WELLINGTON.

Timaru Herald, Volume IX, Issue 343, 9 September 1868, Page 3

WELLINGTON.

ftMX OTJM. OWV OOSKKBFOA>BXT.3 . . ■-■-. September 1. ~ Sir P«onn Otff wrind hen this morning m the Wellington, from Auckland. There m a tyrge crowd assembled on thu wharf to greet him as he landed. The Governor and nearly all the members of the -Ministry -wen also present. _ It is m contemplatiojß to give him a pablio dinner or ball "before he ! finally leawibrEnjrfand, whiohrit-is saidv he intends to do by the Matanra,,on(he B£h. A large meeting of Mr Fo^*s snbportera was'hell on'Thnrtday, when tw^ty^nfee members fonfMdtitemaelves into art 'organised Oppltf tioxTlO^ ~ !<«^ ffenttonua. The deugnatioa of «• The Cod■titntiooal Party" was formally adopted, as the atsadard which tboae members will rally arooad, TUOppowtioaiwiswiMlmilulM

certainly composed of very •ffiseordaut elements; as an instance, it will be sufficient to give "the names of four of its members. We see grouped together, Messrs Rolleston, M»caa<ke.w, Stevens, and STogel, making deadly asaaalta, with one common war cry, upon the Government It will probably be some time before -shouts of victory will be raised by this doughty phalanx. No doubt a grand organized attack will be made Upon the financial policy of the Government But even if a victory be gained upon this point, and a dissolution followed, it would uot be of much advantage to the, so called, Conatitutionar party, as : in a new Parliament they would be nowhere. The official enquiry into the wreck of the 8.8. Taranaki took .place on Friday. The decision arrived at eutirely exonerate*' Cap* tain Francis of all blame, aa the steamer would not answer to her helm. Tenders for raising her were called for, to be sent m on Saturday, but none were received, rthe terms proposed by the company as to a share m the claim for salvage, rendering it too much of a speculation.