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

Auckland Star, Volume III, Issue 626, 13 January 1872, Page 2

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

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance. For the future in the distance,

And the good that we can do."

SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1872

In consequence of its being Saturday even™ ing, and merchants and others being unable to obtain their letters to-night, we have delayed the publication of the Stab in order to have contained the list of consignments and most important of the news by the Hero.

We have received a copy of tho first issue of the Neil) Zealand Volunteer Gazelle and Colonial Forces Record this day published. It is intended as the organ of our citizen soldiers, conducted by Messrs. Morrissey and Featon, and printed by Messrs. Jones and Tombs, gives a largo amount of reading matter of special interest to the defenders of the country, has a fair show of advertisements for a first issue, and is very neatly, carefully, and well printed. We believe the journal was needed for the diffusion of special volunteer intelligence, that it will be conducted in a manner worthy of the importance of the sphere it is intended to fill, aud that it will do great good to the cause of volunteering, and we very cordially and sincerely wish our youug contemporary the utmost success. But having thus spoken kindly of our little sister, wc trust she will not be petulant or saucy if we take her by the hand and talk to her even like unto a father. And why does she defile her virgin pages by an acoount of a brutal prize fight ? Why such unbecoming slang among the first lispiugs issuing from her infant lips ? Sh c prattles about "a good mill," whatever that is, and she says that one of those fellows " sealed about 10 stun 10 pounds." How did he do that? or what sort of a monster was he, our little sister ? Was he an alligator or a crocodile, or one of the little fishes ? Those fellows had several " turns-«up " and " proceeded to adjust their toilet;" " they set to work with both hands to a close," whatever that is ; and " they came up blowing ; " one

of them " visited " the othor " on the frontispiece" and* " received on the ribs and jaw in return." Then tho other fellow "landed a swinging right-hauder " that sent that fellow "reeling;" then this fellow " appeared to bo in difficulties,3' when the other fellow " landed him one on the head." We hope that this unseemly jargon is not understood by many in tho class for which the labours of our contemporary are intended, and shall sincerely regret if those labours are to tend to popularising in New Zealand the vulgar and brutal practice of prize fighting. Another Bubleader is in favour of a monument to "Nat Langham." Who on earth was " Nat Langham " ? Did any one in New Zealand ever bofore hear of " Nat Langham" or " poor old Nat," as he is affectionately called ? A perusal of the article reveals him as a "celebrated pugilist," and the Editor won't allow hispoorold battered carcase" to rot in peace, but pleading with the Volunteers of New Zealand " trusts that the monument " will be alike worthy of the Association and the man." It appears " that two gentlemen, H. H. and Q-. Wilbraham, Esq:*, well known patrons of poor old Nat, called at our office yesterday and left a subscription of £2 each ;" and the - editor of the Volunteer Gazette " will gladly receive any further sum. that may be sent to us for tlie worthy object." Is this really written in Auckland, and addressed to men and gentlemen inspired with the ennobling purpose of upholding and defending the institutions of their country. We can hardly conceive the motive principle that inspired two men, or rather " gentlemen', to contribute their bank notes for such a purpose. | H. H. properly conceals his identity, as beiug ashamed of tho deed, but Q*. Wilbrahan, Esq., glories in it as a meritorious act. It appears they are " well known patrons of poor old Nat." We don't kno*v them, but then we did not know "poor old Nat" until to»day. But really we are sorry that the editorial "we" should descend to advocating as a " worthy object " such a thing as that, in Auckland here, where the Orphan Home and Destitute Children's Asylum and a multitude of other charities, are pleading earnestly for help. Ear be it from us to say a word against the "noble art of self-defence," for we hold that every man should as a moral duty learn to use those instruments of defence with which nature provided him. But to exalt as a hero in the eyes of our citizen soldiers, a bully, whose profession is outlawed by the institutions of tho country, and whose patrons can only enjoy the brutal pastime when skulking from the police, is certainly not to exhibit the spirit that should animate the sacred cause of Volunteering. We quite understand the example that suggested such an unseemly subject to our contemporary, hut the vulgar imitation of the defects, instead of , the merits of home ountry Volunteer journals is such an exhibition of flunkyism as will not commend our young contemporary in New Zealand. We say this in no spirit of unkindness to our contemporary. We sincerely wish it well, and the articles were simply a mistake. There will be found in New Zealand but a very small number of the class that takes delight in the brutal and unlawful practice of pugilism • I and it is not the class that fills tho ranks of our *

volunteers, but one that is found among tho

hangers on of pothouses. Our young contemporary has espoused the interests of one of the noblest causes and Bhould be enspired by the noblest sentiments ; and instead of moving our contempt by asking us to subscribe for the " worthy object," to wit, a monument to " poor old Nat," our contemporary, considering the proper and elevating purposes of citizen soldiering, should assume such an elevation of tone and Bentiment as would inspire us with feelings of respect, and even admiration.

A "Funny Dog" sends us the following:— "Tho most potent curative agent iv the pre. sent age is acknowledged to be tlie art of dioting patients. Whether incorporated bodies can also be treated successfully in a similar way to single individuals has not yet been proved, but it may yot be proved ; and I think I should not bo far wrong, in the pre sent sickly state of the Borough Council, to recommend them to take a bit of pap."

