SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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ARRIVALS.

-, DEPARTURES. ins, cuttor for Cabbage Ray bissy, school er for the Th»m-s Ness, cutter. f,, r Ker- B e<?y s Bay *rwT iga °L th' Sens' cu'"er- for Wangarel Wi SV; Ma«f«l«M>e- for the South ri«T. r'ketch f"r Waitwa, from the Manukau Clyde, scl-toner, for Wam?srei

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

■b v Kranoisco-CHy of S^n Francisco, ss, 14th Feb (English mail) For Norfolk JsKn.t aud New Caledonia—Canterbury schooner, at once n>Or^'°S rton Cl ty of 4"<*'»od,ship, about Feb. 4 •For the South—Taupo, Tuesday

VESSELS EXPECTED

«■>"/ oi &an Francisco, from Kandavu, about 30th IDSt "Her?, ss, from Sydney, a^out 9th Feb B.M.S. Barracouta, from Fji, early Brndick Castle, ship, from i ondon jSiltebnry, ship, from L nnc i on ; ea iled 15th T^ov ■Gtenlora ship, WY;.f»T, fr< m London ; sailed 25th Oct ArGvar, ship. f: om Glasgow, ?iiled 25th October .Benyenue. s\ iiPj HPNQ, from London sailed 98th Oct Jessica, torque, from r^ew Yo k ; sailed 2nd June Marathon, barque, from J>ew York ; mailed October 12 ■Helena, brigantine, f^ora Samon, early Mimpse.birqne. from Newcastle, early Vision, brig, from Samoa, early Syren, brig, from s-ydnsy ; sailed Bth inst Ryno, brigantfne, from Islands, early Frank Guy, schooner, from Sydney, early .Amberst. schooner, from Sjdney B. "W. Tucker, schooner, from. Melbourne Loch Lee. achooner, from the Islands, early • Dauntless, schooner, from Fiji Coronet, schooner, from tbfc Islands, early Bella Mary, barque, frr. m Hoba t Town Mary Melville, scho<- jCer . f rO m the Islands Fairlie, schooner. from gyaney, early

IMPORTS.

Bac^T- ~hce?e fr,?m tb?.Sou^-<3 pigs, 31 eases, 300 103"hee 4boxes ' l DaScoin, 1 parcel, 98 sheep,

ci,T^ e«fs^ Phcebe awivert in the Manulrau to-day ™w'"!a J« on «ip 20th at 4p m ; i yttelton on the 22nd at 2p m ; Wcliinglon on 24:h at 3p m : Kelson on «»me night at S : Tannaki m 25th at I pm : and arrived at Manukau 26th, 830 am. Expprienced fine weather throughout, wi> the exception of between Otapro and Wellington—N W g<d*and heavy lead sea Passengers—Mi- and Mrs Jones, Mr and fflifis Wehh. Dr Scdfifc, Mesdames a artin, Saundrrs, iLeys, ±iagon, Heniierpon. Me'art, Messrs M addon, Mugues, f-kton'er, Bncklard, Tipping, Grfen, Wat- Bdns, Masters Eeed (2). and 6 in the steerage advices the barque Bella Man ias to leave Bobart Town for this port about the 15th Mistaut. She may, therefore, be looked for at an «&Tly date.

Consignees of the Camatic are requested to pass ■entries and obtain delivery orders for their goods as soon as possible.

The ss T*inpo lnft for the South yesterday after noon. The following is a list of her passengers :— Mrs Ginns and one daughter, G H Campbell, McDonald, Mr and Mrs Ladlny, Miss Boddington, Miss Crocker Mr ard Mrs Gifford Mrs Stevens, Messrs Wood, Deck. Kempthorne, C-ptain Urquhart, IWessrs "Williams, t!aldw-11, Mrs Manuhte and two enudren, Mr aad Mrs Curnow, Mis* and Master Srencer. Miss * empthorne, Miss Inbtin, Mts Severn, Mescsr P H Williams, A H Nathan, Mitchell, Cook, .Holmes, Rowlet. Wilson's Palace Circus Company, and twenty-four in the steerage.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

mails will Close as follows:— For Thames thig cUy at 5 30 pm ■/>>& For Coromandel this cUy »t 5 30 p m For Waiwera, Warkworth, and Matakana to-morrow at 10 am For Wangaroa to-morrow at 11 a m For Waiwera, Warkworth. Matakana and Te Aral on Thursday next at 10 am For Taranaki, Southern provinces, and Australian Colonies per Welling<on on Friday nextat spm JLB.—The mails which are v ually made np at this •office on Saturday wiil ihis week be closed on JTriday at 7p m * (Signed) S. R BISS, Chief Postmaster.

Westons, Wizard Oil and Magic Pills.—Ha imd more wondtifni cafes of Ihtwmalhin GoyA Neuralgia. Aches.- Pains, Swellings, Caked Breasts, Scalds, aud Salt-Rheum, upon the human frame than all the pretended remedies have since the world began. These Great American Medicines art> com posed of vegetable oils 1 ealing- gums, roots and herbs; and act like a charm upon pain and inflam mation Price: Half-a-crown. Sole Agents : Hemp thorne, Prosser ami Co. The Little Cells imbedded in the lining of the stomach exude an ackl fluid essential to diges tion. WUf-u these ceils become abnormally excited, they pour forth an pxces-'B of this fluid, producing acidity of the stomach and the sfiiigiiiK sensation called heartburn. This cause of indigestion, us well as its consequences—flatulence and bilionsntss, is Bpeedily obviated by the tmnqiiilizing1 influence upon the "nerves of the stomach by TTdolfho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps.

BIRTHS.

KELL— On the 25th instant, at her residence, New ton Read, the wife of Mr. Frederick Koil of a son.

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

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1876

For the cnuse that lr.cks assistance. For the wrong that needs, resistance, For the future in the distance, And the j_pood that we can do.

