The Evening Post. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1865.

Evening Post, Issue 218, 23 November 1865, Page 2

The Evening Post. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1865.

The P.N.Z. and A.R.M. Co.'s s.s. Otago, from Sydney by way of Nelson, arrived in this harbour at 5.30 p.m. yesterday evening. The Otago left Sydney at 11.5 p.m. on Wednesday, the 15th, and arrived at Nelson at 630 p.m. on Sunday, 19th instant. Making allowance for difference of titne» the passage was performed in four days three and a-half hours -the quickest run on record except one. She sails for Melbourne via Southern ports t'l-raorrow. We are indebted to the courtesy of the purser for our usual flies. The P.N.Z. and A.R.M. Co.'s s.s. Lord Ashley, arrived In harbour this day at 10.45 She left Ouuedfn at 2 p.m. on the 21st, and arrivi d in Lyttelton Harbour at 6.30 a.m. on the 22nd j left Lyltelton at 2 p.m. yesterday. Encountered very heavy head wind during the passage from Lyttelton to this port. The purser has kindly supplied us with files. The N Z.S.N. Co.'« s.s Wellington, Captain Fi-anoiß, arrived here this morning at 8.45* fehe left Nelson at 11.30 a.m. yesterday, ar. riving at Picton at 7.30 pm. ; left Picton at 4 o'clock this morning, arriving here as above £ $ The Sj dney Empire, of the 14th ins ant, devotes a long column to an article on phe Panama service, from which we take the following extract, ;— " We are informed that

tho line of (<p,^.'!!i stfMii postal communication between Syiliwy uivl Europe by way of .Panama, will be opeiied in June next, the vessels then sturling from each cud of the line. It is to be hoped that this expectation will he fulfilled, and that the dilatory proceedings of the Government of New South Wales will bus imulated into activity by the continued and mo-*t vexatious delays that distinmiHi the service of the Perif|lsular and Oriental Company. ..... Before the «lo«e of May last the Panama and New Zealand Company had so far perfected their arrangements that their first new ship,the Ruahine,had made her trial trip over the measured distances between Blaokwdll Pier and the Nore Light, and also on the Admiralty trial course off the Maplin Sands, accomplishing an average speed with ami against tile of more than thirteen knots an hour. 'Ihia vessel will probably be our first arrival from Panama. The dates of arrival and departure have not yet been fixed, as the arrangements of the New. Zealand Government are not quite concluded, and our own Government do not appear te bo quite convinced that the period of eight or ten years which they have had for deliberation is Bufflcient for that x purpose."^j}fc a. By an Order in Council, from and after the first of December next no* goods whatever shall be carried coastwise from any part of New Zoa'and to any part of the East Coast, situate between tho South Hbad of Tauranga Harbour, in the «JBay of Plentyjttand Table Cape. His Excellency Sir George Grey was, on Monday last, presented with a silver trowel, bearing the following inscription s —" Presented to his Excellency Sir George Grey, X.C.8., Governor of New Zealand, on the occasion of his laying the first atone of the Joint Cathedral and Parish Church of St. Paul, Wellington, on the 21st day of August, 1865."We hear that his Lordship the Bishop of New ZealnnJ has appointed the Rev. J. P. Lloyd, Incuaibent of St. Paul's Parish, to the Archdeaconry of Waitemata, vice Archdeacon Kissling, deceased. It appears that after relieving various sufferers hy ihe wrooie of the Uity of Dunedia, a balance remains in the hands of the committee of £1,000, of which £800 is to be placed at four per cent interest at the bank for six months, to meet claims which may, but which have not yet been made. The s.s. Wanganui, Captain Lowe, leaves port this evening for Wanganui. The Roman Catholic Schools, lately established in Christchurch, were visited by the Chairman of the Board of Education and the Inspector of Schools ; the examination made proved very satisfactory. The buildings provide ample accommodation for the children, of whom upwards of one hundred are on the hooks. Mr. Mumford's dramatic company arrived per Lord Ashley at Lyttelton yesterday, to proceed to Christehuveb. on a short professional visit. A meeting was held in the Town Hall, Lyttelton, on Tuesday night, to hear Mr. Travers explain his views as a candidate for the Superintendency. The hall was filled, and after Mr. Travew had addressed the meeting, and replied to various questions put to him by electors, relating to the overland communication with the West Coast, the meeting separated amid hearty cheers for Mr. Moorhouse. The Provincial Council of Canterbury was opened on Tuesday in the new chamber. The Superintendent having delivered his address, the House adjourned to Thursday. A Maori, named Piripi, ia in custody, to await thp result of an inquest on the body of a child, five years old. It seems that Piripi arrived at the Kaik, near Taiaroa's Head, about a lortnight ago, and proclaimed himself as a prophet of the Uau Haus from the North Island ; and thae he sent a native to the Taieri to proclaim his coming thera, and his powers. Arriving at the Taieri Kaik, Piripi ] set to work lo bring the natives there to adopt his faith ; it was alleged that he had performed wondrous cures in this Province ; and he offered to cure any sick >persons. A resident at the Kailc, George Coora, had a child suffering trom fever ; and he was per- , suarierl to allow Piripi to deal with the child, after a promise that n. cure should be effected in 24 hours. Piripi's first order was, that a tub of cold water should be brought ; and he bathed the child for some time. On the next day, he commanded that some native grass should be brought, and with this the child was freely cut abuut the neck and breast; a |

