SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HKJH WATEt : Tbis evening, 10.18 : to morrow morning 10 41 STJN SET : This evening,B.s9 ; BTJN BI3B,: tCK murr morniu.- 581 M MOOPT.S *<*« . Firit Q'l^ter, 13A, 6 pm^ , 1$?

ARRIVALS

. .4. VJR i.'i ■ .. 0 !,c 1) i ues V v Hi.O'E I'KD I-PiRTI'BEv Fr >■ ii. v a.« Meibune Ci.t.'hreties. 8 a on f-~< Evtiiuv > u.i. ,»u T Prv Cisco MiCgreeoiy as., 9i wbvivs. 1 jLA. i. / '. SIOIa x j !• ' Lr> i «i It;. D» « Sip. e-ir'J . , >jor_ li v is .eL. 2 a, ai tait\, .iygftn I U .« a JßßJ.lfc■-ttv^'ws^ "i>* , 'jjtw.sifsili ' j I.a e=,b 'q-UH, early F.. 'si • <1- *4ltliy schooners, .e&rly For N^ York- IMith •p, c. bt q eyear y j~\ The s.s. StJKiiari, Cdpta'in'Pio^erday.arrivea'ffom Waag-mui to-day, with1 '46 head 'cattle', 600 "sheep, ordar; 1 case, Kattrayv l Passengers:—Messrs W. and C. Brewer. ,• . (: ,,.,,,,-/ -i.:j r M---i'i ■ ~ The s.s.Weniiigton left tte MaiiukaUjthia after noon, fot the South, with the 'following passengers : S loon—Mrs May.tmdichild* MrsiWilcdi, Mrs Hilay, Cullen, Bsnzoni, MJss and .Master Glace (2); Messr3 Fe-ries, Kelly, Baylay,- Blazard^lryine, Sneddon, Bannerman, ■ Cooler, '©'Sullivan, "B'roham, Mr and Mrs Caldwell and three children, 50 Volunteers. Steerage M4Mri Mca llan, M£ afafliM<4Aston, 'Messrs Hurchins, Lsith, 'Sutherland, Christy, Kichordsjand Twohey, two natives, and' five others. In clearing^way frbrii the wharf yesterday after noon the mizen topmast of the Wongfi r9nga,fotaefd one of the yardar'rns of'the Glenlor'a, and came to grief inthe.entanglejsnentlwhich^enaupdj.! jThe svcpi clent slightly"clelayed"tlie steamer; but she was round the heads, within ,tw.o. honrs of^ej^ro^whichrJ^tt ptinctnaiiy'to'aavert'lse'd.time:"* ' The.barque Enxpreza has entered pyvff!>s&&,.far Newcastle.'' I.' J ■ The ba-que Edith Rose has entered outwards for New York. r ., r , ~-■-, n <:r ;■, *yatf The clearances 'and'entneir to-aay at the Custom House were confines to cbastirig rcraft. ~ The p.s. litina proceeded to the this mo-ning w^th Sir Ronald Mfc Lean. '- I | * The barque Empreza has been ballasting dufing the day. ( T r ...,-r C»t.i*;n Cocip<>ris'tolak4 cVfarffe 'of me./chopner M»'kf' -e>'»teT at Taranakil VCap'aic 10. tper for a " ' *■ a ie brine was iv the enu?ioy of tho JS.Z S.s. Oompwr. .-/.oitt<t*o.:i airiHT "

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

AhKj AL1, _ m AnfaraKtbe; Bchoanei'.jf/o]n ]i i O £ ' St BLlid*, s s, from Wa'ngahui ' ,-r, y , n . r iT'E?i^T]iJKK!ii. i y:- rpsur i - ay. k ■Wellington, B.V, O«r'isy. f«' -uhern ports

COMMERCIAL.

The aitter Elizabeth was ottered at auctibri'tb-ctay, at Meßsrs B. Tonka an.d, iCo'S'. raaifc 'The bidding reached £200, wliichwas below tto reserve-figure,. and the vessel •Waßlwitadrawn.'' ."'V-V h S »n imouiiloiJl

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS.

The following are the current calls and dfvid'e'riils' payable.in the companies natnesd. ; be,lQW.:-rr -to !■•.,;.> !,• to >■•-• .^u^ot.T ruiu vli-.-'ii fi-tii: iofl '' '' £s.d, 't . Date,,,..- r Otago !' iifW^rtT./aWIW.'I:^ otrl'"o;^'rebruary'l6otrl'"o;^'rebruary'l6 Nonpareil 00 6— „ 10 Golden Calf ~...„..,.,,... .0 . X.fhrr] QO¥OHl2i Qfiee^of iheiMayi..lll.l... 0(0 '- ■ ,J, 2G| Centralltaly -.-. -0 1 0 — March 1(H ,0 j. 'i>rmJEND. '■■' °Tl Boyal 0akj...!.•.;«;!.r.U...;j.U..TW'1fl Eureka Hill./,i.«.t.,J:i^.-.i-^ oXff3B «Ji^?i;) 1C Auckland and North,' Shore;. :'.,') A Ferry Company .......... 5% — .due,. T ,-, ~ TJnion-Eahk of Australia-.:•. A 16% •' **— due. ■

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows fi^t- For Thames to-moirjjw, at S^gfl'ifm. For Coromandel. tu-mg/row. at io 30 am. Kor W.mganui, per "StjKilda, to-worrow. at 10 a.m. For the undermiytti<inad. k place£;-|&er Macgregor, on Kri^i', loft!;4nstsnti as follows..:'. — /N ilslands. >' XTnited States of A mb^ica,.^''Canada. Columbia, Central anfc4i! ..Jith- *m. ricii, and^Jßritiih and. Foreign « |bJ f'n rf§a, ,at 10 3u ; «i m. %\ ■ | thiJ!^PjiiM.t«l.''-.iiCi'iji!doin-. and Contiuent of \yraie, >Ui) hi -.m s *yf mCm^y or-ers,- registered letters, and news papers <it 9 30 » m Lii-.tj leUers be-riog an extri ft?o of Gd wiil b received by the M^il Agent on buard u^j to tiuie o( (Svned) 8. B. B sa, Chi°f Postmaster.

