THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1862.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 172, 4 June 1862, Page 4

THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1862.

Wah has again .broken out in New Zealand, and, although only between two Native tribes, the question is one* which so directly affects the Europeans, that, in one word, they must almost inevitably be drawn into the struggle. The quarrel is one of long standing between two sections of the Ngapubi tribe, the producing cause being the disputed ownership to certain lands in Tirarau's block. The Chief Matiu set up a claim to the lauds in question aa far back as 185G, but only now lias the dispute assumed a serious aspect. Tirarau resisted a survey proposed to be made hy Matiu, and took up a hostile position in front of the lalter's encampment. J^ndeavors were made by the Resident Magistrate and the Missionaries to adjust matters, but at the very time when settlement seemed most probable, one of the newly appointed native assessors, Arama Kreke, joined Matiu to fight, as he said, although a Queen's Magistrate, about old quarrels. A line was drawn, the crossing of which was decide! to be a declaration of war. Matiu's party crossed, and a light ensued, in which five men were killed and several wounded. Such is the outline of the occurrence as related by the Southern Cross,- from which Journal we also gather that; the dispute is one not likely to be easily settled, and which involves European property to an immense amount. Says that journal, " Matiu and his " people do -not merely claim the land prel: sentty in dispute ; their claim extends to all " the land Tirarau and his people have been "selling to Europeans for the last twenty "years, and which is now thickly settled, and "on which above £100,000 has been tx- " pended by the colonists. Are our '* settlers to pay for their land and im- '• proveinents over again and having done so, " by virtue of the new policy, what security will " they have that they shall nnt be called upon " to repeat the purchase a dozen years hence " by some marauding chief, and paid govern- " ment official?" The same journal states in a letter from its correspondent at Waitetuna, "the natives at YVaipa aud Waikato are pre- " pared for another struggle and will not rest " satisfied till it takes place." In the presence of Mr. Armitage, the Magistrate, the natives saluted the king's flag, aud then " left him ajope in his glory." I'Yoni the Thames, accounts speak of a large native meeting of 1,500 people, from which Europeans and half-castes were excluded. Rangiiakj, alias TVilliam King, was to have been present, but " was overtaken by " an express from Taranaki, conveying the " intelligence that war bad broken out there " again," and returned immediately. From Coromandel the intelligence is not unlike what we suspected. The Europeans are trespassing on land forbidden by the natives, and the

