THE WANGANUI CHRONICLE AND RANGITIKEI MESSENGER. “Verite sans peur.” WANGANUI, OCTOBER 2, 1862.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 6, Issue 311, 2 October 1862, Page 2

THE WANGANUI CHRONICLE AND RANGITIKEI MESSENGER. “ Verite sans peur.” WANGANUI, OCTOBER 2, 1862.

We greatly fear the visit of his Excel- , leney Sir George Grey to this district has not been productive of such results as were to be desired, and. by many were anticipated. So far as the -Government natives are concerned, his visit may have done good in confirming their loyalty and giving them fresh reason for rejoicing in their wise choice of a side. They have been listened to with the profoundest attention and the utmost affability, and considering the relative value, of his Excellency’s time and theirs, a year’s unabated loyalty may not be more than an adequate return for his courteous, attentions. Whether they may view the matter in this light is, however, doubtful. It is not improbable that they consider, his Excellency the favoured individual in being honoured with their society, and that instead of their being his debtors he is theirs. However this may be, the increase and wider extension of the salaries paid to them will have some effect in. making them believe his Excellency’s, visit to have been a propitious event to them. '1 he establishment of the new institutions will give them an opportunity of increasing their knowledge of the action, of law, and if order and morality are promoted by the native courts in this neighbourhood, the bordering tribes, who have not received these institutions, may he induced to adopt them by witnessing their good effects. So far as the establishment of these native institutions is to be considered in the light of a benefit—to the Government natives in their possession, and to the other natives in their manifestation—his Excellency’s visit has done good. But, as far as appears, all that has been done might have been equally well done by a subordinate. A nd unless some impression has been made by his Excellency’s private interviews with the King natives, which may lead to important results hereafter, no present result has been obtained the securing of which re quired his Excellency’s presence. That his presence has produced no immediate effect on the King natives is evident from the pertinacious manner in which they stand aloof. They have made not the slightest approach to his Excellency. Their general bearing and tone is such that lie has thought it prudent not to go up. the river, as at one time ho was understood to have intended. Tahana, on being informed that Sir Geo. Grey purposed going .up the Wanganui, said, “ What does the Governor want ? he must tell us his object before he sets out.” Whether the feeling thus expressed was the reason for his Excellency not proceeding inland we do not know, although it is generally surmised to have been so ; but there can !>e no doubt that the feeling exists. It ssems to be a determination to assert their independence, based on the idea that they are able to do so ; that all the concessions or promises” made are attributable either to weakness of mind or want of physical power. The bold man-

her in which the King' natives, who were Present at the Putiki meeting, spoke to his Excellency, is also proof of their determination to have their own way, The Very marked manifestation of this feeling is the more remarkable, when it is remembered that the natives who display it have all along professed themselves, and it is believed sincerely, most anxious to be on friendly terms with the settlers here, and also, ’ less credibly, to be in no way connected with the Waikato movement—having as little desire to be identified with the King natives on the one hand, as to be considered the enemies of the Queen on the other. , It is their tiegative which renders it so difficult to deal with the Maories in general ; and this unique assertion of neutrality which renders it more difficult to deal with the King natives here. The only thing appaiently which can he done with them is to leave them alone until an occasion arises which will oblige them to betray their real sentiments—an occasion which, we are afraid, must soon be afforded them in another province. It is with much regret that we have to o’ive this view ot the state of native feefing here. We had hoped that the magic influence of the Governor s pi eseiice and speech would have oeen felt here as it lias been elsewhere. But it does no good f -o put a better face on things than truth will warrant; , and there is no need to attempt disguising the fact, that however the natives ■_ up. tins river may be affected to the Wawato Kin", their determination to be independent Sf the Queen is gaining rather than losing strength. 'I hey are in frequent communication with the head-quarters of the King movement, and are at present expecting soon eopies of a code ot laws at present being printed in Waikato, the issue of which is delayed by a deficiency in their stock of type. His Excellency has now made the tour of almost all the accessible.} arts of the island He' knows, by personal observation, as well' aS br report, the state of feeling in the various districts. He must see where liis institutions can be available in restoring order, and where they will not be so. He must be the best judge of what else is necessary towards the settlement of, the pending difficulty. He is aware that the solution of the difficulty must be arrived at within a ceitain time. The best wishes of all reasonable men here are for his being able speedily and triumphantly to solve the difficulty. Meantime they rely on his prudence, sagacity, and energy, belie ring that, as. he has the most accurate knowledge of the state of the native mind, he has the strongest motives to use his knowledge and influence for the real benefit of both races.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Resident Magistrate’s Court. 'I he following debt cases have been settled. Sep. 18. R. Dorsett v. 11. Dykes <£l2. Judgment for .£lO 7s. Sep. 19. J. J. Gerse v. C. Vincent £ 7 18s Gd. Judgment confessed. J. Nolloth ■*. W. • Eysm 12s Judgment confessed. T. Lyon v. W. hyson <£2 ; judgment for plaintiff. J. J. Gerse v. J. Kane £7 14s 8d ; judgment for plaintiff. , , Sep 24. Thos. Fitzgerald and John Tracy,’ privates in H. M. 57th Regt. were charged with feloniously carrying away four pieces of calico of the value of <£3, belonging to George Menzies. _ George Menzies said on oath :—-I am a sergeant in the 57th Regt., stationed at Wanganui. 1 know the prisoners at the bar. lam aware that four pieces of calico were stolen out of niy shop at \v anganui on the IBth inst., and my son is a witness in this case. Prisoners denied stealing the property on my questioning 'them. I suspected the prisoners from what Sarsfieid and Loug told me. _ James Stevenson deposed : I am living with my mother in Ridgeway St. My mother keeps a store there. I saw the two priseners in my mother s shop last Thursday. John Tracy and John Sullivan were talking to me about watchguards and prisoner Fitzgerald was walking up and down in the shop behind them, and he said to the other men, “Are you coming home % They replied, “Go on and we’ll follow yoii in a few minutes. Ihe calico now produced is my mother’s property ; was piled up on the counter m the shop We did not miss the calico till my mother heard offits being in the barracks I saw the prisoners leave the shop ; did not notice • them take away. anything. There were three other soldiers in the shop at the same time. Patrick Burnes, Corporal m the D/th Reg/deposed that lie was informed on the night of the 18th, that a piece of calico had been stolen from Sergt.. Menzies shop. Having lodged the prisoners m the guard-room, he found the B cahco in the barrack room near Fitzgerald’s bunk. ■ Private A. Whelan, being on picket that evening, saw Tracy,take a bundle out of Mrs. Menzies’ shop, and give it to b ltzgerald, and they look’itup to the barracks. The prisoners were sencencad to four months’ imprisonment with hard labour. The sentence has since been remitted by his Excellency the Governor to two months in consideration of the general good conduct of tho prisoners.

