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New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 320, 21 November 1864, Page 4

Prorogation of tiie General Assembly. A 2\'ov Zealand Gazette was published on Saturday announcing the prorogation of the Assembly until "Wednesday, the 23rd instant, at 2 p.m. Military Movements. —That portion of tlie 43rd Liglit Infantry liegiinent. which remained behind at Otaliuhu when the last detachment lel't lor Taranaki, are under orders 10 embark this morning at Onehunga ton-join their comrades. The line band of the 50th marclied on Saturday from Otalniliu to take the place of that of the 70lh in Auckland. It i s rumoured that one portion of the oOtli Hejiment are about to leave for the Waikato Heads. A Provincial Government Gazette wa3 1 issued on Saturday, and contains a notification from the Superintendent of additional rules for the management of public slaughterhouses and ' persons employed therein ; also, a notice from the Commissioner of Crown Lands—lstly, that Mr. George Bee son has claimed, the island of "Wangnnui, in Coromandel harbour, as a cattie run ; and, 2ndly, a notice to all applicants for Crown Grants under the Auckland "\\ asteLands. . Act, IBSS ; the Waste Lands Act Amendment > Act, 1802 ; and the "Waste Lands Act Amend- . lnent Act, ISO 3, that prouf will be required, • that the persons named in the application were • resident in the province of Auckland at the expiry of the statutory period of residence, three i years. And that in all cases where applications for C'rowii Grants made prior to June Ist. ISG4, have been refused because of the non-residence ' of the 2'ersons named therein at the date of > applying for the Crown Grants, such applications will be reconsidered if at once forwarded : to me ; also, a notice from the parliamentary I agent that it is intended to apply to the General . Assembly to amend the Drury and Auckland . liailway Act, and to bring in a bill entitled the ■ Auckland Cemeteries Act. To-night's Oi'Eha.—" Maritnna,' which is ot be played to-night, is pretty generally known to ? bo a musical veision of the popular French drama . of • Don Ciesar de Pazun. Den Jose is an int triguing minister, who. in revenge for the rejection by the Queen of the illicit passion he offers 1 her, and to induce her to accede to his wishes, t throws into the way of the King the Gipsy, I Maritaiia, in the hope that the Queen's jealousy t will be thereby aroused. The introduction is r ellceted on the Great Square at Madrid. where i the King is one of the group of listeners that ; suiroui:ds Maritana, who is singing a romance. A dissipated noble, Don Civsar, becomes im--1 wittingly a tool in the hands of L'on Jose, by ! interlering in delence of Lazarillo. a runaway apprentice and drawing his sword on the guards, i' whiih. in the Holy "Week, is a crime to which the penalty of death is attached. Jie however, • vanquishes the guards, lut is arrested by the I Alcade. and Maritana and the crowd join in • begging mercj' for him. but without avail, and I the Don is imj risoned. Don Jose conies to him . in prison, and oilers liis service in procuring his pardon, which he has really already obtained, but conct als it from the knowledge of Don . Ca.'.-ar. who simply asks the favor of being shot , like a soldier, instead of being hanged like a ; malefactor. This is acceded to on condition that he weds an unknown veiled w oman, which lie agrees to, and he is then taken away to be shot, l but Lazarillo, gratelui for his rescue, has drawn the elinrges'lroin the soldiers'muskets, and Don i Jose, thinking that the sentenoe has been exe- • eutid. presents Maritnna, the supposed widow, to the King, but Don Ca'sar unexpectedly rei appears and claims licr as his bride. Another vnled female is then produced to whom he is told lie has been manii d, but on removing the veil, she proves to be so old and ugly that he will have nothing to do with her, and consents to sign an agreement for divorce, when he recognizes Muntanas voice singing the same air that had charmed him on the Grand Piazza, to be the same as tlint of the w oman lie had wedded. and he is again placed under arrest for refusal. 