AUCKLAND.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1065, 13 July 1869, Page 3

AUCKLAND.

Papers received by the Star of the South and Wellington steamers, arc to the 7tb inst., from which we take the following :•— MOVEMENTS OF TE KOOTI. The Southern Cross has the following telegram : — Hamilton, July 6, 5 o'clock. I have learnt that Te JCboti was yesterday at the village of Mereara, near Rangiloto, and not far from the source pf the Mokau river. This I believe may be considered about 20 miles from our settlement at Kihikihi. A quantity of ammunition will be forwarded this evening to Eihikihi. Since the receipt of the above we have been obligingly furnished with information that Te iLooti and his party, consisting simply of 30 followers, had arrived at Tokangamutu. The correspondence of fcho N.Z. Herald is confirmatory, of the above. It says : — Alexandra, July 6th, 4 p.m. I have now received intelligence that Te Eooti is to arrive at Tokangamutu this day. He has onlj r thirty of his own followers with him. Tae rest are left at Taupq. . . ■ DEPAETUBE OF THE TBOOPS. The journals contain advertisements palling for tenders for the removal of the various detachments of the 2- 18th Royal. Irish from other provinces to Auckland. The tenders are to be sent in to the Commissariat Office, Auckland, on or. before noon on Monday, the 19th instant. ' ; The Southern Caoss says that uj; "all probability some six weeks or two months will elapse before the gallant 18th takes its departure from these shores, and it is just possible even now that their departure may be delayed, as it is said that Mr. Fox and his party will leave no stone unturned to detain the troops. THE LONG DEIVE : ASTONISHING YIELD. We (Southern Cross)' are indebted to a gentleman who returned last evening froin s bhortland for the following particulars* of the crushing of specimens from this celebrated claim : — 5501b. weight of specimens were crushed 3 r esterday and resulted in tho astonishing yield of no less than 2,082 ozs. of retorted gold. As the work is proceeded with some very good stuff continues to be met with ; and up to yesterday evening something like an additional 1501 b. of specimens had been set aside for another special crushing on an early date. The Herald says : — The crushing of 550 lbs of specimens for the Long Drive claim was completed yesterday afternoon, and the result was 2,082 ounces of retorted gold. During the course of yesterday 150 pounds weight of similar specimens was taken from this claim. SHABE MARKET. Speculation in shares, consequent on. late finds, would seem to be rampant. The Southern Cross has a leader to caution tho public against going too far. It says : — We have entered upon a season of wild speculation which cannot but be unhealthy while it lasts, and which all former experience seems to stamp as being most unlikely to last long, without bringing on a serious reaction. At the present, moment it is no uncommon thing to see shares in a company run up in tho course of two or three days to something like two or three hundred per cent, above par, when there has really been no discovery made of a kind to warrant any sober man in paying a sixpence above par for them. Such a state of things may be — or rather may seem to be, for it is no more than this — good for the sharebrokers, but it is very unhealthy for the public. Fictitious prices paid for shares in claims that are" well situated, or for scrip of companies that look well, and are next some claim that has struck gold, are in reality so much sunk money. The individual who, led by the hope of selling at a higher rate in a few days, pays a monstrous price for a mining interest, not only injures himself, but seriously embarrasses the community at large. The same journal says : — Owing to the continued surprising yields from the Long Drive and other now famous claims at the Thames, the end of the past week wit-: nessed an extraordinary amount of excitement amongst shareholders and share-I'l-okers which wo have nover before had occasion to notice ; and interests in various claims changed hands at greatly enhanced quotations upon rates ruling but a few short weeks ago. Shares in the Thames Gold-mining Company have tafcen a sudden leap upwards from £10 to £20, and still have an advancing tendency. All Nations are also quoted at tho same figure. The richness of the Long Drive Claim appears almost fabulous. The number of shares in this extraordinary claim is 1,200, the subscribed capital being £5, and the amount paid up £3 6s. Bd. During the month of June the dividends amounted to as much as £8 per share, while at the present time sufficient stone has been taken out to yield a dividend of an additional £5 per share. Shares arc in demand at £160, and scarcely any. selling. This claim, with the Golden Crown and the famous Shotoyer (Hunt's),, are probably the threo richest mines in the world. As our readers are aware, his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, Lord Beresf'ord, and Lady Bo wen are shareholders in the Long Drive, and it certainly is most fortunate for them, as w!e]l as for the couutry, that the claim, lias yielded such magificcn't returns. His Royal Highness and Lord Boresford will, iv the course of a few months, receiv.e some substantial mementos of their visit to Auckland. ' ■■'•; .''