Sep 29. F. H. Watts was brought up on a charge of being drunk and abusive in the town on the 25th. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to one week’s imprisonment and to pay a fine of £1 with 11s costs, or in default to 48 hours’ imprisonment. Wanganui- Native District. —John White, Esq., late Native] Secretary, has been appointed by his Excellency the Governor Native Resident Magistrate in this district. As this gentleman has a very intimate acquaintance with the

Maori language imd customs, and is left by his Excellency at much inconvenience to .himself; there is no doubt that if any. man can, Mr. White will,- be of'use in promoting order and peace among the natives in the neighbourhood. The following natives have been appointed assessors in the district, at salaries of from 251 to 501 a year :—Mete King. George Grey, Horipapara, Hori King,. Kemp, Ford, at Putiki; Hakarialv at Parakino ; Apereniko at Karatea; Haimona at Koroniti ; and Matiu.

The Wanganui Steamer.— At a meeting of the Shareholders held yesterday, it was resolved to offer'the command of the vessel to Captain Linklater, who is so well known by his speedy. trips in the Tyne. If he accept tlie appointment, the Shareholders may congratulate themselves on securing the services of so thorough a seaman, and so trustworthy and energetic a man. His Honour the Superintendent, accompanied by Mr. Deighton, left on Tuesday on a trip to Taupo, going up the river in a canoe.

The Waitotara Natives have removed the gate on the Taranaki road, where toll is payable at this end, some mile* further south, to Pa Karaka. A'j he. Rev. Mr. Watkin has received instruct tio.ns that, his clerical visits willl not be allowed beyond that point. The Great Exhibition. —A medal has bben awarded to the Rev. R. I aylor here, for the native baskets he sent to the Exhibition.

/The Weather.—This veek we have been visited by some heavy storms of rain and wind from the north-west. On Monday evening there was a good deal of thunder, with the heaviest rain that has fallen here for a long time. The Governor’s Visit. Ilia Excellency’s stay here has caused no stir or ex-citement,-as his close attention to business left no time for unnecessary demonstrations. On Wednesday last week he went up to Kaiwike, and saw Pelii, but did not enter into any converation with him on political matters. It was generally under*tood, as his Excellency abandoned the intention of returning by tlie Wonga Wonga which was detained a ( day for him, that he intended going up ihe ri\er on Monday ; but a slight indisposition on that day delayed his departure, and afterwards lie determined not to run tlie risk of being turned back. On Tuesday he received a letter from Amarama, the. principal fighting chief of the Wanganui fribes—a warrior of considerable renown —forbidding him to ascend the river. On Tuesday morning his Excellency paid a visit to the Aramoho pah; and in the afternoon left for Wellington overland in the quietest manner possible, few in the" town being aware of liis departure. If his Excellency’s visit has not been of much account so far as the natives are concerned, it has very favourably impressed the inhabitants, who see in his Excellency a gentleman of kindly and courteous manners, bearing much to secure peace, and thoroughly intent on the successful prosecution of the work which chiefly brought him amongst us ; and he leaves with the best wishes and thorough respect of all the settlers'in the district. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. .■Wanganui 26 September 1862. Sir, —Your correspondent X. Y. Z. is incorrect in applying the word haka to the dance before the Governor. The //c/cshas been put down by the Missionaries. There was nothing half so disgusting in the exhibition at Putiki as in the dancing of ballet girls in Covent Garden Theatre, or similar exhibitions in England, which nobody thinks of reprobating 1 ; and your correspondent will admit that the Lady Godiva’s procession at Coventiy, revived this year, is a much more barbarous and offensive thing than any of the goings on the other day. He should also remember that men are not civilised in a few years, and that however the Maori race may have been nominally under the influence of missionaries, many have not been really so ; and he must know that one sinner destroys much good. What would the Maoris think of a dinner at which I can imagine your correspondent being present, and one of the must hilarious, when he is acting as fugleman to the “hip, hip, hurrah,” nine times nine, and “For lie’s a jolly good fellow?” Would they not be as astonished with the drunken frolics of the half civilised l’akeha as your correspondent with the comparatively harmless amusements of the Mauri ? I am &c. Fair Play. Wanganui Sept. 20 1862. Mr. Editor.—l don’t know whether you pay by tlie line, or, have, belonging to the Establishment of the Chronicle, a permanently engaged Reporter—anywise, he must be a clever fellow and deserves the greatest credit for his report of the case. Watts v. Kells, —as so disguised it must have puzzled many who attended the trial to have rec' gM.zcd it as the. same. It was my iutention, on reading that exparte statement of the 18th, ult. to have obtained the minutes of the evidence for your publication but I thiuk the following facts will save space, and answer the same end for to tell the truth the general tenor of the paragraph published by you is iikgly to convey an erroneous impression of my reason for proceeding thus far with -a case which turned out to be, according to report purely a mistake. A Bullock is taken away from tlie neighbourhood of my run, is killed, sold, eaten, the hide disposed of and salted, ere I am made acquainted with the fact, though residing only 5 miles distant. Inquiries are instituted the beast is acknowledged to have been killed and proved to be mine—then and there only am I made aware of tlie loss ■I have sustained. Tlie case is brought into

court, and dismissed/ but on whot grouud or for what reason our worthy R. M. never stated. May Ibe pardoned for saying-. I think a clever barrister, excels ill iiiflucHce even the great Captain W.Lon, who if I am rightly informed, can act only on one or two whereas the former can mesmerize a whole Bench of Magistrates at a time. • Now Mr. Editor, I would ■ suggest, .as I tam told such exists, in .Wellington,.the ap- . pointment of an efficient officer, whose duty, it shall be, not merely to receive from parties -killing a memorandum of such and such a beast killed ; but actually to go to the public slaughter house and there take down the brand or mark of each beast..intended to be killed, uud uiso to ascertain whether , such cattle intended for slaughter are.healthy and fit to be sold and used for human food. Fleshers would not then be so likely to injure the digestive organs of their customers, .or the pockets of cattle holders, by pure mistake.