31ariiana is then introduced to the King i y Don Jose, and is lid to believe that ho is her husband. Tins [dot is unmasked by the entrance oi Don Ca.'sar who has again escaped, and exposes Don J use's machinations to his Loyal master, who pardons him. is reconciled to his wife. Lon Ciesar gets possession of his bride, and everybody is made operaucaliy liappv. Tiieatkk lloyal.—We see by advertisement that the new advertising drop scene ot this theatre will be exhibited this evening for the first lime. We have had an opportunity"* examining it, and must sav that it is an elaborate piece of workmanship, reflecting great credit on the designer and workmen, llie advertisements are in shields of various forms, and most tastefully got up. On each side ot the scene is a iN v\v Zealand fern tree. The whole is surrounded by a piece of drapery, with the advertisement of the .New Zealand Insurance Company. In the centre is the lioval arms. The lower part is divided into panels in imitation of marble, with pillars between. It is the production of Ales srs. Phillipps. W yndhainstreet. The SouTHKiiN Memdeks. —The PostmasterGeneral has altered the dates of the upwaid trip of the 4 Plitebe' to alford opportunity to Southern members to arrive by her in tunc lor the opening of the General Assembly ; leaving Lyttclton. iO'th; "Wellington, 17th; Picton. ISth ; Taranaki, 20th. We may. therefore, look for her arrival in the Manukau this inornin?Military Deskktees. — John liobinson, charged with being a deserter from the second battalion 11th Legiment, and John "\\ elcu. from the 50th L'egiment, were ordered by their \\ orships, on Saturday, to be handed over to the military authorities.' Dep.uit XMii; of Tiir ' Acckland ' w iniocr ran Melbourne Mail.—Considerable disappointment was experienced on Saturday _cy those who had been busily occupied in their letters for Melbourne to ieavu by l '' u 'Auckland,' she having left punctually at 1 o'clock, the advertised hour of departure. au> as the mail was not ready at that time, she In it behind. Wli. 11 wo fancy wo have grown wiser, it is or.l; , ! -i many insta ices, that new jirejuuicoß ■ JW plitco oi old ones.

or Sitbct Act, 1858.—Tn. the "Resident Magistrate' 3 Court,- on Saturday, a charge under this Ordinance, of having thirty unbranded slieep, was preferred by Mr. Inspector j against Mr. Thomas Shipherd. Tlie accused adlnitted the offence, and was ordered to par a nominal fine of Id. per head ; Xnii I'eack Proclamation. —The jPress, in illuding to this remarkable document of his gscollency, says : —" In this proclamation there is no future, no hope, no policy. It is a sop to "Exeter Hall tar the time. But it is more. It is a"piwlonuttio" oj'trar. And as surely as cause precedes effect, it carries renewed war upon its wings. The Irish chieftain of old wrote to his t,>o """independent vassal : 'Bay me what, you owe me, or else The vassal replied : ' 1 owe vou nothing. and if . 'I he Governor | savs'to the Maoris : " There is my pardon—cede J ii'ie vour land.' Does not the 'or else' spring to the" mind immediately!' And if all be true which we hear of the attitude of the Maori people, may we not expect the reply. ' I don't want vour pardon, and it T did I would not buy it at the price of my land.' AVe denounce this a<"a policy of war, because it settles nothing, hut leaves open the whole question. .It implies that without the submission of the natives, and the taking the oath of allegiance, the present si ne of war is to continue. It proclaims to the Slaoris that unless they submit and cede their > Jaiul they «ill at any time be open to attacks from our troops. It incites them to remain in arms and make good their positions, for peace is onlv a distant and contingent More than this, it requires the submission first and the cession of land after. It maintains an ominous silence as to the amount of lands to be j ceded, and a still more suspicious silence as to what will he done if the terms are not accepted. It places the Governor in one of two positions ; either, on the one baud, in the contemptible altitude of having the merry of the Crown— which the proclamation assumes to be an e.