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Wellington, December 9. There has been little of general interest in the proceedings of the Presbyterian General Assembly up to the present. It was resolved that the congregation of St. Andrew’s Church, Wellington, he incorporated wi*h the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Permission was granted to the Nelson Presbytery to sit in this City. The second Sabbath in March was set apai t as a special day for preaching temperance sermons. With respect to the question of union, a resolution was carried, on the motion of the Rev. W. Bruce, expressing satisfaction at the presence and addresses of the deputies from Otago and Southland, conveying the cordial thanks of the Assembly to them, and requesting them to carry back to their Church the expression of sincere sympathy cherished towards it by the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. December 10. It has been intimated to the Government that the Governor desires to laud in Wellington as quietly as possible. The Mayor and Corporation and several members of the General Government will meet his Excellency on the wharf, when an address of welcome will be presented, and the Governor will then drive to Government House. Mr Lemon, general manager of the Telegi-aph Department, has received the following message from the telegraphist at Queenstown “ I am pleased to inform you that Professor Peters, the American astronomer, has been very successful in taking observations here of the transit of Venus.” In the Presbyterian General Assembly today, the report of the committee on the Union with Otago was read. After considerable discussion the following resolution was proposed by the Rev Mr Bruce, seconded by Mr Hill, and carried :—“The report of the committee on Union with the Synod of Otago and Southland having been read, that it he received, and that the Assembly express its witlingncss to acquiesce generally in the proposed scheme of union forwarded from Otago, and tiiat it suggests to the Otago Synod the advisability of giving parties appeal in cases of discipline and doctrine, and declares itself ready to bring the principle of Synodical action into operation throughout the Church, in order to facilitate the completion of union.” On the question of establishment of a theological college at Auckland the following amendment, moved by Mr Llmslie to a motion by Mr Ca filer, was carried, “ That the Assembly having considered the overture from the Presbytery of Auckland anent the training of theological students, remit the matter to the said Presbytery that they may be able to lay before the next ensuing General Assembly information regarding means a- ailable in Auckland for the prosecution of art studies ; and also as to the prospects they have of such pecuniary support as would be necessary for the erection and maintenance of such an institution as is proposed in the overture.” [sent 11.60 a.in. ; receives 4.40 p.m.j Guahamstown, December 9. It is settled that the Ohineninri will be opened for mining at once. Mr Mackay was busy yesterday marking off reserves and'boundaries. Tho Natives retain the freehold. Sir Donald M'Lean is expected on Friday. Christchurch, December 9. ’ H is intended to bring forward a Provin cialist candidate te oppose Mr Bowen for Kaiapoi, for the purpose of testing public opinion on the_ question of Centralism versus Provincialism. Mr Joseph Beswick, ex-Provincial Treasurer, and formerly member of the General Assembly for Kaiapoi, will most probably be the Proviucialist candidate. . New Plymouth, December 9. Ihe W Hitara. steamer has returned from longapnrutu, and reports the river difficult of access, the channel being narrow and shallow. The Natives, however, are very friendly. Captain M'Carthy has been'examined'by the Collectors of Customs relative to the collision between the ketch Wild Duck and the schooner Merlin on the Waikato bar. (From our own Correspondent.) Auckland, Decembers. • i,bankrupt grocer from the Thames levanted m the Hero to 'Sydney, after shaving and dying his hair and moustache. The mortality returns of the City for Novemshow fifteen deaths, beinLj ten in excess of the returns of last year’s corresponding month. ■Du™ 1 *,' his speech in response to the toast of his health at the ball and supper last night, the Marquis of Normanby seemed rather taken aback by tne inopportune interposition of applause. With that discriminating delicacy which has always characterised his utterances in public, the Marquis said : “I am not vain enough to suppose tiiat this reception has been accorded me, coming, as I do amongst you, a perfect stranger, for any merits of my own.” “Hear, hear, shouted an idiot in the garb of a gentleman, and the Governor evidently looked for an instant nonplussed at having his words so readily adopted. The screw steamer Result, built for the Napier harbor trade, made a trial trip, and averaged tight and a half knots. She is thirty tons register, with high pressure engines. The total cost of the steamer was LI,IOO. December 9. Ihe report regarding the wreck of the Auckland whaler Albion is very vague. It was brought by the Callao, an American whaler, to Russell. Thompson, managing clerk of Quick and Co., coach proprietors, is supposed to have absconded. He had been entrusted with the full management of the affairs of the firm for a few days, and drew the second prize of L 92 in the sweepstake on the Melbourne Cup a few days ago. All the books of his employers and their cheque-book are missing, so that the exact amount of his defalcations is not known, but it is variously stated up to L7OO, Cecilia Allen, the girl who is charged with arson at the Shore, and is supposed to be afflicted with an incendiary monomania, now says that the confession made by her was extorted by the promises of the police that she would be liberated if she pleaded guilty. She now denies committing the offence, and will be defended. The Customs seizure of the cutter Rose, for smuggling, will probably turn out to be a mare’s nest. Mr Allan, proprietor of the Albion Hotel, at Coromandel, claims the liquor aboard as being duty paid and pm chased by him at the sale of the bush hotel under a distress warrant. The case will be heard on Saturday. Walter Witheld, an Albsrtland settler, who was recently burned out, losing everything, was last week crossing the Wharema bridge, when his horse bolted, and pitched itself violently against the stanchions of the bridge, breaking its neck and throwing its rider about twelve yards, seriously injuring his head and otherparts of his body. He is gradually rallying. December 10. Thompson, the absconder, was captured last night, after an exciting chase. He was in a boat near the Rangitoto reef, waiting for the Bella Mary to come out. Mr Quick set out in another boat, but sent back to town for a small steamer, which went down with the police. Thompson’s boat, observing the other coming, put ashore, and Thompson concealed himself in the dense scrub. The search party beat about for five hours without success, although it was afterwards discovered they had almost trodden on him several times without seeing him, the underwood being so thick. They finally observed the bushes moving, and secured their man. who had LIOO on him. The defalcations from Mr Quick were over-estimated; they are probably not morn than Ll5O. Thompson had two partners in the sweepstake of L 72—one a commercial traveller named Leonard, who was done out of his money ; the other partner had only succeeded in getting LlO prior to the bolt, ihe prisoner, who was lodged in gaol, has been drinking lately, but otherwise has been regarded as a trustworthy man, N.u-ikr, December 9. Madame Goddard s company arrived per Rangaoira last evening, and give concerts tonight and to-morrow. All the seats for both concerts have been engaged. The company proceed to Auckland per Southern Cross on Friday. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, George Geah was charged with selling arms to a Native at Poverty Bay. Prisoner • was rehianded,
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