Yours most respectfully, FRANK WATTS. ('l’lie facts are stated above as in our report, but in different words.} ' WELLINGTON. • Wellington, Sept. 21 1862. Law making iii New Zealand is over for another session ; and as the supplies are voted, practically, for a couple of years, another exhibition, like that which was concluded on Monday last, is most probably very distant. The wind-up on Monday morning, to the mind of a lover of freedom and respond ble government was of a humiliating clmrac:er, and brought out the leading men of the present Government in their true colours. It was hoped by a majoi-ity of those in Wellington who take an interest in politics, that when Ward, Wood, and Sewell joined the Ministry, we had at least an honest, straightforward, and capable government, though with hut one or two exceptions it was a government with no great intellectual ability ; but the trickery and double-dealing on the ■one band, and the want of guiding principle and the sqiieezeableness on the other, which were constantly coming to the surface, have quite dispelled the illusion, and the secession of Mr. Sewell has robbed the Ministry of all claim to respect. . I have before alluded to Mr. Bell’s performance in relation to the removal of the seat of government, and bis conduct with regard to the Attorney-Generalship, which occasioned Air. Sewell’s resignation ; the vacancy in so important an office induced Mr. Fox to give notice of an inquiry relative to the filling of that vacancy, and it was surely reasonable and desirable that the people should be informed as to bow and by whom that post was to be occupied before their representatives were scattered and powerless to influence or control the choice. But in place of an honest and candid reply to an important and respectful inquiry, a fifthrate man (J. C. Richmond) was put up to speak against time (a fact which he had neither the skill nor the decency to attempt to conceal) until the arrival of the Governor to. prorogue the Assembly should render it impossible to extract from a shuffling Ministry the information required, and when—through the absolute inability, I suppose, of “ Jim Crow” to utter any more nonsense —ten minutes were left, during which Mr. Fitzherbert, on behalf of Mr. Fox, put the interpellation, the honourable Dillon Bell, in the most undignified manner possible, shuffled and evaded until the summons to the Legislative Council Chamber put an end to the most damaging scene which the Domett—or rather the Bell—Ministry, have yet enacted, and it will be long ere the people forget the insult then offered to them.

On arriving at the Upper House the Governor was found occupying the Speaker’s chair, his Excellency’s aide-de-camp and private secretary and officers of the garrison stood around ; the “ Lords” were seated at the table, and some score or so of tlie fair sex were seated on the left side of the hall, while the gallery was occupied by spectators. The “Commons,” ushered in by the “ white stick,” and headed by their Speaker, were grouped on tlie right. The Speech was soon read; and in a very short time his Excellency was cantering towards the West Coast, accompanied by his Honor the Superintendent, the lion. A. Tollemache, Mr. Cracroft Wilson, and an interpreter ; and the steamers were conveying large detachments of our legislative army to the north and the south, to forget in the bosoms of their families or the cares of the counting-, house the worry and toil of a session, which, with the one bright exception of the Taranaki Compensation Act, is destined to reflect but little lustre on the Parliamentary history of New Zealand. On' Saturday we had news from Otaki of the'Governor’s progress and proceedings, but as j'ou probably received the intelligence before we did, and will have had the advantage of access to original sources of information, I need not dilate thereon.

: Cook’s Straits seems destined to be the cradle of the steam navigation of New Zealand. In addition to the New Zealand Company, and the spirited undertaking of your own port, Nelson (having sod the little ‘Tasmanian Maid’) is coming out with a third company. The progress of the Colony in this department is most remarkable, and is a gratifying evidence of the enterprize and spirit of the people. Your readers will be pleased to learn that, in contemplation of the necessity for making provision for the repairs and the overhauling of our steam fleet, as well as with a view to the requirements of the Panama steamers, the Superintendent has ordered soundings to be taken in the

harbour in order to ascertain the best site for the construction of a patent slip.

The arrival of the ‘ Mati da Wattenlacli ’ at Auckland, with 375 passengers, being the first detachment of the non conformist settlers for Albert-land, will have taken place ere this. She was - spoken by the s.s. ‘ Queen ’ fifteen miles out. The friends of the movement m Auckland were -preparing -to give the Jmpiigrarits a public reception _ ''' By the ‘ Bangatira, 1 from Otago, which arrived in; harl'Our on Friday and left again in a couple of hours for Kelson and : Sydney, we learn that the new diggings were going on satisfactorily, and that the necessaries of life were more abundant. The Nokmai gold is said to bo of a more nuggety character than that of any other of the’Otago fields, and likely to attract a large population as the spring advances. A diggers’ row at Lyttelton has resulted in the capture of some five or six ruffians, who are now exercising their digging energies upon a field .which they had no intontion to work.

"The arrival of the ‘ Queen,’ with the English Mail yesterday, afternoon is very opportune : the ‘ ft' onga f tonga ’ is in waiting, and will take np your division of the Mail to-day, and as you will be pressed for space . for your usual extracts I must at once .conclude. • OTAGO. .The latest news from : the Nokomai diggings is to the 22nd September. • Moa Greek, or Victoria. Gully —the scene of the. gold workings—rises ,in a large range of. mountains, of which the Steeple (marked on the map) is.the highest point, and empties itself into the Nokomai. It is about three miles long, and varies from 200 to 600 yards in width. There is abundance of scrub in the gully for culinary purposes, and at the head of the creek timber ad.pted for making sluice-boxes, &c. The diggings are at present confined to the bed of the creek, where, at a depth of about three feet, intermingled with gravel and rotten slate or miqa schist, the gold is found. —The original prospectors, a miner named Bayliss—who previous to my arrival had sold his gold to Mr. Pearson, the / Chief Commissioner of Waste Land-, Southland —and Kelsey’s party of six, continue to do remarkably well. Kelsey’s party had commenced operations in a business-like manner. Their tail race was cut, water dammed up, and sluice boxes properly adjusted. I called to-day (Tuesday, 16th) and found that they hacl washed 6 oz. 11 dwts. from about two loads of washing stuff As 1 was leaving this claim I was hailed by Coulson’s party of two, to come and 3ee thhir prospect, and found that they had washed about an ounce to the first tin dish, although they had been working in the mort clumsy manner. The above was reported byjfche chief Commissioner of Police, who had justjreturned. • Private reports "state that great hardships from want of provisions are being suffered, and that numbers of people are wandering in the streets of Dunedin in a destitute condition

NATIVE LANDS ACT. Whereas by- the Treaty of Waitangi entered into by and between Her Majesty and the chiefs of New Zealand it was. among other things declared that Her Majesty confirmed and guaranteed, to the chiefs and tribes of New Zealand and the respective families and individuals thereof the full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their lands and estates which they collectively or individually held so long as it should be their desire to retain the same. But that the chiefs yielded io Her Majesty the exclusive right of pre-emption over such lands as the'proprietors thereof might be disposed to alienate And whereas it would greatly promote the peaceful settlement of the Colony and the advancement and civilization of the natives if their rights to land were ascertained defined and declared were assimilated as nearly as possible to the ownership of land according to British law. And wereas' with a view to the foregoing objects Her Majesty may be pleased to waive in favor of the natives so much of the said Treaty of Waitangi as reserves to Her Majesty the right of pre-emption of their lands and to establish Courts and to make other provision for ascertaining and defining the rights of the natives to their lands and for otherwise giving effect to the provisions of this Act and it is expedient that the General Assembly of New, Zealand should facilitate the said objects by enacting such provisions as are hereinafter contained.

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows: 1. The short title of this Act shall be “ The Native Lands Act, 1862.”

11. All lands in New Zealand over which the native title shall not have beeen extinguished may save as hereinafter excepted and after the respective owners by native custom ol the same shall have been ascertained as hereinafter provided be dealt with and disposed of under the provisions of this Act.

