AUCKLAND MONTHLY SHAKE LIST.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Faum £ni> Hairy Probucib.—Wholesale: But tei\ fresii. gd; flutter, salt (scarce). SJ to lOd; Cheeso. gowl factory, sld tolilil; Oftntei'bwy <Jo.. ftltoSid; Krbs. don., Is; Lard, por bladder, 7d. to7)d; Bacon awi Hams, Provincial, fid to 8d; Hunß,Bd to 9d ; Hwutn in cloth, fljd ; Bacon and Hams, in equal nmubcra. 9}d; llama only, Hid; & ir b s-,?t 3 Ifld- salt do.. lOd to Is: Cheeso. colonial, (id tt>Bd; Kggfl, per doz.. Is: Lnrd, per lh, &1 to 9d; Bacon, per lb. lfld to Is M: I lams, do., Is to la 40. Flour Harriot. - Wholesale. - Superfine flour, ollk dressed, por ton. JUS; do, do, house hold, £11: hundreds. f«: titles. 10a per ton extra: sacks and bags free; Southern do, £!> to £9 103: bran, por ton, sacks included, local, £510a: Southern do. £51O»: sharps. £i 10b : cabin bread. £18: oalmmil, do. £15: oata 2a lid to 38 ai: maize. 4s Cd : new potatoes. £7 per ton j pearl barley do. £22 Io £'.'1; oalß. 3a to 3s 2.1. Kauri ami. Ft ax, &c. — Tho market ta very weak with few buyers, and iiuota tions are only nominal. VVoquoto: i'oor ordinary, £30 to £22 (unsaleable) ; good ordinary, pi to £37; superior. JKHto£4oand upwards: East Coast. £49 to £.11. Supply for December to date. 10 tons; flax per ton, £18 to JB1; tow, do.. £7 to £9: fungus per lb, 2Jd; cocoanut fibre, por owt. 158 to 17s. Coal and Firewood Maiuekt.—Coal: New castle (sliip's Bide). 28s to 30a per ton; yarf. 32a to 33s j Bay of Islands, at yards, RBsfrl: Bcreened, 30a Cd: ditto at tho mines, 13s fid: ship's side, 2Cs: Walkato. 8a to 123: lv Auckland. ISs to 22a: Xamo, l"2s por ton at loading ground; Tuupiritat mine, xs Gd to 12s, At yard, 19s &1 to 225: « hangarei. at mine. Ss fid* yard (steam), Ha; household, 21s; delivered, 235. Firewood: Uno.it ut wharf (cargo), Ss Gd to 8a Tier ton>thsHvored. 143: cut. 17s to ISs. BuiLDiKG Materials.—Ti/jsbw: Boards and scantllns, 100 ft, best, 11s; secoAd-cl&ss, 8s dl; boat, planed, tonguod, and grooved, test-class, IBs Gu ; modium, 13a: second ditto, lls Cd. Cargo, best (at mills), lls; second-class (at mill*), 5s Cd: baulk, Sa (id. Now Zealand palings, sft (sap), 10s; 6ft (heart), t3a; 6ft, lls: tl-troo rails, £t 10s per 10n; puriri posLj. & 10s to JS7 10a: shingles. lCs per 1,000; fiolutflt paling 3, sft, 19h ; Oft. 21s: Hobart rails, eos, seHwe quotations. Bricks (s>.t Avondalo), iO3 nor 1000; tesYnyards,sostosss; dolivered.itfs to 603. Drain pajfl,i (at worke). per 100 (0 inches fwre), 10s; i Inohrs. Ha; 3 inches, 9a; 2 inches, £2 108 per I,ooo;.socket, g&zcd pipes, 19inches; £a Cd per foot; 15 inches, 2a pa? foot ; o 12 Inches. Is Gd per foot; 9 inches. Is per tan ; fi uichos, ud per foot: i inches, 4d por foot. MANUKKS.-Bonodust, Sydney, £8 to £8 IS3. ; according to quality; boneflonr, £9 lj)s; Auckland «8; Peruvian guano, fIS; Maldon /Bland, £8; fiuon guano, smnll lota, £5 to SB. fetKS lBSl«4e(l; Hurst's chemical manure, £14

SHIPPING

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

IN the following list U- arrivals and departures we give only such as ara J/kely to be of interest to Home readers :—

ARRIVALS. NoreoiberS—Gefion, barque, lierjcanon, fiora November 9—Florence Treat, barque, Dobsou, "Novcinber 11-2ea)antlla, P.M.s.a., Webber, ftNlovember'is-Citsi|»of Sydney, P.ftl.s.e.. Dear born, fioni San Francisco. . Novembor 23-Omnaru, ship, Maxwell, fron) November 23-Cliristino, barque, Wildfang, '"ifovember 30-Albatross, H.1.G.M.3 ., Com; mander Pludderman, from Samoa. December I—Loch Fergus, barqno. Jones, 'Decembe'r'l-Arawata, s.s., Cromarty, from FUL DEPARTURES. November U-Zealafcdla, P.M.S.S., Webber, fONov?mbe ar Cir-City of Sydney, P.M.S.S., Dearbora, for Sydney. November 18—Arawata, 8.3., Cromarty, for November 25 —Arcadia, barque, Etvan, for London, via Haabtti. Deoember 2 — Kleanor Vornon, schooner, Berry, for New York. December C—Mountiin Lanrcl, barque, for London.

SOUTHERN SHIPPING.

Port Chalmers. November 12.—Arrived : Ruapohu, from . ondon. Her actual steaming time was « days 3 hours. November 18.-Ar rived: Waitangi. chip, Lieman, 81 days from London. November29.—Arrived : Coptic, from London, after a passage of ii day* 8 hours.

■Wbixington. November 20.—Arrived : Tre valyan. ship, Roberts, 110 days from, London. November 20.-Arrived: Piako, ship, Jrom London. ■ .

LOADING.

■Waikato, Bhip, Wooater, for Lonaon, to sail

Hermfone, ship, Roberta, for London, to follow Laira, barque. Show, for London, to follow.

ARRIVAL OF THE OAMARU.

The ship Oamaru arrived from London early on 23rd November, tho passage haying, occu pied 95 days. The Oamaru is a large iron vessel of 1,306 tons, under the Shaw. SaviHe. and Albion Comp my's flag, and is in charge of (.apt. Maxwell. The chief ofllcer is Mr Heard, and the second officer is Mr Little. She brings only oart cargo for this port, the balance beingt for the Bluff. The Oamaru brings 60 jjnasongerg, all in goodhealth. The vessel was vlaited by tho Health Officer on arrival, and passed. The Oamaru left London on the 19th August, and Start Point on the 23rd. Light N.E. winds, with exceptional y fine weather from that out, Prevailed to latitude 12deir N A .continuance of southerly mnds forced tho vessel over to the Brazilian coast, £S about ICO milns from Pernambuco. The Equator was crossed on tho 17th of Septem bsr jn'long. SO W., and the £j.K. trades woro ift&d up inikt. 3deg. ££ The tranes proyld. - fresh, and carried tho vessel to lat. 30..eg. S., when thoy werb succeeded by fresh westerly winds, which lasted for two days, during which some little better progress was made on her onward course. Easterly weather had to be contended against for the npxt sii days, which left the vessel in 39deg. &, and gigtt'y w the westward of Tristan d'Acunha. Ran.downthe eaitlngs on the parallel of .ISdcg. until past the Cnwetts. when the wind again proved troublesome, setting In fjorn M ti° q K F 1 :^ 1 > which drovo the ship down to mis. S From there light N. and N.E. to variable jg»" JWf Tailed and continued until in the meridian of Tasmania v/hich was crossed on the 9th No™S. Ateht N. to.N.IS. airs and calms prevailed thenc6 to tho New Zealand coast the Three Kings being sicbted. on the 20th inst at Hlioii MiVa kllnn Jourdain. Miss Kditli Jom diuNtr William H. McCandlish. Mr^Ctaploa •M. McCandlish. Master John A. McCaiulhsh, Master George G. L. McOindlißh, Mws Lsttie M. McCand&h, Miss A. M. Lonnan. Second cabin-Missea"Lucy and Ada i fortune, Mrs Frances Crossley, Mr Charloa W. Xelsn. Mrs L. Winklemann and family J).'Miss Rebecca Schotteld. Miss PrisciUa. Scott, Mr and Mrs Jacob Holt and child, Mr and Mrs George Holt. Miss S. A Holt, Mr Alexander Steel, Mr Alexander Lang, Mrs Marie M. Balton, Mr Tom Wilson, Mrs E. Pheney, Miss Phenev. Third cabin: J. G. Popplowell and child, James and Mrs Grainger and 2 children, •Robert W. Jones, Mrs .8. Haydon, Miss 8. », Haydon, Master G. A. Haydon, Master Krncst Haydon WilUam B. Knight, Mark Johnson, Ernest Harris, John Lund, Samuel O. Garllck, Mr and Mrs Joseph Hawkins and child.

ARRIVAL OF THE HERALD.

■' The new steamer Herald, owned by Messrs Stone Brothers, of Auckland, Kennedy Bro thers of Greymouth.and Captain Savory,, master of the vessel, arrived from Greymonth on sSvembOT 23, and berthed at the Queon ! ■ Ui'eymouth aud this port.

H.I.G.M. ALBATROSS.

Tho German inan-o'-war Albatross arrival from A«ia on Nov. 30, and dropped anchor at m theVwdor grouml. 'aha has been for three - months at Samoa Island, and comes- here fpi the benefit of the health of her crew. She will probably remain here till after Christmas I he Albatrois bavin* visited thin port boforo^n IW7, she will be remembered bymosst of on lead^ei a as a small-looking craft of 800 tons register, with i - engines of 600 horWpower. fi guns, and crow of 115 men. Her officers ore: Comniandei .Addlemein, Captain-Lieutenant Girfjon I TBandissin, tieutenanta Raudewi?, Schroder, Surgeon, Ur. Schneider. . .

, - '"ARRIVAL OF THE LOCH FERGUS. 1 ; The barque Looli Fergus, with a fnU general I cargo (a list ol which we published Msry re- I ««ntly) consigned to the New Zealand SbiPPinK Cjmpany; arrived from London at an early •', houronthe4rhi;ee. Having a quantity of explosives on board, she dropped anchor, at it, the powder ground, and will .J-robably ...remain thereuntil to-morrow. The Loch Fergus isunder command of CaP^n Jono?, who : I has furnished us with-particulars pf the voyage. - .Tie trip has not been a fortunate one, being I toarkedby unfavourable weather and t*i>™- M fortunate accidents, particulars of ™™g U~ appear in another column. The Loch Fergus il'ifefton Augost Bth, and Gravoßcnd sa™eflo?' ii Haicalmß andillgbt winds down the Channel.

