of the speakers of our party; and what must not be forgotten, in reviving this moment, viz.,- that although the enemy are superior as far as numbers are concerned, nearly without exception, all the leading Chiefs of any note, as men of birth, judgement and understanding, are on the side of the Government; many of the leading Chiefs looking upon the movement as a rising of the lower orders of the native population against themselves, as much as their repugnance to British rule;- in fact, a democratic movement amongst the lower order, and such of the Chiefs as have not the strength of mind or character to withstand the popular cry and support their own dignity, without giving way to the rabble. But to return,-