111. Provided always that - nothing herein contained shall be construed as rendering the rights of tiie natives in respect of such lainds or the usages or customs on which sncli rights depend cognizable or determinable by any Court of Law or Equity or other Judicature until the same shall have been defined and a certificate of title •(hereinafter’'Called the “ certificate”) issued according to the provisions of this Act. IV. It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time by Commission or Order Jn Council to constitute a Court or Courts (hereinafter termed “ the Court”) for the purpose of ascertaining aud declaring who according to native custom are the proprie-

tots of any native lamls and the estate or interest held by.them..therein and f»r 'lie purpose of granting to suvh-proprietors certificates of their title to such lauds.

\ r . Every such C -art shall be under the presidency of a E lropeari magistrate and the Court shall have and exercise such powers’as'the Governor may from time to time appoint. VI. The Governor may make rules for regulating the sittings of such Courts and the notices thereof the notification of proceedings the empaiSnelling of any jury and generally for the condnct of business in the said Courts under this Act and may fro in time to time alter or revoke such rules.

VII. Upon application of any tribe community or individuals of the native race it shall he lawful for the Court to ascertain by such evidence as they shall think fit the right title estate or interest'of the applicants or. of any other claimants to or in any land within the jurisdiction of the Court and upon the Court being satisfied that siich tribe community or individuals are according to native custom possessed of or ehtit led to any estate in any native lands it shall he .lawful for the Court to define such right title estate or interest and register the same in such manner as may, be appointed in that behalf and the Court shall thereupon certify their proceedings for the Governor’s confirmation.

Vl'll. If the Governor shall confirm the proceedings of the Court such confirmation shall be signified in such form as the Governor . shall appoint to the president of the. Court.

IX. Before the issue of any certificate it shall be lawful for the Governor whenever it shall appear to him requisite for the future benefit of the native proprietors or their descendants so to do to cause any portion of the land described in the certificate to he reserved from sale and the Governor may at his discretion and as effectually as if such lands had beeu ceded to Her Majesty authorize the making of any grant under the public seal of the Colony of any such lands unto or in trust for the benefit of any person or persons of the native race either in fee sim pie or for any less estate or interest or the settlement of any such lands upon or for the benefit of any, such person or . persons and their children or remoter issue arid may for that purpose authorize the limitation or creation of such lawful estates or interests as may seem fit and the governor may at his discretion make such grants and settlements accordingly and any such deed of grant or settlement may contain powers of revoking all or any of. the estates or interests limited or created and of appointing or creating new estates or interests in lieu thereof either for the purpose of resettling the lauds comprised in such grant or any of them or for effecting any sale exchange mortgage or lease thereof or for any other purpose whatsoever such powers being exercisable by or at the discretion of the Governor or at the discretion of any person or persons to he appointed or designated in that behalf by such deed of grant or settlement. X. It shall be lawful for the Governor by the provisions of any such deed of grant or settlement to prohibit the alienation or restrict the alienability of any estate or interest created by such grants any rule of law or equity to he contrary notwithstanding. XI. Whenever any grant or deed of settlement shall be so issued or made ou the reservation of any such lands as hereinbefore provided a copy of such grant or deed shall be transmitted to the president of the Court.

XIL Subject to any sncli reservation as hereinbefore provided and upon the confirmation of the proceedings of the court as aforesaid the president and members of the Court shall sign and , issue a certificate of title in favour of the tribe community or individuals whose title shall have been ascertain defined and registered as aforesaid. XIII. Provided always that no such certificate shall be issued until a survey of the lands to be therein described shall have been made by a surveyor licensed by the Governor and the boundaries of such lands distinctly marked out on the ground and every certificate shall have written or endorsed thereon or annexed thereto an accurate plan of the lauds therein described and shall particularly set forth the metes and bounds of such lands-

XIV. Every certificate shall be conclusive us to the particulars limits and extent of the land affected thereby and as to the native proprietors thereof. XV. In the case of any certificate issued in favour of any individual person or number of persons not being more in number than twenty the Governor may endorse his signature upon the certificate and may cause the public seal of the Colony to he affixed thereto and every certificate so endorsed and sealed shall have the same force and effect as if the same were a grant from the Crown in fee simple under the public seal of the colony of the land described in such certificate to the person or persons in whose favour the certificate shall be issued.

XVI. It shall be the duty of the president of the Court to transmit to the Governor copies of allgCertificates issued by the Court and the Governor may make such regulations as he shall thik fit (tfr the registration by the Court or in any Land Registry office of the certificates and of transfers thereof and such regulations being published in the Neiv Zealand Gazette shall have the force of law.

XVII- The individual person or persons named in any certificate as the owner or owners thereof or as having any particular estate or interest therein may dispose of the estate or interest which he or they may have in the lands described in such certificate by way of absolute sale or lease or iu exchange for oilier lands or otherwise to any person or persons whomsoever. XVIII. The Governor, upon the application of the person or persons named in any certificate or of the {person in whose favor any such instrument of sale shall, have been made under such certificate or instrument grants under the public seal of the colony

in like manner as he,is by law empowered to do as regards waste or demesne lands of the Crown as effectually as if such land had been reeded by the native proprietors to Her Majesty Provided that in every , such case the certificate shall be delivered up and cancelled before .the issue of the grant. XIX. Upon each first land after the issue of the Certificate’or 7 Crown Grant in exchange for the Certificate the purchaser of the lands then sold shall pay a duty or sum after the rate of <£lo in every <£loo upon the amount of the consideration or purchase money of such lands and upon each subsequent sale of the same lands the purchaser thereof shall pay a duty or sum after the rate of .£4 in every JUOO upon the amount of the consideration or purchase money of such lands which said duty shall be payable to the lhgistrar of Deeds or Registrar of Titles or other officer authorized t> register Transfers or Conveyances of Land under this Act and no .'Transfer or Conveyance of Laud under this act shall he valid until such duty shall haye been paid and such duty shall he deemed to he part of tlie Land Bevenue of the Province in which such lands shall he situate.

XX. If any tribe community or individuals in whose favor a certificate shall have been issued shall be desirous that any subdivision shall he made of any laud included in the certificate for the purpose of effecting a: partition of such land among the owners thereof and. of, individualising.the title thereto such tribe community or individuals may apply to the Court from which the certificate issued to-approve of arid effectuate such subdivision and the same may. in the discre tion of the Court be effectuated accordingly or the Court in its discretion may refjse to give effect thereto. And for the purpose of effectuating any such subdivision the oiiginal certificate shaT he given up to and new certificates issued by the Court according to the plan of subdivision approved of by the Court and so on from time to time as such sub-divisions may take place. XXI. If any tribe orcommunity in whose favor a certificate shall have been issued, shall be desirous that regulations shall be made or that a plan should be adopted for the purpose of the sale lotting occupation or other disposal of the lands included in' such certificate or any part thereof or for a partition grant'lease- appropriation or disposal thereof or any part thereof to between or amongst themselves or any other persor.sor persons or for granting licenses to dig or work mines or minerals or cutting timber or depasturing stock or for any purpose of common use or benefit such tribe or community may apply to the Court to recommend to the Governor the adoption of any sueli regulations or plan and the .Governor may either approve and confirm the same or return the same to the Court with amend* ments or alterations and so on from time to time until such regulations or plan shall have been finally approved as well by the Governor as by the Court And upon such final approval such regulations or plan shall he published in the' New_ Zealand Gazette:

XXII. All such regulations and plans so approved of and published aforesaid shall begood valid and binding on Hep Majesty and all other persons and every sale lease partition grant license and instrument of disposition of or relating to. such land made under or in accordance with such regulations or plan shall be deemed to be good aud valid in law.

