LITERAL AND TRUE TRANSLATION OF TREATY OF WAITANGI.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume I, Issue 19, 26 August 1843, Page 2

LITERAL AND TRUE TRANSLATION OF TREATY OF WAITANGI.

The Victoria tho Queen of England by her| kind remembrance to the Chiefs and Tribes, of New Zealand, and bj her desire to preserve to them their Chieftainship and their land and let peace ever remain to them and to live in quietness— she has thought it a ri^lit thing to send hero one chief as an over looker of the aboriginal men of New Zealand, 1 that they, the native chiefs, may consent to' tho Kawanatanga* of the Queen in all placed of the land and the islands, because a great, many people of her tribo have settled in this' land and aro still coming. — Now, that tlie,' Queen is desirous to explain the Kawcmatanga* that no evil may result to tho Abori, gines or to the European living without law— \ ing — now was good the Queen to let go me' William llobson ha Kapitana i te Moiari Nawi% as Kawana\ for all the places of Net : Zealand given up now and after, to the Queen, saying she is to the Chiefs of the Assembly of the Tribes of New Zealand and other chiefs besides these laws now spoken. i i i Now the first, — Tho chiefs of tho asscm bly, and also all the chiefs (who) have no 1 joined the said assembly, concede absolute])! to the Queen of England for ever the JCaica notanga" 1 all of their land. f Now the second, — Now tho Queen of Eng land explains, consents to the chiefs to a!lj tho people of New Zealand, the entire chief j tainsliip of their land, of their settlement] and of all their property. But now tho chief-; of tho assembly and all other chiefs give up to the Queen the buying of other land place: pleaso tho person to whom the laud be longs to the amount of the. payment agreed upon by them, and the purchaser appointed by the Qncen to buy for her. Now t?te third, — This is tho arrangement come to for tho consenting of the Kaicana tango? of the Queen, and the Queen of Eng land protect will all the Aborigines of Nctf Zealand and give to them tho whole laws c* actly like her things to the people of England (Signed) W. Hobson, Lieut. Governor Hearken, That wo, that the chiefs of t!i( assembly of tho Tribes -of New Zealand nov collected afc Waitangi, and we also the chief of New Zealand to see the meaning of thes' words and take them and we consent to then all — therefore wo sign our names as a sign. This is done at "Waitangi on the Gth of tti days of February in tho year 1840 of our Lord used by the Missionaries since the arrival of Gof pitana i te Roiara Nam is some kind of gibbet >r "Governor,"

Tub Spirit op the Port Nicholson posits. We aro very sorry to perceive the •hango which is taking place in the tone and iiaracter of our contemporaries in Cook s gtraits. The Gazette in particular appears to have lost much of its self-respect, if not iudecment-itself. A change has ovidently tame over the spirit of its dream. But Whatever it may have gained in point ot Llcnt and zeal, is more than counterbalanced by lack of discretion, good taste, and liberality. The' Editor of the Gazette is evidently Lt quite broken in yet; as is more than Lparent from .the great irritability of temper he manifests-when his particular views and dogmas are tested and rejected. Like -very yW and inexperienced teacher, lie is not only surprised, but angry because the (rholo world does not. act and think as he iocs. The Gazette in pouring out the vials )f its wrath upon Mr. Shortland s head, is Lt satisfied without' involving tho whole of Auckland in the same crime of which he is Lccusod ; and dashes oft" a paragraph accusing us all "not merely of lukewarmness had indifference, " but something which ivc tan only regard as that high species of exMtation which turns the brain of those it fcffects." No doubt the Editor of the Gazette looked upon the above as the height of the lublime, but he makes himself truly ridiculous when he adduces no better evidence In support of so grave a charge, than a tingles' report, composed by one of our friends for the amusement, if not benefit, If their own ambassador to Mr. Shortlands lourt. A gentleman who appeared to the Inhabitants of this place to stand iv need Kf something of this kind, to cool down his Vengeance against the natives. The Editor If the Gazette is evidently displeased because lye can cooly and rationally seperate between Ilie imprudence and crime of our unfortunate lomitryinoh, and the offences of the natives, Rut we are rather surprised that neither he, Bor any of our contemporaries have taken ftp the question of the Weiroa massacre upon Its proper, its legal merits. On this it must vcntually be tried, and neither the excitenent of the Port Nicholson settlers, nor the eeling of revenge, on the part of some of hem, can have much effect in rescuing the baracters of the unfortunate Europeans from ho imputation of having acted imprudently .nd illegally, or of causing the natives to Suffer punishment for asserted crimes, until She same are fairly proved. We feel just as Scutely for the unhappy fato of our country■nen as any of our contemporaries can do ; B)ut we must not make our feelings the guide »y which we would act ourselves, or require Rthers to act.' Justice demands a full and m fair investigation, and charity requires that I'c should not condemn or punish our follow-^ ■ncn without a fair trial. The Gazette has m long article upon the powers of a magistrate to disperse rioters, in reference to an Blinost accidental allusion wo made to the ■oncluct of the Police Magistrate of Nelson^ mi having fired upon the natives without! ■eading even tho Riot Act. Tho Gazette Snproperly avails himself of the word, and ■ndeavours, by taking for granted that the Hatives were rioters, to prove that tho Police Blagistrate was justified in dealing by them Bs he did, without first reading the Riot Act. ffhis is a mere evasion. He must first of all B r ovo what he cannot do, that the natives Bore riotous, before he can entertain this uestion. lie cannot prove that the natives i'oke the peace in any respect whatever, util attacked and fired upon by the armed arty of tho Police Magistrate. The Port Nicholson settlers and papers, are doing a -I'y great injury to tho colony by the pubcation of such grossly false reports regardig tho charater of the natives. If their sports were founded on truth, no person >uld be for a moment safe in this country. ■Jiii'ty years'" experience and facts, will Bwevor, fully disprove all their assertions Hi this point. B The New Governor. — We were much ,Batificd tho other day, to learn at tho Post Bffico, that a letter lies there addressed to Be new Governor, Tinder the name of Col. '■lexander M' Donald ; whoever the party <B who has written this letter, it is to be .ftesumed that he must have received inform- , Bon regarding the appointment of Colonel )B'Donald as Governor of this colony. We /Bicorely trust that this letter may be speetwy received by the person to whom it is sßdressed, in the capacity of Governor of iWY Zealand. It is high time that he should ■ r ive, whoever he be. ■Major Richmond —We perceive by the Port ■'cbolson pipers that this gentleman has already ■"Wd himself obnoxious to the settlers at Port ■ c 'iolson. He bad scarcely landed before he prcl^ed to istne Proclamations, accusing the inhabit- ■ ts of illegal conduct. Who authorised him, a mere Bee Magistrate, to issue Proclamations ? The pre13 Kaiives of royalty are liberally dispensed, and cheaply 1. Glased i n N ew Zealand. Mr. Shortland is acting r . B v ernor ! Mr. M'Lcnough appoints Judges 1 1 and b W 1 ' Richmond issues Proclamations ! !! and accuses

her Majesty's subjects, who are, without being paid for it, as he is, just as loyal and well disposed as himself. The Port Nicholson militia can neither bj dißbanded by Mr. Shortland nor Major Richmond. No statute law can affect a colony, unless by special enactment, and the common law can only reach offenders. It is no crime to be under arms. The crime is in illegally, and injuriously making use of them. We would strongly advise the inhabitants of Auckland to organize themselves as the Port Nicholson people have done. It is right and proper that all pei sons in new colonies should understand the use of arms.