The Southern Cross.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXI, Issue 2398, 28 March 1865, Page 4

The Southern Cross.

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TUESDAY, MARCB. 28.

lxMr. EitzGerald's manifesto lie deals afc some length with the important questions of tho present and future. In doing this ho boldly enunciates tho docfcriuo that England must either emancipate the colony from loading strings altogether, ov else emancipate the Southern part of it, and take tho Northern entirely into Lor own hands. He does not hesitate for a moment as to which line he will talce as preferable himself. Give him the choice and he vrill undertake tho whole, difficulty singlehanded. Tho colony, in his opinion, wants no help and no guidance to work out its own destinies in the bes fc manner possible. Now this is very iilce one of the writer's speeches, and has a suspiciously declamatory appearance. What does he mean exactly by this " tall" species of talk on this subject? Does he mean that, unassisted by England, the colony can conquer a peace such as shall be at once safe, honourable, and lasting ? Let us 3ee what he says himself. "The moment it comes to wasting our own " money, the colony begius, as it has now begun, "to call out for peace/ Good ! Mr. FitzGerald wishes England to withdraw the troops because we can manage better without her assistance. And that better management is to consist in a general howl for peace from tho noble South, whose pocket begins to be affected by the war, whilo in a peace it knows that no one can hurt its life or property in the Middle Island. Of course ho reckons that this general howl for peace would be listened to at once, and that something which the South would call a peace might be patched up, and tho money of the South might be saved. The programme is very enticing, truly ! Not perhaps quite so much for a Northern settler as for a Southern one ; but then of what consequence is a Northern settler? Yesterday, in remarking upon the criticisms of Mr. EitzGerald upon Sir George Grey, we observed how very strange his notion seemed to be of what constituted government of natives. This serves to give a slight insight into his view 3 of governing colonists— tbafcis.Northei-n Island colonists. In tho midst of a war which is in reality spread over three-fourths of the Northern Island of New Zealand, with natives who are growing more and more barbarous and savage in their mode of conducting it, in the midst of outrages the most horrible, and a general spirit the most utterly hostile to our very existence in the colony ab all, the panacea for every ill is simply to cry out for peace. Bo as weak as possible J Let the natives see that you neither can nor will defend yourselves, or injuro j them any longer, and of course you must be safe ! Make a pitiful appeal to their noblo qualities, and it is jusfc possible they may consent to forego the indulgence of their propensities for murdering settlers and missionaries in cold blood, may even give up tho cannibal practices while they retain tho other peculiarities of their new religion ! This is the view of /governing tho natives which can alone be drawn from Mr. FitzGerald's grand scheme. Perhaps in tho history of human error there never was anything more strange and difficult to comprehend than this utter misconception of the character and attitude of the native race in this colony, which seems to have attacked the faculties o,f,_mosfc of the Southern politicians, and, most of all, of the writer of tho letter on which we are now commenting. Tho whole idea, in their minds of what a Maori ia an absurd idea, founded upon a set of absurd misrepresentations of his noble feelings, which are able to stand by themselves, it would appear, without the support of a single noble action, except such as consist with the veriest savagery. To make peace now is an impossibility. It will not be less an impossibilifcy when General Cameron has reached Taranaki and established a line of posts along the open strip of coast line between tLafc place and Wanganui. A cessation of hostilities is Mr. FitzGerald's idea of a peace, and ho would no doubt reply, " Oh ! you can leave off fight"ing when you please !" Truly we can,°but can we leave off being murdered, plundered, insulted, degraded, when we please, also? for that is the real question. To this we answer, No ! Only by fighting and conquering can this island be rendered habitable now. What mntters it to us what might have been done ten years ago, if only a man like Mr. FitzGerald had had tho doing of it ? Nothing 1 absolutely nothing now, for under no circumstances can the position of ten years ago return to us. This is what the Southern politicians will not see; this, however, is what the Northern people cannot shut their eyes to, If