The Cross hit upon , , s ..,-..- - «* happy and popular subject in j*' ~ . *^J ~ ~ , ,-o leading columns the other day -*i sledge-hammering Dr. Lee for taking a year's salary, £250, which had never been voted, for his services as Chairman of the old City Board. The doctor was held up for public execration as a defaulter and one unworthy of the confidence of any constituency. It is not our intention to call in question any single conclusion ar rived at by our contemporary on this subject. In fact we heartily admire anything ia the form of outspoken exposure of public abuses wherever theae exist, and if the Cross would join us in our war upon them we should be willing to forget past transgressions and hail with delight the ascession of another ally from the cave of Adullum. 'This is precisely our object in alluding just now to the fierce onslaught of our contemporary upon the £250 salary transaction of well nigh twenty years ago. There is another big salary business which we wish our contemporary to earn a little more popularity over, and, as we know, of course, that he only requires the facts to be brought under his notico in order to secure a powerful deliverance upon the gross abuse of drawing for salary that was neve? Voted, we shall again briefly state the particulars. Sir Juliup Vogel is returning to the colony ; he may, perhaps, be here by the Hero on her next arrival, after an absence from the colony of about eighteen months. His salary as a Cabinet Minister is £1,500 per year, which exceeds that of the Premier of the confeder ated colonies of Canada, and of lttO3t other colonial Ministers. During last session of Par liament, it was announced by his colleagues, that £6,000 had been drawn by him for which they could not fully account. On a previous occasion £3,500 were drawn by Mr Vogel, and on both occasions Parlia ment, instead of following the example of the Provincial Council in Dr Lee's case, honoured the drafts although not without some grumbling from what the Cross might perhaps call the mal contents on the Opposition benches. Dr. Lee overdrew salary for a year's work when salary was never voted for ifc, and ho has very properly suffered in public estimation for the misdemeanour. But Sir Julius draws in excess of an already handsome salary, and for work which Parliament never authorised him to perform. If ii; was a graceful acb for the Assembly to sanction the action in one case, why not for the Pro vincial Council to have done so in the other ? We believe, and the public believe, that neither legislature is justified in sanction ing drafts made upon the public treasury in this way. What does the Cross think ? We should dearly like to hear its opinion now that Sir Julius is at hand.

A correspondent under the signature " Curio," asks a question that must have occurred to everyone, and which we should very much like to hear explained. He says : "Sir, —I observe among the tenders lately accepted by the Provincial Government, meat, free from bone, best quality, at per Ij, 2§d (I pay, including bone, 6d) ; bread, per loaf, 2|d (I pay 4Jd) j milk, per quart, 3d (I pay 6d); and so on in proportion. Can you explain the mystery why the public, who generally have to pay ready money, pay such high prices in proportion for these pro visions which are publicly tendered for at these low rates V We confess we are quite as much in the dark as " Curio" appears to be. There may be secrets connected with the butchery and baking business with which we are unacquainted that may account for the anomaly, and if so the tenderers will no doubt be able to explain the difference in their mode of dealing with the Government and with private customers. We do not profess to understand the working of either of the businessess cited by our correspon. dent, but so far as the printing! tender is concerned we are authorised by the successf nl tenderers, Messrs. Reed and Brett, to state that private customers are at liberty to take their tender as published in detail in the Provincial Government Gazette of January 14 as the basis of cost for any work they desire executed. If this is pos sible in the printing business we see no particular reason why it should not also be the rule in other tenders, if the work is to be honestly carried out. Beef and mutton of best qualiby free from bone, at 2§d, 2fd, and 2gd per pound, and bread at 2gd., the prices notified in the Gazette would be very accep table to every householder in Auckland. There must surely lie perdu a virtue worth discovering in the form of tender as applied to the engagement of a butcher or baker, and the only practical suggestion we can offer to "Curio," and other housekeepers who desire to look into these things, is the calling of tenders for the supply of their respective households, cash on delivery. We wonder what response would be given by the pro vincial tenderers to an invitation of this kind. Perhaps some of them will explain

The Rev R. Burrows acknowledges with thanks the receipt of £2 15s from Messrs Cruickshank and Co,, as the proportion allotted to the Native Institution under his management, out of the takings at the last excursion of the Hero.

The monthly inspection of the members of the Scottish Company of Volunteer was hold last evening undewCaptain Mowbray, sub-Lieut. McLennan, and Major Gordon, inspecting officer, who expressed his satisfac tion at the result. The weekly parade of the Victoria Company took place at the samß time, uader Color-Serge. Self. A large number of members were present, and the proceedings were creditable and conclusive. f The bridge over the Molyneaux at Otago will probably be finished in June. The spin willboonehundredandseveiity-four feet, with an approach forty-five feet in length ar, each end. There will ba four piers of massive stone work, and the total cost of the structure will be about i'G.CCO.

Indication of a coming storm between two ladies, whose names are familiar to the public through the repoits of the Police Court, appear in two journals. One lady of fair complexion, who professes to be of the Stanley family, and who promised to depart by the last mail in respect of her estates in Lancashire, but did not go, because she could not get a valuable gold chain from the safa keeping of her former friend, the pro prietress of the El Dorado Ladies Establish ment in the shadows of Chapel-street, where every accommodation may be obtained at the low charge of two guineas a week where no gentlemen are admit*- " « *n"- those of unimpeacV"'^ — *?* feasting other hard 4l —«*«« i eb.&riiot>3t\ On the dec]-' » ■rf{t> 'a'Jy bi the house publicly ...««* through the press that the Hon. Mrs g ~~ is indfebted to her in the sum of £5, for board, lodging, and washing, and unless the feminine debs be liquidated by sunset this evening, the gold chain will be sold tb pay expenses. We await th^ issue which ia expected to be of a sanguinary nature.

