SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HTOFT WATER : This evening, 8.55 ; to morrow morning. 911 iSL'N sKi : Xfci* evening, 8.44 ; SUNRISE: to morrow icornin«. 6 45 - MOON'S aQK : Last Quarter, 231h, 9 30 p m.

ARRIVALS.

Mutfjc, cuter, from ldiand via' Russell I<abe'l». brig, Murdoch, from Newcastle O.vnr.-pso (Hawaiian) schooner, JBerrill, from Levuka

DEPARTURES.

brom ths Mannkau Taranafci, a a, fo- the South Me our*, for Wai-aio Am>xratith«-, schooner for Kaipara

IMPORTS.

Per Dauntless, from Levuka:—4l4 bags maize, 712 bags copra, 33 casks cocoanut oil, 300 cocoanuts, 1 case sauce, 50 bunches fruit, 12 mats, Alfred Buck land.—Owen and Graham, agents. Per Isabella, from Newcastle :—420 tons coal.— Henderson and Macfarlane.

EXPORTS.

Per TaranaM, for the South: 40 sheep, Maclean; lfi sheep, Wallace; 1 case, Sargood and Co; 1 trunk, Combes and Daldy ; 2 cases, Isaacs; 2 parcelsj Sun day School Union; 5 packages, Cruickshank and Co; 1 box, Vickers; 1 parcel, Mrs Bell; 1 parcel, Brog den and Son; 1 case, Crocker; 1 case Glass Works. —"W. F. Wheeler, agent N.Z.S.S. Co.

Per Prince Alfred, for Lyttelton: 1700 pieceß tim bpr, D H McKenzie; 3500 sleepers, J S Macfarlane— M Nieeol agent Per Kate McGregar for New Caledonia: 4568 pieces (50,00 i feet) timber. 2800 pieces (0 tons), mouldings, 6 casks salt beef 1 ton potatoes, y> ton onions, C A Harris—McKenzie, agent

The Hawaiian schooner Dauntless, Captain Berrill, a rived from Levuka nt two o'clock this morning, and anchored off Fort Britomart. She left Auckland on Friday, the 22nd Jan., for the Tamaki. Took on board cargo of cattle on the 23rd. Discharged pilot at 8p m same night. Reached Levuka on the 2nd February at 3 30 pm, after a fine ,weather passage, Discharged and took in cargo of cocoanut oil, maize, and copra. Left on the 11th at 5 pm. For the first two days out lay becalmed ; afterwards got the S.E. trades and carried them to latitude 27° S. Thence experienced S. and S.E. winds into port. Made the 1 md (Cape Brett) on the evening of the 2! at. Easterly ■weather down the coast. Passengers—Messrs A. Mc- Gregor and G. B. Phipps

The new steamer lona is progressing rapidly. Her engines are in position and nearly fitted up. Tt is calculated by the engineers that she will be ready for her trial trip by next Saturday week. Captain Mc- Gregor is continually on the spot, and his presence effectually prevents any flagging in the work. Her completion and arrival are looked forward to with interest by the Northern settlers. The schooners Daphne and Levukn. were still load ing for Auckland when the Dauntless left Levuka. The former was to leave about a week after the Dauntless. The schooner Columbia left Napier on Saturday last for Lyttelton. The Albatross, with a cargo of timber, left Wanga poua for Auckland on Sunday. - The cutter Undine is advertised to sail this even ing for Ohinemuri. The cutter Dawn from Raglan, just arrived in the Manukau, brings 2 passengers. Cargo—l 3 pigs, 1 bag hides, and 20 tons limestone. She returns to Raglan to-morrow. The s.s. Rowena went away to the North last night with a large number of passengers, and a consider able amount of cargo. There being no berth available for the Anazi at nresent, she is compelled to remain in the stream a few days longer. ' ." T: The schooner Amaranth left the Mannkau oh Sun day with a general cargo for the Kaipara. The cutter Mercury left the Manukau on Sundny I •with 5000 feot of timber;"! shipped byJ.'"W. "Waller, for the Waikato. f The brig Isabella, Captain Murdoch, came into harbour this morning at seven o'clock from New castle with a cargo of coals for Messrs Henderson and Macfarlane. Newcastle was left on the 10th instant; fine weather, with northerly; and:! southerly winds across, till making the Three Kings last Thurs day. Thence into port light and variable winds. Sighted the s.a. Macgregor off the Three Kings and a large barque painted red standing to the N.W. off Cape Brett, on Sunday last. The s.s. Taranaki left Onehunga for the South this morning, shortly before noon. Passengers—Messrs Nicholls, W. A. Rumsey. Lublin, Gore, Lynch, Shevill Carleton, Mr and Mrs Ogilvie, Miss Murray, Mr and Mrs Grace and family (4). Mrs Gouk aud child. Steerage: Messrs Low, Petrie, Palmer, Taite.

Captain Murdoch, of the Isabella, reports speaking the whaling barque Mary Frazer. of New Bedford, on the 13th instant, in longitude 159° E, latitude 35° S. She was 37 months out, with: 1900 barrels oil. The captain wished to be. reported. He stated that on the 29th January he was in company with the •whaling barque Asia, of Hobart Town, and on that day two whales were taken by the Mary Frazer and oae by the > sia. This was when the vessels were about 100 miles south-east of Howe's Island.. . . .

