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Wellington Independent, Volume XIV, Issue 1442, 27 July 1860, Page 3

We have much pleasure in publishing the following letters, and trust the appeal will be ooruiaily responded to in this Proviuce. Our fellow-settlers at Tarauaki are not only fighting their own battles, but are fighting for a principle in which the whole colony is deeply interested. Mauy of thorn have been removed from comparative afflueuce to almost abject poverty, and are now depended upon the Is. a day. that they receive for uiilitia-uav, which, as is wall known, is totally inadequate to supply them with those comforts to which they have been acoustoraed. With regard to the military, O.iay are now undergoing a very 'trying oump.ugu, and their blood is being freflly spilt in defence of the lives and hoinrfs of our fellow settlers If that warm sympathy which was displayed here on a f'truitir occasion i\ n - tha Biitish aruiv ni rho Crimea, while defending the right's of a /oreigu power, were thought right and necessary ; it should bo doubly so now, wl.'cn they are upholding the dignity of the British Crown and fighting for the rights of the sottlers of this Colony. Exchange Buildings, Wellington, 25th July, 1860. (To the Editor of the Wellington Independent.)

_ Sia,— Wo will thank you to publish in your next issue the accompanying copy of a letter received from Nelson a few daya ago. The subject referred to calls for no comment, and we feel convinced the inbabitanta of this City, in common with every person residing in the Province, will only be too happy to have it in then- power to assist in carrying out the praiseworthy object to which attention has bean called by our follow settlers at Nelson. It has occurred to us that the contributions should be equally shared between the Regulars and Volunteers, as ia all probability (with the exception of the article of clothing) the former stand as much in need of comforts as tho latter, and in order to prevont dispute or any misunderstanding, donors might apportion their contributions, and specify what was intended for the Regular Forces, Military and Naval, and what for the Militia and Volunteer.*. We would sugL-e.it the propriety of calling a Public .Meeting, and the appointment of a Committee to arrange makers, but in the meantime it wi'.l afford us groat pleasure to receive the contribution.! in any form, and fo attend to tho packing and forwarding them on to New Plymouth. We remain Sir, Your most obedient Servants, BETHUNE & HUNTER.

(copy. ) Nelson, New Zealand, ,_ n , 9th July, 1860. Messrs. Bethune & Hunter, Wellington. Dear Sins,— We learn from many private sources that the gallant Volunteers now iioing duty at Taranaki, not only endure great personal hardships, but suffer privation from the absence of ordinary comforts, the small pay they receive being inadequate to the purchase of such articles, while all other moans of income have of course ceased to exist. The inhabitants of Nelson, including all classo3, gentry, merchants, storekeepers, and others, have voluntarily furnished many descriptions of comforts, some of which are named in the enclosed list, and have appointed our firm in Taranaki th 3 recipients for distribution. As one town can scarcely afford a supply equivalent to the numbers who require succour, it has been suggested that the circumstance should be made known to other and more fortunate settlements, to request their kind aid towards the object in view. An account is kept of all receipts and the distribution, with a view of publication at a future period for the satisfaction of contributors. Will you kindly make this known in your settlement. It is believed that the steamers will convey paekag33 free of freight, but at any rate our Firm will uo prepare I to disburse that item, and take thi chance of reimbursement from the liberality of the Company. We are, dear Sirs, Your's faithfully, (Signed) NASH & SCAIFE. LI3 D OF~TIiTICLES. Spirits, bottle Ale and Porter, bottle Wine 3 do. Cocoa and other Groceries Tobacco Preserved Fish, Herrings, <fee. Hosiery and Under Clothing.

We extract tha following from the Lon(ton Gazelle of Friday, May 11, 1860 : — 6otu Foot. — Brevet- Major William Pym Young, to be Major, by purchase, vice BrevetColonel James Patience, who retires ; Lieutenant Andrew Nicholson Magrath, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Young; Ensign Edward Vernou White, to ha Lieutenant, by purchase, vico Magrath. Lieufc.-Oolonal William Anson McCleverty, from half-pay a^ Lieutenant -Colonel, unattached, serving on the Staff of the Army in tho East Indies, with the temporary rank of Major-General, to be Major-General. • I We extract, t.'ie folio vvnig from the * Sydney Morning Herald, of Juue 12: — TO TUG EDITOR OP TIII3 SYDNEY M3IWISTO UEKALD. Sin, — The Lord Ashley, on her la3t trip from Nelson to this port, having broke hor eccentric strap, and having been given to understand that endeavours were made to procure fcbe necessary repairs at this port ; and, as h is alleged, unsuccessfully, I ask it at your hands, as a matter of justice, to state that I am (if no one else here is) in possession and command of tho necessary machinery, and have in my employ Blcilfiil labour suitable to undertake any such works. My reason |