The Daily Southern Cross.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3751, 27 July 1869, Page 4

The Daily Southern Cross.

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TUESDAY, JULY 27.

The resolutions proposed by the Superintendent of Canterbury were still under discussion at the date of our latest advices from the seat of Government, These resolutions, I it will be remembered, laid down the principle 1 that the true defence policy now consists in finding out the grievances of the natives in arms against us, and in giving way to their demands if possible, It means that a commission should be appointed to find out what it is, of all we have done, that our native neighbours most object to ; and as soon as that is discovered to apply the remedy. Of course the whole thing is a foregone conclusion, The Commissioners are to find out that the natives object to our confiscation policy, and are to recommend us to give back the confiscated lands. As we have said, the resolutions were still before the House when our last advices left "Wellington. The course of the discussion was certainly far from favourable to Mr. Eolleston's proposal. It was urged that no set of Commissioners could possibly know better than we all know already that the natives in arms object to our confiscation policy. It was further said that it was impossible to get at the real feeling of j those most aimed at by fhe resolution, j «s, for instance,itwas hardly likely thateven the mover of the resolutions would care to ascertain the feeling of Te Kooti in person upon the matter, or sound the views of Titokowaru at a personal interview. And on the other hand it was strongly urged that to give up the confiscated land merely because a body of bloodthirsty natives demanded it would be about as weak and suicidal a coarse as could be hit

upon. And no doubt the decision of the House will entirely coincide with this com-mon-sense view of the matter. That such will h& the case may be fairly inferred from the fiict that the whole Assembly is committed almost unanimously to a step ia exactly the opposite direction to that advocated \>J the Superintendent of Canterbury. It may be remembered that Mr. Rolleston, in .his speech, upon the want-of-confidence motion which destroyed the late Government, expressed most emphatically his opposition to the idea of asking Britain for troops, now that she had been asked and refused to send them. Tf we understand the matter rightly, Mr. Rolleston fancies the Commission and the prospective surrender of the confiscated lands would act in a manner so entirely soothing upon our native neighbours that we should not require British or any other troops any longer, and might begin to beat swords into ploughshares, {and our bayonets into bullock goads. The Assembly, it would appear, is of a different opinion, and is either quite unprepared to agree to the resolutions for carrying out Mr. Eolleston's plan, or very doubtful of their success when tried. Instead of at once appointing the Board of Commissioners they have, as our readers will pei'eeive, in effect appointed a Commissioner to proceed to Melbourne to obtain the assent of. General Chute to the 18th Eegiinent remaining for a time in the colony. Instead of taking steps to let the Home Government know that we continue the idea of again inviting assistance, they have distinctly pledged themselves to consent to any pecuniary sacrifice the Home Government may demand, in order to secure the continued presence of part of the Imperial forces among us. This is, in effect, to sanction fully one main part of the policy propounded by Mr. Fox in opposition to that of the late Government. It is also worthy of remark that the resolution affirming the willingness of the House to go all lengths to meet the requirements of the Home Government, as the condition of their allowing troops to remain in the colony, was moved by Mr. Fox and seconded by Mr. Stafford. This, it must be allowed, is a singular step to follow upon the declaration put by Mr. Stafford into the Governor's speech that it would be derogatory to the colony's dignity to make any more attempts to obtain help in soldiers from, the Home Goyernment. Of course the resolution asking the Governor to prevail on the Commander-in-Chief on the station not to give effect to the order of withdrawal, and giving as a reason that we were now willing to pay anything the British Cabinet might demand as the price of assistance, fully commits us to another, and a more practical, appeal to England for help than any we have yet made. Hitherto we have made appeals to get the troops and to be excused the payment for them ; but now we pledge ourselves, not only to send home at once a prayer for men, b\it also to offer any reasonable recompense) for the same in money. How far this resolution is likely to be successful we cannot yet say. In the first place it is a very doubtful thing how far General Chute may feel that a discretion is now left him. There is, of course, a limit to the discretionary powers placed in the hands of any Executive officer, and we can quite suppose it possible that,after the very peremptory language used over and over again by the Secretary for the Colonies, General Chute may feel that the question of a longer delay is not one for him to consider. We do not of course say that this is the case, because we do not know the tenor of the despatches usually sent to the Commander-in- Chief from tho War Office -, but we should imagine the language contained in the one we have published lately much more stringent and peremptory than commou. If so, it may not appear to General Chute that he is called upon to enter upon the political aspects of the question. He may decline to consider whether or not we mean to pay, or whether Lhe Home Government is likely now to accept payment from us. He may also believe that it is not for him, in the face of stringent orders, to consider howcritical our circumstances may be, especially as they do not clearly appear to be any worse than they were when the despatches were written ordering the troops away. Of course all this is mere surmise on our part, and only the event will set the doubt at rest. We think, however, it may be just as well to remember that the resolution of our Assembly does not necessarily control the movement of the 18th Regiment, It is another question, and a wide one, in what way England will receive our petition for help, backed as it is now to be by a promise of liberal payment for the accommodation.

