SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

.«? lOH TEE—This aftemooj, 65; to-morrow Bnom'ng, 6 27 BUW HEt- Thin pv«ntag, 640 SUN RISE-To- Blorrr>w morning, 4.47 MOON'S AGE-Full mnon, 13ih 9 9 p.m

ARRIVALS.

jaranaßi, bs, Lloyd, from tin South

DEPARTURES.

«»««i!B uerman tnan-o'-w* , for Fiji HhWifsi. b « Wheeler, ■■ r the So 3>o. cutter, fo- Ru-^1! Bogina, as, Waits for Gis'ornei

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

cor wwrton Flpch-ro nnd Cit' of Auckland, ships; •ftn'i C Inmbns h«rqu«—ra.Jp P'yano'sco—VascT d» Gama, s a. 23rd (Eng i h Tor lie Poutb-Tar»T.Bkt, 15th; Phcebo, 18th; and T-upo, t^o 20>h in tan's For Hobart Town Gl-ncoe. ba'qn», early For Sydney—Macg eior (s S ), and Hero (ss)—early For tho Is-nd«-Maitha, barque; Vision, brig; and Emu, s s, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

«»»i vi -enrany snip rrom LoDdon ; Rni'»<l Ane 21 , Jlf Prnrtleton, saiPi f rom G( ,] fPi Sweden ; sailed 18th *t)gnst Bella Mary, ba-qun, from HoWt Town, early w uium ackers, barque, from 4 \ ewcastle; sailed 29th September FlF?di S Verity, barque, from Wellington; sailed Je«ica 'barque, from i» fw y n ,v . srslp( , 2rld j, ine Victor barque, firm Port Oarrhle : s*Ve<\ May J izzie Po x , from Y ew York : Ba ilpd 3 d July Marathon b.tqne from v fw v o^ ewlv vmI M"i vllle- frnm D lllp<lin : a«»'ert 21«t -Km'n schooner, from Rarntorga atone* Ttonn'lpss MpwaMan fchorwv. '-om T,evnV<i Siw ra ti V9Ohonnr" r from Pwliyrt Js'and, eavly Jiemlworth, schooner, fro-n Noumea, »arlv Au°^t all' Sbiß WEQ F' f' Om Lon(l°n :Railed 16th Wave, brig, f roro Timav,,. s ,, le^ Op.t^ber 19th t>outnern f!ro;s. mfssfen v s^i B!l .rl<r Kate Br>in. hrlersnt n«, fr-.m Hn«o<Hn Pb a ffiDe eCs r fr°m >Fri£C° 2nd December > earJy

r, -^ special char or. in mp,dt>, for co' • •Aiders' names inserted in thin column. 'mgnmr or

IMPORTS.

rer Taranaki from t 1 * ;> ---ba'es fcn?n«, 10 do v •l" s""'h; 14 cises, 1 bnx. 6 leather. 1 truss — "•" r ''^T s' 7 <runk- chest. 7 naekages Per MarvlV t „,' P w he«l*r "S-nt Tff. Z ,g. S Co . SO S'tcVa n«« *f| Vl' c " «"0 s"fl<s flour, 280 bags do, Per r-v « ? R Pn'' Vn taps bran 9i i!y!l1e frnm Dunf dln :7R tonß floilr- 80 »&eut lldsale> 10 CBes chairs—ll. Niccol,

«Whnnf Ta?"*riaV' ?90toflQ. CantoinXloTd arrived at rtmo^*' 7'^ «>'s n.oTr'lnv shfl -eft nnehu^a at TVito P ?• On the 4lh with thß Arisen mails; arrived w.,tp»in ?Rt6am pn thp 8h = «xn.r»en«ed strong westerly w , nrfqfromtheMiliiukiu ]pf( . Tar , n:ilc j at fin, v .• ar<laT"ved at Nelson at 230 am on the l.f* °Av. lrie ext>er!en C pd a r.eaw R W pale and ?e*; ]*fto+!-™ st 84° "m: a-rivpfl a t Pinter 5 am; i*"** 5 pm : »"to!* '"1 Weilinp-trn at 1040 pm *fc»a aa I T :,, traT1sTitppfefl the n»ii. and passencer* to 4,t«" nji* i, ft for Picton m the B«.h : arrl * P« eat 74S T"" : left «t 5 .mon th* 9th ; ?Of>. •»* v '»^" at 230 nir ;Iftat7 pm on *h« awn arrived at TamnnH at 10 am on the l'th j lift w» jn^ Brr!vlri * "if "W"- Pwsi't.pb's: Saloon— J«ra>rt Mrs Weh^fpr. Mrs Pe-m nr MS Wells. Mr ana Mrs Ogd-r.. Mes rs Smih, Palm»r. Ben^fiH J^rnmmonrt. .Tpff^ry Thomrs™, K^miUon. KHis. *n tvt"'™" °'sllt in the c*efirapp. rWe ar« inrteHfe'l JO Mr Fd"»nrrstone the pti'Ser for his usual rnnrtesy inn fol'owine a-P the p->BPeT){rfirs pc" Hawei fo^ Sou'h to-day :_%Ti?iR ' ou^r Mrs friend, Mis^s •H and Maria Torn. Mr and M--s Onuraa-e, a» d 4 children, Mr pnd IVTrs MeKeM^r, Mrs Thompson, Miss JNjitirn, Mrs B-pe. Miss Mi»s Balneivi^ Wine and 2 children. Messrs John Bnyd, I.' £oyri. Vajrinu, Lawre^cp, BaynFs, Murrhv, Hnd«on, D'esh, G'anviile, iw. Niccgl. Rail, Knodgraßß, Toll, Gandin, Gandon, Williams, Foot", and others booked at

