The Evening Post. MONDAY, JULY 17, 1865.

Evening Post, Issue 137, 17 July 1865, Page 2

The Evening Post. MONDAY, JULY 17, 1865.

His 1 Excellency Sir George Grey left town late on Saturday night for Wanganui, to receive formarsurrender of the Wereroa pah, Captain Macdonald, of the Native Contingent, having been in possession, as we are informed, for the last few days. j^ Rumours are freely circulating through town to-day ; and if there be any truth in a hundred tongues, vte hare ft Ministry holding office only until their successors are appointed. It is said ' Sir George Grey refuses to allow the troops to be withdrawn from New Zealand, in consequence of which Ministers met this morning, and resolved on •ending their resignation of office after his Excellency, the Sandfly proceeding with the same to Wadganui this 'evening. •%,

A sitting of the Supreme Court was held at thp Court House, before his Honor Justice Johnson, at ten o'clock on Saturday morning last, when the petitions of William White, David Watson, Robert Armstrong, and Chas. M. Hickling, were considered. « We understand it is the intention of the Tauthorities, now that Mr. George, the superintending engineer, has arrived, to commence the lengthening of the Queen's Wharf as Boon as possible. The necessary* material came out in the ships Chapman and Martin Luther $ and the Adelaide Baker, which will arrive shortly, brings out a great portion of the Patent Slip for Evans' Bay.~\ The s.s. Wanganui, Captain Linklater, arrived yesterday morning, from Wanganui, which port she left at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon. She brings no later intelligence of public interest than that previously received by the usual weekly mail. Mr. Ward being too unwell to preside at the Resident Magistrate's Court- this morning, a few cases stand adjourned. Messrs. Moore and Pearce, J.P.s, disposed of the ordiflary routine business. On Thursday

morning next a serious charge of assault preferred against the mate of a vessel in harbor will be heard. The Members of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce did not meet this afternoon, owing to a meeting of the Steam Navigvtion Company, but will assemble at three o'cldck to-morrow afternoon, to consider the subject of Customs Duties at this port. Tlie pantomime at the Theatre Royal is a great surress. On Saturday 'evoninpr, notwithstanding the drizzling rain and Scotch mist, there wns an unusually full house, and everybody appeared highly delighted with the evening's amusement. The most laughable portion of the programme was a burlesque of Messrs. Greenberg's Circus, in which the manner, air, and „' exaggerated pose of Mr. Leopold as Madame Turn over (query, Tournear ?) wns too true not to be at once seen by everybody. Take it all in nil, it will be some time before Wellington will have the chance of enjoying such another pantomime. To-night it, will be presented for the last time, for the benefit of^the^talented Fraulein Fannie, whose agility as Columbine needs but to be seen to be fully appreciated. We can strongly it commend our readers to take this last opportunity of witnessing a really clever and amusing pantomime.