The Evening Post. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1865.

Evening Post, Issue 245, 20 November 1865, Page 2

The Evening Post. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1865.

The N.Z.B.N. Co.'s s.s. Ahuriri, Captain Flowerday, arrived in this harbour on Saturday evening" at 7.20 p.m., after a rapid passage from Wanganui. She left the Manukau on Monday morning last, at 7 a.m., and arrived at Raglan same afternoon at 3 p.m. ; left again the same evening at 7 p.m., and arrived at Taranaki the following morning at 5 a.m. ; left the same day at 3 p.m., and arrived at Wangnnul on Friday morning at 8.30 a.m. ; left Wanganui at 10 a.m. next morning, and arrived here as above, making the run from Wanganui to the Heads in eight hours and forty minutes. Captain Kennedy, of the Marine Board, has reported the result of his visit to the Mana Island Lighthouse, to inquire into the cause of Uie light not being discernible of Jate by passing steamer*. He found the keeper duly on watch, the lights burning brightly, lamp apparatus, Sic, beautifully clean. The lightkeeper attributes the nonappearance of the light to fogs, which had been dense on the summit of the island, and his statement received the confirmation of the Messrs. Fruzer, residents on the island. The Lyttelton Times of the 16th instant says :—": — " The Blue Jacke-t, being in quaran. tine, and no cominunicition allowed, we were only able to supply yesterday such particulars as we could obtain from the officials who visited the ship. We have, however, been furnished with a full account of the voyage which has been placed in a bottle and thrown overboard. It mast be satisfactory to the friends of the cabin passengers to learn that all of them have arrived in gsod health. The fallowing list gives thunanics and other particulars of those of the immigrant* who died during the voyage :— September 20th, James

Heid, aged '23 ywirs, from small pox ; Nov. Ist, William Dick, aged two years, from heart fli«ea<it> i November 2nd, E. Dick, an infant, from debility consequent on premature birth ; November 6th, Agnes Turnbull, aged 30 ye irs, from what is described by the surgeon as typhoid fever. During the voyage, on the 23 rd September, a serious mutiny broke out, (He ergo having been broached previously), which was promptly repressed, and the ringl^a lers secured —not before the second mate had received a fearful grish on his head four and a- half inchvs long with a sheath knife, nearly bleeding to death before the arteries eauld be tied and thp wound sown up. The flr^t officer also received a severe blow on the face from fin iron beliving pin, by the ruffian who tried to kill the second officer " The time for sending in tenders for the construction of additions to the outer and inner T's of the Q leen's Wharf, has been extended to the IB'h of December. Mr. Withers, of the Bmk of New South Wales, previous to his departure for Hokitilca, to join the company's branch there, will be entertsiined to-morrow evening by his numerous friends at the Pier Hotel. The Waimakiriri (Canterbury) has again overflowed its banks, and floodud a great portio% of Sneyd's Town. It is not so serious, however, as the last, yet it is sufficiently bad to short' that the energetic measures, now in progress, were not coinmenced»too soon. The time for sending in . tenders for the reclamation of land from the sea has been extended to the 20th December, and (he plans and specifications will be ready, and may be seen at the Provincial Secretary's office, on Monday, 11th December. The laying of the foundation stone of the new Supreme Court House at Auckland, by his Honor P. A. Whittaker, Esq , took place on the anniversary of the Prince of Wales's birthday, with Masonic honors. After the imposing ceremony of depositing the stone had concluded, a grand banquet followed, at which the Superintendent presided, supported on either side by the Lord Bishop of New Zealand, Colonel Mould, Colonel Dwyen Colonel O'Brien, Jfcc, &c. Covers were laid i'.u- al-2 His Excellency the Governor and suite visited ihe Wiztrd on Saturday evening, a 1 irge number of the principal inhabitants j It ing present on the occasion. , The performances were, if possible, more attractive i ban heretofore, and highly applauded by the distinguished visitors. This evening there will liv an entire change in the programme. Early yesterday evening, whilst Mr. R. Pearso \ was rowing from the Wynyard Pier to the coal hulk Susan, he threw his dog overboard to give him a swim, and whilst swimming close to the boat a monster shark struck the boat with his tail, and snapped at the dog, and cut the poor animal in two, swallowing the one half at the first gulph, and then swallowed the other part. The shark was supposed to be abeut 14 feet long, and when he struck the small boat he nearly capsized it —New Zealander, 14th Nov. The Melbourne Age, of the 20th ultimo, says : — Letters of administratian were granted in the Equity Court yesterday, by His Honor Mr. Justice Molesworth, to Elizabeth Macadam, the wife of thn late John Macadam, Esq., M.D. The personality was sworn as under £15,000. An emergency meeting of the Court of RoHin Hood, A. O. P., will be held this evening for the purpose of transacting important business. ~ Mr. Thatcher, " the Ini nitable," who has arrived here by the Albion, brought with him the binnacle of the lost steamer "ity of Dunedin. This relict of the ill-fated vessel no suggestive of painful associations, excited a great deal of interest on board the Albion, and several offens were made to him to purchase it.— Dunedin Paper. The Taranaki Herald, of the 4th instant, I says : —It has been said, and the quotation is true, if not hew, that " All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits, &c." And therefore we are sure ib will not surprise our r> aders when they hear that their theatrioal friend Mr. O'Brien has made his exit from the Taranaki stage, having left somewhat abruptly for the south by the Wanganui. He has not yet announced when he intends t<> recommence his performances here, but we are sure there are several of our tradespeople who will join with us in wishing him a speedy and safe return.