LAST- NIGHT'S MEETING.

New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume II, Issue 98, 15 December 1841, Page 3

LAST- NIGHT'S MEETING.

A public meeting was held in tlje Exchange 1 last night, W.Guyton, Esq., in the 'chair, and was very numerously and, respectably attended. All the resolutions (with the exception of the 6th) were carried unanimously. . To the 6th, an amendment was moved" by Mr. Hanson, and a long and animated discussion ensued, which ended in the rejection of the amendment by a large majority. The following are the resolutions agreed to: — " 1 Moved by Mr. Wicksteed, seconded by Mr. J. Smith (Union Bank) : — „ Resolved, — That previous experience of the , (excellence of Port Nicholson as a Harbour, has been confirmed by the fact, that during the violent gale of the 11th and 12th instants, no vessel received, the slightest injury, or even t dr.aggedjier anchor. . . , Moved by Mr. 3. H. Wallace, seconded by the Rev. MTarlane :—: —

Resolved, — That the injury sustained by vessels bound for this port, arose from the want of a Light-house or Signal Station, and Pilots, to show the safe and open approaches to Port Nicholson. • Moved- by Mr. Wade, seconded by Captain ■Rhodes i-^— Resolved, — That it is the duty of the Government, to appoint a Harbour-Master, and to take other measures to prevent the loss of life and property, by accidents off the Heads. Moved by Mr. Waitt, seconded by Mr. A. Ludlam :—: — ■ Resolved, — That in the estimates prepared by the Government for . the current year, the aum of .£lOl6 is proposed for the Harbour Master's department at Auckland, and £60 as salary for the conductor of. a. signal station at the, Bay of Islands ; whilst no provision whatever is made for the necessities of this port.

Moved by Mr. Crawford, seconded by Mr. F. A. Moles worth: —

■ Resolved, —"That- the commerce of Port Nicholson exceeds- that of Auckland and the Bay of Islands united.; that it is rapidly increasing,: that, the Customs Revenue of New Zealand is principally collected at this Port ; and that the omission of all mention of Port Nicholson indicates indifference or hostility Vo the welfare of her Majesty's subjects settled here.

Proposed by Mr. Brewer, seconded by Dr. Evans : —

Resolved, — That considering it useless to .apply (for redress to .the Government of Auckland, it is expedient to state our case to the Government in England.;, and that a committee composed, of the following gentlemen, be appointed to draw up a statement and, forward- it to HoUj Francis Baring, M.P., r and Jqto§" Temple Leider, Esq., M.P., requesting them w bring the subject under the notice of the House of Commons, and of. the. Queen's Ministers. Names . of the . Committee : — Mr. Hanson, Dr. Evans, Mr. Wade, Mr. Waitt, Mr. Wicksteed. The statement to the Imperial Parliament, "which the Committee are empowered to' dr"a,w up, will lie at the Exchange for . signature. Thanks were then voted to Mr. Guyton, for his able conduct in the chair, and the meeting broke up. ' ' ' >(-- Captain Rhodes was then called to v preside, and the following proposition was agreed to : Moved by Mr. Wade, seconded by Mr. greenwood: — Resolved. — That as a provisional arrangement, subscriptions be entered into to erect a temporary Light-house immediately, and apply for power to,levy. light dues on shipping entering the port; for the, purpose of defraying the expenses. That the Company will give up their Tight, when required of them of the Government, or Corporation of Wellington.

GENERAL ABSTRACT, shewing the .Average, Amount of the; Liabilities and Assets of the Branch pf the Union Bank of Australia, at Port Nicholson, in New Zealand, taken from the several Weekly Statements during the Quarter from the 30th day of June, to the 27th day of September, 1841. ,

