The Lyttelton Times.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 705, 10 August 1859, Page 4

The Lyttelton Times.

Vwe Rpyismg■ pfficeiyhavi ; ng }ieTa:>6iseiifb6%|s i to!.adjourned, ta[>Lj|teltori^ an<i. s^t|or"t)ir^e | ilays s ':rand:ilastly r ::iihQ.^aclijp^^.;,'torvC!hns^ I church 'andisatMm'til' a-late, ;h our, on Saturday^ !i the'jSOth^f-July; the^lastsdayflimitedh^the : tr-^,.t; tf^ e :nieans ? and'especially byopen- ■ nt%^i '^r caurts;';^r 'all; tile ; disti;^ts r §ijmuliSaiieously,: tl).et'iie^ i h^-v.^lie.^id^isf&ciiw^qf^.^yq^ingi ."the ! disfranchisrnent of some rliunjjreds ,of.,plaim r ; antsi; >who/%/themselves; or, ; by.ii-iends (upon i oath), supplied to - his ;satisfaction,;!aceoMirig-.! td'^secft'ofi^SS'^'f ■■>the :<adf,'-;pai'tiloUiarß«^-"! tb 1

;"j^hme.?y plttee'l* of ;abode ? . iiature of 'fltialifi--1 cation^,'-pljice Where" pi-op^ei'fcj; is;situate^', and I n)ime pi: jdesqnpiiQn^oir^ the. same," iij.whicjii, j rt^ la^fc,rolll^vas, defective. : For;.examp'le,,His l H:onpK] the Judg-e, His Honor -the -.Superintenr. Uentjtheiiiembersoftheil^egiislative Gounci'Hbii! | tM'; jtoovince^some • medbers; of ''the'.^Hotise1 \:df Representatives^ithe!' s jieaicer of } ;tlife; Pro-, ; vihWbl; C/ounml^ tlie PMViiiciai^Tr|e^urer^f|ti^ I Ib,ers o of. .ike-jErqyinbial, .Council,;fumi^lied,' Uliese;;pai'ticuiai!S , personally,; and on behali" ; of-.many. - others, > including" several ;eraiinent • persons at the time absent, such, for example} i as?'tlie?late' feujjerin^e'h'dejdt)'"3ilr.' J^itzGeriaM,. ; and;'!'M^.-' f Sewsir, r: ngenisl'' able^on path ;jfo I ce^jfjjtp .plie fact^'a t^endedj, ancl ( uph^kl"theii* ; | cla^rqs,;;'.,!! ',f-'r^ : ,:. :-^l[h'{w: \ : ri .-■■.■'j;c,;-.;)j' lls/r : h T;he..;iresiiijt! of .thesei.far apart>,and,.;long: isi(itings;-;ahd'the, co-operationi of.-iallf-:partiesl I has- jijst' prevented what- at 'first seemedj me'Vitable, the disfranchisement of the:larg-est, : not lip; saf'best,1 portion' of tlte,. constituencies. ! o^,,this,. pr;byih% and partpf. th^-next.: ; The ■ Bevismg-, Officpr has' permitted ,11s Jtp/g'lance • at, the rolls,;, .wherein it appears that the Cheviot County;; District has not -lost^ohe voter. ' The list for this;'district' contains 59 ■ nanies, an fd !there is: not- one' expunged '■';. and yet there^ was scarcely one: but had; a,; mistake . fiprrected. or: pmissipn siippliecl • ih ; ;fact, \ve are infpnned.-tiiat, had, the Revising' Officer, not. had !>the assistance of .accidental ivisitprg ; to the Court, who could testify^ voluntarily to the particulars wanted, he niust have expung-ed many' if vnot most of the names appearing- thereoii among* them njanjj-i,wjioses.. rig'hfcs he :,could' ,ndt After, all, 'the want of strictly applicable local descriptions made it impossible'to 'revise'this list, Tis^-; strictly'ia:si the 'listF^f :Ghri'stchnrph and'tjhe:kdjpining v:distric%w of.[ aelctjq^! js^p'ply' Jfche" ''. w,^t; of! other'"local, definitipns^y,,: ',;.;,': n 7-.■:'-,/■ .\7.-■■.:■■■{>, '.J.W''>,)'

