The Daily Southern Cross.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVIII, Issue 1528, 16 June 1862, Page 3

The Daily Southern Cross.

LUCEO NON UUO. "If I Lure been e\tinf dialled, yet there rise v , , A tliomanil beaconi from the »i>nrk I bofe." ,

i MONDAY, JUNE i 6, 1862.

, " The n»tive» of Otawhao hare gi,ven notice of their intention to resume possession of 680 «cref pf land, granted Bishop Selwyn eight yean qgo, for, missionary, pvirposeSi— Sydney Coiraponaent of Mdhowjvt Arffus, ;mW 9. 1 ' ..!,.:,>, , '/stow, need we say to our, readers heip^that the, f ne;ws ' above quoted is just one $s«ue of,fal»ehood."- r \New-ZMander, June 11. , There is no more perplexing thing to a diligent inquirer after the' truths' of current; history' tljau ' ,ftie 'study, of Colonial,, newspapers. , With'ibut, few exceptions party considerations 'are esteemed Buperibr to facTsXand the palpable and .real ar|e sotnefemes 'set 'at nought' by broad' assertion^ teethe contrary, , which where they are not capable of- disproof but more frequently are sought to 'be weakened effect pn'.the nufi'd/tf 'ncjt' '^ti^ly^n^^^Jby sldlfully,,c6ntriv94 - in'(iendp.' ,' Let usstake. the quotations which precede this article,' -as an illustration of what we mean.' ; In} the' ode 'case' we-fina abroad stateirieni;, > which' ( 'is ,capabl^ojE disproof if untrue ; \ip, the other, in^endo, so couched as to convey to the mind the idea that the statement to which it refers is false, without ' 'pronouncing f distirictty '. that' it ffl' so/ (Jur, Auckland con^efnporary.has of, 'refutation most congenial to hisiown peculiar; tastes ; and as the Melbourne journalist is asy<SV be simply jha^t, of^^sis,^,,*? fchqse.wJw aje; really anxious to ascertain . the progress we' are • making in the work of civilising 'the natives/ as Ujustrated^y'tiiJlight-'of facW":"",^;;/'; '";' , ,. * And first, we begipt byjjremarkjbag.lhdit-.the sfcatement jn.the Mabowrne&tgiis/tii regard to 'the Otawhao r block,- is 5 substantial^' trtte, (t and that &c' dilcla'imet> ( :'the^^-#<in^ is r ; contrary tb eyiplence, par^^ofjoWluch^ttiustjjhaye,, been in our, gonj^mpprary's- possession ati the,; time he wrote'f he article on the <l'lth* tftine^'tha remainder H^ '^oiM6^^pi\M.\^hf t }Argui B&p the'niti^'hayfe &vs&,#sissMfsc in,, teation tq resu^ne posaessiontof ?, a 1 ceitainitract of landat- Otawhaoy granted to ' Bishop' Seltfyri^ WMealqffflff]^ ,, his 'tealer^if^ji^s.ne^-. "«ary,for, hiiitji 4 ip aay tpat tbiais a.tiasue ofifalse;'. {hoods !: and' expldns that two years <»mcc, Wh^W <ootone^odre"3itf?ffie' Irtfe; %e%rJ'^oW 1 were dri^etj! qg.t^schoollands xefefred.to in the i Araml &i the'same tinte expressing; hisbblief that ■ denies something^hat isjnoti "titeieoV and'jingenioualyi c6ntriws ! »l>6 l( ic<)nneo ! 6- i ( ;torn<JP BrO\^e" mtmW. tM^ v bt : tWmm fpretento^^.^f^Jhat^isoop^lwyn'iiaa'j iwcisiie^^jcidtictf^om "the^natives," the'ißislidp's ' jtraf^for.^r^^piiriidses.^jjSftUcejinayA ib'eehfgiy^rt'toi'soineonet else*; Sand l lit'* may "n^i statement notice aas»» been given, A:

