The Evening Post. TUESDAY, JULY 11,1865.

Evening Post, Issue 131, 11 July 1865, Page 2

The Evening Post. TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1865.

The Provincial Council will assemble this afternoon, when it is understood business possessing more than an ordinary share of interest will be introduced. The Superintendent's speech is anxiously looked forward to by those who have faith in the good intentions of his Honor regarding the welfare and advancement of Wellington. It Is expected a wise and liberal policy, commensurate with the great change this city is at present undergoing, will be enunciated. The choice of a Speaker wfll afford the Council an opportunity of placing in that honourable position

fi man worthy of tlio distinction to be conferred, and possessing the abilities required for the proper discharge of the onerous duties of the office. Mr. W. W. Taylor, it U said, will be requested to nllow himself to be put in nomination, and should he comply the chnir will be well find ably filled. Mr. R. Phnruzyn'a canvas at I?anpaMlci is. \re are informed, proceeding favourably for tli it gentleman; nnd, should he meet with '.p xiMtlou, his success is certain. We understand Mr. E. Penrce has been invited by the electors of ihe Walrarapa district to become a candidate for the; vacant «H.«i in the General Assembly, and that the invitati. n has been accepted. The usual fortnightly meeting' of the Town Board assembled at noon 10 day, instead of at the usual hour, which would exclude t! c chairman and other members from attending the sittings of the; Provincial Council. E Pearce, Esq., Chairman ; Messrs. Bragg, Burnes, Borlase, Pliiunier, J. 11. Wallace, Pharazyn, and Jucka, were present. After the minutes of the former meeting had been read and confirmed, the Chairman re>id a few letters to the Board. The first, from Mr. Huntly, overseer of Government domains, bringing the fact of the drainage at Government IlouKe being deficient to the noiice of the Board 5 then a letter from Mr. Charles Parkinson, at Wiuiganui, making inquiries rrspecting the owners of certain sections of land j and, lastly, a communication from the coroner of the district with reference to the death of the unfortunate man found drowned 0)1 Friday last in a stream on the Tinakori Kuad. The letters having been duly considered, the accounts for wage 9 and asphalte up to the end of lasl month were examined and passed. The Chairman, with reference to the state of the finances, further informed the Board that the balance of the .£IOOO loan from the Provincial Government, had been this morning paid to the credit of the Board After some further discussion the meeting separated at half-past one. We regret to learn, from a parngraph in the Lyttelton Times, that Mr. Carkeek, Inspector of Cnstoms, is suffering from severe indisposition, and unable to attend business. The Theatre Royal continues to be well attended every night, the public appreciating the exertions of the management to cater for their amusement, regardless of expense. The special correspondent of the New Zealander, in a letter dated Wellington, the 25th ult.. says :— " Wellington is really in a fair way of getting into a state of mild excitement, for what with news from abroad' political changes at home, vague shadows of great coming events thrown all around us, and a perfect inundation of amusements, we cannot help waking up to a sense of our importance in the world, and of our opportunities of action and enjoyment. To dispose of the least important matters, I will only refer to the ball last Tue*day evening, which was well carried out, and afforded great enjoyment to the company invited 5 to the Amateur Theatricals of the Civil Service Dramatic Club, announced for Tuesday evening next, to be given in aid of the destitute people whose relatives were lost in the unfortunate City of Ounedin ; the Amateur Concert on Thursday evening next ; the Theatre Royal Company still playing, and that very creditably ; the Circus just a rived, and another coming very soon ; together with numerous other minor attractions. In spite of ourselves, we are forced into gaiety, and with really solid promises of prosperity in the future, why should we not be gay before they get rudely disturbed, as will be very possible shortly 1 The Warnambool Examiner of Friday last says :--" From all the information we can glean, it is very likely there will be a large number of applicants for the land selections to commence at Warrnambool on Thursday next. We fully anticipate an influx of 2,000 people j S9 that we would advise our hotelkeepers and lodginghouße-keepers to prepare for the time coming." The Ballarat Star says :— " The following extract from a letter from Captain Brown late of the ship Calliance, lost at Camden Harbour, possesses interest : the shores of Oamden Harbour are entirely lined with rocks and great boulders of stone, in most places covered with rock oysters of very good quality } the rise and fall of tide being from twenty to thirty -five feet. There are at low water many places in which the pearl oyster is found— one specimen of which in my possession contained two pearls, the largest one being the size of a pea, the ?,hell measuring at least nine inches across— but very few shells of any other description, and of those found, no new variety.' "