HAWKE'S BAY HERALD. SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1864.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 7, Issue 486, 30 April 1864, Page 3

HAWKE'S BAY HERALD. SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1864.

The news by late arrivals, if not quite ,so exciting as the intelligence of a well-fought field, or the storming of some stoutly defeuded pah, has been exceedingly interesting- . First, we hear of a newly discovered gold field iv- the proviuce of Marlborough, the finds in which, ao far, have been such as to cause the greatest excitement in the provinces of Nelson and Wellington, as. well as in Marlborough itself, and to lead to the conviction that diggings of surpassing richness have been brought to light. This discovery will undoubtedly have a great effect upon the seat of government question — possibly leadh.g to Picton being the chosen city. Second, we have the action taken by tin, spirited people of Canterbury in the mattei of the Panama route, which we trust will result in the contract being held intact, so far at least as regards the line of steamers between New Zealaud aud Panama. The, advantages of this route are just beginning to unfold themselves, aud it would be a thousand pities were the present opportunity to be lost to the colony. Third, our uews from the seat of war gives us some further illustrations of what the Independent calls the " driving policy." The refugees from Waikato had split into two parties — one goiug to Tauranga ; the ! other to Taupo, which, as our readers know, is only some three or four days' journey from Napier. We were in hopes that the G-enerar would have seen his way to a flank movement, so as to hem the rebels within the comparatively flat country j they have just evacuated ; as it is, their position is such that the provinces of Wei- ; lingtou and Hawke's Bay lie invitingly before them. Fourth, the time table of the newly arranged inter-colonial and inter-provincial service has come to hand. We think that j Hawke's Bay, considering its comparative ' unimportance in the scale of provinces, has : been most fortunate in the re-construction of the service. It has virtually direct ; monthly communication with Melbourne and Sydney, and tri-monthly with all the sister provinces, as will be seen on refer- . ence to the time table published in last Herald. The fifth piece of intelligence to which we would now advert is the receipt, by the Collector of Customs, Napier, of instructions to clear no vessel for any port between Wairoa and Taurauga, Bay of Plenty — thus putting an embargo upon Poverty Bay, Tologa, and a dozen other places which coasters are in the habit of frequenting. We can quite understand the policy of blockading the coast, with the view of starviug the rebel natives iuto submission ; but it is beyond us to conceive why the numerous white settlers iv Poverty" Bay and elsewhere should be treated in like manner.