SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

mSS.^*6 7t]R~Thll aftern°On' fi2s: to-moiTOB MOON'S AGJE-Full Mo^lOft/ass' am,! ."

ARRIVALS.

Przce Rupert, ketcl, f rom Bu7sels i

DEPARTURES.

ions, s g, frfr Eujsel

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

tjri n2, r^'iHCO-C'ty of Sun Francisco, es, 14th Feb (English mail) Hauraki, ss. early; Hero, about 15th instant |°r London-Cltv of AncWana. ship, about Feb. IS *ojr N ew York—Lizzia Fox, ba^qne, early

VESSELS EXPECTED

<3lty Of S»n Francisco, from the forth. 13th inst Hen, ss. from Sydney. a»-ont 13th Fob Br"dink Castle.ship, from i-nnrion Salisbury, ship, from London ; sailed 15th Nov Glenlora, ship. WOPT, fr-m London ; sail<>d.2sth Oct Ardvar, ship, from Glasgow, sailed 25th October Jeuiui. barqne, from New York ; sailed 2nd Juno Marathon, btrqae from New York; October 12 Glimpse, birqtio, from Newcastle sailed 15th Jan Queen of th« Ssa, barque, from Hobart Tewn Thorn is Brown, barque from Lvuccesion Vision, brig, from Samoa early Kyno, briffantlne, from Islands, eirly Kel»na, brigantin-, from Samoa, eirly Flirt, brigant'ne, from r.vtteiton, e&riy Amherst schooner, from a.^dney B. W. Tncker, schooner, from ""'pit-n,,™. Loch Ue. schooner, from t t . T B!^dß early TkSlntiJ^v! .■ 'rr>m Dun^in, sailed sthlnst Dauntless, schooner from Fiil Mary Melvilfc, SChooaer, from the Islands

Thß Schionera Fairy. Ebsnezer, and Minnie-Hare left ye^ter^ay evenimr for the Bay of Islands The ba'qm Bnlla Mary has be-n bronpht alongside tne wharf and moo*ed in her usual berth where Bhe aw a'ready atMt'd unloadine. The Bcboonfr Sis?v. -which Jeff; here some dayn a?o to load timber at the Thames has, we learn, sailed Irom th»DCB for Noumea. ! The brigantlno Yarahosboen loaded at tha Thames lor Melbourne by Mr G. "W. Binney. Tho ketch Prince Rupert arrived from the Biy of Wands la t ni?ht with, a carjo of coal.

A. notice to mariners respecting clangers in Torres Straits and the Inner Ronte, roted by Captain Edwards, of the Chevert. dnrine her recent expedition to New Guinea, Js now posted r,c the notice board of the Harbonr Board office.

The scboouer Jessie Henderson after a p?riod of inaction extending over some months taa at len°-th- Cleared out for th? Thames in ballast The outers M.md and Mana bring cargoes of coal from tha Bay of Wards. The schooner Favorite cleared to-day in ballast for Russell.

COMMERCIAL.

THE LIZZtE FOX.

The'following g'ves the qmntitr and value of the cargo (a> en by th« L'zzi* Fox for Kew York : — Sn« bain (202.4000 lbs ) .. .. Jfll 810 1039 eases fcauri gum 4,300 Total value .£lO,llO Messrs B. Tonka an 1 Co. held a wel! attended sale ct general goods tc-day to cl 'se consignments co-.sis ting of currants figs, bacon, msise, and groc rias, which'realised fair prices.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

Mails will Close as follows :— J?or Thame3 tomorrow, at 5 30 pm For Coromande'j co-;i orrow,*'., 1130 am For <untralUn colonies, per Grauada, Immediately after arrival Fur Wangaroa, per Belle Brandon, to-morrow, at 4.30 pm Per City of San Fraucirco, on Mondiy, 14th instant, as follows :— For Kandivu, Sandwich Islands. United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South Amoric&, and .British and Foreign West Indies at 11 a m For monay orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 11 30 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 the tima of sailing Notice. — ibe gieiire? Otago is expected to leave Hokititca at 8p m on Wednesday, the 9th insUnt. Telegrams for tha Australian ColoDies or Knror» via Java cable will bo received at this office for transmission to Hokitiki up till 7 o'clock of the 9ih instant. (Signed) H. B. 8133, Chief postmaster.

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

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1876

For tlie cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that nccdi resistance, For the future in the distance,

And tlis food that we can do.

The police have been undeservedly charged by a writer in one of cur contemporaries with a want of promptitude in conducting the pursuit of the murderer Wynyard. We should just like to know how,that newspaper I man would have done it. He did, it is 1 understood, make the attempt, and after two days' arduous rescarch.Jstruck the trail which Sub-Inspecto:* Pardy had run out to its ulti mate issue, on the very day of the murder—we refer to the knowledge possessed Tjy the Maori Brassey and others, who had seen Wynyard when making his way down to Orakei. The difficulties of a search of this character do not strike casual observers at once, but when they examine the Bubject in all its bearings, they will come to the inevit able conclusion, that if the natives are dis posed to aid in the escape, as they appear to be, the chances are a hundred to oje in favour of the murderer's success in eluding the offi cers of justice. The thickness of the under growth in the bush, or even in ordinary high scrub of moderate extent, is such as would enable any man acquainted with the most favourable points for concealment to bailie the efforts of a large search party, and re main in perfect security for weeks if food were provided. His pursuers might pass and re-pas 3 within a foot or two of: him, and yet fail in detecting his hiding place. The probability of discovering a man so concealed is reduced to a shadow of a chance. Wo are satisfied that the police have done everything possible to capture the murderer. One oH the chief difficulties they have had to contend against on this, as on all other occasions, has been false reports. When a crime of great atrocity is committed, every nervous old lady—we do not confine the application of the term to one sex only—within five miles round, works herself into a state of agitation and recognises the murderer in every thing that comes under her observation, from the innocent and unsuspecting stranger passing along the highway, down to the flurried tom-cat that disturbs her broken rest with his midnight perambulations. Then little boys, with their usual precocity, con-, tribute their marvellous stories. It was one of these, told with an amount of circumstan tiality that would have convinced an infidel, which led Detective Jeffrey and another member of the iorce on a wild-goose chase North. But notwithstanding all these con. fl ictingfrumours, the police on the first day discovered and followed up the right trail. Immediately the news of the murder reached head-quarters, Inspector Broham mapped out a plan of operations embracing every point of escape. Telegrams were despatched soliciting the co-operation of police, settlers, and natives throughout the province. Within an hour every place on the possible line of route, where there was a telegraph station, was advised of the des cription of the murderer, and the local author ities promptly acted on the information. Meanwhile, Mr Sub-Inspector Pardy, whoprp« ■ '-'; ■ . ' '■ ','" ' V t '''■' ' ' '•' ' -- -\ 14 \ ' '■ ■ '

