LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 5, Issue 265, 15 May 1865, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

False. Security— We are under the necessity of cautioning the Government and the people of the province of Hawke’s Bay against the danger of permitting the present state- of quietness, into which the rebel fanatic j have subsided, to. lull the province into a state of false security, as though no barm is meditated or intended by them to the European population. The truth being that they have found that they were too fust in the murder of poor Mr Yolkner, having doue this deed before they had secured the full sapport of the Maoris along the coast. They soon found that the great°body of natives were not prepared to go to the lengths required by them, and from motives of policy are working more secretly. Nevertheless, their intentions are still unaltered —their preparations are still going on-—and they are probably making all the progress they expect or desire, and will show themselves as they are, as soon as they can do so with safety.

The St. Kilda. —ln our last we reported the departure of this vessel with the native chiefs that had attended the recent meeting, and stated that she had taken to their homes the chiefs belonging to Wairoa as well as te Poverty Bay. We find we were slightly in error in this,.not imagining for one moment that the Government were inclined to make two jobs of so simple an affair. It seems that the Wairoa party were not quite ready to go with the others, being loth to quit the good things of Napier. The St. Kilda left with them on Saturday morning. To the Electors of Napier. —We have already referred to the election for the two vacant seats in the Provincial Council. Wo must remind our fellow-townsmen that it is to-day the nomination of candidates takes place (we believe at noon, though the official advertisement strangely omits to slate the time). We hope that the electors will give proof of the interest they take in the business by a numerous attendance and unmistukeable expression of their sentiments, as by this means it is possible a contest may be vvoided; should,however, a poll be demanded, we trust no feeling of apathy will be allowed to operate in keeping any from their duty on the polling day (Tuesday), for although we have no doubt of the return of the popular candidates—Messrs Stuart and Buchanan, We remember that this very feeling may cause some to neglect their duty, and at the same time cause extra efforts to be made on the part of the Government party, and so endanger the result we believe, to be certain. Unfounded Reports.— On Friday evening we hud the pleasure of greeting our neighbor, Mr 0. Beyer, on his return from a trip amongst the natives. During his absence some very absurd reports respecting the objects of bis visit have been circulated by some of bis friends (?) for which he requests us to return his thanks. We understand that he has made certain important discoveries, which will be imparted to the public at a fitting time. More than this we arc not at liberty to say at present. Recovery of a Deserter. —We think it is time that the strong arm of the law should be extended for the suppression oi establishments where deserters can be harbored, and natives supplied with alcoholic drinks. In another part of our columns will be found an extract from an Auckland contemporary (fn the latter point; and, as to the former. Captain Luce was so fortunate as to discover the fugitive on the premises and take him in charge to Auckland. Pity he could not have taken Mr Skryme as well.

Mb T. A. White, R..M.—No intelligence of the whereabouts of this gentleman has yet been obtained. The Esk, in her search for him and for the missing Kate Williams, had called in at Poverty Bay. Captain Bead is of opinion, with some others, that the vesecl is lost at sea, and that Mr White perished in her ; but we must add that the assumption is by no means certain in either of its parts. It has not yet been proved that Mr White was on board the Kate Williams. It is more probable that he was not, and there is nothing to show as yet against the supposition that the vessel has itself fallen into the hands of the natives. Accident to Db. Macadam.— The Melbourne correspondent of the Times, writing fiom Victoria under date the 27th ult., says : —I regret to have to state that Dr. Macadam, who as your readers may be aware, met with a serious accident during his voyage back to this colony after giving evidence in a case of alleged murder tried at Dunedin/ is lingering iu a very precarious condition-. Three of the learned gentleman’s ribs were broken in a fall on board the steamer, and in addition to the mere physical weakness and suffering caused by that accident, the

general effects of tlie strange treatment which he received at the bands of our quondam "political barrister, Judge Chapman, have probably had something to do with his present state of ill-health, The reminiscences which the worthy doctor will preserve of his trip to him to recover from his present dangerous illness—will, I should think, be anything hut pleasant, and it is not very likely that he wUI repeat the trip.