During the late flood in the Waikato dis trict, when the railway authorities icfused to run the train beyond Pokeno, Mr Hunt, manager of the Waikato Steam Navigation Company, finding the line—though under water—was not damaged, had one of the goods trains pushed by hand from Mercer to Pokeno, and vice versa with goods, thus keeping up a regular traffic at great expense. Had it not been for this^ aud the untiring exertions of Mr Hunt, the Christmas goods for the various stations oil the Waikato would not haVe reached their several desti nations till too late to be of service". We now learn from a correspondent of the WaiJcuta Times! that Mr Passmore has intimated an in tuition ofinstitutinelegal proceedings against the Company for interfering with the railway. The writer very justly adds : '" The Sooner Mr Passmore gets his ticket of leave, and one more acquainted with the practical working of railways', and resident in Auckland is appointed, the better.

The Hon. Dr. Pollen is, now in Waikato, and from a telegram published in the Waikato Times, we learn that it is the in tention of the Cambridge feetclfers to second the efforts originated in Auckland by prea sing Upon Ms notico the importance of con structing the road frohi Waikato to Taupo. The telegram says :- "An influential meet ing of settlers was held this afternoon. The following aie appointed a deputation to wait upon l)r Pollen on his arrival here, to urgi' upon the Government the necessity of at once commencing the Piako. Taupo, and Tauranga roads : Messrs R. H. D. Fergus son, r'arker, Jaß. Eunciman, John Runci rnan, »Y. Martyn, Clark, and Tuck."

The Rev Samuel Macfarlane will preach his farewell sermon this evening in the Uni ted Free Methodist Clv rch, previously to taking his departure for his old sphere of use fulness at Christchurch.

In consequence of the yet defective state of the Cook Straite cable the telegraphic chess match between Auckland and Dunedin, which was to have come off yesterday even ing,, had to be postponed.

Sir, —In your issue last evening you state that all the drapers intend closing their establishments on Saturday and at nieht and remain open on Friday evening, as on Satur day, to give an oppoitunity to their cus tomers making their usual purchases, with one exception. This exception, allow mo to inform you, is n t a draper, but a clothier. I may mention the name, Mr. S. Coombes, that others in the trade may not be misled as to who this exception is. By inserting the above you v.ill obligd One Intkekstkd.

The fairy circle of Pioneer Juvenile Temp lars, all under the age of sixteen, comprising staid brothers and serious sisters, willhold a conference this evening in the lodge room of the Christian Youns; Men's Association, for general business, which will consist in elect ing brother and siter officers for the coming quarter, and to consider the advisabiHhy of electing them annually. The Grand Worthy Juvenile Chief will open the lodge as the clock strikes seven.

The Rev. J. White of Waipawa, gave his promised lecture last evening on Lord Macaulay, the historian and poet, in the church of the limited Free Methodists. Mr James Coupland in the chair. The interest evinced in the life and works of Macaulay, was but small judgiug of the numbers of the audience. It is only the thinking few that care to listen to a lecture fraught with mat ter, which pertains to the well-being and progress of humanity. Hence, Mr White had but few hearers. The proceeds, if any, are to be devoted to the Trust fund of the buiiding.

The Rev. David Bruce, during his attend ance at the Otego Synod, preached in the First Church, Dunedin, and his appearance was criticised at some length in a letter by Mr J. G. S. Grant, from which we make the following extract: "Sir,—This forenoon I was in the First Church. The preacher was the Key. Mr Bruce, of St. Andrew's Church, Auckland. He is a tall, muscular, and digni fied minister. He has a copious profusion of dark hair, sprinkled with grey. His voice was quite inaudible. I attribute this to the size of the building and the want of a gallery. The large space wants more furniture. An other reason I take to be his Aaronic beard, which intercepts the full flow of his articula tion. His devotional attitude is staid, solemn, and imposing, but he is a lifeless reader. He delivered an excellent essay ou the boundless condescension of Christ, as manifested in the incident of His being baptised by his harbin ger. Now that the patriarchal' form of the Rev. Dr. Burns has vanished away, ' from snnshine to the sunless land,' Mr Bruce is facile princeps, the oldest and most remark able Presbyterian minister in New Zealand. They were both men of great presence, of dignified deportment, of strong endurance, of indomitable pluck, of considerable abilities, and of philosophical temperament. An utter freedom from c;mt characterised these two men. When I lefc the church several per sons rushed at me and exclaimed, " Jl^as not that a poor attempt 1" I confess I was grieved, and made no reply. Mr Bruce has the most logical head in the Presbyterian Church."

The Devonport annual parochial district church meeting was held last evening in the school-room. Key. J. Bates, the minister of Trinity church iv the chair, who in a brief speech, introduced the business before the meeting. The annual report shewed that the average attendance at Trinity church, had been about 140, and there had been a falling off in the offertories of about £25 ; the defi ciency was considered to be due to the sick ness which prevailed in the early part of last year. The,number of North" Shore children on the Sunday school books, was 167, but the average attendance was but 105 The balance sheet to December 31, 1875, shewed receipts to be, inclusive of £418s 5d from the previous year, offertories, seat rents etc,, £291 1b Id, while the expenditure, in cluding minister's stipend £200, were £315 183 7d, showing liabilities on the church of £24 17s 6d. The election of officers had not taken place, when the shrill whistle of the last boat was heard by the keen ears of our reporter, who immediately snatched up his papers, and the next moment was on the shore.

