ADELAIDE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IV, Issue 226, 30 December 1854, Page 6

ADELAIDE.

The New Constitution.—The following is an'extract of a letter received by a gentleman in Adelaide, from an old colonist at present in England:—"Nothing has been done in the matter of your constitution. The present ministry would like to shelve it if they could. By the*way, I addressed a letter of some length to Sir J. Pakington, {respecting Mr. Lawky's appointment, and the promised constitution, giving j, im lhe whole history as to the bill sent homo. I received a very polite letter from him, and his course in the House has been influenced by the statements I made. He told me ho was not aware the bill appointing a Nominee Upper Chamber had been passed in the colony. I believe Sir John was the best colonial minister we ever had, and 1 should n»i l, e surprised if on •some fresh turn of the political wheel he were to resume his old office. He i* the man -it -ill events to interest and employ in ih« pnssin- of he lull scut home. He has groat weight in' the House, and is more effective as a Splicer than I expected."—//^/. '

His Excellknoy the Govkhnor.—W<> understand that the appointment. ..I Sir Henry Young is to be that of Governor of Van Die-

men's land, instead of Lieutenant Governor as heretofore. The absence from London of Her Majesty the Queen, and the members of the Privy Council, when the English mail left.,w«uld probably delay for a fortnight the compljJffon^tf His Excellency's commission. No menpn had been madcof ,Sir Henry's successor up to the 9th of September.— lbid.

[Postscript.—We observe by the Aug. tralian and New Zealand Gazette of ihe 23rd Sept. that our emigration agent Mr. Harinan lias? arrived in England, and is prepared to commence operations at once.]