; ,- ii^sf to tlie,;Akai!oa r . roll r next> the /Regis-; ! totionHOffieeivfor that district^..not unmindful! | it'woald.'seehi of'theicpsti'pf' actions at* laWby2 j & >f!-lipi^us^cJalim^rit-I\td :(iydte, (p'eade^ fe n.&e: j aih^SWtlie'^e^ i infinite paip^;,m prej^rig-tlii^ li^- fpi*!r£visj|n; j apcojrjaing^'ii^e "ptj /Jf tp "of,\}ns ; | knowledge an^;'abjHtji;'',;'arid;has;:b'eew mo' | less pains in fully ascertaining;fche/narnes of f those on the roll'-who-ougM-tb" be made to I supp'oftrtheir claims.- /Not'pne1 ejector^jusily | coniplaineii:(as;;'far"Ss;wf can^leani) thatlhis* ! ri^k''walpmitte;d /Vno^one'^^ps^^ame 'was. I pn jlie [ljjsji; of those pbjec^eji^o'attempted!t;p. ; support.|iis,?yote; j.; ,:?<,;> h^^-'r-^'^-Jr'."^ r-,Assisted by such,avEegistration-officer'and" otheiv^videric'e, the Revisirig?'Offic'er %a'd'the" satisfaction'r df^saving^air-'ori; tliQ/listy -e&kfit at'Gu't: tw t eptyj;ftp r m;b^iiig ei|)u^g'k'd ;i;f6rw'ant pi|Jdeoc'tsf •■; !tlia^:'l)esides-!thie' severity-two object lies:had i ,,pnly y tp.,exp^nge (amiyf^hat^npt until tlip last moment)- about; rnine.teen;j •: deducting^ these 31 from.|h_e^9sy the vnumbei-Jo^mpaes1 on the li§tj'se)it-ttf'i3e;4*e>ised;; the'''voters'ft>r the^ : AlkarPa Idisi^ictf f ill be J; a.b6tti;l64?m iiumber.: '"Wje' rmayime^^pnf^i^^he^e;^^ n? £?$l c)p^'lfi&fsi]'s pc§eq|ieiice^pMk haps, of 4the tdt^ ; .i^orangeVw^liS^'^ay^ of the.^emmuh (except'Akma ■aiidifßtiitin atsleast) of the 'form of claim^and the.absence/ except'as above; of any Justiee;pf the-: Peace/ Wdte . wh.bm tj6^clare,tlie-|)a:rticulkrfe^ -ThiW is^u^rtun^.^H^e1 :t^e;:,EeTis&gOffic.^ to lower his;standarcl ptofinitions;p|',^Hlace where propertyris: situate. and:,.desci'iptiorilof the ;sam9j'^ ior^he!, have; disfranchised every voter; but it may beiobser\re:d that; th^ist^ct;is-o^; j)erfect-1n titself:;and l ;^d^^ npyrgjiiirjej '^eve'ranc^for tfier|*rpvirieial Jtqfii ?s c ,-.'iipi M r conseqpnce'in thi3,re.s,p§ct,,,, v ■; :: . : .. ii .W ■]..">'«■■,', ; .-;V'^il-^ % i.-;-Tho. X4st : ; of Voters :oiLytteJiton:.a&/senitv& revision exhibited^n ? round/oumbdrs)^ a^)out 200 riames^ ri^he^st=Pf'iiaines' omitted and 6bjected !itoy was ;mZ;!;! Orily^PnV ?fe! m ;^ b1 P^n °n he Mi was.,af.all;prpperljf J&ere rw<?, carinqj; "but .declanng^th^ pavMGuJars; ; q^ ; iG.iarm (nPthbienig^fter 'all'!the pai-fclculars)requisite:to, entdtlelto. vote) ftoj.'