SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

mpn w . rn-r^r, f This Afternoon, 3.4. HIGH WATER-| To . mon . ow Morning, 3.37. SUN SET.-This Evening, 6.39. SUN RISE.—To-morrow Morning, 1.49. MOON'S AGE.—New Moon, 16th Nov., 12.27 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

City of Auckland, ship, 779- tons, Rails, from London Alacrity, H.M. gunboat, from Fiji. !*T^^ Opotiki, cutter, from Opotiki. Dream, cutter, from Tairua. Mana, cutter, from Tairua.

DEPARTURES.

St. Kilda, s.s., Flowerday, for Wanganui llawea, s.s., Wheeler, for the South

IMPORTS.

Per City of Auckland, from London:— : 200 cases brandy, 365 cases oilmen's stores, 50 drums oil, 70 casks whiting, 600 bags salt, 250 casks cement, 25 casks vinegar, 22 boxes tin plates, S7 bales and cases drapery, etc., 3 cases samples, 15 cases fancy perfumery.—Owen and Graham. IS cases.—E. Porter and Co. •1 bales.—E. and H. Isaacs. !) bales.—Henry Brett. 2 cases.—lreland Brothers. 2 cases.—W. C. Wilson and Sons. 13 packages.—T. and S. Morrin. Ex City of Auckland: —lß cases dolls and toys, 2 cases cricketing gens, 2 cases coaguline mark ing ink and gum, 1 case opera, marine, eye, and reading glasses, 2 cases gilt jewellery, 2 cases walking sticks, 2 cases squeaking balloons, 3 cases china ornaments an I mugs, 3 cases valen tines and sachets, 1 case bagatelle boards, 1 case backgammon and draft boards, 2 cases photo frames, 10 cases sundries, 1 case lachenals, con certinas, 1 case manilla bags.—Messrs Levy & Co. Per City of Auckland from London : Drapery, £6,183 ; viz, plain cottons, £789 ; printed cottons, £464; woollen and worsteds, £325 ; flannels, £170; linens in bales, £86; linens in cases, £75 ; cottons and woollens, £70; silk and velvets, £261); rib bons. £380 ; shawls and mantels, £321; millinery, £261; hosiery, £157 ; sewing thread, £57 ; haber dashery,'£l,327 ; umbrellas, £11; shirts, £1 ; ap parel, £1,031; carpets, £11G ; bed covers, £70 ; straw hats, £188; dressed leather, £321; boots, £123; saddlery, £527 ; felt, £3 ; baize, £21; sewing machines, £180; lucifers, 2 cases; vestas, (>scases; blacking, 10 packages ; agricultural implements, £200 ; do. machinery, £3,153; books, £226; paper, 277cwt.; stationery, £54 ; paperhangings, £92; hair seating, £82; upholstery, £222 ; iron bed steads, £302; brushware, £122; plated goods £70,• toys, £87 ; pianos. £686; corks £30 : clocks, £425; perfumery, £100; jewellery, £3,050: print ing materials, £25; seeds, £45; sulphuric acid, 17 packages; blasting powder, 107 cwt: iron tanks, £31; chains, and anchors, 6 tons; hardware, £1,562 ; bar and rod iron, 6 tons ; pig iron 151 tons; muntz metal, 2 tons ; tinned plates 152 boxes; ingot tin, 20cwt.; nails, IStons: wire and wire rope, 26 tons; linseed oil, 250ga1.; whit ing, 12 tons; paint colours, £87 ; flint glass, £217 ; window glass, £233; foreign window glass, 213 cases; china and earthenware, £730; lines and twines, £13; slates, 20 tons; bricks, 5,000 ; mar ble, £80; cement, 100 barrels ; tobacco, 16,1271b.; brandy (bulk), 2Sogal.; brandy (case), 1,624ga1.; rum, 815ga1.; geneva, 2,120ga1.; cordials, 24ga1.; British spirits (bulk), 231ga1.; British spirits (case), 458ga1.; red wine, 622ga1.; white Wine, 185 gal. ; beer (in glass), 10 barrels, each 36 gal.; malt, 128 quarters ; hops, 30cwt. ; preserved lish, £217 ; sardines, £167 ; oilmen's stores, £425; vine gar, OSOgal.; salad oil, llOgal.; spices, 2cwt.: cocoa, oewt.; chocolate, oewt.; starch, £80; bl-'.e, £20; arrowroot, oewt.; carbonate soda, 20 ■ wt.; candles, 88cwt.; soap, 2cwt.; raisins. 3c..t.: currants, olewt.; French plums, oewt.; ii:-;s, 6cwt.; ginger, 7cwt.; tea, 2cwt.: apothe caries wares, £11)3 ; tartaric acid, 15cwt.; cream tartar, 7cwt.; cornflour, £49. Total value, £29,500.—0 wen & Graham, Agents. jSiTiic cutter Opotiki arrived this morning from Opotiki with a cargo of fingus, &c. The gunboat Alacrity arrived from Fiji this morning. The cutters Dream and Mana arrived from Tairua this morning with cargoes of timber. The brigvA_lbion and brigantine Roderick l)hu have both cleared out for Kaipara, the former "with bricks, lime, &c, the latter in ballast, The cutter Janet cleared to-day for R~sscll in ballast, and the schooner Albatross for Whanga poa. The barque Cabarfeidh left Hokianga yester day for Napier. She carries a cargo of piles and timber for the new wharf at that port. Captain Frank Amodco, late chief officer of the lona, has been appointed to the command of the brigantine Roderick Dhu, now on the point or sailing for Kaipara. The barques John Mathues, and Victoria, are both discharging rapidly. The ship Orari's cargo is turning out in splendid condition,

