ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 7, 1 September 1855, Page 1

ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR.

His Excellency Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, the new Governor of New Zealand, arrived in Auckland from London at an early hour of the morning of Wednesday the sth instant. The splendid ship 'Merchantman/ in which his Excellency, with his family and suite, came passengers, had been signalled throughout the whole of the previous day, and as his Excellency had been daily expected ,the appearance of the ship round the North Head was anxiously but vainly looked for, darkness having set in. It was 1 a.m. before she was able to fetch the anchorage. His Excellency landed in a private manner at the Wynyard Pier about 12 o'clock the same morning, having with Mrs. Browne and his Private Secretary, Captain steward, been conveyed from the ship by Captain Drury of H. M. S. Pandora, accompanied by Brigade Major Greenwood. Notwithstanding the immediate and unexpected landing of his Excellency, his intention had sufficiently transpired to enable a very large concourse of the citizens of Auckland, European and Native, to .- ssemble at the Wynyard Pier and its neighbourhood, to testify their respect for the new ruler and to greet him with a loyal and cordial welcome on his arrival at the seat of his government. Immediately after landing, his Excellency and Mrs. Browne proceeded to the residence of Colonel Wynyard, and from thence on a short drive through a part of the city and its environs. On the following day bis Excellency took tbe Oaths of Office, and afterwards administered the same to the members of his Executive Council, consisting of Colonel Wynyard, C. B. Commander, of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Colonial Treasurer, and the Acting Attorney General.

justice to do it himself, and decide the amount of payment. This is very wrong, because a man, ■when ho has a dispute or disagreement with another, will always think that he is right, and the other side wrong, and similarly the other side will «ay that he is in the right. Now, they cannot both be right, and therefore there should be a third party ready $o say which is right and which is wrong ; and this is the duty of the magistrate. The magistrate will tell the truth, and will show which man is right, because he does not love one man more than another. Let the Maories remember these words ;it is one of the laws, —" No man can be a judge in his own case." This is like the leg of a trinargen, it is the support of the whole building, and if it is taken away or destroyed, the whole superstructure will fall down. There will be more information about the laws, and what is to be done when seeking justice before the magistrate, in the next newspaper.