Hawake's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1870.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 827, 28 September 1870, Page 2

Hawake's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1870.

Most of our readers will have heard something about a large meeting of natives at Pariaki (Taranaki), at wliich it was saicl the noted Titokowaru and his party, all armed, were to be present, and as the papers last to hand give an account of the proceedings, we purpose giving a brief abstract of the same now, reserving the detailed account for our next. The Taranaki correspondent of the Daily Southern Cross, under date 15 th inst. (a few clays prior to the meeting) graphically described the state of affairs. Titokowaru, with over 80 armed men, besides several hundreds of other more or less disaffected natives, were gathering together, and it was expected that the total number present would amount to from 1,500 to 2,000. The friendly natives looked with much suspicion on the movement, although it was professedly called by Te Whiti to discuss the establish raent of a perma nent peace ; but they considered that he had blinded the Government as to his real intentions. Certainly the acts of some of those proceeding to the meeting had a very different from a peaceful significance. They knocked the toll collector down, refusing to pay toll, and crying, "We are Hauhaus, not friendlies ;" and -ome of them held him down while the rest passed through. To meet the exigencies of the case the Government sent up H.M.'s ship Blanche, with a detachment of Armed Constabulary; and during the progress of the meeting that vessel was kept lying off the coast, and the Constabulary were placed in the Barrack. 0 . The Taranaki Herald of the 21st. gives an account of the meeting at which Mr Parris was present, and also an account of the follies performed by the chief Te Whiti and that gentleman, which included a feast of

putrid miuzs and a mock . marriage between them, and the setting up and knocking down of sticks representing the Queen, the King, and others. The meeting passed off without any definite result, and at its conclusion the man-of-war and the Armed Constabulary returned to Wellington. Tito declared that he would be peaceable if lefb unmolested, and this the Government papers regard a.; indicating friendly intentions. Of course he does not wish to be hanged for his misdeeds, and that, so far as we can see, is all his words mean. It need not surprise our readers if they learn that both Tito and Te Kooti are virtually pardoned by our peace-loving Government, after all that has been said and done to the contrary.