ARRIVALS.

BUN SKr This evening, 648 SUN RISK—To eiorrow morning, 5 4? MOON'S AO£—JNew Moon, 25th, 6pm

Jmttna. cutter, freim Kussell ;Bflle Br rdoD, schooner, from W»ngd,roa Mnv ie Rate, seboonff, from the Thames <21ematis, ke'ch, from the B*y o( Islands schooner, Jrom Russoll

DEPARTURES

'3t. Kilda, ss, for Wanganui (from the Manukail) jßenv*nue, ship, McGowan, for Newcastle Minnie Casay, s s for Ktfpara '■Wave, biig, for Newcaatla

The S3. Tatipo 'a to leave the Hnehunga wharf for the South to-morrow (Tuesday) at 8 am, and the anchorase a', 4,30 p m On the arrival of the 230 pm train. f rom Auckland the Tarn O'Shanter will •convey pagaengers from the wharf to the steamer. P'.«!iengers by the ship it? of Auckland receive ■notice by advertisement elsewhere that they must pay the balance of their passage money by •'! hursdaj »Bxt, after W hi cn aa tß no berths c»n be engaged. The 3 s Southern Cross leaves this afterno fflitftorne 'a "* This yeek'B tta.-table ofihe ;' ce , merß t) U rham, •Enterpnse and M««». m sev,,^ traa • vto b« found in our »clyerr., 4t!lg co i umnS - J«e shtp Benven-ie and the bug Wave left during yesterday fot Newcastle in ballast. Passengers by tae Beuvenue: Mr. and Mrs. J. BolW*y, Messrs Conrny and Beaumont. The Minnie Casey h»s proceeded to the Kaipara in charge of Captain Caset'. Toe cutter Maud brint-s *& toTiB coal from Russell, 3nd th-) schosner onwarf^ 54 was The sch oner Min^e n are na " s arr i ve d in ballast from .he Toames. and ls about to leave for Rug B ell. jlimb S,° °°"- Be«e Brandon briogs 62,000 teet of

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

Mails wrLi, Close as follows:— .For Thames, this day, at 5 30 pm, and to-morrow at 19 30 am For Tairuu, per Waratah, to-morrow, at li t m JTor^ Waiwera, Kawau, and Mitakana, per Annie Millbitik, to-morrow, at 10 a m "Fov Taranakl and Southern provinces, and Aua trnliun Colonies, per Taupo. to-morrow at 1.15 pm For Wangarei, per Sovereign of the Seas, to morrow, at 3 pin For Taranaki, Southern ports., and AU'tralian Colonies, per Phcebe, on Saturday next, at 8.30 am (Signed) 3. B. Bi^, Cnief Postmaster.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS,

D. D.—A. correspondence involving personal character must not be carried on anony- I nioualy. If you wish your letter published, fc forward authority to append the name.

BIRTH.

CRAIG—On February 13. at Scotia Place, the wife of James W. Craig of a son. IRELAND—On February 19, at her residence, Hulme Court, Parnell, Mrs. Ireland, of a son.

MARRIAGE.

KNAGGS-HAWKINS-On Saturday, February 19, by the Right Rev. Dr. Cowie Bishop of Auckland in his private chapel, Paniell, Ri shard Knaggs, of Mangapai, to Mary Elizabeth Hawkins, of Auck land.

DEATH.

PI ELD—On February 21, at his residence, Pamell Mr. M. Field, late of H.M. 58th Regiment, aged 67 years.

The funpral will leave his late residence, Rutland Eoad, on Tuesday, 22ud ins'ant, at & p.m. Friendß will please acoept this invitation.

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

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1876

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.

ji We are glad to see that Sir Julius Vogel received the loud congratulations of the people of Wellington with becomingmodesty. |i He was obliged in self-defence,1 however, to i assert that his own exalted position was due jto his own unaided exertions. • He summed up also in a few words the'1 work which he i \ hai done in this colony. Owing to bis' wise legislation New Zealand is now "on the j luminous paths, to greatness." What did ! the Premier mean by this ? Doe,a he intend 'ns to think of the starry course of the rocket, !j which soars up and >bursts in a mass of I glittering spark's, arid. comes, down a-bit of I broken stick-and an empty tube in the dark ? •Or does he intend,to draw a similarity be ' tween our course and. that of Chevalier Blon lf| din walking upon a thin rope up in; the dizzy t}\ heights, with death waiting for one false ij step ? Or does he mean to say thai we are I going on like " a house on fire," with the i 1 house heavily insured. . Wellington truly yl has prospered under ibe, consulate of Sir ] Julius. The returns of the FoSfc-office j|| Savings Banks alone will abundantly show || tha*. Whil« in the m^jo-hy of places th" I depositihave been dimini-hin.', in that fivorerl jil community they hive lugely increased A sureMgn this of mnoh work and high wages ; j during the prodieous expenditure, of horrowprl ! | monpy. We are glad to see that Wellington I I prospers. But our first concern is Auckland, I and while we have daily and hourly intima tions of the critical Btate of things here, re ij suiting from the injustice and misgovernment i- of the Vogel-Pollen-Ministry, yre see in Sir !it jJaliuH Vogel'a speech a distinct threat

