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New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 719, 5 March 1866, Page 4

Me. C. A. Harms.— 4mongst tlie passengers by tlie ship Silver Eagle, which arrived last night, to liave to welcome back our old and highly esteemed feliow-eolonist Mr. C. A. Harris with his family. Prince of Wales Theatre. —Oil Saturday evening this theatre was re-opened under the management of Mr. Edwards, who is jiow sole proprietor of this place of amusement. The audience was not so large as might have been expected, after the theatre being so long closed, but doubtless this was in some degree owing to the short notice given of its ve-opening. " The house was, however, tolerably filled by an appreciative and attentive audience, who testified their approbation of the manner in which the pel-formers went through their various parts by repeated and prolonged applause. The first piece put before the audience was that of " Camille." Mademoiselle Jnno as Camille, drew down repeated plaudits from the house. Mr. Kdwards, who impersonated the character of her lover, was evidently quite equal to sustain the character he undertook, and whether as the successful and happy lover or unhappy discarded and apparently forgotten. Our old friend Miss Julia Corcoran played the part of' Olympe with a sprightness and naivate which wo scarcely expected, and her tirade against successful lawyers in an unjust cause was given with a spurt that elicited unanimous 6houts of applause. Mr. Haygarth as M. Duval was well up in his part, and Miss Royal was very, amusing as Madame Prudence, a lady gifted with a large appetite. We have not room to mention the other characters, but it was evident that all had taken great pains with the parts allotted to them. The evening's entertainment concluded with the laughable farce entitled " The Windmill," in which a new candidate for the favor of the public (Miss Annie Merton), made her appearance in the character of Marion. The same programme is advertised for this evening. Taranaki.—" On Saturday or Sunday last," says the Tarnalci Herald of the 24th ult., " as two friendly natives, Hona and Hamuera, were coming along the coast road from Opunake, and when they had got to Te Namu, about a mile this side of the camp, they fell into an ambush composed of the Taranaki and Waikato natives, who fired upon them, missing them, but "killing one of their horses ; they were then taken and mai'chcA off inland. The Wdkatoa under i Tapihanfi (who dlrtlaguiehetl himself h«J'c in i

