The Province.

Colonist, Volume II, Issue 148, 22 March 1859, Page 2

The Province.

•■■■■ >".-/■■■ . ■- ' ■■ .- ■;,M,.l .">r',.,r-,- .;. .-,;,". ■'?/-.-".'"..-;.>.. -' -; ;•'. •fSr't--:^/^ Fhom this province we have papers to the" 16th.' / The proceedings bfthe.NewZeaiand Syhodof' the- Church iof England; commenced on Tuesday, March 8, in the Chamber which has usually been appropriated for the sittings- Of thef Provincial Council^ and which had been .placedafcthe disposal of the members of the ':Syh^W'ihe'i PMvin'cial.' Government.;; ThY Synb^wa^forfifelly^ opened by : th«i election of Dr; Seli^n^the^ishbpfbf New Zealand, MyPiv^ideiit/ffshe .;meeftng;-vras^-fff jourhied untilfthe following /day at half-past I one/ and the/members immediately" fftiKefiV^S'prß-fr ceeded toSt; -Paul's 'Church, Thorndon, 'where/ Divine service,was performed. -Owing -to -".they/; lalenessbf the rhourat which ; .we;iweiyed;pur;files,f', we are compelled tp;leave bverthe report of tlie .proceedings until our next-issue, / -f. ../ /'';Th'b..vße'v; ;Ay/BiKEß.^We;;^ , ■ the Bishop of New .'';^k\f^yii%^f^xi^y!az a/Cbrh- f •mission:" OjF^Enquiry inthis matter.- f/All "tne'me'tri"bers of the /Commission are;tp-^/clergy^n^; Independent, March-li; f*'"■■"/'";' '■'[*'A y}X ': AX *!xy The'lbis.—H.M.S. life, 18 guns, Captain Loring, arrived in Wellington harbor, pn ; .Tuesday last, haying landed the Governor and, suite.. at.Taranaki, fi*pm;whence his Excellency will proceed hither overland.— lbid. ; :.'".. CX//;.;:^ : From the Herald /of.. thef 12th'; instant, we,-ex-;- ---" tract the,, following:--: *- ,f- < .;f; .X.AX <f'"•■;./;/■ •''•.. '.'Tuesday^the'.l.st'iinsian^ nomination,, for jtheTeAute electoral district/ tlie Returning Officerattended at thefprincipal polling place for, the;purppse W of rcahdidiites. ; Mr./;E. v; Sf Cui*ll^;\yaß;proposed by Mi*. John Jphnson,'Becpjided hyijlr-,- Dayio^Henderson ; and no other candidate being nominated, Mriy Curling, was declared tp be dulyfeleeted,., '//, f Oh fMondayy the/7th jrisf^ tion day;for the district of Waipukurau, fMr.^Jpim Tucker was nominated . by ..MjrrC^yJ^airnifse-i; conded by Captain Lambert *' Mr.• J;D/Ormdnd, by Mr. H. R Russell;seconded,byCaptain Newman. No: opposition bfferihgy/.tb/ese" gentlemen were declared duly elected/ 'X-AykA-r-xyY f ; ! , 'The only district -for 1 which 'an'election is yet "to take place *is;*that of Mohaka, for which it is "generally^ understood Mr. 1 Riddell Avill be thfetm- '■ .opposed candidate. If; so, the veleptiOris; will -be over by the/19fh ihstaiif;ahdthe writs duly endorsed within a day or -two of .thai period.I'The , ReturhirigOfficer cair then convene the .council .at seven day's notice—that is, presuming the elections to be, completed upon the writs being.returned. Biit a doubt has been.raised;whethe.r,thefname| of; the "elected members should, not be previously. gazetted ; and-;W ! e;;'h^he!v6;fthtit,f/tb-''do away with: the possibility of cavil^' time fwillbe afforded for such to be done before, day named .for; the; ■ meeting of Council. "\y"e, do not; think it probable, however; that aflaterdate will* be fixed than the ; 20th*April;;-../ ./;/';/ '-XA^YZZ-ZZyiAY-- - Opening op the Catholic CHAj»EL>--On.-; Sunday last, service was performed for t|ie first time in the new. Catholic Chapel, Shakeyspearerroad— the Rev. Father Regnier officiatingLbnythe occasion. The number of persons present' was very la'ge. The ceremony of consecration will not take place until the arrival of Bishpp^ia'rd^ Which rmay be shortly expected: - The; chapel is a roomy and tastefully building,; the'-body capable of accommodating2so sitters; ■ .■ '■-■-xAyA:i:y :<■■:::>'. The floods' throughout. the interior have been very; great. Two of the three bridges recently erected on the TeAute line of;road/have,been swept ;away.- -There has also, as may be supposed* beencorisiderablefdaniage tt> private property, and some --.'.-narrow escapes';.-,-.. but, yso; far ;.aß\,weV have learned, no actual loss of life_ y y.X\y^riA&Azi Church of ENGtANd^W^ Church Conimittee,r appointed'''&yl^l;.;foeetirigy:purpose; ymalcingyimmediateJ^arrangements for building a place of worshipfitNajpie^vC^f Yy XXA U FIBROUS MATERIAL; Zk-yy ;At a meeting of the; Brit ish * Association, Mr. James Garth Marshall read "-A Sketch- of i History* of. Flax Slpinning ip En^aad/^especially asf developed in the Town of^Le^ds'/^fHesaid:^ y There: is perhaps ino/branch';of/ourf,principal "manufactures,/except that of^^ cotton, fin. which/the ; introduction ;pf machinery and fe has produced.more vemarkablejichanges.;:fhanythat . of flax spinning, ..and as the townof Leeds is the , place*'where this hew. branch of indußtrj* ; first took root in Engird, and^ "upon a considerable scaley and the; place"wKicK has ; hitherto taken the -leadin-'the successive improvemehtß lniroducedUntp.;thertrade,Kit(may3b^ y estingtb thesectipnto have a short.isk^lf;X)f the origin and progress of flax spinning bought before them whilst .they are 'hereyy--''''y/y:c'y^-yr':-f :;.;;v. - The'first essa^: ''in flax'spiiinhTg-in/LwdS was' made at a small mill driven by water, called Scotf I^s; l^!,yabputyforir 1-^ia^r/ Jbhnfl^^b.^ Samu^fFentoiii of I^^Ahd BtdphyDuihami^of f Kharesborough.y fThis^risin^7^or/1^89,^ / wonderful;success and;larger profits attehdingjth* ihtrdductioh '-kit • Arkwright's inventibn into cotton spinning had about this time attracted general attention to mechanical improvements applied to , manufacturine purposes. The ginning of flax by; ;" 'machinery was a tiling much wistedy^Mf •by;ihte 4ineif manufacturers.; It* attracted^ they attention . amongst \oth^v.bf/Mr:yMai^hali^ whjory^J so ;/ strongly impressed with ths adyMfag^us;fißd|for invention and enterprise offered by spinning; that he devoted himselPentirely to^^oe newenteipriseV It lappeare that j^e^m^ already been roadefan^ f some other 'pl^ces/^m:the;(firet'%pinhin^ ona^ chiiieiu^d} at* ■Scotiand^^^^^^ j^n oif Kendi-ew laiidfCo^^ ;/ did ;npt answer;; expieriniehts wereftßivEweV ;and af