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails avill Close as Under:— For Thames, on Monday next, at 9.30 a.m., and 5.30 p.m. .For Coromandel, per Argylc, on Monday next, at 11.30 a.m., and per (Lalla Rookh, on Wednes day next, at 1.30 p.m. For Tairua, per Dream, on Monday next, at 11 a.m. For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per lona on Monday next, at 4 p.m. For Whitiangi, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per Rowena, on Monday next, at 4 p.m. For Waiheke, per Spey, on Tuesday next, at 9 a.m. For Napier and Gisbornc, .per Southern Cross, on Tuesday next, at 3 p.m. For Waiwera, Kawau, and Matakana, per Annie MUlbank. on Tuesday next, at 10 a.m. For. Waugarei Heads, Waipu, Wangarei, and Mangapai, per Argylc, on Tuesday next, at 4 p.m. Per Ladybird, on Thursday, lGth instant, as follows:— * For India, China, Mediterranean ports, and Continent of Europe, at 5 a.m. For Taranaki, Southern Provinces, Australian Colonies, and United Kingdom, via Suez and Southampton (for letters specially addressed), at 5 a.m. Fur United Kingdom, via Brindisi at 5 a.m. For money orders and registered letters, the previous evening, at 4 p.m. Per City of New i'ork. on Monday, 20th instant, as under:— For Kandavu, Sandwich Islands, United States of America, Canada, British Colum bia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 11 a.m. ; For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 11 a.m. For money orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 10 a.m. Late lettera, bearing an extra fee of Cd. in addition to the postage, will be received by the, mail agent on board the steamer up to the time of sailing. S. B. BISS. Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

MACKENZIE—On November 9th, at Russell street, South Newton, the wife of F. Mac kenzie of a son.

MARRIAGE.

HARMS— HARRIS—On the Bth instant, at the residence of the Rev. W. Harris, Lifuoln strcet, by the Rev. Win. Tinsloy, the Rev. Walter Harris, to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Harris, Esq., of Church Farm Hall, Kniveton, Derbyshire, England

DEATH.

SINEL—This morning, at, her private residence, Union-street, opposite Cook-street, Mary Anne, the beloved wife of J. B. Sinel, of the Bible Depot, Queen-street. The funeral will leave her late residence to morrow, tit 3 p.m. Jersey and other friends please accept this invitation.

COPAS—On the 11th November, at her late residence, Collingwood-slreet, after a painful illness, Dora, the beloved wife of Gco. Copas, ajyed 32 years. The funeral will take to-morrow (Sunday), 12th instant,at3p.m. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

"I*. N." We cannot find space for your theatre verses.

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

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1876.

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: THE results of the scramble for the loans, by log-rolling cliques in Parliament, are strikingly exemplified in the case of the Picton-Blenheim line, which was construc ted at a total cost of £152,987 7s 3d. This magnificent job was engineered through Parliament by .Mr Seymour ami the other Marl borough members as the price <»f their thick-juid-thin support" of the Vogel Minis try. We have a distinct recollection of Mr .Seymour indulging in an eloquent outburst of virtuous indignation when some prophet of evil in the Houss characterised the first vote of £80,000 as a political sop, predicting 'that the expenditure would be iusuliicieut, $6&lk<sU&&& tUuwviM iwilymi On that°c«v

sion Mr Seymour and his colleagues in veighed in strong terms against those envious-minded persons who wanted to deprive Marlborough, the little Benjamin of the colony, of its share of the spoil, and drew a brilliant and seductive picture of the great colonizing results that were to follow, not to speak of the untold wealth that would now into the colonial coffers. After £80,000 had been expended on this pre cious line, it was to und that an additional sum, totting up the " condemned tottle" to £152,000 odd would be wanted to render the line of any use at all, the engineer, with a sublime degree of ingenuity and fore sight that proclaim him either a iool or a genius,—and it is often difficult to exactly define the line that separates the two, —had stopped short of Blenheim by a mile and a half. The final outcome of the whole thing is thus narrated by the local journal, the " Marlborough Express : " If it be true, as we heard, that on a recent occasion there was not one passenger in or out by the train, the prospects of continued profit by the railway will he very poor indeed. On another day the takings are said to_ have been fld at one of the principal stations." The Kaipara railway, which cost only £84,574 4s 10d,— little more than half the cost of the Picton-Blonheim line—has been made the butt of attacks in and out of Parliament by persons who are utterly ignorant of the capabilities of the line, the resources of the country which it opens up, and its prospects, it will be found, how ever, by examining the return of receipts, bear favorable comparison with the line wliichyieldcd onlyUd in one day, —just the price of the guard's beer.

THE cruel docking of Sir .Julius Vogel's little allowance has placed the new Agent- General in the sail position of redeeming from his salary, monster testimonial, and any other available! resources, a very un plessant overdraft which an obliging English banker, on the guarantee of a mutual friend, had advanced. The idea prevailed at first that Sir Julius had made the Colonial Treasury his bankers'' pro. tern, for tlie £2,750 claimed in addition to the amount which he was legally entitled to for salary and full travelling allowances. But the interposition of a Comptroller, places a little obstacle in the way of such an arrange ment, and it has leaked out that the ex- Premier, assured no doubt of the customary settlement of his " reasonable " bills by the colony, bad, upon the security of a friend, got carte blanche, with a home banker, an accommodation which he took full advantage of. The disallowance of the amount by parliament, after the money had gone,'and required refunding, was doubly trying, but to the " eminent monetary firm, relatives of his own,'" this trifling sum, which barely represents five months cost of the great man's living "in a reasonable way" when abroad, will prove a mere bagatelle, scarcely worth consider ing.

Some days ago attention was called in these columns to the dangerous practice of certain larrikins in Parnell of frightening timid children by going about in hideous masks. We now learn from the "South Canterbury Times" that at Newtown a girl has been frightened to dcatli by the same practice. A number of boys and girls, who were mostly children of the working class were at play oil the village green. It would appear"that a little girl named Sarah Jarvis, naturally of a most timid disposition, was chosen as the victim to a practical joke. A mischievously-disposed lad named Richard White dressed himself up as a ghost, with a mask surmounted by a white cap, a short black cloak and a long white skirt. Thus habited he waited at' the corner of a lane through which Sarah Jarvis had to pass on her way home. As she approached,he gave utterance to a hollow groan to attract her attention. The effect was electrical. The poor little girl sunk to the earth in a state of insensibility. The shock to the system was so great that she expired on the Mon day following.

The "News Letter" says that if Mr BunilY and Mr Andrew resign, it is the in tention of some influential electors to present requisitions to stand to Mr E. Meredith, of liiversdaJe, Whareama, and Mr W. H. Levin, of Wellington. The " News Letter" thinks that Mr Bunny is likely to accept an Under-Secietarysliip.

A few former students at the Nelson College have determined to subscribe ji sum of pound to pound fora. "Simmons Classical Prize" in memory of the late Principal. A woman named .lane Conningtoij died at Hokitika the oilier day from injuries in flicted by a Mrs Vincent with whom she had been living.

