LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2542, 9 July 1867, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

+ The Govbbnob. — His Excellency Sir Qeooge Grey and suite arrived from Auckland on Saturday morning last, in the Charybdis, and left the ship's side, under a salute, and manned yards, about 10 o'clock. His Excellency- landed at Brown's wharf, where some members of ' the Go* vernment were in readiness to receive him. The Stoebintbndbnt. — Hiß Honor the Superintendent arrived in town on Saturday after* noon. • Tdb Chms&AL Assembly.— ThejGfeneral As* sembly will be opened by the Governor in person, at two o'clock this afternoon. We believe the Mowing to be a correct list of the members who havearrived :~Hons..T.H;.Bartley,M.,Baohmond l A. Buchanan, J. Menziea, H. J. Miller, Sir David Monro, Messrs Williamson, E. Graham, T, Ball, H. Carleton, Farmer, A. Clarke, J. O'Neill, Byes, O'Rorke, A. S. Atkinson, Greenwood, Macandrewi Burns, Beynolds, Main, O'Neill, Yogel, Hepburn, Patterson, Bradshaw, Haughton, Campbell, Gillan, Cargill, Harris, Wood, Moorhouse, Han»< kinson, Macfarlane, Cox, Beeves, Hon. Dr Menzies, Colonel Peacook, Majors Atkinson and Heaphy. Legislative Council,,— ■ The Hon. Joseph Dresser Tetley, of Kekerangu, Ifarlborough ; and the Hon. John Hyde Harris, of Dunedin, have been appointed members .of the . Legislative Council. New Mbmbbbs. — The district of Waimea ,wttl this session be represented in the General Assembly by Mr Edward Baigent ; the seat for Lyttelton, vacated by Mr Hargroaves, will he filled by Mr George Macfarlane, and Kaiapoi hat sent Mr John Studholm, as the guardian' of it* interests. j «' . The xatb Session op rais' Fsomffiis . Council. — A Gazette' issued yesterday contains an announcement ef his Excellency's disallowance of the following Acts passed by the Superinten* tendent and Provincial Ceunoil of Wellington. The Protection of Certain Animals Aot, an Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors, the Wanganui Bridge Amendment Act, the Fencing Act, 1867,andtheDistrictHighways Aor, 1867. The Rttahine. — This vessel, whioh was to leave at 3 p.m. yesterday, was detained until dark by the Government. For many monthß past this system, has been practised, and we are sorry to see that the Panama steamers are to have their arrangements upset by Mr Stafford's caprice. Yesterday, a numerous party of our fellow-citU zens, including members of the Legislative Assembly and House of Bepreßentativw, assembled on board the Airedale at the wharf, punctually at 3 o'clock, to see their Mends 'off. Everything was ready, but an intimation ftota. Mr Hoggard to Captain Benson that the mails were not to be dosed until the Government hid sent their despatches, detained the ship. '."'At 4 o'clock, tired of waiting, the Airedale';.'^ ordered off. She remained alongside thY Euahine, whose steam hod been blowing off sicce three o'clock (for one hour), and on her return to the wharf, one of the Panama Company's boats /was juat leaving with, the despatch, whioh, doubtless, could have been written long before; ' At time of our going to press the ship had not left in consequence of the night being unfavorable. We would remind " the Powers tha^be,*'ft^ ia "2; England no ocean mail steamer is ever detained, except under the most pressing oiroamflfcanoeis. Insanity. — A seaman of the Euahine, named Henry Martin, beine inswe, waayeirte^y:^i#p»d< in the hospital. .; r. ,^;/ o T

Empiee Concert Haii. — Our notice of MiKemp's benefit was accidentally omitted from our last issue. On Saturday night "Jocrisse the! . Juggler" and the burlesque of " Mazeppa" were ( repeated to a full house. Last night there was a > '• change of -programme and the French drama of •"The Female Gambler" and the farce of "The' Commercial TraTeller" were put on the stage. __ In ' 'the former piece the part of Joseph Eouche was taken by Mr Newton ; Miss Annie Merton impersonating Marie de Fontaignes. The acting of j both was very good and the piece seemed much ' to the taste of the audience. The company playing afc this theatre have requested Mr Osgood to allow them, as a mark of their appreciation of his enterprise in establishing a permanent theatre in : Wellington and a token of their esteem, to give him a benefit some night this week ; and to this request Mr Osgood has acceded. The public will, , no doubt, show their good will towards Mr Osgood ■ by giving him a bumper house. Melanesian Mission.— Sermons in aid of the Melanesian Mission wore preached at St. Paul's . and St. Peter's churches on Sunday. At the former place of worship, the Bishop of "Wellington preached' in the morning, aad the Bishop of New \ Zealand in the evening, from the text,— "And the gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations ; and then shall the end come."