LYTTELTON COLONISTS' SOCIETY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume II, Issue 85, 21 August 1852, Page 7

LYTTELTON COLONISTS' SOCIETY.

Business for Wednesday Evening 25th o Augnst,lßs2 -. Ist, Mr. Birch's proposition— " Understanding that Mr. Roy's estimate for the completion of the road between Lyttelton and the Ferry has been received from his Excellency the Governor, it is proposed that a Committee be appointed to ascertain what steps have been taken in reference to it." 2nd, Mr. Fitzgerald's proposition— " This Society would esteem it a great favour if the Colonial Surgeon in concert with all the other Medical gentlemen in practice at Lyttelton and Christchurch, would undertake to draw up a report upon the sanatory condition of the settlement, to be delivered as a lecture to this Society." 3rd, To receive the report of the Library Committee as to the best method of cataloguing the books. 4th, To receive the report of the Committee on the subject of bringing the Coal recently discovered on the Plains into the market. sth, The Rev. Mr. Paul's second Lecture on the History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century.

The Whaling Barque " Fancy ' anchored in our harbour on Thursday, direct from the Auckland Islands, bringing Mr. Dundas, M.P., Commissioner of the South Sea Whale Fisheries, together with several persons employed at Port Ross, and a quantity of stores. The "jßarl of Hard wick" is also daily expected here with the residue of the stores, &c, the establishment being completely broken up. Mr. Dnndas, we understand, proceeds in the "|Fancy" to Sydney in a few days. No spot has been definitely fixed upon for the future operations of.the company, but some Port in Australia is likely, we hear, to be selected. We publish a Proclamation issued by the Governor-in-Chief, appointing the number of Members to sit in the Provincial Council of the Southern Province. The Council is to consist of thirty-three members, of which Canterbury is to have live, Wellington eight, Nelson six, and Otago three; the remaining eleven being nominated by His Excellency. "We presume the writs will shortly be issued for the Elections ; if so, the people will soon have to select these whom they may deem worthy of representing their interests. On Tuesday, Mr. Thompson, of Christchurch, succeeded in bringing an empty dray drawn bytwo horses over the bridle-path. This is, we believe, the first instance of a carriage crossing the hills which intervene between Lyttelton and the Plains. A correspondent has taken advantage of this circumstance to write us a letter, which we publish elsewhere, to ascertain whether something cannot at once be done to render the road more practicable. We recommend the subject to the attention of the Colonist Societies, as we learn that the uncertainty of the transit by water is causing great inconvenience to the Inhabitants of Christchurch, and serious loss to the Merchants of Lyttelton. A Meeting of the Settlers' Constitutional Association was held at Wellington, on the 30th of July, at which it was recommended that the Settlers should at once enroll their names as Electors under the Provincial Councils' Ordinance. The "Independent" publishes some astounding accounts respecting the state of the Wellington Jail, and thinks they should be forwarded to London for publication iv the Times ; as_ "to tell half the truth in their columns might be construed into a libel on the authorities, while to tell it all, would be a libel on humanity." A deputation waited upon the Governor on the subject, and His Excellency promised that additional accommodation should be afforded for the ticenty-two unfortunates inhabiting the six cells. Stealing Wood from the Crown Lands. —Two or three charges of removing dead wood from the Crown Lands, were disposed of at the District Court, by the inffliction'of a penalty of 20s.— Melbourne Argus, July Bth. The temporary lighthouse erected by Mx. Mills by order of the Government on Pencarrow Head was lighted for the first time on Wednesday evening last, July 28th, and is likely to answer the purpose exceedingly well. The sailing directions for which, we aie informed, will be drawn out out in a few days.— Wellington Spectator, '