent .way-side maces. The roses and honeysuckle already >"!£2! thft,^ Ul?!' lanes where lovers walk unsefen and whisper honeyed words, the ba^ks. will be closed, the offices of merchants and the stores of traders will be silent on Monday next, the cricketers will be a-field, £L£ a<? m<^ n the Waitemata, the dressmaker with her sweetheart, and almost !K cryinhab,l*ant of this growing city wiU be abroad walking in green avenues or basking "* .™8 ■«W*»»t- enjoying sandwiches and lemonade in pvincely fashion. tfnfortu. nately for holiday-keepers there will be n<> moon on Monday night to shin upon their homeward path, and dev«lope

I poetic sentiment. The mm** j"S 8 fto^nlijhtig bo different thT^v^t I gif"; of the lea ß er light virt^]** Stf I for our abode. The holi\W y *!y7 ■ way lite a dissbl^^J I radiance of the moon* and ''£$*£& I spell a new scene with ita own J? »C I beauty opens to the gaze *^*<*«r^ I ments are promised in the *t!?"? '*«3l theatre, and Choral Hal] eithpTv'^^S he innocently used as a £loi^ti holiday. . w "8 ffoS I "' CHOIUL I On Monday evening next a &*** I and dramatic entertainment wiiHT *"% I the Choral Hall in aid of" X*>* VI Hobson Corps band, to conclude So^ I grille party. The Tol n nte^ a% I in fall uniform; and the coneerf "^ I ;under the patronage of Hia n VI RuDermtendent; the Mayor nf A° n °r C and the officers of tHe Vril^H companies. The programme ■i« „ k*% attractive. This promising band k?^ of sixteen performers, chiefly ladrS^ attained a fair state ; of proficency W time they have been in practice 'aL^ great credit on their teacher Mr \T^ r%» Miss Shanaghan will preside atthevo^ this occasion. . \ P^oj THETHEATRB. The Theatre will be open for the W^ dramatic exercisaa and dancing W- •* | sons. The Vivian Troupe will S 1-Formo.a Married,-anfptSrtfg* of perfomancesand a sparkling Mm & Mr. Vman will give several'of higifr spiced comic songs. We ; .notice. «3 Arthur Vivian's new comic song booki. * out and may be had at| the door! * T THE CATTLE SHOW^" Farmers and settlers will have the on*. tnnity of aeeing what the New Ze v 1 Agricnltural Society are doing in the w»^ stock breeding at their grand shoW bit \ri day at EUerslie, we notice- by the So<aS; hand-bills that this year's Bhow will ecf^ all those which have gone before TLi show is one of the great annual treats of ttl colony, and is a, distinguighed featnu"* colonial enterprise. The Caledonian (sM to be held at the same place will a]g 0 ,^S a large amount of attention.« TljebejS: gardens of Ellerslie will be-open to <L public, of which a full descriDtioa »pp«nift: the supplement to this day's issue. . : Steam-boats will run to Woodade and ft liorth Shore, and trains to scenes of iateiai at Ellerslie and Onehunga. WHAUHALt. Mr Clair's troupe of lcerrie minrfßt jj^ eluding many of the chief amatennrf^^ land, will give a public enterhhmgi^ Whan Public Hall on Monaay-fiufeji consist of music, ballads, recitatuifflßp

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(BefoTe Thomas Beckhatn, E«j,, £,]£) , SHADOWS OF NIGHT i Mary Brown, Frederick Mills, Kd^j Hanlon, George Marsh, and Eobert Itiifr were fined 20s each for beia^drupklini^ orderly; and Samuel Dixoa waa fined 10afor the same offence. . STEALING A DOG. William Moore, on warrant, was charge! with stealing a bull terrier dog, valoejl fi,' the property of William Harf»hora, of Hobsonville, on the 2nd September. Mr Brock for prisoner pleaded not guilty _ s Mr Laishley appeared for'complainant, ad described the facts of the case. ;e! William Hartshorn deposed that lie it>: sided at Hobsonville, and ori tye 2nd; September he possessed » boll terrier dop- That is my dog in Court He madeevety search for his dog, and came jfcoAncklaiiiiiad gave information to the police. Ei \Helrdj that prisoner had sold the dog, and he.weai; to prisoner and promised to look over tbs matter if he would restore hig favorite.-Hi refused to do so. The dog was a aplendi^, animal and well worth £5. To Mr Brock : He missed the dog op.ib date stated. The dog was very reguliritia meals. Be could not say that. lie1 dog was actually worth that amount, bit it; w.. of that value to him. He was as good ill clock, for as soon as the clock strnck on«)» would wag his tail at his cottage-door a much as to S3y " Governor, its dinner time. ■- Hi knew that dogs of that breed hadbeei idd for eight guineas. ; James Devonp^rt, commanaer of J« Gemini, trading between Auckland auj, Biverhead, deposed that on the day itdu prisoner came on board the vessel at Hobs* ville with the dog, and "took it on store«, Auckland. Mr Robert C. Greenwood, Market lam tor, deposed that on 'the'7ffi*Sep_tow; prisoner and another man came to him m offered the dog for sale. H^gatelOjforA He said Ms mate brought it fromEnglaail in ihe Miltiades. ' Detective Jeffrey arrested the-Rn«»er« the charge, when he acknowledfed th»M