— Matthew, xxiv, v. 14. At St. Peter's the morning sermon was preached by Bishop Selwyn, who took for his text the fourth, fifth, and sixth verses of tho first chapter o f Ezekiel— " And I looked, and behold a whirlwind came ( out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire unfolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of tho midst thereof as the color of amber, out of the midst of tho fire. Also out of the midst ' thereof came tho likeness of four living creatures, and tliis was their appearance ; they had the likeness of a man, and every one had four faces, and every one had four wings." The Rev. A. Stock preached in the evening. The collections at St. Paul's amounted to £39 6s ; at St. Peter's (including fcunday School contributions), £23 13s: total, £62 19s.' The Pan-Anglican Conference. — Their Lordships the Bishops of New Zealand and • Christchurch take their departure for England by •*** the Ruahine to-day, for the purpose of attend- < ing the Pan-Anglican Conference of Colonial Bishops, to be held at Canterbury towards the close of the year. Vestey Meeting. — The annual vestry meeting of the parishioners of Te Aro will be held ths evening. Wesleyan Church. — The official quarterly meetings of the above body for the Wellington circuit, took place on Wednesday last, July 3rd, At 11 a.m., the local preachers' meeting .was held in the Vestry of the Manners street Church, the chair being occupied by the Rev. W. Kirk, Super- _, intendent. There was a fair attendance, of members, and the usual business was satisfactorily transacted. At 2 p.m., tho general quarterly meeting was held j as before, tho Eev. W. Kirk occupied the chair. There were also present the Revs. W. Morley (Hutt) .and J. S. Rishwor th (Greytow«)> and lay representatives from the City, Hutt, Taita, Wainui-o-mata, Johnsonville, Greytown, Tauherinikau, and Masterton. The accounts for the past quarter presented by Messrs Lewis and Clark, Circuit Stewards, showed that the income from ordinary sources amounted to £200, and from extra ones, including a grant from ' the District Meeting, of £70, making a total of £270. Tke expenses were, for ordinary purposes such as ministers' stipends, &c, £168, and extra- ■ ordinary, jfor removals, furniture, &Ci, £100, making a total of £268, which left them a balance in hand of £3. The Superintendent reported that the congregations were good, and that thero had been an increase of church members. An ■ application was presented by the Trustees of Man- . ners Btreet, asking permission toerectanew church, ■ 'the size of the presentono being insufficient to meet the wants of the congregation. It was agreed unanimously that leave bo granted. At 7 p.m., the Rev. J. S. Rishworth, preached . from 2 Thess., iii., 1, after which the Rev. W. Morley delivered an address to the congregation, bearing upon the spiritual and financial state of the : circuit generally. At its close, a hymn was sung, , and Messrs TJdy and Robinson having engaged in prayer, a pleasant and profitable meeting was closed at nine o'clock. Caution to Stock- owners. — A case brought before the Resident Magistrate yesterday, should be a' caution to owners of cattle, sheep, or pigs, livimg within the town or tho Town Belt, not to kill them in unlicensed places. Mr Dowsett, of Tinakori road, was prosecuted by the Inspector of Slaughter-houses, for having killed four pigs in a house occupied by him, but which was not duly licensed under tho Act. The proeccutor failed to bring the case homo , to the defendant, who got off sedt free ; but the latter admitted that he had on many occasions killed pigs for his own consumption and to sell to his neighbors, at the same time asserting that he had done so in ignorance of the law. This is the point that we wish to impress upon our readers' attention : that the law requires all cattle, sheep, pigs, or goats, slaughtered within the limits of the town or on the Town Belt, if their carcases are intended for sale, to be slaughtered at a properly licensed place. ! Bbass Band. — A good band is a desideratum j in Wellington. We are glad to see that Mr Os- i good has taken the matter in hand, and is adver- , tising for amateurs or professionals to join the "Empire Saxhorn Band." We understand that Mr Osgood is willing to provide instruments and ' a. room in -wlaicli to practice for the members of the band, gratis. This is an exceedingly generous offer, and Mr Osgood may rest assured that it will be appreciated by tho public at largo as well as by those whom it more immediately affects. The Maungatapit Murders.— A letter from Harelock in the Picton Press says : — lnformation has reached this out of the way quarter of the world that I hare not seen in any Nelson or Maryborough paper. It is to the effect that. Messrs Adams and Kingdon having interested themselves in the case of Mrs Mathieu, the widow : of one of the four residents of the Pelorus Goldfield, who were murdered on the Maungatapu, the General Government has been induced to hand'orer the sum of #100 to Mrs Mathieu.