Ths GeToan man-of-war Gi/elle lef(■ for Fiji via «hft Kawan last evening Dnrir? her «tnv in thi« port the sntD has been extens'v- ly < v»rbaulel in her UDper WorVs and Ti^ne, a- d has talfn o- board 301 t"ns of coil in arldi inn to a larfjo stinolv of st*-rps. It 1* an ill w'nd hlnws rohnriv ?0 ""1 »nrt onr A ncVlnnd roer- C>>«nts have to «h»nk 'h* f<>v-' a~<i qnaran'irp in Bu«hane for the good customer th"S brought tc thatr CO-rs

•m-TtT <Jirpe-wnsf e<l "cho^nor L-ch T pc and the brie Nil Dpsperandnm are discharging their cargoes at the Qneen-strpel; whatf.

I" consentlfinre of the late accident t-> t^« "Rotrena her d'psrture for Tanrarga is deferred till 5 p m to-morrow

'The schooner Swal'ow arrive! from Parensarpng-* this mornirp wit 40 bales flax, 11 bales tow, 2 Dales wool and sundries. E?The cutter Maud is unloading 43 tons coal she brouerh* from ihe By of Minds.

The PcTionnsr M»ry Velvii'e an-ived from TDnnedin last night aftpr a leg passage caused by pr«les ar>f] contrari' winds, 'he c>.»red for Avckland as far tack as the 19th of October. She brings a cargo of flour, ale, &c.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Gisbotn ', this day. The sa Rangatiri arrived this morning early from Narrier. The Pretty Ja^e left for Aiickland at half-past three this morning.

COMMERCIAL.

TVTr R. -Arthur soH a. quar+Hv rf baoon to-day at eijrito IOJd : bams, 9J£d : flur, £U to fU n« : potatoes (old). 5s 6d ; (new), Id to 1' I ; onions, \ygft.

MMr "reertwond'ssa'fi of ponltr^, tirorlure. Ac, \n the market to-rlay, them was « het'er snrp'v of poultry arid a much larger a+'erjrtanr><> than usn*l. Tbfl Mlowirg t rices wern real'sed :—Span'sh f^wß Ss ea"b ; Fmall 'orrlinarv), 1c fd t" 2s 3rt ; large 2» 3d to 2<» 10d ; dirk?. 2s to 2s 8d ; turkeys (small) 3s 3d ■ large 3s 91 to 5* 4rl ; pizenns. Is 1 < to 1* 31 • p*ir o' canaries in ca?e, 32s 6d : bacen, 7£d to I'd : eggs. Is

Mr Geo Sibbin sold t^-day. at the Corner Mi^t, jrood cbese 8d to PJ^d ; bnms 's ; pees. tOrf ; caidles, lid ; hots, IS" ; >e'"fer-e 2» 3* ; tea 2- 5d ; snear 4M; rafsins, 7d: jtm«. 6^4A; flnur, £13 t 0 £15 ss; bran, lg 3d ; sharps, 7a 6d ; potatoes, old, 6a ; new.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE AUCKLAND.

Mails wilt. Close as follows:— For Tbanoes this day at 5 30 p m, and to-morrow at 9 SO a m For Levnka (Fiji), -per, Emu. to-morrow at 11 am For Whitian*i, Tairua, Ojto iki. and > Taiiiar, via Tanr^rgt. per tfowena, to-moTnw at 4 n m For M-hur»Dgi, Matihsna, MaDgawii, Wttipu,"etc, per Miniae CiFey tr-morr iw »-• 10 a m For Wanea'ei, etc., Jus-ell, Wanparoa, and Mon gomii, p-r s s li>na on Monday at 4 ptn M*ils fi.r India China. Kuropo, United Kingdom (via -uez ard Sout >»nr>ptmi and via Brindisi) will be made up, per Hioebe, Thursday 18th instant

S. B. BIS 3, Chief Postmaster. H

Causes for Confidence.—ln these days

ot hummiff and lmpostuie the public are naturally disttußtiiil of assertion unaccompanied by proof. This-is particularly thf, case in reeard to advertised rempd.es, many of which arc devoid of tho slightest merit. But a medicinal stimulant, professional y tn dorscl and «BPd for twenty-five years as a curative of debility, nervous disorder*, ludney and bladder ail ments, dyspepsia and rheumatism, deserves and receives public confid-nco. Witness UdoIiPHO Wolfe's SCIIIKDAM AnO.MATIC SCHNAPPS.

MARRIAGE.

McKELLAR-HILL- On tho 11th ins'ant, at St. JUnry s Church. Pirn ell. hy the Pvicht Reverend Dr. Cowie, Bishop of Auckland. Alfred Arnaud Mom?, third son of tho lat- DufraM McEMlar, Esq.. M D.. of Biittersea, to Alien Maud, yonnjrest daughter of the late Hen'y Hill, Esq., solicitor, of Auckland.

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

FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 12, 1875

For the cause that lacks assis^nee, For the wron? that nee6n resistance, For the future in the distance. And the good that wa can do.

