Telegrasphic Despatches.

Southland Times, Issue 1031, 2 October 1868, Page 3

Telegrasphic Despatches.

' The following telegraphic summary of Northern intelligence is taken from the 1 ' Daily Times',:— l Wellington, Sept. 23rd. Mr Bell spoke for tWee hourß last 1 Aigfct; and* Mr Bichmond also spoke, '■' which was all that occttrred regarding '.< the "alarm "debate. ; v. - , 1 Mr O'Neill's motion to-night is, "That ; in order to enable the taxation, of the '.. colony to.be reduced, and with a view to . an equitable adjustment of the probable liabilities consequent upon the dissolution of partnership 1 between the General and Provincial Governments, it JfJ expedient to rescind the resolutions of 1856, through .which the land fund of the colony became provincial revenue,, and to repeal all enactments under which the ! Dr Evans, who was well known as one of our earliest settlers, and lately Post-master-General at Melbourne, died i this morning, after.a long illness. I Mr Q-roves reports that, after a three month!' exploration in the ranges on the ;w-est coast of IVellington^ province, he hW Exhausted his faitK in" discovering gold in payable quantities. A private letter states that Colonel Haultain has ordered the abandonment of all outposts, and the retirement of our forces upon Patea ; also that Colonel M'Donnell has intimated his intention of making an attack on the rebels immediately, atid then resigning. . ■ The arrival of the next news from Wanganui is, looked for with the greatest anxiety. . ,_ 'Uninteresting matters have been before tjie House up to this hour. V A resolution has been passed by 2,1 to 19 that a compensation of £200 to Mr Osgoocf re" BeHamy'sj be paid and deduc/ted#ro ratdpom the honorarium of both Houses. . ;, . • Wellington, Sept. 24. * Messrs Travers and Hall spoke last night on the "alarm" debate, which is not expected to close before tomorrow. . . . The Opposition are confident, and the Government supporters fear it will be decided by the Speaker's casting vote. Mr Stafford stated, to-day that he had received a letter from a Mr Jenkins, stating thit a number of Natives, came to his house at Waikanae, near Otaki, demanding his two daughters, and threatening to burn his house if he refused, but they only burned a whare adjoining it. Mr Jenkins is an old settler, residing on land belonging to his grown-up half-caste children, through their late Maori mother. ; The Buahine not having arrived, the steamers which were detained have left for the North and South. September 25. Last night Messrs Atkinson, H. S. Harrison, and Heaphy spoke for the " alarm" resolution, and Messrs Carleton, Jollie, and Wilson against it. Mr Wilson moved as an amendment, " That the condition of the Northern Island requires that an efficient force of constabulary, organised after the Irish model, should be embodied for a definite period." - To-day, £30,000 was granted for further imprest supply. On the second reading of the Westland County Bill, there was a discussion on its going into Committee. Mr CD. E. Ward has been gazetted a Judge of the Supreme Court, and leaves for Otagb to-morrow. . : Mr Evans was buried to-day. The House adjourued during the funeral. The news from Hawke's Bay ij unimportant. . We hear from Wanganui that on the 20th, Colonel M'Donnell, with a small force, went out to attack Tito Kowaru : at his entrenched position at Taiaporehenui, but found it evacuated. * Colonel Haultain has ordered all the posts, with the exception of Manawapau and Patea, to be abandoned. The Wanganui Times ' says that a district in which some settlers have spent hundreds and others thousands of pounds upon land, houses, fences, cultivation, &c., thus falls undisputed into Tito Kowaru's hands. . \ The Kupapas are returning to Wan;gwLui-;:^;; ; ; \^- ;':.„;_;.;: ", .. .... ;;',. ; (From the • Otago Daily Mail) WELLterGTbN, 26th Sept. The House divided . on Mean's "alarm"! motion this morning at halfpast, one o'clock, the vote resulting in 32 for the Government, and 32 against. < ; The Speaker gave his casting vote with the Government. - •■'"■■ The following members voted for the Government : — >. Balli Barff, Harrison, Bunny, Campbell Carleton, Clarke, Curtis, Eyes, 'Gallagher, Hall, Harrison, Haughton, Hepburn, Jollied Kenny, Kerr, Ludlam, ,Mepvyn, Mitchell, C.O'Neffl; J. O'Neill, , J. Paterson, Heid, Bichmond, Bussell, Stafford, Swan, Wells. Wood. Tellers — Wilson and Cox. Against the Government there voted — - 'Atkinson, Baignet, Bell, Borlase, Brandon, Brown, Burns, Cargill, Collins, Dignan, Fox, Graham, Heaphy, : Main, pnnond, O'Eorke, Parker, Patterson^ Potts, Bolleston, ißeynolds, Stevensj Studholme, Tancard, Tarcha, Taylor j cTraversiVogel, Williamson. ; :. i : • TeUers-^M'Leail'and Qrmand. 1 : ; • K r Imjinediately, after v^he Division List nad been called,, Major -Brown, then pro-? posed to add to Carcrott Wilson's amend-i ment: — . •, „ . „ ■■ ••■-> "That regard to the; welfare ' of the :Colony requires'that the organisation and disposal of that force, and the administration of Native affajrs, should not be| entrusted to the present Ministry." j v >*The announcement of this amendment 'vrsii Received with >cheers and cbunter| ctiejejite*,; ; "7^;'^ '-.-'"'' . • : -v.i,-?w-..»i.j •~" TK^Hbiasef? again . diviclecl, aacUvthe result gave the Government a majority of one.

