INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 215, 1 September 1876, Page 2

INTE RPR OVINCIAL.

Wellington, Friday. Mr O'Shea reports produce prices as foi- , lows.— Flour, advancing slowly, £12 10s to £13; oats, 23 6(1 to 2a Od; bran, scarce at Is 3d to Is 4£ .; maize, 4s to 4s 3d; pollard, £8; wheat, middling no sale, nominal at 4s 6d to 4s 7d; hams, overstockel at 9d to 10d; bacon, overstocked at 7Jd to BJd; cheese, 9d to 10dj potatoes, 55s to 60s. * /. .. Ltxtb_.tok, Friday. The steamer Akaroa has just arrived in harbor with the wreck of the Clematis which waß picked up about ll a.m. yesterday about 12 miles inshore from the spot as reported by Captain Worsp. DuHi-Di-f, Thursday. The Guardian has an article on the retirement of Sir Julius Vogel, and as a comment upon the remarks of the Wellington correspondent, to the effect that •• the most ardent Vogel worshipers in Wellington city n.w condemn him, and think no name harah enough to call him by by." It concludes a complimentary reierence tb his labors, without agreeing wilh their results, thus:— "That the late Premier labored in the service of- the colony with unwearied and unflagging zeal, and that he devoted to his task great ability and the whole energy of a most energetic mind, are facts tht no one will gainsay; and if the hightst reward in the gift of the Government is open for bestowal, before ail nun in New Zealand it has been fairly won by Sir Julius Vogel If the harshest names are hurled againet him by his mott ardent whilom worahipere, it is not to his dishonor, but theirs and to that of the frailty and fickleness of human nature. There is something moving —nnd the more so from its being true — in the reference of the retiring Minister to his private ci ncerns. Seventeen years of publi, service had shown him tbat public life was not conducive to one's own interests; and the express:ou of concern for his family will, wo think, disarm much hostility, for one touch of nature makes the whole world kin.' His worst enemy never charged him with avarice. An expensive Minister he has been, but he has nocprofltei by it. Recklesi in relation to mon -y, he has been as regardless of his own as he has of the colony's ; and making all allowance for temporary chagrin among hi. party, and the remnants of hostility among his old oppontnts, it there is on. rich prize open in the .erviee of the couutry, New Zealand will n.t grudge it to Sir J. Vogel. This will be the verdict of tbe whole colony when our temporary little partisan exciteauns pass away, and when a fairer and juster spirit will review the strange and even; tui history of tbe ex-Minister. The following resolutions are to be submitted to the Caversham meeting to-night: — " That those representatives who pa.sed the Abo ition Act were n<jt elected to do so, and had no right to make any radical changes in the constitution of tha country, and the people of New Zealand are justified in resisting its being carried. That the abortive attempts of the Ministry to provide a measure of local government have failed. Thai it is not proper to app.ehend a great constitutionil change which has been irrpelled to its pre.ent course by a desire to pawn or sell the wa.te lands of the province. That the Budden ch-mge iu opnicn which Wellington has often produced in some of our represent .tives convinces us that one central govern met with a large placecispensing power tends to corruption. That our representatives, Messrs Seaton and Bqins, be ihtnked for their actioa on the separation question, and be requested to advise the other Otsigo members, in the event of their failing to preserve for us the indepen fence we eojoy under provincial institutions, ta return to the province in a bndy, and we will support them in preserving our rights at all hazards." Mr Bradshaw reports sales of National Insurance, £1 ss; Standard, 12) 6d; Colonial Bank, £1 lis 6d. Buyers— Colonial Bank, £1 10s 6d; National Insurance, £l 4s 6d; Standard, Us 6d; New Z.aland Loan and Mercantile Agency, B.s. {Times Correspondent.) Auckland, Thursday. Ihe Interprovincial Football Match teok place to-day in tbe Ederslie Gardens, and after a capitally contested game was won by the Auckland players by lour poiuts The Christchurch men played well, but were deciiedly overmatched. The weather waa wretched It was raining, and the ground was heavy, "greasy," and thoroughly unfavorable. At the conclusion of the match the scores were: — Auckland 7 po j ntg Christchurch 3 The Canterbury team will be enter, lined at a b mquet this evening.

by wire of what: was said by Mr Eoileston in reference to the Premier's resignation. In order to appreciate his criticism afc its full value ifc must be re-, membered what manner of man Mr; Eollestori is. He is' by no meahs a violent party politician, and although, as he tells us, he has from the first been a consistent opponent of Sir J. Vogel, his opposition has been the reverse of factious. It has been that of an honest and earnest, and at the same time quiet and retiring man. When he has had anything to say he has not hesitated to do so plainly and boldly, bat always in a thoroughly gentlemanly and courteous manner, thereby forming a strong contrast to many of those who go into the same lobby with him to vote on questions affecting the Ministry. Coming from such a man his scathing remarks must have been keenly felt by the Premier notwithstanding that a long political career has rendered him more thick-skinned than younger and less experienced members of the House,, Sir George Grey might have scolded, and Mr Kees might have raved by the ;hour, but neither would have produced the smallest effect, and Sir Julius would ' probably have smiled complacently- «fc both. But it was an entirely different matter to receive Mr Eolleston'i. cutting rebuke, and the fallen statesman is more callous than we give, him credit for being if he could listen unmoved to such a man commenting upon his conduct in words such as these:—--" I think the course pursued is extraordinary and unprecedented. I think that the country has a right to complain that at a crisis such as there has never been in ..this,, colony before, the leader [of the Government who has guided the [affairs of the country for some time past, who has been looked up to by the country generally, and who has had the; utmost' confidence of the country during the past — that he should take advantage of a vacancy in a subordinate office of the Government to place his resignation in the hands of his Excellency, and ask the House to approve of the course he has taken. I believe that this action is unprecedented in character."