POLITICAL.

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1393, 30 December 1859, Page 5

POLITICAL.

The •■'•review" which wo published incur lust issue, c-.inhlci its to dismiss litis: portion of our summary with a very brief note., At tbe end of tho lust month, an answer iv the negative was received to the ,l dissolution " netiti'oti. This was hailed by the Radicals as a triumph, and they then made another effort to induce llie Superintendent tv bend to their wishes, either hy changing the personel of his Executive, or abolishing tbo Executive altogether. Both of these alternatives having been refused, they proceeded in very sulky mood, to discuss nnd eventually to pass tin Indemnity Act. and two Appropriaiiou Acts, co.-eting together the time from Out. 31, 1859, to March 31, 1880, in the last of which they omitted the salaries of the Executive Olliceis 'altogether. Previous to this a petition had been presented to the Superintendent praying him to withhold the Governor's assent to the " Corporation Act," and as 4 12 names had been attached to the petition, including men of all shades of political opinions, the Superintendent saw fit to grant its prayer. A Bill was introduced by Mr. Carter having for its object the granting to the Society of Odd Fellows the piece of lat.d on which they are erecting their new hall, and as the Oppos'it'ton dared not refuse this, they "shelved" it under the plea of ils being a private bill, and therefore requiring certain formal notices which had not been given. Eventually, on the 22ttd instant, the Council adjourned until the 20t!i of March, having first made at; ineffscliial attempt to induce llu- Superintendent to prurugue them. Thus terminated the Council's four months sitting, its latest meetings being divcrsilied- hy a hurricane of abuse launched at ihe dcvoled

i.eail of Mr. Toomath,- whilouie the "second leader" of the opposition—because he dared to take an independent part, and vindicate the ch.ira-. lev of a public officer, who hud been most unjustly mr)ligucd,-H'tiu.s the buuslful Rdical party that '■ went up hke a rocket" has " come down like a itick."