GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW ZEALAND. Friday.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2918, 1 December 1866, Page 5

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW ZEALAND. Friday.

This reverend Court sat at half, past ten o'clock this j morning. There was a good attendance o! members j The Moderator commenced the proceedings with devotional exercises. . . , The Clbbk read the minutes of previous evening s sederunt, which were confirmed. BEPOBT ON TOBEIGN AND MJORI MISSION. # Mr. Dunoav, Convener, submitted the following report on the Foreign and Maori Mission :— ''Your committee have, at this time, but little to report respecting the Maori Mission. The natives generally, during the past year, hare continued unsettled, and no new field of labour hat, as yet, presented itself for us to occupy. At Manawatu and Lower Rangitikei Mr. Duncan has, aa hitherto, done what he oould for the benefit of the natives within his reach ; but he regrets to have to _ say that his opportunities of advancing their spiritual interest have been fewer than during the previous year, the regular services held by him not being over 20, to congregations not exceeding 30 in number. Should he be unable to get more work done amongst the natives in his district, during the ensuing year, he would be unwilling to accept so large a sum as £30 for his services, or perhaps any sum at all, out of the funds that might be more satisfactorily expended. We would not, however, relinquish the hope that ere very lorg a better state of native mind and feeling will prevail, and that our Church will find some encouragement to proseoute missionary work amongst the natives around us. "Foreign Mission.— This Assembly has for years desired to have an agent in the New Hebrides Mission ; has hoped to be able to support at least one missionary in that field of labour. The information with which you have been recently furnished fro.n Mr. Copeland'g addresses and other sources, respecting the state, prospects, and wants of that mission, cannot but encourage you to extend a helping hand. There is now an available fund amounting to over £400. The annual sum contributed to this fund has averaged about £100, and the time seems to have arrived when we should take some astive steps to secure a "suitable agent, to be supported by us, and we would, therefore, suggest and warmly recommend that the Assembly now af ree to authorise your committee to apply to one of "the Churches in the home country for inefficient missionary, or, us has been done by the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, arrange to adopt one already in the field There are now ten of them, in all— six from the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and four from the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia. Two of these have been already adopted by the Victorian Church, viz., Dr; Geddes and Mr. Paten ; and it might be well for us to follow tbe example. " The support of one missionary, according to fcne present rate of stipend received, together with one native teacher, would not exceed £150 a-year ; and this sum, we have reason to believe, from the liberality already manifested by the Church, would be readtty obtained. "In conclusion your oommittee would also suggest that the assembly recommend to all Sabbath-schools under it 3 charge to do something, by way of missionary boxes or otherwise, for the supporting of the missionary vessel, the 'Day Spring.' Queensland, with only ten small congregations of Presbyterians, has given for that object this year over £50; and were this matter heartily taken up. the Ssbbathschools connected with this Church might easily rai.e an equal Bum." He briefly moved the adoption of the report. Mr. Allsworth said it was much to be regretted that the people did not look upon missionary enterprise with much esteem. The reason was that it had ] not been prop rly brought before them by the ministers. The ministers should urge upon their ■ congreoations the great importance of supporting missionary operations. He spoke of the importance of sending a missionary into the field. The people would rally round him, and the Sabbath-school scholars would take an intereaf in the matter, and do something towards raising funds for the support of a missionary. He trusted the Assembly would do something in order to bring the subject before the people, and endeavour to gain their interest in the mission work. He had much pleasure in seconding the adoption of -the report. Mr. MaCKY supported the adoption of the report. The committee alone were to blame that the work had not been entered upon. The people had responded to the appeals that had been made to them. It was to be regretted that the money raised had not been expended on the mission work instead of being allowed to lie in the bank. He hoped the oommittee would enter into the work atonoe, and that every minister would feel it to be his conscientious duty to bring tbe subject prominently before his people. He considered that a much larger sum than £50 should be raised in the Sab-bath-schools for the mission. Mr. Nobrib said that there was cause for gratitude to God for the interest taken in the mission by the people, who had subscribed liberally when called upon to do ao. Although there was not a missionary iv the field, there had been something done in the furtherance of the mission. The returns made did not represent all that had been done by the congregations in aid of the fund. The people did not lack interest in that important matter. It was desirable that there should be fuller information afforded of the scheme, through the periodicals issued. It would cause the people to take a still deeper iuterest in the mission work. Mr. Barclay did not think the sum of £5 c >y 1 be raised in each of the Sa'>bAth-ocUooib ioi that particular fund, as the wish was general to give part to the Church-extension fund. He referred to the the views entertained by the people in reference to that mission. He said it would be well to appoint Mr. Copeland as the missionary. He was a mau who had done a great deal of good, and had commended himself to the people. He would like to make a motion to that effect. The Clerk said the appointment of a missionary might be left to the oommittee. Mr. MoKinney said there waa no mission wmoh I met with the approval of his congregation so muoh as the mission to the heathen. During the past year they had subscribed £10 towards the mission, Mr. NoRRiE said the New Hebrides mission oheme had been always looked upon with favour by he people. , Mr. Clark thought the time was come when the Assembly should take definite aotiou with regard to the foreign mission, and that they should take steps to appoint a missionary, which they were now in a position to do. He spoke in favour of the appointment of Mr. Ingles, a man in whom the majority of the people had the utmost confidence. Mr. DUNCAN moved a resolution to the effect that the committee should communicate with the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Scotland and the Synod of Otago with reference to the appointment of Mr. Copeland or Mr. Ingles, or both, as missionary to the New Hebrides, and report upon the matter to the Assembly. Mr. Macky, Mr. McKinney, Mr. Hilt., and others, spoke in favour of the appointment of Mr. Copeland. He was well qualified for the work, and the people would subscribe more liberally to the fund if he were appointed to the work. The report was adopted. Mr. Dttnoan's motion was carried unanimously. VOTE OF THAMES TO THE BX-MODEBATOR. Mr. Clark moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Barclay, ex-Moderator, for the excellent and welladapted sermon he had delivered at the opening of the Assembly. 't he motion was carried unanimously. - The Modebatob conveyed the thanks of the Assembly to the ex-Moderator. Mr. BABCHT acknowledged the vote of thanks. ASSEMBLY IXPINSES. Mr#AILSWORTH moved, "That • Committee on Assembly Expenses be appointed, and requested to

