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Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 736, 26 November 1859, Page 4

By the Mail, there is little news ftorn Auckland of interestio-Soiitherir readers. After a very stormy session in\ the course of : which the members of the; Auckland Council indulged ■in language, condemned -by all parties,- the .Superintendent prorogued till January/ when eleven new mem^e^' are to take their seats.in :accbrdahce with''#h!;/Extension. Act passed .during the session before last ;'■ so that the Province is at pr.esent agitated by'the .turmoil of elections. The.fmaiicial differences between .the. Superintendenftand Council have r led to ■no definite result 5 the Government carrying; ; their' money bills; ; the; report of x thV; finance T c6mmittee, I hostile to ; Goverrinien^ ;was carnedhy the casting vote of the Speaker.; ; "We have received no, papers^from.TarMalci;- ---; At "Wellington^the4thanst v Mri;Wake-I ifield moved, a vote, of-want of confidence in' the Executive, which- was carriedi by a: majority of 13 to 6:-' The* Superintendent, by message to the Cojiricil, declined to change' his Executive on 'the ground! that the majority of the Council did nbt possess the confidence iof the people • and, stating his reliance on an ■appeal to 'the/ ultimate ; court of appeal—-the people, either by tjie-voluntary, resignation of itsmembers or by a dissolution of the Council.' The Council, in retlly; passed a resolution \ pledging the pouhcil !pnly to give. indemnity for such sums ex^eiided as they would have I assented to previons to expenditure, and I : virtually asserting.atcletermination to consider. ; only what, they conceived to be necessary business. The onfy item, however, of im- = | portance which the Council refused to allow ;iii the lisfrof former unvoted expenditure is. that for the Boomerang contract. This item appears to have been; reserved as' a ground of action on which to try the difference, between; the> Superintendent and- .Council on the question of expenditure. ; ; A Wellington Municipal Corporation Bill has passed though committee; -A/; Solicitor: of; the name of Henry I Bunny has f been Suspended by Mr. Justice ' ■Johnston after, a, long hearing,.'in order to obtain further.evidence of ,nefarious practices in England. Sucli evidence had been adduced ■ as to make his Honor confess to having very:, .little faith in Bunny's " vague, unsatisfactory, and inconclusive eiplanation" 6f former passages in his life. ;.; ;! ;; ; ; ; :

' At. Hawkes'BAy tW .Provincial,. Council ;was to have met on the .22nd lnst. : A Me■chanics' Institute lias J)een founded at Napier. ; At- Nelson all is, quiet,,,and ithere are appairent promises Si of <> prosperity. « Land sales .continue; and the; gold'fields'are productive. ; r£he.,haste with 'Mich the new province' of Marlbbroughi wa^ proclaimed' still iiurnishes a sul^ject; for <3oi^meht, : HilExcellency the ;Gpvernor is expettedin Nelson on a visit in :H.M,S. Niger. {-, s He.,; will return1 to Aucldancl previous to his trip to' the. other Southern Provinces. v