HAWKES' BAY.

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1398, 17 January 1860, Page 3

HAWKES' BAY.

By tlie Wonga Wonga we haze tiivHernl&ottjie i'H'h Inst. - . . ..

The apportionment of the debt contracted by Wellington principal subject of- 'interest just mpy. After disclaiming against the consjderatiiin of'tli.) debt in a House where the only representative for Hawkes Bay is one who does not" represent the constituency and therefore 1 utterly devoid- of influence" and liable lobe " laughed it most consuinedly" the Revald says:—" We do not, as Wellington men assert, advocate repudiation ; but we do want, and shall h-kve, " a fair field and no favour." Firsts —let uS know what we have to contend against — what proportion of the £100,000, contracted under, Vote of a Council of 30 members, is to be lnn-ne' by a district which only had a- share- in; 2 of llie number — whose every "effort cdiil^iVfrt aVreift^the measure, and who, at any UmeY'couJd scarcely divert from Wangauui and Welluigton purposes a single pound for the most essential work in the then despised and neglected district of Ahuriri. Second, — let us apply to the General Assembly for a change sf the' venue. Not doubting that the members of the Assembly are "all honourable men," still, there are obvious reasons why the case between (Wellington and Hawke's Bay should bo heard anywhere else than in Wellington. Third-,— let us. petition for a remodelling of the repre»sentiUion/in order that Hawke's Bay, with a ..p9;)iilatioii equal to that of Taranaki and-.air export of ten times the 1 value, (we quote from /memory. the words of- "Mr. Secretary Stafford) .m:ay have, a shareinthe represenlat'iou at least. .equal to that enjoyed by the sister province we. . hit ve... named. Fourth;^- pending this act of ijustice;/whioh though ultimately, .sure, will, be tardy,—^indeed under any. circumstances, .we. should memorialize, nay -Insist that all " parties, interested in this case shall leave the court,/.-or takp.no part in its proceedings beyond attepijing at the bar df -the -House to give cv.i» defice touching the matter at issue. . Alike tUe Weliington eightand the Ha^ke's Bay on® to-, leave tlie field, and let a decision be come to „b\r£he disinterested and unbiassed members- of the other, 'prpyiuc.es. . Fifth, — should we not think iii. time of engaging the services, of an = ex|Jerie'nced accountant in order that we may not (jo unprepared,. at the proper period^ with a fjitlifur Account Ciurent between the two pro-, vihees?"

A ! correspondent offers the following bit" of Coi'fneil to the Bay mem her, perhaps with a view to frighten him into the resignation which Mr. Fitzgerald's friends are so anxious for—.'* Who kiionjys Sir, but that the Hawke's Bay Province ■pajfag (lightly or not) Wellington's debts, may yet be made the Jonah in the stateship ? What has' been may aguin be. If I w.ere in Mr. Fer•gusbn's situation, (how happy that I am. not !)- --1 should cousider it my duty to give myself wfroliy to; the study and mastering of this one •(uvestion — thi's giand question as concerns the pftfffss Wr,'iev«ral years of the Province of Hawke's Bay. I should . feel,, that on myself tlie'bread of many— the welf.ire of the Province — tlie carrying out of all projected public works —all, all, depended. I should (for. the time) utterly eschew all "noblers" and dram and tirttdy drinking.; know nothing of races or racers ; but, shutting myself up, summon all my meritar powers to the fully solving, and (if posI'svb'le) triumphantly . carrying, the one point. And, if I succeeded, return to my Province and Constituency wearing tiie victors wreath ; if not r die in armour on the field, wounded only in the front. May Mr. Ferguson, Sir, be fully, ulive to the subtlety and strength of his antagonists; and. to the immense oC tlie high Provincial trust held by him/. May he dtfily remember Nelson's last, signal, — " England expects every man to do ills duty.'* For y Ifet llirri be well asssured,, if, through any sad mischance, he.sh.oujd " maka a mull of it," he J vvill evermore find But hard .quarters ,i» our 'PrOvince-of Hawke's Bay.". : . . ... ... ; =.E'ufioTios Fon NAPiEii.-klt is . generally rub BiQuredthaf Mr. Edwards is It'p oppose the .re" ejection of; Dr. Hitcliiugs,'on the ground^'ofits ;being. undesirable to b^av'e so. many ..salaried jojficers in the Council.' ' ■"' '•'

;V, Qua . Revenue.— The customs'reveuue for' la,st month exceed £1000; and the land revenue reached about £1500. The land sales during the present month already /amount to about £% )00, to which a considerable addition may be expected on Tuesday from tlie sale of Havelock.