XXIII. In any such regulations or plan lands may be reserved or set apart for public roads and highways or for schools hospitals churches chapels or other eleemosynary institutions and for the endowment of such institutions and for any other purposes of public or common utility to the native pro-, prietors or any of them and sueh reserved lands may be vested in any person or bodies corporate to be nominated by the Governor, 011 the recommendation of the Court as Trustees for the proposed objects with such powers of management and disposition as the Governor on such recommendation shall deem right and as may he contained or specifiedin such regulations or plan. XXIV. The Governor may make and issue grants leases-licences or ■ other instruments for giving effect to such sales leases partitions grants dispositions and licenses - in like manner as he is by law empowered to do as regards waste or demesne lands of the Crown as effectually as if such land had been ceded by the'native proprietors to her Majesty and may cause the Public Seal of the Colony to he affixed to all grants leases licenses and other instruments of disposition for giving effect to such regulations or plan. XXV. In any such regulation or plan provision may be made for raising upon the sale lease or disposal of any land either by way of rent or annual payment and whether in perpetuity or for any limited period or by way of purchase money in gross any sum or sums of money to he applied to the purposes hereafter specified that is to say : — : For paying or re imbursing the cost of maps and surveys for making maintaining and repairing roads bridges ferries and other public works within the limits of such lands or by way of contribution to roads bridges or ferries nr trunk or main lines outside such limits for building and repairing schools churches chapels or places of worship and for endowing the same for maintaining scholars in such schools for payment of stipends to school-masters and ministers of religion for erectiug and repairing mills , and other buildings of common use or benefit to the inhabitants for improving the lands of the district and for supplying the native inhabitants'of such lands with grass and other seeds and with stock and agricultural implements and generally for such purposes of social advancement of the uative inhabitants as may be thought fit. XXVI. The custody management and i expenditure of all monies raised under such regulations or plan shall be from time to time regulated in such manner as the Governor with the concurrence of the Court from which the certificate issued shall order or direct.

XXVII. From and nut of any lands ’which may bo purchased from the uative

proprietors thereof umler the provisions of this Act it slmll be lawful for the Governor nt. any time thereafter to take and lay off ](,»• jiublic purposes one'or more line or lines of road through the said lands Provided that the total quantity of land which may he taken for such line or lines of road shall not be more than after the rate of five acres in every one hundred acres. XXVIII. The Governor may at the request of the native proprietors cause maps and surveys to be made of auy native lands and may defray the costs thereof out of and charge the same against any fund specially appropriated to native purposes such cost to he repaid by the native proprietors in such manner as the Governor may direct. XXIX. No person shall be liable to any penalty for the purchase lease or occupation of any native lands if prior to such purchase lease or occupation the native proprietors thereof shall have obtained a certificate under the provisions of this Act anything in the Native Land Purchase the contrary notwithstanding. XXX. Every contract promise or engagement for the purchase lease or occupation of any native land or of any interest therein made prior to the issue of a certificate of title under this Act shall be absolutely void and no action shall be maintained for the recovery of any mouies or other consideration paid or given thereon. XXXI. And Whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled the “ Land Orders and Scrip Act ISSB ” it was provided that in certain cases within the Province of Wellington holders of land orders issued by the New' Zealand Company and purporting to grant certain rights of selection should be entitled to select land in respect of sucli land orders within any block of land laid ont by the New Zealand Company for selection at Manawatu or elsewhere within the said Province whenever the native title to such blocks should be extinguished And by the same act it was further provided that- if the Superintendent of the said Province should set apart or reserve out of any of the said blocks lands 'for a township or otherwise as in the said Act mentioned then and iii that case the holders of such laud orders should be entitled to select land iu respect thereof out of any land laid , out as rural land within auy district the native title whereto should at the time or within two years afterwards be extinguished. And whereas by reason of the indefinite extent over which the rights of selection so conferred as aforesaid may be held to run disputes may hereafter arise as to how farsuch rights would interfere with the operation of this act and for the purpose of preventing such disputes it is expedient to define aud limit the exercise of such rights iu manner hereinafter mentioned.

Be it enacted that all rights of selection by the said Act conferied upon the holders of land orders of the New Zealand Company within the Province of Wellington shall be exercised and exercisable within the block of land called the “ Manawatu Block” described .in the Schedule to this Act whenever the native title to the said block shall have been ceeded to Her Majesty and not otherwise or elsewhere and the said block shall accordingly be. and be deemed to have beeu excepted from the operation of this Act and the native title therein shall only be capable of being extinguished by Her Majesty.

XXXII. Whereas at various times agreements have been made between the native owners of land in various districts on tlie one part, and officers duly authorised to make or enter into the same on the other part for the cession of native territory to Her Majesty but such arrangements are not yet completed and it is exj ed’eut to provide for the completion thereof according to the intention of the parties thereto at the time ol making or entering into the same. Be it enacted that all native territory affected by any agreements so made or entered into whereof there is no evidence in writing shall be and be deemed to have, been excepted from the operation of this Act and such agreement may be carried to completion according to the intention of the parties thereto as aforesaid in like manner us if this Act had not passed. XXXIIL Nothing herein contained shall interfere with the settlement of any claim arising out of dealings with the natives prior to the 14th January 1840 which may still be heard determined and settled in pursuance of any act for the settlement of land claims in force at the time of the coming into operation of this Act. XXXIV. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to hinder or interfere with the acquisition of land by Her Majesty by purchase and cession from native proprietors. XXXV. The term “native lands” shall mpan and include lands over which the title of the native inhabitants shall not have been extinguished. XXXVI. This Act shall come into operation and be in force within such districts only as shall from time to time he proclaimed by the Governor in that behalf and such proclamation may be revoked by the Governor as to the whole or any part of such district and upon such revocation this Act shall cease to be in force within such district or part thereof accordingly and the Governor may again proclaim this act to be in force therein.

XXXYII. This Act shall not come into operation until Her Majesty’s pleasure shall he talcen thereon and the same shall have been confirmed by Her Majesty with the advice of Her Privy Council and a proclamation of such confirmation having been given shall have l-een issued by the Governor and published in the New Zealand Gazelle. SCHEDULE. Manawatu Block. The boundary line of this Block commences at the mouth of the Ohau river and proceeds thence by a line bearing 99° to the Taiarua range thence along the summit of the Tararua and Kuahine ranges to the source of the Oroua river thence by a line bearing 28.2° to the Hangitikei river thence by the B.angitikei river to the,sea coast and thence by the - sea coast to the commencing point.

