SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH "WATER—This afternoon, 6.42; to-morrow morning, 5 58 SUN BET-TM* evening, 6.23 SUN RlSE—To morrow morning, 5.4 MOON'S AGE—New moon, 29th, 4 53 p.m

ARRIVALS.

MoncymcK, barque. Morton, from Sydney Rowena, s s,- from Tauranga

DEPARTURES.

Stig, 'barque, for Newcastle Elizabeth, schooner, for Napier Isabella Pratt, schooner, for Russell Queen, schooner, for Holrianga

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

xor me eouin—JfiiceDe, s>Bth ; Taapo, Ist November For San Francisco—Cyphrenos, s.s., 29th October; Mikado Tor Sydney-Hero, as, about FOlhinst For Poverty Kay, Napier, and Wellington-Welling ton, s s, 27th inst For Sydney—City of Melbourne, s.s, about 4th Nov. For JCondon-Flechero and City of Auckland, ships; and Columbus, barque—early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

City of Melbourne, ss, (English Mail), from San Francisco 4th November Hero, s.s. from Srdney. about 25»h instant Vasco de Gama, ss, from 'Frisco early Star of Germany, sbip, from London ; sailed Aug 21 Frrak Pendleton, ship, from Gelfe, Sweden ; sailed iota VnfTTt Sappho, HM.S, from Wellington; sailed 2Gth Freetrader, barque from Hnbart Town, early Bella Mary, ba que, from Hobart Town, early William Ackers, barque, from JNewcastle: sailed 29th September F ™n.»cis ? e°, ty ' bar Ine, from Wellington; sailed Frday, 22nd Jeafica, barque, from New Yo?k ; sailed 2nd June Victor, barque, from Port Gamble ; sailed 14th May Xfzzie Knx, from New York • sailed 3rd July Maergie Patterson, from Osmarn ; sailed 16th inst. Helena, brigintine, from Pnnedin ; sued 21st Mary Melville, from Danpdin ; sailed 21st Edi'h. schooner, from Rarotorga. at once Loch L c. three-misted schonner. from Sidney T>»iin»lfiss. Hawaiian schooner, from Levnka Belle Brandon, schooner, from Penrhyrn Is'and, eariy Kemlworth, schooner, from Noumea', ■ arly Jessie • enderson, schooner, from Lyttelton ; sailep 17th instant l Gazelle, German min-of war. from a cruise Ocean Mail, ship, WKQF, from London; sailed ICth August

IMPORTS.

rer ivinneynick from Sydney: 450 tons coal — Master, agent.

The ba T qne Monoynic* arrived thix mornintr from Sydney af er i good passaee of twol™ days. She let Byd ey on the 15th in tint, with fine weather and northerly breeze Had mod irate acd variable vinds ac os*. Sighted Cape Maria Van «>teman 24th inst .Hounded North Cupe the s»me nipht. and hid li"ht and variable weathei down the coast. The Moneyniok brings a cargo of Shoal Haven coal. Captain Morton reports passing a barquentine, apparently bound for Auckland, yesterday, off Bream Head. Passenger— Mr S-. W. Aires The ss. Wellington is to leave for Poverty Bay Napier, and Southern ports to-morrow The ».s, Hero had made no sign up to the time of our going to press. The barque Stag left for Newcastle last nieht In ballast.

The schooner Elizabeth has left for Napier with a cargo of timber and two uassesears Meats Ifvli McLean and S. Anderson ' _ The a.s. Eowena arrived from TaurftDsra this morn ing1.

The schooner Eosanna Kcseia to sail for ihe Kaipara at once. y

The powerful fore-and-aft schooler TrswsUhailwrt "^ Cap^in Anderson, to CapWa Ja^ar for ,!?2^ ,Sbe iR intended for the Southern trade for which she is admirably suited. Her fitHrig cvi is in complete.

The schooner Clyde ana «ntter Sovnr'icrn of th« seas left for Wangarei last evening. Both had good CaS^ es> and the Glyde sevpral passensre s. The s.s. Phoebe U to leave the MsnuVau for the Iv 11 iJ, t(£ morr wat 4 p.ra She leaves Onehung i for thfi Bluff anchorage, at 9 a m. ■ The schooner Gen. has cleared frrEn'sell.t^e South Carolina for W«r.g WO a, and the Anne McLeod for the Great Barrier, all in ballast