Got the N.rt. trades oil' Madtirj, 20 days out, nndlosttheminlldeg.N. CrossedtlicKqiintor,4l days out, in SCJeg. w. The S.E.trades were poor, and carried to i&lck. S., then had light winds. Moderate weather continued to the moridian of Ureunwich, which was reached on 11th October in lat. 37deg. S., CC days out; then had strong N.W. winds. Crossed the meridian of Good Hopn in j?.lcg. So\ith. Han down the ttustintrs in jr,dcfr.. s.r,d from -l-'tlcg. South had unsettled weather from all peints of tho com pass. Ronndod Louwin on lUth Novomber, and from there had moderate weather and winds from X.W. The Loch Fergus was four daya off tho coast with light easterly winds, and arrived this morning. Sho brings only one passenger, viz., Mr R. R. Pateraon. The barque Christine arrived from Java on Nov. 23 with raw sugar for tho Now Zealand Sugar Company. Sho left Java on Septoinuer l(i; strong S.S.K. trades prevailed to lat. 2(i- S., long. 110-' IC, when variable winds and calms were fallen in with; N.K. winds were then met with, and continued until the 9th of November, when tho Straits wera cleared, After that strong southerly gales' prevailed for four days, during which largo bodies of wator wore frequently shipped, and calms and easterly winds were experienced thenco till arrival.

OBITUARY NOTICES.

Jlev. Wm. Parton, a Maori clergyman of tho Wcsleyan petsuasjop, who rendered good service to tho British dmjng tho Wai kato War,has just died. ITo was a cili^f of tho Ngatitainamu. This month tho most notable removal by death has been that of tho Hon. \Vm. Swainson, of Auckland, ■who died full of years and honour, on tho Ist inst., at hia residence. Judge's Bay. Tho deceased gentleman WftS a colonist of long standing, Having been in Auckland since its founda tion, over forty years ago. In 1852 ho wrote a book descriptivo of tho oity and its sur roundings and the stato of society, and later ho published " Now Zealand and its Colonisation," one of tho best books on tho colony. Mr Swainson camo to Now Zealand as Attorney- General in 1841, and he retained office in tho Executive Council of the Crown Colony until ISbC:, >v/ien Responsible Government was introduced. Though living in retirement since then, Mv Swainson whs made an honorary member of several subsequent Executives for convenience in holding meetings of the Executive at Auckland. In conjunction with Sir William Martin, })O took a warm interest in the Maori iij.ee, and assisted in drawing up tho ctlobratisd protest against tho a,ction of tho GoTOj'ijmeni ■with {,ho Waitara block| the disregarding of winch resulted in tho 'Paranoia War. 'He wag a trusted adviser of tho late Bishop Selwyn, and the draft of tho constitution of tho Chiirpl) of Now Zonland was chiefly framed by his hand, For many years ho acted as Chancellor of tho DiQC3S£! of Auckland. Irf his legal capacity Mr Swainsc.;; atjjjjncd cousiuorablo distinction, and in private liie he s'au highly esteomed for his courtly mannoi1 ana gei;ial and quiet disposition. Since his rotiroinent he was in receipt of a ponsion of £ 400 par annum. Tha funeral of deceased took placo on Thursday last, 4th inst.

Many Aucklanders will regret to hear of the death of Mr Al. W. Mnnro, who passed away at his residence, "Craigioburn," Mahurangi, on Sunday, }G£.h Noy. He was ona of the oldest settlers in that distpipt. having resided thero for the past thirty-one years.and was gr.catly respected. Deceased took an active part tho advancement of Mahuratifei, being a member of various local bodies', while at the time of his death, ho occupied a seat in the Rodney County Council. He wan also a most enthusiastic momber of tho Masonic frater nity, being Secretary of the English Lodge there for some timo, whjle two different years lie discharged the duties of Master. Sir Munro leaves a wife and adopter spti, and numerous relatives, to mourn his loss. The funeral, a i.{asonic one, took place on Nov. 18. The Masonic forqthprhood held a funeral service in the Masonic Hall t& 3 o'clock, after which the cortege. proceeded to tho Presbyterian Kirk, the Masons-, to the number of about 30, in tho dress of the Order, preceding, followed by boico 400 settlers and friends from tha district. The Rev. Mr McKinney conducted the service, after which the cortege formed in procession and proceeded to the oemetory near tho manse. Rev. Mr Mdftnney offered an impresßive prayer, after which the chaplain of the Order read from their rubric a homily on the importance of living the true life, and thus being prepared to enter upon the immortal. The usual Masonic ceremony of tho brethren walk ing around and dropping a sprig of acacia on the grave closed the scone. Tho crowd then took a parting look at the coffin covered with wreaths, and dis persed. Mr Munro died at the compara tively early age of about 59. It may be said of him that " A prince is fallen in Israel," and his active energetic labours for the welfare of this district will not soon bo forgotten. Thg funeral of tho late Mr Samuol Brown was very npmprpiisly g£tended on Nov. 18 cspepially by njinigters of }i!je Baptist' de nomination anil leading members of WpUpg ley street congregation. The burial service was performed by Rev, W E. Rice, and a hymn waj* sung over the grave. Mr Brown was a Sheffield man, vus q,cquaint#d with Elliott, the corn-law rhymer, and was in possession of a fund of anecdotes, and recollections of the Shalesmoor Man of Iron. It ia rather singular that Mrs Brown, who" died a few years ago, should have attended upon Sheffield's other poet, Venerable James Montgomery, in his last hours. Mr Brown was an iron-founder by trade, and was in business for many years in Victoria-street. It is with regret that wo announce the death of Mr A. W. Humphieys, Secretary to Northern S.S. Company, which sad ovent took place on November 20. The imuicdi ato cause of death was blood poiSton injr supposed to have been caused, by catisig pork. ■■ The deceased, who was only 30 years of age, had the reputation of being a sharp and reliable man.: of business, and though- only resident a few years in the colony, his excellent private qualities had raised up for him quite a host of friends.

The culture of tho tobacco plant appears to bo rapidly extending throughout the North Island, and there is every promise of the fragrant weed becoming one of our re gular and most lucrative agricultural pro ducts.' Some 50 or 60 fatmors scattered over the entiroieland, and some also located intheprovh.ee of Nelson, are under con tract with Vollbracht'sNew Zealand Tobacco Manufacturing, Growing, and Curing Oom pany for furnishing regular supplies of the raw article, and already eighty acres have been sown with seed, which even now gives assurance of a bountiful harvest in about four months' time. Packages of loaves however, are daily arriving ut tho present time, and somo of those most lately received are really magnificent specimens of tobacco leaf, thus affording conclusive proof of the thorough suitability of soil and climate for the P-rowth >jnd perfect development of the plant. The samples which come from Vic toria Valley are particularly good. They would challenge comparison anywhere. This colony, and Auckland in particular, appear to have an increasing attraction for tho almond-eyed sons of the Flowery Laiid, notwithstanding the £10 poll-tax with which they are urged to go somewhere else. Very recently 14 Chinamen arrived and contributed £140 to the revenue of the colony, and on December 2 the' Tara we™, from Sydney, brought an additional eight of their brethren, five being for tins port and three for Port Chalmers. This, of Lurse, mea»B another £80 towards the revenue, making, a total income from Chinese arriving at this port a period of about three weeks, of £220.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS.

BIRTHS. ALLEN. — On November 19, at her residence, Jervoia Houso, Jervois Road, Ponsonby, lha wife of W. Q. Allen, draper, of a daughter, CAI(R.-On Nov. 12. at her residence, Bercsfoid street, the wife of IS. J. Carr of a daughter. CAKTKK.—Ou November 10, at Collingwood street, the wife of David N. Carter of a daugh ter. OAVANAGH.-On Nov. 6th, at her residence. Vincont-streot, tho wife of VVm. Cavanagh of a diughter. Chriatchuroh papers please copy. COE.—On November 11. ISBI, at her rosidenca. St. George's Hay. tho wife of William Coo of a daughter; both doing well. CON WAY.—On Nov. 10th, at her residence, Franklin Rond, tho wife of Capt. G. W. Con way of a son. CHEtUTON.-On Monday, Novombor 17, at Helensville. tho wife of AT. W. Cheriton of a daughter. DAY.—On 291h November, at Grafton lioad? Auckland, the wife of Ernest Southgato Day DOUGLAS.-On November 13, at Parnell, tho wife of \Y, M. Douglas, of Bruntwood, near CaTibridge. of a son. FKIiNCH, — On Nov. 14, at her reßldenco, Oliphant-strcct, Ponsonby, the wife of S. French of a son. Both doing well. GALIiAGIIKR.-On Nov. 23, at hor residence Prosjiect-street, Ponsonby, the wife of ltobort Gall'ipthiT of a son. HKIGHWAY.-On November 15, at View Road, Mount Eden, the wife of W. Heigliway of a son. HKRON.-On November 16, 1881, Collingwood street, Ponsonby, the wife of D. Heron of a son. HKWITlI.—On November 20tb, at Kingsland, the wife of Mr J, Hewitt of a daughter. HAKDYa—On Dccomber 1, at her residence, Karaka-street, Newton, the-Wife of George Hardy of a son. MUG INS.—On November 25, at hor residence, Uraham-streot, tho wife of William Higglus of a daughte-. KKLLY.—At George-street South, Rocky Nook, on 23rd November, Mra J. L. Kelly of adaugh to KiA'lo3.—On November 15, at View Road, Mount Edon tho wife of A. Keyed of n son. LOri'US.-On November the 12th, at her'resi dence, Nelson-street, the wife of Henry Loftus, of a son.—Homo papers please copy. McINTYKK.—Or. the 30th October, at Arch Hill, the wife of 11. Mclntyro, iunr., of a son, Mel'HAlL.-At. the Sugar Works cottages, Northcoto, on the 10th Nov., tho wife of James C. MoPhail of a dauKhtcr. NKVIIjL.—On November 20, at her residonco, Suffolk Hotel, the wlio of John Nevill of a son. XICIIOJ.SON.—On November IS, ISSi, New-Bt. Newmarket, the wile of P. Nicholson of a son. OWU.V.-on November 21, at lielmontstroet, Ponsonby, tho wife of T. C. Owen of a daughter. PULFOUU.—On Novembor 29, tho wife of VVm, .Sylvester Pulford of a daughter, PB'ITKUSON.—On Kovombor ID. Commercial Houd, Arch Hill, tho wife of O. F. Pcttorson of a daughter. HEKD-On Monday, December 1, at her roai dence, Goorge-stroet. l'onsonby, the wife o( ('. J. Iteed of a .son; both doing well. lUJSSKLL.—On Tuesday, tho 18th November, at his residence. Surrey Hillu, tho wife of James W. Ru-:sell of a son. SAKE V.-On November 21,1831, at her parents' residence, Adelgldu-strpcf, Frpomnu'd Bay, tho wifo of thelafu Alfred Jhiups SaKey of a Bon. Both doing we|l. STKHUNU.—At 81ip IFonse, Matakoho, the Wife of Robort Sterling of a son (still-born). aTICHBUIIY.-On November 15. at Clarence street. Ponsoiiby, tho wife of D. T. Stlchbury of a son. STODART.—On the 9th Novomber, at New market, tho wifo of J. V. Stodart, of a daughter. TAYLOR. —On Novombor 13. at Bardowie. Cambridge, Mrs Jas. Taylor of n son. THORP.—On November 22, at Opukeko, Ohine muri, the wifo of J. W. Thorp of a son. YON GKHICHTKN.-On Novembor 8. at her reajdencu, Victpria-strfet West, the wife of [leurlck VonGorrthtpn <)t a son; both doing well. WISKJIAN.—On November 2tith, at her resi dence. Cracrof I-street. Arch Hill, Newton, the wife of Mr It. 11. Wiseman of v son WILSON-On Nov. 2U, at Hargrave-streot, tho wife of Frederick J. WiUon (U'airoa South) of v son.

