ELECTION OF SUPERINTENDENT.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 751, 25 June 1853, Page 3

ELECTION OF SUPERINTENDENT.

Nomination at Auckland. On Monday last, the 20th inst., the nomination of candidates for the Superintendency of this province, took place pursuant to notice. The hustings were erected at, .the marketplace, Shortland street. The attendance was numerous, and continued so to the close, notwithstanding tire fall of heavy rain during part of the proceedings. At noon, the Returning Officer, Thomas Beckham, Esq., Resident Magistrate, read the Governor’s writ ; after which, he said, The electors had assembled a few months since for the purpose of choosing members of the Provincial Council : now he had called them together to perform a far greater and more important duty. This day they were to nominate a Superintendent under the provisions of the New Constitution Act. As he was not there to guide their choice, or to interfere with the election, he would only express his hope that all who may address them would receive a fair and impartial hearing, and that the forbearance, decorum, and good order would he manifested for which this city was distinguished. Respecting the point of precedence in nominating candidates, Mr. Brown had raised a claim to be first proposed, on the ground that he had been first in the field. This claim was not opposed'hy Col, Wynyard’s committee, and the Returning Officer stating that it was in accordance with his own views, the matter was to arranged. Mr. James O’Neill then came forward and spoke as follows ; Gentlemen,— I Tills day is flip beginning of days wjlh this Province; it is a day that will long be remembered by us; it it a day by you may be made a blessing, or by you may be made * curse. Glorious liberty, both civil and religious, supported by *n old settler, stands on the one hand : while on the other hand stands degrading bondage and passive obedience, headed by a military dictator. “ Choose you this day whom you will serve ’ — Will you breath the atmosphere of freedom,or a"ajn adorn Jourselves with the chains of Howning-street ? It is with extreme pleasure and satisfaction that I propose Win. Brown, Esq., as a fit and proper person to be the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, because I believe him to be a staunch Wpporter of liberty, and an unswerving advocate of reform; and therefore it is that I feel sincere gratification in proposing him to the constituency of this Province. In him you can place confidence. If you want a man to watch over the Province with vigilance and care, that man is William Brown ! To that gentleman we are mainly indebted for the boon of cheap land ! tohipi we are indebted for first raising the wholesome question of "Provincial Separation and to him we are indebted for establishing the first line of packets direct irpm England ; and to him we are indeed greatly indebted for supporting a sound ami healthful opposition to an imbecile and domineering government, twelve summers have come and gone since 1 landed in Auckland. This city was not then ornamented with its lawns or its pleasure grounds, its public buildings or its brilliant shops ; no, gentlemen, not even graced with the gallant officer who seeks to rule over us. But Mr. Brown was here, an energetic settler ai ‘d an enlightened merchant. He has been in this place from the very foundation of the colony ; he knows our wants; he is a,f l>raiuted with our grievances; and during those twelve years he I'M arduously and vigorously laboured to increase the prospeiity of our settlement, and advance ibis beautifnrprovince which we hove chosen for our borne Gentlemen.—Every weak and heble minded man is to be pitied, and I believe that your goodntj, of heart leads you to pity Lieut.-Colonel Wynyard for opposing his weakness, and being so easily le.l by a few de“tguing individuals who for their own sinister purposes induced hoi to neglect Ids immediate employment under the Queen, ohu mix himself up with colonial t poluics and party strife ; but >» ambition or caprice must be stopped, for we must not degrade Wirselvti in the eyes of the sister Colonies by having a Soldier

ru’e over ns.—Gentlemen, —Where U Colonel Wynyard ? Is ht» ashamed to rub shoulders with you, is lie afraid of having his shoulder-knots crushed, or is he afraid to meet vou, having two years’ salary in his pocket ? Li t me now ask you what cla<n> Lieut.-Colonel Wynyard has on the constituency that he sliou’d expect to be placed in so responsible a position. The greatest sticklers for the soldier candidate cannot prove him to be a man of even ordinary abilities. What good has he done ? 1 et his wise doings speak for themselves ? Where is the “ combination of qualifications ’ which place seekers say is centered in him f He may have an accurate knowledge of military tactics, hut is he at all intimate with civil mailers? Is he Hot more susceptible of flattery than any other man in the province, and which exposes him tothe tender mercies of every sycophant who hovers round the treasury at quarter-days I In fact, his two years in office have stamped him as a man completely unfit for so onerous a position. Whatever talents the Licut.