SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER—-This evening, 8.24 ; to-morrow -ion ng, 839

SUN -_r Thi- evening, 5.38 SUN RIwE—To morrow morn'ng. 6 22 M, ON'S AL.E-i.irst qua-t»r, Bth Inst, 9.17 am

ARRIVALS.

-aoartoirib, b rou- i ... j el on Alb uios*, schooce-, from Tairua dc.sic Ueiideroou scti" 'c- • m Dunedin

DEPARTURS.

T.odybird, ss, fo- the Nout 'from thi Manuka.) Fay irite, schooner, f"r Russell Gi isv. <ntter, for Hu 'ell Magic, cntter, for Tairui.

f&~ A sprciaV, charge is wade for consignees' or ahippera' names inserted in this column

PR'iJtt TKI. D-PAR'" BES For San Francisco—City of Melbourne s s, 3rd instant

IMPORTS.

Per Caba'feilh from 1 y iel on : 4,100 s<c.ks wheat 16 gsoatmeil, 200 Ba<ks br-m.— D. H. McKenzi. agent.

ret- Jessie Henderson, from Punedin—9o hhds ale, 2 hhds stout, 1 b,i'c twine, John Reid. 7fer Jessie Henderson, from Dunedin ; SO sacks oat meal, Coupland and Co.

Per Jesaie Henderson, from Dunedin : 92 hhds ale, 1 bale twine, 100 sacss oats, 100 do bran, 200 do flour, 60 do oatmeal, 48 do barley dust, 8 casks glass.—D. H. McKLenzie, sgent.

The schooner Albatross bririgs a cargo of timber from Tairua

The schooner Jessie Henderson arrived from Dune din la»t evening after a rather long passage of nine days, protracted by westerJy gales. She brings a cargo of Southern produce. The Kenilworth is now advertised to sail for Noumea direct instead of via Norfolk Island.

The fine, little " fora-and-after" Favorite has sailed for tfussell in ballast.

The ship John Eennie was berthed at the wharf this morning on the inside of the western T. Tha Dover Castle will take the present berth of the Flechero

The barque Cabarfeidh entered the harbour this mornirg after being detdned for two days through light contrary winds. She is from lyttelton, and sailed thence in company 'With the Ethel. The brig Wild Wave has entered outwards for New castle.

The s s. Ladybird left Onehunga for the South to day «t li o'clock.

The s-?. Phcebe with the Suez mail is due in the Manuka ii to-morrow at 10 a m.

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs. Tonks and Co. held a wine, spirit and ale auction sale at their mart to-day, but the attendance was not large. One line of ginger wine and one line of Wolfe & Co's, blood stout were sold at average prices.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING REPORT.

Business done this day : Bank of New Zealand, £17 17s Gd ; buyers, £17 15s. ; sellers, £18. National Bank—Buyers, 70s ; sellers, 723. Colonial Bank—Buyers, 275; sellers, 2Ss. Fiji Bank - Sellers, 52s 6d. South British Insurance—Buyers, 47s fid. ; sellers, 48s 3d. National Insurance—Buyers, 255. Caledonian (double issue)— Bos; sellers, S2s 6d. ... City of London—Sellers, 445. Golden Calf (new)-Sellers, 6s. 3d. Do (double) —Buyers, 12s ; sel lers, 15s. Moanatairi—Sellers, 355. Bright Smile- Sellers, 275. 6d. Queen of May - Buyers, 12s Gd. Cure—Sellers, 13s. Union Beach-503 ; buyers, 52s Gd ; sellers, 60s. Royal Oak—Sellers, 7s. Tairua-Buyers, 48s Gd. Gem—Sellers, 6s 6d. Urittania, 2s 2d, 2s 6d. Pride of Tokatea, 2s. 3d ; ' buyers, 2s ; sellers, 2s 6d.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows.— ' Foi Thames, to niurrow at 11.30 pm For C >r m* de , to morrow at 1' 30 am for Wangai vi per Go->hrad, to-morrow at 10.16 am For Chatnam Islands, to-morrow at 3 pm For >ew Caledonia, per Kenilworth, to-morrow at 11 am For .\ewcastle. perVi id. to morrow at 2 pm For vvintianga. Tairua, Opotiki, >iapier via Tauranga, c R w« Hit -mtirruw m3 pm For Waiwera and Warkworih, por Lady Powen, on S U 0...J lit 9a m t_r Cit of Mobourne, to morrow, 3rd September, as foil ws — For Sa d»ich ".sl.nds United States of America ■ a»a-ia, Urnish Culumoia, a_id Foreign West Indies, 10 3u a m *or ti<e 1 nit«d Ki.- gdom and Continent of Eu<. pa a; 030 am For rnoni-y orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 9.30 - m Laic letles bearing an extr* fee of 6.1, in addition t > th; postage, vii.il >c re eived oy tho Mail -gent ou ooird up to the time o' -at ng. . S. B. BIS-. Chief Postmaster.

MARRIAGE.

ROBERTSON—ANGUS.—On the 31st August, at the residence of the bride's parents, D. Robertson, second son of the late Mr. Peter Robertson, Symonds-street, Auckland, to Anna, eldest daughter • of Mr. John Angus,£Postn.aster, Newmarket.

DEATH.

