SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

mwDinf TER-This 2af ternoon, 5.40; to-morrow SUN «Ki.'-This evoning, 5.50 SUN KI3E-To morrow morning, 5.45 MOOJS-S AGK—.New Moon, 30th, 0.34 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

xransit. new schooner, 90 tons, from Coromandol Jiionae, iiew cutter Taranaki ss, IJ yd, from Southern ports ocean vv avej scho-jner, 70 tons, Martin, from Levuka pretty Jane ss, from Napier and Gi»borne Kuby. schooner, rfotn Wanearoa Fanny heilv, ke-ch, from Waawroa Culonist, schooner, from Eussell Rlsinore, schooner, from Russell Maud, iutter, from Kus?ell

DEPARTURES.

KJuuKuem v<ios3, ongantme. forLyttelton (via Mercury Syren, brig, for Lyttelton Southern Cross, ss. for Napier loralie cutter, for Opotiki TnZ UmtS h ight< cutter- for ?ort cll«]ss ■uawn, cuttev, for Baglan (from the JMUmikau)

<*,-™, , special charge is made for consignees' or stoppf. rs > names inserted in this column.

IMPOSTS.

jrer laranaki frooi the South: 26 sacks malt, 1 nag, 104 pipes, 23 cans, 3 parcels, 1 box jewe lery, Pa. cka?es^2 bars iron, 2 kegs. 4 casks, 2 boxes gold. —W. F. Wheeler, agent N Z.S.S. Co Porto i?o aki~10*lengtlls pil-e' 1 case hardware, E. _ Per Ocean Wave from Levaka—l9 bales cotton, 176 bags maize, 70 do do, 20 casks, 190 bags maize.

The ss Taranakl, Capt*i» Lloyd, arrived at One nun;a at seven \his moraine, left » unndin at 01 V P* m on "^ 20- h' ST'ived at Lytt. lton 930a m. left a 3.45 p.m 22nd. arrived at We linßtcra 1..10 p.m 23rd, left at 1.15 p.m 24th, arrived at ±"icton at 5 40 p tn., left again at 6 45 p m . arrived at jNelson at 3 a «'. 25th, left at 5.15 p m., ariived at Aaranaki at 8 a.m 26th, left, at 340 p.m., arriving as aDove. b rom Dunedin to Lyitelton expurienced light j «. Wlnd> thence t0 Wellington stroi g JN.W. gale and heavy >ea, from Welan^ton to M-.mukau fine weaih r. Passengers': Messrs Harcourt, Harvey, £l nK*« Jaggar. Donahwr. > aic*rrow, Godfrey, White, ihomas. Anderson, rann tar, Simmons Oaten, Mason, Mr and Mrs Browne and child. Mrs West and child, and Madame Beda We are indebted to Mr HA monstone, the purser, for usual courtesies. ■ The new schooner Transit, built by Mr JMacg"6f?or for _ himself and Mr Bl»ckmore. at Curomandel, f^n-ed in harbour ewly this mc-rnin? She is oue of the tin st-lookißgfore-and-a'lera we have seen come into this port. Mie has the loot: of great power, bcin^ broad in the be»m. and having bold >-nd graeem: lines. She is ainnt9o tons rejs.er. We have alie.dy gwn her destination E Porter and Co. shipped per Coralie. for Vpo.im—n bars iron, 1 bundle iron, I cornmill, 1 i ni».istone, 2 eases glass, c PS* hardware. ihe schooner Atlantic is t,o leave Wiiikato Heads m^ cefor Kai Para 'o load timber for the -outh. The i.S.P Cn'B s.s. South m Cross left for Napier on Saturday evening. Passengers—Mr and Mis Mc- U'vna'd, and three in the ataer ge The s s. Tarannki is advertised to leave for the Houta on "Wedne-dxy next, and the Taupo is an nouncea to tail Siuth on the Ist October. The s.s. retty Jane arrived from Gisborne on Saturnav evenin? with a cargo nf citUe. Passengers —Mr and Mrs Scrivener, and 3 child-en. Mrs Reeves. Miss Mill, Mrs and Miss O'tfeirne, Madame Dusleaux, Messrs Bnyfcm. MullooJy, Evans Parnell. fatanhopo, Banks, Mill, Turnbull, aad 7 in thesceerago.-A.S.L". Co., agents, The schooners "Rlsinore and Colonist, and ihe cutter S^ bring cargoes of coal f 'om Kusrell. Aha Hero may cc expected from Sydney to-morrow morning

The biijt Syren left for Lyttelton on Saturday evening with a cargo of timber. We notice thai xMessra Jir.-iin and Bishop's new schooner on the stocks iv Mechanics' Bay is verr near her completion. Her planking is a 1 finished, h°r decks laid, and her bottom coppered. Wemiy expect to her of her being launched in a few day?. .The fr^mewo'k of Captun McGregor's ue# steamer for the Wacgarei tra^e is all set up by th> construc tors, Messrs McUallum and Mc'-iuarria By her con formation, we may expe ct afl c powerful uo*t some thirg after the style nv,d size of the lona. The accident to the Flechero resulted in injuries to the raider and steerii/g cear which were of by no means easy rectification. In addition to thi twisting of the blade and tha breaking of the pintals one of the iron ca*ticgg working on the double worm of the patent apparatus was smashed to pieces, and great care was necessay to njsk>» another casting to < x-ictly fit. Mas.rs Fiaser and Tinne have carried out t eir work remarkably we:l, «.nd the cap^in is higbly pleased with their workmanship ' Tut s ip Chile from iondon arrived at the a-i^hor age at T-irm.aki abnut 10 a m on the 2Gth instant, all well Landed 161 imtnigran'S, and lefo fin Nel3on in the tv runt, h .vine » ifuU cargo f r that p irt

