FENIANISM ON THE BULLER.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XIII, Issue 574, 4 May 1868, Page 3

FENIANISM ON THE BULLER.

'SINGULAR CONDUCT OF Nr COMMIS- | MISSION LR KYNNEIISLEY. [Tee Westport Times of of the 10th inst. jhas the following report of the arrival 1 of a body of the Armed Constabulary at I Westport, and of a remarkable meeting jheld afterwards: j Forty rank and fi’e of, the Armed Conistabularj, under command of Captain j Cummings and Mr M'Uonncil, arrived in itovvn by the lirucs yesterday morning 'car'y. About ten a.m. they debarked, and .headed by their chum and fife band.

marched up the street to tbs store latelv .• occupied by Messrs Wittkowski, where i they will remain until their departure i which was announced to take place in the 1 Bruce this day. A desire, however, sprung i up in the town for retaining their services i and a meeting was convened at the Adel- I niii Theatre, and was largely attended. < Messrs Pitt, Hildreth, Milieu, Monro, Gil- ; librand, Turner, and others were on the platform and the body of the hall was half full of the most respectable portion of the coiDuiunuy. A resolution was unanimously carried to the effect that a committee bo formed to wait upon the Commis-!-f (U e £ nv-'ed Oonstahnltiry Westport. i Pursuant to the resolution, the gentle- i man appointed waited upon Mr Kynners 1 ley, and urged upon him the necessity there ! existed for retaining the Armed Constabu- | lary hero ; and at S o’clock a public meet- j ling w;s held in the Assembly Booms, at , | which Mr Harry Pitt took the chair. He ; !stated that although he and the other genjtlemen of the committee had waited upon : j the Commissioner, he had given his unequivocal denial to their application, and 1 |ordered them back to Hokitika. Mr Pitt j stated that the matter was urged upon the Commissioucr with all the force possible, 1 but with no effect. | A Yoice—Let Air Kynnersley go with itho troops. (Cheers.) I Mr Hildreth, one of tho deputation, j stated that on their calling on Mr Kyn jnersley, he had assured them that al' | was quiet at Addison’s, and read certain resolutions passed at Addison’s to the deputation in support of this assertion. Air Kynnersley told them “that although lie had been frequently at Addison’s he had never been insulted, and that everything is quiet; aud that he had come to the conclusion (hat no armed force was necessary, amfthat if people would thrust themselves upon tho Government, assisted bv the press, they were the only disturbers of the Ip-lie', aud not the Addison’s Flat men. | lie stated that no Fenianistn existed.” But i this, gentlemen, is in tho face of the fact that tho crown and standard were trampled upon, (Cheers.) Mr Munro, another of the deputation, said : —Beforo I went 1 thought the errand would bo a fruitless one. On our beiun introduced to Mr Kynnersley, tie took exception to tho part of the address where you affirm that the people of Addison’s are riotously inclined. (A Voice—He is one l of them.) Mr Kynnersley told them that no reason existed or the force to bo retained. He (Mr Kynnersley) told them that he had been better received at Addison’s than at Westport and if any disaffection existed it was in Westport, and if conjstabulary were wanted it would be here Air Kynnersley stated that tho men at AdJdison’s were a quiet, peaceable rightI minded, inoffensive, and honorable body of linen, and had no fear of any revolutionary action ; but he repented he would not be /answerable if people and press indulged |in inllamatory speeches and leaders, for tin i men at Addison’s would have cause to revolt. Mr Kynnersley concluded by saying that the word loyalty stunk in his nostrils. , 1 hope if Mr Kynnerslev is consistent, he will arrest the proprietors and editors, and , aLo tho speakers who spoke so warmly on . the 3rd of April, (('beers ) (Th ice groans for Mr Kynnersley most heartily given.) Air 1 m, chairman, tried to keep or- .! dor. ,i Air Alunro continued by saying lie hoped s! tho volunteers would keep their arms and attend to their drill. ,| Air W. Pitt was called on, and said he jc.imo there as a listener. He then went ; into a private matter with Mr Munro. He ,;(Mr Pitt) thought that sending the volunteers away was a mistake, and he had told ,Mr Kynnersley so. He concluded by deJfcnding tiie policy adopted by Mr Kyn.jnersley. One of the men who were in the procession when it was attacked, and who had J j since been nimble to return to that locality ,|of peace and quietness, stated that only the I! “ Ked, While, mid Blue," was sung by ! tlicin, and tlie whole effort of tho commit.'tee was studiously to avoid giving offence jto any one. He defended tho men who Ijwho ran from tho charge of cowardice, [I stated that the procession was panic--1 stricken when they were assaulted, and

claimed to be with the rest quite as individually brave as Mr Kyuuerslcy. Ho sta ted that the horses were pushed off the r oud, and one female fell off, who was extricated by him. The m.m who bore the crown in the procession .stated that ho had tendered in evidence agiinst O’Brien and Huffy, and had not been brought forward. Mr Harrison was called, and in a capital speech, urged upon the volunteers the desirability of keeping their arms, and doing all in their power to become efficient volunteers and advised tho people, if they had any complaint against the Commissioner, to memoraliss the Government to remove him. (Cheers.) | Sir SIo rnson, in one of his usually energetic speeches, coincided with Mr Har-

rison’s remarks, slid urged upon the meeting to preserve in all its integrity the Constitution of Britain. (Cheers.) A. Tote of thank* proposed by Mr Morrison, and seconded by Mr liildrelh, concluded the business of the meeting. 1 lie same paper refers to a remark said ,10 have been made by Mr Kynnersley to the deputation, in which the latter accused the press cf Westport of inflammatory sentiments. In reply to this, the Times says': —" Vfe only deem it necessary to remark that had the Commissioner done his duty, rud adpptcd such a course as his position of Chief Magistrate demanded, the language which (naturally enough) he r- gardi

as offensive, would never have been made use of, and we fearlessly assert that should any future disturbance take place, the blame will rest entirely at the door of the Commissioner, who hss adopted ?o supine and pandering a policy. The only charitable view we can take of Mr Kynnersley’s c-oiiuiici- is. that attributable to a con-