SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIBH WATKa~'lfa?s of oraoou, 79; to-moHOw satH-tiinsr, 728 8W S»X.-Th«» AvanJag, 446. BUN MSB-So morrow »>OTCJiH!{, V 13 MOOI. a 4ISW--Fv!J Moon. 7th Juno, 1216 pm

ARRIVALS.

DEPARTURES,

PROJECTED DEPARTURES),

#or t.Jii South-City of Sin Francisco, six hours after ai'.ivfl.! For London-Cmrap.Uc, ship, early ; ! Dilpussana, barqtie, rarly For Corms-nclel - Ar-'ylc. fi t, Mondays and Friatys For "Wangarni—Ar^o every Tuesday For Bar of Islands—lona rvery Monday for Tariranga— Rowon.i, s ft, every Friday For Newcastle—La TCscoccsa ship early Fir Lyttnlton—Flirt. brißivnttoe. early For the South—Ta-anaki, Spturday WotNrii'nl\ Islanda-Marlon, schooner, Tuesday Foe Kipara (Wriroa)— Lady Franklin, barqus, at once

VESSELS EXPECTED Ci+y of <s(\n Francisco, as, (English mail), about 17th lur.iant ■^Htai qupen, fran "Lyttoiton, early Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town. eaily liobina nunlop, barque, from London ; sailed 18th March. ■Pairlin. schooner, from T-?ttelton ImtiMn, rMiooner. from Bnrotonga Bebington. ship (PRHV), from London; sailed 24th

l<Vtvuary Frff nd's Glory, ship from London, early Tioch r.ee, schooner, frora Sydney, early "Wnnlook, barquo. f<-om Glasgow ; sailed Feb 18 ■Woosuntf, shin, from London, early Coroift. schooner, from the Islands, early Invemllfin, barque, frnm London, sailed 18th March Peirl, ketch, fnm the Tslands, early Edith,, schooner, from the Marcels, early "Valejo, ba qne, from Liverpool; suil'd Cth March Helena, big inline, from Sarroa Omaha, brigintine from Lyttolton (atOnehunga) Taspo. barque, from Newcastle Onward, schooner, frnm Lytteiton, early Har; ict Arrr'tage, barque, from Duncdin ; sailed 4th Jum Vavau. fehooner. from T''nf?a

Ka*^. Brain, brif»antinQ, frnm Timaru Hero, as, from Sydney, 23rd June Star Qir :n, b-rque, <rom New York via Lyttelton.

IMPORTS.

Per Vavau, from Tongatabu; 156 sacks maiao.

EXPORTS.

Shipped per Eowone— Lt cases and packages—T and S Morrin.

The liripratitlne Helena left Tcgatabu for this r">rt the sume day as the Vavau, She should be close handy, Messrs H P Meyers and Co have reoi"ed a telegram stating that tho Be"a Mary left Hobari Town for this port on Saturday lust, » lie 3rd instant.

COMMERCIAL.

Geo. W. Binney nports his sale of Hobart Town fruit, jams. &c, was well attended, and pricss realized very fair considering the quantity placed upon the market during the week. He quotes pplea 4d 3£d and 3d, according; to quality ; pears, 4d ; Peak's jam, lib in tins, 7s 9d in trade lines, the whole $>eing quitted at thai; pries save one case *fc Sa 3d; Hawking jams, lib tins, 8s 21; Peak's, in jars, 7d per Ib. ; 20 cases Canter bury cheese, 9|d per lb.; 3 cases Watt's hams and bacon, 9|rJ, Messr3 Orant and Morton fold to-day, by order of the Improvement Commissioners, t^o wooden buildings in the Albert Barracks, which realised respestively £17 5a and £16 10a. Mr E. Arthur sold, to-day, the shop and premises in the occupation of Mr Brinsden, Wellesley- street, for £45. Messrs Tonks ft Co. had but a moderate attendance at their mart. The machines were passed, and the spades fetched fair prices. The sale of frdits "»nd j*ms, per Jane from Hohart Tow j, held by Mr It. Arthur, at his mart yesterday, •was a mostsrjcc-s'ul one. Thn advantsjzra of room for exhibiting, light and sir—■which he has to perfec tion in hia new roari—wpr* very apparent. The attendanra w«s Jare;e, aid throughout the s*le the competition for fruit wr- f>mr\t; every lino :o!d. Apples—French cab-:. brought from zyU to 4d per ]b ; We'.i.ncton pippins ZM to : g^denha veys, 2#d to 4Xd ; scarle4- powmsins. 2Jd to 3%<\ ; northern greenings, Z%A '. stone pippins. 3J<d tn 4}4<{ • T^Tfiw York pipp'ns, sa tn4Jfd ; Beaton's plates, 3Jf to zy.ii, ; Bturmer p Jpr!n«. 3d to 4>^d ; pearmiins 2%d to 3d : nonpareils, 2Jad to 4J^d ; roaoh pippins. 2^< to 2%H ; golden xussets, 3d : 'Blenheim orange-*, I%A to 3%d ; silver ha eys, 2^d ; roysl rissets, 23^0l to 4d ; blue pearmains, "^d ; Aflprn's pearmains, 23^d to 3%d. Pears—CastiDar, iK& to 4%d ; Catarack, 4ri; cx f nwick Germans, 4d ; back Achan, 2^d to 4^'l. Jam buyers held hac1!, expecting the late price T would not bs maintaiced, but the auctioneer rtitrd that makers were deter mined to hold for those prices; as, owing to the advance in price of fruit, they could not sell at a \r~.a price without loss. John'on's 1-lb tins sold at 7s 9d to 7s lOd per dozen; in jars, at 7jd per ]b. Tart fruit, 9a Cd por dozea ; W.Mton's jam, in 1-lb tins, at 7s Gd per dozen.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails -wiiii. Ctonm as voiijows:— Eot Thames, Jihisdayat 5,30 pm and to-mo^jW at 330 am and 530 pm For Ooromandel to-morrow at 2 30 pm For Waiwera, M&huranei, Matikana, Manjjawai, Waipu, &c, per Annie Filbank, on Saturday next, at 10 am For Taranaki, Southern provintes, and Australian colonies, per Taranaki, (in Saturday next at 945 am Late letters will bo received until 11 a m For Taranaki, Southern Provinces, and Australian Colonies, per ss Taupo, on Monday next, at 9.45 am. . For KBpier, per Southern Cross, on Tuesday next at 3 pm For Gishoiae and Napier, per Pretty Jane, on Wed n- -day next, at 3 pm (B"2ned) 8. B. BISS, Chief Postm f