fflQtu&jtOfbkriegaV ift .thkvUppeßfiWa&a) does> 'ißrt 1 * reqoittfcto'f toft Eitrietly}' ifl 1 <te»W»Kto3!NBPW» by^then^owiijlawii.,., it-, jshoujklihe^recoUeeted that -^the w*J mewk policy'^ •• recbgnises^littte irregularity now ancl ll then in 1 taakjKffaa'jQati^.tfflrtiwrit^to!; pollate><- for the 1 guidance'>bf t'praofeitioners" in k&ftetf' years) ' the preceddat^dn'!"iKek|' 'to;irian^ tyher* ,' minor, pomte, (o oCTM92j]laVjo.pr^ate,d J ; ) iuiiier;thenejV! syste.m.^a&eihaye'a, right, therefore, 1 - toiassume thift the ; legal *notice was 'served/ in due form following Report 4 ,by, , J.iE; Gorst> JEsqi, . .lnspector ,'of,.>Maori> schools/ r in 1861'^aild 1 'printed' by 'order 'of 'the House 1 of Bepresentatives lastl Wsion ':'— ' \ ',' ' " Mt "Then i» aifine estate of 780 acres belonging to the. •ohool,.at_the. durtance'ofi about a mile. The title is ■' diipu^jby,twq>different jiarttei! ,., .There is one party ' whioh disput#,tn« original right,of>thagr*htors : «»nd. ,the grantor* ifchemselvei*, complain that.the .condition* on i * which ttletland.Wiis given^viz., that a school ihould be built upen.it, i Jiavei never. .been fulfilled. ' ,The< -vreek before myiiWUt, Ngata,.*J£ibikihi .native, Mid toiMr. I Morgan— l you think the, land U yours; ' we think it is onus. It, wm given, for * school ; where is the school ?' " '.we' should say jjhat ,thjs ws[ .serving an eject-, ■ ment prQceasrupon the Rev. Mr. Morgan, who 'w«i^ in' possession' on behalf qf the Church ; Snd jusjiifies Jiii' 1 its' , )>ap]adest acceptation the ibj', % the, 'Melbourne, Aygm, that. "the 3natdvjes.hadigiven notice, of" their intention to resume possession of the 'land. • Yet' the'i^rfw ' ingenibu'sly sets these facts aside, and by,' denying ,\yha^ nobody stated had,,oc- / cqrred^seeks to have what he must have known ■' to be true, regarded as a falsehood. • '"We "have cited the first class of evidence to which, ( , we, .referred; — P U I?M C documents^tWeKwiU now adduce another . class of testimony in support of the truth of the Melbournc< Argil f— jiamely, the' voice of rumour, or Statements jjrabjtically made , and, generally believed itioibe true. And first in this non-official category, we will place the letter of our Waipa correspondent,' which appears elsewhere in today^a 1 paper, 1 an$ t for, the , general, truthfuhiess of whos'e^conpnunicatibps we unhesitatingly pledge ourselves^ tin reference to this very tract of land ,on the river Punui, ,at Otawhao, he writes oh the,loth instant:^ — , ( ' "The.^nanftthM.now declared this cession null and void ; *n4 the natives,^ I' am told, intend ere long to plant on the land in question, 1 ' ' Surely" the fiTewTHecdander will not question thVdecißion <jtf tlie, Supreme Court' of equity in Upper', ,sT,aipa# ftunanga, in. the exercise of their legal powers, have pronounced the original grant to'have been illegal, and consequenily the natives consider thenise.lves, remstated i\i the prppertyj, and, prepare to enter on its beneficial occupation. In all this there does not appear to, have been any necessity to communicate r with Bishop, Selwyn, the " gentlemen of the long, robe" who conducted the case on behalf of their kindred, wisely judging that the right rev. prelate could not well be made a party to the action, seeing that there might b,e %n, .unpleasant , ppint, raised on the , question of the jurisdiction of the King's Court, not ,t6 'speak of the assumption that by pleading in Wjiipa he might possibly have to plead to a rathej awkward indictment ,iv the Supreme *Comi 'at Auckland. The' truth is, Bishop Selwyn never was served with a writ from the Supreme Court at Waijpa,,, and had-Jie been favoured w^tfi such an instrument we are certain he ,would . have treated it with merited contempt. - - '"But another, point must have struck our readers. ! l Mr. Gors^ reports that " the title is disputed by^two different -parties" — the grantors, and a party who disputes the grantors' original fight ; ' 'and "the issues, doubtless went to the 'Runanga, whether the education of children by the Rev. Mr. Morgan, at his, private residence, could be considered a fulfilment of the terms of the grant, ;that a school should be built ; and whether, if the, Eunangd, we^e of opinion that the terms,, of the grant had been substantially carried , out, ithe deed should not be declared null and void as having been made by a party whose title jf&& defective ? TVhen both parties to the suit were , unanimous in their wish to obtain the land, we do not wonder at the verdict on which the judgment of the Court was founded, as reported by our correspondent ; and we, may,,,add ; (hat the truth of the sequel supplied. by us is manifest from Mr. Gorst's summary of the initiatory proceedings. Buii we do not depend merely on our Waipa fpr the truth of these state/ments^ we have them from other reliable sources also j and we* will further 1 add to the statement ' of fih.e\Melbourne Argus, that the ( natives refuse to, a}lo|w ty££ .Morgan's Hv^ stock to graze on the school, estate, the greater ipart of which he has laid down in grass. ,That' is a step beyond givingj notice j it is exercising the rights of ( of/ which' , they. ar,e , seized by the s decisiqn ,of ,we.iJiunanga. And here we will give a! brief 'statement in'regard to the school, w ( hichjwill prove 'at least that blame cannot .^i^ch.to tfye', missionary. . , .^he, school is held >at ■thel^ey. Jl.,J 1 ., Morgan's residence, and at the time Mr.' Gorst' visited it, there were 14 boys ,and ( o* girls i& attendaface. Thfeboys are taught -,%wng, iv and obtain a, icuowledge^of rearing and breeding'Tiiyip -s'iock j they., are alsos taught to -make pe'ir own 'trousers, and the girls are in'sl;fucte i d in sewing under the untiring super[yi^^ojhjof !r rr^s. „ The, , children were .w^Ufed. and' clothed becomingly,:and>had made 'considerable progress in' school learning. The syst'eni adopted 'in the 'Qtawhao .school is best ejcpres i py ) JMt.,J)lorgw.in, his, report to Mr. Gorst Ja^ii O,ctoj?e,fc •- T i t , Simply to fill the head i''witH» knowledge^ without imparting in- ; d|ii^( ius* u > l hajttts^ | would in"; 'my opinion i,pW^ r&^He^lnJjuiMus 'than beneficial jo the ■i Jfaori r^(?K s , i'Sfoi^ow that Mr. Morgan carries out -theses views to' their fullest? 1 extent, Mr. ,'Gb¥st repflrts^th'at "the"pativ,es':livingin the WlWfed]^ (}on?tjantly receivjng^assist-, ! jince * i i .agyiculJiUje &- Rewi and. Wj <,King have . ijboth'-l eenlbbrrowing ploughs and harrows, and •the^cLoolibiillOcks Were Mfeaged'.'in ploughing oYBHUd sjipppsjßjiihat jthe ( nativesm Mr, .Morgan's 'distdc ; Wouldo/have!been grateful for his self-'deilyiE^'kinJilneSSj'-blt'tTie 1 cqnt^ry is the 'fact. 3SK foap^A^'frbm; t^e land -grgnte l c by ithem years ago as a school endow'inont',- «id3now(;refdse to'allow'^the sheep, 'c)ttt;l^, ahd^hofeek 'belonging to, hini to run oh HmA^raM^'^ ? orst> ? > Wftpqc ipa t^eje 3je§s§^7<(jO sheep and. lambs and 'fcboi* 20 head of cattle, the profits arising from 'jvd'ffich main^enancie of ' the f ,'ipa|l si^ppri, v '^a' 1 , 11 1 clothing « o\M& l^^jsiwfl^wJ^M^.Morgan^we have bee'n^tpld, I )hißuitbeen' ordered to confine his' stock' 'Ihkide k.JlMitad, 'ifo&i&i 1 which' has" been ''fericfed W; mwMM^' v hpUy I^l^ fp^th^u-jfepdj^P^p na&yes have even gone l&rther! -thanwthis,^we hive likewise been inrfp'rmld. ■^• )s!sfe) 5!5fey i '' ;r d&' l inot ''dbjectHd^Mr.' 'Morgan i^t Jhe Wnool, Dut^ihe, jS/ivhomgoi, hav&determinexL that no frejji; ocholara shall be' civilised, in-