oseded to the scene of the murder, discovered the direction which was, beyond all question, taken by Wynyard ia his flight, J>and fol lowed it down,to ;Orakei step tiy s);erj until all farther traoß \ was"lost .'with;vine native Brassey, whose evidence of the last recorded interview with the fugitive is bo unsatisfao tory. Beyond that,' nothing more can be discovered. The Sub-Inspector planted guards over the points of the Tamaki river where it was thought tha fugitive would en deavour to cro3S, and made known the re ward offered for the scoundrel's capture. He remained about Ocakei, watching the Settle ment, entering the wharog a| eight, and pro secuting tha search uawearyingly night and d»y with such vigilance that the natives began to complain of the suspicion cast upon them. Final ly, whou it seemed as if Wynyard must have succeeded in getting away, the Sub-Inspector conducted a search riant along the whole route as far as Awitu, searching Maori set tlements in out-of-the-way gullies, and taking every precaution likely to conduce to a capture. Sub-luspector Bullen had des patched men out to the Miranda and the native settlement at Whakatiwai ; others wvro guarding the Piiko, and the whole of the Armed Constabulary force in the Waikato was on the alert. Taa1; the scoundrel should still be at largo ia very much to be deplored, bub we think it only scant justice to the police, who probably feel their vvanb of succe33 more keenly than anyone else can do, to say thai they have carried on the search v.-ith a vigour that merited a-more satisfactory result.

We have received from Mr Greenshields a sample of coal from a new seam cut on ohe propei ty of the Kiluurne and Mercer Coal Company. The seam is 55ft. through, solid and without a break, and nhews considerable improvement in quality towards tho bottom. I'liH KainnlH forwarded was taken out at a depth of 35fc. Tho coal is non-caking, and appears to ba of a very superior description Is is the Company's intention to submit a quantity to Mr Tunny for analysis.

We understand that Captain Jacobs, com mander of the Mission vessel Southern Cross, has determined to give up his charge and retire to his farm at Wangarei. He bids farewell to his vessel amid the regret of all connected with her. The Mission authorities are especially sorry to lose such an able captain. We bolieve Mr. Busyuard ia to supply Captain Jacobs' place.

We learn from Captain Casey that a tree has fallen into the river at Heiensville, below the station, aud is a great hindrance 10 the navigation. Representations have oeen made in the proper direction, and we have reason to helieve the obstacle will be removed in a few days.

We learn that the man Charley Marsden, who was hung for the murder of a Maori girl at Henderaon'a Mill many years ago was a European, not a Maori, as erroneoualy stated in tho report of tho deputation of Orakei natives published in last Saturday's Star. There is no doubt the unfortunate man was labouring under an attack of delirium iremens when the outrage was committed.

We have much pleasure ia acknowledging receipt from Mr Kobert Graham of £5 towards the Orphan Home, tho proceeds of a collec tion made at tho Hot Springs' service on Sunday last. The service was held in tht evening in the hotel drawing room, when about tiffcy visitors were present. The Rev. S. Bunn opened with an impressive prayer, and the Rev. Mr flendereon delivered the sermon from John, 3rd chap. 7th verso. The handsome amount rcalited from the collec tion is indicative of great liberality on the part of all present.

On Saturday morning as Mr Field's boy was climbing over the dog kennel at his father's, Ponsonby, his foot slipped and he fell, breaking hi 3 arm. He was taken to Mr Dawson, chemist, when Dr. Wright was for tunately in attendance, and the little sufferer's limb was set, and is doing as wey as can be expected. About ten minutes after this occurrence, a similar accident befell Mr Homos of Cook-strcfe, who was in the act of painting the front of his hoiiße, and was standing on the lowor rounds of a pair (f steps. Ho had a piece of wood through thu steps which gave way, and though at the time Mr Holmes was quite close to the ground, the fall broke his arm, he was at tended to by Drs. Dawson and Wright, who set the limb, which is doing well.

With the year 187") grants of public money in aid of public worship have wholly ceased in the colony of Victoria. The original sum of £50,000 a year has been diminishong at the rate of £10,000 a year, and the lasb £10, 000 having been voted and spent, the sup port of religious agencies now depends whol ly upon the voluntary system as in New Zea land.

To the Editor : Sir, —I beg you will afford me a small space in your paper to bear testi mony to the excellence of the Waiwera Springs as a place of n Bfc for the wearied, and eiij iyinent for the sick. I visited the Springs la3tweek,and can givetb.3 most emphatic qua lification to the many testimonials which che proprietor, Mr R. Graham, has received from those who have derived benefit from his sanatorium. The accommodation, at the hotel was all that could be desired by the most fastidious. I would recommend every person in ill-health to try and visit the dprings, confident that they will return re stored to perfect bodily health and vigour, and grateful for the comfort and attention bestowed upon them during their stay at Waiwera. —Yours, &c, A. Dornwell, sen.

