The Evening Post. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1866.

Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 219, 23 October 1866, Page 2

The Evening Post. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1866.

As intimated last evening, Mr. Crosb c Ward's services have been secured by tbe General Government to visit Sydney, ami come to a final understanding ns to the conditions of the Panama contract. Tired of the delays which letter writing seem to provoko, tho Government have commissioned Sir Wrud to settle with the New South Wales (Jovurnment on the spot. Jle is expected to return to Wellington in about sK weeks, Tlk Phrebr, with Mr. Word on board, left eariv this morning, to catch the Airedile at Nelson. On .making inquiries at tl*o Government offices this morning, we regret to learn that tbe reply received yesteidav from Messrs. Kennard Brothers is bynom^ans so satisfactory as could be wished. v,\ c rejjreo that tinwhole matter is apparently lump; up, and fiat there would be no prospect of the work being commenced for some timo to come, ii it were not hii,h!y probable tint; one of the partners is by this tima on bif w.iy ou^. By tbe Phoebe thi« morm'n ¦, Mr. ISitkin, the accountant to the Colonial Trtasury, pioceeded to f-'ydney, cornmissionfd to examiiit' into mid rt port, on the manner in which to introduce Jhe taxation instituted by mia >; o* stamps. We regret to hpar that a saseof eh. leva occurred on board the Wild Dn.'k, on hi-r ¦way from London to Plymouth. Mrs. Sprowle. a very strong and robust woman, proceeding hither to join her husband, was suddenly seized and died. Mr. Sprowle h, wo believe, an attendant at tho Lunatic Asylum While the ship was at Plymouth, «he was examined by the Emigration Commissioners, and extra supplies of disinfectants put on board, so

ttiat vi' may hope no more e,isi-s in.iy tce-ir. 1 bhe sail, d linaih on tfie 20- li Auyiiit. ! Tho P.N.Z & A.H.M. Oo.'s s.s. E^moni, jCaptiin 'T.ill, arrived in i'ort this af'c-iuoon fom ihe iSouth .She wll k.ive a. a a tomoriovv lor Xe'son, Tar.in ki, and Manukau The s.s. Albion. Captain Kidney, arrived hen at eleven o'clock tin-, lorenoosi, vviili \l9 Ciliin and OS «toera<ro passu-i^e/s, the »r<\it' r portion of whom are en route to t'loki ika We are iudoblei! to tbe c mrlLsy o£ Mr. ytaiusbury, tlu p user, for ampic fi'es We leftrii from thf> Jjyttellon Times tb'it a match at erieki t — Ashburton v Uni.i'd Canterbury — was plnyi'd on the boirh X dcai.i Cricket (r.ound on Friday and s a turd iy la^, and tormiii'ilcl in f.ivorof the Unite i Clnislcburcii Criei.i t Club by eiyht wickjis. 'in pi'.iiineof the two ilavs' criekct wp s ii'»f')rt'lr.Miely marred by an aecideiit vvhie'i lrip pencil to the coach convevinsj b.-u-lc the C'biislehureh ti'aiu. On levins the li-ikaii the coach was npset, and several sirious accidents resulled, Mr Oilell liaving his left arm broken in two pi..co&, Mr. Briit.dn lu-d Ins ancle dislocated, and Mr. C. M OMhier sustained an injury to his foot. AH the cricketers vvete more or less bruisjd, £(, is said that tbo (Jeucral Assembly of the Prtsbyterian p hiirch lias been summoned to meet at Auckland on the 28th day or November next. The opening service will be emidiioted by the Hey. i\ Barclay, moderator oil last assembly. We are sorry to learn that the Government fi id it necessary to carry into edeit die recommendation of tho Postal Committee, and still further cramp the present limited mail service of the colony. The new Zealand Steam Navigation Company have received notice tluiu the runninir of steamers to tl^Manukau, Nelson, and Pioton, for the collection of mails for England by the Suez route, h to be discontinued ; and that the mail steamer for Napier is to be stopped. Mr. Shrader, who has been Mail Agent between Melbourne and New Zjalaud for the ias^ three years, has bpeu appointed one of tbe Mail Ayouts on tiie Panama line. Tim proceeds of a bazaar held in Christo'rnrtjb, m siid oi the building fund of ISt I111I 1 hi 's i J iesbytciiati Church, amount to nearh X,"j>)o. '1 li" lvrformnncp of the Thf.spian Club ai th-j ()¦! 1 Fellows' Hall last ni^bt, was indeed vert cr 'dilable; but tbo attendance, though good, was not as large as we would wish to see it. We understand, however, that the cub will shortly be iv in forced by an nc cession of talent every way deserving the patronage of the citizens of Wellington. Tlip pieces for yesterdaj' evenini were the " Will and the Way" ami •• Winning a Vviie " , The brig Emma, with a cargo of fl >ur front ' Tome (Cnih), arrivud at Port, Chalmers on { th' I.) h instant, lining been 7'Jdais on the ! pi js.i.e. .Nbe left Tome on the 30fh of July, and cx[)erienced a continuance of fine li«h. vvi'ithcr to the K.ut Capi-, wliicb was sighted oi the 13th. A heavy noitberiy g.ilu was iheu encoiiutered, and the vessel was put tin iur cioiii reefs lor ihreu days, after whiiib JiL'bl n.odurate weather was experienced to , trriv.sl at Port Chalmers. Captain JesseKon icports the arriv.il of tbo Fa my Smalu at l'o.iio, rom Auekl.mil, on ibuday of Ids .s.tilinj. No vessels were loading for New Zealand. A Pogt Office has been opened at tho Saltwater Cieik township, West Coast, the 'r'veniment denomination of which phce ij l'aroa. ' The Canterbury Press publishes tbe following paragraph : — The following is an extract irom a letter r.-ceiv'td from London yestir- i ti.iy — "The Panama line started wed. Yo ir ictter of 10 b Juno reached me August 1" ; vi hil'* those (l( j .*paiched four d.n s earlier by I iiitiP. arid t.). did not arrive until the 20th, a iid at the time I write the Southampton pi r ion has not bc-en delivered." '1' • •i • .*- out'iamptou mail was delivered in London the same ci.iy the 26th. T'is concert at llokitiki, given for t 'e b j infi: of the funds ot the Catholic Chinch, reJiHKid ih'i sum of Xl7O Mus Julii Mat ews was uiosO enthusiastically received on the occasiou. V/efiud it s.'ated in tbe Ilokitika evening piper that Mr. Audley, the chief dork at the /lokirika Post Office, who was recently com inittcri for trial on n charge of stealing niotv>y letters, was in receipt of the munificent s-nla -y oi £i 10-5 per week 1 ilow in the world i!i» OovTumuutcan expect a person holding 3ii.;h a /j.tuation to maintain his position in a gild