are left to starve. Sir Julius Yogel said that 11 Wellington harbour, equalled only in the North Island by the Waitemata, ought to be made a harbour for the whole island." We had once in Auckland the Seat of Govern^ ment • we had once a Customs' revenue ; we have yet a noble harboar, which, if it were a free port, would pour into our arras the wide and wealthy commerce of the universe of islands which sparkle in the waters of the Pacific. Dr Pollen took from us the seati of Government. Mr Vogel Dr Pollen together took from us ' ' *. . . , c a n. ■" * c(^ W^y the interest of southern *•* , . V ■ , r- -rtiiwavft and waste upon a corrun*- " , .- <Joverument, our Customs llu'l B,M flow Sir Julius Vogel will lay a i»utevl:ng hand upon our harbour. All the ngail steamers and consequent expenditure will go to Wellington. Wherever a subsidy is given by Government, there the port of arrival and departure will be Wellington; wherever public money is to be expended upon clocks or maratime matters generally, {-.here will Wellington be favoured 5 aitdi very likely some exceptional legislation will take place, by which the Southern people 'w'iil purchase the Wellington votejandby which Wellington will be made for foreigti trading a free port. All, praise to the late member for City East ; all praise to the Honorable Dr. Pollen ; and as they serve us, so will they serve all the places and provinces of ,New Zealand one by one if a people seemingly seized by madness allow them. E irning honors and wealth, an unlimited and uncontrolled expenditure of public moneys, both for public matters and private wants, they will fatten upon us and our children. People of Auckland ! recog nise your benefactors, and see to it that a lasting memorial of your gratitude be erected in some public place.

The substance of colonial ethics might for the most part be summed up in the ancient eduplet :

My friend eet money, got a largs osUto By hone3t means ; but get at any r.ite. About the desirableness of possessing money there is no dispute ; about the way of getting it tbere may be. The acquisition of wealth, however, i 3 reducible ■to an art, defined by mathematical rules which can be- as easily obsevved by a fool as by a Sojomon. When we,.speak of wealth in this sense we do not msan the fortune of a ■Rothschild, but a tolerably good balance, sufficient to set poverty at defiance. The same principle operated upon by father ;md son for a few generations will in the ordi nary course of events, and with the self accumulating power of money, result in the. " large estate " Our self-made capitalists are not usually distinguished for a super abundance of brains or an intelligence beyond that of their fellows. In point of the reverse is more generally the case, for a complete devotion to money grubbing, involving as it does the dwarfing of more generous and nobler instincts, is not conducive to the development of the higher faculties. The whole secret of money-making is habitual systematic saving, and in a state of society wherejmoney farniib.es. the key to nearly every position, it is not unreasonable that parents should foster and educate thtir children in the'habit of saving, as much as in , any of the other qualities which usually form the objects of culture. Towards this end Penny Binks have been established, and their rapid progress indicates that the true bearing of saving habits upon the future career of a child is widely appreciated. The Auckland Savings Bank, an institution which has done a very great deal towards the promotion of economy in Auckland has recently established a PeDny Bank, and we learn that there are now 339 accounts on the books with an average credit of four shillings each. The investors are mostly the children of respectable well-to-do parents I who take this means of fostering careful1 habits in the lads ; and it is amusing to note how the desire to expand the figurative stocking dominates over the love of lollipops, and what sacrifices the youngsters will voluntarily make to increase their credit at their bankers. We are not prepared to say that in all cases a passion for saving in a child is an unmixed good. The little spendthrift who . dissolves his pocket money as fast as he can get it, in mild sprees with hi 3 chums, naturally attracts sympathy. But the tendency of the majority of children is in that. direction ; forethought and the

desire to make provision for the future are, the putgrowth of experience ; 'we are inclined to think, therefore, that the amount of mischief' done by children's banks in the way, of fostering miserliness is so insignificant a? hardly to,be worth considering>and should be counteracted by general training! We can 'heartily commend the Penny Bank to the attention'of'parents,' and hope to see the number of accounts to'as many thousands as there are now hundreds. Apart from ttie careful habits inculcated by syste matic saving, the actual accumulation iof pennies .'is by no means contemptible. We may say roughly that a penny a day laid, by, commenciiag, in. boyhood and carried on through -life, will give £100 for old age,' in the ordiaary course of , accumulation at compound interest. But used in the way of trade, the savings of boys may be the means of affording a good living! through life by furnishing the requisite capital to make a start. The rules of the Bank are such as will enable the poorest to participate in its bene fits/ deposits as low as one pennybeing re ceived and credited with interest as, it ac crues. Mr Cameron, the manager of the Bank, has taken a great interest in starting, the new branoh, and will afford every infor. mation required' by youthful or maternal applicants. ' ; ,

The Mayor sent a congratulatory telegram to the Mayor of Sydney,ihis afternoon upon the ripening' of telegraphic .comriiunication' between Australia and this oolouyv-. .. . s We learn tha!>;dipbthena,iß now prevalent in some parts of Auckland, that two deacliV a.ye fjCcjurred amoru children, aud o'.h'T!* are lik ly to rtcover. Nor is this frequently ft.l disease co fined to those of tender years; h< veral aouus, one iv Wiketieldstreet; om in Newton roid, and on?) in the New .North road are also sufferiug from the same com plaint. His Excellency the Governor and Lar'y Noimanby have siauifisd thc-ir intention of being present at the Choral Society's per formance of "King Arthur" to-morrow night. His Honor the Superintendent and his Worship the Mayor are likewise ex pected.

