TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 935, 18 April 1868, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(From tho *' Lyttelton Times," April 6 and 7.) (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH ) Wellington, April 4, 1.18 p.m. The Governor has received private letters from Earl Belmore and Commodore Lambert, dated March 20, stating that the Duke's medical attendants had prohibited him from placing himself in circumstances tending to cattse excitement. They could not, therefore, say whether the Duke would come to New Zealand, but he was anxious to do so. By the Rakaia they hoped to send a positive announcement of importance. The Governor intends staying at Auckland till the verge of tho meeting of the Assembly, should the Duke be unable to come. On the Hon. J. C Richmond's arrival at Auckland, with the Hokitika news, the Governor was advised to support the Patea Constabulary with a company of the 18th Regiment, the whole to be under the command of Major Rocke. The Falcon was to leave Auckland with the company, on Thursday last. The force is sent to convince loyal inhabitants that they will be supported to the utmost in preserving ordei', and not from any fear that they are unable to do so by themselves. April 6, 9*65 a.m. The Falcon arrived last night, and came alongside the wharf this morning. The company of. the 18th Regiment, under Capt. Dawson, debarked, it having been decided, owing to the quietude at Hokitika, to send the Falcon on without the troops. She leaves for Hokitika this afternoon. The Rakaia has arrived. The Duke was to leave for England last Saturday (April 4.) O'Farroll was found guilty on March 30, and sentenced to death. Judge Cheeke, in passing sentence, said he could not hold out the least hope of remission, nor could he discover the slightest circumstance upon which he could recommend remission. There is no truth in the rumoured intended visit of the Duke to the prisoner, nor has the Duke any intention of interceding for him. A man named Charles Carson has been brought before the court at Eaglehawk, N.S.W., charged with being accessory to the assassination of the Duke. The prisoner was remanded at the request of the police, for a week. The Adelaide address of condolence to the Queen contains 61,722 signatures. The Melbourne Parliament has adjourned for one week, to enable Mr. Riddell to form a Ministry. Gold has been discovered at Cape Colony, in 20 degrees south latitude. [by west coast telegraph.] Hokitika, April 4, 5 p.m. . The whole of the seven prisoners were yesterday committed for trial at the Supreme Court at Hokitika. Bail • was refused except in the case of Clarke. Bail was specially applied for on behalf of Hannan and Herron on the ground of their not having been proved to have taken any active part in the procession. The Magistrate peremptorily refused, remarking that he considered these two men the most dangerous of all the prisoners. Excepting Clarke, he regarded the whole as firebrands. Larkins and Manning were indicted for seditious libels published in the Celt. The partnership of the two, as proprietors of the Celt, was proved, also the interference of both in the management and publication of the paper. The libels were recited and both prisoners were committed. Seventy-five Armed Constabulary under Colonel Macdonnell landed from the St. Kilda last evening. They were received with loud cheers on the wharf by the special constables, and escorted to the police bai'racks. The specials are to be paraded on Tuesday to receive final orders. Everything is tranquil here. The great demonstration in support of law has paralysed any intended movement. April 6, 5 p.m. Crowley, the lato manager of the Celt, has been arrested for threatening the West Coast Times office with the same fate as Clerkenwell Gaol, and for other language. The town is quiet. The Patea constabulary is keeping guard.