THE COLONIST. NELSON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1859.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 215, 11 November 1859, Page 2

THE COLONIST. NELSON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1859.

The more that we hear about the late separationTof the Wairau, the more indiscreetrit appears. A second mail has not yet arrived from the seat of the General Government^ and yet already has dissention sprung tip amongst1 those who" have' affixed their names' to those two remarkable petitions, the one entirely contradicting the other. As a. sort of half-way house on-the road to folly they have hit upon a new expedient; and to provide against jealousy upon the part of the inhabitants of the two port towns name<|, yiz., the Beaver and Picton, a third petiftoM to.-be got up to have another port named as the principal one of the New Settlement,, which delights in the euphonious niime of Marlborough. This third porj^^a^ certainly high claims to the honor of- tfeMg made a port of entry: it is easy of access for vessels, and comparatively safe. There is only one trifling drawback—it cannot be gjot at by any road. This insignificant little point is of course not of much value, as the carriage of goods and passengers is so remarkably cheap tiered .that an emigrant arriving with his family andfurniture, would never find an extortionate lighterman, rrt6r give vent to his feelings by abbreviating the name of the new Land Commissioner. It is really amusing to watch the discontent which has sprung up amongst the petitioners by fcbe granting their prayer. The frogs have got their king, and it will go- hard if Jupiter is not again appealed to to take the. siark away> A slight alteration should.be made in the name of the province, which would record at bne time the name of one ofxits-founders and its own ..incapacity—it.,, should have been gazetted Mullerbqrough,,The very clever arrangement of the Klesi-'----■tfeiit'Magistrate there, who fisrwarded his; pcisbner to Nekonj where we did not receive" him, could be thus perpetuated. The position of the constable" in charge must-1 hawei been ratiaer ludicrous. After travelling! round the' ceast he found his duties changed. 1 He was tied to an inculjus1 which wanted to be locked,up and ceuldn't be; andmstead, of de;livering over his charge to the' tender mercies of Mr. Eogerson, he^ to teg tp be relieved of it. A straw willsfiew., ifhich way the wind felows; and a trifling oeemv; rence like the above shews $c. amount &£ : : preparation and for^hought exercised by the promoters of thi^ ueiir province. The report of the divisions last sittings: of. the General Assembly has not yet been forwarded to us; &ut we hear"upon relfa^ ajiythority that all the Nelson members voted i for the New Provinces' Act, and that the special clause Introduced about Blind-Bay was • from the -fertile br*,iu of^a certain medical gentleman who acted as ihe j?Esculapius to bring the little prodigy forth. Who will accept the parentage of that .very I I generous clause,,which. gives away to the "new Superihtendents other peopled prGperitf, we;do not know; but we can sep this, tha-t taatfilaaSe is not fitted as at present, to stand as, part <of thpact. Medical education may give & 'pmm J^e power of mixing i nauseoug compounds-; bu,t .t^is should not be imitated hy those who .p.lay.?i«t l^gisfefion. | Although dog Latin will o> for a prescription, good English is required for an act of parliament. . , '■'■■'■'' That the separation will be of any bene■fit'toMarl borough, we doubt :.the very fact tfeat iaken unawares by the promptitude witt wMch-fchey gained their wish',! they are all now iifferjng in qpinion, is enoilgh to convince an Wißpfej^udiGed person. It was an.admirable/subject for > public .meeting, and gave occasion for •* grswnd display »f mob oratory.' There j§ pothihg like , ing to a man's feelings. Tie2i : Jairn be is a slave, and you make a partizan. of him .at Qftce. The speaker may know nothing at a;U .afbouf his subject,.and yet he can so glbssoyer bi^s ignorance as to command a large-finare.,p i r^y^lic support. • He- may declaim against heavy salaries, and yet at the very mome.nt Ipo^ing ,p^t for one for himself. He may know as fytle a^t law as that iawye^ whoilAQ'pQnn^il namedv" Necessity," from-the faetjtfrftt he had no-jaw^ and;yet, as in that c&se,r'lm' PR^ ar