REPORT

New Zealander, Volume XIV, Issue 1282, 31 July 1858, Page 3

REPORT

OX THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY OP AUCKLAND. The Select Committee of the House of Representatives, appointed l;»th July, 185S, " To enquire and report whether or not it would be advisable to introduce a Bill ;•> enable the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland to purchase certain Lands Within the Klcclural Districts of the City of Auckland, tor the pttrp' so of improving the said City, with power to confer with any Committee of the Legislative Couneii which may be appointed for a similar purpose:" having conferred with such Committee of the legislative Council, the Committee o' Conference have agreed to the following Kesolutions, which your Committee respectfully recommend for adoption by your Honourable Mouse:— EESOLUTIONS OF COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE. The Committee having considered the evidence laid before them with reference to the subject referred to them, beg leave, to report as follows : - The Committee recommend that an Act should be passed in this Sess'on of the General Assembly to enable the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland to purchase certain lands within the City of Auckland, , With a vie v t > it* sanatory improvement, seeing that there is a pressing iieeess'uy for immediate action, and that the Provincial Council of the i'rovincc cannot conveniently be assembled forthwith. •The Committee desire to specify the lands which tlty recommend should be purchased with this ' view : l. The Block of Land bounded by Shortland Crescent, High Street, Chaucer) Lane, and l >"> 'ouiieli Street. '!• Land adjoining High Street sufficient to carry that Street through to Victoria Street with a r width id six'y feet. 3. liu; allotments between Mr. Low and Mr. Forsaith's, from Queen Street to High Street, for the purpose oi forming a new street thereon. 4- Land on Mr. Rout's property, Wesleyan Chapel property, and Mechanics' Institute property, sufficient to f rm an open space for communication between the new street and Chancery Lane. •'»• Unci on the north side of Chancery Lane Sutricii at to give it a width of forty feet up to ~ Us junction with Field's Lane 6. Lanu adjoining Field's Lane sufficient to widen it to forty feet from Chancery Lane, to Shortland Crescent. ,' vtl onumttee (uitln r recommend, thai the powers by this Act shall eonlinue for a period not weeeamg twelve months. . ihat !t should provide for the mod- by which the <a»d is to be appraised, leaving the surplus of land, remaining after effecting the contemplated improve-

menta, at the disposal of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of Auckland. And that the Bill to he introduced on this subject should be treated as a Public Bill. Freu. W. Mebiuman, Chairman. Committee-room, House of Representatives, Thursday, 2'Jth July, 1858. House of Repkbsbntatives.— Present the Speaker and twenty members. The House resolved iticlf into a Committee of Ways and Means to consider certain alterations and additions in the Tariff Duties, which were agreed to Mr. Merriman moved the adoption of the Report of the Select Committee on the improvement of the City of Auckland. The Bill to enable the Superintendent to carry out the recommendations of that Committee was read a first time, and ordered to he read a second time on Tuesday next. The Report of the Committee of Supply for granting a supply to Her Majesty for the year 1858—.5!) was adopted. The Report of the Select Committee en the restrictions on the sale of Aims and Ammunition was brought up by Mr. Daldy, read and ordered to be printed. The Provincial Superintendents Bill was further considered in Committee and reported with amendments. The Chairman of Committees reported progress on the Waste Lands Bill and asked leave to sit again next sitting day. The Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay District Electoral Bill was committed, and in Committee Mr. Hall moved that the measure should be so modified as to provide for the representation m'a portion of the Province of Auckland, the District of Hawke's Ihiy, the District ofAhuriri, and the District of the Southern portion of the Province of Otago, which was agreed to. The House then adjourned. THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE " T 0 W T 0 N." A Fortunate, though very absurd provision in the Passenger Act, —which prohibits the bringing out o'' stock in regular emigrant ships—has had the effect of causing this splendid horse, whose owner had meant to have taken her to the South, to be brought to Auckland. And here we hope he will be left. He is without exception the finest and purest thoroughbred that has ever been imported into New Zealand—we believe we may say, into the Australian Colonies. In saying this we speak not merely from his well-autheniicated pedigree or from personal inspection of " Towton," but on the authority of the best judges of horseflesh in the colony—among them some of the Southern meinberswho envy but not ill-naturedly '"the happv char.ee" which li as afforded to Auckland s(i favourable an opportunity of making its breed of horses the best and most renowned in the Colon}'. We have heard that one of (ur connoisseurs in horses, .Mr. J. ilargraves, has offered a liberal guarantee on his pan 10 the owner of" Towton," and if the example be followed by other established settlers, we may hope to find liiis noble creature permanently settled in this Province. His blood, as will be seen, is of the most aristocratic character —his sire being " Melbourne," his dam "Cinizella"; his grandshire, "Humphrey Clinker"; bis half-brother " Sir Tattoo Sykes" ; his own sister, " Marchioness," winner of the Oaks in 1855; bis own brother, "the Peer," favourite for the Two Thousand Guinea Stakes ; and his brother " Womerssley" having been bought by Sir Tattoo Sykes for 750/., sold for 1000/.' to go to France, and since wanted to be repurchased tor England for 3000/.—refused. "Towton" himself was in England the property of the Hon. S. Ilawlce, was first favourite in his first year for the Derby, but meeting with an accident, he was put out of training, and though be has thereby lost the opportunity of being immortalized by some,equine portrait painter, or in the pages of the Illustrated }\ew.;, we trust he will earn a reputation even more honourable as the Sire from whom a numerous progeny of well-formed, well-bred, ami sound serviceable horses in the Province of Auckland will derive tluir pedigree. Leko the "we" of our crucial contemporary, our occupation is with the pen and not the turf or stable : unlike him, wc can hardly say "we do not yield in knowledge of horse-flesh to any one in the colony"; still, *e have a modest confidence that a visit to Messrs. Hardington and Wood's stables—where "Towton" has for the present taken apartments —will satisfy our readers that we have not, said a word too much in praise of the distinguished visitor whom we wish to see persuaded to become a resident settler.