LB6O by burning and plundering, and in 1863 by being one of tlie Kavrau • prisoners") wanted to take them to tlieir pai mar ire post '4 Waikoukou and kill them; but the Taranakij objected, saying that they should have been tilled when caught if tliey were to be killed a t all, and that now they should be let go; and when tlie whole party got to Nukuteapiapi, th e Taranakis being reinforced, prevailed, .and they were let go. On Tuesday night, a native, one of Hone Pibama's, arrived at Bangiuru (near tlio Poutoko), and reports that he saw two fires at Kapoaiaia,.near the wreck of the Marchioii. ess, lighted just after he passed, which, of course was in the night. Early yesterday morning' another native (Mohi Tara) arrived with despatches from Captain Horan, who has: taken up a position on the coast at Whitiora. Mohi left Whitiora at niue o'clock on Thursday night, and in pass, ing Tipoka, he got timely warning of the presence of the enemy by a dog rushing out at bim. It was moonlight, and looking inland he savr three of the " wild-men" running down to in. tei'cepfc bim at the crossing, but lie got away by turning to seaward of the road and ridin® hard; they fired their three shots at him, but without effect. Captain Horan, on the same day on which he occupied Whitiora, went some dis; tance inland and into the bush, and destroyed three kaingas (Ahuataraua, Papakino, and Wliakapoka) and such of the crops as could be got at, but none of the enemy were to be seen." A. O. I?.—The regular monthly meeting of the Court City of Auckland will be held in the Court-room this evening. Commissariat Tenders.—Tenders are invited for hospital services, sweeping chimneys and Hues at Auckland, and Otahuliu ; barrack sei. vice, &c. Application, &e., to be made to the D.A.C.G-. A PiiOViKciAt Go Veen it ext Gazette was published on Saturday, and contains returns of all provincial lands sold and given away from the month of July to November inclusive. 3G;602 acres hare been parted with by the Provincial Government. Land orders to the extent of 35,700 acres hive been exercised, and cash payments to the amount of £'2,02S 10s. have been received. Supreme Court. —His Honor the Chief Justice sat on Saturday in his Kquity Jurisdiction. A very important ease, involving the right? of mortgagees, \Vd.s heard, 'ihe application was for a'provisional junction to restrain theKegistrar of the Court issuing a conveyance to the purchaser of a mortgaged estate. The case was exceedingly complicated and interesting, and will be found reported in full in another column. The Whakatane Murders.—We understand that Messrs. Beveridgc and I'arnell are retained to defend the Maoris charged with the perpetration of the Whakatane murders. Waimel Election. —The Superintendent of Nelson, Mr. Alfred Saunders, has, we see, been beaten for the electoral district of \Vaimca by Mr. Oliver, there being 113 votes for Mr. Saunders and 120 for Mr. Oliver. PoitGED iKD Wokthless Cheques.—We have been requested by the Commissioner of Police to caution tradesmen and others against the liabit too commonly adopted of receiving cheques as payment from strangers. <1 regularly organised system of sharping by means of worthless cheques is being practised in Auckland, and really some of the cheques which have found their way into the hands of the police are drawn up so informally, and have so much the appearance of being really what they are, that we wonder any person could have been deceived by them.. Police Court — Saturday. — Messrs . J. O'N eill and George Graham were the. Justices who occupied tile Bench on Saturday last. Several drunkards were disposed of in the usual manner. August Schrott pleaded guilty to wilful disobedience to law ful commands onboard, the barque Dashing Wave, and upon his promising not to repeat the offence, Captain Roels offered to take him on board ship again. An assault case was called on, but defendant not appering, the service of summons was proved, and a warrant ordered to be issued for his apprehension. John Shierd was convicted of larceny, by stealing a bag of clothes from the William Denny Hotel, and was ordered to be imprisoned for six weeks with hard labor. Tobacco Seed may be had, we arc informed, from Mr. McKenzie, of Howiek. The Mahsden Election.—lt will be seen by the letter of our Wangarei correspondent that Mr. John Munro, the late member, has retired from the contest, and that, at the nomination a new opponent to Mr. Taylor appeared in tlie person of Mr. Hull, of Mangawai. Mr. Taylor had the show of hands, and a poll was demanded for Mr. Hull. The polling takes place to-day, at Wangarei. A Political Convert. —The Wellington A avert isc)' of the 26th says :—" The declaration of policy enunciated by Mr. Stafford at Nelson, the retirement of Mr. Weld from public life, and the speech of Dr. Featherston, which iVe published, iu our last, have unitedly determined us to take a more decided course than that which we have been lately travelling.. # Despairing of the return of Mr. Weld to tlie Premiership, and never having had any confidence in some of his colleagues, there appeared no other course o'peii to us but to give—what we gave during his former tenure of office —a discriminating support to Mr. Stafford.' Native Prisoners. —The Wellington Indepai' dent, of the 27th says :—" Capt. A. A. P. Pilmer late lieutenant in Major Von lempsky s corps of Eangcrs, has, we believe, been appointed to tak| charge of Certain native prisoners captured on the East Coast, who are to be sent to the Chatham Islands. Captain Pilmer received his orders on Saturday morning, and will shortly proceed to Napier. He will there take o>er charge of the prisoners, who, we are given to understand, will then be brought to this port, and. from here transhipped on board the s.s. Wanganui, in which vessel they will be conveyed to their destination at " the Andanians of the ' The OroTiKr Murders. —The five prisoners charged with the murder of the Hev. Mt. Volkner, at Opotiki, were brought before Tho». Beckham, Esq., K.M., on Saturday morning, but the witness not having arrived, theyveie remanded until Friday next. . Orphan Home. —The grand fancy fan? ana bazaar in aid of the funds of this most useful charitv will re-open, this evening, at six o clock. Messrs. Hidings and Bowden will sen to-day, several valuable allotments of suburban land, comprising—lot No. 1. Newton ; also, allotments from 30 to o i inclusive, in East ewton, having frontage of 09 feet to Pitt-street, and 141 feet to Kdwin-street; also, 2-10 acres of land in tlie Hunua, near Drury coal mines; also 0 valuable allotments in the i'onsonby housß and land in JJandolph-street; 5 lots in Springbank; also lots in the Richmond Ho ad, and Cameron and Brown-streets. ! Taubanga.—Mr. Alfred Buckland holds a large sale to-day, at Tauranga, of draught horses, mares, working oxen ; a l so > a diagonalbuilt boat, 18 tons, with gear and fittings ; two or three smaller boats and canoes, with equipments, <fec. , . Geeat Faik at the Wade. —The Waitemata steamer will start to-morrow morning, at 6 for the Wade fair, arriving at the Wade at a.m., and returning the same evening. .tare there and back, 10s. CosiiiissAßiAT Intelligence. We understand from the Wanganui papers that Commis-sary-General Jones retires from the service in New Zealand, and will be succeeded by JJ.-t/.-vr. Strickland. Messrs. Hotter and Co. } 45 head of provincial-fatted cat-t® bead o store cattle, 12 dairy cows, and 25u fat sneep.^ An inquest was held yesterday^afternoon, a two o'clock, in the Globe Hotel, V® * street, before Dr. Philson, Coroner, fspeotd.M*i jtiry, on the body of George BoMJVOTj

who was found dead in Ms bed on the morning of Friday last. After hearing the evidence, the jury returned a verdict, of died from an attack of apoplexy, brought on by excessive drinking.