LIABILITIES. AMOUNT. ASSETS. AMOUNT. £• «. d.. £ i. d. Vnte« In rircnlAtinn 1 Not bearing Interest ... 5825 0 0 Coined Gold and Silver, and other coined Notea in Circulation J Bearing rarest Metals ; ;> 3214 4 r Siiln in Pirpniofinn \ Not bearing Interest ... Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars BUU in Circulation J" Bearing Interest 'Landed Property 908 10 . 7 Balances due to other Banks 3845 0 1 Notes and Bills of other Banks ; noo4it \ Not bearing Intereit •. 9381 711 Balances due from other Banks \ »*]/""**} Bearing Interest • Amount of all Debts due to, the Bank, including Notes, Bills of Exchange, and all Stock and Funded Debti o'f,,every description, excepting Notes, Bills, -and Balances due to -; ' ' the said Bank from other Banks 14,928 13 4 * ' — — — — — » • ____ ■Total Amount of Liabilities £19,051 8 6 Total Amount of Assets £19,051 8 6 Amount of the Capital Stock by last Report, of, Directors paid up '.500,000 0 0"' Rate of the last Dividend declared to Shareholders, 255. per share, or 10 per cent. Amount of the last dividend declared 25,000 0 0 Amount of Reserved Profits at the time of tie- , ' daring such Dividend 49,288 0 6 GENERAL ABSTRACT, showing the Average Amount of Liabilities and Assets of the New . Zealand Banking Company, taken from the several Weekly Statements during the Quarter from the lit July, to 30th September, 1841. LIABILITIES. - '■ AMOUNT. ASSETS. AMOUUT. & s. d. £ s. d. v««. in Pi w ,ii»ti m \ Not bearing Interest.. 7779 14 1 Coined Gold .and Silver, and other coined Notes in Circulation J Beating rnterest Metals 11,770 10 11 „.„. ,_ r>i»/.i,i«»t«n \ Not bearing Interest. . 108 3 8 Gold and Silver in Bars or Bullion Jims in circulation / Bearing Interest ' . Landed property and Bank premises 573 18 7 Balance due to other Banks Balances due from other Banks 1918 3 10 n ,. 1 Not bearing Interest Amount of all Debts due to f lic, Bank, includue Jf,J Bearing Interest 13,562 17 8 ing Notes, Bills of Exchange, and all Stock , and Funded Debts of every description, ex- ' cepting Notes, Bills, and Balances, due to the said Bank from other Banks 12,140 4 10 Total Amount of Liabilities £21,450 15 5 Total Amount of Assets £26,402 18 2 _____ ___ _ Amount of Capital Stock paid up at the close ' of the Quarter ending September 30, 1841... 6378 0 0 Rate of the last Dividend declared to the .Shareholders ij per cent, for the half year. Amount of the last Dividend declared 280 4 0 for the half year. Amount of Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such Dividend lie 3 3

' MEMKMIS RETURNED.

The following ! is'a t list of members returned for the new Parliament ; those distinguished by an S are Whigs.

Abingdon, Duffield Andover, Lord W. Pagot I, Etwall s Arundel, Lord Fitzalan a Ashburton, Jardine s As I) ton, Hindley s Aylesbury, Ham.lton s, Clayton s Banbury, Tancred s Buritstaple, Hodgson, Gore Bath, Duncan s, Roebuck s Beaumaris, Colonel Paget s Bedford, Capt. Polhill Btuart Bedfordshire, Lord Alford, Astell Berkshire, Palmer, Pusey, Lord Barrington Berwick, Foster s, Hodgson Beverley, Townley s, Hogg BoAVdley, Winnington s Birmingham, Muntz s, Sdioleheld Blackburn, Fielding, Hornby -Bodmiii, Major Vivian s, Lord Liec«ster Bolton, Ainsworth s, Bownug s Boston, Duke s, Brownrigg Bradford, Hardy, Lister s Brecon/ Morgan Breconshire, Colonel Wood Bridgenorth, Whitmore, Sir B. Pigot Bridgewater, Broadwood, Forman, Bridport, Warburton s, Mitchell s Brighton, Pechell s, Whigiiey s Bristol, Miles, Burkeley s Buckingham, Sir T. Freemantle, Sir J. Chetwoode Bury, Walker s Bury St. Edmunds, Lord Jermyn, Lord C. Fitzroy s Calne, Lord Shelburne Cambridgeshire, Hon. E. Yorke; Eaton, Allix Cambridge, Sutton, Sir A. Grant Cambridge University, Goulbourne Law Canterbury, Bradshaw, Sraythe Cardiff, Nicholl Cardigan. Harford Carlile, Howard's; Marshall Carmarthen, Morris s Carnarvon, Hughes Chatham, Byng g - Cheltenham, Berkeley t Chester, Lord H. Grosvenori, Jervis s Chichester, Lord A. Lennox, J, A. Smith s Chippenham; J. Neeld, Boldero Christchurch, Hants, Sir G. H. Rose Cirencester, Master, Crippg iClitheroe. Wilson a ' Cockermouth, Aglionby s, Horsman Colchester, Sir G. Smyth, Sanderson Coventry, Ellice s, 'Williams Cricklade, Neeld, Captain Howard s Dartmouth, Sir J. Scale Derbyshire, (north) Hon. 1 Cavendish s, Evans ;Derby, Sthitt, Ponsonby s ■Devizes, Sotheron, Heneage Devonport, Tufnell s, Sir G. Grey, s , ' L Devon, (north,) Sir T. D. Acland, Bucke Devonshire, (south,) Sir J.Y Buller/ Lord Courtenay Doroh.es'tar., Sir J. Graham, Hon. H;, Ashley Dorsetshire, v Lo.d Ashley, Sturtrßankes -■ , - Diflbijn, Maid waring Droltwich.'Packington Dudley, Haw kes Durham, Grainger s, Fitzroy Essex, (north,) Sir John Tyrrel, Round Evesham, Lord M. Hill, Borthwick Exeter, Follett, Divett Eye, Sir E. Kerrison s Falmouth, Captain Vivian, Captain Plumridge s Finsbury, Wakley, Duncomb Flint, Sir R. W. Bulkeley « Frome,'Sh,eppard Gateihead, Hun s Gloucester, . Berkeley i, Phillpotti i , Gloucester, (east,) Codrington, Hon. F. Charteris Gloiiceiterihire, (west,)' hon. G. Berkeley s, Hale