The firing for Captain Clark's champion belt will be resumed to-morrow morning at the Mount Eden range, and will, it is ex pected, be closed on that day. The firing will commence at seven o'clock in the morn ing, and competitors are requested to be on the ground in time.

A deputation consisting of Sir Eobert Douglas, aud Messrs R Knapps and Shew ring waited upon His Honor the Superinten dent yesterday to solicit His Honor's aid to getting a wharf built at Mangapai Sir George Grey received the deputation very conrteously,and when they had made known their request, replied that he would enquire of the Provincial Treasurer, whether any money for the purpose was available, and let them know in a few days. The deputa tion retired after leaving with Sir George a letter from Captain JFarquhar on the subject.

The annual meeting of the Regatta Club takes place this evening at the Thames Hotel, when the balance sheet will be pre sented. Subscribers of £1 and upwards are entitled to all the privileges of membership. The meeting is at 8 o'clock.

Mr Dornwell has a little pony, a very little one, but very plucky, and he goes like a steam engine. This morning he bolted down the street, and drove obliquely in the direction of Mr Bartlett's skop window. People moved as quickly as possible' out of the way of the pony, which was worked into excitement by a sign-board 11 A. Dornwell," hanging on his neck by a halter. Mr Archard had a narrow escape of being run down, but being an active man he escaped. Not bo fortunate was the next individual against whom the little steed backed, and knocked him full length on the pavement against Mr Barfclett's shop, the pony falling also. The sign-board had formed the side of a cart, to which the pony had been fastened, when it took fright and carried the board away in its terror. Mr Dornwell and a number of spectators seized the little runaway and led him back an hurt,j,', ~';■■• '■.. :-:■,'■'« . .i r .A-'.i. . ■:■:■'-' . -- j iiO-g.:-jy{i.^.iU : ,;.■ * *

The pretty child, Minnie Burke, who .was found straying yesterday by Sergeant Sander son, was. discovered subsequently ,by ; her motlxeit^ ;Mrs^B6urke of Wake'n'eld-street. The mother snspecting that her lost little girl, had fallen into the hands of> one, of the Constabulary, who are remarkable for their fcenden 633 10 chi'dren, m-jde.hor way to the station. The "meeting of the mother and child was extremely touching. As so&n as Mrs Burke peeped round the post the quick eye of the child recognized its natural pro* lector and exclaimed, "My Mamma," while aiamiLa fobbed) "My Minnie" aad cauyht the child Up in her arm 3 and rushed our, tnili'mering a blessing on the head of the Sergeant who had saved her "dear Minnie."

One of the most successful soirees held by the Good Templars was that of last evening in the Newmarket Hall, to celebrate the anniversary of the Victoria Lodge. About 300 people attended, the building being filled with more than could, be accommodated with seals. The members of the Good Templar Band gave their services for the occasion, and not only served to attract people to the meetiug, but gratified them when there. The bitf drum during the inside proceedings was made to subserve the purpose of a chair. After tea the Ju.ev Mr Edgar was calied to preside. He alluded to the suitableness of the building in which they had met, and pro-' ceeded to define the exact position-of those outside the Temperance movement aud those within, desiring that men would either adopt the principles of Good Tomplaris'n for advancing the welfare of mankind, or else adopt and practice better ones He regretted that; so many people did neither the one nor the other. Speeches were delivered by Messrs. HeuiU3 and Stickley, the former dwelt on the practical results accruing from the signing of the pledge, and iho preaching of Tewtotalisna. The latter shewed a philanrhropioal devotion for the young. The winging was divided into comic and sentimental, Messrs Chapman and W. Doran doing the former, the latter being rendered by Miss Sinclair and Mrs Homer, assisted by Mr tforner, Mr Edwards and other gentlemen. The piano was ably presided at. At the close, the chairman congratulated the management on the success of their soiree, and considered the respectable and orderly character of the assembly was calcalated to arise their movement in public estimation The evening closed by the band playing the National Anthem. The necessity for a policeman in Newmarket, during such a public gatheiing was much felt, as a swarm of boys were amusing themselves by pestering the door-keepers, and peliing rubbish at the building. A few women also gave annoy ance in the street. If Con-table Jaukson geta a look at the boys, or the women either on the next occasion, there is no doubt the severity of his glance will strike terror into their heats. Mr Jenkins and Mr Hogg drove the band out from town in their traps, and also conveyed them home ar tha close of the proceedings.

We admit it is sometimes difficult to do what is called professionally "dishing up a lojal," and to make bricks without stra,wisof tbe pains of earthly journalism, from which we hope there is rest beyond the grave. We would therefore pardon tbe writer of the eu cloeed, bat for the equivocal relation in which ho conjoins in his paragraph two doubtless very estimable citizens :—" Mr W. F. Hut-sell, the manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Wanganui, id about to visit Great Britain. Tbo Chronicle, states that the eldest daughter of Mr W. H. Watt purposes also taking a trip home., Miss Watt will leave Wellington about the Ist February, and will probably arrange to return when. Mr and Mrs Fox come back to the colony." We would timidly ask, do the two travellers voyage together. la he married or single, and is tins a delicate way on the part of the reporter for saying that ihey con template " tying the hymeneal knot," and taking the wedding tour. It is wrong to leave as, aud especially our fair country women, in this suspense.