The schooner Kate McGregor was to sail this after noon for New Caledonia She conveys thither a cargo of timber, shipped at Wangaroa She cleared at the Customs this afternoon The ketch Fanny Kelly arrived from Tairaa early this morning, with 28.000 feet timber She has cleared out again with a cargo of stores for the same place The schooner Helen has cleared for Omaha with a small quantity of stores The barquentine Prince Alfred cleared out this afternoon for Lyttelton, with a cargo "of sleepers and timber, shipped by J S Macfarlane and D H Mac kenzie She is to sail this evening r Captain "W. H. VVilson has been appointed to the command of the brig Wave, now undergoing repair at Mr Ross's yard As soon.as her overhaul is com pleted she will load at the Thames with timber for Timaru The brigantine Coronet entered outwards to-day for Tahiti and Rarotonga The cutter Magic arrived from Russell this after noon, with 45 tons coal for the North Shore Steam Packet Company, Captain Pennal reports leaving on Friday. Had to run back owing;to. heavy easterly gale, and took final departure on Sunday. The Golden Isle left Russell on Thursday evening ■with a heavy cargo of coala. The schooner Acadia arrived at Napier on Saturday last.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Lyttelton, This Day.

The ketch Clematis left to-day for Wellington She •will return hither and be laid on the berth for Ohine muri direct, should sufficient inducement offer ,i JToxTOi^jTliiß day- '

The ketch Wild Duck arrived .yesterday from "W&itara She is to land Sbepers back to "VVaitara for Msßirs'Brogden LiOilJ

COMMERCIAL.

180 shares in T the Bay ,of Islands Coal Company (Liniitted) were offered at auction, to-day, by Mr G. W. Binney. The purchaser was Mr Saunders, sharebroker, and the price £6 per share. At the Bale of ships'* Btoreßi:&c., byiMessrs E. & H. Isaacs, there was a fair attendance, but owing to the freqaeii^qu'antities^hrbwri into the market, the prices realised were not up to the standard to coyer cost, .blunder the circumstances were all v that comd. be , xpceted t/cioO finis £■■

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS.

The following ire the cm rent calls ana amaenas tJSyable in.tnscompaTiies named beloyr:--- .. ~

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

Mails--vrai. C/oskas ' v XOwai—" ' ~_ f Fo Thames, tomorrow, at 9 30 a no. acd -s;So>'p m, For c'o'omandel. on Friday next, at 10.30 a.m. For Tairua, per F*nny Kelly, to-morrow, at 11 a,m For Wanearel, &c , per Clyder"to-moirow, at 6 p.m. For Taranaki, and Southern provinces, per Welington. on Monday, Jst March, at — For'i A*»tr*liajiLC6lonies,l peri Ojphtfia#»/! six; hour* after arrival .; (Signed) c 5..38. Bi«« Cfikfl»o»£miisfer;>'*;'

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

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1875

For the nause that lacks assistance, For the wrong Unit nee<;.s resistance, *SNr the luture in the distance- An 4 the good that we can do.

A deputation proceeded to-day to the Kawau to present the recently-signed requisi tion to Sir George Grey, asking him to stand for the representation of the seat for City West, vacated by Mr T. B. Gillies. This requisition, which is published in another column, bears 709 signatures, including those of many leading gentlemen who are known to hold the most diverse views on political questions, but who are unanimous in believ ing in the wisdom of giving Sir George Grey a seat in the parliament of the colony. With the exception of some half-dozen names, ap pended in error, all those who have subscribed to the requisition are electors of the district, and we cannot [imagine a more unequivocal and hearty expression of feeling on the part of an electorate than that which will be laid ; before Sir George Grey to-day. We have not j the slightest donbt that a favourable answer will be received. It was intended, ■ and the idea would, but for the melancholy ! death of the late Superintendent, have been ' carried into effect, to return Sir George Grey without a contest. Restrained by this jdesire, more than one gentleman who con jtemplated. standing , for, the vacaat - { seat, I withdrew'and signed the requisition. By the death af the late Mr Williamson, how ever, who also represented City West, two ivacancies are created, and it ia by no: means improbable that both will be declared Ivacant by the Speaker of the Assembly at 'the'same;time;; In this event, should more than one other candidate come forward, as is not unlikely, Sir George Grey's candidature iwill have tostand the test/of the ballot in the same way as the others. We cannot,, how ever,'doubt that the result willbethe same jin any case, and that the ex-Governor will [be one of the representatives of the con stituency named 1; during, the j approaching session of Parliament. Mr Dignan, to whom a requisition is now being signed, is, so far as we have heard,;the only other candidate yet in the field for the second vacancy. Mr '3. M. Clark has bee# mpntioned/brit we are informed on good authority that he inti knated no such infceritioiTprior to his depar ture for the Waikato a few days ago. The fact that the next Session will'be the last one before, a general election, will no doubt make gentlemen reluctant to engage in a contested election on this occasion. t . , /i; , ; ,. ,

The long and sometimes rather acrimonious liscussion regarding city water supply is ! ikely to, .be. .soon, terminated. by. the com mencement of the 'necessary "works. The loan has been floated -in London, the pipe *lrack has already been purchased, and at the '(Sty* Council yesterday, a i üb-committee: Waal appointed to negotiate Vith Messrs Low and Motion for the purchase if their property, on thebasis of the valuation Lade on behalf of the Council by Mr., JY. C,. ]Rr\h'an!d''Mr^W. !Aitken. This has, we un derstand, been rendered; necessary by the l failure of the operations carried out by the Council on the Government Reserve. The amount at which Messrs Aitken and Firth yalue the Western Springs estate, viz., £20,000. seems very large, but we know that both gentlemen are specially qualified to give a valuation of mill and landed property, and M they .were acting in the interests of the