! Southern Cross proposes a solution of the ! native question by declaring Coromandel ;i j gold field, and inviting the jiresence of a large j European population. This, it saj'R, is a " guarantee of a pacific solution," but the design is scarcely concealed of attracting such an overwhelming force of Europeans as to | subdue the natives. " To further confirm the threatening nature of tlie state of affairs, the White Swan was sent on before her time with despatches for Sir George Grey, on receipt of which at Wellington, His Excellency returned to Auckland at a moment's notice. Comment on these,1 particulars h idle, and, indeed, the time will j not perii.il us. Events are only tending in the direction pointed at, times without number, by this journal. Whether Sir George Grey is the creature of circumstances, or whether his policy all along has pointed to this result—a war with the natives, but not a war between the races; a war in which the natives should be ranged against each other—it may be worth while to consider more at length. Meanwhile, the loyal inhabitants of Otago must reconcile themselves to a prolonged postponement of the visit of Her Majesty's representative. P.S.—The letter from our Auckland correspondent, received mnce the above was written, shows that the war between the native triiies in, to say the least, as serious as the Southern Cross describes. Our Wellington correspondent believes that the cause of Sir George Grey'.-s hasty return is not the one popularly a.'signed to it—the difficulty with the natives. Nevertheless, it is noticeable that he half expresses a fear lest, even at this late moment, the Assembly should be held at Auckland instead of Wellington. <&.—. The Separation Movement is telling. The New Zealandcr, +he organ of those whose every interest depends upon, the support afforded by the Seat of Government, is perfectly drunk with rage. Mr. Gillies is characterised as a "Platform Orator" and a "noodle;" and seeing that it also^ coSsidcrs his the speech of the Separation meeting, its idea of the other speakers, we tire left to suppose, is something below Zero. It avoids refuting the arguments by the convenient assertion that they are "too absurd to combat." We would not notice our foolish contemporary's peevish balderdash, but that iii^ a subsequent part of the argument he seini-oißcially mentions an important fact, one which shows how the separation movement has already worked, and the lengths that its opponent will go towards putting a stop to it. After referriug to the increased steam communication with Auckland, the Nhu> Zealandcr goes on to say,—" If that bs not suflicioit, ;' we have no doubt that in the next Session " of the Assembly, means will be found to re"move anjr remaining objections, by establish- " ing somewhere in the Middle Island a, de•'partment of the Colonial Government, in " which the greater part of the official business " of the South may be transacted, without re- " fnrence to Auckland in the rirst instance." This has a double meaning. The department alluded to is probably that of the Post Office. But the words we have italicised mean neither more or less than that that part of the Middle Island which goes against Separation, may hope to be the seat of the delegated General Government authority. Such flagrant bribery is not to be feared, and to speak plainly, we believe tha Southern members are above anything of the kind This is the third instance in which it is clear the government mean to hold out local inducements for the support of the members of the Legislature. The Postal Service, and the consolidation of the Police Force, are the two ethers, both of which it is proposed to carry by picturing local advantages to be gained from them. Such efforts, we do not fear— bnt the promoters of Separation must show they are in earnest, and they should gather a fund of confidence from the effect which, it is evident, has already waited on their efforts The Northerners a month ngo would have scouted the idea of the removal of one of the departments, bnt this it is clear, they arc now prepared to concede. So much misconception lias arisen concerning the nature of Mr. Pyke'.s appointment that we have been requested to state that it is simply one of Commissioner of the Gold Fields. As he could not bs appointed to a district until receipt of a magistrateship, he will in the meantime lie engaged in organising the Gold Fields Department. We understand the two men who attempted to stick up Captain I.Akhvi.i :ire known to thu police, and thtfc those indefatigable guardians of the public pence are on their track. Captain Baldwin, it is stiprassJ, was mistaken for a storekeeper who was also on the: road. A mail will be mude up by the Omeo for Knjfiaud for those who desire to avail themselves of it. At the same tinia we may slate there is no doubt but that the Aldinga will be back in time to carry homo the mail. She will not wait, in Melbourne after the lOili, and will therefore have ample margin. The City of ITobart will also be in time for the: mail. Vt re publish elsewhere a letter from our jpacial correspondent, at Auckland. Our regular correspondent's letter will appear in our next. From the letter of our Wellington correspondent it seems doubtful whether, under any circumstances, Sir George Grey would have come to Otago. 11l health was the reason assigned. Hi.?. Excellency's return, to Auckland was so sudden that naturally a serious meaning is attached to it. We, or we should rather say the public, are indebted to the courtesy of the Postmaster, Jlr. Burr, fur the appearance af the letters of our northern correspondents, he having sorted them at a late hour last night. The important intelligence from the north naturally made us-very anxious to obtain them. In the General Government Gazette of Hay 15th, it is notified that luvarciirgill has been approved aa a Port for the Registry of British Shipping, under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854. The following appointments of Postmasters appear in the Gazette of May 15th : —Jas. Crassgrove, Glenore; Jas. M'Coll, Green Island; John Younjr, Hampden ; Hy. Cable, Waipori Junction , all from 15th February. Jas. MacauIcy, Waitahuna, from Ist April. The Suspension of George Hawkins, Waitahuna, is also notified.

