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sire to intro {nee a newelnnso on the subject of the regis* ration of Deeds, and moved an adjournment, which, however, was negatived. Some further progress was then made, mud Mr. Boylan rose to introduce certain clauses recommended i»y the Begistrar of Deeds; after some discussion on these clauses on the motion of Mr. Busby il was carried that the Committee should

report progress, and ask leave to sit again on Thursday....The second reading of tin* City Council Bill was moved by Mr. Boylan, and, after a debate, carried, moat of (he members who spoke on it, however, expiessing their intention to object in Committee to some of its provisions The Dug Nuisance Bill passed through Committee, with the exception of one clause reserved for modification Mr. Porter then asked leave to postpone the motion of which he had given untie-* for a loyal address to the Queen, petitioning Her Majesty to grant her ass tit to anv measure which the General Assembly may pass for vesting in the Provincial Council tin* control of the Waste Lands and the Revenue of the Province. This request was resisted, however, and after a discussion, in the course of which several members reproduced tin* arguments they had used in the debates on Provincial Separation, the motion was negatived....On the motion of Mr. Derrom, the Report of the Committee on Steam Communication was adopted, and a Resolution was agreed to pledging the Council to a gram of 2,000/. for the promotion of the object, whenever the Superintendent may place that sum on the Estimates The other motions on the paper were postponed. During the silting, several communications from Mis Honor the Superintendent were received and read by the Speaker. These included the Supplementary Estimates with accompanying Minnies, hj appeared that the sum remaining to be appropriated was about 5,000/. and that Mis Honour had placed on the Estimates all the grants which he Council had recommended —although t hey [aggregate amounted to a much larger sum than that available-leaving it to the Conned to decide which should be left out. Another Communication enclosed a letter from the Colonial Secretary, slating, in reply to the enquiry of the Council, liial no money had yet been sent homo from the Land Revenue or any other resources of this Province towards the payment of the New Zcaiand Company’s claim. This most satisfa- lory confirmation of what indeed might have been relied on from the tenor of Mis Excellency’s former assurances on the subject, was received by the Council with marks of lively gratification.

On Sunday lasi the Ordination announced in our last number look place in S* Paul’s Church, which was densely with a e ngregatiou in which we recognized. in addition to the members of the Church of Englan I. many belonging to other denominations. The attendance of the clergy was large, including Archdeacons lEa Hield and Abraham, and tin* !’ev. Mess;- Lloyd, Thao ’ or, Dudley, Stock, Lush, Wilson, Williams, and St. Hill, besides the Deacons who were then to he admitted to the priesthood, Morning Prayer was read by Ihe Hev. .1. F. Lloyd, and the Lessons by Archdeacon Abraham. The bishop of New Zealand deliverer];;! discourse of uncommon elmjiteuee and effectiveness, (bund on St John, chap. I, verse “ I am the voice, of otte crying in the wilderness ” The contrast between the “wilderness” condition in which Lhris'innity Con;):! New Zealand, and the slate into which the country, and especially its aboriginal people, has been brought by the innuenee of the Christian civili/atiou introduced and maintained thiY ogh the means of Missionary labour, was delineated with singular force and beauty, commending Lself especially to the lodgment and feelings of the audi-

ern e from the personal know to Ige pos:;e' dbv many of them that the Preacher was selling before them no highly coloured picture exaggerated for purposes of immediate efTerl, but speaking words of truth and soberness, —the repr •; ■.nation in no degree surpassing die happy really. 'Hie Discourse derived additional paint from the intermingling of several admirably conceived allusions to the pit .lons liis;o; y and experience of indivi ina! Ministers then present.

The Ordination Service was afterwards p Decoded with in the usual form, and .Viesms. Raker and Hcywnod were set. apart lo dm office of Deacon, and the ilev. John Morgan and Arthur G. Pnrchas in that of Priest. A Collection was made, the proceeds of which are to be appropriated to increasing the accommodation in St. Paulks Church. In the afternoon a Confirmation Service was held, when the Bishop preached another impressive Sermon, taking as the text 2 Peter chap. L, v. 17, “ For 1m received from God dm Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice lo him from the excellent glory. This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” About seventy persons were eoniirmed, amongst whom were several Maori girls from the St. Stephen’s Native School. As we mentioned on Snfimlny, a Valedictory Address will be presented to the Bishop this day at H o’clock, at. St. Paul’s School Room. Divine Service will previously be celebrated at Si. Paul’s Church, commencing at 11 o’clock.

The Meeuocrne papers to the 2 idii November, of which the recent arrivals have placed ns in possession, contain a variety of interesting matter, the most striking points of which wo shall endeavour to present in a small compass. The Victorians were still left to speculate on the question, “Who is lo he the new Lieutenant-Governor ? ’ and toe interval since the acceptance of Mr. Lalrohe’s resignation was publicly known has been so long as to allow them leisure to canvass the merits of all who have been named for the oSlice. To Sir William Denison they declare insuperable objections. Sir George Grey they would have been very glad lo have, ihe journalists there frequently abode to ins . bilily and services,—for instance, in one of the papers now before us —the Argus of the Blli uit.--t.lm Editor, m extracting from our columns the Address lo Mis Excellency presented by the Natives at Olaki, observes, “We believe that no man deserves the gratitude of the aborigines more than Sir George Grey, for be has been their warm and devoted friend, not only in New Zealand, but i also on the continent of Australia.”