mUlure oC gunpowder and soot being afterward* rubbed into the cuts. As might lisivo bfuii expected, thechilil became rapidly worse, and soon died. The facts became known to the authorities, nnd the Commissioner caused an inquiry lo be made. The result wax a search for Piripi, who had got down again to the settlement at the Hends, .where he was yesterday taken into custody, and brought to town. The Rev. Mr. Reimenschneider will act as interpreter at the inquest, which will be held by Dr. Hocken.— Otago Witness. We understand that Alexander Mackay, Esq., has been appointed a Civil Commissioner for the Middle Isl.ind. Accounts from Melbourne state the rush to Hokitika has ceased, owing to news received by chums from old "Victorians, who were tempted to try their luck on the New Zealand Gold Fields, Her Majesty's war steamer Devastation has been ordered in search of the Shenandoali, with orders to treat her as a pirate, the United States war vessel Sawanee being also in search of her. The Alta California says it is probable the pirate will have to " take water" or " climb a tree" at no very distant day. The Otago Times says— " The week has opened -without any great amount of activity. A maintained demand for gocda for Bhipment exists, but the increasing bareness of the market prevents the execution of heavy orders. Flour stationary in value pending the receipt of next intelligence from Melbourne. Sales 'to a moderate exteut.at £24." The wholesale prices of flour at Auckland are— Fine flour (silk dressed; £26, and seconds, £23 j.cr ton. li.M.a.ti. Eclipse, Captain JTremantle, arrived ut Auckland on the 17ih trom feydney, and reports that H.al.o.Ss. Cui\ic;oa was uuaer orders to leave for Auckland on tao 13th instant. Latest accounts from Auckland report the Coromandel company still sinking, and raising the rich leader. The deeper they get the better the prospects are, and the four leaders seem to be drawing together, and when they do amalgamate, it is to be hoped they will form the main reef, which has so long been sought for. At the Dunolly diggings, Victoria, three weeks ago, one nugget of 500jz. was found, and another of 80oz. A^ fortnight ago, two more were unearthed, one weighing 2540z., and the other 6oz. Before and since these recent discoveries, numberless lumps of less weight have been brought to light from time to time, and scarcely a day passes^vithout an addition to the number. There being some difference of opinion among the officers of the bupreme Court the other day, respecting the conditions on which a person had to surrender to his bail, the Judge (Mr. Justice Johnston) explained the law of the case. He said it was not a correct custom which required a man to surrender till a. bill had beea found against him by the | Grttnti Jury. • The recognizance expressly re- j quired him to "surrender to answer any bill I that might be found against him." His Honor said, as this was a matter of some importance, he was desirous that the law oi the case should be known. The conditions of bail were not broken till a true bill had been found by the Grand Jury against the party bailed.— Nelson Examiner. The ship Siam, from London, arrived at Auckland on the 17th, 103 days from the .Eizard. Captain Ashby reports that on the 22nd October, in lat. 44 deg., long. 84 deg. W., he experienced a very severe gale and heavy he<iti sea, and the same day saw a, cyclone, During the gale sde carried away part of her bulwarks,' and started a few ot the stanchions, and the bhip was hove- to for nine hours. Tue barometer fell during the gale as low as 28 60. On the following day the gale moderated, and Captain Ashby put the ship berore the wind, and for the three following days passed a large quantity ot floating wreck, viz., spars, bulwarks, hencoops, casks, &c. The ship was at the time going twelve knots, and the captain ordered a sharp look-out to be kept, in case there being any boats, or anything that could lend to the name of the vessel that had lost the above articles. The correspondent of the O&mam Times has the following on the execution of Jarvey :— '¦ On the day of the execution a second edition of the Daily Times made its appearance about noon, leading innocent folks to the belief that the English mail had arrived out of season. The paper sold amazingly. The taste for Old Bailey literature must surely be

innate in the human mind, or it could not, in such an age of culture and refinement, sui'h as we suppose our own to be, be so nearly univeisal. lunate or not, it astonishes those who are not blessed or cursed with it, somewhat as color-blindness astonishes us when we lirst meet with it. Urant, our new M.P.0. , maile his appearance on Saturday with a bundle of Reviews under his arm (the Review has been extinct for some time), containing a leader on the execution. The Rev. Mr. Counebee, who has faithfully endeavoured to be of use to Jarvey during his residence in gaol, preached a sermon in the gaol yesterday morning ' improving the occasion,' and again last nighc gave his congregation an admonitory sermon, with the execution fo^ga texo. Mr. Connebee no doubt thinks Grant a very low fellow ; and in return, Grant thinks Mr. Connebee's sensational preaching very • despicable,' or something of the sort, I forget his exact phrase — it is not a very polite out. There are a good many who are disposed to c incide in Grant's opiuion of it, expressed in a more decorous munner."