TBftieE Ht7>dk^b Tox.s or Mossti-s on tr". Bot tom OVTITE GREAT K'STEB^.—Mr. Henry Lee writes In Land and Wafer concerning an examination he has made of the bottom of the Great Intern : — "Thee were traces of a few barnacles (Balnaus tinthiabulum apparently) near the level i f the w*terline, especially about Ihi Pternpost, and between it acd the rudder, and the latter itself, as weil as the propelling screw, was cove-ed with the common acorn b» rnaoles or ' chitters;'but all the rest of the hull tumalrr sub merged w-is clad with an enrrnoous muliitnde of mussels, clustered together in one dense and continu ous deposit eutending over a surfare of 52,000 square feet of iron elates, and in smne parts six inches thick. Mr Beckwi h had ma^e a calculation, which I was abe to veri'y with him. of the total weight of th« mus»eU thus accumulated. It was found by careful expeii ment that the average weU-ht of thrs°. on ea^h squir-? foot wag from 12 lb to 13 Ib.; therefore the vessel was encumbered with not less than 300 tens of Jiving marine animals adhering to her—mussels enough in fact, to load with full cargoes two ordinirv collier brigs ! Altogether the mere weight of this mass would not, perhaps, much affect the buoynncy of a vessel of 25,000 tons burden, it will be readily understood that the friction of snch a rough jagged incrust»tirn parsing through the water would materially diminish her epeed. As these troublesome adherents w*re scrape! off with shovels by workmen employed under contract to remove them, thoy were carried away by cartloads and boatloads, and buried alone; the shore of the haven. In some localities they would have been hesrtily welcomed by the fishermen as valuable bait.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Napjeb, thi3 day. The ss. Southern Cross left for Auckland at 4 o'clock this morning.

Gisbornb, this day, The ss. Pretty .Tane arrived from A net land at 10 o'clock this morning.

Nelson, ihis day. The s.s. Tanpo arrived early this morning from Picton. The Taranaki has a'so arrived. The latter brings the mails.

COMMERCIAL.

The sale of surplus stores ex British Empire took place to-day at the Brunswick Mart by Meßsrs Tonks and Co ; the attendance was large and prices satisfactory. S<>me of the lines quitted exceeded in price former sale s being in demand.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE. AUCKLAND.

Mails wilt, Close as follows:— For Thames, Ihis clay, at 5,39 pm, and to-moriow. at 9 30 a m For Coromandel, on Friday next, at 10.30 n.m For Russell, per oolden Isle, this 'lay, at i p ci For "Wangaroa, per South C r.iirui, to-morrow at 9 a m For Waiwera and Warkworth, per Minnie Gasoy to morrow at, 10 a m For Gisbome, Wapfer, Wf-l'inpton. and Southern ports, psr Wellin^toi, to morrow, at 11 a m For VVhltiatiga, Tnirna, Opmiki, and Iv?ii}ier ) vi Tauranga. vet "Rnwena, on Kiidav next, n.t 4 pm JTor Tiranald md Southern provinces, per Phoebe, to morrow, at 12 45 p m Fcr monny order?, reeis'.ercd lt:tte vs anl news papfrs. at noon. La;e letters will be recoiv d till 1.10 p.m. Per Mikado, on Friday. 29th inst, is fallows:— For Sandwich Mands, Untterl SUtei of America, Canada, British Columbia, Centra! and S^uth America., and Biitish and Foreigii West Indies at 10 SO a m Por the CXnited Kingdom and Continent of Europe, »t 10 30 am For money orders, registered letters, anr! ne -'spnper.'. at 9 30 a m L«e let'ers be-tTing anextrafco of M In addition to the uistHge, will be received on board by the Mail Agent up to time of sailing. After this r!at", m >ils will bo made up daily fo? Newcastle and Hamilton. S. B. BIS^, Cliiof Postmaster.

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

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1875.

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The unpleasantness and inconvenience often attendant on settlement in little nooks in the country are fairly exemplified in the incident reported in another column as having occurred in the R M. Court at the Wade. The charge of wrongfully voting is just oat of those that is sure to arise from the squab bling of neighbours in a rural district. The charge may be well founded, though quite as likely—we would say much more likely—it is brought as the way of " having it out" of the defendant for it may be a straying goat or the disputed ownership of a tom-cat, or some thing else of equally momentous importance in the social relations of country settlers. But; whether founded or unfounded, the delay that has attended the case, the frequent appearances before the Bench, the consequent annoyance and loss of time, and the evident prospect of the persecution going on indefinitely, combine to produce a picture of the action of a law court in the coun try sufficient to repel any one from the desire to settle in a place remote from population and the healthful influence of public opinion. But the shadows are properly thrown in when, toj other tantalising causes of delay, we find the Bench occupied by a magistrate who is unable to adjudicate in the absence of a coadjutor, and when another magistrate re fuses to sit with him. It is not our place to enquire into the causes why Mr Lloyd refuses to sit on the bench with Mr. Marshall. They may be perfectly well founded, and doubt!e&B they are sufficient at least to satisfy the mind of Mr Lloyd as to the path of duty. But whatsver may be the causes, the state of things judicial in that district demands inter ference at the hands of the Government, and we do trust that during the approaching visit of the Minister of Justice, the position of affairs at th c Wade, as well as in many other country districts may be brought before his attention. We may be wrong in oar opinion— and we give it with the utmost respect for a large number of gentlemen who hold Her Ma jesty's Commission —but we do not hesitate to record our opinion that one of the greatest blessings the Government could confer would be the abolition of the whole order of honorary Justices of the Peace, and the institution of a system of Circuit Kesident Magistrates, i* we may be allowed the bull. It would be more expensive, but it would be more than recouped to tax-payers in the character of the justice meted out, and the money might be saved in many ano th way. No offence might be given to the holders of the Commis sion. The titleand the consequent honor might continue, and as, to the great'majority, gthis

is the substance, and the duties are ouiy the disagreeable shadow that could be gladly dis pensed-with, the change might be acceptable to themselves, as it unquestionably would be to the community. It is a pity and a socia evil that Justices' justice should have become a by-word, and every day's experience is eon. firming a growing conviction that the spas modic, and whimsical, and unreliable tiling known by the name of Juices' justice is a public scandal, and chat the abolition o{ the unpaid ma<^ lS tracy is a consummation most devout.V to b9 wished.