It i.s astonishing to remark the nmonnt of- • ignorance! of t?ia geography jui'l general economy ': of Xciv Zealand manifested, by persons whose . position in public affairs venders such displays of ignorance additionally ridiculous. Not long ago we had occasion to comment upon a speech made in Jielbonrneby Sir Henry Bnrkly, in which that • erudite official made n surliness of the localities ■ of various rivers and places in Now Zealand. But' what are we to say when wo find writers in magazines at honis, in giving a (Inscriptive account of Otago, jumble together towns in Victoria, Xew South Wales, and South Australia ? In C>\£ \ burn's New Monthly Magazine of i'l ~uW)^^, appear* n father long aiiieic devoted to tl^^ggM^' gold fields. The writer lias evidently knovMnj- , thing- of the subject beyond what he has piei.ed up from the M-jlbourne Argus, and ou'i o:% f.vo Ne-iT Zealand paper.), from which ho exton --iv-.-ly . quotes yo long as the article is confined to the ■ facts taken from the papers, it is, on t'.io whole, pretiy correct, but wliua ths writer gives the reader a bit of his own mind, the confusion is ' amusing. ■ Here is one paragraph :—" The most remarkable gold fields at the south of Otago, discovered up to the present time, seem to bo Beaumont ltiver, Waitahuna River, Lambing Flat, Tipperary Gully, The "Wombat, Blackguard Ghll.v, Gabriel's Gully, Chance licef, Kiandra, Braidwood, and Gundagai. A reef is being worked at Adelong with success. A quantity of six and :i half tons quartz yielded 335 ozs. retorted gold." Throughout the chapter from which we have extracted the above, similar absurd mistakes arc continued, such as placing tho Lachian somewhere near Tuapaka !

The want of a public reading room, which has been so severely felt in Dunedin, has now, to a great extent, been provided by the library at tho Athennsum, which was opened for the first time on Monday. The room, which 13 of convenient size, and well lighted, is provided with copie3 of the leading Colonial journals, both New Zealand aud Australian, and all the last English magazines, reviews, and other serials, besides one or two Continental works. The library, which is as yet only par;i:\lly formed, contains at present about 350 volumes of tho best works in general literature. The terms of subscription are two guineas per annum, and already a respectable number of subscribers have enrolled themselves.

A meeting of the committee of the Separation League was held at the Alhenseum on Monday last, to elect a working committee of six, in accordance with a resolution passed at a. prcrions meeting. Jtimes llattray, Esq., took the chair. The election papers were examined, and theChairman declared the following gentleman duly elected :—Messrs. Frederick Walker, H. B. Martin, Juiiits Vogel, W. 11. Reynolds, Thomas Dick,' and James Kilgcur. Standing orders were brought up by the Secretary, and referred to tho Select Committee for approval. Tho Provincial Council will resume its sittings this day at 4 p.m. The mail for Europe, per s. s. Oraeo, is nn^ nounced to close at noon to-morrow for ordinary letters, and for registered letters and newspapers one hour earlier. We have received hy the White Swan our flics from Auckland to May 24 ; Wellington, May 27 ; Hawke's Bay, May 27; Canterbury, Kay 31. The mw jetty lias been extended G6O feet, and and the laborers are pursuing operations with perseverance and steadiness. The ten cwt. monkey is plied vigorously; and the piles are being driven in at variable depths ranging from ten to fifteen feet. The planking consists of New Zealand pine boards, and may be considered of a permanent and enduring quality. ./^iGjyewftii of the pier will be 33 feet, the planks being laid transversely, so as to resist friction. The coiner stone of tho new Episcopal Church in Moray Place, was 1 lid yesterday, at noon, by the Bishop of C'lristelmrch. A full report of the proceedings at the ceremony will be found elsewhere. Yesterday, two large i;n 1 very handsome specimens of quartz aud gold were exhibited in the glass case of the London Portrait Gallery, adjoining Messrs. Day and Micvilie's, in Princes-street. The specimens were about the si:-;o of cricket bails, of dark colore 1 q'l.irtz, umS.t ram, and almost covered with gold. We were unable to learn any particulars as tj where they hid baen 1 obtained, beyond that they had been got in alluvial ground. We were informed that they contained about 20 ounces- of gold. The owner j states that there is a large qu-vrtz reef in the i;nmedinte neighborhood. We hops to ()2 in possession of more definite information' respecting these beautiful specimens in a few days. j By si proclamation published in the Gazette of May 22, the Provincial Council of Msrlborough is dissolved. The naturalisation of Frederick Luc'iiung, of Dunedin, and of Christian Wiihelm Kleeber, of Osimaru, is proclaimed in the Gazette of May 212, LATINO THE CORNER STONE OF THE NEW EPISCOPAL CHURCH. After frequent postponements, the ceremony cf laving the corner stone of the new Episcopal Church in Moray Place, took place yesterday at noon. About half-past 11 the Churchwardens, with tho members of the Vestry and Building Committee, and the Architect and Builder, met at the Parsonage, where they ware received by tho Rev. E. G. Edwards, the Minister of the Church. The Bishop of Christchurch and the Rev. J. A. Fenton, Rural Dean, were already at the Parsonnge, andat 12 o'clo?!; the whole party proceeded to the site of the now Church, where about fifty people were assembled.

