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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 679, 6 May 1869, Page 2

New Advertisements. New Zealand Steam Navigation Company ' [limited ] ',.■ FOB AUCKLAND. Captain J. Flowekday, will steam for the above port at One o'Clock p.m. THIS DAY, THUBSDAY, 6th May. For Freight or Passage, apply to KIXBOSS & Co., Agents. Napier, May 6, 1869. 237 Circular Saw Line of Steamers. FOB AUCKLAND. mHE screw steamer Lord Ashley, H. Woksp, Commander, will steam for the above port THIS DAY, THURSDAY, 6th May, Beturn Tickets will be issued at Beduced Bates by this opportunity, to parties visiting Auckland during the stay of H.B H. the Duke of Edinburgh. BOUTLEDGE, KENNEDY & Co., Ag~ nts. Napier, May 6,1869. 233 NOTICE.

E, the Undersigned, heretofore f / carrying on Business under the firm of SMITH & Co., at Meanee, Province ofHawke's Bay, do mutually eonsent to annull the partnership existing, from this date. All Accounts due to or by the late firm will be received and paid by W. FRANCIS SMITH. /a- n fW. FRASCIS SMITH, (feigned; £ TH OMAS SANDERS. Witness to Signatures—Dayid Peacock, Settler Meanee. 3rd May, 1869. 259

Bay of Islands.—Our own correspondent at the Bay (says the New Zealand Herald, Apiil 28) informs us that our expectations of payable gold being found in that locality are more than likely to be realised. On a recent occasion a small parcel of stone, in all about 25 pounds in weight, which was sent from that district by Mr Wilcox, to be crushed at the Thames, has yielded a return of threeqnarters of an ounce of gold. Should this commencement be the precui'sor of like finds in any quantity, the "Bay" will have something more attractive to recommend it than the occasional visit of a whaler. The Wanganui Chronicle, in alluding to the Prince's visit, says:—" In the reply which Prince Alfrel read to the address of the people of Wellington, the following paragraph occurs : —'lt is my most earnest prayer, gentlemen, that in the portions of this islands now so unhappily disturbed by the savage hostility (characterised by the greatest cruelties) of certain hosti'e natives, the blessings of peace may speedily be restored, through the energy which already has been displayed by the colonies, and the guidance of A'mighty God.' More than this expression of vague sympathy could scarcely have been expected j and yet, when read by the lurid light of burning homesteads, or translated by the thoughts of those who have empty places r-gaps never to be filled up—at their firesides, calamities caused by the ruthless savage, how cold such phrases really are. A pound of lead would outweight them all. We are dissatisfied; we hardly know why. Everything seems chaotic, unveracious and wrong about this miserable business. We are dissatisfied, not with the speaker —he could not well do otherwise—but with the circumstances under which the words are spoken. There is something incongruous, inconsistent, unfitting, in the conjunction of a meaningless 'prayer' for * the blessings of peace being restored ' with * the energy of the colonists' and ' the guidance of Almighty God.' This is scarcely the time to find fault with the Prince's syntax, although it is none of the best, but we cannot help repeating that this 'prayer,' doubtless without meaning it, sounds so hollow that the mention of it would have been better omitted. While a whole district, within a few hours' sail of Wellington, is in the grief, the agony, the indignation, of insurrection, and other districts are*lying desolate after the ravages of the rebels, the Queen's son is receiving and giving compliments, and the Queen's soldiers are idle in barracks. Plenty of Boldiers are 'scattered over the British dominions with nothing to do, yet British men, women, and children, are murdered in this colony, and the murders remain unavenged. We do not now inquire why this strange anomaly exists ; we merely state facts. We do not try to apportion the blame. Everyone in authority—lmperial Government, Colonial Government—is to blame. Our native question seems utter confusion worse confounded. The Prince is not to blame—we should be wron» jn blaming him-—yet, when he speaks the mildest commonplaces upon a subject where 'tis almost impious to be calm, measured, and polite, we cannot help feeling, if not angry, at least strongly stirred."