In ordinary circumstances it is improper to comment on a case while still sub judice • nor is it our intention to say a word likely in any way to affect the course of justice when we refer very briefly to the case in the District Court brought by a youth McManus agaiDst his indentured employer Robh, for malicious prosecution and wrongful imprisonment. The original case is, no doubt, familiar to most. Two lads kept holiday on the Queen's Birthday, and on returning late at night were refused admittance. Next day, and day after they offered themselves to their employer, acting under best legal advice, and ultimately during one of such presentations of themselves were handed into custody, locked up in the cells, and, without opportunity given for again seeing their law yer, were brought before the Bench, aud without defence sent to gaol, the lad McManus for one month. The boy did his term of breaking stones in company with hardened criminals, and now reparation is sought. We refrain for the present from commenting on the case -as wo feel almost irresistibly impelled to do-and our only ob ject in referring to it is to (ix the eye of those charged with such business on the character of some of the evidence. Without descending to particulars we may say that it reveals not merely vindictiveness bat forgery, and apparently perjury ; and wholly irrespective of the merits of the case itself, the proceed ings—if there is even handed justice to be found for the weak as for the strong—impera tively demand that they should themselves become the basis of further proceedings in a criminal prosecution. We do cordially rejoice that the case has come under the eye of Mr Fenton, and Aye feel confident that the public will hoar inora on the subject.

">Saycler" hag a word, to say in the Coromandel Mail on the society just formed in Auckland. "A mutual aid Society" he observes, has been formed in Auckland of cook?, stewards, and waiters of hotels, for the protection of thtir respective interests. A committee has buen formed for diawing up a set of rules ti) be approved of by the members. Waiters are a very useful but a greatly abused seb of men. We have only heard of a few of the rules to be framed. When a great swell in an affected drawl says wai—tab., the one in attendance is to say "ya-as, Sir, just so, was it your mamma who taught you manners and the way to pronounce? If, wheu landlords insist upon cooks doing impossibilities out of naked beef bones and scraps of mutton he shall seek his revenge by underdoing the beef, overdoing the poultry and spoiling the soup by dropping the cayenue bottle in it. Cooks and waiters are flesh and blood and are entitled to have their reelings respected. Stewards of steamers and sailing vessels, in future, will decline to wash and comb a lady's poodle dog as has hitherto been demanded of them, or biing it a bucket when indisposed from the motion of the vessel. In short this class of men intend that they shall be treated as men and not as slaves to ssuckup people who have no pre tensions to anything bub what their assurance and ill-breeding gives them. We can only wieh the Society all success."

Captain Halls, of the City of Auck land, has in his ship a curiosity in the shape of a portion of honey-comb, which was manufactured on board during the ves sel's last voyage home. Bees are not in the habit of selecting a ship as the site pf their industry, and the circumstances are therefore worth recording. The swarm settled on the boat-skids a few days before the ship left here last Christmas. Then they transferred themselves to the interior of the life-boat, where they speedily made themselves at home, and commenced building a comb. The ship sailed, but the bees stuck to their citriously selected abiding place. They displayed very few symptoms of sea sickness, and proved useful at times in rousing sleepy aailora by stinging them in the back of the neck when they were pros trate on deck. The swarm got along first rate till they neared the Horn and the cold weather began to be felt. Then they stopped work and huddled up together for warmth, and the sailors quite missed their playful pets. An effort was made to feed them, but it turned out unsuccessful. They pined for the flowers of the field and the genial sun shine, and would not be comforted. One by one they dropped on deck lifeless, till at length the whole swarm had disappeared. It would have been an extraordinary event in natural history had Captain Rails suc ceeded in, gettiug them home safely. As it is their existence on board so long is, as we have already said, worthy of remark.

The case of Eaton v. Kenealy took npa considerable portion of the time of the Police Court yesterday, and resulted in defen dant being fined 5s and costs, amounting altogeher to £7 ss.

A handsome gold and quartz ornament has been lost. A reward will be paid to the finder on leaving it at Mr Lewisson's, Queen street.

The seasou for light wines is now upon us, and we have much pleasure in drawing atten tion to the excellence of Australian wines. These wines have become established in public favour against great prejudice, by their purity. As a refreshing drink they are superior to all other liquors, and cheaper than bottled ale. Among the many brands those of A. and R. Caughey, of Melbourne, are the most in favour. The stores of the firm are capable of accommodating 250,000 gallons, and there is always kept fina old stocks of Shiraz, Hermitage, Muscatel, Bur gundy, Chasselas, Eiesling, Verdeilho, Mus cat, Claret, Malbec, Matan, Frontignac, Medoc, Hock, Chablis, Sauterne, Madena, Maloga, and Pedro. Mr T. H. Hall, of Wyndham-street, is the Auckland agent, and orders left with him will receive prompt attention.

