The Hawke's Bay Times, Published every Monday and Thursday. THURSDAY, 29th MARCH, 1866. THE NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 362, 29 March 1866, Page 2

The Hawke's Bay Times, Published every Monday and Thursday.

THURSDAY, 29th MARCH, 1866. THE NEWS BY THE MAIL.

. “HVLI4VS ADDICTO* rsmxax. is TrMJi HxaiSTEJ.'* i

Contpary to espectation. the English mail has for | once again arrived true' to its appointed date, and this notwithstanding the short month of February fell' 'within the period occupied by.. its transmission. NotWithstanding 5 the answer .lately made by the representatives of the P.: and 6. Company, to d remonstrance on the non-punctuality of the Company’s, steam yessels.thit they were unable 1 to; pronaise belter thingA we fancy that that remonstrance was not without its effect, and ‘that the Company, seeing the efforts made, by several parties in the Australian •Colonies to obtain other mail services, are making an effort to render theirs more efficient and satisfactory than it has hitherto .been,; “ Getting. the ' European news by monthly instalments as we in this part 1 of the ’ world are perforce obliged' to content ourselves with, it is .with no little- interest we await the arrival of the steamer that is supposed to, bring our mail to us, and the feeling ; of annoyance , consequent upon disappointment is correspohdingly intense; so also is the feeUng , of gratification whenias' inr the present instance, We are. agreeably surprised; ■ V ‘ Although we have as we have said the English; we are without the latest telegrams, which are ’generally regarded wi th scarcely-less of interest,than the more fully detailed news of thermal! itself.' This is owing to the extreme shortness, of the stay of the steatoer at the Southern ports of the. Colony* We hope to be able to give them at an ] .. One of the.item» of ttewsUhat is garded by colonists with Uml pt(*hedieg4of Governor

Eyre in suppressing the Jamaica rebellion. It is gratifying toknow that the prevailing feelihg of the English public is now in favor of the Governor, whom it is believed will bo justified in what he has done. The English Government has sent out a Commission of Enquiry, and the public await their report. The Exeter Hall party have * also'sent' oat a CommiUeete get up as good a case as possiule for their black protogfies. It seems to be admitted that the Governor has . made some mistakes in the'fcoursa he has adopted, bat that his proceedings" will be justified Jby the peculiar-circumstances of the case. 1 y It appears that the law relating to capital punishment will be modified during the next session of Parliament, as a Royal Commission has enquired into {He subject, and . recommends that it should be confined to extreme cases' of murder with manifest malice, or in connection, with othen great crimes, and that executions should be carried private, as with us in the*' Colonies,

There is reason to believe that the influence of General Cameron will be exerted to throw odtum upoa the Governor and-late the ; Colony f in . reject of the conduct, of .the war in the .Waikato.nQiijityy and on the West Coasts It is said that his .intend, to . bring .the .whole matter before Parliament, and that they have some .exii^aor^t^ v 'reyela^iu ; ha ; mi*kia. early, the session.' ? •> -. ' The arrests and trials of: conspirators are. still, being continued. ■ ~ ’’ I ; I There does not seem to be any abatement of the cattle plague. : * : ] ? Of accidents there has been the nsnal average,; first on the, list, being the total loss of the ‘ London,’ some particulars of whidh we give in another column ; a large, fire at St. Catherine Docks, destroying’ two bonded warehouses' and goods to the .value 4pf £200,000; another at the mansion of Dord Grewe--damage /upwards of j ‘a third at Bush-house, Pembroke, the- seat of T. itional particulars and extracts will ■be found in our next-issue^-