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THE EVENING STAR THURSDAYM MAY 4,M 1854



Groceries. FENTONS GE>TRAL SIORJtS AUCKLAND MAKKET. IMPORTANT AND GLORIOUS NEWS FOR THE PUBLIC. F. F E N T O N Being desirous that the public may have and enjoy a jolly and hat>p> Christmas, irvites every oue to inspect his Magnificent Stock of NEW Fft< IT and other luxune* suitable for the coming festivities Our prices us usul will be 'he lowest in Auckland. Terms :- C >sh New Valei.tiao Kaisina. 6a lb; new Eldme Knisics 6d lb ; new stonelosi Sultana Eaisins. 6*d lb, Muscatel Knisins, lOd lb; new Currants 5d to 6d Ib ; Flour, 2d lb ; Candied Peel, Is 6<J lb ; French Plums, in gliss jars, Is lb ; Fig 3, 9d lb; Jor.ian Almond, 2s Bdlb : Paper Shel Almonds, Is lb ; new Dates, 6d In ; Bottled Fn"ti, Is each : Spice, li packet; Calves foos Jelly. 2s ea bottle ; K.se^es. 8d hottie : t.ollies, 10rt lb ; Keni«r's Dundee Lollies, Is 3d lb : John .SainnisScoch am, 9d tir ; Msrmalaie, 9d tin : ED f lish t ordials ; large plugs of srou'atic Tobacco, 6d each ; H»v-\nt>ah Cigars, 2d each ; splendid Tea. 2s lb ; real Mocha Coffee, is 6d lb ; rich Jamaica Sugar, 4d lb ; Cocoa and'ibocoiate, all makers, 5d packet; Patna Bice, 3d lb ; Pickles, 7d bottle. Ala ge supply of Canter bury fiatngj is lb. Our supply of Canterbury Bacon, Cheese, Butter, and Eggs will be sold at very low prices. Uolmsn'sStHTcb, 4d lb ; Blue, 6a lb ; Hard »oap, 6d bar ; Sardines. 6d tin ; Salad Oil, 6J<l bottle ; Castor Oil, 6jd bottle; Tomato fcauce, large. 4d bottle ; Soap Powders, 6d dozen ; i ondensed Milk, 6d tin ; Ari-owroot. 6d lb : Patent Knife boards, 6d each ; Safety Matches, 4Jd dozen ; Corn Flour, 8d lb; Fancy Biscuits, Sd lb ; Treacle, 4d lb. TO DAIRY FAEMERS AND [OTHERS.-F.F. is cash purchaser «=f any quantity of first-class Bacon, ams, Cheese, Butter, Lard, .Eggs, &c, &c. 150 Empty Butter Fiikins FOR SALE. piHROMO-LITHOGRAPHS, ETC. W. PHILLIPPS & SON, 12, WYjyDHAM.-STFvE.ET. "W.P. and Son have just opened ex Assaye, A 1 abhe Assortment or CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHS, Embracicg every variety of subjects after the most eminent Artists Also, some bsautiful specimens of COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHS AND LITHOGRAPHS, Including Don Juan and Haidee, O.H.M.S, &C, &C, and having a large and varied Stock o? GILT MOULDINGS To Select from, Any of the above can be framed to order. PAPERHANGINGS OK EVERY DESCRIPTION OF QUALITY. AND DKSIGtf Scrim, J3es3ian, &c Plate anc: Sheet Glass White Lead, Oi?.. Paints, Brushes, &c. Patent Silicate Paint, Oxide of Iron Anticorrcsive Paint, and all Painter's Sundries. W. PHILLIPPS & SON., OIL, COLOTTB, & GiiSS MKROHANjTS 12, Wyndham-street, above the Herald office. •f r : . » ;. -. IMPORTANT NOTICE 1 . At J. S. COBLEY'S " Bespoke" Tailoring Establish ment, junction of Grey and Queen-streets, Gentlemen can get A Suit of Superfine Black from .. .. .. £5 10 A Suit of Bliss' Tweed, thoroughly shrunk, from £4 15 A Suit of Mosgiel Tweed, from £5 0 The Best Fitting Trousers in Auckland, thoroughly shrunk, from .. .. ..