New Zealand Provinces. WELLINGTON.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 6, 17 January 1863, Page 3

New Zealand Provinces. WELLINGTON.

Our Wellington files are to the 10th instant. The following quotations are from the New Zealand Advertiser.

Since our last summary we have celebrated the great Christmas festival, and have had the usual rejoicings on arrival of the Kew Year. Trade has been tolerably brisk notwithstanding, and the country settlers have been reaping golden harvests, not by leaving their homes for the Southern gold-fields, but by supplying the inhabitants thereof with their beef and butter, and the stock-owners with large quantities of store cattle, of which we had m this province enough, and to spare. The ship Asterope cleared at the Customs on the 9th January, sailed for London on the following day ; the total declared value of her cargo, consisting chiefly of wool, is stated at upwards of £43,290.

Gold! Gold!! Gold!!!— We have just examined some quartz, thickly impregnated with gold which was shown us by Mr. Hay tittle, which he informs us was picked up this morning, by a lad named Clout, on the sea-beach, opposite the premises of Messrs. Johnston and Co. The gold is of a dark colour, rough and nuggetty, and resembling that discovered at Terawiti. The specimen is in the possession of Mr. Haybittle, and plenty of a similar appearance can be found on the beach and on Mount Victoria.

Bazaar. — A fancy bazaar, in aid of the funds for building the new Wesleyan School at the rear of the Chapel, Manners-street, was held on Tuesday and Wednesday last at the Odd Fellows' Hall. The attendance upon both days was good, and the accumulated sum received by the sale of articles and the admission of visitors, is very satisfactory. Upon the whole, there is every reason to congratulate the promoters on the very successful manner in which their fancy fair hae passed off, the entire sum realized being £300. Accidknt. — An accident, which might have been attended with the most serious consequences, occurred on the morning of Tuesday, January 6, to our respected Resident Magistrate, H. St. Hill, Esq. In the heavy gale that blew on the morning in question Mr. St. Hill was riding up the beach, when, opposite Mr. E. W. Mills' shop, a large plate of corrugated iron was lifted into the air by the wind, and, the horse taking fright, Mr. St. Hill was thrown to the ground with some violence. Although no material injury has been sustained, we regret to learn that Mr. St. Hill is confined to bed in consequence.

v Munificent Donation. — The Treasurer of the Lancashire Belief Fund desires us to state for general information that Mrs. Foley has presented to the fund the munificent sum of fifty guineas, being the proceeds of the dramatic entertainment given by her at the Odd Fellows' Hall, on Monday evening last, January 5.

Hutt Valley. — The collections made in this district for the Lancashire Eclief Fund have been on the most liberal scale. By the present out-going mail more than £158 will be despatched from the Lower Hutt Valley alone to the aid of our suffering fellowcountrymen. Lancashihe Eelief.— The total sum received bj the Treasurer of the Lancashire Belief Fund, to present date, amounts to £1,012 13s. Bd. The total amount forwarded to England, £1,000, namely, £700 per December mail, and £300 by the present mail. This must be considered a handsome sum coming from so small a community.