-be ti-ue '.bWibre -^Jbstice^f the or- ;th\ft^Re^ g;is t tratidks 'affi;cer,^ie[|iris;! to "like g^ajg'vptiualll B^irte'-a1i:« pn^bFtlig m^^ a;#ft^nc^}^:list;^reviyea^ W 'ithan ;^ onp^gtu^ivp^'the';lai Y -mpk evdden%^;;byei!lookfed^Jit i , ! andlvlosti!his : (c]aim'l Moreover,^strang;e-to^sa^Kin» ro.th»Wonly c}aim%t^lP tnade^the' claiMntwi idently tfifif Ho^&Mlf %& r Set. t R#^g;;gfficer,h)id t8 g f'% ybte^ %W& iPwM, P^ W.^cljipn"|^V g qori-ect ,It^ms,w,p s w.ere^iggtiy, In^^d thiit:ihal'd;lyf;iabove ? one;ah tenvpn-theviist; pi" liy.tteltbn i'&wh. vvduld ahave.!escaped'ibeinobrid fi-i'en'ds; conre t6 fsth% Rescue 1 ;^hKh !ItHe'y P^ifSl^^ Aarpa J .som-e' fl4l-I'|iy'tteitgi; W& M'ummm m W^ac^or^viin^tipnToi' i tliei'list.rtenabie^o^udge,;tbife^ftei-iaffi I none u^mt^ohleGteilt^ butaiundera-tW comS% rtw detttrriin^ I Mm .Ch^ide^ S sell,lt^ (former:and' pres^tiwM^agers.ofi the: ; Bank,'Mri,-Wake^ :fi^^Mrt^veil,tod Mr,;Weldv.and^t^east; one MvPi^ywhither forgotbrl did riotcare to place whgfe'pfopertV is situate; ahd ja^c'viptibn skae'%wbuM stand the te?t of the late act. • v': '0-: '■ US^i^? S -^"^Pd^rice^of Sfc^^ft^^^^^ti^^tic^rs :iiut? ; tlie;f Reusing ;; Bairisleft .ia^dNagain "tihat^some^gobd/men wljose;;possession ;of : propei-ty>^ Lytteltoft 4 1 notorious,Avbuld;l<ise'their yof& 'inilifs-ni^ i c^ s,€; f'^^i«n/rnptwithfetanang' ff}/is ' r ow ii afl, V ei;t.sppi^t-;;dn3;^s ; ,he expressed 7 it) the i SP"'l^ iStuTjng-, calls;: df,the newspapers ~ " , J3y.the-bye,. we; may,.observe-..ithftJt • sdthe votes;m. tins hst will Me: on,the.list-df Port Vio^-District w-AM Pvoyihcial Electoral

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lrpm'.the^pd,mr ! missipjt ; uppointed,':.by. vthe provincial .Govern? | merit, .ofl j;the,!,state pi'- the.jship Cameo, as to I th^e '(Conduct »;"af the*- passengers and> crew i during '>th 6 /Voyage /fi'om London,: the dis- ; cipfihe*m ramtaitied oh tioa'rdj' and '-■ the general j arrang&m'ents 'of the ship'lfbr the comfort of < tjtib!, iinmi«Tant§; wjio^n. Brought 'to,,our S sb'oi'es. : ' r '"," l't 'is rthe, s d.u,'ty^ of. tliis', _cpnim jssipn -: to 1 eijfj.uire ,in a similar :> (manner ,into / ■ the /.case of ' each.ship, which arrives', .arid'this duty ■ has | been;-already <: performed: in; the1 case •■ of ■ the I Mary Ann*; but'soiiie'cirbunistances conriecte'd j. vyitjh tlie,Ganieo^ $kd''ioip:& i-eporfe "whichsßei cSme^c'lirrlnt sopn,||'ter.h;ei i" arrival, rendered \ it.c((3 t sirable, to...ina^e 'jfclie , invest-jgatipn.