SCHEME OF NATIVE GOVERNMENT.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume I, Issue 32, 6 February 1862, Page 5 (Supplement)

SCHEME OF NATIVE GOVERNMENT.

Since the above was in type we have had our attention directed to an article in the Lyttelton Times in which the following sketeli of the proposed machinery of Government is given. From certain remarks.made by the Auckland papers we concluded that it was not theintention of the Government to bring the proposed measures into operation except in native districts—at least not for the present. This article in the Times, however, tends somewhat to undeceive us, seeing that it may be reasonably supposed to know what the intentions of the Government are : “ We believe the following to be a correct sketch of the machinery proposed. The native portion of the North Island is to bo divided into twenty districts, each of which is to be presided over by a civil commissioner with a clerk and medical man. Each district is to be divided into hundreds, and each hundred is to have its runanga. Candidat es for this post will probably be recommended by the Governor or elected by themselves it will bo necessary for them to have a knowledge of English. There will be a chief police officer in each hundred and five constables.

“ The District Bunangas will consist of the Commissioner, who will preside, and twelve members. The Clerk holds the place of Secretary, and the meetings will be held wherever appointed by the G overnor, the residence of the Commissioner to be the centre of the district. These higher assemblies will have the power to consider and recommend bye-laws or regulations to be put in force under the ‘ Native District Begulation Act, 1858,’ 1 to 16, which rcgultions must be approved of by the Governor, and, if approved, be proclaimed as in force within the district, power being reserved to vary or revoke them with permission of the Governor. Power will also be given to them to deal with schools aided by Government, gaols, hospitals, roads, (except main lines) boundaries, ownership of lands, and the conditions of Crown grants to tribes, hapus and individuals. “ For the spiritual welfare and education of the natives, three school-masters (native) who must bo clergymen will be appointed, under conditions to be agreed on between the Government and the heads of religious denominations, to be paid £SO per annum.

“ For the purposes of the administration of justice, the commissioner, resident magistrate and assessor will constitute courts ; the seat of the commissioner to be made a circuit town, at which the Supreme Court shall attend to try cases. Europeans are to be allowed to buy land from natives, as soon as the title is clear and the boundaries settled, which land however must be for the purposes of bond fide occupation. The sale to be subject to the decision of the runanga and to be registered in the commissioner’s office. Leases to be be granted to Europeans, subject to certain conditions. Such is a brief outline of the plan, from which it will be seen that the scheme is at once wide and comprehensive, and consequently can only be carried out at a very large annual outlay 7 estimated for the present at £50,000 to bo thus appropriated.

MATCH -BETWEEN ETHAN ALLEN AND MATE, AND FLORA TEMPLE.

The trotting match between the ever green Flora Temple, and (be renowned New England stallion, Ethan Alien, and Ins mate, the running horse Stocks,for SOOdollars, came off, says Wilkes’ Spirit, on Thursday September sth, on the Fashion Course, Long Island. The conditions of the match were for Flora to go in harness and the team to wagon, mile heats, best three in five ; and to compensate in some measure for the advantage which the stallion possessed, by being coupled with a running horse, upon whom the whole weight of drawing the wagon devolved, the little bay mare was allowed to the pole in each heat. In consequence of the recent exposure in the Spirit, as well as the daily journals, of trotting robberies on this course, in connection with the same horses, but a different driver of the double team, the public have lost all confidence in the lona fide character of trotfing matches, and the effect was evident to-day in the limited attendance, not more than four hundred persons being present, although we must state most explicitly that the match was “on the square.” The hitherto acknowledged “ Queen of the trotting turf’ was, as heretofore, driven by J. D. M‘Mann, and the team by Holcomb, joint proprietor with Rose of the New England stallion. Horace Jones had been engaged to pilot them, but he was unavoidably absent from the city. The betting was decidedly in favour of the team, long odds being offered on their -winning the match. A good start for the first heat was effected, Flora taking the load and passing the quarter pole in 36i seconds two lengths ahead. She increased this advantage all along the stretch, and at the halfmile, which was I’caehed in IT2I-, she was leading sis or eight lengths. But now Ethan began to put forth his extraordinary trotting powers so effectually that, on turning into the home stretch he had not only closed the gap, bnt was slightly ahead. A magnificent race up the home stretch ensued, but, notwithstanding that the litttle mare made a succession of those brushes of wonderful speed which have so often gained her the victory, she was beaten by a length in 2 - 23, breaking badly just before reaching the score.

The second heat commenced in a similar manner to the first, Flora leading to the quarter pole in thirty-five seconds. A beautiful struggle ensued on the far side and the half-mile was passed in I'o9:}, with both lapped together. Directly after Ethan broke, and Flora gained a lead of half-a-dozen lengths. But Holcomb soon got the horse down to his work, and gaining at every stride, his long, regular and sweeping stroke, keeping time to the quick extended stride of Ids mate, Stocks, with the regularity of the action of machinery, he won a magnificently contested race up the homestretch by a neck only, in the fastest time ever made on Long Island, of two minutes nineteen and threequarter seconds.

