PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXI, Issue 2375, 1 March 1865, Page 4

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

In the Provincial Council yesterday, A let er nns icikl fiom Commodore Wiseman acknowledging thoth inks of the Council conveyed to himfoi having Lad the quality of the coal fiom the K<iwakawa mine at the Bay of Islands tested. It was oideradtobe entered on the minutes of the Council Mr. Ba.lt, brought up inteiitn renovfc'No, 1 of tlie Rcpi escntittiou ( 'omimttco. . Mr. Ow E6E3IAN nniiouuced thab lio had'accepted a seat in the Executive Mr Caklfton made a. lengthened supplementary financial statement, winch we report in evtcii'-o clseuheie, mid the cnnsideiMtion of the esinnates vv is postponed until affcu tlie Appro|)iiutio» JJill is brought down to the Council. Theoioei of the day fur the consideiation of Moasafro I 5!.I 5 !. lpeiippMnir the eiadication of thistles, was ordered to be refo ied to a select comnnt'ee. Tue ' 1 y Loiid Act Amend input Bill was consideiv<l in committee. Afttr the fit -t clause had been passed, the omnii'tee weii* ousideiing the second clause in the bill, when the Hou«e was counted out shortly befoie 6 o'clock.

By the ' Loid Asliley' behave later news from the South, ouv dates fiom Otago being to the 20tb ultimo. The news is nob important. The Hanke's Bay Herald cays tha,t sticnnous efforts are being made to introduce the Pai Mat-ire superstition into that piovince; and it gives pirticulars of tho ai rival of an armed baud of 120 adheients of the Pai Marire. Tlio loyal natives it is said, express themselves miuli scandalised by the authorities permitting this band to enfcer and pass through the province. The new i eligionists h.\d set aside the Chi istian Sabbath, and obseived S.ituiday iufitead us their day of res>t. Tho following in. cident is fiomthe same source:— "Two natives, Ileie-m-\ia and Hemp, of Wairon, weie coming down from Wai|'tiktnnu on the 2hd ins ant (Thursdiy), in company with a white man (formerly of tho Defence Force) named Thomas Smith. Afc tlie Hapaku's place they came upon the camp of Pai Marires. Afc the entiance there weie two men with chawu sword*, who seized the -white man, pushol him in, and siiJ, ' If this man had been apprehended by our police we should have cut off his head.' The natives said, 'Is this what you mean by coming here with your new faibh— to commit murdei ?' 1 hey replied, 'It is our law.' The thiee men remained theie all night unmolested." Our Tanranga conespoudenb, under date February IS. says, "All is quiet within camp, bub outside all is excitement, owing to the abrupb manner in which Hori Kingi Tupaea was taken away. ], however, hope that our poor misled chief may speedily aud huiiiedly return to hia tnbo and people, in oidor that wo may tho sooner enjoy the blessings of peace. 'I he Pai Alamo natives who arrived from lU.iketti when I last wrote you have a poition of them been I allowed t<> return to their settlement ; but Iloie TupaeVs son Akuala, along with somo W.iikatos; are detained in camp, waiting, I pic->uine, instructions either from Auckland or Wellington ' A- serious carriage accident occurred on the Karangahape Road, Nowtown, between six and seven o'clock last evening. Mr. Vialou, of the Anckland Hotel, accompanied by Mrs. Vialou and two children, was returning home'ab that time from his brick works at Point Chevalier in an open carriage afc a moderate speed, and, when Hearing- Lawless's Newtorrn Hotel, thecariiageicpxetin a mgged part of the road. Mr. Vialofi, who w.w diiving, Ml with great violence into the road, and, on bein« raised, it was discovered thai; his left arm was seriously injured. Mrs. Vialou and the two ihiMren foitunately sustained no other injuries than a few bruises. Mr Pierce, suiyeon, was called in, auddiessed Mr. Vialou's arm, which waa found to be fractured on both Bides of the elbow. Mr. Vialou and family were conveyed to their homo as early as possible afterwards. The accident is attributed to tho wretched state of tho road, and of which complaints have been made for some time past. Some of the Govei nmpnt immigrants might be well employed in repairing it. The Army and Navy Gazette says :—": — " If the Maori war should unfortunately once more break out, no blame can be attached to the naval and military forces which were oii^inally employed in bringing the rebels of New Zealand to a proper sense of their duty. We fear, however, fiom the accounts which we have received by tho last mail, that there will be more fighting before theisland is leducedto a peaceable condition j but come wlmt may, we have tlie satisfaction