Mr Editor :My dear boy,—How are ye at this minute. Faith, nothm' bub the joy I've experienced at lukin' at that divil of a boy Misther Wheatleigh and his Shaughraun could make me pin these lines on paper. Oh, faith, thin it reminds me of the ould country. Oh, oh, Misther Conn, wouldn't I like to meet yis at a w»ke or a pattern. [Maybe the whiskey wouldn't be sthrong enough'for either of us Long life to ye s roe boy. Faith, ye have taken the wrinkles out of my ould phiaog, Biddy, me wife, may her shadow mver grow less (fifteen stone avoordupois), has gone complately out or her mind, and tries to make me jealous by sphaking of the beauties of that scoundrel Cr.nn. I doa'6 like Englishmin as well as my own country mm as a rule, but Captain Moly, what's his name, is a rale good fellow, and I believe his father was a Kilkenny man. Faith, Captain vis know how to make love. The beautiful Miss Claire Fiolliot was complately carried away with your red coat and swdord. Ah. ! faith she's the a i cQ gW. Pd like to make love to har meself. Father Doolatt was rather hard on Conn at times, but I belave his heart's in the right nlace Bad ocas to that Harvey Duff. olh tTe £MSV' lhJi ffith'ho ought to'have iieen kill t mfm piede eOm & minoe< l. j f I glj <yoii alone oH goiile dark night, Misther Duffi with nobody by, maybe I wouldn't break your black heart wid the falls I'd be aflher givin'you. And the scenery. Och, the beautiful scenery ; every inch was Ireland and nothiu' else. Excuse this burst; me boy ; but whin I get excited, faith I must say something, and here it is. Maybe, me boy; I'll see you some noight in the back sates. Good-bye. —My name is Patsy Donovan.

The Dnneding Correspondent of the Pal mereton and WalJcouaiti Times speaks of the Dunedin livening News as follows : —Since my last the Evening News has appeared, and has been very well received by the public. It is well printed and arranged, and contains an unusual amount oi oiiginal matter. Many of the locals and moat of the police court cases are written in the Americau style, which is a novelty here, and which makes the punishment of an inebriate the cause of miith to the whole city. The Typographical Association deserve the thanks of the proprietors for the good start they have unintentionally e,a.ve the new journal, as their venemous and increasing attacks upon it have caused a reaction in the mind of those who at first sympathised with them on the subject of reduction of wages, and the reignof terror which they threatened to in augurate over those tradesmen w ho advertised in it, has winifi on closer examination to seem ridiculous to a degree. Kven after Messrs. Heed and Brett announced their intention of paying the rate of wages current here* and thus removed the whole ground of complaint, the printers replied by .saying, that it was only done for a time) and that directly popu lar attention was diverted the wages would be reduced - a piece of special pleading which was too palpable to make any impression on the minds of those who can judge for them selves without using the spectacles which the owners of the Peoples Advocate so generously provide. While all other parts of the colony are complaining of the damage done by rain and floods, a teleyram come from Weaport as follows : " Scarcely live hours' rain have fallen since the 2Sth of last month, aud water for using is nearly exhausted. The weather is bot, and the thermometer on two days last week registered 82 degrees in the shade."

A telegram has been received by the Secretary of Committee from the Thames crew, now in Wellington, that the four oared outrigger race may be postponed till Monday id order that they might take part in it. The only entries at present are the Magenta (Thames) and North Shore club boats, and the^e is not another outrigger avaiiable.. According to the rule it ia neces sary that three nhould enter and the North Shore Club propose to put outriggers on a boat in order to make a race. Under these circumstances we have little doubt; the postponement will be aereed to.

It would greatly increase the interest in the

race, and would afford a kind of consolation stakes for the Thames crew, which, although beaten, deserves credit for its pluck in under taking their recent expedition, We are glad to Jearn that Mr R. J. De Lias, lessee of the Prince of Wales Theatre has, determined, with a view of encouraging a love of rowing among the rising gener ation, to increase the prizos in the twelfth racf, four-oared gigs pulled by amateurs under twenty-one years of age. It is hia intention to give £2 additional to the second boa*;, making the prize. £7, and to create a third prize of £3. The donation of £5 on these conditions will be forwarded to the Kcgatta Committee for apportionment. The following arc the names of the Volun teer district representatives who are to tire for places as colonial representatives on the Mount Eiien Range at 6 and 9 o'clock to morrow morning : —Engineer Company : Partington, Gatland, Eady. Victoria Com-

pany : Lieut. Skinner, Haslett, J. Leigh, J. W. Leigh, Mills, E.- Cooper, C. F. Cooper, Bowden, Payne, Cameron, Putman. No. 3 Company : Lieut. Kelly, Captain Morrow, Soali, E. Morrow, Hay, McDonald, Yates, E. R. Partington. Bobson Co., Lieut. Con nolly ; Scottish Co, Lieut. Robinson j Naval Co., Lieut. Coyle; Engineer cadets, Cap tain White.

The Providence youth who gave his sweet heart an opera-glass worth twenty-five dollars and arrived at the home of the fair one arrayed in his visiting harness, with the intention of sparking her, received the following cheerful news from his would-be mother-in-law : ' Mary has gone te the show with Bill Smith. It's kinder givin' you away, but she would go.

The following story is told by the JPost. A distressing domestic scandal became public on Saturday afternoon. There is an un fortunate infant, whose papa follows the usual occupation of cab-driving, but refuses either to own or support his offspring. The "stem parient " had left his vehicle for a minute to indulge in a glass of beer, and on his return to the cab found calmly reposing there in hia unacknowledged babe ! Rightly conjecturing that ib had been placed there by its mamma, who strongly objected to bear ing alone the expense of its maintenance. The unhappy cabman instantly seized the baby and rushed frantically in pursuit of the mother with the intention of resigning his interesting charge. She however, had dis appeared, and cabby was last seen vainly pursuing his frenzied search for her where abouts.

The inhabitants of a township not a hun dred miles distant from Palmerston are on tiptoe of expectation concerning the intended completion of a matrimonial engagement which is regarded as more than ordinarily interesting. The bridegroom is over eighty summers and the bride-elect just turned three score and ten. The Herald adds that this will not be the first occasion on which the parties have helped to tie the nuptual knot, as the bridegroom will find in his bride his third wife, and the bride will find in the bridegroom her fourth husband.

