SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

_££* a«" Tkte owning. 7 4 H«.T|W 8IS«!-To &oxto« morning 5 Si MOON'B AUC—Fall Moon, loth 525 am

ARRIVES.

j»o«»ru, nja. gunboat from Fiji (Pearl. *«*&, f rom lhe I ,,, ndi J Tawn, catter, from Kos^ell iJ!"? 80' b>r^ Ije> from KowoiStfo .AlDatrom, scuonatr, from Wagapea flf?. Moaner, from Lytte.toa ■■R«L 'J f, etCh- from CrßWa TnS JL Kell Jr- k«tch, from Wtntrarei «iuiie, Pryoe, scoooner, from Russ-jll

DEPARTURES.

Pretty Jane, gs, for UM>urfle»nd ffapier Southsrn Cross, gs, floimes, fur Nap.er S». Kilda, sg, for T»Van<anni (from ttse Mannkau) fltarray, «s, for ths aouth (from iho Jilanukati) «L>narybds. schooner, for w»op Uoa (Gem, schooner, forKnssdl '

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

%^SSTsSJ tyof Francisco, «> l*h 11'"1101'1 ' SS' earl7J H<ir0 ' 3bontlsth l«,w JOnv llv 0i?! °- *u<<-'*iand.ahlp. about Feb. 15 York-Llzzia ox , barqae ewJjr

VESSELS EXPECTED.

City or Ban Francl- C0) rrom orth 13thiost Her , ss. from S /C !n«y a'-out 13fch Feb Bt-diok Castle, ~W p from ~,n , ) 0a SJisbnry, s^ f(Om Lnndon . gai(ed 15th Nov Glenlora, , Wp WoPf, fr m London ; sailed 26th Oct Ardjar, ship, trom Gla«gow, Balled 26th October Jes» .ca bvque, from -ew Yo.k ; sailed 2nd June Marathon, btrqne from New York; -ailed October 12 Stella Maty. b»rque, from Hoba t Town Oliinpae. burqne from Newcastle sailed 15th Jan VisiOD, brig, from Samoa early Ryno, brigantine, from Islands, early ttelena, brigantinp, from Samoa, early Flirt, brfgantine, fiom Lyttclton, early Frank Gar, schooner, from Sydney, early Amben-t schooner, from Sjdney B W. Tucker, schooner, from Melbourne Loch Lee. schooner, from tha Islands, early Dauntless, schooner, from Fiji Coronet, schooner, from the Islands, early Mary MelrlHa, schooner, from tho Islands Fairlie, sch oner, from Sydney, parly Krieinhiida, aohoon.r. from the Is.auds

IMPORTS.

Per Pearl, from Altntake and Penrhyn isUnrl: 6 t-Mi« cobra 2J<f tons bchr-da mer. 11 tons pearl shll, 7000or»n<es 2001 ■»drl«d frail, O.Ogallons limejntce. 15, WaUn. 1m • orter.

Per Atlantic, from Lytt«ltnn : 633 sacks wheat, 100 sacks m»h, 13 cases bt-on, 2 t n» o»t. eal, 9 casrs cheese, 20 ke<B bitter.—M«-ter. »gent Per AtUnlic, rrom Lyttelton: 2 tons oatmeal.— Owen and Graham.

HMi Renard, Lieut-nant Commander 'Nowe'l, *rriTed ani anchored off the North flead at 23) p m y*aterd»y from.Syd ey (Yew South Wales) 2*! days, aft«r a very rough pwaga.' She ezpetienced at'on^ contrary winds and calms between that port and the Three Kines, which were sighted on the 26 h ultimo. After m*kin< the North Caj.d on the followin? day a strong *• Sby £ ea le acs in, lasttni; until the 31st, S'eompmi i) by he%yy se*. On the night of the 29th tha uppar works nn the starboard bow were washed in. bat on the Ist instant. th>> weather moderate 1, and aha ha^ li^ht w*nls and ca vim umil arrival y«>aterdsy. The Renard c rifcsthe following officers. Lieut Com mander W n H Nowell. nut*-' icutenant W 8 Been. <3unn<-r J C Roch< U, and 26 man. Whan she left Sydney there were ia pirt U M Pearl 'bearing the *brnad pennant of Coi'tDodora A H Hoskins), H M ■hips leagl-', BindfU-, and Alacrity. 'J he keich Pe*rl, belonging to Mr E. Watert. re turoed to port y<-sterday uvetiii,^ after a successful cruise of nearly three months. She brings 11 tons of pearrhell and other island produce Captaii Murray reports that after leaving Auckland on the Bth of November he lurt a fine run to Karotonea, which was made on tbe 19th Thence the vessel went to Mannai, ■Aitutahi, and afterwards to Fenrbyn. where 10 tons of pearlshell vreve taken on board. Thence sailed for Moashekt. where the scbooDer was delayed for some time through bad weather. The Kriemhilda and the Ammonia were hero in company. Returned thence to AitutaM, »nd Mannai, and thenca to Aitntakt again ; ltft tbera for Auckland on the 7th January ; in Ut 3? deg. 30 sees. «., long. 16 dee. K. on the 28th of January encountered a hewv gale veering from the Eto .« ThHlaitel til th-. Ist of Kebrua.y; since then hart Hf;> S winds, in'o p irt. The b^'qtie Glimpse ar<ited in r arbour from New cnstlu with a c reoofc>»l Sh« i>a» marte an unusually longp.B«»e» p olorged >y » success-n f gales and heavy ho dwi ds. >hel'ft ewcasile 13th J»bU«ry

Ine schooner AtUntic srriv- d this morning from Zyttelion, with a ca go of Southern produce. The schooner > lbtitn s< arrived thin inuminp from "Wangapona en route for N»pier, with a cargo of timber. Sbe pats in to re-eh p hsr crew and proceeds on her voyage at once. We learn ih»t tha barque L'chnagar, *h?ch left here for Gi»borne la»t November to lo»d wool for London, has filled uo and is to sail in a day or two.