A vast quantity of evidence was taken yesterday in the case brought against W. G. Pratt, for selling arms to aboriginal natives without having first obtained a "license. The defence was principally to the effect that prisoner had not sold the ammunition, but had given it to the natives in return for kindness received. The ohargo was not proved, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Prisoner was again arraigned this morning on a similar charge.

A reward of £50 has been offered for tho discovery of the person who is supposed to have set fire to Mr. Carey's house on Wednesday last.

Mr. T- Kirk has been appointed a Collector under the Census Act for tho province of Auckland.

The Government have thought it necessary to issue a notice in the Gazelle cautioning persons in the habit of giving and accepting unstamped receipts as acquittance for money paid by cheque, under the belief that the stamp borne by the cheque exonerates the receipt from liability to stamp duty. Such receipts it states aro inadmissible as evidence of tho payment of money, evoj-y person signing, or causing the signature of any such receipt, is liable to a penalty of £10 for each offence.

Tho Northern Wairoa annual'races and regatta will take place on Wednesday and Thursday next.

Tenders are required by the Collector o. Customs for the purchase of tho materials o the customhouse at Onehunga.

The Queen has approved of the appoint, ment of Don David Boosie Cruickshank, as Consul at Auckland for the Chilian Kepublic.

A meeting of tho Auckland Dairymen's Mutual Provident Association was held last evening at the Mount Eden Vine Hotel, Mr. F. Laurie in the chair. Officers and a committee were appointed, and rules made for the working of the association, and amounts of yubhcriptions fixed for members. Compensation against loss of cattle was also agreed upon, and the mode to be adopted by the .Society.

It is not possible for legislation to make provision for every offence against society of which a man maybe guilty, and it is in such neglected cases that it is impossible to repress a desire for the interposition of Mr. Justice Lynch Yesterday six little children, the eldest of them nine years old, and the youngest of them two, tendered a shilling to Mr. Carr, tho boatbuilder, as hire for a boat. Will it be believed by Mr. Carr's fellow citizens that for the sake or getting that shilling he allowed those helploss children to push off into th 0 open Bay. The danger of their position was fortunately observed by a person having more the feelings of our humanity, who swam off to tho boat and rescued the children. There is no legal means of punishing Mr. Carr but we ask is there a magistrate, or a judge orja jury in the;; country that would say that it wasj ill-done, _ if the parents of these little children, Messrs. 'Ihoro* good, Evens and Eyre, procured a stout rope and securely lashing Mr. Carr to the end of it, conveyed him to the end of the wharf and gave him the benefit of somo fifty or sixty immersions in the waves, to the tender mercies of whif;h he had consigned their offspring. We understand that the parents are desirous of finding out in what way the childeren bocame possessed of tho shilling, but with thorough consistency to the part which he had previously played in^ the transaction, Mr.

Carr declines to give the slightest aid, by saying whether it was in silver or in copper, that he received tho price of blood. We hope Mr. Carr will preserve tho shilling, it is worth preserving; and that it will long remind him of his great good fortune in that he does not reside in a country where, on the spur of of the momont people assemble and sling a man up to a tree for any outrage committed on society.

A meeting of the sub-committee of the Caledonian Sports was held last evening, and the report of receipts and disbursements was read by the secretary. It showed a net profit of £200 after paying off all liabilities.

A Lyttelton telegram states fihat the figurehead mentioned in the Tararua's telegrams as having been found on the coast of South Australia has been recognised aa that of tho Blue Jacket.

The Maoris in Canterbury have so far adopted the h_bit3 of the pakehas as to play cricket, and appear to be by no means despicable players. A correspondent, writing to the Lyttelton Times, gives an account of a match in which the Maoris gave the pakehas a drubbing : the white men scored 76 in the first innings, a»d 11 in the seoond; the Maoris gained a total of 97.

An Invercargill paper writes : —" Prom eyery quarter in the neighbournood, where the situation is all exposed, we have received intelligence of the disastrous effects of the late gale upon garden and crops generally. Tho withering and blighting effect of the wind has left the mark on vegetation, turning the luxuriant growth of Friday night into a blackened, scorched-looking, shrivelled up stump, and entirely blasting the expectations of many who indulged in the hope of having this season an abundant crop of fruit and vegetables."

| We would call the attention of our readers Ito the establishment of the skating Rink at the City Hall. Last evening it was welt patronised and bids fair to become a popular amusement in Auckland. Miss Drury's pupils will assemble at Kensington House, Wakefield'Street, on Monday next.

The Rev. S. Edger, 8.A., will conduct services in the City Hall, to-morrow. Morningj the subject will be " Christian Asceticism and the love of tho beautiful." Eveniug, " Spiri. tualism, its folly and wisdom." The stranded whale at HoHtika promises to undergo a metamorphose, and to become a white elephant to its owners. "Nothing," says the Star, '' has yet been done in the way of dissection, and the huge mass is already so far advanced in decomposition as to cause a a most pestilential stench."