BUTLER.—At her residence. Lower Hobson-street, 011 the Ist September, Annie, the beloved wife of Mr. J. A. T. Butler, _u>-ed 31 years.

The funeral will take place to-morrow (Friday) at 3.30 p.m. Friends please accept this invitation

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

J"or th* cause that lacks aaolctancu For the wroii|> that needs reslst___c«, "sr th« fature in the distance, ■ Ani tiiu eaod thai we can dee.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1875.

The Yankee who first conceived the idea of a "Spelling Bee" deserves a niche in the temple of fame. If success is tbe test of merit, his invention deserves most honor able mention, for the idea has proved as catching as the itch, and far pleasanter. Victoria, which is eminently susceptible to Yankee notions, has caught; and we believe

that no quarantine, nor that constitutional staidness and conservatism which are charac teristic of the New Zealander, will keep it from our shores. We have frequently in our columns referred to this novel but most interesting diversion, and the question ari.es why should we not hare a " Spelling Bee ?" There is a speciality in this amusement that commends it above all others. It is a pastime, but it has a useful object apart from the amusement, which gives the sensation of being usefully employed while being heartily amused. Everybody enjoys the discomfiture of others, when that discomfiture is of a kind that brings neither loss nor suffering, We can hardly understand the chara ter of a man who would feel very greatly distressed at blundering in his spell ling book, while there is a quaint boyishness in the competition that would make any man so blundering laugh at his own misfortune. For it will be acknowledged that very often the misspelling of words is no proof of defici ency in education, and the most learned and cultivated man is liable at any moment to forget the constituent elements of a word in a language, the orthography of which is so often utterly arbitrary and unreasonable. But there is just enough of humiliation in such a boyish blunder if pub licly made, to give a zest to the competi tion. We are sure that an excellent class could be got together, consisting of well known people, who would be willing for the sake of some benevolent object—and there are many clamant ones—to run the risk of having a laugh raised at their expense, when others would be served with'the same sauce. We strongly commend a trial of the Yankee institution. Let us catch a lot of the law yers and doctors and clergymen and other public men, and put gentle pressure on them ; and of all things lay hold of the editors who profess to know every thing, and to teach every body, and put them on the platform, and take the pucker out of them. We believe multitudes would crowd to the City Hall and pay their shillings for admission • for it would be as pleasant as it was to the boys pelting frogs, and we believe plenty of frogs, and big bull frogs, too would consent to come for the fum If only male competitors appeared,and : probably for the first this would be prefer able, we would recommend the original American system of announcing a mistake with a trombone emitting a howl of the most diabolical kind. But whether this accom paniment is or is not added,we feel confident that a "Spelling Bee" would take hugely. And we believe that though times are hard,and we are' a "rotten community," and Abolition is the cry, there is fun enough in Aukland left to get up a " Bee ;" and there will be pluck enough among our grave and reverend seniors to produce a band prepared to bear the ordeal. Will anybody move in this ? Who _ for a "Spelling Bee?"

John Davies Ormond, the member for Clive in the General Assembly, has earned for him self political, distinction as an administrator through the, at present, flourishing state of the finances of the province of Hawke's Bay, of which he is not only Superintendent but also General Government Agent; and his utter ances in the House consequently often carry greater weight than those of ordinary private members. Mr Ormond in his splenetic speech on the Abolition Bill took occasion to criticise the conduct of affairs in other provinces, and more especially those of Auckland. ' There is an old adage that " people living in glass houses shouldn't throw stones," and to prove this in Mr Ormond's case a brief statement of a few transactions with which that most

honorable member has been connected, will not be out of place at present. The people of this colony will not fail to remem ber how twelve Shepherd Kings of that pro vince, better known as the "Twelve Apostles," banded together to obtain (not purchase) from the natives one of the finest blocks of agricultural country in the colony, distant but a few miles from the port of Napier. This land was in nego tiation by the Government, or rather by the .then Superintendent (McLean); and his Pro vincial Executive, of which Mr J. D. Ormond was the chief; but, in some unaccountable manner, the Government did not purchase

