Colonial.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 545, 23 January 1858, Page 5

Colonial.

• ",, ' OTAGOV By tl)e Henry, we have papers from Dunedin • to the 9th January, we select a few. paragraphs. Thb Chubcp.—We,understahd that the Rev. ..A. H. Wyatt, M. A., of Clare Hall, Cambridge, ha>. been-licensed-by the Bishpp. of .Christchurch ,to the incumbency of the new Church of Eng--3 ":lahd District'of'Waikouaiti and Goodwood.— Witness, Dec. 26. - •- ■ STpCki-KThe>C6nterit, Cap.l Robertson, from Sydney, arrived, in ; this.. Portion Friday the Ist instant, after a splendid, run of .10 days. ,She has brough^a .general cargo, of merchandise, also 34 horses and-2 .donkeys. Our. old friend Mr. M'Clymont has down; with .the horses, and his usual good luck appears to have attended him/oivthe horses, we understand, have all been safely conveyed hither; andj landed without losing one of ;Jan..;'.9.. : , ; ■-. . Fibst Wool Ship -^foe London Dibect.— We h&v,e v ,inuch. ipleasure in, palling attention to Tn'e advertisement in .this day's paper, announcing thaVthe Strathallan is to be lai<j on . for London direct as" spon^as^she; discharges! her cargo. ,'W-a. trust, that the, stbo\ growers f ,wilLase their utmost exertions to get themclip '. l^biward1 with all ..possible ..speed, so_ that. tjiere r may be no, det^ntioji, and the charterers,.of? the vessel'may nor be losers'by their public spirited effort to promote the iriterasts^of;^he Province., It is unnecessary for us: to pdint out the obvious advantage which cwbuld result from shipping direct to the first market; the saving of expense, in the shape'of J double^ freight, and charges at Melbourne or Sydhey,-is considerable, as well as the saving of time.: The Strathallan is a fine new Aberdeen Clipper, this being her first voyaged and* shippers may calculate upon, havlngjtheir wool landed at London in a very littles more time than it would be at Melbourne. The Oliver Lang made the voyage I^6^^oml^^U>»gt^»l4ely f in abput;7o djays, and we may^ni^ip^s,a similar passage', for 4;he Strathaflan.yve observe that the wool '"naafk^t a^hdnW^as^ranged^Sa-to AM per ft..j * mofeithk^^iSteibdurriri dr Sydii^y, high.»asjthe Pirates are at the latterpla'ces.= Nothing will tend ■ i mbretobrijigthePi'bviiiceintonotico.andtoesjbabluh a character for its: wool tan the great hpnie iimarketsithauthesendingashiphomedirect. We .j. hope that; everyone itvho can get up anything

in the shape of wi, export will do so. Hides and tallow are in great demand. at home, and wilj, pay - vretti-^Colonist, Dec- 25. ; :r- Schools:—The Provincial Government has sent home,v we understand, for six additional •experienced j and- well-qualified teachers. The 'Presbytery: has sent home for three additional -ministers ; one of these must by this time be close to our very shores, and may be found in the midst of us before the sand-glaBS of 1857 has run its course. The other .two; are. likely to arrive at no distant; date.. The members of the Episcopal Church have also, been active, and we believe that two: or three additional minis-, ters in connection with that body will ere long .be so many additional labourers in the.'mima-, terial ranks of our colony. The Bishop is getting the men, and "the peopled are, endeavouring to find; means for supporting them. In like manner the Presbytery are finding the men and the people arts taking the .necessary steps; for defraying the e'sfpeiises of their passage, and of 3 maintaining them !ih comfort': when thay come.' Upwards of £50 has been reported to the Preap bytery as the result of a> single annual .collee- ' tion for the purpose of defraying' the expenses of sending, but mim^ters to' this colony ,-^-Ibid. . Phogbess.—-We intended* to' have takeir a ; retrospect of the'J gerieraipriogress ;of tHe Province during the past year •- we must, however, defer this for - the ' present.1 In the meantime we''congratulate* our readers" on the steady advancement and expanding -prosperity whioh every succeeding year exhibits in the growth of' our little - community. Go. where we will everything Bavoursof improvement and of pro-gress^-—the fruits of.steady persevering industry. One. of the best tests we can have as to this, is the fact that the Customs ißevehue for the year just ended is just £3000 more than that for, the previous-year, being an increase of upwards of I fifty per cent. ' The chances are that for; the year now begun the increase will be much g^eat-,et.-r—Colonist, «Tan. .1....,'. : „■ , « '