■ report to the Houso to monow, the committee to consist of the Rev. Mr MoKinney Rev. Mr. Hogg, and Mr. i-miit; Itev. Mr. MoKiuu-y, coove .cr. The motion was carried. PLA.CE Ol 1 KEXT M-KETINO OF OENERUi ASSEMBLY. Dr. Wallis moved, "That the Assembly appoint ; the following committee to arrange as to the place of next meeting of the General Assembly of this church, and to report on Saturday, namely,— Rev. Mr. Gow, Bey. Mr. Duncan, Mr. Gregor McGregor, elder; Mr. Duncan, convener." The motion was agreed to.

MINUTES OF ASSEMBLY. Mr. DtmCi.N moved, " Thab the following ministers be appointed *n a committee to rense the minutes of Assembly :-The Eer. D. Bruce, Rev. G. Brown, and Rev. J. Hill j the Rev. J. Hill convener." . . , Mr. Gobkib seconded the motion, wnicn was oarried.

BEPOBT OP PERIODICALS COMMITTBB. Mr. Macky (for Mr. Bruce, convene* brought up the following report of Committee for the Establishing of * Periodical : — "The committee report that, since last meeting of the General Assembly, a magazine nominally con. nected with the Church has been issued, under the direction of one of the ministers of the Church at Canterbury. This magazine, though in no way under their control or superintendence, the committee have done what they could to encourage. They are bound to say, however, that it does not seem to be acceptable to the generality of the memben, of the Church. This seema to be owing to the long intervals at which it ii issued, and the absence of information about the work and progress of the Church in the world at large, and especially in these colonies. It therefore appears to the committee that if the magazine referred to is to be regarded and recommended as the Church's recognised medium for the circulation of religious intelligence, it will be necessary that the Assembly authorise the committee somewhat to change its character, and that thereafter the responsibility of its circulation should rest upon the ministers and office-bearers of the Church. The committee recommend that this course be adopted." He moved the adoption of the report. Mr. Hogg seconded the motion, which was carried. OVERTURE REGARDING SYNOD. The Clerk read the following overture from the Canterbury Presbytery :— " It is hereby overtured to the Venerable the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand that it ia desirable that the Presbytery of Canterbury should be authorised to constitute as a Synod of said province, to comprehend three Presbyteries of Christchurch, Hokitika, and Timaru ; and that the Presbytery be instructed to taka the necessary steps at the earliest fitting time. And the Assembly is humbly overtured to take the matter into their serious consideration, and to give such effect to the application as may be most for the dory of God, and the good of the Church." Mr. Campbell and Mr. Gow spoke in support of the adoption of the overture. Mr. Hill said it would be premature and out of place to accede to the prayer of the overture, when the Presbyteries did not exist. He moved that the prayer should not be granted. Mr. Barclay seconded the motion, which was carried. This ooncluded the business of the forenoon sederunt. Afternoon Sedert/nt.

