WELLINGTON.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 1602, 18 February 1867, Page 5

WELLINGTON.

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15th Pehnnry. T never knew a time when there wh to little stirring a; there is at pre-x-nt. There h not only an absence of new, hot there I. an ah-ijticj of rumors even, and Ftich a thing as a ca:r.inl is never heard of. Our uow-ipipers hsvc been of the ilrenriest elinracter : they have tried their hist to enliven their reader*, but their effirfs hive not been H'lcecsiful. Three days ago, the Under of the leading journal '.va? devoted to the ;frovely important subject of obtaining donkeys and donkey- boys for the t!ck'cti'ion of nursemaids and others who want to ramble out of town, but don't chooie to walk, and are not able to &florJ other conveyance.

Yesterday had bean looker 1, forward to in the hope that Tauranga wou'.d hrin g them Eomething startling ; hut the news was of a

most miserable character —ooly a little

chafing of tho few rebels by 1.10 soldiers, 200 or .100 militii and some 200 Annvri ; a villi^c burnt, aud some empty stoikidcs occupied. Seven prisoners were taken, brt, unfortunately, they were not hoaryheaded rascals fit for freight fo toe Chatham?, hut only womon, which tln-ir lords had he-en obliged fo Icivc übconsolatcly behind. Three of the force got wounded, and nil of the militia («r> says a private letter in the Southern Cru.i.i) got dreadfully flurried. Ths shots were in " thick as hail" on both sides, hut the reheln escaped unscathed, aud the forces tiltmst so. Everybody talks ahott the Militia Ilerritncnt bein;; drunk on tho first citc:i.-;on, reported ten diys a?o, bavin? just received their h;t'.'k pay. Tii:;re is no doubt; i-o'.-iic foundation for it, the custom offsetting a whole flock shabby if o>iy one i'j diseased forming a precedent. The writer in the *' Cross," above alluded to, says we ought fo ha charitable, aad I am sure I havo put it iv the most charitable lijikt possible.

The .17th is under orders for immediate departure to England, which may be taken ns a proof tint General Chute regards the Trrrauga affair as merely one of those lit'le outbursts, which we must expect and calculate upon for years to cnn:. ft i-i, however, said that imperative orderi have re.c'rc'i him from fl iiiw to couti'iue the ro-t'uctioi of the force located in the CoItinv, v,liift-h by., tar month i betti su'pended

The General As-cnbly now stands prorogued to the il'Jth April, but it is not exnested to meet before about two months ...-ff<r that date. It is tacitly understood ili.-tt it will meet ct Wellington, nnd I heiieve it is also tacitly understood that steps nrc to bettken by the ncwsp.wrx lo report fully. I have not heard whether any official cornmunic-itiGn has paesed hetvoert trie Government nnd the Wellington pap't';': hut I think I am not far out in a--,::j]iuVna that Government will be prepared to piy them a moderate subsidy. P is taiil tbat proposals are now circul.'Uin-: in political circle?, with n view to turn the proprietorship of the Admrtiser ov-r fo a Company. The present proprietors have certtdnly had much up-hill

v.'ok to Crnteud witb, and lam not ?ur-p-i;r:.-l, comudcring the hold whie.il their ion-r established contemporary, the Indeprudent, ba« always had on the public, that they are tksirotn or disposed (which ever it miy he) to transfer their interest to a Comr.any. Newspaper property here, his not been a very paying concern. I fancy tbe penny TEocning Port pays the. beat of any.

In cotisqncnce of the Pheche heini unable to call at Napier, owing to the rou^hn.st of the weather, Judge Johnston is detained there much to his own annoyance, unci that of the public, who are awaiting the settlement of eever.il stamp questions of-importance.