Grantham, Whelby, hon. F. Tollemache Greenwich, JDundas s, Barnard s Grimsby, Heneage s Guildford, Mangles s, Wall s Halifax, Protheroe s, Wood s Hampshire, (north,) Lefevre, Heathcote Haverfordwest, Sir R. B. Phillips s Harwich, Attwood, Major Berresford Hastings, Planta, Hollond s Helston, Sir R. Vivian Hereford, Hobhouse s, 'Clive Herefordshire, Bailey, Baskerville, Hoskms Hertford, Lord Mahon, hon. W. Cowper Honitoi),. Colonel H. Baillie, Al'Geachy Horshani, Scarlett ■: Hudderslield, Stansfield s Hull, Hammer, James Huntingdon, Col. Peel, SirF. Pollock Hythe, Majoribanks Ipswich, Wason s, Runnie, jun. s Kendal, Wood s Kent, (east,) Sir E. Knatchbull, Plutnptre Kent, (west,) Sir E. Filmer, -Lord Marsnam Kidderminster, Godson Knaresborough, lawson, Ferrand Lambeth, Hawes s, D _yncuurt s Lancashire, (north,) Lord Stanley, J. W. Patten Lancaster, Greene, Marton Launceston, Sir H.Hardinge Leeds, Becket, Aldam s Leicester, iiastliope s, Ellis s Leicester, (north,) Ld Manners, Farnham Leominster, Greenaway s, Wigram Lewes, Harford s, Elphinstone s Lichfield, Paget s, Anson i Lincoln, Colonel Sibthoroe Collett Liskeard, C. Buller s Liverpool, Sandon, Cresswell London, (city of,) Lyall, Masterman, Lord J. Russels, Sir M. Wood s Ludlow, Botfield, Acker Lyme, Pinney s Lymington, Mackinnon, Stewart Lynn, Lord G. Bentinck, Sir S. Canning MacclesneJd, Brocklehurst s, Grimsditch Maidstone, Hope, Dodd JllaJdon.Quintin Dick.Round Malmesbury, Howard s Malton, Childers s, Dennison s Manchester, Phillips, Gibson s Marlborough, Lord Bruce, H. B. Baring Marlow, Williams, Sir W. Clayton i Marylebone, Sir B. Hall s, Commodore Napier s Merionethshire, Richarda Menhyr-Tydvil, Guest s , Middlesex, Byng », Col. T. Wood Midhurst, Sir R. B. Seymour Monmouth, Blcwitt s Monmouthshire, Lord Somerset, Mordan Montgomery, Cholmondeley Montgomeryshire, Wynne Morpeth, Howard s Newark, Lord J. Mannen, Gladstone Newcastle-on-Tyne, Ord s, Hinde Newcastle — under — Lyne, Buckley, Harris s Newport, Isle of Wight, Hamilton, Martin Norfolk, (west,) Bagge Nortliallerton, Wrightson « Northampton, Smith s, Currie s Northumberland, (south,) Bell, Ogles ' Norwich, Marqis of Douio, Smith s ;, Nottingham, Hobhouse ,i, ; Larjk-nt s ' Nottinghamshire (south), Ld. Lincoln, Colonel Rolleston .Nottinghamshire, (north,) Knight, Holdtworth Oldham, Fielden b Oxfordshire, Johnson i, Lord Norrey*, Harcourt, Hcndley ,

