NEW PLYMOUTH.

Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 250, 24 March 1855, Page 5

NEW PLYMOUTH.

We believe that the 'following*-statement.of' the Revenues ohthe Province of New 'Plymouth* fur the past -year iwill be found correct in its main features. Receipts. Customs ... ... £4291 v, Post Office ... ... 100 Sales of Crown Lands 3416 Fees, Fines, and Penalties 150 -£7957 Paid to the Provincial Government. Customs ... ... £2X62 PostOlßce 12 Surplus Revenue ... 330-r-- ; £ t 2504 Retained by the General Government i! 5453 —TaranakiHerald.

;, J,t v^iU /be jn the recollection of our (; r«aders . thajt <a . Jew , weeks .since the Superintendeut^cnnsidering.the,aerious,position of the : Settlement in regard to the quarrels <of the iNative population, took.upon ihimself the /responsibility of detaining,the onjy officer .of the armed police invthe ? Proy ( ince, he<hiiviag been bound in recognizances to gi^e,evidence .in Auckland in the case of the.Queen y.Gassidyjand,that the Provincial Gouncil subsequently. marked their . appjph^tipnjof. the;cpwrse ;by ( biSiJrlQnor by a resolution .passed unanimously. ,;Qur jrepprt. of. the proceedings of the Council ,on Thursday last, contains a ; dispatch.of the i Colqnial Secretary in reply <to. the Supetintend- ! ent's communication to the General Government, explaining the necessity that induced him to the ! course in, quesjtipn, which exemplifies :at jonce > the -paternal sway of, the Govermnent.iand.Ahe domineering insolence of vihe. well-paid officials1 : to, whom, it ■ con tides the .business jof the colony.; The utter disre,gar4 :of the interests -flif -tiiisi • Settlement iby the general .Government has con-; ; till lied so long that we ha ye.become .habituated] to neglect, and<eKery fresh,example of overbeaFr-: ing rudeness, jor,presuming iinbecility,vin place ;of creatingindignationvfls- only- acknowledged: ■with ; a bitter■ smile< of ■recognition.; We have grown , accustomed to them, and .contempt has isuperseded anger. It-will ; be remarked Ahat the Colonial Secrer ,tary.does .notideny. the urgency, of the circumstances tbat led to Mr. Halse's detention, •although the admission, is made to rest as raueh j ; as .possible ipniis: Honpr'.s statement of. the pase i-~ and he is ; consequently constrained., unwililingly, to admit, the propriety of the .course: adopted ; but he cannot refrain from the opportunity presented, of snubbing the Provincial authorities. ,He .has intended to be very smart, but blundering, as is his wont, on some illogical; concjusipn, his attempt at severity is simply ridiculous. It will scarcely be supposed that the concoctor of this precious document knew ; while he wrote that theevidence of the.lnspec- j tor was altogether-immaterial to the case, that another witness had - been fforwarded to Auckjand, who deposed to the Vsame iacts, and: that for six months previous, the writer, as the official organ of the Government, had been resrularly informed of the murderous outrages perpetrated in the very'heart of the settlement by the.native population. Yet all this be bad been brought acquainted with through the officers of;his own j j Government, as well : as -by the Provincial ! authorities .when -he penned the impertinent caution contained in .this despatch. 1 Shortly alter the examination of Cassidy, who is charged with murder, a request was m.-ide to the General Govemment'tQ have him tried in the Province. There was a general desire on the part of the settlers to that effect. It was considered that the display of the most solemn businessthat . can occupy a judicial tribunal— -—deciding on the life or death of a criminalT— would be calculated to impress the native population recently returned to their homicidal customs, and who roundly assert that criminals are taken to Auckland that they may escape. The' supineness of the ,Gp.vernment or .the Judge prevented this, and the prisoner was removed to Auckland for trial, with six of the witnesses against him, and will - not be tried before the March assizes. We do not hesitate to say, that such a.system will operate little short of an absolute denial of justice, and that on future occasions it will be very difficult to obtain evidence against prisoners. Yet it is in such circumstances that the General Government considers it dfcorous to twit the endeavours of the Provincial authorities to preserve the safely of' the inhabitants of the settlement, which has become precarious by the supineness and neglect of the General Executive, as if the convenience of the Court, or a whim of the Government, which deprives the settlement of the beneficial admi4iistration of justice, were of more consequence than the safety of its inhabitants, and a more justifiable reason for delay. Ignorance of the situation of the settlement with regard.to the native disturbances cannot be pleaded, were such a plea worth anything, since Government was at the very time despatching the Native Secretary to verify the account of another of its officers of the very imminent state of the settlement in relation to those disturbances, for we believe that Provincial remonstrance on the subject is entirely disregarded. Is it then\t6 be enquired at this day whether the Government and the Court were made for the colony, or it for them? and should it be matter of wonder that the people of this Province, in the presence of such

treatment, are beginning to ask, What, beyond the empty despatcues .of :the Government, they get in exchange-for the excenri*© drafts' it .makes ,on the revenues resulting from their industry?— lbid.