sfaracteW'a^mlaintaihed' at the' I pWoM f cli&gW ,^'the rmmi^mek'ii^^:oon^% ' priding* >in relation 'to "the land' hare rendered it impossible! forfthe'sehool■fto^be self-supporting the finishing stroke iSjsoughtJo be.put to^the^eflb'rt tofeclaim the rdde' fr^;f%agepy by impo B ii{g;,a l tax 'pn 'all- fresh ! ppils, i xe,co ) verablefirpm J Mr* Morganr iby the summary process of Maori- law. -'' >~am '.^ ' JWe think we^haje established to the satisfaction of 'our'te'Mefs that the Melbourne Argitfi, .was not hoaxed by an Auckland land speculator, as our contemporary the New-Zealander alleged j- arid this' Auckland 'journalist should rerpember that such articles aY that' which 1 appeajed in his issue of,,"iVednesday las,t, are.cftlculaied to I.ea4 to, a. full , statement of those un-ple-sant truths which it ia his special mission ,to , conceal from the 'public, view. ' '

Election, for the, Cmt, IyEST.-^-Mr. James Williatnspn, Remuera, had, a walk-over for the City of iAuckjan,'d Weston Saturday. ,'He was the only candidate to, supply the, in, the' representation i6f this constituency in 'the .House of llepresentatives, ,oreated py 'the reiignatiop of H/Lt.'J. C. Firth. "Mr. Thomas|Russeil^'solioitor, nominated Mr. and Mr. G. B, ' Owen seconded 'the .nomination. No other candidate .having 'been, .proposed, the returning officer declared Mr. , Williamson duly elected. The-, election was held inside ,ths Supreme Court, and did not last a quarter of an hour. Hall's ENrinTAiMMBNi 1 .— We beg to direct attention to the announcement in another column, that the scale of pripes for admission to, Hall's entertainment, in the New Music Hall, has been cpnsiderably reduced. The entertainment is, continued nightly. i His Excellency the OJovebnor did not visit Corotnandel on his' way to the North, we have been informed. Nothing wad seen of the ' Harrier' there on .Thursday evening last.