WELLINGTON.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 216, 24 June 1848, Page 3

W E L L I NGTON.

The late importations of gtcck, and the nunieioir. cargoes which may be expected to succeed them, point out the necessity of a final adjustment of the iuti\o claims to land in this part of the colony In the ad- | jaicntAustralian colonies, where eveiy iacilitv has lieeu .ifforded to the sitilers, hy the Local Go\e?nmrnt% f. >r Iho occupation of such districts as wcu; nduptfil for forming station-., stock Ims increased e^ceedmgl), insomuch tlirtt in South Australia, the youngest of these colonies, now scarce twelve yenrs old. boih sheep and cuttle have become so ahundant that e-HablinhinuUs have been formed for boiling them down. It is tru^ that South Aubtrulia possessed u grime advantage in its connection by land with older and moie settled dis-^ ti icts, from which overlandcrs drove their nuwcrous flock-, and heuls in thousands, thus storking the nc\v and rising colony at a very rapid ta c. si> Ncv Zealand, whine the stock must be imported in yes els, tha process will be slower and more expensive, but the lab Iwo years hive exhibited a very gre.it increase, w'nch will proceed each je.ir moie rapidly from succeeding importation!!, nnd the increase of the stock alrcaiy vi the colony. In the colonies to wh eh wo have re-* ferred theie was no land (jucslion to impede the increase of stations, which wine quickly spuad over tlie face of the country. Hero 00 r progress must be preceded by negotiation. But the pie;et\t siate of this pat of the colony, and the inclination ol iU native inhabitants, invite the Government to cuter into nr~ rnngements similnr to that made for this ilistiier. anJt which has in every respect been so Mieeessful. Twelve months have elapsed Mnre the piucluw, of tl\p PoviruJ district by his Excellency the Governor. in Chief, and s Ulers arc now peaceably occupying and eMe-n iiyr their cultivations wlu-ie, before the puich.ise was completed, they would have ventured at ihe hazard of their live". The native claims at Wangauui ate umtei arracgement, and there is every reason to hope, by Mr. M'Lcan's patient and judic ous u>ana^einont, they will be finilly adjusted. The cairns »f Tardii Xi, laruiy so needlessly complicated, will then bo considered ;.wd so we hope each district in hucceEsioii will he r'ispi),ftJ of, until tlie native claims to the whole of the land between Fort Nicholson and Taranaki will be extinguished, and theie districts (except such parts a3 .ire reserved for the use of the natives) be in the hands of the Government, thus removing the ground for futuie disputes, and opening u wide field for the iuciease of stock, and the evtension ol a Kuropian population. — New Zealand Sjictlalor, May 24.

Some 1 idle stir has b«en created, during the wceU, in consequence of aa intimation having been given io the edict that his lordship, (he Bishop of Nnv Zt-u lund, intended consecrating the public rcme-tcry al tliis t wn, after the manner and usage ot the eotnhlished church. Ttie effect of such api ocediuc muilc.' be to exclude all otlier denominations of Cluistn.r, from interring their dead, without the consent of the Episcopal an Minister hating first beoii obtained. And provided the cemetery Le consecrated, then the giound becomes the property of the clmich of whirl) Dr. Selwyn is the head in this country. Now surely there is little occasion for sucli an assuiaj tion on the part of the Bishop. Eighteen acres of luul wen* ■taked off, by order of the Company, to he set. np.u C as a public cemetery. A.nd we theiefoie tell Hie Br-lio/> that by attempting to appropriate for a mtiiori'y, that wl i li was intended to meet the wants ol die goneruL l>ody, he is committing an act of gre<U injmiice. Let the Hishop and the M nisters of the ■\auous conc;rej. vntionB meet loye h r, und agree to apportion the ground fO that each scut mny be enabled to point lo its own bunal ground. Men feel shthfiud and contented, when fuirly dealt by, but oppressive, acts only tend io create stern and succ-s'-ful opjosition. — Wellington ladc= pendent, May 21. In our notue Lst week of tic apprehrnsion of Peel and his conirr.il a by [he police, we omitted to mention the share which the two native policemen had in their capture. When the men escaped to the bush the native policemen put on blankits, and seating themselves in fiont of the pa, by this stiatagein iKceived the runaways, and with the assistance of a tnaoii belonging 1 to a pa, captured two of them ; the third ran awny, but was pursued by PuiLmwau, who knocked him down with the but end of a pislol. Un-< fortunately the police had but one pair of handcuffs, with which they seemed two of their prisoners by fastening them together, Pirikauwau taking charge of the third, onl in this manner bi ought them to Wellington. It was near midnight whin they arrived, pihl and instead of proceeding to the police btation, they j went to Pipilea pa, where the prisoner who was not handcuffid contrived to make his escape. Pirkauwau, it will be lemcunbd'td, went to England with Mr. Heauchamp Harwell, and relumed to New Zealand but year, and is now in the police Jorcc, — SpcctalO), May 24. Two of the armed police arrived on Wednesday night from the East Coast, with a pmonei, who home time since escaped fiom the gaol g.mg, and made his way to Hawkt's Bay. The report which we published a few numbers ago, respecting HapuKa, appears to be correct, both natives, as well as Euiopean settlets, asserting that ihe above numed chirf h>ul supplied. Rongihaeata'B followeis with arms atid ammunition. Rangihaeata had likewise apjdied for assistance to the chief Moreing, brother „nd successor of Jucky Tic. Moreing, who is stiled Pukeha, fvoi» his knowledge of the English language, reiused to interfere iri any quarrel with the white man, siying iliat— he never would quarrel wilh the Europeans, unless they attempted to take his own land, (of which he Lnew the v.ilue) without payment. At the same time Morcinp expressed himself as ever ready to meet the wishes ol the Government. James Urown,a deserter from the light company of the 99ih regt , was at Hawke's Bay, with a mob of Taupe, crying over the remains of Jackry Tie. The police endeavoured to lay hold of him, but iheTanpoß refused t> give him up, staUiiij; that they intended to convey the fellow to Auckland, in oider to claim paymentfor eighteen months' ' board and lodging.' Uiowix has turned a complete savage, following the filthy habits of the natives in every respect.-— Wellington Independtnt May 13*

After a tedious and protracted negotiation, Mr. M Lean Ins been successful in hrms>iiigto n close the difficult and threatening liind-qiieMi m at Wanganui • a question W/iich li<»« ever been considered as more than likely 10 open the seedi of war, a-new, in that dißtiict. The whole of the lately hostile chief;,, to« gether with the friendly natives, havr> been induced to accept Mr. Spain's award, £1,000, and Mr M'Leoii u nowactvdy engaged apportion mp; lheiutns for the several .ocaHtiok. Mr. M 'Lean's really valuable advices, dimand Jrom the Executive incrcistil cinoaimemt.—Wellington Independent, Jaae 7.

The latest price of oil according to advires by the Eloia, was, Sperm £ J B2 to .£B3, Southern pale I,'Xi to£3S 5s whale bone (Southern) ,£lft<) to .£155; Nciv Zealand wool, in givase, CiU pci W>, w««ibcil lOti, to lid. — Spectator l\l>y 31,