The schooner Ocean Wave airmd tl is moinix rcm Li vuf a. Capi. in IV. ai tin i eporls as i ol'ows : Left Bth > tpttmbtr at 6 o'clock in the evening with line easterly wmd, wliich was lost the next day. Sirica that, light variable airs and calms wern experienced till Tuesday last, when It canie on to blow a gale from thf> SSE, in which the vessel was hovo-to lor 24 hours, the sea running very high ail the time The Three Kiogs were shlited the next evenins at 4 o'clock, and the > orth Cape passed on '1 hursday, at Bpm Down the ccast light southerly breezes. The Ocpan Wave brings a cargo of corn, cotton, and" oil, and is consigned to G. W. Binney. After discharging, the vessel will load at once for Levuka direct. The Ocean Wave belonps to Levuka, and is owned by Messrs F slier a. d Horioi. The Ocean Wave brings the foiowirg thirteen passenrers, who were waiting for the Siar of the South, but in coi sequence of the ron-arrival of that vesel determined to avail them selves of the first sailing vessel. Passengers :—Mr and vrs furplice aid family (5), Mrs Wilshire, Mr T. Conway, G. Beck, T Ryder, Captain J. P. Q. Martin, Mr H. Bowors, Mr B.ownell,

The schooner Agnes cleared to-day for the Chatham Islands with a cargo of general merchandise. She is to sail this evening.

The ketch Maid of the Mill, brings 30,000 feet timber from Orewa.

THE FOOTBALL MATCH AT NELSON.

Last Satuadry's Nelson Colonist says :—The Anckland team will arrive here on Sunday, and will play on Monday [this] aftercoon, leaving for the North the same evening. A considerable amount of interest is being generally taken in the result of the match, as this will be the first occasion that a JSTeI- Bon and Anckland team have ever met. The easy victory—sixteen points to one-gained by the Wellington men on Saturday over the Northerners has given our players every tope of success, and we trust that next Monday afternoon they will do their "level best" for the honor of the Club, which has only once been defeated by a foreign team— in 1871 at Wellington. There will be a general practice this afternoon at three o'clock. The fif teeflSs fibally settled by the Club Committee, are Barnicoat (captain), Barnett, Cowie, Galbraith, Hervey, Hodgson, T. Nicolson, G. Ficohon, Metoalf, Monro, Scaif, 1). C. Tennent, Speed, Warnock, and Wells. Emergency men, Kerr and Solton."

0 [BY TELEGRAPH.]

NELSON

[Per Press Telegram Agency.] This day,

The football game commenced at 2.5, weather lovely. We]son kicked off and in two minutes obtained a touch-down. Since then the game has been very even, and no alteration had taken place when goals were exchanged at 2 35. The Auckland team is heavier than Nelson.

3,15 p m. At 2.40, Nelson obtained another force down, and one minute later anotjier. Nothing more was done until the goals were again changed at 3.5. It is a well-contested game.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING REPORT.

Business done this day : Bank of New Zealand—Bayers, £17 15s ; sellers, £18. National Bank—7ls Gd (ex div.) Colonial Bank—Sellers, 28a. South. British Insurance—sls. Loan and Investment Company—l4s • sel lers, 14s. Ca'edonian (double) —£5 5a : buyers £5 2s 6d ; sellers,. £5 10s. ' City of London—3B3 ; sellers, 37s 6d Cure—l2 a ; sellers, 13s. Union Beach—72s, 7ls, 72s 6d, 68s 6d, 70s; Tokatea—Sellers, 15s. Pride of Tokatea—2a 7d.- Tairua-Buyers, 50a ; sellers, 555.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows :— For Thames, tbis day at 5.30 p m, and to-morrow at f) 3n am For OoromT,ndel on Friday next at 11.30 » m For "*v';ingd.rei, &c, K'l^s-li, VVangaroi, and JMongonui, per lona th's rWy at 4pm For Wangamr, per St Kilda, t i-morrow at 8 a m For KawAU arid MatiKana, psr Minuie Casey, on Tuesday at 10 a m For Great Barrier, per Gipiy, to morrow at 8 a m Vot Russell, per Maud, to morrow at 11am For Oi« v>orne and .Napier, per Pretty Jane, to-morrow Hi 1 P 111 For Taranaki and Southern province?, per Taranaki, on Wednesday next <.s Gam Per JVfnc. resjor, on. Friday, Ist October, as und r-r: For Sandwich Islands, United States of AmeriiMi, Canada, British Columbia, Central and S-.rath '-menc?.. and British and Foreign West In lies at 10 SO a m ?or the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, dX 10 30 a m For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers at 9 30 am Late letters beiring an extra fee of 6d In addition to the postage, will be received on board by the Mail Agent up to time of sailing. & B. BTSS. Chief Postmaster.

Sedentary Pursuits are enfeebling.

Nature never intended us to sit in a doubled up pos ture half our lives, and accordingly ?be revenges herself upon thoFe who do to by inflicting upon them indigestion, debility, and very frequently lumbago and kidney disease. Persons wljos" avocations keep them indoors, behind desks and work-tables, can, how* ver, counteract, in a great measure, the ill effects of such coiifuement by the use of Udolpiio Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps.

BIRTH.

COOMBES— On September 20, at her residence, 92, Queen-street, Mrs. Samuel Coombts of a daughter,

DEATHS.

FLYJTN.—On the 2Gth August, at the Levuka

Hospital, James Vincent Flynn, of Auckland, N.Z., aged 18 years.

GRAVES.—On the 25th instant, at her residence, Symonds-street, Auckland, Mary Ann, the wife of John W. Graves.

