NEW PLYMOUTH.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 421, 15 November 1856, Page 5

NEW PLYMOUTH.

Native Outrage.—Yesterdayafternoonnews was brought into town that the Bell Block Pound, proclaimed in the last Gazette, had bee: i broken down by Natives belonging to the Wc-i-------wakaiho and Henare Te Puni's pas, and a lar<-j number of cattle released and driven away. Tiw following account of the facts may, we "believ*-, be relied on. On the evening of the 15th som. score head of cattle and a horse were impounded, and on the following morning apnl; - cation was made by a Native to the *~Pouik{ - keeper, Goddard, for his working bullock. Hwas told it would be released if he paid tl:> Pound fees, which, however, he refused to de, and threatened unless the bullock was £>iven t-n to return with assistance and break the poum". , saying that the animal had been stolen fro1 : him. The bullock was not given up, and in tV .- afternoon he returned with other natives to ii; • number of ten, all armed with firelocks, a:. 1 broke down part of the fencing of the pound ar. I released the cattle. They Avere advised to ?...: the Superintendent or the Resident Mn<ristvc.vbefore proceeding to violence, but they w: i much excited, and refused to do so. It is stau-.i that Hone Ropiha, the Native assessor, was v ■ ■> instigator of these violent proceedings and sumed the responsibility, the rest pointing r:._.'.: guns at the Europeans present. Two r" i natives who were on the spot took no parr i i the rescue, but endeavoured ineffectually to i - train their countrymen by remonstrating v/i. i them. Lecture.—The course of Lectures given ~. the AVesleyan Chapel which had. been interrm - - in consequence ofthe opening ofthe new b\ ing, was resumed on AVednesday evening- ; - when the Rev. Mr. Ironside delivered a \ interesting and instructive lecture on the sc;. : of Pneumatics. Election for trie House of Represstives. —OnMondaytl.eT3tb,thedayappoir.: the Returning Officer for the nomination member to the seat in the House of Re-i tatives for the Grey and Bell district, vac. : the resignation of the Superintendent, X .':-. • Lowthwaite and Mr. R. Phency were p: -. ; or candidates. On a show of hands being c;l:. the numbers were equal, but on a second rto that {est, there appeared a preponder:;:.. ■ favour ofthe former gentleman, and a poll '„..•>

demanded. The polling took place ou the following day (Tuesday) and terminated in the '-ejection of Mr. Lewihwaite Ivy a majority of 13—-the numbers beinjr, Lewthwaite •_■!, Pheney 31.