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ELECTION OF Mik. M1OOR.
The o?mination was held at the usual olaCe nnd
honr n Monday larst. l[r Pohblman, the Rernrntinsg
Ofcer. havintg read the writ orelection, requested
that tihe electoss would proceed to nominate their
candidate, when Captain Fyans, with hih charae
teristie brevity, proposed Henry Mtoor, Eoq.. as a
fit and proper person to represent the dtsl,ie in
the Legislalive Counril of New Souith Waltes.
This was seconded by Dr Slaw, who. in a few
words, poittedl out the adlvattages likely to
accrue to the constitaency by electing a persolt so
well Itnawn, and so emrinently qualified for the
responsibilities of a legislator as Mar Moor. From
his experience, his leg nacumen, asd a vast
acqaivition of facts relative to the requirements of
the disrrict, hie was a genleman a who would be
capable of bringing his sind to bear on mat:ers
wtichwould materially benefi tto all.
tir Fawkner, who did not arrive on the hustinrgs
nait after the writs of election had bees read,
said-it would rest upon the answerF. MIr Moor
returned to certain questions 'lticth sotld bie pro
posmded, whetherany one else would be psst in
uominatiotan against him. If he tripped, srumhtlped,
halted. or wavered, anid did not stand his exatmina
clon, the old Iron Dake would be brouglt forward
again. (Great laughter.)
hFr Duggan esrnie forward and said-It was tihe
datvy of the burgesses to sa Isfy themselves of thse
course they were ptrsnlng. Now, if Mr Muoor
answered tite questions satisfactorily wihich were
put to him, why,they wou!d not bring forward
the Iron Duke. bir IMor,it was known, was one
of the gentlemen who pIut up on the first occasion.
and-he (speaker) would wish him to explain how it
was hedidnntgo. Cutrrsand Plmer,lhe was awara.
had been elected, and then resigneDl, bat these
two gentlemet were, it Ia well known, nona.elee
tiosists; they allowed themselves to be elected,
and, when titat itadi taken place, they turnedr
round and. to defeat the farce tle eleetioniss were
playing o11 they refased to proceed to Sydnetv. Mr
Moor withdrew then, and now he came for?eard
again readty to go np as all of them who hacked
oaton the fir occssion had done. No. l--shot
was Mr Foster, after consenting to become amem
ber of the Legislative Council refused, because
thiere was satneding tnot very favorable abunt lis
bank book; yet he had gone to svdney withlousa
awaiting his wco-ealle receipts. Thten cuase No.
2--he would go at first,and then hIe would not,
becatlse he tad got too mtuc to do on the Stills; lhe
was, perhaps, the inust cosisterttt of any of tllem,
for there Ite was still on the hills. No. 3 now
came forward, atd as he (speaker) did not' wish
to embarrass the Sydney Governmrnt he hoped
the gemleman's answers woltd be consistent wilt
what consaittaed the ltterests of Port Phillip.
lde wouldt now prophect a little-No. ., if he mis
took not, would yet stand on tuse platform a candi
date for Sydney-he meant 31r Willis; wiat was
itis genslemtr's reason tor not going- p on the
irst ocai-lon t Wlhy, becautse one of the live who
were to go wilh him wausnot a pure Mlerino. That
obstaclte was now removed by thie resignation of
tie gentleman; so that No. 4 can stand here now
wilhout any drawbacks. (Laughter.) He can
go up to the Coimcil, and there asaonish
the whole of them. even WYentwourth himself.
if the separation of Port Phillip from lydney was
not so far sdvanced'and government had the power
to inaterfere. it woold not be astonislliog if tt was re
fused us when they judged from tite sample we were
every dsy sending them; for if we were ont able to flnd
five proper members they had naturally a right to
doubt the possibility of us fining twenty.four. lint
what these gentlemen thrust themselves forward for,
was because they wanted, on the arrival of Seporation,
to be mode government nominees. HlIe (speaker)
hoped the burgesses would keep these gentlemen in
their mind, that they might lie prepared for them
when tie time came.' There were otne or two gentds
myen qite capable to Iegislte, hie was aware; tlesI
tse governmenot would appoint to sitlrations.atd the
rest would be left for the pesple, Then woe to us
wben it hIappens. Noiars the iedmato watctt. The
spraker turning tostrds Mr Moor, soiS,
"S ir; are yon one of for whbo.allowed yourself to
tesign ?"
Mir Ifeor, "L I never received a reqtJtsiion wantlin
me to s!tand."
Mlr Iuggan, "Are you one of the four whIo re
signed becsase the remainder would not agree to be
elected, and thea rs'slned '"
Mr Mloor, "Noe; Lam not,"
Mr Dugean, '. Jr, when eletctel, are you one who
will endeavour to obtain the incorporation of Gce
long?"'
