Local Intelligence.

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1398, 17 January 1860, Page 3

Local Intelligence.

been requested.^.cail'^ttention to an *3 vexMSp ment which appears, in jiiip\ljer -^column ;oP ts.' 'day's paper, anp'6unc'ing v .ttiaf'a public 'lnieedffg* of the Members of the Chwrch of 'Ehgtffiitl r *W s the Dtstript of ;. St. Paul's will bV'beftrln .'ffi^ Thorndon "School Room, on Tuesday* e%!firig,'< the 17th inst.,at half past 7 -o'clojft,- J&r ;ih§^ purpose o^cobiiirWingr'tbe steps. to'be' tirkVir. fo'i^ | the formation' W that District Into a Parish;'' ' J '

Cricket. —*W.e 'understand that. . : '.Mi'.*,May is the. bearer of a -challenge .^rora'l the Cricketers..- of Auckland to. ..tho'se.^'of' Wellington, to,pl.ay a -.match berei '. The Jtf&rjtrjfc 1 crn players generously offer -to come. "doyfyviyy on early, oppjoriuiuty, and theve>spjmtjed : 'arjfd; liberal clwllpjige. .will, we therefore. fo.opey^be cordially accepted.; . Such interchanges i.bf 'i. : 6\iY-'' *esy are calculated to engender tile *,fcii)'(llte's'L i feelings aiid aje: deserving of being on all r o'c-j' crtsions promoted. ;.'■ : . ...'"'■ Caution iff Bathers.— Two . large Shares Tiave receutlyiKeen observed in. the .Harbour, -sii ; that the numerous ..bathers .who •aFe'.,i < i) ;r ,J,\je habit of disporting., themselves,, eyer-^ moimiig, should he careful not to venture too .far (lytua shore. a .. . ..--•• •-.--/ Anniversary Keg-itta.— A preHmraary meeting was held last flight at the Coach "to take steps for celebrating the Anniversary o.f "the foundation of the 'Colony. In an .ady-er*. tisement, printed .elsewhere, the list"- of sports: with the.regulations to be observed- in reference . •to the usual regatta, will be found in, r extenso; The subscription list is ra.pidly filling^ and.pro? inises to be a large one. . . :.■.,. ' .",--.-; Besides the Regatta, amusetnents on '-rttther•an extended scale are in preparation: *- M?r. ; ' Eotermuhd announces that his BpTrci&us'^p.ad^ -docks are to*Ke thrqwh open,' and tfaaf-a^vaYlety of rural sports and an' 'excellent BaUd : '\vill A.ie .provided for the' occasion ; and MrY* HaH'^'has; entered into arrarigeinents with Mr.'-iMEaTisHMoT > -the use .of his beautiful gardens^ tb\r-tt "Bete Champetre, Jo that the public {wW&e 'pjisvftte'd; - -•with a i'aiie^,of eniei'taiiiment^, and wHI-tfeus-i have an opportunity :of telebrati-tigj- \v^"*tv'iist"' with more thaa usual eclat, the "'2o£H v^u«i-" .«' ; y ' <■'**■"■ - ;! ."i- ■'^ i - Sunday Bcrioot 'G'ATHERiNO.A-N^lfiSifoVi---day being* Anniversary Bay, '; the !&u ustval ;; gathering of c>-il.clren (in the BbfahfcaT'veselVe; •Karori road'; l w\Y take plice; for partiiiu|irs T^ef ' •advertisement. ' ' --'•--'• -^' :•:.--;>; Chamber 6t? Commeroe.— ln coxjsegueiicV.' -of there not .being V s-ifficient atfe'n'({a'n t ce J ';df members oriTriday aftefnoori, theKusiiiessitq. be transacted at the meeting called rbivtliailday; was postponed. ' ' J' "' The -English : Mail.— To morrow is' the Tegular day -for the arrival of the English, mail, but it is generally understood th^t the steamer-. ;will not leave Sydney Will, ihe 10th iust, so i,hat the mails wilfnpt.be' due here until Friday next. ' .- PnoxoGKAtHrc Gallery. — We visiteii by invitation Mr. Swan's pbotographic'galle'ry, 1 arid Tvas highly pleased with what we saw.*' ; T^ie portraits are all of them exceedingly gooo^ sYriking in theirrtsernblahce,aßtt beautifully tfuisii'edV Two of them especially struck us as being ' pe=; •culiarly so, : Vtz. ':" those ot their Honors the : ■Judge aud Superintendent. Mr. "Swain;' has received a lar|je- variety of new goods frour •England, affd/'to lovers of art his gallery i's well worthy ofinspecCion. ■••" ■ -•— -•■-—■':