ALEXANDRA. May 10, 1876.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 620, 11 May 1876, Page 3

ALEXANDRA. May 10, 1876.

THE PROPOSED NATIVE MEETING. A strong feeling of disappointment i<> manifested by the natives now that a doubt exists whether the Governor and IVlclean will "visit them, and mesKengerfc are almost daily aniving fiom "Waitomo, vhore the King is ftt piespnt, enquiring •for Te Whooio, allowing 1 ow ai x ous the Hauha\s are to know the intentions of the Government. They iully oxpect him to v isit the King when he returns, and it lie does he cau certainly make satisfactory .arrangements for a meeting at Kopua or "Waitomo, or almost anywhere but Kawhia, where they will not consent to have it held, as they cay that to hold ifc theio would be only a dodge to try and throw •open tho haibonr. r Jhe reports about their wishing to see Sir George Grey are ;greatly exaggerated. If they desire to csee him it is only to call him to account for bringing the war into Waikato, and .to demand of him its restoration ; they ' .&ay that they have a better claim upon f Lizn than upon MeLean. He would have ; , & pretty hot reception when they found that he w*s powerless to comply with ttheir demands. They have a stiange idea I <©i recovering Waikato, — they hay that they have no desire to dn\e tho settleis but only for the Government to ■kbdiaw and let Tawhiao's kingdom to Manngattiwhiii. They .say thai if the Kiug Pent a formal invitation to tho 'Governor he would be bound to offer him tome definite terms of peace, and they undeistand why the Go\ernoi .thoukl wait for an imitation, instead of simply announcing 1 his intention to hold a anefting as he does elsewhere. The Government have only to send Te Wheoro ..up to ai range matters with the King, and beyond a doubt the wholo Maori -voild will nttend the meeting and givo the (Queen's Keprc&entative a henity webome, ■and if madp rafher a fiiendly uieeting ihan u political one. It would go a long way towards bringing about a reconciliation, — From our Co-respondent.