We art indebted to the Hod. J. O'Neill for Inter Parliamentary papers and Southern journal*. Our own correspondent* report of the public meeting at Mangtpai, relative to the Common Schools Bill, only came to hand yesterday. Ws hold ib over until a further issue. From private information received from Wellington yesterday, we understand that the present session of the Gensral Assembly was expected to close in abjut three weeks from the date of the steamer leaving the Empire City. We have to acknowledge the receipt of copies of No. 7 of Parliamentary debates, and copies of the fourth and fifth annual reports of the Otago Acclimatisation Society. The hearing of the Raugitikei-Manawatu case in tht Native Lands Court, at Wellington, continues daily in the Supreme Court-house, and promises to lasb for several \r«eka— or possibly months. The Judges are goiug very thoroughly into the whole question, and the examination of each witness is most painstakicg, and exhaustive in every sense of tha tern. Matene te Whiwhi, th« first witness put forward by the Ngatiraukaw* claimants, occupied the attention of the Court for no less than six days. Several native witnesses have been examined since, and the Rev. Samutl Williams, of Hawke's Bay, has g'tvtn evidence in the interest of the claimants. Matene gave a full tistory of the early wars and migration of the Ngatitoa tribe, and of the Ngafciraukawa under To Whatanui and other leaders. A subscription lut has bean set on foot for the benefit of the widow and orphans of the miner who lost his life on the Liverpool Boys' Claim, and has met with a hearty response. The Liverpool Boya' Gold-mining Company subscribed £10, and Messrs. Mctfeill and Sigley, shareholders in the Company, each subscribed £1. Mr. MoNeill has likewise opened a subscription list, on which, ia the coarse of an afternoon's ramble, he collected £16.-— Advertiser, July 26. We have to acknowledge our indebtedness to Captain Cooper, of the barque 'Kate/ for our files of Australian paper?. The usual bi-monthly sitting of the District Court was held yesterday. The business before the Court | was very brief, and was all disposed of in leia than |at quarter of an boar. Of two defended c»se», on* was adjourned, and in the other judgment was given , for the defendant without; costs. ; At the Police Court yesterday, the bench was I occupied by Messrs. E, F. Porter and G. M. Mitford, Justices of the Peace. George Nuni, W. Graham, A. Price, and Ann Eeilly were fined for : drunkenness. Henry Mappin was fined 20s. and costt for being drunk and disorderly. Stephen Trethone pleaded guilty to » charge of having obstructed • ooaitabTi ia the execution of his duty, i and was sentenced to one month'i impjtUonaient

with kardlaboutj and John Thoaban, charged with indecently expoeing himself iv Queen-etreet. w»3 fintd 20s. and oohta. Anarchiteot, writing to a Nelson paper, combnta the opinion of Mr. J, C. Crawford on the injury dona to buildings by earthquakes, as expressed an his address to the Wellington Philosophical Society, in whioh he says, speaking of the late earthquake at Canterbury—" It conveys a hint to all 4own S in New Zealand tbat buildinga which stand in London will not do for New Zealand." coateuds that the present syitein of Suildinjr expansive wooden premises, fit only to please the «ye, is * falst eoonomy, and says that sir or nine «torey houses similar to those in London may be built, and will stand, in any earthquake country ; and that if the people of JNew Zealand will submit tothelawiof a Building Act, «ueh aa the Act in operation in Otago, which he, ia conjunction with nine othtrs, assisted to frame, •« Wo sbali never hear such twaddle about brick and stone buildings not Btanding the shook of an earthquake." In eupport of hw argument he refers to those stone and brick buildings in Otago and Canterbury which were not injured by the lat« earthquake