Original Coreespondence. BAY OF ISLANDS REFUGEES.

New Zealander, Volume 1, Issue 4, 28 June 1845, Page 3

Original Correspondence. BAY OF ISLANDS REFUGE ES.

To the Eddor of the New Zealandcr. Sir, — It now being known that the Gorernment w ill not give any assistance to the few remaining northern settlers, that have been diiveu fjom their homes, b> the late insuirection,— l beg to offer a series of arguments in snppoit of the justice and equity of their demands • as all the documents are now before the public : mo*e pa* - ticularly, as *eveial objections l.aye been lonnde I on the supposition, (ii.it their lands were ill chosen, and not deiived diiect fio'n t.ieu'ou 11. I lather regie!, that to clear this pietende.l objection, I find u ne. essary to go back, and sic* up the old question of iighiful possession, and pi clouded p-e-emption, wlncii but f'oi tins, had. fcrlainly died ; and upon which a position ha» been taken, — that those lands aie vul<ieies>s, ami too i emote to become available, and that n<» 'claim could be maintained against the Loc.ii Governmem, on lands Held tVoai onyiual nauvu tiansfeis. For the true position and value of suoh titles, we must go back to a similar state of brn-ietv m more undent couutnes, and tiieie vii nnd that separate possession of lands was fiiot oliiauied, under what is called allodial or mutual delence, te'nuie; being a natural transition, horn tuo w iUI state of maii, to the ii *t civilizing -step of c.jUiiio, The separate i over or lights over sued po.tioi.s as eacii pa»l\ »nt,!it I o enabled to cultivak^, fnn-foii-nirA. "ilii toe inulual defence, oi i^iii.itii .$ Aon family unit) ; a3 natural ties, pallia* «al autliui'il) or KiHaencc and coune^tio. 1 by i.«'j-Js,

To the Editor of the New-Zealander. Sir,— lt appears to me, that the conduct hitliei to pin sued towards the natives by tue Government, has not been of the character which is calculated to improve their pb)sical 01 intellectual condition. The British Government have vei\ often expressed their desire to protect and elevate the Aborigines, but such professions stems to have had a great deal of the "sounding I'iviss and duckling <'\inba)," connected with their utterance. It must be plain to every observe!, , that the, natives have been neglected, with legard to their ph\sical improvement, for although it is v\ ell understood that the blanket has engendered disease amongst them, 1o which the Bishop of New Zealand has testified, in his ohseivtiuuns on their rapid decrease, since his anival in the Colony ; yet in purchase of laud and other dealings between the Government ami natives the piincipal payments have been made in such articles. Is. stead of which they should have been induced to adopt the custom of weaiing strong, dm able, comfortable- and wholesome cJothiii", and been supplied with such in pieference to blankets, tobacco, muskets and powder. The only ' attempts ) et made to contribute to the comibits of the natives in this respect, has been at the various mission establishments., and amongst Ihe&ettleis,— who have been earnest 1) nesirous to commence the woik of impiovement in civilizing the natives. The Home Government with all their boasting sympathy for the poor natives, have literally done nothing towaids their advancement ; and if their d et.ii e had iea!ly been to nnpiove the New j Zealanders, they would have evinced their sineenty by supphing the natives with substantial clothing, instead of those articles of ephemeral v due, which they have thought proper to pye them in excluinge for their lands. Besides, Sn, wesee that not the least sign of attention has been paid to their comfort, when business brings them 50, CO, or 100 miles, to Aeckland, wheie the chief repiesentative of the lingiish Pjotectotate lesules. They arrive heie with their produce, perhaps, in rainy wealhet,

- To the Editor of the Neuo-Zealander. Sir, — lam obliged to your correspondent who signs himself Cnchmere, for giving the public his opinion on goats, because I shall now have an additional reason for giving my views on the subject, and by staling the thing as it is, 1 shall neutralize this Goat-advocate in his unwortln attempts to throw disci edit on our laws, magistracy and police. Your readers need not be told, that goats aie sad thieves, and they will not be surprised, to see their special pleader arrajed against those w ho are set for the defence of social older and private property. Very few fences are found sufficient to keep out goats, and in those few a small flaw will be quickly detected b) these v ily animals, and then \our trees are barked, your garden laid waste, and having once tasted the Irmts of jour garden, keop them out after" ards, if you can. Only last Sunday night some thief or thieves smashed two palings in a new fence ne.ir the Government Punting oilice, with a view of stealing boards fioin a building in course of erection there, and in the morning a dozen goats were found in the enclosure destroying a fine green crop, in the midst of which they were scarcely visible. At my ov\ n place I am generally annoyed every day by 11 or 15 of mv neighbour's go its feeding at my expense. Living by pilfer is quite convenient to such as prefer being quartered giatis on their neighbour, to being at the expense and toil of cultivating the land and sotting up fences. Few, I apprehend, are glad to receive the visits of these harmless animals of Cachmere. except those who make it a rule t<> Jay hands on all the goat's mutton that is thus thrown in their way ; and this is the practice of some not far from Epsom, who urge in vindication of this more than questionable couise, that if they do not destroy the goats, the goals would soon destioy them. There will be a suitable appieciation on the paitof the honest and industrious Colonists, of the vigorous eflbits now being made by the authorities to get rid of this wide spread Colonial nuisance. Let every poli:eman and constable do his duty, and by impounding every untethered goat tound at large, uphold the just and fair colonial law, and protect the honest tridn against the thief. There tvin be no objection against the poor man's having goafs' milk, provided he gets it liowstly : but he who partakes of milk from the goat which runs at large, is in constant danger of reaping where he did not sow, and of being comlbited himself while his neighboui is injured and annoyed, and he who defends such a course is an upholder of thieves' moiality I am Sir, Your's truly, feU BURBA N.