MARRIAGES.

BAILBY-PAKTKIDGK.-011 Thursday. 13th November, 188). at ilio Registry olllco, Auck land, jr. llaiicy (Dowding), touaoconiat, Queon street, and formerly of Wilts, England, to Mrs M. A. Partridge, of Mount Kdeii, lato of COOSWKr-L-SEARriK.-On Bth November, at tho Registrar's Ofllee, Willium Cogswell to Ixmio Jnno Scorle; both of Auckland. CURNINGIIAM-JONKS.-On November 1G by tho Uev, T. G. Can1, nt his resldoncc. Pon • Fonby, Honry Michael, second son of the late Patrick Cumingham, County Limerick, Ire land, to Rebecca Jones, second eldest daughter of the lato -mmicl Jones, of Arch Hill, late of Stockport, England, JONKS-PIIILUPS.-navldß. Jones, youngeßt son of Captain W, Jonoj, of Auckland, to Margaret, second daughter ot William Phillips, Llanelly, South Wales. JONES—WOOU.—On tho'3oth October, by the Rev. If. Bull, at the residence of hia father Angleseastreot, Ponsonby.Fredorick William, eldest son of Mr \V. if, Jones, grandson to tho lato paptaili Thomas ))ow Jones, of the Gist Liljht ltjfjvnli'y, rrtiu g.nfnih)4i;l)aiv io the lato (Mlonel Cleorgn'JiMwiird Jones, of tho S7th Regiment, to Nellie, oldest daughter o( Mr T Wood, of Turanaki. JAIIItKTr—MI!RKAY.—On 14th iuit., attho Registrar's Olllce, GeorgoiJarrett to lloselta Amelia Murray. > JKNKINSOX-l-UUIARD.-On October 22nd, at All Saints' Church, Ponsonby, by Roy. W. Cbidor. William, eldest son of Joseph Jenlihi son, of ShoWdan-giPGU. AuM'lanil, to Jessie, third daughter of the lato Rlciwrd Lcdiaru of Summers-street, Auckland. JOUNSTON-ANDERSON.-Oa Tuesday, Hth K^i'-mtar, tt the resldenco of tlio bride's fatliar. Alma Place. Ponsonby, by t^e Roy. \V. S. Potter, Ilcctoil JtcQ. Johnston, asaayer. from Walc3, England, to Klfzabclh Archloold, younscst daughtor of A. Andorson. eiiKii.ocr. Auckland, lato of Glasgow, Scotland. Home papers pleaso copy. LANtiUiy-HOUNK-rOn tho 15th inst.. at St Matlhow's, Aueklan<!, by t\») Rev. \V. Tobba, Artliur Edwai'd. eldest son of John Langley. of Tllehifrst. Berka, England, to Frances Georftina, eldest daughte" of the lute Oulonol Philip IJassio Tforae;TJ.A;, of tjo n-bfti-y, Betkp, England. • AJASON-WHIGHT.-On November iO. by tho Hey. G. R. Mpnro, James Mason, of I'arncll Nursories, late o! Sunrcy. Ensrland. to Jano, only daughter of JJr Goor(j6 Newton Road, and granddaughter of tho lule [iioiitenant-Colonel Wright, Edinburgh, of tho Slth RcKiment. NILSON-BItOWN.-On Tlmrsday, Iho 271h N'uynmbei', at the residence ot lha bride's fatlipr, Jying-strget, Pqnsoriby; by Mr G. AUpJtfga, VV'il'Jiap) Nllaon, of Sweden, to Margaret, thfrd oaughter of Jamco UiOWn, late of Glasgow. Scbilaiid. f O'CALLAGnAN-WAYLAND.-On Noypmber 17, at St. Peter's, Onolmriga Tjy tho Rev. W. K. Mnlgan. M.A., WiUlim <i. P. O'Callftßhan, otdegt son of Admlru) O. W. D. O'Callaghan. C.8.. of yccrlcap. JiayaDf, Enflflapd. to Laura loraeno AUco. eldest survivinsc'ilauglitcr of John M. Wayland, Esq., of Onelmnba. O'HHIEN-O'HARE-On November 11, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland, by the Vory R,"V. Father Walter Macdonakl. assisted by the Rev. Fathqr Ijenjlian, James Joseph, socond §dn of Mr panic! Q'Btiun; Aievandrar Street, to Sarah' Anne, only da;ightei! pj Mr E. O'Hare, Victoria-street. ' PJ34RPK—SPRINT.—On November 29th, 18Si, at t)>o residency of {,he bride's aunt, Baker street-. Auckland, by t|io Iftfv. ifr Pottor, Ifonry, fourth son of Ricmird Jennipes Stoplienson Pearce. farmer, of Tiki Road, Coromsndol. to Jfjiinaboth Am.io, oldest daughter of William Sprint, Edondorry, Port adown. County Armagh, Ireland. TALBOT— PR4SER.-On Optober 82. by tho Rev. A. G'arrick. David Richard, oniy son of Rlohard T. Tolbot, Parnell, to Sarah, youngest daughter of tho late OeorßO Frasei1, iron founder, Auckland. WOOD—COPE —On Saturday November 22nd, by tho Rev. Win. Tobbs, at St. Mary's Church, Parnell, Thoma3 Wood, Ksq., of Auckland, to Miss Itmh Copo, late of London.

DEATHS.

BROWN.—On Monday, November 17, Samuel Brown, lato of Victoria-strcot, ironfounder; asjed 81. ■ ' '■' BROWN.-On Novombor 11th, 1831, at Arnoy street, Newton, Willie, the beloved and youngest gon fit Anderjna and ,T. 0. Brown; aged 2 years aifd i monttd BKDWN. —On November 11th, 1881. at the residence of her son-in-law (J. Smith). Jexvois Road. Ponsonby, Mary, the beloved wife of John Brown, bootmaker, ("apakura, in the ffiih year of her age. May shp rest in peace. CADDY.-On November 11, 1884. at her resi dence, Commercial Hotel, Waioromjamai, Euphemia, the boloyed wife of Walter Q.; Caddy; aged 30. CLARK.—On December 2, Mary Noel, infant daughter of Archibald Clark j aged 12months. QAULIER.-On November 21, at her mother's residence, Park Road, Lillian Mario, oldest daughter of the late Henry S. Caulier; aged 10 years and 8 months, Deeply regretted. DIXON.—On the 18th inst, at his mother's resi dence. Sus3oxrstreet, Newton Road, after a lingering illness, Edward, third son of the lato Edward Dixon; aged 18 years, GEAM.-^On DeCombor 4th, at the residonce of Mr P. O'Dowd. Kingsland Road, Mount Albo t, Margaret Jano Geam, in the nlntoenth year of her age, after a long and piinful illness, only daughter of tho lare Patriak and Margaret Goam, of 05th Regiment. K.I.P. HARRIS.-On November 23, at Te Apltl. Hawke's Bay, Harold. Hargraves Harris, in his 22nd year. Deeply regretted. HA.TSWISLIj.-On November 23, Elizabeth Lilly, the second and beloved daughter of J. L.-and K. HutEwell ; aged 18 years. JOHNSON.-On December I, at hor residenoo, Wangaroa, after a long and painful illnesß, borne with the utmost Christian fortitude, Mary, the beloved, wife of Mr John Johnson; aged 47 years. . i ■ „ LEPINE. - On Nov. 12, at her rosldenco. Alexandra-street, Emma Willett, lhabelovod wife of William Lepine and only daughter of the late J. B. Strango; aued 02 yeara. LYELU —On November 26. at Careaton, Ft Stephen's Road, Parndl, Birtha irictoher, wife of John H. A. Lyell: aged 32. LYALL.—On December 3rd, at hor parents' residence, Victoria Lane, Bertha Mny. sneond daughter of Andrew and Mary Ann Lyall; aged 2 yearsand i months. MARTIN.—On November 17. at Kent-street Surrey Hills, infant son of Matthew and Clara Martin; aged 15 weeks MAHONEY.-On Novembor 10, at the Provin cial Hospital, Patrick Mahonoy, Limo and Telegraph Department, Mercer, formerly at Buy of Islands. MUI\RO. —At his residence, " Craigieburn," Mahuransi, yesterday (Sunday) morning, M. W. Munro, the beloved husband of Mar garet Munro; aged 59 years. NICOL.—On NoTomber 10. Reubon Walter, tho youngest son of John and Bridget Hir.ol ; BEod nearly 2 years. BEALY.—November 26, Alice Pearl, infant daughter ef Leonard and Rebecca Scaly. at Kiagsland; age 5 months. SPEAKY.—At her residence, Brighton Road, Rcmnero, Emily, the beloved wife of John Spenry; aeed 55 years. SOMKRVILLK.—On the 29th November, Mary Bell (Mollie), daughter of Richard SomerviUe, We'linecon-ttreet; agod 7yearsand6months. SWATNSON.-Ou the Ist Dec. at Taurarua, Auckland, the Hon. 'William Swainson, H.M.s first Attorney-General of New Zea- THOMPSON.-On 2nd December, ISSI, at St. George's Bay Road. Parnell, George L. Thompson, formerly manager of Ulstor Bank, Antrim, Ireland, and ag<-nt for Bank of New Zealand. Russell Boy nt Islands: aged 38. TENNANT.—On November 29,1581. at his resi dence, Upper Qu-en-strcot, William Tennant, of the Al Umbrella Dep6t; aged 67 years. THACKRAYE.-On November 11th, at his late residence, Thames-Btreet. Brighton, Parnell, Thomas Thac.kraye, lato of tho Goth Regiment; acred 55 rears. , 'T.<

Mining summary.