Mr AMoor, "I certainly will endearoutr to do so,"
beIr Fakner, '' I think Mir ,uor haa changed his
opinion then."
Mr l)ouggan-- Do yon recollect, sir, (to ir MSloor)
when I saw a milhan made by you In tthe Town
Council, on a day when you were aware there could
be no opposiion, whitch lad for its uhjoce to anni
hi ale the Corporaion of Melbourne. Whlen you
wounld petition to har te alsct roepealed if the govern
mert would not giraunt the Corporation tlse sumo of
.ir lMoor, in reply, thougLt the best courre would
be to answer ths qsuestion ll In the order they were
pln" to hi ', as ite might be apt to forget same of
hem. With respect to the Town Ceoncit, he would
ike to Cay a few words; it c tommenced, as many
pEmons were wstre. under very unlasrtable circum
stances, opd withlott rece:ving soy tesistance whal
oever from ithe eovertnmet of fySlnef. Now, itt
that place they began with a large revenue derivena
from the waterworks ontl sO forth ; lhst here, althosgh
repeated aplplicaleuts atd been ma le for assistance,
all esuch wereunseaccesoflI, By the returns mtde to
the Mlelbourne 'I'now Conncl in Augtst, t14, it
appeared the exalenses of salariens atmosuted to thir
teen hltndrcd and ndtl pounds, and fur printidng and
odversitments, the sum at eight bandledanddd,
mankiasg total in round numbers of tnro thousand
,one hundred pounds. This was the expenses of the
Corporation to that time, while on the receipt side
by direct taxntion the people had paid two thousand
Sfour hundred :nd dhl poundo. leaving a bhre amount
of three hundred pounds for the improvemeuts of
streeto. There 00as also hy indirect taxation five
hundred nndn seveoly pounds collect:ed, which, addled
to the three hutdred pounds already mentioned'
tave only eight hundred ansl fily poundls ior local
0 improvemente . Ie, (sp:eokter) vierint tihe state of
Sthese things, took up the queotion, anot for his trouble
r received two addresses Irosa the burgesses; one of
these emanatrd from the bhrgessen of the ward he
had the honor to represent. The subject h:vting
been agitated, the goverroent snbsuequently addedi
to the revenue of the Corporation, Ivby llosaing it to
Sapproplriate to itel[ oall fees and silnes whieh hereto
fore aweart to Sydney, ile acknltwledged th:t hle did
ask Sir George Gipns for £l1l.000, and he acknov
lededl that he did say. tuse back your Corporation ii
it is to be mntde a mere goueritment taxing maclhine.
(Cheert.)
Ir DL)uggn considered iar Moor's explanation
Ssa isfactory as fir as it went but hle would ask was
rnot ,loor well atare that Sir George Gipps wasn not
the man to give the aMelbourne Csorporation
£10.00 ?"
. -.MqM-r- rently Z.t iknow that he was not the
man (orie of mra--bow cani ihe know.)
Mr Du gnn-You sayi n o--I say yes-I knor
ten tthousand thigos that are doneby those who would
not hare known whit tlheF do.
Mr Moor said that he sow bIr Pawkner was ready
to begino, but he wisted beforehe came on, to say a
few words in regard to a remark or two ul o by MIr
Duguan. IIewas mueh oblig~edtto that gentleman
for the question he had put. He (speaker) was one
ofthone who had been aceused of having iddly re
signedal. Perhaps an explanation would place the
matter inits true light.' tIe hald been pne of fire
who were asked to stand for the Legislative Council
and he consented, prorided the whole would reslver
on a utnamnity in thi?ir promeeding in the Cotihcil,
oandl not by ai splitting ot opinions allow the strength
and itnfluoence which unioLn atoneg them might
effect to be fretted away, HIe believed ont that oe
cassion his lineof eeoduct received a general sanction,
and very nearly thatof itr Eld.knnr himself. LLtwas
his propositian to addreis a letter to the Governor
requestiut that all Port Phillip monies should be
entirely devoled to Prt Phillip puoposes. If this
request wos ant acceded to, then he was fir signing a
Strong protes and a-ndingit to the Iitaush iovern
ment,at the same time the Port Phillip rremntrs of
the Legislative Council to resigt their seats and their
candect to be confirmed byre-election. lleconsidered
this was a fair,open and legitimate manner ofshow
leg our erievaoncies. As he bad said before, he was
one of the five that were to stand, hut trom some
cause or anotherit didl nut come to that at the time.
