THE TARIFF.

Wellington Independent, Volume X, Issue 1309, 14 July 1858, Page 3

THE TARIFF.

. It will be iv the reiaembrance of pur reader that sameTjw months siuce, considerable dissatisl'uctiou was expressed, by the industrious classes of ih'iY'cbmmtiniiy, against tbd proposal for increasing; the duties ou toa. and other necessaries, forwarded to Governor from the Wellington Cbambar of Commerce. Tliat dissatisfaction" found ?ent in a coutiter. tnemuriai, which, after being very iiutner.oualy signed, was forwarded by Mr. Clif'-i ford for presentation to the House of Kβpreeeutttlives. Ou the IBth June, it reached, its destination, as the following extract from the (several Assembly pro» ceerfings of that date-will show.

Mr. Stafford said he had honor to present a.\ petition from 800 of the lnhabiUnts of the Province of \Y ellington in reference to the eoiiteiri- "' "plated change in the tariff. He (Mr.; Stafford ); had not voiified the number; of names, but .he had beeu assured by Mr. Clifford, to whom it was fur.yarded for presentation, and who from his position as Speaker had not beeu able to present it,;that the number was correct, of which' - from its monstrous length, he had no' d-jubt. [Mr. Stafford heie uniolled the petition, which was many yards in length.] The House was aware that petitions had been pre ented relative to the same subject from the Chambers of Commerce of Wellington and Nelson. He begged to move that the Petition be taken into] coi> sideration when the Tariff Bill was .under discussion . —Agreed to.

The messenger for Dr. I'eatherston's Committee returned from Ahuriri last night. t He has had a very tough journoy, both gojng'and coming, in consequence of the inclemency of the weather. He was 10i days ou Kis'journey from Wellington to Port X.ipier and 13 days back. Mr. St. Hill's had ,two or three very-narrow escape* of being drjwned. On one occasion he and his hoise were taken out to sea by the drawback of the wavos; and being unable to txtncate hi. feet from the stir* rups, rolled ovei imd over vuth ( the horse several times in the surf. 'He aUast contiived.to „, extricate himself fiom the hor>>e, and was thrown by one of llio rolleis upon the beach, in. . a very exhausted state, after being twenty minutes in the watoi. The Government messenger was met on Wednesday lust, about Vf miles on the Napier side of Castle Point. It was ruining in tonents at the time ( and he * would have' ti> lLiiiam at Akatea that night. •Oil the,'■following morning he would stait for the port,'.'which he would probably leach in three days and a half) provided that he could < . get aeioss therneis) but if not, he would bo ii k'ligai lime in getting theie. Under the most f.nouiable ciicunistsilces he cannot possibly bo in Welliugtou before 1 the' c'lltl of ihi» c week or the beginning of the next. The fol- '' lowing is the stulc bftho Poll at the different' •>t.uions mentioned .— . '' , leathcieton. StlHill. [„ Total number polle 1 as, *' if . hist publisueu .—872 CBl Iliiangariiii, 8 0 Winig.unoaua 10 •■ 1, ~ Tawaitc, 0 .., 0 Flat Point, 3 '.'.;., 0 004 ' 688' Majoiity for Df, rcattcrston, —332.