Thames, December 2. Soiiktiiinq like the excitement attendant upon tho palmy days of rich patches and brilliant returns has once more visited the goldh'eld during the past month, and caused quite a revival of the old speculating mania. The exciting motive has been tho con tinued and increased productiveness of the Cambria mine and the excellent prospects of its southern neighbour, the Darwin. When last Summary was penned the former Company had just completed a highly satisfactory crushing of general dirt and spocimens. Since then tho run of gold has been followed eastward in the drive for a distance of 50 feet, and carriod down to a similar depth in a winze, the reef in theso two places' yielding about scwt. of rich stone. The directors have resorted to the somewhat extraordinary course of sending the latter to Auckland for treatment, and" their is warmly and unfavourably criticised. The experiment is known to have been but partially successful, and at the time of writing uncertainty prevails as to the probable return, a portion of the tailings having been sent to the Thames for further, treatment. At the 230 feet level, .vhere the gold has been obtained, the workings are well opened up, and furnish a considerable output of quartz, which keops fifteen stampers in cantinuoup employment. The shaft is also being sunk for the purpose of opening another level. It has transpired that tho quantity of gold obtained in Auck land from the directors'experiment at speci mon crushing was lOOozs. The mine manager, however, saved 3 barrels of tailings which wero returned to the Thames for ber daning, and gavo tho astonishing re turn of OGjozs. The retorting of the amalgam obtained from 100 loads of gonoral stuff took place this morning, re sulting in a good roturn of 210ozs. likjwts. gold, making a total roturn for the month of 80S0Z8. 4dvvts. The action of the directors with regard to the specimens has been severely commented upon, and caused widespread dissatisfaction hero. In the Darwin mino the Cambria lode has been intersected during the month at the 230 feet lovel, and followed westward for about 2"i feet, gold boing freely visible, with unmis takeablo evidences of improvement in both the main body and its footwall branches. The Moanataiuri Extended Company, which owns the property situated eastward of tho Cambria boundary, has commenced a cross cut to intersect the Bamo lode. Encouraged by the excellent prospects of the mines just referred to, parties of speculators have seemed all available ground ?n the vicinity, and a new pompany known as the Wolseley will shortly oomnionce operations. The shareholders of tho New Prince Imperial are daily expecting tho intersection of tho No. 2 lode by tho crosscut at No. 27 Tlovel, and the appearance of the country in tho face augurs favourably for its productive qualities. I'ayablo quartz is coming to hand from tho- upper workings, but retort ing will not take place at the battery until the middle of tho current month. Deep Lovel Cross : A trial crushing of ten loads quart/, from, tho newly-discovered lode at No. ,"i level has yielded nearly ljoxa. par load. Steps arobeing tukon with a view to effecting communication with tho old Mariner workings, and when ventilation is provided by this moans vigorous operations will be commenced. Tho Saxon Company has boen duly formed, and will start work next week from tho Mariner shaft. Tho Queen of Beauty shaft is descending through a favourable channel of sandstone country, which only finds a parallel in its gold-bearing characteristics in the class of rock which enclosed tho roof whero it was most productive at tho upper lovols. Cale donian Low Level : Tho northern crosscut is at present passing through hiird rock, but a favourable) class of sandstone, which preceded it, bore promising, well-mineral ised quartz veins. A lodo about 9 feet in thickness was intorsooted three) weeks ago in the southern end, and tho drivo has ever sinco bean passing through a succession of small loaders. Caledonian: The triul crushing of eight loads stone from the east ern workings on the Red Queen leudoiyLnt No. 2 level, produced 20/.s. gold^ per loiil, and a bloofe' M "now ''ti'olug oponsti -fo* stoping. The "Kuranul Company1 * trial crushing from No. 2 long drive reef, «»fc tho 8p feet-level, avoragod -Soiw. jier ton, though no gold wiis discernible when breaking the stone, and .operaticpi, here are beiug ex tended. Kara'ngahdkdXDiatrict has pro 'duced'C34O7.3. gold during the month, the Sir Walter Scott crushing having contri buted HS9oaa. ydyte., tjuff tjje lemajnder. being fiom the Ivanhop minp. Bot§ tljlisp claims aro sl}H looking well, and cmslilrips have boon passed in tho Woodstock and Hidden Treasure, claims. Operations at Waihi, as carried on by tho Martha Com pany, show an improvement in tho average grade of tho~quarsz from the large lodes, and encouraging reports are also received from Waiprongomaj, Active Stops are being takeiiL in di§hict for tho erection, of a feji tytfattp'ry, -lybjeff it js' hoped will We the effect qf b,real#iig tlawj) t^e much-abused "monopoly of crus!iii)g power.

SusfM-iRy op Gold Upturns,

Vromi Novombcr sth to Decomhor 2nd, Inoluelve,

, , ' ~ ~ ~ Ozs. rtwts. Adelaide and tributes .. .. ..05 i Brtnlit Smile, 21 loaila ..,• .;•»• .. 52 n Caledonian '.. .. I , .. ~ 27 8 Caledonian tributes '■"".: .. ;. 131 is Cambriii. 18loads'.. .. .. .. 200 '0 OitsrofMringb^tor ;j .. ~ •)•? jfl nart. lSiilo^ua '.. ;: .'. .; 14? 4 Dart, tributes .'; :. .' .. U 6 Deep li'eynl Cross. 10 lßads .. ~ ij jj Ivanhoo (Karanpal)ake).. .. ~ 2JS C Kqranul Ulll. 40 tons , >(7 12 Kuranui Hill, trlbwtor Grubb, IJ toiiß 127. 7 Kuranu'l IIQI, oshei- jributers.. .. 31 15 Mirtha Extended (Walhi), SCO tons.. 281 0 Aroiiimtaiari. '. 0 tons 4!) 5 JMbnataiari tributes £:j ]7 Kadioal (Owharoa) tiibutes .. ..32 6 Reuben Parr tribut«s .. .. 35 7 Rqukv Pqiat, 73 loads ~ .. .. 5! 15 Sir\yauprSp&(t(ttij|ang&lttfce) .. ijSfl V Sundries , .. ... nOO ft Small pafcoli ~ .. .", -~ IQQ 3 Tliaines Ooldun Crown tributes ..21 0 Waiotahi,3ootons ,,■ . ... .. ]flB jg Total,, ~ ~ ~ 2.902 U WAIOUONQOMAI RKTURNS. Now Kind .. .. Ml 6 Cclonlat .. .... .; '.<,% U2 18 Premier .. * ;. 42 5 Inverness .. .. .. -.-. - .. m v Canadian ~ 13 10 May Queen .. 1 as Total.. 651 3

MEETINGS.

The first half-yearly meeting of the Mer cantile Marine Association was held at the. Waite'mataltotelo^Dec.'l. The'report and balance-sheet Were read, and showed tjia^ the Association was in a satisfactory cQndi tion, the number of m,emb,ers qn tho ro|l being 'JjQ. It is stated that a valuable library- of nautical works is now on the way out from England, and upon arrival if will be open for use by members.

Captain liandley presided at the meeting t held Jon. Dee. 4 for the purpose of farrajng -a Crimean Veterans' Society. A liet of in tending members was read by Dr. Torment, and it was agreod that the association should bo oalled the Auckland Veterans'. Association, and that its object should be to celebrate the fall of Sebastopol on 9th September Captain Handley was elected President; Dr. Tennent, Vice.President; and Captain Burmingham, Messrs Steen, Power; Robertson, and Cairns, a com miltoo, Mr Robertson was elooted Secre tary, and Captain Burmingham Treasurer. The general meeting of the Association is to bo held in January.

The annual meeting of the Auckland Bowling and Lawn Tennis Club was hold on the 22nd November, Mr Thos. Maoffar lano presiding. Mr W. Tait (Seoretary and Treasurer) read the report and balance sheet,' the former being a mere sketch of the last season's operations, and the balance-sheet showing that tho revenue from all sources, inoludlng a balance of £3 88 8d from last year had been £C 9Os Bd, and the expenditure £64 11s 4d, leaving a balaiioe of £4 9s 4d at the credit of the Club. Officers were elected as follows :— .President, Mr. .Thos. Macffarlano; Secre tary and Treasurer, Mr W. Tait; com mittee, Messrs A. E; Mackechnie, J. Kirk-, wood, J. Winks, A. Bell, S. Jackson (jun.), J, Munro.

A meeting of gentlemen interested in the re-forming of the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club was held in the United Service Hotel on Nov. 25. Mr A. Brown occupied the chair. The Secretary of the old Club, Mr A. H. Cotter, stated that no meetings had been held for two years, and that there was a balance in hand of £0. Tho Chairman referred t6 the success of similar clubs in Dunedin, and considered that they should prove equally successful here. Mr Q. Orchard proposed, Mr J. M. Sibbin seconded, and it "wasr agreed, "That the Amateur Athletic dub be reformed on the old basis." It was decided to ask His Wor ship the Mayor to act as President. Mr T. Henderson, j on., was elected Vice-President; Mr J. M. Sibbin, Treasurer ; Mr H. Hare, "Secretary; and the Committee as follow*: —Messrs G. Orchard, B. W. Burgess, J» Cooper, A; Brown, K. Bipgs, H. Culpan, C. B. Chapman, J. Halyday, J.! Mathison, and A. H. Cotter, About thirty mombera ■were enrolled, and it wag agreed that all old members desirous of joining should be enrolled at ,once, while new members proposed will be balloted for at the next mooting. A vote of thunks to the Chairman terminated the meeting. •;

THE MINISTERIAL LAND POLICY.

A Special Sottlomont Schema.

