The Evening Post. SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1865. PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. YESTERDAY.

Evening Post, Issue 148, 29 July 1865, Page 2

The Evening Post. SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1865. PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. YESTERDAY.

The Sfeakbb took the chair at five o'clock. The Clerk lead the minutes of the previous •UMng. Mr. BORLASB presented a petition from Mr*. Anne Mason, widow of Sydney Mason, late a Provincial Government messenger, praying for a little pecuniary assistance. The petition was received. Mr. HUNTER moved that the Government ¦ftould. immediately lay out and make Fentherston and Hunter Btreets, and surrey the unsold allotments of the Reclaimed Land, and, after giring the notice required by law r offer them for sale by public auction. Mr BORLASE, in a few brief words, seconded the motion, which after a short discussion was carried. Mr. STOKES moved that his Honor the Superintendent should be requested to place on the estimates the sum of £60 for a con* stable to be stationed at Castle Point. The motion was carried. Mr. WATT moved, that his Honor the Superintendent should' be requested to place the sura of £300 on the estimates, for purchasing the public slaughter house at Wanganui. The motion was carried. Mr. CRAWFORD moved that the sum of £150 be put on the estimates- to asdst in making a road from Te Aro Stream round the harbor to Evans' Bay. The motion was carried. Mr. READING moved that hi« Honor the uperintendent be requested to place on the

estimates the sum of £25, for the purpose of forming a library for the Karori Common School. The motion was carried. Mr READING moved that his Honor the Superintendent be requested to place on the estimates the sum of XI OO for the purpose of widening the bridle track of the South Kaori District. The motion was carried. Mr. BOULASE (for Mr. Wallace) moved that his Honor the Superintendent should be requested to place on the estimates the sum of £150 towards the annual celebration of the foundation of the colony. Mr. HUNT 10 11 opposed the motion on the grounds that the city should find the means to celebrate the occasion without the aid of the Government money. Mr. BORLASE considered that the motion might have passed without comment, especially as at the commencement of the sitting arrangements had been made not to oppose any motion. Mr. HUNTER replied that he had been a party to the arrangement on the supposition that preposterous motions would not be brought forward. On the question being put there was a division, and the motion was carried by a majority of 10, the Ayes being 17, and the Noes 7. The PROVINCIAL SOLICITOR moved that the Council do not consider any motion for an address to the Superintendent to place any further sums on the estimates after next sitting day. Mr. BORLASE moved as an amendment that the words " except the motions for which notice is already given, or except on an emergency," be added. Tim PROVINCIAL SOLICITOR supported Mr. Borlase's proposition, and the motion, with amendment, was carried. Mr. G. CRAWFORD moved that the Council should take into consideration whether the costs incurred by the late Speaker in a criminal prosecution of the Advertiser newspaper for a libel, and which was tried in the Supreme Court, should be reimbursed by the Council. Mr. WATT seconded the motion, stating that the late Speaker (Mr. Sch'ultze) should be supported, as he had only taken the matter up because of the great insult that had been given to the Council in various skits. Mr. LUDLAM strongly opposed the motion, which he considered a monstrous one to bring before the Council. Mr. Welch also spoke warmly against the motion, as did Mr. Hickson, Mr. Borlase, and other members. On the question being put, the House divided, with the following result : —Ayes, 8 ; Noes, 16 ; and the motion was consequently thrown out. , Captain RHODES moved that for the future the title of petitions, memoranda, drafts of bills and other papers, either presented to members or laid en the taWu by the Government, should be printed on the Order Paper of the day next after such papers should have been presented to the Council. Mr. LUDLAM- seconded the proposition, which was carried. The PROVINCIAL SOLICITOR moved that the Sinking Fund and Loan Repayment Bill third reading, be made an order of the lay for Monday next. The House then went into Committee of Supply, and adjourned at half-past eleven o'clock until Monday evening next r at five o' clock.

In the Legislative Council, on Thursday evening an address in reply to the Governor'sSpeech was read and laid upon the table. On Friday the Hon. Major Coote moved its adoption, and was followed by the Colonial Secretary, who moved that the debate on the subject be adjourned till Monday next, in order that hon. members might by that time be in possession of various papers, and the correspondence referred' to between his Excellency and (General Cameron. Mr. Stokes suggested the time was too short,, and | proposed Tuesday, which was agreed to. The nomination for a member to represent the Wairarapa took place on Thursday last , at Greytown, when Messrs. Edward Pearce and Henry Bunny were proposed. A show of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr. Bunny, and a poll then demanded by Mr. I Fearce. The polling takes place to-day. On Wednesday next, in the Provincial Council, Mr. Borlase will move that onethird of every Block of land set apart for Agricultural and Small Farm Settlements,

except the Commonaae Reserve, shall be leaded In Bl cks of not more than 100 acres for terms of ten years, with a right of purchase extending over that time, the yearlj rent to be at the rate of £10 per cent on the upset selling price. Also, it is advisable that all Volunteers and members of any Colonial Force who shall have served in this Province for the period of five years, shall he entitled to grants of land, in the same manner and proportions as Military Settlers were formerly entitled. The New Zealand Gazette of Friday, July 28, contains the reception by his Excellency the Governor of the Hon. Mr. Mantell's resignation of his offices as Minister for Native Affairs, Native Secretary, and Memberof the Executive Council. By an order in Council a Circuit Court will be held at New Plymouth, on Saturday, 12th day of August next, for the despatch of civil and criminal business. The Snndfl/, Captain Fox, arrived in port this morning, from Wanganui, with fifty seven Maori prisoners, in charge of Mr. Buller, district magistrate. A description of these men, taken from the Wangarmi Chronicle, will be found in another column. The Lady Eird will not sail for the South until to-morrow. Maills close at the Post Office at 10 a.m. * The ship Chapman, Captain Featherston* haugh, sailed out of harbour to*day, in ballast, for Valparaiso.