Letter from PIRIKAWAU in London, to William King Chief at, Waikanae. Gore Lodge, Old Brompton, Hurai 8, 1845.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume II, Issue 68, 24 January 1846, Page 2

Letter from PIRIKAWAU in London, to William King C hief at , Waikanae. Gore Lodge, Old Brompton, Hurai 8, 1845.

j i E h«a 35 Wiremu Kmoi-r-Tena ra koe, c ho*, kanui toku aroka atu ki a koe. Koutou ra ko o taua nei matua. Whakarongo jnai koe/ ki Uku kupuatu, ki akoe,ka mate, ka mate,Ma stangita jnaon i te pakeha, me he mea ka- waiho. *fe tikanga i. ta Hone.Heki, kitei te mea ka am ata. nga tangataii tanaiiteoga, Ita he, koia ter* te take hei mateoga me nga maori. £ Wirimu EJbgi, kauaka c whai ki te ritenga o taua -korqke. He kupu ano taku ki a koe, ki atu ki<> w taua papa, ki a Rangihaeata, raua ko te Ratiparaha, kei mea to taua papa, na tona nui, nalona man'a, na tona tiketike i -wrehi ai te pa* keha. Xi aia. Kaore no nga rangatira ana o Ingarani te wtaicaaro i ora ai^aua. He hunga nunui aoo te himga rangat»a o Nui Tireni Kapanehei -utu i te mate o "Wairaweke. pthra' na te pai bto Tatouwhakaaro. Olira inaitn ano c korero atu kia koutou ma hoki atu au. Xi te ritenga o te whakaaro pai d nga tangata o Ingarani. Ka hoki mai a Ka^ana P^tiroi, otira ko .Kapeni Kerei ano te Kawana mo kona. "Kei ;konei a Tifavreke.'a Kaitana, 1 a Moringa, a Trf- • kuta Rewena hoki. * "-\ Ka njutu taku korero atu ki a kbe, Naku na tou tama aroha, ' ' Pi aav At. Kia'Wiremu Kingi Whiti 7 Waikanae. NuiTireiii. ''. Translation* Gore Lodge, Old Brompton, July 8, 1845. Friend "William King, —l salute you,, friend ; I have great love to you —to you, and, to our mutual relations. Listen to what lam about to

•ay to ytfu : fbe maories will certainty b« ;&#■ •fcoyed by the pakehas, if th*y adopt the principle of JLolm Held. If the maories follow his example, ttaej£will involve^themselves in diffic^tie^sucfeourse the occasion of destruction?^ tlje maones^^Wyhm^Asnff,have nothing to do with the. pragfceding3<o||tofc fellow. I have a word-inortf to say|o you^reHit to our relation Rangihaeata,-alsojfo le;«.au--paraha): Let not our relation imagine^that it was because of his size f or his power, or his tallness, that tfee pakehaswere afraid of him;— no, thay were not afraid of him, but the consideratenes3 of the chiefa of England induced them to let them both live. The leading men of the New Zealand Company are sufficiently powerful to avenge the death of Wakefield ; that they do not* do so arises from their good feeling. But I will explain more fully to you, when I return, the kind consideration of the people of England. Governor Fitzroy.is to.return,.and,CaoUin Gr&y is to be Governor there. Here are Tirawelte, Guyton, Moreing, and Dr. Evaft9.> o Thfafis all I have to say to you. •»„..■ i* ..From-jOTir loving relation, - j • - , fiaiKAWAU*

By tne\4i»e/*Vw£ have received Nelson papers ,to. jc ( ontain any patticuTar Tiews. ' In 'the' Examiner of the JL7th, a rumour is nipi^pne^of^Gapt, 'Grey' n'avjng*.^ anived.Jat -Wellington, and Vth&t' he 'haa'.siicceed^d Tin the settlers .in'pbssejssjon ol their land in the Hutt.*' The rumour s Brought by, the 1 schooner Efirib from Ofeiki. to Nelson, and was said to have been conveyed to Otaki overland from' Wellington. We can only say such a report will be news to the settlers of WelUngton* which t&ey would heartily -wish -were true. The hxaminer also mentions , the report of another engagement having taken plage between , the troops /and • the natives- Juujthe north. The same rumour has been, current here for .some time past, /but we,< ha>ej.not thought it. worth notice,' as it appears to be only- an idle rumour. ' „ , ...

