WELLINGTON.

Press, Volume VII, Issue 800, 23 May 1865, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

LATEST PEOM . . - [From the Adtertiier , May Jβ.] ;, s > . ' Captain Bunny, of the FeajthOTston.^Dlimf,, teers, arrived m to>yn yesterday raraparbrnigingrifcaiie Gfofernmerit a torifii of resolutions which' were, adopted at He meeting held on tw£ Tauhera&niEau^relative-to. the state of tfie district in'tnd eveiit of arijr measures deing adopted against tWiiatifesv by Mr. '?&«*s* party. >;0&e reaolttfcieal recommeade4>tie_ : . immediate ißrectipn of stockades far the protection of the wbmefc; , and children, ana we believe that Mr* ; Sewell, on behalf of the Ministry, promised. that they should receiTO the consdentiflO their importance merited. .«Uij ; By the mail whieh,-Arriyed laet aight we have later intelligence from Maaterton. A y correspondent writes tfiat 'on SafuJMay last , about seventy armed natives passed Captain ' J. T. Smith's land, and proceeded acton Ik ;■ OreOre*3a df l%iiro*epftV; iuii%iir r >anot|ietL,,party forty ; Maoried seen later in the aar goW»H. the same ' 33be sonrce from we derive this, information is : Usfcv4pvbp ,s>ss&s; natives are preparing for resistance. The Defence Force 1 (favalry :7 iWc<immMaM§ rMr: paid a recoimoitOT Ngairo's pafe gentleman who, ,ai^mpaßMdr^h e we lean), that aponical and could be defended againefe 600 adffleßJ bya body of 50 armed Maoriea. (Wednesday) r the^eeven f days* notice giv# ( by Idf. 8 "VV'ard td tlfe Pai Mamies will erpired,'aad if apy movement is to beEJJSM* ,•; aganist 4hem we presume it place:'. -"We triwt tfiaiii now a ~; hasbeen r made f it vW'bq <»medout, othe*- ; wise matter wffl assume &mxv& f jnorev*': satiefactoiy.aepecfc than if no steps whaterer -, had been : ; "

r . r0 nOJMST QALE. - ■ r^i»^* er^*er » of the 18th, gives the follnjjag account of a destructive storm by . jiij. Wellington has lately been visited:— * Xißoet violent storm, accompanied at intenfc <with a perfect deluge of rain, hafl, thunder and lightning—raged in Sjffrgjoq throughout Tuesday night, and little signs of abatement until yester2J3g|ieTOOon. It was truly one of the goJLrbeet nights we remember to have ex™jjjjfattc(l in this colony, and it is only won&jfolti)Afcmore casualties have not occurred. ffca splendid holding ground in the harbor the shipping from disaster, and even iJttitt height of the hurricane hardly a yesmoved a yard from her moorings, and no fcngg in this quarter was to be apprehended. Onshore, however, matters assumed a difs£&& aspect, and some considerable damage fceen. sustained by both roads and bridges, kfL tiunke to the improved engineering of the Provincial Government ibis is to a certain extent an annual mffyffnnce which may periodically be looked • jgriard to. At least this has been the case in. tibe past, but we hope for better things in tfeefotore. Along the Hutt Boad several tgps have taken place, and the road on gal account is rendered temporarily impassslife for drays, but horsemen experience ; jfflflfc difficulty in travelling. The culvert to Dr. Featherston's house was *fesn& open by the force of the water, and the load was considerably damaged in con■eqnesce. The neighbourhood of Xai-wara-'vtra enffered severely. A huge piece of nek became detached from the hill at the - lick.of the toll-bar, and, upon falling, it fined the gate and blocked up the road. A l&pB further along, the Kai-wara-wara jjpjjffftwas swept away, and was yesterday ■Boming discovered lying at the opposite cafe of the bay in the vicinity of the public lefts. A little wayup the stream in question, stands Mr. C. W. Schultze's flour mill, and: we regret to learn that very severe Manage has been done to the property. Uβ tremendous body of water that swept iHafogh. the narrow gully in which the eftt is situated is described as being ■ome&ing awful, and the exertions of aciunnber of men were unavailing in \ attempting to save the property from destruction. The dam ultimately burst, and with of water went portions of the mill, , «ad'&e building was shaken to its foundaJvm, and a large quantity of flour and wheat :%i |ne lower floor was damaged. Altogether must be a very severe sufferer, . and in expressing our sincere commiseration fir the losses he has sustained we feel certain, we only re-echo the feelings of his fellow-colonists. —Some of Mr. Hirst's out-houses at Kai- ; -«ar& have also sustained considerable injury, and some of the buildings were flooded. At f Bsahauranga the stream rose to a great Jurai, but beyond the loosening of a portion parapet little damage was done. We 1 to learn from the Hutt district that Jeearything is safe, but trifling inconvenience ;lawffig been caused by the rain.