Council, we must assume that the sum named is a reasonable one. We understand;v tha£ Ihe valuation covers the whole property with all its rights, the mil], machinery, dam, brick residence, and surrounding lands, of a total area of 145 acres. As the Couocil is not likely to embark ia milling or sheep farming, we may assume that the members have in view some way of utilising the large area of land and the buildings whici they are about to purchase, and that a cousider able deduction will, in this way, be made from the capital cost of the source of supply, and the site for pumping and other works. Had some arrangement been made for acquiring the springs without the ad jacent propeity it would, we think, have been more satisfactory ; but to this the objection is offered, that, owing to its situation, the mill without a cheap motive power would be very seriously injured if not altogether ruined, and so the question has reached its present form, and the Council, having made all other preparations, seems to have no altern >tive than to buy Messrs. Low and Motion's interest right out, trusting to recoup the expenditure partially by utilising or selling any part of the purchase that may be found unnecessary for the purpose in view. The price asked by Messrs Low and Motion was £23^000 being £3000 ia excess of the valuation. That the site was not made a reserve for city water-works from* the first was one of those mistakes on the part of founders of cities for which after generations have to pay. Under any circum stances it must be a source of satisfaction to every intelligent citizen that there is now a near prospect of an ample supply of water beiug provided for the city.

A larly yesterday, on passing a school, a short distance from. Wellington-street, observed a pedagogue in the act of beating a boy. She expressed her sympathy, and enquired wha'; the boy had done to merit a flogging. The master, pointing to an inscrip tion in his window, " Feed my lambs," stated that the impudent boy had brought a turnip from Mrs Macrae's shop, and had opened the school-room door and thrown it in among the children. " Well, blubbered the boy, " I saw the words * feed my lambs' written up, and I thought the lambs would like a turnip."

It will be seen by a shipping telegram, received to-day, that the ketoh Clematis is likely to be laid on at Lyttelton for Ohine muri direct. Messrs Meyeis Bros, are the Auckland agonta of the vessel. A meeting of creditors in the estate of Samuel Driller, a settler of Te Awatnutu, was to have been held to-day at the Supreme Courb, but no creditors attended, and the meeting was postponed for a week. The members of the Mystic Orange Lodge will hold thtir regular monthly meeting in the Lodge room at the Young Men's Christian Association this evening at half-past seven. The Auckland shipwrights met last even ing; in the Albert-street Temperance Hall ; Mr Daunton in the chair. The chief busi ness of the meeting was the appointment of a shipwright's holiday, when after some dis cussion it was rcßplve'd—"That the anniver sary of the Society should be celebrated on the 4th March, and a special train engaged to take the party to Ellerslie Gardens."

The anniversary soiree and tea-meeting in connection with the Sheridan-street chapel will take place this evening, when Revs. Messrs Tinsley and Harris will address the meeting. To-morrow (Wednesday) Evening an open Templar Lodge meeting will beheld in the sasne place, when Messrs Battley, Smith, and other gentlemen will take part in the proceedings. The Sberidau chapel choir will attend at both meetings.

Relative to the purchase of the Western Springs, Mr P. DaltOD, C. E., writes :—"lt appears that a committee of the City Coun cil has been appointed to treat with Messrs Low and Motion.for the purchase of the whole of their property, together with the water rights at the so-called Western Springe, for £20,000. I can hardly believe the Council would so recklessly deal with the interest of the ratepayers. I again repeat, the source of water is not on Low and Motion's but on Fdgecombe's land, and I ohallenge anyone to refute this. 1 am supported in this opinion bs' every engineer whose opinion is worth having—Messrs Bell, Peppercorne, and others fetato, the water flows from Edgecombe's. An offer was made to the Council to set this matter at rest by testing Edgecotube's land in any way they thought proper, free of charge. I have also offered to do so at my own cost, provided a reasonable compensation (to be agreed upon) was paid me if I succeeded in finding water equal to one million gallons per diem. From some cause best known to themselves, they refused any offer in that direction. What the Council are now doing is simply uncovering the stream which flows from Edgecombe's, and which was so artfully covered over two years since. P.S.—I be lieve one of the committee is a trustee to the late Mr Low."—[This letter was received on Saturday, but was crowded out until to-day. —Ed. E/S.]

j We have received a letter, rather too long for publication in full, from Mrs Edith F. E. of .Norfolk-street, off Ponsonby jroad, which reveals a most disgraceful system -of persecution, which, we hope, will not •only be put a stop to, but the perpetrators ;be brought to justice and severely punished. lOur correspondent says : — " For five years I had to submit to a state of persecution, fsuch as dwellers in better neighbourhoods land nearer towp have litfcle conception of. jPoisoning, petty theft, killing and maiming 'of animals,-and the' vilest "' of abuse, -not only outside of ipy premises, for. the jgreater damage in the way of poisoning and maiming, was perpetrated within my gates. iAnd when I confronted the aggressors and them with the law, they laughed, jand told me there was no law ia .New Zea lland. . However, there came a change ; laws -became, better ;.but thanks are due almost •wholly to the Evening Star for the sup pression of rowdyism ihand; around Auck land. At this time,,soms;few persons took fheart and wrote to the Star. ~The Star; the matter, and this put more jfear into the hearts of the miscreants than jail the laws and lawyers in the province. -For your poisoners and maimers are not 'generally those who run about half clad. ;They are those who wish to be* thought as ■good as their neighbours. In the present instance, the poisoner, not* content with a long course of trivial destruction, last week launched out into a nightly application of his favourite destroyer. This man attends chapel, or church, regularly,1 and. assumes to to be respectable. If I were a man, X would soundly thrash him ; but" being a woman, I you to help me. The moat notorious poisoner in this district was a woman, whose name I threatened to send to the Star, jvhich mode of proceeding, I presume.to have been so distasteful to h?r, that she has inter fered very little with me Bince. bir> where do these people procure the poison to damage the property of their better-disposed neigh bours? If the law, regulating the sale of poison, was strictly adhered to, I think there would be less poisoning going on around tis."

