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[advertisement.] To the Editor of the New-Zealander. SIR _I should feel obliged if you would insert the enclosed three letters in your next impression, and oblige, Yours truly, Walter Buouie. Fort-street, Marcli 9, 1853. To the Editor of the New Zealander. Sir, —In your impression of this day, in the case of Brodie v. White, in the Supreme Court of the 7th hist., you mention in Mr. Merriman’s cross Examination of Sergeant Penney that “ I gave Sergeant Penney some tobacco lor Mr. White to give to the natives in payment for the fowls they, the natives, said he (Mr. Brodie) had taken from Ohora, and which Receipt was witnessed by Sergeant Penney.” Now,sir,as many friends of mine arc still under the impression that the fowls were taken by me from what Mr. Merriman has stated relative to the above receipt, I trust you will allow me in the columns of your journal to rectify the same. The receipt produced in Court was drawn up by Mr. W. B. White himself, and worded by him, which suited his own defence very well. The receipt ought to hj ive been drawn out for payment for the said fowls, which the natives had formerly refused to accept. This tobacco that was given to Sergeant Penney by me (Mr, W. B. White being away from Mongonui at the time) was the identical mW.fr> ( 1. 1 w. vpfftint for which was produced by Air. Merriman xn Court; tnat was reiurneu uy the Ohora natives to me for the purchase of their fowls on the 7th of April last, they at the time not feeling satisfied with the payment, as my Pilot Twitai, who sold me the fowls, had told them the fowls were stolen. If the fowls were stolen, how came they with the tobacco that Phillips returned to me, and which tobacco was again given them by Mr. White, as the receipt did show in Court. Had I been aware that Mr. Merriman intended to have brought the case of the fowls before the Court, I should have been fully prepared in Court to have proved any remarks which be stated were incorrect. The action being grounded only upon the words (“that I did steal the fowls, and was guilty of it,”) which were fully proved. I remain, Sir, Yours obediently, Walter Brodie. March 9, 1853. (Copy.) Colonial Secretary’s Office, Auckland, June 17, 1852. Sir, — I am instructed by the Lieutenant-Go-vernor to inform you that the natives have complained to the Resident Magistrate at Mongonui, that they lost some fowls from their lands at Ohora during your recent visit to the North, and for which they claim compensation, refusing to receive the tobacco as payment, which was left at their settlement, and his Excellency requests that you will for the satisfaction of all parties, have the matter fully adjusted. 1 have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, (Signed) Andrew Sinclair, .Colonial Secretary. W. Brodie, Esq., &c., &c. Auckland, June 18, 1825. Sir, — In answer to your letter dated the 17th inst., 1 beg to inform you that upon my leaving here in the cutter William , on the 27th of last March, for Pabrengarenga to save-the wreck of the brig Maukin that I put into Ohora (April 2) with contrary winds. Previous to my going, into Ohora, I called at my own place opposite Mongonui, and there took a native chief (“ Iwitia,”) on board to pilot me into Pabrengarenga. The day I anchored at Ohora, the said pilot “ Iwitia,” told me if I wanted any fowls lie would get me some, as the land at Ohora partly belonged to him, which I knew to be the case. On the 3rd April lie borrowed the boat belonging to the cutter ]Villlam and went on shore, and in the course of two hours he returned with five fowls, one of which flew on shore again as soon as it was put on board the cutter William. 1 enquired what payment I had to make him, he told me two large figs of tobacco for each fowl. I there gave him ten figs of tobacco, value at Auckland prices, about 7s. Ile then asked me the loan of the boat again to go on shore, as lie said he did not want any of the tobacco liimsfif, but wished the Ohora natives to have it ; he went on shore and left the said tobacco in a hut where lie knew it would be seen by the Ohora natives when they returned, as they were all at that time at the Awanui. Being wind-bound for several days at Ohora, the pilot chief Iwitia, requested me to allow him to go to his home again, to which I consented. On his way home he met the Ohora natives returning, and told them that I or my men had stolen their fowls. They were naturally very much annoyed, and returned the tobacco to me while I was at Pabrengarenga, by Thomas Phillips, who I had sent overland from Pabrengarenga to Ohora, to pilot the cutter William over the Pabrengarenga bar, I having walked overland to Pahrcngarcnga in the mean time. 1 heard of this report relating to your letter while .1 was at Pabrengarenga, and told the Chief Bushy all about it. He then told me that he would see it all rectified, and explained to the natives at Ohora. After what had passed between the Chief Bushy and myself, I little thought that the Resident Magistrate at Mongonui would have had the impudence to have written to your office about my men or myself having stolen some fowls from the natives at Ohora, and now demand payment for the same in behalf of the natives. If the Resident Magistrate at Mongonui had taken a little trouble, as he lias nothing else to do just now, and investigated the case before writing to yon about it, or even have written to me about the same, and not have taken the natives assertions for gospel, he would have saved much trouble. I beg leave to inform you most respectfully, sir, that I do not intend to make any compensation to the Ohora natives. The said “ Iwitia” being the party who I purchased them of; I shall pay him in tobacco as agreed upon, * and the natives of Ohora can with much ease seek redress from their near neighbour Iwitia, by their native laws. The morning that the said Iwitia left the cutter William to return to his own home, he stole a new pair of hoots belonging to one of my men, which the natives of Ohora saw him wearing when he met them, for which theft I intend summoning him before the Resident Magistrate at Mongonui, as I expect shortly to go to the North. I trust that my expected visit to the North will not deter you from forwarding my explanation of the above case to the Resident Magistrate at Mongonui, as there are three Europeans in Mr. W. S. Grahamc’s employ, who can vouch for what 1 have stated. I remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, Walter Buodir. To the Honorable the Colonial Secretary. ♦ Tbie is the tobacco that Mr. Merriman produced tbelreceipt for, in Court, trying at the same time to make the Court believe that the fowls were stolen but paid for afterwards by me. It was the same tobacco that 1 [mid (or the said fowls when purchasing diem of Iwitia, on April 1 st. STARK’S SHEEP AND LAMB DIPPING COMPOUND. Agents for Auckland and Northern District of New Zealand, Messrs. Davy and Jarvie. To bo obtained in small casks, —each cask sufficient for Five Score Sheep.