shocks. He agrees with Mr. Crawfords idea of adopting conorete structures, and considers it may be made aa durable as the best granite ia the world. The usual monthly sitting of the Court of Petty Sessions will be held this morning, when the rota provides that the following Justices shall preside :—: — Messrs. Heaphy, Kenderdine, Newman, Monro, Henderson, Kenny, Naughton, Mitford, Home, Kennedy! O'Neill, Morrow, May, Kempthorne, Lusk, Macfarlane, and Morpeth; Mr. W. Young in the chair. The Dog Nuisance Act, passed at the last session of the Provincial Council, having besn disallowed by his Excellency the Governor, it ia the intention of the police to bring the Act of 185 i into operation ugain. Owners of unregistered dogs must therefore take steps to have them registered at the Police Office at once, or they will be liable to the penalties under that Act. The collars already issued by the City Board under the new Act, however, will be. hold as legal for the present year. The Treasurer of tht Orphan Horn* acknowledges tho receipt of a donation or one pound front Joseph Browne, Esq., by the hand of Charles Bell, Esq, A meeting of the direotors of the New Zealand Gold -.Timing and Quartz-crushing Company, Tinker's Guliy, Tararu, was held on Saturday at the office of A. McKeehnie and Co., Williamson-street, Graham's Town. The legal manager's account was examined and found satisfactory. It was also shown that a large number of the promofcera' shares had been taken up in this company ; and it was decided tbat the prospectus bs advertised for one week, and that operations ihould commence on the ground forthwith, and that all shares not taken up by that time should be withdrawn ; and it was also decided that the company should be registered under the Limited Liability Act, 1865. During a late thunderstorm at Westport, an aerolite, fireball, thunderbolt, or whatever it may be called, burst immediately over the brigantine 'Mary,' then off Wtstporfc. Messrs. E. and H. Isaacs intimate their intention of holding weekly auction sales of mining interests, commencing on Friday. It is notified by the legal manag9r of the Great United Quartz-mining Company that persons who have not paid the call of 6d, due on the shares are liable to be proceeded against at law. A call of 2a. 6d. par share in the Royal Sovereign Gold -mining Company is made payable at the Company's office, on Saturday. The Prince of Wales Theatre will be re-op°ned by Thatcher this evening, who will give hia usual musical entertainment. Tho performances it ia announced will only be given for five night 3, the theatre having only been secured for that term. There was a good attendance at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre last evening, when the drama of "The Bottle" was repeated, and passed off very successfully, Mr, J. Hooper will take hia benefit this evening. The circus was crowded to overflowing last night, the attendance being no doubt increased in consequence of the Prince of Wales Theatre being closed. The various feats of horsemanship and manual skill were gone through by the members of the company in a creditable manner, and drew forth muoh applause. The Medioal Practitioners Bill was read a third tirn* and passed in the Legislative Council on the 2Lst instant. Tho Summary Trials in Disturbed Districts Bill has been recommitted and an amendment made in one of its clauses. On the 21st the amendments made in committee wore agreed to, and the bill passed through its final stages. Trooper Lingard, of the Kai Iwi Cavalry stationed at Whanganui, has been proaented with the colonial Croßs for bravery in the field befoie the enemy, at ( the Turangahika pa. A telegram from Maryborough on the 13;h inst. says :— " An accident happened to the mail coach, between Gym pie and Maryborough, by which Madame Carandini and her two daughters were thrown out and much bruised