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Evening Post, Issue 199, 27 September 1865, Page 2

At yesterday's meeting of the Church of England Synod, the thanks of the meeting were presented to the Lord Bishop for his ndilreas. The report of the standing committee was read ; and the Clerical Secretary r md the report and balance sheet of the Pension Board. The standing orders were suspended to move for commttees on parochial accounts, resolutions of the Synod, and for priming. The Rev, I. £. Herring obtained leave to bring in, without previous notice, an Act Amendment Bill. The bill was read a first time. The Synod uiet to-day at two o'clock. It is reported that no further action has been taken by the Government in Major Yon Tempsky's case. He is still under arrest. Mr. Crosble Ward has given the following notice of motion far this evening : — 1. That in the opinion of this House it is desirable that before any new Province shall be constituted under "The New Provinces Act, 1858," Inquiry shall be made by the Governor as to the revenue received and the expenditure made within the district by the Government of the Province from which Separation is required for a period of at least twelve months preceding ; and that no such new Province shall be constituted out of any district where such expenditure shall be proved to have amounted to an equitable proportion of such revenue. 2. That leave be given to amend the law relating to the constitution of new Provinces accordingly. If this resolution had been adopted before this, what an amount of trouble it would have saved our friends at Wanganui. Tenders are called for by the Provincial Government for erecting -a light-house and keeper's dwelling, and for forming a road thereto, on Soames Island. ' The rumour to the effect that it was the intention of the Government to constitute one or two extra provincial districts in the southern portion of Auckland Province with a system of Government peculiar to the native character, is assuming a tangible form. On the notice paper for to-day there is & motion standing in Mr. Fitzgerald's name for leave to introduce a bill for constituting j certain extra provincial districts of the Northern Island of the colony, inhabited wholly or principally by Maoris, in order that a system of government may be established therein suitable to the wants and requirements of the Inhabitants thereof. The City of Wellington Band of Hope held the usual weekly meeting last night, when sixty or seventy children attended. Messrs. M'Cleland and Levy addressed the meeting. The sum collected at the Penny Bank was £8 2s ; total amount for the quarter ending 26th September, £94 15s. About 24,060 acres of land in the Wharcama block were put up. at the Land Office yesterday, and the prices realised for the different blocks varied from 5s to 8s per acre. Messrs. Pearce, Vallance, and T Williams, were the principal purchasers. Within the past few days a new club named the Wellington Cricket Club, has crept into

existence. Already it numbers over forty members, lms appointed its nnnual committee and officers, drawn up a list of rules, provided itself with cricketing implements, and taken the field for practice. It may be expected therefore that the coming season will be lnore enjoyable than past seasons, there being two clubs in existence. . The entrance fee to the new club is 10s 6d, and the annual subs riptjon 21s, and new members are admitted by ballot. Pursuant to notice the meeting of gentlemen interested in the formation of a. brass and reed band, was held at Wallace's rooms, Lamb ton Quay, yesterday evening. There were not many present. A set of rales were brought up and adopted, and other preliminary measures decided upon. A bandmaster was appointed and next Tuesday fixed upon for a full practice. Mr, Linn has had some experience in imparting musical instruction in Australia, and has been successful. <It may therefore be expected that his pupils now numbering over twenty will, in a short time, become thoroughly efficient. The old Volunteer band have kindly lent jthem their instruments until they get instruments of their own. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Dunedin, Coptain James Sennet, of the ship Leichardt, was charged on the information of the Commissioner of Customs, with having unshipped one keg and one jar of spirits on whioh duty had not been paid. He pleaded guilty, and a fine of £100 mitigated to £25 was inflicted. It would seem that shipbuilding does not pay at Inveroargill, as the Southland News has been requested by Mr. Thompson, builder of (he schooner Christina Thompson, to say that he did not intend to build another vessel at Invercargill at present, the absence of a foundry nnd other appliances on th« spot rendering the work too expensive. In reference to the proposed v imposition of a postage stamp on newspapers, the Nelson Examiner observes—" If, as we are told, it is intended to re-impose a postage on newspapers, we arc sure the measure will be universally unpopular. The free circulation of newspapers, both In and out of the colony, is what a wise Government should promote, nnd Ministers can have little idea how severely this will be cheeked by a -postage ¦tamp. No tax yielding <the same amount of money would produce the Hue amount of dissatisfaction." Messrs/Martin and Downes opened their new hotel at the wharf to-day, which is a handsome wooden structure, substantially built. It contains thirteen rooms, distributed as follows—nine bedrooms, commercial room, dining room, billiard room, and back parlour. They are all large, and well ventilated. The ceiling of the first floor is twelve feet, and of the second ten feet high ; and the decorations, as far as they have been carried out, are' very handsome. The painters are still wording up stairs, but the proprietors hope to have the house ready for the occupation of visitors in the course of a week from now Mr. Martin is well known and appreciated as a hotel-keeper .In Dunedin and elsewhere, and there is little doubt but he will command a good trade.