NEW PLYMOUTH.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 587, 19 June 1858, Page 4

NEW PLYMOUTH.

The1" Taranaki News" of the 20th ult., gives the following account of the election of" a representative for the Grey and Bell dis-

trict :—

An unusually large numbpr of the electors of the Grey and Bell district assembled on Saturday last, at the Resident Magistrate's Court, for the nomination of a member for the district, in the place of Mr. Lewthwaite. It is known to the public that a requisition was sent to Auckland, inviting Mr. Dillon Bell to come forward. Some inauspicious circumstances have prevented any direct reply from that gentleman reaching New Plymouth, and the first business of the meeting was to ascertain from the explanations of Mr. Watt whether the communications by Mr. Bell to that gentleman could be received as an affirmative answer to the public request that had been made; and resulted in the nomination of two other persons, Mr. C. Brown and Mr. Hurst, for the vacant seat. On the show of hands, a poll was demanded by the legal number of electors for Mr. C. Brown, and on Monday, after.a sharp contest, closed at 4 o'clock, the numbers being Brown 75

Bell 61 Mr. Hurst declining the contest in favor of Mr. Brown, on Saturday. Tne new member leaves for Auckland to-day. by the Osprey. We wish him a speedy passage, and.safe.arrival at .the scene of his duties,