LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 5, Issue 266, 17 May 1865, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' Arrival of this Lady Arrived in the Bay last evening o’clock from • Auckland vw t«ic owing to the tremendous sea rolling in. it was tf it ju iged safe to sea l a boit .off t,'V her till daylight. pr ih ibla she omy , --^og-'jitteHi^i^flHimpofdhcef i iF9 a " diftve; Relayed ,going to press Until ; Bha has. been CQjiiiunuicated,with. , .. ■ Arrival, of the s.s. Queep. arrived from Wellington and Southern Ports this morning at live o’clock, bat owing to the ■roughnessjof the; sea it' waVhot f»unl practicable to coin ih tfh itat a with 1 " her h ntil; aft er seven,,We .give,art outline .of the news by her, and fiwm XucljdaaJ liy the Ha-iy Bird, ju our editorial remarks.

Meeting of the Provixcial COUNCIL;—r A Provincial Government Gazette was published on Monday last, containing a proclamation calling the Council together on Tuesday, the 6ih day of June, for dispatch of business. ,

Supplying Intoxicating Drink to the NATiVES.~One of the worst effects of the present system of feasting; the wavering native .chiefs _is that of eucoraging in them an appetite for alcoholic liquors—an appetite only too easily* gratified in this town. Yesterday we had occasion to notice several of these gentlemen in a state of roaring drunkenness,. who readily told us who had supplied them with the liquor, ami we saw them again visit the bar of that same establishment. Ultimately we observed some of them sleeping off the fumes in a public conve3'ance. Does the Government sanction the systematic violation of the law in this matter?

: Mohaka.-— We hear that the settlers of this district'have been disarmed. It appears that Mr T. Pearce Jus been appointed to the -command of the militia there with the rank of ensign, but he appears to be so very unpopular among his neighbors that they have chosen rather to-form a volunteer company, and have elected Mr Litvin as their officer. On taking in their -arms for inspection on the lOlh iiist., they'declined to be sworn in as mjlitiu,. having already taken the oath as volunteers,.whereupon Mr Pearce refused to re-issue the arms. The settlers of this district are therefore at present defenceless, and milch dissatisfaction‘prevtiils., . fur /they consider themselves tij' have been sighted by the mantter,-in whiclr ? Uie : appointment of Mr Pearce was either ishould have been 1 disbanded,ior some notice should have been taken «if their wishes. They were sworn in f in 18*J3 to sere in the Mohaka. Volunteer Company until lawfully discharged, , %

Occupation of Ware a.—A speed messenger;; with 1 despatches’ from tile lion. Major Atkirisoii, , arrived ip town on Thursday evening, conveying.information of ..the occupat ion of Warea,. to th.- south of Taranaki, about hpl£-way: between that place and Waimate, by a fdrce tinder the command of ! Obiohel Warre. The place is considered to be a most important post, being one of the principal keys to the West Coast line of ropd. The despatches contain no details of the occupation.— Spectator.

Important from Wairahapa.—Considerable excitement prevailed in town early this, morning in consequence of a rumor vhat a special messenger bad arrived from'Walrant pa wiib- important intelligence, and that the few members of the Defence Force still in Wellington, with some policemen, Were making preparations for immediately proceeding to that district. From enquiries which ,we have .made we learn that a constable arrived about 3 o'clock this morning, bringing a coriununicati«>n from the .Sergeant Major of the troopers stationed at Wairarapa’ to .Captain Leatham, in which.it was slated that information, had been received in the Wairarapa to the effect that the pai marire fanatics,To (be hum bet of about 300, were marching along the East Coast on their way to .the Wairarapa, and it was proposed to intercept them and endeavor to take as prisoners their principal leaders.' We understand that Captain Leatham, C. D. 11. Ward, Esq., with Inspector Atchison, ami a few tfwpe'rs and policemen, proceeded this morning to Wairarapa,- with the view, no, doubt, to give effect to the steps which the ,circumstances may require to be taken. —ihid

Garibaldi cw Eeligious Faith.—The Italian Journals pablisli the text of a letter lately addressed by Garibaldi to a member of the University of Pisa. It ii a kind of profession of religious faith, and is courhed in the following terms You ask me what are the best means of instructing your young pupils. You aittst-rear Uietn in the love .M whateverirUue,.- Jul gaxejma space and

fliv#ii}ij|l?iii» to my imagination, I perceive of tlife Almighty, as well as the harmony with which they are & r £ , ' i S#£iJ d Ull,ve » this announces a ■supreme ‘X Animated with this faiths unable to cireujnaerite my being in a material exist, ehce which,is repugnant to me, and anxious fo satisfy the innate instinct of the. immor* 4altty-ot‘4 id- indulgent the ennobling and beneficent thought that my njuul, ihough infinitely small, may form part of the : infinite intelligence which presides over the universe ; and here I do not dogmatise. I express my faith, and if any one can teach me something better I shall be eager to believe it ” —[Garibaldi is a man far da advance.of the times. His love of the true is beautifully sublinie, ami is without doubt the mainspring of bis outward life. In'a certain senee bis “creed” may be said to be true,' inasmuch as, it does not claim us his own, but refers to its source all of wisdom and intelligence that he has.—Ed.]