of 'knowing Ihat perfect! unanimity reigns.between the members of the .two serviced There % is^ total a-bsence of jealousy on the park J of soWiers/aml siiilora, and all vie witli each other 'in awarding honour to those avlio, deserve it., As a proof of this, we may say that we have seen an extract taken from a letter wiitten by an officer high up on the staff of the miliUiy Commander-in-Chief, in which, after alluding generally to the fight at Taurauga, th» writer makes the following complimentary allusion to Commodore .Sir W. Wiseman :— 'The Commodore behaved like a ' brick' at Tauranga, and went abont amidst a hail of bullets iva uncoucernedly as if he had been walking about the streets of London. 1 We do not insert this biitf but spirited statement merely to piove that bravery is not an uncommon quality with naval officers of lank, but to show that an amiable feeling to exalt their comrades of the sinter service reigns amongst the land forces stavioned in New Zealand." On the assembling of the Provincial Council yesteiday, Mr, Cheeseman was observed occupying a seat on the Treasury bench, which seemed to take t>ome lion, members by snrpriso. On the commencement of the proceeding?, Mr. Gheesem m announced that he had accepted a sent in the Executive at the urgent request of his Honor the Superintendent, lie obsei veil tiufc ho had no pai biculxr line of policy to emiuci ite, and tlufc fro-n his Jon" connection with the Council, his political feelings were well known to hon. member-). Mr. Cailetou then made nfiuaneid statement, supplementary to that made by Ms predecessor, Mr. Newman, in the ea:l last session. It 3 delivery occupied the time .li Cbianl for nearly two hours ; and the statement \ri -i.aa fully repotted elsewheie. Two men wcjo apprehended in Newton, at a late hour List evening, by constable Teiu.ihan and Pergeant Scott, for being illegally on the premise?. One (if the men, on b'ing conveyed to the leck-np, mado his escape, and lias not been seen since. Doth men ate said to bo soldier-", the one appiehended bcipg a private in the 14th Regiment. i We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a volume of the stitistics of New Zoila'id foi the year 1863, fiom John B. Bennett, E-,q , Itegis-tiar-Geneial; and we shall tUce an opportunity of referring to its contents on a futme occasion, The Army and Navy Gazelle of December 17, says: — "A pension of £150 per annum has been bestowed upon Captain Mayno, R.N., on account of the severe 1 wounds which he lcceived while serving in the Naval Brigade, under Commodoio Sir William S. Wiseman, Bart., in New Zealand. Captain Mayne ii a sou of [ Sir Richard Mayne, the respected Metropolitan Pohco Commissioner." We were in en or in stating that Dr. Gibb (Deputy Inspectoi-Ceneial of Military Hospitals) was one ol the gentlemen who foimed the boaid for enquiring into the cause of the moit.iliby in the ship ' Ganges;' and we take the emliest opportunity, after the error has been pointed out to ur, ©f correcting it. The Auckland Naval Voluuteors arc to muster for inspection of ai ms and accoutrement, in front of the Council Chambeis, on Friday next, the 3rd instant) at 6 a.m. The Council of the Northern Association are requosted to meet in the Chamber of Commerce, at 4 o'clock p.m. to day. Dumfiey, the colonial Jack Sheppard, will be brought up before his Worship, this morniug, for his. numerous offences of pii^on-bieaking, and will probably he committed to take his trial at the