TOWLE.—On the 27th instant, at the Provincial Hospital, Mr. George Towle, late of East Bridge ford. Nottinghamshire, England, aged 34 years. The funeral will take place at 2 p.m. to-morrow. TUTTLE.- On Saturday, the 25th September, at the at tiie Provincial Hospital, Sell Tuttle, from America, or better known as Chang the Bushman, aged 35 years. He was deeply regretted by all that knew him.

The funeral will leave the Hospital to-morrow (Tuesday), 28th instant. Friends are respectfully invittd to attend

WELLS —On the 26th instant, at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. A. Thompson, Union-street, Mrs Bridget Wells, aged 70 years. The funeral will take place at 4 o clock p.m. to morrow. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.

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

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1875

r»r ths cftuaa that lacks assistance, For the wranv that neertu reiititacra, ■rt>r the fatnre In the distance Aa€ t&a s*o«l tfca* we am <**.

We were foster - parent to the Auckland Teachers' Association. We fondled if;, and suckled it, and "assisted its infant feet to toddle; and we welcomed its early prattling, and we rejoiced as we saw it grow in strength and preparing to do youthful battle for its rights. And when it became strong and could run alone, like many another ungrateful child it forgot us, and went away after strange gods. But the Association is in trouble and shews signs of premature senility 5 and its dissolution is even spoken of. This shall not be. And we feel the yearnings wherewith we sat beside its infant cradle, and we have vowed that it shall live. From every side, but especially from country teachers, have we received very earnest ex pressions of regret and remonstrance with reference to the proposal for dissolving the Association. And we cannot help remaking thatan Association which has served to awake such ian interest, as that shewn in the present case, has not reached that period in existence when it can retire from public life. In this case it appears that the canksr-worm is the not unusual one of private piques. We do not know, nor do we care to be informed of the merits or demerits of the points at issue. Who are to blame, or who are to be commended, is a matter of most entire in difference ; but we do say. that it will not be creditable to a number of ladies and gentle men, whose business it is to guide the feel ings, and the principles, and the habits of the

young, if they cannot transao^heir common affairs withoub the pettishne/ and tne hufli ness of children. We spfK thus roughly, because we assume the rio^s an(i liberties of a parent; and the membp °^ Associa tion will accept the fyegoing as a gentle boxing of their fears-. A6 aasert that the Association has done4OO!l service; if in nothing else it has jfved a useful purpose, as well said by Mr^a y^e George, in bring ing together a lar£/ntim^er °f people of the same profession ,with the same cares, the same hopes andJfriec';s> iQ enlisting mutua^ sympathies, ft- benefiting from mutual hints and, suggestions. "We assert that to teachers—and we will say specially r teachers resident in the country —it ia " essential condition to usefulness that t^y have such meetings as those of the /sociation, if for nothing else s to rub off ue warts and excrescences that get upon tb mind through the practice of pedagogy, pr it is unquestioned that the untamed dominie is the quaint type of humanity that

he is, from living and having his being in an

atmosphere different from that of ordinary life, that such atmosphere has a tendency to evoke a spirit of inordinate self conceit, and the habit of constantly talking dogmatically and living in tbe presence of those bound to obey, has a deleterious effect on the mental tone. To meet with equals on an equal platform, with men and women equally used to dogmatise and equally subject to the reflex ill effects, cannot fail to have the most healthful influence. Besides this, and the benefits of mutual counsel and suggestion, there is at present a reason for the continuance of this Association which is par amount. Just now the great cause of educa tion in this province and colony is surrounded with trials, and to a largo extent it is the plaything of politicians. To the profession of teachers, education has an interest widely different from the mere ups and downs of party; and when contests wax warm—the edu cational enthusiasm being made up so much from strange fire oft the altars of human pride and party passiona—the advantage of having outside the arena of conteat an Association capable of calmly looking at the ques tion of education, in the pure light of the interests of education, and offering the counsels and suggestions of prac tical experience, cannot be overestimated. Lst us hear no more of the dissolution of this Association. Let those that are quarrelling say to one another, "Come outsido." If they do not satisfactorily and finally settle it there, keep them outside. And never let quiet well-meaning people be told that the Associa tion must be burst up because it contains, or may have contained, a few discordant elo ments. We trust that ere the next meeting, the teachers will have well thought over the evils of the breaking up of the Association, and that they will come together determined first to eliminate what is incongruous, and then to attain a vigour and efficiency not hitherto attempted.

As will be seen from our obituary notices, Mrs Graves is dead. This was the lady into whose house Mr Archard, coal and firewood merchant, forced himself at night, breaking in the door with his Hats and terrifying the in mates. Mrs Graves was at the time in delicate health ; she was so ill when th<i case was tried that she had to be accommodated with a seat in Court while giving evidence. She ia now " where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary ai-e at rest." A jury of citizens—of husbands, and fathers of children—awarded one shilling damages for this assault on the privacy of domestic life. And a public meeting was convened and held, and a reso lution expressing sympathy with Mr Archard was passed. We ventured in the mildest language, to state our surprise at Auckland citizens expressing sympathy with such violence to weak women and defenceless children. We did not know* at the time that Mrs. Graves was dying, fairly broken down in the struggle to live by her efforts as a teacher. God help us. "And this is in a Christian land ; where men kneel down and pray." We think a meeting of condolence for such a fate, and of sympathy with the motherless childien, if she "have left such, might now be held. If they have been dependent on their poor frail mother's efforts, a subscription list for the expression of practical sympathy might well be entered on, and if it is subscribed by all those who think that the home of weak women and children should be sacred and protected by law from violence, then the subscription will be a large onej; and, though the poor little things will have no substitute for a mother's watchful care, they will be removed from want. And •ne think now that the death pall has descended, Mr Archard might fairly show his sympathy by a very liberal addition to the fund.