DEATH.

dooKER-Oa February-ifly-at her father's residence, M uat-stieet, sni-ah Tt'iunter. youngest daughter tf Mr Chrtrifcs Hoi.ker ; aged 12 mouths. The funeral will le»ve tomorrow, at 4 p.m. Fiieiiiis jesyci-lfuily iuvitad.

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

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1875

For the cause that lacks assistance, tor the wrong t> at needs resistance, -^pi the future in the distanc-;. V; And tiie good that we can do.

We have not the" rpreasure of the acquaint ance of either the captain of the Djlharree, or !ariy.bneUf Ms 'officers ; nor yet have we the smallest sympathy with the practice oE gaiinbling^i I-But? we think that the captain and his qfficers / have been rather hardly dealt' Within being censured so strongly both from the Bench and the Press, for "allowing" gambliagpoi-rfbaard that immigrant ship. We quite agree that it is proper that this, or any other objectionable practice should be cen sured from- < tfae Benoh, and the Press also should peek to put down any practice that may. '-be '- ie^arded as detrimental to the interests of society. Of such character gambling unquestionably is ; and next to drinking, more crime and misery can be traced to the enslaving fascination of gam bling ifatits countless forms, than can be per haps to any other social custom. But whiie we admit this to the very fullest extent we as sert that it is not in thepower of man, whether sea capt;in, mate, or other officer, or ali officers combined, on board of an immigrant ship to pub a stop to gambling among the pissengers. It is not a question of what ought to be or ought not to be, but .'.imply a question of what; c.*n be dove; and we »tould put it to any one that has ever been on board an emigrant ship, whether among a throng of" four or five hundred people of every class and character couped up for months in the sides of a ship, any vigilance could prevent them from this method of whiling away the dreary weary hours of inactivity. Passengei-3 think that their mems of recrea'ion are all too limited, and any attempt to curtail them by the actual pro-' hibitioa of cards or other instrument of gaoling would sow the germs of disaffection, which w<»nld produce a plentiful crop of evil. And po long as the instruments of gaming are allowed, common sense tells that amid those hundreds of idle people there will be plenty who will just follow thoir own inclination as to whether they pi iy for fun or money, and the Surveillance of the officers will not regulate it. There is not an immigrant ship that ever comes to the colony but has gambling aboard, and there is not a captain that ever sailed the seas that could prevent, it. We do not say this in defence of the practice, nor yet in a spirit of carping at the very proper denunci ation of gambling from the Bench. Circum stances have on the occasion of this trial

yesterday in thePolioe Court brought one case of gambling into prominence, but neither the^i captain of the Dilharree, nor any other>! captain, is to blame in connection with the practicp, for the simple reason, that if immi grants wish to gamble they can, and will gamble, despite of any regulations to the contrary.

6- - ■ J It is stated that the prevailing epidemic

though wafted into almost every home about Auckland, has not mad'? a single appearance

Jin Newmarket. A Remuera gentleman '^presumes it i3 in consequence of residents near the slaughter house being innoculated wit i the germs of typhus fever, the same _act: ng as an antidote, and rendering them ff'n: easle proof." His theory must be very Jronßoling to thoso living in the fortunate village. It is Doticed that gentlemen follow ing ; sedentary occupations have been the greatest sufferers ; on the other hand ladies, who are also much indoors have almost

wholly escaped. . . .. . ~.r fl .. Such a moderate appeal from a lady as the foll4wirig will-,,doubtless receive conside.ra. tion): —Sir,—lt'is said that it is an English woman's privilege to grumble ; permit me, therefore, to murmur faintly about woman's position in diaper's shops./ The early-closing i^ovlement haa done much good in impressing upon 'he public mind the necessity of shopping before six, in order that assis-

tants may enjoy neo^'ssatyj recreation and rest i and now the secretary and com- ;e, if not, in-. a haze, ■ are evidently ifi-itiig from their labours. We are still compelled to work, on. Saturday evenings until near midnight, anrl, peihaps, this too

may I respi T the 1

bJ§ s&ofleSfeifeityi.. I would, therefore, clfully urge that the drapers concede alf of Wedo&KJwynftP feft lgast their lady

a-sisi »r3c jjthe c m-nj *ith idea,

bants (the men can mht'forthemselra^), h tlHtySWflfla W&g# mWe Vtime at' Jose of the week. We, as ladies, hajifßi; little matters to attend to in,eQntoeed)on our feminine exis'enceJwoifSwhich the sr mind of mani>eß8 a!nave no adequate nor ijP'7ifrßifl&£llßary that men should is city, and I would recommend the ;ary of the Farly Closing movement to this flueeiifin oj^i^Sj^s^^fpfl^daaQussgi^ac nextlHeetinggt^fticominitteof-^riam, ENKIETTA MaBIA.

m I Th @ woul< of th secrei at th( &c, :

,-ETb of an 16 Regal was i

t thej^gge^af^^ftHftskQAitffTQWilQttiiUiiilc ith the secrettuies.oof, tllS (RdvsWg and ,ng Cluba in Auckhmdr--Cari^erburv.^. i> men m the jvsjieaJiiNfl^pflovinces to in bringiig the yr«at yearly aquatic )f the colony to a Buc^tf™^]!^ iaSff ffioßlS-Conteßt for the ! evening one of the" Tiwloulturiet^ Qtly l««ast«iafa/«oun*d'ifWM tfie'iffie^^ id either fallen iiito.the'E&niflsf of prao" kers, or was himself mentally, obfusti tor aa he jouriiie^Bdii^the!K;9'bei»jmßS, "All the niggers are a weeping," it se^v«iTj;h§it iljie waS ridirig ;witn Kis ' the horses tail, to^the laughter of all rs, but B^iniilg^lUiaoittcao^etiJf^ny t ot the way ia bis own behaviour.

subject of the InterprOvincial Kegcitta 5 was brought up at thq Welljjig^on a Cflifltett«w#!a^^KJißji A'motioii ad 9, which was unanimously agreed

MateJV Yacht nIP nottin -veut inpeai I frit it from < champ Last appare fair, hi tical j( cated, VPingini was ol bet old

A meeting was held to-day at the Supreme Court buildings, of creditors in the estate of Nathan Lewis Josephs, storekeeper, of Hamilton. Mr. Thomas Macffarlane was appointed trustee, and two supervisors wore also agreed upon. The liabilities are set down as £2325 7s. Sd., and the assets at £1500. The bankrupt is to. surrender on the 11th of March.

