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Evening Post, Issue 207, 6 October 1865, Page 2

Tho ship Adelaide Baker, one hundred and fifty-three days out from England, is iv the channel, and will likely get to her anchorage wiLh the next tide. , Ihe cause of delay of the s.s. Lady Bird, -thtt?-at -tfiis port from the South on Monday last, was owing to the accidental breaking of her crank shaft between Otago and Lyttellon. She is now on her way to this port from Lyttulton under canvas, with part of original cargo. Colonel Cecil Rookes, late in command of the Colonial troops at Wanganui, has presunted a petition to the Parliament, complaining of having been summarily retn»ved from his command and deprived of his commission without just cause, and praying for a Board to inquire into and report upon the circumstances attending his removal and dismissal. This day, in the House of Representatives, Mr. John Williamson brought up the report of the select committee appointed to enquire into and report upon the charges brought against Captain Hannibal Marks by Captain Caddell, Superintendent of the Colonial Water Transport Service, and the circuras ances attending his dismissal from the command of the gun-boat Sandfly. The committee were of opinion that the charges made against Captain Marks were withont foundation, and not sufficient cause was given for his removal from his command. The committee therefore recommended that he should receive a gratuity from the Government equal to two months' pay. A petition was presented to the House of House of Representatives this day from a number of natives, praying that the Maungatotairi country be not transferred to the Government. The anniversary sermons of the Primitiye Methodist Church will be preached on Sunday next— in the morning by the Rev. Mr I Waters, and in the evening by the Rev. Mr' Muir. On Monday evening a soiree will be held in the Schoolroom, at half-past flvej o'clock, after which a public meeting will be held in the church, at which addresses will be delivered by clergymen and others. The Wanganui Times, Oct. 3. says :—: — " Two cases have occurred during tho past week 5n the Patea district. The first was that of Liout. Masterson, R.E., who was j preceding from Waitotara to Patoa. lie | overtook the contractors, who were driving cattle, about two miles on this side of the Wenuakura, and then rode on a head. No-

thing more was seen of him afterwards, for when the contractors arrived at Patea, the sentry had just caught his horse ; the stirrup leathers were broken, and the saddle quite saturated, which causes us to think that in crossing the Wenuakura river the horse must have sunk and thrown him. The other case is that oE one of the C.T.C., a man well known in Wanganui by the sobriquet of ' Talleyrand.' He was swimming one horse and leading another over the L J atea river, when his horse suddenly went under, and he was seen no more. Captain Fox, of the Gundugai, was looking on at the time, and seeing Lhe man in danger immediately put off in a boat, but when withtu about ten yards of him he sunk and did not rise again . The bodies have not been found. With the exception of a petty debt case, no business was transacted ac the Police Court to-day. On Wednesday last the first number of a fresh newspaper, culled the Daily News, appeared in Dunedin. It is owned and published by Messrs. Mills, Dick and Co. The Wangunui Times says :— " Another post is to be established at Tawhitonui, a commanding situation opposite to London (Ranana.) 150 of the 68th started up the river in the Gundagai for the purpose of erecting a redoubt there. As soon as thati* completed, 50 of the men will return, leaving 100 to garrison it." .At a meeting oC the Otago Typographical held at the Shamrock Hotel, on Saturday, September 23, Mr. Joseph Moore, who has for a long time creditably fi lied the office of Secretary to tint body, was presented with an address and a very handsome snuff-box. Mr Moore is about to lnavo the Province. Another melancholy case of drowning is related by the Southland News. — " Last eveningaas Mr. Tally and another gentleman were coming along the jetty, they came across the body of a man apparently asleep ; but, on examination, life was found to be extinc, and the body identified as that of Mr. Road, late deputy harbor-master. It appears Mr. Read was quite well at fivi' o'clock, and partook of a hearty meal, afier wbioh he went out for a little, find was not seen until fclie body was discovered by the two gentlemen. His remains were removed lo the Lord Clyde Hotel, to await an inquc-sl, whiuh will be held to day. Mr. Head, we understand, leaves a widow and four children tolally unprovided for."