Toßuildkrs and Ca rvkntkrs. —Tea dors for the erection of a shop and dwelling house in Hobson-slreet. will lie received by Mr. li. .Reals, until noon of Wednesday the 12th instant. ... ' ' Tenders for the labour re.pMi-od tor the erection of I'ou.y brick cottages on the JN'orth Shore, arc call, a ior by Mr. Samuel Cochrane, and will be received nt his Lund Mart, b'ort-strcel, until 4 p.m. of Friday next. Stmonos-stkeet School. — Mr. liichard Kcnls is prepared to receive, tender?, until noon of Wednesday, the t'ith instant, for .he erection of a building in Symonds-strcet ('<-.<• Ch'irch of England schools. Fruit.—Mr. i 3. Cochrane will sell by auction, this "morning, a quantity of apples and pears, just arrived, in fine condition, from the famous Wangarci orchard. AJkssks. Harris & Turner will sell a large quantity of fancy goods, also two cases of saddles and bridles. Messrs. E. A H. Laacs w ill sell to day a great vavio 3 j- of goods, comprising portmanteaus, saddles of every description, bridles, girths, furniture, carpets, matting, chairs, tea trays and sundries. i!i:iiuEu.v Congregational Ciiuiich.—f-Jcr-mons wilt be preached, on Sunday iiext, on the occasion of opening this new place of worship, in the morning by the Kev. Mr. Hill, and in the afternoon by Ihellev. J.Warren; and on Good Friday a tea-meeting will be held in connection with the above institution. Omnidus to PAX'Mriii:. —That enterprising provider of coach accommodation for the public, Air. Hardington. has. we see, placed omnibuses on the road between Panmure and Auckland. They will leave either place twice a day at '.) a.m. and I p.m. The Zebras. —A large audience assembled at the Greyhound Hotel 'yfstcrdny to inspect the two 'denier.' ic wbras, and thai marvellous pie : ='e of mechanism the Empress of Siam's watch and trinkets, just imported into Auckland. It is an exhibition well worth seeing, and \vu advise the public not to lose the present opportunity offered. Inquest.—An inquest upon the body of the little girl Mary Patterson (who it will hi remeivbered was accidentally shot by her brother on Saturday hist), Was held yesterday at the Criterion Hotel. Hobson-strcet. The jury returned a verdict of homicide by misadventure.

L.vhckxv.—A man named Price, a private in the '2nd Waikato .Regiment, was apprehended on Saturday last at the Esk Hedoubl, by Constable Delaney, and brought into town yesterday. He is charged with having, about the middle of December last, stolen iVom the store of Mr. Lees, lisle lledoubt, 1 gold chain, value £0 10s ; ). silver lever watch, £0 ; 1 silver geneva watch, £"} 10s; 1 silver geneva hunting watch, £2; total value. £18. The prisoner will be brought before their "Worships this morning. Police Couiir.—Yestekday.—Or. J lorn e was the Justice of the Peace that presided, and the only business brought before the Court was the conviction of some dozen drunkards. A Cask roit the Co-Ucensation Court. —A claim of a character that has not previously come under the consideration of the Commissioner, was made yesterday to the CouK. for the compensation of settlers for losses occasioned by the war. Captain divert. ol'Papakura. whose house it wiil be remembered, was attacked by Maoris on the 21-th July, ISOJ, when two persons were shot, made a blank chum for the loss of the services of his son, who was killed on that occasion, and whom he stated had the solo management of the farm. The claimant urged that he was as much entitled to receive damages on this account as he would have been if his son had perished from the result of a steam-boat or railway accident. Mr. Wallis also claimed £1000 on a somewhat similar ground, his son having been rendered imbecile by ill-usage from the natives. Mr. Beckham remarked that although he might bo quite inclined to take the ( same view, he did not consider that the investigation of such claims came within the scope of his commission, and advised both applicants to lay a statement of the circumstances before the General Government, failing which, it would still be open to them to proceed by petition to the House of Representatives. Aluekt Hall.—A general meeting of the subscribers was held yesterday, when it was unanimously resolved that the Company should be dissolved, and steps were ordered to be undertaken at once for winding-up the Company in the usual way. The reason, for breakiug-up the undertaking is that so many splendid Halls are now in course of erection in Auckland, that, the speculation is there p ore scarcely likely to be a paying one. '

