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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 8, Issue 606, 4 May 1865, Page 2

The Customs Revenue at the Port of Napier for the month ended 30th April, -was i£1961 3s. 2d., made up as follows, — 1856 gallons spirits at 125., £1113 16s. 4d. ; 770 lbs. tobacco at 2s. 6d., £96 55. ; fixed duties, £751 Is. lOd. •Of this sum, after deducting drawback on supplies to H.M. troops and expenses of collection, the tln*ee eighths accruing to the province amount to £735, Bs. Bd. Sergeant Scully has requested us to statethat, having with some difficulty succeeded iv decyphering an ink-begTimmed paragraph in yesterday's Times, relative to the volunteers from Auckland, he has to remark, — first, that the number of men arrived (68) was all that the law allowed a vessel of the tonnage of the Sir John Burgoyne to carry ; second, that, no bounty money having been paid, none could have been pocketed ; third, that none of the men skedaddled, and, if they had, the government would not lose sixpence by their so doing; fourth, that his difficulty was not to get ' men but to keep them from coming; fifth, that the paragraph in question is a tissue of misrepresentation from beginning to end. — The Sergeant might well, we think, have added, as a sixth, that, after all, the paragraph in question was scarcely deserving of notice. The Hau Hau Articles of Faith. — We have been favored with the following extract of a letter from the Rev. Father Grange of Whakatane, who was reported as missing after the murder of the Rev. Mr. Volkner, received by a gentleman in this province : — " My dear confrere, Father Bochieaux, has thought it his duty to leave his post, and I am veiy doubtful whether I should leave or remain. Six days before the assassination of Mr. Volkner at Opotiki, I was at the point of being torn to pieces by the fanatics of Taranaki in the midst of a general assembly of my people at Ko-peopeo, where I was engaged in combating their errors. There remain but six catholics at Rangitaiki, five at Opotiki, not one at Otamaura, not one at Te Awa o te Atua, and perhaps none amongst the numerous tribe of the Ureweras. The tribes of Kopeopeo, Nazareth, Whakatane, and Te Waraia, remain faithful. Although you know the doctrines of the Hau Hau, you may read with interest the " articles of faith " which the fanatics of Taranaki have brought us, and which I have had to refute here — a refutation to which they intended responding by killing me. They may contain something new for you : — Horopapera (Te Ua) and all his adherents have seen with their own eyes Jehovah, who has said to them, — lst. What are called the Holy Scriptures are only lies. There are no laws given by God to man. There will be neither end of the world nor judgment. The end of the world aud judgment are the canon of the stranger. 2nd. At the end of the wai*, when the pakehas shall have been driven away, will take place the resurrection of all the Maories who have died since the beginning of the world. 3rd. Horopapera (Te Ua) will cure such ofthe lame, the blind, the deaf and dumb, as will become members of his church. These miracles have already been performed in favour of a large number of his followers. 4th. It is good for men to have two, three or even four wives. sth. All must return to the Maori God, and take again and put into force all the " tapus " of former days. 6th. At the end of the world, after the resurrection of the dead, there will be no more pain nor death for the Maori. Heaven is for him . it is this world transformed and embellished." Auckland's abuse of Wellington and the Weld ministry is as rampant as ever, especially on the part of one section of the press. The Herald, in one of its late issues, compares Wellington to the scullery maid in the kitchen and Auckland to the lady in the parlour. This is all very silly ; and we think that Mr. Carleton's j i words in the Provincial Council should be well ; weighed by our friends in the north. "He had one word," he said, " more to say ; there was a very strong feeling in Auckland just now, and very strong language was being used. He trusted there would be no more, for nothing did more injury to Auckland. It only prejudiced Southern members, who were in opposition to the Weld Government, against us. The best rule was, when you had an unmistak- ? ably good case, to use the softest words and no . weapon but that of reason and fair argument. • On the contrary had you a' bad case, it was ! generally considered fan* policy to make a great i show of indignation, and abuse the plaintiffs ? attorney."