The Court again assembled at half-pasb three o'clock. The Moderator commenced the proceedings of the 'sederunt with prayer, after which the minutes of the morning sederunt were read by the clerk and confirmed.

REPORT OP COMMITTEE ON SUPPLY FOR SABBATH. Mr. Babolat, Convener, submitted the report of the committee'for the supply of Divine service for next Lord's Day, who suggested the following arrangements : — St, Andrew's : 11 a.m. Rev. B. J. Alls worth, 6,30 p.m. Rev. John Gow. St. James's : 11 a.m. Rev. John Gow, 6.30 p.m. Rev. R. J. Allawwfch. St. David's : 11 a.m. Rev. George Grant, 6.30 p.m. Rev. Peter Barclay, Newmarket: 11 a.m. Rev. P. Barclay, 3 p.m. Rev. W. Hogg. [N.B. — Special collections will be made at the services at Newmarket on behalf of the funds of the congregation] Otahuhu : 11 ».m. Rev. John Campbell. Tamaki : 2.30 p.m. Rev. John Campbell. Onehunga : 11 a.m. Rev. Jamea Duncan, 6.30 p,m. Rev. George Brown. Hendersons Mill : 11 a.m. Rev. J. Walha. The Whau : 3.30 p.m. Rev.^ J.^Wallis. North Shore : Rev. J. Gorrie. Drury : 10 a.m. ) Papakura: ll£a.m. [ Rev. Jame3 R. Taylor. Wairoa :3 p.m. ) The arrangements were approved of by the Assembly.

TREASURERS REPORT. Mr. HILL, Convener, read the interim report, giving return of calculations received by the treasurer for the year ending November 30, 1866. The following note was appended to ths report:— "The General Treasurer would urge upon treasurers of ( Presbyteries and congregations the desirability of all ; oolleotions being forwarded before 31at December next, that the accounts for the past year may be olosed on that day, and a conneoted atatemeut made up for printing with the annual report. Any sums received after that date will not be included in the report for the year." He moved the adoption of the Mr. Gow seconded the adoption of the report, which was carried. A vote of thanks waa passed to the treasurer , for the accurate manner in whioh he had kept the

accounts. REPORT OP CHURCH PROPERTY COMMITTEE. < Mr. Thomas Maofarlane, convener, submitted the report of Church Property Committee :— "REPORT OS 1 THE COMMITTEE OK 03UR0H PROPERTY. " Tour committee beg to report that a copy of the trust deed iv use by the Presbytery of Otago for oonveying property to the Churoh was procured and submitted to three legal friends of the Church in Auckland; that these gentlemen were of opinion th it that form, with a few verbal alterations, might be adopted for the use of the Churoh generally. The oommittee, therefore, Btibmit that form for the ap. proT»l of the Assembly. •• It will be observed that the trust purposes contained in that deed are rather lengthy, and would involve considerable expense on each transmission of property. But that objection might be obviated by having the triwt deed used recorded in the Public Register, and simply referred to in future. c "T. Macfarlane." He also read the trust-deed in connection with the report. He said it had been suggested that a procurator or legal adviser should be appointed It would be an honorary office, and not attended with the payment of a salary for some time to come. He moved the adoption of the report. Mr, Macky seconded the motion, which was It was also agreed, on the motion of Mr. Maofablanb, seconded by Mr. Norrie, that a procurator Bhould be appointed to adrise the Assembly hi affairs of a legal nature. Mr. Macfarlane moved the appointment of James Hunter CrawfOßD, Esq., to the offioe. Mr. Clark seconded the motion, whioh was carried.