The cutter Ins and the ketch Tiriiiri bring cargoes of timber from tbe coast

The schooner Ruby has cleared for RussftH in billoßt-., and the cutter Coralie ior Opotiki with a miscellaneous cargo. wine g'ihooner Merlin has arrived at Aratapu to load timber for one of the Southern ports.

AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

Mr alph.d Buck and's Weskly Rrpobt.— At the Havmirftet on Friday last inferior horses ware plentiful, and sold freely: stronger and b tter ani mals were relatively dull of sai«. Fodd«r tff ared in greater quantity thin for several weeks, with a tteady demind at last week's prices. Hide 3in nstwl supply; best quality, 4d the Ib ; skins and wool at Jate values. At Kemuera on Thursday few dairy cows were offered. These were in d«m»nd at imiovel values, and brought from j£9 to £12 each. Few store cattle were offered ; fat c»wle unusually pien iful—lß^ heart sold; best quality maintained lan week's values, bnt me dium and inferior w-re lower in • ijce fnllv 2- 6d the mO Irs. Pries ranged from "22s 6d to 32s Gd p-r 100 lbs. Shoeo w«re uorjsml'y pleuti'ul: «wea lower iv price 2a 6d ea<h; wehara at previous values. Lambs in excess ot regainment; th at sold ware low*rth<in of l»t« about 2*6) per head, but fully one-half were withdtawn from the sale.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE AUCKLAND

Mailb ttcm. Ctosis as roiums :— For Thame3 to morrow, at 830a in For Mahnr*ngi, Matakana. Mangawaij Waipu, etc.. per Mlutie Case? to-morrow at 10 am For »u»trali*n colonies, per Granada, immediately after arrival For Taranaki, Bouthern provinces, and Chatham Islands via Lytte ton, per Phoebe, on Satuday next, at 1.15 pm „ For Levuka, Fiji, per Llewellyn, on Monday next, at For New York, per lizzie Fox. on Monday next, at 4.80 p m - Malls for India. Ohio*. Mediteranean ports, and Con tinent of Europe, TJDited Kingdom via Suez and Southampton, and via B-lndtal, wll be made up - per Taupo, on Tuesday next, Bsh instant; Per City of San Francl'CO, on Monday, 14th instant, For Kandivu, Sandwich Islands. United States 1 of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, Mid'"British'and Foreign West Indies at 11 a m For the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at Ham For moniy orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 10 am - Late letters bearing an extra fee of 6d in addition to the postage, will" be received on board by the Mail Agent np to time of Bailing. (Signed) , «i.B. 8133, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

CARTER—On tbe 4th February, at her residence, Collingwood-streot, Mra. D. N. Carter of a son.

MARRIAGE.

CRAWFORD—NOONE—On the 29th January, at St. James' i hurch, Welliugton-slrett, by the Rev. R F. Macnicol, Thomas a. W. Crawford to Sellna Georgina Noone, second daughter of Mr. H. V. Noone, ol Auckland.

DEATH.

HOLMES—On the 3rd February, Maude, Infant daughter of Captain F. Holmes aged eight mouths and two weeks.

The fun-ral will leave her parents' residence, TJpton-a'reet, to-morrow (•'aturday), at 10 a.m. Friends are reapectiully invited to attend.

BARNOTT On tho 3rd February, at Otahnhu, Harry Nicholson, the only and dearly beloved eon ol Thomas aud Claia Barribtt, aged 7 monfha.

The Evening Star. WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening news, The Morning News and The Echo.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1850

* For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the food that we can do.

Mr William Swanson, M.H.R., has taken a practical etep towards attracting more attention to the important subject of cottage gardening. He has offered three prizes at the forthcoming Working Men's Horticul tural Show, to be awarded for the most pro ductive garden kept by a man engaged in any industrial occupation. The utter want of taste in Auckland for a pursuit which might be made a source of much profit to any working man's household is really surprising when we consider the facilities for garden ing, that are offered by the abundance and cheapness of land, and the short hours of labour. Only those who have seen it tried upon a proper system can. conceive of the amount of produce that may be obtained from a very small piece of land. Ex cept in a few of the most closely built streets in the centre of the city there is hardly a cottage in Aucklahd that has not sufficient ground attached to keep the household in vegetables, with proper cultivation and rotation cropping, and yet in how very few instances has the rank grass and dock given way to the cabbage, cauli flower, potatoe, and other green produce which would be of inestimable value to a family. In many English towns where the hours of labour are- long and the ground dear and difficult to procure, working men manage to vie with each other at weekly horticultural exhibitions during the season. Their gardens, both in point of neatness and productiveness, would do no discredit to professional horticulturists, and their shows are an improvement in many respects upon our annual efforts in a like direction. Unfortunately for religion these shows are frequently held on Sunday morning; and, unfortunately for Good Templary a public housu usually furnishes the show-room. These features we do not recommend for adoption; a moderate zeal in the cause of gardening is not incompatible with a respect for the infinitely more important matters of religion and sobriety. But even Sunday flower shows so far as they in culcate a spirit of industry and economy, and confer an actual good upon the home are undoubtedly better than Sunday idleness and dissipation. .In this colony tfaie average working day is eight hours out of the twenty four, leaving two-thirds of, the. day fordis*

posal at pleasure. In addition to this, broken time causes the majority of working men many whole days of enforced idleness. Surely under circumstances such as these every vacant plot of ground in city and suburbs should be turned into a garden, and yet how different ' isj the reality. We sincerely hipr» the effort now being made, by tho promoters of the Working Men's Horticultural Shctt will be productive of substantial improve ment in the desired direction. The work of keeping a garden in good order, instead of proving a toil, Soon becomes a pleasure, and apart from the actual profit derived from it, the influence of the pursuit in educating the taste and creat ing a love of ne^ and comfortable homes, renders ife a gl . eat . re f ormer . Where there aie tamilies of growing boys and girls this argu ment in its favour applies with double force.