The business of the Petty Sessions was considerably delayed this morning in conse quence of the rota of attendance being en trusted to an individual for publication, who adjourned to the Worship of Bacchus and forgot all about the matter., -As the justices invariably refer to the St^r for the inforiua tioD,5 and nob seeing the sitting of the Petty Sessions' announced,, none of ■ them were in attend ance at the proper time. At half-past ten, a general hunt for justices commenced, and at 11 d'cldck the business commenced.

A varied literary jand musical entertain ment will be given on Friday, Mar. 5, in the large room of the Young Men's .Christian Association, ih aid of the St. cadet corpa. The programme in preparation ia of a vfr.x. i

The habit of oat-door preaching which' characterised the latter 'part dif'the last and beginning of (he present century in England, seems to be reviving in this city. On Satur day evenings regularly a working man, apparently, and gifted, if not eloquently, with the power of speaking, takes his position regularly iv Wellesley-street East, bares his head to the silent moon, and "holds forth" on the Word tie does not adhere to any special pas-sage of Sciipfcure, but talks on in general terms. A few persons cluster round this son of thunder, but only for a shorb time, and pass on ia quest of physical necessities; others come in suc cesion and, and go in like manner. The street preacher, however, with, his eyes to wards the stars continues his vagrant strains, v\ ithout even a look at who may come or who may go. The wharf, also, was the scene of similar proceedings on Sunday evening last, and as the crowd gathered the preacher be came bolder in his prophetic utterances, and it was feared some accident might occur. No accident, however, happened to mar the harmony of that happy assemblage. Again, in the shadows of the Domain, another teacher, like Enoch Wray, stands under the boughs and deals out his peculiar views on religion and temperance to old ladies, lads of spirit, and lasses gay. Other parts of the suburbs also present exhibitions of fervour, aud in some instances of fanaticism, but whether some of these exhibitions are judicious, or even effective for good, in their influences, is open to doubt. Street-preaching wa3 necessary in the^early days of Whittield and Wesley, and even in the time of William Dawson, the Yorkshire farmer, when places were few and far between, b'lt now are not necessary on any of these grounds. Whitfield was essentially a travelling preacher, and made the round of England, Scotland, aud Ireland several times, and his out-door preaching was ren dered necessary, if he preached at all, because the doors of all the churches were then closed against him. Whitfield delighted in the open air, as he expresses it, with the open firmament above him, and the sight of thousands around him, some in coaches, some on horseback, and some sitting in the trees. Whether or not the system of out door preaching ia useful, the scene is pictu resque, and a good word may awaken some dull ear to a consciousness of the sacredueas of life arid duty. The great objections to I he system as at present carried out, arise chiefly from the ignorance and illiterate character of some of the men who adopo this mode of holding forth, and from tha im proper places chosen for the purpose. In the quiet streets or unenclosed allotments of the suburbs there is less objection to it.

A curiosity of a unique kind is on view at the shop of Mr King, chemist, Victoria street Kasi. It seems that the chemist ia question has, for many years, been a dis penser of what he calla "King's Worm Tablets or Powderd." The efficacy of this mediciue in extracting worms from the system of persons, and children in particular, is well kuown. A. few days ago some of the tablets were sold, and were swallowed by a little girl, a daughter of one of our Custom house officers, who it was thought was areatly troubled from tbis cause. The effect v\ as astonishiug, for together with the usual extraction, a huge worm was passed, which wa3 encircled with a common brass trousers button. In the early days of this monster he bad got his head and body through the small aparture of the button, and was unable to out The worm grew, and in course of time became immured in its prison. It is now on view at Mr King's chop, preserved as a tropby of what the tablets can do. The worm has still the button around it. A four-oared race between two crews of the North Shore Uowing Club will take place on Thursday evening. The crew which pulled against the Auckland Club have challenged any other four of the Club under 25, the latter taking the old boat. The following will be the crews : —Native : J. Nolan (bow), Meade (2), Kemp (3), H. Niccol (stroke). Dart :K. Duder (bow), E. Burgefs (2), Robert JUuder (3), W. Trevar then (stroke). The young club is showing evident signs of going a-head. Frequent races among members are well calculated to bring out latent talent, and improve the style and swiag. A rave between married and binyle in spoken of a3 likely to follow soon.

A private meeting of electors was, we learn, held last evening to discuss the question of the Superintendency, when it was resolved to ask Sir George Grey to allow

himself to be placed in nomination should aa influential requisition be obtained in his favour. In the event of Sir George declining, the meeting determined to nominate Mr U'Rorke. It is, we believe, not unlikely that Sir George Grey's views on the subject j will shortly be known. Mr Dargaville has \ already announced that he is a candidate, ;and will, we understand, be prepared to con itest the election under any circumstances. | Active preparations are. being made for 'the Anniversary Ball of the Court Zealandia, A.0.F., which takes place on Thursday jnext. The affair will be one of the best of (the season. Applications for tickets should ;be made as per advertisement.

i The evidence, which was very conflicting jin the case of Lindsay v. Gotch yesterday in jthe District Coart before Judge Beckham, •was gone through, and judgment reserved (until the Bth March.—The actions between JG. Taylor and William Lundon, and the Jtrustees in the estate of George Thorne, jjunior, and Henry Palmer, were adjourned. | A number of valuable allotments at the (rear ©f All Saints' church are to be sold by EB. Tonks and Co., to-morrow. These are ■especially deserving; of the attention of anyone looking for a pleasant villa site.

