Thprsdav, August 24, 1849.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume V, Issue 225, 24 August 1849, Page 4

Thursday, August 24, 1849.

Present :— The Governor and all the Memberi, except General Pitt. TheMinaUa of last Meeting being read and confirmed, Mr. Merriman presented the following Memorial, which was read and received.

Akarana, Akutaha 22, 1849. E hoa c Kawana tena ra koe, E hoa kia rongo mal koe kua whikaae mai a Kumi Wikitoria ki a matou kia tukua o maton kainga pu ake ki te pakeba penet me nga pakeha ka kamnga atu nei hoki matou ki a koutou, kia tukua mai tena ture ki a matou i te Komiti i Waitangi kihai matou i whakaae ki a te Kawana te mana o to matou Motu me tuku &no ki nga pakeha na tau tikanga i rawa kore ai matou. Koa rongo nei matau ko nga tangata o Wairarapa c tuku ana i a ra'ou kainga ki nga pakeha, he aha ra matou i kapea ai Engari kia kotahi «no to tatou Ture ko nga pakeha, c hiahia ana nga p&Veha ki o matou kainga hei haerenga mo a ratou Vau me matou hoki c hiahia ana ki o ratou moDi. Nan hoki nga pakeha i wehewebe na te Kumi i mea mana ano matou c ti aki me o matou taonga ho mai ra te ritenga o nga tangata o te Kumi he Tamariki koia ma*ou he taurikurika ranei ekore c ahe te hoko i to matou taonga. E hoa c Kawana nau nga ranga iira 1 pebi heinati to matou manawanui kihai i kuihi te mangai otira ekore 0 taea te pihi bomai te ritepga pena me koutou kia ooho tahi i runga i te pai pie whakateina kei noho tupato tetahi ki tetahi. Na Epiha. Potini. Ngaketb. Arama Karaka. Kupenga. WeTEBB. K.OINA.KI. Erneti Pobcttj. Paoba. RUINGA. WIBBMU. Taimo. Auckland, August 22nd. 1849. Friend, the Governor, saluting you. Listen, friend^. Queen Victoria ha» consented that we •hould be allowed to dispose of our Lands, and we sow, as the white do. pray of you to allow us the benefit of that law. At the meeting of Waitangi we did not consent to allow the Governor to have control over our Island, It wag for the white people. From your laws (or management) we are poor. We have heard that the people of Wairarapa are leasing of their lands to the white people. Why are we shut out ? Why not one law for us and the Europeans ? The white people desire our lands for their cattle to run upon, and we with for their money. You have caused divisions amongst the white people. The Queeu has sad that she will protect us and our property. Give us our rights as subjects of the Queen, Are we children, or are we slave?, that we are not allowed to dispose of our property. Friend, Governor, you have pressed upon the Chiefs more than they con bear, •nd we have nut opened our mouths, but are not able to bear it longer. Give «» laws like unto your own, that we may live peaceably and brotherly, lest we be^ealouk of each oiher. To the Governor-}n-Cbicf and the meeting of Elders, Auckland, Signatures as above* On the motipn of the Colonial Secretary, the Crown Lands Bill wag read a third time and passed, j On the motion ot the Colonial Treasuier, the Appropriation Bill was read a third time, and paiied. On the motion of the Attorney General, the Council vent into committee on the Crown Titles BUI. After a slight discussion, the blank in clause 2 for the date, proof to be made to Judge of Supreme Court of non-extinguishment of Native Title, was filled up Ist day of January, 18.53. The proviso of clause 5 was altered to enact that the block selected under power of that clause, shall ba as near as pocsibie a rectangular figure.

On arriving at the 13 (the last) clause, deferring the operation of the Act till it should have reoeived the Royal Confirmation, Mr. Merriman (seconded by Mr. Barstow) moved that it be struck out. The Attorney-General wished to record his opinion that the clause should stand, although he felt quite aware that he was not able to use any argument sufficiently strong to induce the committee to lit it etand. The Surveyor-General was in favor of the striking out of the clause. The Governor said that under ordinary circumstances he would have thought it his duty to refuse his assent to the bill without the clause. But he thought there were circumstances so peculiar in this c«se, that he should be able to justify accepting the bill as it had been altered. This was a subject to which he had giren his attention perhaps more than to any other, and he must say he preferred the bill in its original shape. The clause was then struck out. The Attorney-General was about to bring up the Report on the bill, when Mr. Merriman suggested he should defer bringing up the Report till to* morrow. The bill as previously amended had only been placed in his hands after he came into the Council Chamber to*day. The Governor su >ported Mr. MeVriman's motion for the delay in bringing up the Report, He thought too much consideration could not be given to the subject. ! On the motion of the Colonial Secretary, the Council went into committee on the Pensions Bill, which was amended, and the report thereon brought up. :- Mr. Merriman brought up the report of the committee on the subject of permitting the leasing of the lands of the Natives to Europeans, in which some alteration had been made to meet the views of the Governor The report was then adopted, and the Governor said to-morrow he would read a written reply. The Colonial Secre'ary gave notice that to1 morrow lie would move the third reading of the Pension Bill. Mr. Merriman said 10-raorrow he would call the attention of the Council to the correspondence which bad been laid on the table relative to Mr. W. S. Grahame, The Governor informed the Council that a communication had been received from Mr. Polack, requesting that he might be beard at the bar of the Council, that he might have an opportunity of corroborating his unerring statements on which the recommendation of the secretary of State that he should be indemnified for his losses at Kororareka was made. He wou d leave it to the Council to determine if they would hear Mr. Polack, or not. The Governor. — "Will any member move that Mr. Polack be heard at the bar. No Member offering to make any motion, The Governor.— Perhaps it will then be my du'y to move that Mr. Polack be heard at the bar, and to divide the Council. Strangers were ordered to withdraw — on their return the Governor announced that the motion was rejected by a majority of nine. Council adjourned.