Tub Value op. Rkpo».ti!?&.—Mr. Beckham made na observation yesterday in the Compensation Court which put the usefulness to the public of newspaper reports of all public proceedings in a striking light. It appears that tho attention of the neighbours of some of the claimants has been called to the reports that have been published of the claims already investigated, and they have , forwarded such information to the Court as is likely to lead to a very considerable modification of the judgment at first formed, and materially less on the amount allocated; one claim i 3 stated to be capable of being shown to be entirely fictitious. Cai>t. Levy and the Rev. T. S. Grace. — We take the following from a Southel'n jouriiali and are glad to sen a right view taken of this question, by the South:—"lt is sad.to think, that theological questions should be allowed to interfere- in • such a case as that of the rescue of Mr. Grace by Captain Levy from bondage and death ; yet it seems that such is the case. Mr. G., in danger, did not say, ' No, sir, you are a Jew, and I will trust to Providence and not to to you,' but permitted himself to be saved by his hands ; yet when safe on board the man-of-war, refused to thank him for what he had done, and the officers and crew of the ship wore restrained i'roin acknowledging the act with the customary English cheers by Bishop Selwyn, who came forward and requested them to renieuibei; that he was ii man of God ; and in a letter of thanks published on the 22nd instant, all and sundry are named by him —the Auckland Provincial Government for their promptitude, — the Christian Church for their prayers,—private friends for sympathy and kindness to his wife and family,—and Bishop Selwyn, but not one word to or-about the man that saved his life; nor wv, it until the next day when the indignation of the Auckland public had reached boiling heat, and for very shame he could no longer j desist, that the omission was supplied." First-Class Militia. —-The usual monthly parade of the first-class Militia (Ist battalion), took place yesterday morning, in the Albert Barracks square. A notification which had gone the round of the papers to the effect that defaulting militiamen would have to pay " a graceful tribute" (in the shape of ;t"20), somewhat liiil'ercnt to that paid by Mr. Weld to the militia " relief"* of the Wellington " Bobbies !" —had induced a better attendance than on former occasions. At the previous parade xencn village Hauipdens took the field; but yesterday, over one hundred responded to what in military piu'huu'.c is termed the '' call of duty/'—lea', ing only 400 absent. The Colonial Defence Minister (Major Atkinson) seems'to be about as happy and successful iu his treatment of the Auckland Militia as he has been with those of the Waikato regiments. J n this matter, as in many others, the evil effects of Ihe removal of the Sent of Government are painfully apparent—for had the gallant Major been in Auckland, " swearing strange oaths and bearded like a pard," the result might have been very different. As \h is. the minimum strength of the Auckland militia on parade, bids fair to reach the maximum of that of Wellington. Accident. — Man Drownud. —On Friday last, one of the contractor's party employed in the construction of the new Tamaki Bridge, at Panmure, lost his life under the following circumstances: —It appears that he had been fishing, in a dingy, ou the morning iu .pies'ion. and on returning ashore the dingy had somehow got adrift; he immediately stripped and swam off to recover it, but on reaching the middle of the stream, was swept down by the under current, which runs very strongly at that place. The deceased was named Martin , and was an excellent swimmer. Accident. —On Sunday evening last, about six o'clock, an accident occurred to a gentleman while driving a buggy on the Onehunga road. The 1 ..-e through'some cause took fright and bolted, smashing the shafts and front of the vehicle in its career. The occupant was thrown out, and, with the exception of some severe abrasions, escaped without further injury.