With reference to the letting of the Mount Eden Toil gate. -.\e h:>ve been requested to publish the following, detailing a conversa tion supposed to have occuved. ''Tell me what induced you to give £70 a month tor the Mount Eden Toll-gate, when fov the last five or six years the highest ever given was £32 and one or two lessees got smashed in giving that same " Answer, "bless the man don't you ste my drif% the very fact of me buying the gatss enabled me to take the contract for supplying the City Council for the ye-T, and not only that, jjbut in doing so I bought Rowland's and Kirby's pits for my term of lease, and thereby pre vented 'hem from selling their gravel to other part:e3." Question : "How, if the papers tdce ig up, for they will say, we should come upon your londsmen for the due and faithful performance of your contract, as I am aware different lessees before your tims applied to the Provincial Government to surrender by forfeiting two months rent. Now, knowing this to be the case, how can we let you in justice escape, and besides what about Summer-street, within one and a half chains of the Mount Eden, toll-gate. There is no chain bar there, and you could easily induce all the carte? s to go through the New North Road toll-gate, and thereby ruin the nexb lessee of the Mount Eden tjll-gate." Ans.-er. "Now you know as well aa I do that one-half the people of Auckland live by eat ing up the other half, and admit the sate is sold lor £20 a month, its actual value. What more do you or the ratepayers of Mount Eden require ''. All right; see and keep it quite, and I shall give instructions to have thdgate advertised again." Mind you, this is only my own surmise of how the wheel rolls in Auck land.—lam, sir, A Mount EdenKatjepaykr.

There is somebhing in a name after all Certain benevolent; ladies in Sydney hereti cally determined that the children should uot suffer for the sius of the fathers, it they could help it, and co established a foundling asylum. Funds came in, a Vuilding wa< reutrfd, and a stock of all the mysterious appliances devised by the ingenuity of fond mothers for the discomfort of infant human icy was provided. Due publicity waa given to the affair, and the committee prepared for action. Sydney appeared to be a more moral place than had been expected, and seven and twenty clergymen preached sermons at their respective churches, hinting, more or 'ess broadly, that it was a natural result of their ministrations Time went on and still no babies. Not a foundling. The committee were in agonies, and began o distrust their fellow creatures. After long hoping against hope, they made up their minds that tney were not to be baulked. What follows we have upon what lepoiter.s call undoubted authority. Babies to experi ment on tney were bound to have, so they converted tue establishment iuto a daily refuge for the infanta of poor but honest mothers who had to earn their living. Fortune smiled ttpon them. Within twelve hours fifty-three cherubim 3 made a howling paradise of the place. The mobt rahid enthusiast on the committee confessed that her fondest hopes were fttltilled. Fifty three yells in Hffcy-thrce different Keys frota ti'tythioo paita of the establishment. The place swam wiih grutl, and glit tered with feeding bot,l>s. Two com im'ctee women broke down iinder . the joyous excitement, and were taken home babbling of 'tiddy ickle sing 3." The rest he'd out, determined to Stand by the pets till their lvgicunate owners returned f<om honest toil and snatched their treasures away. But of all the mothers oniy four ever came back fiom the honest toil aforesaid. It is probable that the others are toiling still. Anyhow, the committee find themselves iv permanent possession of forty-nine angelic beings, and now they are discontented.

The Prince of Wales Theatre will reopen on Monday evening next, with can original rive-act drama, entitled "Under the Ban," in which, those lamous artistes Mr and Mrs George JJarrell will appear. The particulars will be seen in the advertisement column.

We are glad to learn fromja private Christ church telegram that Mis May Howard, who haa been seriously ill, is now rapidly recover ing.

Mr Charle3 E. MaddeD, solicitor, was brought before the Resident Magistrate at the Police Court yesterday, on a charge pf larceny as a bailee, when in accordance with instructions received by telegram from the Waikato, Mr Broham made application to Mr Beckbam to have the prisoner remanded to Hamilton, where the case will be heard. No particulars of the charge against Mr Madden were elicited, as the charge will be fully investigated at Hamilton, whither he will be taken in custody to-morrow morning by coach.