•■-'- 1 THE ÜBEWEBA EXPEDITION. An incident of the Urewera expedition is thus narrated in the Southern Cross :— It seems that during the march of Colonel Whitmore's expedition they came to a place named Oniaru to Ani, the most sacred place in the couutry, being the rcstingrplace of the bonos of the great ancestor of the Urewera, Te Mura Kareke.; his tomb, though 300 or'4oo years old, is still tended with great care, and kept fenced round by two rows of small totara splinters, and as soon as one of those sticks decays it is carefully replaced by another. Tho Ngatipukeko, to offer tho greatest insult to their enemies, cooked their food on this spot with these sacred sticks. THE ABMED CONSTABULABY AT TAtTBANGA. A correspondent of tho. Southern Cross, writing from Tauranga on July 2, states that the Armed Constabulary Force has become almost entirely disorganised and demoralised, one whole company having mutinied, and 16 men stationed at tho Front have deserted. Great dissatisfaction has been expressed by the men regarding the treatment they have received, their pay being two, three, and even in some cases four months in arrears. It is said that the natives openly avow that they will be compolled to' join the Waikatos, and support them in whatever they do. The correspondent of the N.Z. Herald says i—Nothing but a thorough reorganir zation of the whole force by a commander other than Colonel Whitmore will remedy the state of thing's at the front. Many desertions have and are taking place. No less than. 15 or 20 deserters are in and about Te Papa. Three or four were taken out of the Tauranga on her departure for Auckland, although. it is said some got i i

afaayM her. -The uhsdccessfdl'ones^er^ pitied by everyone, even the officers wh< had to., deal with them. It. is general!} supposed here, now the Stafford Ministrj are out,, that. th^cottunand .will devolves Colonel M'Donnell, so far as native troops :are concerned. ; The : conimand of; trie European force points entirely inandth'ei direction. -.-..:.■ . *THE BESIDENT MINISTEE, AUCKLAND.' TJte S^ihern Cross sti.js:y-rTh& Hon. Dr ."'Pollen arrived by the s.s. Wellington on Saturday, having consented,, in J.compliance with the 'earnest request of the Hon. W. Pox, to act as General Government Agent until some permanent' arrangement has been made. We are' only expressing the feelings of the community, we are sure, when we say that the: step taken by Mr. Fox- is highly satisfactory to the people of this province, and it is to be hoped that, if possible, the present arrangement will continue. If ihere was one thing more than another calculated to reconcile the people of Auckland to the Stafford Ministry it was the : singularly judicious choice which the' late Premier made in appointing a Resident Minister for Auckland. Probably no other man could be found in the colony, we believe, who could have discharged the duties in a manner so satisfactory to the community. Dr. Pollen's remarkable business habits, hi s minute acquaintance with the affairs of the country, his tact and promptitude in times of emergency,, and *his~ uniform urbanity and readiness to oblige,', have made him deservedly. , popular. Itis;o;nly necessary to refer to the tact whicli has been displayed in times, of* em.ergenoy to prove how the confidence reposed" in 1 *the I Hon. Dr. Pollen's administration has been justified. At the time , when affairs on the East Coast were in~a criti6al#tiate, the Resident Minister" acted with such promptitude in chartering a steamer and going down himself with supplies as to avert what would otherwise nave, been a great catastrophe, and on several' occasions when panics have been produced ,in the Waikato the firmness and judicious steps taken by the Resident. Minister have restored confidence where any one less cool and careful might have only increased the alarm and precipitated matters. HOW TO DEAL WITH MAOBI PBISONEBS. The Herald makes the following suggestion'as to the best mode of dealing with prisoners taken : — In Queensland we have a neighbouring colony to whose people the labor of Maori prisoners would be a perfect godsend. As it is, the people of Queensland have to depend upon a very doubtful and uncertain