The New-Zealander. DAILY. AUCKLAND, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1865.

New Zealander, Volume XXII, Issue 2391, 30 March 1865, Page 2

The New-Zealander. DAILY.

AUCKLAND, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1865.

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In the Provincial Council, yesterday, ' Mr. King postponed the question in his name res ing steam to Coromandel until next sitting day. ™ In answer to a q lesticn by Mr. Foley, the P.-oyi ■, Secretary said that his Honor the Superintendent send down in a single message the answers to addresses that had been sent to him respecting sumj be placed on the additional estimates. The following motions were carried without sion : That of Air. King, for £S)O, for the Acclimatise Society. That of Mr. Foley, for £250, for the village ofo- - and That of Mr. M'Gee, for £250, for the village of p,mure. Air. Swanson’s motion respecting the Agent-Gen* of the Province was postponed until the c from that gentleman by last mail was before the Haa Nothing definite was arrived at with respect UV Cueeskman’s motion respecting the purchase of a Tuakau block, the debate being protracted uutil the a*! journment for refreshment, when the Chairman of ftj Committee reported progress. Mr. Wynn's motion for the repair ot the pier in Bay was carried. The motion of Air. Swanson's for £IOO towards a purchase of books for the Mechanics’ Institute was after some discussion. Air. Ross’s motion for £2OO for the road across Tail was also carried. During the discussion of a motion by the same able member for £2OO for a road from Mangapi to Qua; the House was counted out. + The first part of Mr. Fitzgerald's theorem we have admitted to be true iu its which is, that whatever may be thoat»*hs of the Native war the ffome Government cannot, with any consistency, attempt toevaJe the responsibility. All that has been done has been done by and through the agency of the Governor, the representative of the Crown ; and it was not until the Colonial Ministry began to use the powers forced upon it bj the Duke of Newcastle that insurmountable difficulties iu the conduct of operations arose, It is with these difficulties that Mr. FuzGerald deals iu the remaining part of his letter, and it is upon what he says iu relation to this subject that we now proceed to make a few comments. Here, as before, wo perfectly agree with Mr. Fitzgerald in bi s main conclusion, but we are forced to differ from him in many of his collateral arguments and comments. The final result of the question is thus stated by.Mr. Fitzgerald “I “ am sure you must now make up yourtniud “ in England to one of the two courses. The “ Home Government must absolutely abstain “ from any interference with the Colonial “ Government, and must leave us to work “ out the problem as best we may, or joj “ must take the Northern Island into your “own hands, and govern it, and pay forge- “ verniug it, as you like. * * * You “ must suspend the constitution in the Nor- “ them Island, and govern it like a Crown “Colony, leaving the Middle Island as a sepa- “ rate Colony, or you must let the whole thing “ aloue, and let the Colony manage itsownaf- “ fairs, which ” adds the writer “i have themed perfect confidence it can do perfectly well," Not a doubt of it. Who can question but that the Colouy could manage its own affair* perfectly well, accordiug to Mr. Fitzgerald’s view of the way in which those affairs ought to be managed ? Nothing would be more simple. The task of the Middle Island would be to keep a keen surveillance and a jealous eye upon the rapacious ferocity of the North, and promptly suppress any little symptoms which might appear of a tendency to resist or resent the lawless outrages of the Natives. To such a tasks; this the Canterbury politicians might hj willing to devote some time, statesmanship and perhaps a little money, for it would beat all events cheaper than a Maori war. The Middle Island has no Maoris and her path would be quite clear. And for the Northenf Island, why, her course would also be excedingly simple. She would have nothing to i do ? but to let things aloue, yield up again the confiscated land, and get along with the Pa\ Marire as comfortably as she might. There is no doubt we think that the alternative placed by Mr. Fitzgerald before ibe ( British Government is a correct representation of the true state of the case, but there is as little doubt that so far as the Northern Island is concerned, the course pursued I Mr. Fitzgerald and his party in the Genet* i Assembly has left only one side of that alternative open to her choice, and that side iscof the one which Mr. Fitzgerald wishes to see adopted. If Mr. Fitzgerald w voluntarily blinded, ho must see by lluG--how the matter stands. We iu the NortherIsland are not more in love than he withj; 1 idea of being made a Crown colony. tell him that we do not yield to him in» estimate of the privilege of constitution government, but we are so unfortunate-; situated that nothing but a choice ofuremains to us. There are three course.- '• fore us. We may remaiu united with LSouth, send home the troops, and get oniwe can without them. V\e may fe P from the South, and still send home troops and manage our own affairs. * , may take the course we have taken, an ** that this Island may be phe.-d 'e»der control for a time, until the present ' V t tics are overcome. Of these three cour -' e “. first would undoubtedly be the rao=I < '' l ( factor y —if we could only trust the But we cannot trust the Stu h- _ ®“ e ' natives to trouble her, and her interest j • . \\ p were wli be always antagonistic to ours, "t j a moment disposed to trust her. , Xa^!jj C |J ted by the miserable comli ion lU _° J -J1 the system of double Government was * iug our affairs, we did for a moment i°F . the South would help us U v ‘“ llicat ‘“ e { great principle of constitutional go' 1 and certainly, as far as words went, 1 every reason to hope fir such ass |' ‘ ' But the So ith failed us at the O'O . 1 trial. She brought us p'enry o P - c jand high sounding assertions 0 ciples, but she brought t«• ward only as a blind 10 her determination to snatch a pa'*) and the moment that triumph sft ’ roe , she threw to the winds all the g ra “ j. tutioual principles which she ha< our sight, and with indecent haste P to divide the spoil which _ er ._ treachery had obtained. And it assistance and support of staiesmt . these, that we are asked to reno j > 1 ‘ ik of the mother country. We do " ,J >rgCfl a? security, and we decline the coufmended. , , If our distrust of the South 01 adopt the first alternative, our o ness prohibits the second. This d yet strong enough to undertake alon