and cut. Mr. Sherwin and Madams Carandini were seriously shaken." The drafting of the militia for active service from the districts of Waiuku and Awhitu appears to have occasioned nonae alarm in those settlements, and is represented as likely to occasion much dittress to the wives and families of many of the militiamen. A public meeting has been held at Waiuku on the subject, and resolutions adopted, whioh are to be forwarded to the Resident Minister. Mr. Deck will give hi 1 ? concluding lecture on the personality and operations of the Holy Spirit on Tuesday next, at 7 o'clook. We notice by the order paper of the Legislative Council that the report of the Joint Committee on Private Bills on the Auckland Common Schools Bill was brought up on July 22ud. The Hon. Mr. Mantell was to move in the Legislative Counoil on the 23rd July, " That there be laid on tho table a literal copy of the original Treaty of Waitangi in Maori ; also, of the sigaatures thereto ; with the late Mr. Baker's annotations thereon, as prepared in 1865 by order of the Minister for Native Affairs." The Hon. Mr. Fenton was also to move on the same day, " For leave to introduce a bill to repeal the several Acts and parts of Acts relating to native reserves, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof." We observe that Messrs. A . and K. Teutenberg have commenced the manufacture of steel dies for imprinting the names of companies, &c, on deeds of association and other documents in connection with gold-mining companies. We have bten favoured with a view of several impressions, which for Bharpness of lettering and general distinctness are certainly very creditable productions. Messrs. Teutenberg are vre believe the only persons in Auckland who have bo far shewn themselves capable of turning out these dies, and we should imagine from the constant necessity there is of stamping the different papers connected with gold-mining companies with a good bold impression, giving the name of the oompany, &c, that they will soon have their time fully occupied in the manufacture of these stool diei for stamping purposes. The following notices of motion appeared on the order paper for the House of Representatives on July 23rd : — " Major Brown to move that the select committ c on privilege consist of the Honourable Mr. Fox, Mr. Carleton, Mr. Curtis, Major Heaphy, V.C., Mr. Jolli*, Mr. Main, Mr. O'Rorke, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Tanored, and the mover, to report this week, Mr. Macandrew to move that leave be given to bring iv a biil to remove doubts a3 to the powers of Provincial Regulatiops to make laws for the peace, order, and just government of their respective provinces. Mr. Collins to move tbat a respectful addresi be presented to his Excellency the Governor, requeiting that ho will cause scrip to be issued in favour of Morria Levy to the amount jof £100 10«. 6d., in terms of the award of Mr. Commissioner Beckhaw, dated 10th November, 1865." The following is iho additional list of persons to whom auctioneer!' lioenies have beta i»sued by the Provincial Government for the year ending 14th April, 1870 :—Auokland : Charles Da»l«, Alfred William Gi!)ie», Riohard McQee, Morton Jones. Country ; William Kelly, Opofciki j Benry Beedell and Co., New North Road ; Jamts P. Campbell, Graham'o Town ; Dawson and Co,, Shortland; Fitzpatrick Brother*, Ngaruawahia; M. and N. Goldwater, Shetland ; Laishley and Co., Shortland • Ebenezer G. Norris, Taurang* ; Walter O. Offord, Holding* ; George Edward Read, Turangaaui ; Samuels and Jacobson, Tauranga; Scherff and Co., Shortland; Samuel Stephenson, Russell ; A. Vilcoq, Ruieeli ; John Webiter, HoldangA ; Thomas Wrigley, Tauranga. Kiog John, of Saxony, proposes to lecture on literary subjects before select; audiences, composed of bis family, some other crowned beads, and ft small numbtr of littrarj and political celebrities.