SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1785, 10 April 1874, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(Per Anglo-Australian Press Telegraph Agency.)

Auckland, -Thursday.

The Supreme Court was occupied all the day on charges of unnatural offences against James Symonds and John Gudge. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty against Symonds. He was arraigned on another charge.,—Sharemarket:—South British, 48s 6d; National Insurance, 31s ; Alburnia (paid-up), 32s 6d—(new issue), 30s; - City of London; 23s 6d; Golden Calf, 8a 6d-(double issue), 20a; Waitemata,;4s 6d; Old Whau, £7 6s; Union Beach, 21s; Cure, 7s. Buyers—Bank of New Zealand/ £17 7s; National, 765; 'Standard, lis 6d; Bright Smile, 80s; Bismarck, 14s; Queen of the May, lis 6d: Coliban, 5s 6d. SellersCentral Italy (second issue), 6s; Thames Gas, 345; Black Angel, 143; Windsor Castle, Is 6d; Caledonian, £B.—The Evening Start in commenting on the magistrate's remarks in the Thames quartz crushing ease, says: —" As this is a free country, we may be permitted to express our views on the subject. This we do without obscurity or prevarication. We do not hesitate to say that' the magistrate who showed such sympathy with crime as to censure the police in the circumstances to win the plaudits of roughs in the Court, is a disgrace to the Bench, and should be deprived of her Majesty's commission. The offence of Manning was one exceedingly difficult to detect. Detective Brennan took the only means available for discovery. "We are aware how deep sympathy is felt by scoundrels for specimen-stealing, and cannot but express extreme surprise that a magistrate whose sympathies should have been on the side of law and honesty, | should have deliberately pandered to the lowest principles of the lowest canaille at the Thames. We trust that the magistrate's conduct will be represented at head-quarters, and that he will reoeive the recognition such conduct deserves."—Mr Thomas Morrin married Miss Thorpe today. The shipping and various places of the town were decorated with'buntin'g in honour,of the occasion.—Arrived: The' s.s.''Taranaki.'—Franklin election: — Otahuhu returns: Goodfellow, 85; ! May, 63; Troup, 24; Dargaville, 1; Wood-

ward, 3. (MOM OUB OWN COUBKSPONDENTS.) Cobomandbl, Thursday. The New Green Harp have finished crushing. The yield is about 36ozsfrom 8 tons.—The Union Beach have started stoping out. Tatjbanga, Thursday. The p.s. ' Paterson,' from the South s arrived here this morning with a large supply of stores for the Arawas, in anticipation of a great feast next month.—She departed again for - Auckland at noon.— Major Boberts is a passenger.—Mr Stewart, the immigration agent, is engaged in visiting the district. He expresses himself highly pleased, but denounces the wholesale cutting up promiscuously of valuable blocks of land,