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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 3, Issue 53, 2 January 1851, Page 3

We beg to offer our hearty acknowledgments to the Reverend Mr. Morgan for the extremely gratifying description, which he has so kindly furnished us, of the animated manner in which the presentation Majesty, Prince Albert, and the lfoyal children have been received by the chiefs Kingi Hou Te Warn and Hoani Papita Kahawha and (lie large native assemblage gathered together upon the interesting occasiOTi. We feel quite certain that the letter of Mr. Morgan and that of\the »(hief Te Waru will bo eagerly perused bjyall our readers, and in consequence have withother matter to make room for tluiir immediate publication. We are allways extremely thankful to be enabled to give place to matters of so much and such just interest to the tribes. j To the Editor of the Maori Mecscngen Sin, —In your paper of the 12th Sept., you noticed the ari ival in Auckland of the two splendid pictures of tlio Royal Family, presented by Iler Majesty, Queen Victoria, to Kingi, Hori te Waru, and lloani Papela Kahawai, Chiefs of Rangiaohia, Waikato. ' I now beg leave to enclose to you for insertion in your journal, a copy of the reply of Te Wnru to llit Majesty the Queen, acknowledging the rccciptof a letter from the Gocer-lior-in-Chief, enclosing a portion of a Despatch from Karl Grey, ill reference to the above pictures. Your maori readers will he glad to hear of the safe arrival of the pictures at Ranginohia on Monday last, the 9th inst. The arrival of the | ii lures caused very much excitement amongst the native tribes at Raugiaoliia. On the arrival ol a messenger from the party who were bringing up the pictures, saying that they hnd entered the Waipa River, n meeting of the Rangiaohia tribes was called l>y Te Waru, at which several speeches were made in which the Chiefs expressed their very prent satisfaction at the present forwarded to them by Iler M-ijestv, ulso their a'.tacliincnt to the Uritisli Government, and to tho Representative of lie" Majesty, Sir George Grcv. The Chiefs ulsa expressed their hope lint as the Queen had thus been pl-'usid to honour them, ilia Kaugi.iolda tribes would adopt the custom*of Europeans, and that their young men on visiting Aui kland would not disgrace them by committing oUcnccs against the law. • The canoe conveying the pictures entered the Mnngapiko River, Mid remained during the s.ibhatli u lilt e below Oiaivliao. On Monday morning the natives in charge pulled up the Mangapiko, nnd landed flo use their own term) "the Queen" a little below the Uangiaohia mill. l ? rom that place it was conveyed to Karangapaihuu, the case was there opened and the upper picture taken out tor lloani Papcta lvahawae, and exposed to view amidst the cheers of the Europeans and Natives. The case was then closed up, and Waru directed bis party to remain there with it until he rent up a II i'g to meet it. Alter waiting for some time the flag arrived. It was a large shawl tied to a long pole. The case was then conveyed on the shoulders of tlic natives, preceded by the colorbearer and followed by the liuropeans, to Te Waru's house, where it was reopened, and the picture taken out and exposed' to view amidst the repeated cheers of the assembled liuropeans and Aborigines. I had no idea that the Aborigines would place so high u value upon these preseuts i'rom Iler Majesty. The pictures have since been placed for safety, the one belonging to Te Warn, at toy house at Otawhao, mid the one belonging to Kahawai, at the house of tho French Priest, at Raogiuuhia. I remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, John Morgan. Otawhao, Dec. 12th 1850. \ To Queen Victoria, England. the QuF.nN.—Salutation to you. Mere are we llono Papita Kahawai, and myself tooling affection for you. Through Governor Grey we received your letter, and also the likenesses of yourself, Prince Albert, and your family, as a. token of your love to us. (3 Queen ! we give you our thanks on account of your remembrance of us. The kindness and love of Governor Grey lo us natives, O Queen, is very great. He is quite a parent to us j lie protects us, and gives us wise regulations ; lie is wishful that we should become as the Europeans our habits). Tho Governor has authorized Mr. Morgan to engage a European lo instruct us iu the art of

ploughing; tliia is the second year ol' litis Kurojiaan's stay amongst us, and, now some of us have learned to plough. Governor Grey gave us two horses, it plough, niul a cart. After the I'.uropean came to teach us ploughing, we s iiv the benefit of ploughs, and carts, and we purchased many for our use with Hour ground at our mills. Wo have many ploughs and carts, and wc will purchase many more, when our horses arc trained to work. Our wheat fields are very extensive ; wc cannot grind all the produce of our fields at our mill; wc are therefore about to haven new mill erected for the sum of four hundred pounds. O Queen, belter still arc the schools for our children. I.et Governor Grey continue to lie urgent in having schools established for our children, in order that they may, O Queen, grow up, well-disposed, and live amongst the Europeans. These tilings, with the preaching of the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ are the menus of our salvation in this \{rorld and in that which is to come. O Mother the Qiieon, iln ynu Iwni-kon.-Will you pennit Goveruoi G rcy to stay here very long as a Governor uver these Island; ? Wc love him, and lie loves us; he is anxious that the Europeans and Natives should live on terms of peace,—live together, live in love, live happily. Thii is very straight or desirable. r"rom your friend, (Signed) Kingi Hori te Waru. Uangia'ihia, W.iikalo, New Zealand, Oct. I, ISSO.