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Anglo-Maori Warder, Volume 1, Issue 9, 20 June 1848, Page 2

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By the Louisa, we have received files of Sydney journals. Her Majesty's steamer Acheron had sailed for New Zealand, and the frigate Inconstant; the Havannaii was in forward preparation, as will be seen by referring to our shipping list. The cry about the national defences, and the letter of the Duke of Wellington, had been responded to in France, where the subject had created considerable interest. The Presse, in particular, cries out against the apathy or incapacity of its own Government, for not keeping pace with England in needful precaution. After giving a long list of the political causes which, in Germany, in Italy, in Switrerland, or in Spain, may lead to a rupture of the peace of Europe, the Presse says—" What is France doing iu the way of preparation ? Nothing. England is already doing everything; she docs so cleverly, for she does it directly; she docs not wait until the thing be accomplished. Already she is scattering uneasiness in the mind of John Bull—she irritates his pride, and shews hiin his nationality menaced, his coasts offering no resistance, his territory invaded. The walls of London are covered with placards of ' French invasion !'—' the French disembarking!'—'National Defences!' The signal was was given by the Britannic Ajax, the veteran of Waterloo —the Duke of Wellington himself. Evidently the sense of the Duke's letter is twofold—to act on the English mind, by fear and pride to arouse it -, and to act on the French mind, by confidence and self-love to lull it to sleep—to cause England to believe that she is weaker than she really is, in order to decide her to impose on herself an additional charge for more troops, and to make France believe that she is so formidable that she can tranquilly fold her arms iu order to encourage her to persist in the present waste of her finances." By what strange perversity is it that French journalism still persists in diving for concealed meanings in every move of our Government, never allowing itself for one moment to suppose the possibility of any document containing no more than what simply appears on the face of it. They have christened us long since, " Perfide Albion," and most dcterminately keep up our title to the name. The agitation of the question has, however, had the advantage of causing a further augmentation of our own army to be, determined upon; each company of the guards being about to be increased by 20 men, each corps of cavahy by SO men, and every infantry regiment on home service to 1000 rank and file. The 21st and 50tU regiments have been struck off the strength of the Indian establishments, consequent upon their embarkation at Calcutta for England, and have been congratulated by Lord Gough, Commander-in-Chief in India, on the satisfactory termination of their foreign service. Besides the death of Sir Maurice O'Connell, we have to announce that of General Frederick Maitland, Colonel of the 58th Regiment of Foot. "This gallant veteran is one of the family of Lauderdale, the hereditary standard bearer for Scotland, which has produced so many distinguished generals and admirals of the army and navy. He was the brother of the present Sir Alexander Maitland Gibson, Bart., and fourth son of General the Hon. Alexander Maitland, fifth son of the sixth Eart of Lauderdale; was born in 1763, and has died, consequently, in the 86th year of his age. He entered the army as ensign on the Ist of September, 1779 ; became lieutenant September 19,1782; captain, December, 178»j major, August, 1793; lieutenant-colonel, July, 1794; colonel, January, 1800; major-general, October, 1S05; lieutenant-general, June,

ISU ; general, May, 1825, and was the fifth on the list. He held the colonelcy of the 58th since December, 1833. In Hart s List w find that General Maitland served at the relief of Gibraltar in 1781,andwas subsequently formany years military secretary to Sir Ralph Abercrombie in the West Indies; and during about thirty years' service in that climate, Jie was at the reduction of every island taken by the British arms, and commanded at the Samtes. In 1811 he was removed by orders from home, from tne government of Grenada to theMediteranean, where he commanded the British army until the arrival of Lord William Bentick ; and subsequently took afoice of 10,000 men from Sicily to the eastern coast of Spain. Medal for Martinique. He was also a member of a board of general officers. He married, in 1799, Catherine, daughter of John Prettyjohn, Esq.,'of Barbadoes, and has left two sons and tno daughters." The Archbishop of Canterbury was seriously ill, and at his Grace's advanced age, great fears were entertained that he would not recover.

above was in type, southern papers have been received up to the 7th of June, containing English news to the 10th of February. . Another Blue Book on New Zealand affairs, consisting chiefly of despatches from Captain Grey, had been published, and was referred to in the debate. The letter of the Duke of Wellington on the national defences had been published by authority. The Archbishop of Canterbury will not consecrate Dr. Hampden. Three bishops were to form a commission for the purpose. The difficult and threatening land question at Wanganui appears to have been brought to an end. The whole of the lately hostile chiefs, together with the friendly natives, have been induced to accept Mr. Spain's award of £IOOO, and Mr. M'Lean is now actively engaged in apportioning the runs for the several localities. Mr. George White, of Nelson, has written one letter to his Honor Chief Justice Martin, and another to Mr. Justice Chapman, complaining bitterly of their several decisions in ih* cases of Graham v. Tye, and White ». RichluoNn.