A sailor named Fos Stephens was brought up this morning for stealing under-linen and wearing apparel from the Immigration Bar racks and the ground by the Policeman's Home; and the arrest was mads by Con stable Gannon in a praiseworthy manner. The thief was strolling leisurely towards the wharf with a bundle under his arm, which attracted the keen eye of that active officer, Constable Gannon, who touched him on the shoulder and asked him what he had in the bundle. The little fellow calmly replied, "only my shirts which my sweetheart in Lome-street has been getting up for me." "Let me see" said the sceptical officer, and he began to open the bundle, and among a number of shirts, stockings and a chemise, he discovered two of Constable Sampson's shirts, which had been left out on the official line on the previous night. He arrested him on the charge, when the little fellow protested against'such treatment, as he was a respect able man, the first mate of the ship British Empire. On reaching the station, Constable Williams recognised the shirt stealer as an old hand.

Mr. G. C. Quick has, given an order for the building of a steamer specially adapted for the navigation of the Waikato river Mr William Holmes has undertaken the work, and the new steamer has been designed to afford large passenger and goods accommo dation upon a draught of only eighteen inches, and with a speed of ten knots. This is the very height of perfection in a steamer for the Waikato river, and the whole dis tance to Alexandra and Cambridge will he readily ascomplished. The steamer will be 92 feet in length of keel, 10 feet breadth of beam, 3 feet G inches depth of hold, fitted with sister kellsons made on the principle of the Yankee truss girder. The ironwork for the hull has been contracted for by Mr Wm. Hawkswood, and engines, of locomotive type, by Messrs Fraser and Tinne, 14-iuch cylinder and 40-horse power (nomiaal). Mr Quick has also ordered three large barge 3to supply other traffic requirements. It is evident from this that Mr Quick is determined to maintain the position he has held ever since the war in supplying communication with the Southern districts of the province, and we heartily wish him success. The cost of the steamer will be £3000, and another sister boat will be undertaken immediately upon completion of the present one, which is being built at the Manukau, and is to be delivered in two months.

The Rev. G. H. Turner's lecture on Good Templary, which was announced for Friday evening next, is unavoidably postponed for a few days.

An open meeting in connection with the Pioneer and Fraternal Home Lodges, will be held this evening, in the Albert-street Temperance Hall. The chair to be taken by Mr Coleman. The Rev. Samuel Edger, and Mr Lusk will address the meeting. An efficient choir will assist with songs and Templar odes.

The new Drill-shed last, evening was full of life and animation owing to the several companies at parade. The Victoria Company were under the command of Lieutenaut Mahon ; Hobscm Company under Captain Dignau and Lieutenaut Clifton ; Scottish Volunteers under Captain Mowbray, and the Navala under Captain Leßoy. After the companies had paraded the members of each company were put through a variety of military exercises by M*jor Gordon, and subsequently the Naval band, under Band master Shanaghan, marched through several streets playing a number of lively selections of music.

A grand variety entertainment will be given this evening at Otahuhu, assisted by the brass band of the Templary movement, and the one-legged gymnast and his brother. Mr McComish will lead the band. The evening will close with a quadrille party.

The new Snider rifles served out to our volunteer corps do not appear to be effective at the six hundred yards range. In fact if a high minimum is fixed in the firing for colonial representatives it is very doubtful whether anything like a full complement will be able to qualify. It is to be hoped tha<; this will be taken into consideration in settling the conditions of competition. The rifles are not uniform throughout the colony. The Thames corps for instance are furnished with rifles four or five inches longer, and It would not be fair for Auckland to suffer, if there is renlly any defect in the weapon they are compelled to use.

With reference to fthe funeral of Mr^R. Grattan, we find that we were in error yes terday in stating that Mr Robinson called on thu Rev. W. McDonald. Mr Grattan being a Freemason could not, on that acoonnb, be buried according to the rites of the Catholic Church.

A meeting of the members of No. 2 Com pany is convened for the purpose of tinally winding up.

The total catch of mackerel at Prince Edward's Island, this year, is not above two thirds that of last year, but the quality is superior.

Swedish banks refuse to cash Bank of England notes on account of the number of counterfeits reported in circulatiou.

In the Canary Isles the vine ran out, and that was the end of "good Canary wine." Then they raised cochineal, and now the soil is exhausted for good qualities of that article. So they have tried tobacco, and that will in future be their great crop, and they will apparently produce an article finer than ever before known.

