AUCKLAND.

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 72, 15 October 1872, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

(fUOM OUK OWN COHKESI'OKDKNT.) October 14. Tin-: business of the Criminal Session has been the ch.ef .incidents of the past week. The cases generally were of a light nature, such as horse stealing, forgery and uttering, and the case of Oakley charged with v..-ilmg lirearius without a permit, for which oil'encc he was (bund guilty, and received a sentence of four years' penal servitude. The alleged Green Harp fraud, which caused so much excitement some week* iigo, is virtually at an end. On Friday, in the Supreme Court, Mr Joy asked the Court, upon ailidavit, that the sureties in the ease might be relieved from their responsibility. His Honor considered that as the principals were at liberty the sureties might feel themselves fairly relieved, although some formal application will probably have to bo made to the Court before their release can be deemed complete.

A grand concert in the new Choral Hall is to be given on Monday for the benefit of Mr Browne, f'oiinod's "Solemn Mass," Sir George Elvey's ' Wedding March, " and the operetta of " The Merrie Men of Sherwood Forest" (in character) comprise the night's programme. These entertainments are invariably well attended, but upon this occasion a "crush" may be anticipated, not only on account of the popularity of Mr Browne, but as an indirect means of requiting services that have been given the society voluntarily as it* musical director. A ,-erious accident happened on B.iLurday to a native seaman on board a vessel lying in harbour. The man, it appears, went aloft to alter some portion of the tackle, when a hook gave way while in the "guys" and he-was precipitated on deck, breaking a leg and arm and otherwise injuring himself. He was conveyed to the hospital, where the limbs were set, and his recoverv is only a matter of time. The seaman is a Kanaka, and belongs to the schooner Amelie. The fine weather that has been enjoyed of late (although ii taspersed with seasonable showers) has moved our yachtsmen to something like action. As a preliminary to the opening day of the yachting season —the Prince of Wales' Birthday—a cutter race came off on Friday between tho Avon, Don, Matakana, and Severn. The. winning time of tho race was six hours fourteen minutes. The Avon came in the

conqueror. A great deal of "practical" sympathy is being shown Mrs Cazali, the widow of a victum to the gambling mania which possesses so largely the bulk of our population, i.e., mining speculation. In addition to the subscription lists which were opened and liberally contributed to, various entertainments have been given, and the proceeds handed over, amongst which is the munificient sum of £25 odd fru:n the Auckland Excelsior Minstrels. It will be remembered in connection with Mr Cazali's death that it transpired at the inquest that he hid been subjected a day or two previous to considerable rudeness and vulgarity at the hands of a Mr Casey—l should, say Captain Casey—who is reported to have told Mr Cazali in answer to an application to him to use his influence in procuring a situation, " that he was too old," &c, which preyocl upon poor Cazali's mind, and- is said by his wife and daughter to have been the immediate cause , of his oommitting the rash act. However that may be, it has been followed by an act of meanness that deserves recording, and that is, that Casey declined when waited upon, to give anything as a subscription ! He has since found a champion to rush into print, who states that he gave a guinea. I hope he may never miss it. Various "assumptions" of character are made in everyday life without being as well sustained as that of "'Hamlet" by Miss Rose Evans at the Prince of "Wiiles Theatre on Saturday night. Miss Rose Evans is, without doubt, very clever, and although her impersonation of the Princeof Denmark, the philosophy, wit, and wonderful eloquence of that remarkable tragedy was executed by the little actress with unaffected grace and very considerable elocutionary power ; yet at the same time I prefer to witness the action and hear the voice of a man far before the weaker and less natural acting of a woman, however good it may be, in the play of Hamlet. The Ocean Wave readied the Chatham Islands on the 29th ult., having made the passage in four and a half days from Auckland. No other vessel had touched those islands for upwards of seven months, mid riiii inhabitants were getting weary of the monotony of their existence, and longed to see the face of a stranger and the sight of a ship. The want of communication is severely felt, and a great scarcity of the necessaries of life is often experienced in eonsequence.