LATER FIJI NEWS.

3y the arrival of fthe,schooner Dauntless to day, we have three day 3 later news from JFiji. Nothing of importance, however, has transpired. Ths Fiji Times says :—' I " wfe cannot fail to notice the determined efforts<made by Maniielle and Co., to lish a bona'fide colonial trade on a? large (scale." Only a few day 3 since, the splen did schooner Dauntless arrived from Auckland, bringing a heavy cargo, and to-day she leaves laden to the hatches jsvith a valuable cargo of maize, copra, and fcocoanut oil. As she quits our harbour another boat is laid on by the same firm for k.uckland—tbe Daphne.,—and she will meet With speedy!despatch, with a full comple ment of maize, Ac. Mr C. Manuelle is a yery popular buyer in the group. He is generous in his prices, cordial in his manner and bearing towards planters, and accommo dating to every extent that lays in his power."

■ At a, marriage feast of a half-caste lady and gentleman, the feast consisted; wholly of pork, and twenty pigsjput in an appearance on the table.

ST. MATTHEW'S CHOIR.

j (To the Editor of the EvßsriNa Star.) Sir, —"A member ot the Congregation," who writes so bitterly in your Saturday's issue with reference to the action of the vestry of St. Matthew's is guilty of one or two things, either of writing upon a subject he knows v;ery little abou,t, or else of making a wilful mistatement of facts. A portion of his letter is absolute nonsense. He says : "The little outbreak was caused in consequence of come of the members of the choir being also members of the' Choral Union, to which the majority of vestrymen objected." If this were really the cause of the "outbreak" as he styles it, the wonder is that the Choral Ufnion has held together at all. I desire simply to state that the resolution of the vestry wm to this effect, that the Choral |

tJnion having failed lo carry out the object for which it was established, the ve3try of St. Matthewn declined, to contribute the necessary pecuniary support. It strikes me sir, that there must be something radically wrong in the constitution of the Choral Union, or the vestVyy or in the brain of yonr corres pondent, when he imagines that the decision of the vestry a3 to the voting of the paltry siim of £3 can have anything to do with " the personal freedon which should be the heritage of every settler in the colony." As to the " narrow-minded bigotry" with which he charges-tbe vestry I fail to see that bigotry has anything to do with it, and fancy he mnut have mistaken the meaning of the word —Yours, &c, Another Member of the Congregation."

(To the Editor of the Stab.) . : SfR, —Acccrdin& to the ruling of the Synod, is the choir to be subservient to the ves'ry or not; ? It is greatly to be lamented that the illiberality and ignorance on the part of the vestry should Bpoil a really good choir. An indignation meeting on the part of the parishioners should be held, and there Jet the vestry give an explanation of their con duct. The one who has taken the most, active part in this matter takes his church nap regularly, so he certainly can be no judge of music. Let us have a vestry who take a real interest in the good of the pariah, and not those who are ignorant of all laws and usages in the Church of England, though they certainly are not of the Dissent ing part of the community. The vestry will simply bring a hornet's nest about their eai'S if they continue to obstruct the choir in their improvement. As it is, being a parish ioner myself, I thiuk the best plan would be to call a meeting of the congregation, and demand the expulsion of the present vestry. —I am, &c, Parishi .NJSft; Wellington-street.

LATER ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

(PER iLHAMBRA AT HOKITIKT.)

EXCITEMENT IN FRENCH ASSEMBLY.

PARIS.

February 12

The Assembly, by 310 to 132, voted that the same electors choose both senators an;l deputies. This vote jeopardises the consti tutional laws as proposed. February 13. The Government communicated to the Assembly, on behalf of McMahon, on the constitution, yesterday, which caused great excitement. The Assembly voted the radical clauses, but rejected the whole Senate Bill by 357 to 345. A motion for dissolution was then rejected by 407 to 26G.

MADRID.

February 11th. Carlist3 arrested advance Government troops on Estella. February 12. Alphonso has ordered a levy of 70,000 men.

GALLE.

February ]3. The Ceylon left for Australia on the I2th

LONDON.

February 16. Wheat is still drooping. Foreign arrivals abundant.

Arrived : Hocharo from Melbourne; Ningpo, Craigendarrock, Harmoniums, Ba rosia, Pakevan.

PARIS.

February 15.

After the proceedings in the Assembly last week che Ministry ten.der.ed their, resig nation. MacMahon, after consultation With, Due de Broglie, considered a new ministry impossible, until after a tinal vote had beep arrived at on the constitation laws.

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

(PER ALHAMBRA.)

O'FARREL, THE DEFAULTER.

COST OF THE SUEZ MAIL.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.)

MELBOURNE.