A musical and literary entertainment will

be held tomorrow evening in the hall of the Christian Young Men's Association. The proceeds of the entertainment will be given to the harmonium fund in connection with the United Methodist Free Church Fund.iy school. The programme promises a pleasant evening to those who may be disposed to attend. Amoncj the singers we notice the names of Mrs Wright, Miss Nesbitt, md Mr flowden, the popular vocalist. The Temper ance Band will perform a favorite overture and several selections from the works of eminent composers. Mr Butschkow will preside at the piano, and readings s original and select, will be given by Messrs White, Black, Brown, Green, and Tattersall. Judge Fenton has quite a happy wav of dealing with crime, says the Waikato Times. He throws quite a halo of poetry and classic beauty around the most repulsive features of the cases which come before the Auckland Police Court. He touches nothing that he does not adorn. The nicest verbal distinc tions he deals with as airy trifles to 'relieve the monotony of the proceedings. The other day during the hearing of the case against Kirby, charged with a criminal offence, Judge Fenton quoted Claribels song "Strangers yet," French, and an ode of Horace. If this sort of thing be properly cultivated, Judge Fenton's'daily levee willdevelopeintoa morn ing fashionable conversazione where the scholar and the man of science will resort for mutual profit and instruction, and criminals will esteem it an honor ta be made the sub jest of so much learned disquisition. The building committee for the .Newmarket Hall met last evening in the reading room. The subscriptions having been freely prom ised 'of late, the total amount is augmented to the good sum of £172 9s. The committee »ye much gratifiod with the result of their endeavours. The success which has attended their efforts should be stimulus to further ex rtionp. ajvJ fndnce a continued and liberal support am the public. Plan 3of a hall were sub:.litted by Mr Wrigley, architect, which he had prepared without charge, and gave greafc satisfaction. It was resolved that Mr Wrigley should advertise for tenders. Now that such definite steps are being taken towards the building of the Newmarket Hall, those who have promised subscription will feel a pleasure in handing them ia to the committee, who will feel equal pleasure in receiving the same. The trustees will meet on Tuesday evening, and the building com mittee next Tuesday fortnight to receive the tenders.

The members of the Ponsonby Cricket

I Club will hold an entertainment of a very J interesting character in aid of their funds. 1 The proceedings will comprised music, ballad, song, and an original burlesque spelling; bee, the speeches of the school master and Inspec tor of schools, are reported as talented, and from the pen of a local author. The entertainment will take place in Pon sonby Hall, and the competitors will be examined on some of the easy words in the Singalese language, specimens of which were given in last night's Stak. From a sly glance at the as yet unprinted programme, we are sure that a great comic, musical, and literary treat is in store for the .peaceful well-behaved people of Ponsonby. Besides the young men of the suburb want a few new bats for the coming season, as they one and all are determined to " go in and win."

This evening at seven o'clock the Pioneer Juvenile Templars will hold a meeting in the Young Men's rooms, Wellesley-street, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing quarter. The attendance of all members is requested. , , .

A meeting of chessplayers was held" yes* terday afternoon in the office of Mr. Batger, Mr. Lusk in the chair. Mr. Jakins stated that he had been desired to call the present meeting in consequence of having received a letter from Dunedin in reference to an announcement that Mr. W. -Aitken would give a cup to be played for by the whole of New Zealand. The letter in question was an expression of willingness on the part of the Dunedin Club to compete with the players of Auckland. It was fur ther stated that Mr W. Swanson had obtained from Government the use of the telegraph wires after eight o'clock in the evening for conducting the competition. The Dunedin club wished the Auckland club to appoint a committee for carrying out the project. After some talk upon the matter Mr Batger proposed, and Mr. T. L. White seconded "That the chess-players of Dunedingbe challenged to a friendly match with Auckland, and that a committee be requested to make the necessary arrange ments ; such committee to consist of Messrs. Jakins, Lusk, Morson, Rice and Williams," which was carried on the suggestion of Dr. Home. Mr. Jakins proposed and Mr. Nixon seconded " That the number of players be thirteen." The meeting then separated.

Marshal Bazaine has, it is said, been soli citing service in the Russian and afterward in the Danish Army, but in both instances without success.

The proposal to erect a monument to Lord Byron has attracted some notice in Spain, and an enthusiastic admirer of the poet con tributes to the JSevisla de Espana an " oda " on the subject.

A female lecturer in California, speaking in behalf of her sex, says :—" Man's plea sures would never suit us, and his profits we kve. We allow him to dress respectably, and to take us to lectures and other intellec tual circuses, but the bulk of his income we appropriate."

A recent return states that the amount of suitors' acock and cash in the hands (if the Court of Chancery, £60,425,000, the un claimed dividends in the Bank of England reach to over a million, and about a million and a half lies to the credit of the Intestate Estates Fund.

We notice that Dr. Carr, who has made a successful tour in the Southern Provinces, arrived by the Rowena from Tauranga.

Opening of the Kaipara Railway.