"SB^fir^i.-tfjicix was—p/dpafSO. to "giVe tTi'e subject of finding employment for the miners at the Thames the consideration which its import ance merited. Mr. Reader G. Wood, Pro vincial Secretary, had an interview with the Hon. Dr. Pollen, Colonial Secretary, to-day. Dr. Pollen informed Mr. Wood that the General Government had every desire to assist the Superintendent in the Thamrp labour question but saw no good in -• • _ : — funds merely to keep lab*- - twovuiiug locality. Mr. W"-' --urerß in & fMfcain assistance v , -ua poured biit that the ifc w~ .cquired Was only temporary, as .as confidently expected that in a few flttottfcufe the mines now shut up would resume operations, and the men now unemployed would be absorbed in their ordinary occupa tion.-The Colonial Secretary then stated that there was a sum of £4000 not yet paid over to the Provincial Government out of the Loan of £40,000, and that he. was quite willing to order the immediato payment of that sum to his Honor, and recommend '^ b Governor to assent to its a- rOpr lation { a any way his Honor m { g \ xt rec <jtnfflend. In answer to the oWeoliOn of Mr Wood's that sne sum nl hided to was intended for ordinary expenditure, and without ,it the Province might run short* Dr Pollen replied that if such a contingency arose the GeEeral Government would cqme to the assistance of the Province :— ct.f 0 his Worship the Mayor, G'-ahamstown, —The Government having suggested an arrangement regarding the unemployed, at the Thames might'this day be made with thp Colonial Secretary, f. delayed proceeding there until to-morrow, as I should have been powerless unle?s such an arraugement had been ma.le. It has been made. Tomorrow, I shall be with you.—George Grey." A narrow escape from fire occurred in Upper Queen-street about noon to-day. A fire had been lit in the back-yard attached to the premises of Messrs Ballin Brothers, coi dial manufacturers, to boil a large pot (i water upon, and a puff of wind blew the sparks from it among a pile of lumber lying iv the yard next to Mr Sthinea' fence The stuff ignited and broke ont into a bl»Ke, but by the exertions of Messts Ballin's men the fire was extinguished without having done material damage. The practice of la;hting fires outside at the present season when everything is dry as tinder, is a very dangerous although a common one. For the sake of neighbours who incur serious risk, it should be put a stop to. The cable was opened to the public at noon to day. The charges are as follow, in addi tion to the ordinary New Zealand rates :— New South Wales—First ten words eight shillings, each additional word ninepence h»lf penny, for Sydney only. For other stations in New South Wales, first ten wordp eight shillings and sixpence, each additional word tenpeuce. Victoria—Fiiv.t ton words nine shillings and sixpence, each additional word elevenpence. Queensland —Same as Victoria. South Australia—Exclusive of overland time tariff —Same as Victoria Tasmania.—Thirteen shilling and sixpence for tirstten words, and one shilling per word per Australian and N. Z. cable, and two shillings for every additional five words or fraction of five words for T;mmnian cable. Messages: for London and places in tfuropn (a word rate) ten shillings and sixpence per word, to which musl be added per Australian cable, and Australian changes first ten word or fracion, nine shillings and sixpence, eveiy word after ten, el«ven pence per word. Fuller tariffs will be published shortly.

A man named Rawlings was to-day arrested for stealing £4 belonging to a fellow-lodger in a boarding house.

The yacht mci between the Peerless, the Secret, and the Daphne will start, weather permitting, at nine o'clock to-morrow morn ing.

Mr R. Arthur sold to-day the convenient residence in City Eoad, consisting of six rooms and every necessary convenience attached thereto for £400. Mr PartingtouV property was withdrawn.

The return cricket match between the Manukau and Wesb End Clubs, was played at One-hunga on Saturday last, and again resulted in a victory for the former by a majority of 24 runs in the first innings. The scores were — Mantikau, first innings, 55; second innings, 63 ; West End, first innings, 31. D. Lynch, Tonks, T. Macky, and Mears, bowled well for their respective sides, and the splendid batting of D. Lynch in the second innings of the Mauukau when he scored 30, was greatly admired. Mr Long, senr., acted as umpire for the Manukau in a highly efficient manner.

Sir,— Having seen in Friday's Star that Charles A. Taylor has to pay for the cadets' uniform while under his command, I for one consider a yery just decision. I had a son in the cadet?, under Captain Taylor, who never received any capitation allowance. Captain Taylor drew it all (as he said) to pay for uniform. The boy also paid to Captain Taylor 10s for uniforms and 53 for cap, ad ditional to capitation allowance and monthly and other subscriptions besides. When the cadets were about breaking up, Captain Taylor called in all the uniforms, etc.. and sold them to a cadet corps "down South," notwithstanding that they had been paid for by capitation allowance and the boys own subscriptions.—l am, etc., Brunswick.

It appears from a pat agraph in the Cross this morning that Mr J. G. Baker,' travelling agent for the New Zealand Government In surance Department,^ will hold a four days' consultation, with Good- Templars, at the office of. Mr Samuel Wbrms, about having his, life insured. It is rather startling that Mr Baker, an old advocate of Life Insurance, -should require so much, time to consicer the propriety of insuring his life. Uponinquiry, however, we find that Mr B*»ker, having donel amosfr successful business in Auckland, both in the Industrial' and General branches of insurance, intends to leave for the Thames this Iveek for an. extended stay, and that prior to his departure he announces the three daysjnamed for consultation at Mr Worms'

•ffloe, Shortlanrl-street. The object of con sultation is mainly the industrial branch, undep which an insurance can be effected for small weekly payments,'thus Bringing the benefits of the system within the reach of all. ! . . (

The op pning services of the new Congre gational Ciiurch, Beresford-street, were'held yesterday. The Rev. Warlow Davies, pas tor of the church, preached in the morning from Isaiah lx, 13: "I will make the place of-my feet glorious." "The church was crowded in every part, forms being placed down the aisles to accommodate the congrega tion. The collection amounted to £128 53. The evening service was conducted by Eev. Alexander Reid, who preached ( from Heb rews xii, 22-25. The attendance was fully equal to that of the morning, and the offer ings of the people amounted to £28 4s 9d, the contributions being doubled by two members of, the church, making a total of £469 9s 3d. There is thus left a little over £600 still to be raised in order that there may be no encumbrance on the new building. It is arranged to continue these opening services during two more.Sundays.; at the expiration of which it is confidently hoptd that the liberality of tue Cnurcu and-congregation, with tihe' assistance, of. friaqds, oucside,.-,will : entirely ex ingui-h ' all liabilities, and the place be handed over for the service of God and the good of mau, without the encum brance of a debt.

Dr. Strousbsrg, the swindling railroad cor* tractor, occupies an apartment in the " nom partment for nobles " of the debtors' prison m Moscow. He enjoys every privilege with in the walls of the prison, receives visitors, has his dinner sent to him from a hotel, and, as he does not uuderstand Russian, one of his fellow prisoners interprets for him the contents of the Moscow newspapers.