Hli'e English Government > sKosuiiaTvrMdra^itr troops,- and leave "but Southern politicians f to deal with the difficulty, there could be -but one result. If -English? troops again* canWtp^-New Zealand, ib would ho for the purpose of saving the miserable remnant of the Maori race. " The statement is strong, and it is in direct oppositionto Mi\ FitzGerald's ; but it has the advantage of his in being true, and being founded upon facts and not theories. What could the South do to prevent a war of extermination in the North P T^et but a savage murder or a daring robbery be committed in this province by the natives, and of course the settlers would talre the law into their own hands. Wo should have a border w arfaro, which would spread and increase into a war of races. Could the South prevent this ? Could they oarry on a war on chivalrous and expensivo principles P No ! Of course not: it is to save money they ere willing to take the tiling over — not to spend it! If England would save tho colony from such a fate as this, if she would save the natives from such a destruction as this, she will not listen to the alternative which Mr, Fitzgerald in his solf-complacency prefers. We do not say that tho other alternative is a pleasant one : wo do say that, so far as we can see, it is a needful one. The English Government may iely so far upon Mr. FitzGorald's statement as this. lie has stated the only two courses, and we cannot help thinking that theso may be reduced to one,

Amongst tlio many drawbacks to tho prosperity of this province occasioned by tfi§ war, perhaps none is inoro fco bo regretted than the partial failure of the Bay of Islands settlement scheme. This project has hung firo owing to the unsettled stato of the Worth. The news of the eseapo of the Kawau prisoners to the North, and their hostile and defiant attitude, naturally enough created so much uncertainty in the minds of those in. the North of Ireland, who have tl\o conduct of the Presbyterian Special j Settlement, as led them to postpone further action until the peaco of the colon}' should have been assured. Wo say that this consequence is natural. We could hardly expect it to have beon otherwise, and must make up our minds to this temporary disappointment as best we may. As matters hare turned out, the peace of the North has boon preserved, but no thanks is duo for this either to the Governor or his Executive, To the forboaranco and good temper of the settlors, and the fears of the natives, is tho result to be solely attributed. It is to bo regretted, therefore, that our Northern fellow-settlers should have been led to expect au early addition to thoir numbers, and that these hopes are doomed to disappointment. They will want, for some time to come, the sense of security and permanence which numbers give to communities, distributed as they are over a wide tract of country, and liable to attack by at best a savage and cruel race. They must remain Btrong in their own self-reliant efforts for the present; and we trust the later intelligence froir. this will have sufficed to moderate the apprehension of a disturbance in the North of this province entertained by many in the mother country. Should this feeling of uncertainty regarding the peace of Ancleland besucceeded by a feeling of confidence in its stability, the emigration scheme from the North of Ireland to the Bay of Islands will be carried out. Our private advices lead us to that conclusion ; and with the local knowledge that we possess of peace, and tho absenco of any immediate cause of alarm, wo cannot anticipate any other result. Yet tho fact remains that tho blundering in respect of the Maori prisoners has been prejudicial to this province, by temporarily suspending the operations of a society ia Ivclaud which would, under other circumstances, have despatched to our shores botwecu one and two thousand souls, whose location in the extreme northern district, in a position favourable to their own success, would have been a guarantee foy the future peace of tho district. In using the word temporal I}',1 }', in reference to the abandonment of tho North of Ireland special settlement scheme, we are aware thul the delay to which we havo adverted, "although not fatal to the scheme, will infallibly divert many persons, who would have been excellent settlers, to some other region than Now Zealand. When a man has once made up his mind to emigrate, it matters little to him in the main what now country ho may select if it presents anything like a reasonable prospect to him for bettering his position in life ; and many intending emigrants, who would have joined their neighbours and friends in. the special settlement party for tho Bay of Islands, will sever the last tie of sympathy which connected them with homo society, and set sail without delay for the Canadas, or some other dependency of the Crown freo from internal strife. Tho loss to Auckland and New Zealand from this cause cannofc be estimated. That a serious loss will havo been inflicted in this way no one can gainsay ; and we therefore have peculiar reason to grumble, as a community, against the senseless treatment of the Maori prisoners, to use no stronger expression. In this case the weakness of tho Governor has brought punishment on tho head of the innocent people living under his jurisdiction ; and if this was the only evil to bo traced to the same or kindred causes, wo should be a fortunate people. 