RBPOBT OF OHUROH EXTENSION OOMMITTBB. Mr. D. Bruce, convener, submitted the report of this oommitbee as follows :—: —

"Report op the Chtjboh Extension Committee JOR THB TEAR 1866. "The oommittee are glad to be able to report that the work which the Ohuroh has committed to their care has during the past year been making steady progress. " There have been in the combo of the year three ministers settled ia districts which are more or less under the committee's care. " Soon after the rising of last Assembly, the Rev. Mr. McGowau arrived at Wellington, and, under the authority of the Presbytery, was inducted to the pastoral charge of the long-vacant congregation at the Hutfc. There the blessing of God seems greatly to have attended his labours, the evidence of which is to be found in the fact that the church has been enlarged to double its former size, and that the congregation have manifested their interest in the comfork of their clergyman and his family by the enlarging of the manse. m ,•.•*. c "Early in the year, too, the extensive district of I Waikato, to whichieference was made in the report of 1864, was favoured by the settlement there of the Rev. James U. Taylor, a licentiate of the Presbytery of Auckland. The more immediate sphere of > Mr. Taylors labours embraces the whole of the eastern side of the Waikato, though, for the present, the whole of the district, including Raglan, is under his care. His presence in the extensive field has proved a blessing to many, and his success in organising the Church in the several localities where he conducts Divine service is very gratifying to all who feel an ! interest in the religious welfare of the military settlements established in the Northern Island.