£ls All Garments best Material, best Style, and best Workmanship. N.B.—Nothing upside down, or with the head •where the feet oughtt^o be, for this is no puffing establishment. ON SALE By the Undersigned :— Ex Oiaoo, from 'Melbourne SUGAR From the Yarraville Eeflnery. GOLDEN SYRUP From the Yarraville Eeflnery. GEO. W. BINNEY. A MEEICAN SEWING • MACHINES. THE "HOME" SHUTTLE-LOCK STITCH. THE PERFECTION OF MECHANISM. SIMPLE, COMP ACT, EFFICIENT, DURABLE, AND COMPLETE. it sews with the least possible amount of labour, and a eirl of twelve years can run it without fatigue. It is a Triumph of Mechanical Genius. THE "HOME" SHUTTLE is the only practical Low-price Lock-Btitch Sewing Machine ever Invented. This Unequalled Machine uses a straight needle, makes the "Lock-stitch" (alike on both sides), has a self-adjusting tension, and is adapted to every variety of sewing for family wear, from the lightest muslins to the heaviest cloths, Ed will even Sew Leather. It will hem, fell, bind, cord, braid, seam, tuck, ruffle, hemstitch, and gather. This machine will sew on and gather at the same time, and wjl work equally well on Silk, Linen, Woollen, and Cotton Goods, with Silk, Linen, or Cotton Thread. It is not necessary for us to endeavour to detract from the merits of any other machine. We claim to sell The Best Family Sewing Machine in the Market, WITHOUT REGARD TO PBIOE, And we feel confident that whenever persons wishing ■ to buy Sewing Machines give the " Home" Shuttle Sewing Machine fair trial, in competition with other machines, it will have the preference. With the Machine is furnished—Hemmer, Braider, Shuttle Bobbins, Oil Can, Oil, Screwdriver, Five Needles, Guage, Table Clamp, and directions for use. Ail securely packed in strong case with hinges. PBICE:— Complete in box 10 . With Table and Treadle * ao 15 With Table and Treadle, Half-Cabinet, with Cover, Ix>ck and Key jGB 0 Some thousands of these machines have now been Bold in New Zealand, and thoy have given the utmost possible satisfaction, as testified to in numerous testi monials, which we forward on application. In proof of their superiority over all other machines, we guarantee them for five years. 9 On Sale by— W. C. Dennes, Queen-street, ~ J. V. Breda, Shortland-street, And at uil Sewing Machine Depots. SOLE IMPOETEES: ■TV N ATH AN &■ CO., AUCKLAND.