lit Ids towi wi'.h aiivthinor like respectability on snen a niwurablo vihry, is l>»\ ond our eoi.i[>ieht asion To on. 1 ' mi rid* tl: • ("Jo.'ern- | 7fnnl. by dnli'icj nut- & »>i»h ->\ 'vT'ied pitf'uves , to jf'ieei- in responsible situation-., is offering 1 a ])ieiiuiim to crime. The annual tea meeting vvai hold yesterd iy cvi ninji sit ti). n --c'r'ol roo n a 'j >inmij the I tho Primitive Me'.hoHst Ci i p '' , Sydney A tier tea thoMj prea Mf adj -iii'iie I to the s v ct, an I was vi ry Lir^'iv a'tend d oiin 1, when .Limes Wo'>d>v,i< - 1, l*.in_ , look fliec i. iir, and many e^'ehent addresses were delivered on ihe unmurLil inulis coal lined in i! i Hi i:e. A ••oiic ' iun hi'".;i.r h •¦ i nade J in aid of r!,e bii.Ha? dm!, a-i t a v-ne of t i r mk u 'tee ivd'jil lo tlu u'i iir ni i. tiu meeti m_' separ.iU d. We ('. 'invmi Ti \in=) fibs r ""-'p tii.tt tl;e ! riv- i"5 iii the into to 1 ", as w 'I! as to t!i-j norih ot tiii--, h ive luen ii> Hind, an I rlrit <>J\ comlijiiuli'atirui lias been jinerrupti' I for nc. r! 1 ." I tvo d.tvs. Farm i on the Mau'i'Tiki.i Fl.l*" have been *oti>lly swupt avvj}*, and oeeupanfs I o f houses have bad io flee for their livi s. Kiiortnous d.un.'ge h.is been oeea--io k> 1 to mining claim-, the liver h.ii'rsir risen 30 1 el. Jtnii i^r opera, ions .ir.' sa sp.nded.