February 17.. s The Lands Office defaulter, O'Farrel, has been committed for trial on 10 indictments. The majority of witnesses examined before a special Board was for the establishment of a light-house on Point .Netherby, Kings Island. ■ . ': ' '[■ \ ';,-'; v. Twigg, charged with wife .murder at Yarravttle, was acquitted. .-' ■•;■■'■ " ;;: . ! ' The rates of interest offered By pho Bank of New Zealand on deposit are likely to. lead) to an increase by other;banks.? r '. ; The Military Board is now sittibg on. the' trial of a Volunteer Sergeant for insubordi nation, and is likely to result iv radical changes in the force. * t: ■■•,' -: ;/ x, I Pome Valuable putfe-bred Clydesdale stocK. has arrived for James. Walla, of* Kaiapoi, Canterbury. . r.'' ;. ,g >/ ■ There is now little probability of a meeting of astronomers, the U. S. ship' Swatara having been ordered immediately to San! " ■ j The Suez Mail- services cost Victoria £16,000 last year but of the contract. £74,000 was received for postages. : Fine milling oats are wanted; New Zea land, 5s 3d.; wheat, 4s 6d. Business "gen brally dull. ' '

SYDNEY.

! 'Robertson'' and Burns were . re-elected unopposed. r . >.->V r-r ,■ ; -r.« i The Nbrmanby left Singapore on the 9tbf] ! Sailed—JohnKnoxTdrLy ttelton. j Arrived, 16th—Hero,! from '

LECTURE ON THE ART OF OPENING AND SHUTTING THE MOUTH.

•raB^RKViMRMAbFARtAKK, Meitio3ist i^ee Ohurch.miniater;fxomiOhristchureay lectured^ last evening upon the—above topic, in. the church, Vincent-street, ,to a gopd^^iebce. after a few happy; seniejnces, 'as > Jprelude, ; the Key. gentleman introduced: his Bubjeet by giving of the month. He said in general terms the use of the mouth was for mastication, the enunciation of re spiratiohj deglutition; suction, and' taste. The use of the mouth was easily ascertained; it was that very convenient fcnft ulefjil r§fce^T tacle or cavity into which .food goes, whicha Was required for the sustenance of the?bodyi ■The first thing a_child is taught is to use itsI.'* mouth; and it: is astonishing wliat adepts they' soon become. The lecturer continued that what to eat and what to drink were important considerations, and/;tb:£t'rightly understood added greatly to happiness ; and when persona have found out by experience what they may eat and drink with' impunity | { spd what they cannot eat and drink without suffering, thenshould they, obey, the, truth Which they have found out; without Violation. f\ People should eat moderately. \Thia is often? Neglected,; we should eat slowly, bo as to time To masticate .lour food, and save the stomach undue work. Whac applied to.' eati«g, ( applies.Vtp drjpfcin?. People should Deyer drink while eating, and especially while taking a, hearty nieli. ; JByetyu particle of the, gastric juice is required that the food may be made the means of jnutri, nient to the bc»dy» »nd if th« pure,, bright, sparkling water ceuldnot be taken atsuch times with impunity how much less alcoholic drink. He said, persons in, health nev,ipr' "re quire strong drink, 'but give strong drink

to him that is ready to perish.' A respectable man once came to a doctor to complain of hi« stomach giving him trouble ; be wore spectacles, and the doctor (knowing a little of the man) gave it as his opinion that he would get; better and keep better if he only removed the spectacles from his eyes and wore them upon his mouth. Tue man was not long in catching up the moral Leaving the questions of eating and drinking th« rev. lecturer referred to another department, of the Bubject He said—What a marvel it was how this house is kept in repair ? Ihe way ia which this body from day to day is sustained by the Great Creator of t.h» whole earth. That a harp of a thousand strings should keep in tune so Ion? There were mysteries in connection with the for mation and keeping; of the body whicb man Lad no couception of. How much better would it be for the world if men were taught bytheinspirationof God's Word : " Whether ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." He narrated a story of Catlin, the traveller, who, in his tours among the American Indians, found among the m n or eatfree'l°m f ro mdisease, and he was to tf oa p n quiry that ifc was because the children from their cradle were strictly mnde to a'eer. with their mouths shut. He re marked that people should keep thoir mouths shut when they had anything bad to gay There was a time to shut thn month and a tinm to openit. Who was ih yho could stand a person that is said to have the crift of the gab." How much better than that, 'was reticence. Whatan awful thin<?i=> paesion, when hot words leaped as it were for nhter anee "when the tons?n« was set on fi'df hell." People shotiVl keep their months closed when there was fonl or dam air about, or winds of a noxious character, many a cons'i'u^ion had been sapped by a too fre quent opener of a mouth under such cir cumstances. Pereons should never open their •Tionths on leaving hot rooms. Msnv strong men had, become, weak through that indiscre tion, "^e should beware of the mouths which are''always open, the sossipp^s and tat«era of society. The Lecturer said should always sneak correctly. The g-acefnlneps and pro priory of risht words conld not be estimated. The owning of the month in soncs of praise. in God's house was good. The tendency now was to jrive it all over to a choir and the oon ffre^t'on sit a<? dummies. They should open the month in praise to God The beartv amens of the pnst, were, be said, scarcely ever heard now The above are a few^ of the running thoughts of the lecture, wh: cb was a most, masterly composition, and rrctpd with a pnngencv and hnmonr thit kept <be qudience in a sfa fe of pleasmt feelings. The illustration's siven from real Hfe during the lecture were good, and -were lislened to with pr^at e^fferness and profit. A hnnwoufl eornpnsition from Hood wns recited with fine efT^ct. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the lecturer at the close, the rev; s?3ntje man 1< ffc to-clty for the Poutb, and carrier with him a great many expressions of appre ciation.

PETTY SESSIONS.—This Day.