Drapery. JUST OPENED UP AT A. LINABUEY & CO.'S, 224, QTJEEN-STREET, 5,000 PAIRS CORSETS, TO BE SOLD AT HALF PRICE. E-T H CO O o i - § ? -a ta >-" § A r> 9, pq Ho P O 02 § £ I > DOUBLE BUSK. EVERYBODY'S CORSET, DEFIES COMPETITION. H" H m g w o o M* °. g & ■? a g A o So m O v-' h fl £ S



Drapery. E W GOODS. S. & J. R VAILE ARE NOW SHOWING A SHIPMENT OF THE FOLLOWING SEASON GOODS ; MARKED AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES ! FOR IMMEDIATE SALE. BLACK SILKS, IN ALL THE APPROVED MAKES. V PLAIN AND FANCY SILKS, JAPANESE AND TUSSORE SILKS HANDSOME SASH RIBBONS, SILK NECK AND HAT SCARVES. BEAUTIFUL SELECTION OF EMBROIDERY WORK. SUNSHADES, lakge &tock, very cheap. NOVELTIES IN" LINEN AND MUSLIN SETS, RUFFLES, AND TIES. MAGNIFICENT STOCK OF INFANT'S ROBES. CLOAKS, HATS, HOODS, BRAIDED PELLISE, &c, &c &c. _____ 9 S. and J. E. V. beg to draw particular attention to their VERY SUPERIOR STOCK OP LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING. 130, AND 132, QUEEN-STREET WINKS A[N D TTALL Are now opening up their NEW TOCK OF FURNITURE CARPETS, FLOOR-CLOTHS, SILK AND WORSTED DAMASKS, REPS TAPESTRIES AND BROCATELLES, Lace, Muslin, and Net , WINDOW CURTAINS, BRASS WINDOW CORNICES AND POLE TABLE-COVERS, BILLIARD CLOTHS, BLANKETS, GILT CHIMNEY and TOILET GLASSES Always on hand, a large stock of well-seasoned CEDAR, RIMU, AND KAURI, BW Agents for the Celebrated GEOVER AND BAKER SEWING MACHINES BU T REO XI T T'S FRENCH BLUB, And .see that each ball is wrapped in paper bearing the name of R E C X I T T, As its splendid quality has caused a host of inferioi imitations. Sold by all respectable Grocers and Storekeepers. pATBFUL—C OM FORTIN G. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKS AST. "By a thorough knowle of the natural aws which-govern the operation « fdisgestion and nutri tion, and by a careful app ication of the fine pro perties of well-selected'cocoa Mr.EDPS nas provided our breakfast tables with delic»3ly flavoured beverage which may save many heavy doctors bills."— Civil Service GazeMe Manufacture of Cocoa.-"We will now give an account of the process adopted by Messrs James Bppsand Co., manufacturers of dietetic articles, in their works in the Euston-road, London. —Bee rticle in Cassell's Household Guide. Made simply with boiling water or miiK. Sold only in packets, labelled thus l~- JAMES EPPS & CO., HOMOEOPATHIC CHEMISTS, 48, Threadnbbdle-stbeet, and 170, Piccadilly j Work* Diana Plaao, Euaton Boad, London.



Drapery. APENING NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT, Cth INST. A PRESENT Will be given on the OPENING NIGHT OF THE LEVIATHAN CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT, TO EVERY PURCHASER. 'm~ REMEMBER THE ADDRESS CORNER OF SHOETLAND AND QUEEN-STREETS (Opposite the Insurance Buildings). JOSEPH MOSES, PROPRIETOR. pHEAP SI D E HOUSE. M. & C. MILNE Beg to call attention to their NEW AND LARGE STOCK SUMMER DRAPERY, Including— Black GiacS Silk*. Black Grosgrain Silks. Plain Coloured Silks, Figured Coloured Silks. Plain Jn anese Bilks, Figured Japanese Silki, Tussore Silks. FRENCH BROCHE SILKS. A decided bargain, now selling at 5i 6d usual price, 7s 9d Plain Coloured Lustres, from 7Jd Figured Coloured Lustres Black Lustres Black Striped Lustres Printed Lustres Carmelites Bfijes «. Homespuns Mohairs French Meiinoi Persian Cords Crape Cloths Winceys, &c, &c. Prints Muslins Grenadines Plain and Coloured Batistes. M. & C. MIL N E ' Have also in Show, A LARGE VARIETY OF COSTUMES, all MiTEanr/j asd styles, 'Which they are now selling at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, irj from 10s 6dupwards. ALWAYS IN HAND, A LARGE STOCK OF Skirts, Ciinolines, Shawls, Mantles, Jackets.&c. | THE MILLINERY DEPARTMENT Will be found replete with all the latest fashlona. WEDDING PAND MOURNING OKDBRB PROMPTLY EXECUTED. Child's, Girl's, and Ladies' Underclothing In all its branches. HOSIERY, HABERDASHERY, TWEBDS, SHIRTINGS, &c., Ac. OUTFITTING OF ALL KINPS, . Including— Boy's and Men's White Shirts Boy's and Men's Colov-ed Shirts Underkhirts, Drawers Collars, Ties, Scarfs, *c., *o. HOUSEHOLD LINENS of aU kind*. &r Country Order faithfully Executed, M. & O. MILNE, CH E A PSI DEj HOUSE, AND 24, QUKBN-STREET.