the block, and Mr Ormond and his eleven friends obtained it How obtained, was told by Henare Tomoana to the ISative Commis sioners : by thieats, bribes, and rum. Never theless, these splendid lands, which might have supported many thousands ef hardy yeomen, pa^-sed away into the hands of these Shepherd Kings, and are now doi.ted wi'h sh^ep instead of smiling homesteads < 'ne wi>ult imagine, 10 read Mr Ormond's sp-ech. that hie Government; is one of the puresf. in the colony His administration of the waste lands of his province stands forth as a vivid example The waste land, are row nearly all pn chimed, and the Shepherd Kings have obtained their ruus at mete nominal ti^U'es. To give a history of tho manner in which these tuns were disposed of to the run holders would occupy t-o much valuable space, ono case will suffice. Mr Ormor.d enj '>y.. the friendship of Mr .Nairn, a brother lUnhclder. A portion of tbis run wat s> ught to be set aside by the independent portion of the public press as a Special Settlement, but no, it was sold to Mr Nairn at a nominal price, 5s per acre, who shortly afterwards resold it at something like £20 per acre. By this action alonejthis "able administrator" lost the Provincial Treasurysomehundreds of po ands, but on the other hand obtained the warm thanks of his friends. Mr Ormond unjustly twits Sir George Grey with not carrying out the behests of his Provincial Council. This coming from a Superintendent who treats the decisions of his Council with contempt, is rather cool. It is notorious that in every session of the Provincial Council of Hawke's Bay, complaints are made that unless resolutions passed meet with his Honor's approval, they are not at tempted to be carried out. How did Mr Ormond treat the deliberate vote of the Council in 1874, when it adopted the report of a committee to enquire into the manner in which Provincial contracts were made.'suggestiDg that one particular contract, namely, printing, which had been given to the proprietors of Mr. Ormond's organ, should be transferred to the really lowest tenderer by GO per cent., namely, Mr. Hard ing? He simply winked at it There was this difference : Mr. Harding's paper op posed Mr. Omiond's little land games. The proprietors of the Herald were Mr. Or mond's humble obedient servants, and the Government printing had to be continued to to them. Yet; Mr. Ormond has the imperti nence to taunt Superintendents about, not obey ing the behests of their Councils! Mr Ormond informed the House on Friday that although a General Government Agent, he worked without pay. Mr Ormond's exceeding liberal ity of disposition is pretty generally known, more esppcially in his own province. He would scorn to take money from the public purse, but nevertheless he is a most fortunate man ; a lucky man in acquiring land. He has fortunately obtained some of the choicest spots in the forty-mile bush, which the railway from Napier will tap, and which will consequently increase in value. Few knew its worth better than the Hawke's Bay General Government Agent. Fnally, no person acquainted with the Hawke's Bay ring can wonder at the extreme ardour and eagerness with which thoy are attempting to force the abolition measure down the throats of the people of New Zeahnd. Their land fund is gone ; no more bind to operate on; tho land has passed from the Crown to the runholders. They desire now to extend their sphere of operation They have proved adepts at wheedling land out of the hands of the natives, and with Sir Donald McLean in the Government, should they succeed in forcing away tho watchful eye of Provincial Governments, they will be enabled to obtain still greater hold of the country. It is well-known that Sir Donald McLean is a mere puppet in the hands of Mr Ormond, and that notably it i_ he, who is now forcing the Government to the unpopular and suicidal course they are pursuing—in the belief that should abolition be carried, the large land-holders will obtain all legislative and executive power. Should the measure not pass, when the day of increased taxation comes, the peofjle will take care that these large runholders will have to pay their fair share of taxation through a land tax —a tax which will force them to sell to the small thrifty husbandmen, instead of keeping holdings stocked with sheep. Mr Ormond has also another reason for hastening on the aboli tion of his own province. Hitherto he has been enabled to meet his Council with a flowing treasury through moneys received from land sales. That source of revenue is stopped. No more land, no more money. His name as an administrator would be gone with an empty treasury. Let the Superin tendency then depart, and as a General Go vernment Agent he would be enabled in all things to carry out his own free sweet will.

A very favourable proposal for securing to the Mechanics' Institute a substantial and commodious building was brought under the notice of the committee at a meeting last night, namely, au offer by tho Improvement Commissionnr■< to exchange the brick building known as the Wesleyan Chapel, High-street, for the present site on which toe lustitu c stands The object of this offer is a desire on the part of t»;e Commissioners to secure the extension of < oburg-. treet through to S Portland -street, giving a broad en ranee to the Commissioner-' 'property from the sea ward. Such a road, as it is hard y necessary to say, would he an important city improvement, and is requisite to secure the proper completion of the improvements already carried out by the Commissioners. We understand that Messrs Brown Campbell, and Co., and A. Clark and Sons havn promised grants of land for tho purpose free, and the Institute site is requisite to complete the extension. The exchange would, we believe, be a very advantageous one for the Institute. Their present building is neither ornamental nor commodious ; it is old and requires pulling down whether or no, in order that an edifice more worthy of the cause might take its place. Moreover its frontage is poor, and not very respectable or accessible, a fact which has deterred many ladies from entering the Institute, to keep in repair requires a con stant drain on the funds, with very little to show for the expenditure. On the other hand, by the exchange the Institute would secure a good brick building with a frontage to a handsome well-formed lighted thorough fare. The position would be made more central and otherwise more acceptable to subscribers. No doubt the cost of fitting up the chapel, t?o as to adapt it to the pur poses of library and reading room, presents a difficulty to the committee, but the pro posal is well worthy of an effort to ac complish, and we ttust the sub-committee appointed last night will see its way clear to submitting to j'ubscrihers a scheme for their acceptance. Messrs Fenton and Heale wero present at the meeting last night on behalf of the Improvement Commissioners.

At the meeting of the Board of Education yesterday afternoon, the appointment of Miss Blaydes, as pupil-teacher to City West No. 1 School, vice Miss Nicholson (resigned), was sanctioned. An application for an assistant for City East was declined, the secretary being instructed to state that, as the attend ance was barely 200, the school was entitled to a junior ; also, to inquire what is meant by an assistant being required "in the ab sence of the head master." Miss Leckie's appointment as junior assistant in Newton school, was sanctioned.

