Local Intelligence.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 539, 2 January 1858, Page 5

Local Intelligence.

The Christmas holidays of the Province are extended to "Wednesday next, wheti the Foundation Stone of the New Government Buildings : will be laid. An advertisement in our columns points out the forms and ceremonies which are to be observed on the occasion. ; The sum. set apart at the last Session of the Council for the purpose of building these new offices was, it will be recollected, £3,500. The site is that originally adopted, on the Bank of the Avon, between the Land Office and the Papanui Bridge.' ': ■ ■ . ■■■■■ ,;.:.■; ? The Glentanner came up from' Pigeon Bay on Thursday, having completed her refit. As summer advances the gardens and fieldsr throughout the province exhibit rapid progress towards harvest time. ' In the gardens of Lyttelton, strawberries are passing away> gooseberries are at the commencement of their season ; and cherries, currants, and raspberries are at the maturity of their ripeness..l In this respect, Lyttelton is in advance of many portions of the province. In the fields all grain crops look remarkably well, the rain of November followed by the sunshineof December having do,ne. thara great "good. _ t Wheat, barley, and oats nave now been sometime in ear, and the harvest, though, not likely to be as early as that of'last year, will at any rate not be long in coming; and will, we venture to say, be fully equal in amount to the last. * LYTTELTON REGATTA. This annual festivity-, for so it may be termed,. rather than a sporting event, was originally held on the Queen's Birthday; but the uncertain i weather and prevailing calms at that period of i the .yearinterfered so constantly with the amuse- ' ments peculiar to a seaport town, that by common consent New Year's Day has been ? within the last few years, the grand holiday, of this town. Great interest had been shown in the preliminary arrangements for commemorating the birthday of the year 1858; ,and the active cooperation of all classes of our fellow-townsmen was given to establish the amusements of the day upon a proper footing, as well as to provide the sinews of war. Captain •'Sp'roul, 'the newly appointed Harbour-master, besides assisting in I the preliminary .arrangements, undertook the: j office of umpire in the v marine sports. A Regatta to include all classes of boats belonging to ' this port, a Children's Fete,! and the accustomed Rural Sports, were arranged to be the events of the dajr; but the chief interest centred on: the Regatta. On Thursday evening the final meeting of the committee was held at the Canterbury Hotel, to receive entries for the different races'and apportion the prizes to each. The following vessels were entered: — ; . 1. Sailing Match for Decked Boats mider 20 tons. Entrance, £1 Is. .Ist prize, .£ls; 2nd, £7 10s.; 3rd, to save his stake. Father Thames,.Foster, ensign at the main. Midlothian, Marshall, Ist dist. pennant. Waterlily, Green, ensign at the mast-head. ; Emerald, Siriimohds, red, white; and bluev Annie, Palmer, ensign at the j)eak; ■■'■■':'' Flirt, W. Day, blue at the mast-head. : Julia Ann, Swanson, ensign at the top-mast-head. - 2. Saih'ngMatchfor Open J?oats;above4 tons] -Entrance, 10s. 6d. Ist prize, £8; 2ndj , •; £4; 3rd, to save his .stake. „ v , jj Will-if-I-Can, Cameron, ensign at the peak. ' ; Try-it^AgaifT, Cookj-blackat'the'peak. :. ; 3. Sailing Match for Open Boats under? 4 tons; Entrance, ips.'6d.. Ist prize, £6; 2nd ..-.. .. • .do ? je3;t3rd tOisaye his stake. 5 ; Glentanner, Bruce, red. ■"••-•■* „ ' ''' j Waterwitch, J. F. Healgy,.blue. ' ' 1 Dug-out, M. Healey; green." ' i 4. Rowing Match for 5-Oared Boats. En r "trance, 10s. 6d. Ist prize, 1C6";" 2nd do., £3; 3rd to save his stake. ! Go-a-head, T. Cameron.,., - ; -.- . ,-, ■;> j Dismal George, Clarkson. ■ t ) } . '" ! Will-if-I-can, J.Cameron. 1'"1 J" ..'":; s - j 5. Rowing Match for 4-Oared Boats. EaJtrance, 7s. 6d. Ist pri-ie,*!*;^ 2nd doi, £2; 3rd to saveHns stake. ,Vt ! Annie Laurie, Genet:nf.'v/!*.!> jin;-.' I There?she^oßß,}Pßrkin«)iy^- « , §Hftg?PonrJ'^amerbn. , -&uiadKer,JQavis ; _^ | * 6. Dingy PulUijg, Entrance, ss. l|t prize,'^2r*indxf64%:H 3rd to save his !■■,] f.^.f . O -^x-if-^l, I. T 4 Emerald, Healey. „. , *•v | Young Flirty Hobbs. '-'" r ■'. ; i Try Again, Cameron, ; WilUf-I-Cnni G. Clarkson. Lightning, T. Clarkson. |

7. Sculling Match for" iVingies.' Entrance, 2s. 6tl, i ß t; prize, £2; 2nd do., £1; 3rd . tQ »aye his stake.' -^ ■ Who'd-havo-thought-it, G. Clarkson. •Judas, T. Clarkson. ,'■ '. Uncle-beat-em, Cameron, , - . Young Eli rt, Ilobbs. 8. Duck.Hunt, Prize £;2. Duck, P. Cameron; Boats, G. Clarkson, and T. Clarkson. The Ist race to begin at 9 o'clock, the 2nd at 10, the Sr'd at' 1 "I, the 4t"h>t 12, and the 'sth at 2; the others to follow. The order and management of the other sports was left to be arranged on the ground. Midnight on Thursday, and the commencement of, the New Year, was signalized by the ringing of bells, the firing of guns, and a display of rockets and blue lights from the shore and the shipping. ;,, : .. - The night was fine, but the morning of the. New Year broke amid a down pour of fain; and although there seemed symptbms of improvement from time tptime, it was agreed generally ithat the holiday should be deferred till this day, : when the amusement's arelntended -to proceed according to the programme. • - - ■