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New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 299, 27 October 1864, Page 5

In ll»e .Provincial Council yesterday, tjftcr the usual petitions relating to land claims, fhei',? w:is a discission lipon a motion by iWr. Harrop relative to tlie expediency of closing the burial ground within the city, and. the appointment of new sites for l>iii-ial grounds. The feeling of (lie Council was that the existing burial grounds • should not. lie closed immediately, but tluit it wasnecessary to take some steps to obtain sites further :i'W*y, and various places were suggested ■ —namely, at 3?eiii'iera and One Tree Mill. It was thought by most the members that neither of these sites were eligible.- being also 100 near the city. Upon the motion of J. o'sieil), an amendmentWiis agreed to, to flic? . effect that afi address be forwarded to his Honor ill*- Superintendent, ,'ijiriug him to cause a bill to be prepared to. be brought into the GSneral Assembly to carry out the resolution of the Council for its approval. T'V<> ."Highway Amcndment. Bill read a second time'/iirtfl the third reading fixed for Tuesday next. There being no further business before the house, the Council adjour/icd at five o'clock. T«e J'HOvixt f.ti. Hospital.—A number of gentlemen'met together at the Superintendent's oflice yesterday ril'tcrno'on. who" had been convened by circular to confer with Ali>s Eye 011 tlie subject of the pressing v,-aiit of aecofiiJ/iodatiou in the Provincial Hospital. Miss ."Rye had visited it and thoroughly inspected its arrangements, which she found defective and inadequate in the extreme. She pressed her views so forcibly on tlie little impromptu committee that his Honor was induced to promise that the sliui of £71)0 should be placed on the estimates, with the view <vf providing the additions that seemed

to 1)0 most irrjycnfciy-required. Tjie Gas Company.—'We perceive by advertisement, that a general meeting of shareholders in the Gas Company is called for the i)th of | It seems that the sea-wall and the excavat ions for the tanlcs have proved more costly than was anticipated ; while the purchase : of Mr. Mamer's property adjoining the works I has involved a considerable outlay. As the directors are unwilling to press a further call upon the shareholders just now, they propose to raise a few thousand pounds by way of loan, and as this appears to be the speediest way of achieving Hie iniich-desired consummation of our hopes, to see the city lighted with gas before another winter sets in, it is to be hoped there will be a full attendance of shareholders to assent. to the proposal. Si ; t>i»KN .Death.—We regret io inform our readers that Mrs. I'ranldin, fruiterer, Shortlaiulstreet, died suddenly yesterday afternoon. Her death is supposed to be caused by disease of the heart. Land Sale uy Mb. S. Cochrane. —A quantity of land in the new village of Edensor and other districts, was put up to auction at the Mart in Fort-street-, yesterday. The township of Edensor is situated in the immediate neighborhood of Mount Kden. It was divided into HO allotments, varying from 33 feet frontages to •10, 1'). <i(), (/(>. and up to 70 feet '1- inches. The prices were also extremely various, beginning, in the Mount Eden IKoad, at 55., Gs. tkl., 75., 10s., 12s. (id., 135., Lis., and one fetched a guinea per loot. On M ilton-street, from 3s. up to ss. On Cromwell-street. Is., ds. 3d., -1-s. 'Jd., os., and (is. On l'ercy-strect, from 4s. 3d. to i)s. A block of land of 320 acres, in the parish of JMunua, county of Eden, brought £117. .Property in Cook-street, Is'ewton .Road, Brookville, anil Onehuugawas withdrawn, there being little or no competition. A gig-boat of 21 feetlong. was sold for .CIS; and'the cutter. ' Sir Duncan Cameron' was withdrawn at, £550, the owner having a reserve price of £050 on her. The biddings were only moderately brisk, but (lie sale realized nearly £1000; a result which was considered most, satisfactory by the late proprietors and the auctioneer. A Man Drowned in 11 vriiAia Bay.—We are sorrv to inform our readers that a sad accident. occurred at l lauralii Hay on Tuesday night, at about, midnight, whereby an unfortunate man named Evan, a fisherman, lost his life. Jt appears that the deceased and his mate named Angus Prole were in the habit of getting their iiving by fishing in this bay, and on Tuesday liighL between i() and 12 o'clock pulled over for the purpose of pursuing their avocation, taking with them a large net. The boat was safely mi/1 Prnlj> vi»mnininL r jisliovc enjiiisred