EUROPEAN HEWS. [FROM our own correspondent.} London, July 26, 5 1862 L The expectations. recently elitet tallied of an early prorogation of Parliament this year have not been realized. Both H ouses are still sitting and likely to sit for some time longer. There is very little business of importance being transacted, but the deepening distress m Lancashiie causes fears that some measure of national extent will yet be submitted by Government to meet that distress. For the last month, however, the principal topics of debate have been connected either with the proposals of the Government to fortify the arsenals and Navy Yards, or with American affairs. In connection wi h the first, there have been some sharp passages at aims, hard bitting and acrimonious retorts. Tho Government proposals were very moderate, including as yet, only the erection of certain forts around Portsmouth and at Plymouth, - and the completion of works already begun at Dover and Chatham. Such as they were, however, they were opposed with great fierceness and fluency by a few members, conspicuous among whom were Mr. Bernal Osborne and Mr. Cobden. Unfortunately for Mr. Osborne’s credit any weight which might attach to liis views is quite neutralised by the belief that were he in office his opinions would be altogether different, and that lie would then defend with all the resources of his fluent tongue or with equally expressive silence, those very plans which he, now in opposition, assails with the rancour peculiar to ex-place men. Hence his appeals to the House have fallen flat; his elaborately prepared jokes have amused for the time without changing a single vote, and liis own position as regards consistency and strength of conviction, stands even lower th n it did. With Mr. Cobden the case is different. He has been the consistent opponent of war and armaments for many years, and though he has a craze on the subject, he is entitled to credit tor sincerity at least. On the occasion of the ‘late debate however, the tone of his remarks was most offensively personal to Lord Palmerston, and brought on his head a crushing retort from the latter. Mr. Cobden charged the Premier with misrepresenting the extent of the French armaments, both naval and military, with misleading the public as to the chances of war, and with causing the very danger lfe was advising against by his expressed distrust, of the French Emperor. To which the plucky Viscount replied that Mr. Cobden laboured under a delusion on the subject ;of warfare which rendered him utterly unfit to be taken as a guide on the subject of national defence —that he had no ideas on the duty of protecting the country against a foreign foe, that lie understood trade and ought to stick to that and not go beyond his crepidam, and that the policy of the Government in placing the country in a state of armed security did more in the interests of peace than any number of commercial treaties. 'I hese were almost his very words. Naturally, this not very gentle castigation did not tend to make Mr. Cobden any the more amiable, and he returned to the charge a few nights afterwards in a tone of asperity and irritation that shewed he had lost his temper. Lord Palmerston replied, that when he was assailed he liked to give as good as he got, that Mr. Cobden must not expect to have all the innings on his own side ; and that liis statements were all marked by a strong animus towards him, Lord P. So the matter ended for the time. But this last assertion of Lord Palmers-' ton is perfectly correct. Mr. Cobden, like Mr. Bright, has always shewed a virulent animus against Lord Palmeiston In the case of the China war of 1857 this was very marked, and his temper could scarcely have been improved by the result of the elections that year, when he was thrown out for the manufacturing town of Huddersfield on that very question, thus making the mortifying discovery that public opinion was against him and in favour of the policy of Palmerston. But since that event it was thought that Mr. < obden’s hostility would be considerably softened by the part he took ; n arranging the treaty with France, and by the.presence of Gladstone and Milner'Gibson in the Cabinet. Apparently it lias not been so, and this last outbreak will likely render all reconciliation impossible—not however on the part of Lord Palmerston, who is too generous to cherish grudges long, but certainly on the part of the peace-at-any-price party, who will never forgive Palmerston his crushing exposure of their idol. The effect on the rest of the country, however, will only be to render Palmerston more popular than ever. . The movt absolute confidence is placed in his sagacity and patriotism. On the. question of America a debate took place on tlie 18th, on a motion byMr. Lindsay, the member for Sunderland, expressing sympathy with the Confederate States and the advisability of mediation. His motion was supported, among others, by Mr. Whiteside, the eminent Irish Conservative, in a capital speech, and also by Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, who was Lord Derby’s Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs. The leader of the party, however, did not as yet commit themselves, though there is no question as to their sympathy with the Confederates. Lord Palmerston resisted Mr. Lindsay’s motion, arguing that the question of offering mediation should be left in the hands of the responsible .Government of the day. This was oommon sense, and the house tacitly admitted it by allowing the motion to be negatived. The Cobden and Blight party held their tongues during this debate. There is no ’ doubt they feel awkwardly placed by the contest now raging in America. For

years baVC they be'en preaching up the sitpf eirtae'y of the United States in liberty, iiltellii|diice, enlightenment, and common sdtise.' Evei'v prediction has been so sig* ttaily falsified that they may well feel ashamed. The‘civilised ’ and ‘enlightened’ Americans are fighting with the ferocity of savages, are spending money with the recklessness of drunken gamblers, are suppressing liberty of speech pd action with the harshness of RussiaiJ. despotism, and are enacting prohibitory tariffs when every other civilised nation is abolishing them. And all this is accompanied by a display of crass ignprance on the part ot the North American public, which would be incredible did we not guess it by its patent results! Mr. Cobden has special reasons for feeling sore at the present state of matters in the Northern States. In order to show his confidence in them he invested a great part of his property in American shares and stocks. It is no secret here that he is one of the largest shareholders in the Illinois Central Railroad. Now these shares at present stand at a discount of about 50 per cent., and should the war continue, it is impossible to tell what fate is iu store for such undertakings, what burdens may be laid on them, and what < repudiation of solemn agreements may; not take place on the part of either thei Federal or State Governments. I only, hope that Mr. Cobden, like many prudent nr n here,'has sold out all he holds in anticipation of the rapidly approaching crash. But if he has not he may well think it best to avoid all discussion, and whisper only peace. The marriage of Princess Alice to Prince Louis of ITesse took place on the

