The Evening Post. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1867.

Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 248, 29 November 1867, Page 2

The Evening Post. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1867.

His. Excellency tho Governor, accompanied, by the Hon. J. C. Richmond and A. M. Smith, Esq., Assistant Private Sec?"etary, embarked on board the Government steamer Sturt at noon to-day, and sailed for" Kawau by way of the East Coast. According to his Excellency's expressed ¦wis'iies, no ceremony was observed on the occasion, but the hour of departure having leaked out, a goodly number of the community assembled on the Queen's Wharf and greeted the Governor with three hearty cheers as he stepped on. board. His Excellency at once mounted the bridge, where he remained till the Sturt east off from the wharf and was fairly under weigh, ¦when he returned the salutations of the community on shore, amongst whom, we noticed the Hon. E. W. Stafford, the Hon. Major Richardson, the Hon. Colonel Houltain, his Honor the Superintendent, Colonel Paul, Major Turner, Major Gray, Messrs; Buchanan, Pharazyn, Martin, Owen, Levin, Smart, Crawford, Mantell, anil a large number of the leading citizens. The embarkation passed off very quietly, and as the Sturt passed, the shipping in harbor, the vessels, which were decorated with flags, lowered their ensigns as a mark of respect to its distinguished passenger, who has left with fair weather and the good wishes of the people of Wellington, for a brief visit to what in all brobability ¦will be his future horne — the Island of Kawau. A general meeting of members of the New Zealand Society has been convened to be held at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon in the Diocesan Room, adjoining the residence of the Bishop of Wellington in Mulgnive street. The business of the meeting is to adopt the rules revised by the Council of the society at their private meeting on Wednesday, and to elect a Go vernoi 1 tinder the New Zealand Institute Act, 1867, aa it has been discovered this must be done before the end- of the current month to entitle the society to the advantages of incorporation. It is said to be probable that Mr. Coutts Crawford will be elected Governor. The sub-committee appointed to draw Up a programme of rural sports to be held jm the arrival of the Duke of Edinburgh,

met yesterday evening in the Empire Hotel, and, after much deliberation, adopted an excellent list of sports, which included foot-racing, vaulting, throwing weights,and the ever popular tilting tournament. Judgfrom the accounts published in the Adelaide papers of Prince Alfred's visit to Australia, the Sailor Prince seems greatly to favor Highland games, and has in his train a Scotch piper, who, oa festive occasions, is always present with his " pibroch wild and shrill." Doubtless such of the good folks of this city who have a liking for Scotia's national music will . have a taste of the royal piper's quality at our coming Caledonian Gathering. The Customs revenue received to-day amounted to £74 2s. ! We are informed that the solemn opening of St. Mary's Cathedral, Wellington, will take place on Christmas Day, instead of on the Bth Deeembfer, the Yesist of the Immaculate Conception as was first in- j tended $ some works in the interior oi this sacred building not being quite finished. The First Communion of the children, and the administration of the Sacrament of confirmation, by his Lordship the Catholic Bishop .of Wellington, will be deferred to that same great festival. The ceremony of opening the new hall and library of the Lyttelton Colonists' Society took place in Lyttelton, on the 31st inst., his Honor the Superintendent performing the ceremon} r . An Historical Debating Society has been organised in Christcburcb, and finds many supporters. A telegram from Wellington, published in the Lyttelton Times, says: — "Major Richardson is acquainting himself with the duties of Colonial Treasurer, in order that he may take Mr. Fitzherbert's place when that gentleman leaves for England." The rules for the regulation of the passenger and goods traffic on the Canterbury railways has been published. It appears that the Railway Company will not be responsible for loss and damage to goods unless specially paid for as valuable or hazardous goods. They will also not be responsible for any parcel above the value of .£lO, unless the value be declared at' the time of booking. The number of persons arrived at the port of Melbourne for the week ending the 9th November, by way of seaboard, was as follows : — Neighboring colonies, 312, of whom 107 were arrivals Irom New Zealand ; United Kingdom, 67 ; New York, 3,- total, 382. On the evening of the 21st inst. a slip of earth took place at the excavation lately made adjoining Norwich Quay, Lyttelto-n, completely smashing the boat shed iv course of erection for the Lyttelton Boating Club, and seriously damaging the racing gig Snowdrop, which was at the time placed in the unfinished shed. An overland time table isssued by the j steam company carrying the mail between Brindisi and Alexandria shows that the whole of this part of the journey to Europe is now performed in less than 80 hours. The people of Otago appear to estimate their province at its full value, judging from the report oi a deputation which, on 25th inst., waited on the Superintendent in order to induce him to invite the Duke of Edinburgh to visit Otago. The Hon. J. Hyde Harris, Mayor of Dunedin,is said to have urged that even if there were no other reasons for asking the Prince to honor the province with a visit, there was the pounds, shillings, and pence to be thought of which would be taken to Wellington if he did not go South. Mr. Macandrew, not for the first time in his polical career, thought that the less said about the money question the better, but Mr. Harris dryly suggested that as times went the consideration should not be lost sight of. A long discussion ensued, which only terminated by its having been unanimously resolved that it could not be supposed that the Prince would have seen New Zealaud unless he went to Otago, and for him to come to the colony at all without paying a visit to Dunedin would be much the same as going to Victoria and not seeing Melbourne. Bravoi Otflgo, there 13 nothing like blowing one's trumpet after all. The Record, an English paper, entreats the Pan-Anglican Synod, of which it is terribly afraid, to persuade the newly elected Bishop of Dunedin to keep iv England, and not venture to still further disturb "pur distracted church." The Wi il of the rgeord is very piteous. Dr. Jcuuer last week stated at Bhoredjtch, that