The latest item of that secret history which gets into print sometimes, and occasion ally is founded on facts, comes from London, and. refers to Marshal Bazaiue. The revela tionsabouthimaremadeinaforthcoming work by a young and handsome American lady, the Princess Felix Salm-Salm, whose husband, after having fought bravely in. the war, and after that in the Mexican campaign under Maximilian of Austria, was killed in tTie late Franco-German war. After his death she served as a Siater of Charity until the w»r was ended, and her services wero acknowledged by the Emperor of Germany. Toe Kitlo of tho Prin cess' book is Ten Years of 3fi/ Life, and having been her husband's.brave anC faithful companion in all his campaigns, has a great deal to communicate. She bitterly denounces Bazaine, who commanded the French army of invasion in Mexico in 18G4-5, and declares that ho was the occasion of all the misfor tunes which befell Maximilian. " There is nothing he would not do to enrich himself," she says, and she positively asserts that, in the name of others, of course, he kept two stores in the City of Mexico in which French stuffs were sold at high prices and- at immense profits, as he found means to avoid paying freight or im port duties. In this manner, we are told, he very soon amassed a large fortune. Mme. Bazaine, the young Mexican lady whom Bazaine married, was not rich, as was re ported in order to conceal the means by which Bazaine,'s wealth was acquired. It was owing to her courage and devotion that Bazaine escaped from the island prison in the South of France, to which he was con signed when the clemency of MacMahon commuted to imprisonment; the sentence which conaigned him to death.

The Good Samaritans held a business meeting last evening in the Young Men's rooms, and after pronouncing a eulogium on the character of Osmond Lewis, their late chief, elected the following officers for the ensuing quarter :—Bro. Meld rum, W.O.T. ; Bro. Peace, sen., W.V.T.; Bro. i Dawson, W.S. ; Bro. A. Peace, W.F.S. ; Bro. Bake well, W.A.S, ; Sister Mackay, W.T. ; Bro. Purchase, W.C. ; Bro. Pattison, W.M. jßro. Maddox, W.I.G. ; Bro. Waymouth, the younger, W.O.G. ; Sister Jones, W.D.M. ; Sister Binns, K.H.S. ; and Sister Keelor, L.H.S. The ceremony of instalment was performed by Bro. Samuel Brooking, G.W.S., of New Zealand,

The JMajquis of Lome, husband of the Princeßs Louisa, has issued a poetical effort entitled '• Guido and Lita : a Tale of the Riviera," which is very severely criticised in the Athenczuni. That famous reviewer says : When a personage even more illustrious than the Marquis of Lome comes down into the open ground of letters he can only expect to be treated like everybody else—enjoy a fair field and no favour. Lord Lome is too sensible not to know this perfectly well. Criticism must be honest, or it is nothing. It cannot afford to play the courtier. Now the book which Lord Lome has given us is very prettily got up. The binding, with its sprays of olive, the paper, with its smooth and tinted snrface, and its four capital illustrations, all prepossesses us in its favour. It is possible even to speak of its gracefnl and.melodious verse. At worst, there is some knowledge of metre,, some careful imitation of rather antiquated models, and some traces of fancy and of sentiment. But beyond that what can we say ? The work certainly shows no genius. There is about it no real fire or imagination. It is a poem —we feel tempted to call it a copy of verses-written by a cultivated man, who writes as if he were writing a prize poem, supposing always that a prizo poem admitted of a love story."

We would again remind the working men that intending competitors for prizes for best kept and most productive working man's garden, must send in their names to the Secretary, Mr D. Gpldie, Custom-Houee street, not later/than Wednesday evening, February k 9fch,jjas entries cannot be received after that date, -

§| DrtEllia will deliver his lecture .on the "Eaih and its history as written by Moses,, this jirening in the large room of the ■Young MeJ Christian Association. Colonel Haul itainjas promised to occupy the chair. The popijarity of Dr Ellis as a lecturer on im portpt speculative subjects should bring a larg| audience.

Tfe unfortunate iflan Lloyd, whr, it will be ftnembered, received by the last mail a legay of some £4000, appeared before the Cout this morning to answer for a charge of assalting the toll-keeper at Newmarket, re ceivng for the same 1 months' imprisonment It lis been remarked |fchat this last £40C0 wool complete b)3 ruin, and to all appear aneisuch is likely to be the case. Much symathy is naturally felt for him, as he has evidntly lost control of his facul'y of com moiE. n c, and without a staunch and true triefl to rely on, he is specially susceptible to iemptation into new excesses nntil thelremnant of hia cash has departid Llod, although a good-natured sort of a felliv, has lately manifested a disposit oa to tea? people. Labouring as he is under hal luc'iation of the mind, he at times considers himelf the proprietor of a farm in the Wai kat; he bought for this several horses, on oneof which he has lately been riding in grejt baste over the country. To one person he rode last week anJ ordered a horse he [ had purchased from the same to bo sent to the nearest hotel and tiei securely by the head and the tail. He boiht sixteen shillings worth of lollies from a enfectioner's bhop, and as he rode dropped then along the street. He bought six canries in one shop and left them there until, as je said, his wife arrived. In-one shop he cotmnneed annoying the people, who had to resjrt to forcible measures to get quit of him. Hi eccentricities of last evening has been of a ijore violent character than usual, result ingin his being taken in hand by the police. Art Lloyd was stepping into the prison van thi afternoon he called our reporter and told hii that as he was going to lay by for a m<pth he hoped he would see to the different prljects now on foot, both at the Harbour Hffrd and City Council, in order tha-. justice mint be done to the city during his tem pqary absence, and he wonld^ reward him" wih a £50 note on regaining hia freedom.