A Texas Judge is credited with the follow ing neat decision : • The fact is, Jones, the jail is an old rickety affair, as cold as an iron wedge. 12 ou applied to this Court for release on bail> giving ifc as your opinion that you would freeze to death there. The weather has not moderated, and to keep you rom freezing I will direct the Sheriff to hang you ab 4 o'clock this afternoon.'

' Who will care for mother now ?' sighed a Carondelet girl the other day, as she left her aged parent binding over the washtub while she started out to play croquet.

When a boy falls and peels the skin off his nose, the first thing he does is to get up and yell. When a girl tumbles and hurts herself badly, the first thing she does is to get up and look at her dress.

Sudden Death.

A feakfully sudden death took place at' 9 o'clock this morning on board the schooner Charybdis, which has been lyintj for some days to the westward of the wharf. This morning the crew were engaged in heaving at the windlass for the purpose of getting up tbe anchor. While Bo occupied, a young man named Mackenzie, without any warning, let go the handle he was turning, and fell down in a fit which in two minuses resulted in death. Mackenzie was supposed to be in perfect health, bi.it there is little doubt he must; hava been sufferring from disease of the he^rfc. He is well known in Auckland, and was a youDg man of steady habits. Had pre viously been first mate on board the East Lothian ; had been, out ot employment for several we^ka, and only went on board the Charybdis this morning. He was conveyed at once to the station of the water-police, and Dr. Dawson was immediately sent for by Serjeant Martin, and the doctor, having examined the body, found that life was extinct. The deceased was thirty years of age and unmarried. The body was conveyed to the dead house, Freen.sn's Bay; to await a Coroner's inquest, which -Will be held to-mor row afternoon at the freeman's Bay Hotel at two o'clock.

ONEHUNGA.

TitE annual meeting for the election of a s-ohool ooinmitte Wn3 held at Onehunga on Monday evening. The attendance was very small only 21 electors being present. Ihe .Rev. J. Warren was voted to the chair. Mr Stevenson then read the report, which was most encouraging, a marked improvement having taken place in both schools during the past twelve months. The following gentle men were nominated to serve on the com mittee for the next twelve months, and balloted for with the following reßttlt: Mr Stevenson, 20 votes; Key J. Warren, W votes ;Mr Dunwoodie, 18 votes; Mr Whyte, 15 votes; Rev Tomlineon, 12 votes; Mr Hill, 12 votes ; Mr Koe, 8 votes. Mr Hill having withdrawn his name, the first live, were declared duly elected. The desirability of bringing the compulsory clause of the Education Act into force here was then discussed and ultimately abandoned, for the reason f.hat no more children flan be accomodated in the present rooms, which are much too small and unsuitable for the number now attending. A proposition by Mr Whyte with an offer of £5 for raising a subscription towards new buildings, was ultimately abandoned, and a proposition by Mr Spragg to urge on the CVntral Board the great necessity that existed in Onehunga for more school-room accomodation, was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the teachers also to ths late committee termina ted the proceedings.— [Correspondent.]

SUNDAY RIDES.

To the Editor of the Evening Stau. Sir, —Why do not our omnibuseß or some of them run on Sundays (except say from 11 to 1 a.m.) 1 They do in most towns and thus enable many residents in the sub urbs to visit the city places of worship with out making such a walk a toil, and by the same will enable hundreds of artizarjs, their wives and children to visit their friends or places of worship in the suburban districts. The railway runs and the ferry steamers, and why not, then, our city omnibuses? The want of such conveniences does not tend to make people more religious I am certain, and most certainly does not help the tem perance cause.—Yours, &c, Verbum Sap.

CHAPMAN'S ALMANAC.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sir, —Mr Chapman states in his almanac for IS7G "The sailing directions for the whole of the New Zealand coast is now complete, as they are corrected annually by Captain R. John sou, Government Examiner in Navigation and Seamanship. It will take the place of Captain Drury's New Zealand Pilot." In re ferring to the entrance of the Manukau, Chapman's Almanac states "The south channel is now the only one used, and the channel shifts after strong S. W. gales ; buoys have been laid down, but their positions cannot be relied on." l\ow, Mr Editor, as the above statements want correcting, you will confer a favour by giving publicity to the following remarks, which can be borne out by every master mariner who has been trading to the Manukau : —The South Channel (proper) has not been used for a number of years in conse quence of the "Fanny" Channel (discovered by Captain Wing in 1836) proving more direct than the south, and, in most cases, accompanied with lees sea in consequence of the middle bank shoals forming a barrier. As regards the South Channel buoys, they were removed upwards of five years past, three large white beacons having been erected on the north side of the harbour to take the place of the buoys for leading the fairway, of which public notice was given. Now as to the channel shifting after strong S.W. gales (as stated in, Chapman's Almanac), is another statement that cannot be relied on. The most explicit and reliable sailing directions for the Manukau are those drawn up by Captain Wing, harbourmaster, and published in the Evening Star Almanac and most of .the Southern almanacs. I may also add that I have my doubts as regards Captain E. Johnson having furnished the information which Mr Chapman gives him credit for; and as to Chapman's Almanac taking the place of Captain Drury's "New Zealand Pilot," is, in my opinion, a great piece of presumption, for Chapman's Almanac does not give the rise of tides -in any of the New Zealand harbours, which is a very important matter.—Yours, etc., A Master Mariner.