To-morrow (Friday) evening the members of the Tonic Sol-fa Choral Union will give a musical entertainment at the Young Men's Christian Association Rooms. The programme (which has been carefully prepared for the occasion) includes several excellent ballads and readings. Among the songs we notice : ' The herd boy's song," " I am dreaming," ' In the forest," a Swiss patriotic song — ' England," "Music on tbe waters," and

everal others. A cantata, by an American uthor, never yet given in Auckland, entitled t he "Picnic," will form an interesting fea ture in the entertainment. It ia composed of choruses, solos, duets, and trios, and contains some really beautiful melodies. The enter tainment, therefore, will be varied and pleas ing, and we trust will meet with due patron age, on account of a body of minstrels who desjrvc public recognition.

Banks are private institutions, but the great body of the people have a deep interest in their proceedings, and on this account we ask no one's permission for offering some comment on the somewhat erratic • and eccentric proceedings of one of these for which we have a great respect, to wit,the National. We believe its advent was a boon, and that it will continue to exercise a great influence for good on New Zealand commerce, and therefore we wish it well. But we venture to say that there is some noodle at the head of its affairs who is doing about as 'much as he can to s hake public faith in it, and to damn its prospects. The recent dis missal of Mr Walmsley from the Hamilton, Waikato, branch, seemingly for no reasonbut the arbitrary dictum of an offended some body, has evidently evoked a very strong and general feeling of disapprobation in the district. This may be a matter of no general moment, but that it is only an illustration of the constant chopping aad changing that appear characteristic of this new institution in relation to its officers. Coming nearer home, for his own sake, general gratifica tion will be felt at the promotion of Mr. Churton, the late accountant of the Auckland branch, to Wellington. He had won universal confidence and esteem, and deserves his promotion. But in the interest of the public it is to be regretted, and this for reasons not connected with that gentle man himself ; for honesty compels us to state, that there is strong dissatisfaction expressed in this city regarding the appointment of his successor. Nothing is to be said against his banking ex perience and ability; but the fact of his having been a long resident in this city for merly, and been mixed up in the scrip market and other things wherein he must neces sarily have produced unfavourable as well as favourable feelings towards him in the community, might, with a little enquiry, have convinced any person at the head of the institution, if possessed of the ordinary modi cum of nous, that the appointment must necessarily meet with disapprobation. We do not care to further refer to this matter, but in making this statement we are mildly putting what is strongly spoken without. We care not to refer to circumstances in connec tion with the procedure of this bank which has produced so general dissatisfaction and irritation in a Southern city. We have only to speak of what affects our immediate sphere. As we have said we have the greatest respect for the National Bank, but truth compels us to put in print at least a shadow of what is being talked of so much

outside, among the customers of the Bank and the general public.

" Good wine reeds no bush," says the old provrb, and in reference to an old establish ment like that of Messrs Winks and Hall, of Shortland-street, we may say with equal truth praise is out of place and unnecessary. There are times, however, when we are com pelled to praise and admire articles of use and beauty, when such articles command atten tion The cabinet and carpet warehouses of Messrs Winks and Hall are known throughout the province, and the house having a well earned character, the goods therefrom ar_s well made and durable. But the splendid Brussels carpets, which adorn the inner side of their windows, are really superb in hue and manufacture, and cannot fail in arresting the immediate atten tion of pedestrians. These richly coloured carpets are of chaste designs, original and new, and consequently the more attractive and valuable. The representations are mostly floral and illustrative of the beauties of summer. In the centre of one of these carpets we noticed a fine Begonia, which has a pretty appearance, throwing a mellow charm over the whole ; in fact the carpets, with hearth rugs to match, are manufactured to suit every taste, and adorn every home. These home articles, moreover, are not so expensive as one might imagine, but cheaper than carpets of other years, so that " persons about to marry" may suit themselves according to their means or ac quired tastes. We learn that Messrs. Winks and Hall have at least fifty new patterns of these carpets, and hundreds of hearth rugs, in order to satisfy both the eyes and hearts of the purchaser, besides a large quantity of table covers of all colours and designs. Lace window curtains also, is another great attraction at this establishment, which range in prices from 13s Gd to £3 10s, as may be seen in their advertisement. In their floor-cloth ware house, the visitor may inspect material of the most satisfactory character, of various lengths and widths, and have whatever he or she may need, exactly cut and fitted to rooms by a skilled, hand ; but as we hinted at the beginning of this notice, such an establishment as that of Messrs Winks and Hall needs no praise for their importations and novelties, or the genuine character of their household goods, and so we pass on. A social gathering of members of the Catholic Institute was held last evening, and well attended. The baud was under the superintendence of Mr Wright. The dancing waa kept up with much spirit until three o'clock a.m., without apparent weariness. At a meeting of the members of the Arfcillerj- Company last night, at Mr J. L. Hatswell's, Princes-street, Mr Devore pre siding, it was resolved that the balance fund £29 ss, be divided among the old members, who each received £1 9s. Mr Hatswell, treasurer, paid over the amounts and the meeting separated in good humour. This w. suppose will end the long fought battle in connection with the above company.