A sad-eyed boy, with dirt on his chin and a fear on his noae, went into a Detroit police station, and having stated that he was a homeless waif, asked humbly to be sent to the .State Reform School. " Wouldn't he prefer to go to the Work-house?" "Oh, no ! he had a brother in the Reform School, and he would like to be with his dear brother. Still, he didn't want to go out and steal something to qualify himself for the school." This touched the heart of a gentle man; present, who, after consulting the Ser geant, said, " I guess we can fix it, my lear boy; I am going to leave my wallet on the stairs. If you take the wallet it will be stealing, and then' you can be sent to the Reform School, as you wish." So the wallet was deposited on the desk, the men went upstairs, and when they came down, not only I was the property gone, but "The boy, oh, where was he?" Alas ! he had bettered his instructions and vamoosed the ranch of justice, leaving the owner of the pocketbook ajinus by 60 dollars. Singularly enough, the lady hasn't yet come back to be sentenced and sent to the school. In Sydney a sum of £800 has been sub scribed by mercantile houses to start a Mercantile Bowing Club, and the Govern iDeutihave granted a very fine site for a club house! i ■■•"iFh'ft club has passed a resolution de b.r-itjg^mgm^ej^^/sgm rowing for money prized. "" The Papakura and Drury sections of the [lsev. fPresbyterian ieongrfegajiitih [hs«# heTd .LlA&iPapa kura ithe ordinary receipts/ • amounted tq £60 S|s ;41d>^;b.ujrlding/vfulid, ,'£lV'\lW-M}^ missions, £2 16s :iO%d.t A^Papakura^Valle'y -jgll ISs 5d had been raised,-making,a, .total, for the dißtridfcbf £^'^gd^^he^o^i^gi' gentlelnletiuiweIre'>''&lected.1, a committee,:«^ri MessriTw. Hay, B/McCiymont,MM9C\\l-i lough, J. B ToM^r'Um^T) apdJ^M^y- <l{4£c.) ] Messrs.. Barclay an& y Mpir, were, re* elected a:aub u cbmfmitte^.^o/;,^apl4iura^ailelyi. ,-At Drury the ,tptal [ repeij)tsjjve.rer£24i 9s 4s(jbfii and thie"K>llv6wingKenslenien l wereichosen ko act onthepqm^t^a^rrr'Miessrsirohn'isMsbletV 1 (I. T. d<sey, 'Ai'jnubeilaecrtftft^^^ahd^?ll^ Koy (t eaturern)/! iJitwas anafuimously'a'gr^fjt'' to adoi t the Presbyterian Hymnal for uae'iu • .Aheirtihjirohibt^m^ »'ri" ■■•ouumo^-.^^ ■ ThelnirtatmTWfl&fc°W *MW&MiowB 'oil the Au skl^n^jd^sUjic^willibehedditb-mbrrow', (Friday) evening in the LonW^atfeteCo^!!. fvi&re v ill also be a dinner, and sljbsequenjily a quadi ille party itf cdnne^9tiibn^h»Wwith.f ,j« f 3ftA pu alic fflytiAg'Will/bejh'el^thia^yenjng,, in the foesby*btiaa'S!C^o6l,-^ppifl,,]^ewmarke^ for the >e'':iia6st eligible sitetforbtue-.projected'n'e^.sla^gh'tV-' house a: id of ©i^rfessin'g viewb \Mr. CMwthc r's c9,apl%.w l ilLj[e*y J e, u Sh6r!bland-Blireet at half -I as^'aeVen o'clock for the covenience of those desirous of proceeding from town to the m«t log. <ii a J. -«^o D ikav»

Inspector Broham Mas a passenger to-day by the Wellington, for Christcburch.

A n effort is about to be made to resuscitate the late Harmonic Society, over which Mr. Cooper presided at the Young Men's Chris tian Association. If the call should receive a favourable response from the children of Apollo, the class will commence operations in March.

The yield of gold at Ballarat, Victoria, for the quarter ending July last was 0,058 ozs. 17 dvvts. 12 grs. ; in that ending September, 7,173 om 4 dwta. 3ars. ; and in that closing with December, 8.07S ozs 6 dwts 2 grs. The latter was the yield of 26,981 tons of quartz so that the Ballarat quartz-miners were content with the small average yield of 5 dwts 2.371 grs to the ton. The Thame3 and Coromaudel yieli is thus larger for a month than that of Ballarat for a quarter. The average per ton is one which our many com panies would not look at, yet mining ventures are still made to pay at Ballarat,

The religious and medical census of the colony is at last gazetted. IS; appears that fchere are in New Zealand 405 registered " Officiating Ministers " of all ranks and denominations, and 220 registered "Medical Practitioners." The clergy are thus classed : United Church of England and Ireland: Primate, 6; bi-hops, 1; dean, 12; arch deacous, 12 ; and 146 clergy, of whom 22 are Maoris. Total, 175. Homan Catholic Church : Bishops, 3 ; vicars-general, 3 ; clergy, 54. Total, 60. Presbyterian Church of New Zealand : Clergy, 43. Presbyterian Church of Obago and Southland : Clergy. 39. Presbyterian Congregations :1. Total, 71. W'esJeyan Methodist: 51, of whom one Maori. Congregational Independants :9. Baptists: 5. Primitive Methodists: 9. Lutheran : 3. Hebrew : 2. United Methodist Free Churches : 5.

A smart looking young woman, recently from England, obtained a situation a few weeks ago in the house of a tradesman, a short distance from All Saints church. On the evening of the Ist inst., she left the kitchen for a shoit time in order to get a breath of fresh air, and being of a sentimen tal turn of mind, to watch the beautiful variations and gorgeous colours of a colonial sunset. While leaning against the garden gate, she was accosted by a young man, a Potisonby brickmaker, who was passing. The words were simply "good evening," to which she responded wirh a smile. On the following evening she was at the £ato again, ani, strange to say. the brickmaker again passed. The words "good evening" were used as on the previous evening, and a chat ensued. The meetings at the garden gate were repeated punctually eve after eve, at the promised time of eight o'clock, and yesterday a ecene was Witnessed in Ponsonby which caused a little surprise—it was a wedding scene. The modest brickmaker had taken the jouhg English servant maid to the church, and placed the ring upon her finger. They Were married after a courtship of eight evenings ; may they never repent the pre cipitate step.

The usual monthly meeting of the City of Auckland No. 1, Loyal Orange Lodg», will bo held thia evening in the Lodge-room, Weilesley-street.

GIRL PRINTERS.