PjiESBYTKRiAVisii. — The Rev. Mr. Macmichael, who arrived recently in the ship Louisa, preached on Sunday forenoon in the new Presbyterian Church. "Wellington-street. The rev. gentleman selected his text from Jeremiah, chap, "xxxi., v. :). delivering therefrom an eloquent and instructive discourse to a crowded congregation, so much so indeed. that r-eats had to lie improvised by using trestles and planks for those who could not obtain sitting room in the usual places. Mr. Maemichael conducted the services, in the evening, at St. Andrew s, Alteu-road. He has been appointed by the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, as minister m Hawkc's.Pay, and we congraltdctc the Presbyterian Church in that province on having obtained so desirable and important a reinforcement to its strength in the person of Mr. jVlncmichael. He seems eminently suited" for the colonial sphere to which he has been allotted —a man who. not finding work, would make it. At the conclusion of the forenoon service, 51 r. Hill (the pastor of St. James's), announced his intention of giving a scries of Sunday evening lectures on ihc word " Pi-ei-iCus." He said there were some fourteen things in the Pible denominated " precious," each of which would form the subject of n lecture. Tho first of these was delivered last Sunday evening, to a crowded audience.

This Ejugkants at Waipipi.—A forcible | illustration of the evils into which this unhappy province is being thrust, by the reckless clique which n'3w bestrides the shoulders of the colony, as the old man of the sea did those of the veracious, but unlucky, Sinbad, is to be found m tinpresent position of the parly of Cape emigrants located on the Waipipi block. They have been struck oil' rations, and Mr. Zimmerman, the Emigration Oliicer appointed lo look after them, not having made his appearance for some two or three weeks, instead of residing amongst them, as was his duty, to direct and counsel them, they have recefved no pay, so that the poor, forlorn, helpless creatures, whom we have seduced to our shores by such rainbow-coloured promises, and at such a vast outlay of colonial treasure, would have been left in a state of something very like starvation, if Mr. Ji. Simpson, the contractor, had not happened to be visiting the settlement on a tour of inspection ot his multifarious establishments. -By an arrangement (provisional in more senses than one) with M r. Mcllsnp, he has undertaken to supply them with rations until the Superintendent is enabled to organise some other plan ot cither paving or feeding them. Ihis, however, will have to be done for the whole of the Government 'emigrants arrived and to arrive, as it is quite evidently the intention ot the General Government to repudiate the action ot their predecessors, in this matter, and throw the entire burden upon the Province of Auckland, a letter having been received by the Provincial Government by the hist Southern mail, from the Colonial Secretary, ordering definitively all pay to the emigrants to be stopped from the 30th instant. With the winter approaching, a scarcity of work and a plethora of men to compete lor it, the amount of misery that this heartless order must entaii upon the houseless, ibodless victims of a cruel delusion, cast ashore, as it were, in the midst of a desolate bush without resources, without; care, and without hope, is fearful to contemplate. An investigation into the murder of the Eev. S. C. Volkner took place yesterday at the Police Office, before T. Beckham, Esq. Tewai (native chief), Captain Levy, Mr. S. Levy, John Moore, and Owen Jones were examined. They deposed as to the murder, but could not swear as to the particular perpetrators of the erimo. !S T o additional facts to those already known were elicited. Gas.—The Chairman of the City Board, announced yesterday that all the gas lamps would be erected by ihc end of the present week.

CoMPnWsATiorr CounT.—At the sitting yesterday, Capt. Calvert, of the Htmua; made an enquiry relative to compensation for the loss of his son, on the same principle as that adopted by the mother country when life is lost by a railway accident. The Commissioner intimated that he would be glad, indeed tti, entertain such a claim, but he wa-i afraid it did not come within the scope of his commission; he, therefore, recommended Mr. Calvert to apply to the Secretary of State or to the General Assembly. A similar application was made last -week, when Mr. "VVallis assessed damages for injuries to his son at £1000. He was also requested to apply to the Government at "Wellington.