AUCKLAND.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XIV, Issue 70, 28 November 1855, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

Thk Northern Elections.

When we predicted the triumph of Progress principles at the late elections, we did so in the full confidence that these principles were in accordance with the views of a large majority of the population of the province. The result has amply verified our prediction, for although, by the use of means which no man

of principle could justify, the contest has been rendered a closer one than we anticipated, the triumph of the principle for which we contend, so far from being lessened, has been materially increased. The victory has become a double one — a victory of Progress over Officialism on the one hand, and, on the other, of integrity and sobriety over corruption and debauchery. It will be seen from the statement which follows that the present ascertained majority for Dr. Campbell is, in round numbers, 70 — a majority to which every arrival may now be expected to add. It will also be observed that, taking the present state of the poll for the Northern and Southern Divisions, and for the Bay of Islands, each party will have returned twelve members to the Provincial Council. It is obvious, however, from the returns that are coming in, that the Progress party command a large majority at the outstations, and we anticipate that, when these returns shall have been all received, the Progress representatives will receive a considerable accession of strength. Of the twelve members that Auckland returns to the General Assembly, the progress partyhave already elected three for the City, and one for the Suburbs. The returns for both divisions of the province and for the Bay of % Islands are necessarily still defective, but in^his case also it will be ultimately seen that Progress commands a majority. In our next it will be in our power to communicate more definite information as to the state of the poll. In the meantime we congratulate the friends o£ Progress on the success that has attended their efforts in the good cause ; and we take occasion, at the same time, to express a wish, which, we are sure, will be widely reechoed, that Auckland has witnessed the expiring effort of the Old Official faction. SUPEEINTENDENCT. Majorities. Whitaker. Campbell. City .... 11 Newmarket . . 48 Howick . . .65 Panmure ... 2 Onehunga . . .64 Otahuhu ... 21 Titirangi . . . 26 North Shore . . 14 The Wade ... 74 Muddy Creek . . 22 Waiheki ... 48 Henderson's Mill . 34 Papakura ... 13 Mahurangi. . . 29 Waiuku ... 16 Wangarei ... 42 Coromandel . . 47 Kawau . . .18 Matakana ... 7 Maxwell's Station . 16 Wairoa ... 4 Russell ... 20 Kawhia ... 4 282 323 Majority for Campbell ... 71 GENERAL ASSEMBLY. City. Campbell 490 Beckham 486 Daldy 452 Connell 418 O'Neil 879 Dignan 362 Messrs. Campbell, Beckham, and Daldy wen declared to be duly elected. Suburbs. Merriman 124 Brodie 118 Turner 112 Pollen 99 Messrs. Merriman and Brodie were declared to be duly elected. Nobthbbk Division. Forsaith 148 Henderson .... 126 May 110 Lee 79 Returns from the out-stations not yet received. Southbbit Division. Buckland 222 Graham 285 Newman 278 Taylor 256 Returns from the out-stations not yet received. Pensionee Settlements. We are without particulars, but Messrs. Greenwood and Williamson were declared to be duly elected. We regret that the above statement should appear at this advanced date in so defective a form, and without being verified by reference to official returns. We have made repeated applications to the Returning Officer for the necessary information, but have been quite unable to obtain any satisfactory reply. We regret this the more, as, in the present state of the public mind, the absence of such intelligence will be a source of much disappointment. — Southern Cross, October 30.

Land Sale.

Yesterday, according to the official notification, the sale of surburban lands at Remuera, together with those of the villages of Papakura and of Drury, both situated on arms of the Manukau, took place at the Court House — Mr. Reader Wood, one of the Crown Land Commissioners, officiating as salesman upon the occasion. Accustomed, as we long have been, to the keen and spirited competition exhibited at such sales, we were, we confess, little prepared for the eager biddings which were offered, and for the extraordinary prices realized, and that at a time of so much (alleged) colonial depression. The avidity with which every lot brought forward was purchased affords the most conclusive and satisfactory assurance of the estimation in which the lands of this province continue to be held; and as the purchases were made evidently much more with a view to occupation than of speculation, we feel bound to accept the result of the present sale as a substantial testimony of the valid and unswerving progress of Auckland. We shall furnish, in our next, the full particulars of the sale, merely at present observing, for the information of the general reader, that the Remuera land is from three to four miles distant from Auckland, whilst the embryo villages of Papakura and Drury are from 16 to 18 miles off on the Great South Road. Of the land at Remuera there are 54 lots, varying from three to eleven acres. For lots fronting on the Tamaki Road, the competition was exceedingly brisk, one lot commanding nearly £170 per acre. The proceeds of this section amounted to For the village lots at

Papakura about £934 were obtained, whilst those of Drury netted somewhere about £439, The total of the day's sale mar be estimated at £10,392.— New Zealander, October 31.

The Superintendency.

The returns from several of the distant polling places not having been received, we are unable to give an accurate report of the state of the poll. The accounts obtained from Coromandel last evening were much less favourable than had been expected, the numbers being, for Dr. Campbell, 46; for Mr. Whitaker, 11. In our next we hope to be able to announce the numbers polled on either side. It will be found to be a very close contest, and whoever shall be declared successful will, we think, have no ground to boast of his majority. The calculations with which our contemporary has been amusing his supporters for the past few days will be shown to have been utterly visionary and absurd. We are in possession of some startling facts with reference to the proceedings at Waiheki and Coromandel, as well as at other places ; but we purposely abstain from making any comment on these transactions at present; as we understand that it is the determination of an influential body of the dona fide electors of the province to cause a rigid scrutiny to be instituted into the whole of the proceedings. — Ibid.

From the New Zealand Government Gazette, issued last night, we learn that his Excellency the Governor has appointed Sidney Stephen, Esq., Chief Justice of the Northern District, and Daniel Wakefield, Esq., Judge of the Southern District of New Zealand, from the Ist of November next, during the absence of William Martin, Esq.— lbid.

Proclamation is made by his Excellency, that the regulations for the disposal of the ■waste lands of the Province of New Plymouth shall come into force one month from the date of their publication in the New Plymouth Provincial Gazette. — Ibid.