-CoTonel may possess, they cannot be made conducive to the interests of the sett’ers. It will be lor you to select the best man. Weigh well the merits of the two Candidates. Mr. Brown has done much good ;■ — it is said Lieut.-Colonel Wynyard has done no harm : but will you give five years salrfry, and will you vote for the man who permitted such vast sums of money’ to be squandered on that trunk of earth that abortion of a wharf in opposition to public opinion ? Will you vote for the man who made a false statement against an honest publican, who has been twice as long in the Colony’ as himself* Will you vote for the man who dismissed a meritorious Government servant, merely because be did not submit to be bayoneted by a private soldier? Will yon vote for the man who dismissed Surgeon McGanran without giving him an opportunity of rebutting the charges brought against him ? Will you .vote for the man who manifested such utter disregard for your health and comfort, as to shut the very gates of the Government grounds against your sick wives and children’?— tWc are told we ought to have a person allied to the aristocracy, for our Superintendent. I say, away with the aristocracy, and away with every slave that would crunch at their footstool. We want a healthy democracy.—wc are all free and equal. If you vote for a soldier, you L.flict a cruel wrong on the home of your adoption. Is it because Sir George Grey has chosen a ’General, two Majors, and one Captain for his nominees that we should complete the list hy adding a Lieut.-Colonel ? Electors, show yourselves to be men, rally round the liberal Candidate, and place him high on the poll. If you sell your country by voting for a soldier, your offspring will detest your name; but if you pull with the civilians against military agression, y our posterity will applaud the deed. 2 Mr. J. Boylan seconded the nomination. He said. Gentlemen, —I thank you warmly for your kind greeting; for being unaccustomed to address so many of my fellow citizens,! must confess that 1 found my eloquence, like Bob Acres’ valour, oozing rapidly through my heels; but yon have completely reassured me ; though, believe me, 1 am not sufficiently weak to ascribe it to any personal cause ; I attribute it at once to its proper source —a recognition of the claim to your suffrages of the gentleman v.bom 1 caine forward to propose; and what is of far higher importance, of the 'principle involved in his return— n nnely, that when’the British Government grants you a Constitution liberal beyond all precedent, that when it gives you the power of electing, not only all the members for your two councils, but even your own Superintendent, that you are bound to show the Mother Country that you are sufficiently matured to appreciate such a boon, and that there is not such a dearth of intellect or station amongst you, but that you can find a civilian to fill a civil oflice, without being obliged to have recourse to the commander of the forces. Gentlemen, 1 am as willing as any one.amongst you to acknowledge the merits of the rival candidate; but I come forward to-day to attack Ihe principle not the man ; and I must say, that perhaps in the whole conititution of England and her colonies, no two offices cou’d be found so completely incompatible as that of Commander of the Forces and Superintendent of the people. My objections may be met by stating that Col. Wynyard has discharged the duties of Lieutenant-Governor and Commander of the Forces. But yon must bear in mind that the duties of the LieutenantGovernor arc widely different from those’of Superintendent. In t|,c former case he is simply the governor for the time being He may be away months from the colony, and no inconvenience may arise. Were the council sitting, still that council may conduct its business. Did vacancies or resignations occur, still these vacancies might be filled up, or thoso resignations accepted. In fact, the whole machinery might still be kept working. But it is widely different with the Superintendent he must, and the spirit of the Act is , that lie should be always at bis post that he should devote a great portion of histimetoit ; that he should keep watch an I ward over the interests of the province; that he should prepare drafts of laws for the consideration of the council. No business can be transacted in his absence ; no public monies can be paid without his signature,—no matter how urgent the occasion, no matter how pressing the necessity, nothing can be done in his absence ; and being an elected officer, be cannot delegate his authority. At the very time we need him in the North bis military duties may call him to the South. Her Majesty may require the services of her general, the people may require Ihe services of their superintendent, at one «ud the same time. Should disputes arise with the natives, the Commander of the Forces must be with his regiment, at the very time when the Superintendent should call his council together, and take steps to allay these disputes. And, gentlemen what is an objection before which all the others, strong as they arc, fide