Mr Duiigan, late editor of the "Tablet," the Roman Catholic organ of Duucdin, has received the appointment of editor and manager of the " Oiunaru Evening Mail."

An enthusiastic Good Templar' writes : — "A good drinking man thinks nothing of spending Is per day. That, in a year, would amount to £18 ss. If the r>oo persons re ceived into the Order had continued to drink during the year, even only at that rate, their expenditure would have amounted to £9125, simply thrown into the gutter. What a glorious blefising to the total ab stainer to wave £18 5s in the year, besides enjoying good'health and a good appetite !"

The Regatta Committee at Nelson have agreed to ofl'cr a prize of £50 for a ya-cht racc at their approaching regatta. Our friends of .Sleepy Hollow, as it is called, are teaching us the way to make a regatta popular. We believe we are right in stating that the yacht Secret will be sent from here to contest the prize, and we have no doubt that she will render a good account of herself. We shall bo glad to hear of other Auckland yachts entering for the race, which is over a 20 miles course. Mr D. McLennan, of Pokcno, writes en closing two letters which have appeared in English and American papers, shewing beyond question that the reported quarrel between Moody and Sankcy is pure inven tion, without a shadow of truth in it. The evangelists have; never quarrelled, and are carrying on the revival work at Chicago with great success

The report sent by telegraph of the meet ing of delegates at the late racing meeting iit^Christchurch, states that the proposition to make the great throe old races national events was thrown out as premature. This is exceedingly unfortunate, and it is difficult to see the reason for so good a suggestion being rejected. At present Derby's arc as common as selling races, and no more inter est attaches to them than any other race. It is really profanity to take the name of tlxe greatest race in the world for .such paltry contests. Were there only one Derby in the colony it would attract the attention the name deserves. Perhaps the unsettled state of the colony at present has something to do with the resolution not being carried. The agreement to make the age of horses all over the colony date from tue Ist August will save a repetition of such an unfortunate blunder as was made in the case of Kakapo two years ago. The appointment of one handieappcr for the colony i« another good reform. We understand that there is every probability of the appointment being given to a Balaclava officer, a well-known sport ing authority resident in Auckland. The following gentlemen were present:— Mr Lance (Canterbury), in the chair ; Messrs Pearce. Wellington; Dclamainc, Canter bury; Captain Fraser, Auckland; Messrs Stead, Canterbury ; Hisiop, Wangamu ; Stephenson, Duncdin ; Dodson, .Duuedm 5 Martin, Wellington ; Young, Auckland; Driver, Punedin; IX Fl'RSer, WftttgWU ; Ste.ve.nssj Rangitikei,

Our special correspondent, informs us of an absurd canard that had been set afloat in Wellington, to the effect that owing to resolutions passed at the Dunedin Con vention, his Excellency the Governor had bolted in the Hinemoa. The ridiculousness of the story is apparent from the Nelson telegrams," aniiuoncing that the Governor was entertained at dinner at the Nelson Club, and sails for the Pelorus in the Hincmoa to-day. The " Post" advises the City Council of Wellington to follow the excellent example sat by the kindred body of Auckland in the matter of the Provincial Council Library. It is proposed to give Mr Macandrew, for his services to Otago, land to the value of £5000. A Wellington telegram announces that the Hon. F. Whitaker has been appointed Attorney-General, and that C. E. Haughton has resigned his office of Justice of the Peace, and Under-Secretary for Immi gration, Crown Lands, and Goldficlds. We have to acknowledge the receipt of 4s for Mrs Moran. We are also glad to learn that Mr Ward, of the wellfknown Variety Troupe, contemplates giving an entertainment for her benefit. We have also to acknowledge £1 from " F. P." for )he same object. We learn from the " West Coast Times" Wellington telegrams that the members of the House of Representatives, before part ing, subscribed a gift of 100 guineas for the widow of the late Mr. John White, formerly member for Hokitika. For subjects of services at the several city churches to-morrow we refer our readers to advertisements of the same. The usual Sunday evening service for the people will lie held at the usual hour in the large room of the Young Men's Christian Association. We would direct the attention of our readers to the announcement in another column of the anniversary services in con nection with the Primitive Methodist school, Edwardes-stpoet. The friends have deter mined not to be a whit behind the other schools, whose anniversary services have been held lately, for they have introduced a gentleman, the Rev/ J. Dumbell, of Taranaki, to preach their school sermons to-morrow. We have no doubt that the friends will have large gatherings at each service, for we believe that the rev gentle man is a man of good ability, and a member of the Good Templar iuul Freemason fraternities. The Temperance Hall programme for to-night is a novelty. The committee desired to borrow our imported tailed man for the occasion ; but as he has not arrived from Kalili yet, the identical individual cannot be produced, but the resemblance of one caught in Queen-street to the original is striking, and should be attractive. The "Bones" of Mr Winchcombe will appear, and a very interesting young lady, and one who sings well, will make her debut to night. See programme. Dunedin is to have a new Telegraph office at a cost of £7500, and Port Chalmers at £•2500. A servant girl at Hokitika named Wright gave birth to an illegitimate male child, and threw it down a water-closet. The Hobson Band will perform outside the Theatre Royal to-night, and amongst the selections will be the "Thames Volunteers Galop," composed by Mr. McComish, Bandmaster. Mr Harding of Mechanics' Bay announces firewood at an unusually low price. The steamer which usually leaves Mercer for Hamilton will not run on Monday next, the Quickstep being laid up for repairs. Owing to the rain, the cricket matches arranged to be played in the Domain to-day between the A.CO. and the Carlton C.C., and at the North Shore, between the local club and the West-Enders, were postponed.

A Settler Struck Dead by Light ning.

He Leaves a Wife and sis Children.

QUEEN'S REDOUBT, this day. Mr C. Lkatha.m, a Ha.vdiesser, was struck dead by lightning at about fifteen minutes past ten tin's morning. He had just left the mill,* and gone into the Held. lie leaves a wife and six small children to mourn his loss.

Arrival of the City of Auckland.