" The committee have extreme satisfaction in recording tlie anival recently of the Rev. Mr. Ross, in answer to a call sent Lome About three y£ars .»g'> from the district of Wairarapa, in the province of Wellington. It has been a matter of regret with the committee that this important field should have remained so long unoccupied ; but they are petsuaded, from all they have heard of Mr. .Ross, that the members of the Church there residing will have no reason to regret the delay. " Taranaki the committee regard as having been highly favoured by the settlement there of the Rev. Mr. Macnicool. Amidst peculiar difficulties that clergyman has formed a very promising congregation, where members have made exertions that in ©very way do them credit. They have built, and now worship, in a very comfortable and commodious church, which they are very desirous to have free from debt as soon as possible. They hare made an appeal to the Church at large to aid them in accomplishing this ; and considering the efforts they have put forth, and the peculiar difficulties with which, in that province, they are beset, the oommittee express earnestly their hope that this appeal will be heartily responded to. There is a likelihood of arrangements being made for the establishing of a second minister, either to the north or south of the town of New Plymouth, who, in conoerfc with Mr. Macniccol, might do much towards supplying the military settlements in that province with religious ordinance!. "The committee have much pleasure in stating that the Colonial Committee of the Established Church of Scotland have continued for another year their grant of £150 towards Mr; Macniccol's stipend. " In the province of Hawke's Bay the extension of the Church is steadily going forward. In the month of December last the brethren there formed themselves into a Presbytery, according to a previous recommendation of the Assembly ; and there is this to be said to their honour, that both of their recently established charges are self-supporting. This, the committee think it no more than just to say, is greatly owing to the indefatigable labourß of the Rev. Mr, Barclay, of Napier, tf The district of Wairoa, recently visited by Mr. Barclay, as soon as the native disturbances are over, will very soon require the servioes of a resident clergyman ; and a plan has been initiated by Mr. Barclay, as corresponding member of the committee, for securing the appointment of one at an early date. It would prove of* advantage to the Church in this province, if an additional minister were stationed at Havelock, to take charge of the surrounding districts, and especially of the large pastoral distriot Aorangi. The committee must also recommend that the minister to be stationed here should be able to speak in Gaelic. "Atßangitikei the Rev. Mr. Cumming is successfully prosecuting his labours, and is engaged at present in getting a church erected at Putanui, where a considerable township is springing up, and where the head-quarters of the charge must ultimately be fixed. . "At Mataraua,f ormerly connected wifchthe Wanganui charge, but separated from it since the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Hogg, the members of the church have recently erected a church suited to the requirements of the district. They have also instructed the committee, through the Moderator of the local Presbytery, to send home for a minister, and have raised a considerable sum of money towards defraying the passage. They have agreed to give £100 of stipend, and board and lodging ; and as this seemed to the committee to be fully equivalent to the minimuui stipend, it was decided that the request for a grant in aid from the Church Extension Fundshould notbeacceded to. The committee, however, have sent home for a minister for this new charge, and an answer has been received to say that one will be appointed forthwith. " The recommendation of last year's report, respecting the appointment of a second minister for the province of Marlborougb,to co-operate with the Rev. Mr. Russell, of Blenheim, in overtaking the care of Picton and Elaikoura, did not meet with Mr. Russell's acquiescence on the ground of its impracticability. There is a prospect, however, of the committee being able to settle a minister at both, these places. Of the two, Pioton is the one that would require help from the committee ; but that would not be more than £150. " The committee regret to have to say that they have not yet received any letter from the Colonial Committee of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland relative to the appointment of a minister for Pukaka, in the province of Nelson. " They regret to have to make the same statement respecting the Colonial Committee of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland, relative to a oall from Waimea in that province. " A vacancy has occurred at Rewaka, ra oonsequenoe of the Rev. John Campbell having left that charge and gone to occupy a district in the province of Canterbury. The committee were unable to satisfy the request of the session of Rewaka to. send them temporary supply ; but as toon as they were distinctly informed by the Rev. Mr. Carter, their corresponding member, that the charge was vacant, and that it was for the interest of the Church to have the vacancy supplied, they wrote for a minister to the Colonial Committee of the Free Churoh of Scotland, and the oonvener of that oomraittee has written to 8»y that they will lose no time in sending one. "There are several districts in the province of Canterbury calling for the presence of resident clergymen ; but the oommittee h*ve no definite statistics respecting them, and hava left it to the Presbytery there to furnish them, or on their own authority to send for the number of ministers required. " Aa regards the West Coast goldfields, which, by last Assembly's decision, were placed within the bounds of the Canterbury Presbytery, the committee have to state that the hope they expressed in their last report, of being enabled to send the Rev. John Hall to that important field, they were not in ft position to realise. These districts were, however, visited by several members of the Canterbury Presbytery, and through the medium of that Presbytery two permanent clergymen have been sent for, to .t»ke their pastoral oversight. Recently, too, the Rev. John Hall has found his way to this necessitous district, and i« busily engaged in the organising of the Churoh. His services will prepare the way for the settlement of permanent ministers in the several centres of a rapidlygrowing population. "It appears from letters reoeived from the Key, Mr. Calder that Mr. Hall has expressed his willingneßS to labour for a time in the province of Nelson, once he is free in Hokitika; and, considering the spiritually destitute state of many of the members of the Church there, the committee will, with the Assembly's approbation, recommend Mr. Hall to that course. " The committee have nothing farther to report than to state that it will be necessary for the Assembly to recommend to the congregations of the Church a more vigorous support of the Church d extension fund, if the districts calling for pastoral superintendence are at all to be adequately overtaken. This becomes the more necessary that the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland have, owing to the numerous demands on them, been compelled to reduce their grant after this year by the sum of £25, "Failing this recommendation, it will be necessary for the Assembly to throw upon the larger Presbyteries the responsibility of upholding the weak congregations within their respective bounds. " The report of the treasurer will show the present state of the funds. " Commending their work again to God and to the sympathy of the Church, the committee beg to lay this report on the Assembly table. IC D. Brock, Convener, "Auckland, November 30, 1866." He moved the adoption of the report. Mr. Norms seconded the adoption of the report, and bore testimony to the important facts contained in it, particularly those referring to the Waikato district, where Mr. Taylor had rendered valuable services. It was a cheering fact that there was not one of the immigration settlements neglected, or without a regular service being held in them. Mr. Macky suggested that Mr. Nome Bhould prepare an appendix to the report, showing the work which' had been done by the Home Mission Committee of the Auckland Presbytery. Mr. McKinnet said the motion should apply to the other Presbyteries also. Mr. Hill said the Auckland Presbytery alone had organised a home mission scheme, and it was not creditable to the other Presbyteries that they should not also institute a home mission scheme for their own respective bounds. He would suggest that a recommendation should be made to them to form such a mission soheme. The Moderator said the matter had been alluded to in the report. . ..... Mr. Gow said it was highly gratifying that the Auckland Presbytery had, by their Church extension scheme and home mission scheme, overtaken toe work in such an extensive field of labour. He hoped the other Presbyteries would follow the good example shown them in that respect. He had no idea that such an amount of good was being done by the Auokland Presbytery,