The Wellington correspondent of the "Lyttelton Times" telegraphs :—" Your readers will have noticed that during the course of his speech at Wanganui last night, tho Hon. Mr Balknce, Minister of Lands, referred to tho proposals of the Government in regard to the establishment of Land Associations that may take up land to the extent of 10,000 acres. TM3 13 the scheme for special settlement to which I alluded in a telegram a few days ago, the particulars of which I am now able to supply you with. The regulations will probably bo gazotted in tho course of a week or so, and I understand the proposals of the Government will be as nearly as pos sible as follow:-Any association of per sons of not less than 25 who may be desirous of settling on Crown lands adjacent to each other may arrange with tho Govern ment for a block of land on the following general conditions: The block shall contain not less than one thousand acres, and not more than ten thousand acres, to be sur veyed into areas of not more than one hun. dred acres or thereabouts. The surveys will be conducted under the superintendence of the Surveyor-General of the colony, the cost not exceeding two shillings and six pence por acre, to be paid by the Associa tion in four instalments, three months to elapse between each payment, and the first paymenttobe madewhen the Association has agreed to takoup a special block. The Minis ter for Lands may reserve such portionsof tho block as he may deem necessary for educa tion, recreation, or'other public purposes. Tho allotment of the Association shall be made at such timo and in such manner as the Association may, with tho consent of tho Minister, determine; the price of the land will be a. matter for arrangement between the Minister and the Association, and will be payable as follows :—One-tenth of the price of the whole block shall be' paid prior to the allotment of sections. This will bein satisfaction of two first- ha f-yearly instalments to bo reckoned as duo from the next first day of January or July. Following thereafter, the payments shall bo made by each purchaser every 6 months in advance at the rate of one twentieth of the price of the land until the whole price has been paid. One-third of the price of tho land will, from time to time, as paiJ to tho Government be, repaid to the local body of the district or to the Association for expenditure on roads 4n ox leading to the block. The purchaser shall be entitled to a Crown grant of the land splected by him, provided ho has been continually in residential occupation of the iland selected by him, either porsonally or by a registered substitu c, for a period of six years, and has fulfilled all the condi tions. Tho purchasers shall bo registered members of the Asnociation, and shall not bo under eighteen years of age; each' purchaser shall, within two years from the date of his purchase, bring into cultivation not loss than one-tenth of tho land purchased by him. Within four years ho must bring into cultivation not less than one-fifth of such land, and within six years he must, in addition to tho fore going conditions, otl'ect substantial im provements of a permanent character on tho land to tho value of ono pound for every acre of the land held by him. " Cul tivation " is understood to moun fencing the land with timber or other dur able material, not being a brush fence, breaking up and laying down the land in English or other cultivated grass, or breaking up and planting or sow ing root or other crops therein, and in case of bush lands, tho felling and clearing' of timber and sowing of gross. "Substantial improvementsofapormanont character "may mean and include reclamation from swamps, clearing of bush or scrub, cultivation, planting with treos or live hedges,,,the uying-out and cultivating of gardens, encing, draining, making roads, sinking wella or water-tanks, constructing water races, or-in any way improving the character of the fertility of tho soil, or liP areotion-of any building. In the evont ;of tlio doath of a purchaser boforo having recoixfiJ a gftiitt of his land, his interest in tho arwmcntVill revert to his legal repre sentative*, who may dispose of it to a bonn /Me settlor approved by tho Minister, and the purchaser shall bo deemed to stand in the position of the piiaina,l occupant, aud a simjlqy prflvisjon, wi|l bo wAf!, for n.ny pur phaser 'potn,pe}le4 ,tp "leavo" the district /previous to liis being entitled to hie Grown grant, beforS-j completing the requisite terhis of occupation. It will be a proviso that no purchaser shall be allowed •to hold more than ope hundred acres. Failure to comply withAho' regulations involves forfeiture of all interest 111 tho land selected; and the latter may then bo sold by public auction to a bpnaflQe settler who, sjiali he deeded to Hand in the position of ihp original pHrchitser. N_o person .who is H holdpr qf hivl on. deferred payments, or \v)|O ]<as aoquircd any freehold under that system, or who is holder of any land under perpetual lease, or who holds more than three 'hundred and twenty acres of freehold land, shall bo entitled to become a purchaser undor the new regulations. -

■yijp Lopal Ctqvcrnvnont Bchome,

tyr Balliiijcd also referred, to tho subjeofe of Iqciil government and taxation, but ouly to inform his constituents and hearers that they would bo fully dealt with shortly by the Premier whon visiting Dunediu. As this may give rise to some anxiety as to what tho Government are doing in the direction indicated, I may state that consideration of the local government scheme still proceeds, but nothing has yet beon definitely settled or anything l<k.e \t, recognise that the" subject is of too much im portance to be dealt with . except in the most careful manner, and only aftor very minute and deliberate con sideration. The question of the incidence of taxation has not yet been dipcuesod in Cabinet. I understand that it is not alto gether improbable that Mr Ballance may visit the Mokau before returning to Wel lington.

PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL EX HIBITION.

A deputation, consisting of Messrs Fisher, Newman, Johnston, and Bcctham, M.H.R.'s, T. K. McDonald, Chairman of the Chamber of poinmerce, and twenty othe\r fcbritlemeri, pr'scipa.lly, lopal manu facturers, ' waited; qfl- the Colonial Tyeasurey qt Wellington on the 22nd Noyewber last respecting the Govern ment proposals re the Industrial Exhibi tions Sir Julius Vogel said the intention was to hold the Exhibition about August Ist, and make it a thoroughly colonial one. lie did not think LI.OOO would, oover" the cost, bnt the extra amount should not be largely over that amount. He courted the hearty co operation, of manufacturers, and would en deavour to give the necessary space for exhibits, of course using the discrimination necessary in allexhibitionsofthisnature. It is intended to take advantage of the Industrial Associations established in Auckland, Dunediri, and Christchurch, tho Committee of which would be the medium between the executive body of exhibition and the manu facturors, and give opinions as to the nature of exhibits, otc. A gentleman (Mr Collis) who had large experience in connection with exhibitions in Eng land and Australia was already in New Zealand, and was engaged in stimulating industries.' Carriage to and from the exhibition would be free, and the Govern ment hoped to defray a portion of the cost of fittings. Government would direct the expenditure. The duties of the Com mittee ' would be to take a share in the allotment of space, arrang ing, ceremonials, and taking part in the appointment o£ jurors. The latter, Sir Julius said/was a very important ques tion, and great care ' would have to be exercised in their selection so as to give every satisfaction to exhibitors. Govern ment intended to attach to a'l classes a gold medal, which was to be awarded in cases of particular merit which showed that in dustries could be economically pursued in the colony, and that the manufacturer had interested himself in fostering local in dustry. Persons who were awarded this gold medal would bo entitled to nominate either a son, daughtor, niece, or nephew for a scholarship h-oin a secondary school to the highest colo nial scholarships for eight years, and Government hoped this would be an incen tive to manufacturers. The Exhibition would be divided into five depart ments, viz.:—Fabrics, &,c':; fisheries, &c, machinery; &c.,'- elementary products, &c, mining apparatus, &c.

Work at the Te Awamuta gtul of the North Island trunk railway is expected to be started in the course of three months. Mr Hursthouee,- surveyor, is now at Alexandra, awaiting the arrival of Mrßoeh fort and a staff of assistants, who reached Auckland by the steamer Tarawera to-day. As aoon as possible, the permanent survey will be completed, and at-a -section of the work is finished the contract will be let. The despatch exercised iff _th|jj, matter is most eoinmendablo to thelJuiiatry.-, /;,»,.-.

"THE GENUINE, REAL SIB ROGER."

Auckland Evidence In Favour of the

Tichborno Claimant.

Tironnn a court of law has decided that the notorious Tlchborne Claimant is Arthur ! Orton, and though the adipose individual referred to has "served his term" for perjury in connection with his claim, there are many people who persist in believing that the " much-wronged nobleman " fairly made out his right to the vast fortunes and estates of the Tichborne family. It will be remembered that a point was made against "Sir Roger" because of his testifying that when the Bella was wrecked he was picked up by a three-masted American schooner called tho Osprey, bound for Melbourne. The other day, while re moving a number of ammunition cases from Mount Cook Barracks, Wellington, some of these were found to be marked "transport Osprey," dated variously 1844, 1846, ISO 4, and 1856, and bearing the names of destination—"For Melbourne," "For Hobart Town," "For Sydney." To con clude from these foots that the transport Osprey was the vessel which saved the wander itigTichborne heir would beas unwarrantable as the former conclusion that no ship of that name had picked him up. The re collections of an old Auckland resident on the subject throw considerable light on the question, his statement in effect being as follows:—

Ho remembers that a British transport called the Osprey visited New Zealand with stores shortly after the settlement of the colony. That waß a large vessel, and she was wrecked on the coast. Her figure-head, a large wooden representation of an osprey, was saved with other wreck-, ago, and gave its name to a public-house situated in High street, Auckland. At tho great fire over twenty years ago, the Osprey Hotel was burned down with a lot of other property, and the wooden flgure-head which hud escaped destruction by water perished by fire. It could not have been this ship which picked up young Tichborne, as he would never have made the mistake of de scribing it as an American schooner. But the gentleman who informs us of these facts has a clear recollection of a three-masted American schooner called the Oaprey arriving in Auckland Harbour. This wa3 shortly aftor the breaking out of the Californian " gold-fever," and the Osprey was tho first vessel to reach New Zealand direct from San Francisco, the cir cumstance being well remembered, through local merchants having sent goods to the "diggings,", and being anxious to obtain direct information as to the markets, which the churlish skipper of the Osprey refused to give. This, then, con clusively establishes the fact that there was a vessel, exactly answering the description given by the Claimant, trading in these seas at a time corresponding very nearly with that of his alleged rescue; and as there is some talk of the claim being prose cuted afresh, this evidence may have con siderable effect in corroborating the story so circumstantially told, but which was believed to be pure fictjon, Edward Aroher, now living at Wanganui, is said to have beon sailmaker on board the Osproy at the time tho survivors from the Bella woro picked up. The " Sydney Morning Herald" reprinted the Stau article on Tieihborne evidence, in tho course of which it was stated that " inquiries were diligently prosecuted at Melbourne, which proved that no three-masted schooner called the Osprey had ever visited Port Phillip." In a sub sequent irtsuo Mr J. Dobbie, of Darling street, Balmain, writes to say that the inquiries must have been very superficial, for had tho persons entrusted with tho task examined the newspapers of tho time (1853), they would have found that a three-masted schooner called 1 thfl Osprey .was then advertised in tho ■ Melbourne papers as trading between" Mel bourne and Hobart. Writing on the same j subject, Mr David Austin, of Regent-street, I Redfern; positively asserts that on th.c Ifth ! January, 1853, a three-inaatsd schooner! called tho Ouprey, Captain Hansen, cleared ' the Customs at Sydney for Melbourne, and. 1 that he was a passenger by the vessel to the I latter port. I

FIRES

Two dwelling • houses and a stable in Albany-street, Puncdin, wero burnt down on Kov,r 20.

