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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 6, Issue 316, 19 October 1865, Page 3

Wa ibaeapa.— -The Masterton correspondent o tho Wellington Independent, under date October 7, has tho followingAs yet there has been no interruption to the friendly relations existing between the settlers and tho Maoris, but we still live in suspense as to what may be the next move on the tapis. Since my last letter, Malachi, an influential loyal native, waited ou Captain Leatham to inform him that he privately roceived information of the Hau-haus at Hui-uui-orongi having written a letter to Hapuku (Hawke’s Bay) stating their intention of commencing hostilities on the Europeans on tho same day that Hapuku should commence in the Ahuriri, Manna or Man, a chief of some importance from To Ante, near Waipukorau, has been residing down hero for some time. He professes tho new religion, but has endeavored to urge upon the natives the necessity of keeping peace with the settlers. The Hau-haus have temporarily given up the idea of hostilities in conjunction with Hapuku, but have been raising recruits to aid and assist him if necessary.

Shoeing on boaed Heq Majesty’s Ships.— The smoking of tobacco, notwithstanding the many treatises which have been written on the use and abuse of tho “ weed,” is now so prevalent on board her Majesty’s ships, that the Lords of the Admiralty have thought proper to issue the following ; —“ My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are pleased to make the following alteration in the regulations (art. 82, page 343) respecting smoking on board ship:—Smoking will henceforth be allowed on Sunday and Thursday afternoons until the ‘ Pine to clear up decks, provided it does not interfere with the duties of the ship, or with the necessary drills in newly commissioned ships. And when ships are in harbor the ordinary evening time for smoking (which now begins at 6 p.m., after ‘ quarters’) will be extended till 9 p.m. No smoking is ever to be allowed during Divine Service, or while any auty is going on.” We should scarcely have thought that there existed any necessity for the insertion of the last paragraph in the circular. Surely the seamen of her Majesty’a ships have not hitherto been in the habit of “ blowing a cloud” while listening to the exhortations of their chaplain, or indulging in a “draw” while heaving round at the capstan.

Letter from Hokitika.—The Wakatipu Mail contains the following extract from a letter to the celebrated Mr Copies, the manager of the Golden Gate Camp any, from his mining partner at Hokitika :—“ 1 have been so engaged for the last three weeks in cutting a race, that I hare had no time to write. We have the race in, and had yesterday’s washing, and got four-and-a-half ounces, as a fair average of the ground, which I think will do. A miner called at the stores a few days ago, inquiring for you, and was directed to me. He had a number of mineral collections, which he procured whilst prospecting in Otago, and whicli lie thought would be a very good introduction to you, in doing any good for him. Among others, he had a very rich specimen of copper ore, and, by the specific gravity and pureness of lustre, it must be rich in that mineral.' He does not know what it is ; which makes it the more trustworthy. He describes the place so accurately, and by a chartl sendyou, you cannotgo wrong. It is situated on a place where there is no recourse of people, unless the prospectors. I should like to receive a report of this copper lode from you, and if it could be worked by a small capital. I meet many persons who speak of you and your exploration, and wonder at the correctness of your reports. There are a few who cannot understand, when vou pointed out the auriferous belt as coming this way why you did not follow it up. I very plainly pointed out how it took fifteen montha of your time to find this out, and by this time your finances were nil. I believe the color of gold can bo had from Martin’s Hay to Cook’s Straits, but the formations are broken in many places. I have no time to make any mineral or botanical collections at present, but when I do 1 shall send you some. Au revoir. Yours, &c., William Dalton.

Narrow Escape. —We learn from the Timaru Herald, that on Wednesday, the 20th instant, Miss Hosa Cooper Mr Lionel Harding, and Mr R. Green, had a very narrow escape of receiving serious injuries, but we are glad to say that they escaped with a few bruises. On the morning in question they left Timaru early, iu a trap drawn by two horses, for the purpose of attending Pleasant Valley races, but after reaching the Waihi, and leaving the main line of road, they lost the track, and came to the edge of a swamp without perceiving the treacherous ground. Here the horses became restive and unmanageable, eventually upsetting the trap, and throwing tlnf occupants heavily upon the ground. The horses then started off, and alter galloping for about two miles, kicking away the the whole of the forepart of the trap, breaking one of the shafts and one spring, and pulling to pieces the greater part of the harness, they were captured by Mr Green, The damage doue was then repaired as far as possible under the circumstances, by fastening together the harness, and tying the shaft with flax, and after spending about two Lours in such repairs the party prepaired to start to Mr Young’s Ac-commodation-house at the Waihi, a distance of five or six miles Miss Rosa Cooper very courageously entered the trap in its mutilated condition, and after arriving safely at the Waihi, entertained an audience there in the evening, by sustaining the many characters ailotad to her in the entertainment of “ Matrimony.”

The Losd Chaxcellok. — In a private letter received from England bj the July mail we leara that the following anecdote is going the round of the Clubs. Lord Westbury the lata Lord Chancellor shook his head at his son, the lion. Richard Bet hell more generally known as “ Dick Bothell,” a notorious tnauvait svjct, and said “ Dick Dick, you 11 be the greatest rascal in the peerage,” to which his son filially replied, “after jou my Lord.”

Keenan, the bruiser, has married an English girl, and retired irom public life, to spend his declining years iu keeping an inn.