Ist iust. at Osborne House. It was celebrated in the most quiet manner, in the drawing-room, in the presence only of relatives and of the necessary officers of state. The couple remained in the Isle of Wight for a week after the ceremony, and then* went to Germany on a visit to the Prince’s relatives at Darmstadt. The marriage is thought well, of as respects the important question of happiness to tlie Princess Alice, as it appeals to have been one of pure affection on both sides. A list of the principal presents given to her was published in the newspapers, aud I only allude to it for the purpose of pouting out a striking instance of stinginess in high places. The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz gave, as her contribution to the wedding gifts— w hat, think you 1 Two dozen of silvergilt spoons and a sugar sifter ! Now I mean to say that is the most scandalous instance of shabbiness I ever heard of. To realize its full magnitude your readers must bear in mind that the Grand Duke is a sovereign prince, and not one of the smallest either ; that tlie Grand Duchess is a cousin of our Queen, being a daughter of the late Duke of Cambridge; and that she actually receives from our exchequer an annual allowance of £6OOO, which I’ll be bound is punctually drawn to the uttermost farthing. Well, we don’t grudge her the dotation, though it is a bad bargain for us, but surely she might in common decency make a: better return for our munificence on such an occasion as the marriage of a daughter of our beloved Queen. Contrary to general report, the Pacha of E«ypt has not been offended at his treatment here, for he still remains with us, and evidently enjoys himself. He has been entertained at a great many banquets, public and private, and has also been at Liverpool. He gave on the 16th a splendid banquet on board his yacht off Woolwich, at which the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Palmerston, and many of the nobility were preseut. Tlie entertainment was purely Oriental in style, but while the Pacha was hospitable enough to provide seven sorts of wine for his guests, he himself only drank water from the Nile, like a good Moslem. On the same day on which this banquet took place a grand dinner was given by about 150 members of the Xouse of Commons to M. Rouher, the French Minister of Commerce, and the real author of the commercial treaty with England. Mr. Milner Gibson was very appropriately in the chair, and Sir G. C. Lewis, Mr. Cobden, and others, were present. M. Rouher made an able and liberal speech, expressing the strongest feelings of amity towards this country, and declaring that in saying this he spoke the sentiments of the Emperor. Sir G. G. Lewis spoke with corresponding frankness and good feeling. •

Among the domestic matters of interesC I must not omit the Wimbledon shooting; matches, which were this year specially, interesting. 1 here was a match between; the Lorchfand Commons, ending in favour, of the former —one between England and; Scotland, resulting in the former winning, by no less than 166 points—aud one, between the Eton and Harrow boys, in which the Etonians were victorious. The match between England and Scotland excited gieat interest, and the result surr prised most people. The best champion on the English side was Lord Bury, son of the Earl of Albemarle, member for the Wick burgh* s . The principal Scotch champion was Major Horatio Boss, of Netherley, the father of young Edward Boss, the ex-champion shot. The latter also took part on tlie Scottish side. The Queen’s prize, value 2501, was carried: off, by a Mr. Pixley, of the Victoria Rifles*-! tlie first corps in. point of date.., ! he< Prince Consort prize of 100 Z was won by Major Halford, of the Leicestershire Rifles. , A great many prizes, however, were carried off by Scotchmen. The St. George’s vase, and the gold jewel of St. George, were carried off by Ferguson of the Inverness Rifles, the Association Cup by Moir of Stirling, and the Prince of Wales prize of 1001 by a Mr. Smith of an. Ecinburgli corps. Young Boss, above named, carried off a prize of 100 guineas

given by Messrs. Eley, the first prize of the Rifle Derby, and the first prize at what was termed the running-deer target. The prizes were given to the successful competitors by the Duke of Cambridge on the 14th at the Crystal Palace, in presence of a distinguished company, among whom were Marshal McMahon, Duke of Magenta, Lord Palmerston, &c. The latter, in an. animated speech, proposed a vote of tha-nks to the r Volunteers. The prominent position thus taken by the Prime Minister has excited a good deal of comment. ' ;

The mention of rifle doings brings me by an apparently not very easy transition, to the doings of a member of the Bench of Bishops. In the Times of a few days back appeared a long letter from the Bishop of Labuan, detailing the cruise of a British vessel of war in the waters of Borneo in pursuit of the swarms of pirates there, and giving lengthy particulars of the destruction of several pirate vessels. The Bishop himself took part in this action, at first byusing his rifle, and afterwards by attending to the wounded. He speaks with great gusto of the excellence of his rifle, a Terry breech loader, and says he fired 80 rounds from it, most of which took effect, without the barrel being in the least fouled. The letter has caused a good deal of talk here. Nobody disputes the bishop’s courage or the excellence of his aim, but his free participation in the work of slaughter, where it was not required by the exigencies of self defence, is universally condemned. Certainly the spectacle of a Christian bishop deliberately popping at naked savages for an hour at a stretch is not an edifying one, and is scarcely relieved by his doing the duties of surgeon afterwards. The aborigines of Borneo must regard their overseer in spiritual matters with at least as much fear as love henceforth. Another painful circumstance in connection with a Colonial Bishop has also now come to light. Bishop Mackenzie of South Africa died in the interior of fever during a temporary absence from, Dr. Livingstone. . It has transpired that not long before his death liis party, had been . attacked by hostile : natives, and were obliged to defend themselves by firearms, beating off their assailants with heavy loss. As soon as this was known, a meeting of the Oxford African Missionary Society was held here, and the intelligence commented on. Among the speakers were the Bishop of Oxford, Dr. Pusey, aud many other clergymen of the highest standing, all ol whom condemned without reserve and in the strongest terms the conduct of Bishop Mackenzie in using fire arms and taking life even in self defence. They declared that under no circumstances was a Christian missionary justified in forcible resistance, and that even on the low grounds of policy and expediency it was not to be defended. This conduct was contrasted with that of Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand, whose influence over the Maoris was ascribed to his consistent walk and conversati n as a Cbris’ian and a man of peace. Selwyn is a giealt favourite with High Churchmen here, but most of us think that his devotion to t'.e interests of “the noble savage’ ’ sometimes blinded him to their defects and hugely magnified their not very numerous virtues. .Three very important actions at law have been decided within the last month. The case of Mrs. Yelverton, which I detailed at the time of the trial in Dublin, came on before the Scotch courts with reference to the alledged Scotch marriage, and after a year’s argument by counsel and examination-of witnesses by commission and otherwise, ? it has now been decided by Lord Ardmillan that there was no real marriage in Scotland. His judgment was a very 1. ngthened and able one, but has of course not silenced the partisans of Mrs. Yelverton. It is already appealed against to the full Court, and whatever the decision there, will no doubt ultimately get to the House of Lords. Another important action decided in Scotland has been the Cardross case, as it is termed, in which a deposed minister of the |Free Church of Scotland brought an action against the General Assembly of that Church for a reduction of the sentence they had passed on him and for damages. Tlie judgment has been given against the minister in question, Mr. McMillan, on the ground that the action was laid against the wrong parties, the General Assembly being too intangible a body to occupy a locus standi in the Court. This judgment was given by two of the Lords of Session, but the third, Lord Deas, differed from them and was in favour. of McMillan. Unfortunately, Lord Deas is considered jto have always shewn a strong animus against the Free Church throughout all the stages of this dispute. McMillaii may be encouraged by this to commence a fresh action, amending his pleas, but it is believed he will think better of it. The various suits, three in number,, commenced against the authors of the book entitled “Essays and Reviews,” have also been decided by Dr. Lushington in the Court of Arches. His decision lias been of a character not to give entire satisfaction to either side, as he finds some of the articles proven and others not. Tlie practical result‘is to give a very wide latitude to free-thinking clergymen in the criticism of Scriptural tiutli, it being evident that if they or.ly apeak with studied vagueness and do not too plainly run ' counter to the language of the. 39 articles, I tliey may hold and advocate almost any opinion they like. Dr. Lushington distinctly iatimated that he had nothing to do with the , discrepancy between their opinions and Holy Writ; the sole point lie had to examine was their accordance with the Articles and Canons of the Church which the. writer had subscribed to.