Nathan Juvenile Troupe; — The Nathan Juvenile Troupe mado their appearance aguin before the Wellington public last night at tho Odd Fellows' Hall, and gave their visitors a very agreeable entertainment, embracing acting, singing, dancing, and instrumental music. Tho programme wuß arranged with a judicious regard to variety, and comprisod the burlesque of "Paddy in India," founded upon Lover's farce of " The Happy Man," tho farce of " The Colonial Servant," the ballet of " Dancing Mad," all of which had been expressly arranged for the troupe, and a 'Musical and Tcrpsichorean Melange." Tho juvenile membors of the troupo aro La Petite Marian, Miss Selina Nathan, Miss Julia Nathan, Master E. Nathan, and Master L. Nathan, who each have their peculiar forte, and thus givo variety to tho entertainment. They are supported by Mr Small, the comic singer, who is already well known in Wellington, and needs no recommendation at our hands, and Mr J. Chambers, who, os far as could be jndged by last night's performance, oxcols as a dancer. "La Petite Marian," tho smallest, and perhaps, the youngest of the troupe, probably will make herself the popular favorite, her droll ways being quito irresistible. Last night, she took nothing but Irish characters 5 and to hear loud, boastful expressions proceed from her tiny lipswas really excessively amusing. Miss Selina danced a Highland fling in a very pretty manner, and in response to loud calls from the audience at its termination, repeated it. A cornet solo, selected from Flotow's opera of " Martha," executed by Master E. Nathan, also elicited an encore. The other members of tho corps also acquitted themselves much to the audience's satisfaction, if we may judge from the loud applause by which their efforts were greeted ; and we have no doubt that most of those present will repeat their visit. The same programme will bo repeated tonight ; and we can cordially recommend our readers to patronise.au entertainment at once pleasing and refined. The Suez Mail— We learn from a telegram in the Sydney Empire, that the steamship Otago arrived at Melbourne on Saturday, the 29th ult., having made tho run across in an hour over the five days. She did not, however, arrive in time to put her mails on board the P. & 0. Company's steamer Geelong, as that vessel sailed at two o'clock on the afternoon of the 28th. Telegraph Office. — The telegraph buildings on the reclaimed land ore about to be enlarged by the addition of a lean-to at the back of the present building j and the erection of a two-story house at the back. The former will be 38 feet long by 12 feet wide, and will be used for the storage of goods ; the house will measure 32 feet by 20 feet, and be used as a workshop or such purposes as may be required. The buildings will be cont structed of corrugated iron in a timber framing ; and will be erected by Messrs Halley & Ewing. Cricket- — From a paragraph in Sell's Life in Victoria, we see that arrangements were being made on the 21st ult. with the Panama and New Zealand Company, by Mr George Marshall, for the passages of the All England Eleven. Mr George Coppin haß entered into this speculation with Marshall. New Discoveries at Maori Gully. — The Grey JRiver Argus of the 25th says . — "Some excitement was caused in town yesterday by news which came down tho river that a new and very promising quartz-reef had been struck, up Moonlight's creek. It was discovered by Boyd and party, who came down to the Twelve-mile to I secure a prospecting claim, but tho Sub-Warden being away at Cobden tho claim could not be granted till to-day. Tho reef is situated about , five miles above tho position of the stores, or in other words rather better than twenty miles from the junction with the Grey. It crops out on the surface, and with good indications of gold, which induced the discoverers to sink thirty feet, when they came to the reef, of from six to seven feet ' thickness, with gold coarsely scattered all through it. From the direction of the dip it is considered that it will prove an extensive reef, and not very dif ficult to work, but of course nothing certain can be as yet predicted of its probable yield. The old alluvial diggings in the creek are all doing well, and employing profitably about 300 men, but thero is nothing new to report of them." [ Masonic. — Tho foundation stone of the Masonic Almshouses — tho first portion of the Masonic charitable institutions of Melbourne — was laid at South Yarra on the 17th ult. Hawke's Bay.— The following passages occur in the speech of tho Superintendent of Hawke's Bay, in opening his Provincial Council, on the 24th ult. : — " It is gratifying to be able to state that we continue to maintain the most friendly relations with the natives in this province, who are steadily assuming a position which identifies them with the colonists, and it is to be hoped, as the latter greatly increuse in numbers, they will always regard the Maori with that generous consideration for tho weaker race for which our countrymen are distinguished. The actual financial position of the province at the end of this present Juno quarter of this year shows an excess of liabilities over assets of £1680. However, as this account includes amounts still unrealised, and questions of account between the General Government and this province, it will be necessary to enter more into detail when the subject of finance is brought forward. In the meantime a full statement of the accounts will bo laid upon tho table. The depression which has been so generally experienced throughout the colony has also to some extent been felt in this province. It should however bo born in mind that such periods are seldom of long duration, and often lead to tho exercise of grater economy and increased efforts in developing tho resources of the country."