The annual prize and missionary Gathering in connection with the parish of St. Sepul chre's took place last; evening, P.ev. Dr. Oowie, Bishop of Auckland, in the chair. The proceedings opened with Heber's beau tiful missionary hymn, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains," and a prayer by Rev M Dudley. His Lordship having addressed *he meeting, the prizes were delivered to the successful scholars. Boys, Wilf-ed Percival and Henry Biggs ; girls, Eva Diokson, and Rose Gilbert Messrs Biggs and Willonghby then gave sixty-four prizes to the chosen of St. Sepulchre's and the Epiphany Schools. Mr Biegs, a native of the Loyalty Islands, and Mr Dudley spoke to the meeting, after which Bishop (Jowie gave an interesting account of his recent tour in the North. Archdeacon Pritt made an appeal to the children in favour of consistency of conduct and cood work;). Key. R. S. Hassard, of St. Matthew's, was expected, but was prevented from being present owing to indisposition. The benediction closed the proceedings. The vicissitudes of a country parson's Hfe in this province are illustrated by the Rev Archdeacon Maunsftll'a report on the Wha ngarei district. Ho says :—" This impor tant district will soon, it is hoped, have the ministrations of a resident minister. The Key. Mr Mitchell occupied it in 1873, and his services and Catholic spirit are spoken highly of by people of all denominations The fatigue of travelling, however, was too heavy for him, and on his retiring from the charge of St. Matthew's, Auckland, (which he had nfidertakenimtil thearrival of its minister from Eogland) he declined to return, and left the colony. The district requires a man able to ride, and with come skill in boating ; but in neither of these exercises did Mr Mitchell excel. Indeed, his escape in one instance was bordering on the marvellous. Pie w«n! by himself in a boat to visit a family at the Eeada /night came on, and the tide swept him out to sea. After struggling in vain he lay down in the bottom of the b >at. On the second morning it drifted towards shore, when some people saw it and saved him." On the 14th ulfc, the inhabitants of Ho wick met in the school room to elect a committee for 1870. The choice fell upon Messrs White, Irvine, Lindsay, Andrew and Wagstaff, who unanimously appointed Mr White Chairman arid Mr Irvine Secretary. The following re port was brought up by the outgoing Com mittee :—That in consfquence of the repre sentations of the schoolmaster of the unfitnesa ■>f the building in which the school was car ried on, the committee inspected it, n.nd find ing his representations correct, removed the school, with the sanction of tho Board of Education, to the building in which the in habitants were there assembled, and also pro cured from the Board a new set of desks, which admirably answer their purpose iTorms and a desk for the master were alone wanting to make the school equal to any in the province. That this removal met with general approval has been proved by an increased attendance, and that the school master's services have a'so been efficient is proved by the same circumstance. The roll for the year 1873 shows an average attend ance of 27,afor 1874, 33. and for 1875, 30. Daring the last quarter the services of a sew ing miatrees were obtained from the Board, an rppointment which has given general satis faction.

The active young men in connection with the well-known firms of Messrs. A. Clark and Son, and Messrs. Owen and Graham, have resolved upon their annual cricket match. The match will be played to-morrow afternoon in the Domain ; the wickets to be pitched at two o'clock sharp. As the beßt men of each firm have been cho3eD aa repre sentatives, a closely contested match is ex pected.

We hear a good deal about the prosperity of Canterbury and Otago and the poverty of Auckland, but if the number of bankruptcies affords any fair index to the state of trade, Auckland is infinitely more sound commer cially than any other province in the colony. The Registrar-general's statistics for .1874 shew the number of bankruptcy cases during that year, summarized according to provincial boundaries, to have been:—Auckland, 54; Taranaki, 2 ; Hawke's Bay, 5 ; Nelson aDd Marlborough, 68 ; Canterbury, 125 ; West land, 54; Oago, 112; Wellington, 31; making the total of 451 cases.

The list of successful candidates for the Bishop's prizes appears in the Church Gazette, Tweuty-three prizes have been awarded on this occasion, aa follows : —Boys : Percival, Wilfred, Holy Sepulchre, Auckland, 314; Matthews, Howard, S. John's, Woodaide, 216 ; Biggs, Henry, Holy Sepulchre, Auck land, 182 ; Gould, Harry, Holy Trinity, Otahdhu, 180, Hammond, Frank, All Sainte, Auckland, 168; Hey wood, Edward Baddeley, S. Mark's, Bemuera, 167. Girls : Holder, Eliza Jane, S. Paul's, Auckland, 430; Hoi der, Anne Caroline, S. Paul's, Auckland, 425 ; Seaman, Annie, Trinity, Devonport, 388 ; Uhurton, Blanche, Trinity, Devonport, 259; Buchanan, Marbha, Trinity, Devonport, 255 ; Devenish, Lucy, S. Mary's Taranaki, 234; Pulman, Mary, S. Paul's, Auckland, 214; Williams, Amy, Trinity, Devonport, 196 ; Gilberd, Bose, Holy Sepulchre, Auckland, 183; Dickson, Eva, Holy Sepulchre, Auck land, 183 ; Scott, Mary, S. Mary's, Taranaki, 181 ; Kiasling, Ida, S. Mary's, Parnell, 166 ; Wesrwood, Gertrude, S Mark's, Remuera, 165; Harris, Mary, S. George's, Shortland, 162; Saunders, Mary A,., S. George's, Short land, 158 ; Doonin, Harriet, S. Matthew's, Auckland, 138; Hammerton, Maud, S. Mary's, Taranaki, 129. The next Examina tion will be held in January 1877, when the Bishop hopes that there will be at least one candidate from every school in the diocese. There is a typographical error in Mr. Rochfort's letter which appeared in our issue of Wednesday last. It was in Deer. 1869 - not 1868—that he returned to the Colony. The Church Gazette for Febuary was pub lished to-day being rather later than usual owing to the detention of the Bishop at the Bay of Islands. It contains a large budget of Church news. Amongst the acknowledge ments is a gift of Mr. E Bittley to Devonport Church of two handsome lmeeling-stools for the chancel wa<i acknowledged, as was also a liberal donation by Mr Philcox of £35 for the purchase of a melody organ for the same church. The minister of H. Sepulchre's begs to acknowledge with.thanks a donation of £5 from the Rer. C. M. Nelson, to be applied at his discretion to one of the district churches of S. Sepulchres parish. This donation is in return for, or in acknowledgement \ of, the transfer to the Rev. C. M. Nelson, |or the use of S, Paul's church, of a magiuficent altar cloth, the work of Borne English ladies and sent origanally through Miss Weale for the use of one of the Churches in S. Sepul chre's parish, but nob kept for either of them being found too,large. The transfer is by leave of Misia Weale., /r ■ '~, v.,, ,■/ :;;)_ii