The Bishop commenced the special service by rending the 122 nd Psalm, —"I was glad when they'said unto me, we will go into the House of the Lord." The Bishop then road a short exhortation, after which, clergy and people joined in the Lord's Prayer. The Bishop then read a short pniyc- while the stone was being got ready for laying, and all being prepared, ho 'invoked tho ■ blessing of God upon the work. The Rev, J. A. Fenton and the Rev. E. G. Edwards then read portions of Scripture—Ezra, ili-, Bth verse to end of chapter, and Ist St. Peter, ii., Ist to 11th verses. Tho .stone was then laid by tho Bishop, saying : — Through our Lord Jesus Christ we lay this Stone in the name of tlis Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, in faith that tins place, hereafter to beoma the house of God, may be consecrated to prayer and ths praise of His holy name. Amen. Under the stone was deposited a written document, of which the following is a copr :— . Tho Corner Stone of this Church to be derlicat?d to tba service of Almighty Hod fi>r tho use of the Metn hers i-i communion with t!ia Church of Kn"lanJ- ~ and Ireland in Otago, was laid by Henry ~idttff^ Clutty, Jii.jiicip of Christchureh, on Tuesday, Juua' the 3rd, A.D. 1S(!2. Edwd. (J. Edwards, Curate. .. .'.i^ Alfred Chetham Strode,) n , */ , Wm, Carr Young, )' Churchwarden*. Ltd. Bowden Martin, "\ George Goik, I ltd. Seavnr.l Cantrell, > Vestrymen. Henry Fredlc. Hardy, I Fredk. Pantliu, J Charles Abbot, Architect. Robert Given, Builder.

The Bishop liavinjr n-rain besonjr.lit the blc.^inn; of the Alniig'h(.y on wh-it. h:ul b^e;i'do:n% delivcivd the following :iddros» : —