(Before J.M. Dareaviile, Thomas Cheesemar, and George S. Grahare, Justices of tie Peace, attended at 11.5 o'clock.) ALTCR, OB THE MYSTERIFS. Alice Hosk'ns, a wretched looking woman, who had been many times convicted of drunkennes!?, larceny, and other crime 3, was brought up on a charge of drunkenness. She pleaded guilty; and was fiued 03 and costs. ALLEGED FBAXJDUL^XT INSOLVENCY. Henry Fugate, forme? ly a bootmaker of Auckland, again appeared on a charge of fraiidu'ent insolvency. Mr R^es for the defence, said that as the cisc had been hanging over the Mead of Mr Fu«ate for some weeks, and as no witnesses had appeared for the prosecution, he would aRk the Bench for a withdrawal of the charge. The Bench said, in the exercise of its discretionary powers, the case must be dismissed. F.ITHKR AND SON. William Edtjeoombe, jun., was charged with threatening to ki'l his father, William Edgecombe, sen., in the JSlorth Road, on "the . 15th inst. 'I he son was not present, and as the delivery of the summons could not be proved, the case, on the application of Mr Inspector Thompson, was remanded for a week. BREACH "IS OF THB CITY BYK-LA.WS. Frederick William George was summoned for allowing his horse to wander, against; the spirit of;the City By e-laws. v The case; was remanded for a week.

James Gorman was summoned on two charges of ill-treating a horse, yoked to a bus, the said horse having a sore shoulder. ' The cases being proved against defendant, ;he was fined £2, viz., £1 for eaoh offence. ' §90 POLLY AND PETER 1 Mary Shaughnessy was charged with violently assaulting Peter Walker by kicking .him, and biting his nose, whereby he went ia fear of his natural life '■ Peter Walker was charged with assaulting |\lary Shaugnessy, by rising strong language jtowards her, and discolouring her, naturally black eyes by physical i or-je. Peter said heVasnot guilty. 'WTarytheii "ascended the witness boXj and, after , sworn, said that on , Saturday evening, as she was sitting on the door-step with her old, map; Peter,; whom she knew, walked, p.ast, and used dreadful language, •when Peter swore, he would fight somebody, the-de'il, or anybody; her man, Timothy Collins, would tell the whole blessed story, afid how Peter caught hold of her by the hair of {her head', and dragged her into the middle of the blessed road ;by faith, he did. Her chap, Tim, would tell all about it.

{ Timothy Collins, a wild-looking young man, of Irish extract, was then, called, and began kicking and hammering the sides of the witness-box until the Bench was obliged to call him to order. Timothy-proceeded to describe the language of Peter in strong terms.

r Defendant, who had a terribly cut brow, deposed that. Polly Shaughneasy had a fearful axe in; her hand, and threatened "to strike death 1 into his heart; fee feared, for his life, and what he did was in self defence. Khs flew at him and bit his nose, and it was with difficulty that' he shook her off ; her' teeth were mighty fine teeth, and they stuck deep. A little girl named Walker deposed that fihe saw the fighting going on. Mrs Sbaugh nessy... caught Petei by the whiskers, .and tbey fell together. Mr Shaugbnessy brought an- axe out.

Mrs n Shaugb.nessy was about -to address the Bench, but. was stopped. , „,, ' Mrs Walker, a stout woman, then stepped into the witness-box, ancTsaid it was so dark that she coald hear the row, but there was a row and no mistake, and that's all I know about it, my lord. Peter then walked into the witness-box, and Polly into the dock. Peter stated, on oath, that when he went home on Saturday ' he- found his ; wife in tears. He learned that ,she had been terribly used by Mary Shaugh nessy, and- he went over to Mr Shaughuessy, a decent sort o' man, and just requested him to keep his termagant partner in her .place, when she became wild, " and not only pulled out hia whiskers, and bit hist :; nose^ but knocked the skin - off foreheid. She also held an axe over bi3 throat %Ken she got Him do\vn, and it glemractifFtlie* darkness. He quivered from head to foot, and went in fear of his life, as rMary, still a wore, Bhp.would 'have her pound \oi HesK,' arid he believed, she-would .axe him. Mary Anne Walker dapoised that she tfaw every-bit of the row, and she had not been well mnc« r Her two children were down with, the measles. She saw the, axe close to her husband'siihroat, and trembied for Peter —he being her lawful husband. I Mr Shuughnewy,: Of oourso aho'U takp

Peter's part; what's the use of talkiog. '^ : divil's in it! There being about fifteen other witnesseg in the ease it was deemed desirable to call* them. ', David Ruffell heard a great row, and s£|f" a scuffle between the parties. Mrs Shaug.ss| nes^y was a terror to the neighbonrhoajJiJ He be'ieved the woman was the aggressi^S 'Walker generally was a steady man. ' ConstaMe William 3 said that complaint, were frequently made at the station respect, ing the parties, who were always quarrelling and rlrink;n?. 8 The Bsnch considered that MS Shaneh". nensev was the offender, and imposed afin e of £2. or fourteen days nnd at the expira. tion of that erm to fiud two snreties of £10 each, to keep the peace for thee months." The case against Walker was dismissed-«

OHINEMURI.

(PETI STAR CARRIER PIGEON;) ■<■ ■

DIGGETI^ O^DERBD ' INSIDE ?# G-OLDFIELDS' BOUNDARY.

FORMATION OF THE ROAD

THE FLAT LA"KDI TO BE THROWN t 'OPEIv.