away, is, that wc arc not likely to have Sir George Grey for ever. He, at all events, has proved himself the true friend of liberal institutions ; and the lime may come when we may be ruled by a governor who may wish to trench upon our liberties, as governors have wished to do from time immemorial; and who then have we to stand between us and the goverm r but nur Mipcrlntcnden’ ? And think you Hint the Commander of the Forces is the man to do it? lloberl»H. U ynyaid, Esq., 1 have no doubt would do it; but will Colonel Wynyard, Commander of the Force”,—trained in a military school, taught to regatd a standing army as ’he Palladium of England, cm it be expected that he cm do it ! And Ictus suppose, that not c utent with attempts against our liberties,this governor wishes to impose an unjust t x (America proves the possibility), and that the smouldering passions of the people blaze up into open dis content, and they resUt the lax, wliere then wiil your Superintendent be? Why he will be where lie ought to bo, at his i»ost at the head of his regiment to quell the riot. Gmitlemeii, all the above arguments, as you perceive, relate rather to expediency than principle. I how attack the principle. And wou'd yon believe it that the principle at one swoop utterly annihilates the discipline of the British army. The qualification for Superin’en lent is simply a vote: and what speaks highly for the Colonel’s Committee, fifty military men have a vote, consequently any of those soldiers are>juilc eligible to be nominated. Take, for instance, there ate two soldiers qualified for a vole each, out of a 3s. Cd. tenement belonging to Mr. Mitchell, and this is another instance that proves, that whoever attended to ihe registration duties in Colonel Wynyard’s Committee possessed talents that would not have disgraced Mr. Oily Gammon, of the firm of Quirk, Gammon, and Snap. Suppose. then, that some twenty or thirty voters were to pitch upon one of these soldier citizens, and put him Into nomination. Oh ! I can easily fancy the puzzled veterans at home reading the glowing acconnt in my Grandmother’s Review of how ths Commander of the Fotces and a full Private entered the lists as candidates for the Superinlendcncy of Auckland, and how the Commander of the Forces gained the day by a tremendous atid glorious majority. It-may be answered, that that is the Coldnel’st business. 1 say it is not his business ; the principles of the British Constitution are, that the people arc the true s >nrce of all power; and it is the duly of the people to keep all estates within the realm properly balanced and adjusted. But why talk of principles when many of the warmest supporters of Lieut.Co onel Wy nyard acknowledge the principle to be a bad and dangerous one' as a general rule, but that he is the exception ; anil a majority of the gentlemen of New Ulster, with humility truly edify ing, and the more edifying because it was uncalled for, having disci vered that they could find no one amongst themselves qualified for the post, or in whom they could have confidence, come forward and : sk us to have confidence in Ihe candidate whom they select. The gentlemen of New Ulster arc too modest by ball’, and for the honour of the Province I must trespass upon their modesty. I could select half-a-dozen names from the Colonel’s Committee in whom the people would have reposed confidence, and, in addition to these, 1 would ask—where was Captain Beckham, who lias earned for himself the title of the just judge? Where was Captain Porter? Where was Mr. Busby? and though last, in my estimation not the least, where was James Macky ? Him the people were, in a manner, bound to honour, for he was, on a late occasion, passed by unnoticed by the Government whe-n they were dealing out their honours. And had Mr. Bartley’s requisilionists rallied round him with half the enthusiasm that they rallied round the military candidate, Mr. Brown would would have had little room for exultation. In the heat and hurry of (he moment, no doubt Colonel Wynyard seemed to possess overwhelming advantages ; (he number of military and Government voters in. Auckland was respectable, and the Pensioners w.-rc calculated upon to a man. Hut one fact was overlooked, namely, that there might be men amongst the military and goveminent voters, and amongst the pensioners, who preferred voting according to principle, rather than to their interest. Again, it has been stated that the Colonel was brought forward to keep Mr. Brown out; this is an error, Colonel Wynyard was brought out in opposition to Mr. Bartley and Mr. Brown; and it is a thousand pities that those parties who seemed to dep’ore the raising of angry feelings at elections did not act instead of speak, and exert themselves for Mr. Bartley,—in such case, whichever side gained, it would have been merely’ a question as to the number of their personal friends. Gentlemen, I know it is a disagreeable sight to see a man pulling papers out of his pocket to read, but you need not he alarmed, it is only the NewZkvi,a‘ki)su, and an admirable business journal, and an excellent paper to “ chronicle small beer” in ; but considered as a lever to wield