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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume V, Issue 263, 10 May 1865, Page 2

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(From the New Zealand Herald.) The Napier Contingent.—Mr Scully, the agent of the Hawke,s Bay Provincial Governme|g; sent here to'raise a corps of 100 men for that prosince, shipped his recruits yesterday on board the Sir John Burgoyne, to the number of 77. Whilst our reporter was on board, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Naughton, arrived there, having, as “he nndWi^od>^«Qi»»;tt>e^aHCpriEiea..^ahagyip n f\y _ made, received instructions from the Superintendent to ascertain how and when the men about to leave came to this province, whether at their .... own cost, or by the assistance of the Provincial Government; and,, if the latter, whether the passage money had been repaid ; also, whether any of them were leaving wives and families unprovided, for. Mr Naughton had the men seye- .... rally brought on deck and passed before him, and elicited the fact that of the number there six had been imported into this province at the part cost of the Provincial, .Government, £5 only of their passage money haying been paid by them. They were not then in a position to refimd the remainder, neither was Mr Scully able to do so for them. These six men and four others were then put ashore by the captain of the Sir John Burgoyne as he had, including them, ten more passengers than he was entitled to carry. - FIINEEAL OP THE TWO SONS OF Me PALMER.— Yesterday afternoon at three o’clock, the remains of the two unfortunate boys who were drowned on Monday afternoon in Mechanics’ Bay, were carried to their . last resting place. There was a large concourse of people assembled to witness the solemn spectacle, and about eighty gentlemen followed the corpse. A number of the scholars of the college where one of the deceased was a pupil, also attended to pay a last tribute of respect to their schoolfellow, and wo observed the principal of St. John’s College, the Rev Mr Blackbum, among the mourners. A Child almost Browned.—Yesterday afternoon at one o’clock Elizabeth Francis, a child a little over two years of age, was just, rescued from a watery grave It appears that the child had been plavmg about as usual, but by some means had got into a creek running through her father’r premises in Mechanics’ Bay. She had been out ot the house about fire minutes, when screams where heard coming from the direction of the J creek. The mother fearing what was the matter, rushed frantically to the spot, but for the moment “ could discover no trace of her little girl Presently she caught sight of her under the water and she immediately plunged in, an infant in her arms, and dragged her unfortunate child ashore. She was perfectly insensible when rescued, and must have been about three minutes in the water This occurred at one o’clock, later in the evening the child was progressing favorably, but was not out of danger. Br Goldsboro, who was in attendance at the inquest on the bodies of Mr Palmer’s children at |the time, was called in and rendered prompt assistance. Mr Angus White, R.M.—Tho fate of this gentleman still remains in uncertainty. Still, we believe, the Governor refuses to make any effort to ascertain what that fate may be, or to interfere to effect his release, if he should even yet he found to be alive, and in the hand of the Pai Marires In its issue of yesterday, the New Zealauder a journal which is utterly unreliable upon the question of any news which it may publish previously te, (hat news having appeared in one or other of its local cotemporaries, contained the following paragraph:— _ tlnm-K.—U’e arc elad to hoar that Mr whose safety wave fears were entertained returned to town yesterday. It will be recollected that Mr on tho East Coast - as nothing had been heard of him for some time. It was feared he was kept prisoner by tbo natives. ne was We heartily wish that the above statement were true Such, however, is not the case. We cannot think how any public journal could so far forget its duty to the community as to endeavour by such means as this to divert public attention and sym-’ ' pathy from the fate of Mr White. Can it be that , the New Zealander is still under a certain influence wuv Btand3 , in the way of rescuing Mr White, if alive, or of setting at rest the uncertainty which exists as to whether he is alive or no [By reference to our last issue it will be seen that the Governor has sent the Esk in search of the missing gentleman, and we heartily hope that Success will attend her undertaking. —Ed H.8.T.1 , AI ABr^ E Psater. —The correspondent at the front sends to a Wellington paper the following Pai Manro prayer, found at Manutahi, and translated by Charles Broughton, Esq., Interpreter to the forces, &c.“ By belief in the ruler all men shall be saved in the day of passing over and the pouring out of blood, Test they should be touched by the destroper, the enemy,, the Governor, and his soldiers. The many thousands of the skies shall close up the mouth of the enemy the Governor. To you, oh! ruler, belongs the power to destroy his thoughts, and the sources from whence they spying, and all his works. You alone, oh ; ruler, are the strong stone slung at the Governor, his works, and the thoughts of his heart. To you only belongs the power to darken Ins eyes, lest he should see the brightness, so that his thoughts may be troubled. By your power atone shall the Governor be completely overcome because his works are evil. Be yon strong, O ruler because your people, the men of Canaan, are naked . people, and possessed of nothing. You know it. With you alone, O ruler, is the correctness (of 1 Jns is my earnest striving to you, O ruler, , that the heart of the Governor should be drawn forth by you, that it may be-withered up in the ", sun, not to see' any brightness, because he is the k a *Lr e7l * °* the destroyer of men.” Cruelty to Animals.—lt 13 seldom that we i hare to record offences of this nature in Auckland. A most disgraceful instance, however, occurred on 1 Saturday last. It appears two men named John Coburn and Thomas .Blanck were employed upon that day carting in Richmond Bay, a short distance beyond the brick:field. For some reason or * other the men changed horses, and very shortly., after doing so, Coburn being driving in front in- * formed Blanck that ho had pulled bis (Blaiict’s) horse’s tongue out: in wrenching it in order to make animal back the,cart. ..A quarrel ensued,

and uMTHatlythe hdrse‘WEßtaken'twMr-Kinloch!B- - Veterinary Surgeon, Queen-street, where it was promptly attended to. Mr Kinloch most properly handed over the tongue, to the .police, and the Commissioner ordered a ‘to be' issued for .the, scoundrel’s apprehension. The delinquent was in tlio employment of Airs Rogers, of Newton, and it is slated thaff he has not returnedkome since the, occurence. We sincerely hope "lie may meet* with the punishment he so richlp merits. We are glad to say that since writing the'abnve.the accused was apprehended by warran. and brought |iu from, .Otahubu by OonstablaiNegus. , i

TffiE Teeaeury of tiik Maori King. —There is very little,, fear of rebel commissariat falling shorf now.that the Native Compensation Court is sitting. Its first award gives certain natives a sum of £5440. As wo remarked before, this award has been made as compensation for 53,81 acres taken from men who had been apprehended with arms in their hands. One of the claimants, Long George, of the Wairoa, a really loyal chief, is now in tdwn, and he does not hesitate to say that, before three months are over the greater portion of. the money awarded to the claimants will have found its way into the rebel conunissariat chest