ill the facts essential to the story of Ten njson's celebrated poem "Enoch Arden," ha'e found parallels iv this city in the case ofj.John Rodman and his wife Mary. The E|ooh was a blacksmith by occupation, and foi many years the wedded life of this River stjeet pair flowed on smoothly. Seven child rei were born unto them, and of tentimes had tte smith returned home from his forge and gihered the children upon his kneo to tell tfem of his early life. A change came, and fip and an idle forge forced the husband to Sftk his fortune elsewhere. Five years ago in1 late autumn, John disappeared, and no tilings could be de6nitely learned of him. His hjt was fuund near the Erie railroad track, aid the wife mourned for him as dead John id the meantime, went to tne Pacific Coast, a{d soon began to acquire wealth. The wife laid aside the weeds of widowhood, and rriitried a man many years her junior. Last wk<k the husband returned in person, and found the wife, but no longer his. She re fcscd to receive her first lover and the father o|,her children. No entreaty on his part c«ld revive the ancient flame for him in her breast. No offer of bettering her position in life, and giving their children a better bring ing up than they had, could induce her to letve her narrow room and Blender ward r#tie and once more restore the wanderer to tia marital rights. In despair the man tuned from his wife, and s^t out for tbe &ate of his adoption. — Patterson, N. J. i'lardian.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before R. C. Barsliovv, Esq., R.M.)

" POOK MARIA."

-Sterne,

She sat beneath a willow treo, Hoc elbow resttd on her Knee, As dntnk as woman e'er can ba, In Hubion-stieot beneath a tree. —Imitation of Seotl

, Matia Lysaght, a name long associated vith the uninteresting annals of the Auck hnd Police Court, again made her appear jnce in a sad, unwomanly plight, charged vith drunkenness and disorderly conduct !aßt night. ' Tho prisoner, a wretched-looking person, 7i/as fined 10s and costs. ECCENTRIC WILLIAM. William Lloyd, a man of respectable con nections, but who) unfortunately possesses a love for unenviable popularity,«was brought tip o n a charge of assaulting Thomas Stringer on the 2(>th January, by shaking a stick in his face, throwing a stone at him, and threat ening by and bye. to annihilate him. Sub-Insppctor Pardy stated that as the prosecutor lived at a distance, he would ask for a remand. Before the Court had closed the prosecutor Thomas Stringer made his appearance, and the prisoner William Lloyd was again placed in the dock. Thomas Stringer deposed that he was toll keeper at Newmarket. When prisoner came up and retused to pay, he went up to the horse and demanded the toll. Prisoner then abused him and struck him with a small .tick across his face, fie then picked up several stones and threw at him. He never would pay toll. I Prisoner : I have no right to pay toll. ! His Worship said that alone was offence. He was sorry to say that prisoner, who he believed was a man of means, was a perfect pest by his habitually wild conduct, of which he himielf could bear witness. Prisoner : I am sorry to hear it. The sentence upon prisoner was one months imprisonment with bard labour. Prisoner : Then you won't take a fine. The Court : No. Prisoner : Thank you. KITTY'S KETI'LE OF FISH. Kitty Cummings, a young woman, was charged under the " Malicious Injury to Property Act," with breaking nine panes of glass, value nine shillings, the property of William Cummings of Hobßon-street, on the 7th inst. William Cummings, a respectable looking man, deposed that the offender was his daugh ter-in-law, and about 9.30 she came up to his house, and when he opened the door and saw who was there, he immediately shut the door. She then smashed two of his front window panes, and then went round to the back and broke seven more. He sent his son for the police and gave prisoner into custody. Prisoner said that Mr Cummings called her bad names and was the cause of all the rows between her and her husband. Joseph Cummings, husband of prisoner, deposed that his wife was in a great rage and accused him of certain errors of which he was not guilty. She rushed at him with a knife, and in order to get out of her way ; he ran to his father's for protection; she followed and broke the windows. Prisoner said her husband had ill-used her by knocking her head against a wall. Constable Graham took the prisoner into custody; she was excited and partly under the influence of liquor. His Worship, having considered the case, found prisoner guilty, but.in consequence of her interesting condition allowed the matter to stand over for a month, when the prisoner was ordered to appear for sentence. CHARLEY _10 GINS. This singular young man was charged under the Vagrant Act with being found in the bedroom of Mr Edward Lysaght, at dead of night, between the seventh and eighth of the present month, the said Edward Lysaght having neglected to put a^fastening on his door. '"^.t. The prisoner, a sorrowful-looking young man, who had lost hia coat, regretted the trap he had fallen into,.by being induced to

enter the house of Lysaghfc; on the solicita tion of Maria Lysaghft, who' was charged with drunkenness. ] .'; , , The prosecutor in this, case was ashamed to pub in an appearance,; consequently pri soner was discharged with a caution.

MY HORSE ! MY ftoRSK ! Craig, pleaded guilty to allowing his horse to be at large in Commerce-street without a guardian, on the 29i.h ult, and was fined 53 and costs. Thoirias Farmer was charged with plying for hire as a porter without a licence, but did not appear. It subsequently transpired that tbe summons had not been served.

This was all the business.