A misapprehension exists regarding the immigrants per Dover Castle. The party does not come out in connection with Mr. Vesey Stewart's settlement scheme, but the new-comers are simply immigrants shipped by the New Zealand Government Emigra tion Office in Ireland. All the immigrants are now open for engagements at the barracks. The following is their classification: Farm labourers, 82; gardeners, 3; general labour ers, 47; land steward, 1; ploughmen, 23; herdboy, 1 ; shepherds, 3; carpenters, 14 ; sawyer, 1; ship-carpenter; blacksmiths, 4 ; ironworkers, 3 ; tinsmith, 1; bricklayer, 1; bootmakers, 2 ; bakers, 3; mechanic, 1; painters, 3;• plumbers, 2 ; printer, 1; tailor, 1 : total, 198. Single women; cook, 1 ; Dairymaids, 2 ; dressmakers, 2 ; general servants, 51; housemaids, 5 ; nurse, 1: total 62. Total labour, 260. Sum mary of immigrants, divided according to the countries and counties of the immi grants.—Males, between the ages of 15 and 50 years :--Ireland : Antrim, 46; Armagh, 10; Cavan,-3 ; Clare, 1; Cork, 1; Derry, 15 ; Down, 28 ; Donegal, 16; Dublin, 6; Fer managh, 4; Kerry, 5; Longford, 1; Mayo 2; Monaghan, 5; Queen's County, 1 ; Ros common, 1; Sligo, 4; Tyrone, 44; Wicklow, 1; total, 194., England : Kent, 1 ; North ampton, 1; Stafford, 1 : total, 3. Females: —Ireland : Antrim, 5 ; Armagh, 5; Oavan, 2; Derry, 7; Donegal, 3; Down, 1; Dublin, 1; Fermanagh, 1; Kerry, 5; Mayo, 2; Monaghan, 5; Tyrone, 27 : total, 61. Eng land : Middlesex, 1.

The Ladybird to-day took away to Wel lington a fun her instalment of the petition or memorial to Sir George Grey, Messrs Wood. O'Rorke, Sheehan, Swanson, Dignan, and Yon der ffeyde, praying them to stand firm It bore the autographs of six hundred and twelve electors, which with the eight hun dred and seventy five sent by the Bawea, totals up 1487. obtained wiihin four days without any *ffort. The remarks appended ti> some of the signatures are amusing and snow the warm h some people fetl on the subject. <>ne says he is ''a settler of thirty \e r^ standing" another has "lived quarter o a century in tho province and means to die in tho province" Another urges "fight it o tde death" an! another irreverently says "give it to 'em G.jor.ie " another urges them to "'never say die," and ano her speaking prophetically says "We'll return you all at head of the poll." We have to intimate that the sheets are still available for signature, and every elector who has not yet sinned is in vited A copy of the pcticion lias at this office.

We have just seen a splendid sample of 100 dosen of Auckland grown lemons about to be shipped to San Fransisco to order. They were gtown in the Ponsonby gardens of Mason Brothers, are full and fine, and have not been surpassed in size by other coionial gardens.

Sir, —Will you pormit me to protest against the literature of journalism being defiled by such language as is used by a writer of .a letter in the Cross to-day signed " Tiuth," in the third column of the sixth page. lam surprised that the supporters of Abolition should descend so far as to apply to opponents a filthy term like tbat in the second line from the end, a word which would not proceed from the lips of any but the vilest, lam sursno one has ever seen the word in print in Auckland before.— Yours, _c, Decency.

For some weeks past the inhabitants of Ponsonby have been robbed of their ducks and fowls, but not in large numb rs, only in ones and twos. In consequence of com plaints having been made to ( onstable Clarke that officer has made a thorough investiga tion, and discovered that the thieves were thr _c young boys, who found a purchaser in the Market, who should have exercised more caution in dealing with such youngsters. The boys were remanded until Saturday next, to be dieted on bread and water.

The leases of the allotments between Devonport wharf and Sims and Brown's -hipbuilding yard, advertised to be sold to-day by Mr G. Sibbin, on behalf of the Harbour Board, were not sold ; a protest against the sale of the best allotments having he^n received by the auctioneer from Mr Oliver Mays ; consequently there were no bidders for the inferior allotments.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before G. M. Mitford and G. P. Pierce, Esquires, Justices of the Peace.) EMPTY ATTICS. Arthur Piukney, John Morfee, Charles Barnes, Charles Price, and William Russell, wero all drunk and disorderly last night, and dealt with this morning as follows : Pinkney 20s, Bussel and Morfee ss, Price 20s, and Barnes 7 days imprisonment. KITTY CALLAN-. Kitty Callan or Callaghan, was charged under the Vagrancy Act with being drunk and disorderly, with using bid language and with having no visible means of support. The prisoner, a mere child, pleaded guilty. The Bench said that such indecency must be put a stop to. She must therefore pay a fine of £5, or go to prison for one month. LITTLE PAT. Patrick Carroll, aged 17, was charged with a similar offence. Prisoner pleaded not guilty ; he had the chance of a place with a milkman at the Three Kino's. The Bench discharged him on the pro mise that he would act accordingly. THINNING TIIE POULTRY. Joseph Castles, a boy of eight, was charged with'stealing Mary Baird's duck, value 2s Gd. on the Ist September. Henry McKeon was charged with stealing Elizabeth Marsden's five ducks, value 12s Gd, on tho 21st of August. Henry McKeon and Ceorge Marston the same boys were charged with stealing two fowls, value 4s. the property cf Elizabeth Marsden, on the same night. Castles and McKeon pleaded guilty, and to the charge of stealing the two fowls they pleaded not guilty. The father of McKeon, a respectable looking working man, said he wns sorry to see his son in such a position. " He hsd done all he could in educating and bringing him 'up properly, but he had fallen into bad com pany when he thonght he was at school. Mr Broham said the poultry had. been sold to Mrs Dooning, in the market, who had, to his surprise, bought the fowls of tbe boys. It was evident that Mrs Dooning had not exer cised sufficient discretion in dealing with such boys. The boys were all remanded until Satur day, and to be kept at the station upon very light diet.