"Looker-on" •writes at rather too great length for publication in fall, in rebuttal of the " ill-natured report of the conceit on Monday us furnished ny our Onehuoga corres pondent. He remarks: "In. the first place he saya that all the songs were of a lugubri ous nature, and secondly" that the best were bad. Fa contradiction to his statements I may tell you that out of thiiteen songs Ming fourvrae curni:j and only two of the remainder could possibly c^im under the category of mournful, or> as he pleases to term them, lngubrious sougs ; and thuse, especially in one instance where a lady of undoubted musical skill and ability sang " Home they brought her Warrior dead," was so well ren dered as to elicit loud applausa from the audience."

We have been kindly permitted to make an extract from a letter received by Mrs Grace from her brother, Captain Speedy, who now holds the office of Assistant British Resident at Perak, but is really the British Kesirtent at Lsroot. The letter is dated Laroot, 2Cth November, and states that Captain Speedy, who had just obtained leave of absence with the intencion of visiting New Zealand, had been compelled to remain in connection with the military operations that followed the murder of Mr .Birch, the British Resident at Perak, A thousand troops were daily ex pected from ladia, including the Third Buffs from Calcutta and the First Regiment of Ghoorkhas, who are good at buah fighting, of which there is likely to be plenty in the operations against the Malayans. Captain Speedy was busily eugaged superintending the preparation of roads for the transport train, building utorea for provisions and barracks for the troops. Ho states that Laroot is quiet. The residents there are mostly Chinese.

Wo have much pleasure in acknowl dging receipt for Mrs. Mulgrove of £1 fxoni Mra. C aiso us from A. B. C.

A German fellow-colonist informs.us, with reference to the paragraph in Wednesday's issue relating to Count Yon MoUke, that the famous general's wife was no 6 English. Her name was Mary Bart. Her father was an; Englishman, but her mother a German, and a distant relative of Count MolCke The daughter was born in Schleswig % and was about twenty years youuger than her hus band, who is now 75 Count Moltke is not a Dane by birth. He was born at Mecklen burg, but when a lad he was taken to Hol stein, then under Danish rule, where he re ceived bis education. He entered upon his military career at Copenhagen, but soon left and joined the Prussian service, in which he bas ever since remained.

The Auckland correspondent ofj the Thames Star writes:—" Tne Oppsition, I ut detsund, ha 3 got another string of lana charges, and stiff ones too, agaiuat the Min istry when Parliment meet?. I bave tome important Native news to cotnmuuicate, but consider it rather premature; suffice it to say that ie would be a bombshell for Sir Donald and his numerous political aud civil com missioners if it were known at present, It will come in good time."

The regular monthly meeting of the mem berfl of the Enmskillen Loyal Oraago Lodge, will be held this evening in the Wellesley street Lodge room, at half-past seven o'clock, when ovciry member is requested to attend, as business of special importance will be introduced.

Thejprogramme of the Templar's "Saturday evening" to-morrow at tbe Young Men's Christian Association, will bo full and inter esting, and tbe proceeds will ba given to the Tomple of the JaVcnile Pionef-ra.

We notice th.it Mr C. T Harding has pur chased the business lately carried on by vleßsra Archard and Biown, in Mechanics' Bay, in the coal aud firewood line. We hope Mr Hani ing will receive that share ot public patronage iv his new venture, which his uibanity, and kindliness of disposition deserve.

TELEGRAPHIC.

WHANGAREI.

(Prom our own Correspondent.) This day,

Maori Peach Groves.

The natives of Ngungum are very angry regarding the culter Euphemia going in and loading peaches, and re fusing to pay for the same. But for Mr Brown, sottier, and the native assessor Hote reaetawatawa they would have used force. The natives have applied to Sir Robert Douglas, M H.R., to have the matter ad justed, who has communicated with the authorities at Auckland.

NAPIER.

(From our own Correspondent). This day. Haystack Burned.—Races.

Messrs Nelson, of Ha,velock, had two'hay stacka burned yesterday, supposed to be in oenfliarism. The Hawke's Bay races are expected to be ' a failure. Saturday is no w fixed as the first day, and great complaints are made there as. business people cannot attend. The Telegraph says that the arrangements made by the Jockey Club are altogether disgraceful. The Darrell's.-Ram Fair. The Darrells ara drawing capital houses, notwithstanding that it has rained heavily nearly every night since the opening. Sir Donald McLean expects to leave for Wellington in the City of San Francisco to morrow evening. The ratn fair takes place to-day. Heavy rains yesterday will militate against its success.

WELLINGTON.