In describing the finding of the body of the unfortunate young man Carl Carson, drowned, from a whaleboat on the East Coast, the Poverty Bay Herald says: " The body, of Carl Carson was found on the beach, on Saturday laa|;. The poor fellow had evidently made a desperate effort to save his life, for he had managed to take off the great coat which he wore when the boat capsized.. His face and throat had been gnawed by fish, and decomposition had set in. The body was at once taken charge of by Mr. Bendall, who made all necessary arrangements for its burial, the funeral service being read over the grave by a Maori clergyman."

We clip the following from an old Jewish Chronicle : "Till 1842 there was no synagogue at fiobart Town. Mr Edward Isaacs, shortly after his arrival, called a meeting of young residents for organizing a synagogue, and this was followed by a general meeting, convened by Mr Louis Nathan, who had long desired to carry out the object. A.sub scription was raised and a synagogue erected.—London, February 21st, 1873," ',

Mr B. Arthur will offer for sale to-morrow at noon, the clipper built schooner, Can terbury, of seventy-six tons register. She is a fine, well-built vessel and now lies along side the Queen-street wharf, and is admirably adapted for the South Sea Island trade. She has made some rapid passages along the Coast, and is faithfully built and well pro portioned. Some smart bidding is anticipated as there have already been numerous inquiries. We are not aware that there is any reserve upon her.

Mr. W. F. M. Houlton, gardener, of Epsom, and stallkeeper in the Auckland market, has been ad judged as bankrupt.; and the first meeting of creditors in his estate will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) at noon, in the office of the Provisional Trustee.

The. parade of the Nixon Light, Horse Troop took place on Saturday, at Ellerslie, under command of Captain Isaacs. There was a full attendance, and the men were put through their drill and sword exercise by Sergeant Wainhouse in a very satisfactory manner. Major Gordon was inspecting officer on the occasion and spoke in favour of the men.

• The Independent Chapel, High-street, which has long been in a misty condition, is at last completely renovated and fitted for use. The Rev. A. Macdpnald will resume his ministrations there on next Sabbath-day.

On the 27th September, 1772, died James Brindley, one of those industrious, ingenious men who confer l&sting good upon their country and mankind. Brindley was born at a viilage called Thomsett, Derby, England, and ranks with Stephenson and such men in biographic history ; and, though deprived by the poverty of his parents from acquiring a good education, he made the most profitable use of the advantages within his reach. In boyhood he shewed great aptitude for the construction of machinery ; but he might not have risen from the order to whi h he belonged, had not evidences of his skill been noticed by the Duke of Bridgewater, who turned the tide of fortune in his favour. Brindley, like Burns and Adam Clarke, Cob bett and others, followed the plough, a»>d subsequently learned the business of a mill wright at Macclesfield, in Cheshire. His first remarkable work was the execution of ma chinery for a silk-mill at Oongleton. His great work, however, at the instigation of the Duke of Bridgewater, was the construction of a canal from Worsley to Manchester, which had a useful influence all over England. He next undertook to complete the Trent and Mersey Canal, ninety-three miles in length, but died before its final completion. His plan, however, was com pletely successful. Several other canals were formed by this man—the Coventry, Stafford and Worcester, and Stockwith and Chesterfield Canals,—all of which in those daj"s were of eminent service in the tranbit of merchandize and coals from town to town. Brindley died at Turnshurst, Stafford, one hundred and three years ago this day. We may add that a great-grandaughter of this ingenious mechanic is cow living at the Thames.

The Rev. ?. P. Agnew preached a sermon last evening in the City Hall to a full con gregation. The subject of Mr. Agnew's dis course was the "Battle of Life," and his text, "Fight the Good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life," from the first Epistle to Timothy, c. 6, v. xii. The rev. gentleman's manner was earnest and his mode of dealing with his subject thoroughly scriptural. His description of a battlefield and the horrors of war were vivid and picturesque. At the close of the sermon,the preacher gave a brief account of his labours in the cause of religion, and made an appeal to his hoarers on his behalf in order that he might be able to make his passage to London and beat up more recruits in the service of the King of Kings in the colonies. The collection, how ever, was very meagre.

A new edition of an old version of fowl-play waa enacted secretly, either on Friday night or Saturday morning, on the. premises of a tradesman at the foot of Wakefield-street. The Biid tradesman had a fine bevy of cocks and hen 3in the yard behind his store in whick he took great pride; one of the group was a remarkably fine fellow and was the "cock of the walk," and his morning crow often had the effect of waking his sleeping master at day-break. The feathered family were safe on Friday evening, but on the following morning, the shrill notes of chanticleer were not heard as usual. The master of the house arose at his usual hour, but no fowls ran to the back door for their feed of maize,which caused Mr H much amazement. He looked around the yard but neither hen nor cock could be found ; they were aU gone, all had been taken by some evil disposed person while the family were asleep. The matter is in the hands of the poiice, and wo trust in a day or two that the during offenders will be in the hands of unbending justice.

Tomorrow evening, the regular monthly meeting of the Lodge of St. Andrew will be hel I in the lodge-room of tho Masonic Hotel, at half-past seven o'clock in the evening.

The members of the Waverly Cricket Club will hold a meeting tomorrow c-vening.at the Queen's Hotel, Symonds-street, for the general business of the club, and to take steps as to their mode of action during the ap proaching summer season.

A shipment of three boxes of gold came up from the Thames last night for the National Bank.

