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New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 233, 11 August 1864, Page 3

The " Hikity-fif."—Owing fto the several hundreds of extra applications which were made for our issue of yesterday (which were all sold early in the morning), we have reprinted in to-day's paper the article on the " Old Tigers," which appeared yesterday, and have taken the precaution of having a sufficient supply. Larceny.—Last evening, about eight o'clock, one of the privates of the Commissariat corps noticed a man enter the forage store, which was open, and take therefrom a truss of hay. He at once followed the culprit, and had him taken in charge, and hauded over to the police. The man admitted the theft, and at once gave up another trues, which lie had previously stolen.

His name is William G-. Plowman, and tlie case will be gone into at the Police Court this morning. A KiV Zealand Gazette, the first printed at the now Government printing establishment, was issued yesterday. There is a decided improvement in the appearance of the Gazette, the pages being made both longer and wider, in the style of the Victorian and Sydney Gazettes. The General Government printing will be henceforth performed at their own printing office, instead of as heretofore, being let by contract. The Gazette contains a proclamation for the naturalization of certain persons ; a despatch, from the Secretary of State disallowing an Act " to enable Provincial Legislatures to pass laws authorising the compulsory taking of lauds for works of a public nature." This despatch, and one on postal matters, notifying increase of postage on correspondence between Great Britain and New Zealand, will be found in full elsewhere. There is a list of persons entitled to compensation under tlie " Pensioners' Compensation Act." There is also a statement of the liabilities and assets of the several Auckland Banks. Despatches.—ln another place will be found a despatch from Her Majesty's Secretary of State, disallowing the Act of the General Assembly " to enable Provincial Legislatures to pass laws authorising the compulsory taking of land for works of a public nature." The reason stated for doing so is that the Act as framed would apply equally to the lands of the Maoris as to those of the Europeans. There is this noticeable feature in the despatch, that whereas the Imperial sanction was withheld in the case of Local Legislatures, the power would evidently have been granted to the General Assembly itself. It is useless for the miserable clique who lick the very ground at the Governor's feet to attempt to throw dust in the eyes of the public, and declare that the management of native affairs is virtually taken out of the hands of the Assembly. Such a state of things would not be quietly borne by the colonists. We understand that the other defaulting officer of the Waikato regiments was captured by the bailiff, iVIr. Vernon, on a civil writ, and subsequently was taken 011 the criminal charge, that of embezzling the pay of his men. The prisoner is a lieutenant, of the name of Lawrence. Captain Email was brought up yesterday morning at the Police Court, and remanded until Friday next. The Auckland and Dkury Railway Commissioners are anxious, it appears, to receive tenders for the supply of fencing required for the proposed line of railway. It is intended to receive tenders for small portions of the line and by thus doing the Commissioners will bb acting wisely, as they will enable the settlers to compete for the portions in their own neighbourhood, and the work will be thus cheaper performed. Sltheme ContT. —The spring sessions will commence for the hearing of criminal cases on Tuesday, the Ist day of September, before Chief Justice Sir A. G. Arnej', and will be held in the Provincial Chambers. The hearing of civil cases will commence on the following Wednesday, the 7tli September. Mektixg of Working Classes. —We understand that 011 Monday evening next Mr. Henry Allen will hold a meeting of the employed and uncmplo3"ed of the working classes in Auckland in the Odd Eellows' Hall. Circus.—To-night Madame Tournear, tlie accomplished dancer 011 the tight rope, will take her benefit at the Californian Circus, and will be assisted in one of the best of her equestrian performances by Signer Raphael on his flying steed without either saddle or bridle. This spirited entertainment continues nightly to draw crowded houses. There will also be a new and laughable afterpiece. Last night the circus wa« again well tilled despite the lowering aspect of'(lie weather. We need scarcelj' wish Madame Tournear a full house. Her well known excellence as an artiste will command that.

