WELLINGTON.

New Zealander, Volume 2, Issue 93, 13 March 1847, Page 3

WELLINGTON.

The FJora, barque, which arrived on Sunday evening last, brought further news f:om the Southe.n Province, to the 27 ih ult. A correspondent at Wellington says — " There is no probnb'lily of the peace being broken here. llrn^ilipeata fc6ls his powerless condition. The failive of his application to the Waikatos has chagrined him. Mi f . — *- v , f 'om the Manawa.u i-ivc, says, that the old chief hr.s noL fiUy men with' him. They desert him dal'y. His pJiichal suppoueis in the lute war arc sueing for peace." Many of the natives are there, as here, busily employed i;i the construction of roads; His Excellency had went on horseback lo tne Hutt disltict, so inspect the roads and improvements making there. Ihe Inflexible left Port Nicholson, on the 2()lh Febiuary, with Hs Excellency the Governor, and several Chiefs of the JXgatiawas on boa'd, for Taranaki. Tnis is the first visit of His Excellency lo Ibat settlement, the chief object of which is to settle the lend i-laims in the dis('ict. The fii/lexible was to return to Wellington, via Nelson. It was reported that a portion of the Armed Police of the Southern division wsre to be mounted j and to be engaged in conveying intelligence f.'om the ou ! -stations along the coast to Wellington ; and afso to be employed in the conveyance of the overland mail between Wellington and the other settlements. If such is to be the case at the Souih, we expect a Maii'av a.angement will be made for the employmeet of the Police Force at Auckland. The pastors of sevciv 1 of the Christian denominations, at Wel'inglon, have followed the praiseworthy example of their brethren at home, in foinvng themselves into an Evangelical Alliance. We have copied the report of th.ir meeting from the Independent of the 24-.li ult., for we feel assured t.nt Hs perusal will be interesting to many of our readers. Tiie C x )ec£aiori)as commenced the publication of a seJes of papers, from the pen of the Rev. W. C. Cotton, upon the Management of Bees, which we intend to re-publish in our columns. Mr. Collon. we understand, has commenced to teach the natives the practical management of bees, and they have now amongst them several hives, and nppear to understand the subject, and are anxious to become beempsiers. Mr. Cotton has two hives atOtaki, in order to teach the natives the management of them, and they have proved apt scholars under his tuition. They have taken swarms themselves, and manufacture straw hives equal in mrny respec's to the model with which they have been furnished. The Spectator h?s the following observatioks upon the subject of Bees : — " The introduction of bees into a new colony is a subject of great "mpoitance, paiticulaily to the pgriculti'jpl settler, the owner of a few acres of land. It adds a lvxr y lo Irs breakfast table, which, if he has a la ge family of children, will be greatly prized, at no expense beyond the cost of the hives, which he may leavn to ma ;e himself. No. 1 Is it to be overlooked as a mailer of domestic economy, since 'n favourable situations 'n the countty, where there is ?n. abundance of honey-yielding flowers, a few well-stocked hives wi'l be found 10 produce seve.al hundred pounds of honey ; and the settlor, after hr.ving provided for the requirements of h!s family, may take the surplus wiih his eggs and the other produce of h's fa.m to market. To the holder of cattle stations, bees will be found cxi -emely valuable, as it is an ascei^a'ned fact that wherever they have been introduced they cause the white clover to seed, thus increas'ng the quaVty and quantity of food for the' stock. Now, when we consider how very fast they increase, and the oppoi Unities which exist fiw keeping bees, pai licularly pmongst the native population, we conceive we arc not too sanguine in anticipating that in a few years, honey and wax may be added to the expoiis of this colony. However this may be, every colonist must rejoice at their introduction among the native population Whatever tends to excite among them an increasing desire for the blessings of civilization, to improve their food, to promote settled habits of industry, and to st:engthen the ties which each day aie insensibly drawing both races closer together, must be acknowledged to be a good, and we hope both the settlers fnd the maories may in a few years realize for New Zealand the description given to the Israelites of the Promised Land, and by their united efforts render this colony literally " a land flowing with milk and honey— Lhc glory of all lands."

