AUCKLAND.

Wellington Independent, Volume XX, Issue 2222, 22 June 1865, Page 5

AUCKLAND.

By the arrival on Tuesday morning of the s.s. Kangafcira, Captain. Mundle, from Napier and Auckland, we are in receipt of our usual files up to the latest dates. From the latter porb, the papers to hand arc to the 13th inst. They contain no news of general interest. COMMERCIAL The Southern Cross in its commercial article published on the 10th Inst., says : — " Business during the -past week lias been quiet, but the improved tone which we have noticed for the last few weolts has been maintained ; and although there is some degree of tightness in the money market, bills are very well met. There has been no political news of a character to influence business to any marked extent, but the prospect of a successful issue of the Waikato settlement scheme by the Provincial Government may be mentioned as tending to inspire confidence. Prices of breadstulfs remain unaltered. A i cargo has arrived from Chili in the ' Eichc. 1 The Biipply at Chili for exportation was eousi- [ derable, but there are a great many vessels there, or on their way to take in cargoes. The position , of affairs at Adelaide may tend to give steadiness .I to the market, the farmers being in a position to hold over their crop in expectation of ' • better prices. The extent to which Australia and New Zealand are dependent on Chili for supplies of ; breadstuff's this season, may be seen from the fact ■ that about thirty-five vessels are at present I loading there, or are on their way to take in ear- ■ goes. The harvest is stated to have been pleuti- • fill, but it waa impossible that so many ships f could get cargoes without raising the prices. ■j ■ There were expectations of a good harvest in I 1 California, but it is too early to judge with cer- . tainty. ) Stocks of groceries are decreasing."

I CUSTOMS SEIZURE. The If. Z. Herald of the 12th inst. says : — " Thirty three hogsheads of rum, sunk below water mark in St (f forge's Bay, supposed to have been placed there from one of the ships lately in harbor, have been seized by the Customs authorities, and persons are now employed in dredging for further discoveries. The proiit on this little transaction, tbirty-three hogsheads at 12s duty per gallon, would have amounted to the nice little-haul of £1217." K.WHtA. The IV. Z. Herald of the 13th iust., after regretting the paucity of reliable intelligence of what is going on at " the very hotbed of Maori sedition and'Hau 11 au superstition," publishes the following extract of a private letter under date, Xawia, the 17th May, received by a gentleman in Auckland. " You want to hear the news from Kawhia. You shall have all that I know. In the first place Pai Marirism is in the ascendant. In fact, I do not think that there is another part of the island in which the natives are in such a state of excitement, or rather frenzy, or whatever you may like to call it. The Excelsior ai'rived the day before yesterday, and if it had not been that she had some of the Governor's " pet lambs" [a portion of the Kawau 200, Ed. N.Z.H.] on board, she would havebeen dragged on shore, and the men perhaps massacred. This risk any vessel runs in coming in here. " The ' Ivupapas' are obliged to look quietly on. What can they do when there are in Kawhia at the present moment some 500 or 600 of armed Hua linu fanatics. 'a and 's harlots are made high priestesses." The Excelsior sails to-inorrovv for Taranaki. TAURANGA, POVERTY BAY. The same paper contains the following extract from a letter which gives a good idea of the state of affairs in the above district. " Morgan has been in the Bay this last three or four weeks busily getting up a Government party : he has succeded in getting nearly half the Bay natives to join him, viz. : — Kahutia's lot, Big Leonard, &c,, old Paratene Potahi, Hori Karaka, and several other chiefs, but I cannot remember their names. They have erected a flag staff on the point near the Waikanae at Turanganui, where they have hoisted the Queen's ilag. Of course the Pai Marires and those who arc opposed to it are in a great state of excitement about it, and have threatened to cut it down. Morgan says they will have to cut his head off first. There i 3 very likely to be a " bit of a shindy" about it. Sidney has also threatened to cut it down, but has not done so yet. Old Lazarus has openly confessed that he is a Pai Marire, and says that when Sidney and the rest of the natives who are opposed to the Queen's flag (and yet not Pai Marires) have done telling the Government party to lower the flag and statT down, and they don't do it, then he will go with his Hau-haus with guns and make them do it. Morgan and party are building a strong pa at Turanganui, and appear as if they meant business. Morgan appears to have an awful hatred towards the Hau-haus, and says that the authority of the Queen must and will be kept all over the island, so I suppose we shall have a little sport; with tho Hau haus before long. We are about to have a meeting shortly, with a view to assisting Morgan in getting aid from Government in the shape of arms, &c., and live in hopes that the next time Pat ara or Kereopa pay us a visit, to be able to give them a warm reception."