public opinion, a very harmless utensil indeed. Oh, well does she deserve the name of My Grandmother's Review! and a very good-natured old lady is my grandmother, and has a decided partiality for Government bantlings. Oh, it is quite tefreshing to see with what forbearance she treats their little wanderings and mishaps. The last child of her affections was the Wharf, —and oh, how fondly she gazed onj while it stood in beauty and strength! until on one unlucky night the urchin burst, as if positively laughing at its poor old grandam, and then what a gentle requiem she sung over his remains. But the old lady, iu common with many other old ladies has a sore point, and bets is Mr. Brown. As a bad whist-player was to the glorious Sarah Battle, even so is Mr. Brown to my Grandmother. In fact, she is at a|l times ready and willing to broomstick Mr. Brown, But, gentlemen, a truce to this, I am about to read you a (paragraph from hj leading article, which gives cause for sad and serious feelings. 1 blame no man for attacking the candidate to whom he is opposed on political grounds; 1 canjmake full allowances for electioneering times too, but when a public journal travels out of its course to asperse and throw contempt on the 000 citizens who voted for Mr. Brown on the last election, and upon the 1000 who will vote for him at this, I think that sueli an attempt, abortive as it is, should not be allowed to pass uncensured or unchallenged. litre, gentlemen, is the precious extract; —“ It could scarcely have been because so many of Mr. Brown’s supporters have not what Dogberry describe* as the natural gift of reading and writing, for (alth >ugh, as Mr. Brown well knows, if the franchise were restricted to those who icottld write legibly, and spell correctly their own names and residences his prospects of success would be infinitesimal indeed), yet now, as on former occasions, a friendly pen might do the work for them.” As far as the last election is concerned, it is perfect nonsense, for the GOO voters who voted for Mr. Brown voted likewise for Captain Salmon, Mr, Whitaker, and Dr. O’Neill, so if they could not read when they voted for him, they certainly could not when they voted lor the others. But the cloven foot peeps out, and ill-natured persons might say,- that notwithstanding the laudations heaped upon Sir George Grey for his liberal suffrage, a little pent-up indignation was suffered to escape at the idpa of the poor man being placed upon a political equality with the rich. I had the honour to be on Mr. Brown’s Committee last lime, and 1 must plead guilty to the heinous charge of waiting upon poor men to solicit them for their votes without first having ascertained whether they could read or write- I could no where find in the Constitution that reading or writing was the qualification ; and if a few could not write it was their misfortune not their fault. Besides we were of the same opinion then that we arc now; that the man who with a large family was placed in circumstances too poor to lly to the land of gold, and too proud to be dependent, who brought his children up to honest industry, had far and away a larger stake in the colony than either Mr. Blown or Colonel Wynyard, and that he was laying a foundation upon which his children would tear a temple to ' vtM . 1 ■and honor.— lt seems we were mistaken. Be ii so. Gentlemen, Ills not piy intention to notice the anonymous pto-

Auctions In the journal during the election, but there arc two letter in it which I feel constrained to notice—because in the first place they contain some passages so objectionable that I cannot pass them by in silence; and, in the second place, because the writer has put his name to them : and gentlemen, when I inform you that the author 1 as received high civic honor himself—that lie was given a public dinner at which the toasts were fast and furious beyond all precedent, I need scarcely add that they are ushered into the world with a no less respectable signature than Captain W. Powditch. Gentlemen, my extracts shall he as short as possible ; for you will perceive that Captain Powditch’s style of letter writing is a cross between that of an old Greek depicting and a lady’s waiting maid; the first letter injures no one but himself; and were the other as harmless, 1 should pass by both unnoticed. From tliis letter only, you can glean the fact that Captain Powditch is willing to’ come out with all the high prerogative of political fluukeyism Here gentleman, is his first expression ; “ 1 think nothing can be more gratifying to the people of Auckland, at the present juncture, than the announcement in your issue of Saturday last, from which it tuny be inferred that there exists a confident hope that the late Lieutenant-Governor would be williog, on a properly respectful requisition, to accept tlte ollice of Superintendent of the Province.” Why a properly respectful requisition to Colonel Wynyarrt any more than Mr. Hartley. Colonel Wynyard as Commander of the foices, is of higher rank than Mr. Hartley; but when Colonel Wynyard comes forward as a candidate for the Superintendency, lie is precisely the same as the other candidates. Here is the next: “ Looking, however, at the political position of the individuals who have now offered themselves (an I the Lieut.