Ironmongery. -'---." x J. dig eTiTT^ *J • 23 0, QUEEN-STREET, HAVE FOR SALE:— RODGER'S IVORY HANDLED TABLE SAWS, CHISELS, AUGERS, PLANES KNIVES, ETC. Squares, Bevels, Spokeshaves, Turnscrews Lookwood'a Pocket and Gum Knives Gouges, Gimblets, Braces, etc. Table Knives and Forks, Carvers, and American Bits, Hammers, and Hatchets Steels Axes, Tomahawks, Shingle Hammers Nickel Silver Spoons and Forks Adjusting Levels, Metallic Tapes. Brittania Metal Teapots Carpenters' Patent Eim Locks, 5m to lUm. Trays, Charcoal, Irons, Knife Boarfls Real Patent Rim Locks, Latches, etc. Boilers, Saucepans, and Kettles Mortice, Dead, and Drawback Locks Buckets, Prying Pans, and Camp Ovens Ewbank's Nails and Flooring Brads Milk Pans, Tin Baisins, and Dishes French Wire Nails, fm. to 4in. Brooms, Shoe and Scrubbing Brushes. American Finishing IN ails, §m. to 2£in. Butfc, Parliament, and T Hinges Axle Pullies, Sash Fasteners DOWNEE'S KEROSENE! FIVE PER CENT. DISCOUNT allowed to Cash Purchasers on all Goods amounting to Twenty Shilling, and upwards. E. PORTER * CO.. QUEEN-STBEET, AUCKLAND. !*P \f if § f E. P. 4 CO. having just landed, ex "GLENLORA," "WARWICK," and "ANAZI, a large assortment of ■ GENERAL BUILDERS' AND FURNISHING IRON MONGERY, GAS FITTINGS, ETC. wish particularly to draw the attention of the public to the following articles, which have been carefully selected from the best makers, and the whole of which will be found of first-class quality, and will be offered at the lowest paying prices :— Venetian Bronze Gasaliers, 2 to 5 light Parian and Bronze Gasaliers, 3 to 5 light Lacquered and Bronzed Gasaliers, 2 to 5 Crystal Glass Gasaliers, 3 to 5 light Patent Hall Lights Mantel Bracket*, to match the Gasaliers . Pendants, Brackets, and Small Fittings all kinds Gas Stoves, for Boiling, Broiling, Baking and Heating, &c. Marble Chimney Pieces, and Register Gra ;es, Fenders and Fireirone Coal Vases, in great variety Patent Mangleß and Wringing Machines , Bronzed Umbrella an< Hat and Umbrella Stands and Tables Jas Dixon & Sous' Ej .ctroplate and Nickel Silver Goods Lockwood's Table ana Pocket Cutlery Perry & Sons' Coal Vases, Tea Trays, Baths, Lanterns. &o. Crowden & Garrod's Brushware of all kinds Door Mats, Scrapers, Iron and Wood Tubs, &c. Leamington Ranges, Smith and Wellstood's Stoves &c, &c, &c. QUEEN O~F S COTS H •. r .r i 4^^^ '■' > X SILENT AND TRUE! QUEEN OF SCOTS (with Silver-plated WHEELER AND WILSON'S extras) • SINGER'S . HOME SBUTTE NEWTON, WILSON & CO.'S PRINCE LITTLE WANZER OF WALES LITTLE STRANGER TABLES fAND STANDS|FOR ALL THOMAS HAND MACHINES. PRIJSCESS OF WALES • LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. REPAIRS DONE FOR ALL MACHINES. Having purchased Mr Montague's extensive and entire stock of SEWING MA.CHINES—who has relin quished the Sewing Machine business to me, —the public of Auckland and vicinity have now the opportunity of