WORKING MEN'S GARDENS

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sir,-1 see by your leader of Friday's issue that you are inclined to condemn the work ing men of Auckland for not cultivating their plots of ground, but they have a very good reason for not doing so,for they would invari ably have their rents risen according to the amount of improvement they have made; and 1 calculate, putting potatoes on one side, they would seldom get more than 2s worth of vegetables out of it in one week taking the year all round. Of course there is the com fort, but there is always the dread of getting turned out for some one that will give a shil ling or so more rent. Lots of my acquaint ance would willingly clear their plots but for that; so they turn their hand to fowl-breed ing, to the great annoyance of their neigh bours, but they consider it pays them better than gardening, and if they have to clear out they can soon knock them on the head, and eggs of late have ,been rather dear. As regards the docks (as they laughing say), they make good_ cover for chickens. You must not consider by what I bave said that I am partial to docks or fowls either without they are penned. As I am a gardener, I would rather' see vegetables growiDg than weeds, for the latter take as much ont of the ground as the former, and are not nearly so pleasant to the eye. I have been but 2|- years in the country, and have cleared and cropped, three gardens for myself and generally had a good return. The last place I was in I took at 6s per week, and that was too much for the wretched state it was in ; but I set too, and repaired the house and fencing, working by moonlight, and cleared the docks out which was no joke, and drained it, actually hump ing scoria on my back from Mount Hobson to .Newmarket to make dry paths, and was called a fool for my pains, and had the pleasure of paying another shilling a week for improving the place, and last summer when I bad it in nice trim a party offered the landlord 10a per week for it, but he was honorable enough not to accept of it but he let me understand that it was worth more. Of course it was. It is just nine months since I lef b the place all planted, and nofc a dock to be seen, and a good show of flowers, for 1 would .not disturb it, as a mate of mine was going into it; but the docks are now a yard high all over it, and if the party that i 3 there now was to clear and plant ifc, another bob would go on. It; wouldn't take one long to clear ib now though, for they are all young. I have got a nice little garden now, and it is surprising what a lot of stuff will come off a bit of ground, by getting one crop in before the other is off. There is no fear of weeds grow ing, and I anr> comfortable, for I have not got that unpleasant feeling now, for I am living on my employer's ground, and he has been very kind to me in giving me anything I wanted in the plant line to put in it, and I could leave it any time without regret. There is the expense of seeds to be looked at in the first place. If the plot was ever so small it would cost several shillings to supply seeds, afterwards one could save his own ; but it is ten chances to one if a tennaut is allowed to stay to reap, for a day-labourer cannot p3y over Gs per week without very tight squeez ing. Now at home a landlord will either reduce the rent or give something for auj extra improvement a tennant may make, while he won't allow one to remain that lets his property rip. As regards the hours of labour, I don't think that makes much oddß, for although at home they go to work at cix o'clock in the morning they leave the same time in the evening as we do and get the Saturday afternoon, which is more service able than an hour every morning. I am afraid the thing won't wqrk here. Trusting that I have not intruded, and that you will excuse this scribble, as I am more used to the spade than a pen,— I remain, yours truly, A Well-wisher.— [We believe there is a good deal of truth in what our correspondent says about the pen chanfc that landlords have for raising rent upon any tenant who makes a property more valuable by improvements. This is so notorious that many occupants carry out the opposite tactics and secure a reduction of rent by abusing the property and rendering it actually of less value. Of course there are property owners who pursue a wiser and more honourable policy, but they necessarily suffer with the guilty. With this exception every sentence of our correspondent's letter furnishes a powerful argument in favour of greater attention to gardening by work ing men. The two hours difference be tween an English and Colonial working day, treated so lightly by " Well-wisher," represents twelve hours in the week, or one and a half working days ; and our correspon dent makes no allusion to the broken time which forms a material consideration. The difficulty with landlords is far from insur mountable. If an agreement were stipulated for prior to effecting improvements, many property owners would very readily give a guarantee for the protection of an industrious tenant, and by proper manage ment the risk of increased rent might be re duced to a very "bogie" after all. The testimony which our correspondent bears to the value of a garden is convincing, and completely outweighs his arguments oa the other side.—Ed. E.S.] ,

THE PONSONBY BOARD AND BACK STREETS.

(To the Editor of the Evening Stae.) Dear Sir,—May I once again trespass on your goodness, and I promise for ever after to hold my peace on the vexed question of high or low way rates. As I stated in my letter to the Stab, I refused my rate until the Board felt disposed to put a pass across one of the three gullies bounding my premises in Norfolk-street, Ponsonby. I was sum moned instanter, and being too ill to appear on the day appointed to defend the case, my son paid the rate, together with the 10s lawyers' summons. In the printed matter of thn summons it states that you are to have three days' notice. I beg to state that it was left in my hands on Wednes day, 2nd., after five o'clock in the afternoon, requesting my attendance at the Court at ten o'clock in the morning en Friday, the 4th. j This is three days' notice. Truly the laws of this pleasant land have a beauty, seen only by the makers and their minions. 1 am an eleven years' resident and have paid the highway rates for seven years, and have annually paid more than the yearly rate upon a pathway over one or other of these gullies, the Road Board never having done the slightest thing for me. During the last eighteen months I have pleaded with them vejy hard, and I will tell you what I asked them to do: simply to send a man and a wheelbarrow for four or six days to fill up a hollow in the centre of a very short street connecting Norfolk and Lincoln-streets, and by far the most convenient mode of exit for the people on this side of the gullies, whom alone it concerns; seeing that it is town wards people's daily business lies. N>)W, sir, do you think the Ponsonby. Highway Board acted gracefully in summoning me ? Perhaps^they are not in the habit of acting gracefully any more than juatly, lam

afraid their womenkind are a bad lot, «• ; they would never show such a want 0 manly respect and common justice to a respectable member of their wives an <J*\ mothers' sex. I have heard them called ol £ i>ff§ women in pantaloons, but that is a libel ou fill the old women. Will you kindly inform me * whether or not I can sue this very braved ! manly body (who do x not think it beneath, *"*' ,t| them to kick a woman), in the event of any future accidents. I should not have troubled you again in the matter had I been well enough to have defended the case.-— I am, jcurs obliged, Edith F. G. Geainger —Norfolk-street, Ponsonby, 7th. February, 1876. ■ .-- J [Since the above was in type we h&ve been informed that tfo ten shillings was . returned, through the ruling of the Resident Magistrate who <]<-cirlcd tha? it could not bs exacted as the case had nc* come into Courf.]