The occasion. The discourse was listened to with marked attention by those present. Mr Hastings said that ultimately good must pre vail, and he stfolce hopefully ol" human pro gress as tending i n that direction. The movement of Tempkry war for right and 2 ce- a* m h^>*™y ™'»h all «»* *as l- :. ln lv« liUJVera^j &vA all the poweis* *isU>lS and mumble could not arrest jts on-, ward mav'ch, Mr jJufcfcißgiJ 6, JdoWtt from Macixulilys Iliatory of England in proof of the inevitable law of progress, and from Victor Hugo's man in the quicksands, in illustration of a man in the throes of intoxication. He udTocated an organised £rtn'y of Templars, without tvhich ho great battle could be fought or Victory won. There was a special need at the present time, Mr Hastings con sidered, _ for combined effort of'mutual aid in carrying on'the great temperance move ment, and this need was likely to be met by Me Good Templar organisation, the piiuei ples of whi«bwere total abdtinonce from all intCSiSaving Ikjuors aS a beverage. The means for success* the lecturer £<aid, were the creation of healthy public -opinion an the matter, the election of good, 'honest men^ if they were to be found in Auoklalii and elsewhere, to administer the laws, and by persistence in their efforts to save individuals and communities from the dire scourge of intemperance. The latter part of the hon. gentleman's discourse was in vindication of the simple childish adorn ments of the Order, such as reja'ia, medals, etc., bus it must be remembered that those things, frivolous in some eyes, had an in fluence for good in the eyes of others.

Six gentlemen have been nomiuated for the audit of the accounts of the City. Council, and a poll for two of the six will take place on Wednesday, the Ist of March, at the the Mechanics Institute, High-3treet. Messrs Waymouih and Fraser are the present holders of the oflice. The other camiidafe« are Mesurs. T. L. White, K. Garlick, P. McTaviah and M. S. Leers.

Captain Halls, as on the previous occasion of his being in Auckland, gave another pleasurable treat to the orphans of St Stephen's Orphan Home, Parnell, on board the good ship the City of Auckland, now in harbour. The invitation of Captain and Mrs Rails was gladly accepted, and about forty of the orphans at three o'clock on Saturday, went in procession from the Home to the wharf, accompanied by Mrs Cameron aud Miss Pee, also by Messrs Dyer and Walker, representatives of the management. The deck of the ship presented a lively appear ■ nee, and Mivs Halls was indefatigable in her endeavours 10 pleaso the childien, who were delighted with the ample provision made for cheir taste and amusement. Swings were erected on deck, the ancient see-saw, and other means of active ainuaeiuenfc. Between Che tea and intervals devoted to'fche eatiug of buns, lollies, and fruits, the children sang the following aoiigs in a clear and correct manner " iiocked on the Cradle of the Deep" "Row, Brothers, How," "Minute gun at sea" "Come, companion," "Home, sweet home" 'Rule Bntfiania, and finally the National Anthem. Before leaving the children gave thv^e cheers for Captaiu and Mrs Rails, also three cheers for the jolly sailors of the good ship "City of Auckland," after which they formed into a procession and returned, in company with their guardians with pockets loaded with buns aud lollies, to their quiet home, nil the happier for the kindly treat ment they hud experienced on board the "City of Auukland."

The return cricket match between tht- Preys and Pousonby, came off on Saturday afternoon, and Resulted in favor of the Press. Tho lads of Pon3onby scored 44, and tho boys of the Press OS runs.'

To the Editor, Sir,—Mr B. Cass is evi dently in Aucklaud as his letter in tho herald of to-day indicates. Mr Cass does not behuve in spiritism aud so like au houeat man, he openly and violently condemns it " Spirit ism is demonism—the teachings of devils — the lying deceptions of fallen spirits person ating tho dead," This is outspoken, and characteristic of Mr (Jass, and yet at the conclusion of his letter he seems leauiug cowards the veiy system that he condemns. " I ihink I could exorcise any number of 'gentle spirits' from auy spirit circle as easily as the police could perform the same office for their , simple dupes." I know uothing of spiiitism, but know persons of high intelligence and probity of character who have become converts ; there are names also, in the literary world, such as Mary and William Howitt, Samuel C. and Anna Marii Hall, and numbers of others who believe in the higher manifestations, and who regard ihe lower manifestations in the same half credulous light as discovered to Dr Samuel Johnson the teeming reality of the Cocklane Ghost. Seeing that so many intelligent per nons believed in spiritism, I was desirous of experiencing the now truth if possible, and laid myself open for its due reception. I knew the Davenport Brothers, and at tended their lighc and dark seances; saw them after being tightly bound with cord bur3t forth from their tem porary prison-house, emmanacled. and free. [ attended the table sittings of Mrs Marshall, in Ked Lion Square, squeezed the hand of a medium until the spirit spoke about keeping my candle snuffed. I held a pencil to paper as I was informed that the spirit of a female artist had been invoked and my pencil apart from my will, would picture my favorite flower, the, mqssrose. But the pencil was silent, the' unseen artist never came,1 and I experienced no tangible sign of the truth of spiritism. Ada Menkin was at one of our Davonport sittings, and sbe was a medium and a poetess. " What are the, qualifications ;of mediumship? 'I asked of Ira Devonport, as, I had been previously informed, that . only certain persons could be mediums " Pure minded ness, and eminent personal virtues " was the reply. I was thunderstruck and could only; sigh, poor frail, Ada, Menkin, and she, tbe spirits chosen vessel; the bride of the immortal Heenan, and'':another, still living " What is the use of spiritism, what good is it likely to accomplish, was my next question" Tae reply was "it is the physical revelation of immortality; you feel the spirit hand clothed iv flesh, of your departed grandmother, and you are assured by her maternal squeeze tuat she is waiting "for you in another and a better world." lhad many other experiences but none of sufficient power to convince me of the truth of Spiritism.