DEATH.

SMTTH—On the Bth instant, at'Jermyj-street, Annie, the beloved wife of J. C. Smith, of Levufea, Fiji, aged 24 years.

The funeral will tr^e plar3 to-morrow (Friday), at 3 p.m. Friends will please act ipt this int'*na- Hon.

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

THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1876

Fir the c£um that iacts assktanca, For tin wrong thai. iKcds ftsistincS, Z Jor the futitri: in tiis .liitaucc. And tin cood tl'.si we cm do.

That Mr Aicken, C.E., did write a letter Lo the Cross denouncing the manner in w.'Ah the Harbour Board's interests are being pro tected in connection \. Ith the graying dock is unquestionable, and this proceeding has its sequel. Mr Aicken had a personal in terview with the editor of our con temporary concerErig the publication of his letter, and that gent'eman, we under stand, said someth;i2g to the effect that its insertion would! cause a devil of a row in Auckland, and suggested that it should be held over. It matters very little, I however, what transpired duJng th:s conversation ; it is sufficient that the letter did not appear, and next day the editor had a long consultafcionjwith Mr.Errington. The re sult was'a recognition of Mr Aicken's claims to consideration for p?st services ; and, a private arbitration having besn arranged, Mr Aicken was awarded £225 all, A cheque endorsed by the editor md one of the contractors for the dock, as arbitrators for the amount due under this award, leas what Mr Aicken had received before, was handed over to him. His letter to the Cross has not appeared to this day. The award, it is stated, was made upon the ba3is of £50 a month for the four months and a half that Mr Aicken had been engaged. Without doubting that Mr Aicken was fully entitled to every sixpence he received, there are circumstances connected with the transaction which are very singular, particularly the active interest taken in the case by the editor of the Gross. It is by no means a usual circumstance for editors to run about as mediators in disputes brought under their notice by correspon dents. And so far as concerns the value to the public of any exposures which Mr Aicken might have considered himself in a position to make, it was quite immaterial whether he had been paid the amount claimed by him or nofc. The friendly arbitra tion which his claim, and at the

same time consigned to oblivion hia letters could have no possible Influence upon the contents of that letter, whatever they may have been. It h very far from our desire to injure Mr Errirsgtcn, who haa always borne the reputation of a first-clasa mechani cal engineer, but in matters of such vital importance to the public as tho construction of this dock and waterworks, we should be grossly blam?ible were we to connive at the concealment of .-"lything ca'eulated to throw light uron the conduct of these works. It is due to Mr Errington, and to the Harbour Board, the City Oouncil, and the public, that every publicity shall be given H the whole of the circumstances, and the affair sifted to the very bottom. It is worse than idle, after the mischief is done, to throw the blame upon the engineer, as was done in connection with the egregious blunder perpetrated with the railway pier. Mistakes of that kind appear so glaring that people, rightly or wrongly, begin to doubt whether they are mistakes at all These suspicions are best dissipated by healthy ventilation, and it will invariably be found that publicity is favourable to the truth, on whatever side that may lie.

Since the foregoing article was in type we learn with satisfaction that Mr Errington appears to have taken the view of the case r Ivocatsd by us, and has addressed lotters to the Mayor and Chairman of the Hirbour Board asking for an inquiry. What ever may hn the value of Mr Aickon's testimony it is quits certain that gentlemfin hag made statement- concern ing the clock works and wa^nr supply, wlrch, in the public inters its ought to Vt itivestiqa^d. We undersrsud that tho Mayor will move at the next meoung for the appointment of a corr.mitf c rr> invsstigats the malhr, and until the result of these inquiries is known, tho public should suspend judgment. The following are the letters addressed by Mr Errington to the Mayor and Harbour Board :—

" Canada Buildings, "June Bth, IS7G. " To the Chairman, City Council, Auckland

"Sir.- Ob-^ervinc; a a^aroment made in Ir'tt evening's Star to the effect that alterations have been mr 1c upon the oiiginal designs since the completion of the Waterworks con tract, which would have made a diffe-ence of fSO.^O in tho amount of tendeiing, and also other statements rs to the water not flowing in pipes, etc., under the contract, I havo the honor to r"quest you will immediately authorize a searching cnqui;y tobemrdeinto these statement, which, I can on'y ray, are ontrary to facts.

" I have, &c, "Wm. Erkingtok, "Engineer, Auckland Waterworks." " Canada Buildings. "Juno Bth, IS7G. "To the Chrirman, Auckland Harbour

Board

" Sir,—Certain statements having been made in the Evening Stah of yesterday, having reference to alteration of Dock site, I havo now the honor to rrquest that you will immediately cause an enquiry to bo made in the matter.

