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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 70, 30 October 1862, Page 2

In another column we give an account of an interview between the Governor ami Wi Take at the house of Sir G. Grey, Wellington, as supplied to the Independent by Tako himself, and may, therefore, so far, he depended on as containing the substance of what transpired on the occasion. It is of importance, as necessarily forcing upon the Governor’s mind the utter hopelessness of the conceding policy, in its power of effecting any of the results desired by the Government. The words of the rebels at Otaki ; “Let the Governor stay where he is; we are satisfied” convey a pretty clear idea of the position they assume —they will hold aloof from all his advances, and will not in return for all that may be granted to them, yield the slightest point in the position they have taken. We likewise give the report as we tind it in the Daily Times, of the resignation of Sir George Grey, which (if the report be true) will have by this time reached the authorities at home. Should this prove to be the case, we may be sure that “ the beginning of the end” has come, and though it is not probable that any decisive steps will be taken against the rebels during the short time that must elapse before his Excellency can receive a reply, it is equally certain that something will be done there. The cause of the course taken by Sir Geo. Grey seems to have been the celebrated depatches of the Duke of Newcastle, received during the sitting of the Assembly, and if true will fail to excite surprise among any that are aware of the formidable difficulties that surround his position, the tone assumed by the noble duke, altogether unjust and un-

warranted by circumstances as it was, must have been peculiarly galling to Lis Excellency’s mind, and it is not surprising if it did lead to the abandonment of his office, for it does not by any means follow that a mind which has submitted to innumerable humiliations, and indeed, insults, from a semi-bar-barous race, would be at all likely to submit to the like from such a source as the Colonial office. In the meantime, it is not improbable that preliminary steps for the recovery of the Tataramaika block from the rebels at Taranaki may be taken. This step is due to all parties, and his resolution to take it may be fairly inferred from what is said to have passed between Sir G. Grey and Tako, bnt we greatly doubt whether his Excellency will find a greater number of the native race willing to assist him in this work, notwithstanding all that he has done for them, than would have helped had he undertaken it on his arrival in the Colony. We believe he will not find so many —perhaps very considerably less.