NEW ZEALAND.

Auckland Times, Volume 3, Issue 121, 6 May 1845, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

Wr have read GoVerhoi Fhzrr»\*s s;>e<«'l> at the opening of the Legislative- Council, at Auckland, in whfeii he sjn flowing terms' of the peaceful <in<i o-'derh demeanour of the NaMvs. -> ! fearftd upsetting of this his eohipfa'ceVi l eulogy of their tame submission to Hie system of Colonization of; which' he is the administrator, and to' his Self pl<"«siu&i illusion of th<Mr acquiescent:" in the un principled and dishonest manner is." which they have been despoiled of all podtrca?; toicial, and territorial rights a Np'olittiOo which they perfectly well nude. s>t md, and under which they me fe etishiy un i atient, and against which they aiwa\s passionately and indignantly (iu their own way) protested—will he the news of the saii catastrophe at rCorora'i'ika. \l eo'ilj wonder that the knowledge of their char acter—the YVairan ihassafer■•— or some thing did not open his e\es to the d>;eger of the unprotected settle;s at the Bay of Islands ; and induce IdVn at least to detain ll|e detachment sent by Sir GeorgH Gipps, last June. We have heard indeed that these pious pedlars those Exeter Hail apos'H whose school of theology johnny Heke ia so promising a disciple, —ho never we have nothing to say to their doctrine, lor iu religion it is much the (he same as in taste, tie gustibus non est dm put and urn : it is their owrt affair not oii s; but v,e have a right to remark upon their med oliug in politics—they o darned a Co'm plele ascendancy ovei G iv'eriini Ho!>s nV mind (never strong, but i.me'ly imbecile irom illness) and they se-in tcs mm at. the same over Governor Fi ! Z r O) s, for we aie giveu to understand thai it *i< owing iu their suggestions that the detachment oi the 99th Regftjfie'rii, sent lai'l June, were ordered back, in the u-cih ot''the mo*i ngeut leasbui'f&r theft i < 0) Miring, 'alter li< ki had declared he wt't'uid Vol submit to British authority, hoi alio«v*H*r Si-x i> sty's flag to Hy at Koro-anka. Bi t whoever w a s in-tr.uinenial in those troops being withdrawn, rhe act v. as linnet of an incapable or else a Mind* Why should any fvhf. rather why should an} Goveriio , auijrii under their advice, expose the'lues uiid lib(.lttes of so many tiA those ot Kororanka, living in »«ii opPn and in wooden houses, uuguaVed antl unprotected, to the meicy o! a set of i juied and indignant ahot'i-i'■•■ tit« Bible wouid'restrain' »uga <t chdiacter as Heke aud his ttibe,

We consider a Governor so acaug tn have been guilty of a gross dereliction o a solemn trust and duty, and that the Government; which chose to send out such a man to rule and protect the lives and property's of a great body of Colonists, is ligorously bound, as far as possible, to atone for the loss ot so many lives, to their wives, children, ami surviving dependents, and also to make full pecuniary comnensa'ion for ail property destroyed hy the uaiives, who had, before the ab surd, ridiculous, and lame attempt at the Colonizaijon of New Zealand, not only no enmity towards the Europeans, but were sagacious enough to appreciate tWe advantages of their coming am ngthem, and were in perfect amity with, them Whether the Home Government wil> or will not compensate the sufferers, remains to he seen : but evert if they should it will take fimiv, while the wants of the expelled and bmiit out pepple are urgenl, loud immniate, — men, and women, ami chil lien cannot live without lood, raiment, and s' e;ier, — the wants of man) of them must be extreme indeed, and we hope, therefore, that a Public Meeting of »he Citizens and Colonists will be ailed, wi fi tile wo shiptul Mayor ot S\dney at its head, iu order to promote a subscription (oi their relief. S 'trie of the public papeis discuss verv Wiiiintely the d-taiis of the attack upon Kororarika, but ihou h we know that towiij we caiiiiol understand . these det <;!-« and therefore we snail not trouble ou> t'iM<ieis with th m ; oiirf fhmg is clea r , that the i atives maile a bold and determined attack in which thuy unfortunately succeeded ; an event which must Ojieu the eytsof the Home Government, and prove to it liie necessity of a change in the svstt ui of the colonization of .New Ze.il.uul,