Mr. William Newman, of South Lincoln shire, England (brother to Mr. Joseph New man, Auckland), says the Wailcaio Times, intends to visit New Zealand during the ensuing summer. Mr. Newman expected to leave London via Melbourne for Dunedin about the middle of September, and proposed bridging with him a large shipment of pure Lincoln sheep, which be intends te offer for sale at the principal ports between Dunedin and Auckland. Amongst them may be ex pected a^lraft of twenty ewes and two rams for Mr. E. B. Walker, Moanavale, Cam bridge, who has commissioned Mr. Newman to procure the best stock obtainable. Messrs. H. and N. Buttle also expect a pure Lincoln ram by the same oppor tunity. Mr. JTewraan's judgment in se lecting sheep suited for the requirements of this Colony may he relied upon, and the agricultural and pastoral interest is under some obligation to him for services already rendered in the purchase of sheep for New Zealand Hock owners. Mr Newman has pur chased largely for Messrs J« Newman, T. Russell and others.

In Symonds street last night, a very in genious use was made of a cigar, in addition to that generally exercised. A young lady and a young gentleman, who attend different churches with most consistant regularity, and meet on Sunday evenings without fail, were somewhat blinded last evening, not by love, but by the dark shades of evening, which fell upon them, and hid one from the other. After walking with great speed up and down the particular side of the street, the young gentleman passed the fair form of she whom he thought was her. In order to make sure, he walked on to a verandah in front, and as the object of his aspirations drew near, he struck a match, and held the same to a cigar in his mouth, thus lighting up his face to shew it was himself. This ruse brought her to his side before the cigar was lit. " Here you are," said Cupid, "I thought it was you ! but I could not get a light lower down." They went off laughing together, and did not care twopence for the darkness afterwards.

We would warmly urge on the attention of all interested, the appeal with reference to the Presbyterian Cemetery published in another column, and copies of which largely distributed yesterday in the pews of various churches of that denomination. We trust that a warm and generous response will be promptly made to the appeal, and that people will not receive solicitations on a matter 'so closely associated in most cases with tender sacred feelings.

An amusing chase took place on the wharf this morning. It appears that about a week ago one of the cabin boys of the ship John Rennie took it into hia head to decamp. It was heard that he was being harboured up the country, and the person he was with was threatened with proceedings if he did not send him to town. Whether, as the result of this threat or not is uncertain, but this morning my young noble was seen coolly disporting himself on the Queen streeb wharf in his uniform. Captain Nichol son, while walking]up thejjwharf, spotted the young; gentleman and bore down upon him, but directly the boy saw the captain noming he turned tail and bolted up towards Queen Street as hard as his legs could carry him. After him started the captain who, though of a comfortable exterior, not to say portly, moved at a rate which would give him an excellent chance for the forthcoming Ellerslie Handicaps. The distance between pursuer and pursued was rapidly narrowing when a gentleman collared the fugitive and saved the skipper any further trouble. The young ster pleaded for mercy and the captain had him sent off to the ship as soon as possible, where his future movements will be carefully watched.

THE SOUTHERN CROSS AND ITS COROMANDEL CORRESPONDENT.

We have no desire to fall out with or dispute statements which have been furnished by a correspondent to any journal ; but there appears something altogether so far from the trur.h in Wedaesday's itsue of the Southern Cross with respect to the Union Beach Mmm ii Company that we are compelled from our own knowledge of things, to give the state ment a direct and most emphatic denial The sender of the message could have but one object in view, and that is to damage the mine for some motive either of personal spleen or for the purpose of self agrandizement. No one has ever been refused to go down the mine. Stoping from the winze is not going on The mine has never been represented in any special manner to be a good thing, but has been allowed to speak for itself. We do not blame the Cross management for being made the tool of a correspondent, so long as it remains in ignorance of the motives which actuate him. But when the whole district of Coromandel is able to pronounce the telegram which has been sent to that journal to be without foundation of truth, then we must at once transfer the blame to those who af berward retain such a man in their service. — C'oroinandel Mail,

DISTRICT COURT.—This Day.

[Before F. D. Fenton, Esq., Acting District Judge.]

HENRY LEWIS V. JOHX LUNDOST.

Claim, £30 7s. Mr. Meyer for plaintiff, who stated that a judgment summons had been obtained again&t defendant, but he had failed to pay. Mr. Lundon said he was unable to meobt the demand, bnt if time was given until he could have the services of Mr. Whitaker, the matter could be settled. In answer to Mr. Meyer, he said he was possessed of 3,000 aores of land at Wanganui, which was worth about 10s. an acre ; there was a mortgage of £1,000 on it. He also had SOO acres in Victoria Valley, which might be worth something. He had a mortgage of £400 on it. Mr. Aitken had £200, and Mr. Armstrong £200 on it, making the £400. He had also an hotel worth £2,000, upon which he had a mortgage of £800. He also had property at the Thames. Mr Meyer said he thought he had shown to the Court that defendant was able to pay, and, if Mr Lundon would give security for the amount of the claim over the hotel, he should feel satisfied. If not, he must ask the Court to make an order for immediate pay ment.

His Honor said it had not been shown that defendant had any ready money, and he should not be compelled to sacrafice his property. It was at length agreed that Mr Lundon should raise a mortgage on his hotel, and meet the present and other claims, to which he assented, and the case wan adjourned until next Court day. W.M. 0. O'.NEIL AND JOSEPII PATRICK. Mr Kissling for plaintiff. This was a claim of £41 for work done. William Campbell O'N'eill, surveyor, de posed that defendant was indebted for work in assisting him to make a survey, and that the charges were fair and reasonable. Defendant did not appear. Mr Kiasling asked that an order for im mediate payment might be made in this case, for reasons which he explained to the satis faction of the Court. His Honor granted the order. EDWAKD MCMINUB V. W. L TIOTH AND R rCI£ A.RD S A.NDE - SON. Claim, £100, false imprisonment. The plaintiff ia this case was an apprentice to the defendant, Mr Roth, an upholsterer pnd cabinet-maker of Queen-otreet, ani was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for re fractory conduct. Adjourned by mutual consent until next court day.

