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As in all probability the place of Meeting of the Lyttelton Colonists' Society will be required for the Sittings of the Supreme Court, the next Meeting is deferred till Wednesday, the 27th instant. ■ A considerable number of Persons, summoned to attend the Assizes as Jurors and Witnesses, arrived in Port yesterday : as, however, there were no signs of the Government Brig from the Signal Station, the Majority returned to their homes, availing themselves, ad libitum, of their constitutional privileges of grumbling. A Correspondent of the Independent informs the Public that Sir George Grey has become a Convert to the Romish faith ! A paragraph in the same journal also announces that the Emperor of China has renounced Paganism, and is now a Christian. The Act of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, disqualifying Ministers of Religion from being elected Members of the Legislative Council, has been disallowed ; mainly on the ground that no Sect is " established" in the Colony, and that the Clergy would not he represented at all, if not allowed to have seats in the Council.

The Governor of New South Wales has issued a Proclamation, from which it appears that Englishmen have been in the habit of buying native women in the Feejee Islands,and keeping them in a state of slavery. The offenders are warned against the repetition of such doings, and assured that they will he proceeded against with the utmost rigour of the Law should they continue the practice. _ Sydney is now a Free Port; the Act for abolishing harbour dues, entry and clearance fees, light house dues, and water-police dues having received the Royal assent, and is now law.

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Lyttelton Times, Volume II, Issue 93, 16 October 1852, Page 7

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Untitled Lyttelton Times, Volume II, Issue 93, 16 October 1852, Page 7

Untitled Lyttelton Times, Volume II, Issue 93, 16 October 1852, Page 7

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