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Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 431, 20 December 1856, Page 8

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Jnerei* a hiatus m our file of the "Ex- j amim-r," witemiing fium November 12th to De.".er:::-er tJih. The following paragret.bs we iiJid in <U " Southern CrOK;>/' (Auckland.)

Tin-: Sui'Erintkx iucxcy.—The non-arrival of the steamer from Wellington and Canterbury is keeping us out of the return of the polling at Ainuri in the late election of a Superintendent. Not but that we have, wo believe, the full information of the state of the voting iv that district; but it appears that the votes were all given in total ignorance of the names of tho candidates, for the messenger despatched to acquaint the Deputy Bet timing Officer of the Amuri with the names of the gentlemen who had been proposed, was prevented by the state of the weather and floods in the rivers, from reaching his destination in time for the day of election. From this circumstance, we believe, the Chief Beturning Officer feels some difficulty about returning Mr. Bobinson as duly elected ; and probably the validity of the election will be a question which the Principal Law Officer of the colony will be called upon to decide. This will keep the subject in abeyance for another fortnight, until the opinion of the AttorneyGeneral can be obtained from Auckland. — Examiner, Nov. 26.

On the arrival of the Zingari the returns from the Amuri reduced the majority to 16. The validity of the election, however, remains for the opinion of the Attorney-General.

In a comment upon some articles in the "'Wellington Independent," the "Examiner" of the Bth pays the following tribute to Auckland : —" She—that is, Wellington—never can attain to that position which has been ordained for Auckland. Any one who takes a look at the position of Auckland on the map of New Zealand,or better still, who has visited the place itself, must be struck with its capabilities for becoming a great place. Situated on the finest harbour in this country, with millions of acres of cultivable land, having water carriage from nearly all parts, so that produce may be conveyed in vessels and boats from distant farms direct to the warehouses and stores, having an extensive trade with both east and west coasts, how can it fail to become a place of importance, and take a high stand in these ishu ds ?

Of weather, crops, and trade the ' Examiner ' of the Gth says : — Since our last report of the state of trade little alteration has arisen. Stocks are heavy, and the consumption, even of necessaries, has still further contracted. The monetary pressure has, however*, assumed a less severe aspect, owing chiefly to the greater caution in making purchases which storekeepers have for some months past exhibited.

The shipment of the clip of wool has commenced, and therefore a somewhat increased circulation of money may soon he looked for. The prices being paid for this article are considerably higher than those of last season ; and the fear that the high prices recently realised in | England will be succeeded by a severe reaction, alone prevents much higher rates still being paid. Farmers will have to encounter another bad season, we fear. The crops in the Australian colonies promise exceedingly well, while our own gram crops seem likely to yield a poor average. The cultivation of potatoes, with a view to export, should be totally abandoned. Grain crops can always be converted into money; but we shall not again have a market for potatoes be- • yond the consumption of the settlement. Highly encouraging samples of copper ore have been brought from Croixelle's harbour; and we consider the prospects of the company ; formed to work the lode existing there very cheering both to the shareholders and to the public. We cannot look for important progrcs- , sive movements until the mineral resources of the country are brought to bear, and we therefore must all feel great interest in the success of the mining companies which have been formed. A private loiter from Nelson remarks :—We j bavi. ha 1 a very cold summer here. The hist ti;i.-e or four day:- have been hot, and very j close. The po'.'ii.o crop will be very good ; but jin name iI v: h, W.-dmea West in particular, flic j wheat, crop -,«/.;! be unite a failure. I beard one | man say t:,: ,i he was going to plough up | ci; i:'e:-n ;.. r..~ whini he hud riown with wheat ; ho i..ii h. i:hi he* spoiled the need. Sonu- ex■t-.-'.-t, which we hud made front the papre-s o ; : other provinces must aland over for the pre\;•:■;!. »,'■ b.N ri)',:;i !'.-,!•!■;.- 'ihe new smsiM-uy 'rw .!■ „ i: .;..| nd, C.j.hd.) hie d.-„ \'i'n ■- ' '•'■•,!■ , i!" (ii,(,d J i »s; >•-. „,l.,u»i--lin. Joint I'dru.i, and l\.b ii.i-., took

her departure from Dartmouth, on the sth mat. This ship is the first of n new lino of steamships to the Cape and Calcutta, touching at the Mauritius and Point de Galle, to sail on the Ist from London, and on the morning of the Gth of each month from Dartmouth. This line has been selected for tho conveyance of her Majesty's mails to the Cape, monthly, commencing on the Ist of August outwards, and on the Ist of November homewards, with Dartmouth as the port of arrival and departure. This being the first occasion on which a mail steam-ship has left tho port of Dartmouth, a public dinner was given on TuesdayJlaßt in commemoration of ihe event, to which Mr, W. S. Lindsay, M. P., the owner of this fine line of ships, was invited, together with Captain Dnmlas, and the officers of the troops on board, of which she conveys 300 to the Cape. The England received stores and was coaled with the greatest dispatch, sailing at the time appointed.— London Paper.

Ejughation.—Owing to the difficulty of obtaining a suiliicient number of emigrants at the present time,arising principally from the demand of labour on the approach of harvest, the Emigration Commissioners have despatched one of their officers upon a special tour through "Wales, for the purpose of selecting emigrants from that district. A. short time since a large body of woolcombers from Bradford, in Yorkshire, assem bled at the Emigration Depot, Nine Elms, previous to joining the ship Winifred, at Southampton, for Sydney. The depressed state of a considerable number of families in the district of Bradford, where the rate of wages are. not more than nine shillings per week, induced an application to the Emigration Commissioners to grant passages to some of these poor people. The commissioners, under these circumstances stated, consented to comply with the request for two or three hundred of these persons, although they were not strictly within tho terms of the regulations for selection of emigrants. The parties alluded to composed the first instalment of the Bradford emigration, (hi the oth of August orders were issued by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners that all agricultural labourers, shepherds, herdsmen, gardeners, masons, bricklayers, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, sawyers, carpenters, and female domestic servants, who applied, were to receive free passages to Moreton Bay, Geelong. Melbourne, Victoria, Sydney, and Adelaide. The men must all be under forty years of age. The tide of emigration has again set in to the Australian colonies. Great numbers are also proceeding to Van Pieman's Land and New Zealand.— Home News, 19tb August,

Died of Brokers.—" He died of brokers, sir."—" He did not die of cholera, he died of brokers, sir!" said a man to us yesterday, speaking of the death of his friend. "He projected an unwise improvement on a piece of real estate, made loans, covered himself with bonds and mortgages, and finally incurred a street debt of 2000 dollars which rapidly rolled up to 8000 dollars and crushed the life right out of him. He borrowed Canada money on call, to be paid in current funds; got paper discounted, payable in seven days in the city oi New York; borrowed Ohio and Kentucky currency for one day, returnable in notes of Buffalo banks; shinned it from street to street, and from friend to friend, to keep the debt ahead of him. Why, sir, I could not sit down to consult with him, or to do any kind of business with him, with the least assurance that ho would not jump up suddenly, to go out and give another shove to that debt. The memorandum-book of his obligations was always in his bosom, and, sir, it burned the poor man's heart. He was owned by the brokers. He worked for them, and died for them. He did not die of cholera at all, sir. lie died of a street debt, upon which he expended his strength every week in throwing if, ahead from one day to seven days."—• Amariean paper.