We have before us two Acts passed by the General Assembly during its recent session. The one is entitled " An Act to Amend the Wellington Hospital Loan Act, 1874," and the second one is called " An Act to Amend an Act passed in Ihe pretsent session of the General -Assembly, the short title whereof is tbe " Wellington Hospital Loan Act, 1874, Amendment Act, 1875." The former Act is elated the 12:h of October, and the latter the 21st of the same month. In other words, as we may so express it, nine days sufficed to necessitate the patching up of an Act of Par liament which was itself a patch upon another Act. If this had occurred in any one of the Provincial Councils which have been punished for their sins and blotted out because of their unworthiness, we should not have wondered. It would have been only Provincial blundering. But, coming from an Assembly of such omniscience that it alone can take proper cognizance of all the hospital loans, and cemetery roads, and culverts, and footpaths, from the I\orth Cape to the Bluff, we are really astonished that statutes of the twelfth should need amendment on the twenty-first. Can it be that Centralism ever nods ?

We presume it is necessary that the Oity Council should expend a certain amount of meney annually in slashing and hacking the streets. But whatever could necessitate their directing their energies in that, direction to Hobaon-street is one of those mysteries that are difficult to understand. If there is one stretch of thoroughfare in Auckland for which nature has done more than another, or one that seemed to appeal to the improver to spare its natural symmetry, it is Hobson - street, and in that particu lar portion to which attention is now malevolently turned. A more beautiful extent of comparatively level roadway is not to be found within the city bounds and yet it is doomed now to have its made surface, its footpaths, and its roadway broken up, and its residences and shops left at all sorts of elevations acd necessitating varied efforts on the part of the owners to facilitate the means of approach. Are there no un-made or half-made streets to be found elsewhere ? No place where a little cutting and filling would enable drays to pass or men and women to get to their front doors ? We may be altogether wrong in our opinion, but we cannot repress a feeling of wonder that in the present condition of taxation and of some of the more neglected streets, the civic authorities should entertain the intention of breaking into the level of Upper Hobson-

street.

OUR BROTHER DECEASED.

THE "ECHO."

And in like manner ifc is " with some feelings of relief," though we cannot exactly say, with any particular "regret" that we read the announcement. IVXfoit was a thorn in our flesh, a messenger of Satan sent to buffet us, lest, like the apostle Paul, we might be exalted above measure; and if any body thinks that from our making no mention of the Echo we were therefore unaware of its existence in our neighbourhood, we take this opportunity of correcting the error. And ROtf that out brother has taken his departure

from the thorny fields of literature^ we voluntarily mike amends fyr paying the tribute in Meniorifati. Born in a spirit of antagonism, the career of our contemporary bas been a warfare. Bravely it made the assault, firmly and vigorously it sustained it; ie was plucky to the end j and it died game. No one will charge the Echo with "want either of energy or determination." With money liberally supplied, backed up by friends who have at oaoe great influence and unwearying perseverance, it had elements of success that very rarely fall to the lot of incipient newspaper enterprise. And that all thia has not succeeded in the expressed purpose of dislodging the Eventing Star from its position may be accepted as an evidence of the hold which our journal has secured on the affections of the people of Auckland. We had endeavored ever to be true to the people, respecting neither the frowns nor the smiles of the great; and the people have been true to us in the hour of trial, and we take this opportunity of ex pressing our sincere thanks for that generous support, which we know has been in a multitude of cases one distinctly rendered "on principle." Men often speak of the " ingratitude of the people." In our particular experience we can give the charge a flat denial. We emerge from thia struggle in a far better position than we entered it; our circulation having all the time steadily and largely increased. Nothing could more pointedly express the public confidence, and the public determination to bear the Star through the trial unscathed; and the conductors of this journal would be less than human if the result did not nerve them to unflinching faithfulness to the public cause. In nothing is it truer than in journalism that "honesty is the best policy," and we thank the people of Auckland for havirig so emphatically set their seal to the truth of the proverb. It is true that the principle on which the Echo was started is one that never has succeeded in journalism. It never can suc ceed. But we were not prepared to find that public sentiment should have so tangibly expressed itself that at the close of a year's competition we should find our circulation and general business, not only not fallen away, but increased about thirty per cent in a single year. That we have been ourselves surprised by the result is not remarkable. Ontheoccasion of the cessation of thepublica tion of our late contemporary it may be per missible to refer to some things antecedent to its starting. It would be mere aff-ctation to ignore the relation in which Mr J. S. Micfarlane stood to that enterprise ; and while we regret the warmth to which our quarrel attained, it is only just to ourselves to state that it did not commence with us. A harmless criticism by us on the supposed unsuitableness of the Star of the South for the Fijian trade, and which, if erroneous, would have been promptly and cheerfully corrected, led to antagonism and recrimination which developed into a species of vendetta, our share in which we have long sincerely regretted, and still regret. Mr J. S. Macfarlane has his faults, but he has been a bulwark of protection to many a struggling man, and many a struggling en terprise in days when such was needed ; and, absent as he now is on a voyage to the South Sea Islands, we do not hesitate to say that to his commercial enterprise and indomitable pluck and constancy to friends, many a man owes his start and success in life, and recog nises it warmly and gratefully. Hot in his antipathies as in his attachment's, he is a staunch friend, but the very devil as an enemy. In both capacities we have known him, bnt wholly irrespective of any good or ill arising from his friendship or his enmity, to find ourselves arrayed in mortal combat with a man who has long been thp representative of progress in Auckland, has been repugnant to our instincts. We know that under feelings of provocation we unadvisedly flew " winged words" which bad better been stifled; and now that the storm is over, and we cannot be regarded as having anything to hope or fear, or any purpose to subserve, by such acknowledge ment, we deem it as honorable as it is just to express our regiet. This singular little episode in journalism is ended, and on our part it is the sincere desire that with the "echo" of thi3 angry turmoil, the din of passions and of strife may melt away into the silence of everlasting forgetfulness.