POLICE COURT.— This Day

(Before Albert Beetharn, andC. N. Marshall, Esqs., Justices.) THE OLD STORY. John Thaekabury and Margaret Bransbury, two old offenders, pleaded guilty to haviug been chunk overnight, and were punished in the usual manner. VICE AND MISERY. Catherine Jone3 pleaded guilty to mis behaving herself in a shocking manner iv Albert-street, Newton, on the 25th instant. She was sen<;euced to pay a tiae of L 5 or go to prison for one mouth. " SCAMPING IT." William Roberta was summoned to show why he should not contribute towards the support of his son, John Roberts, an inmate of the Naval Training School. Defendant did not appear, and in default was ordered to pay 4s per week. I/ÜBLY LUCY SEAL. Sarah Kerslake was brought; up on remand charged with threatening to dash out the brains of Miss Lucy Neal, on the 15th inst. Mr Broham infoimed the Conrt there was no chance of the threat being carried out, as Lucy was in gaol for six months. The Court having lectured Sarah dis charged her. "IT WON'T WASH," MR SMITH. Peter Smith was charged with unlawfully stealing and taking away on the 21st Sep tember a piece of zinc the property of Mr Hoffman. Mr Laishley defended the prisoner who pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor said the piece of zinc pro duced in court was his property. It was in the form of a case, and was iv the back yard of his premises at Mount Albert, where it was used for steeping wheat. Its value was 15s. He missed it on the 22nd. A son of the prosecutor corroborated his father's evidence. Eobert Hodge, in the employ of Mr Smart, said the prisoner brought the zinc to him on Tuesday last and old ifc. There was 631bs weight of it, and the price given was f d per lb. Coustable Clarke said ho arrested the prisoner in Parnell on Saturday. The zinc was found at Mr Smart's. Mr Laishley in his address, contended that the charge was a trivial one, inasmuch as the value was under 20s, and the prisoner thought the zinc was nseless. The B*>nch sentenced the prisoner to one months' imprisonment with hard labour. On sentence being pronounced, a woman in Court called out, " Let me speak to the gentlemen." She was kept back by the officers. A PAINFUL CASE, Frances Dwyer, a well-dressed and not ill looking young person of about 23 years of age, apparently a domestic servant, who exhibited a most pitiable sense of her wretched position, was charged with stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel valued at £19, from the house of MrF. J. Bennett on the 20th July, 1874. ? Mr Broham asked for a remand. The prisoner here burst out sobbing, and called out that she did not want a remand. She pleaded guilty. Mr Rees said he appeared for the prisoner, and if the Court would allow him he should record a plea of not guilty and ask that bail might be allowed. They would see that the case was not one which they could dispose of in that Court. ' The Bench allowed the remand till to morrow, and fixed the bail at prisoner's own recognizances of £50, and two sureties of £25 each. YOUTHFUL JONESES IST PERIL. George Jones, jun., aged 4 years, and Mary Ann Jones, aged 8 years, were brought up as neglected children within the meaning of the iMeglecfced and Criminal Children's Act. These were children of the, wretched woman who had been sentenced to imprison ment for using filthy language, Mr. Broham

having represented that they would grow up in crime if they were not taken care of. The Bench made an order for-the boy to be sent to the Industrial Home, and the girl to St. Mary's < 'rphanage. This was all the business.

EXPLORATION OF THE MOKAU COUNTRY.

Me. T. 0. Cheal has forwarded us an inter esting' account of the exploration of the Mokau country. After some amusing remarks on the straits the party were put to in the matter of commissariat, and referring to the fact that Mr Piobinson's private diary of the trip had got into the news papers in some rays'erious way, without that gentlemana knowledge, he says :— " My instructions from the Taranaki Pro vincial Government were to explore the country batween Mount Bgmont and the Mokau liver, to see if it was possible for a railway to be carried from New Plymouth to Waikato. This country had been looked upon, and spoken of, as impassable, a perfect terra incognita, and the Provincial Govern ment, at some little trouble and expense, determined, to try if it were possible to get through this country for the mutual benefit of booh the Taranaki and Auckland provinces. Our staff was not small, as you imagine, but was composed of about twenty packers and two cutters, the advanced party consisting of five packers and two cutting, besides myself At the end of three weeks, when about sixty miles in, ifc became evident that the parties packing in pro visions could not bring in nearly enough food to supply us and themselves during the journey in and back along the track. It was necessary that something should be done either to give up the attempt to go further, or dismissing all the packers and taking as much food as we could carry, to push on in a small party. With a few volunteers inured to hardship and good bushmen we chose the latter course, continuing our journey with a small party of five and the dog. Now, I think when we tell you that we subsisted on what we carried with U3 just a month after we bad dismissed the packers ; that for a fortnight we had but two meals a day, con sifting of brcken biscuit and tea, with an occasional pig or eel; that the last five days our food consisted of the biscuit dust in the bottom of the sacks; half-a pannikin in the morning, mixed with tea and eaten with our knives, and the sam^ at night. And above all, that for the last three weeks we were wet to the skin every day, some even ings pitching camp in a pouring rain, which prevented us drying our clothes, and we were obliged to leave them to soak in the rain all night, not having room in our 6xß tent, to take in wet clothes, and in the morning we wrung our clothes and warmed them at the fire before eating cur rich repast and pushing on our journey. I think when we have said this and tell you that in less than two months we cut a track through a hundred and twenty miles of dense bush, and were only prevented from reaching the Mokau river through running short of food and wretched weather. You will at least give us credit for doing our best to carry the exploration through to our destination, and that it was not altogether a pig killing and eal catching excursion, although those sports formed part of the programme of our journey, being necessary for subsistance. In conclusion, I think it would better become the Press of the Auckland province, if they expressed their thanks to the Provincial Government of Taranaki for their energy in carrying out such an exploration in order to bring it before the General Assembly this session, to which Auckland, in her present impecunious position, could lend no helping hand, though interested id the work, and not try to ridicule the poor, unsophisticated denizens of the garden of New Zaland. — Yours, etc., T. C. Cheal.