Elr. MacfajJt.ane said there were largo districts of humhedd of mi'"* where there was no minister lo a'u 1 aid tucx-s'vere places whore the ministers were absolutely struggling for an exiateace. Ho thought the work of evangelization could be more effectually oarriedout by the 2?eada of the various Protestanldeuomiuations co-operatin« with each other, And taking up a certain district, and looking after the religious interests of the people in thtft district. The report was adopted.

APPENDIX TO EEPOBT. On the motion of Mr. Macky, seconded by Mr. Nokbib, it was agreed that the convener of the committee should prepare »n appendix, setting tortn the work of Church extension carried on by the Auckland Presbytery, or any other Presbytery who had any similar reports to forward before the end ot the year.

THE CANTEBBURT CASE. Mr. Babclay, convener, brought up the following report of the committee in this case :— "Your comraittee,having heard the parties in this case and carefully considered the whole circumBtances thereof, and having subsequently communicated the viewaofthe committee to these parties, who acquiesced therein, bes? respectfully to recommend to the General Assembly that the findings in this case should be as follow :— "1, That there have been much misunderstanding and many irregularities on both sides. "2. That since Mr. Gow, having been inducted into his charge, is now discharging the duties of his office with apparent acceptability, it would be unwise now to disturb that settlement. "3. That the decision in this case shall not be considered as a rule or guide in any other case j and "4. That the members of the Jfresbytery of Canterbury and all ministers and office-bearers of the Church be enjoined to study the laws of the Church, with the view of their conducting the business in conformity with the laws." ' On the motion of Mr. Bakclay, seconded by Mr. CLABK, the report was unauiraously adopted, the parties more immediately interested in the matter having expressed their acquiescence in the repoit. assembly's expanses and public collections. Mr. McKinnet submitted the report on the above subjects. The report recommended thai the sum should Le £120, as last year, to be allocated to the various Presbyteries. The report was almost similar to that adopted at the last sitting of the Assembly. The report was uuammously adopted.

PLACE OF NEXT MEETING. Mr, Duncan, convener, iutimated that the com." mittce recommended that the nexb meeting of the Assembly should be held at Nelson. He moved that the recommendation should be carried out. Mr. Barclay seconded the motion, which waa oarried. . . Several notices of motion were given for consideration at the forenoon sederunt of next day. This terminated the business of the sederunt, and the Assembly adjourned until nine o'clock next morning. ________^__ — __

