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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1247, 13 February 1872, Page 2

The good ship Glenhuntly, Captain Largo, took her departure for London direct to-day, with a full cargo of wool and sheepskins, the total value of which is set down at .£53,502. She also, we believe, took some passen gers. We trust she will meet with auspicious weather, and make a favorable run home. Colonel Haringtou, Inspector of Militia and Volunteers, may be expected to arrive here from Poverty Bay in a few days. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, one drunkard was fined five shillings. Capt. Carter, of the barque Alice Cameron, reports having seen a very large and beautiful meteor falling in the direction of Auckland harbor on the night of the Ist inst. The captain says he never before witnessed such a brilliant meteoric display. A magnificent waterfall, the height of which it; estimated at from 1)00 to 1400 feet, is reported to have been dis covered by some prospectors in the terra incognita beyond the Murrain - bidgee, New South Wales. We learn from our exchanges that an inquest was 1 held on the sth inst. at the Windsor Castle Hotel, Auckland, on the body of John Williams Harris, a sheep farmer at Poverty Bay, and brother-in-law of Capt. William Ellis, of Auckland. Mr Harris had been staying at Capt. Ellis's 1 souse, On the morning of the 4th inst. he was discovered to be ill, and T>\\ Goldsboro' was sent for. Mr Harris died, notwithstanding the efforts made for his relief; and from the evidence adduced it appeared that he had taken a dose of morphia. The jury returned a vci diet that deceased died from the effects of poison administered by his own hand, but whether with intent to kill himself or not the jury cannot say. The Thames Star is requested to state that Mr E. H. Power has received from the Auckland Acclimatisation Society six pair;; of English sparrow for liberation at the Thames. It is to be hoped (says the Southern Cross) that residents will give these little feathered new chums a welcome, and that the boys will be merciful.

The Tichborne ivial is expected to cost a quarter of a million of money. The whole of I hat; large sum has to come out of the Tichborne estates, which represent about £25*000 a year. A fatal cab accident took place in Auckland on the night of the 6th inst., by which Mr John Orosbie was killed, and four persons met with injuries more or less serious.

The Home News .says :—"The New Zealand medal is on its way to those upon whom it is to be bestowed. Dr. Fealherston forwards five by the present mail, and very handsome specimens of decorative art they are. Each medal is composed of a Maltese cross bearing a six-pointed star on each of its tips. The -centre is circular, bearing the words '< New Zealand," and surrounded by a laurel wreath of gold. The cross is attached to the bar by a V", the bar itself bearing a golden laurel wreath. The name of the recipient, as well as the action for which he receives the honor, will be engraved on a space ro scne<| for the purpose on the U'vetv>o.