-Colonel must excuse ns that we are from the circumstances compelled to notice each individually).” Why not apologise to Mr. Brown for noticing him individually; or, if lie could not digest Mr. Brown, why not apologise to Mr. Bartley? Is it because Mr. Hartley is the less respectable, or that Col. Wynyard is the more powerful I Gentlemen, 1 come to a subject now, which is generally supposed to be one of delicacy, hut a few on the other side, have proved that it may be approached without any delicacy at all. 1 mean religion. On ibis point others may judge Mr. Brown, if they feel inclined. I am not allowed to do it: and if I were it uould be of little use, as I have more than I can do to mind myself; but this much I must say, that he has never pushed his peculiar notions offensively in the noses of his fel-low-men; that he has growled forth no anathemas in our highways or bye-ways against those who presumed to differ whth him; that he has exhibited no shortcuts to paradise, but lias allowed every man to plod his way to heaven his own road. And, Gentlemen, I would remind you in the former Nominee house, when the Attorney General stated, in his private capacity certainly,<lhat he looked upon this as a Church of England Colony, and orthodox gentlemen standing by, quite forgetting that there were classes in the town as Catholics or Dissenters ; -this Mr. Brown, —this man of no religion, - was at his post pleading the Golden Scripture Rule of doing untoothers as you would be done unto—maintaining religious liberty for all, and advocating the rights of Dr. Rompallicr, and the Rev. W. Lawry. And 1 would say a few words here to the few—the very few—who have thus desecrated the holy name of religion, making it subservient to base parly purposes. Do all you can to return your candidate; parade your soldiers to a man; bring all those influences to bear upon the pensioners which the position of the Commander of the Forces is supposed to give him ; but for the honour of New Zealand—for the honour of this enlightened age —do not try to cant him in. And, Gentlemen, is it not melancholy to think that these gentlemen by this very accusation are guilty of the grossest irrtligiun, wresting unto themselves one of the attributes of Almighty God. Seeking to establish a Rhadamanthan Court upon earth, where they would sit in judgment upon the souls of their fellow men. Supposing one of Mr. Brown’s supporters were to say to Colonel Wynyard—Were you Commander of the forces a few years ago in India, instead of here, you yourself and all yonr soldiers should have bowed down before the Juggernaut; and state reasons might so operate that you should stand by with deferential homage whilst the Chinese whistled his teetotum, or the Japanese worshiped his Joss-sliek. Sir, yon arc an idolater. Could you find language strong enough to express yonr loathing and disgust. 1 come now to the most specious argument brought forward by our adversaries Mr. Brown’s hostility to Sir George Grey. If the gentlemen on the opposite side bring forward this argument, do not take such a character of Sir George Grey from their hands. He has been the poor man’s frit ud ; and when they draw him as a man who would be mean and weak enough to ruin this fine province in order to gratify bis spite upon a private individual, Oh! do not believe them, believe that he has more Of the statesman in him; —and a pretty compliment you would pay Sir George, to give back into the hands of Government again a Constitution and a suffrage that should for ever endear him to the working class. Gentlemen, it is necessary far me to recapitulate the services of Mr. Brown, for the gentlemen on the other side have established two axioms, which render me silent; the first is that if Colonel Wynyard lays out a hundred pounds on land, he benefits the Colony, but if Mr. Brown lays out a hundred pounds, he benefits himself; - the other is, that no man deserves any praise for benefitting the Colony if he benefits himself as the same time. I recommend these axioms to iyour notice, for they will cut any way you want them, and in return I would beg to lay one simple proposition before yon. Had Mr. Brown for these ten years hack advocated that the Seat of Government should be removed to Wellington; that the price of land should be raised to two or three pounds an acre, and that these things were done and that your prospects were ruined, would you not heap cursesjdccp and bitter upon the head of Mr. Brov. n ? Will yon be so unmanly, then, as to withhold your meed of praise when he lias advocated the opposite policy, and his labours have been enwned with success! —Gentlemen, before I conclude, I would beseech you to pause and reflect; let it not be recorded that in this our boasted country, a country which possesses that invisible chain that binds us to her bosom, a country filled with the essences Hut neutralize and assuage our yearnings after our fatherland ; let it not be said that in this thrice favoured spot no civilian could be found to fill a civil