A six-roomed house at Oxford, Canter-1 bury,-was burned down on Nov. 10, when oil but a few articles of clothing was des troyed. {• Two girls aged eight and two years re-1 spectively, daughters of Neil Currie, Switi bourne, Otojjd, were on Nov. 1U burned to death through the house accidentally taking ; lire while they were within, j ~ Shortly after midnight of Nov. "15 an j outbreak of fire occurred in a small grocery , shop on the Manukau Road, Parnell, oecu-', ; piod by Mrs Francos Sheppard. It ex tended r&pidly, and resulted in the destruc tion of that buttding, and also of a four roomed v-cottage* and two-story seven- ■ roomed grocery and. dwelling-house, occu,- | pied by Cornelius Lawrence and family and Mr and Mrs Rifiha.rd Forgie and family respectively. Xhq titfe was disooverod by Alfred Furba»%*'P%,EpJha. They were on their wa*pi^&.iJtpin town, when they stopped fojKppw»iit" j>efore separating in front of tieTarnell Borough Council offices. After, stfifieffng "there several niiuutcs, Epiha remarkaßfhat there- was a curious smell, "arid, looping round, they saw the whole centre shops in a blaze. The flaSes' immediately afterwards burst througlrfthe roof, ana extended in the directions^ the neighbouring, buildings. Owing tojcfeie defect in thj construction of the Ei^r^Jl&ll toiMriiiMras found im possible to.'giveSh alSrnv|»m it until a man had climbed upi'and/faving cut.the rope, rang the bell with the short end. Much valuable time Was: thus lost. In .the meantime, the inmates of the houses had been aroused. 'Some- difficulty was ex perienced in rescuing the .Lawrences,1 who had a very narrow escape* but then, were eventually got out., through the wiu.davv, , Forgie remained'some t{niQ in hia house in order to saye aoiao; of his household goods, and. he,, and: .hie^ wife barely imanaged,to gavesthemselves in time. ! The Parnell FirX.'Brigade- (under Superin '■ tendent WalkHsTthe Salvage Corps (under Captain Fio.ld); and. the police (undm- ger-. geant Pratt)mustered y\ force, and rpn dored YaluqWe" service, \mi several hours elapsed hefqye the five was extinguished. On the 82nd November the dwelling house of Mrs Joseph Bradley, at Papakura, was burnt down. The house, a two-storied one, stood near the railway, and the fire, : was caused by sparkß from a passing engini igniting the scrub adjacent. Tho furniture was got out in safety, Shortly after two o'clock on Dec. 1,,a. fire broke out in an attached storehouse and stable on the premises of the New Zea land Bakery, Manukau Road, Parnell. There was a high wind at the time, and the flames extending to the bakehouse, all three places were destroyed. The premises formed portion of the estate of the late Richard George, and were leased to John O'Brien, bootmaker. They were occupied by William O'Brien, son of the latter, who carries on business as a baker. A man named Walter Purdy, employed on tne premises as a baker, is said to have been the first to discover tho fire, while a neighbour named John Spence was also awakened by the glare of light, and assisted, in giving the alarm. The Parnell Fire Brigade was quickly on the scene, arid two leads of water having been laid on, .the flames were soon extinguished. Nothing is known of the origin of the fire. An outbreak of fire occurred on theevening of Dec. 1 in Mr Reid's workshop, Fort-street, but was fortunately discovered in time to prevent serious consequences. The glare in the interior of the shop was noticed by a man named Olaf Henricksen, and he at once gave : tho alarm. The door was burst open, wheu it was found that a bundle of shavings was on fire. The flames were speedily ex tinguished, and precaution taken to pre vent another outbreak. Nothing is known respecting the origin of tho fire. An alarm of fire was raised about 20 minutes to 2 on the morning of Dec. 2, and on nearing the scone it wa,s disi j covered that the building known as the Settlers' Hotel, Pukekohe, was in flames, and in less than half-an-hour it was completely destroyed. The lessee, Mr Jenkins, was absent in Auckland, and the only persons in the house at the time were two men en gaged in painting the premises prior to an application being mode for a- license. Ths inmates had a very narrow escape, l\Jr Dyer, on beingaVou'sed by'thesmslcjare,ran ! oiit'of the room, and 9$ getting to the head of the Btairs, was met by a volume of flame and smoke that drove him back. He then went and woke up bis companion, who, on seeing the trap in which they were caught* picked up the blankets, knotted them together, and calling on the other to follow, ran out te the balcony, and, fastening it to, the rails, they mado their escape to .the around. The night was very calm, other-, wise the neighbouring stores would have been in considerable danger. As it was, the inmates were very much alarmed. It is not known how the fire originated, nor the amount of insurance'that is on .the building. The only article saved beside tho clothing the men-stood up in W» 'blanketi. ; ~.;.,., v .-;. ■- >?P~'- -:-I*; a-^jULIS

RELIGIOUS

DONEWN Presbytery have sanctioned the introduction of the '"' kiet o' whussles " into Port Chalmers-Presbyterian Chnrch. Three Mormon eldera recently converted some Maoris at Poverty Bay. New South Wales is the only Austi alasian colony in which religious education is sanc tioned by the State.

The foundation stone of a new Presby terian church at North East Valley, Dune din, was laid on November 15.

Sister Cecilia, in the convent at Wan fanui, died on November 26. She had een ailing two days only. She had been at Wanganui about 2 months, and came originally from Greymouth, where her parents reside. The anniversary services of the Newton Congregational Sunday-school were held on Nov. 10 in Edinburgh-street. The several discourses received devout attention, and the collections amounted to the handsome sum of £40 12s 3d. This is one of the most flourishing Sunday-schooU in the suburb, under the superintendence of Mr Enoch Wood. The school has a very efficient staff of teachers, and has a roll ef 330 children.

T-jie question of Church praise has been remitted as an overture .to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, which meets at Christchurch in February, by the Auckland Presbytery. The Pres bytery considers that far too little atten tion is given by congregations to this element in divine service.

The Rev. Thomas Spurgeon has sent a cheque for £1,000 raised in England towards the building fund of the Auckland Taber nacle. The sum of £2,000 is required to clear the Churoh, and another £500 or £GOO are ex pooted from Home towards this amount. Mr Spurgeon leavos London for Melbourno in the Cuzco on the 23rd of this month, and will remain in Melbourne some weeks, arriving in Auckland in time to open the new building towards the end of January. It will be opened absolutely free from debt. ■The new Presbyterian Church at Surrey Hills is now so far advanced towards com pletion that itT"will be opened during the present month. A total amount of £115 has already been received in subscriptions towards fts cost, while a further sum of £35 Us is promised Another £100 is sought to. be raise!, and the previous canvass having met with a liberal response, no difficulty is apprehended in>"obtaining this further sum. Aftor paying for building, land, and harmonium, there will be a debt of £240 on tho site, which is held at 7 per cent., or Equal to a weekly rental of 6a. Credit is due to Rev*. Runciman and Somraerville for theiroxertions in the matter. The new Church is to be called St. Peter's.

Tho Wesleyan anniversary soiree was held on Nov. 25 in the Parnell Wosloyan Church, and gave unmixed satisfaction to a full audience. Tho ladies who presided at the tea tables were : Mesdames Creer, Withe ford, Carmichael, Thompson, Nicholson, Schofield, and MUses Carmichael and Sadler. The proceedings opened in. the usual manner with a hymn (731) and piayer by Rev. W. pqrsonsan. Mr Griffiths apolo gised far Rev. R. Bavin, who was at the Australasian Conference. He had much pleasure therefore in proposing Mr Richard Arthuraa chairman of tho meeting. The motion was unanimously carried.. Mr Arthur made an excellent speech on the rise and progress of Auckland, enumerating graphically the improvements in travel ling, the gardens, sanitary improvements, general culture, the furnishing of villas; progress was visible in every direction; also, in the sacred edifices dedicated to religious worship, and he hoped their Sunday-schools and churches would con tinue to be beautiful and attractive. (Cheers.) Mr Schofield rcac the annual re port, in which special reference was made to the Saturday evening religious service, and to the work ejone by the. Tract Society and the Ladies' Visiting Cormnit-tec j also to the Sunclay-schools under J^r Vithoford and Mrs Schofield, &n.d. the Band of Hope under Captajn L.eßo.y, The financial statement showed : — Receipts, £58 7s 7dj expenditure, £58 19s sd, leaving a balance duo' to Treasurer of 11s lOd, Suitable addresses were given by Revs. Meßsra. Parsonson, Griffith, and E C. Carr, Hymns and anthems were ronderm! «t intervals by the choir, and the meeting closed with thanks .vid the benediction.

The United Methodist Free Church, Pitt and Vincent street*, havo just celebrated their annual church anniversary. On Nov. 23 sermons were preached by the Rev. Thomas Adams and Rev. S. Macfarlane. Special selections of music wore rendered by the choir, and the receipts of the day amounted to £16 Is, being several pounds in advance of the last few years. On Nov. 25 the usjualsoiree was held. Tea was pro vided in the school-room, of which about 20Q partook. The fallowing ladies had oharge of the tables ;—Mesdames Tattersall, Wilkin?, Watt; Platt, Wheeler, Major, Waterhouae, Teasdale, Knott, Dumper, and Taylor. : After tea a very interesting and profitable public meeting was held in tho Church, under the presidency of the pastor of the Church. The annual report was read by the Secretary, Mr James Wrigley, which showed tho Church to be in a very pros perous and encouraging condition, report ing an inhrease in members, improved con gregatlons, and all the organisations to bo iri' a vigorous condition. Addresses were delivered by the Rev. W. S. Pottor on " The Obligations and Privileges of Mem bers," and by the Rev. J. Robertson on " Co-workers With God."

An ordination service was held, ou &?th November in the Otahuhvi Presbyterian Church, at which the Rev. D. J. Steel, M.A.;-was ordained, There was a rery large congregation of persons from Otahuhu and the neighbouring districts, also from Auckland. The following ministers were prosent:—Revs. J. Macky, T. Norrie, T. McKenzie Fraser, K. F. Macnicol, D. W. Runciman, G. B. Monro, J. Bruce, A. M. McCallum, R. Sommerville, J. Taylor (Wesleyan), and F. Gould (Anglican). My Steel Was culled for the purpose of assisting the Rev.. John Macky in h,ia three-fold sphere, of duty, in consequence of Mr Macky's physipa,} infirmity ft partly losing his eyesieh.t, and who will be relieved from continuous . duty by a wise division of, ministerial lubour. The Rev. T. MoKenzie Fraser, M. A., preached an excellent ordina tion sermon from the Book of the Revelations of St: John, chap. 2, verses 4 and 5.- Rev. Robert Sommerville navyftted the duties' pertaining tq the aaored office, and the WVMI questions having been satisfactorily answered by the new minister, the Rev. J. Macky engaged in prayer.' After the laying on of hands and the form of admission to the full rights of a minister, Revs. R. Sommerville 'and R. F. Macnicol delivored addresses,*, the former to the minister and the latter to the congregation. Rev. Mr Steel rbptiod, and asked tho divine blessing on his work as a minister of the Church. At six o'clock the soiree was opened in the Otahuhu Public Hall Tea was provided on a liberal scale, presided over by the ladies, namely, Mesdames' Lushingtoh, F. Andrews, Wal lace, Bond, Roberts'ori,-Thomson, Misses Douglas, WyHie, and Elmslie. After tea, a public meeting: was held, Rev. John Maoky in the chair. An excellent musical entertainment intervened, in which the fol lowing ladies and gentlemen took part:— Miss Elmslie, Mrs Kempton, MrGane 3 Mr Wallace, Mr E. Clayton, M,iss M Wallace, Mr J. Macky^ Mr T. Banna, Miss Wallace, and Mr A. Haiina, Interesting addresses were delivered by Revs.'J. Macky, D. J. Steel, T. Norrie, F. Gould, A. M. McCul lum; D. W. Runciman, and Taylor. On the motion of the Rev. T. M. Fraser, M.A., votes of thanks were given to the ladies who assisted at the tables, the sweet singers, and speakers, and the meeting then closed with tho Doxology.

