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New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 290, 17 October 1864, Page 4

Emiguatiox from Tins Cafe.—Lest the public should be misled by the statements which appeared in the Southern Cru.l.l of Saturday 011 this matter, we may state that some time ago the General Government appointed Mr. Berg as I heir agent at the Cape, and through the Superintendent (but on their own account) made arrangements for the transmission of 1000 emigrants. Of these, the first instalment has arrived by the ' Sfeinwarder.' The second vessel, with about 'JoO adults, will arrive in the Hamburgh barque ' Alfred,' Captain Decker, which was to leave the Cape one month after the ' Stein warder.' In six weeks after the 'Alfred,' the brig ' Reioherstieg' was to follow with about 120 adults ; and the ' C'resar Godefiroy,' with ;iiiO more. Those vessels belong to tin* well known firm of John Ctesar Godeli'roy and Son, of Hamburgh, ami are consigned to Mr. l'etschler, of this city. Trade is, wo learn, very dull at the Cape, and work exceedingly scarce —this latter fact is owing chiefly to the number of -Lascars in the colony, who work for one-half the usual rate of wages given for European labor, Owing to the superabundance of persons seeking employment, even the Cape press is recommending emigration from tiie colony, and the authorities are assisting the. snme object: 11 will be quite possible, if the General Assembly will only insist on their policy being carried out, that the GeneVal Governnjent >'<vy i'vtunrn fc Jar gp miro bsr'«. ii"

suitable immigrants for tlie Wailato, ivlo are 1 already colonised. A thousand immigrants may thus lie shortly expeetcd to arrive in thisprovinee. How Las Sir George Grey enabled the colonial Govcnimont to meet the demands i'or settlement which these immigrants will have upon them ? By keeping the Waikato as a reserve for Maori rebels, and by mining the credit of the colony in the English money market! Duck Stealing.—ln the Resident Magistrate's Court, on Saturday, tlic four boys namecL Glyn, Banks, Smith, and Jones, charged with the above offence, and the particulars of which appeared in our columns, were remanded on the application of the Commissioner of Police, until this day, in order to procure further evidence against them and for the ducks to be identified by the several owners. X) ksertion. —William Burns pleaded guilty in the Police Court on Saturday of haying deserted from the 40th, and Win. Dobsou, from the (JStli regiments. The accuseds were handed over to the military authorities. Tjik Accident to Bisiiop Baekei!. —We take tlie following from the I'alhurst Times: — On Sunday last, when the incumbent (the Pev. Thomas Sliarpe) commenced the evening service at All Saints, it was remarked by many, with surprise and disappointment, the Bishop ot Sydney had not taken his seat in the chancel.. Few persons at that time were aware that an accident had befallen h.is lordship whilst returning f rom Peel, by which he had been thrown out of his carriage, and, it was feared, seriously injured. The service, nevertheless, proceeded as usual till the singing of the Psalm before the seinion, when the minds of the congregation were relieved by the Bishop coming out of the vestry-room, and going into the pulpit. He evidently suffered pain f rom the injuries he had received, particularly on the right temple, which was considerably swollen. JN'evertheless, the Bishop discoursed eloquently and impressively from the text, Philippians iv., 7. The collection made after the sermon, in aid of the Church Society, amounted to £31 10s. The accident occurred in tlie town,.in front of the Royal Oak Hotel, William-street, and was occasioned by tlie starting of the bolt which attached the carriage to the i'orewlicels. On the bolt flying out. the horses ran away with the shafts and i'orewlieels, when the body of the carriage fell, find (he Bishop fell forward upon his head. On Monday morning his left knee-cap being very painful. Dr. Machattie was therefore sent for, and pronounced tlie injuries from which the Bishop suffered to be comparatively unimportant, and as he was rapidly recovering, he resolved to proceed to Carcoar, which he accordingly did. Common Drunkard.—Mary Kearns pleaded guilty in the Police Court, yesterday, to being a common drunkard, and injuring her health by excessive driuking. The accused was ordered to find two sureties of £30 each, to be on her good behaviour for the space of six months. Caution to Shoi'KKKI'EKS. —John Shine, who was convicted in the [Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday of stealing a pair of "Nugget" boots, from the shop of ill". Jveeven, in Queenstreet, again made his appearance before his Worship, on Saturday morning, charged with having stolen a boiler, value 155.. from Mr. Pout's store, A r ulcan-lane. The accused pleaded guilty, and waj sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for tlie first offenee, and four months for the second, with hard labour. Pickpockets in Auckland. —Amongst the many tokens of Auckland's growth in the walks of civilization, we have to notice the existence of pickpockets. On Friday evening a gentleman well-known in this city- lost a purse containing the sum of £22 10s. at the Theatre Poyal. It appears the victim had occasion to draw the above sum from the Union Bank of Australia in order to meet a payment due upon that day, and which according to agreement was to be handed over at the place of amusement in question. The paj'or having met the payee at the appointed rendezvous, upon feeling in his pockets found to Lis litter astonishment that his money was gone. 11 appears that the gentleman iipon paying for his ticket in the boxes drew out his purse, and he imagines that he was watched by two suspicious looking individuals who were standing near him at the time. The money was represented by two tell pound notes, two one pound notes, and a half sovereign ; unfortunately however the numbers of the notes are not known. We understand the police have received information of the theft, and we trust the daring perpetrators inky be brought to justice.