THE SHIPPING COMPANY, THE BANK, AND THE REGATTA.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sir, —It is reported, but surely it cannot be true, that the New Zealand Shipping Com pany are not subscribing anything at all this year to the Regatta ! Now considering that it was owing to Auckland originating the Freight Company that Shaw, Savill, and Co. withdrew their annual cup, I should have thought it more incumbent upon the Shipping Company than on any other body to subscribe to the Auckland Regatta. As it is we lose Shaw, Savill's cup, and get nothing from the local company we have helped to start. This is too bad, especially when we remember that at Lyttelton regatta the Company gave £25. lam also informed that the Bank of New Zealand, the great monetary institution in the place has this year for the first time refused to give any thing. This is very difficult to comprehend, especially when the aquatic tastes of the manager are thought on. The idea that the refusal has anything to do with the yacht squabble last year, I dismiss as unworthy of entertainment. With the intimate con nection of the Bank and our shipping interests do you not agree with me, sir, that the refusal is very extraordinary.—Yours, &c, Neptune. " s

IMPORTANT SALE OF SUBURBAN AND RURAL LANDS.

Mr D. A. Tole held a land sale to-day at the Provincial offices, under the Auckland Waste Lands Act of 1874, which realised as UDder :■—Lot 19, Remuera £41, Mr Simpson and others ; lot 64, village of Panmure £40, Mr Graves ; lots at Kamarama, parish of Opaheke, 45, £40; 79, £37 ; 80, £101, Messrs Heard and others ; lot 142, Waiuku east £39 Mr Hosking; lot 247, Waikomite £12 Mr Graves ; lot 39, Waiau £65, Mr Mowbrav ■ lot 63, £30, Mr Kerr; lot 283, Pukeatua £30 Mr Wilson j lot 24, Ararimu £56, Mr Henley; lot 156, Aotea, Great Bar rier, £37, Mr Woods; lot 157, Mr Taylor, Motukaraka block, Hokianga,

£51, Mr Harris ; Kopnapoto block, Thames, £55, Mr Young. Lot 90, Waiwera £3», Mr Best. Lot at Matakoe, 3, £15, Mr Abor crombie; 34, £41, Mr Barnett Kaipara Flats district-Lot 102, £93, Mr Hood; 103, £90 Messrs Melville and Morrison; IU4, £U, Mr Taylor. Lot 118, at Mangapai, £21, Mr Kempt. Lot 74, W«pn, £26 Mr Came, on ; 299, £5, Mr Finlayson. Lot 84, at Kourawhero, £16, Mr Campbell. Lot 20. Okahu, £77, Mr Weighill. Lotill, Kaukapakapa. £80, Mr McLeod. 3b, *,M> Mr Lamb. 53, £53, Messrs. Biggs and Go. Lots 1 to 6, at Kaitara, £46 each.. Mr Butler snd others Lot 11, Taipa, fcJl, Messrs Furness and others. Lots 144 and 150, £87 103, Mr Savory. Lot IS, Matawherohia, £63. Mr Wigmore Lot 62, Kawakawa, £9, Mr Jameson. Lot 122. £34, and lot 12S, £100". Mr Higginson. Lot 137, Kaipatiki block, £57, Mr Carleton. Lot 14. Kuapekapeka, £10, Mr Moore. Lot 36, £31," Mr Mouldy. Lot 37, £30, Mr Heard and others. The sale realised £991 in cash, and the balance in scrip.

TELEGRAPHIC.

COROMANDEL.

(From our own Correspondent.) This day. " In the Union Beach the drive in the 80 foot level on the specimen leader, is now in 30 feet, from which 231bs rich specimens have been taken. In the immediate level both ends are looking well. Sixty tons of quarti' are how ready for crushing. The Blae't Reef operations are going on with good prospects. Weather still bad and looking to be worse.

MERCER.

(From our own Correspondent.) This day.

Mr. Quick's p.s. Quickstep broke a paddle shaft this morning, aid was obliged to put her passengers on the p.s. Waikato and return to Mercer.

MAKETU.

(From our own Correspondent.) This day. Sttnreys.—Destruction of Crops-. Tepuke survey commenced yesterday with out opposition. The late rains have destroyed nearly all the wheat.

Epedemic cf Murder. The last murder at Tairua has caused great consternation among the natives. Fear 3 are entertained that continued impunity in murder will make this crime epedemic.

TAURANGA.

(From out own Correspondent.) This day. The East Coast Bribeiy'.

The Bay of Plenty Times says it has it on reliable authority t'bafc Mr Kelly intends commencing an action for bribery and cor ruption during the late election against Capt. Morris. The evidence in Capt. Read's case is said to be very clear, and £100 has been locally and voluntariiy subscribed to carry on proceedings, which can hardly fail.

NAPIER.

(From our own Correspondent.) This day.

East Coast Election

The complete returns of the East Coast Maori election give Karaitiana a majority of thirty-eight.

DUNEDIN.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) Tuesday, Breach of Promise Case-

The Dunedin breach of promise case, Hughes v. bhand, in which damages to the amount of £3000 were claimed, was closed on Saturday night. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff, damages £750.

WELLINGTON.

(From our own Correspondent.) This Day. The Inter-provincal Rowing Match- The bookmabing frarernity lost heavily on the regatta. They took the field as a good horse. The Wellington Club pulling off everything sold them immensely. They get no sympathy. The consolation race talked of did not come off. Boniface Victimised. A hcst[who is in the habit of ge*tingup pub lic dinners made a serious mistake. He had been asked by a boatiDg man, a member of cornmitte, what he would provide a dinner per head for, sixty being guaranteed. On learning the price the committee men said he would see. The other looked upon the matter as settled, and had dinner pre pared and laid out on Monday night, with half-a-dozen waiters in their places, but not a soul came, and about ten, the waiters had a jollification on their own account. Fire Accident, Mr Valentine's stables at the Hutt, have been burned down. They were uninsured. There was a dance and supper on board the Avalanche last night. One party was going off in a boat when it capsized. All could swim, and were saved.

PORT CHALMERS.

(Prom our own correspondent.)

Tuesday. Another Salmon Trout.