leader., And "when., the froth, feas $Mfj^d there-may be but little Jeft.v- ■;.. ■-^ ,• j An attempt has been: made to "thro^ |the (EJiscr.eplit - attached t0 ... the proceedings,; v pon the very party which is least accountable for •■it'.n The cry is now, the 'General government haveracted.with inglisQre^t haste; the blar^e should be attached to thos^who fostecGsiis4 parried through tfte Act,,which has in this ■■iu&mce' only been complied with. The verf'fiarl^^^ch now cry out against.theseparatiph were'jthfi e^^.9.f itJhey like Aladdin.rubbed^he^amp of tlieir^ Wn intelligencei too hard, and the periias tjas sprung ny, one at -least of the aviators had the presence ,'#£ mind •to make^ him firing' something valuable, and in due. Goufse&odioubt we shall hear of btfer appainfcmejits- pwfteH : with well ;.known jjames.. - :- '■ ■■ ;-u :■':',.'■ . v,;' \ r ':!' '<■ ~". ; A long discussipn wm he|cj; Jij IJflg^R^ as. to whether '•■'Grqmwell should haye a j $tetuei'M: a'fierce ithe| one party Jernjing-tben^iseiyfijs Goflserya- : tiyes, but also kiiown a«i -the Hig^ r , .md j Bryijppoifng:it:pnVthiei groiitid? thaii|e fas 1: Thje;^mbjre -Hboraj, Viewed him astneidefenderiiQ^Englißhilibeiiy, wfeen-a despotic monarch was-or^ed ojtt_by .ai)igojt asnjd:ij) r ehtbjusia^ti; iosoW(fie a:ipioweri^wbieih;ithg :^opstitationi.idid; np.t ; grant-himv: jWiiilst ihe;xeifcijjpp.government^ were in his hands England V W and prosperous, and under none of t^e Stewarts was her flag so mucjj respected*

Why his name should have been bo objectionable as .tojrequire an alteration; in the given designation. of the Capitalr^town', we v cannot see. With all respect to the bravery of Sir Thomas Picton, we cannot hold him for one inßtant in the same value as that stern chief who ruled a nation in a state of anarchy. The same influence which has been brought to bear against the general policy of Local' Self Government has been at work', here; and their selection of nomenclature does not much credit to their taste. If two of our provinces are named after a soldier and a sailor, we should remember who they were. As public men they gained the good opinion of all. Our new province is named after a soldier of great skill, certainly, r but not of such general good report as to mike 'it desirable to perpetuate his, memory; a reference to' Macaulay's history of England will place f him in "anything but a favorable light. Owing his first advancement to" the shame of his sister, he pushed his fortunes at the court by the aid of >a not more respectable person, and laid the "foundation of his princely fortune by £5000' sent him as. a reward for his agility'in escaping from the window of the Duchess of Portsmouth. Trusted by James the second with one of the tigtest offices of the State;-the command of the armies of England, he- was the chief in 'that revolution which dethroned his master. It has needed the remembrance of his unequalled talents to cover the shame which attaches;to his career, and we cannot consider that a happy choice of names for a new province which daily recalls his unenviable notoriety. If Cromwell was .too. revolutionary a name for the capital town, why choose that of him, who organised a second revolution not many years after, for the province ? Time will prove if the step taken be judicious or otherwise, and we shall find out if it is not thefesult of a plan deeply laid to bring our present constitution into disrepute by multiplying Provincial ;^oyerniments making their aggregate'ebat so '^reat that a universal cry will be raised them. JJnabletq combat the expnggd opinions of the mass, that it is desirable for each natural district to have the power of regular ing^ those matters which ; local impoj>j tance, they are seeking to add expense to expense, "trusting that, at last, centralisation will be the only refuge from the cost of numerous officers. That those who have always opposed the Liberal party should ■ have fcroaight forward an increase -of provincial , expeo#vir,@ without some ulterior .end:1 is incredible j arid WU ; tfeey accuse the General Government of indecent haste injearryipg out their own plan, they forget that a far mote indecent haste was shown by Nelson, members, who voted for a bill which Ijad not even the recommendation of being worded jeo^etly, ;/';'' j The Collingwood Diggings.;—We are giadj^o .hear of a new1 discovery of goldiiati