To siAKK Poui.Tnv Pay.—Where eggs are so scarce and dear during the winter months, as they arc in all parts of New Zealand, the following remarks from the Yciii/kui may not be out of place : —" Poultry, well cared for," says that journal, " pay by the eggs aiul manure produced. The secret of having eggs all the winter is, to give the hens the advantage of summer, viz., warmth, shelter, light, water, and some animal food to supply the absence of insects, which the3 r gather in summer, with lime enough to make egg shells. They devour and grind up the weed seeds among the grain tailings fed to them; they eat almost every kind of grain. Bones pounded tine, and scraps of fish meat, they devour greedily and convert them into eggs. "We find that a cake of scraps from the fat boiling establishments, placed where the liens can pick at it, always keep the egg machine in operation. If the supply runs out the eggs are missing." TirE City Board are, we perceive, advertising for tenders for the removal of night soil from the City of Auckland. The terms of specification may be seen at the ollice of the Board. The Financial State of the Auckland City Board.—"We have just received a copy of the report of proceedings of the City Board of Commissioners from Ist June, ISO 3, to 30th June, 1 SO i. It contains the Secretary's minutes of the meetings of the Board, minutes of committees and virions reports; an abstract of income and expenditure, a statement of contract® entered into by the Board, also a statement oi monies due to, and liabilities of the Board, and a statement of arrears of rates. The liabilities of the Board amount to £10,55S 15s. 3d. ; the money owing to the Board and in the hands of the New Zealand Bank, £6,517 4s. 10d., showing a deficiency of £'1,3-11 10s. od. The income for the past year has been £16,34-1 lis. Id., of which the principal items are, —City rates, £1.503 14s. 10d., £5,000 on account of the £20.000 loan, and £3,049 3s. od. from the Provincial Government, 011 accout ot the main sewer. The expenditure has been short of this amount by £2,709 ss. lOd. The report is very carefully compiled, and reflects credit on the secretaries. Auckland Militia. —We notice the following promotion in yesterday's Gazette .- —" SubInspcctor Archibald Campbell Turner, of the Colonial Defence Force, to be Lieutenant in the Auckland Militia. Date of Commission, 27th July. 1564." The commissions of the following officers in the Auckland Militia have been cancelled Captain Allen Stewart, Auckland Militia; Lieut. GeorgeMaxime Horn, Auckland Militia. The resignation of the commission of Ensign William Brighton, of tlic Auckland Uifle Volunteers, lias been accepted. Chaiuty Begins at Home. —-"While large numbers of people in Great Britain are as utterly devoid of religious knowledge and instruction as were the ]Sew Zealanders when Cook first visited them —while people drop down dead ot j starvation in the streets of London, and the j white natives of the mother country are kept j with their noses to the grindstone —there can yet he found a large portion of men who, denying their sympathies and their aid to those of their own colour and race who need them, will, nevertheless, for the sake of gratifying a sentiment, lavish their whole care upon aboriginal races in the South Seas, who neither require such assistance nor are benefitted by it. The following is from the London Spectator. Let the people of Great Britain pluck first the beam that is in their own eye before they attempt to take the mote from the eye of colonists of New Zealand :—" Mr. Farnall, so"- well known as the representative of the Poor Law Board in Lancashire) during, the cotton famine, is now iuvesti"•atin" the management of the union in Betlinal Green. Some of the evidence given is extraordinary. To save money the guardians employed pauper porters and pauper nurses, and would employ a pauper master and doctor if they

dared. Tlic porter said that he was not permitted to allow any applicants to sit down in the lobby, and a dying woman was kept standing:, ■because, though there was a bench, it was agailist rules for paupers to sit on it. The master also, it appears, was in the habit-of refusing cases of urgent necessity until a formal order had been obtained, a proceeding for 'which hewas sharply rebuked by the Commissioner, The evidence, in fact, indicates that the guardians consider the poor as foes, whose death is, on the whole, a benefit to the community. A case is reported at Greenwich in -which a woman was found dead in the streets from hunger alone r there being no disease, but "not a particle of fat on the bodyand not a week passed without some cause of death from hunger in London. The simple cause of this atrocious state of affairs is the conduct of the workhouse officials, who, egged on by the petty shopkeepers who pay them, are so brutal and insolent that the starring die quietly rather than enter the "house." The following are the total amounts of liabilities and assets, notes in circulation and deposits of the Banks of the Colony.-—Union Bank of Australia —Notes in circulation, £176,067; deposits, £755,034 17s. 7d.: total labilities, £954,233 Is. lOd. ; total assets, £1,292,870; paid up capital, £1,000,000 ; reserve fund £295,0-19 9s. 7d. Bank of iS T ew South Wales.— Notes in circulation, £108,490 9s. 4d. ; deposits, £532,764 Is. 7d.: total liabilies, £717,350 ss. Bd.; total assets, £1,234,439195. 9d.; paid up capital, £750,000; reserve fund, £328,896 15s. Bd. Bank of New Zealand.