LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 11, Issue 861, 27 July 1867, Page 2

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

The St. Kilda, s.s., arrived about nine last night, with the English mail via Panama— the Mataura having arrived in Wellington. The mail, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour, was sorted last night. 'We have to thank Captain Fox for a copy of the Panama Star and Herald of June 25, but the few items of English news are not later'than we are already in possession of. -It is stated that, on the fall of Queretaro, the Empei'or Maximilian poisoned himself. We regret to observe, from the Independent of the 25th, that His Excellency was taken suddenly ill on the 24th, and was obliged to call for medical attendance. A committee of the House had been moved for by Major Heaphy, in reference to such cases as the slanders upon the colony written by Colonel Weare. On the evening of Wednesday last Mr. Yogel moved for a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the financial condition of the colony, and to recommend an equitable apportionment of Colonial and Provincial Liabilities, with a view to end indefinite liability of the Southern Provinces for Northern Expenditure, and to give to the Northern provinces the control of Northern affairs within their respective limits, with power to call for persons and papers, such Committee to consist of Mr. Bell, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Eyes, Dr. Featherston, Mr. M'Lean, Mr. Macandrew, Mr. Moorhouse, Mr. J. C. Richmond, Mr. Williamson and the Mover. This was an important debate—looked forward to as one that would test the _fltiwagth_o£the ministry, A debate ensued. The resolution does not seem to have been opposed by the ministry, and was agreed to; but the committee, on the motion of Mr. M'Lean, was formed by ballot. The ballot papers were then handed in, and after they had been examined the Speaker announced that Messrs. Hall, Williamson, Carieton, Macandrew, M'Lean, D. Bell, J. C. Ludlam, Dr. Featherston, and the mover, were the members of the committee.