Colonial Abuses.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume X, Issue 639, 12 August 1853, Page 3

Colonial Abuses.

\ To the Editor of the Western Times. \ Dear Sir,— Very much has been laid in England »H oat Financial Reform, and at erery election we ht\ ir a great deal about reduction of taxation, but •ti\ll Jobn Bull grumbles, and pays for he know* non what. lam inclined to offer tlie«e remarks, afttl r reading 'he leading artic'e in one of the New ZcaV'nd papen, dated 19th Not., 1852. nnd seeing $\q\ a rough estimate of the cost of New Zealand to EA J«land. It appeirs that thirteen years ago the Britu'h Giyernment first took up the colonizition ofth^»t"ch and fertile country, and at that time there \ were about four thousand European residents the'te, i 1 hate taken pains to ascertain, as nearly as roil sible, the number of Europian inhibitan's in all Ne )" -Zealand at the close of the year 1852 : and I »m (Surprised to find that the whole population does n', I *' exceed twenty two thouiand— of these, about 0 ie half is in the Northern Settlements, and at Auc ■> k'* n d» ( he sent of government. Theremeindei \ >re located in the New Zealand Company's lettleme, W«. The whole of those in the Northof New Zet\ 'and paid their own pssiage out, and btid no connel -lion with the Company ; and two tbiids of tho.^e i j <> the South got merely a small portion of thfir pass 'ge money allowed, and ihat as • drawback on Ifl nds they purchased, and for which many were yean 1 before iheegot any title. Tue Co \ onUl Office in England lent the New Zealand C< \ mpany about fi»« year* back, .£26B 00, and took t\ r it n securi'y on lands »hich neter bf lo gcd to tn - ft Company. This heayy sum of n on-y as ■ matter * of course, has nrwe r been repaid and a* is well rzni <*ined >n the 'Southern Crisa, has be Q

made a National D.bton uil IV w Zta and, muu !■ ii^e colonists did not gel me penny of t hi^ ir.o fy N. w, ate ihii wastffu giiti :M of nuiney ! Hid a contract bern mule io .-end out t mi^r-nt* (who were much wanted in Nt-w Zeulimd) tl>e ci st Aould be only £18 per bead ; and tbui 14,888 per* sons, adulti, could hute been stnt out fiom our distreised agricultural distiicti, and saved many pound* to the English parisbei in poor-rate*, &0., in fact, £268,000 would tend out, cren now, though (adages are high, taking men, women and children, more thnn one third more than all the European population in the whole of the Company* Settlement*. I* it not strange that no member of Parliament erer thought it worth hi* while to look into this wholesale Colonial Office j>b ? Now take the coit of New Zealand for (he l««t eight yean, lince governed by Earl Grey. Take Two regiments, at 000 per annum £ 70.0 v 0 Four men of w«r, tteamen, &c. ...... 100.0PO Commusariat, Ordnance. Build ng &c. 20,000 Local allowance paid by England, for **• laiei-cWU 25,000 Cost of Fenciblei, Homes, Ouifi , and StaffP«y 20.00 1 Total co«t per year to England £235 000 To gorern 22,000 peoule, men, women 8c children. Tbe coloniitu are dutsatUfird with this policy, and to kef p them to, abore £l 1 per head U paid by Englund, and the lands in the colony air locked from real tetth-ri, and that in the b°*t of B-Khir'* colonial possession*, (after eleren years rule or milmanagement) the increaie was little more than what could haTebeen *ent'out with the £lf>B 000 lent or paid to the N w Zealand Company. We hate all been pleased with Mr*. Stow* m posure of AmrricHn Slarery, but scarcely a pen ir raiied to defend our coumrymeu in the Antipodes. One of Dcv n