Wjihouf discussing- the various plans pi tp- sed tVy the pubic press, such as touting Cohiutal jprus, riisuuiing the !i:;<tvf s, iVc, we shill meieiv cotiient, ourselves, with ex|)j<?6>iag a iipjie the \-i o vfi iiuit nt w<i), ef« r be, too late, see he esi iav, ( i.;,ni. t lly and baseless hope W (.'-iliiig land at one pou.id, either here or hi N'evv- Z'aiaiH), (winch is ,the cjruiii of the Wakefield crotchet); and if hose islands are to be colonized, tp. be prepared to meet the national cost, which mtisi at first, and for many years, be enormous; and then it will remain a tptesiion. whether ii will not (as Franklin expu-Mieri p) tie posing too much lor his whistle. England, a* we have betoie si d has rather 100 many and 100 vast colonic for her central power. Seveial ol fiieai are but skeletons mere outline-; the one tenth of Canada is not tided up: ami when will Souiti Attica he even thai ? Uheu Australia? EveU in this ini r iuviiii);) laud'; and under our balmy cii mate, ages must elapse ere the land Ire coveied with the busy hurt} of Englishmen, VVhv then (I ke dt>g in the iahfe) giasp at tresti holies, while we neglect and lose what we hold ?

England lioasts that ''the sjii never sets up.ijj her lenit >ries"—that lonneily «as a Spanish boast. Spain then (like England now) thought she never had enough of C domes, and after, all, what was her gaits irom them ? She sunk in real power just as fast as she advanced in ideal and visionary ; aud the result is, as we see, weakness, poverty, and i,. ro s i ,11 ion:

Bni it n be necessary to neglect this greu* and noOle Island Continent i Holland, which doubtless, (when wisei minus rule English Council-; will yet be sonnet into a gieat and ffourishlug sysietu of Coiomes, mutually aiding, flip* ~iylug, ami stiengitieiiing each othiM-r-n It t>e rJecessa'V, v\ e say, lot Enulaup's > to lei<ve the. greater pari oi tfia a solitude that the barren a-gil-laceous hills of New Zealand must he Cultivated, ie.t it, in God s name, not be done at the expense oi humanity.—let not the iratKes he wholly despoileJ of then liOeilies anil tiieii i oids; and if thfy sup' mil not paliemly io ihe wrong, jet not another ha.lv ami bfooU stained s b, i«Ju»(i to the. History ot Fug and s Colo ur/auou, by a w«r ot extefinieutloh beuii rtdgeo aga usl tile hapless race. ii d)eii lands be puichast ti'tairly, thev will sed tin-in Hi ample qutflltllies, and lucre maybe peace; Out il thai system ot oppiosion, iuiqtuty, aud fraud pe oei stveieu tn, inal was commenced win, Goveitjoi iioiisoii's |ifoclatnatijtis &a<i

•he signature of the puka-pufca, the cleariwhted natives wili tee! it, will complain, ihd will resist it; the result, of wiiich vtll be either insurrections such as we :iave seen, or to procure peace, the poptiation must be swept off the face, of the ;arth by , the. musket, the rifle, aud the layomH, There is jio mirldie course ; ihe Governnsent have . only to choose irelwpen two, vi>., whether they will deal fairly with the Natives, or exter-ninate diem. " ''■'

Tq the Editors q/ the Sydney Murniag. Herald. Gentlemen, Seeing in your paper that 200 additional soldiers;are to he jseut down ,to Auckland, mid on'y fifty to WeJingtoß, allow me, through,.the. medium of your influential iouina, to offer a few lemarivs ou the injustice of such ameasure, . On the a rival of this detachment there will be at the capital about 600 men and. two vessels of war to protect ft place, which though, not containing the greatest number of inhabitants, is the most easily defended settlement in Now Zealand.. Having open country on every side* and tuicpnn.ee ed wi h ranges of lulls as in the Bay of Isiands, cannon planted on Mount Eden, wou d effectualiy check the advance of any number of natives who might venture to attack it. Here, however is the whole force stationed, while the town of Wellington, the principal sett'ement, Irom its population and locality, is felt with only one hundred men j It may be said that from its numbers it is more able to defend itself,; but we must consider the quantity of men who have been drawn away for the fisheries on the coast, leaving in the town their wives andfamilies, who form a considerable portion of the community, but they ate not effective for the purpose of. defence or war are.