supply of labor from the South Sea Islands to work their cotton, sugar, and tobacco plantations. The very Maori prisoners who are a source of trouble and anxiety to us would be a public benefit to Queensland. We cannot see why arrangements couldinot be entered into between the Governments of the two colonies, under which our Maori prisoners might be transported to Queensland for periods of five, seven, and ten years, and handed over to the authorities, tljore for assignment among the plantation holders, just as convicts were assigned to the settlers of Van Dieinari's Land 'and New South Wales years ago. We should thus be able to afford to take prisoners,, which we can scarcely do at present, when doing so means merely keeping them until ready to again take the field against r usVr^w^ile, at the same time, the dread of being; sold into slavery, as it were, and of bei#g : deported off to another country; altogether, would be an alternative to Tfhjsfap;the "Maori would scarcely take so readily as he now does to the teuder mercies of the Native Department, as exercised towards those who may choose to come in. ( While Queensland is wanting labour it is- folly to perpetuate the mistakes made at-Xawau and the Chatham Islands. ! IMPERIAL AID. The following letter is addressed to the Herald: — < ! ': - ';"*■'" '~} t ' In your paper of Wednesday, June 30th, you call the attention of your readers to the fact of the British Government refusing to send a single soldier to our assistance; that, being the case I wquld ask what benefit we derive from our connection with England. I was in hopes that this subject would have been brought forward in the House of Assembly, but I fear our members are too much taken up with looking after their own personal interest to trouble themsel^eSj^abqut^the^general good. If wo consider"th,i'£ ri^te^-atten-tively we shall find thai" so far from* our connection with England being a benefit to us it is on the contrary- a source of great danger. England is making large reductions in her Navy," and. in the event of going to war with other nations, she, w,ill have quite enough to do to protect herself. Any nation that .might happen^ to be at war with England would go out of her •way to attack us for the purpose of insulting England. How would the banks and the people of Auckland like to bo called upon to pay in 1 24 hours a: ruinous sum of money or have/tbeir town iipeked about their ears and. the surrounding coun» try ravaged. How would the Thames gold diggers like to have their claims laid under contribution. v Th.ere is also the chance of our gold ship being, captured on their way to Europe.' - - England's conduct to her colonists,, has, h oil tho whole, been most unkind and unnatural; in fact, the management of her « New Zealand' affairs from their very commencement 1 has been a, disgrace to her as a nation. Englan ; d can eispect no s gratitude from the colonists' of New' ZS&andi for they owe nearly all their trouble to the interference of tho mother country, who now deserts them in. their timeyof trojible and clanger. The sooner we draw. up a full statement of our case, and make it known to all the nations, at theAameJ;im& stating that we no longer desire |o live under the British rule, the better at will be for us. The British public will find themselves, perhaps sppner than ttjete expect, without sM^s/cblbnievoif'cSnlmßrce, and with a good part of their wtaking population going over to enrich America or Canada, which is about the same thing. Whether it will do for. us to ask America to help us in our w,ar with the native^ is a question which' must be put off untU J our relations with England are disposed of. Until that subject is settled, I see niothing but ruin and disgrace before us.j New Zealand pan never prosper whilst sEejitUows *a prejudiced, and 14 regard $0 hsOjs&iirs, ignorant, colonial minister living in London to interfere between herself and at set of . murdering cannibal . savages. _ % . Jtf , v our Ministers liave any spirit^ii^tfienitihey will refuse to notice despatches ft-gm'Eng-land on Native affairs:^ The- colonial minister in England wants to retdin the power to interfere without being subject to responsibility or expense. TJiiS must not be allowed., The people of,New,,i3ealand have'put off the consideration of these subjects till the last moment. The,., time, however, has come for us to put asidte all other business and attend to thig one subject alone. Vv Immigration hasTceased, our farms have gone out of cultivation, and land is of little or no value ; but tho picture is too clarfr id look upon, and I will, conclude my letter, knowing -,that more able pens .than iniiie will' b;<» obliged to bring all these matters fully, before the public, both of New Zealand *$2#i3ng-