SurrosF.D Lunacy.—The police received information, on Saturday evening, that a man generally known as " Cranky William" was wandering about Chancery-street In a state of semi-nudity, and otherwise behaving in an extraordinary manner, it appears the individual in question lias just come out of prison, having been confined for throwing a bone at a boy, and

severely injuring him, the report of which appeared in our columns. It is supposed by the authorities that the offender is not in sound mind, and he was, therefore, convoyed to the guard-room, preparatory to a lurther examination. Lu.n*acv.—A man named George Buel, a native of Hamburgh, was taken into custody yesterday evening, on a charge of being of unsound mind. It appears the unfortunate fellow ■was an inmate of the Militia Hospital, and the authorities of that institution not being able to manage him, they were compelled to hand him over to the police. Cricket, Match-— A cricket match was played at the Albert Barracks, on Saturday afternoon, between eleven oilieers and eleven non-commissioned oflicers and men of the garrison. The game terminated in favour of the former by eight runs. The weather was particularly propitious, and a large number of spectators were present. The batting of Major Greaves was worthy of all praise, as also that of Bombadier Briggs and privates Clements and Miils. A i'('Ki.ANi) and Dra'Jtv Railway.—The works of the above railway have for the past week been the subject of much solicitude amongst our local contractors. It was known that the lowest tender was that of Mr. S. Blandford, of this city, and it was anticipated that by the works being performed by Auckland contractors the greater amount of money would thus be retained in the Province. We hear, however, that after every reasonable latitude as to time for furnishing the required deposit had been given by the Commissioners, the gentleman furnishing the lowest tender has been unable to satisfy the .Hoard as to his ability to carry out the undertaking, and his tender is consequently null and void. The next lowest tender is that of Messrs. Higgins and Bloomfield, of Victoria, well-known contractors, and whose name is a guarantee that if they undertake the works, they will not fail to complete them satisfactorily. The Commissioners will do well to close with those gentlemen as early as possible, and we believe such is their intention so as to take advantage of the season of fine weather which is now setting inWk take the following from the Canterbury Standard of the 4th instant. "Fire in Cashelstreet, Cliristcliurch.—At a little past two o'clock on Sunday morning tb.e firebell, to the sound of which we have become pretty well accustomed of late, gave forth its warning voice. The locality of the lire was soon discovered, and in an increditablv short space of tune there was an immense crowd of people in that part of Cashel-street which lies between Colombo-street and Oxford Terrace. The fire broke out iu the store of H. G. Burnoll, seedsman and ironmonger. This store was a corrugated iron budding, standing almost apart, and, we understand has never had a lire ligliLed in it. Almost before the alarm was given, the whole store was one mass of flame, and before tha engines could ireach the ground, prompt us they the next n'TUpi'.'li by 1': 'I

