Original Correspondence.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 1286, 28 November 1857, Page 3

Original Correspondence.

To tbo Editcr of the New Zealand Spectator, G Wellington, November 24. ’S'7. 1 Em, — Intruding ur.on your space a little, J beg *■ to say—l was lookimr over your weeping conf em- C poraty of Inst Saturday, in which ' saw an article headed “ Ourselves. ‘ ] tuck tb.e tronbie, and „ wasted the time to ham what they rc.-dy had to say roR thi-jjsf.lves, after being beaten almost L entirely < ut of Hie Province. B.iiyis might have 1 been expected from such a quarter, finding ilicir re- t putation (if they ever had any) gone, ;md wishing. t like a drowning in an. to retain their grasp ; ol }g as possible : with much self-flattery, delusion, and deceit, they cry aloud what they have done, ami 1 are now do :;;’, they would have you believe at an ‘i.’.uiifire. for rhe pub’ic weal, a; iiic hands i of the defeated GovcriiTuent party of (his province. r 1 regret «l:at dcelmhig bn>i;'.C:s shouid have ii,d’tred ihc ptup’ictuis of that reunw.ncd journal it 1 re‘oi t to : <» uhbusim sy like and dm - pitiable a pirn ceedir.g as to ;ry and stigmatize ( thers as being I impostors with a view to clear ihetnscivis from . suspicion or elude detection. It is nut the number of sheets printed, so much as the number of types composed < r set up in the four pages printed on ihc J sheet, which nr.isi be reckoned in judging of the real value of the work perfoimcd. The t.cm ruble , proprietors of your contemporary wish to gull tho public into the be icf that honest dealing is to be had only at thehi shop, and bc-ach-cuming, thim-ble-rigging, or something equally as bad, everywhere else beside. Now, if the public choose to examine the matter for themselves, the.\ will readily ami easily detect tlie delusion and deception intended by them to to pass current. Let any one lake the Gazette as published by Air. Stokes of last year, and compare it with that now issuing by measuring ’-he depth of the pages ef each, it will '.hen be apparent at (mce how far their gratuitous generosity extend-*, tosax nothing of the d'H'cience in the size ot t\pe, which the smaller it is, very much increases the mimuri of work—the Gu:etle printed at the Sperfiitor olhrc in this respect is very diiicn nt ir. m that new published. Again, I do no! mean to say that the ptopricims of your uorlhi; cmAemporaiy are not ImDorabh? gent?—that they never send 250f0r .15. 1 copie s Irnme and yet paid for the full numb’ r—that they never , spin out what might easily be got into 2 pages ami | make it unnecessarily extend to four. —tl»-n. tlie\ j never make up lor low tenders by grumbling ami j giowliug for more advantageous work io be given [ ihi in nf.erv nid:» —>uch as the printing of the Pro- , vimial Counci'.—no th.iit they might stick it on, — ih.it they never wished li» monopi I’.ze all the work, although they might find n difficulty in act omplishug it—contract as well cs nm-contracl; neither

<lol mean to say tlrni il,._.y I!Ct sop-in-tb. -pan in any otli: r way. No! ihej- are, in lael, really Tin: niu-t ho: orable “imilcmcn von could have anv dealings Will: at ! thiIS all I >•.<■.. (I mv. .Xoverllich.-s, I wish Io say a little morr.; ii W rm!d have been belle,• for themselves,—lnlier f, lr the public,—lm'iei lor lhei- opmess.'d w.,r|; people, it tl, v had been even more hmtorahlc! yes, and betn r, ft.r better too, for their! political friends whom they have helped to overthrow. ‘ Lent the above should not prove sufficient, I shall reserve’ my iud in pickle for another time. And remain, Sir, Your obedient servant. A LOOKER ON. [I Lu above coinmuniuation saves us the trouble of noticing the whining article in lite to which it refers. X faithful re-I turn of the amount paid for printing by the Provincial Government to each | priming office, distinguisliing the amount under contract, and that wof viuur ct.nh'act would give some idea ol' the valim of the sop the Independent has rc cuivcd during the current year.— Ed. Epee.']