[F.-om the Well'ngton Spectator.] The New Zealand Company's pretensions to the exclusive management of the afiairs of this colony, force upon the settlers the consideration how far the discharge of their previous obligations would entitle them to such a measure of confidence either on the part of the British Government, or of the settlers, as would justify such an extension of their privileges as they appear to be aiming at. Their recent attempt, in the furtherance of their objects, to disparage and injure our present Governor, naturally leads us to institute a comparison between their acts as a colonizing body and his Excellency's management of the affairs of New Zealand, as regards the Southern Settlements. In making this comparison it may be objected that the bitter and systematic opposition of the Colonial Office to the New Zealand Company has, in a great mea- i sine, diverted them from the prosecution of their j original plans, and that they have not yet had a : fair opportunity of can ying out their principles ; but after making-all due allowances for disturbing causes, we shall find that there are sufficient grounds left for testing their pretensions, and arriving at a correct conclusion. The settlers : have celebrated the seventh anniversary of | the founding this, the list and principal settlement in Cook't Strait; seven wearisome yearc af vexation and disappointment have passed iway, during which, while struggling against .lifficultk's sufficient to bend the most determined spirit, they have persevered, nutltiug daunted, In the hope of ultimate success, For seven years

the New Zealand Company have, subject to the interruptions adverted to, carried on tuci" colonising operations. The principles on whicli they professed to act were, to. give vigour and stability to their settlements by a concentration of the population, and by maintaining a just ptoportion between land, labour, and capital, to ensure the greatest amount of prosperity, and to hold out the greatest inducements to voluntary immigration. In practice, however, these principles have been widely departed from. The greater portion of the available land in the neighbourhood of Wellington being owned by absentees, who for the most part have either appointed no agents or given them such limited instructions as to preclude their acting with advantage, has prevented the profitable occupation of the land, and contributed with other causes to create a forced inactivity thai has driven the labour from the colony, and wasted the capital and resources of those colonists who remained. | Another element of dispersion is to be found in the extent of country over which the preliminary sections are scattered, instead of being confined to the districts in the immediate neighbourhood of the harbour and the valley of Wairarapa, which appears to have been caiefully excluded from the selection of the land owners. But ol the many questions arising out of the claims ol the land, owners on the iNew Zealand Company, it is luflicient for the pieschl to refer to then letter to the Company, in which these questions are fully discussed. The most cursory examination, however, of the Company's proceedings will show that tin ir chief care has been, not to concentrate their efforts on a single settlement, and after having taken eveiy possible precaution (o ensure success, then — but not till then— to proceed in the task of foiminy new ones — but how they might in the shortest given time found, by means ol the lottery system, the greatest number of new settlements; and it is worthy of remark, that in each instance, as if to make the principle of the lottery in all respects complete, when the scheme was propounded i;i England, the site to which' the scheme was to be adapted was not known. Such a system couid only be expected to pi oduce dissensions and disappointments, and of these the settlers have leaped such a harvest that they have ceased to •* place their reliance upon the Company for their ultimate security and well being," and would rather desire its dissolution titan be subject to the continuance of this system. But what the Company have neglected to do, His Excellency has endeavoured to carry out in a systematic and well considered plan of opeiations. Twelve months have barely elapsed since his fi-st visit to Wellington, and the greater part of this time has been consumed in the efforts ne essary to reestablish the supremacy of British authority. But enough lias been done to enable us to form a correct conclusion as to the merits of his plan, which appears intended to prepare the way for future and extensive immigration, by opening up the country, and rendering the surrounding districts available by means of roads, and by connecting the weak and isolated settlements along the coast with Wellington. Take Wangauni as an example. The New Zealand Company in their Twentieth Report, propose to abandon that district altogether. The measures recently adopted by His .Excellency have already greatly increased its impoit'vice, and raised the spirits of its settlers, and if this settlement be maintained, it will be found of the utmost importance for insuring the peace of the country, and for promoting and extending a trade among the the natives both airing the coast and in the interior. Can we wonder then at the anxiety and apprehension universally entertained by the settlers at the bare idea of a Proprietary Government, — at the prospect of any change which should occasion the removal of His Excellency from Hew Zealand,