The Evening Star. TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1871.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 432, 30 May 1871, Page 2

The Evening Star. TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1871.

A notification that appears in anothei column with reference to deserters, will, we bave no doubt, afford very great satisfaction to the class of men referred to. Whether, on. the whole, it is a notification in ■which the public will find grounds for satisfaction is another question. There is a very large number of men in this province who have so evinced their preference for us, and their disrelish for the restraints of the service, as to have abandoned the profession of arras. We should be much obliged to the Secretary of State for the kind gift ; though, in all pi-oba-bility, the home authorities have the happy consciousness that attends the practice of charity, and feel that in conferring thiß favor on the colonies, blessed is he that giveth a good deal more than he that receiveth. The class of men who have deserted from Her Majesty's service appears to be such that their absence from their various regiments will be a relief; and if we may judge from the number of offences against our laws that have been brought home to these fugitives from discipline, the removal of the whole class from our shores would be ac-! cepted as no inconsiderable boon. However as it is we congratulate these gentlemen on their being freed from the burden of fears which must have considerably disturbed their enjoyment of colonial lifo ; and we hope that they will henceforth live such quiet and peaceable lives as become good colonists.

As reported in our issue yesterday, a meeting of the City Council was held at three o'clock. A report from Messrs. J. B. Russell and Beveridge on the 13th schedule of the Corporations Act, was read, and certain of the by-laws contained in the schedule were adopted. It was resolved to procure a corporation seal, and the sum of £300 was fixed as salary for a town clerk, it being resolved that a gentleman of legal training should be appointed. Mr. Harrop was appointed treasurer, at £250 a-yesir, and the subject of valuator and collector was deferred till nest meeting A committee,, was appointed, to consider the proposed Gas Company's Act, and various other matters, of greater or less importance, were transacted.

We are much pleased to see that Madame Mohler's kindness in so generously and liberally rendering assistance to so many concerts for charitable and other purposes, is about being recognised in a complimentary benefit concert to be given in the City Hall. Several gentlemen, -who are sure to secure a success, have taken the matter warmly in hands, and the conceit, which i 3 to take place on the Bth of June, will, we have no doubt, evince the kindly feelings of the people of Auckland towards Mrs. MolJer, and their- appreciation of her musical abilities.

We have been informed that the result of crushing the specimen weighing 102 lbs., exhibited at the Bank of New Zealand last week, from the Tokatea Company's claim, is 161 ozs. of gold.

An accident of a very painful nature occurred on Thursday last at Waikomiti, by which a young lad about Vk years of age, named Richard Campbell, was severely Fnjured. The lad, in company with another, was out shooting, and had placed the butt of his gun on a stone, resting his arm on the muzzle. The butt slipping ofi" the stone, the concussion caused the gun to explode, sending the charge completely through the arm. The boy was immediately taken to Dr. Aickin's residence, and attended to ; and subsequently has been taken inio hospital. The small bones which had been shattered have been removed, aud we are glad to learn that amputation will not be necessary, and that the boy is in a fair way of recovery.

A meeting of the directors of the newly formed Mutual Mining Investment Society was held to-day at 1 o'clock in the office of the legal manager, Mr. Williams, in West Queen-street. Mr. H. J. Ellis was elected chairman of directors, and various matters of detail connected with the Society was transacted. Instructions were given to have the deed of incorporation prepared, to be submitted to a general meeting of members, which will be held, if possible, on Friday evening. A considerable number of shares, additional, have been taken up, and otherwise the project appears to have been very favourably received by the public. As the intention is to afford to those of the community who have but small means for investment, the advantages of association, there is much in the new institution to commend it to public favour. The shared being 200 in number, of the value of £10 each, payable in weekly instalments of 55., it is within the reach of all j and if care and judgment are used in the transaction of business, there is every prospect of the society being a most successful one.

The p.e. Royal Alfred will leave for G-rahamstown this evening, at 7 o'clock.