The monthly inspection of the Ofcahuhu Rifle Volunteer Corps was held on Saturday evenipg, when over forty answered their names on the roll-call. Several new members were elected and various intimations con nected with district prized ring, &c., given by Captain Gordon. It is a pity that the Government in Wellington do not take a more straightforward and accommodating course with this and other Volunteer com panies. For instance, when the Snyder rifles were first issued each company was Jo receive rifles for those only on the roll on the 31st of March, 1875. This was, perhaps, fair so long as any companies were unarmed with the new weapons, buo now there are plenty of arms in 'store- in Auckland, 'arid1 over a dozen men in this company who can not obtain rifles because, forsootu,, the De fence Minister or those acting for him wilL not'rescind or modify the first regulation on. the subject, Biforea Volunteer can obtain capitation raorie'y'he must be up to,a certain standard of efficiency How are the recruits to attain this unless they,are.provided with the rn-ans of quahfyiug themselves? The regulations say that every Volunteer is en titled to 100 rounds of cartridges, but the Government will only issue 100 per rifle, not 100 rounds per man. We understand that these and several other matters will be again brought under the notice of the Honorable the Defence Minister very shortly by the Captain of the O.R.V. It is but fair to add that no blame can be attached either to Major Gordon or Major Tisdale.

weight of whose pendulum is 680 pounds, take 3 ten mirtujtes, but the winding up of the striking pa¥ts—.the 'quarter part and the h our pait—takes five hours teach, and this has to be done twite a -week. . The contract co at of Wicdlfig tip the clock is £100 a year. The -error oi the clock atoouhts to only one second for 83 days in the year; and there is no other elo<jii iii the world of which the Siiiiie may be said.

' The Hobson Rifle Corpsfwill muster at the Drill shed to-morrow evening, for the pur pose of undergoing their monthly inspection. The corps will be headed by their \fell-re-. puterl1 feafld.

A-Cutter Capsized in Harbour.

An accident of an alarming nature took place in harbour yesterday. The two cutters Janet, John Dowd, master, and Miranda, Thomas Dowd master, were both Under weigh m the neighbourhood of the North Head, when a squall, which crossed the harbour about half-past twelve, struck them heavily. Iho master of the Janet lightened sail in time, but his brother in the Miranda was not so fortunate. He save the order, indeed, but it was not obeyed with the requisite prompti tude the consequence being that the force of the wind sent the vessel over on her beam ends The skipper, seeing his position jumped overknrrl to windward, but tho man who w.in with him ( waa carried over with the vessel, and had a narrow shave of being entangled in the wreck. He. however, dived and came up out of danger. Both men then clung to the capsized craft, which was in ballast at the time of the accident, and so did not sink. Assistance was promptly rendered by the Janet, and nlso by the cutter Leo, winch was na°smo at the time. Boats put off from the Kenoard and from the Takapuna, but their services w^ro not required. The Janet and Leo towed the Miranda into Hobson s Bay, where she was grounded and then righted after some trouble. On the fall of the tide the cutter wan pumped out, and subsequently she floated. She has sustained very trifling iuiury. ■

DISTRICT PRIZE FIRING.

The weather to-day was very unfavorable for the firing at the Range, and the majority of the competitors requested permission of Major Gordon to change the day. The follow in? however fired, and the remainder will fire on Monday next at nino o'clock. The foil, wing are the scores at 200 500 and GOO yards. Tl. Corporal E P*rtirgton .. . ..13 16 -44 Volunteer .T PartiriL'ton.. .. 16 19 8-ii ■Whlielieau .. .-19 r> la~*^ ' Mrterton •• ■• « ]r> 7~39 Watson .. •• H 13 £-R4 W. »'artin"ton .. J6 14 5-.14 (Jutland .. ..12 (I 32—33 ]Ws 17 Vi 2-32 Dickon (Otahuhu) .. Xfi G 10-30 Lieut. Kitclxm W Jjj 2-28 Vol. Dalley ("Uuuiu) .. ~ « 1» 2-27 Vol. G. Partingfou .. ..12 11 3-20

The San Francisco Mail.

ANCHOVIES AND TOAST.

[From our London Correspondent.]

London", December 16, NEW ZE \L <\N 0 TROUT. '

