CANTERBURY.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1984, 17 November 1863, Page 3

CANTERBURY.

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this province to the I4tli inst: — Mr Sliadrach Jones had arrive.! in Canterbury, and it is slated that an arrrangeinent had been completed for the All England Eleven to play a match in that province, when they visit the colony.

The Lytlelton Times says:—" A good deal of enthusiasm has been excited by the prospect of a visit from the All England Eleven. This redoubtable team has been engaged to visit Otiigo, and provided the funds are forthcoming will proceed on hero and meet our cricketers in ihe field. Of course such a visit involves a large outlay, hut a liberal subscription has been already raised, and there can be little doubt that the promised visit will be paid. Canterbury boasts cricketers who flatter themselves tbat they will be able to make as good a stand as most of the colonial teams-

I Political.— The Times of the 14th inst says:— " What would otherwise have been a most uneventful month as regards politics in this province has been enlivened by a series of rumours and disclosures, which haveculmiuated in the total disruption of the existing Government. Not that this has been officially announced through the usual channels of information. Up to the present moment no pub ie announcement of the resignation of the Superintendent has been made, yet it is tolerably well known] in certain quarters that Mr Bealey intends forwarding his resignation to the Governor, and public opinion already points to Mr Moorhouse as his successor. Fiom what has recently transpired, it appears that Mr Bealey contemplated resigning the office of Superintendent some months ago, and had actually mentioned this intention to a member of the Executive. Whether his Honor had fixed upon any given date for putting this idea into execution is not manifest j but it would appear that the cares of office have lately pressed with increasing weight upon him, and there is no doubt that recent events to which we shall allude have hastened the intention to resign by bringing matters to a crisis. Extraordinary Arrest. —We are informed thatCaptain Christie, of thesliip Accrington, was arrested yesterday under warrant from the Registrar of the Supreme Court at the instance of Mr DOyly, a solicitor, who was a passenger by the ship. The Captain was brought over to Christchurch in custody of the Sheriff's officer, and liberated on bail. So far as we can understand, the claim is for £1200 for damages for insufficient supply of provisions on the voyage, and for the " sticking up " of plaintiff in the rigging by the sailors for the purpose of obtaining diink money, but Captain Christie denies that it was done with his cognizance. We imagine that it is open to censnre that a claim of this nature should not have been made until after the expiration of some two months since the vessel bus been in port. If such a claim is genuine, it surely might have been asseited ere this, instead of detaining the ship, which would have cleared the Customs this day, and subjecting the captain to very serious inconvenience. — Lyttelton Times, November 12.