(Prom our own Correspondent.) This day. Reception of Mrs Vogel. Mrs Vogel aud children arrived to-day by the Alhambra. There waß a goodly number of friendn and acquaintances assembled on

tbe wharf to receive her, although it was raining at the lime. Several,other residents of Wellington also Returned by the Alham bra, from the European trip. Altogether there was a good deal of eye-piping and eye wiping, mixed With the female greeting. The Alhambra in a Gale-

The Alnambra met with a howling gale of wind in the Straits, and was tea hours coming from French Pass to Wellington. The Alhambra made the most of the occasion by pitching at a terrible rate. There is at least a break of nearly a month of tine wea ther.

Wilson's circus performed for the last time here last night.

The Alleged Forgery. Campbell is not likely to be forwarded to Dunedin before to-morrow. It is said that his friends will rally round him to get him off, so that he is keeping his pecker up. Several members of Wilson's circus company, who were passengers with him from San Francisco, paid him a visit of condolence at the gaol as soon as they heard" of his incar ceration.

Sir Donald McLean is expected here in a few days to meet Sir Julius Vogel.

WELLINGTON.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) This day. An Acknowledgment. The Telegraph Commissioner has, on be half of the Government, divided £200 as a bonus between the following officers lately engaged in recovering the cable : —Captain Johnston, Messrs Floydd, Koch,Nan|arrow, McjGregor, Smith, and Mathieson* Dr. Lemon and Capt. Fairchild were, in com pliance with their own wish, not included in this acaowledgement.

CHRISTCHURCH.

(Per Press Telegram Agency) Thursday.

.Condition of Crops. Accounts of the crops from all parta 0

the province give promise of an unusually large yield per acre. The yield will be greater" than last year. Much land has been laid down in grass for sheep farming, but this is more tban counterbalanced by the immense number of acres of new land brought under cultivation. There is a de cided preponderance of oats ; very little barley. O«ts will average throughout the provinces 30 bushels per acre ; wheat, 30 ; trnrley, 28.

DUNEDIN.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) Thursday.

Lottery Case. Judgment was delivered this morning in the City Police Court, in the case of A. and S. Inglis, Dunedin drapers, who were proceeded against by the police for haviup instituted a lottery in connection with their business. The information was dismissed on the ground that the firm was not beneficially interested, as ticket-holders had received full value for their money.

WELLINGTON

[Per Press Telegram Agency.] This clay. Reception of Sir Julius Vogel. A meeting of artizans (the Mayor in th» chair) was held last night, with the object of giving a suitable reception to Sir Julius Vogel on his arrival at Wellington. Tbe form will probably bo the presentation of an illu minated address, followed by a public dinner.

DUNEDIN.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) This day.

A regatta is to be held at Qaeenstown on St. Patrick's day. Six-oared race open to all comers, prize £CO. The prizes amount to £200.

No progress is being made with the Deborah Tunnel on the Dunedin and Moeraki railway. The contractors having loss heavily, the work will probably be re-let.

CHRISTCHURCH.

(Per Pres3 Telegram Agency.) This day. Government Appointments. The Minister of Jus.ice in reply to the Law Society declines to re consider tbe ap pointment of Mr Malet as Registrar of the Supreme Court here.

MEETINGS AND AMUSEMENTS.

BLONDIV.

