The Evening Post. THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1866.

Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 119, 28 June 1866, Page 2

The Evening Post. THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1866.

In the Provincial Council, this evening, Mr. Halcombc intends moving that all settlers on the Manawatu Block who shall, on the completion of the purchase of that block, have fulfilled the conditions of occupation required by the Small Farm Association Regulations, should be allowed a pre-emptive right over a rectangular block of 200 acres, enclosing their homestead, at the price of XI an acre. We understand that the stained window to be put up in the Cathedral at T'lorndon to the memory of the late Dr. Mark Kebbell, lias been shipped on board the Asterope at London, and may be expected to arrive in October. The ship Bprnr, Capt. Hall, which arrived in this port at the end of last year, has returned to England and sailed again from Liverpool for Madras. We are glad to observe that the salary attached to thu office of Clerk to the Provincial Council and Librarian has been raised to £200 per annum. The Rev, Arthur Stock who has so long kept the Time Ball in working order, without receiving any remuneration for his services, is to obtain the substantial thanks of the province by an honorarium of £100. This morning as Mr. J. K. Moore, in the employment of Mr. J. F. Wills, Custom

Ilouso street, was going *n his work, he saw the body of a man lyinir mi the beach in front of the Maori pa. He at onre gave information to the police, who lost no time in proceeding to the spot and securing the body, wliich was conveyed to the .Vng's Head, iv Cluba street. The body is identified as that of John M. Tyler, a brother of the forecabin steward of the s.s. Ahuriii. It appears that the unfortunate deceased left the vessel at eleven o'clock irv the forenoon, and never returned again. During the curly part of last night lie procured a boat and started alone from the watermen's wharf to scull himself on board. He was never seen again alive. The boat was found this morning by Rhodes' Wharf, and the body in thu place mentioned iibovQ. Whether he overbalanced and fell overboard, or whether tlie boat was capsized, n. one knows. An inquest was held at the Nag's Head at three o'clock this afternoon, and after the examination of a few witnesses was adjourned till six o'clock, In the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, after two cases of drunkenness and a few minor debt oaai's had been disposed of, Randal Boardmuu, a respectable middle aged man, Mr. E W. Mills' foreman, was placed in the dock charged with assaulting and robbing Mr. Joseph Hcbberley, of this city, who alleges that as hw was in the act of walking down Mfinnei'd street about one o'clock this morning, the prisoner came up, knocked him down and rifled his pockets, Irom which lie took five one pound Bank of New Zea'and uoie«, and then ran away. The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and called Mr. E. W. Mills to speak to his character. Mr. Mills did so, and said that he was a quiet man, and received £1 a day in his employment. His Worship sent the cuso for trial, but admitted the prisoner to bail, himself in £50 and two sureties in £50 each. Mr. E. W. Mills and Mr. Caleb Cull at once offered themselves a? sureties, and were accepted. The Committee of the Small Farm Association will hold a meeting at 7 o'clock this evening, m the Mutual Investment Society's office, for the purpose of considering the best means of carrying out the objects of the society. George Frederick Allan and Henry Claylands field, have been appointed Licensed Surveyors under the Native Lands Act. The appointments of Mr. James Sawyer to he keeper of the Signal Station on Barrel Beacon Hill, and of Mrs. Ruth France to be keeper of the repeating station on Mount Victoria, are gazetted. The Wellington Volunteer Fire Brigade held their anniversary dinner yesterday evening, at the Panama Hotel. Shortly before the time for sitting down had arrived, the Brigade, dressed in full uniform, preceded by the Volunteer Rifle Band, and accompanied by a concourse of persons, delighting in the merry strains of fife and drum, drew up opposite the door of the Panama, and were welcomed with a cheer by a crowd assembled to witness their arrival. The host, punctual to time, quickly gave the signal that the banquet waited, and the company wore ushered into a dining-room of ample dimensions, where a very excellent dinner was served in a style corresponding with the good taste of Host Laraont. The viands were good, the wines choice, the wait' rs attentive, the Brigade in trim for aiMive duty, and the result of such a happy combination, we need hardly say was, that the repast was enjoyed, and the host gained laurels. Letters apologising for absence were received by the chairman (Captain Moss) from gentlemen whose business arrangements and legislative duties prevented them taking a part in the evening's proceedings j and although Mr. George Hunter was one of those who could not be present, he marked his sense of the utility of a Fire Brigade by enclosing a cheque for twenty guineas. The usual loyal toasts having been disposed of, the IW. Mr. Stock, in proposing the health of Captain Moss, paid a well-merited compliment to the efficiency of the Brigade and to the exertions of their gallant chief, to whom was due the credit of keeping banded together for the public service a self- denying an J well organised body of men, whose time nnd labor were generously devwted, without fee or reward, except the approbation of their fellow-citizens, in attaining that amount of knowledge necessary to enable them, in the hour of danger, to combat succesfully with t hat dreaded enemy to life and property lire. The toast having been acknowledged by Captain Moas, others followed, singing and music at intervals aiding in passing

away an evening harmoniously spent at the Panama Hotel. i The bazaar in aid of the Scotch Church erection fund was brought to a conclusion last night by the sale by auction of all the undisposed of wares. Mr. John Martin mounted an impromptu rosirum and vigorously extolled the value of the many pretty articles by which he was surrounded— a value which he did not fail to notice was enhanced by the fact of most of them having been worked by the fair hands of tho lady stallkeepers present. The result of the three days' bazaar was the receipt of more than £250, which, added to £:>OO raised by a previous bazaar held last year, ui'ikcs a eonsHert able sum already collected in aid of building the Established Church of Scotland on Lambton Quay, The amount of land sold in the Province of Wellington in the month of May, is 0152 acres, and the sum of £1,620, has been received in cash. ; That celebrated acrobat, Pablo Fanque, will give an entertainment in the paddock adjoining Iloat Sommervillc's Victorian Hotel, Abel Smith street, on Saturday evening. In addition to Pablo's unrivallwd tightrope feats, Master John Pablo will exhibit his agility on the trapeze, and Miss Annie Pablo will dance the highland fling and other favorite dances.