The well-known London ship.City of Auck land, Captain George I!;ills, put in an ap pearance at 10o'clock this morning, after a «mart passage of 90" days from Gravescud. She brings a full general cargo, and between seventy and eighty passengers, besides sonic prize cattle in the sli;ipe of 2 short-horn cows, ] bull and a calf (born on the voyage.) Captain Kails, who returns as hearty look ing as ever, inform** us that he never had a pleasanter passage than that he now lias to report. The weather was splendid from first to last, winds favourable, the pas sengers cheerful and always inclined to make the best of everything, and his oJHcers all that could be wished. Two births and no deaths occurred during the voyage. The City of Auckland, having 15 tons of powder on board, anchored the usual distance down the liar hour. She conies consigned to Messrs Owen and Graham.

Captain Kails has furnished us with the • following complete report,:—"The good ship City of Auckland left the East India Docks on the sth August, at 2 a.m. She pro ; cceded down to Gravesend, took in stock i and powder, and embarked passengers. . Started from CJmvosciul on August G'th, in ; tow of the tug Restless. At 8 p.m., Mr r Martin, the pilot, landed at the Downs. i August 7th, cast oil'tug, Dungeness light bearing north. Made all sail, and proceeded to work down Channel, wind being from the west. August 9th, off LJeachy Head. ; August 10th, oil Isle of Wight; passed the steamer Villa Bella, having in tow seven barges and screw tug, bound for Rio J aniero. i August 11th, off Start Point; a fishing-boat ■■ came alongside and took our letters ashore. Thus ended our communication with the land. August 12th, oil' Eddystone Light house. August 13th, 4 p.m., oif ■ the Lizard. From thence to hit. l(i°N., long, 11". 37" W..experienced .south-westerly wiiuis. August 21st, off Madiera, Got the N.E. trades in lat. 33° N., long. 15°27"W. Entered the Tropics August 2u"th, long, 22° W. Aug. 29, lost the N.E. trades, which proved light, in lat. 16° 8" long, 2f>° W. Sep. S, got the S,E. trades in lat 2° 51" N., l OU r.-. 17° 43" W., Minds prevailing to this : having been very variable; mostly from the S.W. Crossed the equator Sept, 10, in loii"\ 21° 7" "SV-j tluis making the passage-from the Lizard to the Equator in 27° days. Lost S.E. trades,, which were very light, on September ,17th, in lat 19 U 5", S., long, 23° 46'", W, Thence to hit, 34° 41", S., long., 22° 36", W., had light and variable winds. Passed out of Tropics September 20th. Passed the mere dian of the Cape, October 6th, lat., 42 3 54", S. Ran down the easting between lat. 43° and 44°. October 12th, experienced a very heavy gale from the east. November 2nd, rounded Tasmania with fine strong breeze from the southward, and sighted the Three Kings on November Bth, at noon. Met with average weather in running down the east in»-, and have no great runs to chronicle this time, the greatest distance being 570 miles in 48 hours. The voyage proved a very pleasant one, with only one accident to mar its happiness, Edward Brannrgan, a<>ed 4 having fallen on the deck and broken his thigh, which w«w promptly set |by Vw Reid, Tlw e»tws

heartily into the usual amusements concerts were given, a newspaper published, "Box and Cox," very well rendered by Messrs A. W. Bromfield, A. D. Piper, and Mrs Dayrell; and the weekly auction sales realised considerable suras. I cannot con clude this report without expressing my wannest thanks toi Dr and Mrs Reid, for their kindness and' attention to those who were ill during the passage. PASSENGERS. Saloon: Mr. Pile, Mrs. Pile, Miss A. Pile, Master W. Pile, Miss J. Pile, Miss K. Pile, Master Tom Pile, Miss Mary Pile, Master John Pile, Master R. Pile and baby; Dr. Reid, Mrs. Reid, Master Charles Reid, Master J. H. Reid, Master G. E. Reid, Miss A. A. Reid, Miss Edith Reid, Master F. W. Reid ; Mr. Jenkins, Mrs. Jenkins, Miss Jenkins, Mr. P. H. Jenkins, Miss M. E. Jenkins, Master T. N. Jenkins, Mr. A. T). Piper, Mr. Moller, Mrs. Moller, Miss Muiijr and baby, Mr. A. W. Bromfield, Mr. Arthur Meyers. Second-class : Mr. West, Mrs. West, Masters Walter West, Harold West, Wil liam West, Charles West, and Misses Louisa West, Emily West, and Noiah West, Mr. Dayrell and Mrs. Dayrell, Miss M'Har, and Messrs. Kemp, Cairns, and Balfe. Third-class : Mr. Harnctt, Mrs. Harnett, Misses Emily Harnett and Annie Harnett, and Master Alfred Harnett, Mr. Brannigan, Mrs. Brannigan, Master Brannigan, and Miss Rose Burns, Mr. Hatlcy, Mrs. Hatley, Mrs. Jopp, Miss Shelley, and Mr. A. J. Cambridge. BIRTHS. October 21: The wife of T. H. Pile, Esq, of a ron. October 23 : The wife of C. 0. E. Moller, Esq., of a son. SPEAKINGS. August 28—long. 22° AW, lat, 20° N.— spoke ship Andaman from Liverpool to Chittagong, 28 days out. Same day, spoke barque Pride of Devon frsm Cardiff to Tzni que, 21 days out. August 29—long. 2G° W., lat. 16° 8' N— spoke ship Star of the North from Adelaide to Falmouth, 105 days out. August 30, spoke barque Harmonia from Oporto to Rio Janeiro. August 31, spoke ship Marthaßirnie from Liverpool to Sydney, 20 days out. September 3, spoke ship Howrah, London to Nelson, 36 days out. September 5, spoke ship Sir John Law rence, London to Adelaide, 30 days out. September 20', spoke Martha Birnie, second time. October 11, spoke the ship Senator, from Liverpool lo Melbourne. TESTiMONAL TO CAPTAIN RALLS. Yesterday evening, when the ship was oIF the Hen and Chickens, the saloon passengers presented Captain Rails with the appended address, accompanied by a more substantial token of their esteem in the shape of a purse of sovereigns. Several pleasant speeches were made, and one and all expressed their regret that they were about to part from such an esteemed friend as their captain. To Georuk Ka11.3, Eso. Dear Shy—As we are now within a few hour's sail of our destination, we come to bi<l you gond-byo, before quitting the deck of the good ship, that lias been our homo for the last three months. In taking a brief retrospect of the time that has elapsed, since the last faint outline of the English coast receded from our view, and the moment when the Three Kings,—those rocky outposts of New Zea land—gradually rose up before our straining eyes, from amid the waters of the South Pacific, the feeling that is uppermost in our hearts, is one of gratitude, under an all kind Providence, to you, sir, as commander, for that careful and unwearied watchfulness which has brought us safely over one-half of the entire globe. So smooth and prosperous has been our voyage, that it seems almost like a, dream. We have no death to record, i*> serious sick ness, no casualty. On the contrary, the City of Auckland, in her cruise to the Antipodes, may point with pride to the increase in her population, and to an improved standard in the health and physique of her inhabitants. With this short and imperfect address we beg your acceptance of a purse of gold as some slight token of our regard and esteem ; and in conclusion we bid you a hearty fare well, accompanied with our best and sincerest wishes for your welfare and prosperity. Signed on behalf of the passengers : — Edward M. Jenkins, Alexander Reid, T. H. Pile, Arch. \V. Bromlield.C. Jno. Smyth, Percy 11. Jenkins, Ail bur Meyers, Alfred 1). Piper.—November 10th 1876. MrScott,thechief officer, who has generally ingratiated himself with all on board during the voyage, was also presented with a purse of sovereigns.