ciin-itial sittings of the Supreme Court, commencing to-day. Tho general meeting of the shnreholdeis of tlio Albert Hall Company is to be lit Id at Mr. Cochranes Land Mait, Fort-street, on the Gth instant, when the designs for the new hall will be submitted. "It will bo remembered," says the Otago Daily Mad, ''Unit "-ome months ago a suspicion w as raised against the master of the steamer ' Aphui'-id ' lelative to a criminal charge made against him injmious to his chaiacter as a seaman and master in chnige of a. seagoing A'essel. We have si me leai nt from authority, tive pioof that Daptam .S'teuart, who had charge of the vessel at the time of the wreck, was not in a po" sition to remain until the merits of the accident, uhtch hns since tiirupd out to )>o pni'ely accidental bad been fully jH-oved and verified. A considerable time lun elapsed f i ora that of the -\vr< ck , and the most injurious suspicions had been raised, which would injure the character of any nautical man. Tutolligi nee has cince come to hand from one of our most reliable Government officials tint Captain Steuait, unaware of jvny crimiu.il oOfcuce, and befoie any pioc. ediugs weio taken by the authorities, on leceiving a favourable oflxr shipped as second officer xv a vessel going to China. It is but fair that this statement should be made as a set-off to haish and condemnatoiy leniaiks that have been put in circulation." A man named Henry Henderson was apprehended last evening, charged with stealing a box: of tools the property of a seaman named George Eoss. The accused will be bi ought, up this morning. The Ncu. Zealand Spectator (Wellington) says: — "Sir Henry Young', late Governor of Tasmania, and founerly Governor of South Amtialia, arrived in Dunediu in the ' Hero,' lie was a passenger to Melbourne by the overland loute. We also obseive that Dr. Featheistoii, lion. Major Richardson, Post-master-Geneial, and Mr. and Mis. Fox, neie passengers in the ' Albiou ' for Melbourne from Port Ohalmets on the 16th instant." ' Mi. George Fawcett," says the Otago Daily Mail, "who is here on a temporal y visit to ariangetlicadvent of the celebrated tiagcdinn, Mr. Chailes Dillon, will, we undeistaud, give one of his 'Evenings with Dickens,' which have met with such unanimous appioval fiom pi ess and public in the Noith. 1 ' The Resident Magisliate's Court was occupied the wholo of yesterday with civil cases adjourned from Thiusday last, none of which possessed any special inteiesfc. The Canfceibury papers give a lepott of a celebiated horsewhipping case tried theie, and in which Capt Anduson, one of the candid vies, for the lepresent.ition of the Avon, Christchnrch, was Munitioned befoie the resident magistiate, for horsewhipping Air. J. C. Bioolco for cnculatiug repoits delrimeutal to his pi irate ch.iiacter. A gre.it deal of excitement was caused, nud an immense concouise of people assembled to hear the trial. Defendant was fined £&. A deseiter from H. M. 14th Regiment was apprehended last evening, and will be brought before the Resident Magistrate this morning. Ac the Prince of Wales Theatre, last evening, Miss Clevelaud took her farewell of an Auckland iindieuce, in the parb o£ Jack Sheppaid. There was a good house, and the applause accorded to the urtWte was convincing proof of the high appreciation sf her merit. The laughable faiceof "The Two Pages " closed the evening's entertainment, John Jordan, a private in the Military Train, was ippreheiided by Constable A. Clarke, last evening, >n a charge <>E laiceny. Pusoner was detected jft'eiing for sale a bundle of clothes, which boie every iidiciitiim of having been stolen from off a clothesine. Upon inquiiy, it wjis discovered l>y the conitable that the piopeity found upon accused had teen titlcoa from a clotherf line at the tear of the Jxchauge Hotel, Painell, that morning, and weie he pioperty of Percy Wilson. Prisoner wilt be nought befoie the JUesidonfc Magisliate this aormng. There was no porformance at the Theatre Royal ist evening, owing to the hall being occupied by lie Odd Fellows.