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Otago Witness, Issue 299, 22 August 1857, Page 2

" TO THE ELECTORS OF DUNEDIN tfOWN DISTRICT. /"N ENTLEMEN, — Having resigned my seat in \JC the Provincial Council as your representative at your request, and in consequence of my having accepted an office of emolument under the Government, I again solicit your suffrages. As I stated to you on a late occasion, it was not my intention to have accepted any salary tmtil after the meeting of the Provincial Council, in which case it would not have been necessary for' me to have resigned at this time. lam of opinion that the course which I proposed to follow would have been ' the most advisable, as it would have afforded you the opportunity of judging of the measures I proposed to carry out before you were called upon to decide upon my fitness" for re-election. As, however, you have preferred the first mentioned course of proceeding, I have no objection to offer to it. Gentlemen, you have now the opportunity afforded you of testing the value of the principle of responsibility of .the Government to the public — a principle for which I have long contended. If you consider that I have in any way compromised your interests by the acceptance of office, you can, by refusing to re-elect me, exercise that control over the choice of public officers which is your undoubted right— a right which, however, you would not have been enabled to exercise, had the office which I have accepted been an unpaid one ; and as it is evident that I could have exercised as much control in the Executive being an unpaid member, I am inclined to believe you will agree with me that it is essential that the principal portion, if not the whole, of the Executive, should hold offices of emolument. In again coming before you for reelection, I shall not seek by any personal influence or solicitation to secure your votes. If you believe my return will be beneficial to your interests, my services are at your disposal ; if you think otherwise, although I shall regret that we have come to different conclusions, I shall not repine. But in coming to a decision upon the matter, I trust you will not be led away by any unfounded assertions or party attempts to excite prejudices. I was not willing to accept office. It was pressed upon me for a month, I believe with the approbation of the late Executive and the principal Government supporters, who had become convinced that the business of the Province could not be satisfactorily carried on without a paid Executive officer. The gentlemen in the Provincial Council who usually voted with me were equally anxious that I should take office, provided I secured the services of Mr. Young as a colleague, which has been done. I am therefore at a loss to account for. any dissatis - faction that may have arisen on either side. Of my political views it is quite unnecessary to speak ; they must be well known to you, and at the hustings I shall be happy to answer any questions you may put to me. My political opinions are not in the slightest degree changed, but it would be highly improper in me to give any pledge as to the course I intend to pursue in the Executive. I can only repeat what I have often said, that should I be unable to carry such measures as in my opinion are essential to the benefit of the Province, I will resign ; or should a majority of my constituents request me to resign, I shall be happy to comply with their request. With such a guarantee as this, gentlemen, I think there can be no danger to your interests in giving myself and col- | league a fair and reasonable trial. I ask you not to come hastily to a decision. The affairs of the Province will require much watchful care on the part of the Government, and some forbearance on the part of the public ; but trusting in your good sense and sound judgment, I fearlessly leave the issue to your decision. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, W. H. CUTTEN. WANTED. A FEMALE SERVANT for a Family in -£-L the Country. Wages £30 a-year. Apply to Mrs. Sibbald, Stafford Street, Dunedin. GARDEN SEEDS ON SALE, INCLUDING Onion and Leek Seed, Dwarf Peas, Early Cabbage and Cauliflower Plants, Late Cabbage for Cattle ; also a select variety of Flower Seeds, Blue Gum Trees and Seed, Apple Trees, and a large Collection of Gooseberry and Currant Bushes, Flowering Shrubs, Roses, Ivy, &c. &c. GEORGE MATTHEWS, ' Nursery and Seedsman, and Seed Grower. Church Hill, Dunedin. Resident Magistrate's Court, Dunedin, 14th August, 1857. I^TOTICE is Hereby Given, that a Special XN Meeting of the Justices of the Peace for the Province of Otago will be held at this Court on TUESDAY the Ist day of September next, at 1 1 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of taking into consideration applications for the Transfer tof Publicans' "Licenses. ROBT. CHAPMAN, Clerk to the Bench. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND. SOUTHERN DISTRICT. In the Estate of George Abbinett, of Dunedin, deceased intestate. PURSUANT to the Rule of this Honorable Court, the Creditors of the above-named Intestate are, on or before the Fourteenth day of November next, to come in and prove their Debts before Robert Chapman, Esquire, De-puty-Registrar of the said Court, at his Office, Dunedin, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from all benefit arising from said estate. ROBT. CHAPMAN, Deputy Registrar. Supreme Court Office, \ Dunedin, 14th August, 1857./