FACING CONSTABLE REILLY. Arthur Williams was charged with obstructing Constable Reilly, while attempt ing to take a prisoner into custody on the Ist instant. The prisoner, a sailor, said Pinkney was a very old chum of his, and he did not like to see him locked up. He merely asked civilly for his mate's freedom without any intention of using physical force. Captain Logan gave the prisoner a good character. The Bench, in consideration of this, and as he did not strike the constable, fined him 20s and costs. THE MISTRESS OF THE HOUSE. Sarah Carroll, a miserable looking woman, was charged with keeking a house of ill-fame in Lome-street, and with harbouring thieves and prostitutes.

The woman denied the charge. Detective Jeffrey gave a description of the conduct of the house which was of the most lamentable character; the woman was in the habit of luring drunken men into the house and robbing them; the house was one of the worst in Auckland.

The Bench sentenced the old woman to three months imprisonment with hard labour.

AN OLD STAGER.

Ellen Whitaker was charged with drunk ness and vagrancy, and with having no visible lawful means of employment It was shewn that the girl was a kind of procuress for the woman Carroll, and con tinually watching for drunken men coming out of the Greyhound.

Three months imprisonment with hard labour.

CAIN AND ABEL,

John Cain Monaghan was charged with using threatening language towards Abel Fletcher, aad putting himself in a warlike attitude, so that Abel Fletcher went in fear of his natural life.

Defendant said he had sworn at Abel and threatened to cut his throat, but of course he did not mean it.

Mr Fletcher stepped forward and said he wished to withdraw the charge. The Bench •. This is strange after such a charge. Are you afraid of him ?

Mr Fletcher : Yes, your Worship's, he is a big fellow, and I am afraid to go home. Defendant : Nonsense, Abel, what did you say to me. . Fletcher : I told you I would give you rope enough.

Defendant: That's smartish, and enough to excite a feller.

Fletcher : Now, I don't want to have any thing to say to you.

Defendant: Nor Ito you. Fletcher : I don't want to hurt you—if you won't hurt me.

Defendant: I won't hurt you, Abel, never fear.

The Bench hoped the defendant would uot

carry his threat into execution, and allowed the case to be withdrawn. This was all the business.

THE ADVENTURES OF CONSTABLE AXAM.

"Warrant Issued for His Appre-

hension for Forgery.