T empkrajtcb. — We understand that theWellingtou Total -Abstifi6nee Society held their usual annual Festival on the evening of Thursday last,*in the Wesleyan Chapel, Mannersstreet. The proceedings of the meeting were harmonious, ar.d the members of the Association appear determined^ to wage war against thefrightful evirpf^rtemperance. We wish success to every thing that can. in^ any way benefit our species. , The Rev. Messrs. Watkins and Jnglis, and Messrs. Bradshaw, Harding* Hartley and others, assisted in conducting the meeting. One of the chief, attractions was the music and singing ; there were , several instrumentalists present, and^. jtheu* performances were excellent.

Potteb#« — We , are' ,£nrprised that iome^oT the settlers -have not turned their minds to the making. of common pottery, or brown ware as it is called. The demand would be very considerable for milk vessels, pitchers, pans,' flower pots, &c, &c., and even the maorie's would be glad to substitute earthen vessels for, the wooden hollowed ones v t,hey now, use, A potter's lathe is of very little cost, and the clay found here is sufficiently good.^

During the last few days, from the' continuance of the xam; there has been a freshet in the Hutt. We are happy to say th'at'«s far" as W£ ran learn no damage has been done to ~ the crops, and we only notice it from its unusual occurrence at this season.

Otaki.— We are informed by persons who have returned from the coast, that the native 1 crops in this district .are looking very welli ana promise to .yield an abundant harvest; The rnaories have adopted an Unusual' and economical system of culture: After the last harvest they turned their pigs into the fields as gleaners > they turned up and manured 7 the soil, and left sufficient grain as* seed 'for the succeeding -year* ■. .About three months since the river in a freshet opened for itself, anew course, carrying away one-half of the pa. J^he, natives we^ believe, intend building another pa more inland, leaving the Miriams of t^e ; p.res«nt pa for the use of those' engaged 1 *|n fishiiigiikrring" the stmitter"'seiS6ir. J *;T"; T " "'*'

Bar ibeXathenife Johnstons *?e have j-jßciifed the following communication from a pettier ktWariganui £ — .' . . ■ :-^ "Some time ago 1 had occasion to forward to the Spectator an account of a curious transaction between the late Governor anil the police magistrate here, whereby the .latter, rafter he had been removed from, office, was, allowed . a quarter's salary at campentmtion- to certain lettier*, creditors- of the Government, the justice of whose daimr Capt.. Fitzroy. allowed. „1 now beg to call your attention to th&follov»ingf«cts:— r In a sitting of .the - Legislative Council at Auckland about nine months since, whenth* late Governor was striving to break np this,setr tlement, and to induce the inhabitants to remove to the capital, all police expenditure was disallowed, and the sum of £68 was voted for contingencies. Now, not haying had any n.qlice causes here for more than two years, requiring one farthing of Government expenditure; this sum might have been applied to discharge the old Government debt due to spme of;us, or to re-establish the overland mail ; , but, 'vvjej .are told, it is appropriated; that is, the, greater part of it has found its way into the ppcket of the ex police magistrate, ,of course, by authority. Now' the sum is a small one/ and; were the cplony in different circumstances, its' application

might noilk Worth a" qUeirion, ,tstwheiij»o .much ,pinching\'ec'onpmy has been in other departments^ I think 'the. fagary which, has twice pc<ftirr v ed in regard to Wanganui.of, lavishing any, amount of money where no duties are performed in return, is no less than a fraud i<pn thercommunity."