—Notes in circulation; £350,5D5 12s. lid. ; deposits, £1,135,656 14s. lOd ; total liabilities, £1,559,754 10s. lid.; total assets, £1,982,255 19s. 5d.; paid up capital, £350,575; reserve fund, £111,314 Os. 2d. Bank of Otago.—Notes in circulation, £28,212 ; deposits, £54,724 6s. lid. ; total liabilities, £94,933 17s. 9d.; total assets. £306,968 ss. 9d.; paid up capital, £90,000; reserved fund, nil. Bank of Australasia.—Notes in circulation, £16,933 13s. lOd.; deposits, £40,532 os. 5d.: total liabilities, £62.583 16s. Id.; total assets, £183,656 10s. 5d.; paid up capital, £1,050,000; reserve fund, £340,681 lis. Pbince oe Wales Theatbe.—A fair house assembled here last night. Mr. Shiel Barry appeared in the " Happy Man" with the happiest effect; he played the part of Paddy Murphy extremely well, as he does almost every character in which he appears. The farce of " Apartments to Let," is a laughable little piece, answering the purpose of affording a hearty laugli, but ephemeral, and with little in the shape of plot. It owes whatever of success it meets with entirely to the rendering of the different characters by the artists engaged in it. The farce of " Paddy Miles' Boy" went off with its usual success. To-night " Ireland as it was" will be presented. It is an excellent piece, exceedingly well played, by all engaged in it. We may mention the Messrs. Barry, as specially deserving of commendation in their several roles. The entertainment will conclude with the " Happy Man." To-morrow, Friday, Mr. Shiel Barry's benefit will take place, and we heartily wish him a house which his undoubted merit may fairly lead him to expect. Bank of Auckland. —The first call of ten shillings per share is payable on Thursday, the loth of September. TnE following despatches from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the colonies were published in yesterday's. New Zealand Gazette:— Downing-street, 26th May, 1864. Sir, —I linvc had under my consideration the following Act passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand in their last session : No. 10. " An Act to enable Provincial Legislatures to pass Laws authorizing the compulsory taking of Land for Works of a Public nature." I observe that this Act applies to all land within the province, without excepting those to which the Is alive Title has not been extinguished. This appears to me open to grave objection in point of policy. The Home Government lias, I think, under present circumstances a right to require that lawn calculated to cuTect so seriously the relations between the European and Native races should be. enacted on the responsibility, and by the authority," not of a Local Council, who, from the nature of the case, can only represent local interests, but of the General Assemble, whose decisions are adopted with reference . to the interests of the whole colony, and are brought under the cognizance of the Home Government. I shall be unable, therefore, to advise that the Act No. 10 should be confirmed by the Queen in its present shape. If native Lands were excepted from • its operation, it would be unobjectionable. I have, &c., EiwaHD CiBDWELL. Governor Sir George Grev, K.C.11-, &c., &.C., &1-. Downing-street, Btli May, 1864. Sir,- —1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch So. 11, of the 11th of January, transmitting a Bill entitled " An Act to prevent the i iutlux of Criminals into New Zealand," together with a memorandum by your responsible advisers on this subject. As Iler Majesty's Government did not advise the disallowance of the Act passed to prevent the entrance into Victoria of persons formerly sentenced to transportation iu the United Kingdom but whose sentences had expired, so neither would they now advise the disallowance of a similar Act if passed by the New Zealand Legislature. They would, however, see the passing of such an Act with much regret, and they certainly could not advise that Parliament should be invited to pass a law for the express purpose of enabling a Colonial Legislature to enact a provision so little in accordance with Imperial policy, and which, in the opinion of their own judges, is not called for by any proved necessity. I have, &c., Edward Card well. Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.8., &.c., &c., &e. General Post Office, Auckland, 3rd August, 1864. The following Despatch from Hot Majesty's Principal Secretary of-State for the Colonies, notifying an increase in the rate of Postage on Letters despatched from Great Britain to Now Zealand, is published for rreneral information. ° No alteration is made in the postage on letters from New Zealand to Great Britain, which.remains as formerly, viz. :—6d. for oz., via Southampton, and 10d. via Marseilles. Thomas B. Gillies, Postmaster-General. Downing Street, 26th January, 1864. Sir,—l have the honor to transmit to you a copy of a letter from the Lords Commissioners of the . Treasury, stating that on and after the Ist July next, the postage on letters despatchedfromthiscountry- to the Australian Colonies and New Zealand, via Southampton, will be raised to one shilling the halfi ounce letter, and via Marseilles, to one shilling and • fourpcnce, together with some other minor changes, j You will be good enough to lay this communication beforo j-our Responsible Advisers for their con- !• sideration, and also in oigler that these changeH may ! become publicly known, j I have, &c., Newcastle. Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.8., ], &c., &c., &c.