It t as k of overcoming the present rebellion, pveept at a ,nost disproportionate cost of life and treasure. Therefore we have adopted the only remaining alternative, and have a«ked that while our fellow-colonists of the South may I e allo wed to manage their own affairs as they will, the_ mother country shall give u3 a3s i stance as will extricate us from our present embarrassments and enable us also to manage our own affairs This may seem to the soaring mind of Mr Fitzgerald, a very ignoble position to take up, but for Southern statesmen to throw it in our teeth, is to the last degree ungenerous, since it is entirely owing to our abandonment by them at the moment when they mio-hc have helped us to do something better, and to their taking advantage of our difficulty to gain a party victory. The absurdity and inevitable complications of the double government are shown by Mr. Fitzgerald with a force and clearness which require no further illustrations from us, and ond;he whole we think this letter will have had a good effect in preparing the public mind at home for the adoption of that measure which the Province of Auckland has asked of the Imperial Government.

Onehunga Resident Magistrate's Court. — Wednesday, March 29ih. Before J. J. Symonds, jr 5 q R.M. P. Iworson was charred with having on hoard the schooner ‘ Excelsior ’ a bag of coals value Is 3d., the property of John Hendry. Captain Iwcrsen stated that he was not aware of the coals being on board, end as th-re was no evidence to the contrary, he was discharged with a caution.—Srell v. Stephens. An action for the recovery of £7 ss. Adjourned till Wednesday next.—Nelson and Anderson v. R. Kelley. An action to recover the sum of £3 18s. 21. Judgment for plaintiffs for £3 Bs. 9d.— Alien v. M‘Gee An action for the recovery of ss. 6d. The d fendant did not appear. Judgment for plaintiff with c sis. Ladies’ benevolent Society. —We call attention to the Report of the Auckland Ladies’ Benevolent Society, which will be found in another column. Bonded Stores at Onehunga. —We arc informed that it is the intention of the Government to give licenses for the opening of bonded stores at Onehunga. This is one of the many signs of the awakening life and energy of the rising port of the Manukau. Mr. Carkeek, the new Inspector o" Customs, has incurred •some odium by Ids very free mode of handling the fee list ; but the Onehunga people will have cause to thank him if, through his agency, they attain the benefit of bonded stores.

Found Frowned. —.*n inquest was held at the Hibernia Hotel, on Wednesday, before Dr. Philson, Coroner, on the body of a person whose name is unknown, but who was found drowned at Onehunga on Tuesday tbe 2Sth instant. It appeared from tbe evidence of Thomas Ryan who was working near the residence of H. Taylor, Ksq., that the body was found lying on the sand at high- .safer mark, and that it had the appearance of being iu the water for several days. A comb was found in the pocket of the deceased, matked “ C. S ,” indicating that he had been attached to the Commissariat Staff Corps. After the evidence had been gone through, the Jury returned the following verdict —“ Found dead, on Tuesday, March 28th, his body having ben washed ashore on the Onehunga beach, but presenting no marks of violence.” Prince of Wales Theatre. —The pieces played at this theatre last evening were but a repetition of the previous evening, and were played to a very thin house.

The Waikato. — A report was current yesterday that the natives were again as embling in the Waikato. We were unable to tnee the report to any source from which full and reliable particulars could be obtained.

The Californian Circus.— This clever troupe commence their scries of performances in Onehunga this evening, and from what we hear respecting the merits of various artistes that have been recently added to the strength of the company, there is every reason to believe that Messrs. Greenberg and Foley will be again ab'e to boast of as eqna'ly good attendances as they did on their last visit to this province. We learn with regret that Mr- Foley has been unable to obtain a site from the City Board on which he could erect his circus i i Auckland. It is however reported that arrangements are now pending which will in all probability result in at least a portion of the troupe performing at the Prince of Wales Theatre.

Auckland Kiflk Volunteers —This company is informed that the battalion will parade at the Albert Barracks on Wednesday morning next, at seven o’clock, for the inspection of arms, &e., and the first Wednesday in each succeeding month at the same time and All those men whose period of exemption has expired are require 1 to attend and receive then* arms and accoutrements* fbc volunteer rre also informed that fines for absence will he rigidly enforced. 1 'AS d Society, 1.0.0. F. No. 2.—A meeting of the members of the above society is convened by advertisement for this evening at the Odd Fellows’ Nall, at seven o’clock. Mind your Stops. - Punctuation, that is, putting the stops in the wright places cannot be too sedulou dy studied. We latelv read in a country paper, the following account of Lord Palmerston’s appearance in the House of Commons:— “ Lord Palmerston then entered on his head, a white hat upon his feet, large, but well-polished boots upon his brow, a dark c’oud in his hand, his faithful walking-stick in his •eye, a menacing saying nothing. He sat down.”