Oxford, University, Estcourt, Inglis i Oxford, City, Maclean, Lang- , bton s Pembroke, Sir J. Owen s Peterborough, Sir B-. Heron s Fitzwilliam s Petersfield, Sir J. W. Jolliffe Plymouth, Gill s, Kbrington s Poole, Ponsonby, Phillips s Portarlington, G. L. Dalmer Portsmouth, Hon. T. F. Baring s, SirG. Staunton s Pontefract, Lord Pollington, M. Millies Preston, Fleetwood s, Strickland s Radnor, R. Price Reading, Russell, Ld. Chelsea Riegate, Lord Eastrior Reilbrd, (east,) G. H. Vernon, Captain Duncombe Richmond, Dundas s, ,Colburn, s Ripon, Sir E. Sugden Rochester, Douglas, Bodkin Rochdale, Crawtord s Rye, Curteis s t>alford, lirotb.er.ton s St. Albans, Repton, Lord Listowell s St. Ives, W. Praed Salisbury, Wyndham, Brodie s Sandwich, Sir T. Troubridge s, Lindsay Scarborough, Sir F. Trench Sir J. Johnstone Sheffield, Parker s, Ward s Shields, (south,) Wawn s Shaftesbury, Lord Howard s Shoreham, Sir C. Burrell, C. Goring Shreswslmry, Tomlinc, D'lsraeli Shropshire, (south,) Earl of Darlington, Hon. H. Clive Southampton, Martyn, Bruce Southwark, Humphrey s, Woods Staffordshire, (south,) Ld.-In-gestrie, Hon. G. Ans.on Staffordshire, (north,) Watts Russell, Adderley Stafford, Carnegie, Buller s Stamford, Marquis of Granby, Sir G. Cleik Stockport, Marsland s, Cobden s " Stoke-upon-Trent, Ricardo t, Copeland Stroud, Scrope s, Staunton s Sudbury, Villiers s, Sombre s Suffolk, (west,) Colonel Rushbrook, H. S. Waddington -t In this borough tliei IREL.

Armagh, Col. Ilawdon s Bandon, Serj. Jackson Carlow, Capt. Layard s Carrickferg us,- Kirk Cashel, Stock, s Clonmel, Pigot a Coleraioe, Litton Dublin .University, right hon. F. Shaw, Dr. Lefroy SCOT]

Dundee, Dancan s Dumfries. Ewart s Edinburgh, Macaulay s Craig • Falkirk JBvrghs, Baird Glasgow, Oswald, Denniaton Haddington Barghs, BalJour i Inverness, Morrison a Majority of Conservativei

Hertfordshire, Lord Grim-

Sunderland, W. Thompson, D. Barclay s Surrey, (west,) Denison a, Trotter Sussex, (west,) Earl of March, Colonel Wyndham Swansea, J. H. Vivian s Tamworth, Sir R. Peel, Capt. A'Court Taunton, Labouchere s, Bambridge s Tavistock, Lord Ej Russell s, J. Rundle s Tewkesbury, Dowdeswell, Martin s Thetford +, Hon. B. Baring, Lord Euston, Sir J. Flower Tlnrsk, J. Bell s Tiverton, Lord Palmers ton s, Heathcoat Tower Hamlets, Clay s, Fox s Totn&ss, Lord Seymour s, Baldwin Truro, Turner s, Vivian s Tynemouth, Metcalfe s Wakefleld, Houldsworth s Wallingford, Blackstone Walsall, S^ott s Wareham, Drax s Warriiigton, Blackburne Warwick, (south,) Mordaunt, Shirley Warwick, Douglas, Collins Warwickshire, (north,) Dugdale, Uilmot Wells, Blakemore, Haytcr s Wenlock, Forrester, Gaikell Westbury, Lopes Westminster, Rous, Leader s Weyniouth, Ld.Vilhers.Hope Whitby, Chapman Whitehaven, Attwood Wigan, Greenall, Crosse Wight, Isle of, Holmes Wilton, Fitzharris Winchester, East, Escott Windsor, Ramsbuttom, Neville Wolverhampton, Thornely s, Villwrss Woodstock, Thesiger Worcester, T.Wilde s, .Baillie Worcestershire, (west,) Gen. Lygon, Winn Knight Wycombe, Dashwood s, iJernal s Yarmouth, Rumbold s, Wilshere s York, Lowther. Yorks s Yorkshire, East Riding, Uroadley, Lord Hotham Yorkshire, North- Ridin", Cayley s, Hon. W. Duncombe

ire is a double return. .AND. Duncahnon, Ld. Northland Downpatrick, Kerr Dunuafk, Keudington s Dungarvon, SheU s Ennis>killen, hon. A. H. Cole Kilkenny, J. O'Connells Lisburn, Meynell New Koss, Col. Gore "foughai, hon. C. Cavendish LAND. Kilmarnock district, Johnston s Kilkaldy district, Colonel Ferguson s Leith Rutherford s Montrose di«trict,Chalmers Paisley, Hattie s Perth, iMaule a Stirling Barghs, Lord Dalmeney. i, St.— Courier, 10th July.