Oor readers may or may not be pleased to learn that they are likely to be blessed with another sight of that exceedingly fine young man ex-Constable Axam, who, at>er resigning his situation in the .Armed Constabulary, sailed hence for Newcastle, in the brig Moa, on Thursday, the 19:h ultimo. It is also probable that he will be Hgain attached to the police, but his connection with that force will not be exactly the same as it was before. When he makes his next appearance it will be in all probability as prisonerof Con Williams, who has proceeded by the Hero to Sydney, with a warrant for his apprehension on seve ral charges of forgery. It may interest our readers, and is not likely to interfere with the course of justice, if we give a few parti culars of the little games which Mr Axaoi is charged with have carried on during his shortsojourn amongst us. Everybody recollects his magnificent appearance and swagger. As he walked down Queen-street in the full glory of his new uniform, and radiant beard less face, he forcibly reminded the passer by of that noble young village blacksmith who could look the whole world in the face, for he owed not any man. How he made himself notorious by the liberal application of his baton to the heads of unoffending citi zens; how he was said to have grossly illused his infant child (though this is much exaggerated) : all this is well known. It is to other exploits in his brief career that we have now to refer. The day before yester day an information was sworn before a.Justice of the Peace that Constable Axam had wilfully and corruptly forged the signatures of several persons in Auckland, notably those of Sergt. O'Connor and Mr. Neil Campbell, tailor of Albert-street. The circumstances of the alleged forgeries are described as follows : When Constable Axam first joined the police force, he went to Mr Lockhart, of High street, and applied for a loan of 25/, He ob tained the loan, giving as security his note of hand, endorsed with the names of the two o-entlemen above mentioned. No doubt w.is entertained as to the gcnuihere?s of the signa tures. In due course, the bill was retired all but 51. Then, Axam went to Mr Lockhart, and asked for a further 10-m of 101 on his own personal security. This was refused ur der any circumstances, but he was informed that when the balance was paid he could have £11 on same names as before. -He went away and returned in an hour, bringing a promis sory note with the required endorsement. The further sum was then advanced to him. This took place on the day he left the fore?, a fact the lender was unacquainted with. Two or three days after this Axam and his wife, who had been living in Albert-street, booked their passage to Newcastle in the brig Moa, and their names were published in the SrAi., on the 18th ult. The brig sailed the next day. Some events which took place while the vessel was lying in the stream will be recurred to presently. Two or three days after the vessel had gone a friend of the payee of the promissory note saw Sergeant O'Connor, and asked him how about Axam . " Oh, we've got rid of him," cheerily replied the good tempered sergeant. "But how did you get on about the P.N.'a?" "What P.N. 's ?" replies the sergeant, this time prick ing his ears. " Why that he got you and Campbell to put your names to. ' O'Connor expressed his utter ignorance of the existence of having put his name to any note, and tho result was that a reference to the bill itself elicited from O'Connor and afterwards from Mr Campbell an emphatic declaration tha; both signatures were forgeries. Meanwhile another complaint had been lodg-d by a widow lady who keeps a grocer's shop in Wyndham-street. This lady's statement is a very singular one. She states that soon after Axam took the house in Albert-street his wife made her acquaintance and shortly after introduced her husband, who lost no time in cultivating the friendship to his own advantage. He is said to have informed this lady that he was a man of con sequence in disguise : that his father sent him supplies of money, which however had been rather irregular of late, and that his official pay merely kept him in cigars. He conferred upon the widow the honor of his custom, and at various times also borrowed small sums of money, which he always repaid with many expressions of thanks. A.specimen of one of these applications is before us as we write, and runs : —" Dear Mrs. W. Four pound will do me till the Ist. Please give it to Mrs. Axam, and oblige, &c." He also collected sundry debts for the widow and made himself useful in other ways till he succeeded in fully convincing her that he was as he stated, a swell in cog. He explained to Mrs. W the fact of having to leave the force by the following ingenious excuse :—" The fact ia Mrs. W Broham is a shrewed fellow; he Bees that lam a cut above the fellows in the force here, and wants me to look higher." He added that he was going to Taranaki as drill instructor, and would pay her bill, which now amounted to £5 18s., before he went away. Two days after this she saw the names of Mr. and Mrs. Axam among the passengers of the Moa. Her confiding nature received a severe shock at the sight, but she determined to apply for a speedy summons, if not too late,, at once. This she did, but could not Obtain it owing to the death, just at that time, of the R.M. Get ting a friend to go with her, she went on Thursday in a waterman's boat down to the brig, which was then down the harbour. Arrived alongside, the looked-for gentle man, who was leaning over the taff rail, with his usual smile greeted her affably. From tne boat she reproached him with his ingratitude and asked for her money. "Money! here Captain," cried the astonished man, '' come here and see the woman who wants her money twice." He then took from his pocket the bill, with a receipt attached, and a signature purporting to be that of the widow. This he showed to the captain, and then handed it down into the boat; The woman avers that she was thunderstruck, and immediately proclaimed the receipt a forgery. When she did this Mr. Axam is said to have forgotten himself so much as to have used very bad language, and to have insulted tbe lady by asking her if he should make lit up by giving her a kiss, and saying other rude things. Seeing that it was no good, she came away keeping possession of the receipt. We understand that several other charges in addition to the above a,re being investigated against Axam. It is said that two cheques negotiated by him were forgeries. yVe are also infor med that he obtained a sewing machine from one of our importers, and sold it for half the money, without paying for it himself. From a pawnbroker in Wyndham-street, he is said to have obtained a gold chain and other articles without pay ment. From Mr Grace, the firewood mer chant, he had also procured goods, which he would have left unpaid had it not been that that gentleman kept a sharper look out th an some others add got his money. Altogether Mr Axam—though, as Artemus Ward says, " As fine a man. as ever was"—seems to have involved himselt in some very dubious trans actions. The Moa left on the 19th ultimo, and the Hero on .the Ist instant. When the latter arrives aj Sydney, the brig will only have been fybout sixteen days out. It is a question .?in the face of the late westerly gales whether she.will have reached Newcastle in that'time, so that there is every probability of his being arrested on landing.

Melancholy Death of Passenger by the Hawea.