We regret that a typographical error occurred in our share market report of yesterday. In Mr.^Shell's quotations "Ballarat and Bising Sun" shares, appeared as sold for 18s, whereas it should have been as in the report fur"nished tp us, 10a.

Mgr. Monrad, some years ago a farmer in New Zealand, has been nominated to the bishopric of Holland-Falster, in Denmark.

Eeturn of sick treated during the week ending Saturday, May 27, 1871, at the Provincial Hospital:—Eemained last return, 70 ; admitted since, 7; discharged 6; died, 1; remaining, 70 ; males, 59 ; females, 11. Arrangement of eases :—Fever (convalescent), 1 ; scrofula, 1; syphilis, 1; cancer, 1; phthisis, 8 ; diabetes, 1; rheumatism, 5; hysteria, 1 ; delirium tremens, 2 ; epilepsy, 1 ; paralysis', 11; bronchitis, 5 ; heart disease, 1; dyspepsia, 1'; necrosis, 2 ; fractures, 5 ; abscess and ulcer, 5 ; fistula, '2; wounds and contusions, 2 ; amaurosis, 1; hydrocele, 1; auchylosis, 1 \ cutaneous, 2 j debility, 9. A woman died on the 28th instant of pneumonia. Thanks are returned to Messrs. B. and E. Maclean for five brace of pheasants, and to Mrs. Beck for a large bundle of old linen.

We are informed that a number of gentlemen are about to tender Madam Moller a complimentary concert on Thursday, the Bth of June, at the City Hall, in return for her kindness in coming forward and taking such an active part at entertainments on behalf of our local charities.

Applications are required by the Corporation from persons eligible for the situation of Town Clerk. The salary is three hundred pounds per annum. The ceremony of licensing a lay reader took place at St. Paul's on Whit Sunday (28th instant). The young gentleman who has just been licensed is Mr. J. Q-aston Harrison, who has lately arrived from England witlj the view of becoming a candidate for holy orders in this diocese. The A.S.N.Co.'s steamer Auckland made her official trial trip yesterday. The Government Steam Surveyor (Mr. Broderick), and-several gentlemen intimately interested in the mercantile steam marine, were on board, and but one opinion was expressed, that compound engines, supplemented by the four-bladed propellor, had produced results of an extraordinary character. Hitherto the Auckland was capable of preforming an eight knot service, but now her average speed will be ten knots. On the trip yesterday she ran the measured mile in 5 minutes 39 seconds, being a fraction under 11 knots; the steam pressure being 32 pounds and the revolutions 54. This rate will increase as the machinery settles to its work ; and it must prove gratifying to the directory to find that so happy a result has accrued from their enterprise. In entrusting to the manager of their engineering department, a test of the most modern improvements in steam propulsion has been most favourably exemplified, and they will doubtless he applied to other vessels of the company's fleet. The Auckland leaves for Melbourne to-day. Captain Walker, late of the City of Adelaide, will be in command. Her passenger accommodation is of a very superior. character, and her well-known qualities as a sea boat will no doubt bo appreciated by parties travelling between this port and Victoria.— Sydney Herald. The Caledonian Gold Mining Compakty. —Persons who have shares in the above gold mining company or any other claims, should remember that there is another claim quite as rich a3 the Caledonian although not quite so large ; it turns out as good specimens of pastry, poultry, &c., as anyone would wish to see. H. H. Smith's patent, portable, smoke-conaum-ing ovens-give a daily dividend of from Is. to ss. by the little fire they use, and are acknowledged to be the best and cheapest ovens in the colony. From 30s. upwards. Parties wishing to obtain one of these shares can do so by paying a visit; to H. H. Smith's Auckland Iron Works, High-street (opposite Rout's store). N.B.—All kinds of ovens made and repaired ; also a small American stove and Colebrook Dale range cheap.—[ A »vt.]