Another salmon trout, weighing ten pounds, was caught in the harbour today, it was a very fine fat fish twenty-two inches long.

WELLINGTON.

[Per Press Telegram Agency.] This day. The boating visitors were entertained last evening at dinner. There was a very large attendance, Mr George Hunter, M.H.R., in the chair.

THE REGATTA.

Preparations for the regatta are now going on in earnest, and all along the quays and wharves and away from the town in little nooks, towards Freeman's Bay and Parnell, may be seen parties bnsy at fisting out their craft for the coming contest. Here a new set of sails is necessary, there some of the running gear wants renovating ; now it is a bottom that needs scraping, now a new boom that requires supplying. There need not be the slightest apprehension that the sport will not be good. The prizes are certainly not of suffioient value to attract our best clipper schooners, a fact which is Bhewn by the Peerless going away a few days before the day, and no attempt being made to get the Albatross home in time or bring the Torea round from the Manukau. More than this there is the Kate Macgregor, a credit to the port and her builder, now lying at the Break water wharf, and we are informed that she will not race. " It's an ill wind that blows nobody good," and in the absence of these cracka we are likely to have six or seven schooners, of smaller reputa tion in the first race. Among these may be found the Charybdis, the Belle Bran don, the Minnie Hae, the Jessie Henderson, the Favourite, the Elsinore, the Speedwell, the Ahah, betides others. The big cutter raoe Is likely to bring out quite half-a-dozen good serviceable fast sailing crafts, (against three last year), among which, we look to see the Fannie, (which will now have the oppor tunity of substantiating her great reputation) the Mercury, Leo, Spitfire, Gipsy, Sovereign of the Seas, with a chance of two o* tvrac more turning up before the day. In he smaller cutter race, we shall have the i™»l, «"»** th'o.ngl| it. is unfortunate that Mr M. Niccol will only have the Avon out of his large fleet in port. The other sailing races are likely to obtain quite as many

entries as last year, so that with the im. proved competition in the larger events, yji look to a much better regatta this year than last. The amateur rowing contests bid fair to create keen competition between the 4 crews entered for each four-oared race in this clans If funds run short we shall expect to see the pair-oared rare sacrificed first, looking at the way the entries are constituted. We cannot expect much from the professionals in conse quence of the Thames men being in 'Welling, ton. In spite of many unexpected rebuffs subscriptions arc comma in quite as fast as was expected, and the prize-winners arp sure to be paid, that is if they have their measure, ments correct, and are able to answer satis, factorily any protests as to their having gone the wrong course.

PARIS.

(From our own Correspondent.) October 30.

SHOOTING DOWI3" A LUNATIC.

A Government cannot be held responsible, for the inhumanity of its agents, in a moral point of view, Thus the sub-Prefect near St. Omer must be repudiated for his atroeiona ' manner of catching lunatics. A madnlan escaped from his guardians, an evasion that occurred very frequently ; hotly pursued, he sought safety in a tree, and ultimately be. hind a chimney stack ; here he fortified him self, and repelled with bricks all attempts to approach him. He resisted all attempts to dislodge him, smoke, water narcotics, were tried in vain. Fatigued with' a siege which lasted over three days, the sub-Prefect called on the military to shoot down the lunatic without mortally wounding, him. Four balls lodged in his legs and arms soon laid the unfortunate at the mercy of bis pursuers. The functionary who ordered this barbarism to be perpetrated, de mands to resign, but public opion insists on his being indicted for attempted manslaughter. F ance effected a salutary re foirn the day she suppressed the Nation* Guards, which were good only for surrender ing their muskets to the insurgents during a revolution. She has a greater nuisance yet to get rid of, a vicious army of functionaries, from Prefects dowflwards. All she wants is not much —tax collectors, policemen, and a few stipendary magistrates for justices. Justice is notoriously bad. A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.

i About a month ago a young Italian shot hiriinelf because an actress named Merchy declined hl3 attentions ; he intended to shoot her, but the ball *t!,ruck a poor demi-mondian^ her friend, who interfered. A few days ago the girl died after great suffering. The actress seems to have forgotten all about the matter, as she appeared upon the stage the evening of the funeral of her friend ; tha audience recalled her to a sense of decency by throwing tomb wreaths at her instead of I bouquets, and brought the manager to a sense of propriety by creating such an uproar as to call for the interference of the police and the temporary closing of the establish--1 ment. THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND A. JUDGE. The following anecdote is related by a French journal, in reference to the present Emperor of Germany, when simply King of Prussia, and when he was travelling incogs, nito in Hungary in 1864. In the vicinity of Treplitz, the kiog encountered a judge, leisurely taking his walks abroad, smoking at the same time a clay pipe. " Who are, you, my man?" "Judge in the District Court," answered the Magistrate, not a little surprised. "Are you satisfied with your posi tion?'' "Certainly}" " Then I conpratnlate you." The king was moving away, when the^ judge asked him, "And you, my man, who are you?" The Sovereign, not a little surprised, replied, "I am the King of Prussia." The judge, not at all astonished, next demanded, "Are you satisfied with your condition?" " Certainly," responded the King. " Then I congratulate you," added the judge with the most impassible air, and saluting the King continued his promenade and his smoke. MISCELLANEOUS. The PrinceßS Bauffemont separated legally from her husband, and lately married Joy Saxon law to Prince Bibesco, can be tried for bigamy if she puts her foot again in France. If she has a new family the lawyers say the children in Saxony must call them selves Bibesco, but here they will be Bauffa« monts.

It is estimated that 63 per cent, of Parisian bachellors marry wives from the country ; city girl's hopes are very gloomy, and h a best chance is to become a rural.