Our reador3 were informed some days ago that we had entered on the experiment of female labour in the printing business. They were a'so made aware by 113 that this inno vation had given offence to a borly which calls itself the " Typographical Society," which, as it appears to us, assumes to itself I the right to regulate such matters. A meet ing of that body was held, in which, we lG«rn, stroug language was used, and inten tions expressed a3 to what would ba and would not be done. Two deputations were appointed to wait on us, one consisting of employo3 iv our own office, to enquire what were onr intentions, and the other consisting of the " Board" of that Society, to tell us the wishes, objec's, and intentions of th^ Society. To the former deputation we re plied that we intended to continue the ex periment, as to whether this is not a calling legitimately and properly within the reach of women. The second deputation waited on us yesterday, and frankly and freely entered into an explanation. After considerable conversation of a desultory kind, we suggested that they should furnish U3 with a statement in writing, to which we would give a written reply so as to have a clear comprehension of our several positions. They were also requested to furnish a copy of their rules, or as these are not yet printed, of the rules of societies on which their manuscript are based. This deputation left: with the rules understanding that this should be done. This morning a deputation from the "Board" consisting of two, called, and stated that they declined to show us the rules of the Society, or the rules on which they were based ; they also declined to furnish us with a statement in writing, " for" said one of them " there are too many sea lawyers among us to commit anything to writing," and he added, " there is some place the loutside of which is better than the inside." Whether he meant our office or any ; other building we cannot say. They also stated " there is no rule of the Society against theintroduction of femalelabourinto a printing office." The deputation of the "Typographical Society" having thus declined to state the position in writing and declined to show U3 their rules, and the constitution of their Society, we declined to give them any answer. It is quite unneces sary; for ua to inform the public that we intend to carry out the experiment as to whether this department of human industry presents a suitable opening for respectable industrious women, who deßire to live by honest labour. In stating this, we hardly desire to refer further to this I Society, which has thus stepped forward to tell us what we shall do and not do in our own office. It is possible we may hear further from them, and that this may lead to some startling evolutions. But in the meantime, subject to correction, we may briefly state the position taken by the Society so far as we can gather from desultory con versation, and ia the absence of any written and formal statement of the case. In the first place our readers will perhaps be sur prised to learn that they admitted that 'they claimed the right, to regulate the internal affairs of our office. They admitted that they have no rule in their society preventing women being printe -s, but jfevi^P^aively added by one that " they hla^£fi%)|wer to make such a rule." They aofoitjilif—the third deputation i\i jexpress words-—t&at they believed women would imake as good, and even better .type setters than men ; but if women were Emitted it would interfere with their busi ness, and with their rights as men. Some of 'ilie baser sort stated, and we j^efcSSld. ,asßerted even in public meeting, that in America the female compositors, were prostitutes, and that immorality must necessarily result .from the trade of u6kSlng open to woman. But we willinjnitl^e to the Society state that this was not as-. -le'rted by the Respectable members, r^And dm ifixp] anation. we may further addyHhjt 6dme roi the body who have trayeUedrand "jU^ced. up the vices which often spring from vagabond life, have given cuttfency to the most ur truthfuliand ridiculous statemante of personal l||iowl^dge''^^sSic|,^ I jwt:perience, beea accepted without question, for the Simple ri|»B(m*#a!|^the listeners had :^'' v»trwelled,^||ma«Hlould not speak from ; p< irsonal knowlejpe. But the whole thing simply resolves nself into this. These men fee that they have a good profession ; that if jwomen were admitted they would share the advantages, and it is their revolu tion that women ■ball not bt admittid, W» Wot •' F

can flardly conceive it possible that in this nineteenth century, and in a colony, anyone would be found with the courage to boldly Btate such a desire or intention; or ■who could be under the impression that Society would tolerate such a position. Would men printers really^iave the imprudence to put forth such as their cause before the eyes of the public ? And are any so simple as to think that they would be tolerated for a moment if ihey dared attempt so to inter fere with the liberty of the subject ? The deputation evinced a dislike to being held up to ridicule, and even asked us to promise that we should not hold them up to ridicule. And we have no desire to poke fun at their pretensions, for we like to respect and hold up for respect all connected with the craft. But really we cannot help it, if the public will laugh. We hope we have heard the last of this folly. Imagination is raising ogres to the minds of the printers, and we want them to come to their right senses. We are told that we are getting a she-printer from California, a regular devil that carries bowie knives and shooting irons. A very tigress all claws and tusks, that feeds on men-printers. Nothing of the sort. The simple little experiment on which we have entered we shall carry out; and we trust that the printers will moderate their excitemeut, put their pretensions in the pockets of their coat tails ; say, welcome sisters to a fair open field and no favour; that they will do this instead of holding themselves up to be laughed at. Of course we know who are at the bottom of all this. Money has been freely offered, if an excite ment is got up to •' bother the Star." We know, of course, that it is not a question of female labour, but of " Crushing the Stab." We are so often and so easily crushed that we have no particular anxiety on that subject. But we do trust that this oigauizatiou of an honorable craft, which mi Jit do so much good, will not proceed to make itself the laughing-stock of New Z"-al»n^.

OHINEMURI.

CANAVSS TOWN (Paeroa;),

[Prom Our Special Correspondent.] February 10, 1875. STEAM COMMUNICATION.

Fbav new districts a:e so blessed with steam carriage as Obineumri, fur we have no less lhan five steamers running on the river, viz., the Pearl, Buona Ventura, Fairy, Alert., and- Lalla Kookh, and I hear that an effort is being made to place the paddle Bttamer Effort on the river again, and from what 1 can learn she is a vessel in every way feuit able. The Lalla Rookh is owned by Messrs. Holmes, of Auckland, who, in carrying on their passenger traffic, seem to ignore the fact that punctuality is the soul of business, for they recklessly advertise the departure of steamers which never put in Jin appearance, to the great inconvenience of the too con fiding part of the public, who put their trust in advertisements. This is an evil that it would do well for the Messrs. Holmes to remedy as soon as they possibly can, or per ddventure some opposition might remedy it for them.

NEW STOBES.—BUILDING ON SUNDAY.

