Local Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 6, Issue 330, 1 November 1862, Page 4

Local Intelligence.

'Bank of New Zf.at.and. — The Bite formerly occupied. by the. Golden Fleece hotel. has, we undefcsfenxl, bedn purchased for "the erection of the new'b'ank building. OLp Friends.— We learn by the last mail that the." Orwell*' arrived. in. England on the 18th ■ 4.ug«st. -Our old fellow-settlers Messrs. J. and W. Tucker and Mr. M: Hill were passengers by /thisuvessel. They had a stormy passage of 54 daje..from Melbourne' to the Horn, and light winds and calms for the remainder of the passage" "which occupied 110 days, in all. Mr. Gill, late Provincial- Engineer, left Melbourne in the "Xiillies" a fortnight after the Orwell— the same ship) that had previously put back to Melbourne in a. disabled state, when the gentlemen above named thought it . prudent to forfeit their passages and secure berths in a more seaworthy y£ssell

; :'Qsvtbck of England.— We are informed that the late committee of the Church of England raeton Saturday evening last, when a resolution was unanimously adopted for resigning their functions into the hands of the recently elected -Arestey, and dissolving the committee from the -dirst-Gct. tilt;- After payment of various small sums, the sum of £60 was appropriated in reduction of the debt on the Church land, "and as the Bazaar trustees had applied a further sum of £40 to the same object, the debt is now reduced to the small sum of £40— the Bishop of Wellington having advanced the remaining £300, upon which interest is to be paid for ten years at ten per cent.-, when His Lordship undertakes to forego the principal. Jln accordance with the arrangement entered, into with the Bishop, the Church and Parsonage have been conveyed to five trustees appointed by the General Synod for that purpose.

Napier Athenjbtjm: — We understand that in accordance with a resolution lately passed by the Provincial Council His Honor the Superintendent has applied to the trustees of the Napier Athenaeum to refund the sum of £300 paid to them by the Provincial Government towards the erection of that Institution. In consequence of this application the committee of management was convened by circular to meet on Tuesday last and take the subject into consideration, but in consequence of only three members being present no business could be proceeded with. As it appeared that nearly half the members named when the committee was appointed some two years ago, had left Napier, it was considered desirable to convene a public meeting to elect a new committee, and we presume .at the same time to consider what course it is proper to adopt in reference to the erection of the building, and the application for a refund made by the Provincial Government. We hope that all who are interested in the establishment of an Athenasuin will attend the meeting and that an active committee of management will be selected.

Returning from Otago. — We are happy to learn that a considerable number of those who lately, left Napier to try their fortunes in the .newly discovered El Dorado of the South, are on their way back — several being on board the Sea Serpent.

Pokawa. — The old man Wera, to whose case we have already adverted, has not been seen since he ran away, and the natives believe that he has committed suicide. Should however he be found, we learn that, with the concurrence of all the other parties concerned, the case wiil be brought before the Court of the Resident Magistrate for the district.

Waipukurau. — Two cases of cattle shooting have lately occurred in this neighbourhood. The animals had broken into cultivations, and were fired at by the native owners. We understand that they were not killed or permanently injured, but "peppered" with small shot. These cases will also be brought before the Resident Magistrate's Court.