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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 2, Issue 73, 12 February 1859, Page 3

By .the "Pegasus" some important despatches have been received from the seat of : govemment^one to the effect that the proceeds of the land sales effected in Napier,,, immediately before the date, of the proclafcati^riy (Ist Nov;; amounting to, softie £l6?5O, and which had been applied . foi on behalf pf the Province of Wellington; should v. be '■> paid -dyer to the Provincial • JTreasurer; This is unfortonatei for the ! {Jfesjf province, especially' when we conside? j i

that a little more promptitude at head quarters would have precluded the possibility of our being so iniquitously plundered. Another d^sp; tsh is to the effect that fivesixths of our land revenue is to be at the disposal of the local government — in the meantime, af that of the- Commissioner.. of Crown Lands. The Auckland regatta was just over ; it is said to have exceeded all its predecessors, — Mr Stafford had gone to Sydney to meet Mr Sewell, intending thence to visit England, in hope, according to Auckland gossip, of receiving the honour of knighthood. — Mr G. Rich, well known in this district, had gone to England with the view of visiting Germany and purchasing fresh blood in the shape of Saxony merino rams. — A large Auckland firm, it is said, had sent a vessel to a neighbouring colons for 3000 merino ewes. — We observe nothing of consequence in the papers.