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Evening Post, Issue 95, 30 May 1865, Page 2

The cutter iMosquito, J. King, master, from Havelouk, arrived in this harbour on Sunday night last. She left the Pelorus Sound on Saturday evening, with a light westerly wind, and arrived in this harbour after a passage of 24 hours. When between Cape Lambert and Cape Jackson, Captain King observed what he supposed to be the mast of a vessel. It was about 10 or 12 feet out of the water. He would have rounded his vessel to, but being dark, he proceeded onwards. The weather has been very boisterous on the other side of the Strait. The timber trade was very brisk at Havelock, and no less than fourteen vessels were loading at the mills for various places. Ihe N.Z.S.N. Co.'s three-masted schooner Manukau, Captain Kensett, arrived here last evening. She lift Newcastle on the 16th May, and experienced very heavy weather from the southward, in which she carried away her mainmast head und split several sails. She brings a cargo of coal for the .N.Z.S.N. Company. kßyan advertisement elsewhere it will be seen that last night or early this morning gome evil disposed person smashed a lamp lately erected in front of the Panama Hotel. To the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, as ¦well as those naving occasion to pass through Taranaki street, the lamp proved a great boon, giving wanting of the vicinity of a highly dangerous drain which is permitted by the Town Bourd to disgrace the street. We ' lru#t the police will keep a sharp look out for any gentlemen of the 'lorn and Jerry school who may be anxious to wind up an evening's amusoment at the expense of the more •oberlj inclined, and take the earliest opportunity of presenting them at the Resident Magiitratfe'i levee. \j \ Last night, the "Honeymoon" and ''Aladdin " were repeated at the Theatre Royal to

a very bad liou?e. The performances were under the patronage of the Hon. P. A. Weld, and we arc certainly surprised that this circumstance, leaving the merits of the talented company at the Theatre Royal out of the question, did not attract a better attendance. Perhaps the pieces above-mentioned have been played too long, but certain it is that the houses for the last week have been very I meagre, and not at all remunerative to the ' mantigement ; at least we should judge so j from the heavy expense under which they must be. However, a change is to take place to-night, when "Aladdin," with its palaces of | porcelain and quaint figures and costumes, jis to give way to the celebrated drama, | "The Ticket of Leave Man," written by Tom Taylor, and played at the Olympic Theatre for above 400 nights. This drama is full of startling and sensational situations, and we doubt not that it will be placed upon the sta^e with the usual care and effect that accompany all the production of this very excellent place of amusement. To-night it is to be produced for the benefit of Mr. F. Howe, an actor of much merit, and of good position in the company — a gentleman who is always well up to his work, and gives every attention to whatever is allotted for him to piny, and we trust that this painstaking actor may get a bumper. Mr. Browing, about whom some anxiety was felt in Canterbury, returned by sea on Thursday last from Nelson. He has been succersful in finding an available passage to the diggings by the head waters of the Kakaia. On the Queea's Birtlidaj, luncheon followed the turning of the fl. st sod of the Great Southern Railway at Cnristchuroh. " The House of Representatives " was one of the toasts to which Mr. FitzGeraM ' responded ' He, with the exception of Mr. Aloorhouse, who was a member of the first Assembly in 1854, was the oldest member present. It was an honor to belong to such an Assembly, becauf^they reflected honour on the colony. It wailMie that during their career of some dozen years they had shown a few eccentricities ; but, with all its faults, the House of Representatives was a House of which any colony in the British Empire might justly be proud. He (Mr. FitzGeralcl) should have had less pleasure in replying to this toast at any time during the last two years,' because he was convinced that a policy rutdous to the who'e colony, and especially detrimental to the interests of the Middle Island and this province, had been pursued. Under the leadership of his oldest political friend, Mr. Weld, he was sure that the interests of the Middle Island would do longer be neglected ; and that, during the ensiling session of the Assembly, measures would be introduced which would enable Canterbury to take advantage, to the very utmost, of her great resources."