Hksry Ash, a young man, has been crushed to death in a Nelson sawmill.

■ Mr James Udall, Oamaru, aged 75 years, was. drowned from tho steamer Beaiftjiful Stai1 on November 21. - ■;.

J. P. Ward,. Secretary of Napiev Liberal Association, has been committed for trial on a charge of forgery.

Government intend du^g tho recess, preparing "a broad sc^eva* Of local govern mpbt for Nw'gbftlant), which will grve full coflt^pj vi loan expenditure to County Councils, and probably also decentralise themanagemontof the educational system.

A daughter of Sir Julius Vogel is said to read out from the colonial papers all the little tit-bita abqut her papa. The other morning she exclaimed, '.' W>.!s here, pa! I always knew vojh weye rather fat; but these nasty'rapprs need not call you the Stout-YogeJ iWty,' need they 1 Six- iohn Hall received au enthusiastic reception on his return to Hororata, near Christchurch, on Nov. 26. A congratu latory address was presented from the resi dents. Sir John was driven home m a drag drawn by four white horses. A triumphal arch was erected before the gata of his resi dence. The ischocl children sang the National An,ttera. - _ The existence of the Potter Wool Scour ino- Company was practically terminated on" the forenoon of December 4th at the annual meeting of shareholders, at which Mr James Bnrtt presided. A resolution waa passed calling on the directors to wind' upvthe Company forthwith. From the j report and balance-sheet submitted, it ap peared that the result of the endeavours by the directors to induce the use of the Cein party's machines hw^be^n^n^ajlafa^toiy^

ACCIDENTS, CRIMES, AND INQUESTS.

The body of a bushman named Pain<i was found drowned in Kaukapakapa Giook, Helensvillo, on November 13

John Sylvester was found guilty of at tempted murder on the 3rd December at Napier, and sentenced to ten years' penaL servitude.

Fanny Bonningtbo, lately tried for child murder at Blenheim, and acquitted on the ground of insanity, has been found to be perfectly sane, and will shortly be set at liberty.

A man earned Rich. Clarridge^ has been found dead near his home at Napier with a wound on the forehead The police have been communicated with,, as the circum. stances surrounding the case point to foul play.

Trooper Prouse, of the Wairoa Light Horse, was shot at the Waverley rifle range, Wanganui, on Bth November. It appears that deceased was marking, and came out of the butt without putting out the danger board. Trooper Watt fired at tho time, and shot him dead. The deceased leaves a wife and six children.

William Meldrum, a shanty-keeper on the Otago Central Railway, has died from in juries inflicted upon him at midnight on December 1 by three men named Lawrence White, Thomas Crowley, and Geralfl. Fitz gerald. The two last-named men are in custody, and the police are looking for the other.

William Davis, master of the schooner Ruby, met with a severe accident at Whanga roa on the night of November 15. He w.i 3 found lying in a pool of blood at the foot of a cliff GOft. high, and was taken on board of his vessel. His collar-bone was found to hive been broken, his thumb broken, and ono ear nearly torn off, besides various lesser injuries on other parts of the body. It is supposed that Davis fell over the cliff whilst in a state of intoxication.

Mr H. (jiliett, proprietor of the National Hotel, Cambridge, whilst driving in his buggy on Nov. 30, met with a somewhat serious accident. The horse bolted, and collided with a gateway, throwing the occupant violently to the ground, when picked up ho was found to be in sensible and suffering from concussion of the brain. Ho is now recovering. On Dec. 3, shortly before 3 o'clock, as Const. Mitchell wns coming down Victoria street he heard a cry of " Police!" and looking in the direction whence the sound proceeded, saw a man running away with other two after him. One of the pursuers was bleeding from wounds on the face, and on the constable getting up to him, he stated that he had been stabbed by the man who was running away. The offender was promptly arrested, but not before he had run some distance, and had thrown away the knife he held in his hand. On being taken to the polioe station tho prisoner gave his name as Dumont The injured man, whose name is Durand, was taken to Dr. Torment's surgery, where his wounds were dressed.

A kanaka, named Tarehu, who was fined for drunkenness on November 28 at the Polico Court, made an attempt upon his life the same night with a gum digger's knife. Ho came down from the Kuipara gum-fields a few days ftgo, and on 'reaching Auckland, commenced squandering his earnings in drink, fls spent all his money, and £2 obtained on his watch, and while under the dire influence of delirium lnn\ei\s, cam-> mitted the rush act. Sergeant Kjely and one or two constables were, immediately on the spot, and tl\e swvioes of Dr. Hopper called[ into, requisition. The doctor at once gtitch.ed. up the throat and dressed the wound, and Tarehu was conveyed from his temporary lodgings by Chancery-streetto the Hospital,

On tho afternoon of Nov. 22nd it was dis covered that a fatal bathing accident had happened in the lmrbdur at Narthcoie, A dog was discovered sitting on a bundle of clothes, and this led io a, search being made, when t^o (Jead body of a young man named Wm. Gash wa3 found on the beaoh close by. Doooasod-i-aeldea at - Blrkenhea3, and waa " mate of the stoaraer plying betweon there and Auck land. Iv is mippoiod that ho had been seized with cramp while in bathing, and his body was left by th,o receding tide. His parents reside \$ Ponsonby. An in-, quest was hold, P-jft the body at the Forry Hotel, No^hcpto, at 6,3,0 p.m. the same day, w\\en a verdict of " Accidental death whilst bathing " was returned.

The harquentine Jaspe* Capt. Staunard, arrived at Port Chalmers on 30th Novem ber, 88 . days from Mauritius,' with a oaf go of sugar andaloe fibre. On November 4th she encountered a fearful hurricane froxu the S.W., which blew several sails to pieces and did other damage. A sea brake on board, hurling Captain Standard across the deck' against the starboard bulwarks, and seriousty bruising his left leg, from the effects oi whiob he has not yet recovered. At nino a.m. of, the uth another sea brolio on board, and washed Mr Hough ton, the mate, overboard. Tho ship wsa brought to 'the wind, and every effort made to save him, but without avail. So violent was the Htc.iift that foars were entertained that the vessel would founder. Oil bass were put to the wind ward, and proved of great assistance, and the fchifi ip under tho leo of St. Paul's Isla.ftd.for shelter. . V" ;'•

The havquci Loch Fergus ,which arrived from London ( on Dec. 4th, had "altogether a very unfortunate passage, the most unfor tunate circumstance being the death of two boys belonging|to the vessel. On October' let, the., weather being line and the wind light from the northward, gay» the barque a speed of about throa knots, when a lad named Henry Percy Warren fell from aloft. He strucfe tho deck heavily, and.was picked up in an unconscious state. Every possible effort was made to restore anima tion, but without avail,, and the poor follow expired three hours later. The second accident occurred on October 28th, in latitude 43 S., and longitude GOB., during thick weather, accompanied by raiji and with the wind blowing from. N.E. A boy named Patrick O'Keofg was employed on the top sail yo,rd,, and having missed his footing, fall overboard. There was a very high sea running, the night was dark, and the vessel going at 8 knots per hour, and as gome minutes elapsed before it was known the boy was overboard, it was found impossible to rescue him J - . A widow named Mary McDonnell, about 5Q years of age, who resides in Hobson-street, attempted suicide, at an early hour on November 13 by cutting her throat, arms, and feet, with broken glass. It appeared that during the eight Mrs McDonnell, who had been drinking, was; making a great noise, in consequence of which Constable Whyte was called upon to interview her. In company with Constftblo Cahill, he proceeded to a house in Hobson-Btreet occupied by Mrs Mclntyre, wharo Mrs McDonnell resided. They found the latter lying on. hex bid raving. There were cuts on both her arms, on her throat, under heir left breast, oh both; feet<in3elsewheye,evsdently inflicted by some blunt instrument. The woman was askei hoiy slje had received these wounds, and i replied that-she had made thorn herself with broken glass. She said she wished hersolf dead for fear the dogs and isats would eat her. She was conveyed in a cab to the Hospital, where her wounds were dressed by Dr. Bond. . .

Forged Bank oJE New Zealand notes are in circulation at Christchurch. They are qhout a quarter of an inoa. tjtortai: than the genuine notes, are on, hand-made paper, not to bo ft a a thai; of good note 3, the printing is fainter, and, they have a general washed-out appearance. They purport to be issued, at Ch,riat church on April 1, 185'!., and io be signed, ".J. Hay Barclay mana ge,;r." The words, ' '*oj.\o pnund," aye printed in green o$ the back aa on the genuine, nojtea, but the appearance of the printing fa very different. They were circulated cm tha racecourse, and were detected by eight of them being paid in to tho account of Mr Burko, publican, who had a booth on the course, who had bee« deceived by them. Six more, were, seized by the police on the «Wr*y and others have been fQun,d.. Three persons were detained by tho poljoo on the course, but all proved that, they lfnd been taken in themaolVes- ". . . , a . The dead body °f ° mfln waa found float ing in t.ho harbour on Nov. 15. It was; ohserved under the inner western tee of the r Queen-street Wharf about eleven o'clock1 by several seamen of the schooner Aurora, and while one of their number proceeded to give information to tha watei-. police,; the; others made a rop^'fy^ round toe corpse. Constable Maoiwy took charge of the re mains, fi,nd a, boat having been , obtained, they were removed to the morgue to await an inquest. It waa at first thought that) the body would pri)ve to be that of the man, who had been drowned- off Kauri. Painfcj several hours previously, but when- taken; from the water it was eeen that docotnpssi-1 tion was somewhat advanced. The body' was identified by Jatn(& Smi£h,ot the ketch Zillah, and George Somers, of the Bchooper Aurora, as a seafaring man named Fitzroy, 28 years of age. Hp came from- the South last week in the i.». Thomas Russell, and woe last seen on the wharf on Monday 'night, but wasnofunder;the influence of liquor then. 116 is a single man, and I>ot= longed to p""^- ' ,—^^^m