Stores of the calico type are rapidly being erected, and we shall soon have a veritable street. One storekeeper, eager to partici pate in the profits of trade, not having patience to wait even a day, musb needs fall down and worship the golden idol on the Sabbath day, to the great scandal of a community calling themselves Chrisdans. He set the carpenters to work erecting the stort last Sunday morning, which*, however, wat only partly fixed, for the industrious trades men, partaking too freely of the juicey grape, reeled away intoxicated ; and it was left to the savage Maori to read these modern Christiana a lecture, for the Native Church bell was tolling for Church service while the ungodly?pakeha was building his store. The diggers say that no luck will attend that btore, for it was built on a Sunday.

NATIVE RUNUNGA

The natives interested in the land upon which Mr Mitchell resides had a meeting last meeting last Monday morning to discuss tht matter. Mr Mackay was present, when Hopohona or Hobson, wished Mr Mackay to delay cutting the boundary until they had decided the ownership of certain pieces of land, but Mr Mackay very rightly cculd not see it, so the surveyors are not again inter rupted, and it is to be hoped that nothing will occur to prevent this being cut straight away. It is expected that they will be able to finish the boundary lines in a fortnight. HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.

Now that the rush to Ohinemori may be said to have fairly set in, increased hotel accommodation is greatly needed, for the present, hotel is in every way unsuitable for the accommodation of an in flux of visitors, and mine host is sorely put about to know what to do with his fast-increasing customers. He is rather a curious fellow, is mine host, and evidently labours under the delusion that the public are his servants, instead of the case being vice versa. This is exemplied in the fact that he has been in the habit, whenever he went to his dinner, of turning all his customers, who might be in the house, into the street, and locking the door, and it presented a somewhat ludicrous aspect to see a crowd of people waiting out- Bide until mi lord, the landlord, had finished his repast. He evidently has forgotten the old adage, which kindly hints the advisa bility of making hay while the sun shines. AN OUTRAGEOUS PUN. One of the community up here, who resides in a palatial calico residence, measu ring somewhere about 6xß, has disgorged, a pun that may possibly amuse your readers. It is " Why isOhinemuri the best place in New Zealand for a poor man to go to? Be cause it matters not how hard up, he may he he has never far to go to for a Qorge." This cheering intelligence had, as might be ex pected a wonderful effect upon the diggers who listened to such a startling revelation. They weie one and all, immediatly seized with violent fits of laughter ; but fortunately the doctor being handy, he soon put them square, and certifies that they are now in a Jit state to again walk around.

SIR DONALD McLEAN.

Important Negotiations.

Sib Donald McLban and Mr Civil Com missioner Kemp returned yesterday from their visit to the Maori King. The Native Minister lost no time in proceeding to Ohinemuri to complete the negotiations already so successfully commenced for the opening of that goldfield, but' left by the Government steamer for Grahams town, to-day with the intention' of going at oncp up to Ohinemuri. Daring hi 3 Waikato trip Sir Donald has completed some very important negotiations. I The most prominent of these.was, of course, his l INTERVIEW WITH THE MAORI KING. As alre'k^notifiiiik byj our telegrams, the recepticngivenby. Tawhiao was of a most cordial character; i and, th^ inter views tjiat fo^pwed^ere'fl^'i^iiaftotory. The chief rflßplj6 of,v;thißtimeeting> aftrttl ffim its encouragement >to^th&'grb^tti^rflfe^fy relations Jetween Jh? li <Wsrnm<mkom& thm dißaffecte l (J f[ ba|i IYe1 Yes J , ii is,rilieirdgt«lilK)o«|ii»P«=* meeting between the GpveFiior%n4^aT?mkbLe }' for which ithei latter^;;*e^reifsefi: v^ry greal° eagerness. The time, proposed s for * this meeting is April or^May iexL^and* it now only' remains for %fs lASeJlenc|*s Cabinet to decide upon the advisability pfrßjaok an interview as no bWtacle1 atanas in the way of capcyfm j|>»t.G Bimng^HElSelrft^ intvmew with the Native Minister-, Tawhiiw ooaduotfd i tia« negotiation wtMllv hiiriiil siei OJS ,?.rm?J oioaa - »seiTo "■San i;. i " jioittiifi x&vluiL 'to iiarfW oiit i» radsi

having declared his intention to meet Sir Donald McLean without being trammelled by Manuhiri or Eewi. la appearance Tawhiao is a big well built nativa about 50 years of age ; he has been very fully tatooed recently, and has a dignified appearance. He I was dressed in half-mourning for his sister Sophia, and wore a head-dress of rare huia feathers, and a white skirt. He is said to be much steadier than before, and although many followers have seceded from him he. still possesses considerable influence. This is partly secured to him by his four wives, one a niece of Hone Te One, of Aotea, and all the others chieftaineases of high rank. His recent change of beating towards Europeans, is attributed /evy much to the presence of Major Te Whero at the frontier. THE AROHA BLOCK, AND ObINE MDRI. One of the principal objects of the Native Miner's visit to Waikato was the settle ment of the Ngatihaua claims to the Te Aroha block, Upper Thames Claims to this block, it will be remembered, were investi gated by the Native Lands Court, and at first decided in favour of tbe JNgati hauas. Subsequently the decision was reversed, and the Ngatimarn tribe succeeded in establishing a valid title to the land.^ The Natihauas resisted the decision, and Native Minister promised that they should not be wholly ignored. While at Hamilton, re presentatives of the tribe met him, and Sir Donald bought out the whole of their claims to the land, thus leaving only the Ngati marusS to be dealt with for the purchase of the block. This is an f important point gained and will greatly facilitate the acquisition by the Government of;...thus^alu able block of land, which comprises many thousands of acres, and includes the Te Aroha mountain which has always been! ra-* vested in the miudsj of miners with dreams of golden treasures. In all probability the native tit'e to the block will now be readily extinguished by the Government, and Sir Donald will, no doubt, make an effort in that direction during his present visitto the Upper Thames. CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS. T While the Native Minister was at Hamil ton he was met by the chiefs of the Kgatira kawa to represeat various grievances, chiefly that arising from the construction of roads which surveyors have already commenced to lay off in the direction of Mr J. C. Firth's extensive run, which is included in their tribal possessions. The cause of their uneasi ness, was evidently the fear of highway rates, bo which they had in all likelihood been put up by wiser pakeba lmdowners. They said they had no objection to a main trunk Gov ernment road, but did not like branch roads as they did not know what such works might lead to. Sir Donald stated that no rates could be levied so long as their lands were not held under Crown grant, and gave them other afsurances with which they appeared saiish'ed. Altogether the Native Minister's tiip has been a mc^t successful one, and we cau cn!y hope that he will be equally fortunate in the negotiation which he now has in hand.