Nominal Return ofOfficers killed at the battle of Inkermann. Cavairv Division.--rl7th .Lancers:' Cornet Archibald Clevlarid. V Boyal Artillery •Brigadier-General T. JTox Strangwavs; Major P. Townsend. First Division.—Captain "H. T. Butler, De-puty-Assistaut-Adjutant General. 3d Battalion Grenadier Guards: Lieut. CoU E. W.Pakenham; Capt.Sirß. L. Newman, '. Bart.; Captain Jbe Hon. H. A. Neville. lst'Battaliou'Coldstream Guards :Lieut.CoL ! hon."T. V. Dawson ; Lieut. Col. J. C. Cowell.; 1 Captain bon. tG. C. C. Eliot j Captain F. H. Ramsden ; Captain L. I). Mackinnon.;'Captaia H. M. ;Bouverje; Lieut- C^ H. Greville ; Lieut. IE. A. Disbrowe. < Ist Battalion, Scots Fusileer Guards: Lieut. i Col. J. H. Blair. Second Division.—Staff: Capt. W. K. Allix. 30tbJRegiinent: Captain A. Conolly -Lieut. A.Gibson. .;' 41st Begiment: Lieut.-Colonel G. Carpenter; Captain E. Richards ; Lieut. A. Taylor ; Lieut. J/W.Swaby;; Lieut. J- Stirling. 49th.Regiineot: Major T. N. Dalton ; Lieut. A. S. Armstrong. . Thibd Division.—sth Regiment: Lieut.'W. G. Dasbwood. / Fourth Division.—Staff: Lieut. Gen. Sir George Cathcart, X.C.8.; Brigadier-Gen. T..L. Goldie; Lieut.-Col. C. T. Seymour, AssistantAdj v tan t-General. ; 20th Regiment: Lieutenant W. H. Dowliiig. 2lst Regiment; Lieut. H. F. E. Hurt. 57ih Regiment-.Captain E. Stanley. 63fd Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel E.S.T. Swyny; Lieutenant G. C. W. Curtois ; Ensign J. H. Clutterbuck. 68th Regiment: Major H.G. Wynne; Lieut. IYG. Barker, 'y■;■.;■:"'. ;. '.: '\-'■"':■:, ;:/.V'-~ •; _, Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade: Captain A. A. Cartwright- v Light Division : 33rd Regiment: Lieut H. Thorold. -; ■■/ '■ "; ■'■•■■ ■: ;■■■ : ;. ' ■ --. .J;; 19th Regiment: Captain JamesKer. 77th Regiment: CaptaiuJ. Nicholson. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade: Xieutenant L.W. Malcolm. ' Nominal Return of Officers wounded at the . Battle of Inkermann. Royal Artillery: Lieut.-Col. G. Gainbier,: slightly; Captain and Adjutant J; F. L. Braddeley, seVerely; Captain G.Tupper, slightly j Captain C. H. Ingilby, severely; First Division.—Staff: Major-Ge.neral H. J. W. Bentinck,slightly ;, Captain T. H. Clifton, A.D.C., slightly. 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards: Colonel F. W. Han-ilton, slightly; Lieut.-Coi. R. Bradford, slightly; Lieut.-Col. Hon. H. Percy, slightly; Captain A. Tipping, severely; Lieutenant Sir J. Ferguson, Ban., slightly; Lieut. C. N. Sturt, severely. y Ist Battalion Coldstream Guards: Lieut.Colonel J. Halkett, severely; Lieut.-Col. Lord A. C. L. Fkzroy. severely; Colonel Hon. G. Upton, slightly; Captaiu Hon. P. Fielding, severely; Lieut, hon. W. A. Amheist, severely. 3rd Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards—Gol. E. W. F. Walker, severely; Lieutenant-Col. Francis Seymour, slightly ; Captain G. T. F. Shtickburgb, severely; Captain R. Gipps, severely ; Capuiin F. Baring, slightly; Lieut. S. J. Blanc, slightly : Captain and 'adjutant H. Drumtnoud, severely ; Assistant-Surgeon A. G. Elkington, slightly." Second Division. Staff—Brigadier-General H. W. Adams, severely ; Captain S. Gw^bins, A.D.C., severely ; Captain C. Adams A.D.C., slightly; Captain A. McDonald, A.D.C. slightly; Captain F. P. Harding, A.D.C., severely. 30lh Regiment—Major J. T. Mauleverer, severely ; Captain J. Rose, severely ; Captain G. Dickson, slightly ; Captain P. Bayley, severely; Lieutenant J. D. lioss Lewin, dangerously. 41st Regiment—Captain H. W. Meredith, slightly; Captain Hugh Rowlands, slightly; Captain F. C. Bliurh, slightly: Lieutenant H. S. Bush, severely; Lieutenant G. R. Fitzvoy, severely; Lieutenant and adjutant W. Johnston, slightly. 47th Regiment—Lieutenant-Col. W. O'G. Haly, severely ; Ensign G. Waddilove, slightly