A Letter from Queensland.

FROM A CORKESFONDENT.

Javikg recently received a letter from an '■"'. >ld Queensland friend of mine, who is now •esident in your city, in which he stated that ie had heard no news from Queensland for ■::■' ive months. I am inclined to think that our lewspaper proprietors must consider New Zealand beneath their notice, and too insig ijficant to forward their papers to it. This nay, however, also apply per contra. Per- ■]■ aaps yon are not aware that the Southern hemisphere includes withm its ?rasp such a place as Queensland, and that : she aspires to be one of the gems in her Ma jesty's crown. THE MINISTRY TAKES A LEAP FROM ' SIB, JULIUS VOGEL. There is such a place though, I assure you, and I can tell you some startling facts about her too; I can shew you a State ship with all her canvas set, madly—no, that won't do —gallantly carrying: on her political voyage with all her chief officers absent from duty, and not even a competent helmsman left to direct her course. I must here premise that her Board of Management in composed of a'Jjl Piemier, Treasurer, Attorney Genera], Minister for Lands.gditto for Works, and a Postmaster General, each, in the enjoyment of a salary of £1000 per annum. Her 'Prettier finds that his presence is required in England in connexion with the Immigration , " Department—which is going on all right without him—and he is away. By the wayl :/ wonder how much of his expenses incurred by a visit to his friends in the North of Scot- ■ land, he will debit to his private account? He is a "canny Scotchman," and I leave to ; you the solution of the conundrum. My ? own impression is that that is the sole pur pose of his visit. It does not often happen J that the plain folks in the Scotch^ High lands welcome the return of their son ; from'foreign parts as a full-fledged Premier || of a colony, and then you know they think this must be something grand ; "dis tance lends enchantment." Her Treasurer m considers that he alone can settle the border duties question by his personal presence in New South Wales —and he is away too. Her Attorney-General, long after our Education | Act has become law, thinks that he must go to Melbourne to pick up some information on the question—and he is off also. One would suppose that he would have acted more sensibly by gleaning this information ea lier in order to assist him in the framing of the Act. Her Minister for Lands, who is 3 a young and oscillating politician, is having , his soul worried out of him on the Downs on | the land question, and, consequently, ho ia 1 absent also. Her Minister for Works has been away in the North for some considerable time j letting out Government secrets - for which he will be hauled over the coals by-and-bye, | I opine, and railing against the squatter I| Dirfces ala Berry . This ardent and young gjj politician 13 troubled with an infirmity "tjj called cacoethes loquendi, being totally §1| oblivious to the virtue of the adage '' Brevity ?} iB the soul of wit." He also considers that the necessities of his Department demand his absence from the ship. Her youthful and inexperienced Postmaster-General, who has been unexpectedly called to a position of responsibility, and'jn which he feels quite ■ out of his element, is the only officer left to manage the helm ; if the stately ship should happen to give a lurch this youth would be quite unable to read the compass, or put her oh her course again ; and doubtless he is slbo panting to be off somewhere on some fancied state necessity or other. Now, Bir, that is what I call the acme of perfect management, it remands one of Lord Melbourne's molt to his son: flYou see, my boy, how little ability is required to manage a nation." History repeats itself. A CONUNDRUM. I am going to give you another conundrum (influence of the recent Christmas season, you see) : If these worthy officers did not en joy the daily accumulation of their respective ,■ £1000 a-year, and if vouchers for expenses . were not so glibly handled by them, if they filled their positions for the pure honor and glory of the thing, would they, do you think, consider it so very imperative, when out of session, to take these holiday trips with a make-believe that they are on State business?; Doubtless if anything serious did go wrong their hands would be clean and some poor devil of an Under-Secretary or other would be sacrificed to appease the wrath of the Assembly. Sacrifices were instituted in Abel's time (Byron's " Cain "), and, just or unjust, are in existence up to the present day. Socially, commercially, and politically; even a collision of ironclads demands 1 its scapegoat! Can your Ship of State, ■;' if unguided, behave herself so nobly and creditably as ours? I believe not, for I read the other day that all your Ministers were hard at work in Wellington except one. True, you are in the throw of a political crisis, and I observe you have summoned , J from his island retreat your Guy Darrell 1 in the parson of Sir George Grey. By the way, from all the accounts I have heard or | the picturesque scenery of that island home of his, it would just suit me to be his Dick Fairthorn as secretary and librarian. I love retirement, am a Sybarite in disposition, and of an aesthetic temperament, so that the trashy consideration of salary would not ■ carry much weight with me in the midst of a the manifold natural beauties by which 1 ; would be there surrounded. Then your ship has cost you some twenty millions, (ami correct with the amount?) five times as much : as ours has cost us ; to manage such a pre* cious venture, you will say, will admit of no absenteeism on the part of her directors: True. A FINANCIAL PROBLEM._ What about this enormous debt in the event of Separation, for which I see your are contending ? Is your Northern Island game ; to share the responsibility ? for I expect the English bondholders, and Government, would saddle you with the half. Regarding these loans 3 which are the fashion now-a-days,: according to the rapacity of the individual applicants, I believe we are all laboring under some serious hallucination. Presuming that you, fpr instance, became sick, a la Turkeyv what would be the proceeding ? Would there be an auction sale, with a champagne luncheon ? Who would buy ? Such a con tingency is improbable, I daresay, but I think you will grant, bearing in mind the historical and natural decay of nations, at some period or other (one of your fellows on London bridge, to wit) that is possible. Is the secur- • ity of all these bonds not mere moonshine T I have studied the subject in all its many bearings, at least as far as I can grapple it, and I am at a loss to extract a satisfactory g solution. AMUSEMENTS UNDER A TEMPERA TURE OF 150DEG. If you should think that I am . betrayifffl symptoms of lunacy on this question, put is down, please, to the effects of our presentry weather. Just fancy, with our themometes i