James Devonp^rt, commander of « Gemini, trading between AucklandJu Biverhead, deposed that oh the day, ~im prisoner came on board the vessel at Hobw ville with the dog, and took it on shore.! Auckland. Mr Kobert C. Greenwood, Market IniW tor, deposed that on >be: 'W'SegM? prisoner and another man came to him « offered the dog for sale. HejayelOiJOK; He said Ms mate brought it frbm*.Eng| in ihe Miltiades. .].,.'■ Detective Jeffrey arrested the prisoner the charge, when he acknowledge tMt| took the dog and had soldit to Mr m wood, but he intended to return, &?£s£ restore the dog to its owner, t He tlaajj Jeffrey a lesson on his particnMdnb«S officer of the Crown, and was surpns«t| hV should talk of taking a gentle«oi| custody on such a simple charge. Mr Brock argued that prisoner fon»| dog, and did not know who waitWßjg he would therefore submit that the <«»| not one of felony. , .'■■';:■& .tM His Worship said prisoner BnoK§| made enquiries for the owner-«^ dog, which he did not do r £!§| not quite clear that the ..d?g-.««llg thought it would b<sag<^d ; tlungiiS| many dogs were lost, there were wo^ dogs in Auckland. , The ; prisoner, ,ho|»| had confessed to stealing the dp^neffl think he should be justified, to .mjhjg penalty. A fine of £20 woddba nothii* a rich man, but to a poor man ■•«■&? sequences would be terrible, lie worn infliot a fine; he must goto pnaon m^> months with hard labour, uIV LONELY AND DKSHTOTI. A 'poor boy in JW*!^W|93H transpire, was introduced into" Court,, dg with;having no home and being m a am* condition. .. ~ ." itZM Mr Inspector Broham ; »idfcat W|E boy was found home or food. He considered «»e roy object for the Industrial Home; J\, .f | Wective Jeffrey said *°"gSi boy was serving nine months in »g and was a very bad, character, «^Sg had deserted the boy. He believed he *» very good boy. . , -.- «,JgJ§ His Worahip ordered Wm to the for liye years, to be brought up in tne iw », faith of his parent*; BLACK AND WHITE. ,_ v^| Thomas Paul, a Westlnd^wM | with a violent assault] on the jjwjjj Ernest James Ware, on bo»™»r inl t. ship tCityof AucUand^onih^^j, The presecutor, Ware, dejS^tif was aa able seaman, and det« steward. Yesterday morning ai" >boa fast, a row arose between a boat/when defendant rcaJiea_^i^ a black son-of—r—• raiv A ar jupi**;™ him on the nose, when biscuit at him, Paut then _ at«^ j^, savagely and stuck his teeth^j He afterwards got a table v he would stab him. , • gw» Hugh Koss, second-mate, X, k>j row, Ind a cry, of " Hapo eon^^ ft PnsWwasilleilM^^ thekn* went immediately and wj* s;Sy irrittW* from him. parties were vj & William Coles, and the language used. £» bit bim^S one of Ware's fingers off, and£ W neck. Ware waa angry ana w cuitatPaul. o^'^ Mr Brock, who appeared o & a £ •idered that one l as.™r fle h°Pf Z was a mutnal e*Pl? 1°* AU vriih *• *' Court would not deal hardly w B°hTs Worship said in knifes were us«d » beavy

tßEJvlirmQ STAB, SATURDAY, yOVEMttflt V, 18R



Mr Perkins'sweep on the Melbourne Cup was indrawn last iigataii n the Occidental Motel, The following were the .fortunate drawers of the favorites :-Goldsborough, Mr Butler J Break.of £ay, Mr J. McMurry ;; ™. Mr H. Williamson: Horatio J^H.S. ; Specuktion, Mr Lmabury; Luring j '^T- AtklQs j Harricot, Mr R. Wvn yard; Papapa, Mr A, Brock. y



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