The Brigantine Florinda.

A NICK CONSIGNOR'S SWINDLE,

WO( )1 )EN N UTMEGS OUTDONE,

Tllio Victorians are getting to be sharp people, and the Yankees will have to look to their laurels. Wooden nutmegs and dock-tobacco seed have found a, parallel in Melbourne. The brigautinc Florinda, which left Melbourne on the 10th October, took on board, amongst other cargo for Auckland, ](i half-boxes, shipped as tobacco, and I marked "E. 26," "H. 19" &v. They'pur ported to be shipped by a person named E. Wood, and were consigned to " order," Auckland. The agents of the Florinda, Messrs Owen and Graham, passed the entry, and yesterday afternoon the supposed tobacco was to have been placed in C. store, on the Queen-street wharf, when Captain Elliott observed line sand oozing out of the corner of one of them, He sent for the police, and the boxes were opened in the presence of Detective Jeffrey. They were found, with one exception, to be filled with a fine white sand, which was identified as closely resem bling that found in Sandy Bay, near Melbourne. The one case of tobacco was most inferior stull', impaired by age, and seriously damaged by sea water. The boxes were placed in C. store, but no per son has yet come forward with the invoice to claim this precious "Order," and probably after these lines see printer's ink no one will care to do so. The curious feature in the business is that the Custom House authorities in Melbourne had sent the usual docket, shewing the weight of the cases, «Src. The swindle appears to have been neatly effected. The interior of the boxes was covered with stout brown paper firmly glued on, and but for an accidental leakage caused by shifting, the boxes would have been moved into 0 Store, without any dis covery of their real contents. The theory set up is that the consignor obtained a sum of money in Melbourne from one of the banks upon- the boxes, probably about £50. It may be found that the swindle has been perpetrated upon an extensive scale, and that shipments have been made to other places besides Auckland.

TEMPERANCE VARIETY TROUPE.— TO-NIGHT.

A capital programme has been prepared by the Teniperancc Variety Troupe, for performance at the Young Men's Christian Association Rooms to-night. Mrs. Hertz will preside at the piano forte* Mr. Sccats gives a comic song, " Up a Tree;" Mr. Doran has promised his popular "Parisian Airy;" a double song and dance, "Down where the Woodbine Twineth," is on the list for Met tain Brothers, "Within a mile from Kdinbro'," for Mi s Ash, and many other musical novelties. Mr. Jamieson will likewise give one of. his favourite readings, "Bob Hobson's Advice to his Ron; and, by special desire, Messrs. Doran and Chapman have consented, to sing the clue,t, " Upper Ten ftnd. L.o^er FiY§»"

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before R. C. Barstow Esq., R-M.) WHAT CAN THE MATTER ISK ? Andrew Udby, a respectable looking man, was charged with being drunk. He denied the soft impeachment. , Constable O'Connor deposed that he found him in the arms of Morpheus, and that lie refused to employ his powers of locmotion. His Worship : What have you got to say for yourself ? . Andrew: Nothing, your Worship, only I wasn't tight. , His Worship; Well, if a man can't walk, lie must be drunk— (after a pause)—unless he takes a lit, or something. 1 have no alternative but to believe that you were drunk. The conviction is inevitable. Fined ss, with the alternative of 42 hours. AN OCEAN GREEN-LEAF. John Greenleaf, who was hard of hearing, was introduced on a charge of having: com mitted a breach of the Merchant's Shipping Act by going to sea in the Firefly, on the 10th November IS7(> without a certificate. Mr Thorne, who appeared for defendant, said the latter was a foreigner, and did not understand the English law. He would plead guilty. ~ Mr Brookfield, for the prosecution, said the case brought under the 136 th Section of the Merchant Shipping Act was merely as a warning to offenders generally, rie would only press for a nominal penalty. Fined 20s, and £2 11s costs. ASSAULT. The charge of assault against N. Devon port by li. M. Heighten was resumed. At the former hearing, the evidence was diametrically contradictory. Mr J. B. Russell for complainant, Mr Brassey for defendant. Mr Brassey urged an objection that whereas two offences, assault and threaten ing language, were alleged in the complaint, only the former was particularized, and the threatening language was not set out in the instrument which should have been an in formation, and not a complaint. He believed his Worship had ruled on a former occasion that the threatening language must be set out. His Worship said that was only in n case where the language was the material part of the allegation, but here the assault formed the chief ground of complaint. Mr. Brassey said he was at a loss to know what he was brought here for. He main tained that if a conviction were recorded in the second case, it would be quashed on application to the Supreme Court. His Worship over-ruled the objection. Worthy Dumford, a west countryman, gave evidence in a dialect, that he saw that gentleman kick that other gentleman as hard as he could. The witness was cross-examined at great length by Mr. Brassey, but persistently answered every question with " 1 seed urn kick urn." The defendant wore working mens clothes, and white moleskin trousers, he thought. Mr. Brassey applied for leave to produce witnesses to shew that the defendant wore the same clothes as lie had on now, viz., black cloth. - Mr. Russell objected to the production of further testimony. His Worship declined to hear further evidence, and ordered defendant to enter into his own recognizances, in the sum of £20, and to iind two other sureties of £10 each, to keep the peace for six months, and to pay costs, £3 9s (id. Defendant entered into his recogni zances, and found one surety of £20. We have been requested to mention in re this case that the son of Thomas Davenport is still apprenticed to complainant. This was all the business.