33 nt this is only one of many such. It js not our present purpose, however, to go further into this matter. Wo state the fact in reference to the emigration movement in the north of Ireland, and leave the public to moralise upon it. Regarding tho question of emigration to this province, it will be interesting to know that the Emigration Commissioners, under the General Government scheme, would havo sent out, by the 7th of February, about 2,500 souls from Great Britain ajid Ireland. There was another ship to sail from the Clyde with General Government emigrants, and that vessel, we believe, would enable the Commissioners to complete all engagements entered into before thoir orders had been countermanded by despatches from this side. In provincial emigration, under the supervision of our respected fellow-colonist, Captain Daldy, over 800 assisted emigrants would havo been sent out to Auckland by the 2nd of last February. Every one in Auckland who lias attended to tho matter will bear willing testimony to tho superior class of immigrants arriving through Captain Daldy's agency ; and when we assure tlie public that on the advances on their passage money alone he has effected a saving direct to the province of £3,000, the spirit which dictated the attacks upon that gentleman in the Provincial Council, in his absence, will be appreciated at its right value, At all events, we are justified

' I iSBBB^HSW^the J pubUo.'i|op"d ; liad. 1 -no|Hia^^^TOT|| r ottfMo - wrfcli\these attacks. O,apmwl)aldy*in the^Council, unnecessary "a^acfoffonsive id themselves, when they were not* ine^iJrfduci of tyfhnnate' n stupidifcy/of the questioner or mover, were referable to.personal 'motives, whichT were " but slightly- concealed under tlio flimsy artifices resorted to; t But it is ever thus -with men who stand-out from the common herd, and labour for the public good and not for the aggrandisement of a clique or party. Such men necessarily come into collision with those who enter public life that they may trade upon their position, nnd when they suffer defeat they may be expected to give vent to their dislike and disap. poinfcmenfc. * When we say £3,000 have been saved to tho provinco by Captain Daldy, wo explain it in this way. Tho assisted immigrants sent here by Messrs. Eidgway and Son pnid on an average 30s. per head, the province advancing the remainder of the passage money; and wo all lenow how much chance there is to have this advance repaid in the colony. Hitherto the repayment of emigration bonds has been extremely tardy, and the assisted emigrants chosen by Messrs. Bidgway were not taken from a class likely to repay the province if tho ] debt could be evaded. If these 800 assisted : emigrants had been sent out by Messrs. Uidgway from London, there competing with the Canterbury rate, fixed at £1 per head, the average amount paid by each would not havo been over 80s, per statute adult, which would have given £1,000 as the moiety of passagemoney paid by tho emigrants ; but the average passage-money paid by the 800 sent by Captain Daldy, including 200 females, is £5 per statute adult, by this means securing to tho province £4,000 as tho moiety paid by the emigrants. This saving (for it can be regarded in no other light) was effected mainly through tho personal exertions of Captain JDaldy, who went down to the agricultural districts, and took care to approve of none but such as were likely to turn out good settlers, and who bore good moral characters in their own neighbourhoods. On this point we speak from the testimony of old colonists now in England, and of persons resident in the districts from whence tho majority of tho immigrants camo. The province is, therefore, deeply indebted to Captain Daldy ; and il is with unfeigned regret that we learn he has determined to withdraw from the conduct of the emigration scheme from Great Britain to this province. The good he has dono, however, is not to be measured by tho number of persons sent out by him. Tho amount of information disseminated by his agency in the provinces regarding Auckland, and New Zealand generally, will render emigration to this colony popular for many years to come. In this work ho has laboured assiduously and successfully, and it is for those who follow him to tread iv his footsteps. Meanwhile it is small comfort to the provinco to reflect that a knot of intriguing and unprincipled politicians should have cMvcn from its service ono of our best and most practical public men.