Tite railway from Riverhead to Helensville will be officially opened to-morrow, when trains will be run free across, but there is not to be any luncheon, so that those who deter mine on an excursion must provide them selves with provender. Captain Casey announces special trips to connect with the line, thus bringing a picnic at flelens ville and return the same clay within the possibilities of these go-ahead days. To those who make up their minds for the journey we would say a word of caution against allowing their imagina tions to revel in anticipations of delightful scenery—alternating shades of woodland, fertile plains, babbling brooks, and crystal streams. The line runs through a very un interesting country, commencing with unpro ductive gum flats, and ending in three or four mile 3of swamp. There is some very fair land in the vicinity of the Kumeu and when the swamps are drained there could be no more fertile soil, but at present the tourist is disposed to ask what will sup port the line ? The great benefit that is expected to flow from the opening of this railway pertains not to the land through which it passes but to the many districts North, abutting on the gre^t Kaipara harbour. The terminus of the line at Helens ville is some miles from the junction of the Kaipara river with the sf-a. The river is the mobt notable feature in the Helensville sconery. It winds a distance of many mile 3 over a tract of flat country no more than a mile across. The railway passe* over it twicf, once about four miles from ilia terminus at; Harkin's Point (Riverhead,) and once within a mile from Helensville. After the official opening to-morrow the railway will be run for ordinary traffic.

The Geology of Auckland.

(BY TELEGRAPHJ

WELLINGTON

(From our own Correspondent.)

Thi3 day.

The seventh annual report of the New Zealand Institute is just published. The number of members on the roll is 19 hono rary members; ordinary members of the Auckland Institute, 215 ; Wellington 1 hilo sophical Society, 158 ; Otago Institute, 166 ; Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 91; Nelson Association, 57. The following para graph refers to Auckland province : —A survey of the country between Raglan and the Miranda Redoubt in the Province of Auckland has been completed, and careful collections made from various localities where fossils were found. About 1300 specimens were collected. For the lirat time in the North Island fossils were dis covered in the older rocks forming the Hakarimata range, thus fixing their horizon as much younger than was originally supposed, probably as triassic, with the exception of this iustauce that no fossils were obtained in rocks of greater age than the brown coal of the Waikato basin, but collec tions were made from all the younger beds, which show a direct sequence until reaching the Kawhia limestone, an equivalent of the Napier limestone of the East Coaßt. At Whangaroa (north) the secondary rocks of the East Cape district and East Coast of Wellington are again appa rent. There is in the museum a collection from these rocks, comprising Inoceramus and many other forms, and a collection has also been made from greensanda, which lie un conformably upon them, and which from the presence of Pecten Hochstetteri, &c, appear to be the equivalents of certain sandstones in Raglan harbor. ISo other beds of the coal aeries appear ia the districts here examined.

KING TAWHIAO AND HIS PRINTING PRESS.

In the King's country al] are busy putting in the main crop of potatoes. The natives have to give up growing maize,- or rather trying to, the pheasants are so numerous and destructive, that sowing seeds of any des cription is labour in vain. At Hikurangi great preparations are still going on for Tawhiao's meeting. A large quantity of provisions are now stored there, a good deal of it consisting of the native food in days of yore, such as mamaku, fern root, eels, &c. Of the latter, three large canoe loads were taken up alive last week in baskets, and several loads of prepared ones are coming up from lower Waikato. Flour, pork, and bullocks are" all abundantly provided for the great gorge. The appur tenances of the printing press came up last week to Tawhiao's place near Kaipiha. The heavy machinery of the press is now some feet under the Waipa. It was landed some time since and left on the bank, the several freshes in the river lately have com pletely covered it, and it will cost some trouble to recover. Tawhiao himself sets his face against the press. It was against IIL3 wish it was sent up. He wished it to remain in Te Wheoro's charge, he says, "the printe ing of a newspaper will only cause trouble between his people and the Pakeha's, and he would rather not have it." Howana and Tahi, however, have brought it np, and it is now in their hands, a "White Elephant" they do not know what to do with. I fully expect it to be for sale ere long. — Waikato Times. '~.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION.

A meeting convened in accordance -with the resolution of the Synod to form a Church of England Temperance Association was held yesterday afternoon in the library. The Right Rev Dr. Cowie presided, and opened the proceedings -with prayer. The follow ing resolutions moved by the Rev B. G. Dudley were carried :—l. That a society be at once formed, to be called the "Auck land Diocesan Branch of the Church of England Temperance Association." 2-. That the Bishop, having signi6ed his assent, be requested to become the President of the Association. 3. That the objects of the Association be the same as those of the parent society, viz., the promotion of habits of temperance, the reformation of the intemperate, the removal of the causes which lead to intemperance. 4. That in the carrying out of these objects all those members of the Church of England and others who are desirous by personal example and influence of promoting strict temperance and of discouraging habits calculated to hinder the cause are invited to co-operate. 5. That as soon as may be local branches be founded in the parishes of all those clergy who are willing to co-operate. 6. That the objects of the society be pro moted in the following manner:—By per sonal example, by the circulation of temper ance literature; by the organization of libraries, reading-rooms, coffee-rooms, lec tures, concerts, Bands of Hope, and the like, and by healthy recreation of all kinds ; by efforts for the improvement of the laws relating to the liquor traffic ; by efforts to obtain legislatire protection and assistaree for the victims of intemperance, c. g. by the formation of a home for inebri ates, &c. 7. That a number of copier of the Church of England Temperance Magazine be ordered from England for distribution, and the secretary of the parent society be written to to obtain instructions. S. That a com mittee be appointed to draw tip rules, &c. The committee to conaiat of the Right Rev. the Bishop, Archdeacon Pritt, the Rev. IVTessrs. Dudley, Purchas, Messrs. Shirley Hill, and Rice." The committee would re port to a future meeting when the Associa tion will be formally formed.

