The Auckland Chronicle. Wednesday, August 23, 1843.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 3, 23 August 1843, Page 2

The Auckland Chronicle. Wednesday, August 23, 1843.

By the last accounts from Sydney we are put in possession of newspapers to the 31st u!t. The late disturbances in Cook's Straits, occupy, naturally, much of the attention and interest of New South wales, but we deeply lament the tone and spirit evinced by, as well as erroneous assertions of one of the journals in that Colony*

The Sydney tie*Mi of July 20th, makes " Disturbances in New Zealand " (which will be 4 ound in our columns) a subject, in der to introduce the officious interferance of Mr.- Busby and its very proper prevention by Sir Geo. Gipps, and in the unfounded remarks on this very silly presumption, there is much to excite, most justly, severe reprehension, as tending not only to excite the Native population here, but what is far more mischeivous, and detrimental to this infant colony, to introduce alarm and fear in England and the adjacent colonies among those who may have contemplated emigrating to \New Zealand.

The Sydney Herald evinces mighty wrath at the quiet declension by Sir G. GippsofMr. Busby's rediculous attempt to be appended to the Government of a Colony perfectly independent of New South Wales.

' Mr. Bcsby having been, as the Sydney Herald asserts, Representative of the British Crown, must very well (know that Sir G. Gipps could not acfcept his services, had he even concurred fin the belief Mr. Busby expressesfrom which we beg to dissent-that he could have been of service in mediating with the Natives, on a part of the Island where we should con-

ceive he is no better known than any other European resident of the northern part of the North Island. His Excellency very truly and properly states " it is gnite out of his power Sft. But passing over this application on he part of Mr. Busby, we conceive ■hat the additional remarks of this Irticle to which we allude are fraught (rith far more serious consequences, Ind are of greater importance to this lolony, \Tlie Sydn raid states,---" The Wives are uj extreme irritation : H if o formation be correct, of ■ .eve no reason to doubt, their Rtatio.i has been caused by a shameI breach of fait£|on the part o f the Wvernmp.nl, and the New Zealand ■mpany." This is, well known, what-

ever information our Sydney contemporary conceives he may possess of the affairs of this Colony, to be the very reverse of the real truth and facts: for Mr. Spain, acting for H. M. Government, fulfilled all that possibly could be done, So as to have the matter quietly arranged between the disputing parties—the New Zealand Company arid the Natives. But there follows an assertion in the Sydney Herald, still more'exciting and dangerous :—" we are assured that large tfacts of territory have been granted by the Government and by the Company to British Settlers without ever consulting the tribe in possession of them,"*--and then follows alarming anticipation of these Islands becoming "scenes of the most frightful carriage." To us living among the Natives and well acquainted with the real truth and facts, such remarks have no influence but we feel it incumbent, to give them unqualified contradiction, in order to counteract their injurious tendency. Deeply we lament the fatal scenes at the Wairoa plains. To the very intemperate and rash proceedings of the County Judge and other Magistrates the direful results are alone attributable—and it is likewise to be regretted that the satisfactory course of holding a Coroner's Inquest was not adopted. Doubtless proper enquiery will be instituted, and We trust the Natives will not be influenced by designing persons to disturb the peace, harmony, and good understanding at present subsisting between them and the Europeans.