Again, the conn'ry round, is not, as at j Auckland, : o;jen and easily covered with I great guns, but is mountainous and thickly WQi'ded, giving a great advantage to the natives, and a corresponding degree of in*, security to the Europeans, When-we consider the number of Maories in £ho , disr, and that Ilaupahra and hangihaiata. have joined some of the most influential; chiefs, their ancient enemies, with an avowed determination to ..attack the settlement, we cannot avoid feejingstrongly the unfairness tf..despatching so large a force to the seat, ol" Government, already 'sufSc'.ently .defended, leaving the other and more considerable .potion of the co'ony,— insecure frcm its pf sition, and virtually at present, without pro'ection,—to its own re-iouvces, and the tender mercies of,the most ferocious tribes in the land. It is not Wellington aloae that must be considered in this matter, forming as it does, the cent e jind, capital,of the south, it. is looked up to by the surrounding districts, and consrqm-ntly exerts a powerful influence over all their movements. One settlement has been sw pt away, and we, ha e every reason to fear that mteldgence will a-iive of the annihilation, of Nelson, with a po ulation as.large, as Auckland,,New Plymou h, and Wc.nganui, a'l situated near Port Nicholson, have not a single so dier amongst them> and when news of the native successes at the north, reaches the naives dwel ing in these vicinities, it will he the signal lor a general rising and attack upon those unfortunate places, which it is greatly .to ( be dreaded v»id s on share the fa e.of Kororaiika. What stens have been taken towaids orgnni/dng the.peop e, .and i ccustoming rlxem to the use of arms, we cannot yet teh, but it is to le, hoied thtt lecent events will convince the Gove nor of New of the absolu e necessity of fp ming a permanent militia, in accordance with he.recomrneudition. of Lord Stanley,, (instead, of discountenancing, as fo merly, such associ at ions,) that ; the colonis s may. not in future, be so utterly defenceless, as his absurd and jealous policy has hitheno le t theia. It is not that warfare is to he ca-ried on in a country like. New Zealand, by solid odies of men, acting, in masses, —as skir tuisliers auti riflemen are mo e.propei for such a purpose, hue it is, .that in case of da ger, every one may kno>v , his.-, place, hivnig.sjrne person 'o, look to, ,and. from whom he can recei-e orde s, so that shop cl there be at any time luiun'timatdy be occasion tor his services, he piay, at once proeetd, to wheie he may render the most eflicicn assistance, instead of flying about vvithout any cL-fini e object in a fcta.e of lenor iM con miou,

In conclusion I must say, that ill treated from the commencementi its energies crushed, its prosperity ruined, by a long succession of mis-government, one portion utterly destroyed, while the others implore as-istance, and are 1 receiving none, how much cause has' the unfortunate colony of New Zealand to the day when it first became a part of "that empire on which the Sun never sets;" but where, as far at' feast, as the co'onies are concerned, it so seldom shines on aught save negligence and iujus ice. I am Gentlemen, Your's obedient, KORORARIKA.

April 9, 1845. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald. > Gentlemen..— Your correspomien t " Kororarika," in a letter which appeared in the Herald of this morning, expresses a hope ** that recent events will convince the Governor of New Zealand of the absolute necessity of forming a permanent i militia, in ,accordance with the recommendation of Lord Manley, &c." And in the next paragraph gives as a reason, "that in case of danger every one may know his place." Now it iu very easy to write, " Let militia be formed ; but not quite so easy in practice to form, out of such elements as, > apparently, New Zealand such a militia as would be efficient. Everybody here above a certain age J remembers the unsolditrlike appearance; of most of the volunteer and local militia corps embodied in England > during the 1 time of the last vvar> even when they weie dressed in full- uniform, and had undergone a certain degree of Sunday drilling. In Portugal, during actual warfare, they are not much better, until (after a little experience at Coimbra) they were embodied with regular troops: and in the West Indies they were perfectly absurd. The reason is, not that there is any difference in the nature of the animal, but it is in the training that the difference consists. The first step is to get an Act of Council .passed authorising the formation of the corps; such an act should be nearly similar to the Impetted Mutiay Act t—or rather, ithere-should be two these .being passed, the officers and noncommissioned officers should, in the first instance, he selected from the Light Infantry of the. line, or, as suggested by a former correspondent, from the military academies in England. A certain number of the privates of the first formation should be volunteers from the regular Infantry, for which a bounty should be given, and they should be selected parti- ' cularly with reference to character; the companies should then be completed either by ballot or by an alphabetical list, and formed into Squads.to be regularly drilled by the non-commissioned officers, under the superintendence of the -Adju. taut, until they should be passed by the Major as being sufficiently trained to join the ranks with arms. When once embodied, the corps should be peimanent, and each man should be bound to be with ihe company M» whicfi he belonged for foi ; r months consecutively in each year; this would be regulated by furloughs to - one-third of the regiment at a time, except in case of actual operations. The term of service should be for five or seveh years, to be settled by the Government; hut the commissions of the officers should be from the Crown, and permanent. With a view to ihe saving of expense immediately ou the first fornmion, the whole corps shooid. be billetted .on-the, inhabitants, arrangements.for which would - be made „at the Office of, the Colonial Secretary, until a IVJilitary Office should be established. The aims, rc'coutrements', and probably the clothing of such a cosps, would be provided by the Home Government, and the pay of the privates should be just sufficient to' keep their accoutrements and , kit in repair, with the exception of those who had been drafted fiom the line, but who would be entitled to their discharge.after five years' service, by which time it is presumed that the corps would be completely organ sed. •■t .Of course, there are many minor details upon which is appears unnecessary to enter in the present state ot the question. 1 am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, : EX A 81., LATE LIEUT.-CoLONEL Koyal D a Militia, Sydney, A p«H 11,1845.