Arrival of the Hero on the Coast.

The steamship Hero arrived off Cape Wiwiki at 3.46 p.m., and will reach harbour about four o'clock to-morrow

morning.

A special despatch to the Star, by carrier pigeon and telegram, containing her passengers, cargo, and important English and Australian news will be published by us in an hour. On the last arrival of the Kero we were able to present Captain Logan with the news by his vessel immediately on his arrival alongside the wharf, and this evening we shall give our readers the benefit of the news twelve hours before the vessel reaches our port.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Robert Graham Esq. (chairman) and G. S. Graham. J. P.) DEX7NK. James Daly, and Samnel Batcher were fined 5s each for being drunk last night, and Alfred Tutbury, alias Nipper, was seui to prison for seven days, tbis being his third offence. LA-RCEJJY. Nicholas Fos Stephens, was charged with stealing two flannel shirts, and other articles of wearing apparel, value 14s the propeity of Constable Gerald Sampson, on the 27th insf.. The prisoner was futher charged with stealing, two rugs, pants, shirts &c. value 11s and6d, the property of Mr. E. Bropby, of the Immigration Barracks on the same day. Prisoner said he was guilty of both charges. Mr. Brohain said that the prisoner was a sailor, and was arrested on the wharf with the clothes in his possession. Prisoner made a long rambling statement which was understood as a defence, but which resulted in nothing. The Bench sentenced prisoner to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. Breach of Customs Act- Charles Higgins was charged with a breach of the Customs Regulation Act, with having on the Ist October omitted to pay duty on a box cf jewellery, value £10, thereby render ing himself liable to a penalty of £100. Mr Brookfield appeared for the prosecution and Mr Rees for the defence.

Mr Bees said he would plead guilty, but as the act was not wiifu), and the goods not worth more than £4, he would ask for the lowest possible penalty. Defendant eaid he paid the duty on them on the following day, but was not aware at the time that the box contained the jewellery. The Bench imposed a fine of £25 and costs. POOR OLI> SAM. Samuel Cotterell, an old man, aged-71, who was charged a few days ago with destroying part of a green-house and a number of valu able trees in the gardens of Mason Brothers, at .Parnell, was again brought up, but the charge was not preferred against him, as he was pronounced to be insane. Since his arrest he has acted in the strangest way, which left no doubt in the mind of Dr. Philson about the condition of the old man's mind. He had, it appeared, been suffering most acutely from violent attacks of rheumatism, and this, coupled with the fact that he had been in the habit of sleeping in the open air and in broken sheds at night, tended to im pair the old man's intellect. He was ex amined by Drs Hooper and Dawson, upon whose medical certificate he was committed to the Whau Lunatic Asylum.

This was all the business,

R.M. COURT, WADE.—October 22.

(Before C. N. Marshall, Esq., J.P.) SEDWELL V. ENOCH BOND. The plaintiff claimed £10, alleging that the defendant did illegally vote at the annual meeting of ratepayers held at the Wade on the 24th of July, 1875. His Worship stated that he had received a note from Mr. H. Lloyd, who refused to sit oq the Beach with him, and he would there fore dismiss the case. The defendant requested the Court to grant him his expenses. His Worship said he had not power to grant costs. ' The defendant suggested that if the Court had power to dismiss the case it could at the same time grant costs. His Worship then said, "I do not dismiss the case, but adjourn this Court without mentioning any date." The defendant requested the Court to cause his case to be heard before the Bench in Auckland, as he considered it a great hardship that an unjust claim for £10 should be allowed to stand against him for an in definite period. He had been called away from his farm for two days, and had travelled 20 miles, and now was coolly told that he could get no compensation. His Worship said he could not; accede to defendant's request. '

Fatal Boat Accident at Onehunga.

TWO MEN DROWNED.

A very melancholy occurrence took i yesteiday in the Manukau harbour Jv* has undoubtedly resulted in the dr ■ of two men named Duke and Niccols n?8 fishing boat Lily was seen off Muddy fsu about two o'clock yesterday, when BudrTi from some unexplained cause .ff appeared. The " Willamette "at once m ceeded to the spot, and found that the ri had sunk in flecp water. Her dingy w vZ? had been attached to the stem by * , was floating so near to the surface asT cause a ripple tbat marked the spot. T^° men Duke and Niccols, who were known t be on board at the time, have undoubted] gone down with their craft.

