SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1870, 6 October 1874, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Press.Agency.)

Auckland, Monday, 7.30 p.m.

The charge of the Chief Justice to the Grand Jury was ckieily occupied with an uninteresting direction regarding the cases for trial. He congratulated the jury on the fact of only ten cases being on the calendar. He lamented the charge of murder, and the preponderance of offences against the person. There were few cases demanding auy special direction from the Court. There were five offences against property, of these two were committed by persons not belonging to the regular body of settlers, and the circumstances of the other three did not warrant the conclusion that there was any tendency to crime among the settlers. The rest of the charge was occupied by details of the three charges and special directions. When asking a witness to speak up, the Chief Justice said a jury, man had asked to be excused on. the ground of deafness;' but ho had not granted his request, uor had he himself thought it necessary to resign his position because he was somewhat hard of hearing. (This remark is taken by some as a contradiction to the report current thab Judge Arney intended to resign. Mary Duncan, a very old woman, was sentenced to six months for illegally pawning. Hapeta, for a 1 burglary at Whakatane, was sentenced to eighteen months. The jury found true bills against Alexander Finlay, for shooting with intent, in Queen-street. IN o bill against Hapeta, a native, for arson. No bill against George Wilson for an unnatural offence.—At the Police Court today, George Jackson was committed for trial for shooting at the Koyal George. He pleaded thab ,he fell down accidentally, and the gun discharged.—The ' Mikado' with the English mails from San Francisco on the Bth.— The ' Luna' is detained to take the mails South.—Sailed: The.s.s. 'Pcobe,' for the South.

Sharemarkefc.—Sales: Caledpuian, £5, £5 ss, closing with buyers at £5 ss; Fiji Bank, 53s 6d. Buyers: Moanataiari, 30s. Sellers: City of Loudon, 255; Tookey (single issue), 30s; Crown Prince, 14s; Cure, 8s; Junction, 2s 3d. Kgartjawahia, Monday, 8.25 p.m. Mr Moyle, incarcerated for attempting to burn the Jioyal Hotel at Hamilton, has effected his escape. He is supposed to hare gone towards the Piako. Tatjuanga, Monday, 3.50 p.m. The Land Purchase Commissioners are temporarily leaving the district.—The complaints against the inland publichouses amongst the natives have became general. The Government is being appealed to stop the wholesale traffic by natives.