" Purvey Camp, Moa Block, " Taranaki, September 21, 1875."

News by the Sues Mail.

By way of the South, we have Melbourne papers to Sept. 17 eh, which contain fullwr news by the Suez mail. Chinese officers are making large purchases of arms in Germany. Mr. Albert Grant, the unseated member for Kidderminster, lately entertained 500 electors of that town at his great house at Alberfc-gite. They came up by special train at his expense. Meetings of working men, chiefly of the republican type, have been held at various places to protest against the English Ex cheque.i bearing; any part of the expenses of the Royal visit to India. Captain Webb has performed the un paralled feaf of swimming from Dover to Calais. He accomplished the di sUnce twenty-two houis. In connection with the socialisb conspiracy in Russia, 800 persons are to be ■ indicted. The plot extended to 37 provinces, and a revolutionary propaganda was discovered among a portion of the army. A testimonial was presented to Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall, in commemoration of their golden wedding, consisting of an annuity of £100, and an album containing the subscrib ers' names and letters. The members of the Palestine Exploration Expedition have been attacked by a band of Algerians. The assailants were repulsed, buc nine of the exploring party were wounded. The Court of Chancery has given the daugh ter of the late Doubles Jerrold absolute pos session of the £2,000 raised for the benefit of the widow and unmarried daughter. A brother in America claimed a share. To aid the fund for the testimonial of respect to Sir Moses Montefiore, a bazaar has been held at Willis's Rooms. Bombay, August 24.—A dinner is to be given here on the occasion of the Prince's visit to an escort of 1000 sailors. A Royal hunt is arranged for in Goimbatore. The Prince of Wales and suite will breakfast at Voothamore, and proceed in carriages to Pallachy, where a grand camp will be estab lished. Passing the night at Pallachy, they will afterwards reach Michael Valley, where the Prince and suite will be accommodated in tents, and the rest in huts. There will be plenty of game, consisting of elephants, bison, and tigers. Active preparations are now being made in Ceylon to receive the Prince. H R.H. in Colombo will lay the first stone of the breakwater, and be enterbained with an agri-horticultural show, and a ball, and will receive deputations from the Colombo municipality, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, and Planters' Association. In Kandy, a meeting of the chiefs has been held and a, grand reception in native style is proposed. Several railway servants were seriously injured by the bursting of the boiler of a locomotive on the North-Eastern Railway at Solberk station1, near Leeds. Through the bursting of a defective boiler at the Star Ironworks, Wolverhampton, an engineer was killed, and six workmen mortally injured. An officer and two warrant officers were killed by a terrible explosion at the Pyro technic School, at Toulon, said to have been produced by a drop of perspiration falling upon certain fulminates with which some naval lieutenants were filling bottles. At Hounslow Gunpowder mills, an explosion wrecked several factories. The workmen were fortunately absent at the time. Obituary.—Sir Francis Head, aged 82; Sir Frederick Arrow, deputy-master of Trinity-house; Mr. Mundell, Q.C P well known at the Parliamentary bar; Dr. Benjamin Davies, Hebrew scholar of Regent park College; (General Dufour, aged 88, who in 1847 commanded the Swiss troops, against the Sonderbund ; Mr. Tabrum, member of the London School Board for Finabury; Pas tor Coquerel, head of the French Protestants ; Dr. Thirl wall, bishop of St. David's, aged 78; Mr. Davidson, cheap music publisher; General Holloway, Kigby Waaoa; Dr. Latham, aged 87;

Later Austrian News.

,FROMPAPERS^ BIOIfASD

A YOUTHFUL BANK ROBBER-THE THEFT OF 2100

THEFTJ]? The notes stolen froityhe Baijbl^. amounting in value toxJjftO,\ „uK "*•'-*' covered, and the thief has aWitte™ M^M The money was misled out of a lanS h hich a clerk named Edmund Ghinn aIM I eighteen years old, and another clerk' hai> 1 deliver in the course of exchange to oth « banks on the 24th of last month. TV 1 detectives having been informed of th I matter, made enquiries, and ascertained h the lads that they called a t the Nfl£3 Bank, and afterwards at the Colonial Bank where it was discovered that three sm 11 " parcel of notes, value £2100, were miesini While they were at the Colonial Banf Ghinn went put for a few minutes, for th' purpose, he said, of posting a letter to his sister at Bacchus Marsh, and ifc was found that he had posted such a letter, but that according to the post-mark on the envelope* it was posted at half-past 11 a.m., and no* at half-past 9 a.m., at which hour the lad left the Colonial Bank. He was unable to give any satisfactory explanation as to what he did when be want out at half-past 9, and this excited .suspicion against him. A few days afterwards, however, while the detec tives were (seeking confirmation of their suspicion against Ghinn, the defalcations of the receiving teller, Sawera, who is now awaiting sentence for embezzlement, were discovered, and this circuEwtance completely blinded the trail for the time, as the impres sion was fo strong that Sawers had stolen the £2,100 in addition to having embezzled money that all the efforts of the detectives and the bank were directed towards tracing the notes to Sawer3. On Wednesday evening, Edmund Ghmn's sister noticed that her brother had a quantity of new clothes which he could not have obtained in the ordinary way, and she mentioned this to her fathpr who examined the lad. Young Ghinn, however was so un satisfactory in his explanation that' his father opened the lad's box, and there he found £1,600 in bonk notes. He took the boy to Mr. Mathison, the general manager of the Bank of Victoria, and to him, in the presence of his father and two other gentle men, the youth admitted that "the notes found were part of the stolen notes and that he had effected the robbery himself. Ser geant Holmes, who was sent for, arrested the culprit, and found upon him £64195. 10J. making the total amount recovered £I,GG4 93. lOd. out of the £2,loostolen. '

MELBOURNE MARKETS.

