THE COLONIST. NELSON, TUESDAY, MAY, 22, 1860.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 270, 22 May 1860, Page 2

THE COLONIST. NELSON, TUESDAY, MAY, 22, 1860.

Br the "Wig Emma, Captain Hoi ford, we received Taranaki papers to Thursday last, from, which we gather the subjoined particulars. The Emma left Taranaki on the 17th, and arrived here on Sunday morning. The military authorities there have considered it necessary to suppress the first issue of the Herald of the 12th instant; the remainder of that day's publication Avas circulated with the objectionable part left out. ifor the remarks of a contemporary upon thjs point we refer elsewhere, and give the expUnged paragraph:— , , ' A night attack i» certainly to be dreaded, for if they got Into the town theoonftlsion wott'd be great, and there is no order'issued regarding a place of safety for the women and children. Strom? pickets should be sent out, and not so far from the centre of the town, and double sentries stationed nearer together than- they are now. The race-course picket I. could be cut oft to a man, as some of the sentries are I 300 yards separated from each other. Some of the I beats are surrounded by high fern, through which a I native could creep up and, surprise the sentries. In many places it would be impossible for, • .sentinel .to fall back upon hit next support, or have time to fire. thealarm/1 : ; ' ' . \' ;V Further on it says :— " i Wearo'^f. opinion, however, that tbey will^tWnlt twice:JbefoT»they.attimpt:the. town; they kno* jwe; /have «'sttt>n£ garrison, apd that every settleris atmtd1 andVoula be forthcoming in « few-binutes; thai w* -■WexsonataStly oil tlie-watch-with outlying picfcfU and lentinels: and, unless the Waikatoi are /guided ..by some of..the v .",frjendly" natives, or by;someof WiKingi'*;.*hoknb# the locality, they would" hare lome difficulty in'getting into town. We must, oh feh"« other hand, remember the. Waikatos «re » daring lot, and may have great confidence in their numbers.. ./,. . Violent winds for six days successively, with rain, hail, thunder* lightning, forked and sheet, have prevailed. Very cold weather has also been experienced. The Militia and Volunteers are suffering from colds, numbering upwards of eighty on the sick list., The troops are scarcely in a better condition, in consequence' of their exposed position, and living under canvas: it is suggested that the troops from Australia should be housed in the suburbs or even in the places of public worship in the tovyn. • There is nothing of importance to report from North or South;" We hear that the advance-guard of the Waikatos are still at Mokau, waiting for the main body to come up, when they will come to Waitara in strong force. They will be preceded by King. Potatau's flag, which they intend to substitute for the, British flag flying at the camp! Their first movement will be at Waitara, to drive off the soldiers and take possession of the land in the King's name. This done, they will march on the town, aided by the Ngatiruanui and Taranaki tribes. This main body of the Waikatos has been estimated at 300. This statement is immediately afterwards placed in another form, and we ate told that they only number 100 altogether, and form an escort fit th« Ngatiruanui deputation sent to consult with W. Kingi; but without any intention on the pa»t of the former of joining him at present. The Waitara correspondent of ihe Herald thus wiites :— Since my last I have nothing worthy of note to communicate except that"the foundation pile of the block-house, on the Kuhikuhi point, has been put down bp Captain Barton of the 6.5 th. regiment, «ommandint? the detachment at Waitara, assisted by. Lieutenants Baillie and Pennefather, Ensign Pagan and Assistant Surgeon Niven. The building wiiJ; be in the form of a cro93, capable of accommodating 70 men, and has been appropriately named Foit Barton, Since the intelligence arrived that the Waikatos are at hand, embrasures have been opened in the rampart, and it is to be hoped that another gun or two will be Bent down to place in them. Al. are, as they have ever been, on the alert, ahd,l;he detachment at Pukekohe pah will give ft good account of any attacking party. • At Omata, up to the 2nd instant all is reported as being quiet. The Victoria is houily exjpected ta be despatched to Nelson to coal. In answer to a memorial, praying him not to listen to counsels which were rumored to have unduly influenced his Excellency the Governor, he thus pretty broadly hints:— " I have laid this memorial before his Excellency, who has directed me to slate that, before assuming it to be at all probable that the Governor would compromise the Queens supremacy, it would have been desirable that the members of the Provincial Government and the other memorialists should have inmstigatM the truth of the rumors upon which alone they acknowledge to have based their memorial." We copy the following, •' condensed statement "' of the views put forth by Bishop Selwyn on this important subject :■— 1. I am quite ready to continue to advise tny native friends to sell their surplus"lands, on the most reasonable terms, or even to give them to,the Government for nothing ; but this advice will be of no avail, until the question ia entirely devoid of party feeling; and disconnected altogether from such irritating subjects as the murder of Rawiri. 2. I desire to see each native land owner secured by a Crown Grant for Jus own individual property; and-Fcgistered as a voter, on the same qualification as an Englishman. . " ' | ' 3. When the natrre land owners are thus registered and represented, with full recognition of tjqual rights and privileges, I wili.not be backward m eiplainingV&tihem, that they are liable to all ti:ies, penalties, and.other public burdens, in common Lwith all otherclassea of Her Majesty's subjects. ■;'- : 7 4. But^ on the other hand, I shall resist, hy all lawful means, every attempt to carry out any., other interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, than that in which it was explained to the nAtiveii by Governor Hobson, and understood and accepted by them..,. ! 5. I hold it to be an act unworthy of. Englishmen to avail ourselves of any native custom, either of conquest or of slavery, to disfranchise any class of native proprietors; espesially when experience has proved that, where no party questions are raised, the native title can be extinguished, and all classes of claimants satisfied, for a few half-pence per acre. ■ ' 6 Believing myself to be better able than most Other persons to judge of the unprotected pr.sittion of the outlying settlers in the scattered, and especially in the pasiorat districts of New Zealand, I shall feel it to bo my duty to remind the inhabitants of the towns, even at the loss of my own influence and popularity with them, that the principles which I advocate, and the line of conduct which I pursue, are not influenced by any ill-wil 'owaids them, or even.by an indifference to, their interests; but by a wide, 1 may say, general knowledge of New Zealand, and of all classics of its inhabitants, and by the conviction that the lives and property of our fellovv-settlersJ, scattered as they now are over at least 15,000 square miles of brpken country, can only be preserved by the greatest forbeai'ance and the strictest justice in our daal iiigs with the native people. ..'..-

