The Lyttelton Times. Wednesday, January 27.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 546, 27 January 1858, Page 5

The Lyttelton Times. Wednesday, January 27.

Our columns to-day are nearly full .of European news; with the usual unconnectedscrap of. .Indian intelligence, of which' the ; ; ,date and the, absence qf.very bad news are "' ilmost;,the only interesting1 features. Gen. : y.il^yelock^^vlip/^^P&'^^pH.B* six ihonths had created,for.himself ..a:name 6? Renown, was:dead ; ; : ,our,information doe's.not say how. Some< despatches- giving, details of:the capture? ofADelhi are' tfr be found .in Australian.... newspapers, _ ■ having- reached vthem-'tlii>oiigh'':Mauritras:. These will"be published.in our next. { From the: neighbouring- colonies the;re is but little of interest. Melbourne, during the closing ./weeks of 1857, !.was' enduring] intense heat •; iand fees in- the; towns;and the bush* were, riot; uncommon^ ' Wool Was selling at If d. to 2dT beneath the last l advices, but until the arrival of the November mail public sales I were . again postponed. .. .' ■ •'•" "; • _ ' -!" \ ' '■ In 'Sydrieyi whence we have advices to the 30th December, the general dulness was relieved by "the" approaching elections. The ! state of mens' minds.and x)f the-columns pf^hejournals. appears .to be 7 pretty .much' thejsame in Sydney as elsewhere under similar excitement, j : From we naveiLa: wefek la'fer hews, j A. shocking' murder had been perpetrated, followed by the attempted suicide of the murderer in. gaol, The .Council was sitting';'a fancy bazaar'had1 been'held in aid of an infant school,^ patronized ;by Mrs.-pore Browne, at which about £500' was taken ( and the races^ were approaching.' The •'' Southern Cross '■■ has an article intended to sooth; apprehensions: at the. permission. o£ (sales, of. ammunition and arms to the natives, but which rather awakens our fears.• -i \ lYomlNelson ,jvc learn that the new Proviri-I-cial Council met on the stli : of January. The opening s.peeclrdfthe Superintendent js.printed.. at length.'' His' tfortov' promises to bring fov-; Ward the measures' which' were -accidentally lost last session, amyng:which is a: Debentures > Act '; 'this,. he says, is rendered necessaiy from certain reasons, virhicli he: hopes 1 will ensure itsi acceptance by' the-Gov'eriior' in spite of the in- • strnoti'ons from home to the contrary: An importaritremark occurs thattheproyinceoiighttQ be relieved from a portion of the debt which hak been: unduly imposed upon Hi*; Several other points, are' touched upon, and the Council is congratulated upon the increasing prosperity of tl^e province.' The'state of the gold fields is much the samp as .ever; not a : grea^ deal, i? s^idabout them, but ttio pop'ilation increases. ; _ In Wellington the course of political discussion in the papers has taken a turn in the direct tion of schools aiid clergymen. Archdeacon. Hadfield and other directors of scholastic estab-

.lishments amopg the natives are the constant theme of attacfc arid'defence:' The ' Independent', in several,,numbers has articles.*on the Archdeacon,, in one,,issue three articles of some.length are pointed*'at individuals ; the names of the Ret^V C. Nicholls, of' )Vanganui, the Rev. .A. Jiaker of VVellington:,.'.arii Mr...' Macnianaway, a contractor, heading ejich one ess^ajr in the largest type. In this style rib journal ;«eed fee at a loss for subject matters A. painful nkrrative of loss of-life and: property by a flood in the Hutt is contained, in the '^Independent' of the 20th inst. It happened Qn Sunday arid Monday the 17th and ISfchlj, -Fourteen'ipebple were drowned, a man, woripp, anfi, r five childrenl in one family jbeirig 4ipprig the number % About,4oo sheep arid other stock, besides a considerable amount of property, are destroyed. , It is to be noted that the catastrophe was' almost simultaneous with the storm- v which-flpoded the rivers in this province. ,'.'',"',',' ■ '-' From; all auarters we shall give fuller particulars in future numbersi •;