In this morning's Herald we read the fol lowing, telegraphed from Dunedin: "Con siderable interest is excited by the report in town that the Provincialist party have in contemplation the starting; of an evening journal here, with Mr GK M.-Reed as editor." We are requested by the individual in ques tion to express his thanks to the Provincialist party in the Southern capital for their kind intentions in respect of him, but he hopes that they will inform himself on the subject before they take the extreme step of actually removing him from Anckland. In the mean time, ho also hopes that the " excitement " on the subject will not lead to anything dangerous in Dunedin.

Mr Boardman, manager of the South British Insurance Company, has sent letters to Messrs Fraser and Tinne, thanking their men who so promptly proceeded to the fire at the house of Mr Hushes, Grafton Road, and also to the Inspector of the Fire Brigade for the promptness with which several of the Brigade went to the scene. Promptness saved the property ; a few minutes delay, and it would have been destroyed.

At the Board of Education meeting yester day, it was decided to establish a superior school at Onehunga as soon as a suitable building ia available. Miss Harrison's ap pointment as assistant teacher of city east was approved. Mr Barlow, of Epsom, was permitted to carry on the business of builder on the" allotment granted him, and Mr Warneford was allowed to put up another building on the endowment Wynyard-street. leased by him. The Board decided that it would be better to lease the Ponsonby Hall as a school, than enlarge the present building as proposed by the committee. The use of the hall has been offered.

Innocence in dealings with scrip is ex tremely rare in these days, but it is not quite extinct. A Wellington correspondent of the Thames Star says:-"A gentleman here incidently mentioned to me all sharebrokers were not honest. He was evidently mad enough to think at one time, that these gentlemen as part of their bringing up, under went a sort of moral training in the interest of speculators. Moreover he'had a friend in Auckland on 'Change. To this friend he sent £60 to invest in Union Beach shares. The £60 was speculated, but not in the direc tion desired, and the sharebroker has since left the colony, leaving nothing to his client but th« memory of his £60."

You iiever see the servants of! industry lounging about the Police Court, or ' backed up by a wall with black pipes in their mouths. They are never seen with their hands in their pockets, but are out and about, with clean faces and clean o'othes. The servants of idleness travel slowly and poverty soon over takes i,hem. T.ie iniiust'ious man becomes more industrious. His wif- 1, if he has a worthy one, more active and careful, his children a>e better educated, and conse quently better fitted for the duties of life. When the habit; is formd of acquiring property, whether real or personal, the in dividual feels a solid satisfaction wi'hin his own mind, of which the lazy public-house lounging spendthrift can for no adequate idea. Industry leads to honour, idleness to ignominy, industry begets respect, idleness contempt. '

We call attention to the supplement of the Evening Star which will be issued to morrow, on account of its literary merit and importations of fun, flashes of merriment, and paragraphs of wit. It unfolds several tales of profound interest, namely, the "Physician's Wife," shewing how a little squall arose in Dr. Betwood's establishment, and how it was sweetly settled by a summer calm ; also, " Tne Result of Frank Gordon's labours in San Franouco," with a descrip tion of the spot where the hero struck gold. The " Handsome Fellow," who studied " Chesterfield's Letters to his Son," and flirted with Annie and walked out with Miss Thornton, will be recognised by several of our Auckland young ladies, who will readily forgive the simple failings of poor Alexander. The " Fatal Error" will, we trust, be found serviceable in saving others from the clutches of a " widder." Other stories and sketches are entitled "A Negro Witness," " What they do at Church," "M Quad's Report," "An Obtuse Man," and a brief lay sermon on "Small Waists." Besides strings of pearls and sunny thoughts there are some fair specimens of veree. Especially notice able are the trio of poems on " High-diddle diddle," "Jack and Jill," and "Hickory dickory-dock." "The Season of Love," by a tender-hearted correspondent, is pretty and sweet. "Cousin Kate," by our regular contributor, reflects an episode in .real life. Kate still lives.

Yesterday and to-day many contributions were received for the forthcoming display in connection with the Artists' Society on the 16th insfc. at the Choral Hall, many of them of great bpauty as works of art. The ladies especially have sent in some fine specimens of their pencils, which will do great credit to Auckland. The forthcoming display of pictures promises to be the finest gathering of pictures the colony has yet seen. _ The committee of tha Society are indefatigable in their exertions that their labours may be crowned with success. To-morrow bein^ the last day for receiving contributions, it is earnestly hoped that all who intend contri buting pictures will do so as early in the morning as possible after nine o'clock. The Managing Committee will have a hard time of it in arranging; the piotures so as to be ready for the opening.

The natives at Kare Kare. Biy of Plenty have just completed two five-ton yachta builc by themselves ; besides various whale boats and gigs. They have also a large area of land under cultivation.

A correspondent signing himself " Ob server," writes cautioning the public agaiust betting on a certain foot-race, which he says is announced to come off at Klleraiie to morrow. He roundly denounces all th<; parties concerned, and describes the affair as Ok delusion and a snare. We know nothing of the race alluded to, and our correspondent may or may not be deceived.

