HOUSEBKEAKING IX QUEEX STREET. George Pilkington was arraigned, and pleaded not guilty, to having, on the 15th November, broken and entered the shop of Mr. T. Scott, Queen-stieet, Auckland, and stolen theiefrom lOOlbs. of cavendish tobacco, 6011 m. of negrohend tobacco, one dozen whito shirts, nnd 20 pairs women's boots. Mr. Merihnan prosecuted. Thomas Scott was the first witness called. He said • I keep a shop in Queen-street, Auckland. On Wednesday, the 4th November, I left the shop about six o'clock. Tho doors and window* were then pei feetly secured. The following morning I went there about eight o'clock in the morning, and the first thing that attracted my attention was a lot of women's boots lying on the floor of the store. I made fin ther search at the back of the store. The back door was unlocked, unbarred, and unbolted. Whtn 1 left on th» pmious

of the Victoria valley. In short, the whole of that extensive district is eminently suited for settlement, and the support of a dense agricul tural population. The friendly disposition of the natives, and their anxiety for roads, ought not to be lost of. They now possess a legal title to their lands ; let us by example and assistance enable them to disclini'ge their duties as landed proprietors, which their new con dition renders incumbent on them. If we have failed to civilize the Maoris to the South, let us spare no pnins to civilize those in the JNorth ; and tho only way this can bo done is by bringing them into contact with largo and progressive communities of civilized men.