Henri Haussage, journalist and author, is by his marriage with a Oalifornian young lady made richer and happier. A year ago he was to be married to a Neapolitan princess, and^ the tar barrels were evph ordered. Man only proposes however. Hanssage is very popular in his profession, and is everybody's friend. By the bye how is it that artists &c. dwell' together in brotherly love, while journalists are condemned so often to amuse the galleries by devouring one another ? Why can they not agree like birds in their little nests ? A very rising physician has died of apop^" lexy, viz., Dv Lorain, distinguished as a professor and writer. He gave all his Bpare time to the gratuitous care of the sick poor. While feeling the pulse of a child, he fell down dead, and strange, his most important work was on pulsations.

PAPAKURA ANNUAL RACES.

1. HANDICAP HUBBLE BACE, of 30 boys, mom* horse to receive 10 boys from the stakes. Twice round the course, over eight flights of hurdles. Nomination, 1 soy; acceptance, 2 boys. r Mr JR.. Kirkwood's b g Middy Ash3re,J»g«a, lOst 121bs. - . C. Boberts b m Stranger, aged, lOafc lOlbs , Wm. Percival's ns, b g Saunterer, aged, 10st81bs. Simmer's bg Gladstone (late Tarn o'Shanter, aged, 103t 71bs. J. S. Buckland's gr g Paddy, aged, lOst 41bB. " .; Wm. Bobbett's b g The Arrow, aged*. lOst W. M. Trimbles blkg Black Monitor, aged, lOst. Gillard's gr p Bob, aged, 9st lOlbs. A Hill's eh g Mount, aged, 9st 91bs. John Buckland's br m Mystery, 4 years, 9sfc 41bs. '£ 2. PAPAKURA HANDICAP, of 100«ovs; 20ioti» the second horse, and 10, soys to the third, 0U««; tee stakes ' Mr. O. C. McGee's b m Perfume, 5 years, Bst 71b W. Waltera' br h Kingfisher, 5 years, * Bst4lb W. Robert's b m The Belle, 4 yean, Bst lib. J. Gallery's b g Pakuranga, 5 years . W. Hackett's bm Belle a o£ the Isles, a years W. Walters' br o Isaac Walton, 3 years, 7st R. Kirkwood's eh g Tui, 4 year*. ■' ■[ i. LADIES' PUBSB, of 20 boy*. ■ Entrance,.«•«■ each. Welter weight forage; gentian* onw»0nw» Distance, 1% miles. Mr. J. Howe's b g Skylark, 5 years J. Gallery's eh g Eclipse, aged W. Meßobert's b m The Belle, 4 years O. C McGee's b m Perfume, 5 years W. Walter's br c Isaac Walton. 3 years 5. BAILWAY STAKES (HANDICAP). 0fJ 0,%% second horse to receive 5 bovb from tbes»» Entrance, 2 soys; acceptance, 2 soys. "^-ET-. to be declared immediately after the PftPft*" 1 , Handicap. Distance, 1 mile and a distance. Mr. James Rowa's bg Skylark, 5 years : + J. Gallery's bg Pakuranga, 5 years O. C. McGee's bm Perfume, 5 years R: Kirkwood's oh g Tui, 4 years W. Hackett's bm Belle of the Isles, 0 years * J. Ellis' bg Shaughran, 4 years W. Walters' br h Kingfisher, 5 years W. Walters'br cilsaac Walton, 3;y*"» WM. PERCIVAIi, gecNtuy.

JAHTJAET S6 1876



JJACES! EACES! RACES! p aplFu r a. ANNIVERSARY BAY. SATURDAY, JANUABY 29, 1876. Special Trains. Ketmn Tickets at Single Kates. From Auckland-7 15 am From Mercer—7l7 a m ij,*l3l 11am 3 Pm spm TO PERCIVAL, Secretary. J^OTICE. jq"OTICE. JUST TO HAND— Large Parcel of Double --width Waterproof Tweed, Melton Cloth, Blue Diagonal, Ac, specially adapted for Boys' Clothing, Ladies' wear, &c, Bought iX Auction at con siderably less than English Invoice Price, and to be sold very cheap. Also, Lawn Handkerchiefs from 3s 9d per dozen—l2o dozen; Linen Cambrio Handkerchiefs, from 5s 6d per doz. Upwards of 50 c* "2en Men's Cotton Shirts, 1 3 Jean^ Napier, the new F Shirt, etc. Abtsinnian Cord Tr sbrs. Men's Tweed Waistcoats, and a num ber of other Special LiDes at much below usual price. INSPECTION INVITED. RTJSJHjBROOK & BEIDGMAN, [Late E. Hobbs], \VNC[TION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE, Opposite the Army and Navy Hotel, tjppek qlteen-stbest, Auckland



J COSGRA YE & CO. will hold their Annual Sale previous to the CJiristw.as Holidays, com mencing THIS DAY, ( Wednesday), the Bth December, and will continue until the end of the year. The entire stock will he offered at Cost Price. CjPECIAL TO HOUSEKEEPEES. CALL AT THE CITY HALL, 1 NSPBCT the following goods, which are of excellent quality, and vert cheap:— White Sheeting, 2 yds wide I/I per yard „ „ Twilled, 2 yds wide 1/6 „ ~ Plain and Twilled, 2£ yds wide.. l/ 9 ~ 2k „ ■■ 1/11 „ Good Waterproof Sheeting, at .... 3/9 „ Colored Table Covers, 3/11; usual price, 6/6 „ „ ~ 6/9 „ -8/6 Fancy Table Oil P" "1 l£yds widn, 1/3 per yard American Leather 3 j yds 1/1 per yard Mahogany and Oak Table Oil Baize, 1/3 per yard. Cheap Summer Hats for Ladies and Children „ Underclothing ~ „ „ Clothing1 for Men and Boys „ Dress Goods, reduced prices 85 dozen White and Drab Stays, 2/3 and 2/11, a decided bargain. HOLLOW AY & GARL IC X, CITY HALL, Queen-street, Auckland.' ,