The Evening Post. MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1865.

Evening Post, Issue 269, 18 December 1865, Page 2

The Evening Post. MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1865.

The *.•; Queen, Captain Benner, arrived in port at one o'clock to-day. She left Auckland at 1 p.m. on the 13th ; arrived at Tauranga at 5 a.m. on the 14th ; left at 7 a.m. same day, and arrived at Napier at 5 p.m. on the 15th ; had light airs, calms, and fine pleasant weather, with smooth water throughout ; left Napier at 12 noon 17th irfst., had a fresh N.E, wind first part of the passage, latterly light head winds and fine weather throughout. The Government pairtle steamer Sturt, Captain Fairchild, left Napier at 8 a.m. on Saturday, and arrived here at 2 p.m. yesterday, having experienced fine weather all the way. A short distance from Napier she pawed the ship Stratnallan, from London to Napier, 126 days out, with thirty passengers on board, all well. • The schooner Falcon arrived in harbour at one o'clock yesterday afternoon. She left Blenheim on Saturday evening. She brings six passengers and a cargo of wool, The schooner f'ea Serpent, Captain Blair, arrived in harbour at 1 p.m. yesterday, from Cape Turnagain, with a cargo of wool. Two cases are set down for trial to-morrow at the Supreme Court— Warburton v. Pharazyn, and N.Z.S.N. Company v. Owen, Sidey CCo. c understand that the first telegrams n passed along the line on Tuesday, between Christchurch and Plcton, being between General Government officials at each place. The telegraph must, therefore, be in working order, add we may toon expect it to be opened

between this city, Nelson, and Hcton.—Lyttelton Times, 14th December^^ )v. In the Supreme Court, Otago, before his Honer Judge Chapman and common juries, in the case of the Bank of New South Wales v Forman (Sheriff) the jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, £300. j W. S. Reid, Esq., barrister-at-law, who 1 has been practising in Wellington for tne past , few months, has received the appointment of ' Registrar of the Supreme Court, Southland, and will shortly leave this city. The usual monthly general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held at the office of Messrs. Bethune and Hunter, at three o'clock to-morrow. On the evening of Sunday last, the Rev. Alexander Shepherd was formally inducted to the pastoral charge of the Waipukurau and Waipawa district, in the province of Napier. 1 The ordination service was conducted by the , Rev. David Bruce of Auckland.— Hawke's Bay Herald. The gold market has been in a rather excited state during the past week. For some time past the Bank of Otago has been giving j £3 16b 9d per ounce, and been obtaining eomesupport. On {Saturday, however, the agent of this bank and that of the Bank of New Zealand visited the Big Beach, when the companies held meetings, and the offer of £3 17s was accepted by the miners from the Bank of New Zealand. The ruling price has hitherto been £3 15s 3d. We do not know how long the price will remain at this figure.— Wakatip Mail.