CRIMINAL CALENDAE. THE following is the calendar of prisoners for trial at the criminal sessions of the Supreme Court, commencing this day (Saturday), December 1:—1 :— Thomas James MoDonald, per 'IdaZiegler, in 1862, Irish, labourer, 25 years of age, single, Church of England, can read and write ; committed bep- . tember7, by J.P., Auckland, for stealing from the person. Previous conviction : July 13, 1865, at the R.M. Court, Papakura, for petty laroeny, 3 months hard labour. . Eliza Baker, 'Anne,' 1848, Irish, 29, married Church of England, not read nor write ; committed September 7, by J.P., Auckland, for stealing from the person. _. Thomas Adams, ' Margaret Wood,' 1855, West Indian, engineer, 31, single, Presbyterian, read and write; committed September 11, by J.P., Auckland, for breaking iuto a warehouse and stealing John'Sraith, 'Otago,' 1866, native of Sydney, jockey, 22, single, Church ot England, read, not write j committed September 14, by J.P., Auckland, for assault and stealing from the person. William Tuffs, 'Boanerges,' 1860, English, labourer, 28. single, Church of England, read and write; oommitted September 17, by J.P., Auckland, for stealing from the person. „„„«„ vu George Littlewood, ' Robert Lowe,' 1860, English, butcher. 28, single, Chuich of England, read and writej committed September 17, by J.P., Auckland, for stealing from the person. „,„„, T . , Jacob Dynes, 'Northumberland,' 1861, Irish, farmer, 65, married, Church of England, read aod write; committed September 19, by R.M., Onehung*. for receiving stolen goods. Elizabeth Dyne§, 'Northumberland,' 1861, Irish, 12, single, Church of Jfingland, read and write; committed September 19, by R.M., Ouehunga, for obtaiuing goods by false pretence. Frederick Plummer, 'Pegasus,' 1864, English, draper, 2.2, siugle, superior education ; committed September 21, by J.P., Auckland, for burglary (two charges). Escaped November 4, at 4 p.m. John McCleary, September 21, by J.P., Auckland, for breach of Arms Act. Admitted to bail same *John Lee, « Matoaka,' 1866, English, labourer, 43, married, read a- d write ; committed October 2, by R.M., Waiuku, for killing and carrying away one George Mauton, 'Matoaka,' 1865, English, gardener, 43, married, read aud write j committed Ootober 2, by R.M., Waiuku, for killing and carrying away one bullook. John Robinson, ' Matoaka,' 1865, English, planer, 24, Eingle, Church of England, read and write; oommitted Ootober 2, by R.M., Waiuku, for killing and carrying away one bullock. James Toohey, 'Star Queen,' 1861, Irish, labourer, 30, married, Roman Catholic, read and write ; committed October 3, by 11. M., Ngaruawahia, for stealng a purse, money, &o. # Himi Pu, Maori, labourer, 25, single, Chnrch o England, read and write ; committed September 25, by°B.M., Russell, for breaking into a shop, and stealing therefrom. „»„,.., i Henry Dilloo, 'White Swan,' 1858, Irish, labourer, 52, single, Roman Catholic, read and write j committed October 30, by J.P., Auckland, for uttering a forged oheque. Previous conviction : December 2, 1864, S.C., Auckland, larceny, 9 calendar months. Daniel Donohue, ' Invincible,' 1855, Irish, carpenter, 46, married, Roman Catholic, read and write j committed October 30, by J.P., AuckWl, for uttering a forged cheque. Previoua convictions : March 1, 1861, S C , Auckland, for forgery, 3 years' hard labour; Febiuaiy 7, 1865, R.M. Court, Port Waikato, for larceny, three mouths' hard labour ; February 7, 1865, R.M. Court, Port Waikato, for larceny, two months' hard labour ; March 9, 1865, S.C. Auckland, for stealing in a dwelling-house, two years' hard labour. John Elcook, 'Susannah,' 1863, English, ham* merm/in, 28, married, Roman Catholic, read and write ; committed October 31, by J.P., Auckland, W. H. Shorfccliffe, 'Tornado,' 1859, English, labourer, 30, single, Church of England, lead and write; committed November 1, by R.M., Waiuku, for killing a bullock. , , _ u John Pierce, committed November 1, by R.M ;> Waiuku, for killing a bullock. Admitted to ban November 1, _ L . , Stephen P*rrell, « Frenchman,' 1861,. Kent, clerk, 44, married, Church of England, superior education; oommitted November 6, by R.M., Mongonui, for embezzlement. „ William Willard, 'Jumna,' 1863, Portsmouth, labourer, 32, single, Church of England, read and write; oommitted November 13, by J.P., Auckland, for burglary. Previoua convictions: October 10, 1865, R.M.C., Auckland, larceny, 4 months lmprn sonment; April 4, 1866, R.M. C, Auckland, larceny, 6 months' imprisonment.- • Isaac Robinson, 'Queen of South, Tyrone, labourer, 32, sing]*, Koman Catholic, neither read nor write; committed November 13, by JP. Auckland, for escape from penal servitude; audulso for robbery from the per3on with violence. Previous convictions: December 4, 1865, S.C., AucMand, robbeiy from the pewou with violence, 3 years hard labour, and also for stealing in a dwelling-house, 3 yt are hard labour— to run concunently ; March 1, 18b6, S.C, Auckland, escape from hard labour and robbery from the person with violence, 6 years' penal serviU Henry Devoy, 'Reliance,' 1863, Ireland, shoemaker 27, single, Roman Catholic, read and write ; committed November 23, by R.M., Auckland, for ; horse-stealing.