Amongst the many striking improvements noticeable iv Newton is tlie vast chauge a few months Lave made in its shop atchitectui'p. Peihaps in no other qimiterof tho city or suburbs has so great an advance been made in tins respect than in Newton, tho Karangnhape Bond becoming quite noted in this respect. But; perhaps the neatest and most complete establishment of the kind to be found in the entire province is the new medical hall of our young fellowsettler, Mr. Aicldn, whoso aclvet tisement appears elsewheve. Theie could be no belter test of the progress of Newtou than the improved appearance the places of business supply; but iv lespect of decoiation and ta<-te Mr. Aickin's certainly deserves tho palm. We uiuloistaiul that the Waiwera hotsprings hotel and gi onndb l\.vve been leased to our enterpmiug fel-low-settler, Mr. Syms, Wheatsheaf Inn, Queeu-street. We have no doubt that under his skilful management this hotel and its medicinal waters will become a favourite lcsoit with such of the inhabitants of Auckland nsiequire repose and salnbiious air to recruit their health. We would suggest that regular weekly communication with the Waiwera by water should be Fccmed, The journey by road i 3 next to impossible. The City Boaid of Commisoioneis held their weekly meeting yesteiday, at thiee o'clock. The business ttansacted was mostly of a routine character. The petition from the inhabitants of Chapelstieet with rtspect to the formation of water courses and the gi a veiling of that street was referred to the Foreman of Woiks, who was to beinstiucted to have the improvements suggested earned out. A report, accompanied with plaim, was furnished fiom Mr. Wrigg, City Engineer, upon proposed improvements in Drake-street. Tfc was agreed to submit the plans t,o his Honor the Snpeiintendeut, and to asceitain what amount the inhabitants would be willing to contribute towards the expense of carrying out the impiovciments refeired to in bheiopoik. The old rates collected up to the present time were slated to amount to £3,467 ss. 3d., and the new lates to £1,049 14s. Some conversation place respecting the sewerago of dwelling-houses, and the improvement of Grey street, but nothing definite was agreed to. The fiisfc annual examination of the Hebrew School in. connection with tho Educational Institute took place on Sunday last at the Assembly-rooms, Wellesley-strect, Mr. Oharles Davis in the chair. After a short address from the chair and a vciy prettify delivered pi nyoi- by Master Henry JCeesing, an examination of thepupils by the Head Master, Rev. M. Etkin, took place as to their" improvement a>id proficiency in Hebrew reading, Hebrew translation, Scriptmal Histoiy, and Hebrew grammar. Their parents und friends, of whom there was a very large attendance, seemed highly delighted with tho improvement so veiy perceptible. Some very pretty prizes (most of which were gifts placed at tho disposal of the committee by some friends,} were then given by the chairman to the most deserving pupils. After a short and appropriate address to each, some Hebrew hymns were then chaunted by the pupils to piano accompauiment by Mr. T. Levy, After a very pleasing address from the pupils to the Chairman and Head Master, delivered by Master Edward Isaacs, refieshraents, tea, coffee, &o , were liberally distributed to tho pupils and visitors. Mr. P. A. Philips, the Honorary SecreUry, thon briefly addiessed the company, alluding to the gratuitous services soldndly and efficiently rendered by the Head Master, the Btjv. M. Elkin, and assistant teachers Mr. Newton Philips and Mr. Louis Nathan, and expiessed his conviction that the parents and pupils wonld fully agree with, him that they were deserving of the highest praise for their praiseworthy attempt bo improve and advance iv scriptural knowledge the young people present. The warm manner in which the acknowledgment of these gentlemen's service* was received, fully showed the appreciation they were held in, A vote of thanki to tho Hon. Secretary concluded a very pleasant meeting. A fuller repoit of tho proceedings will be fomul in another column. The Superintendent notifies that the punt at the Panmure Ferry will be laid up for repairs tintil the 31st;,