Relative to the Cure dividend "Share holder " writes :—Sir, —l wish'through the medium of your columns to draw the atten tion of Cure shareholders to a few facts in connection with said mine. The directors have 'declared a dividend of 43 per scrip. Let us see the amount of gold it has re quired to enable them to do this. The crush ing for the months of September, October and November, have produced 2,(i00.)z gold, which represents £0890 at £2 13a per oz de ducting from this £1600 amount of dividend, leaves the surprising balance of £5290 as 13 week's expensss of a mine not much larger tham a cottage garden,—that is nearly £407 per week. 1 have heard a great many express astonishment at this result, and I think not without reason.—Shareholder. [We are unaware of'the financial position of the Cure prior to the last good sum of gold, but no doubt the directors wiilJexplainShareholdeis query.—Ed^.-S.]

To the Elitor : Sir, —la your report of the Agricultural Society's Show you state that no prize was awarded for shoeing heavy draught horses'. As I have paid 53 entrance for shoeing, understanding by the hand-bills to be 2a 6d for each class, light and heavy. I exhibited a 'sample of shoes on a heavy draught horse. 1 afterwards learnt that this hor3e was disqualified by either the judges or the committee, in consequence of no en trance fee having been paid. As this was not the case, can you inform me whether I have any claims for the prize, as ib wa3 on these grounds only I believe that my exhibit was disqualified. If this was not the cause then I can only say that some animus must have existed in the mind of the person who was judge, who is a rival in the trade.—l am, etc., John Munro, Durham-street. —[The committee should assuredly see that any error they have committed is rectified.—Ed.]

Mrs Church desires to acknowledge receipt from Mr Archard cf the followiag amounts : Mr Archard, £2 2s ; J\ Short, 10* ; Captain McCabe, £1 ; Mr Spencer, 10j; and R Grat tan£l. Alßo£l 10s from Star office. Any fur ther subscriptions will be gratefully received by Mr Archard or at this office. Mrs Church and family (four), have been left totally destitute.

To the Editor : Sir, —With reference to " The Trade's " remarks in your issue of last evening, I am quite willing to shew my col lars against Mr Webster's to any competent judge. The pipe collar was sold yesterday, but 1 have no doubt I can get it to compete, —I am, etc., James Wiseman.

The St. James's literary entertainment will be held this evening in the Albert street Temperance Hall, consisting of Eng lish and Scotch readings and ballads, and musical solos and duets.

We learn that a grand vocal complimen tary concert is to be given in Lime-street Hall on the 22nd inst. by the members of his past singing-olass, in recognition of Mr. Brown's labours. A number of ladies and gentlemen have promised to aid in making the concert a success.

Last night the ceremony of presenting the prizes to the winners in the Birthday Cup Handicap was gone through at Mr Ellis's well known house the Exchange Hotel. Mr. A. King made the presentations on behalf of Mr. Graham and congratulated the recipients on their success. The following were the awards. Mr E. Ellis Ist prize £31, and the Cup, presented by Mr. Joseph Ellis ; Mr. Hedley 2nd prize £9 ; Mr McMillan 3rd prize £8. After the business some champagne was cracked and a convivial hour was passed.

The boys of a certain school were yester day observed to manifest signs of uneasiness about their legs. This proved to be the result of a raid on the ice left in the tub at the Choral Hall after the ball on the previous evening. Unobservant of the rule laid down at tea meetings to "eat, but pocket none," the boys ate all they could, pocketing the rest as the bell rang for school. During their lesson they experienced the peculiar effect of warmth upon ice, and as they stood in rows before their teacher, he could not make out what was the matter with the lads, until the truth, like the water from the ice,, eked out.

The tenders for constructing a graving dock are receivable on the 30th instant. The dock will be large enough to take in way of the big «»*! steamers.

At the meeting of creditors in the estate of Thomas T. Brownell yesterday, the liabili ties were shewn to be £2,612 and assets only £20. Creditors mostly reside in Christchurcb. The Provisional Trustee will wind up the estate.

Mr. Jakins, secretary of the Ponsonby Chess Club, has not yet received an answer to the challenge sent South to play an inter provincial match.

To the Editor : Sir,—Had your correspon dent "Fairplay" read my advertisement he would have seen that the musical competition was open to all who did not earn their living by sinning. " Both of the ladies named as be ing; unfairly treated by Miss Leaf being allowed to compete" won aprize, and although only fourteen "out of the twenty who gave their names as competitors" came forward, the entire number of prizss (9) were awarded. — Yours, &c, W. C. Dennes [Mr. Deunes explains that extra prizes were specially offered ia anticipation of the at tendance of Miss Leaf and other good singers, so that other competitors could not have any valid grievance.—Ed. E. S.]

As the steamer Taranaki was coming up to the Onehunga wharf this morning a slight ac cident occurred. The Hawea was moored in the usual berth at the end of the wharf, and the Taranaki, upon arrival, dropped anchor off the wharf for the purpose of swinging. Through a mistake in the tele graph, the engines went ahead instead of astern, and toe Taranaki struck the Hawea &1 the forecastle, damaging one of her plates and smashing the Taranaki's figure-head.

QUERIES.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star )

Drab Sir, —Would you kindly inform me —Ist. As to what books a linished or educa ted young lady is supposed to have read ? 2nd. Also, can you tell me the name of the farmer ax Mangere who advertised a short time ago to supply any family in Auckland who would take two (2) quarts of milk daily at 3£i per quart? By doing so you will oblige —A Reader.- [The first question is rather a wide oae. The only book we are aware of, without reading which a young lady cannot be considered finished or educated is her Bible. In all other reading she may follow her own taste, or inclination, so long aa she avoids trashy or prurient works. 2. Jame3 C Cairns, Tarata Creek Farm, Mangere. — Ed. E.S ]

(To the Editor of the Evening Star )

Sir,—Will you be good enough to decide the following, as the reports of the Cross and Herald do not agree. At the ball given to the Captain and officers of the Gazelle as published in the Herald, Mr Dargaville is reported to have said : " I ask you, ladies and gentlemen, to give a cheer to Bismarck." Was it the chairman or Mr Dargnville who RDoke in the manner indicated?— Yours, &c, ParnkllElector.—[Mr Dargaville, certainly. Ed. E.S.]

