he asked you to'lend him." The description of these two poor women, both in movement in the morning after the arrest — the one clea r ly seeking for the payment of the price of blood from Luciaui in order to succour her husband, the other endeavouring to obtain the 6,000f. to go aud satisfy Armati and get him out of the country iv order to save her son — turned the scale against Luciani,- and from that moment all become convinced of his guilt. It was evident that Armati had sent his wife to get the money from Luciani, to supply means for her support and his defence, at the moment wheu Luciani, equally ignorant of Armafci's arrest, had while the police were kept waiting for a loug time at the door, begged his mother — when, in all probability, telling her for the first time of his feartul secret — to make a last effort to obbain the money from De Luca and take it immediately to Armati to secure his silence. The Auckland Herald states "that Captain M'Donnell, of Wanganui, has, after loug delay procured leave from King Tawhiao to bring one European with him to Tuhua to look for gold. We need not go over the history of the statements which have been made as to the auriferous nature of (he Tuhua country. Some years ago Mr. P, Nolau and Mr Barry were sent up there by the Auck land Provincial Government, but they never got leave to, penetrate to the country suppo sed to be auriferous, which is at some of the streams running from the Tuhua range iato the upper part of the Wanganui Iliver. Gold was found in this district years Ago,and lately some fine specimens have been brought by the natives down to persons in the Miirimotu block." The Captain's discovery is long deferred. Ho possesses the art of gold-beat ing. The Combination Troupe performed last night to a large house, the principal features of the evening being Azelia's startling feat of walking head downwards by placing the feet in loops attached from the ceiling of the hall. The Company perform again this evening. 