later, news ,from«.\Vahganvu. r *No J -fiuiher Jiacl taken place," 'mid j;hV'Gfeneral, who 'was at a" .place, called, *Manawapoii, j about ten milea north/of^ the" river Pntea, 'and three miles from the sea shore, *(Wa9 preparing-to march for Waimat?, whereit was< believed, he would meet witha vigorous .resistance* from, the rebels, -who are understood- to be ( in. force there. It was understood that thetroops^were',tbl march yesterday (Monday). '• - ' *- - A burglary wns committed, at ,'the shop "of'Mri. George, Isaacs, High-street, between the time of olosing on Satutday night and opening on Monday morning. It appears that"' the shop was securely" , fastened at closing-time on Saturday, when Mr^t ' Isaacs and assistants left ; and on its being opened] yesterday morning it was discovered that an en-" [ trance had been effected by the back premises, and ' the following, amongst other goods/ stolen fron^S^ {.helves in the shop :— Fourteen pair'- of wonreiri|| boots, twelve waistcoats, and one pilot jao]ie|^Tbe^ thief or thieves had broken down the fence iffprfier,. to facilitate their entrance to the back-yard,' and had ojieneil tbe back-door by means of a false handle, -which they veiy unwittingly left in the dopr,V A waistcoat dropped h by "the thieves, who would apper to have been disturbed in their depre- j dations, was found in the back -yard saturated with j wet, owing to the heavy rains. The back door was found wide open when the assistant went to the shop yesfceulay morning, but the clothes were not missed for some time after, owing to their being selected from several piles oE clothing in the shop. Footmarks could be traced to several parts of tbe shop. The police are on the alert. The following oases were heard in the Compensation Court yesterday, before J. Beckham, Esq. Commissioner :— George Fitness, Maungatawhiri, claim, jC74 6s. Bd.; James Fitness, Maungatawbiri, £267 75. ; John Chandler, Wahi, Samuel Fitness, Maungatawhiri, £438 165.; G. K. Manley, Mauku, £67; Silas Shaw, Pakuranga, £57 ; Kobeit Kitson, Pakuranga, £51 4s ; William Shaw, Wairoa Eoad, £28 ; William Bellingham, Pakuranga, £343 14s. 6d. ; Samuel Sadbrook Clarke, Tawangn, £646 1a 2d.; EughH. Link, Maukn, £51 ; P. M. Alexander, Gieat South Eoad, £235; William Hibbs Long, Great South Eoad, £138; Benjamin Stubbing, Raglan, £450 : Joseph Haulon, Waiuku. East, £171 Is. ; Mr. Crispe attended in support of many of tbe claims. The Court rose shortly before four o'clock. Information has been received by the Commissioner of Police, that some of the property stolen from Mr. Peter Beck's shop, in Queen-stieet, about six months ago, has been recovered by the memfaeis of the Auckland police despatched to Sydney, en route for Victoria and Brisbane, by the last mail. The police notify the recovery of some £100 woith of the stolen jewellery, and enteitain every hope of bjinging the citlprits to justice bofoie the departine of the succeeding steamer. Jt is notified by the City Board that the time for receiving tendeis for constructing sewers in High and Chancery sheets has been extended until three o'clock on Monday, the 3rd April. There is a notification in our advertising columns to-day of the sale of geneial country lauds at the Waste Lands Office on the 18th and 24th April next. Our attention lias been called to an inaccuracy in our report of Mr. Evtheifoid's claim compensation, in Satni day's paper. His faini is* stated to be in the Hun.ua, wheieas it ought to have been part m Pukekohe, and pait in Maungatawhiri. The loss claimed on 150 acies of grass land ought to have been stated at £150 ; whereas £50 was stated to be the claim on ten acies of grass land. An adjourned sitting of the Insolveucy Court will be hold to-day, at one o'clock, when John Varty, late stationer, Queen -stieet, will come before the Court for final hearing and discharge. A wholesale robbery of builders' tools was discovered by the police last evening. A man named Eobert Duncan sold a larc;e number of hammers, chisels, trowels, levels, and other implements used in the building trade, to Mr. Staiues, geneial dealer, Albert-street, and fiora information received they were found to hate been stolen from the new building in course of erection for Mr. Alfred Buckltnd, at the Haynaikefc. The property belonged to Mr. AUau McGuire, aud was missed from the works yesterday morning, and the following is that portion of it lecoveied: — Ten stonemasons' aud labourers' hammeig, two masons' trowels, two chisels, one level, oue square and plumb, besides other aiticles. The thieves will be bioughl bofore the magistrates this morning. Tiie wet