CABLEGRAMS.

[PER PRESS TELEGRAM AGENCY].

AUSTRALIAN

Tin's day

The commercial condition is unchanged, except caudles, which are a half-penny dearer.

REMUERA CATTLE FAIR.

The weather was exceedingly unfavorable for the cattle fair to-day; the thunder frequently burst forth in startling reverbera tions, followed by torrents of down-pouring rain. Previous to the commencement of the sale, a large number of settlers and farmers were in attendance. On taking a view of the stock, we are of opinion that the cattle of this fair surpass those exhibited and sold at the last, and reflect the highest credit upon the enterprising settlers of the province of Auckland. Among those gentlemen who take an interest in the success of the sale, and who was doing his utmost on the present occasion was Mr Perkins, of the Occidental. As far as we were able to judge, we hold the opinion that the stock generally, was such as might be commended without fear of contradiction. The calves and yearlings, the working oxen, and bulls, were all in excellent order. A few minutes after twelve, the rain came down in a Hood, and the sale was adjourned until one o'clock.

(BY "STAR" CARRIER PIGEON.)

1.40 p.m. Yearlings fetched from £7 7s to £10 ; bulls, from £6 to £14 15s ; heifers, £5 to £7 ; well-bred cows, a large number, £7 to £15 5s ; 2 and 3 year old steers, £5 17s to £7 10s ; steer calves, £2 to £2 10s.

2 p.m. Weather cleared up. Selling out-doors. Sale proceeding satisfactorily. " Ida Zeigler," prize winner, imported by Joseph Newman, line milch cow, withdrawn. Highest price offered, £15 us.

2.20 p.m. Yearling steers (Walters), £3 17s 6"d; heife.is, £2 17s 6'd ; Hereford do. (Mawcr), £4 5s to £4 15s ; tine (Coatcs), £4 to £5 ; heifer, yearlings (Lees) £3 15s.

2.30 p.m. Sunshine, life, animation. About 300 persons present. Selling slow. Choice heifers, £4 12s Gd.

CHRISRCHURCH RACES.—THE THIRD DAY.

The last days racing was very successful, the sport being good, the attendance large, and the weather glorious.

Steeplechase Handicap.—loo soys. Sweep 5 soys. Three miles. Mr. Seabrighfs Zetland,'l • Mr. Neilson's Moose, 2; Mr. Moßratney's Jack' 3. Tommy JJoclcl was scratched. Betting 2to 1 on Moose. Coming to the last hurdle but one Moose baulked, leaving Zetland to win as lie liked. Time, i) minutes 27| seconds. Ohristchureh Plate—lso soys. Two miles. Mr. Xosworthy's Danebury, 1; Mr. Logan's Dead Heat, 2: Mr. StudhoJine's Cloth of Gold 3 • Templeton, 0. Belling: 2tol on Danebury. A good start. Dead Heat led to the stand* and then Danebury came up, and the two youngsters sailed away together, racing neck and neck till at the turn for home, when Danebury came gradually away, and won by three lengths • Cloth of Gold, bad third. Time, 3 minutes ill seconds. r

belling Race.—so soys. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Rays Tadinor, 1; Mr. Webb's \V rangier, 2; Lady oi the Lake, 3 ; Ngaro, Black Pine, and Mangle ran ; Isaac Walton scratched Betting: 2 to 1 on Tadmor, 5 to 1 against the others. The horses got badly away.Onnearin«- the straight, Tadmor, who was lying lhird,°ran through his horses, and won by a neck, hard held. Time, 1 minute 21 seconds. Metropolitan Handicap.—loo soys. One and a hali miles. Middleton, 1: Mr. Watt's Ariel, t Mr. Redwoods Guy Fawkcs, 3. Cloth of Gold Puuga, arid Isaac Walton also started; eight scratched. Betting :2to 1 against Guy Fawkes. to 1 against Middleton. One false start, in which Isaac Walton bolted right away. Punga made the running, and Cloth of Gold was beaten nail-way; Punga soon after retired. A splendid race ensued, betweentlie otherthree Miftdleton won by a long neck, with Guy Fawlcqa close up Wttatf* 2 n^ m t,e3?(ii seconds. V P

My "Weekly Dose.

(By the Doctor)