Continental news must be dismissed iu few words. The kingdom of Italy progresses. It lias within the laat fort-

night been recognised by Russia and Prussia, mainly through the good offices of the Emperor Napoleon. The Italian Government, however, gave assurance to the Northern powers that it did not contemplate aggressive movements in the of Rome and Yenice. The marriage of the King of Portugal to the second daughter of the King of Italy will take place in September. The young lady, Miss Maria Pia, has reached the mature age of 15. Her sister, the Princess Clotilde, wife of Prince Napoleon, has just had a son. The Empress of the French, it is said, will take a trip to Scotland next month, and her lord and master proposes to have an interview with the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia in September. '1 he Emperor of Russia, however, has his hands full at present. The incendiary fires still continue in the large towns of the empire, and Poland is still agitated with halfsmothered discontent, although the Grand Duke Constantine, the new Viceroy, is doing all he can to conciliate the people. So little has he been successful, that an attempt has been made to assassinate him, and lie narrowly escaped with his life.

The Great Exhibition holds on its way prosperously, the average daily attendance on 1 the shilling days approaching 70,000. On the 11th inst. there was a great celebration on occasion of awarding the prizes, the Duke of Cambridge presiding, and many foreign notabilities lending their countenance. Two Fiench military Bands were sent over by the Emperor, a Belgian Band by King Leopold, and a Danish Band by the Prince of Denmark. In addition the Pasha of Egypt sent his own Band, whose wild irregular strains smote our melody-sated ears with all the force of a new sensation. There was thus harmony of one kind in abundance, although fierce discord reigned among the many disappointed exhibitors. Of course they could not all get medals, and the juries had most thankless and laborious tasks to perform. I am glad to see the New Zealand display, though snaall, gets a fair slxa e of notice from the visitors. It is in a ver} r conspicuous position, being in a small bay facing the nave, close to the eastern dome, and is very easily found. At the very front of it is the table of inlaid woods exhibited by J. Mason, Auckland, and this is very much admired. So are the specimens of gold and implements of native warfare, while the native costumes excite interest. The samples of wool from Messrs Taylor, Watt and Co. and from the Mission School are well placed, but are too near the large collections from Australia to attract much notice from the general public. Handsome or graceful things at such an Exhibition as this always get moi’e attention than merely useful things, but it strikes me it will only be the fault of the colonists themselves if the beautiful woods, susceptible of such polish, do not have a demand of a most extensive description from a public so keenly alive to novelties in decorative art as the British. Keep favourable specimens under their notice and the demand will infallibly arise.

Our harvest prospects have been keeping us rather uneasy. Till lately the weather has been nearly as bad as could be, rain and cold predominating. However, about ten days ago, like Burns’ fi’iend the deil, it “ took a thooht and mended,” and now sunshine is fast mak ing up all previous deficiencies, and stopping the mouths of the croakers. Our money market is very easy, and there is a plethora of unemployed capital, owing to the want of speculation and the large influx of specie, chiefly from America The rates of discount have been reduced, first to per cent., and this week to 2 per cent/ There has again been an immense amount of speculation in cotton, and the prices fluctuate with every mail from America. The next "Wool sales take place on the 31st ; number of bales forward about 120,000. 'lhe price, it is anticipated, will be firm. The distress in Lancashire is increasing. A meeting of noblemen and gentlemen was held at Lord Ellesmere’s house here, Lord Derby in the chair, when above ,£IO,OOO was collected on the spot. Among the movements of distinguished people I must not omit mentioning that the Queen went down to Balmoral on the 23rd inst.—her second visit this year. About the end of August she will leave it, and go over to Germany on a visit to her daughters. The Count de Paris and the Duke de Chartres, the two young Orleanist princes, who were in the service of the; Federate, left it after the late battles before Richmond, and have returned to this country. All the members of the late King’s family are now in England, including the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier. The only obituary of note is that of the Ai’chbishop of Armagh, Primate of Ireland ; he was 89, universally respected. Who his successor may be is not yet known, but no doubt Lord Shaftesbury will see. that it is a sound Evangelical, and uncompromising no-Popexy man. 4 p.m. Unpleasant rumours reach us of a Garibaldian invasion of the Roman territory, but they are not credited. Gai’ibaldi is starling it in Sicily andjhas made some violent speeches against the French Emperor, but between this and facing French bayouets is a wide step.

Extraordinary Surgical Operation. —A paper was recently read by Mr. Nun•eley, of this town, before the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, on a remarkable ease in which that gentlaman had successfully removed the entire tongue, for cancer of thejorgan, aud restored the patient to comfort and apparent health. The man, othere wise of robust constitution and in the prime of life, was wasting under the agony of the diseased tongue, and such difficulty of taking.

food as threatened soon to destroy life by starvation. The operation of extirpating the diseased member was' most severe and painful, And, in fact’involved a series of processes extending over several days ; but at the end, and when the tongue was finally removed, so rapid was the recovery that the mau ate and enjoyed a good dinner the next day, and continues to this time in vigorous health. But what will perhaps still more .surprise some- people is that he can talk without even a stump or a bit of the root of c tongue. He can pronounce every letter of the alphabet, many of them perfectly (all the vowels), most of them distinctly. The three there is most difficulty in are K, Q, and T, which are difficult and indistiuct in-the order they are named, K being much more so than T. In conversation he can be readily understood if not hurried or excited.— Leeds Intelligencer Gladstone and Shakspeabe. —Mr. Gladstone was caught the other day in a shower of rain, and a sudden gust of wind blew his umbrella inside out; upon which, in reproachful accents, he murmured, “J tax not you, you Elements !”— Punch Holloway's Pills and Ointment. —Indisputable Remedies.—ln the use of these medicament.: there need be no hesitation- or doubt of theii cooling, healing, and purifying properties. Holloway’s preparations must always do good —both should find a place in every household. The Ointment stands unrivalled for the facility it displays in relieving, healing, and thoroughly curing fhe most inveterate sores, ulcers, and in cases of bad legs they act as a charm, aa thousands will testify who tried them, and would have lost their limbs by amputation but for this wonderful Medicine. The Pills by purifying, stimulating, and regulating every organ, greatly assist the remedial virtues of this excellent Ointment, they cannot possibly do any harm, but will always do good when the printed directions are followed.

MARKETS.

Wanganui, October 2,—Wheat 6s, barley ss, oats 6s, maize 6s per bushel, flour (; Nettye mill) £l7, (in town) £lB per 2000 lb potatoes £3per ton, bread—4 lb. loaf lOd buttt wholesale Is 4d retail Is 6cL per lb, bacon wholesale 8d per lb.

CALENDAR.

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