[ On this mbject of "Anglo-Colonial mit-rule" there is an able article in the 'Sou hern Crois' to w lich the writer of the above letter allude*. It is there itated that the Deputy of the Colonial Offi c, wi h i finite judgment, selected Auckland as the capital of the country, Ai such, it was formally •nd solemnly proclaimed ; and becau c of its being •neb, the colonists purchased their town allotments at prices varying from MOO to jgIOOO per aore. indeed they thus purchased the capital of the colony. The wnter declares the "Treaty of Waitangi to be the most sordid and unwor'.by device ll<at ever was c minted, to deceive the savage, and sacrifice the country." Tue terms are these— all lands owned by natives, in common, must be sold to the Queen, or be retained in compu'-ory barren ness by the native owners. Her Majesty's riglit royal price, paid to her aboriginal EuHjictb is time farthings per acre; the price at which she vends, ! (or failing to vend retains in nstive non-productive j ness.) is twen'y shillings an acre, wiung from the j necessities of her J3ri ish born subjects And nhy ? We ran discover no other reasun than a desire to enrich the royal treasury, and to subserve the projects of the Company which her Majesty has «uf fered to trick and traffic with the lands of New Zealand, and whose losses in trade, a BriM-h I'arlia ment has scamlalou ly permitted 'o btcorae a charge to the time of £'i&S,('OO, agninst the colony and the colonists they have so unoluilnng'y plundered. i Governor Fiizroy however, scei q the evil elTec's of this treaty, broke the seal by which the land was held watte, and by waiving her Majesty's rjght of pre pmption, upon payment of a moderate fine, enabled the native to di«po c of, and the cm grant to acquire the soil ; but the writer alleges that Sir George Grey rescinded these privileges and promised an amended and advantageous system of land regulations, which he his not yet fulfil'rd. In addition to these hardships it is also complained that by the Nitive Lands Purchane Odin nee, any per son squatting or camping upon i.ative giouudt,,even for a single nigltf, becomes liable upon information, to a fine o r £100. The writer of fliia article is very sore with Governor Grey, indeed he Eeeoas to attiibu'e to him all the evtU of wh eh he colomsti complain. The Imd question, s.iy« the writer, mu-t be speedily and liberally settled. "Whilst Auswa'ia is rubbing to nationality, New JSfealaiid cannot much longer remain the sport of Satraps and Speculator. Australia is the natural region of gold, wool, «iue, and in all probability of cotton. Our strength will be found in our pastures and in our corn fields. I must bs the aim of tviry colonist to accomplish ful and free scope for the prosecution of such industry. That only achievtd, the future of New Zee-land may be ia'ely and triumphantly confU d in."

Turkey. Lord Stratford delivered his credentials to the Sultan on the 7th, and addressed his I Majesty as follows : — " Sire, at the express command of my most gracious Sovereign, I once again appear before your imperial Majesty. In consideration of circumstances of no little importance, the Queen was pleased to hasten my return, thereby giving a new proof of the lively aud friendly sympathy which she and her govcrnmeDt feel for everything connected with the welfare of the Ottoman empire and with the person of your Majesty. Notwithstanding some peculiar difficulties, I obeyed the command of my Sovereign, not only from a feeling of duty and honour, but with a pleasure arising from a sincere wish to be able to contribute to the furtherance of the interests of your Majesty — which the Queen has so much at l:eirt — and from a prospect of again enjoying the favour which I have so often met with. at your Majesty's court. It would be superfluous to repeat my assurances to your Majesty on this point. The amicable relations which fortunately, exist between the two countries are based on surer foundations than treaties. They rest on mutual confidence, and on interests which arc more cr less common to both. Indeed, I cherish the conviction that the privileges granted to British subjects in this country require no better guarantee than that arising from the policy and sentiments of your Majesty." The ' Journal de Constantinople' says that the Sultan was extremely touched by these expressions of respect, friendship and ' sympathy, and in well-chosen language expressed his feelings towards the Queen, her government, and their representative. Prince Menschikoff has, until now, accomplished little more than to procure the dismission of the Servian minister, Garaschanin, and the liberation of the Armenian financier, Djeharheli. The forts in the Boy phorus are being armed. Colonel Rose left in the Fury on the Bth, with despatches for Eagland. Prince Danielo, of Montenegro, is shortly expected at Vienna, to return thanks pers mally to the Emperor for the assistance he his lately rendered. Two brigades of Austrian troops are to remnin provisionally on the f ontier bordering Turkey. Constantinople, April 18. — All is tran-

<iuil in this capital. The question which just now occupies attention refers to the holy places; nevertheless, the armaments continue on the part of Turkey, as well as of Russia.

