The citizen 1 : of Auckland are undoubtedly a music loving people, and if any proof of thi^ statement were w anting, it would readily be fouud in the assemblage which last evening tilled the Odd Fel lows' Hall — the occasion being a farewell concert given by Herr Werner, \\ho, after a short tesidence in this colony, takes his departuie for Fatheilaud by the good ship 'Ida Zeigler.' The concert was under the patronage of General t'ameion. U 8., 00l Leshe, C.8., the officers of H.M. 40th Regt., and his honor tbe Superintendent. The hall was well filled, the leserved seats moie particularly, a circumstance \i hich must have been very gratifying to the talented heneficiare as a proof of the high estimation in winch hit musical ability is held amongst us, and w liich must also have been satisfactoiy m a pecuniary point of view. It was a matter of regret that the Brunswick IlaU, in which the concert was originally announced to be given, could not be used, ifca acoustic effect being so superior to that of the hall in which the concei t last night was given. The pieces composing the pro gramme weie well chosen, and it contained almost every essential to success. The concert opened with the Rossini's overture to Giullaume Tel], to the grand music of which the band of the 40fch Regt. did every justice, to whom m turn the audience did justice, in loud plaudits. The vocal part of the conceit did not come up to the expectations of the audience, but allowance must be mode for the singers being all amateurs ; there was such a timidity or diffidence observable, that an atteutive heater must have beeu convinced that <\ little confidence on the part of the vocalists would have made the concert a musical success The orchestra was composed of the band of H.M s 40th regt., under the duectiou of Seigt. Murrell. Too much credit caunot be given to the orchestra and its able conductor, for the way in which they acquitted themselves ; indeed, but for them, the concert would have been a dull affair. Space will not permit us to give a fuller notice, as the concert did not terminate until after 11 o'clock.