selecting from the Finest and Largest Stock ever exhibited in the colony. Drapery, Hosiery, Ladies' and Gent's Underlined. Millinery, Dressmaking. A Fit Guaranteed. w. o. de'nnes Albert Buildings, Qtjebn-stre et, Opposite Auckland Savings Bank. fiLE^EING OUT SALE : by appointment io IRONMONGERY. »•»• HIS EXCELLENCY 818 JAKES FERGUBBO fTEINB IC H X O HN, JAS. SMART & CO., V- JEWELLER, GENERAL IRONMONGERS, QUIIN BISIKI, AUCKLAND, Intend ' RETIRING FROM THE TRADE, "* *° fij ft^SffiSA'&Sffl" to "* and beg to offer to th M ublic of Auckland their m^Jlsgg& igf^SSP^ SPLENDID STOCK Specially selected, and of the Newest Styles and Designs. ov A large portion of the above consists of Quartz and Greenstone Jewellery, Manufactured on the GENERAL AND FURNISHING vnut™. IRONMONGERY, H.K. bega specially to draw the attention of the public to his At Prices which shall effect an Immediate Clearance, f LARGE AND SUPERIOR STOCK OF GOLD & [ BILVER WATCHES, The Stock of And GREAT VAIRETY OF SILVER AND PLATED ELECTRO-PLATED WARE 1 GOODS, j^aijeu Which are tne best known manufacturers of the Ib complete in most Elegant Designs. home market, A Large assortment of B.M. Terfpots, Dish Covers &pr Note the Address-^ ■ &0., and Magnificent Silber and Anucapnic ' . v c sftoVpfA es. * HEINEICH KOHN, Coal Vases, Fenders, and Fireirons, wiU be disposed W E L L E R, of at HALF PRICE. q-tjE N-STREET. This is a rare opportunity for Carpenters and Build- . — ere replenishing their stock of Tools and .. Hardware, THANOFORTES FROM £20. The Stock of Furnishing Ironmongery is ' HARMONIUMS7>HOM £10. THE MOST COMPLETE IN THE CITY, . T# H WEBB'S And will be sold at * »»-'"■'"•. a' "* * ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS. Mvsi° s^oo^» Wbllesley-street. The Cheapest Place in Auckland for Pianofortes JQIVTATJT Xr Ha and Harmoniums, new and second-hand, by the , OlV±-£i.X\.X 06 KjKJ., best makers';/also, let on hire N.B—Fall price 99H r>TTT?-B I'Nr QTTfT^Ti'T RiV un for' sSS ond-hand < Pianofortes, or taken in Z^V, vj Uxj-CiiN-OXxviliJiiX, exchange. - Harmoniums, Pianofortes, and Organs AUCKLAND. j SSi™ 4 ta >wn-°r country by tho ye"



Boots and Shoes. m NO MO B B FIBE" ! j ■While thanking his friends for the libotLs ~s'" £ V - W bestowed upon him during the past eight years, ""' It C. BROOKES | Begs to inform the public generally that he hai I tafen one of those . | ; HANDSOME SHOPS, ,■ Opposite the City Hall, I l And has OPENED with an ENTIRE JJEW STOCK I ENGLISH AND COLONIAL BOOTS I AND SHOES \ TSV&RY DTCSCRTPTIOK. \ A* It is well known that C BROOKE gel], cheaper than any House in Auckland, it is unneces sary to piva a list of prices. 