i Treasury Chambers, > I llth January, 186-k 1 I Sib, —I am commanded by the Lords Commis- - I sioners of Her Majesty's-Treasury to acquaint you 3 that the Postmaster-General has called the attention f of this Board to the question of raising the Postage i on letters to the Australian Colonies and New Zea--3 • land, with a view to diminish the loss at present r sustained in this service, and my lords concur with e his Lordship in opinion that steps should he taken for this purposo. '■ 1 ' ' ' ' 3 am to observe that the increase from 6d. to Is. " the half-ounce, • which took effect more than six months ago in the charge upon letters between this country and the West indies, and the Cape of Good <1 Hope, and Natal, these last Colonies, like those m cl Australia, with a considerable emigrant population, y has had a very satisfactory result.

. The Capo "sorvieo, ■which, at 'the loxvw rate of! Postage and the greator amorrrit of subsidy paid, was . i -until then attended with great loss, is now self-sup-'porting, whilst- the loss sustained in the service to. .'and from the West Indies has been greatly reduced, -very little diminution of correspondence having fol- ; lowed the increase m the rate of Postige. t My Lords have every reason to believe that similar satisfactory results would attend an augmentation in : rtho rate of postage on letters to £h<o Australian Colonies ind 'New Zealand, and they will therefore request • that the Duko of Kewcnstle will inform the Governments of tbosp (Colonies th:;t, on Ist July nest, the r Postn<ro on nil loiters despatched from this country to :thrse colonics, via Southampton, will be raited to one .-shilling the half-ounce letter, and the Postage on letters sent tfiV* Marseilles will be raised to ono shilling und four pence tho half-ounce letter, hut that at the fiatne time, with tho view of relief being aflbrdod to the correspondence of tho poorer class of emigrants, the Postage on letters convoyed by private shi{s will be reduced to 4d. the half-ounce letter. , My Lords further request that the Duke of NewCastle will, in making communication to the Governments of the respective Colonies, observe to them that each Colony -will be at liberty to alter to such extent as it may think proper the Postage on letters despatched to ox through the United Kingdom* I am to state further that my Lords propose that simultaneously with tho raising of tho Postage on letters to tho Australian Colonies and New Zealand, tho scale of weight should be modified and mado to correspond with the scalo recently adopted in respect of letters exchanged witli the British West Indies, Cape of Good Hope, &o. "Under this amended scale one rate of Postage will be charged for each halfounce that a letter may weigh, so that a letter weighing more than an ounce but n<"t more than H ounce will be charged three rates of Postage, a letter weighing more than two ounces, but not 2i ounces, four rates of Postago, instead of five and six rates respectively as under the existing scale of progression. * It wilj, however, bo for the Colonial Post Office to decide whether they will adopt these changes with regard to letters despatched to or tlirough the United Kingdom or not, as they may feel disposed. I have, i'c., Sir V. Rogers, Hurt, F. Pf.et,.