" I have, &c , " WrXTiTAM PJRRINGTOX. I" Engineer Auckland Graving Dock."

TnE Cross to-day discussed the proposal to close the hotels on the Wairoa river, and magnifies it into a very wide question iifteed. Our contemporary says : —" There is a broad principle at issue, md we hope the Helens ville Bench will look beyond the paiby-qucs tion of the Wairoa R.iv9r, and judge fairly whether a Maine law will prevent the woraer evil of sly-grog Belling." Wo take ifc that the Helenavil'o Bench will bo going very much out of .3 way if it does a lything o* the kind. The Commissioners po3ses3 ample power, under the existing law of New Zealand to refuse renewals of the licenses if they con sider there are special circumstances connected with the district thab render the sale of liquor inadv;sable. The power has been exercised repeatedly in this city,without any reference to the operation of Per niasive le^slafcion. Tho rcenses for the trio of drink ia Ch-nceiy-street were withdrawn, because of the brawh that were of continual occurrence in that unsavoury locality, a id the wisdom of the measure is att' <ited by the im provement ?n the neighbourhood. The character of the population and neightour hood is, or ought ft he, taken in"} con sideration in a1!. cases where licenses are applied for. The Cross says that the Bench at Helensvil'e, by disallowing the licenses, will undertake therr-T.onsibi'-'ty of inaugura ting the demoralization resulting from sly grog-selling. Ie would do noth'-ig of the kind. The duties of the Coirrais signers, we imagine, end with tho deter or na tion of tho question whether licenses ought, or ought not, to be granted in a district. They are not justified in assum ing that the authorities are nob sufficiently powerful to carry out the law. Ihe " pgt experience" quoted by tho Cross ceitain'.y does not sustain its pleadings. If consumers, previous to the granting of the hotel licjrsn, hfitopay "£1 per bottle for well-watered and doctored rum," our contemporaiy may depend upon it the consumption was very limited. What the Bench has to consider in determining the case, ia not what bearing their decision may have upon the Maine liquor law, but the evidence adduced before* it relative to the evil working of the traffic at Wairoa in the pnt, and the wishes of the settlers residing in the district.

We have to acknowledge for Mrs Bass £1 from Dr Kenderdine.

The other day a man died at the Benevo lent Asylum, Melbourne, who, it has since been found, was the owner of two houses and bank and other shares, 'the value of the property being £2000. The asylum has a rule in virtue of which each jumats, on ad mission, executes a will bequeathing to the aiylum what p;oparty he may be possrssed of, so that in this ca^e the institution will be the heir of the old man, who in his life time thus defrauded it.

Another instance of the insane system of charges on the railway has besn suppK~d us. Some months ago country settlers were in formed that their produce would be conveyed to Auckland at the same rate in proportion as charged per ton. Fouaerly if a settler sent 2 cwt. it was charged as a full ton, but this was lowered much to the pleasure of the settler, and, no doubt, to the ultimate g?;n of the railway. Bnfc now a new idea has struck Dome one entras^sd with railway control, and wheu I. )xes or hamp2ra are sent to town full of pro lv 3 they are charged the cheap fare, but when the empty t >xes are returned tho charge is a l(no3t three ti*nes more than when full. As an instance: A settler sent a box of produce to Auckland, for which,he wr" charged the reasonable freight of 7d, but when the empty box was returned it was charg-d Is lid. The satis faction which tha settler receives upon pro tc:ting is an intimation that the charge cannot be rectified un'esa complaint is first sent to Mr Passmore, and he haa laid it before the Ministry.

Captain Burng proceeded to Taranabi for the purpose of opening an Orange, and not a Masonic, Lodge, f.g Btated in a paragraph the other day.

Mr G. W. Collier, who has longb^enan active metnl;<w of the various New Zealand dramatic <: impanin, and esr-oifUy in con neciion with the Prince of Wrlea Iheatre, Auckland, is about to v'sit the districts of the Waika 1--) in the character of a public instructor on matters p !rf":n:ng to the stage, assoeiV i with };be charms of literature, music, nd ..ang. Mr Tom Burton, tbeli^h del"neator, vi'l ace as nrvcagev.'aud Mr Mil bui i n piat;it. Mr Collier, weundeiatand, pmpces '7ntinu:ng l"'a profession?! tour throuofh tl's Southern provinces. Mr Collier possesses elocutionary. talen'o ?n a marked degree, aut> it is p. siblo that he may make a favourable ia-praaion with his writings c^ other aut'eors have done before him.

