The Auckland Chronicle. Thursday, July 25, 1844.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 51, 25 July 1844, Page 2

The Auckland Chronicle. Thursday, July 25, 1844.

By the Harlequin, which arrived on Monday last from Sydney, which port she left on the 7th of this month,- we havej received Sydney papers to July 6th, being' three days later than those brought by the Hazard. Thei*e is little ©f importance to extract as the papers are chiefly occupied with the Legislative Council proceedings and a long debate on a ** Breach of Privilege" 1 ; Mr. H. Macdermott having challanged Mr. Lowe, M, C. for having alluded to him in the Council Chamber. Mr. Lowe called the attention of the house *o the ease when a select committee 'was appointed to investigate the matter. His Excellency the Governor had appointed John Stirling, Esq., to foe Sergeant at Arms.

We exceediimgly regret to hew, tfeoiUigfe tour Bay of Islauds ctarrespoaudesatt,, that mm atteaapf is foeuag Bjade by the Biisinojp am« 3 tfoejfeafcg' ®®*ii!L®rs of the Omdi Mi*. *iot) in (tfosdt diistrect, to iaJ®ce tie Ctawemw 4q§Bv©itl<e>dk tibas ** ri®)9s at JL&nDuu* jrJfca* Wlhalt awnttiive* caua fsraxaßjatt (tibetti to feedb mi iwKsaaje Hwxe taff cai»BffiifusA vwe *»«. jmetond to aSiwiirueej, nutdlass# iiheiu i*e te »*y* #.n!t nihey ttuay Ibe- fefit wvuuifa ® ; <&tm

Maories,” alone in their glory ; for certain we are, th t if by their whining intercessions, the wholesome severities of the law are perpetually averted, and the perpetrators of such atrocities, stalk abroad in open defiance of justice, the last hope of all lovers of order and good Go; vernment will perish, and many Gentlemen whom we know will at once.(let the sacrifice be what it will) quit/Up scene* of suclqpuerile pmbaeility'fanu seek-tru asylum in some country where at least the semblance of justice prevails, and the hands of the executive are sufficiently strong to put down all open infractions of the law^

Wef have however far too good "an opinion of His Excellency’s judgment to suppose they will succeed in begging off the rebellions Chief; Native experiments upon the forbearance and lenity of the Government, have been of late so frequent that it appears as if they were determined to see to what extent they may insult and plunders with impunity. We warn those who are seeking to screen the Nalives from the punishment due to their offences, of the dangerous policy they are pursuing, the peril they are placing the" lives anil property of the settlers in by such a course ; and for what object ? only to pm off the evil day, till their audacity knows no bounds, and instead of the marauding and plundering propensities whi< h they now exhibit, they will grad ally progress to murder. Sooner or later the cri- is mus come and the question is whether it is bette r to nip the evil in the bud, or allow them to go oil to such excess, that the rigourous interference of the law will be inevitable? We are not anxious for severe punishments, all we wanttosee is the certainty of Nas tive offenders being brought o tr al, and also the certainty of some sort o punish ment however mild, treadii g u on the heels of conviction; we wa t to see the strength of the law manifested to them, by the captnre and trial of such a rebc 1 chief as “Johnny Heke,”and however mild the punishment which it might be thought fit to inflict is a flatter of minor inq ortance ; the main thing (is to teach them our ability to punish, for until they are, by practical illustrations, made ’acquainted with this fact, the Government n ay threaten, tSie Protectors entreat, and the Missionaries preach till doomsday, before they will acknowledge our right to goveru, or even that we holt any position of equality with them in IV. • metry. We are quite as anxious f r he welfare of the Native race, as any ©f Ui »e who make such a parade of their Isura tuity, and would fain screen them from i.se wholesome restraints of the law ; we we,M not presume to question the purity of th ir motives but we warn them that their conduct is calculated seriously to injure t’ e Natives and retard their progress in Christianity ».n«‘ civilisation. baking outrage AND ATTEMPT TO MURDER ! Mr. Henry Day an old resident of New Zealand, much respected for his kind inoffensive disposition, who is living at Kent’s passage, opposite AJotu Koa la the Bay of Islands, w as attacked in a brutal manner by two Natives supposed to belong to the bandit tribe of** Johnnv Heke ; w ffie circumstances of the case areas foU H®v' v - One evening about a fortnight since juifstf after dark, two Natives fcame in a c-a.fii.QXE to Mr. Day’s house, which is an a fio.ieSy sataaftioa, atad asked far a fircstidk, w bitch was gave© tiliuem ; they then begged tor toifeaace® whidb Mr. Bay neifisjseai sisatiang a,Sbait Sia® Saa&ftii veay iliif.n! e s after wlukcb tibey tto» lt»© ae<£®>aa.o>«liate<i w iitli atwigbte Ibxl-ii.iiiKg, atiid Mn.. Day ion fe wsnaii M&iiutier aibtil uemtdiaiing down 1 Kite key mii bow ««• iteuil alhie way, % Mile