-pecu-r I li^rly,,s,eafching andio^Jiaveithe ;repor ; t ;: of the I commissioners made public. This ifras>accord- • ingly been done in the document .alluded• to, • which; leaves -nothing to be desirbd inthe way ;of enquiry.- }'/ *U""'\^ '!:. t ' fj:i--y- ■ :i- ':\\''- : ;'_'';'/ ; Satisfactory as'the; repiorif; is on the whple i as "compared with, tH.Q reports, price, .in circu- .' lation, yet it .presents important;;subjects:for '• consideration. We may say that'the charges I against * the'Gameo could -be bi'ought' vvith | truths to a-, greater or'"less -extent, against ! almp'st1 every 'immigrant vesser; which arrives ; iri'ipur 'hai-bpur. It i§.clear thkt we oh >^b|s' jj sidei^bf'the/waterare -moreililcely than those op I thapther side to.consult the Act of^Parliament; ji regulating, the cohductof passenger ships, and I to condemn any departure from- its pro visions,: \ for it is ! here that the cohsefjuences pf neglect r aris apparent. If anything has gone^wrorig^ > we; mix with those who have bu|''recently.; ; suffered,, and ha^ j pf',^is-managemejtt|i Itj;s ;! nbt jWpnderfjil ! that^on the; other,side. the. prevention,.of. evil isi ? riot-, sufficiently kttended to^j■ and'therefore we" \ are hot very^ much^surprised' tol-find:fch'at:s6ni^ , of^the: accusatiphs'proveti agaihst vessels' , rstß | for faults 1 PVght^6^M^';q6iii^' iitnd^ri Pmcml cognizance' Mfpr'e '.'ever-'f'tHe"ship, left ;,; •■j;-1:^; rir^\S'^:I v TJie, character of tlie pfficers.ofvthe^ship/the' | competency; of^the/sur'g?eon; in Ms. capacity;j><s mediGaliimaii ahd^flls^ of%prait6ride|it^the: hSalMf; the "|)assSh^ers" rebetved*'1 Pii;:b6M,; ! the'figinpoF; (jHd^hig; f for Jb^lj; ( roPm^ !jj/^ ! sft n]^^i^n^nien^sVgeneraliy^a^ jpointsi^in^iwhiph.fjigroundi fbr^ompiaint.-;iai | geherallyJaidjia'hd^ they.(are 'just^the' pomts^ j which'; ar^fope^qfor ;consideration^be^re tHe 1 I ship receivesperrtfis^idh tP^epar^'^rriLond^ra^ | ";1fe i;;liav^.* ;evideii^ /BeMb" ■.ffi^in* ;:the | caseV<3f; ( ,she ( 'tii^ I p^mqujais: if : ''weve'^.not' ' ; properly ; .^attended I to, rj ,an 4mm ' of;. : ahnosfUevery: : eveivvr;skip will teli^the We are 1 open W a(.{mit; that the'gsheral gdod manage^' ment^f^'Mesps^ Willis 1 vah^ ip&.'s< line ha£ preyerited the; passetig^rs ; by i;herr ship^ r'ironj' feelin^tlib f ; hardships' very;;^ev|r]el|^ but■ 'hi, th^samejime ; ou|''';Jutjr tp^ptest agains,t i\ie .pareiessness; ; which >: :is, shpwnc,;b^ those. .a%home who. have fccare Jof despatch^ ing emigrant vessel^in maitfers^here a^ttle 1 ■attentioa^^ildl^tiiffide^^WhVa i gl^ffetfe§t■ of lti^io?//: ll ' J/ ; \M'}(/>';'[ w-fH^e, saw hM ¥$4#.k&Fy.w!L ystftie case "s,%s Qamep^ thoiigh /; ba4 js, ; proved: "to /be Dptr so .badi^as rumour represented, it.'; m,/ - : .■<;■ ■;■: ' -Ay^i) UCn