Local News.

Colonist, Issue 60, 18 May 1858, Page 2

Local News.

. Young Men's BiBMCAii Association, Richmond.—On Thursday evening last, the tenth lecture in connection with this association was delivered by My. Beatson^ of Stoke. The subject chosen was'" Rest, or the Sabbatic years.'1 This is the second time that Mr. Beatson- has rendered his valuable services as a, lecturer, and in proof of the deep interest he awakened on a former occasion, a large audience were assembled ,to "welcome him again. He was listened ,tq with an we'have rarely before witnessed, and in the introduction of a tale in illustration of his subject, which was narrated with all the earnestness of reality, the attention and suspense was profound. " Still waters run deep;" we believe these fortnightly lectures, drawing together as the} r do, a body of young men for the purpose of instruction and amusement, will prove as productive of real good as they are of pleasure. Legislative Council.—His Excellency the Governor has, in her Majesty's name, summoned the Hon. Colonel Robert H.enry Wynyard, C.8., commanding the Forces in New Zealand ; ,the Hon. George Alfred Arney, Chief Justice of New Zealand ; the Hon.. George Cutfield, Esq., of New Plymouth; arid the Hon. James Menzies, Esq., of Mataura, to the Legislative Council of New Zealand, by writs of summons under the Seal of the Colony. " . .

Gold.—Returns1 published in the New Zealand Gazette, of .February 20, giye the following as the quantity and estimated value of gold dust exported from New Zealand, besides a considerable quantity exported privately, which'cannot'be ascertained :— From the 9th of April, 1857, to the 30th of June, 1857—T0 London, 60 0z.,; to Sydney, 916 oz.- 11 dvvts. 12 grs.:' total, 976 oz. 11 dwts. 12 grs. ; value, £3784 4s. 6|d. —During the quarter ended the 30th September, 1857-^To Sydney, 2877 oz.' 10 d\vts. 5 grs.; to Melbourne,'ll2 bz.: total, 2989'0z. 10 dwtsi 5 grs.; value, £11,584 7s. Ofd. —During the quarter ended the 31st December, 1857—T0 Sydney, 5607 oz. 7 dwts. 19 grs; to Melbourne, 823. oz. 5 dwts; to'Algoa Bay, 50 oz.: total, 6470 oz. 12 dwts; 19 grs.; va1ue,'.£25,074 13s. ll^d. The ascertained grand total amount of gold exported from New Zealand, from the 9th of April to the Slst of December, 1857, was i0!,436 oz.. 13 dwts. 22 grs. y of the value of £40,443 sst7d; : ■ -*■■■

Appointment.—His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Joliii Sharjj," Esq., to be Registrar of the Supreme, Court at Nelson. • His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that .the Port of Entry,! heretofore known as Port Victoria, be for the future named .Lyttelton; also, that the Port of Entry heretofore known as Ahuriri, be for the future framed Napier; alsoj that the Harbour heretofore known as West Whaingaroa, be for the future named Raglan, and that as such they be referred to "in all official documents. ■ ••

!• Escaped Convicts.—Three prisoners—namely; John -Oarcy,, formerly of the 65th, Regiment, who was originally sentenced to transportation for life, but subsequently- commuted to ten years penal servitude; Patrick Cullen, a soldier; ten years penal servitude ; arid .William Masters^ a carpenter, two years penal servitude; escaped from the* custody of the Overseers of Hard Labor whilst working on the public streets at Wellington on the 7th,of Aprillast, and are Supposed to have crossed Cook's Straits in a boat which, they had stolen from the boat house of Mr. London, Porirua Bay. Warrants for their apprehension, and descriptions of their persons having been forwarded tct Nelson;, in the event- of their coming to thi3 province* a good look out >vas accordingly kept by the police, who succeeded "in capturing" two of them on. Tuesday last, md the other on the following day, Wednesday.. The'prisoners made their appearance here oil-Tuesday niorniiig last, in a native boat from the Pelorus, representing themselves as shipwrecked seamen, and excited great c.ominisseration, wheiihey were immediately, captmed by the police.. They .were forward# to Wellingf.dn per AVonga; fi W6nga on Satursday last. Too much praise cannot be given to tn^ energy and activity. displayed by the police on this as well as on most other, occasions....

The Governor of - Moreton Bay. • We (Moreton Bay Courier) axe informed on, most reliable authority; that Willoughby Shorthand, Esq., formerly Colonial Secretary of New Zealand,, and for some time acting Governor of that colony during the absence of Sir George Grey, and; now. or late Governor of the island "of. Tobago,' has been offered the appointment of Governor of Moreton Bay. . . ■ . ■ .; ..... \_. ,• _ ; ,_ :; •■••■■■; .;.. A Departure by the Woncm Wonga .^As we are at all times pleased to chronicle the arrival in our good town of Nelson of, those who we- may have reason to suppose will be. in acquisitionto our community,—so it appears that once ma >vay we ought, to congratulate our fellow-town s-peopiq at the riddance of a certain Mr. Lewis Lewis, and effects; inasmuch as we now are out of danger of sustaining further loss from the swindling propensities of that worthy. It is to be hoped .that our Wellington friends will exercise a somewhat more keen penetration of character than some ofus Nelsonians have done, and so be enabled to avoid the foils and rank duplicity of the subject, of this notice. Mr; Lewis Lewis arrived here from-New South, Wales—in which colony \i appesrs lie earned for himself a most unenviable noiorisy—son:«f three months since, and by misrepresentation and cunning succeeded in . yictimis'nj several of the inhabitants of Nelson to considerable extent The man Who will so outrage every principle of justice as to wrong the printer, is t;> all intents and purposes base enough; but he who does not scruple' to defraud the widow and the orphan, certainly excludes himself from everything which by any possibility can be considered within the pale of the most extended charity. .