[Vrom Our Special CorrestJondent:]: PAEROA. - /,.'•:*

Tuesday morning. . A tremextwtts fire ia burning on the fiats towards Hikutaia. - f All di2J?er3 have been ordered to remove off the native reserve, and camp inside^e goldfieWs boun<i'.ry by Wednesday next, i A large hotel at Paeroa is being erected by Mr ... The form at'on of the road to the gorge is being vigorously proceeded with. j| Captain Bmcken^iiry is here as prifaje secretary to Mr M"<ckay. The pitive meeting iz being eontinnedfe. day, relative to the leasing of flab lands.-:% Moananui and Te Hira are expected to give in, as all the natives wish to dispose of their lands as they think best . •.' •. . Ife is reported fchst strong efforts are being made to induce Dr. Pollen to grant prog, pechtnor licenses to certain parties who are said to have given shires to certain Ancfc land people to get them to put pressure op. Much disgust is f It here at this ttnderliakfl work, but it. is generally, believed .that.Dr. Pollen will stick to the declaration made it Ohinemuri, and not give a preference to itriy one. r; ,'.■?', '.'. . ' \'l{j. There is a desire to get Bogsesaion'of allot ments at Jackson and .Russell 's township here, so that bnsinesg^fabes may be erected before the rush te's )tx. It; is hoped they will be sold at an early date, llany hive been privately arranged for, and oiK^rs*-a» occupied in the lope of obtaining suneit sale. . ..-;..■ ■■ ■■■.•'■•: ■■■■-■ ''i^---if •■■ CANVASS TOWP. " February 20, Native orators. ' The s-cond day of the korero being much finer than the day refore, the natives hid provided themselves "with., umbrellas.,, I noticed that the native oratora held'iaiijMr right hand a short stick, which, when they sroke, was flourished about in such »|ipe that much resembled the professional waive of a music master's baton. The native speakers without the stick were no whereat all ; whereupon I came to tbei conclusion that thee is more in a short Btick than any one would imagine , ~ , MERE KURU. "'•*■ Besides the. speakers at the first day'i mentin?, I had the pleasure of seeing that in erestior: and amiable female, calling herself; Mere .Kuru. , Hetft nameir beliea her, for . she is anything^ bnt a merry dame. She firmly believes that pakehbs are the scum of 3 tjjs **artD, and ought to be treated accordingly. ■. She oiide her appearance ia a blaok bat and veil, a striped shirt did duty for a body or jacket, and huna; down over a black skirt.—lo-her hand she carried a stont umbrella, and her appearance suggested the idea that she FonH have made a very good Maori; " Old Mother Hubba»-d;:' who is popularly supposed to have had a weakn'ss-for cupboards, animals6lihe canine species, and bones. :•-; ■ ■■-. &&±{

OTHER NOTABLES. Te Hira, alias the "Rcvpfian munusy,"Jiad discarded the frowsy blanket ani. appwei' in a dark jacket, which somewhatimproveOj his appearance, but I could not- help a great desire to ask him privately iif hehw ever been in an edifice known fa's th« Brthin Museum. Amongst the crowd of natives squatted on the ground, but well to the rear,- ' I not:ced the familiar face of our DjilKinaii, *K)ld Mikkle, who, although a very important personage amongst the diggers in onr camp, was, when in the presence of sufth &nst«K catic individuals as Te .Moananui and Te Hira, very small potatoes indeeil.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR BOARD.

A mestixg of the-Harbour ?Bpard^asfheldk this afternoon, at which the following r men^ bers were present :W.C.Daldy Esq., (chair-, man),- Messrs^ Hill, Isaa6sV''Ma'cfarianV Cosgrave, McKenzie, O. Mays, Brett,- and Campbell. watermen's fares. A letter from the Provincial, Government confirmed the new tariff of water,menYfareß., ; We have been requested to "call attention^ to a sale to-morrow, at the stores of^MrrW. Opwden, of an- assortment of ctoie? : ; Zealand wines from the manufactory^!M* Wendell", of Grey-strert. ■we have already . referred to the superiority of theae winM. *^ TENDERS FORTHE DOCK. Y/: . , The report of the, Debenture Committee stated that the Committee h»d met.onftß -10th February, andrecpmmendedithM:,^-^; sidering the state of the money market tender, a for the Dock should immediately be-called for; the tenders to state tbej price in.cash or.:, in 6 per cent? debentures 'of the' lAuoklaMgii Harbour Board, and to be called fpr.iQtn? colony and in-Australia. -.. • .. A discussion arose as to whether it wouM 1 better -for the interests of theCitytoKMMVj upon the debentures, and call for tenders vi the colonies or to extend the, completion tp, the Home market. , ' . # ' t< Messrs Isaacs and Cosgrave spoke in favor of confining the sphero"rttt' the colonies. . The Chairntatt*"gave, as an .argHtneni^ against" this,-thafcthewithdrawal of engineer-.;, ing skill from pther o works bf the oology would do harm. - fcf r Mr Isaacs, upon this corisiderationrtta)ttgn* that the time had better be 'exten#^g: admit of tenders being received' from "^ffc He also thought it would be better that the „ debentures be turned into cash first.' Councillor Cosgrave thought it -w*s a n"j|2jf| favourable time for launching; their debtaj-■ tures upon the London'market, looktag >|g the sucoess which had: attended the Watfc Works Loan. He moved ",That the *^^ of the committee be amended by.stnim? out the clause relating^ : toMb Tconfinement oi, the tenders to the colonies." . - ! After further discussion; it was agre :cl to drop the subject, for future consideration ot;. the Board.r ' ",'.'.". , , ! n \ ..-'.,' ,":: , PiNANCE COMMITTEE. ' ■'> i-Accounts on the General Accounf|ftH^ extent of ! over £1,528 were recommend«l||l|| payment, and on the Loan Account ;tdr;W>,£ extent of £1.279 lOs. These were confirme^^ by the Board, and the proceedings^!; minated. ... "'.. .jj

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