"Laugh to-day, to-morrow you may weep." THE DOCTOR. APOLOGISES. fs\ Gentle Reader,—When I wrote the paragrapi' 1 m two weeks ago about the Patent Turkish Bat-hill. wliich, as I represented, had been brought int use with such marvellous effect in a certo hotel at the North Shore, I had no idea that». consequence I should have several able-bodied Devcnportians vowing a Corsican vendetta against inc. But so it was. The fact is I made a few trifling mistakes in that paragraph, and I have been requested to correct them. Ido so most willingly. I think I said that the operation was undergone at the Flagstaff Hotel, that" the operator was a lady of the house, and that it was Air. Davidson who was operated upon with the Patent Turkish Bath. There are only three trifling inaccuracies in this statement. In the first place the operation did not take place at the FlagstalF Hotel, the operator was not a lady, and Mr. Davidson was not the person operated upon. If after this any insatiable savage should be found cavourting around in search of me with the object of rubbing me down with a horse whip, I beg to state that I shall be prepared to say that no such occurrence ever took place anywhere ; that there never was any such con trivanceas I spoke of.anrl that Mr ,T.Holmes was the inventor of it. If Mr. Holmes-- übiects, lam willing to go a step further and s-.iy that Smith, Brown, Jones, or Robinson (as may be agreed upon) was the inventor. I only want to be agreeable and make things pleasant for all parties. I wouldn't object to fighting a duel, say at the distance of five miles, with horse pistols and Cavalry sabres, but I object to horsewhips. It's too cutting a style of argument for my weak nerves. A THUNDERING LIAR. "What is a " thundering liar?" Is it a Scriptural phrase ? If it is a permissable locution, I hope the idea will be extended. We might then describe some persons as "lightning fibbers," or '• thunderboll-and-meteoric story-tellers." Apropos of this, I saw in an American journal the other day, the ' " PUNKAHOMINY DAILY SCALPING KNIFE AND GENERAL ADVERTISER," a journal devoted to politics, literature, poetry, agriculture, poker, and the fine arts, that one editor accused another of possessing a " doublc barrellcd-forty-liar-power,' but 1 think the phrase " thundering liar" is far more terse, expressive, and classic. A POET ON THE RAMPAGE. A Novel ix Three Chapters. CHAPTER I. It was November. The sun shone, the birds sang, the flowers were in bloom, the fleecy clouds floated overheadlike—in short like clouds. They alwaj-s do float like that. It's a way they've got. The scene of our story is at the AVhau Lunatic Asylum ; our hero is a man over whose bald head some fifty summers have passed. He opens the door of ihc female lunatic department and fora moment feasts his eyes on the lovely forms that meet !■::; gaze. Suddenly one of them embraces him with affectionate ardour, while her hands wander over his head in a vain search for some slight memento of his visit. Then she takes an original poem from his pocket, and begins to read it aloud amidst breathless silence. The effect is electric. The lunatics rush around him, and (To be continued in our next.) CHAPTER 11. We left our hero in great peril, surrounded by a horde of lunatics of the feminine ueuuer. In this trying situation he was calm and unmoved. He confronted them boldly with the obverse side of his person, and advanced towards them by executing a rapid manoeuvre towards the rear. With a howl of despair they pursued him, and arrested him by his coat-tails. Twenty-five female lunatics embraced him ; twenty-five cracked feminines kissed him for his mother, and begged him to procure them situations through his Registry, in places where the washing was put out; twenty-live lovely lunatics seized him on all four.-;, conveyed him to the padded room, lot-kcd the door, and left him to his| own bitter reflections. (To be continued in our next.) CHAPTER 111. The reader must imagine that some hours have elapsed between the close of chapter two and the opening of chapter three. The keepers charge desperately, and rescue our hero from his perilous position, and the souls of ten keepers and twenty-five sportive female lunatics are startled by the agonised cry of " Alars !My poem, it is lost for ever." Vainly they endeavour to console him. He is weeping for his poem because it is not. Twenty-five en thusiastic admirers have parted the precious poem amongst them, and twenty-live unsatisfied patrons are clamoring for more. LTiie Exd]. HONEYMOONS—BROOMSTICKS. CAUD LE LECTURES. The other day Dr Wallis read a paper on"bar baric survivals in marriage," and'hc was rather hard on some of the absurd customs that have come down to our time. But, singularly enough, he \yas altogether silent as to the most barbarous of all barbaric remnants oil bygone days. For instance, he said never a word about t he use of broom sticks, and what a person in the Police Court the other day called a " tormentor " i,e. an instrument used for stirring up linen in a boiler. Another barbaric survival is the cur tain lecture, a thing which ought to have been abolished by act of Parliament long ago, seeing that it has brought many a husband's grey hairs with sorrow to the grave. I must say I was astounded that Dr Wallis reckoned honeymoons amongst the barbaric survivals. Is the old gentleman getting misanthropic and saturnine. ? Has the soft light of love never stole into the recesses of his heart, and made himsigh to flee away and be at rest, with the object of his affections, in some place where flowers were fragrant, and birds sang, and brooks murmured ? That was a manly defence of honeymoons of the other savant, who said that most people would like one once a year. I can easily conceive of a state of circumstances, however," in wliich a man might have too much of a good thing. For instance, Abdul Aziz, Brigham Young, and and a few other men of the marrying sort, must have lived in the very thick of honeymoons. It must have been one perpetual round of never ceasing honeymoons, and no doubt the thing ultimately got monotonous. After five or six honeymoons, a man can't appreciate 'em with the same zest as he used to do. OH THE BELLS ! THE HORRIBLE BELLS Another clergyman has been severe on the church.bells, and to him I dedicate the following touching lines: — Oh the bells, the noisy church bells, All clanging and banging all day in their spells. Each sect that's in thetown . Tries to ring its rival down, By the clashing, and the smashing Of the bells, bells, bells—church bells. THE YOUNG WOMEN'S MLTUAEi IM PROVEMENT SOCIETY. It may not be generally known thft fciere exists in a retired part of the city a So ■ ety under the above name. They meet once a wjek to crochet and talk over men and tlmg; in general. The other day there was a ful mv iter of the sisteren to discuss the following mi )or tant question, " Has a young lady the lugjit to kiss a young gentleman?' There were 19 affirmative Votes, the solitary negative one being , given by a middle-aged woman, with red hair and a glass eye. AMERICAN NOTIONS. The Americans are good at new words. The other day I came across a Californian journal in the Licensed Victuallers interest, and in criticis ing Good Tempiary, it dubbed the movement " Teetqdementalism." Another journal speaks of " Suicidacity." Another thingthat strikes me is the whole-souled way in which Americans throw themselves into anything they take in hand. There is a great election contest now raging in the United States, and naturally enough party feeling runs high. There's no mistake about this. One journal says that the whole stock in trade of the Republicans is "libel, slander, manufactured outrages, and malignant fabrications." Another retorts on the Democrats by saying that they arc merely "a nest of whisky-rings, bribe receivers, and unmittigatcd hang-dog scoundrels." A genius, who appears to be one of the Grant species, sums up things generally thus: "I have no influence with the present administration. No man has who is not a thief by instinct.—J. G. Elaine." CONCERNING BAZAARS. The parsons have been absorbing a large share of public attention lately, what with barbaric survivals, church-bells, and bazaars. It is the Rev. C. M. Nelson who discourses on the last mentioned subject, and though he is just a trifle severe on these popular and pious frauds, there is a good deal of real grit in what he says. A neat instance of how the bazaar system works came under my own observation lately. A young, gushing, fair-haired thing had established complete influence over a mild-looking old gentleman, who had j ust looked in to see how the affair was going on. The old man was as subdued as a lamb, and took whatever she offered. He rushed with reckless desperation into lotteries, and loaded himself with dolls, card-board marine houses, and a variety of use less articles of about the value of their weight in fuel, but which had cost him &2 10s. You might have expected that another young lady at the next stall would have looked on in admiration at the cleverness of her fellow swindler, but not a bit of it. I just heard her hiss out between her teeth, "Look at that odious Miss Scrim shanks, swindling my pa, the old fool. I know I shan't get that new season hat and feather I've been teasing him for ever so long." Bazaars are a fine institution, but it depends how you look at 'em. Letme.asanoldbird, whohasrunthe'gaunt- -ji let of many bazaars ana come out solvent, give iu| the unwary and inexperienced a word of advice, f* 1?! Before you go to a bazaar provide yourself with ■ '■ a sheet of paper and a pencil. As soon as possi- , " ble after entering the door, buy some article, anything that comes first,, so long as it looks suitable, for a swindle, and the more rubbishy it is the better. Then pull out your paper and pencil and go round getting victims for a little swindle. Most people will avoid you as an infected person, and you can go about scot free, if yon only keep your pencil and paper displayed like the hospital brigade- shew their rod cross on ;he batUQ field* to. turn away the §te.ej of auy 9