.An open meeting of the Excelsior Lodge was held J t ovemng in the Sheridan-street Primitive Methodist Chapel, wHch was plea santly filled, but unfortunately Borne disap pointment wra experienced, rs neither the minister, nor Rev Mr Tinsley, nor Mr Hemus were prpqont. The only speakers being Messrs Atkin and Booth. The chairman wps Mr Carter, who said that the Excelsior had done a gr-^ (J ea i o f good in i"^ way, although miny of its pretended friends had given iHhe cold shon'der. Mr Thomas Booth spoke in a similar at.iiu, and. rec^tted that so much apathy c listed among"Good Templars ; he would give thorn a song. Mr Booth then sang in bis vigorous style, the " Pledge :" riown, dow i with your name, Ynr .\ill. never rrf,'ret. / nd keon the pV.r'-'c for nvar. The epeecl! of Mr Atkin, of the firm of Cousins and A.tki-1, w;i certainly the soeech of the evening. Mr Atkin urged tho claims of the cause in and yet reasonable termo, and gave two sketches from real life, illus trative of the evila of intemperance, end full of pithoß. Mr Cornish rerd the " Story of a Sunting Pirr," frnm a temperance tract. Mis« Knox gave a recitation with much taste, in which a young lass refuses her lover, until he abandons the tavern :— Oh, Willinm, dotr William, the truth T must toll, If "ou v ;i' waste yon' time at the Suffolk Hotel; > id f'rl ik of th<* brandy, tho rum, fid tho wine. Yov- lips, my dear Willie, strJl never touch mine. Messrs Sceats, Jamison, and Green sane songs; alao, Mr Thomr.s Lamb, but un happ;ly the She.idan choir and the harmon ist were absent, and had it not been for the presence of one speaker, the Excelsior meeting would have b'on a dead failure. A son of Mr Charles Sutton, of Baglan. while out phooting, incidentally discharged the sun through the palm of his band. The injury wrs drrss'-d by Dr. ITarsrnt. A grand dramatic and musical entir'-ain ment is nrnnuHced for Saturday evening in the City H.ill, when £20 wo;:h of jewolleiy will be }Jven away, consisting of v/atch^i, rings, lockets, fito., which are now on view at tin shop of Mr Shortt, of Qu-^n-Ru,*eet. T'ho performance will commence with Oharlrs Matthew's splendid two-act comr ly of " f-Satane'la, or the Mexican's Venee»ncp," in which Mr and Mrs Se.irle, and Mr and Mrs Inglis v."11 apr'nr. lhifi comely wiH be foUowrd by a musical entertainment in which Misß Boat, ice Lister will sing those popular songs " Ftlvor Threris" and " Whip-poor- Will " The ha" will, no doubt, be crowded on thia occasion, e/3 there is no counter attraction.

The first lecture of the Young Man's Winter t-evles will bo j.'ven to-mov/ow even ing by Jt iah Mar'in, Esq., Heaci Master of the Mo.lel Training School, on "Nature's Chemistiy," with new Hus'-ratlons. The series of bcaUuKul \lews of the If >Hmabana tci.acirn and other spots of interest v I'l. r i oxribi* Iby Mr Dennes' 'ime-Vghfcapparatus. The lee,are cannot f?;l ia L .ling intorcsiing to a Isrgo nudienca.

Tho Pitt-strret Young; Men's Astociation programme is row publisb( 1. It is one of the boat wo havo seen of this kind. The public may rely upon it that, if they visit; the place to-morrow evening, they -wl'l be well roraid. Tho cost is only Is, and wo fancy that, not to speak of the muaic and literary t>ari; of tho prof,r?mme, tho refreib menfc wiH be worth the outlay.

Befsr.lng to the remarkß of "A Bachelor" ?i Fi!day's SWB, npon the charge of 5s for a se."!on ticket <") tho Y.M.C.i Course of Lecture,i n be;ig too high, we have been inform i that the ticket will admit either a lady and gentleman, or two gentlemen, so that if iwo young men thought proper to join in i/he purchrte, the charge would OD'y be 23 Gd euch, which fa exceedingly low for ten lectures. We are also informed a single ticket for 3s can be had from tho librarian. The firsfe lecture h on Friday even'ng (to morrow).

''Southeii Traveller" writes enquring why Mr Broham docs not proceed against hotels which have neither meals nor beds.

Tho writer of London Town Talk in the Melloui aq Argus relates tho following :—The Emperor of Austiia has just done a really pretty ttr'ng. A little fellow of eleven, with a dist' it 3 for his mechanical trade, and a love of letters, addressed the following note the other day to hia Imperial Majesty :— " Mr Einperorat Vienna, —I should like to beapii it or teacher. My father is a poor weaver and has no money. Have the kind ness Mr Emperor and send me some money that I may learn to b3 a priest or teacher just as you wish. I salute you, the Mrs Emperor, and the children." This communication rep.ihed tha Emperor's secretary im Vienna, and way duly forwarded to His M&jeaty in Hungary. Touched by its innocent stylo, he caused svl official telegram to be sent to the bargonmtor of the village, bidding him report on the circumstance 3of the case, and thrso turmn3 out to be satisfactory, " Mr Emperor " has ordered the lad to be educated as desired. It is not likely, how ever, that bo "ori^if\l" a charactar w.'ll turn out either pricifc or teacher, aud cerbainly not "just a^ rnybody wishes."

Tn our notice of the Black and White Exhibition yesterday, it; wr i stated that sketches in Pen and Ink exhibited by Dr. Home, lcok nucommoi^y like engravings ; if they are not, the prf : °,o is the higher. We learn that the Pen and Ink sketch " Ci'.es of Venice," after Galtsno Zompire, £1775, was executod : i Pen and Ink by Miss Constance Home.

A Melbou; jo ■ writer, in noticing the de claration of a dividend of seventeen per cent, by the Bank of New South Wales suggests that the Bnk officers should participate m the x\in by receiving a handsome bonus for their services, which have conduced to so good a result.

The Poverty Bay Standard has an article upon the inequality and smpl'ness of some of the sabri^T paid to Government officers, in the course of which it says :—" We have been led ' o make these rema .'ks from a sense of duty devoh '^3 upon us in reference to the removal, from the public set vice, of our late Postmastsr, Mr Corbett, jun. This gentle man, who is the son of a superanuated Post master at Auckland, Mr Corbett, sen., has, we believe, been an officer in the Post-office department for a perbd of ten years, and received the appointment of Postmastar of Giaborne some fourteen months ago. The salary aUached to this office is £2C 3 per annum, out of which, house rent, at tha rate of fifteen shillings a week has to be paid."