Perhaps you rniy not be aware that the trout which yon have importpd, and which is now, as I hoar, rapidly increasing in your rivers, is of a species not at all common in England. It is s lpposed to be the finest flavoured trout in these islands, and is, more over, a very game fish. The only locality where they breed iR the Wv combe stream which rnns into the Thames just above.Cook ham. They grow more rapidly than any other breed, and are thicker and heavier for their length than any other trout, and their flash is as red as a salmon. The extent of water in which they breed is only some three or four miles, 'and there are only about nine miles of river which they frequent. You may consider yourselves lucky iv getting such a good breed, although I don't know that as regards salmon roe, they will be any better behaved than any other kind of trout. The worst enemy salmon have in the spawning season is the trout. The fellow is an awful glutton, and gorges himself with roe until he can hardly swim ; nay, such an unprincipled wretch is he, that if he can't get salmon roo, he will follow a female of his own species, and gobble up the ova as fast as she deposits them. GODLINESS IS PP^FITABLE. ' There is a very remarkable journal pub lished in London called The Cp'pperatine and Financial Review. It is edited, managed, and everything elsed by a Mr Oakley, who is remarkably well known in connection with Bmlrruptcy Courts, Insolvencies, Bogus Com panys, and all those various little tiddly winking arrangements which are so frequent and refreshing in these speculative days. The Review itself, is a marvellous instance of rapid journalistic Buccess, seeing that when about twenty numbers had been published, or rather printed, it figured as an asset for £995 Bs, a state of things without parallel, and all the more surprising and wonderful since the paper contains no advertisements. Mr. 'Oakley has taken a new line in his Review, new at least to this generation. He takes advantage of the late visit of Moody and Sankey, and "in the most audaciously blasphemous article I ever read, he states that religion should not be divorced from;business and hence the multiplication of city prayer-meetings and revival addresses. Hence also, I presume, the origin of a certain lithographed circular of Mr Oakley's in which this .'recently declared bankrupt invited Der'sons to invest in a recently bankrupt rail way, and asked them to unite with him " in humble suppication to the great Disposer of all things that our present efforts may be blesaed-with His favour." It is to be hoped -this lsind cf thing is not infectious. Fancy getting a Stock Exchange list, with marginal texts of scripture, or receiving a credit note from one's broker wrapped in a tract. Mr Oakley is the manager of a " Co-operative Bank!' which is insolvent, and is perhaps— well I wont say what. . A VENERABLE DAME PROM NEW ZEALAND. „ A curious kind of "claimant" turned1 up' the other day from your side. Some years ago there died at Drogheda in Ireland a cer tain Alderman Carthy, who cut upf 'for £200,000. This'very''comfortable ,sum',had'' been distributed amongst" five persons who., claimed to be next of kin, when hey ! presto-! there turns up from New Zealand a female party claiming to be the paternal' aunt of the late Alderman, and demanding^ the/ entire property, lock, stock and barrel, much to the disgust of the five sharers. When the affairs first ckme before the Vice Chancellor's Court it was sworn- that this, blessed aunt was defunct, since she was eighty years of age when she left Ireland, and that was no less than fifty-five years ago. When she went to New Zealand doer not appear, but if she went straight, from Ireland in 1820,* rshould have thought she would long ago [ h»ve afforded' sound and wholesome nourishment .. to '.many a .Maori warrior. However this may be, a motion has been made to stay proceedings on behalf .of., this, hundrerr-ahd-;thirt.y.f^ye-year-old fossil aunt' from New Zealand. If she proves to be'the very identical aunt' it? will be a grrnrTttrraig for you. We 'shall all want to flee away from this land where we seldom get over our four score years, to a region where we can feel up to a journey round the world and a lawsuit at 135. UNMANAGEABLE IRONCLADS. What is to be the end of our present navy it is hard to say, but from the series of mis fortunes which have of late occurred, it ia

HHHM|PVP^ b! bbkTt^u<'lk'li i- W'-it °ur officers don't understand the of these huge iron tanks. ,ggt dignify by the name of Her Mwestj* «hiV and I believe verily that raW only thY and their, crews"but the; enUre- SL would feel both relieved and gratified by another. 16volution in ship building and . r/tnrn to the. old, wooden waUs The J.rott fluke is cerkmly the most unfortunate vessel afloat. Firs* 3fc& rammed and sunk her consort the Vanguard > tfter which performance she was ordered into doCff lor repairs. When these were completed she was ordered out of dock »g»».bn* "^"g odtfihe honied another vessel and damaged her gear forward. As soon as this was pat right she was ordered oiit on * short trial trip;-:'No- sooner'had she got fl decent distance from land than it was found that she was sinking A valve was open and. could not be-shut,'and the engine fires were in danger. All hands were ordered to the pumps and sianal guns ordered to be fired Then it was discovered there was no ponder on board and it was .a quarter of an hour before her fl»g* were seen-" We a^e sinking —Send two tugs." At last some enterprising engineer drove down and managed to Shut the valve. Thtm the Monarch, on her way down Channel with the rest oi the Channel Fleet managed t'b ram a Norwegian1 ship, the Halden. or rather to be rammed by the Halden! The Halden was on a wind work ing up Channel, whilst the Monarch was. eoinc free under sail and steam so that there was no excuse for her. The Norwegian was towed into the Sound, not much worse and the Monarch has gone in for repairs, heally the whole thing would be ridiculous were it not too melancholy.-And'the1 Admiralty want to hush these things up, as much a* possible. Well! that is only natural 1 suppose for the nation is disgusted. We used to swear by our navy,but now . The comic papers have been very severe on this series of accidents. Punch in particular has wired in tremendously.

Serious Accident in Hobson street.

Air accident' occurred 'laftt evening at the Hnbson-street Folly, by which a man named SfcantoD, late of Tapu, and now working at Messrs.. Owen and Graham's store, was severely injured. He was coming down from the Wesleyan church on that side of the street, and being in ignorance of the tom foolery which the City Council is perpetra ting at the top of Wellington-street, he crossed over with the intention of proceed ing down that thoroughfare. The night was very dark, and it was not until Mr Stanton had stepped over the embankment he dis covered that half the road was cut away to., a depth of several feet. It is quite possible, however, that he might have landed without any serious injury upon the lower level, bad not an empty cart been left there with out any light to show its position. Mr. Stanton fell forward on the cart-wheel, breaking one of his ribs and bruising ;himaelf very severely. He managed to walk down Wellington-street as far as Dr. Bayntun's residence, where he fainted from pain and exhaustion. His in juries were attended to, and he was"removed to his residence, but cannot under the moat favourable circumstances pursue his ordinary avocations for some weeks. Tbe next ques tion to be determined is the responsibility for this casualty. Where the accident happened there is a dangerous cutting without either fanee or.light. If there was any possibility of getting damages. out of the individual members <.f the Council who were responsible for the perpetration, of this huae job, we should be happy to promote a subscription towards that end, but we suppose if any ac tion is taken against the Council the rate payers will have to pay the piper.

Painful Accident, to the Bean Bock Light Keeper.

