AUCKLAND.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1732, 17 June 1862, Page 5

AUCKLAND.

By the Lir.l Worsley, we have received files o Auckland papers up to the 11th inst., from which we have made the following extract-;. The following Proclamation proroguing the General Assembly from the 2(>lu t-> the 30th June appears in the General Government Gazette of the 7ih inst. PROCLAMATION Appointing General Assembly to meet at Weiliiiffton, on 30th June, 1862. By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in aud over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &o.

Whereas the General Assembly of New Zea- , laud now stands prorogued to the twenty^sixth day of June instant, and it is expedient further to prorogue the same ; Now, therefore, I, the Governor, in pursuance of the authority in me vested in that behalf, do hereby further prorogue the said General Assembly to Monday, the thirtieth day of June current ; aud Ido hereby further announce and proclaim that the said General Assembly shall assemble for the despatch of business on the thirtieth day of June, at two o'clock, at Wellington, and the Honorable Members of the Legislative Council and the Member of the House of Representa lives respectively are hereby required to give their attendance at the said time and place accordingly. Given under my baud and issued under the Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, at Government House at Auckland, this seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. G. Grey. By His Excellency's command, William Fox. g God save the Queen ! 1 advance coromandel. i We (Daily Soujvherm Cross) have rececivedf. a private letter from Corommdel, dated June? sth, fiora which we extract the following: — ! '• BeesOn's reef is right beyond all controversy. Six additional claims have been taken up and men set to work. It is easily worked. It may and I think will, be a fortune for every one of, the fortunate claimants." The following is an extract from Mr Keven's' letter to his wife in town : — v The reef is wonder-fully-lich. The last crushing staggered vs — from 150 tj 200 ozs. to the toa. Claims on both sides taken up." Mr. Woodin writes to us thus — " This morning, the 6th, we crushed about! I lb. of quartz before Mr. Turton and some diggers, in fact the diggers brought it down | from the tunnel, and I could not describe t c excitement, both of Mr. TurtoH and all hands at the result. I believe Mr. Turtou is writing to the govet nraent about it." It will be seen from our advertising columns that Messrs. Keven and Woodin have lodged a claim for the reward for discovering a payable gold field, and certainly the statements published above warrant the most sanguine results. Some time since we urged on the government to proclaim the European territory in Coroman • del a gold field : will they do so now or will they wait until a large mining population is located there without rules or governmental supervision? The position is critical on the eve of the removal of the Governor and the executive of the colony, and we would like to know definitely in what position tbe European population will stand in regard to Coromandel when J the power to organise and control has been ) withdrawn from the province. — Southern Cross, June 11, MOVEMENTS OF THE TROOPS. The head quarters of the 40ili regiment, about 450 officers and men, marched from Pokeno to Baird's farm on Friday last, and resamed their march, en route to Auckland on Saturday. The corps halted at Ouluibu yes terday, and are under orders for Auckland to-duy. The head quarters of tho 40tli will be in Auckland, and the head quarters of the 70th at Otahul.u, during the winter. The detachment of the 65th, which has been for some time past doing garrison duly in Auckland will march out to Otahuhu to day, to be quartered iv the permanent camp there during the winter Detachments of the various coips at present in the proviuce are to be stationed in the stockade and camp now being formed at the front. | We cauuut avoid on this occasion, agaiu bearing our testimony to the invaluable service the military has rendered to the province by completing the great military road almost to the Waikato. The officers and men exerted themselves to the utmost to have the V7ork finished before the vviuter, and, virtually they accomplished that result. We were eye-wit ness to their labours, and felt gratitied at their orderly and properly demeanour. These men would be a credit to any country ; and we may feel justjy proud of having such a division of the British army among us. — Ibid.