The Evening Star. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1871.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 570, 7 November 1871, Page 2

The Evening Star.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1871.

" For the cruse that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance*, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do.'

We withhold local and other intelligence to afford as much space as possible for the European and American news by the Nebraska. It is of ten days later date than tnat brought by the Suez mail, and is of an interesting character. The most striking portion of it, however, is the account of the fearful conflagration at Chicago. America is distinguished for doing things on a large scale, and the fire which hi" inst occurred is eminently characteristic. The city which has been the scone : of this deplorable event had astonished the world with the rapidi y of its rise, and it will no less astonish with the rapidity of its disappearance, for it may be said to have actually vanished off the earth. The amount of destitution and Buffering that .must have been caused is appalling, but the geographical position of this Queen of the West, which gave to it 6uch unexampled progress, will be sufficient to make it rapidly arise from the ashes and resume its commercial importance among the districts of the Far West. Rut a small portion of the former city had remained, and even this, on the moruing of t c departure of the mail-boat from Sun Francisco, had been fired, evidently by incen iiaries, probably from maliciousness, born of that frenzy which often does seize men's minds iv the presence of an awful calamity. - -:-y

As will be seen in another column, the de- j parture of the Duke of Edinburgh, for the • Bay of Islands is altered from Thursday to Friday—lor this week only. !

The s.s Keera will leave for .Napier direct at four o'clock to-day. I he Nebraska leaves for Sydney direct at 8 a.m. to-morrow.

Captain Stewart reports that a whirlwind passed over the island of' Tahiti, doing immense damage to property. A number of houses and tre^s. were blown" down, and the; sdhoouer Midge had her foremast carried away.

Mr. A. Sheath delivered a lecture yesterday evoning, at the Choral Hall, on " The Construction and Working of the Electric Telegraph." There was a fair audience, considering the counter-attractions to be found elsewhere, and a vote of thanks was passed to the lecturer. The lecture was illustrated with explanatory diagrams.

Wc are requested to meal ion that ibn smu of £39 17s. 6d., which has been collected for Mrs. Williams by Mr. William Head of this city, has been handed over to her. It will^be remembered thai, tlie hustbajid of Mrs. Williams was driuvned by the capsizing of a boat some little time sine at YVungarei.

A case of horse-whipping has occurred at Ross. A Mrs. O'Hara, keeping a donee room there, took off-uce «t certain remarks published in the Ross Guardian (Westhind), a,)d vented her rage on the poor unfortunate edito", by attempting to tbiM-h him Willi ahoro'ewhip. The editor says he was not much hurl, but got his clothes torn, and the following day laid an in formation against the <vou!<_ be Lolfi Monte*. The case, however, was dismissed ; tho magistraleco-iM U r ii that the enraged l:;d.y had had considerable p ovo -at ion.

Mr- B. Tutiks was gazetted yesterday op the member for Parnell iv tlie Provincial Council.

A man in Dublin, whose j-iw was broken by a dentist in pulling a to.tli, ha- obliui cd £100 damages.