The Evening Post. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1865.

Evening Post, Issue 223, 25 October 1865, Page 2

The Evening Post. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1865.

The rumour relative to the removal of the Defence and Native Departments from Wellington, whi«h has been circulated for the last few days, and, indeed, believed in by many, proves to have no foundation. Yesterday evening, in his place in the House of Representatives, Major Richardson asked the honorable gentleman at the head of the Government whether there was any intention of removing the Defence and Native Depart* ments of Government to Auckland, to which the Hon. Mr. Stafford replied there was no intention whatever. Mr. Sewell has given notice that he will to-morrow move, on the Public Expenditure Control Bill going into committee, the in•ertion of the following clause :— lf any person, being a member of the Executive Council, shall, during a session of the General Assembly, advise the Governor to prorogue or dissolve such Assembly without the supplies requisite for the public service for the current financial period having been first voted by the House of Representatives, or bavlng been otherwise appropriated by law, or shall threaten or declare to any member of the Legislative Council or House of Representatives his intention so to advise the Governor, with a view to prevent the General Assembly from exercising control over the expenditure of the public revenue, or with a View to induce such member of the Legislative Council or House of Representatives to Tote or abstain from voting upon any question in such Assembly, every such member of the Executive Council shall forfeit to any person who shall sue for the same the sum of £2000, to be recovered with full coats of suit. Mr. Macandrew has placed the following resolutions on the Order Paper for to-mor-row s— ln order to the more economical administration of the Government, and the preservation of the unity of the colony, it is expedient: 1. That "The New Provinces

Act, 1858," be repealed, and those Provinces which have been dismembered by said Act be restored to their original limits. 2. That the Province of Taranaki be abolished, and the territory therein comprised be added to the Province of Auckland. 3. That the Chief Executive Departments of the General Government be reduced to three— to wit : the Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, and Attorney-General, and that the Post-master-General, Native Minister, and Defence Minister be dispensed with. 4. That the administration of Native affairs within the various provinces and the future charges connected therewith be delegated to, and borne by, the Provincial Government of such provinces respectively ; and that all lands heretofore, or which may be hereafter confiscated, shall be administered by and for the benefit of the province within which such lands may be situated. 5. That the legislation of the General Assembly be confined strictly to the purposes specified in the 19th section of the New Zealand Constitution Act. 6. That all public revenue from whatever source derived, shall be held to be the revenue of the province in which it accrues, 7. That, the whole dr" the past liabilities of the colony be a first charge upon the revenues of the provinces of the Middle Island ; the annual amount of interest and sinking fund payable by each province to bear the same proportion to the annual gross revenue of auch province as does the aggregate annual amount of the customs revenue of the whole to the total amount which may be payable in respect of such interest and sinking fund : Provided always that so soon as Her Majesty's authority shall have been firmly established throughout the Northern Island, and the Queen's writ can be freely enforced among the aboriginal natives, then, and in that case, the Northern Island provinces shall become parties, along with those of the Middle Island, to the further extinguishment of the said interest and sinking fund, and in the proportion hereinbefore specified. 8. That each Pro vince in the colony shall contribute towards the maintenance of the General Government. Such contribution to bear the same proportion towards the gross annual customs revenue of such province as does the unftual aggregate customs revenue of the whole to the amount required for the maintenance of the General Government. 9. That the Executive functions of the General Government be confined to matters of purely federal concern, and the administration of those functions within the respective provinces be delegated to the Provincial Governments of such Provinces to the utmost possible extent, and in ao far as this can be effected without prejudice to the public service oil the colony as a whole. And provided always, time the Governor shall he empowered to cancel such delegation whensoever he may see fit so to doi 10, That the foregoing resolutions be transmitted to His Excellency the Governor, together with a respectful address, that he may be pleased to give effect thereto by legislative enactment, or otherwise, as may be deemed necessary. An inquest was held at the White Swan Hotel, Cuba street, yesterday, on the body of a woman named Sarah Orr.who died suddenly on the previous day. Dr. Meredith made a post mortem examination of the body, and found deceased had died from disease of the heart. Verdict — Died from natural causes. The Civil Service Dramatic Club intend giving another performance on the 4th of November next. jjlt'he Town Board met yesterday, Mr. Hart in the chair. It was decided that arrangements be made with the Town Crier, by the Treasurer, for the collection of arrears due on the rate of IBG4-s*j| and that tenders be advertised for the reWfJval of night soil and , refuse from Lambton Quay once a week. It was resolved that the Chairman, Treasurer, and Mr, Collins, be requested to make such arrangements as they think most convenient for assessing the property of the city. A tender from Messrs. Wallia, Parsons, and Gascoigne, offering to supply the Town Board with totara timber at 23s per 1 000 feet, was accepted. Mr. Miller, of the Commercial Hotel, wrole to the Board, complaining that Mr. Osgood, instead of a verandah, was erecting a balcony, in front of his house, and that in case of fire his property would be endangered, the street being only fifty feet from wall to wall. The Board declined interfering, permission to erect a verandah having been granted by their predecessors. The Rev. Mr. Harding wrote, complaining of a nuisance in Manners street, and tho City Surveyor was ordered to attend to it. Mr. C. W. Hornblow

also wrote, suggesting that a drain should be made in Mulgrave street, and offering to subscribe towards the expense. The Board agreed to assist, provided the inhabitants would subscribe. Mr. Skett reported the work in the Market Reserve as being rapidly proceeded with ; that the road towards Dr. Featherston's was approaching completion ; that tke Terrace was progressing satisfactorily ; and that the work in Tasman street was also progressing. In answer to the Chair' man, whether he had seen Mr. Halcombe relative to the road to Evans' Bay and the patent slip, the Surveyor said he had made an appointment with that gentleman to go over the ground and mark out a Hue. It was resolved that No. 1 contra t of Adelaide Road, with respect to the open culvert there, be immediately carried out in accordance with the resolutionof this Board of 26th September last.