GOVERNMENT LAND SALE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 136, 20 April 1864, Page 3

GOVERNMENT LAND SALE.

One of the most important Provincial Government land sales which has taken place lor a very lout? time, came oil' yesterday in Mr. Samuel Cochrane'* auction mart, Fort street. The present Government! with a business-like capacity wine h docs them infinite credit, have determined that the public lands of the Province shall be no longer sold in a hole aud corner, but that the same trouble and care which a private individual would expend in collecting an audience of purchasers shall be used in their case. The present Government have no 'friends to serve by holding their auctions of public lands at one time iu one place at another time at another place. The public i'requentlv used to be quite unaware where the sale would"be held, the more particularly as until within the last fifteen mouths very little publicity was given to these auctions at all, until they were over. Matters are quite altered now, in some instances lithographed plans are prepared,—the sale is advertised like any other, and the services of a professional auctioneer secured. The public treasury is the gainer, and we are glad to sec that we have a Provincial Government which among its iaults, docs not at anv rate number that ot carelessly depj'cciating (lie money value of the public property, but prefers to" sell the public lands openly and to the best advantage. The consequence" of this new arrangement was, that yesterday, (he whole ot the lots oflered for sale, and there was a very long list, were quitted at satisfactory aud in un.c c; tcs. at exceedingly high prices ; one allotment of half an acre in the township ol Port Aibert, realizing £73. and the lowes-t price lor any half-acre lot reaching to £12. The land at the Y\ hnu sold for £1,-ril) 10s. Albert town, in lorty one hallacre lots, lor £Sti(s lis. l ive acres at Howick for £34 Ids.; the land at M angapai for £99 10s.; and that at ]<agian lor £lio2 b's. Ihe total amount realized was £3,i''7i) < ; s. Great credit is due to Mr. Warner, the newly appointed Deputy Land Commissioner, lor the manner in which the details connected with the sale were prepare d. Such a successful Government land sale has not lor years taken place in Auckland. NAVAL OIGABE. The following General Order was published on the departure ot the Lcmmodore and iSavai Lrigaite mm the lioiit to jem their ships : — "Tlie Lieut. -(jeiicral Cm.ii.i.nuiiig cuimO. penult the Navai ljrigaue to quit the li.lee uiiuei- bla immediate command without lecoruing bis appieeiation oi the* valuable tervices tliey Lave lcndeied UUling the late operations. _ •' lie n queMs that Conur.cdtrc Kir \\ imam >Visoinan wiil convey to loth clhecis and mm l.is tliank.-. Jul" their miitoiiu excellent conduct in tuu held, and 1.,r the ehcc-itul alacrity and unwavering zeal with which they have at all" times cartied out the harassing and arduous duties entailed to them in the river transpoit service. "'J. he Lieut.-Oeneial Commanding begs that Commodore Vv . Wiseman will accept his UCknowleuyiuent lor the col dial co-operation ho lias uver aHorded l.ini, and which lms aided most materially in conducing to tlio success ot the campaign."

" OWJS COKUESPOKDEKTS." Till! following exposure ot editorial customs and usages iu the -binpire City, is li'OlU tlio Jotter ol the "Wellington correspondent ot tile -Examiner.

Some littlo lime Lack, I mentioned that the "Wellington conespoiidi.ut 01 tiio bout/urn Cross liad gut lnmtell into lather hot water, m accouut-ot ilie way he hud wi'iUcn about ciiingion. .He hub lately come to griet lor having written, in his capacity as a convspouueut, in a rehoctmg manner ou a Ml. I'ai Klt, who styles hiinseli the " Ciwoiuolium ot' KngluuU ai>d Australia," and who has been ol' lato exhibiting his skiii in the swoid eiccrciso here. The paragraph winch lie complained ot, m a letter to the lutu pendant, was, tlu.t in the Civss of the llivix March, u.e correspondent slated that '• 1.0 ImU brought an mdLllcieul reputation ior himself and company lrom tllO South. iholiok.ssor (as he calls himstlO denied this in print, and lollowed up his denial by ealling at the Macertucr ollice and accusing Mr. JJuil the sub-editor, as being the author of the letter. He ueiuauued satistaclion in a very excited manner. Mr. iiuu shortly alter this, laid an inlomiatiou against hmi for having threatened, oil the 31st March, to compel hini to tight, arid that atterwurds ho took steps to tind out his abode; and that tiie complainant v.tLa afraid he would do him sonio bodily harm, and he claimed to bo protected by having the Projtssoi bound over to keep the peace, 'ihe Kesident Magis irate, before whom the case was heard, did not cousider the evidence sutiicient to grant tiie application, and dismissed the ease. Scarcely had this afl'air blown over, than another correspondent appears on the scene, being this tnue t'.iO correspondent ot the - V'Xi'ti'lintft'f'. 1 heso fire the facts: The Atli'u-tiscr of the dtli, under the heading of ■' Vi'ill'ul Mis-representation," relets to tliecrrospondent's letter lately published in the _Ve/f Zealamh-f regarding the meeting called hero iu connection with Mr. Ward and the Panama route, and winds up 1)V saying—•' We publish the above without auy comment beyond staling that the writer is connected with the editorial stall' of a contemporary, and that he is the same gentleman who, at the tiuie the discussion in connection with this matter was going on, buttonholed nearly every one ho met; and a=Ued him ,i Kh, mou ! lia've ye seen my article about the Panama root; I wiote it all myself, only what some one eise did.' " Mr. Hcnn Anderson, m connection with the Jmlcvciiilant, lo have laicen the above entirely to Innr-eli', and called oil Mi'. -Bull of the Ad re/ linn- (the same who came in for Professor Piui;er's odium,) and demanded sati:;lactioii, or an apology in the three papers. Mr. liull sensibly refused either. Mr. Anderson, without more to do, pulled a horsewhip out from under his coat, and commenced horsewhipping him. After a time they "ot into the street-, and soon the polico came to the rescue. Information was laid by Mr. K. Bull at the Police Court, against li. Anderson, lor assault, and damages £7 125., for smashing his watch and destroying his clothed ; another man iu connection with tub office, who came in for a punched hoad in the ncuttl-';,