weather of the past few days has tendered some of our streets almost impassable. Grey-street is peihaps the most piolific of mud, arising fiom the filling up of the stieet without metalling. In Shortland street a Commissariat Tianspoit cart, diawn by tlnee horses, became so firmly embedded in a rut that it had to bo unloaded, and the Avheel dug out with a shovel. Foleys equestrian troupe are prevented, by the action of the City Boaid, from opening their entertainment on the old site at the foot of Barrack Sill. Mr. Foleys request was made at the usual weekly meeting of the City Boaid yesterday, when several members opposed compliance with it ; but it was agieed that permission should be giveu if £100 weie paid down for two months, the amount to be spent in thi imniovement of the stieet. The approval of the inhabitants of the locality would be required, us well as the sanction of the Commissioner of Police. We understand that it is in contemplation, until a satisfactory arrangement can be made, for some of the company to appear at the Princa oE Wales Theitie. Four deserteis from the ship 'Bombay' were yesterday bi ought before the Police Com b, .and sent to gaol for twelve weeks each. A seaman of the same vessel, named Frederick Peterson, was charged by the captain, -with wilful disobedience of lawful commands, and sentenced Lo three weeks' uniinsoiiuient with hard labour. We remind our leaders that the soirCo in connection with the St. James's congregation will take place this evening, at half-past six o'clock, in the new church. The proceedings will be of a varied aud interesting character. In another column will be found a brief desciiption of the chuich, which we ! had in type for yesterday's issue, but were obliged to hold over for want of space. On Sunday aftci noon last, at St. Paul's School, a handsome family Bible was presented by the teachers of the above school to Mis. Gilberd, in token, of their appioeiation of the services of the late Mr. James Gilberd while superintendent of the school. On Friday evening, a private of the 18th Eegiment, whose name Aye have been unable to ascertain, was drowned at Wanganui whilst toying to swim the river in a state of iutoxication. At the Police Court, yesterday, Terence McDonald was charged by Dennis Ryan with violently assaulting him on the night of the ISth. A cioss summons, charging McDonald with assaulting defendant, was admitted, and the Bench ordered both parties to find sureties in £25 each, for their good behaviour for .the next three months. Messrs. Jonoi and Co. announce that, in consequence of the unfavonrableness of tbe weather the sale of Lake Town is postponed until the 6th April. We hear from a private source that Captain Daldy has succeeded in purchasing the plant for the Auckland and Drury Eailway oa exceedingly favourable terms, and such as will ensure a considerable saving. A meeting of the bricklayers of Auckland was held at the Queen's Head Hotel)' Victoria-street, last evening, to diienss trade affairs, but the proceedings were of a private nature} , ' ,

/purraance <6f meeting of the 'atizenar-tojmhelerafcf theTpwrOourfc-ijf.H acknowledging ' the* galUSf^niudt' of j C*ptMtt"Xi«vy ? pendent jSold-Miaing Comp*n3rjis.to i bB / held|*t^tli&>- l ,t, t -office. of'Mrl/SifP! SfcMk/'lhirday, afc-Jfour'o'eiqclr^ * r ioi take' "into' consideration t* the t *ff*ir«i o£ r 'th'e - company:-;;^ s ' '^; i , i,r r :Y> : ; ;:S;!' The 8. M* Herald, repoks thafc'the.gentlgmen^em-f ,, , ployed iv the head office of the Bank 'of^Kew South ; ■ Wales about forty in number— assembled at TabterjjlaH's Hotel, for the 'purpose "of prewnting a jcosfcly ' plate to Mr.' J. 0. Chlchrist, on the occasion of his retiringjfvoni'tlie secretaryship of that batiks aad L staking the appointment o£ inspeofcor of the branches I |SrNew Zealand. * K^^here is a good deal of business for consideration - s,by~the Provincial Conncif to-day— the orders of the day are the Estiraatas ; the third reading of the City . Bo»rd Act Amendment Bill ; ' the second reading of the Rural, Police Bill ; and the Oriehunga Improvement Bill. There are sixteen notices of motion, and a contingent notice of motion by Mr. Wynn, witH" reference to the diisolution of the Counoil. At the Prince of Wales Theatre last evening the • admired drama of "The Will and the W»y" was repeated with great success, together with the very amnsing farce of " Sophia's Supper."