THE "NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL"

New Zealander, Volume 2, Issue 72, 17 October 1846, Page 2

THE "NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL"

It is not often that we -waste our time by pe.rusing.the.slanderous columns of this audacious paper, nor would we desire in a general" Vay to pollute the minds- of our readers by repeating <the barefaced falsehoods it commonly contains, but the" number 'for* May- Oth, 1 84Q,vnow before us, is so eminently mendacious, so inimitably dishonest,-that-we-could-not-make-up our minds to pass over its teemful lies with the * contemptuous, silence we usually observe. We select a^couple'bf as specijmens,. and by no.aneans , blacker 'than the rest, which are too numerous to be particularised, and too disgusting to be patiently perused. Speaking oftthe state of Auckland, thisiHirelingfEditor^says, " v the time is. not, far, distant when, in spite ,qf any precautions' of the" Government, no man Aut "of 'the' protection* tffihe British garrison wilUbe^abie, when h6>l4ss*}Kis'head on 'his pillow at night, to calcuiate'Twlth any degree of certainty, whether he will again awake, or if so, only t to suffer' p a< death which would be more merciful were the blow strudk* in sleep. It will be seen ..that the Wesleyan Society, hopeless of the state of things inthe metropolitan di^tric.t, are transferring their operations to the 'Company's settlements." Shade of Munchausen! How must you blush to think that <your (fameus- eclipsed, iand y our -.celebrity outrivalled-by 'the inventive pow,ersrof Mr. 'Earp 1 ! Is itwctrth/while to , adopt a,, serious tone, and^enter upon a formal refutation of such, aspertions ? — Scarcely. Were it not that jthe' people of England are in danger .of :being .misled, by such- statements, we should not deem them worthy of allusion. . JfiMi. lEarpiwould copy the report of the Wesleyan. -Missionary Meeting, contained in our -last -number, -his readers migjht (discxMfer an-antidote $o the poisqn which they unwittingly imbibe from his pen. ■ i - , . The next specimen f is extracted from/an article headed " Outrages,, in- the Auckland district. {Destruction and Plunder of the 'American Brig # , Falco." On this subject Mr. Earp says. " The, W.aikato natives the most numerous and powerful tribe in NewZealand, are showing symptoms of entering into the quarrel, and have 'warned the Bay Tribes, who are, friendly to, the Government, that if they annoy He'kitand jKawiti farther, they will themselves assist the rebel party. We have all along expected this : the effect will be to place Auckland between two fires. In this state of uncertainty, - the. straggling tribes are on the plunder,'whereever it may be found. We have only toom this week for the following one of their latest exploits." Then follows an account of the -wi-eek of the Falco, - , . . „ Had this paragraph been penned by a peri son, ignorant of the localities of New Zealand we pitied and smiled at .the .unfortunate mistake of connecting Waikato 'with Hawk's Bay : but Mr. Earp cannot ptead ignorance on these points. , v He' knows VerywleU that Waikato js, on ,the west coast o,f- New Zea" land, and that Hawks' Bay, the-vlocalityf wherethe catastrophe -he describes took place, "is : on j the South East coast near to Port ; ! and he must have known- too, thafthe; Waikatos' or any ( other of the tribes J near Auckland, had as little ,to,do with the plunder of the Falco as he himself. Fully aware pi .the fact, that the Falco was, wrecked and plundered at a place some two hundred »miles distant from this settlement, Mr. Earp, notwithstanding, unblusliingly heads his account of the occurrence, " Outrages in the Auckland District!" It is a notorious' fact that., the VVaikato Natives,, 1 , when the disturbances/ broke out in the North, made a formal offer of their services to Governor ! Fitzßoy, an& volunteered either to defend Auckland from any attack that might be meditated, or go Northward and join Waka Nene, , in* "active operations against Heki an'd'Kawiti :' , and yet Mr. Earp tells the English- public .that these men had' threatened to join the insurgents ifthe Allies of Government pushed their opposition too far I - ' ' We envy not the feelings with^which'Mr. Earp must, ppcket the price ,of his perversions,, and we fear not the influence of his venomous periodical, which, for tergiversation, abase, and falsehood, is a thing unparralleled in the: productions of the press.

The Maukin, from Sydney, arrived oiUhe 1 3tfr inst. She "brings us files of New South'Walespapers, bat, they are Restitute of' matters of interest to us, being mostly occupied in discussing the proposed legal reforms which were the Council. The English -mail received by her, contained no new intelligence, the latest dates having been brought direct by the Gypsy. We learn from one of the London,, papersthat Mr. G. F. Angas, the young artist who some time ago visited our Colony for Ihe purpose of illustrating the scenery, "inhabitants, and natural productions of New-- Zealand, is exhibiting the results of his labors in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Several of the Journalsspeak in the' highest terms of Mr. Angas'tf collection, and his gallery appears to attract great numbers of visitors.

H.M.Ship Caiwr,^iihg- sought invam m the neighbouring Colony of New South Wales, a Spar df suitable dimensions \forf mast, hassince her return been supplied «vith one from the Kauri forests of Wangaroa, of cren greater length and thickness than was absolutely required- and any vessel in the navy could be as easily, and quickly -furnished with spars from the numerous forests of this noble pine, that wave their luxuriant foliage, throughout the greater portion of the Northern districts of the Island. . We understand that the spar obtained by the Castor was, valued at £80, and was upwards of 90 feet in length.