Colonial.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 410, 8 October 1856, Page 8

Colonial.

NEW ZEALAND. " By the Mountain Maid and Phccbo we have received our usual iiles of Northern papers. From Auckland our information extends to the 19th ult. The chief item of importance is the resignation of the Superintendcncy by Dr. Campbell, who returns to England in the beginning- of next year. The probability of sueh° an event was first made known at the beginning of September, and a Gazette of the 18th contains the announcement of the actual" resignation with its acceptance. The Nelson vacancy is also officially notified in the same publication. The new election, taken in connection with the state of parties in Auckland, is exciting almost all the attention of the local papers. It is stated by the ' New Zealander ' that no less than nineteen gentlemen ai-e disposed to be candidates for the office. The address of one of them, Mr. (iilfilan, is already published.

In the ' Taranalci Herald' of Sept. 6th avc find the following:—

The menacing reports again current respecting the intention of the Ngatiruanui people to pay another visit to this district, give the editorial on the subject, which we copy from tile ' New Zealand Spectator,' a significant interest and meaning at the present moment. The Wanganui and Taupo tribes have, it is said, determined to interfere on the side of Adam Clark's party against them, should they again make their appearance. This would swell, by upwards of a thousand men, the number of Natives in this district, and renew all the anxiety so long felt by the inhabitants of this settlement, but which was fast subsiding under the fallacious impression that the turbulent tribes of the south had abandoned their intention of occupying our immediate neighbourhood. Another week may possibly confirm or put an end to these apprehensions for the present, but it is impossible to view without .doubt and alarm the precarious position in which tlie indifference of of the Government leaves its trust by altogether disregarding these dangerous exhibitions of ' Native strength. Prom Nelson we have received files of the 'Examiner' to October 1. There have been numerous meetings of. electors called both by Mr. Travers and Dr. Monro. It is hard to say which way popular feeling runs. There is no further news of the gold fields to be gleaned from these papers. The Zingari arrived in Nelson on the 23rd ultimo, and was to remain until the 3rd instant.

The writ for the election of the Superintendent of tills province has been brought down by the Zingari, and the day of nomination is fixed for Monday, the 13th October, and the election for Thursday the 30th. By the Superintendents' Deputy Act, of the last session of the General Assembly, the Speaker of the Provincial Council becomes Deputy Superintendent in the interim between the acceptance of the .resignation of a Superintendent and the election of his successor: and the office of Superintendent of Nelson will therefore devolve temporarily upon Mr. Sinclair.— Examiner, September 24. The Education Kate.—On Wednesday last, ten of the defaulters under the Education Act were summoned to appeal- before the .Resident Magistrate in Nelson. Seven of the number paid the rate without going into court, and the remaining three, not"being able to offer any valid defence, were ordered to pay their respective amounts, which we understand they have since done.— lbid.

The 4th instant is the date of our last Wellington paper. The position of Mr. Dillon Bell with respect to his constituents at the Hutt forms a prominent topic in leading articles and local intelligence. A large sba leopard, about six feet long, was caught on Friday evening. by the natives at Kaiwara The Maories found him napping on the beach, and despatched him