Mr H, rlean has leased the Thistle Hotel from Mv Patrick Darby for a term of 21 years at £.10 10s per week for the building and presses. Mr Kearie paid the sum of £2,750 for the goodwill, and takes over the stock-in-trade and furniture at a valuation. The new landlord was well known in his re» cent connection with the Occidental Hotel, and Mr Parkin1? may thank Mr Keane's good m?nagemeat for the preservation of the busi ness of that popular hostelry during his absence. We wish Mr Keane success in his new undertaking.

The Cr^'foiiran legislature has pp^sed a salutary measure imposing a punishment upon wife-beaters of twenty-lashes on the bare-back.

CABLEGRAMS.

[PKESS AGENCY.]

FATAL ELECTION ROW,

Sydney, W- dnesday,

A Norwegian named Chiistopbei.;on was shot detd on Monday, aftsr an ej.ee on, v.i a row at Tamworth.

Fatal Accident "by Scalding

On Monday afternoon a little boy of one year old, named Thomas janvs Ohappell, the son of a labourer, living in Montague-street, Newton, met with an accident which h?a terminated fatally. The mother went into the yard for a few minutes, and left the boy playing in the kitchen, and duiing her ab sence the little fellow, prompted by childish curiosity, went up to the fireplace and pulled over a large kerosene tin of boiling water upon him. His screams im mediately brought in the mother, who found that the boy was seriously scalded about the body, arms, and legs. She immediately sent for Dr. Young, in the Karangahape road, who was quickly in attendance. The doctor did all that the ease seemed to require, aud, for a time, it was hoped that the cuild would recover. Last night, however, he grew worse, rapidly sank, and expired this morn ing at five o'clock.

MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE.

Mr. Severn's lecture last night was well attended, the great hall of the Institute being nearly Ml at eight o'clock. The subject was the "Sun," and the lecturen remarks were very interesting, and eagerlylistened to. We cannot help thinking it would be an improvement if the lectures were delivered in the large room over the entrance. As it is, a great porportion of the lecturer's remarks are lost in the noise made by the people passing to and fro in the gallery. Among the exhibits have not yet rec ived their medted recognition at our hands, are somo very valuable and beautiful article! contributed by the Roman Catho'ic p.iest horjd and conventual institutions of Auckland. Among these may be mentioned pictures of "The Virgin and Child" and "Sc Theresa" exhibited by the S'stera of Mercy. These are ye: y creditably executed. We notice also a fine painting of the " General Council of the Vatican 1871," shown by Father Wal ter McDonald, and also an artistic sketch of the "Virgin and Child." The same gentleman shows a picture of K;1 trenny Castle drawn by a pupil of St Mary's boarding and select school. This shows good promise. We have r'so at ?aut'ful stone cro~s made from a piece of Mangapai stone. There is a portrait of St. Frricis of Ardysium cut on a pearl shell and a medallion of Pope Pius the IX.

THE PROPOSED NEW STEAMBOAT CO.

Tbz prospectus of the Auckland, Thames, and Coromandel Steam Packet Company (Limited) has now been before the public for some weeks. As it is an enterprise of consi derable importance, it will not be lost space if we devote a place in our columns to setting before the citizens of Auckland the objects of the proposed company, and the claims which it has to public support. The projesfe ia remarkable, as being started for the pur pose of building one steamer which is to remedy the present admitted lack of com munication between the places mentionrd in the title. It is also stipulated that Messrs Fraier and Tinne, the well-known engineer ing fiim, should be the builders of the boat, at a cost of £11,000, which, plus £1,50 for contingencies, is to be the capital of the new company, and is to be raised by 2,5C3 subscribers of £5 each. Believing as we do, that no good enterprise suffers from its true character being thoroughly known, the apparent cccen tilcity noticeable in these restrictive features of the Company may be at once explained Mews Fraser and Tinne are themselves the proprietors. Owing to the present depressed state of trade, the members of this firm have been looking about them for some legitimate work on which to keep their large s^aff of hands employed. With more consideration for their employes ths-n is exhibit'd by a'l firms, they resolved not to reduce their com plement unless absolutely obliged, and thus have extended their business so c h to embrace iron-ship-building. The firm have already commenced upon a screw steamer nearly ai large as the lona, which they intend to carry through entirely independently of the Com pany. They have had so large an experience in connection with manufacturing ship's machinery, that they could hardly be said to be new to the business, if the sf3am launches which they lately built for the four large ports of the colony were not taken into ac count. The propi led boat has been designed so as f■> be in all respects bast sir.t.i for the passenger traffic between Auckland and the Thames, and will afford even better accom modation than the Golden Crown, with the additional advantages of having a ladies' cabin on deck, to mitiga'.3 the pr.ngs of sea sickness, and having a lighter draught of water, at the same time not being inferior in point of spesd. The projectors undertake to guarant-e a twelve-knot boat, and as proof of their bona fides in this important d' 'ude ratum, they bind themselves to forfeit £1030 of the price for every knot below that spaed, while on the other hmd they very proporly stipulate they sha 1! receive £1,0.10 more for every knot above ; the bonus to be taken up in shares of the Company over and above £ICC3 worth, which this fiim rake up under any circumstances. At the Thames, the scheme has met with considerable favor, and the provisional directory in that district embrases the leading business men, while a large number of the residents have express: i their intention of becoming shareholder. There are several reasons why business men should have their attention particularly directed to this company. In the first place it is int3nded, and ttiJl certainly act nan incentive to local industry. The traveller to Parneli about five o! clock each evening cannot fail to come across the long str'og of artisans which about that time knock off work at the Phoenix Foundry and wend their way homewards. No one can doubt that Messrs Fraser and Tinne, in giving employ ment to such a useful section of the com munity, are doing a good public service. The addition of iron ship building to this extensive engineering depot will of course necessitate a still larger body of pssistants, and will besides inaugurate, with us, the most modern branch oi marine architecture. And this it must be borne in mind will not necessar ily interfere with our already well-established industry of wooden ship-building. The march of progress requires that iron ships should be built, and if they are not produced here, they will have to be imported from other countries, and the money paid for them will be sent out of the colony instead of be'Dg expended in it. It is acknowledged on all sides that a serviceable and comfortable pas senger boat for the Thames is much wanted, and, if the revival in mining ventures, which at present appears imminent, comes to pass, the want will become a necessity. Some people are m favor of sending home for an iron steamer for this purpose, and they argue that a cheaper and better boat can be obtained in this way than by having one built here. If the prices of the two. boats are estimated and compared, no doubt the result will, so far as the actual figures are concerned, appear to prove their argument. But tha advocates of local industry have a very good answer to these figures. The money paid for a foreign boat, say they, although it may be less, goes right away, and other people reap the benefit of its circulation; the money paid here remains to supply the means for further entarprises, pud thus to furnish the city with attractions that, will draw the best class of settlers, every one of