The second grand illuminated ascension of the Chevalier H'ondin took «pl»c« last nl(?ht, and wai an numerously attended a« the pe-formanca of the pre vious evening. 'I here was ;i H'ight fh W''r ju-t as the exhibition wu* about to commence, but fortunately it pass'W ov,>r in a f'-w nrinu'es and the rest of the evening was fine The vivid Kcene. which we described ast, w^ ag in witn-psed Thrte tb/iusirid upturned faces, now brought out in strong eli-f, n-w lost io I? oom. owin« to th« flickering of the g*s jp's from the high wind blowing is ft si«ht wonh cecintc, »ad when to this is itdded tl c marvci'oui feats o' the man who f irras >he centre of attraction we mist say thu the " -how " is decidedly c*>eap at the prici Th* performance of last night wai in most respects a re pi ition of tie wo"den< of the first niehc, bat t*o or three now act? were introduced The most notable ■ f these was the bujquet on the rone. This exempli fle< as nearly ns passible ths perfection o' btlancing. The Chevalier appears witli » char Hlnng on his b<c< <md a small tahl> on his cheat. With his movements imneded in this way h« mlvaios* to the centre of the rope, and, by the most dlictte hanWnsr, balances the table on the rop-!. |Je then doe 3 the same wth the chair, on which he tits with hi 3 haUnclng pole in his lap Rm then his his lunds fre<\ and < ses them to pour h'mi-If out i el»ss of wine and drink it »*n ' a'so 'o cut up some food and "at it <*HH a bnife tin* 'orlc: the feat Uof an extriordln iry kind, and was loudly applauded The fireworks aiftin provoked the , u-qnallfled admira'ioiof th* bflhol'lo b. eso ci->liy i.hf bnmb stars or maroons, the flary fl-ins se" jents and »bo\n» aH 'he golden shnwer in which TCI ndin envel"p-s himself st the la«t. We are not at a 1 S'ir prls d ihU reop'e should flick to see a performance ato'co so bettitifnl aid ,winderfnl; there will *>c .anoth'r i'juminated asivnslon to-night, with some novel performancts by the hevalitr. CtTVH t . The varied and successful sn-ie? of entertainments by Mr E. D Davles. at the City Hall, a'e fist draw ine to * close Mr Wetghtman appeared last ni«;ht for the last time, and m it with hearty applause fmm those who witnessed his remarkable water-fei's Mr T>avies amnsed wMh his nnequ«lled ventri'oqnis'ic gift, and tUe associates of this t«lent<*d company did their best to giv« satfs'act'on This evening the peiformances will be under the dis'iiguished patrnn age of Sir GeorKo Grey, tha proceds to be eiven to the St. Mary's Orphanage, Pon»onby, To-morrow evenlneMr D*vies will take 1m benefit, and make his farewell public bow to 'he good people of Auckland, THE "SnA.TTGHR/VTTNT." This very attractive nod lively Irish drama, frnm the pen of Boucicanlt, was produond for the thir teenth tlmila11 ovenlng, nnd rec-ived with the same feeling of delleht. The " Lottery of Lie" wm not so w<il] eilcilated to draw as )hn representation of Conn, as the peopli. who are tHe bnst j id7es at once dis covered. We have so frequently spoken of the merits of the "Sbauglwiut," thit further refsrenci *han ihatit was played well m*v seem uin-'cassa'V The charac ters|we"re all unexcaotl'-nablv»us*ainfd. MR WHBA.TLETGH'3 BEVEFIT TO-NIGHT. Mr Wheatleigh will take hlsbeneft- this evening, wh«n another of Bmolcault's I<-Uh dramas will be "relented namely, " Xe rry, t vijhhand Morning.' Kerry the lending fteure wiH be in the person of Mr Wheatleiirh, on whom greatly the nu^e s nf *]in drama will depend Miss Ca-ry Oeorsre will repr« unnt B'wche Desmond. As the drama abounds in life and incident, it is ikolv to be a splendid succei". \ d->m»s icfarc% the " 'riend of the Family," will form a happy climax to the whole. UP THE RHINE TO ITALY. This panorama was ex ibited last nteht for the first time tn the 'Beresford Rail. Th^e were about 150 child'en and a'ultn p-esent. The pic tures and the descrlotiou of them seemed to pive great p'easure. The p«norama ( commfno's with a view of Amsterdam with its canals and countless ihtTiplnsr, then passes up the Rhine to Cologne, flob l^ntz. Frankfort. Worms, Heidelberg, and Stras bourg ; givps a view of Bvde, the frontier town of Switzerland, Altorf (famons a« the senne of William Te.Fs exploit). Berne. Nenf;hatel, Sausannfi, and Geneva; then crosses the A.lns by the pass of Mount *H Bernard into T'alv; eive3 a view of Ml'an with Iks splendid cathedral. Piaa and its leaning tower Venice anci its palaces and watery highway, Florence, the A.tbens of Ttalv, Rome with its many wonders, architectural and historical: and lastly, Naples with its magnificent bay. its noble chnrchen, and the far famed Vesuvius, sendinp up a column of smoke in the distance. The description of the soenes was in teresting and instructive, and was listened to with great attention. We again ata*e that of the four panoramas imported by the Sunday-school Union this was incomparably the best; the pictures are lareer and very effectively drawn. We confidently predict that this panorama will be much 'avoured b' the various schools connected with *he Union and ntbera outside of it. The de«criptiv« lecture was given by Mr Henry Baton. The children Bane snme hymns pleasantly during the evening. Mr F. Matthews pre sided at the harmonium. PONSO^BY MUSIOAT, SOCIETY. Once m^re we have to chronicle a very creditable performance by thn members of this Socletv. * The first part of la*t nieht's programme was Mendelsohn's "|Tymn of Praise" (Lohgesang). a work of great diffi culty to amateurs. We did hot exn«ct to hear other than an imperfect perf rmaccß, but the members have been profitably engaged in rehearsing this beau tiful music ; and Home of the choruses went very fairly. Ths instrumentation was on th» whole, good, thanks to the valued assistance of several friends. Mr Mitchell conducted with ability and di«cre'io i. The difficult soprano solos w->re given by Mrs Dacre in a pleasing manner, and the tenor part was ably undertaken by Mr Tole. We must pive a spneial word of commendation for the duet and chorus, " I waited for the L.ird;'' but we cannot congratulate the Society upon having achieved any measure of success in " Tha Night is departing," bsyond the fact of having pulled through it. The second pavt of the programme contained the two overtures, "Tancredi" and "Masaniello " finely played by the band, a piano solo by Mrs Woolley (the Society's in^ef *tigable accom panyisM, songs by Mrs T)aore and Mr Cruiokshank (both encored) and a charmine nart song, "Sweet is the hour of rest," by Mrs Upton, Mrs Mitchell Mr Tole, and *fr Henderson. Altogether the concertwas thoroughly enjoyable, and we hope so n tohwe another opportunity of attending a concert at Ponsonby Hall- k ~ SICtMA.

CAVALRY FIRING.

The firing for the Honorary Members Belt hy the town division of the Nixon Light Horse Cavalry, took place at the Mount Eden range this morning at six o'clock. The weather was very favourable. The follow ing are the scores : —

150 200 cOa Names. •rds. yrfs- "l3 n T/- Troops K. R liaaw .. 24144 32342 23333-46 rnK>pp.-K J. Gftilimd .. 3^04 34334 —42 sergeant Scute* .. .. 34443 32022 00330-38 Trooper McC»j;l>oy .. ' 03333 40242 22*0 — M

A CORRECTION.

In referring to the latn fire at Papatoetoe in ..ur issue of Tuesday last we referred to Mr Stoddart, the occupier of the burnt house,»a a labourer in the employ of Mr McLaughlin, and stated thatthe house belonged to the latter gentleman. We learn that this is a mistake, Mr Stoddarfc is a farmer who rents a piece of land from Mr McLaughlin, and also owns considerable property in the neighbourhood The house too was his own property.

Fatal Accident at the Sandspit.

