The Lyttelton Times.

Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 629, 17 November 1858, Page 4

The Lyttelton Times.

• Wednesday, November 17. The White Swan from all the northern ports puts us in possession of some items of news in addition to those particulars given in our columns, which we must shortly glance at. The Steam Service by Messrs. Pearson, Coleman & Co.'s vessels has been initiated by the departure of the Lord Ashley for Sydney. The Lord Worsley was to leave Auckland for Napier, Wellington and Nelson, and would perhaps go thence to f Sydney. It appears that the company intends to adhere to the contract entered into in England, and to run one boat at present, the Lord Worsley, between Sydney, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau, while another boat takes the service between the southern provinces. We cannot think the persistence of Mr. Coleman in this route will be long continued or that it will redound to his advantage. The dismemberment of the Province of Wellington is now an accomplished fact; and the Province of Hawke's Bay is at length started into individual existence. The colony has been divided into three parts for judicial purposes. The northern, including Auckland and Taranaki, is placed in charge of Chief Justice Arney; the middle, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, and Nelson, under Mr. Justice Johnston ; and the southern, Canterbury and Otago, under Mr. Justice Gresson j the arrangement being the same as was anticipated. A General Government Gazette contains the appointment of Mr. F. E. Wright as Postmaster at Lyttelton, and of Mr. F. T. Haskins, as sub-postmaster at Papanui. The Hon. H. J. Tancred is appointed Post-master-General. Colonel Wynyard has resigned his seat in the Executive Council and Colonel Gold has been called to the same as the officer commanding the forces in New Zealand. The news from Wellington is little more than what our readers will find comprised in our shipping intelligence to-day; where the names of sundry parties to the causes celebres arising from certain proceedings in the province referred to will be found recorded. In the same catalogue will be seen the names of the Colonial Secretary and Treasurer, and of Colonel Mould, R.E., who is the highest authority on ' public works' in the colony. The mails of July and August are brought down by the" White Swan from Wellington, where they arrived on last Saturday morning from Sydney by the Cheetah. Of course there is no fresh English intelligence by this arrival, the news having outstripped the mail by ten days. The only facts to be collected are that the Fitzroy diggings are still markedly set down as a complete failure, and that markets are consequently depressed.