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Fury Beautiful Designs to Choose From. a laeoe shipment of caepets just un- PACKED, and now added to the very exten- Bive stock on view at the City Hall at prices to suit both rich and po6r. Tapestry and Brus sell, from 2a 9dto 7s; very handsome hearth rugs to match. Curtains of every description from 5a lid to 555. Extra Good Value in Sheetings and Qailts just to hand. Holloway and Garliek now supply all kinds of Bedding, Mattresses, Palliasses,'and Pillows; good Feather Pillows at 83 6d. Carpets laid by a skilled hand free of charge. Job Line in Passage Floor Cloth (4s 6d quality, slightly damaged) at 3a. Floor Cloths from 2to 24 feet wide cut and laid down. Pay a visit to Holloway and Garlick's Furnishing Boom, City Hall, and see the cheapest house in town.



rpHORNTOEr, SMITH & FIRTH'S J. PEICEB CUKRKnT (Wholesale):— Sacks. lOOlbs. 50tbs. "Crown Brand" Flour, £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. per ton 14 0 0 H 10 0 1117 G T. 8 F. Canterbury , Floiir, d 0.... 12 0 0 12 10 0 12 17 6 Sharps/do 617 6 .. Bran, do 6 5 0.. Powl Wheat, per bushel, 4s 3d to 4s 6d. The above prices include sacks and bags. Sacks and bags not returnable —Terms Cash. Auckland. February 7, 1875.



CjPEOIAL TO HOUSEKEEPERS. CALL AT THE CITY HALL, ——— I NSPECT "the following' goods, which are of ' ..excellent quality, and vjsry cheap:— White Sheeting, 2 yds wide 1/1 per yard „ „ Twilled, 2 yds wide.... 1/6 „ ,;■;"'Plain ana Twilled, 1\ yds wide.. 1/9 „ .' ..' ' „ ~ 4 „ ..1/11 „ Good Waterproof Sheeting, at 3/9 „ Vs.. •- Colored Table Covers, 3/11; usual price, e/a ~-Ts.";t !.-...;■!•:■:.j „'■•■■ ■ „ <■ „ 5/9 - ~8/6 I " r Fancy Table Oil Cloth, IJydswido, 1/3 per yard American Leather 1J yds wldfl, 1/1 per yard i ..v .. fl ; .Mahogany and Oak Table Oil Baize, 1/3 per yard. .!. • ■ ! ••••••••• '? '-■'■' Ohe»p Snmmer Hat 3 for Ladies and Children i '•' ""'" „ Underclothirist \ ~, ■ • , „ > ; ;r*',;.,ji ,o'othiDjt for Men and Boys i '■■' ■■'■■*. "■■'-'{ ■ i. DreM Goods, reduced prices ' •■' i' 85 dozen White and Drab Stays, 2/3 and 2/11, a decided bargain. I ■ ■ '~".,,.....,.,. '. I ' -HOLLO WAY & GARLIOKJ CIT7. HAXL, . l'J i. :,.■,' Queer -street; 'Auckland. ~., BUY RECKITT'S FRENCH BLUE. '•'•' *- An:d Sbb that Each Bail . t ■ ~ Is Wrappd in, Paper bearing the name of RECKITT, v \, ''~ ,;, ,| As its Splendid Quality has crsused a host of '".;>»■'/, "' s i,''■:.■;,',v.v '■■,■:-, Inferior Imitations. • \ ~ ' ■'. . Sold by all respeotable Grocers and Storekeepers. ;; 'fy EATEMr L— COMFORTING. I E P I^mS'S 0 0 0 O A. ;;r,; .- '" ' ! Breakfast. ■" . :■„ "By a thorough knowledge of the natural law which govern the operations of .digestion and nutr :,;•;,; . tion, arid by a careful application of the fine proper ties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast-tables with a delicately flavoured beverage •• ■: 'i which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a conptitutlon may be gradually built up until strong .i enough to resist, every tenderioy to disease. Hun-, »-%•;.:; drods Of subtle maladies are iloating around us ready / to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping or.rselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished ■'•'. frame."-See nrtiolo in the Civil Service Gazrtie. "■ Made simply with boiling water or milk. , Id in Packets (in tins for abroad) labelled.— JAMES EPPS & CO.. i - o mcßofwnro o his mists, * V 48, THRiJAnNEBDLE-STIIEET, AND jtek .■~ ' ' ' . !70,;"JPia0ABILLY;. „' j. _ \V L i*-t ;j ;, to,] , ~i( camden '£omi, London Hi ' **'"** ■''«* .



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Westonp, Wizard Oil and Magic Pills.—JElave cared more wonderful cases of ithmmatlsm, GOIU. tfturalgia. Aches fains, dwellings, Caked Breast.*. Scalds, aiid Salt-Rheum, upon the lnmmn frame than all the pretended remedies have since tho world began. Tbc-<e Great American Medicines are com posed of vegetable oils Dialing gnms, roots and herbs; and act like a charm upon pain and inflam mation Price :IJ alf-a-crown. Solo Agents : Kenip tborn'p, Prosser and Co. Why Poison the Sick with the liquors of commerce when a pure simulant containing yege tatile ajients, which endow it with extraordinary alterative and strengthening properties, which never excites and invariably afford1? relief, iB just as oamly procured. If the 1 auent is weak or nervous, bis kid neys, stomach, or bowels out of order let him have recottrso to tbat pafest, Biire^t, and plf a?antesb of re <;u ating tonics, Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aroma tic Schnapps.