office ; but let it rather be recorded that, although a few fell down md worshippedjpowcr, and others had their better judgment warped, the great majority of the people, whilst fully lecognizing the merits of tiie rival candidate, stood by their adopted country, determined to make New Zealand, in free and liberal institutions, what she has ever been in virtue ami morality, the Model Colony of the world. The speeches of the proposer ami seconder of Mr. Brown were greeted with repeated applause by the friends ot that candidate, and, as the supporters of Col. Wynyard did not, in any way, attempt to interfere with their being fairly and fully heard, they were delivered to the end without any interruption beyond the occasional exclamations of dissent or surprise called forth by some of their statements. But the scene assumed a widely different aspect from this stage forward. Mr. William Connell came forward to propose Lieut. Col. Wynyard. lie had scarcely presented himself when an uproar was commenced by a number ot Mr. Brown’s party, which, in its further developcment, clearly proved to arise from a planned determination to put down, by clamour and disorder, all who appeared in opposition to their own candidate. The circumstance that Col. Wynyard did not personally come upon the hustings was made, by many, a pretext for their outrageous conduct. The Colonel—having come forward as a candidate, not of his own accord, hut in compliance with the repeated and urgent solicitations of a large and highly respectable body of the constituency, and, moreover, regarding the office of Superintendent as one which should not he sought by personal entreaty from the voters, or by any influence which his presenting himself on the hustings might be supposed to exercise on individual electors—had, with the concurrence of liis committee, come to the conclusion that it would be most fitting to permit the affairs of the election to he carried forward by the voters themselves. His absence was, however, seized upon by Mr. Brown’s turbulent adherents as an ostensible ground for crying down the gentlemen who endeavoured to address them on his behalf ; and, amidst bootings, hissings, and various indescribable noises, crus were intermingled of “ Where’s yonr candidate i”—“Bring him here “ Irot him out,” &c. &c. After some time, however, Mr. Connell was successful in getting a few sentences heard, which were nc; rly as follows : Gentlemen, —Some ten months since I had the pleasure of appearing before you on these hustings, for the purpose of proposing a Member for the Provincial Council, and we elected him too, as 1 have no douht will also be the case with the gentleman that I now intend to offer to your suffrages. (Shouts and yells.) At that lime, gentlemen, we were under a cloud : the attractions of the Port Phillip gold diggings were drawing away many of our people, and considerable discouragement existed, I then expressed my conviction that more prosperous tunes were dawning upon us, and that the very cause that then Ihimud our population would, before long, prove the sonicc of out prosperity. Now, gentlemen, 1 cannot refrain on the present occasion from congratulating yon upon the rapid fulfilment of tlusc hopes—our trade is brisk, our produce to any amount finds a ready and profitable market, and we arc now in the enjoyment of a large measure of agricultural and commercial prosperity. 1 now, gentlemi n, proceed to propose Lieut. Colonel Robert Henry Wynyaid as a fit and proper person to till the responsible office of Superintendent of the Province of Auckland. (Uproarious interruption.) The gentleman 1 propose is no stianger to yon, he has lived amongst us for the last 8 or 10 years. (I he uproar here became more violent then before. A voice was heard “ Col. Wynyard’s afraid to come and answerfor himself.”) Mr. Connell replied “Col. Wynyard is not afraid to appear here, nor, gentlemen, was lie afraid to be wheic he lisked Ills life for your protection. (Much uproar amongst the ciowd, apparently encouraged and guided by some of Mr. Rrown s friends who stood near him on the hustings.) My business engagements arc just now so pressing that I have taken no active part in the election to the present moment. 1 have never exchanged a word with Col. M ynyard on the subject of this election. My interests are in every possible way bound up in the prosperity of the Province, end 1 come forward now, only from a conviction that much depends upon the election of a person who from various circumstances, can communicate on favour* able’term* with the head of the Government, The present is a turning point in tbq destiny of this province, and :t appears to me that upon this election will vety much depend whether Auckland is to be permanently the Capital of New Zealand, or only the chief town of (his Province. (It was only by taking advantage of momentary intermissions in the tumult kept up bv Mr. Brown’s partisans, tiiat Mr. Connell was cnabledjto make these few sentences audible even to those who weie near hint. The uproar now became so fierce that lie concluded by saying,) Gentlemen, as you do not think proper to hear both sides of the question, although that question so deeply involves your own interests, 1 shall retire. Mr T. S. Forsaith then, came forward to second the nomination. On his presenting himself, the uproar, great as it had been before, increased to a degree that baffles description. Cries of Judas, “ Turn-coat,” and other opprobious epithets, proceeded not only from the crowd below, but from some of Mr. Brown’s immediate supporters on the hustings. Mr. Forsaith called upon the meeting to decide, by a show of hands, whether he should proceed or not, when many hands were held up for his going on, but the disturbers would not