ANCHOVIES AND TOAST.

(FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. London, December 15. STATUS OF PRESS WRITERS. Talking of journalism reminds me that the Gentleman's Magazine has just published two most interesting papers ou " The £ s. d. of Literature." Not only interesting are ch"y, but valuable, as showing the present position of prefS writers in England, in com parison with that of former days and in other countries. In America and France at any rate journalists occupy a much better position, and are better paid, than ( hey are 'in England. The writer attributing this stale of things to thp anonymous system of the En glish pn ss. In America and France Press writers are well known, and their abilities are acknowledged, but in England no one knows the writer of a Times leader that may perhaps shake the peace of Europe. "it is ■ a system (he says) fatal to tha Press as an institution and fatal to the influence ana advancement of newspoper wiiters." In his article he goes to the whole root of the matter, and thus concludes—"This, the suppression of the anonymous system, is all that is now needed to mike literature in all its ranks one of the noblest of professions, and I hope to see the day when the best writers upon the press will be as well kuown as tbe mambers of the Cabinet ; when every article in the Times worth signing will * have the author's name at its foot ; J when Printing-house-square and Fieet -street will supply as many recruits to the ranks of Pat liament as the courts of quarter session and the vestry halls ; and when a Premier in search of an under secretary, and a constituency in search of an able and thoughtful representative, will know that they have quite as good a chance of pricking oce in the" Newspaper Press Direc tory" as they have in the "Red Book. NEW BOOKS.--THE SHAH'S DIARY. The publishing season has already given us some delightful books, and each week they come rolling out of the publishing houses in dozens. The Shah's Diary is one of the latest. It is dull enough reading on the whole, but every now and then the old fellow makes naive remarks which compensate for a chapter Buch ?s a ten years child might haye indited. He can't for the life of him understand how it is that we have a Humane Society and. that we make such a fuss about new remedies for diseases, ■whilst at the same time we shower down honours and decorations wholesale upon any man who will invent the mo3t wholesale method of destroying human life. He_ does not comprehend our expressed delight alike at a man who rescues a ship load of drowning people and another who produces a torpedo to destroy another sbip load. Then Dr Livingstone's last journals are a most touching narrative of trials and sufferings nobly born. But the life of the Prince Consort, by Theodore Martin, the first volume of which has appeared is per haps the most amusing, although I believe no one, would have been more disgusted than the prince himself at the adulation which just now i$ is the fashion to pour upon him. The book contains all kind of odd stories about i the Royal Family, but it is nicely writteti and leaves you with the impression J more tjian ever impressed that the Prince was a mod^l husband and father and a true noble man. ; I SALMON FISHERIES. I have not heard lately how your schemes for the naturalisation of salmon are progressing, but1 on reading the statistics respecting tbe Value of salmon fisheries at home, one can not but hope that your Societies will succeed in their efforts to introduce that most valu able tish. The Tweed fisheries let now for £10,000 a year, the Spey for £20,000, the Oralwav fishery for £10,000, and other rivers m proportion. I see that you are busily engaged m dispersing trout over all your waters.- Perhaps your acclimatisers don't know that the trout is one of the worst enemies the salmon has to fear. No fish is so destructive to salmon spawa as tbe trout L navej taken trout myself with their stomachs full up to the throab of ealmon spawn, j However, trout afford capital sport so that anglers will not grieve if they Bwarm in your minor streams^ s.ha?:esperian revival. — stage SilSnri • laminSVM 6 iLJ* Shakesperian revival going on tflUlwßft'w m the London theatres. "Merry Wifceificf Windsor" is advertised at Drury Lane an ig^G&My, and next week we are sfftowSb at jthft. former house « Ronieo and Juliet." Helen Jfaucit has alsißM winning i?£ *' !^ e«fejff3£M Beatrice ; Mfifi- Mb? aßSuf $$tbfl^*i Ja. {man* « x^rmn lQ eisl oJ r»svis .scan* Uxa