beached, anil JL'rote remaining as no re in making some preparations appertaining to thi'ir work, Evans again returned out alone a short way to sea to east the net. Shortly atterwards I'role heard a sound as of tlio boat capsizing, and the body of the deceased has not l)i>on recovered. e understand tliat the boat was a Hat bottomed dingy, ancl that both the ■ men were sober. J)kskirrF.iis. —William Auglau pleaded gmky, in the Kesident Magistrate's Court, yesterday, lo having deserted from the 10th iiegnuent, and Jauios Knight lVom the -,Ith battalion, Military Train. The accused were ordered to be handed over to (he military authorities. City Kati:s. —Out of the eighteen cases of this nature set down for hearing yesterday, only t wo were proceeded with, t!ie others having their respective amounts into Court. Mr. Ogilvie, the Clerk to the Doard, again conducted the cases, and succceded in obtaining A Turkey.—An intelligent, welldressed little girl, about 10 years ot age, appeared in the Kesident Magistrate s Court yesterday, on a charge of stealing a turkey from the premises of Mr. Lvall, at Epsom. Mr. (Severidge appeared for the prisoner, and at iirst pleaded not guilty to the charge oil behalf ot jus youthful client. The evidence, however, dtviriv <ind muni.stiikcahlv showed that the tlictt t, hail been committed, and that the prisoner'was - the aggressor : whereupon Mr. ]3evendge stated - that lie would not attempt to refute the evi--0 deuce, and would, therefore, confine himself to beting his Worship to consider the age ot the 1 prisoner, and to act, leniently m the matter I His Worship feelingly addressed the mother ol the prisoner, who was in Court, upon the appaII rent neglect of her duty, so far as regarded the moral training of her offspring, and observed that the appearance of the accused showed that I, a love of lincrv had been inculcated ill the child, v and probably "iiiiit was the primary cause ot the i ..[fence the prisoner had committed. His \N or<l -hip dwelt upon the necessity of a K efonimtory jI in Auckland with its rapidly increasing population and its consequent growth in juvenile crime, and trusted that on the ensuing sessior '' of the' General Assembly, a bill for the bettei '! surveillance of youthful offenders would bt brought into use. The prisoner was then re manded until 'Friday, being placed under thf ,v immediate protection of the Commissioner 0 Police until that time.

Titt: PnTrra rrrWAT/Es TnEATitr.—Tlic **Octoroon" is truly one of those pieces wliich. away witli it the feelings of the audience. Beauty in distress ever appeals to the feelings of : the British public, but when that distress is • of the most aggravated and desperate kind, • "vflien men If now what they seebefors them on the stage is the sad, true, picture of wli3t : is daily acted in real life in the slave districts of Amen-' ea, their blood boils with indignation ait? the" recital of stfcß! social horrors—and the piece, " holding the mirror up to nature," fixes anc? enthrals the mind of the audience. We speak ofcourst where the acting 1 and the scenfcry areworthy 01 the plot, and the illusion, or rather the reality, is sustained. Jit the present instance this is remarkably the case. fro piece in Auckland has ever beCm put upon the stage in so thoroughly efficient a manner as the " Octoroon " is last night placed tipon the boards at the Prince of Wales. The scenery is of itself" sufficient to repay one for a visit to the theatreOur readers will readily conceive the plot. Ani Octoroon girl (that is the daughter of a quad--roon by a white lather), tire daughter of a Xionisiana planter, has had her ff&edom granted her-' by her father ou his death-bed. His nephew,, her cousin. George Paton, succeeds to the estate, already embarrassed. The cousins loveone another. Zoe, the Octoroon, is loved also 1 by the overseer of the plantation, and/ by a* planter ns-'iAed MeClosky; this latter too discovers the fact that at the time Zoe's papers' offreedom were made ont by her father he waslegally disqualified from doing so, having given: ii mortgage of his lands and slaves. Knowingfthat tliePatoiviexpeetnioneyfromEngjand, MeClosky intercepts and murders the post boy, steals the letter, and the estate and slaves, thus unredeemable, are trout;!it to the hammer, among them the Octoroon girl, Zoe. The scene of the auction*. .in which those who would wisiito save her are* Outbid by this wretch, who succeeds- ill- carrying; off tiV» v long covcted "lot," is well sustained by the whole Company. The murder of the post boy,, however, is discovered just in time to preTentt I MeClosky from en joying the fruits of liis posses** | sion. Jle becomes a fugitive and is brought to' | hay at last and killed in Mortal conflict by a Bed Indian, on whom he endeavoured to fasten 'tile charge of the murder. Thus Zoe is saved? the TOshe\' letter found, and all are 38 last mad'e-' happy. 'PJic fitting of Mr. Daniels as fille over--seer was worthy of notice. i£o was l to the life the cooly resolute, determined Aflleri--csm, quick with the' knife but free from tflte-lilood-thirsty ferocity of the villain of the piece;» ilf eCloslcy. The character' of tlinfc worthy was' played by Mr. Barry with eVctt more than his accustomvd ability. The principal' character, that of Zoe, Ha* a fiue impersonation in tlte hands f>F Miss Fanny Young, who again again dvew (iov.'n- the plaudits of the house:- We* need scarcely ssty that the theatre was cgain' crowded, as on the ptetf'eding evening, or that flic' audience were again awakened-to something lik#-' enthusiasm. The Octoroon" appears likely to be a swecessful venture on the of the management, and most deservedl} T so, for it has been put U7>oii the stage with the greatest possioJ© : care, and at fonsicierable cost. Tjieatke I-ioYAX,.—Last night was at the' Theatre Eoyal, the piece which has ; gained for Mr. George Fawcett so much reflation in tji*' Australian colonies—the adaptation of Dickens's story of "David Copperfield to dramatic purposed. , Mr. Faws-ett has the double role of actor and : playwright in this production, and acquits himself in both in? a Tray fully to account for the fame he lias gamed'inv them. The dramatic episodes of the story,. both pathetic and ludicrons, have been seizett'011 with the tact of an experienced monager:lon<' accustomed to cater for the publie tasteThe immortal Wilkins Micawber, who is aiSvays- '• waiting for something to turn up." is the »ost«aiicnt character of the piece, and this, Mr.Fnwcett- lifts embodied in a style so perfect as t<y show the eons animate artist. His make-up, his voice his manner, were the veritable Micawber "in his habit as he lived-.-' He was ably ® U P" ported by Miss' -Tuno. of whom the highest praise is to say that she Was the helpmate of her incomparable spouse. Wc', regret we hare not space to notice the other characters, wxuefi were carefully sustained.