The announcement of the above, which is equal to the extraordinary record of the wonderful Flora herself on the Kalamazoo track, produced intense excitement on the track. Betting was out of the question, and the third heat, which was also won by the famous stallion, was regarded as a foregone conclusion. The mare, as in the previous heats, led to the half-mile pole, when Ethan came out passed her, and, notwithstanding her most determined efforts, won the heat and race by half a length, in 2 mins. 21 secs. Summary. Fashion Course,Long Island,Septembers, 1861. Match, 500 dollars ; mile heats, 3 in 5. Mr. ITolcomb’sbsEthan Allen andmate to

LIBERAL INSTITUTIONS BEARING FRUIT. Thru New I ork Herald, the blatant organ of “ the people,” thus writes of the governing power of the free and enlightened citizens of the empire city : “ We cannot shut our eyes to the truth, and therefore are beginning to acknowledge, that our governing power is the mob ; and that is a despotism worse than that of Russia or France, because it is senseless, cruel, and bloody. Here we have, within ten miles of the city-hall, a population of over a million of people, presumed to bo eminently blessed in their political surroundings. The law guarantees to every citizen the right to choose his own rulers, as well as protection to life liberty and property —that is, according to the common reading of the Constitution of the state and the charter of the city. But what is the fact ? It is that the laws are set at nought ; that the power of the mob is surpreme ; and that this million of people trembles before a few thousand scoundrels who ought to bo in the penitentiary. The precious rulers may bo classed as follows 1 — Superior pugilists 100 Inferior bruisers 1,000 Vagabond shoulder-hitters 2,500 Gamblers andtouters 2,000 Keepers of houses of bad repute ...1,500 Men about town 2,000 Thieves, swindlers, and loafers ...6,000 Total governing powers ... 15,100 “ All these men vote, and some of them exercise the elective franchise several times. No storm however severe, can keep them away from polls.

They form, with tho five thousand prostitutes who live in New York, tho Praetorian cohort which rules the city of New York, and dissipates in all manner of debauchery the imposts wrung from the hands of honest and respectable lahour.” The New York Times bears similar testimony. It writes:— “ We believe we express only the settled judgement of reflecting men when we say self-government with universal suffrage, in large cities, has proved a failure. It does not answer the purpose of government. It does not give us security cither for our persons or our property. It does not preserve order or prevent crime. It gives us neither clean streets nor safe walks. It does not check ruffianism nor prevent pauperism. It is neither a terror to evil-doers nor a praise to them that do well. It gives us dishonest law-makers, corrupt judges, and imbecile executives. It elevates the worst men to the highest places, and stifles tho voices of good men, when raised even in remonstrance. Under its operation the most reckless and unprincipled adventurers rise to places of the highest power and then fortify themselves in their seats by the weapons and wealth of those they plunder. There is no certainty of justice—no fixed meaning to law—no reliance upon magistrates—no security of life—none of the gurantees and guards against violence and fraud which government was made to secure, and without which all government is a nuisance and a sham. This is not the experience of New York alone—every great city in America is showing the same results and teaching the same lesson.” Tho American journals raved against Mr. Carlyle ten years ago for prophesying the collapse of universal suffrage and the chaos into which tho affairs of tho “ model republic” would fall whenever its political institutions were subjected to any excessive strain. At that time the great English essayist defined the condition of the United States to be that of “ Anarchy plus a street constable,” and prophesied that ere long the street constable woidd become impossible. lie gave them credit for having produced, “ with a rapidity beyond recorded example, eighteen millions of the greatest bores ever seen in this world before,” and declared his conviction that democracy on either side of the Atlantic was for ever impossible, since it is “ the fatal necessity of modern democracy 7 everywhere to raise the sham-noblest, which, in all times and places, is a practical blasphemy, and nature will in no wise forget it.” This is a lesson that ought not to bo lost on English colonies, where the tendency to fruit-bearing democracy is greater than in the mother country.

20 Civil Commissioners, at £500 a year, £10,000 “ 3,000 20 Clerks and Interpreters 150 20 Surgeons 150 “ 3,000 130 members of the Bunang a 50 “ 6,000 120 “ “ 40 “ 4,800 120 Wardens 30 " 3,600 600 Policemen 10 6,000 600 Uniforms 6 “ 3,600 60 School-masters 20 Commrs. allowances, 1 house and fencing j Buildings 50 100 “ 3,000 “ 2,000 4,000 £49,000

wagon Ill Mr. J. D. M'Mann’sbm Flora Temple, in harness 2 2 2 Time . Quarter mile. Half mile. Mile. First heat 36* ... ...1T24 ... 2-23 Second heat ... 35 ... .. T09f ...2T9J Third heat 35 ...ITOi ... 2-21