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Auckland Times, Volume 3, Issue 121, 6 May 1845, Page 1

(Fiom the Netton Examiner.)

We have jU-t received news of the destruction d. the settlement at the Bay of Islands, by Hone lieki and his tri e It is idle to make any comment upon this •affair. The long coiirse of submission and ■pusillanimous concession pursued by the Local Government towards a nation of treacherous and arrogant savages could have had u 6 oihe result thau thai of iri- * easing their iiiso c'nee and Stimu afinotheir iue illation to aggression Over and over again this obvious consequence has* Wen foetold and dinned into their ears from ail quote s, Willi o ; >stiiiate and collected infatuitiou they have adhered constantly to their <e.*oiiftion to repel the truth, to give no admission to the warnings o experience, die di tales of teason suid common sense. What they would not learn from tlie mouths of friends or honest foes, they have now to learn in the harsh sehool ol fact, Uotn lessons written i.i blood. We do not find from the papers, or the despatch of Lieutenant Hhillpotts, how it wan that the detachment or troops and marines in the b.i xJu-house came to be surprised. The papers comment with just seveiity u on the conduct or' Archdeacon Mil lianas, in using hi* upmost endeavours to prevent prepay .tirtu and put his cotm ry. men off heir guard. We will hope* for charity's sake, that tiiis gentleman was Only ueeehed himself; but even on tins the most iavuu.aoie. supposition fo him, the monstrous and dangerous ab&tdt y of fcutiusuug the virtual government oi the Maor es to men so >iule capable of discovering tbe most obvious pecuua ities of their character, with the greatest opportunities of becoming acquainted with it,as this instance 'would show Uie mission ries 10 be, .s overwhe mingly,evidenced. But it is imposst I tit present to say how far tbe representations of this gentleman may satis la tori ly account for the oiock-house baring been Suip iicJi The tioops and all concerned appear to have behaved with the utmost gallantry. --i.il out readers wih beamy jam in the

prayer expressed below for the ivcoveiy of Captain JUobertson from his dangerous wounds. The slightest acquaintance with that gallant officer is sufficient to show him as kind-hearted and amiable as this miserable affair proves him to be even chivalrously heroic. It is hea'ttickenipg to ; : ot the possibility of another so valuable life being sacrificed to the hypocritical spirit of affected philanthropy which animates Projr tection Societies and rules Mr. Stephens and the Colonial Ofliee; —The blood/pT the high-hearted -wasted in quairelswrth is on y># heads of thyse Ph nisees. t jQn ihem they death* t Jpff" '* .J 4"hey are Beat! y i^^^^^^f day have have rnrfeedi '2J!^^ come otTrris. AlPthT v hushing and 1 cquering powers of a hundred societies, of cart oads of timeserving officials, will ne»er explain away or smooth over tnis attack on English troops by treachei oils and b oodthir.-ty savages The people of England ca not be deceived in this case. Government must take the Mao iesiiiihaud immediately and in earnest.