STOCK EXCHANGE REPORTS.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.)

Sir,—Red Queens have been actively bought at 2s 3d, and are quoted. The tele grams from Grabamstown quote buyers at that fiaure, but in our authorised share list, published in the newspapers here, no notice whatever has been taken of them, though it is known that over 2000 have changed hands in the last few days. Can you explain the omission, as, if unexplained, it i 3 Jikely to cast doubt over the published list. — V^oure, &c, A Sharkholdet.

ANCHOVIES AND TOAST.

[From our London Correspondent]

London, Sept. 21

THE SURPLUS,

Mr. Lowe's celebrated definition of a suc cessful chancellor of the Exchequer. —"A creature with a surplus"—is embodied in Sir Stafford Northcote. who must be in capital spirits at the present moment, winh more than a million in hand in excess of the re ceipts of last year. It seems to me that if things go on as they are doing the conservatives will have a long reign of it, for there is nothing will tend to their popularity more than a good fat surplus, in spice of Vanguards aod such like losses. HORRIBLE INHUMANITY IN TCJR- KbiY. The Herzegovinian Insurrection which threatened to spread out its arms and embrace Servia and other nations and indeed embroil all Europe in a religious war seems to have Bubsided as suddenly as it begun. A.t one time, Lord Russell's sympathy with the can3e of the insurgents, bad an evil look with it, but happily his Lordship's friends sat upon him before he had time to do any harm. Of course, as a Christian nation, we must, to a certain extent, sherish a kind of sympathy with the cause of oppressed Chris tians, anywhere in the world, but these Herzegovinian Christians are really of such a repulsive and uninteresting kind that the more we know about them the less we like them., and we really feel that our sympathies are damped by contact with such dirty black guards. And they do not seem, a bit better than their oppressors in a really moral point of view, since in a few cases where they have surprised and captured Turkish villages they have been guilty of the most brumal atrocities such, as roasting children alive before the eyes of their parents and so on. Then if there be any truth in these days in the old saying that cleanliness is next to godliness these insurgents must be the most ungodly people on the face of the earth, especially the women, who, we are told, only wash ones in their lives or that is on the day before they are married. LOYALTY OF THE ENGLISH. • As if to contradict the assertion so often made in these days that the people of England are tiring of the puppet show of Royalty, the reception of the Prince and Princess of Wales afc Republican Sheffiield was perfectly amazing in its enthusiasm. The people almost went mad with excess of loyalty, and the Prince expressed himself as perfectly charmed. The English mob cannot resist the presence of Royalty. They may read Reynolds aud the Englishman and may meet in their dirty little booziug places, and abuse the Royal Family and relate all the scandalous lies which, are daily in vented about them, but let any member of that family only appear, and dirty face will howl himself hoarse for the honour of his noble visitor. It is well that this should be so. It is a guarantee of peace and quietness, and these debating clubs are safety valves, which ensure the placidity of our days. SCOTTISH E\RL'S DAUGHTER FOR NEW ZEALAND. There is some talk of you having the daughter of a Scotch Earl to live with, you at the antipodes. The lady, it seems, got into trouble through, an indulgence in the grand passion, and her husband had her divorced from him. However, the pair have made it up again and been married a second time, and are about to try what the New Zealand climate will do for them. How many times, I wonder, may a man be married to the same woman ? CORNISH SARDINES. A Company has been started at Falmouth for the manufacture of Cornish sardines, and the class of goods turned out is most excel lent. Soon we shall import no more lof the French goods, which, after all, are simply English sardines repacked in France. I have often thought that in your colony the trade of tinned fish might be carried on with profit. You have a fish very much resem bling a sardine and nothing could be more delicious than mullett in oil. The oil you could get at a low figure form South Australia where they make it of excellant quality. The price of all kinds of preserved flah in England allows a good margin of profit.

SWIMMING MANIA. We are all going crazy about swimming. Captain Boyton Bet ns all agog with his awimming dress which after all was nothing very wonderful. Then Capt. Webb performed a really wonderful feat by swimming fairly across the channel, and! now the ladies have tiken to it and Miss Emily Parker and Miss Agnes Beck with have been swim ming in the Thames, the latter from London Bridge to Greenwich in 1 hour 7 minutes 45 seconds, and the former from London Bridge to Blackwall in 1 hour 37 minutes 30 seconds. Of course they had a rattling tide with them, but still it is worth recording snch feats. Both girls were quite strong and hearty when they landed. Agnes is a daughter of the late champion swimmer, and is only 14 years of age, Emily is six months older and is sister of Harry Parker, champion swimmer of London. All this has created quite a furore in favour of swimming, which is taught at all the best girl's schools now. Meu have been jumping off London Bridge and doing other mad things, and there have, of course, been several drownings in consequence.

Fatal Boat Accident.—Two Men Drowned.

Murdoch picked up by Maories.

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TAURANGA.