The youngest son of Mr J. Allan, of Hoi I"' Hill, Dunedin, while returning from rabbi 1 shooting on Nov. 29, attempted-to firec j the remaining* cartridge, but tjio ,glj missed fire twico He then sat down, holi | ing tho gun in a perpendicular .position-iH ; -,; order to extract tie cartridge; whicQ suddenly exploded, and he received tuj . charge in the left cheek, the bone balnii,;, broken and the ear carried away, || A crimewhichis happily ofrare occurreneff in New Zealand was committed afes Wanganui lately. While the SalvsMo F^ Amy wore conducting their outdoor servic ' • at the bottom of tho Avenue, Bomb vitric was thrown on <iue of the " lasses." Th ** consequence was.fhat her clothes were d's troyed, and the flesh of her neck aul _ shoulder severely burued, so uiuch co the U the unfortunate girl had to be taken to :| doctor to have the wounds dressed >k It is to be regretted that the pereon whifl threw the vitriol cannot be identified, t< n,;, that lie might be punished as he deserva ■' for-his dastardly,conduct. Had the flufc '_ reached tho girl's face it is more than likelj •• that she would have been blinded or dis- \ figured for life. • ' ie At Blenheim, Marlborough, on the 17tli n November a boy of 16 named John RoaeJ ' the fon of most respectable parents, dS1' tinguished himself by obtaining a gun. ill ~ the name of a farmer, from, n local trades*l man, and sallied forth into the country! pointing it in a-threatening manner at a young man in the street before leaving Blenheim. Tho boy having been.in.nSi '• lunatic asylum in consequence of strang<| TZ exploits in Wangauui district twely|; * months ago, his parents gave infor? mation .to the. -polioj, who searched) the country for the lad in the* afternoon, and took him and hi? gun inioj ' custody. Ho had. bought powder, blanks ': cartridges, provisions, nnd - several small: X articles of clothing, presumably fop "n, longf expedition. When arrested, ho said he had|i been out to ahoot-a young woman who had , "U deceived him, and who is of course entirely!* a creature of his imagination, and that he.fj I did not like to return to .his father's house': i because poison was - laid, fpr him alii'::; about the place,, which' is; equally^ untrue. Since his arrest ho states that thigS is not the first time ho imitated Ned Kelly,* r and that while iv Wellington Asylum hV, y I tried to hang himself in sheets', but although:.'' £ he liuiig half an hour he.failed because.ha? '■ r had not tied the slip-knot properly. .. . 1 An accident of a distressing characters occurred to a boat in the harbour en Noy.i 15, and resulted in the drowning of a; man;'1 name.] J. Daniela, and two little boys, sons of Mr Thomas Powell, formerly, a boarding-;r house keeper in Queen-street. The circum-' 't stances connected with the calamity are .aß_'.f;ff follows •—Mr Powell has a small farm in thVSj vicinity of Lucas's Creek, where he-^ resides with his family.: He was anxious .% to bring his boys Thomas, aged eight if years, and Georgo, qgod six' years ";| to town for the purposo of ha\dng them i'^ placed at school at the -North Shore. ■■ It was with this object in view tfiafe. he left home about five o'clock in the morn ; ing in a sixteen-feet sailing boat. •,Besides ' himself and the children,, thero was alsoitt; the boat a man named John Daniels, who- : was accustomed to wort-wfth him. There '■'"£ was a strong breeze blowing from the sovith-v ward during the trip dawn, but there was' no special reason fox anxiety on thia ac- ■ count. All weat.ivell until between tho Pottery nud Kauri Point, when a sudden ' squall struei the vessel, and she heeled over and sank immediately, Mr Powell pushed . an oar to one of tho boys,", and ho Cfiught it, * but soon relaxed his hold ancCdisappeareil. '■ The others also, sank, while Powell »:' managed to swim ashore with tho aid of an oar. The steamer Vivid passed on her way :"" to Auckland irrimed lately afterwarda, and J ■: he hailed her. A boat waseent' to hisTps- *'' gistance, andliavlnß been tak<ai on board,' ■■ j he was conveyed to town, where the matteV. t; waa reported to Serge4nt Clarke^ of .'the ' Water Police. The bodies -were foßofl nett ;' day on the beach., .... ... . '- A

MISCELLANEOUS.

•William. R(iv&.,-pi»»»o*^»iit»;ii;TtHis^"iieSlen" Jj xne'clfaibpion wrestlier of tie colbuy.v jj Ijasx.year six millions of rabbit skina were 'I exported from Otago.' '~ ; v '■ ■- ' -\'\ ,_; The electric lighting of Lyttclton wliarvee M is now,completed., "■■:„, :, . , •.,■,. v'M Auckland Tramway .Company carry over j; G,OOO passengers every week. , . ,1 On November 2C "a big .teia peranco tie- '~ monstration took'place at Port Albert. '. . V It has been resolved to fortn a Chamber of iManufacturers in W rt3lingtoni ■ j There are ljOSl entries at Dunedin -| Agricultural Society's Show this year, | againat 798 last year. •.■ ■■ ;/ ,/ " • •:'" j The big dredge at work on tho Otago; | bar has met with, an accident by which the, whola of her buckets are sunk in tho sea. ■ j The ■ working surveys of tho North ■ 1 Island trujk railway were commenced on !. ', November 27at tho Macton end of the line. •,'■'] Tho Dunedinbig dredge has .cost £00,000, including repairs, and is how useless be- ' • cauec.of t3ie loss"of tho buckets. Tasmanian meafesuppli.es, just now.are principally durivelLfrom Vietgria'and Now v j Zealand. . " "• ~.-;■'.■. ,',. ... .:.■■'.•-■,( j: s A company, with*a. capital of ,£25,000, is feeing formed at Chriatchurch to promote a I special settlement at'Hokiangii. . . j JOi: Grabha'm,. Inspector-General, of ! Hospitals and Lunatic Asylilms in this i colony, retire? at'the end of nbxt year. The. only Ministers how,,in Wellington are Sir Julius • Vogel. arid, the -Hon. Ms' "" Buckley.- ' ■: -.. ■• ■■■•:;'•'..■-:■■■• :. -i: >::":- S During,tho quarter, ending June, 1884 v, . N^y Zealand eitported 12,0^9,93411)91 :of wool, valued.at£s2C,l22, About j 00 naih'.e chiefs assembled. afctlißh.; Maori. Parliament hold lately at tho Kaipara, and .the speeches delivered were v most loyal tq the Queon. i ' ~ The.New Zealondb Govoiaiment Imve da ternoined to buy a battery of nine-pounden breech-loading guiis'from the English .Wapj Office for £900. .'-." ■< . ' # - : Another Maori embassy to, England is: - talked of on behalf.'of-the jNgapuhi, 'who wish to have Home Rule of a sort conferred upon tlicm. ■■.. : -'. ■••. •■... i Chiarini's Circus, recently drew. £5,200 in. Napier in fivodays, and yot the colony ia said to ha sufferingir6m "awaybof depres- Christchurcb and Dunedin Colleges have- ' each a Prsfessor ot liiw, and Political.1 C Economy, but Auckland tJniversity College, has not. " . 'i V .'.'"-.■ < . Mr Shelferd, a membor of *he Legislative Council of the Straitß>Ssttleineiiti, who ai rived by the Coptic, intends to mako a tour of New Zealand, and visit the 3Hot Lakes^ The Wellington police are prosecuting an employer of labour for keeping femnlesat work after hours; oh Saturdays, and fot ■ defective ventilation" of hiß'promisos. It ia reported that the Premier intends to> \ bring an action against' a leading Dunedin .;-; newspaper for alleged libel- in" a« leading ■■■ article recently published*,: . , , It is suggested that, members of the colo- . ; nial Chambers of Commerca;.should visit .;:;

Tonga, Samoa, and Tahiti,when the mail , service starts; in order £o find, oat 'the C 6- ; mercial wantsof theislands. :;y- ,■',,•■.' : ',:.',*' According to a cable.message received from Sydney, Mr Booths the founder of the- '-■?. Blue llibbon Army,..contemplates, making \ a three; c*onths' tour of New Zealand," eoirn tflooojng in Auckland in January next;. =■ The shopkeepers of"Wanganni .have re solved to give their assistants a weekly half holiday by closing at two p.m. on Satur days. Soqae consider. Thursday a better <■; day to close. ... •. : .-'- .-'.,;,., : Landis notyot tit fuminc pricesJaQhrist- v. church..; A. half-acre lot at the corner of . ■ Colombo anfl.Xanm^streets, with .PrSncs of Wales Hotel thereon, was sold on Kuv. 20 ■for'&,&«&■.■"■,■: .; - :. . > Twelve gentlemen recently wont up the ' Wanganui River in a steam launch to ex plore tho Tnlraa-country for gojd: Amouj; .thorn was an Englishman Iworth ovor £00,000. . ' : : ' ' .-- .'■':;, " 3t has been decided to hold a Congress of Trade Delogatcß oa Thureaay, January Bth, and siicceoding 'days, in Duiicdin. Six delegnSis are protnised ali;6fldy, and 40 are -expected. -: '.':'.-■''•-' . ■ .■; •_• : . '- ■ :': KSuring October ],635" persons amvea In New Zealand, and 703 loft. Koarly all who left wove Australian visitors returning to their homos. Auckland Uatt 274 arrivals , and 174 departures, being a clear gain of 100. ■■■ ■' ' , ■ '. - ■;v:/ . . The appeal case, Dawson v. tho Queen, has been ducided at Wellington in favour of appellant, who, recovers £l;(!G0 damages ■ from the Railway Departtnenfe, value oS property^ destroyed by a spark from, a rail - •soy engine. ■ , f It. is estimated that thefreehpld farms in i New Zealand are worth 34 niillions.steiUng ; 5 the houses and 'buildings, .piiyate and I public, 31 millip«s ; railways, II millions;" sheep and cattle, 9 millions ; merchandise, 18 millions ; making n total cf 103 millions sterling. ' . , x ' Tho biftha. ift.te..iA«sUliand-dis!;rict;ioir ; i *Novem,b« wecftyafeoiwhioh.; 101. were in i:SVebprougl(.i7iil^^ii^i were 57, of which '[ l&;were iR/tio-bqrowgKirSfxty-tliree mar • iiage certificates were taken f)ub, ... of which ■ :\ '\ 18 were solemnised by the Begistrar. .. ...:. ~:■ i Diwedin Cbamber "of Qoainiorcc is asking ~ * the Government to reduce tho "charges for j i the telephone. It appeare that the 'number'-'.' i of subsoribers in the Colony on April 30th L last was 7£M)» being Auv increase of. 494; on ' the previous year. Of tho total, 300 were I in Dunodin,' and "more suiting, "i'lie .rfr;,^-.

r^AUCKLAND EVENING STAR/ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1884,

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Companies.

Banks— New Zealand National Colonial Insurance— Now Zealand National South British Standard .. Union Colonial Accident IjOAN— N.Z.Ii.&MereantUc N.&Land Mortgage National Mortgage*. Gas— Auckland G.is Thames Gas.. Timbrb— _ Unions, and P. .. Auckland Timber.. New Zealand Merc'ry M'y Timber Ilelensville Timber SinrriNG— Union Steam Slnp., N.Z. Shipping Devonport Ferry .. Coromandel Steam. Northern Steam . Co\i*— Hay of Islands Coal Tauplri MISCELLANEOUS— Now Zealand Drug Arch Hill Brick and Tilo Auckland Fibrs .. Nortliern Hoot and Shoe N.Z. Frozen Meat .. N.Z. Tobacco ..

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