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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 912, 25 January 1868, Page 3

Hobsk Beef. — It is stated that in Paris there are no less than eighteen butchers who sell hox'se-flesh, and horse-flesh only, and that they are doing a far better trade than many of their more conservative brethren who stick to the old-fashioned beef and mutton of their fathers. Ship General Grant. — Any particulars in connection with the American ship General Grant, wrecked at the Auckland Islands, possessing much interest, we extract the following from the Melbourne Argus, of the 4th May, 1866 :— " The ship General Grant cleared out for London yesterday with a large cargo of wool and general produce. The following is a list of passengers .-—Saloon, Mr. and Mrs. Ray, Mrs. Oat and family, Eev. Father Sarda, Messrs. Edel, Deans, Johnson, Woodnow, Tibbits and. 33 in the second and 3rd class cabins." The report of the ship's clearance runs as follows : — " General Grant, ship, 1095 tons, W. H. Loughlin, for London. J. H. White and Co., agents. Cargo — 2057 bales wool, 26 bales skins, 238 pkgs. leather, 136 pkgs. pelt, 1281 pkgs. bark, 87 bales and 50 tons rags, 9 tons spelter, 16,416 horns and a quantity of bones and hoofs, 1 bundle hides, 783 calf skins, 10 bales woollens, 170 pkgs. and 2 boxes containing 25760z5. 6dwts. gold. Colonial Wink Shops. — Anyone so disposed may now get his glass of colonial wine in Melbourne in the same way that he can obtain a glass of ale. Not in bottles at 2s. 6d. as in Sydney, but by tumblerful, at 3d. and 6d. This, howeA r er, is not all, for, by the Argus, we find that special arrangements are made by enterprising tradesmen by which the thirsty may, during the hot summer months, take his beverage in some cool grot or shady arbour, as the following paragraph will show: — "The rapidly growing taste of the public for good colonial wine has received a new illustration in the establishment of premises of a novel character in the city, devoted to the sale of the produce of the Australian grape. Mr. lougery, who a few months ago opened a colonial wine store in Burke-street, has determined to adopt the Continental plan, and enable his visitors to drink their wine in the open air — a custom which it is rather remarkable has not been introduced here in the summer months before. To this end a garden has been prepared at the back of the house ornamented with shrubs and flowers, and provided with arbour seats, partly covered in, which will be very pleasant in the cool of the evening. It is proposed to erect a fountain in the centre, and make every necessary provision for a comfortable lounge. While such weather as we have had lately lasts, this species of al fresco entertainment cannot fail to be appreciated."