CANTERBURY.

Wellington Independent, Volume VI, Issue 551, 22 January 1851, Page 3

CANTERBURY.

By the schooner 'Henry, we have received, the Ist nuunbor of the Lyttelton Times', and wo have much ploasur.o in welcoming our brother journalist on his appearance in the cqlohy. The Times is published every Saturday, printed on eight'octavo pages, the first of which in the present number is filled with advertisements. Then follow accounts of the several voyages of, the four emigrant ships which had arrived at Lyttelton, the. Charlotte' Jane, the Randolph, the Sir

Geu/ge tut,anil tl c CVmy.the tlnee] Inst of wlmh shaped tho'ii comse with tf ><id ( ich pimuple and appeal to have owed to it Ihu greatei tapuliu, and the gieo-'ei (old experienced on thin \owige One icn..irkdlile c\qit occmto.l which wis this, that though none of these wssds made the pisMige in less than ( )9 dins ftom por,, to port, one <>t the passengeis pel formed the whole distance in ( )3 I'iic fact is explained b\ his having, like the woudeilul tiiiiui ii in ihe wild beast show, come out in two ships, commencing Ins \ovagc in the Sir Geoige Sa/mout, and being traiisfened to the Randolph which sailed the day before hei aud aimed a du\ befoie, in'tlie mid die ol the \o\ugc Following the ships' journals, in the leading article, m flinch uftei a bilef disseilation on newspapers m genoial, the Editor descnbes the Lyt telton Times m pailicular, declaies'it entiielv independent of the Canteibnn Vss Kiatioii, ihough fayoniing the yiews of tint bod), and equally bee from all -onliol on the pmt of the Council of lund puichaseis or any one elsj On piu-tv politics lie considers the, Time has not aim id loi deciding iv f.norn of nn\ in jjiii titular, but (m tlie gerteial question be speaks out minfiillv, decidedly, au I on the l.glit side "We shall 'nevei cease says he " to oppose the continu nice of the j>ie**tiit foim of government in \i w Zealand nnd to insist upon the nitioiiiction ol n Constitution such as that nnd r when we and our fathcis ia\e li\cd, and in wliTlh tliat gnat jjiiu ciple of Miitish Law shall b > lecogm/ed to the full, thai no Englishman shall be taxed without his conceit, sgnfii'd by his lepieseutaliscs The question ol Colonial government was agitating poll Heal cncles in England when we sailed from hershoies and was nmidh becoming a \ital paitv question. This is the only party question, the interest of which exlends with undiminished exciting force to this side ofthe globe: and in this question We shall always adhere to the principles of Colonial Reformers in England." The leader is followed by "the journal of the yveek" containing local news.. Then come' Reports of Meetings of landpurchusers the business of which appears to have been conducted with good sense and temper, and we are glad to observe, well merited acknowledge ments ofthe zeal of Mr. Godley in having pioneered the way, and the'iibility and success of' Capt. Thomas in the execution of his arduous duties. A short police report announces the incarceration of sundry runaway sailors, and the fining of a drunken one; while a petty theft is visited with a brief imprisonment of a week. The prices current of Lvtt.elton market reveals the cost of living in most particulars moderate for a new settlement. The sympathies of the charitable ; iire appealed to in behalf of a widow and orphans; and the last corner of the I eighth page is dedicated to the muses by a poet who addresses from the mast head of the Randolph, an ode to the first New Zealand sunset." The paper is respectably printed and-set up, and merits the success which we have no'doubt'it-will achieve.

We understand that Sir George Greycalled E' Tako'before him, and reproached him bitterly for having repudiated the authorship of the letter signed Wiremu T, and for having declared that the. savings of the Governor aiid Wiremu T. "was no good," and especially for having thrown cold witter upon his Excellency's attempt to get up an agitation amongst the natives, and excite in their minds feelings, pf.hostility to the settlers. His Excellency recalled to E'Tako .the horses, and the carts, and ..the other presents he (the Governor) had at,various times conferred upon him—and hinting that heiliad it in his poyver to refuse complying with a request E'Tako hadrecently made for permission to exchange certain land, succeeded in frightening E* Tako to such a degree, that he consented to write the two letters which appeared'in last Saturday's Spectator! Did a British Governor ever before stoop so low ? *

The annual dinner of the members of the Jocky.Club took place at Wallace's Hotel, on Monday.evening last. Above, forty-gentlemen were, present, who sat down to a most sumptuous entertainment provided for the occasion by the worthy host. The whole of tho viands, of which there was every delicacy and variety, were ofthe very best, kind and the manner in which it was served up is no less worthy of praise. All present cxpressod themselves highly gratified at the excellent manner in which Mr. Wallace, in this his first attempt at a public dinner had provided for them, S; expressed a hopo that it would not bo the last occasion upon wliich ho yvould have such diuners to supply. The wines of which there were several kinds wero of tbe finest description aud most recherche quality.