A MoNtsTBB Pjsab-t-A pear, 7 inches long, and 14$ inches round in the biggest part, and weighing 3 lbsßs dzs., has-been grown this year in the garden of Mr. Richard Scott, of Wakapuaka.' It i$ called the Black Worcester. Twelve others on being weighed, gvwigejd jJb^W oz, etch, '

Grain ahp Floor.—From the Canterbury , just received we quote the following:—" We tia^e itilli no change of importance to note in the markets., Wheat is firm at 6». to 6s. 6d. In - barley there^s little doing, the price remaining stationary at 43. 6d. Oats dull of sale. Potatoes are coming forward more freely, and may be quoted at £6 to £6 10s. a ton."

Reoistbation op Cattle Brands.—lt is not generally known that any inconvenience will be experienced by those living in an unproclaitned district, under the Cattle Branding Act, by not registering their brands at the proper office. By reference to an advertisement in our column^' it will'be seen that two steers are advertised as impounded; withdut a reghtration brand; no other brand is raentidtted,?ihough probably they are branded. Under such .circumstances people who possess.similar cattle v»i.l,be running from all quarterßr-eaßt,*nreßtjn9rt.h, and souFhy Theprice for the registration of brands k ten shillings for ever>,

Tabanaki_ REPDGEEB.-i-Urider the head Wellington it will bp seen with pleasure- that the Provincial Council of that province have unanimously voted the sura of jgIOOO for the .assistance df those.persons who have been compelled to take up their residence in Nelson. This, we tru^t, will not; be dealt put in a niggardly spirit; and will somewhat tend to; do way with the "cast off clothes" svatem.; >;.■ ; • :.■ ;,. : .

Bonded Store.—The New Zealand. 'Gazette of the 11th instant contains the following:—" The undermentioned. Warehouse has..viK^n^dUljfv.ftpppinted and approved in «c«o^^ of th* .'•«• Cu?tpnfi RegTilatio^Acif/JISSSiV^ of goodi unfl«r bond.,-: Jkw »^oo^.%<'°B|os.*P^ Iw|r»'' L«Vien and Co!., pn'tb^|f'.j?^l^,i^^l ; ;«c^th »id« of BrWg».^eetr^«lßo^;;pi:'£^vi^t^ Commisiionw. Custom House, 'Ne^onj'l^th April t 1860- ---" Newon lustitdts.-tWo trust_ that the current

minor is true that the committed of ttas institution have decided" on letting1 -the. people; frdra Taranaki have books from the library free;of charge.; '

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We take the following from the Marlborough . Superintendent's Office, Marlborough, May Bth, 1860. It is notified, for general information, that Mr; Cyrus Goulter has been appointed Provincial Treasurer of this Province. William Adanw, Superintendent. ..'.....' : . ■ ■ i Superintendent's Office, Marlborough, May, Bth, 1860. It is notified, for general information, that Mr. Alfred Dobson has been appointed Chief Surveyor and Engineer of Public Works for tins province. William Adams, Superintendent.