-sent ial preliminary of peace—scouted and related by the tribes" we are tlying to govern ; or, on "the other hand, it forces on him the ue'cessity of renewing the war. But the most important point is. that the Tarannki question j s left untouched. The cruel and heartless way ui which this miserable province has been treated bv the Governor has met its consummation in this ridiculous proclamation. Does Sir George Grey believe for one moment that the Taraiiaki tribes will accept its conditions r Bid tin v accept Colonel Browne's? And why should we .-uprose that after three years —which have ter.dtd rather to prove that their conquest is beyond our powers than anything else—why should we suppose that tliey will accept pardon for deeds which they regard" as heroic, and consent to the cession of land for which they have already staked all? Is it in human nature to aire; t such a course ? A Lover of Bii.liakps.—A man named John Smith was given into custody on. Saturday night, charged with stealing billiard balls from the I'oval Exchange Hotel. Darnell. The accused "will be brought before their Worships this morning. "William" Bkarley was apprehended by warrant on Saturday afternoon, on a charge ot fully persuading one Samuel Douglas. a boy of the first-class rank, attached to the ' Cwrac-oa.' to desert from that vessel. The case will he heard in the [Resident Magistrate s Court this morning. Cricket.—The members of the various clubs met for practice on Saturday afternoon at their grounds in tlie Domain. The weather was all thai could be desired, and a considerable number of the lovers of the game were present. Koman Catholic Church. OTinnir.- —Tenders for enlarging the Boman Catholic Church at Otahnhu w ill be received by the Heverend Father O'Hara until Monday, the 28th inst. l'lai.s of the intended alteration may be seen at the Presbytery. Otahuhu. Abkivai. of M emheks of Assembly.—The first hatch of Representatives from the South arrived on Saturday in the " Lady Bird -. the Hon. Mr. Minted, the member for "Wallace; tlie Hen. Mr. Colenso. the member for [Napier : and Major Wbitmore.of the Legislative Council. Icing among her passengers. Thkatih: HiiY.iL. — Dion Boureiranlt's celebrated .-ensational drama of " The Colleen Dawn" was again repeated at this place of amusement en Saturday night to a fair house. "We have before favorably noticed this piece at considerable length, sufliee it therefore to say that •'The Colleen Bnwn " was as successful as before. 'Ihe cast Mas the same, with the exception of Mr. O'Brien, vho enacted the character of Danny Mann in the absence of Mr. iianliy, who. we are sorry to say. is still seriously indisposed. "•Perfection '' concluded tlie evening's amusements. To-night Mr. John I'll n n takes his benefit. The programme selected for the occasion is a most excellent one. and comprises the well-known and highly pc'i ularci im dy of "'London Assurance," and the successful burlesque of "Aladdin." TV itb these attractions ve shall be disappointed if we do not see an oveiflowing Louse. I'avili.io>" Mrsic Hall. —This place of amusement was opened for tlie first time on Saturday night. The bouse was literally crammed, and the audience seemed well pleased with the bill of fare provided for their delectation. which consisted of vocal and instrumental music, clog dances, delineations of negro life and character, by Messrs. Heid and Miller, and a variety of entertainments (as auctioneer's advertisements often state) too numerous to particularize." Sly Ukog Silling at Jsgakuawaiiia.—Mr. Cook, siorekee) or at !!N garnawahia, was summoned to appear at the .Resident Magistrate's Court ut \\ hatawhata on the 10th instant, charged with having committed a breach of the "Licensed Victualler's Act," by retailing spirits without being duly licensed, 'ilie accused was lined m the sum of £2. Ee sident Magistrate's Cotrt. "Wkatawhata.—ln this Court, on the IGtli instant, before Mr. Mainwaring, a Maoi i named Te "V\ airewa was sentenced to be imprisoned for the space of four months i'or stealing tlie sum of.£'<i_lUs. from the dwelling of another native • and Samuel Charles was also ordered to be imprisoned for three months for stealing a scarf from Mr. liice, of JN'garuawaliia.