whom'will help t-> lighten taxation and mak<6 business more active. They instance the case of the North Shore Ferry Co. There is no disputing the fact that a steamer brought from home will h-i actually cheaper r.a far as figurcT are concerned than one of the same ola«s bought here : but is not the Ferry Co. directly interested in the encouragement of the trade of Aucklmc 1, and will not the pockets of its shareholders suffer mote ultimately by discouraging local industry than they gain on the moment by going eks where for their boats ? These arguments are worth consideration, and those who use them havo the further advantage of being able to point to past experience as having uttsrly failed to prove, even by figures, that imporf-d steamers are batter than those ! produced here. We sha 1! in a future article deal with the ki'^dof steamer which Messrs Fraser and Tinne gflarantee to produce.

MR. JOHNSON'S EXPERIENCES.

EXPERIENCE SECOND.

ME JOHNSON GOEB PHEASANT SHOOTING I went on collect" ig money with that variable ex perience which :"s tho lot of m n, and I found bat to be a suece'-ful oollector, it requires a we'Vbalancod temperament, and one who can be all things te s!l men. These points I may fttlly explain another time. I was getting done up wth tho work, atid as pheasant shooting was coming on, I determined to have alittle of the Bme. My heart w ■! fired by the sight of co many sportsmen off to the field of pheasants, and ray ardour was encouraged by the reminisences of ttoyhooc n sporting days. I was indue ito buy a licence, ana with a new potent broach loadf-r, doub!e-V' relied gun from Evitt's I was off by the Mercer train for a week's shooting in the Ws'kato. Glad to ■'scape from the undertakers and hotel" of town, I went eagerly into the sport, but before I had been out many hours, I heard volleys of musketry fhv d off, along the ranges near the bu^h. I said to myself, Mr .Tohnson,you are in for sport this time for here's a rising among the Injins of the "Waikato. I was piono, but was not afrfid, for I had hunted Injuns in Amoriky when qu'to a lad, so I made straight in the direction of the fighting, as I thought it was On getting over the range, I could see a booy of men, dressed in the uni form of men-o'-wars-men, about ten of them. I wsb just going to call out to them where was the In June? when a pheasant rose near them. I heard a voice say " Prfent fire!" and every man raised Ws gun and fired such a volley at the poor pheasant, as knocked him apparently into half a dozen. I were agreeably surprised to see such fine sport, and could see at a glance, what was the volleys of musketry I had heard, for every time a pheasant rose, up wont every gun, and a volley was fired at him by the small regimert of sportsmen. Every man discharged lii piece, for if one or two were late in taking em, they firfdall the s-me as soon a™, they were re<idy, even if the bird had dropp 1, or had flown out of sight, then all had a fair load afresh. T bare away from this jolly lot of tars, I could see they enjoyed the sport in t^eir own way, and why should they not? but 1 was not going io shoot near such roars of artillery, altho' I liked com pany, and they was ye. y merry. However, I met with company just after, in the shape of an old gentleman who w*t a leading i Itizen of Auckla id, he had a tremendous long gun. which his great grand fathc- had had made to shoot poachers with, so he told me. It was like a small ArmstODg, single barrell, but held a powerful lot of powder and shot. He was a stu-apy little nervous sore of arnaD. He said (when we had introduced each other to one anotiei) ''Mr Johnson wili you change guns ? I am not strong enough to cany this 'ere one, and besides it might kick " I begged to be excused, as I had j ost got into the ways of my own. He had a lot f o say of the long war it would kill. Ho thought it used to kill a mile otf in hlu grandfather's time, but he had not tried it, himself, we were going to get over an awkward rough fence' when we saw a lot of pheasants on the clearing about 200 hundred yards off. I sad to Mr Draper, " Will you jrit try your small cannon from off this fence 1" He turned white, but plucked up courage and said, '"Certainly, Mr Johnson." I helped him over the ditch onto the fence, and propped him up safe. He put tho long affair to his shoulder, shut both his eyes, and then followed a report, a scream, a tumble down, and for a moment I thought he was dead. And he must have thought so too, for he lay quite still. I observed a piece of his unmen tionables had stuck on the post of the fenca, but I could not gee any blood. I said, '" Mr Draper, Is you dead?" He rose and tat all of aheap. He said ex citedly, " I wish I was ; I've, tore the trousers off my ba %It, and what wl'l I do, Mr Johnson?" I said, " Calm youTeelf, sir; you is excited by the fall Gee ud and Jet ma see if you is hurt He roße, and after I had held an inquest over his body. T pronounced his body right, but a fatal accident had happened to his troasers. The jagged top of the fence had caught him when he fell and tf ken out a formidable pieco of cloth. He looked at me with tears in his eyes, and said, " What will I do, Mr Johnson?' IJsald, "Com fort yourself, sir, that you have lost nothing eke than a bit of cloth ;" and I applied myself to repair the brrac'i, which was done by using the old gentleman's game bag, which just fitted the part tnrn away, and with flax strings I tied it on ai neat as I could ; what it hadn't in -ooH it possessed in strength. He appeared more comfortable when the job wa3 done, ar>d his face was beginning to brighten up a little, when a voice bahind us said, "Ahem!" There was nothing particular in ths words, but [saw my com panion tuu as whito as when I asked him to tiy Lis canuon on the pheasants, for tho intruder was a policeman, and I took it all in at a glance. He had follow d the old gentleman about, knowing he had no licence. Said the policeman to my companion, " Your name is Mr Draper, I believe ? 1 have watched you hunt for and shoot at game. You have got no licerce, or if you havo show tt to me." Mr Draper was caught- However, he plucked up and said, " I havi private liberty to shoot here from the proprietor of the g-ound." The policeman said that the owner was shooting over the ground. Be then lifted his hat to Mr Draper, and told him he would see him again. Poor Mr Draper! He said he had done shooting for ever, and made straight for home. I heard since he had to pay nearly £10 for his sport, and that he had sold his long affair to Mr Evitt, and that the same majestic firearm could be seen by anyone to this day who likes to look inside that gunsmith's shop door. I made good shooting the first day, a3 the birds were plentiful, and I returned to my quartern tired enough but well pleased with the result, having bagged ten and a half Iraca, the best of which I forwar.ied to Messrs Largbridge and Silver, and expect to get the prize.