At six o'clock last evening a sad accident befel'Mr Hugh Brown, the keeper of the Baan E,ock Light-house. Mr Brown at. the time. of.the occurrence was engaged.on' the lower landing in hauling up bis boats on the davits. While so employed, and jasfc as the jboat bai been hauled well up his foot slipped, and man and boat fell together on ;to the rock about 15ffc " below. Thejunfortunate, man fell upon his face, and rolled.from the rock into the water. He managed to scramble out, and, though he had .received fearful lacerations, , and was blinded withTjlood, he climbed up the ladder /md igained the upper landing place. Mrs Brown, the "wife of the Bufferer, had wit nessed the accident, and hastened to render wha£ assistance she could. She:.also.jan up a,.signal of distresß?(§§nd_shonted in.the di rection ofthe Training vessel. Fortunately,, either the signal or" the shouts were noticed by some of_ the people on board the Southern Cross, and in a short time Captain BretSn came across to see what ■was xhe matter. He"found Brown in a very prostrate condition, and bleeding fearfully from gashes in the forehead, nose, and upper and lower lipp. After temporarily dressing the wounds Captain Breton returned to land and fetched Dr. Goldsboro', who arrived between 11 and 12 o'clock and attended to the ■ sufferer, sewing up and applying plaster to the cuts aud wounds. Mr Brown, suffered much during the night, "' and early this morning waa.brought up to" town in the Custom House launch, sent down for the pturpose by the Collector of Customs, and dispatched in a cab to the hospital. The poor man's face" presented a fearful Bight, the, features being almost concealed by the quan tity of plaister which had to be used, and through which the blood still exuded. It will be some time before Mr Brown will bb able to resume his duties. He has been five years employed as light-keeper, and before that was in.the pilot service as one of the crew of the Fjajcon. He has never before met with an accident of the kind.

FREEMAN'S BAY ACCIDENT.

i (To the Editor of the StAr.)/ Sfr,—Having seen in your ; Wednesday's issue," the letter of .;" Eye Witness," and as 1 am a loser by this accident £30, Ido think, " Eye' Witness "should state-matters plain.and fairly, or hold hia peace: He would makejit appear that the driver was in fault;, which is not the case. The lad is.very quiet, and a careful driver, and is twelve years of , age on Sunday next. " Eye Witness "tells ,you' the small specimen of humanity passed him driving fast, but does1 not tell you the causeiof his driving fast. -. A dog yelping arid annoying the horse caused him-to take fright. , Why '' Eye Witness " does not mention this, unless he has an interest in hiding the real cause is more than I can' tell. The harness was not new, but before the accident it was sound! The horse bad a good pair of winkers on, and not a bridle. When the boy got from 'underneath the cart, he pointed to the dog, and told the owner that waff the dog that caused the horse to runaway. The owner did not speak, but took ihe: boy home '• add washed his face. When I called the following morning, he told me the dog was not out; at all that morning. Now sir, after the lad got out from under the cart, the dog and his owner were there. He took the lad t home and washed'his face; yet;- after this, he could tell me in front of the lad hia dog was at all. The man admitted thab he had seen his dog chase and annoy the horse several times before, but on this morning he had kept him in.on that account. 1 may add the boy knows the dog well, it having annoyed him many times before as the owner admits. This man says he saw the cur that started the horse. If "Eye Witness" saw all, he must have seen this dop;. If he can lead me to discover its owner, I will heartily thank him.—l ana etc., The Owner of the i Cart.

(To the Editor of the Stab.) 'llSi »i*sm^— Mr Dargaville's letter containing an •'„ apologia" for Dr. Pollen and a short bio. graphical sketch of the life of the doctor ia sli&ply pure romance, and utter fiction from,' > - SB ! beginning to end. In common parlance one : slioit word of three letters wotlld best express ' ''; j what I mean. Dr. Pollen is from Nurney, '' Cotinty Lildare, Ireland, where he latives at present. He was never a B&mari^ Catholic, bat was born and bred a Protestant. I Some time ago an Australian illustrated II journal gave a short personal history and & portrait of each of tho present New Zealand *"» • Ministry. I>r. Pollen's life and times alone was omitted thoiifln hio beaming likeness wag furnished. I ask, why was this? His •• i advent here in the" early days was not very " I brilliant. There are no proofs of his being || an " able administrator," but there is-sncb. a - thing as a petti-fogging politician, a man1 ' ; i quite', subservient to those over him, y?ho , Lt term him a safe man-, quite devoid of vulgar , m local prejudices, not 'such'as Stafford, of. § Timaru, Eollestou, of Canterbury, and all the rest who do the best they can for their1 ■ districts. Auckland is a, capital caput ' 1 mortuum, for which /we may thank, in a greatly measure, the enemies within our walls atthfr ) head of whom comes our great medicine maa ■ ; with his lancet helping those who aim at "ll! I draining our life's blood from every vein. Mr Dargaville's "facts" are founded, on jßc. '„ ■tiorj, the'reverse of a ladies buatly, which" ia fiction founded on-fact. The public,-1 most-: certainly, are qt?i.te able to judge .all politi cians by their.',' p-ablic acts," and it is the } 'sound judgment thereon formed that causea". !' ---it to estimate men as they merit. Fanatt, > j cism, bigotry, and sectarianism will not answer in colonial life as Have been formerly f practised in unfortunate Ireland. Some ifr&Q, j stick at nothing to further their cuds, but it l} h, is safest to adhere to iruth always.—l ftni, , etc, Cukragh Camp. ~: j ~f lf, ~' i ~,To the Editor, Sir,—The pernu-tency witli" I which Mf -DaVgaville is endeavour:ng to in- . | troduco religious, animosity into the" com. = V I munity, and to foment party strife' is ' extremely reprehensible. His letter frih-s] " j lished in your last evening's issue relative*tff ■ Dr Pollen is about as infamous an effort aahe ' has yet made. . The assertions contained,ip it j are absolutely false, which a, little enquiry v- i on the part of the writer would have shown;, | and it seems to me another base anddespica-' ; , ! ble attempt to keep alive the dying embers "is i of sectarian bitterness.! among us for some Wo »* ulterior object of Mr Dargaville's. !Nni&-M.-: ■■■ 1 tenths of the Catholicao^ Auckland did hoi^ 311 I know what the religious opinions of Dp^ Pollen were until Mr Dargaville d letter teli pf them, and consequently if they bave.pem-^ cuted him or 'stirred up public feeling against him' it was not on' account of'thft elastic material of the honourable Doctor's i j known as his 'conscience.' "I-will-nothere - recount the political sins of the 'courageous.' s doctor, or relate the reasons which have led ' , the Catholics, Protestants, and all other ;^|: lovers of their 'province to hold him in tf I abhorrence, as they are too well known and;« t.j understood ; my purpose in writing this is to ' B protest against the dishonourable, unjust,'.,, •• and scandalous method which Mr Dargaville continually employs to excite a prejudice- 1' I against the Roman Catholics of this province..,; ? )—Yours, etc. s D. S. ','_. ''''.: '.it 1 .... ■ —_^ —: —■;..,-;,,, :^ I

