ARRIVAL OF THE DECEMBER MAIL.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 42, 17 April 1862, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE DECEMBER MAIL.

(From the New Zealand Advertiser .) The s.b . Prince Alfred , Captain Bowden, arrived here (Wellington) at 1 p.m. yesterday, bringing intelligence from Ofago to the 3rd instant, and, what is of more importance, the missing December mail. ARRIVAL OP THE “ BOMBAY.” The Melbourne Argus of March 24th, says : .-I he Peninsular and Oriental Company’s steamship Bombay, Captain Rogers, bringing the December English mails, reached the Heads late on Friday night last, delivered her mail in Hobson’s Bay in the forenoon of Saturday last, and sailed again for Sydney early yesterday morning. The Bombay sailed from QaUe on the 25th of January. On the 2nd of February, in latitude 18 deg. 13 min. S., long. 98 deg. 49 min. E., she broke her screw shaft, and bore up, before the monsoon, for the Mauritius, to refit a new shaft. She arrived at Port Louis on the 18th of February and sailed again on the 25th, experiencing strong easterly winds all the way to King George’s Sound. She sailed from the Sound on the 16th and again met with head winds accompanying foggy weather. The Bombay, we may remark, is intended permanently for the Australian branch of the service, in conjunction with the Northam (which takes out the mail of the current month), and the Madras (which will bring the February mail.) Though unfortunate in twice breaking her screw lately, the Bombay is a fine sea-going ship. THE INTER-PROVINCIAL SERVICE. The Otago Daily Times says : Mr. A\ ard, we understand, chartered two steamers to run fortnightly between Auckland and the Bluff, calling at the intermediate ports. The White Swan and the Queen are the two vessels he has secured. The arrangement will commence early next month. WRECK OF THE “LADY BIRD.” M c are sorry to hear that the evening before the Aldinga sailed, the Lady Bird struck on a rock in the river Yarra, which knocked a hole in her bottom and caused her to sink in shallow water. It was expected that she would be raised and her damage repaired without much difficulty, it is doubtful whether, owing to this accident, the owners will be able to spare the Western from the west coast trade, to come to Otago. If she come as advertised, she ought to be here by Monday or Tuesday nest, in which case she would be able to take back the English mail from Otago, otherwise - the Aldinga, the date of sailing of which is postponed to Tuesday next, will be the latest steamer that can be calculated on. THE GOLD FIELDS. The late escorts from the diggings have not brought so much gold as formerly; as showing, however, the productions of these fields it may be interesting to mention that up to the 28th March there have been exported 357,091 ounces of gold, worth nearly a million and a half sterling. MISCELLANEOUS. The tender of the Union Bank for the Government account, and for the financial agency of the Province in England has been accepted*. Each of the Banks put in a tender. Sir W. Don, the actor, died at Hobart Town, suddenly, on the 19th March. The All England have played their last game in Australia—a draw ; they were to sail for England on the 26th ult. Four young officers of Messrs Green’s ship Dover Castle, were drowned at Melbourne, on Sunday, 16th March, by the upsetting of a boat in which they were pleasure taking. The ship British Trident arrived on the 4th inj stant, from Melbourne, with 5500 sheep ; little or no loss. The long disputed question of compensation for the run on which the WaitahunaGold Field is situated, is at length setttled by Mr. John Cargill accepting the offer of the Provincial Government for £3OOO. This is at the rate of about Is. 6d per acre for the whole term of the lease, about ten years. CANTERBURY. From Lyttelton we leam that Mr. Moorhouse had again been elected Superintendent of Canterbury, without opposition. The land revenue for the last quarter amounted to the large sum of £82,630. A marked rise had taken place in the value of all real estate. THE RESULT OF THE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. (From Bell's Lfk in Tlctorial) [Per International and Submarine Telegraph via Malta and Alexandria.] The Telegram of our own correspondent is as follows “Mace won the fight in Bit tv-eight minutes, forty-two rounds, good fight,”