MISCELLANEOUS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 122, 26 July 1866, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

The confirmation of his Royal Highness Prince Arthur took .place on April 26, at Whippinghara Church, by. his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Sydney Empire, July 14, reports the wreck of the steamer Cawarra, with -all on board, on the 11th July. The Cawarra encountered the full force of the gale, onpeaving Sydney . for Rockhampton, of lier 24 passengers and crew of 35, all perished except one man named Hedges. The vessel was in* command of Captain Chatfield.

The monastery founded by Brother Ignatius is now closed, the tenants having heen succeeded t>y a "man in -possession." It is stated however that an effort will be made to reopen the house with a fresh set of monks. The Wellington Advertiser states there will be no homeward mail by way of Panama next month, in consequence of an arrangement having been arrived at to alter the dates of departure from this colony to the Ist of each month, the time originally fixed, and it became necessary either to go back or forward a fortnight, The Company have arranged to take the latter course, and the Mataura or Rakaia will follow the Ruahine, which is leaving to-morrow, on the Ist September, and there will be no mail despatched in August. After this alteration there is every reason to believe that the service will work with the utmost regularity. The gain of a fortnight to the Company will not be without its good effects, as it will enable Captain Benson to mature his arrangements in many ways, and will not cause any great public inconvenience. Sir- Moses Montefiore has returned -home from his charitable mission to Jerusalem. He landed at Dover on Monday, May 7, and proceeded to his residence at Ramsgate. We (Marlborough Press) are informed that a communication has been received from the Nelson Search Committee, from which it appears that a debt of £600 had been incurred "by them for stores, &c. Towards this amount, the Nelson Government contributed £100, and the public nearly £300. The Marlborough Government, in reply, have signified their willingness to make good the deficiency. The Marlborough Press is glad to learn that the men engaged in the whale fishery at Queen Charlotte Sound, have lately captured three whales, although one of them sank and was lost. • If the season closes as it has begun, our hardy and industrious whalers will net something handsome. The Sydney journals say that the New South Wales Government have informed the authorities in Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland that none of their mails will be conveyed by the Panama steamers unless they are transhipped at Sydney, and that Government credited with the soa-rate.