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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 7, Issue 459, 27 January 1864, Page 3

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*** The editor is desirous of affording every reasonable facility for the "discussion of public subjects, and the criticism of the acts of public men ; but it must be understood that he is in no way responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. -tSib, — On my arrival in this place I found the Provincial Council sitting, and, anxious to know how matters "were carried on at this end of the world, I entered on notice being given by a bell, and found the honorable members assembled, ready to commence work. I naturally enquired the names of the different members, and remembered those who got up to display their powers of oratory. During my attendance in the Council Chamber for three days, I have been enabled to form a pretty fair judgment as to the character and capability of the fif teea honorable members. One amongst them more particularly attracted my attention. He once (as I am informed) bore the title of Revd. before his name, but it seems to but little used in addressing him. He is evidently a disappointed politician, ready to find fault with everything, and a determined oppositionist ; although, in a lengthy and feeble address, he tried to convince the members that he would not offer any factious opposition to the Government, as he was a man of a pure and immaculate nature. In the conrse of business, however, the cloven foot came out, and he proved a most captious and snarling orator. I was led to enquire into the secret of all this, and found that he had recently held a Government appointment, but lost it, and had accordingly determined to thwart every attempt at legislation on the part of the Government, and sacrifice his duty to his supporters for the gratification of his private pique. This information leads me to suggest that, if the dignity of your Council is to be preserved, a motion should be brought in to exclude from seats in the Council all discharged servants, until at least a reasonable time had elapsed for the subsidence of their personal grievances ; and when I became more intimate with the members of Council, this conviction grew so strongly upon me that I thought it advisable to give publicity to the idea, as I found three such on the forms of the opposition, without one single practical measure to bind them together. A Stbanger.