WELLINGTON.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 522, 4 November 1857, Page 3

WELLINGTON.

By the Uira -we have Wellington papers of the 21st and~24tlr instant. The TJira left on Monday night last, hWati that time the English August m^il hadnot arrived;\ ; The latest hews, from Melbourne was to the 11th instanl;, when the -mail'was atixibusly expected, an impression prevailing' at >the same time that themail stea T mer had been sent on to India with-troops: The' Spectator: r says ' \ ; that there were I about 1 75 passengers by the Proyeffrom Melbourne, bound for the Nelson diggings. 1 The chief local, news is the elecMon^f Superintendent, which'; has rvirit'uaily concluded: Dr. Featherstdh-being successful.; .. For.the.informal. tion of the curious in such matters we subjoin the detailed state of the"rp6U;.'as given by the 'Independent.' Since dur last' the returns from. Wairarapa^nd "S^angaiiui Kaverbeen;received. The majority; in: favour lOf.'Drylleatlier^tpn at the Wairarapa is 51, and at Wanganui;,and Eangitikei 216. The Ahuriri return is hourly expected by the Wonga Wonga.,

■fi^Sf ktyfr* iß the .^tailed result of the poll *>,far as it is at present known:—

# There was considerable excitement on the subject of the Provincial Elections. Meetings and other forms of agitation were frequent and noisy. Twenty or thirty candidates for the town are talked of.

„.. xeatherston. ■gty 288 «*?«"„ 88 , M pperHutt , 9 Wa^uioniata 5 ..Karori 19 Porirua 17 Pahautanui 16 Ot'aki ' ' 20 Manawatu 12 Greytowa 13 Masterton 28 Castle Point 6 Riiangurua 15 Wh'anguiona 8 Te Awaiti 5 Flat Point 1 Wellingtori(qualifled)4 Wianganui 155 Rangitikei 61 Turakina Welsh. 263 72 0 0 15 6 0 21 0 21 1 • 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 770 403