Harrison, of Wanganui, declined to vote, and left the House; Pabis.— For the Government — Haultain, Hall, Bradshaw, and Farmer. Against : — Jfeatherston, Armstrong, Reynolds and Macandrew^ - Mete 3Ongi was absent at Wanganui. It is uncertain whether the' Government wiR resign or not. : It is rumored' that, ia the event of the resignation of the Stafford, G-oyernment, Fox's jparty have got their Government cut and dry, : (From the ' Otago Daily Tunes.*) : . Wellington/ Sept. 28th. The intentions of the Ministry were expressed in an article in the 'Advertiser' this morning, as follows : — "In the extremity of Job's trials, his wife counselled him ; to curse God and die — a piece of desperate advice which the sufferer was too mtidh a man to adopt. Probably every one in his inner bosom has felt promptings analagous to these, in despair of some private or public cattse which he has taken in hand, and has felt a momentary impulse to cast away the best principles that have hitherto actuated him, and seek his own ease and comfort at the sacrifice of his former aspirations and aims." Applying this to the Government party, it advises them to adopt a "waiting policy," to " sit down patiently like the patriarch, and wait for that relief which their best efforts have done little to bring." It is therefore conjectured by the public that the Ministry have no intention of resigning, and will withdraw all the legislation they have no hope of carrying easily. The same article, in reference to Mr O'Neill's resolution, says : — " It may be better for the South to surrender a portion of their special revenue rather than incur new debts and abandon all hope of reducing the Customs tariff. The Maori troubles are in their nature more transitory than the Land Fund, and a temporary diversion of that Fund might not be distasteful to the people of Otago and Canterbury, if accompanied by a visible diminution of the taxes, although of course it would be utterly abominable to the local Governments." I quote this article because it is evidently Ministerially written. At a constitutional caucus to-day, the feeling was strongly in favor of granting a short appropriation, with a view to an immediate dissolution. Nothing definite could be arrived at until after the hearing of the expected Ministerial explanations to-morrow. Colonel Whitmore, who has arrived from the front with Colonel Haultain, has published a letter defending Colonel M'Donnell. He concludes by saying, "We want the men who will inspire his followers with that courage which overcomes danger and accomplishes victory, and such men are generally imprudent and indiscreet by timid minds, especially when not quite successful. Boldness in savage warfare is often the truest prudence, and the precautions necessary at one time may be disregarded at another. We must leave such things to the discretion and experience of the commanding officer, and few can be found who unite these with more personal bravery than Colonel M'Donnell. Von Tempsky's Company have mutinied, desiring to return to the Waikato. Some have been sentenced to six months' imprisonment, some have been discharged, and the remainder will probably be sent back. By discharges, expirations of service, &c, the force at the front has been reduced by about 300 men. ' Colonel M'Donnell is on leave of abence, owing to the illness of his wife. Major Fraser is in chief command, and. Captain St. George returns to the East Coast, there being no present prospects of active service at Patea, the rebels having, it- is " officially" said, retired to their cultivation to plant potatoes. From fifteen to twenty recuits for the Uapier Constabulary left here to-day. Increasing uneasiness is felt in reference to the .Panama Mail. There being plenty of coal, there has probably been only a temporary break down, either in going or returning.