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New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 446, 18 April 1865, Page 4

Messrs. Jones & Co. will hold an important land sale to-day at their mart, Brunswick Buildings, consisting of 148 villa and business sites in Onehunga—lots 1 to 40 having frontages in Queen-stveet: 4l) to 59, Mount Smart Road; 60 to 65, in Pcm-ose-street; 60 to 123, in Card-well-street ; 124 to 129, in Nixon-street; 130 to 148, in Cameron-street. Also, a family residence with three acres of ground. For Ibe convenience of intending purchasers, an omnibus will leave Johnstone's Hotel, Onehunga, at eleven o'clock, and the Court-house, Onehunga, at twelve o'clock.

Mb. S. Cocitkane will, pursuant, to instructions received from his Honor the Superintendent, lease by public auction 15 allotments in Custom-house-street, to be used as timber wharves, and having frontages of 50 feet to the river. The conditions of sale are, that three feet next to the outer edge shall be kept free from obstruction; no Louse or office to be erected on the allotments ; allotments to be used solely for storage and delivery of timber and fivewood ; regulations applicable to vessels applying to these wharves shall be the same as those applicable to vessels applying at Queen-street Wharf; tolls exigible on goods and carriages shall be the same as at Queen-street Wharf. The leases are subject to other conditions and regulations imposed by the Harbour Master, which will be found at length in the advertise- - inent.

Mr. Samuel Cochkaite -will sell to-day, at his auction room, at 11 o'clock, 29 boxes ot apples and 4 bags of pumpkins. Mil. Alfred Buckland will sell to-day at the Triangle, Otaliuliu, 34 large-framed steers in Rood condition ; also, 200 merino wethers. Messrs. Hunter & Co. will sell to-day at Otaliuhu, 30 two-year old steers; 5 dairy cows, 10 fat bullocks; also, a number of hand-lea heifers and steers. ■. . , Death iit Drowning.—We hare received intelligence to the effect that two men were drowned near Muddy Creek on Sunday. J ncy left Onehunga on that day in a beat with, three other men, intending to hind at Muddy Creek, but before they had reached that place the boat capsized. The whole of the. men attempted to swim ashore, hut three of them only succeeded in reaching it. „■.'.. „•, i *. Prince of Wales Theatre:—The pleasant and highly successful drama which bears the somewhat mysterious title of the " Memoirs of the Devil," was repeated to a good andience last night. Those who went with the anticipation of witnessing the supernatural effects which usually accompany the approach of his Satanic Majesty upon the stage, must have felt disappointed, as the chief incidents of the drama are interwoven with tho career of a merry and rather mischievous lawyer's clerk, named Nicholas, who, to carry out the benevolent design of restoring a crushed and ruined fanuly to their legitimate rights, worms himself into the secrets of the oppressors, and plays "Old Nick" with their conscience. We have only to add that tho piece was admirably acted throughout and appeared to give the most hearty satisfaction to the audience. To-night, Mr. Foley's troupe appears for the last time. The North Shore. — Yesterday Mr. Samuel Cochrane's newly acquired steamer, Novelty, made a succession of trips to the North Shore atid back, conveying between two and three hundred passengers, amongst others, the special guests of Mr. Cochrane, at the picnic given by that gentleman, at the pretty and romantic shelly beach, opposite Eangitoto. Mr. Steers supplied the necessary refreshments to the visitors, and everything passed off most pleasantly. We noticed among the guests, his Honor the Superintendent, the Provincial Law Adviser, and many of our leading citizens. A match for £20 a-side, came off in Mr. H. Hardington's paddock at Epsom, between Mr. P. Coyle's poney, Fish, and Mr. W. Leaiy's Taihoa", Fish winning in a canter, two to one was given on Fish at the starting. The day's sport ended in a hack race. There were five entries, the distance one and a half miles. Fish also won this race. There were about fifty spectators on the ground. All went off capitally, Mr. C. McGee acted as starter. Odd Fellows. —The brethren of the Loyal Fountain of Friendship Lodge, No. 3920, are, we perceive,invited to attend at the Odd Fellows' Kail this day, at half-past one o'clock, for the purpose of attending the funeral of the wife of Brother J. Caldicott.

