ARRIVAL OF THE "LORD ASHLEY."

Otago Daily Times, Issue 92, 3 March 1862, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE "LORD ASHLEY."

LATER FROM THE NORTHERN PROVINCES.

By the " Lord Ashley," which arrived on Saturday afternoon, we have dates irom Nelson to 25th instant from Wellington to 26th, and from Canterbury to 23th. The '' Lord Ashley" loft Sydney on the 16th February. We find but little Provincial news to extract beyond what is detailed by our Wellington correspondent. By way of Sydney we bave fuller particulars of the latest American news, which will be found elsewhere. The " Wellington Advertiser " says :— " Tho General Assembly stands prorogued to the 7th April, but there is no intention to convene it at . that date. Mr. Fox, in fact, dare not meet the As- , semblv just now, and he will be sure, therefore, to put off doing- so until some more convenient oppor- , tunity. It'ia said that it is to be held in V\ elliuirton in June, but we very much doubt whether it will be , bo. Tliere will be some row kicked up at Auck. land to prevent the Assembly being summoned here, which probably will have the coveted result of preventing it being summoned at all. We take the following from the same paper :— " The second General Synod of the Church of England has been held at, Nelson, and has already terminated its labors. The opening address of the , Bishop of New Zealand, was short, business-like, and hopeful. The number of clergyman has risen _to < nearly one hundred, including one priest and nine deacons of the native race. " "We are informed that application has been made to the Wellington Steam Navigation Company by his . Honor the Superintendent of Marlborough; to resume the steam service between Picton, AVellington, and Nelson. We are not in a position to state whether the company will be able immediately to accede to this proposition, on account of the arrangements made . for the service of His Excellency; but wo trusty that the communication may iiot long be interrupted. From Nelson we have but, little intelligence to note. Tlie only news of the goldfields on the west coast is embodied in the following paragraph from the Nelson r Examiner of February 22. " The West CoAsr.—By the schooner Mary, which I arrived here on Thursday morning last, we have further news from the West Coast. The Mary brought a upwards of 300 ounces of gold and twelve passengers. We have bsen informed by several persons that no one now resident at the Buller doubts the fact of its being a very rich goldfield, but roads are requisite to enable persons to penetrate into the country. Many of the diggers speak of their wish, not only to stay in and around the Buller, but to induce their friends at Otago, who are not in possession of very good claims, to winter there with them. We hope that tho Buller is not fated to the same treatment so long received by Collingwood. s A valuable plumbago mine has been opened up at ~ Massacre Bay.