spot still fur-, fcher up than any yet tried. The new rush!is named after a Mr. Th6mpson,rahd is higher iip than ths£ £aiown as Snow's rush. We saw a spemen of the gold which had been sent to Collingwood. There was about ceven bounces and a half of'rough nuggetty'gbld,.je^^l^a|"acd bright, and bearing as high a value as any yec discovered. ■A number of thriae who have been worktop lately :,ajfc '^tlvep parts of the district have abandoned their old claims and gone up, so good are the reports. It "is toibe regretted titytfhe, -physical features of the country are such as to inaptly carrying of provi•eiossft work of^ muc-h iabor. JLr. .M^ay, the Reaidenfc Maffi^raie, left on accompanied by Mri Wori*> swl'we^p.e ! s,o have a fuller account to publish on their HBtwth Qtie of the most curious parts of the new discovery h tha finding-living and healthy leeches; many feet under ground, they are described as., being different in fioior to those usually imported from Germany, but miicfe sii#sar in other respects;.we have been pro^ mise'd some specimens' which will be submitted to jjfte opirupn of th'<J; Tfle,mc4igeritlemisn here and the f^jjif "published! In #nd£,isy, the only portfoft of tfce digging 'that our time permitted us to visit, tforp "BW m$W Persons at work, and we conceive mtlf.ipFofilt tQ tßem§elvp§. ;The works of the Nelson Gold Company aye bpjngprocdeded with,'and water may Boon-be .expected to arrive in-Golden Gully. We cannot conclude without rendering our acknowledgements to theAgent and Captain of the Emu, whose :^aptesy we were enabled to gather .this Mormat'"on. Slip l?ap now been twice to Collingwood proved :hersejf to enter into this branch c/tra^'inaldng for passage? in good time. She Returned the firs'f 'trip tit seven- htmfa and a h4fm4 Wond abou,t.'e|glit fiMrs and a half. Leaving %dm ?n c WWm ? nd, no y i be? n£' desirous ofenteviog fte harbpr tj^.l .daylight^ her outward.passages have bum rajftfif l<}rip? } ~ |§ ?he was not kept under full steam. ' ' •" Thk Pb?#JS op the Isr.ES.-^-This little crafty at once a specimeQ of, and a credit to, our Nelson shipbuilding;is advertised for'^ trip to the West Coast. She is a,snug little,yes§el. of 28 tons burifc and is suitable in every wayfor the convey-, apce of mm 3 desirous; of .prqc^eding by this dpportunity. ' |her.e,jafj?,#eadjr rime passengers ,en'teredVand'Mfonday'neß &sss%{ ?ged iov ? eP arittre'' ''''■";*■ •'"■' ■•• ■'■"'■ '".-•-■'''•-., ■*"■•■■-•' '-'•''—"•' ■ ■•'' t '#$ ■ "W-^iMfeAc: We^ j seen bV-adyer^sment that a public yw. take plaß^t W>Ti. WMk I^^ ? a Monday ne%t,to:eonsjdiej-, up^n a fituaji^pp^on i to "represent " iUi dlgtHet $$010^*4: ?W* \ lm& heard that it is.probabie tegujsifton vyjll p.e mader'jto Miv S.\B. Silcock to'SaUQwiiiimsaif' tor be r?p.min,at,fi4 fatim se&t,: The'day:-of iiohiinatioh is fixed for the, sth De!ppi»b.er'ne«:t,.'.st the bchoolhouse, Waimea West, flt.^'p'clpcJs/ - The polling tb take place on the foliowiug .day.;.; ■~ -, \•, ) ; ■ExGUßsibN.'-:-On Monday next ,the ;TasmanSan Maid will leaveitlie whaTfiali halftpastlnmo, on an fiursion trip to- Eai^teri-ter^ calling at Motueka IJejL* \vay ' ? she will rfimainVat-the 'first named nlaAe some hours, 86fr- th'.q ••.Q,<^y ( en?ence qf pl ; e*sure. and r^ur^1 to :Nelsgiif a'gaiti!«afling at" Mo- > tSeiea'enfer'way;b.acjk.' Tine exqeedin^ly low,;j fsire,of half-a-c^wafQp |fe w]j9le excuimQ^ ,cQm-; bin^dlwith' the fine weathej' viiMi W U&W S" tinuefor some time, .should/induce a yeiy iarg.e: nutnbe^of persons tolake^dvantage"of the opportunity^ - --—--------.:■:. j ~ ' T POLiqp CotrßT.~Qn Wednes^ylas^th^toilowing cases were bi-ought^^"befpre'the.resiSent Magis-_ ti:ate i-*Qi- C. jßalfehelor IwaV- charged^wifhv allow-' ing iinree cows to wander at large in Halifax|fefeot;;;^a^se jof. prpof,—Alex. < §co,tt, bXiteher,5 to answer'a siujtji^r.p.lifvge against a^hprse prpved tp be his; J 6fi;;aßCcpsts.~On-'1 f imrsfc J). Bjiairj^ilabburtav^was bjon|hrbefore^ B, W&lMmM^i-iq eh^ :^\with'Be;ing dirfj Meetino"ai< M }n¥ vl 1 jn ad vertisenient addiessed to tiije Ug^i.^/ Pi^?ae^! md calling tggetlm a. -i meeting?at:the;RlCHmo«M! [nstitute^on'rfhjßisday, evening ftej^,jas Afprelimlaary stsp-;jtb:;addTOSsJng i; ]the,,iQo>fli!^f>XS Won the ■■' ' general conditions and claims" ;of/ those cjass^; ivhen he arrives in Nelson. His Excellency is/exs^cted at the end of the month, by H. M. Steamer