A screw became loose somawherer, and lie was told
that hle would not do. The rrtqaisition which was
got up to him he never recelived, and it was not for
himtto shursthimself upon theconstimuecy. What
cot:d lie do but to nit down iin bis uoice and allow tae
others to follow their own course. If there was any
incon-iiteney in the afair he was totally iannocent
ofit.
ir Forkner--ln ntakitga promise to support the
measure fur the Iaturporatu.mn of ieelong, youll aret to
understand that there is to be no notail reservation
in the matter. You are not to ?ay " if tha (averlonor
gives £lO 00 ; orif thle Gorernar doesnootgiveltai,
or does inot give shar, yon will IIto support it."' YoU
gentlemen of the law have queert ways ut gettiLg out
oh a thing.
MIr Moor, "[ I he given an unqualified and un
conditional promise to make ant elfart for a Co'tImoc
tion for Geelong, and [ duo o with meu!t pleasure." _
Mr F.akner, "' You are rn enqutre now you reeui
lee, and it was Ithrogh me and itlonuse woo torked
with me you were mnt lc o; we, you kunow, placed
you on the licensing benich, whicl uringa a goad deal
iot?r?ar pockets (r general ry ouf 'orlder' acesoum
panied bya strong gust ofawlad a.d a pelting shotwer
of rain, here drowned ,lsetspeacer'avoice foraste litle
tine, daring which the words " arltocracy.' and
"workiUg cUlssos" only were neard.
lMr Moor, . [ will tell you, and many well know
that I toll the truth, amoag about I believe to be
.3tr tawkner, that my beoug a ICaousing magistrate
puts nothing.in my packet, ftr linvtarishly reluse
making sua leases or conveynouce for pubhctan. I
have adopted this as a rule."
Mr Fawkner, "Well, [ oannot eg ictly say, hut
publicans halk ioout what they cal dle "beenuse my
solicitorisa licenasinganagistrate' " lr F. then said,
" Mr Moor says that on a former occarion when he
was to stand, the members were not unanimous. Are
they so no0 then, he would ask; or is he merely
going ona forlorn hope. Mr Mloor was a man that
bad intellect and knew what lie was about. yet he
would have sacrifieed the Corporation of .hlelbourne.
Witta respect to ttie uatn-mty talked of, would
those who were gone or gaing up be onanimooa or
would he answer that tlthose Coining after would be
so. (A laugh.) Mtr iloor was unanimouo to pit an
MIr Archi:,ald loyd; and others were tre eame to
put in ltr Thomas lflder Boyd. but neither he or
they succee.ed, for he (speaker) cime forward anl
put in Mr Maurice Charles O'tonnell. He wos a
political wetsoneo, he slharpened some of them up to
the work, anl his clief Oai was to make then keen
enough t cuot us a slice toot would do gnorl. There
was Dr lDictoUn who hoad boon snea to she Ceuneit
thers le hwa, under tid wing of Ihis pireicular trieid
Dir Weitwrwth, reely to do his will and votel at his
beck. Now he would just alrow the peop ea few
facts whic passed, how we had been treoted by the
dydney overnmarent. ths acitorily wOs good, it
asa Iron the goversmeOnt papers ihemseives, fromnt
which he made a few eatractn, that morning at the
Slechanics' Instituie. In tS48, that was last year,
the sam of £8,0d0 had been devoted for Church
prpose, and oat of tiis what shPtre had Port
t'ailtlp got; why just &1?23S or about a twentieth.
Yeas, it would scarcely bs Creditred tatall thdie rest
went fur Sydney a?n?d its district. In one town alone.
Newccasde, the soum for ?nurch purposes was con
Siderably over £3JOe. Alaot yougen gnleoen, £30J0
ftr Newcas ie in Syney, and £1t38 for all Port
Phillp. lMark youn that. ut we wilpgo on. In lthe
srme year money paid for the asisOrieat on stock
in nydney woas £13,~8554, and Part Phdlip k£1,~t85.