We; have now lull the e-.irner-.:tone of a building m which wo hop:; to iiu psi-mitte-l. i,i C-i-j.l's ccoo;l time, to u<<st;iii!i!!! to wt.'i v- for public worship; an Iwa ii:i>'o laid it with us..<l-i-i service of ui'iiydi-ami i>ra:.-:e. i-i acwdan.-o v,-illi tho examine of God's chosen paiple ofuld, and :if ■■-.•;;i:-o «iiij thereby our faith in the great truth t-h.iti.exo':.1.- the Lord build tho lions;., their labor is but l.v.r.Viio builil it. No underUiki:;jr c.i:i prosper which i'.;r- not the Messina: of God ; and. t'rm-h God's V-^iii-; may always be expected 111 those undertaki.Ks whVh have a reference to lit! gory and th" good of Hi* »,v>.,l;i. yet it is meet, iin.l o.ir birandeu duty, that we .'-ln.uM sou!; His b!e.«ni3 in Tin on-n ftr.poiHt.ed wav- -oan onrdependence upon Him and give Him the honor dv« unto His name. U would uo well in.Wl. if this were done mail our undertakings. It would eusare, doitbtL'ss, a larger measure of sr-eeess, and fhdr bob? such as wouid he lively to be pltwiii" to Him. In the present instance, we can have li.-i Wnulif w'nt'vw that the one winch we are comra-ncin? is well pku<ing to God. For what is that yon prop,-*:; to yoiir^lvts ! !o oront a- bud-tin" in which voi. .iiul your children-and, I trust, your ehildrens'" children -nny meet together for pnb.i.-; praverand praise, for tho hearing ot trod s hoiy word and to parti'-.i-...itei".-oin time to tune in those snared ordinance-* s-.-'n.' of them appjmted by His own fcwn, in wlp'oh lie w..uld draw near to us, and permit us to draw n»n«- to Him. It is true that we can always, m all r-la-es draw near to Him— wo can worship in;n in our chambers at, home, and with acceptance, too— but there is an especial blessing on public worship, and we know from our bibles that an especial biding lias b'.-n vouchsafed on places expressly sst apnrt tor public" worship. The Altar of the Patriarchs, tho Tabernacle of tho Wilderness, the Temple of Jerusalem, were all of this charnetor, and as such distinguished from ail other buildings; and it can hardly be doubted bu'.. that an especial blessing may be found in our Christian chuveho-:, set apart as they are for th" worship of God, and in which his people assemble in the name of His blessed Son. There is a blessing, certainly, to he. pained by those who worship Him there in spirit and in truth. And, if this be so :if this building, through. God's grace—which, I trust, will be sought and found here—may bs thus made a means of brinarins you nearer to God, and forwarding jour best and etanial interests, we may ba assured that the work which we have cr.iimeu<Md is one well pleasing to Him, and that we hava dona well in commencing it with religions services, lint, apart from this, a buildir.:; such as we hopo this will ba must necessarily be for God's honor. Hitliorto, the members of our communion have boe;i content to worship in a building which has little to distinguish it, exteynallv at least, from buildings for business or domestic purposes. I would not, indeed, speak slightingly of that building, nor. indeed, of. any which has hcc.w used for holy purposes. It is something that yon siiould have had a place whirre you could meet for public worship ; and those- especially among you who were early settlers in this town, must ever look back to it with affectionate recollection, as the plane where you strangers as you were, in a strange land —ware. enabled to worship Ood after the manner of your fathers. But all must have long since felt that it was ill-suited for public worship, as well a;_ inadequate to meet the reiju'rements of your rapidly increasing population—and further, that God's honor, and the due celebration of the services of our Church, required a bnil-liug of a more distinctive character. That it should be a building which, by its very form and fashion, should remind you of holy things, and bring the thought of the ever-present Rod home to your hearts. Wo need such outvrard aids to help our weak faith. We are living, iudee:l, iiru world which is full of the tokens of God's presence and power. The scsi is His, and Ho made it; the _ lofty hills which encompasr. this town are His handiwork ; but yon are surrounded, also, by the works of yonr own hands, and, with these constantly enp'au'ingyour time and attention, you are in danger of forgetting tho great Alaker aiid Giver of all thin as. Anything, therefore, which speaks to you directly of God—which carries with it unmistakeable marks of belonging to q. o( (—is calculated to remind you of his presence, and to awaken in' you a sense of those obligations which you owe to Him, and such, I trust, this building will The Bishop concluded by reminding thoss present that, in ordrr to this, tlioy must give liberally of their substance. That God, in his providence, had opened up great sources of wealth in this province, and thni'th'ev must use >-onje portion of this wealth in honor of the" giver, and thnt tho buildings set apart for His service tlirmlcl not be inferior to those which they wore erecting for secular or domestic purposes.

The lOOtli Psalm was thc-n sm;g; by nil present, and the service concluded with a benediction.