caught fire. The Brigade "were not slow in the* movements, and it wis not., long ere No. 2 Engine commenced playingontlie burning buildings. Fortunately the morning was still, with just a gentle breeze from the north-east. Had it been otherwise, had there been a strong breeze from S W or llio whole of the block from tile Pail way Chop House round to Oxford Terrace west, must have gone. The. coal and timber yards belonging to Messrs. Montgomery and Co., lying to the east ot Mr. Uurnell s store were saved, with but trilling loss, by a copious supply of water promptly applied. Ihe house next to Mr. Edgar's and belonging to Mr. P ef .- L'Oclv was in flames two or three times, but the constant stream of water poured on it from J\o. 2 Engine preserved it from destruction. Tlic Volunteers mustered on the ground inforce, and were under the command of Major u liite and Captains WardandPaclc. It wasevidentto every one present how useful they were m keeping the ground so as to allow the [Brigade room to ork, and to see what they were about. Instead of the frantic rushing hither and thither, shouting and stamping, &c., wnich we saw so much of on the occasion of the fire in Colombo Street, there was order and system, and to this may be attributed in some degree the success, with which the fire was got under. The Fire Brigade certainly deserve the utmost credit ior the promptitude with which they arrived oe. the ground, and the energy displayed by them in their work, livery one will naturally ask how did this lire originate? Had it occurrcd on Saturday night shortly after business hours the same amount of surprise would not have been felt, but when a lire breaks out in the dead of night in an unoccupied house where there is not even a fire place, aud where the goods kept, one would suppose, are not of a very inflammable nature, the mystery is increased, and the desire to be at the bottom of it is increased also. Of course there will be an inquiry, and we trust it will be a more satisfactory one than the last. Mr. HurneH's store, including stock, was insured for £1400 in the Lancashire and Kew Zealand Office. Mr. Edgar's stock, at least the most of it, was saved, and we learn that the house was insured in the London and Liverpool for £300. Although Mr. Peacock's house was saved from being entirely destroyed, it is considerably damaged, both by the fire, and also owing to the studs having been cut in order that it necessary it might be pulled down. About ten o clock on Sunday morning, and before the engines had left the street, an alarm was given of a house on fire in the Triangle. It turned out to be a chimney in Mr. Raphael's house, and was extinguished almost immediately.^ Cuicket. —The members of the "United" and the ''Auckland" Cricket Clubs met on their grounds for practice on Saturday afternoon. The weather being all that could be desired, there was a good muster. A game was also played on the grounds of the Auckland Club between the Grammer School boys and the Wesleyans. > . Ox Saturday forenoon the ' Eclipse arrived from Taurangawith despatchesfor the Governor; On the delivers' of which, after waiting but a few hours, she returned to the same port. Ekkatum.—liy a mistake of the printer, an error occurs in Mr'. Stark s report ot Saturday. The lialf-voarlv dividends of the Iscw Zealand 13ank should be quoted at £15 per cent., not, as by mistake it appeared on Saturday, 15s per cent.

Theatre Royal.—Tlie old English Opera, or musical burletta, as it used to be called, ot "liobKoy" was repeated ou Saturday evening, its first representation having apparently given perfectly satisiaetion, as the announcement of its second performance drew together a crowded and weil-pleased audience, amongst whom we noticed a large infusion of the Caledonian element, who highly appreciated the excellent acting ot all the characters, the romautio scenery, and the old familiar songs of Scotland with which the piece is interspersed. Miss Juno's commanding figure, rich voice, and vigorous acting tell well iu the part of the outlaw's heroic but somewhat vixenish wife, and the same may be said ot Mr. Tom Fawcett as the noble-hearted robber himsell. Mr. George Fawcett's Uailie is a finished and careful performance, and Mr. Dunn's Dougal Creature, an original and amusing one. Miss liOyal has a long and arduous part as Francis Osbaldistone, wluch she both plays and sings extremely well. The irresistably droll, tliougli utterly absurd farce of the " Toodles," loliowed, and concluded the entertainment. Great expectations are raised about the production this evening of the " Merchant ot A'enice, as it con-* tains several characters exactly fitted to the present company, and much pains have been taken in getting it up.

Pkikce of "VYai.es' The.vtkj?.—Tiie WiLfc' and tile AY ay.—The managers here Lave, without doubt, the will to deserve siicees?.and have never hit upon a more efficacious -icay than in the production of the above drama. On Saturday night the house was .crowded to -witness it, and the triumph it achieved was most unqalified and deserved. The scenery culled clown a most perfect storm of approbation, and, indeed, we neter remember to' have witnessed a larger amount of applause bestowed upon any production than was elicited by the piecc and the exponents of the several characters. Everyone in the company seems filied to their parts, and the result is a perfect success. Where all are good it is almost invidious to particularise, but the principals hare at least the most exertion to go through, and we ma*' say that Mr. Uarry's Old Martin, excellent as was his first rendering of the part, has now become a mellowed and perfect performance, and we have no hesitation in pronouncing it the best among the many excellent renderings oi character we have witnessed at his hands. Miss Fanny Young plays what would in many ladies hands be a most critical part for the success of the piay—a serious male part, and yet we never remember to have seen her ".villi more satisfaction or to more advantage, and we have no hesitation in saying that no gentleman of the company could have given a more correct interpretation of the character, and the success oi the play is never jeopardised nor her own reputation imperilled by what, in less skilful hands, might prove a dangerous experiment. Mr. West and Mr. (Jliii'ord both acquitted themselves much to the satisfaction of their audience, and both re | ceived substantial tokens of their approbation. Miss tGrillith and Miss Corcorau were received with the customary jnarks of favor from their many admirers. Mr. Daniels played the part of "'.Joe Beans" with a great deal of taste and discretion —he drew continually on his audience for laughter and applause, and the bills were always honored on demand. Mr. Daniels while according all the humours of the part, bears in miud Hamlet's advice, and laughs not himself,- " to seton some quantity of barren spectator? to laugh too." Attiie termination of the drama, in K.'plyw a plainly expressed desire of the audience, the curtain rose again upon the characters. Mr. ALassey, the scenic artist, was then called lor, and -was escorted on by Mr. 13any, who, in a few well-chosen sentences, expressed much satisfaction that Mr. Massey's claims had been so readily acknowledged by the audience, and announced a hope that great as was the success oi the present drama, it would be eclipsed by iuture productions. At the conclusion of Mr. .Barry s remarks some enthusiastic individuals demanded three cheers for the " Prince of Wales' Theatre, which were given with right good will.