The Melbourne Argus of September 17th reports :- Maiza is now selling at 55.; 600 bags have found buyers at our price. Sugars are moving for trade purposes only. A few hundred bags of greyish Mauritius crystals have been placed at £34 Fine teas are also finding their way into the hands of the trade in moderate lots. A parcel of half-chests and boxes has been placed at up to Is 9d. Currants still command attention, and we hear of the quittance (to arrive) of a shipment of 100 barrels at 5Jd. Tobaccos are mode rately active. Sales of hops, Tagmanian, in brewers' parcels are reported at 2s. Kerosine oil is quiet, but the advices just to hand by cable are favorable to the market. Tele|rams have been received dated New York, 9th September, which state that shipments to Melbourne for the month of September will be very moderate, not exceeding 5000 cases.

WRECK OF THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

This magnificent iron clipoer, which started on her maiden voyage fr^m Londoa to Melbourne some 18 months ago <.r more, but canae into port a dismantled hu'k, has, on her second venture to these colonies, come to a sudden ar-ii irr.mediable disaster, on Tuesday night, the 7th irstaut, when bound to Sydney, she ran on the n-rth side of isight fcland rocks, near Pr^se v.-.tton Island, Tasmams, heeled river, and filed, and. the coptain andtuew landed on Pre? 'rvatioa Isl-.n iin the ship's boats. DuringWed needsy night severe weserly. gales set in, and on Thursday the miin and mizen masis weat over the s-de. Continuous westerly gales, with heavy seas. were experienced during tfridsiy nigh', and the bull of the ship disappeivrei, having previously parted in two or more places, and slipped into deep water. It is stite*' thtit; lar^e quantities of cargo are on-Baien ar.d Clark's Islands, but nearly all that came ashore on Preservation Island has been completely, smashed on the rocks. The crew <ould not communicate with the ship after Wednesday night until the following Mo day. They then pulled over, and found only floating wreck visible on the sutface, hut could see the hull and a pirtion of the cargo was apparently lying ia between deck 3. They left Preservation Mar d in the Straits k«tch Summer Cloud oh Monday at midnight, and arrived at Low Beads at ten o'clock ontfceieth They s .iled and pullel up the Biver Tamar to Spring Bay, when t l ey were overtaken by the Derwe> t and brought to Launces on. '.There were no passengers on board

TAIRUA NEW GOLD-FIELD.

Sir, —Anything calculated to facilitate the developeraent of this valuable field is a mat ter of the greatest public importance. I wag one of the visitors Jasfc week when the Tairua Company's battery was opened. I must say, I was struck with the indomitable pluck the proprietors of that claim must have shewed in facing the difficulties of carriage of heavy machinery to such a locality. Now this was my first visit to these diggings and I could plainly see there is an absolute and imme diate want of large batteries to be erected there ; but the great difficulty is not the want of capital or enterprise— any one who could see, or may have seen, the magnificent large gold-bearing reefs or lodes that I saw uncovered in numbers of claims would have no hesitation in embarking capital on that field, but .what assistance, may I ask, has the Government given to the field ? They have spent a few hundreds of pounds to improve an old native land track, upon which it will never be possible to carry machinery to the claims.. I speak under correction, but I was informed whilst at Tairua when asking the question why the Government had not done anything to the road by which the prospectors had conveyed their heavy material, that a surveyor had been sent to report and he did so unfavourably, in fact I believe Mr. McLaren was led to believe that it would cost more to make a road there than what they are now engaged upon; in fact, that to make a road from the landing place at Tairua would cost £2000 only about 4J miles in length, and an easy gradient; whereas a rough mountainous approach of 65 miles from Puriri would only cost £1500-~ the thing is monstrous. Let any one go and visit the place, and they will see for them selves, and they will find it is not so. A person residing at Tairua, who assisted hi sleighing Tairua Company's Battery by'tHis route, in my presence said for £100 Be would make a buggy road and complete in ijW° months, from Landing to Prospectors dam. There is no doubt all machinery and heavy goods must be carried that way. I would urge all the claims .on the field to unite and subscribe together say £500 and call upon the General or Provincial Government to add £lw thereto, and the road would pay the claims and the province sevenfold in a few weeks. At presentit is not to be wondered at that Tairna stock is only shillings instead of pounds. Get batteries up at once and you will see results would send scrip corner crazy. It .'* ~ worth paying a visit to Tairua. I think the inconveniences to the road have been..ex aggerated and has deterred many visitors from going. I found it certainly rough, mrc> by taking it slowly, walked the distance in 4f hours, and returned walking .in-tßrtJ hours. Fair accommodation is to be founa at bobh Puriri and Tairua, and visitors, neep carry nothing, packhouses leaving each way every day. The cost of\%e trip is exceea ingly inexpensive, steamer from Thames, Puriri, 33. ; refreshments and^ ato?gl*£ road at the same prices as my n Y ™?,afc" evet, I must revert to my suV/Ct.1 ," r are the uses of ever so many rich -lodesjo reefs without machinery. The Prospecto?|» Ajax; Pnketui, and Britannia daims awne can employ;hundreds of heads of uUmp**"

!THEiTENIISG STAR, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 1875



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