permit if. Mr. Forsaith at one time subsequently, elevating his Voice above the din, was heard to say, “ Your noise is the effect ot your fears—you arc afraid to hear me,” But this had no effect on a party evidently fixed on their purpose ot drowning, by clamour, every thing inimical to Mr. Brown’s interests. An elector on the hustings called on Mr. Brown to interfere, telling him--that he must he held responsible for the conduct of his friends ; whereupon Mr. Brown asked the crowd to give the other side a hearing. But this produced no cessation of the noise, and Mr. Forsaith was compelled to desist, merely going through the form of seconding the nomination. No other candidate being proposed, Mr. Brown came forward to address the meeting. He was received with cheers by bis party, intermingled, however, with loud demands that Mr. Forsaith should he heard. That gentleman again attempted to speak, but the uproar was renewed as violently as ever. Convinced of the utter uselessness of persevering, under such circumstances, Mr. Forsaith, turning to Air. Brown, said, “ It is useless for me to attempt to go on, for your party are resolved not to hear me ; I, therefore, give place, not because I have nothing to say on behalf of the Colonel, but because I see that your supporters are determined to prevent my being heard.” _ - Mr. Brown then proceedetFas follows : I appear before you, fellow citizens, as a candidate for the Supermtendency of the Province of Auckland; and in so doing, I hope that 1 may be permitted an appeal to my constant endeavours, for a period of more than ten years, to promote the best interests of this settlement. Hitherto, indeed, I have bad but little power to realize the object of my desire, though I have made the best use I was able ot the small means placid at my disposal. But the state of things is now much changed; under the New Constitution a great amount of power lias been conferred upon the Superintendent, wnich, in the hands of one properly disposed, might be turned to great advantage. It appears to me that an opportunity is now afforded of benefitting the Province by offering my services to the community. With this view, therefore, I came forward as a candidate, not bj requisition—for that is easily obtained—but in my own name alone, relying entirely on my past services in the public cause, resting satisfied that if my exertions had met with public approbation I should soon have frii nds raised up to undertake my cause; than if, on the other band, my conduct had not been approved of, it was not my wish or desire to obtain the office for which I now otter my services. Lieut. Col. Wynyard, on the contrary, was brought before the constituency by a requisition. The manner in which tiie candidates have come forward, however, is wholly immaterial; —the real question is the qualifications of the candidates themselves,—the principles which they respectively represent. Merely personal considerations, moreover, are entirely beside the question. It would signify very little to the electors whether Colonel Wynyard or myself be placed in the office of Superintendent if our views anil principles were nearly alike. But in the present instance there exists a very marked difference between ns. It appears to me that the one represents tilings as they were,— with all the evils an 1 abuses of a worn out and effete Government. The other is the representative of progress, in accordance with the spirit of the new Constitution; an advocate for the rectification of abuses, in a word, the representative of tilings as they ought to be. Such being the important questions and interests at issue, you will easily perceive the motives of the violent opposition with which certain parties have assailed me. For upwards of ten years past I have been exposing the errors and abuses of the Government. This, you are well aware, car.not be done without making enemies, and the number of these will bear a pretty exact proportion to the number of abuses which shall have been exposed. Look for instances at the late appointment of Dr. Bennett to a nearly sinecure office, —as Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, which I cannot but designate qs a gross and unwarrantable abuse of patronage.