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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 835, 3 August 1853, Page 2

To the Electors of Wellington.

(^JJENTLEMEN,— In offering myself as a candidate for a seat in the Provincial Council of Wellington, it is with the sincere hope, should Ibe returned, of being useful. lam induced to come forward, even at this the eleventh hour.to solicit your suffrages, becausel am apprehensive that instead of your glorious Constitution, which should be pure and unsophisticated, there is a possibility of its degenerating into an oligarchy which would, I respectfully submit, be little better than a per>onat despotism, to get rid of which yon have so strenuously contended. I am no. party mtn— your interests and mine are identical. I am an advocate for lovr priced land, and should vehemently oppose, should the waste lands be delegated to the Provincial Council/ any return to the minimum price of £1 per acre. I consider cheap land of vital importance ; to the Colony, and without it the Colony mast necessarily languish and have a feeble existence. I am favourable to a land tax, and shall be a warm supporter of such measures as will contribute to the advancement oft the prosperity of the Colony — commercially, socially, and morally. Touching the matter of the New Zealand Company's debt, I repudiate it altogether. Repudiate 1 yes, I cannot conceive myself we are called upon to acknowledge it until first proved. In private life any man would repudiate what he conceived to be an unjust debt, inasmuch as he would not consider himself under a moral obligation to discharge it until first proved ■: just so with the New Zealand Company's debt ; when proved that the Colony is its debtor, I would be the first to acknowledge it— not until then. I think it highly desirable, and more particularly should we succeed in getting rid of this debt, that a portion of the funds resulting from the sale of waste lands should be applied as in America, to educational purposes, for I am pursuaded no eoantry can rise to eminence unless suitable provision be made for tae education of the people. On the day of nomination T shall be glad to satisfy any inquiries as to any matter you may desire to be further acquainted upon «s to the views I entertain. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient and faithful servant, JAMES MAY. Wellington, August s, 1552.

Wellington, 28th July, 1853. John Gibson, Esq., Traakori Road, Wellington, OIR, — We t"he undersigned Electors of the Country District of Wellington, request that you wilt become a. Candidate lor the representation of the district in the Provincial Council and the Gcaferal Assembly of New Zealand. James Sim, William Thompson John Rol)inso» "William Taylor William Bell Nathaniel Bartlett William Nott Thomas Morgan J. W. M'Kai* W. B. BoT«ess James Mitchell Stephen Stockbridge Thomas Floyd George Hart- " Henry London K. <5. WakefieifiL' James Fisher William Beckhara Wm. H. Saunders iames Taylor - John Burnes

To the Elector* of the Country Districts of Wellington. rj.ENTLEMEN,— Ia reply to your requisition, and in accepting your invitation to become yow Candidate — I have very fittle to say on the general topics of the day, the ground having been travelled over by almost every candidate. Suffice it to say, that I give the same, pledges which were carried at the meeting of the Electors, of which 1 was chairman, on the evening of the 27th July last. Holding as a fixed axiom that responsibility on the part of the elected to the electors, is the grand key to all representative government, and that this responsibility cannot be made too binding. I shall at any time you choose attend a public meeting to answer any questions the electors may choose to ask. I have the honor to be. Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, JOHN GIBSON, Wellington, August 3, 1853.

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Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVALS. JWy 30— Brig Arion, 184 tons, Rooke, from Chatham Island* . Passengers — Messrs. D. Isaacs, W. Rowland, Capt. Bradbury, and 12 in the steerage. Same day—Schooner Salopian, 40 tons, Douglass, from Ahuriri. PaJießgers— Messrs. Bryce, Chapman, M'Kain. DEPARTURES* July 29— Schooner Old Jack. 8 tons, Gtard for Wairau. Passenger — Mr. Canning. Same day — Schooner Matilda, 30 tons, Smith, for West Coast. Same day— Schooner Governor Grey, 30 tons, Watt, for Wnnganui. Passengers — Mr. and Mrs. Scrivener, Mr. Scrivener, Mr. and Mrs. Williams and family. -_ Same day — Schooner Maria Elisabeth, 15 tons, Hood," for Queen Charlotte Sound. August 3— H. M. Brig Fantome, 12 guns, Commander Gennys, for Sydney. lIC POSIT. Government Brig Vietorim, 200 tons, Deck. Brig Sophia, 151 tons, laid up. Bathune & Hnnter. Barque Lord Dunes*, 215 tons, Barton. Bethune h Hunter, Agents. Cutter Resolution, 40 tons. HyKon. W. Allen, Agent Schooner Sea Bird, 30 tons, Jackson. Master, Agent. Ship Maori, 750 tons, Petherbridge. Bethune & Hunter, Agent. • • . • Cutter Catherine Ann, 15 tons, Leggett. R. Waitt, ' Agent. Schooner Salopian, 40 tons, Douglass. J. Torr, Ages*. Brig Arion, 184 tons, Rooke. Isaacs &Levy, Agent*,