LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM WELLINGTON.

Colonist, Issue 3, 30 October 1857, Page 2

LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM WELLINGTON.

By the Wonga Wonga, which arrived yesterday afternoon from Wellington, through the kindness of Captain Kennedy, we have received a copy of the Wellington Independent of the 24th instant, extracts from which we give below:— 'ELECTION. FOR SUPERINTENDENT. Since our last, the returns from Wairarnpa and Wanganui Have been received. The majority in favor of Dr Featherston at the Wairarapa is 51, and at Wanganui and Rangitikei 216. The Ahuriri Return is hourly expected by the Wonga Wonga. The following is the detailed result of the poll, far as is at present known :—

Featherston. Welch. City 283 263 Hutt 03 72 Upncr Hutt 9 0 Wainuiomata 6 0 Karori 19 15 Porirua 17 6 Pahautanui 16 0 Otaki 20 21 Manawatu 12 0 Grey town 13 21 Masterton 28 1 Castle Point 6 1 Ruangurua 15 0 ' Whanguiona 8 0 fJ'e Awaiti fl 0 Flat Point 1 3 Wellington (qualified) 4 0 Wangamii 155 0 llangitikei \ fil Turakina j bl ° 770 403

Public Meeting.—On Thursday evening, October 22nd, an adjourned public meeting .-.was held in the Lyceum Theatre" to consider the propriety of nominating twelve Candidates to represent the City in the Provincial Council who are known to he favorable to a .Radical Reform of the present Provincial Government." The following'electors were nominated as fit persons to represent the City in the Provincial Council, viz. :■—Messrs. Allen, Carpenter, Wakefield, Toomath, King, Bowler, Yarnham, Warburton, R. Barry, M'Laggan, and James Russell, John Gell. Mistaking the Tune.—At a church of' color,' lately, the minister noticing a number of persons, both white and colored, standing upon the seats during the singing service, called out in a loud voice, ' Git down off dem scats, boff white man and color; I care no more for de one dan I does for dc odder/ Imagine the pious minister's surprise on hearing the congregation suddenly commence singing, in short metre — * Git down off dem scats, Boff white men and color, I care no more for one man .-..••■ Dan I does for de odder.' The Motive for 'Climbing.'—'Fellow sinners,' said an American preacher,' if you were told that by going to the top of those stairs yonder (pointing to a ricketty pair at one end of the church), you might secure your eternal salvation, I really believe hardly any of you would try it. But let any man proclaim that there were a hundred sovereigns up there for you, and 111 be bomnd there would be such a getting up stairs as you nswr did sec' Sanguine. — Lord Lyndoch being at Malta about 1840, when there was a talk of a war with France, said," I can't go home by France." " Why not, my Lord ?" " Oh, d them, they miglit catch me, and I don't want to spend twenty or thirty years in a French prison. lie was then past ninety.— Napier's JLife. \