stooping lo unlock the padlock, the ungrateful wretches both assaulted him violently with their paddles, cut his ear and head, and no doubt intended to murder him and plunder the house; but he shrieketL out to his wife, biding her to unloose the dogs, one of which was very fierce and raging all the time to get at them ; immediately the dogs were untied the rascals took to their canoes and made off. Mr. Day applied to Mr. Beckham the Magistrate who of course, could render him no assistance, as he (Day) was unable to distinguish the Natives so as to know who they were in the daik. We hope the Missionaries and the Protector for the district will exert themselves to discover the villians that they may be brought to justice. * THE DOCTOR AT HIS t34S|| AGAIN ! It is much to be lamented that the Doctor, poor, (poor indeed, if the public knew ally) but honest pargets,having as, he says, taught him to keep lp s fingers’from “ picking and stealing” should not have omitted to correct liis "die habit of lying and slandering '* it is well known, ,ha Doctor has had his eye for some time past upon the situation of Chief Police Magistrate, and having, in vain, tried the effect of the booing and booing system upon the Governor, who was not to be caught by chaff, has determined to see the efficacy ot a little bounce upon Mr, Mathew.

The Sangrado’s rascally attack upon Mr. Clendon having worked “ Iago” like lo Iris hearts, consent and the urgent necessiiy for i he baubees increasing, the Doctor h<s» in his paper of Saturday last, ventured an attack upon the Chief Police Magistrate as gross as the slanderer knew it to be false.

Mr. Mathew has won golden opinions from all classes of persons, and we are su e that the Doctor has much mistaken his man if he is to be frightened or beaten out of his position by such a contemptakle tiing as the “Southern Cross.”

What the Doctor will do when he looses that ready writer, Mr. B n, we can hardly conceive; all that was talented in the paper was that gentleman’s, all the trash and slander the Doctors. These remarks have been called for in consequence of the Doctors observations upon a statement in the Cross of Saturday last, sigued “ David Hay.*’ We do attend at the police office, and must say it is our opinion that Hay received, as every one does from Mr. Mathew, a pati* eut and courteous hearing. The Doctor Is surely “ gauging daft,” “ The time was That when the brains were out The man would die. 3 ’ We copy the deposition in Hay’s case and cannot for the life of us see wha other decision could be given than tha awarded by Mr. Mathew. CHRISTINA M’IaJTOSH, „ v # tor Nonspaymeat DAVID* HAY. J of Wages. ClristsM MTntosh being sworn, states, I am the wife of Samuel MTutosh, laving in Mechanic’s Bay. afcont a month since I engaged with the Defendant Hay, to te*ze Oalats, at the rate of sd. per pound. I teased rirelve pounds, and took it home and delivered it to David Hill, Hay’s man ; I was tell to call Sor the ruonev, Hay not being at home. I have asked him several times for the ,money," bdt toe has not jwatd me ; at last he told m that be wootd give me an order on 3fttr. Miit« hel , >,a Friday last he xsemt with me to Mil chefs shop and told him to gave me aifee annasl to goods, Me. Mitefcel said very well!—hot afterwards refused to gave them to me. Slay laves with Mr. M-dehel Her | *igw,di) €Ariisita®ai iMTattosh. rmiairh, Swffixrm une (Okas ' * ®nlh ihtiy (Dili HSrIA I FELTuiSI MATHBW, C’Uiiieif Magastfate, A -turn- 3AS.. SMI'S H,. C brefl' €®.r^a!We! Lae H U H Dfflcri'©ir 9 wslse'w next, vou wait® «sauiva, afliwM.'es teft fe* tess eoisitelu'jjiisita fa/md fok© asraisiasi® l&e Aiitng iiftie iiojtp Ujitlle An cal gtdtti u A al»«y iEtnfhs.^