We exceedingly regret to lean*; |, I Davis, who it was stated in at< t '*%; - lished last night, had "jumper s n^b- %'■ was Mr Davis the photographed § f- 04$ I one of Henderson's cottages, W-fi '/$ k . rant, opposite Government Ho* _\v r^-' . f that Mr Davis, with his wifes Jfe • ear» five children, came up to Auclfland aWv months ago from Wellington, wh e 3 ?.* father carries on the business of t & grapher. Sines his arrival here ahh very skilful in h; s profession, he has not h^ successful, owing to the unfavorable Jffi weather. He w*s naturally of a melam* l constitution, and frequently became ~eletly downcast and depressed on accon_P. his circumstances; being sometimes witW shiling in the home. The small debts W I ever, winch he had been compelled to contr. V were not such as might not have been I over by patience and perseverance His f pression. was added to by a religious mamY • and latterly he had expressed the greatest fears that he would be put in the Asylnni Except for this depression of mind, the ht Mr. Davis did not display such symptoms nf insanity as to cause his wife uneasiness (V Saturday last, certain business circumstances that transpired caused him further annoyance and excitement, and on Sunday he did nc ! appear to have recovered his spirits, as h_ expressed fears in going to church lest some one- should arrest him. This he seemed to overcome, as he went to chnrcti but still continued in a melancholy framl of mind, and told his wife that he must go and see his father in Wellington Mrs Davis did all she could to cheer him mi' encouraging him with the hope that the fine weather would bring prosperity with it but' he seemed determined to go, and on Monday morning, after going into Queen-street for _, short time, came up and told his wife that he intended to leave in the Hawea, and must bid her p ood-bye at once, as the vessel was to sail at twelve o'clock. He said he would take the two eldest children with him— a girl of 10 and a boy of 14 —intending to leave the ' little girl with her grandma at Nelson, and take the boy on to Wellington. His wife' could do nothing to dissuade him, although taken by surprise by , the suddenness of his determination, add she hoped the visit to his father would result in improved prospect, and in putting her hus- V band in a be':ter frame of mind. She was • thus lefs al ne with her three little ones, who - are about eighteen months to five years of age, and she has heard no more from him-•. except such information as was disclosed in the press telegram already referred to. She * was aware that he had not money enough to pay his passage, and that he "trustedto a friend, who be believed to be one of the officers ot the yes.-el, to assist him until he reached Wellington, but it appears the gentle man he relied oh was engaged on another srramar, and not on the Hawea. Whether"! this discovery in connection with v after r. flections upon the way he had . left his vife and three little ones was ■ the final straw that completely unhinged his mind and led to the melancholy termination recorded in the brief telegram announcing * bis death, will probably never be known, but we do not doubt that that fatal leap into the darkness of the night and the still darker and cold < can, was a leap taken by a man whom it had pleased God to deprive of the ? faculties of judging aright, a man who had "struggled with time ahd inequitable things" until reduced to a hopeless gloomy despair. The shock caused by the intelligence to the poor widow left alone, with her three fatherless little children may well be imagined. The . two on board are old enough to know where to h'pd their grandfather, and upon the arrival of the versel in Wellington he; will, no doubt, tike care of them. A tele- [ gram has to-day been despatched to him sta fing the circumstances, and expressing a hope that he will be able to come up to Auckland to take the re9t of the farn'y, who it may be gathered from the above ._. • _t_ve, are almost strangers in Auckland ;,.i_dare :

left totally unprovided for.

THE NEW DRAMATIC COMPANY.

In this day of revivals we see no reason why there should not be a revival of the dramain j this city which occasionally has languished for want of spirit and character. Mr De Lias, who for years past, has endeavoured to minister to the popular taste, is still energetic in the cause which he has. at heart, and in order that "change" which seems, and unquestionably is in acenrdance with the constitution of the human mind, he has at great cost secured.| the eminent services of a new dramatic company, including that charming and universally admired actress. Miss Carry George, who will'make her first appearance at the Prince of ,Wales Theatre on Saturday evening next, in her great impersonation of "Leah the Forsaken." MissEmmaßoc1 gers.Mr Thomas Burton, Mr Lawrence, and Mr Arthur Kingston will also appear. The laudatory criticisms of the Australian pressr. are loud in praise of Miss George, and one journal, the Bomoay Statesman, says: "Leah,1 notwithstanding an intense heat, drew a brilliant and fashionable audience on the occasion of Miss Carry... Georges benefit. She displayed a tragic view that", both astonished and delighted us. No actress has ever played the part so near perfection, j Enlogiums of a similar character* have also been written in relation to the act ing of Miss Rodgers v The gentlemen also, associated with this new company, have won Australasian renown. Not only is the beautiful actress now amongst us remarkable for her representation of "Leah, the dark eyed, passsionate Jewess; but she has been equally successful in her careM delineations of the difficult and subtle characters of the leading heroines of Shakespere's plays; her "Ophelia" and " Desdemona f are beyond ordinary criti cism. Miss George has also shone in "Janet a Pride," " Blow tor Blow " " The Lancashire Lass," and especially as " Cynthia" in the "Flowers of the Forest." We have no doubt therefore, with such a constellation of talent around a central star, that the Prince of Wales Theatre will receive due patronage and support.

"SCOTLAND AND HER SONS."

The Rev. Wm. Tinsley delivered his pro-: mised oration, last evening in the Edwardes street Chapel on " Scotland and her Sons.' Colonel Haultain occupied the chair, sup ported by Rev. W. Harris, of Sheridan street. There was a large attendance of' persons, who listened patiently for two hours on Mr Tinsley's masterly oration,; which was eloquent throughout, and, delivered without a single note. Indeed we1 have nothing equal to this oration since the Rev. Charles Clark dealt in the same way with the lives and works of Goldsmith and Dickens. The chairman remarked upon the, fact that both he and the lecturer were Englishmen, still he had no doubt about the lecturer's capabilities of dealing fairly wri the subject he had taken in hand. Mr. Tinsley commenced with the earliest glimpses of Scotland's history, and even to a period i when darkness overshadows the valleys, andfl sketched the old castles and ruins where lordly guests keot high festival, but whey the bat and owl now revel among moulderi? battlements. T{ie history of the early S% might be read in these ruins, in mouy qj 7 passes, deep morasses, and on the mars^mitwl] flowing streams ; also, in the relics w^___X__j been discovered in various parts: f- gjr*' stone, domestic utensils, figures of g^gf" and mortars of stone. He contrastO^ § skin dresses of the ladies of those times^WW the silken habiliments of to-day. eIT knowledge of the uses of metals, the lecturer said, was due to the people of Tyre and Car thage, who, according to tradition, were m

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