An accident happened yesterday at the Sand spit, by which a German, named Buschet, id. the employ of Mr Casbmore. at his saw mills there, lost his life. Deceased was em ployed with pome others flushing a dam in 'he creek. When the dam burst some of the logs remained sluck, and the unfortunate man went out on some of them to dislodge the outer logs and start them down the creek. In doing this he lost his footing and fell into the water. The rapid current immediate^ drew him under, and he was whirled down ia the edying stream. No attempt could be made to rescue him as he was swept along beneath the surface. This was early in the morning. A search was made for him durina the day, and at length the body was dis covered under some log 3at the booms. A coffin was made for it, and it was brought up •:o town this morning in the cutter Iris. It has been placed in the deadhouse, where it awaits the inquest. It is said that Buschet leaves a tvife and family.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before John Cosgrave Esq and Dr. Home, Justices ) DRONKEN'NFS.S. Henry Bowden and James Murray were fined for this beastly offence. John Wilson, accused of the same offence but believed to be insane, was remanded till Monday. FOKG'RY. William Ross, alias Tidmarsh, was brought up charged with three separate forgeries and uttering : Ist. of a cheque on the National Bank for £6 ; 2nd, of a cheque on the Union Bank of Australia for £2 10<; and 3rd of a cheque for £3 153, with iuteni; to defraud Mr M. Montague. On the application of Mr Inspector BrO ham, the case was remanded till Thursday next. RFCOVPRED. Francis O'Brien, accused on a former oc casion of lunacy, was brought up on remand. He now appeared much better, and on the application of Mr Broham he was discharged from custody. KICKING / BOY. Thomas Hooleham, was bhargesl on a war rant with having violently assaulted a small boy named John Ooyle by kicbiog him yes terday Mr Macey Quintdl appeared for the com plaiaant;aad MrlAlexander for the defendant. The latter said his client was willing to plead guilty under extenuating circumstan ces. Mr Quintall produced a medical certificate to Bhow that the injuries were of a severe nature. Their Worships inflicted a fine of 203. and costs. EDUCATION BATES. Several summonses were further adjourned to the lOch. This was all the business.

"SNYDER" ON MARRIAGES AND BABIES.

"Ssyder" says, I have read in a southern journal, that a large number of influential ladies met the other evening in Dnnedin for the purpose of taking into consideration the advisability of establishing a Marriage Reform Association. A chairwoman wa3 appointed — don't mistake; not a charwoman—who said that the time was pretty well nigh at hand wiien sensible women should make a stand aoainst the tomfoolery and useless expenditure at modern weddings. I should think it was time.

A man «md a girl fall in love, or fancy they do, which is about the same thing, and want to get married ; but instead of just quietly putting on their Sunday-going clothes and walking quietly off to church and getting hitched up, the girl's father has got to be put to all sorts of expense, which he very often can't afford, to give her a rig out. She must have so many dozen of this and so many half dozen of the other things in the undercloth ing department; she must have so many dresses and polonaises and ruffs and stomach ers and so on and so forth in the overdress department, when its-a dead certainty that in almost no tiwe after the wedding not one half of these things will fit and will require 'letting out.' But the girl and the girl's mother must have 'em, if it half luins the father. It would never do not to call other girls about the neighbourhood in to make them burn with jealousy when .they see the wedding frippery spread about the bed and the dressing table and drawers.

And then there's the lover? He must have mnre clothes than he wants; and he buys presents for his girl upon credit, and he must have hired carriages at a guinea a piece for the hour, and he must stand treat to everybody; and there's a twenty guinea breakfast and a three guinea cake, which nobody cares about, and for which the friends of the married couple only laugh at them, and say what fools tbey are to be sure. And thfl two only too often begin life in debt, and at aaaout the time the young wife is ask ing her hiusband for money to buy things for the coming baby, the pastry cook is dunning to be paid for the wadding breakfast and the tailor and $he jeweller and iivery stables keepers are on to hTni, and all because they would make a splash wh*n the two made a start in life. JNow as a rule the fault is not the girl's #ut the mother. She, had so and bo and auch and such things when she got married and she couldn't on aDy accouiit allow her daughter to go to church in any leas pretentious manner. And so everything is done and its all tj astonish the Browns. Iff nine cases out of ten the girl would <fee content to go to church as plainly, dressed as you may please. W'bab she wants is to get married ; to be mistrese of a home and head of her busbjand's household; to be a wife and to enjoy the uninterrupted com panionship of her'husband. That's what most decent girls want and I'm not referring to any other; but then your foolish stuck-up motherß wont let 'em. So I feel proud of those ladies in Dunedin who desire to shut up with such nonsense, foolery and extrava gance. And while they set to work about marriage reforms let them give their atten tion tS the matter of new born babies, and see whether they can't introduce a little economy into that department. ■ What's the use of a two guinea robe full of crochet holes for the baby to spoil with sour milk ? What's the use of the guinea wrapper to throw over the robe before it can be carried out for an airing ? What's the use of a three guinea basaiDct trimmed with lace which the mother is afraid to use for fear the dear little angel should misconduct itself? The child ia made hot and uncomfortable with a dress six feet long or about four feet and a half longer than the baby itself. .This sort of thing may be' excusable enough when the father and

■■"■■■■■ —■—*—■aaaafe i $ I mother can afford it, but; so many foolle^ cotjples do this who can't. Then there's the christening again; befoTe a child cm be sprinkled by the clergyman and called Tbomas or Maryanne there must be a party invited and a lot of wine and brandy bought and all sorts of expense gone to, when every body is expected in turn to take a damp 1 baby in their arms and God bleßti'*fte little dear, and say bow beautiful it;^ when itfg nothing of the kind. It is only a mother who can see beauty in a pulpy salmon colored-faced baby, and then only in imagin ation. Ladie3 of Dunedin your efforts are worthy of all praise.— Coi omandel Mail. „

TEE EPSOM MURDER.

The Fugitive Suspected of Another Murder.

