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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 447, 17 December 1866, Page 2

Eettjet of Lite Stock Slaitghibeed.—lks following is the return of cattle, sheep, &c., slaughtered in the Napier District from Ist to 30th September, 1856, inclusive : —At Napier —Great cattle, 18; sheep, 138 ; pigs, 28 ; calves, 1 j lambs, 6; total, 191. At Other Slaughtering Places — Great cattle, 47 ; sheep, 396; pigs, 19 ; calves, 0; lambs, 0 j total, 462. Grand Total —Great cattle, 65; sheep, 634; pigs, 47; calves, 1j lambs, 6 1 total, 653,

The Weather, —During yesterday we had a very refreshing fall of rain. Although hot absolutely required now, it will do no harm, further perhaps than delaying for a brief period sheepshearing, haymaking, and sUSh like work. Hawke’s Bay Agricultural Society. — A meeting of the above society will be held in the Council Chamber to-morrow (Tuesday) at 3 p.m. West Clive. —A Government sale of suburban sections, at West Clive, will take place at the Council Chamber, Napier, on Tuesday, the 14th Feb, 1867, at noon. The advertisement will be found in another column.

Wool. —Large quantities of wool have been brought into town during the past week. We learn that owing to the exceeding drought of the past season, and the large number of sheep which have been exported during the last twelve months, the clip this year will not be so prolific as was at first anticipated. At the same time, it is expected to exceed last year’s product. Separation. —A despatch, dated 3rd September from the Earl of Carnarvon to his Excellency is published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 7th inst. It acknowledges the receipt of petition, addressed to the Queen by Mr Whitaker, the Superintendent of the province of Auckland, praying for separation, and states that the circumstances of the cases are not such as to justify the Secretary of State in advising a compliance with its prayer. Military Settlement. —From a New Zealand Gazette published on the 7th inst., wo learn that the Act to enable Superintendents to issue to Volunteers and Militiamen, remission certificates for the purchase of land has been assented to by her Majesty. East Coast Trade. —By a recent order in Council, the restriction against carrying goods coastwise from any place in New Zealand to any part of the East Coast between the South Head of Tauranga harbor in the Bay of Plenty and Table Cape has been removed,' Hamburgh Consul. —The Hancastio Minister has nominated Otto Wisenhaven, Esq., to be Consul at Nelson for Hamburgh, and his Excellency the Governor has accepted the nomination provisionally. Appointments. —The following gentlemen have been gazetted to appointments Thomas Henry Smith, Esq., to be Judge of the Compensation Court of New Zealand; Captain William J. Balfour, junr., to be an Inspecter of Musketry in tho Volunteer Force; Major John Valentine Smith, to command the Militia and Volunteers in tho Castle Point district; Frederick Henry Ilevell, to be Ensign and Deputy-Adjutant of Militia and Volunteers’ in the Wairarapa and Castle Point districts.

New Steam Compakt.—Tho Biv of Plenty Sto am Navigation Company (Limited,) formed for the purpose of carrying on steam navigation between the city of Auckland and the East Coast, was incorporated on the I3th ult. iMPOKTAsrr to Whom it Mat Goto ebk.—The Daily Southern Cross, 10th inst., has the following notice to correspondents:—“ ‘Hawke’s Bay.’ —A correspondent, who does not choose to publish his name, writes 'to us regarding an extract from a private letter which appeared in our issue of October 22. That extract stated certain things concerning tho disposition of the local forces at Omarauui, which appear to have disquieted tho good people at Hawke’s Bay, but which did not strike those accustomed to fighting as anything odd. The same .thing, or something like it, has happened a score of times during the war. However, ‘ Hawke’s Bay’ says an impression has got abroad that a certain gentleman of that province was our correspondent, and cooly requests us to insert an anonymous attack upon him, and to send him a paper “so that he may have a chance of seeing what I (‘Hawke’s Bay’) have said of him.” But who is Mr “ Hawke’s Bay ” ? If he consents to append his name to his letter, wo will publish it, and leave it to the gentleman who, it Would appear, is connected with the extract in our paper, to deal with him as he deserves—namely, by citing him before the Supreme Court for a wilful and malicious libel. Having said so much, we will go farther, and set the matter at rest for ever. Mr Colenso’s name has been used in this letter, and in others we have seen. Mr Colenso was not the writer of the letter from which we made the extract ; and for anything wo know to the contrary he saw neither- letter nor extract. The veracity and respectability of the writer are beyond question. Let that assurance suffice for ‘Hawke’s Bay,’ and those who think with him. One word more—if, instead of attributing all evil of word and deed in Hawke’s Bay to Mr Colenso, thepeo’plo of that province gave him credit for entire devotion to their interest, and untiring zeal in its promotion, they would better act the part of fellow settlers, and do much to promote local peace and harmouy.”

The Recent Aeson Case ax Auckland.— Sentence of Death Recorded. —By our Auckland files, to hand per Lord Ashley, we learn that the trial of the man John Elcock, charged with arson, had terminated ; and in a manner which will, we trust, for ever put a stop to the fearful practice of incendiarism in this Colony. When placed in the dock, Elcock pleaded guilty to having set fire to his own house, and also to having set fire to a hsuse on the opposite side of the street. Tor one of those crimes he was sentenced to penal servitude for life; for the other, sentence of death was recorded.

llenbt Ives, who was charged with the murder of Ackiss, seaman of the brig Eona, has been found guilty at the Canterbury assizes of manslaughter. Sentence was to he on passed Thursday last. The Stamp Act. —We learn from the Wellington papers that Mr Batkin, who proceeded to Sydney to ascertain the method adopted there for working the Stamp Act, had returned to that town by the Tararua on the Bth instant. Mr Crosbie Ward was not a passenger by that vessel. A telegram to the Sydney Empire says that the office of Government printer at Adelaide has been given to Mr George, publisher of the Melbourne Argus. It will be recollected that Mr George was the gentleman who was locked up by order of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in consequence of articles that appeared in the Argus, commenting rather forcibly on the conduct of Ministers.