Professor Parker and Miss Annie Beaumont performed last night to a fair house. The swordmanship of the Professor and the pleasing musical ability of Miss Annie Beaumont afforded universal satisfaction to the audience.

T>ue Waitemata will, we perceive, run several trips to-morrow to Home Bay, Richmond, and - Oakley's Creek, and also to the Whau Bridge, at all of which places the Messrs. Wood have property for sale at Mr. T>. Nathan's auction mart on Thursday next. This will enable the public to unite business with pleasure. The New Bowling Saloon. —A new species of amusement was provided yesterday for such of the holyday makers as were not attracted by the amusement of aquatic trips by the steamers or the other inducements to spend Easter Monday out of town. This was in the shape of a saloon, erected by Mr. Williamson, the tobacconist, at the rear of his premises in Queenstreet, for the exciting and healthful pastime of American Bowls. It is a spacious gallery 85 feet long, by 15 feet in breadth, very neatly decorated, and well lighted in the day by numerous windows in the roof, and at night by nearly a score of gas-jets. It contains two " alleys," as the arenas on which the game is played, are termed, and every requirement of the game is provided in the best style. Yesterday was the opening day, and the saloon was crowded until a late hour of the evening. Tiie Poverty Bat Exodus.—'' Our readers," says the Jfaicke'.s Bui) Herald, of the Bth inst., " would peruse, with melancholy interest, the statement in our last, written by one of the sufferers, of the circumstances which had led to the abandonment of their homes by the bulk of the Povertj' Bay settlers, most of whom, after a period of early difficulty, had established themselves in apparently comfortable circumstances in that most beautiful and fertile part ot the colony. The position of the settlers of Poverty Bay is painful in the extreme. Driven from their homes by a pack of murderous fanatics, some of them will" probably have to begin the world anew, and all will feel the rendiug of old associations. They will carry with them the sympathy of the whole colony. The first thing that strikes the reader is the astonishing influence which the priests of the new fanaticism seem able to exert upon the minds of their fellow-countrymen. In Poverty Bay. there was at first a general call to arms in defence of the Bishop, and an expressed determination not to permit the Hau hau party to enter the valley ; but this feeling seems, on the part of a great many, to have yielded to the influences brought to bear by Kereopa and his colleagues. To such extent, indeed, have the Hau hau doctrines prevailed, that the Bishop, who has laboured among the natives for, we believe, 30 years, has felt impelled to join in the general exodus. By whatever means the priests of the Pai Marire acquire their ascendancy—whether by mesmerism, as some think, or bv dint of cunning and impudence combined—it is evident that they are making converts by the hundred, and that the seeds of this abominable fanaticism are being sown broadcast over the country. Its motto is "blood" and its object barely concealed, the destruction of the .Kuropean settlers. We trust that the nature of this movement—so much more formidable than that of the laud confederacy of old. will not be ignored or underrated by His Excellency's Government. Late occurrences at Poverty Bay will surely serve one good purpose, thatof opening the eyes of the '■' powers that be" to the necessity of • prompt and vigorous action. [We do not think the " powers that be" are very anxious to act determinedly against the Hau hau superstition. They are only, it might be thought, in their hearts too happyto see it spreading wideby throughout the native districts, and seems by no means anxious to avert the consummation of what is so longed for by Southern politicians, the corruption of the native race living north of the Waitemata. The present heartless Government care not for the safety of the Europeans in the Province of Auckland. It would be, they think, all the better for the South if the rival they fear were removed from their path. With Mr. Weld the end would ! justify the means. —Ei>.'N. Z, H.] j