—This alone will afford yon a fair illustration of the nature of much of that opposition which has been raised against me. Another source or tiiat opposition arises from a class which has been designated a semiaristocracy, who think tiiat the Superintendent should be a person of what they are pleased to call, some rank and status—in short, that he should be “one of themselves.” I however, think very differently. We have already had quite enough of the Government of this class of people--we have experienced their utter incapacity for business, and it is high time for the people to look about amongst themselves to see if they cannot make a better choice. There is still another class of much noise, though little influence, which have swelled the opposition to myself, and whom 1 would designate the Dog in the Manger class —who never having merited any mark of public approbation, and because therefore they cannot hope to obtain the Superlntendency, are determined to use what influence they may posess to keep out another. From such influence arises the opposition which lias been made to me ; but instead of being discouraged thereby, I take it rather as an acknowledgment of my personal endeavours. Some others hint that they would prefer for Superintendent some one who could unite and make bimself agreeable to all—some milk-and-water personage without any strong opinions, or declared views of his own. Surely such an one as that is not of the stuff from which a working Superintendent can be made. Again, it inns l be ex pcctcd that the Superintendent, at times will come into collision with the Governor, who, to judge from his past career, might possibly curtail the powers of the Superintendent—the people’s representative—whose duty then would be to maintain the rights ami powers of the office ; but could this, 1 ask, be expected from one in the position of Colonel Wynyard? It will become his duty to seek for the largest concessions which it is possible to obtain ;or the right of the people will suffer. With regard to the special powers of' the future Superintendent, it is of the utmost importance that he should press for the power of appointing his own Executive; otherwise it will be impossible to produce any great impiovemeut on the present system. The efforts of the .Superintendent and the people should never be relaxed until they shall have obtained not only representative but responsible government. I mean by that term that the Executive officers, or heads of departments, should, on being appointed, be compelled to come before the people and find seats for themselves in the Council. Unless this be done there is no security that the Executive department and the opinions of the public will harmonize. In conclusion, I beg to state that should my views and past exertions have deserved yonr confidence, and meet with yonr approbation, I shall esteem it an honor to obtain the office that is now in your gift; and shall use every endeavour to merit a continuance of yonr favour. On the other hand, should you be of opinion that your interests will be better served in the hands of another, I shall rest satisfied with yonr decision. In such a case, I should not even desire your votes; —nor having obtained the Superintendency, should I seek to keep it an hour after I had deservedly forfeited your confidence. Should yonr' choice fall upon me, I can only say that the public business, so far as I am concerned, shall be conducted with sincerity and integrity of purpose,—in an open and candid spirit ; and be tbits redeemed, 1 trust, from the odium of being conducted, as at present, in secrecy, in mystery, and dishonesty.—My motto shall be justice to all—favour and partiality to none. At this staple, when, had Colonel Wynyard been present, lie might have been expected to address the Meeting, Captain Salmon, on the part of his Committee, came forward with a letter from the Colonel which he wished to lay before the Electors. Immediately on the object being ascertained, Mr. Brown earnestly protested against its being read, and Mr. A. Kennedy, vehcmcncntly exclaimed, “ No, it must not he read.” The crowd in front of the hustings of course supported the views of their leaders by a renewal of roars and yells ; and finally the returning Officer decided against the admissibility of the letter. j_Thc letter appeared in our columns on Wednesday in the Address from Col. Wynyard’s Committee.l Mr. Walter Brodie then presented himself, amidst loud and mingled noises, cries of “ Northern Division,” “ Heather Jock” &c. 11 is object was to bring forward a string of questions which had been prepared to be put to Colonel Wynyard. The returning Officer decided that, as the Colonel wasaiot present, they should not he read. A show of hands for the Candidates respectively was then taken. The returning Officer declared it to be in favour of Mr. Brown. Whereupon a number of Colonel Wynyard’s friends on the hustings came forward to demand a poll, out of whom the Returning officer counted the number of six' requir i cl by 1. w. He then declared ih it the polling would take place on Thursday the the Hustings came forward to demand a poll, out 30th inst,.—and proceedings terminated which Mr. Brown’s party rendered a blot on the character of the constituency which we should deeply emplore if we had not tire assurance that the approaching poll will prove how thoroughly the main body of the electors repudiate the conduct of the party —and their candidate.