PRINCE OF ORANGE.

(To the Editor of the Sta.r.)

Sir,I—Will1 —Will you allow me space jto men- ?0 tion with-regard to my lecture tomorrow - night that'intolerance has by no means died out, for since my last lecture-'l'have been r| urged on one hand to speak out regardless'ofW.|| Catholics, and, on the other hand, have re ceived an intimation that I need not expeofc this' lecture to go off as quietly, as the last did—that some persons are prepared to spend ' i a few pounds over this one. In reply, Ipiay/^ ,';,, say I shall not relate anything reflecting on' " r Catholics merely to please Protestants, nor suppress anything to'please. Catholics, but shall tell the whole blood-written history of intolerance whether it reflects on Pope or Reformers. I shall show that.it too often happened that, whilst Catholics were crimp-1 ing heretic 3 alive like fishes, and acting more"1; 3" like demons than men, Protestants were , butchering Romish priests, and were ready i to cut the Prince's throat because he dared < to denounce such conduct.;—l am/, etc., F.G. \. EwINGTON. t '

MR EWINGTON'S LECTURE.

To the Editor of the Evening Star. Sir,—Having noticed in your issue of tbe 18th ' A an advertisement setting forth, that "32,000 crowns." were offered by Phillip tbe Second of Spain, to any assassin who would murder the Prince of Orange. As to that statement "'?./. T' have searched many historical works both of Catholic and impartial writers, and,.found, ~, no record. Mr Ewington is to give his long <■ .he, promised lecture on next Tuesday evening, '" (which has taken him a month to study or. " write) so I presume, he is'the writer of that.,, ft. advertisement. It will be in the recollection'? 'f ; of your readers, that the above individtial gave a lecture.on Philip the Second of Spaing" " in which he made use of/ some.absurd and exaggerated statements concerning,,ihat Mon-X arch. Sir, not having seen any "account .','. of that lecture for some time after, *""■ through being absent from Auckland', but had I been, here I. certainly would* take a little trouble to correct, some'of his mistatements. Mr Ewingtonjas many more of his class now in our midst, is always ■ , ( ready .with his vindictive spleen and' secta- ;- T fl , rian afyimpsity,. jn, wounding- the feelings .of ■'■.• a large section of your readers and this com munity, and being the first to stir up reli gious discord. 1 wonder is Mr Ewington aware that there are many liberal and fair- " minded members of- other denominations in , V • this city than Catholics who discountenance; ~ -\ such lectures. ..In the. last h=cture,Mr Ewing- *', ton stated that in Auckland the Eoman'C^ tholics were quieter or more moderate in. their views, etc., than in other countries; but, I ask him, when be t assails Catholics of other countries does he imagine'that he f ,,y does not insult those of: Auckland likewise? 'wj Dargaville's lecture , on : .-Tuesday .evening, lw&/^5 when I may perhaps further respectfully ' trespass on your columns,^ that'is if Mr Ewingtoa don't tell the f truth about, the t . fri Boyne. No doubt, sir, you are aware'that, :•-. from the days""of antiquity.to the present (| time jit has been a maxim in well-ordered .1 . -tate3 that civil wars should^ be blotted from public memory. So should such- leo-".: '(fO: turers be scoffed at among such; free people as these free colonies contain.—l am, sir, &c, O.P.J. [We:haye'n n 6 sympathy.-at all with . j our 'correspondent's onslaught. 'Every man <s, may surely claim liberty to lecture upon his- ' torical subjects Wd discuss them"from"any—' point of view he likes... If not, theiword^v'i'^ "freedom" is a mockery. What ob j c ctior^ ,;-,;' could there be to our correspondent arino'iii^/.j iH oit ing- a lecture on the Prinqe^.pf. Orange-™ "^ and" shewing,' if, facts .-.will suppdrt hiim, ' ' v that the hero of the Boyne was, the blackest:', | hearted scoundrel revealed in history. The fact is that-the -fuss,.which has been made over Mr Ewiugtoh's lectures has proved the very best advertisement they could have. A _^ reference to family matters in our correspon dent's letter has been struck oub as improper in ah , anonymous communication. — Ed? -,hJ* e.s.] ■ • ;-■ '- '* '? ;•;., '

MR. M'CAUL AjnD THE TOWN" ClERI£ (r x (To; tne"' Editor, of the Evening Star.) "*f **~Ji Sir,—l observe a very untruthful letter in „< ' - ,' your issue qf,saturday evening, which, but -.- ; for the, knowledge I have in this instanced'" the malice of the writer, I should pass un noticed, since it is pretty well known that all building permits require to be signed both by the City Surveyor and the Town Clerk, and are checked by the City Receiver and Trea surer, and lastly by the Auditors, so thftt ru there was any intention on the part of aa



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