laid a charge also for assault, and Sir- Joefph 8011,, the proprietor, laid a charge for £100 damages for type deoti oyml. Tho cose rarno off 011 Friday, and resulted in Jlr. Anderson being fined for the firet assuult £l, tor tiie second £7 damages, lor the third latine, and the last tell through. • threat intersest waamaniiested during-the trial, and the court was crowdod duriug the day. It is only fair to add that Mr. Bull r during this all air, acted with great prudence by not prov*.k:ng- the attack, or striking buck when he wa»

KGAfieAWAHiA.—From our own correspondent's letter we learn that it is "\V. 'lhomyson's avowed intention to tight it out to tlie last, th® recent disaster to our juries at ALuahu having: imbued tht.ru with lresh courage and hostility tothe irakeha. The surveyors were busy laying: out the to«n allotments which iudue course will be put up for sale.

Prisce or "Walts Theatbe.—yesterdayevening the" Hunchback" was presented to a full house. Tlie several characters in the piece were well sustained. Mr. Barry as Walter was most elleetive. and the courtship scene between Modus (Mr. Daniel's) and Helen (Miss Maggie Uriiliihs) was a remarkably good pieeo of acting, and naturally aud easily performed. Miss L'orcoran s dance was well received and encored. The evening's amusement conclued with •'jS an Good for A othing," which part Miaa Fanny Young acted to the lite.

Stabbing.—About 9 a.m. yesterday morning a man named Y» r m. Uoran, living in Chancery Street, stabbed another man named Joseph Martin, without any provocation, with a shoemaker's kuiie, in the shoulder : the wound is & dangerous one, aud we hear that the injured man is in a very precarious state. He lost a great quantity of blood. The prisoner was immediately taken into custody, and the ease will come on lor hearing this morning. The prisoner and Martin who were both shoemakers and lellow workmen in the same shop.

G-ROCKBn.fi. —The trade and private families will observe that a large and important sale of groceries and dry goods will be held this morning by Jones and Co., at their auction mart, .brunswick Euildings.

The Manager of the Union Bank of Australia has issued a notice, that ou the lOtli of May next, the business of the Bank will bo removed from the premises in Shortland-street to the new and handsome building which has been erected at the corner of Queen and Victoria Streets.

The Anatomical Museum.—Having now, after considerable difficulty, procured a suitable room, Mr. Webb's Music Saloon, the proprietors of the Anatomical Museum will now be able to present that exhibition to the Auckland public. This is gratifying, as we know from experience or' a similar" exhibition and course of lectures delivered tome twelve or fourteen years since in London, that the entertainment is likely, if i-roperiy conducted, io be moat instructive, giving "the audience an intimate acquaintance with the construction of the human iraine, which by n non-professional man could not perhaps be attained by any tmount of reading. Adults onlv are admitted to these exhibitions, and particular days are seta] art lor the attendance of ladies, in J' ligiand these lectures have, we know, largely } atiouiii d :'iid Liphly sj oken'ol by members 01 ilie cleileal and mi dual professions. The diihculty «ilh which the prtcuiing a suitable l Lcrn lor exhibition has been attended, is suggestive to our ia] iiaiists. It was but the other dav we reccmnu ndid the eviction ol a Masonic Hail, and endeavoured to show, that even pecuniarily, its erection v\ou!d be a success. The present- fact Leioie us iurther demonstrates what we then asserted. Chambeb of Comkeece. —The regular monthly meeting of this bod^ —that ot Thursday last was a special meeting —will he held to-morrow afternoon, at '6 o'elotk, in the Chamber, iortstreet. Thatcher will appear again this evening, at the Odd fellows' hall in his new eong "tile Devil among the taiiois" tnd otLcr novelties.