No clue has yet been obtained to the direc« ■ tion in which Harry Wynyard has fled. Our Alexandra correspondent sends us to-day a brief biography of the scoundrel and Borne carious facts about his relations. It seems ' that murder is not by any means uncommon in the family. The letter will be found in another column. The late murder has raised about Onehunga & great deal of talk about -,; f.he saddle stealing case, for which Harry '"."■' Wynyard received six months' imprisonment in July, 1873. It appears that the evidence on which he was convicted was given by another Maori. Shortly after the expiration of Wynyard's sentence, this native disap- : peared, and has never been heard, of since. Wynyard gave out that he died at Mangere, but recent enquiries reveal the fact that.no one else knows anything about his death. It is now roundly asserted, but of course only on suspicion that Wynyard had something to do with his disappearance. Accepting this as probable it would suggest the theory that ia ' his last crime Wynyard overslept himself at Onehunga on the morning of the murder, and | was too late to carry out his bloody purpose ; with the completeness he intended. Had he arrived at the farm by two o'clock instead of - four there is every probability that he would have buried the body, and cleaned away the traces of his crime so thoroughly «that when daylight broke the place would have pre aented its usual appearance, and the only mystery would have been, what had become of Packer. No doubt be would have ap- • peared at his work at the usual time and been as anxious as.'auy body to know what "v" had gone with the missing man. This pre sumption is strengthened by the fact that Wynyard did not take the precaution to ;> draw out £20 which be still has in the Auck land Savinps Bank. It looks as if he did not want to attract notice by doing this, and perhaps depended on his skill in carrying but his purpose to so disarm suspicion as to render it unnecessary for him to do so. ' Detective Jeffrey is still on the scent, and we •*" trußt sill yet succeed in bringing the rascal i-.o jastice. We regret to learn that Mr Sub- Inspector Paidy received a fall while engaged in the search two days ago, and has sprained his ankle.

The Career of Winiata.

His Father a Murderer,

[FROM OUR ALEXANDRA. CORRESPONDENT.] ,

The Epsom murderer, Winiata, has not, up to the present time, succeeded in reaching , any ef the KiDgite settlements in this direc- ; tion, as it is generally expected from natives well acquainted with him he will use his utmost|endeavours to do. Thinking some > account of ths villain's antecedents might be ■, ' «f interest to many of your numerous readers, I have taken some litile trouble in making my enquiries, the result of which I now for ward you, and which* may be taken as strictly reliable : —Winiata is a full blooded, native of Waikato, belonging to the Ngatima huta tribe of the same Hapu as Tawhiao, the King himself. His father, Parengarenga, is still alive residing at a small settlement near Te Kuiti. He has had three wives, all p£?i' T " whom have borne children to him. The first J wife, and mother of the murderer, was a, "> Waikato woman of rank, now dead. Another, a Taranaki slave woman, now residing at Kawhia. His third deceased wife was also a • Waikato. By bis present wife ,he has no children. Parengarenga is known as a most determined character. Some years ago when the Rev. Mr Buddie was residing at the Mis sion Station at Kopu, Parengarenga went there ; and del i berately murdered a man and a woman '■ by shooting them on suspicion of causing the • j Heath of one of his children by witchcraft. He is a chief, but at the present time has very little influence amongst his people. A■■o brother of Winiata's some three years back, broke into the house of one of our settlers ■ and stole a watch and chain ; he was closely , "pursued, but succeeded in reaching thai Puniu river in the only canoe, paddling him self across with his hands. After a long talk, across the river to his pursuer, who threat ened to follow him to Kuiti, he restored the booty. Winiata knows every inch of the country between Auckland andMokau,as far as tracks and roads go ; sotLereis every fear he will succeed in reaching his old quarters at Te Kuiti. Just after the war he was re siding with his father and family at Kara kariki. They were fighting against and not with our troops, as reported, at Rangiriri and Mere Mere. The names tatooed on his \ arms are his own, Katarina his wife's (now supposed to be dead), and Hara, his sister's name. Hara te Ata, the wife of Pai- : waenua, the native who when Mr James Mackay visited the Kuiti on his mission to demand the murderers of Sullivan, saved ; that gentleman's life when attacked by Rura | bs Ngahi in his tent. WYNYARD'S LOVE ESCAPADE." '. There are a great many, reports of the • former doings and exploits of Winiata going ;.'■ about now that his name is so notorious, by \ the barbarous murder of Packer. One story is that some six years ago, when on a visit to Napier, he had a love affair with a native, > girl there, that her friends not consenting h« eloped with her as his wife, and that being * closely followed'by Te Kauparaha, and Wi Tako, to the port, he carried the girl on his back tied up in a sack, as his " baggage" and got her safely on board the steamer, and away to Auckland, where, however, they': were afterwards followed, and the girl taken back by her friends. PROSPECTS OF BEI^G GIVEN UP. Should Winiata succeed in evading all parties engaged in his-puranit, between here and Auckland, and reach the Kuiti, from ally I can learn among the natives themselves, I am inclined to think, that he will not in that case escape the murderer's doom. All I have spoken to, and several of them influential Ringites, to a man, condemn him as a mar- ■ derer, c tangata kohuru, c kore c taki, a murderer without a reason. I have never, heard this said before of any of the other out laws now under Tawhiao's protection. 'The murders of Todd, and Sullivan have their en-, tire sympathy ; in a Maori's view they were justified in their shedding of blood; in fact there is little doubt but it was done by order, la the present case, however, it is different; there is nothing political in it whatever, and, I think I may safely say, that-with the ex ception of ttje murderer's immediate relations , (he Kingites would like him to be caught within our own boundaries, and strung up as he deserves, and so save them and us, any more further trouble. ' v "

Supposed track of the Murderer.

From the Waikato Times. We understand that the police authorities have received information that the murderer ■ Winiata has made in the direction o|<^ j Sx renga, a settlement at the "back of^ r .' fe r ';% kare Lake, where his father is ka^v r*- V residing at preßent. Gjnstables/ '; \

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