POLICE COURT.-This day.

[Before Dr Ho ,ie and W. J. Hurst Esq.,

Justices. J

THE BLACK JACK,

Margery Kelly, v. ho had been hob-nobbing too freely with Simon the Cellarman last night ani making herself a nuisance, was fined 20s and costi, with the alternative of doing 4S hours hard work in Mount Eden.

Prisoner said she would much rather pay the money than work, but the feet was she was out of caih. She was removed.

John Rutterman and Charles Robertson topers who had been liberate: i on bail, failed to appear, and had their bail forfeited.

QUEEN ELIZABETH.

Elizabeth Nicholson, a determined-looking female of doubtful antecedent.3 and dirty stcokings, appeared to answer a charge of using very unwomanly language to Uncle Andrew Heavey, of Wyndham Street, to whose resistance sbe had been compelled to resort, but whose advances she had met by calling him an old rogue, and telling him to go to h: —1, and also threatening to break his head with a brick-bat.

Elizabeth indignantly pleaded not guilty ; she never used bad language, aa it w?.s low., (Laughter). Andrew Heavey deposed that he exercised his lawful call;tig of pawnbroker and al leviator of human distress in general, in Wyndham-street, where he saw a good many phases of character which he studied minutely. On the 6th in ■at. Mrs Nicholson, who had always been a good customer,' came to hia emporium and " began," about some tic'tets—not railway tickets. There were two ladies from Onehunga in his establishment at the time; they had come to Auckland on pur pose to inspect his stock. The language usr d by the defendant was so bad that their hair nearly stood on end, and they could not see across the shop for blushing. He was not |if raid that Mrs N. would do him bodily harm, but he did apprehend that the lady's untamed passions and tongue might lead her to seriously annoy him. Under theso circum stances he begged the Court to bind her over. His witnesses were not in attendance, but if the case was adjourned he could get them. . The defendant, on being asked what she had to say, denied in the strongest terms that 3he had so far forgotten herself as to use the foul words imputed to her. On the contrary Mr Heavey had not behaved as a gentleman should behave to a lady of her rank and importance : It was him who used that awful expression, "Go to H—ll." The case was about to be adjourned for further evidence,, when Mr Heavey said that if Elizabeth would apologise he would con sent to the charge being withdrawn. Mrs Meholson at h'rsfe indignantly enquired whaS she was to apologise for, but on its being represented to her plainly that she might have to go to gaol over the business, she said she was very sony, and the charge was allowed to be withdrawn.

Thia was all the business.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES' COURT. This Day.