Assault.—An aggravated assault was committed cm Saturday afternoon, upon the person of Mt Grant, painter and glazier, corner ot Queen aud "Wakelield-streets. It appears some quarrel took piace between the two parties at the shop of Mr. Smith, greengrocer, next to the United Service Hotel, in Queeu-street, when the asgiiUp.Tji gutting es':it«d, seised a three-pound-•w-oifiH* whirls *••«<» lyiiici •?>« thsJ c«»Rt««v

struck Mr. Grant with it Tjelnncl liis left car. Mr. Grant becoming insensible and bleeding profusely, it was considered necessary to remove him to the hotel and to send for Dr. Philson, wlio upon his arrival, dressed the wound, and ordered the injured party- to be conveyed to his residence. Dr. Philson pronounced Mr. Grant (o he seriously but we are happy to say not fatally injured. Nwikow Escape.-—As a boy was driving a cart loaded with hay down IJ]>per Queen-street, on Saturday evening, between five and six o'clock, lie slipped from one of the trusses upon which lie was seated, and fell between the horse and the cart, and miraculously escaped being run over by the w heels. Sai.k of La .yd at Ursoar.—At tlie ITaymarket on Saturday, Mr. Buekland disposed of six blocks of land, the property of Mr. Caldicott, at the back of the Onehunga road at Epsom, Lot 1. consisting an. :ir. 25p. sold for .(."SO an acrc : lot 2, of sa. 3r. 2f)p. for £(>0 ; lot 3, of 4a. :>r. 33p. lor £51 : lot 4, of 20 acres for £50, anil lot 0. of 4a. 2r. 39p. for £(>5 an acre; lot 5 was a lease of 20 acres at £10 a year, with an unexpired term of four 3-ears, and fetched £00. One Here, in section 1 at Mongonui, sold for £34. The total amount realised for the land was £2484 9s. lOd. I The Jockey Ci.cii.—A private meeting of the committee of the Jockey Club was held on Saturday in the Club Offices at Mr. Hardington's. with Major "W'altnsley in the cliair. Mr. Taylor proposed, and it was earned, that Major Wnlmsley, Lieut. St. Hill, and Mr. Farmer, should form the committee for the ensuing year, in place of Capt. Howard, Lieut. Warburton, ami Mr. Hargreaves, who retire. The Secretary was instructed to request his Excellency the Governor's patronage, to collect subscriptions, and to advertise for applications from persons having land that they would be willing <0 lease or sell for the purpose of a new racecourse. We understand that a very advantageous otl'er has been made by Mr. Hardington of his paddock at Epsom, where tlie late military races were run. and which possesses even* desirable quality except spaciousness, but the committee are desirous of ascertaining what other sites are obtainable with a view of giving a character of greater permanence to the ra -e arrangements. Kxtkkt.ukmK-VT has lias usual, some smart aud clever hits scattered up and down amidst its graver matter. Amongst these is a copy of lines, supposed to have teen found near Govcrment .House, entitled "" Cheek," which recommend themselves to general notice at the present time. 'NVlien foes political attack Mr policv, and tilings look black, How slnill I escupo tlie sack ? By Cheek ! When uk-warri questions, members put In tlie Assembly, und seek to shut j Me up, their snares I then will cut,

By Cheek! When Ministers by all (he people backed, Kcsign their seats, and with me cease to aet, I'll Ciirrv on, supported, that's a fact, P.v Cheek \ Whc 11 whites are robbed, it may be, murdered By native prisoners who escaped through me, I strire to east the blame on others d'vesee By Cheek! * —We cannot say much for the caricature on the frontispiece, this week, but the serial itself contains much amusing and interesting reading, and certainly deserves the credit and patronage which it, everywhere receives.