"t he revival now £oing forward, was to revive the church from the apathy of the last 300 years. He did not consider that there had been any. real worship during these years, and he dare not trust himself to utter his sentiments regarding the manner in which the Holy Sacrifice was treated t and the dishonor thereby done the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, therein present. Now, however, a strong undercurrent of feeling was flowing iuto the true faith of Christ present in His Church, and in His Sacraments, which was the only true foundation of a genuine Catholic revival." We do not wonder, knowing the Bishop's tendencies, that the churchmen of New Zealand should protest against his election. A gentleman, named Samuel Clarke, late j manager of the Australian Steam Saviga- j tiou Company, Sydney, was yesterday admitted into the Hospital, suffering from delirium tremens, At three o'clock this afternoon he requested the attendant to bring him a minister, feeling conscious death was near at hand ; and during the absence of the messenger committed suicide by cutting his throat with a penknife. He died almost immediately. The justly famed Cawarra wines, of Australian' vintage, so much esteemed in Victoria and New South "Wales, and which are rapidly replacing the use of brandies and every description of spirit, are heing introduced into this colony hy Mr. Francis Sidey, who has made arrangements for regular shipments. Provided these wines are sold at a moderate price, so as to make their use become general, Mr. Sidey will not only be well compensated for his novel importation, but deserve well of the community at large. The schooner Nautilus, 32 tons register, was put up to auction to-day , by Mr. G. H. Vennell, but the highest bid amounting to only £210, she was withdrawn from sale. The Southland News reports that a telegram has been received from Mr. Cleve j who for a long time carried on business as a storekeeper at Bruce Bay. He states that he had reached Greymouth'in safety, alter spending a long time at Martin's river, where, in the absence of means of communication, supplies of all kinds fell short. In common with the miners, he had to take to seal's flesh and fish for iood, and to the skins of the iormer for clothing. The steamship Egmont, advertised to leave for Napier, Tauranga and Auckland, this afternoon, has been detained by the Government till to-morrow. By a telegram received at Melbourne from Queensland, dated 12th Nov., learn that a most atrocious outrage has just been brought to light. Troopers Cahill and Power, who composed the escort from Rockhampton to Claremont diggings, were despatched to the latter place a few days ago, but not having reached their destination, a search was instituted, and the bodies of the two men were found in their tent ; the money which they had in their t possession, to the amount of £4000, having been taken by the murderers. A postmortem examination showed that the unfortunate men had been poisoned. The Colonial Storekeeper of Tasmania, I an officer with an income of £300 per annum, is insolvent, and the on dit is that his principal creditor is a late member of Parliament, who endeavored to obtain an [ increase of pay for his debtor during the session before last. This is log-rolling in the reality 5 there is no mistake about it. I The Chinese residents in Melbourne are making extensive, preparations for the reception of the Duke of Edinburgh. A public meeting has been held at Hokitika,to consider what steps should be taken to induce the Duke of Edinburgh to visit Westland. The chair was taken by the Mayor, who thought that immediate action should be taken to effect the object in view. After considerable discussion the following resolution wss carried: — " That a committee be appointed to take the necessary steps to convey to his Royal Highness through the proper authorities a respectful request to honor Westland with a visit during his sojourn in New Zealand, and to make the necessary preparations for his Royal Highness's suitable reception in the event of a favoreble reply being received."

" The times are so hard I can scarcely manage to keep my head above water," remarked a husband the other day to ld,s wife, who was imporfcuuing him ±"<>i- a new elms*. "No ? "' she replied Avitli some asperity, '• biit you manage to keep it above brandy easy enough,"