55th Regiment —Lieutenant-Col. C. Warren, C.8., severely; Brevet-Colonel H. C. B. Daubeny, slightly ; Lieuteuant J. R. Hume, severely ; Lieutenant W. Baruston, severely; Lieutenant G. A. Morgan, slightly. 95th Regiment—Major J. G. Champion, dangerously ; Major H. Hume, slightly; Captain G. C. Vialls, slightly ; Lieutenant A. J. J. Me Donald, dangerously. Third Division. 50th Regiment—Captain H. J. Frampton, slightly. Fourth Division. Staff — Brigadier-General H. W. Torrens, severely; Brevet-Major C. L. B. Maitland, D.A.A.G., severely; Lieutenant H. D. Torrens, A. D.O, slightly. 20th Regiment—Col. F. Horn, slightly; Brevet Lieutenant Col. H. D.Crofton, severely; Brevet-Major J. B. Sharpe, severely ; Capt. W. T. Wood, slightly; Captain C. R. Butler, severely ; LieutenantG.Bennett,severelv; Lieut, and adjutant F. Padfield, slightly; Ensign L. Kekewick, slightly. 21st Regiment—Lieutenant Col. F. G. Ainslie, severely ; Captain G. W.Boldero, severely ; Lieutenant A. Templeman, slightly; Lieutenant | H. King, severely: Lieutenant R. Killeen, i slightly; Lieutenant R. Stephens, severely. | 57th Regiment—Captain J. F. Blaud, dan- j gerously, since dead; Lieut. G. W. Hague, dangerously ; Lieut. C. Venables, slightly. 63rd Regiment—Captain T. Harries, slightly; Captain C. Fairtlougb. slightly; Lieutenant T. Johns, slightly; Lieutenant W. H. Newenham, slightly ; Ensign H. T. Tysden, severely ; Ensign T. *K. MoTgan, severely; Lieutenant and adjutant R. Bennett, severely. 68th Regiment — LieuL-Col. Harry Smith, dangerously ; Lieut. J. Cator, dangerously. ' 46th Regiment—Captain W. Hardy, severely; Ensign E. H. Hellier, slightly. Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade—Major E. Rooper, severely : Lieutenant Coote Buller, slightly ; Lieutenant'C. S. Flower, slightly. Light Division. Staff—Lieutenant General Sir George Brown, 1LC.8., severely. Regiment—Major Sir T. Troubridge, Bart., severely; Captain R. Y. Shipley, severely; .Lieutenant H. W. P. Butler, severely ; Captain E. H. Rose, slightly ; Ensign L. J. F. Jones, slightly. 23rd Regiment—Lieutenant T. F. Vane, slightly; Lieutenant J. Duff, missing. 33rd Regiment — Lieutenant F. Corbett, slightly t Ensign J. Owens, dangerously. 88lh Regiment — Captain J. G. Crosse, slightly; Lieutenant H. J. Baynes, severely; Lieutenant-Colonel E. R. Jeffreys, slightly. 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade — Captain E. Newdigate, slighlly. Royal Marines—Captain W. H. March. J. B. BUKNALI, ESTCOTTRT, Adjutant-General.