The late Lieut. Col. Campbell.—We regret having to announce this week tlie death, by uppoplexy, of Lieut., Col. Catnpi>ell formerly of the 45th and 50th Regiments We are indebted to a contemporary for the following biographical particulars:—The gallant-veteran, who was a cadet of the family of Campbell of Sherrington, in Ayrshire, N. B-, entered the army ai an early age, and distinguished himself greatly throughout the Peninsular campaign, having been present at upwaids of thirty general actions, sieges, and engagements, including those of Roleia, Viineira, Tulavera, Buseauo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, 0 thes, and Toulouse. He was Aide-de-Camp to General Pictou, and BrigadeMajor of the right Brigade of what was known as " Picton's fighting division." The ranks of Major and Lieutenant-Colonel wen: successively conferred on linn for his services in the field, and ..e had idso the honor of receiving n war medal different from those usually conferred, and no fewer than fourteen clasps, (being one more than any officer in the British service had been honored with), lie also served with General Whiteloek at Buenos Ayres, in North America, anil at Ceylon, where he lost his health from repeated attacks of jungle fever, which ultimately compelled him to sell out. Shortly alter the foundation of the settlement, Colonel Campbell arrived here, and was appointed by Sir George Grey to the office of Commissioner, and afterwards Registrar for thf province. On the passing of the Consi itution Act, Col. Campbell was superseded by gentlemen recommended by the Provincial authorities, and he has since resided among us as a private citizen.-— Lyttleton Times, Ju'y 10. Law.—On July 20th Mr. Edmund Peel Kenyon was admitted by His Honor Chief Justice Arney to practice as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court of New Zealand. 'l'm', White Swan ( s. s.) being detained by the General Government till the clos- of the present session, in order to convey the Sou:hern members home, the owner and commander (Mr. Kirkwood and Capt McLean) have, courteously and liberally olfered to place her at die service of the General, Provincial and .Military authorities for a special trip to the Kaipara, to test the capabilities of that much-taiked-of harbour for stein vessels and also to alford an opportunity (which may not soon again occur)of examining the leading features of that noble timber district. We shall be glad to find that this opportunity is taken advantage of. Benefit to L'aoFEssoit Risi.ev.—Wo would remind our readers oi the performances announced for Monday evening on behalf of the Risley troupe, .Many circumstances have combined to render their visit unprofitable—nay, a dead loss to them ; and wc should be sorry it "Brother Jonathan" should have to say that •'Brother .John's" youngest sons in Australasia forgot the good old Masonic rule of holding out the band of fellowship U> a brother from a distant land. KeEVJL'b CIIEESE-MAKINQ APPARATUS. —We have long held the opinion that New Zealand, and particularly this portion of it, ought to do a large export trade in cheese. For Port Cooper and New Plymouth caseous produce, wo have great respect—foi cheese, from the Taniaki and Otahuhu dairies still greater, having tasted from that quarter cheeses fully equal to the best Gloucester, Wilts, Cheshire, or Leicester, and even Stilton. Mr. Robertson,of Otahuhu, who isa large cheese-maker, has, in order to go into the trade more largely,just imported, through Messrs. Newman and Lv.en, one oi " Keevil's Cheese-making Apparatus, for cutting, filtering, and pressing curd," an apparatus which though costly appears tons one of the most economical, both as to time and labour, we have seen,. The iiiTcntur is Mr. Keevil, a well known agriculturist occupying Stroud Farm, L acock, near i'\u;>penham, Wiltshire ; and cheese manufactured by his process is unanimously pronounced by the leading cliccse-faet.us and men like Sir Joseph PiMon and Mr (lhandos Pole to be far superior to the av Tag of cheese produced by the old process. Vv'c nope, ,Vlr. Robertson will be rewarded for his enterprise, and that the Province will also profit from hix sucoees