This day,

A fatal boat accident occurred near Kati kati. A boat with three men, named Alex nnder Anderson, Arthur Stewart, and John Murdoch was capsized. Anderson and Stewart were drowned. Murdoch, after clinging for some hours to the boat, was picked up by the Maories. Full particu lars are not yet to hand. Anderson is an old and much-respected Tauranga settler. He was unmarried. Stewart and Murdoch were special Katikati se^tlera. The former leaves a wife and a large family.

(From Another Correspondent.)

An orderly returned from Katikati last night bringing confirmation of the intelli gence of the capsizing of Alexander Anderson's boat on Monday last. The boat was picked up yesterday by Maoris, and reported to the authorities, when boats were despatched by the Government to search for the poor un fortunates missing. An orderly was dis patched overland and brings the melancholy story that one of the passengers, Murdoch, has been picked up by Maoris alive, but half perished. Anderson and Arthur Svewart are lost by the npsecting boat. Anderson was never seen. It is supposed he got entangled with an iron plough Stewart and Murdoch got on the bottom of the boat, but after being there more than 12 hours Stewart got ex hausted and was drowned. Anderson is an old respectable settler at Katikati. Arthur Stewart is one of Mr Versey Stewart's party, and leaves a large family behind. Tauranga is full of mourning.

Another Boat Missing.

Fears are entertained for the safety of a boat containing four men out during the gale in which Anderson and party were capsized. The men in the boat are Edward Darby, William Mpehan, Allerley, and another. Sub-Inspector Forster has de spatched a boat party in search.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.— This Day.

(Before E. C. Barstow, Esq., R.M.)

Previously to the commencement of the business of the Conrt, Mr J. B. Russell rose and said he had been requested by the gentlemen of the bar to congratulate Mr Barstow on his first appearance in this Court as Resident Magistrate, and he hoped his continuance amongst them would be long and successful, and Mr Russell and the gentlemen of bis profession would render him every possible assistance in the per formance of his onerous duties.

Mr Barstow begged to thank Mr Russell and the gentlemen for the compliment ex pressed, and although this was not the firs' time he had appeared in this court, he hoped as their meetings would probably be more frequent ia the future, that he should be able to give satisfaction to all with whom he might come in contact. JUDGMENTS FOR PLAINTIFFS. J. McGarrigle v. Jag Wylie—claim £9 12s, portraits ; costs £2 4s (Mr Alexander for plaintiff). Hunter and Nolan v. Thomas Wooster—claim £20, promissory nore (Mr J. B. Russell for plaintiff), costs £2 103. T. Thomson v. James Gamble— (Mr Thorne for plaintiff), claim £4 16s ; rent of a house in Wakefield-street ; costs £2 ss. Thomas J. Masefield v. Wm Walters —(Mr J. B. JElussfiU for plaintiff), claim £19: goods ; costs £2 10a. Robert Hampton v. Richard Hewson—claim £12 14s 2d ; coata, vests, and trowsers ; costs £2 6s. Lusk and Beal v. J. Preston—claim £5 2s, (Mr Alex der for defendant), confessed judgment, and agreed to pay 23 6d a week, which plaintiff accepted. Daniel McPherson v. Thomas Flaherty—claim 1.0. U. £3 2s lOd ; goods ; costs £1 4s 6d. John Maxwell v. John Smith—claim£l 143 4d; goods; costs 19a 6d.

ATJJOTTENED CASE. Rattray v. Cholmondeley Smith—claim £13 8s 10d ; drapery goods. ALLISON BROTHERS V H. W. FARNALL. Claim £3.

Mr Thorne for plaintiff and Mr Quintal for defendant.

Ewia Allison deposed that he was a member of the firm of Allison Brothers, North Shore, and in November 1871, he Jet a horse to Mr Farnell for eight days at 83 per day. Mr Farnell subsequently went to England and forgot to pay for the horse. On his return with the Vesey Stewart settlers, he made application for payment and as no reply had been received he took proceedings. The actual amount was £2 8s but che interest brought it up to £3. To Mr Quintal: Eight shillings a day was a fair charge. Did not ask where Mr Farnell was going ; could not tell exactly where he lived ; did not know when he went to Eng land/

Henry Warburton Farnell was sworn, and denied that he ever engaged a horse of plain tiff.

Mr Thome said there was evidently a mis take somewhere, and lie would take a non suit. Nonsuited, costs 10s 6d. E. AND H. ISAACS V. ALEXANDER DEUMMOND1 Claim £1 2s 6d.- Mr Thome for plaintiff. This was a claim for goods which defend ant denied having received. Edward McOhattie sale clerk at plaintiff's store, deposed that on the 16th Sept, the defendant, a store-keeper of Chancery-lane, purchased several articles which had never been paid for. Elizabeth Drummond deposed that her husband never received the pans, wash-tub, and chambers, alleged to have been received. The articles were so remarkable that she could not have forgotten them. She never sta<ed that her husband had the things and ought to have paid for them. Alexander had been drinking at the time, but knew what he was about.