F"or duty on epirito and tobacco £lB,00 had been
drawn from Lort Phillip, and £d5 from Sydney. In
Sydney the revenne derived from Crown Lands wao
i314, while la the same Ume for the sale of Iaurls,
they bhd taken lfro u l'uPart nllip £35,251. Tnink
of that. Uas wait a bit till ha d toi d tihzn an little
more. The sale ol Crown Lands in Sydney
snountind to £7314, cnot £ta. to sell, while thosne
in 'orst Pbillip amusnounolg to £J1,(00, speokiog so
rould ligures, cost unly £dt17 to sell. Why shoull
this difforinca exist; he need notoask why; it was
easy to uc seen. The laend lnd, It w;a said, shlould
hbe aproprriated htr the mportatlion of em:glrante.,
lf.1w hid this been done, W?Yy, alltougn the
receipt eor tone sade Of Port Pulllp had been 39
,o 7 of Sydney, yet hat plance recoired two
e ynigr?nts to oulir one. Nowr wotlld Jir Mnlour,
would these gentlelnern who had gune to
sydney or were abuot going there, devote their
lensure Ihours n going tlhroup4 satiatict f*ets, and
Iearning the manner Il whiel we ware rsounel, He
(speaker) Ied no objection talt sir Moor should go
un; for he was not tIte some of the ousers: he had
tnlellect and eeLxpCeice, providing be would use hI?o
bedl endeavord in obliellnsi tr tunois e 0u50l share ofour
cigltr, 'o getl far us wtoUL waO oUltrluia, Wan a aeon
the next li valuaeao Seftrstiou, b:eh to detlibeeately see
Ir piandered in the naunner we have been, day by
day, and lyear by )ear, wos pelpetraun an ilnjury
which must not be offered. The Sydney people
touk Irum le last year £1,25U per week, nod Iy tom
tinme there was no debI. It amouinted to £i,5su ,
Yhe speaker than adverted to thile amount
of money the people ot oencl g hil upelit
in tile purchase of a tow aecrs otf load ac tile
lbae government one, ol of wtlellb, Ie raid, went
from us, and for wbehich we got little or nothing In
retue. Again, continued the speaker, I will show
on Itow te governmest serves us in maltters oof
educatisn. Tile expenditure for dlid on EducaI -
iotwoa £?13,9991 ulente which only £I14L wal ape
prupriated for Porr P'lPlllp t~ontider 'hie, fcrl,
£13,000 for education in Sydney, and litlte more
than £10,100 for Port Phillip, and the revenuo
they receive hut little shoret of what thee collect
from themselves. What hle wanted, whlt he in.isted
on, was, ithat Mar Moor should pledie himself to,
endeavor to ohbtain a fair share of olr revrnlle to
be expendet among ourselves. lie akeI
for noltlling tbu: what r:s fair and
honest r Ile asked notlhughbut what we ought to have.
Let ilr Moor formolly protest against the appro
prlation ofour monies let him do his utmost for the
ijtrerests of hris constituents,then all will near hitn
out, :lnd he will at least hie the ereditof orhhonestry and
conalstency, although it may be he will not have
etffcted anythrin. lie would ask thie candbtilate a
quetion upon what hlis opinions were with respect to
the franchise. Would e lower the franchise of the
squattr, rand not lower thast of the hrnsehohler;
would he lower the freehold qualification of £200 as
it was in England ? le wanoted to know Mr Mloor's
opiliono in thesematter:.
Mair loor said he rwal for having the franchise to
remain as it was at present; it was not a subject to
be handled until ee oltained Separation.
Mr Fakner.-linut stppose it does come before
the hloue-how do y propose to act. Will you
lower the franchise of one class aintd not that of an
other !
Mr Mod'--Certainly I will not. If I reduce thIe
franchise afonte class5I tam decidedly for reducing
all othera in she same ratio.
Mr Fawkner-Are ves prepared if sirtle goerln
ment refitse to give to Port Phillip hIer reasonable
reqiest, to protest fornally and seandl ill a wrtten
address to tie Governor. Are you prepared to do
tlie witether yoiircllleares join you or nut ?
Mr Moor-[ wIl do so-- will early ot to the
best of ny ability those prionciples which slall be
for tlhe itlerest of my constituents.
Mir Fawtkner-Unequivocally ?
Mr *sloor-LUnequivocally.
Mr Fawlkner-Very well,do so; but lam cono
fident that a ten times better man can do nothing
with sauch a govemtment as that of Sydney.
No person hbaving come forward to propose a
second candidate,
IMr Pultlman herre declared that Henry MRoor,
Esq.,.'sas duly elected a member of the Legislo
tive Coancil of New South Wales.
MIr Mlourthen came forwar! and returned thank
for tite honor which had been conferred itpon him.
At thbis time the grstsu of wind were so mrong, and
thle rain so hreavy, thai sometimes Ieareely
one word in ten, wahicl was spoken, could beheaid
by the reporters. We understood Mtr Moor to
say, annd he subsequently confirmed the Correct.
ness of the words Ie then made use of, that in
order to asrertain whelher the smallrnems of tile
stns alipropliared for the izse of Port Phillip nas
tile fault of :le government or nor, be sbholld tlova
frontr Ii seat i Ithe house, tha: a return be made
of tile sums placed on the estimates by Mr La
Trobe. It would then be seen whelter the failt
laid with his Honor thie cuperinsendent or the to.
"ernmtnt. It would be easy to do and couldnot
fail or proving satisfitotry. (Cries of sear, hear.)
After three rouands of cheers given in hIonor o
the new member, the meeting, whiCs mustered
perhaps about one htundred person', dispersed.
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