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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 1003, 8 December 1868, Page 3

' The Rev. Mr. Taylor; of Melbourne, has disposed of his house and land, to Mr. Benjamin, for the sura of £2500. He sailed with his family for Hobart Town, in the Southern Cross. Several members of his late congregation saw him off. Colonel Whithore. — Government announces the receipt of a telegram from Colonel Whitmore, dated' Castlepoint, 3rd December, in which the Colonel states, that he had called in there for orders. Ho is on board the Sturt, and Major Fraser is in charge of the main body of the men on board of the Lady Bird. He reports that he has left in the Wanganui district 250 Armed Constabulary, 180 militiamen, and 50 Cavalry Volunteers. M'Donnell has raised his Kupapa force, but Kemp refuses to join them. All well at Patea and Wairoa. — Evening Post, Dec. 4. The Seat for Nelson. — The Speaker of the House of Representatives, says the Nelson Evening Mail, having received and acknowledged the formal notification of Mr. Stafford's resignation of his seat for Nelson, the writ for the election of his successor may be expected to arrive by the next steamer from "Wellington. It is therefore high time that the electors should be looking about them with a view to the selection of a fitting representative. Humor has been busy during the last few days with the names of several gentlemen who are either suggested as being " likely men," or w|io may be supposed to indulge aspirations Ibr senatorialhonors. Amongst these we may mention Messrs. N. Edwards, Barnicoat, Luckie, and Shepherd. A Serious Accident occurred last night near the Westmere. Mr. W. Russell has till now stayed, with one or two men, at his own lioine near the J£ai I wi boundary ; but as it was not deemed safe for him to do so any longer, a messenger was despatched to summon him to town. As they were returning they fell in with the Militia, who had been sent to Stewart's Redoubt, and who, by way of adding four or five miles to their journey, had gone out by way of Westmere, instead of by the Brunswick Road. The Militia had encamped for the night, and the sentry, hearing the people coming along the road, challenged twice, but got no answer from Mr. Russell and his companions, who either did not expect such a salutation, or did not hear it for the wind, which was blowing at the time. The sentry then fired, and shot Mr. Russell in the leg, wounding him severely. — Wauganui Herald. The Lord Bishop of Lichfielx> took his departure on Tuesday for England, by the H.M.S. Bombay. The Sacrament of the Holy Communion was administered by him at St. John's Church, Toorak, in the morning to about 103 communicants, including a large proportion of the clergy, and instead of the usual sermon the Bishop delivered an exhortation befitting the occasion. There was a largo number of the clergy and laity on board the mail steamer to bid his Lordship good bye, including the Dean of Melbourne (who had sufficiently recovored from his illness to enable him to be present), his Honor the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Pohlman, Major-General Chute, Lieut.-Colonel Trevor, Lieut.-ColonelPitt, and several other officers of the regiment in garrison, who felt a special interest in his Lordship from their having been in action in New Zealand. The Bishop of Wellington was also a passenger, proceeding via Marseilles to England. — Melbourne Leader, 14th November.