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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 4, Issue 80, 15 January 1852, Page 3

Friend Hobbs, Do you hearken.—Our children Wi Repa, and Hone Ware are UNKNOWN-quite dead. The UNKNOWN party are, Papakakura, Hohepa 'atu, and HoliaU ttoru ; tliese a'e all dead. The quarrel was about a liouc. My heart i.« lot dark willi lelerence to our children, lecause liny hioutlu ihW death upon them itlves. Thiie is one puisun I am distressed ibout namely, Par-aUakura, thn ihouplus hnw;ver will rest with ihe Mah'ir.bure.* They VII on ihe'l'hursd.iy ol this week. Siiflicient s my speech. (Si-red) Tt Waka Nkni:. * To I lone Ili'pl a, Auckland, Jan. JSJ'.'.

This is to give notice that I shall he at the inderineiitioned places on the dates spe:iiied. Mataheka, (Waikato Uiver,) IGtli Murcli, 185 V?. For the ptfcpose of examining the Boundaries of Land offered for Sale at that place by llaiinona Paitai, Hotena ICruetn, and others. Whangape, 10th March, 1852, for the purpose of examining the boundaries of the Land at that place, which has been offered in exchange for Mangare by Te Whero Whero, Tamali, and others. y Whaingaroa, 20th March, 1852, to pay the sJcond instalment of XIOO to Wiremii, Naira, and others, for the Land Purchased there last year. Charles Ligah, •Suveyor General.

We insert the nbovc letter* in our column? v\U feelings of <liep regret. It will be seen tint five unhappy men have hem prematurely diuiivcd of life, nnd huriicd into the imm.'diat> prtsense of tlnir Maker by indu'jjinjr in ll.ise revengeful feelings which are so fiunly rocied in the native breast. We are somewlr.i astonished at the inf.itiiation of t ur . dve frirnds, in these enlighiene.l days, id (lying to their arms upon the most irivisil •.(pi.ihlilcß, nnd madly "seeking ihnth in the o rrof of their ways." j\v p n<lently of the benefits tin- Gnvcrn- < t have conferred upon the nnnieri.us 'ive tribes, by bidding oat the advantages to derived from inaustiy, nnd cumuiercc, nnd Tcndeiing them every assistance to carry out lluir gcn.'ral pl.ins of improvement, as will us by iistitutiig courts of law, in v.iiious

districts, for the investigation of native griev- I nnces; —independently of these valuable aids townrils their advancement in civiliz'ition, and comfort, —they have been leceiving religions instruction from their laborious and excellent Missionaries for a lonj; scries of years. They have had much information communicated to them by tho circulation o( bunks; but especially have they been privileged, by handling the Word of Life, in which blessed book they arc tau»bl how lo conduct themselves, in all tin ir intercourse with one anotb'.r in the various ielations of life. Willi facts such ns these before u«, surely it i« not too much to address the member's of each native settlement in the language of Ihe Apostle,—" lirethren, we are persuaded belter ihiugsnf yon, and tl.ings that accompany s.ilvatiun." If the vuirn tbey r ad, and which llicv bear expounded from lime to lime, hud iis due i- flui'iice upon iluir minds, thi-y \vi old not leluin, ' evil (or evil, or railing for railing, but contrariwise hlessinjj." The religion ot the Knleemcr changes the " lion into a lamb," and tnalihs a man to ' love bis enemies," and to" pray lor those wl.o despiteful!}' Use " him" mid J erti cute " him." We cannot dismiss this subject without a s-ncere hope that Ibis painlul event, will be productive of (inure good. We (rust that the Natives will learn to lein in their passions, and not sick any reparation for injuries until their spirits become calm, (■'ci.crally speaking ihey pnsress much patience ; they should cultivate ibis lovely viriii"! reniembering that anger will nssuridly prevuil them from seeing things in Iluir true light, and it is expressly ilet'lnrrd, that " Anger resle h in ihe bosom of lonls " We tiust, that whenever <lis| tiles of n moral character arise, the native inhabitants of thtse f ivomed islands will see ihe desirableness of calling in the aid of their Missionaries, whose superior judgement, and moro enlightened umlcis'anding vtiM enable them to afford speedy, and amicable adjustments. On the other hand, they arc, we trust ready lo acknonledge, lh.it it will be to their interest to refer all questions of a legal n ture In the r gularly constituted Ambon ie, of ilie land, ivhosc wisdom and experience render them in a peculiar manner, the most competem prisons to adjudicate siieh mailers, the equity of whose decisi ns heretofore, ore ml only re eoided in the books of the (.'units, but in the minds ol many ol our native leaders.