" Fairlie v. Blenkinsop," just heard in m. ■ Court of Common Pleas, which has rev l a state of things in connection with«!* stage highly discreditable. It has 1 been known that the stage is being <} k 8 lower than ever it was before, by the t^ duction upon it of a lot of women who neither act, sing, nor dance, but who insU^ of receiving salaries, pay the managers h^K. ■ some fees for the right to exhibit' thp&U" almost nude persons every night. it J the managers, and it pays the fine fiJn^ 8 who thus advertise their charms W practise a roaring trade. Burlesque n &^ days is all thighs and busts. The sodp ** poor, theeingingis bad, but the perfon** have glorious figures, and the men crowds theatres, and make their selections d ■ the progress of the posturing for it UtlnS be called acting. Now it "happened S* time since that " Vanny Fair " B n o ke nn \ this subject. " Vert fc Vert «P^°^.. played at one of the theatres an! the notorious can-can wag introdn oj during the performance. " Vanity Fair"saM it was indecent, and so it was. There ' the manager bronght an action for libel ¥0a the case has just been decided. The' > thought;, with Mr Blenkinsop, that the caS was indecent, and gave a verdict for rU? dant. Wot that it is likely to have anv7ff!l on managers, who, of course, will do »U ever pays best. At the same time it i 8 onit untrue to say that the legitimate drama win not pay in London. It will pay very J«h , as the present attendances at Drnrv T testify. "T Uae JUDGMENT AGAINST A El UALIST Judgment has been given by the Dean n f Arches m the Mackonochie case against th torr-fool of a parson who insisted upon burn 6 ing candles on the communion table in bro «i daylight, and going through a number 3 Anticgo M^f whi?^ madea him> look like" W"! yahoo with f nr the *£ appe/iled-awd'fib it has all to be gone over again: - Tass is exactly a case in point and" shows how, much/tha; ne<vv; ie% tFhich has not yet come irito force,-(Was needed. Js&£mt jackanapes of a parson putting bishM^rblw bishops, clergy and PP9flle,a^.atfltte?^= ance, bringing ctofiteftrftt pffi'j&wmnMl odium on the ChureTi^En^nd.andchuS and state combined^re/ptf&&liess tastb^'hiW 3 without years of liftgatibri i aa'd &i/%fcke<l squandering of enough-money tp build half jJ dozen churches. However'ir^m?s«& Ttij? judgment of the Dean a^d^fp^^yj^J blow to Ritualism, because it will-tjfetffia its votaries what they hayg.xta/exneotr when the courts get summaryxL^g|^n diction as the Times says: "let clergy either obey the law, or elseashownS able men let them relinquisbrop<Mdfi#«> which they hold on condition of confoA2iffiP 1£ to it." vifa-w MA SONIC. —EAELY WINTER"* J™ The Prince of Wales took the 33rd csM«, iw in the Ancient and Accepted'Rite,*i'W'& Saturday, and is now the Patrcn cf all tfie^* higher Masonic degree?. He is a mosteii- 1 ihutiastic Mason, and his influence has had ' a most marked effect on the spread of the craft. The winter has set in early here. We are now in the middle of a severe frost, and already we have had several heavy falls of snow. The East Coast has also been vißited by some tremendous gales, and there hai; been a good deal of loss of life. Greenstone. _^ . ■ ■■■■■

CRICKET MATCH.

AUCKLAND WANDERERS V. WAS-'

GaKEJ.

Per Pigeon Express. We arrived off Wsngaiei Beads dnring tbe small hours of Tuesday morning, and after six hours steady pulling in a ship's '■'*■ cntter, arrived all serene at the township. ■- ! On Tuesday the team practised, and watered the grounds ; and in the afternoon a party of us set out to " do " the waterfalls and caves. Sir Robert Douglas, who received us witii marked hospitality, personally Bhowed vi over the subterranean wonders Oar team are very pleased with the country and its magnificent scenery. The weather is glori ously fine. The Wangareite3 are sanguine of winning, and they have got men from all1 parts of the province to do battle for tie village. Secombe, the bowler, is talked of ' as being a far swifter and straigbter bowler I than Sweete, but these country fellowship* a most blissful imagination, .'"" Wednesday, 2 p.m. We commenced play this morning, at 11 o'clock. Wangarei won the toss, and sent i the Wanderers to the wickets. Seccombe's 1 bowling is not what we were led to expect, I and we do not anticipate being utterly,'" | annihilated. He does not; bowl so fast as \ Buckland, and takes wickets principally wit h " Yorkers." The Wanderers were all jj out at 1.30, when we adjourned for lunob^.;? The following is the state of the game up to-, r>f the present: - Garland, c Whitelaw b Simcox ... 2 Willis, b Simcox ... ... ... 11 -—— Fletcher, c Secombe, b Simcox ... 10 Buckland, b w Secombe ... ... 1 llees, c and b Secombe 18 '• Swanson, b Secombe 0 Thome, b Simcox ... .... 12 Waterhouse, b Secombe ... ... 0 | White, not out 6 Burgess, b Secccmbe ... ... ... 0! ; Extras , ... 12 • Total .„ . ... ... ... 72 " It will be a two days match, and we pro- ~,. bably play Parua Say afterwards. Sir B.! I Douglas and Mr Alderton are umpires. !

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Befoie Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.) CYNTHIAN REVERIE. George Hesford, a confectioner, was dis covered last night by the glimpses of the moon in the shadows of High-street by Constable Mulville in a melancholy state of ": intoxication. The unhappy man was on ftta'j?<f£i back looking toward the new moon inacondi- >.ss. tion apparently of abstract meditation. He, || pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s and costa./.. - , WANDERING BESSIE. Elizabeth Brown was found in an unsteady, state in Queen-street, in consequence of tie "cratur,"and kindly assisted "by Constable 0 Keilly to the lock-up. Mrs Brown said she was taken ill by tha wayside, she thought she had the measles. . \ As this was not Bessie's first offence she > ; was fined 20s and costs. . . :-: . A FALLEN SCHOOL-MASTER. James Wilson was charged under the, | Vagrancy Act with having no visible lawfnlj;;,' means of winni g his bread. " Defendant sail he had just come outof . the hospital, an was waiting to get an inter- || view with Mr Sheehan for his personal j benefit. Chargie withdrawn. ALLEOED FORGERY AND UTTERING. James McFarlane was brought up on^s ;| charge !of forging and uttering a certain cheque for the sum of £5, sigded by"TbbinW Lodder, with intent to defraud Mr Jajneß Innes, of Auckland, on the Bth February. Sergeant-Major JPardy asked for a remand until Mr Lodder should return from Wei- ; hngton. • ... Kemanded until next Wednesday. j A MELANCHOLY CHANGE. Edward Gore, on remand, was again brought up on a charge of stealing a coat, pair of trousers, and critnean suirt, value £1 7s 6d, the property of James Black, on the 4th February. Sergeant-Major Pardy said the police had failed in identifying the piisoner with tbe './;j ft^^JS';jhe would, therefsreT~ask that the „ , its»^ij in^Jllfß, h# did not steal the clothe*. 'i9?B|



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