WELLINGTON.
By the Philip Laing we have papers to the 7th inst. The Provincial Council continues to sit. On the 28th ult a vote was agreed to of a specific sum for the payment of all members of the Council except such as are already salaried officers of the Government. The sum agreed to is £10 for all residents in the town ' .and £25 for all non-residents. . The . amount voted on this head is above'£4oo. The speaker is paid £200,, and the chairman of committees £100, in addition. AEK.IVAL OF THE INDIAN QUEEN. The ship Indian Queen, Capt. Jobson, from Liverpool, arrived at the Heads last night, after a very fine passage of 87 days, bringing English intelligence to the Ist of November, which, however, has been anticipated by that furnished by the Marchioness, which extended to the 12th: 'JNovember. The Indian Queen is the second of James Baines &Co's.Black Ball line of packets, .and is a sister ship, to the Oliver Lang.' She lias 340 immigrants, and a number of passengers, as well as a full cargo of general merchanaise. We regret to state that twenty-two .deaths occurred on, board during the. voyage, viz :—-20 children from measles, and two aduits. J-he ship Ann Wilson, Captain Rutherford, is;
we^ ext of ttie lack Ball lilie advertised for Wellington, and would leave Liverpool in about a month after the Indian Queen. She was" in company with a.large ship in the Straits, supposed to be the Myrtle, from London.—lndependent, Jan. 31st. .... . . ' , .. : As fears have been entertained with regard to the safety of the Cheetah, she not haying arrived at Sydney previous to the departure "of the Gil Bias ; we beg to allay all such, as from undoubted authority we learn she only left' Cloudy Bay on the 3rd January; having sprung her fore yard.— lbid, Feb. 4th. ■ . : I Abstkact of the Log of the Black Bail ! Clipper Ship Indian Queen.—After leaving [ thelarid the Indian Queen, Capt.: jobsori, ex- , perienced fresh breezes from the' northward, i occompanied by thick weather and rain. On reaching the confines of the N.E. trades, her passage was greatly retarded- by a continuance of S.E. winds, which prevailed as far as the lat. of the southern tropic. This circumstance caused her to cross the line as far as 340. west, and also to tack out from Cape St. Eoque. On the southern tropic light airs prevailed, which conjoined with the effects of a vertical sun gave rise io much sickness amongst the suckling children. Two adults died here from a very severe form of diarrhoea. Providentially a strong breeze sprang lup which lasted steadily to the Cape. On the 30th December, passed between Prince Edward's Isles; on January sth, sighted Kerguelon's Land, and on Sunday 18th, passed; the southern extremity of Tasmania, 75 days out. Shortly after leaving the meridian of the Cape, measles ; broke out with great violence. Adults and children together, there were not less; than 67 cases of measles.. Off Tasmania, the wind shifted to the Eastward and blew in strong gales for three days; moderating and veering round to the Southward. Cape Farewell was made on the 28th of January, and there becalmed for two daj's. Alight breeze from the Westward ran her-through the straits, a full rigged ship in company, and cast anchor off Wellington Heads on Saturday 31st, 87 days out from Liverpool. '■— Ibid. ' / : :'; ": '; ■■'■'■ r '"'■ '■'''''. The 'Gil Bias,' Captain Small, arrived on Monday from Sydney, having left there on the 16th. .She has brought us the English mails of the 20th September, sth and 18th October, and 12th November, •.comprising upwards of 4,000 letters and 11,000 newspapers^— lbid. .. .: TheHutt races came off oh Thursday and Friday; the weather was very favourable both days, and there was a veiy large attendance of persons. We. have only space to-day to name the winners of the principal events,'leaving a more detailed account of the proceedings to another opportunity. On Thursday WideAioajce (the Nelson horse) won the Handicap, and Namu the Members'. Plate; The. following day Scrip won the Hurdle Eace^ seven horses having started; Charley Napierl was the winner of , the Gold Whip, Claret being second; and Wide-AioaJce the winner of the Ladies' Purse, three horses having started.— Spectator, Jan. 31st. :;: On the consideration of the estimates, last night, in the Provincial Council, the sum of £47,000 was proposed by the Provincial Treasurer for Immigration, and £3,00.0 for contingencies. It was stated in the course of the discussion, that the Provincial Government had agreed with Messrs. Gladstone and Co, at the rate of £20 per head for each statute adult:; Mr. Holdsworth stated that thei rate recently '■ paid by the Provincial'Government at Otago; was £16 per head;"and Mr. Allen said that he' had seen a letter from Messrs. Willis and Company tendering to Messrs. Gladstone and Co. to undertake a contract for this service at £17 per head. Messrs. Allen, Duncan, Hart, and Holdsworth pressed for the postponement to another evening of the discussion of this impoitant question, in order to obtain further information; and Mr. Duncan urged the necessity of a postponement, also, on the ground of the unavoidable absence of the reporters of both papers, owing to which circumstance, sufficient publicity could not be given to the debate; but the objections were overruled, and the vote was carried by 17 to 6. The discussion lasted three hours. — -Ibid. On Sunday morning the Bishop of New Zea.land preached an eloquent and impressive sermon at St. Peter's Church, Te Aro, arid . afterwards administered the rite of confirmation :to seventeen persons. Collections were made ■after both services at St. Peter's Church" in support of the Melanesian Mission, amounting to.
£18 Is. Id. In the evening his Lordship held, a confirmation at St. Paul's Church, Thorndon, when fourteen persons were confirmed. His Lordship left Wellington on Monday evening in his Missionary schooner Southern Cross, on his return to Auckland. Yesterday the sum of seventy pounds '■■, was paid by Archdeacon Hadfield to the Archdeaconry Board as a contribution from the natives in the district of Wairarapa towards the maintenance of a clergyman of the Church of England resident in the District. This sum was paid to the Yen. Archdeacon by Pdhara Taki, a native teacher of Wairarapa, as the subscriptions of the natives of the district. A further sum of thirty pounds had also been received by Archdeacon Hadfield from the natives for this object We are very glad to give publicity to the I fact, any comment on our part would be superfluous.—lhid, Feb. 4. From Ahuriri we learn that the Erin had arrived from Auckland a few days previous to the Esther's sailing with £3,000 in gold, and that the St. Kilda was to sail shortly after the Erin with another sum of £3,000 from the General Government,- Mr. Seed has also£l,ooo in his chest, making about £7,000 to be paid to the Natives by the Commissioner, Mr. Cooper, who was on his way overland from Auckland for the purpose of completing purchases of lands from the Natives in that district by the payment of the above sums. We understand that there is a general disposition on the part of the Natives at Ahuriri to part with their lands, and ifa judicious use be made of the present opportunity a great dear of land may be purchased, and several embarrassing questions got rid of; but to effect this there must be prompt action, 1 not the hesitating dilatory mode of treating with the Natives which has been commonly followed.— lbid
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