TARANAKI.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 81, 15 January 1863, Page 3

TARANAKI.

State op the Province. —A public meeting of “ all those awarded compensation by Mr. Sewell ” was held on Saturday last. It was called by Messrs. Bayly and Greenwood, and they requested the Superintendent to attend “to explain the correspondence between himself and the Superintendent of Otago.” His Honor did not attend. Air. Gledhill was called to the chair, when the following resolution was adopted; —“ That in consequence of the various opinions respecting the state of this settlement, that the lion, the Colonial Secretary be requested, in accordance with the the suggestions of the Hon, Dillon Bell made to Alessrs. Greenwood and Bayly, to visit this place to judge for himself.” Under a second resolution Alessrs. W. Bayly, and Greenwood, and Upjohn were appointed to forward the first to the Colonial Secretary. —Taranaki Herald , January 3rd. Suicide. On the 2nd of January A£r. C. A. C. Beardsworth, master of the High School, shot himself dead. A crdict of tho Coroner’s jury “ Temporary insanity. £lO5 18s. Gd. have been subscribed in Taranaki for the relief of the Lancashire distress. A committee has been appointed to collect subscriptions. 1 A Nut por the Colonial Government to Crack.— The following is from tho Herald , Dec. 27;—“ On Tuesday morning, at II o’clock, Lieutenant General Cameron inspected the Taranaki A r olunlcers and Alilitia, who paraded for that purpose on Poverty Square. There were in all about 500 present. Battalion movements were gone through by the whole force, and skirmishing tee., by the Volunteers. After tho inspection the men were drawn up in hollow square, and addressed by the General to the following effect : ‘ Volunteeers and Alilitia of Taranaki,—lt gives me sincere pleasure to have seen so many of von here to-day, and I hope your corning' has not caused you any serious inconvenience. ° I wished to meet as many of you as possible, that I might be better ableearry out the instructions I have received from tho Secretary of State to report to him on the number and efliciency of all the local forces in the colony which would be available in case of need. Volunteers, lam glad to be able to give so lavourablo a report ot your numbers and eilioiency. It is very creditable that out of so small a population so many should have come forward to serve voluntarily. I wish that the other provinces had followcd'so good an example. From what I have seen today—and my judgment is confirmed by Col. AVarre, who knows you well and from, the gallantry you displayed on several occasions during tho late war, I have no hesitation in saying that you are perfectly fit to act as auxiliaries to the regular forces in the field. I am sorry I cannot speak as favourably of the state of tho militia, but it is the fault of‘the Government, not yours (addressing the Alilitia), as I have been told that you have not been drilled for nine months, and that many of you have only just received tho arms which you have in your hands. Volunteers and Alilitia ,—I need not detain you longer than to exhort you to pay all attention to your military duties, as there is no knowing how soon they may be wanted.’—Shortly after tho parade General Cameron embarked on board the 1 Harrier,’ which immediately got under way for Alannkau.” Parponaule Bitterness. —AVc extract the following from the Taranaki Herald , Dec. 27: “ Alessrs. Greenwood and Bayly, who went up to Auckland to sec Sir. George' Grey on behalf of the Tataraimaka settlers, returned by tho Prince A bred. AV hen they got up, wo aac informed, they found his Excellency had gone to his private estate at Ihe-Kawau, and ho did not return until the evening ot the steamer’s leaving for this place they came back, therefore, without seeing him. It is said, on good authority, that the report current some time ago of Sir George Grey’s havng oflered the resignation of his commission! iis not without foundation, and this perhaps wil account for tho care and attention he bestows on his island park.” The Hews gives a more definite notice ot this visit, for which we have not space at present.