The Anglo-Maori Warder. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1848.

Anglo-Maori Warder, Volume 1, Issue 20, 7 September 1848, Page 2

The Anglo-Maori Warder. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1848.

He is knight, dubbed with unbacked rapier, and upon carpet consideration.- Twelth Night. So Captain Grey is made "Sir George," at last:— A foot of honour better than lie was ; Knight of the Civil "Vder of the Bath. We congratulate him with unfeigned satisfaction ; a satisfaction which he may rest assured is equally felt by the rest of our fellow - colonists. The announcement was an unspeakable relief to them, for something of the kind had been long expected, and they had made up their minds to suffer a baronetcy, at the very least. That, we must suppose, is yet to come : Full surely His greatness is a ripening. Might we be, nevertheless, allowed to suggest to our magnates at home, that the same caution and regard to fair-play should be observed in making a " knight," as in making a " saint." The Church of Rome is said to be so careful to avoid mistakes in that .matter, that it not only insists upon beatification, (a kind of preliminary C. B. we suppose) before canonization, (the K. C. B. ecclesiastical), but likewise holds a consistory, in which the personal qualifications of the candidate are strictly examined. And not only that, but a lawyer of ability,usually called the "Devil's Advocate." is appointed, "to argue the other side of the question, and to take care of the peculiar interests of his sable Majesty. As may be supposed, he always gets the worst of the argument, and is obliged in the end to make his escape as well as he can from the rising indignation of the b)slanders; the fairness is perhaps more in appearance than reality ; but still the saint expectant enjoys the satisfaction of having been tried and acquitted. After this, one of the consistorial advocates, in the presence of the Pope and Cardinals, makes the panegyric of the person that is to be proclaimed a saint, and gives a particular account of his life and miracles; which done, the holy father decrees his canonization, and appoints a day. Surely it would have been much more satisfactory to Sir George if, in his own case likewise, the " Devil's Advocate " had obtained a hearing. But that he has not been heard, is only too clearly proved by the astounding assertion made by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in the House of Lords, that Governor Grey, ''had secured in the highest degree the confidence both of the native inhabitants and of the British settlers!!" What is to be done with such an assertion 1 It cannot be suffered to pass unchallenged: there is nothing for it but to return disttnet and open denial of the fact. Neither of one rice, or of the other ; and we take upon ourselves to say it in the name of the great body of settlers, who are here to reprove us if we have misrepresented their sentiments. If we have belied oui Northern fellow colonists, the remedy is in their own hands: an address of confidence will confute aud put us to shame. Our own private advices, indeed, would almost embolden us to answer for the south. till Andrew Aguecheek's reputation for valour vvps not mote fairly suppoited by Sir Toby, when charged with hearing the famous j,e- ,icr and vinegar challenge, thau His Excellency by the Secretary ot State. But we are no: all so easily faglm-ned as Miss Viola. It boots nothing to tell us that " his incensemeut at this moireut is s.i implacable, that satisfaction can be none but by pangs ot (lentil and sepulclne'" Sir Andrew will ome again answer, upon cool leHection, " Plague ou't ; an I thought he bad Leui vaha.it. and wi iiiiiu..ig in 1, me. I'd have seen him damned eie I'd have chali. . ~'d Inn..' The honour seems tu have bien confuted l.y th- Ml'ils'.rv .a t:.e principle of lenptolltv • thev lia.e kmjilcd him, in r.'fi.n !..i In-.' having U'uigi.tsd thiin. Foi til.;. i,v:u to be in a stiau J- Lcwidermeul at home the} si-em to think that Nu, Zi.iUndu an I topia. and'that this is the golden age of it —tint tin e times will be looked back to in tutme ages as the happv times. „| v ,, „, tl u dwelt ufeh . evciy nim undei hisov.n wile and ills own tig tree, fiom the Kings to the Chatham lsladds, ui the d:t}; .■: Govcnioi vjaiiv.

It is said that lie does not come back from the South until December. Let us confess, that we were sorry to learn it—that we should rejoice to see him once more again among us. It is " leather plating work" for journalism, while he is away ; all interest ceases in public affairs, and men mind their own business: one feels even some compunction at speaking of him at all, lest it be said that he is assailed behind his back; but the fire-new honours would not keep hot till his return. And the people of Auckland likewise seem to feel his absence much. They seem to miss the stimulus of a standing grievance, which by habit had at last become almost agreeable ; even as we have known a man pine away after the death of a scolding wife, for very lack of •the daily excitation she afforded him. If he be wise, he will quickly come ; he has something to lose in the South, but nothing at all up here. Best liked where he is least known, of him it may be said with truth — PItfESF.NTIA MINVIT FAMAM.