LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 231, 17 January 1855, Page 5

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

KAIAPOI, JANUARY 11, 1855. At a meeting of the members of the Church r Inland, as defined by the Church Property IjLst Ordinance, assembled at Kaiapoi it was oVcd by Mr. Edward Revell and seconded by Mr. Beswick — "That this meeting declines to proceed to , c i e 'ction of a Trustee for the district of r-iiaiioi on account of the unfairness of the Joportionment of the Trustees to the various districts as proposed by the Bye-laws passed at a meeting held at Christchurch on the 7th of December, 1354." Curried unanimously. It wiis also proposed by Mr. Wyld and seconded by Mr. W. Revell- • ''That the Chairman of this meeting be remiested to put himself into communication with the members of the Church of England at Lyttelton, and to attend the proposed meetinglo be held in that place on the 25th instant, to take into consideration the Bye-laws above referred to." Carried unanimously. It was proposed by Mr. Beswick and seconded hv Mr. Sneyd— " That the Chairman be requested to affix his signature to the above resolution in behalf of the meeting." (Signed) Jontf Raven, Chairman.

To the Editor of the Lyltelton limes. Sir,—s?our Christchurch contemporary appears to me in his last week's paper to be broaching some very strange and arbitrary doctrines, quite inconsistent with anything' like representative government, or with the idea that the people ought to have a voice in the disposal of public money. The editor of the Canterbury Standard complains of the Superintendent having refused to give his guarantee to the Governor, that the revenue arising from the disposal of land within the Canterbury Block should be expended according to the regulations of the late Canterbury Association—of course implying that he ought to have given this guarantee. I, for one, rejoice that the Superintendent shrank from acting in this arbitrary ,and imperious manner. For what would an attempt on his part to carry out this guarantee have amounted to? Why simply to this, that the Superintendent, who has no power to act without the advice and consent of the Representatives of the people, would, of his oivn sole authority, h&\e determined how the public money should be expended. Here we have again that predilection for private and arbitrary arrangements, without.the consent or knowledge of the public, which is so conspicuous in the Land Office, and which, trora the experience we have had of it, few, I apprehend, would be desirous of extending to t»e Provincial Executive. ° The thin end of the wedge of an arbitrary system of this kind is introduced on the present occasion in an alluring form,—in the shape of an increase of revenue,-but then it must be memberecl, in estimating the value of this •ease, that H would have entailed correspon- •• g burthens which at present the land fund not called upon to bear. I mean that no less man one-third would have been applied to the s»PPort of the Church of England. this'on 11,! 01;111^" 0, 1 be «Pedient to charge n U T ?- fun, d ' bUt * thi»k»nd hope that i?rS°f lb« 8 • Province are to° J«Jo'w «f en,, 1" lf7' t l heh> own views iid wishes ftncv«? Z J BhelTC?' and t0 leave ifc t0 ■fid i^enT to(letmniuehow *™ money * am, Sir, your obedient servant, Observer.

To the Editor of the Lyttelton Times. " memori-il -wi!i i Dam Pier (in allusion to Council i t \ i i th i a,. l exin' ess myself ao the f°>' I fontll (- -lke a Species of coercion, (dl^ce tmt mU^ addressed to f°r L !>itchon' had not been Mr S, °thY two * but l° me only." hc R low lla\ s been ""'sinfonned, for I KM J-idnr -111 tmt before Awarding it to 1111(1 I»«Stsi™ IO". Bly Sl; lU kto Mr. Hamilton, • wliom it was not necessary to send

it, as his constituents knew his opinions well, and could reckon upon his vote. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, James Sfowehs. Lj'ttelton, Jon. 15, 1855.

To the Editor of the Lyttellon Times. Sib, —I observe that Mr. Dampier, in his very lucid letter to the Lyttelton Times on Saturday last, founds his defence upon the report of his speech in the Council! given by that paper. Now, Sir, strange as js Mr. Dampier'slanguage concerning the address to the Lyttelton members, as given in that report, I understand that it is mild and irreproachable when compared with the reality. I ajn told by those who were present that the lion, member spoke in quite a contemptuous tone of "those good gentlemen," his constituents, who requested his support of a measure desired 'by the large majority of the inhabitants of Lyttelton. Although I signed the address, I should not have now noticed Mr. Dampier's conduct but for the very pointless answer which he makes to your remarks upon his speech in the Council. Yours obediently, A Lytieltonian.