AUCKLAND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 276, 23 June 1855, Page 5

AUCKLAND.

1 Oui Auckland files have not reached us, but we exfi.ict the following summaiy on the dispute between the Supenntendent jnd tbe Piovincial Coiintil from the laianaki Herald: — i "The bieich between tbe Supetintendent and the Piovincial Council, is unhappily widening, instead of contracting", and the sitting h<is been biouqbt to a sudden close. On the 27tli ultimo the Council ha\ in? g6ne tbiough a poition of the Suppiementaiy Estimates and voted idiious amounts for the public seivice of the Piovince, abruptly adjourned to the sth of June. Whereupon' on the 30th ultimo His Honoi the Superintendent issued bis pioclamation pioioguing the said Council by the powers in him vested foi that puipose by the Constitution Act. Tbe Auckland journals take different views of these pioeeeilmgs, as will be uatheied from the following exuacts. The New Zealander ol the 2nd mst'savs — " The"1 Pioriucial* { Council adjourned on Friday last for a.'penod of five weeks, hating pieviously'inade'piousion for earning on all the necessaiy public woiks in the Piovince dnung the niteival. On yesteidav, His Houor the Superintendent pioioguml the Conuul by pioclanution in the Gazette, and Minultaueuusly mfoinied the public in his ne^spapei, the Southern Cioss, that he will not be justified befoie the countiy in meeting the same Council again.

" Those who hare been watching; the manoeuvres ofhis Honor since the election, have not been much surprised at this coup d'etat. " A little natural amazement is expressed by others who do not know Mr. Brown, at the ! course which his Honor Las been advised to ] take, of dictating to the representatives of the people the method in which their deliberations should be conducted, and, because they do not rigidly obey his orders, bringing the session to a premature close. " Of, the means by which Mr. Brown procuTed his election to the office which he at present holds we have already expressed our opinion. That he should find the Provincial Council, chosen under very different influences, opposed to him, was to be expected ; that he should endeavour at the earliest possible period to get rid of the Council was a necessity, and his Honor has now set about the accomplishment of this purpose. Whether, supposing a dissolution probable, Mr. Brown will again be Superintendent, or, being so,, will find a Council more favourable to his schemes than the present, are problems which time will solve." " The Southern Cross comments on the adjournment of the Council in the followiug terms:— " The representatives of the people have actually abandoned the'session in the middle of the Supplementary Estimates, although many of the sums were urgently required for carrying on public works of the utmost importance to the progress and prosperity of the Province. " Tiiel Councillors] have deserted their posts —have flung every consideration of their duty to the electors and to the country to the winds/ " The Supplementary Estimates seem to have been regarded with a sort of dread by the Council, lest, should the sums be provided for the various works and services therein proposed,' the progress of the country, and by consequence the [stability of the present Government and policy would be so firmly established, that further opposition would be unavailing. .- " This] success] was obvious enough, and we were prepared for every obstacle being thrown in the way of its accomplishment But we must confess that such regardless and unscrupulous conduct never entered our imagination. Could suck folly be dreamed of as that the Re--1 presentatives of the people—anxious to forward all works and improvements— would have se-. parated in the middle of considering the Estimates, and at the very time when the funds for the roadsjind bridges were about to be voted ? '• We mentioned in our last the abrupt adjournment of the Council to the oth of July, followed immediately by a prorogation by his Honor who has since applied to his Excellency, but without success, for a dissolution of the Council The reasons stated for adopting this course, arej J& M Firstly,—That I have not the means of forming a suitable Executive Council; out of 24 members there are but two upon'whose support I can depend ; one of these has already declined a seat at the Executive board; the other, although he has enabled me to comply with the law, requiring one member at least of the Executive to be chosen from amongst the Provincial Council, is unwilling to carry on even the formal duties of an Executive Officer during another Session. " Secondly.—That a material portion of the supplies have been voted, not till the termination of the current year but only until the last day of June; to the detriment as I believe of the Public service. "Thirdly.—That the Provincial Council, notwithstanding a resolution agreed to by themselves, that they were "ready at once to enter on the consideration of any business, which in his Honors opinion the public interests required should be disposed of without delay," have separated leading without consideiation, ,neabefore?hr e SS1"° "'"■** Whlch * had laid « Fourthly -That they have separated by means of a long adjournment, notwithstanding the intimation conveyed in my Message No. 29 that long adjournments were objectionable, and that itw.is my intention to attend at the council chamber for the purpose of prorogation so soon ' as the state of the public business would allow • and notwithstanding my intimation, conveyed throiigh the hon. member representing the Execume, that the long adjournment would be considered as an act of defiance. " I iftfaly.—Because the Provincial Council, by fesomng to the expedient of a long adjourn- ,

inent, have disenabled me from meeting them to prorogue in person ; leaving me no means of proroguing, except by proclamation ; a copy of which together with my Message No. 29,1 have the honor to enclose." The reply of; the Colonial Secretary declines to comply with bis Honor's request, on the ground, that" In a country like this where, from the rapid increase of population, every year adds so many eligible persons to the constituencies, it would be improper for his Excellency to bring about a General Election immediately before the completion of the Electoral Roll for the year, and probably by that means exclude, by a few weeks only, a numerous and respectable body of settlers from exercising, for perhaps for four years, any influence in the Government of the country."