Mhetino of Licensed Victuallers op Sydnky am) Suui'R-ns. —In pursuance of advertisement, a meeting of this association was held at the Freemasons' Hall Hotel, to consider what steps the trade should take consequent upon the impu* tation cast on them in the leading article of the ■ Empire, of Saturday, the 3rd instant.. About forty gentlemen were present, and Mr. Thomas Leavy, the chairman of the association, presided. ■ The chairman briefly stated the object of the meeting, and demanded of those present to bring forward a series of resolutions, that would let the public and Mr. Parkes' know whether they were the contemptible class they were represented to be in the article in question, and whether they would submit to the calumny implied, without "expressing their reprehension of it. The resolutions were then proposed and passed seriatim. Several of the speakers desired it to b distinctly understood, that the meeting had reference exclusively to the article alluded to; and .that as they had bran supporters of Mr. Parkes and his piper, at was with regret they felt called upon to take the course they did; but an insult whether intentional or otherwise had been cast upon them, and it was their duty to vindicate their character as a body. The Licensed Victuallers in .England were of the wealthiest and most reputable portion of the community, as they were here also; and they -were called upon publicly to deny that the characteristics.of the most abandoned criminals of Cockatoo, or ' illiteracy' 'a self-indulgent disposition,' or 'ungovernable passions and violent language'—are qualities desirable in a respectable landlord of a tavern. It was observed, tnat the subscription lists of all the charitable institutions in the colony bore record of the fact, that the Licensed Victuallers disbursed a larger amount of money for public charities than any other body of. men in the colony, and at was known that they were ever ready to contribute towards the general advancement of the interests of the country. One gentleman wished to know if it would not be as well to write to Mr. Parkes, requesting some explanation of the paragraph, but this was overruled on the ground that Mr. Parkes had had ample time" for making an explanation, had he been disposed to offer one. The Licensed Victuallers were as worthy of respect as the members of any other trade, and they should not submit to have it said without contradiction, that a man of a loose or abandoned moral character, one so bad that he was not fit to be irt1 eh- rge of criminal*, would yet make a respectable 'landlord of a tavern. All trades (it was urged) were interested in the course they took, for any of them were liable to a similar attack, and if they gave a sufficiently strong utterance to their condemnation of the article referred to, to prevent anything of the kind occurring again, they would have accomplished something. A vote of thanks was then conveyed to the chairman, and the meeting dispersed.— Sydney paper. A Romance of Sydney Property.—The great Newtown Ejectment ease was founded on circumstances that we believe are not altogether unique with respect to Sydney property, and it is highly probable that the gentlemen connected with the long robe will soon be engaged in an action somewhat similar, although the issue will not affect so valuable a property as that involved in the late decision of the Supreme Court. Many years ago, a certain person in humble circumstances of life was transported to this country, and arriving in those goxl old times when Bumberrycurron was almost beyond the limits of location, and land was to be had for nearly nothing,, it is not to be wondered at that he became possessed of many of the nice plots which now form the great city of Sydney. Some of this land was situated in what is now known as George-st., other of it in the now Liverpool-street, while the rest was in what has since proved to be not less fortunate spots. During the lifetime of this happy man and fortunate prisoner, he gave permission to - seme of his less wealthy companions in exile to make use of the land so long as he lived, and on some of the portions small buildings were constructed by them. They and their generation have passed away, and about sixteen or seventeen years ago, the old man died. But before he paid his. debt to nature, he made his will, and bequeathed the whole of his real estate to a.nephew in England, and deposited it, with the title-deeds of the land, in a secure place. As nothing was heard of the nephew for a number of years, it was deemed by many who cast a longing eye on the'property, that'he would never be forthcoming, and on this assumption possession was taken of the old man s property in. George-street, near Bathurst-street, in Live; pool-street, and on "the Rocks." In Liver-, pool-street a fine liouse and out-premises were ei'ected, and uninterruptedly enjoyed for a. number of years by one of the mil.lionares of tbe metropolis; buildings of .different dimensions and value wore raised on the other allotments, and what in the original possessors time was of so little value, that he gave occupation of it for nothing, is now worth some twenty or thirty or thirty thousand pounds! A short time since the ' uninterrupted possession' was disturbed by a coimtryfied 'new chum' walking into the back yard in Liverpool street, and surreying tbe result of labor and wealth. He had not been there many minutes before be was accosted b}' one of the servants, who asked him what he was "doing there; he said ho had come for the purpose of looking at his property. The man believing the intruder to be either a rogue or,a maniac, threatened that if he did not make himself scarce he .would give him in charge to a constable. The master of the house hearing the altercation, came . into. the yard and enquired what the matter Avas. On being told, he 'pooh-poohed' the whole affair,-told the man he had better be off, as it was apparent he had come there to rob tbe place. The stranger, who had maintained a firm and resolute air the whole time, said it would be easy for the master to see whether there was any imposition or not j and putting his hand into his coat-pocket drew out a . large packet of papers. The first glance at them told their tale. The gentleman who had built his house upon the sand, and knew it, felt that he was in a difficulty. He invited the stranger into the >. parlor, and handing him a chair, asked permission to see the papers, on the authority of which the claim upon the property was made. These were opened and read.. The gentleman could say nothing against the claim, but intimated that he would keep possession xmtil the law compelled him to relinquish it. The stranger was afterwards politely bowed out, and went on his way rejoicing. Thus the case stands at the present time.—Goutburn Chronicle, October 3. Punch a ia Cihnoisk. —A rather extraordinary exhibition took place in the camp on Wednesday, in front of the Warden's Office. Some Chinese erected a Punch and Judy box, somewhat resembling that time-honored institution of our own country. The performance, judged with the eye of a critic, could not lie considered highly successful ; the chief actor lacked that finely delineated mixture of rollicking good-nature and reckless contempt of human life which invariably characterises our English performer. The management of the all-powerful baton was decidedly inferior, and the never-to-be-forgotten accents of the Punch of our childhood were not improved by , translation into Chinese. Doubtless had we understood the language, we might have found the inferiority in action compensated by that refined though poignant wit in dialogue for which our Chinese friends are so celebrated.— Ballaarat Times. A Voic:o from the Diggings.—A gold-digger ■ writing from Bondigo Creek, Australia, to a friend in England, concludes his letter with the following unique and earnest appeal :—' Now, pray write once a month at least, and number your letters, that I may see whether I receive all and -. above all things vote for Ocean Penny Postage. Go a-head with that. A penny is enough for a let-er. Our shippers only pay three-farthings a pound for freight of wool, and less for tallow. I only paid JLS for my passage out, which is 3600 pence ; and 1 believe I weigh 3600 half ounces! Besides, our shippers nearly kept me in food for . 100 days, and 22 days more. Just try to remember that, and that a'lctter does not eat anything. If the Ocean Penny Postage Avere established, Government would, reap the advantage in paper duties, for where one letter is now sent, one hun- . drcd would be;. and the Btationers would sell a ream where they now sell a quire.