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

The information was brought to Onehnn by the Rose Ann, cutter, from Manukan Heads. Robert ISTicholls and Louis Duke ♦>, twomenaboard, were aged abont 22and 18 xq spectively. They left Onebunga yester day morning at eight o'clock to in to Waiuku river for oysters having been employed in that trade for some time by th owner of the Lily, James Hodgman. Th Williamette, timber boat, started about th 9 same time for Manukau Heads and kept the Lily in view ahead most of the way down The Lily disappeared so suddenly that the men on the Williamette knew something must have gone wrong. When they reached the spot where the Lilly was last seen, the mast was found to be a veiy little above water. The Williamette remained by the sunken yacht endeavouring to find any traces of the unfortunate men Nicholls and Duke, and when the Rose Ann passed on her way up to Onehunga they informed those on board of the occurrence. The place is a most ex« posed one, and unless the bodies were entangled in the wreck it is doubtful whether they will be recovered. Constable Greene proceeded to the place to-day to see what could be done. Nicholls has a brother ia Auckland, but the other man is not known to have any relatives. They had not long been resident in Onehunga. The sinking of the yacht is attributed to a sudden squall striking her, causing her to fill quickly as she was only partly decked. The weather was fine when the yacht left Onehunga, al thouyh the wind was ahead, and the yacht had to beat down, but it became squally afterwards.

UNPLEASANT ADVENTURE.

Ax adventure of a very unpleasant nature occurred to a highly respectable tradesman this morning at the Queen-street end of the wharf. The gentleman referred to had been down to the shipping to get a small box containing some trifle which one of the skippers had on board for him. Returning with it up; the wharf he found himself walking just bahind a dray which was loaded v.ith packages of merchan dize from the ship White Eagle. The man and the dray were going along exactly at the same pace, and the idea suddenly occurred to the former that he might juat as well have his parcel carried for him as carry it himself; so without giving the matter a second thought he placed the parcel on the back of the dray and continued his walk behind. Arrived at the end of the wharf the dray was continuing its course up Qneen street, and as thej^nian's destination was Custom-house-street he proceeded to retake possession of bis parcel. But at this un lucky moment the eye of one of the custodians of the city was upon him, and he had no sooner comfortably stowed the parcel under his arm than he was pounced upon by the vigilant officer, and charged with stealing it. Jn vain the unfortunate fellow aseerted that the package was his own. The officer only Emiled and said he'd heard the same story before. The accused had now time to take in the awkwardness of his position and as may be supposed was very uncomfortrble. He could see no one who knew him and the policeman did not recognise his name. By this time the dtiver of the dray had been brought back and was asked if the packet belonged to his load. To the tradesman's dismay the man replied that he thought it did, as there were several about the same size came off the ship. Things were now getting serious, and the officer's face became puckered with a meaning smile as much as'*.o say "You are a nice one to try and gammon me." The order to " come al ong with me " had already been given, when it suddenly occurred to the innoceat thief that everything might be set right by ap pealing to the captain of the vessel from whom he had received the confounded parcel. The officer seemed to think this rather a waste of time as he was sure "it warnt no good;" but at last he con sented and the unfortunate man!! marched the whole length of the wharf alongside tKe officer trying to look as little like a person ie custody as possible, but feeling all the time that he was making a dead failure of it. Arrived at the vessel's side the necessary explanation afforded by the captain, and our fritnd was set at, liberty after about as un pleasant a half-hour as he has ever passed in his life. Mr. S . says he will always carry his parcels in future.

GALLERY OF ART.

Mr J. LcVey Baird has just returned from,a! visit to England by the good ship " Oity of Auckland and during his stay in tlf&t country and on the continent, he Has made a very valuable collection of w works of art from the galleries, of the most celebrated London and continental art publishers, which Mr. Baird has brought with him lo Auck land, and which he intends to dispose of by Art Union, to be drawn on the 29th of December next. The pictures, consisting of aquagraghs, oleographs, autotypes, and chromographs, are the finest that vie have yet seen, aud the subjects of illustration will be new to the majority of the people of Auckland. The aquagraphs are, as artists know, of the most recent discovery, produced in colours by a solution of water, body, and pastel combined a composition of the old crayon drawing school. They are afterwards manipulated by hand colouring, embossed to fac-simile the touches of the pencil, then varnished. They are all beautifully coloured by artists of established reputation, and to such perfection have they been brought, that it is with great difficulty the connoisseur in art is able to distinguish them from the originals, so closely do they resemble an oil painting. These splendid imitations are from poetic illustrations by such eminent artists as Landseer, Faed, Millais, Terschen dorff, and Kosa Bonheur j and represents " A Distinguised Member of the Humane Society," " Highland Gillie and Pomes, } " The Smithy," " Dignity and Impudence, "Happy Moments," "Yes or No," one of the sweetest things in art, by Millais, said by critics to be equal to the original, copies of which sell for twenty guineas. Among the oleographs was an admirable sketen in the Isle of Man, after Eshcke, which, from its dept^f colour and richness ol shade. immedi»p attracts the attention or the visitor. "Un [Petit Son" a new pro duction after Perrault, is another excellent picture; the head, and expression ot tne countenance being; perfectly natural; Holy Family" after .Titian, is another pic ture of this kind, of remarkable merit ana beauty. The water colour autotypes, sistini only of four, »«very tmespeomjns of autotype illustrations. These were tak-* by the noted iCarbon Autotype Compwy- ; They are from the well-known pencUs.of; MisJ Edwards, and Millais, fLjW° £ scenes of English history [and poetoy.^l*

THS IYEMTIS

STAR. WEDNESBAY OCTOBEK 27 1875



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