0. BROOKES, I, THE NOTED BLUE BOOT, ' QUEEN STRK.E-T if Next to Dyson's, opposite City Hall. ■• ■ QE W 1~5 O- MA, 0 rijTg L Those in want of a really good Sewing Machfas ' should BUY TAYLOR'S PATENT MACfIINg hand or treadle. AGENT, - V } T. PEACOCK, [ : OPTICIAN, ' j SHOET LAX I> STBIEf. | 1 'FEU AUCKLAND VEJNEIuS " i JL blind manufactory. ~ a M. HOETON BUSBY, ' ' B IND SIAK.EA4WIEE WOE K-'l«'i ' • ■ WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, VENETIAN HO U S.B, • flas now tEMOVBO to those Large, JTew, and C >mn od ons Prctaisfs, situated »t the corner . Qne^n anrl Ccokstr.rets, where he will continue : : • bufiness as heretofore. ,; . : a / ■ ' -;.""'.'"v ■'"-' ***, ■** x&^k. J x%» ■ ■ ■ FUNERAL UKDEETAKEE, TOP OF BOBs OK-STltTfeiT; qE¥O(J MiCHIK £,SfJ- No Familf without, a Sewing IWachine shonld longer Gela-, T the purchase of one of TAYLOR'S "*•'• PATENT MACHIXJ S AGENT, T. PEACOCK, : ; * OPTICIAN, AHORTL A R D STBBET. T^" I C T O R 1 A ST3R4.NCB COMPiKY.' FII; 3 AU D MAE I.N H. FIRU BI3KS a-cepted at Lowest Current Bates of Premium. M.\Rl>'E E7SKS on Cargoes and Hulls of Vessels taken on favo/aule terms. WOOL Insured, with averago on each bales. I LO-SHE^ promptly and liberally settled, eitherin- Grc-iit Brifain or ir, the Colonies. UENDEiSON & MACFARLANE, i Agents, 25, QirEtK-siBKHT. Against Loss by Fire secured to Policy-holders ■ in the NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPAN ■ O!' NEW ■ ZEALAND, -- . '"-'/ Representing ONE MILLION STERLING of Capital / with UnUmited Liability of its Shareholders. ■, ■-, \ LIBERAL TERMS, . ' J% AND PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF LOSSES . Characteristic features of the Company. AMJREW G. MILLAR, : ■v Manager. : t Offices— 25, Queen-street HP HE CN DEB B I G.N B 1i,5 HAS FOR SALE AND . . . TO ARRIVE:, Muntz Metal, Nos 14 to 200z3 Coppering Nails and Felt Wire Rope, best quality, ij to 3jin • . ■ Chain Cabl?s. | to ljin, Admiralty tested ..;: Anchors, frc m 4cwt to lOicwt, admiralty tes-. Baxter Brother's Royal Navy Canvas ' .■ " Gourock Canvas, extra quality Christie's Double-crown Koyal Navy Canvas Gordon's Royal Navy Canvas . - \ Colza Oil, in casks and drums J'aint Oil, raw and boiled, in cask and drums sOw Stockholm Pitch and Tar, best quality Resin, Oakum, Sail Twine Paints—Wnite, green, and black, &c IX H. McKENZTE, Custom Ho use-stkeet.; OIL, COLOR, GLASS, AND ... PAPERHANGINGS. HOUSE, SIGN, AND GENERAL ECORATING ; 57, QUEEN-STREET, Next to B>ni op Neav Zealand, , J. .HENDERSON, Importer of and Dealer in Oil, White Lead, Tnrps, > Zinc, White. House Painters*, Coach and Cabinet A ; Makers Varnishes^ Calico, Scrim, Clock and Compass s Brushes, &c, &c. rPHB undersigned are Gash Prß j JL ohaskks oi HIDES, SHEEPSKINS, WOt L .. TALLOW, &c, &c, at highest ma-rk t rates, innrijr - cantity J* Consignors direct wil' aave prompt and immediate ' ash remittances reta: «d at satisfactory ratos. . -■ IHELAND BROS ?ANNkS , I J K.VrHKBMANTn?AC>TtrKEKS AuCKLAiTD Mm£'i't **J* i 5 S I %'M '^wM ' ■•■ SHOETLAND STREET, N^ablx Opposttk thb Post-ootob. BPKING-STITFPHD 8F T t& S? --^ £12, £13, £18, £25, £27 (warranted).