NEW ZEALAND SPECTATOR AND Cook's Strait Guardian. Wednesday, August 17, 1853.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 839, 17 August 1853, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND SPECTATOR AND Cook's Strait Guardian. Wednesday, August 17, 1853.

The length off our reports of the proceedings on the Wellington day of nomination, and at the Hutt, precludes us from adding many remarks of our own. We must defer to next Saturday the account of the proceedings on the day of election at the Hutt, which resulted in the return by a very large majority of Messrs. Renall, Wakefield, Ludlam, and Hart, and terminated the severe contest anticipated by the Independent. We may add, that notwithstanding the professions of the liberal party, Mr. Renall is the only working man returned to the Provincial Council, and that he was placed by the Hutt electors at the head of the poll. We must also defer to Saturday an account of the election on Monday of the members to represent the city of Wellington in the House of Representatives, when Messrs. Clifford, Hart, and Kelham, were returned without any opposition. We are obliged, for wanFof room, also to defer till our next,, a large and important amount of shipping intelligence.

Ir* is reported that Dr. Featherston has been returned for Wanganui, as a member for the

[House of Representatives. Three candidates have been nominated for the Provincial Council, Messrs. H. S. Harrison, J. Watt, and Richards. The Returning Officer has appointed the day of polling at an interval of fourteen days from the day of nomination.

Information has been received that Mr. Donald GollanH, and Mr. Revans have been returned to represent the Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay District in the Provincial Council of Wellington, and that Mr. Revans had* also been returned for the same district as a-member of the House of Representatives. We are informed the election for Wairarapa was managed in a very quiet manner. The election took place at Brierly, the returning officer's private residence, at the further end of the valley — present Captain Smith, the Returning Officer, Mr. Tully, his son in law; Mr. Northwood, Dr. Hildebrand, and Mr. Donald. Mr. Morrison arrived half an hour after the proceedings had terminated. It is said that Mr. Revans had' never put forth any address, or public intimation of his intention to become a candidate, and it is we understand a subject of complaint in the valley that the proceedings . connected with the election were not conducted in a more public manner, and the place of election appointed at some spot more central and convenient to the electors.

The Independent has published an absurd report of Lord Lyttelton's appointment as Gover-nor-in-Chief of New Zealand, and that " hisLordship's arrival maybe expected here at the very furthest in the course of a day or two.", It is hardly worth, while to give a formal contradiction to this report,, since its- appearance in the Independent is the best guarantee the public can have that it is not true. We shall,-there-fore, only add that no one believes it, and that it is as true as the former reportin the samp paper, of the appointment of Mr.? D. Daly to the same office. - „

The length of our reports of the nomination of the candidates for Wellington and the Hutfc district obliges us to state in a very few words tlfe proceedings connected with the election of members for the Wellington Country District on Wednesday and Thursday last. "Five candidates were proposed : Mr. J. Mitchell nominated and Mr. Hammond seconded, Mr. Brandon*^ nomination. Mr. A. Brown was proposed by Mr. M'Manaway and seconded by Mr. Allington ; Mr. Schulize was proposed by Mr. J. H. Wallace and seconded by Mr. J. Campbell; Mr. Waitt was proposed by Mr. J. London ancl seconded by Mr. Hammond ; Mr. Gibson wa3 proposed by Mr. James M'Beth and seconded by Mr. J. Sim. At the close of the poll on Thursday the Returning Officer declared the numbers to be as follows :—: — Brandon '. . . 123 Waitt : 102 -Brown ....:......... 96 Schultze. . .-. 43 ' .Gibson 24 The three first named gentlemen were therefore declared to fee duly elected.