(From the "Daily Times")

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 331, 18 February 1874, Page 3

(From the "Daily Times")

It has become pretty generally known for the last few days that Sullivan, one of the Maungatapu murderers, has received a free pardon fr »m the Government, and had been alloweJ *,o leave the Province by the s.s. Mikado, bound to San Francisco, via Auckland. Although Sullivan's departure from .New Zealand was a matter of congratulation, there was a- strong feeling that such a ruffian as he has been proved to be was too dangerous a character to be set at large anywhere, and that our American cousins woidd scarcely thank us for sending them this description of assisted emigrant. It was also thought that perhaps the Californian authorities might not like to be out-done in generosity, and might feel disposed to assist a few of their choicest blackguards to our shores in return. Several telegrams containing the information that Sullivan was on board the Mikado was sent to Auckland yesterday and the day before, and yesterday morning a number of gentlemen subscribed and despatched a telegram, to be sent right through from Melbourne to the American Government. The communication with Auckland, however, -had the desired effect, for yesterday we learned that, in consequence of protests by the American Consul, and the objections of the passengers by the Mikado, Captain Moore refuse! to take Sullivau any further, and turned him off the vessel at Auckland. What sort of reception he met with there, and what Iris movements are, we have not yet heard. There is great indignation at Auckland, in cousequence of Sullivan's liberation ; and, from his past history, it will readily be admitted that he is anything but a desirable addition to any com-

munity.