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FOR THE WAIRAU.—The clipper schooner CITY OF NELSON, Hooper, master, will sail for the above port on SATURDAY next, 29th September. For freight or passage, apply to 1132 JOHN SYMONS AND CO. FOR SYDNEY.—To sail in a few days, The superb clipper brig RITA, 192 tons register, Al at Lloyd's for 13 years, R. Firth, commander. Guaranteed the fastest * vessel in the colonial trade. Will load at the Motueka if inducement offer. For freight or passage, apply to tho Captain, on board; or to JOHN BEIT, Auckland Point. Nelson, 24th September 1860. 1127 JOHN PHILLIPS, Thomas, master, from London.—The above vessel, being duly reported at the Custom House, CONSIGNEES are requested to PASS ENTRIES at once. Any goods not entered THIS DAY, Tuesday, the 25th inst&it, will be bonded by the master, as it is essential to clear the ship immediately. NASH AN© SCAIFE, Agents. Nelson, Septembei 21, iB6O. . 1123 NOTICE is hereby given that the PART.NERSHIP heretofore existing between the undersigned as Farmsrs, in the district of Waimea South, Kelson, was this day DISSOLVED by mutual consent. All claims against the said firm to be rendered to John Smith, Waimea South, on or before tho first day of October next. Dated this 22nd day of September. 1860. JOHN SMITH, : Wn. HILDRETH, jun. Signed in the presence of Samuel Kingdon, Solicitor, Nelson. 1125 rFENDERS are invited for the erection of -1- TWO COTTAGES and a HOUSE in Waimea South. The walls to be of Cob or Pis 6. Plans and Specifications to be seen at Mr. JOHN SMITH'S, Mount .Heslington, Waimea South, and at E. W. TRENT'S STORE, 1130 Bridge-street. "KELSON INSTITUTE. THE LECTURE advertised to be given by G. Heppel, Esq., M.A., on Wednesday evening last, having been POSTPONED on account of the violence of the weather, will be delivered TO-MOR-KOW EVENING, Wednesday, September 26. Subject—GEOßGE STEPHENSON. The chair will be taken by the President, at halfpast Seven, p.m. Admission 6d., to defray expenses. By order of the Committee, JOHN PERCY, 1124 Honorary Secretary. THE JOHN PHILLIPS. JUST ARRIVED, and will be landed in | a few days, ex JOHN PHILLIPS, a new stock of SUMMER GOODS :— Ladies' Silk Mantles Summer Cloth Mantles Fancy' Dresses of the newest materials Prints, Ginghams, and Denies Black Coburg Cloths Black Lustres Grey and White Coutille stays A large and choice assortment of Bonnet Ribbons Ladies' Straw Hats and Bonnets Flowers, Silk Ties, and Scarfs Cashmere and Worsted Hoods Edged Blonds Calicoes, and Long Clotha Bed Ticks, Huckabacks Nursery Diapers Damask Table Cloths Book Muslins, Cambric Handkerchiefs White and Brown Cheese Cloths Drab and Black Moreens Gambroons and Toilet Fringes Brown Hollands Moleskins, Cotton Cords, and fancy Doeskins Men's Silk and Cotton Pocket Handkerchiefs Men's Silk Neckerchiefs, black and coloured Men's Striped Twill Shirts Striped Twill Shirting Men's Women's, and Children's Hosiery, Haberdashery &c. EDMUND DARTNALL, Richmond. September 21. 1122 [advertisement.] HPO the Editor of the 'Colonist.* Sir—Five Justices of the Peace of Nelson having been tho means of, so far as it thereby was done, not only injuring a private individual, but also misinforming the public, 1 therefore request of you again, so far as your paper can (for one publication was scarcely adequate) set right the former by undeceiving the latter; and if the3e individuals are what I have always given them credit for, and I now give them the liberty of proving themselves as really being, they will not only, by considering their position and mine In the affair as reversed, frankly approve of this course as both decorous and proper, but also, as honorable gentlemen pay for this in the shape of an advertisement, which they ought—their extremely inconsistent decision being the cause of it; and if they can reconcile their act by showing it to be agreeable to either law or common sense, I shall indeed be glad, and court them to do so, as they are in duty to the public bound to, for certainly their position as J. P.'s in this case is far from enviable, having brought upon themBelves [John Stamper.] ' Virtually a public censure for, virtually, an acquittal and fine. 'Sir—Some of your readers will not have forgotten that, a few months ago, the Justices of Nelson inflicted what they at the time styled the smallest fine they could inflict, rarnely, £5, for what was admitted by them, aud at all hands, to have been merely an inadvertence—there in fact not being the slightest evidence of an intention to do the act. It certainly did appear to many at the time, and indeed ever since has appeared to have been, a strangely inconsistent decision ; and, what was stranger still, it cannot but be remarked that on his Excellency the Governor being memorialised thereon, and the case being scut back again to the same gentlemen of the bench to report upon, so tenacious were they of their sagacious decision, the natural result of their report was such that no redress was to be had! 1 At the last July sitting of the Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Johnston thus veiy appropriately expressed himself:— '" In all small societies, there are often temptations to " act upon prejudice and personal feeling, rtaher than " upon strict principle. We all have need to reflect on our " responsibilities, and to strive against any promptings of "prejudice and feeling, to which we may be exposed, and " especially as regards the administration of justise. It " is our sacred duly to guard ourselves toith the most cri- " tical jealousy from permitting antipathies or sympa- " thies, indignation or weakness, or too great carefulness j •' about the opinions of others, to affect our judgment, pr j " avert us from the straight path of duty before us. It "ismy firm conviction, that,in propcrtionas the duties " connected with the administration of justice in a com. " munityare discharged by all persons and bodies bearing " responsibilities respecting it, with honesty and intelli- " gence, will the true interests of that community be likely " to flourish ; aud in proportion as prejudice, favori and 11 weakness are allowed to affect the conduct of such re- " sponsible persons, may the speedy degradation, cor- " ruption, and subversion of society be looked for." ' However, those of your readers who are zealous of justice being done to all, and of, generally speaking, all wrongs being corrected and redressed, will be glad to hear that fortunately amongst the honorable members of the General Assembly of New Zealand there are some who are not merely " pooh-pooh" gentlemen at acts of oppression and wrong, and who are hot to be " pooh-pooh'd" at an act of great injustice; for the above case has lately been before a Committee of the House and a resolution there passed and recorded :— '" That there was no proof whatever adduced before " the Magistrates that the stamp had been used with " fraudulent intent, and that therefore the fine of £5 " OUGHT HOT TO HAVE BEEN INFLICTED, AND SHOULD " BE BEMITTED." ' To those whom ifc concerns— '" Sera nunquam est ad bonos mores via." .«..-. -• A Lotbr op JusTioe.'