General Haynau.— The death of this celebrated personage was quite unexpected. On Saturday, the 12th March, he joined tin circle of Generals who had assembled to congratulate the Emperor, at the Bellaria, and attracted the particular notice of his Majesty, who addressed him on passing with "a greeting to you General." On Sunday he was at the Mercantile Union as usual. At midnight he returned to Munsch's Hotel, where ke wa& lodging, and soon retired to rest. At half-past one, he summoned h s valet, and directed him to fetch him a glass of water, as he felt unwell. When the man returned, he four.d his master gasping for breath ; in short, in the agonies of death. Medical assistance was immediately called in, and an attempt to take blood from the General's arm was made, but in vain. General Haynau had ceased to be. Julius Jacob Ilaynau was born at Cassel in 1786, the natural son of the Elector William, and entered the Austrian service in his 15th -year, in an infantry regiment. He obtained a colonelcy in 1830, and five years afterwards was mndc a general of brigade. Promoted in 1844 to the rank of a general of division, he commanded at Temes>war, in 1847, and in 184S was with the Bth army corps in Italy. In the following year when Brescia rose in revolt, Haynau hastened to the spot, took the town by storm, and issued the order which he afterwards thus recorded in his official report — "I commanded that the soldiers should make no prisoners, but that everyone should be immediately rut down. I also diiected that the houses from which shots proceeded should be set on fire." From that day forward he was called by tl-e people the Hyena of Brescia, but by his friends a Knight Grand Cross of the Ordei of Maria There- a. After his retirement from active life, Haynau showed himself very solicitous to avoid the stigma of having ordered the flogging of a lady, but he well knew that in lighting up the streets of Brescia, he was consigning women and children to the most horrible death. Haynau was before Venice when he received the Emperor's commands to repair the disasters of Wii'dischgratz and Welden in Hungary, and with the aid of the Russian army acquitted himself of a mission which contiibutcd nothing to his military fame. Angi y at the surrender of Gcoigy to the Russians, Haynau now proceeded to wreak his vengeance on prisoners -whom his arms had not vanquished. Ou the Gth October, 1849, Le esecu'ed thirteen of the most distinguished leaders of the revolution at Aiad, whilst Count Louis Bulthyani's murder was being accomplished at Pesth under his direction. Loidedwith such rowaids as tyrants can bestow, Tlaynau became capricious and sonn found himself suddenly deprived of the government of Hungary, and removed from the active lists of the army. Since that day he has been a wanderer in Europe, execrated wherever opinion was free to express itself. It is stated that the visit to Vienna, which was destined to prove his last, was undertaken with the purpose of offering again his active energies in tho hanging and shooting service of his sovereign. — Patriot. The General Subjugator. — A pair of bright eyes, with a dozen glances,- suffice to subdue a man, to enslave him, and to inflame him— to make him even forget ; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him, and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess them. What is the fond love of dearest friends compared to this treasure ? Is memory as strong as expectancy ? fru ition as hunger ? gratitude as desire ? We have looked at royal diamonds in the jewelrooms in Europe, and thought how wars have been made about them ; and daring lives lost in digging out the little shiny toys, that we value no mm-p than a button. And so there are other glittering baubli s (of rare water, too) for which men have been set to kill and quarrel ever since mankind began, and wnich last for a score of years, when their sparkle is over. Where are those jewels now that beamed under Cleopatra's forehead, or shone iv tho sockets of Helen ? John Kemblb's Stage Solenmuy of Manned.— John Philip Kemble and his sister, Mrs. Siddons, were m Edinburg, and visited Scott at Ashesteil, causing the worthy old butler to make some complaints of the bad hours kept in the household. Scott used to say that Kemble was tho only man who had seduced him into deep potation in his middle age. The host's revenge came in the morning, when he would compel his guost (a most unwilling equestrian) to mount a horse and gallop over the country with him. Sc< tt used to chuckle over an adventure on the banks of the Ettrick, when the party was chased by a bull. "Come, King John," cried the poet, "we mutt even tako the water," and he and his eldest daughter immediately plunged in. But King John stood ruefully on the bank and exclaimed, in his usual solemn way, The flood is angry, Sheriff; methinks I'll get me up into a tree." But there was no tree thure, aud Kemble was obliged to follow his friends. Syria.— Jerusalem, Marcb.27. Tliefour-and-twenty missionaries of the London Protestant Association have had a scufllo with the Jews in the streets of Jerusalem. On Palm Sunday there was a fight. The sceue was the church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the object of contention the sacred lamp. The sanctuary was stained with the blood of the combatants.