Joseph McCaghey, clerk at Messrs Isaacs, deposed that Mrs Drummond informed him that Drummond had received them, but would not pay, because one of the utensils was damaged. Drummond also, acknowkd* ged that he had received them,

To Mr Drnmmond. The terras are casV but we do not always get it; have credited' you before, and you have paid by instalment.. Mr Drummond : Nothing of the kind sir. Thomas B. Hull, deposed to hearing Mrs- Drummond say that Diummond had tfce goods, and told him th?t he bsd better pay his debt than drink his money away. Mrs Drammond : Hull you swear false, you do. I Mr Drummond t he does indeed. Alexander Drumnsond was then sworn, and deposed that he w.asa general dealer. He denied his-liability in toto. He paid ready monpy for pvnrvtMng*. Judgment for plaintiff, costs £1 9? 61. P. MAOPTTERSOiV V. JOHN CARLYJLE. Claim, £8 14?. Mr Thorne for plaintiff, Mr Alexander for defendant. This was a claim for goods, in which the parties arranged as to the matter of payment. Cns^s, £1 14s. This was all the business.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before His Worship the Mayor. F. LV Prime, Esq., and Dr. Home J.P.s) LARCENY Frederick Morgan pleaded guilty to steal ingr a £1 note the property of Christian Hell'zae. The circumptanees of this case werfi described in last night's "Stab" The prisoner wps sent to gaol for one month with hard labour. "iXtftfG " A CELESTIAL. Dennis Wrigbfl was brought up chareed with obtaining from Mr Ah Kew by false pretenr-es poods to the extpnt of £4. At the rfqnpst of Serpeant Major Pardy the case was adjourned till to-morrow. STRAYING CATLLE. Patrick Mulcaby was summoned for allow inj? his horse to roam in Franklin-staent. He pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s and costs. Robert Miller, for allowing a horse to crop the herbage in Nelson-street, was similarly punished. William Hall, for a similar offence in Will iam-street, came in for the same penalty THOSK HORRTD RATES. Judgment was given against Mr J. M. Me* Lauehlin for arrears of rates. This was all the business.

Painful Accident to Mr. Gee.

We rpgret to Iparn of a painful accident t© Mr. Ge*. of the firm of Gee and Potter, coachboilders. Mr. Gee was out at the Agricultural Show on Tuesday, and while waiting for the completion of preparations for dinner, he ran up a few sters with the intention of petttrjg on to the platform to sit down. The ladder peems to have been un fastened, and Mr. Gee's weight turned it over, throwing him heavily on the ground and breaking his leg just above the anile. The bone was completely broken in two and protruded through the fleph. The snf ferer was removed to his residence, Anek» land, in a cart, as speedily as possible, whea ♦be broken limb was set by Dr. Dawon. The injury, however, is likely to incapacitate him from business for at least two monthsv

THE DEMISE OF THE "ECHO."

As many of our readers are doubtless aware, our local evening contemporary the Echo ceased to exist last night, and these are the words in which it says farewell :— ---" Our Last Isstje." "On Tuesday last the Echo entered on the second year of its existence, and it is with ranch regret, although with some feelings of relief, that we have to announce to our numerous readers the discontinuance of the publication of this journal with its issne of to-day. There are few here but what know the peculiar circumstances which called the Echo into existence. The want of a second evening paper in Auckland was an acknow ledged one, and there was one special reason, which, now that the object has been accom plished, need not be further alluded to. Many of our friends feared, however, that com mercially there was not rooan for another paper, and we are free to admit that, after having tried the experiment for some twelve months, and having snnk nearly £3000 in the venture, their judgment was a correct one. We have spared neither cost nor enterprise in the attempt to establish a second evening journal in Auckland, and that the Echohaa attained the circulation and position it has done against so long established and popular a journal as the Star is a fact that will at once acquit us either of want of energy or determination. At the same time we feel that the Echo has not lived in vain. It has purified the literary air of evening journalism in Auckland and fulfilled the purposes'for which it was established. Bat as the very evils we were called into existence to put down became removed, the burden on the public of supporting a second evening jonrnil ceased to appear necessary, and the co opera* tion we had a right to expect, became one less warm than it should have been. Wears bound, however, to admit our obligations in very many instances for a continuance to the last of that liberal measure of support which induced us to-undertake what every newspaper man will acknowledge to be ajrork of great risk and difficulty—competition with* journal of such wide circulation and old asso ciations and connections as the Evening 1 Star. The warm support of a few, which we now desire most cordially to acknowledge, has not, however, been equal to the patron age of the many, and the admittedly l»rg« circulation of the Star has presented »n attraction to advertisers with, which it baa been found almost impossible for us to cope. Journalism, like any other undertaking, mm bottom a purely commercial affair, and may be too long carried on at a loss. In taking leave of the public and our supporters, JW have at least the' satisfaction of feeling that the Echo has done its duty : it has fearlessjy exposed abuses in high places ; it has trncklea none. Though unjustly suspected on sccoturt of the source from whence it sprang of being the organ of monopoly and the wealthy classes . alone, it has shown itself ever ready toesponse the cause of the people and to assist the weafc This will always be to its proprietor* source of pleasant recollection in the future.

TELEGRAPHIC.

ALEXANDRA.

(.From our own Correspondent.) This day.

The Salmon Ova. .. , Mr J. C. Firth is now here durtnbunnj Californian salmon ova. He has been w* successful, distributing 10,000 at thefiaiw. Upper Thames. Waikato, and Waipa[Tlje™. The ova is now hatching. All here?" jubilant over their good luck in <* ;Tto them. Mr Firth is now proceed! ng Mangapiko Creek, near the eonfuc*» boundary, to liberate the remainder.

. Kennerney Breaks Do^^ Kennerney, the pedestrian,. broki <w at 5 p.m. yesterday. He was very g requiring medical attendance, and tor was delirious. He only walked .about w miles of the second 56. He is still unw« but much better.

GISBORNE.

(From our o^^espon^^ Departure of the |retty c Jjne. thig The Pretty Jane left AuckUoa morning at 3 a.m. She lost one o** J^ peUers off Portland Island on^J^ and returned to GisbotW tW »*» Passenger t Mr, Allftib

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