THE BVESOTO STAB, BA.TTOJ&A.Y, BTOYBMBEB, U, 1876,



T?URNITURE! FURNITURE! Ladies and Gentlemen about, to Farvish are respect fully requested to inspect the Large Stock of DR.A WING - ROOM, DINING -ROOM BEDROOM, AND GENERAL HOUSEfiOLD FURNITURE, In our New and Spacious Shoivrooms. T. & JL~dOOKU 3 G-, QUBEK-SIREET Adjoining Bank of New Zealand. ,[ ~KC O T I C -E. Lv addition to their NEW SEASON'S STOCK of SPRING AND SUMMER DRAPERY GOODS, the undersigned arc now offering a number of SPECIAL LINES, at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES:- Strong White Calico, at 3/10 per doz. Grey Calico, /3A per yard Crewdson's Best White Calicos, an overstock, offering Cheap, t o reduce Splendid Value in Winceys, from /■! per yard Superior 30 in. wide ditto, /9i yard, worth 1/2 Good Blue Dungaree, ,8 per yard 30 in. Deny, brown and grey,,!)!-, best quality New Japanese Silk. 1 and 1 (5 per yard Plain Blue Cloth, GO in. wide, i. 6 per yard, half Blue Diagonal Cloth, double width, 5/peryard, half-price Melton Cloth, double width, 3/G per yard Waterproof Tweed, double width, 3/0 per yard S( roug Tweed for Boys' Clothing, 1/11 yard White Blankets, l.'i per pair Blue Blankets. 13/ „ Grey Blankets, 9/6 While Turkish Towels. .11 Job lot Children's Brown and Grey Cotton Socks, from /3 per pair. Other Goods equally ('neap. Ixspectiox Invited. RUS HB HOOK & BRIDGMAN (Late R. Hohbs), JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE, (Opposite Army and Navy Hotel), TJCPEB QUEEN-STRBET, Awklftad,



■JCIURNITURE A RCA DE £F CARPETS ! FOR THE PEOPLE ! CITY HALL ARCADE K3T FURNITURE ! FOR THE PEOPLE! CITY HALL ARCADE m BEDDING ! FOR THE PEOPLE ! CITY HALL ARCADE m" FLOOR CLOTHS! FOR THE PEOPLE! CITY HALL ARCADE! SST DRESS GOODS ! FOR THE PEOPLE ! CITY HALL ARCADE! m MILLINERY! FOR THE PEOPLE ! CITY HALL ARCADE! «3T MEN'S CLOTHING ! FOR THE PEOPLE ! CITY HALL ARCADE! tST BOYS' CLOTHING ! FOR THE PEOPLE ! CITY HALL ARCADE! Grandest Display of Goods, and Greatest Variety, at the XW C ITY HALLUI DRAPERY AND FURNITURE ARCADE. HOLLOWAY & GARLICK, CABINETMAKERS, UPHO LSTERERS DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &o. It. Cranwell, Manager of Furniture Department. TH E RE MAININ G PORTION OK 11. W. DYSON'S STOCK ■"■'ILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO-MORROW FOR SALE. GREAT B A R G A I N S IN silks, millinery; straw hats, AND DRESS GOODS. J. COSGRAVE & CO. IVT O T I C E. OUR ESTABLISHMENT WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE WEEK, FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING STOCK. WITH A VIEW TO FINALLY CLOSING THE BUSINESS. We be ■ to thank our numerous Customers for their sup >ort during the last 25 years, and shall feel obliged by all indebted to us settling their accounts with the least possible delay. S. & J. R, V A I L E, 130 & 132, QUEEX-STKEET. Ijl It I E D R I C PI S H A L L NATURAL BITTER WATER, AT "THE PHARMACY," QUEEX-STIiEET. G. A I C X I N, Sole Agent, By Appointment. The Medical Profession have declared Steaxe's Superlative Aromatic Toxic Wixe to be a necessity to all in search of health, and especially to those suffering1 either from Incipient or Chronic Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and the dis orders arising therefrom. This Tonic is also particularly recommended to all who are in a measure compelled from the nature of their occupation to take stimulants, and at the same time are desirous of studying health by taking that which will act most beneficially on the system. Mr. Wm. Johnson, Government Analy tical Chemist, report: —"I have examined Steane's Superlative Aromatic Tonic Wine, and find it to be remarkably pleasant in flavour, con taining about 16 per cent, of a very pure alcohol, and holding in solution a clear wholesome, Vegetable Bitter, combined with a fruity spicy aroma. I consider this Bitter a very superior article." —Sold by all Storekeepers and Hotel keepers. Like is a Bukthex to the unhappy victim of chronic dyspepsia and constipation. Not only are the two above-named diseases generally co existent, but their manifestations resemble those of dangerous organic diseases with which the sufferer imagines himself to be afflicted. Thus mental torture is added to bodily suffering. Banish both evils with Udolwio Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps. Marie Twain ox Bad Musicians. — The musical public and general readers are cautioned not to purchase Weston's Wizard Oil and Magic Pills without carefully examining the outside wrapper—and bo sure that the words "None Genuine without the Signature of the Proprietor. FRANK Weston, Sydney, N.5.W.," are engraven thereon. Any other so-called preparations of mine, are unauthorized by mo, and calculated to mislead the public—Signed, Frank Weston. Solo Agents: Keinpthornc, Prosser and Co.— Price, Half-u-crown.