(Before R. C. Barstow Esq., R M ) This Court presented a lively appearance thta morning, there being a l ar g e gathering of creditors and debtors present waiting with* anxious interest the result of the cases Twelve legal gentlemen were also present to represent their respective clients, and thirty three ccses were set down for heating. I JUDGMENTS FOE PLAINTIFFS. Hunter and Nolan v. Moore—claim, £13 I 17s 6d, "of which £12 had been paid (Mr J B. Russell for plaintiff); costs, £2 19a. w'. H. Armstrong V. T. H. Mabin—claim, £3 103 ; costs. £1 4# 6d (Mr Reei for plaintiff) T. Holland v. Geo. Oottis-claim, £27sl0d costs, £1 4s Gd (Mr Du*aur for plaintiffj. * ADJOURNED tfASKS. Dunningham and King v. J. Davis; Strongman v. Hill ; Usher v. Lincoln ; Field* v. Worms; Pooley and Sou v. Cameron • Langsford v. Burgess. 3 NEW EXCHANGE GOLD MINING OOMPAKY v. THE FOLLOWING DEFENDANTS. Mr Hesketh appeared for the claimants, and Mr Tofchill, manager, proved the claims to be still ovcing. John Wilson, balance of 209 sharas, at 94 per share, £2 10s; coits, £1 6s 6d.. George Wiltshire, claim £2 10s; costs, £1 6a 6d. Lionel Phillips, chim £2 10a; costs, £1 6s 6d! Charles F. Quinb, claim £2 ; costs, £1 6s 8d! F. H. Crippen, claim £7 10s ; coats, £2 Is. A number of similar cases were settled, and the following were adjourned until next Court day j—Robert McGregor, Wm. McCul lock, and W. Percy. THOBKT/OS V. DE LTAS. Claim, Mr Rees for plaintiff, and Mr J. B. Kussell for defendant. This was a claim on the part of plaintiff, an actor and scene painter, in connection with an engagement at; the Prince of Wales Theatre in February last. Tho defendant denied his responsibility as ilie engagement was made by Mr Sheppardson, who had left Auckland. Mr Thornton deposed that the engagement with Mr Sheppardson was another matter, and had been settled. After some discusiion it was arranged that the case should stand over for a week, in order to some arrangement being come to between the parties. NOKMANBY V. MILLA.IS. Claim, £5 4s. Mr Connell for plaintiff.

Thi3 was a claim for proceeds of a quantity of wool which defendant had told for plain tiff on commission, but had failed in paying the money.

Plaintiff, in a' very low voice, explained the circumstances.

Judgment for plaintiff, with coats £1 4s1,

M'DONALD V. COUPLAND,

Claim, £23 15s,

Mr J. B. Russell for plaintiff. Mr Nolan, solicitor's clerk, proved witness ing an agreement betwr -n the parties, con senting to submit their ene to Captain Daldy for arbitration. The cr->e was extremely intricate, and arose out of shipping mafcterj, Rob rt Macdonald depos 1 that he end defendant met at Captain Daldy's in order to settle their differences. Captain Daldy having; carefully weighed the matter, award ed £23 153 and 21s costs to plaintiff, but which defendant had since refused to pay.

Defendant in a rambling statement in timatod that he was the greater loser, and had got no money for anybody. Judgment for £24 16s the original claim, and cost £4 18a.

Defendant: I've got no money, and can't pay, Mr Rnssell said that defendant was in con stant employment.

Defendant: I can't pay.

His Worship : I've nothing more to say. THOMAS USHER V. FRED. A. LIKCOLSV Claim, £3. THOMAS USHER V. GEORGE BI'CASLIN. " Claim, £1 83 6d. '

The plaintiff in thes9 cases is an account' ant, and the claims were for work done.

MrJan.es RusseU appeared for McC'aslin,

In the claim against Lincoln, judgment was given for plaintiff for the full amount, and in the latter for lCb, costs divided. : , .:

STEPHEN K. HUGHFS, JUNK., V G. P. DOWER. Claim £2 2s. Mr George for plaintiff, and Mr Eees for defendant.

The plaintiff in this case is a commission ag'ut, and claimed on the sale of several allotments of land in the Waiksto, which he sold to Mr Conway, a milk-vendor, oa tho sfch October 1865, for which plaintiff wrY to receive five per cent.

The defence was that the commission was to be paid out of the purchase money. George fiarker, solicitors clerk, deposed that he was in Mr Hughes office at the time of the settlement for the land, and the money was passed from Mr Conway to Mr McKenzie; he rskedfor the two guineas commission, when Mr Conway said it had been paid to Mr Hughes jonr ; hencs thinking the state ment to be true, he handed over the desds.

TELEGRAPHIC.

GRAHAMSTOWN.

(Fromour own Correspondent.) This day.

Sale of a F'ne.

The Bird-iu-3and mine wa3 sold to-day by auction, and purchased by Mr William Rowe for £1350. It ia understood, to be for the Bright Smile Company

The Twenty-fourth of May crushed 2 tons for JJoz.* 9dwt«, value 62i per ounce. ; ' ' Queen of May.—A tender was let for the drivts and/ leading slope ou the reef at £1 7a 51 per font. At the Police Court to-day, a number of defaulting ratepayers were sued by the Borough, and judgment given for the amount end costs in each case.

COROMANDEL.

(From our own Correspondent.) This day.

'The Union Beach bagged 110lbs of speci mens last night, making 473 lbs,, with some fine crushing stuff in hand. A north-east storm is raging, with heavy rain. ' '

ROTORUA.

(From our own Correspondent.) This day. Stoppage of Land Purchases. The Government have directed the suspen sion of all land purchase operations in the Arawa distiicts. The protracted delay,in the completion of the negotiations under Messrs Davis and Mitchell is generally understood to,be the cause. ,-, ■•■

NEW PLYMOUTH.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) Tnis day.

An Extraordinary Case.

An old lady, over 70 years, was last even ing assaulted by a man named Benny, one of the sailors of the Julius Vogel, who at tempted to commit rape oa Mrs Kyndon. The screams brought help, and the man, who wes in drink, was arrested. The man was brought, up this morning, but Mis Ryndon was too ill to attend the court, so*the case was remanded till Monday.

The Hon. Mr Scotland and, • J. G. S. Grant. , The letter fro in the Hon. Mr Scotland to Mr Grant is causing great excitement; here. The Herald regrets that a man in Mr Scot land's position should make himself notor^ ous ai an endorser of such malignant falsehoods. The Superintendent has written to Mr [Scotland to ask if the telegram it correct. A meeting is likely to be held ask ing the Governor to, remoy6 him from pae. Legislative Council. ~, , ; ~..,... , ~-, .■■.■■■./.:

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