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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 73, 16 November 1864, Page 2

. A. numerously attended meeting of the members of iLelnyeWaygiil Eire Brigade was held on the evening of Monday last, in the ]Dnipn Hotel, Taj-' street. Mr. Gk S.-W. Dalryihple was voted to the chair. Having briefly; opened; the . proceedings, he said the-fii'st thing requiring attention was the electionbfasepretaryjjrolYeOT. Captain Callow then moved, -and Mr. S, Jacqby seconded, the election of Mr. Joseph Hatch. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. Stock, on' the . motidn of ■ Mr. ; Buchauan, seconded by Mr. Shields, was proposed as Treasurer. Mr. , Jabez Hay was proposed for the office on the motion; of Mr. H. B. Wright,seconded by Mr. Taylor. /.'On a show of hands being taken, Mr. Stock was declared elected. Tho next business was the appointment of collectors i of money for Eire Brigade: purposes. The chairman stated that the Jiames of those appointed at the public meeting, in -the' Mechanics' Institute were not all enrolled" members of the brigade, and- it - would rest iwith the meeting : to say if any but those . connected; with the brigade should, be appointed, and also to °elect a finance eoiinhittee ad interim. The following gentlemen w-era. thereupon appointed yi z-j — Messrs; Hay, Mowat, jßinney, Reese, Dal- .• rymple, M'Culloch, Stock, Button," aiid Buchanan; After a long and desultory -discussion, it^jwas at length resolved that /the- meeting proceed to the ; election of officers of :the ibrigade.for, three, months,./ and also a committee of seven to act in concert., for that period. Mr. : James M'Gulloch ,was tlienj chosen as captain. Mr. Greorge Reese as lieuten-/ ant ; and Mr.- Kingsland as foreman..; The' gentle-: men forming the committee are as follows:—; Messrs. W. Elacklock, Wotton, /Saunders, Bowmanj/Nichoi^Jacbby, and Cowper:- A -cordial vote; of thanks to ' the chairman terminated' the proceedings. ■ ■';■' ' -'j'- i; - ■'--■ The following' general order has -been issuedfrom the Horse Gfuards :—" His Royal Highnesß the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, in reference to General Order, ., dated July 27, 1853, No. 624, has iiow to notify to the army that, by recent enactments of the local Legislature of New Zealand, the privileges heretofore- enjoyed by mili- . tary and naral officers in the acquisition of lands in that colony are abrogated in so far as regard the provinces of Wellington, Hawke's Bay, and Marlborough,— By command of His; Royal Highness, the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief.—^ James Yokke Scaki.ett, Adjutant General," The following tenders have been by the Provincial Gi-overnment : — Lease of Invercargill Jetty, for 12 months — Messrs. Callow and Pay ; supply of stationery, for six months for the Provincial Q-overnmcnt — Mr. John Stewart ; supply of forage for the police and survey, stables^ — Messrs. Hare and Uull, and T: RobinSOn, • ; ! The state of H. M. gaol, InvercargilL.» for the week ending yesterday is- as follows: — Total number of prisoners confined, 32 males, 3 females, | total, 35. Of this number there are sentenced to j hard labor 14 males, 3 females ; penal servitude, 5 males ; imprisonment only, 2 females ; debtors, i 4 males ; lunatics, 7 males. Received during the week, 5 males, 2 females ; total, 7.. Discharged during same period, 9 ; decrease of inmates for the week, 2. ■«■■•■■ - .. •■.•:-,• The fine little coaster, Colleen Bawn, as wiE be seen irom an advertisement elsewhere, is . laid on for the Q-roy Rirer Diggings. She carries about £1000 -trprfch'of goods from, this place; and will receire a limited number of passeriger3. The accounts from these diggings, received by private hands, have been very encouraging of late. : ;