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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1103, 23 November 1869, Page 3

sooner is one man sentenced to four years 1 penal servitude and another to Iten; for' 'tiijej 'offence of horse stealing, 'o#a rglaring :i 'a^fjijt'$ s tiwafo£ nature is perpetrated. Bdtwfeen the night of Friday find morning of Saturday last, the BWbiear'bf Mr. Lop^dell wer^, Broken into, and 'a grey mare, his property,' Aß well as a saddle jßelpnging to Sergeanjli' Major Car-. keek, 'of the Armed Constabulary,' taken away. Immediate pursuifc;'id£. the. thieves took place; Mr. Scully, misled as to the route they bad taken, went-odio Waipawa. Messrs. Lopdell and Car Keek took the Meanee road, and came tip, at Redcliffe, with a notorious character named Floyd, accompanied by a lad belon^ing;to the 18th Regiment, named Hampton,,, both recently, discharged from gaol, where tbey had served a former sentence. They were token into custqdy -and ■' brought to : lown the same evening. The horse was riot then in their possession, haying, it is" believed, been turned back after they crossed the river; but, notwithstanding, the robbery is pretty sure to be brought home, especially as the younger prisoner is understood to be ready to turn Queen's evidence., s -Yesterday they were brought up ' at the Resident Magistrate's Court, and remanded till Wednesday for further evidence. Thb KxmkvJLYfX. — • Our Wellington telegraphic Correspondent noticed in last Hbbald the fact of specimens of Kaimanawa/qiiartz having been assayed in Auckland. We now learn, from the Wellington Evening Post, *' that the analysis of Kaimanawa- specimens* tested 1 by -Mr. Rapson, assayer Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, gave the following result: — loz. 17dwts. 21grfl.pf fine gold, and 19dwts. Hgrs.. of silver to the ton;" , In connection with the Kaimanawa, we yesterday saw a letter, written .hj, a, gentleman who. should be a good authority, now at Taupo, containing. an expression which/ though somewhat obscure, evidf n%; pointed to fiouieiccenfe and-iov porUnt discovery.