THE Mount Ida Chronicle. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1869.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 30, 27 August 1869, Page 2

THE Mount Ida Chronicle. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1869.

The latest telegrams inform us that General Chute has assented to the proposals of the New Zealand Government, and that the 18th Regiment, which was under orders to leave, is to be retained In the Colony. The thanks of the Colonists are due to the gallant General for the exercise of an authority in their favor which many a man would not have had the courage to exhibit. In pursuing the course he has done Geiier.il Chute has assumed a responsibility which, in the present state of feeling.on the part of the English Government towards the Colony and Colonists, may subject him to reprimand, and perhaps recall. General Chute knows "New Zealand, and New Zealand warfare, and when the true state of affairs, and "the"helpless condition of the Colony were laid before him by Dr. j Eeatlierstone, he at once consented to run the risk of the Imperial displeasure rather than be a party to an .act which could be productive of nothing but evil—render the affairs of the Colony more thun ever complicated, and embolden the disaffected portion of the Maori race to a pitch which would be insupportable. Nor would the ill effects likely to arise from the removal of the last remnant of the British troops' have been confined to the disaffected Maories alone. The loyal aud friendly tribes who have throughout these protracted disturbances fought, and fought nobly, on our side, would have been induced to see, in the removal of the Imperial troops from New Zealand, the withdrawal by England of the protection which frad hitherto been accorded to the Colonist. There can be little doubt' 1

that the effect of such removal would have been most serious and most injurious so far as our relations with the Native race are concerned. The disaffected portion of the tribes would at once have, become more disaffected if possible than before, and more determined to persist in their murders and atrocities. The wavering would have thrown off the mask and joined the rants of the villains Tito Kowaru andTe Kooti, while the loyal and friendly would have been struct with amazement and confusion, and have begun to look upon the cause in which they were embarked as a hopeless one, and in all probability have become neutrals, if not absolutely enemies. In. fact it is difficult to estimate the complications which would too surely have resulted had the instructions of the Imperial Government been carried into effect. -The Parliament of New Zealand have recorded a vote of thanks to General Chute for the line of action he has adopted in allowing the troops to remain, and well is the gallant General entitled to the thanks of every settler in the Colony for his noble ; conduct. - "What, the Mother Country may say to the disregard of her. instructions it is not easy to imaThe conduct of the Imperial authorities with: regard to New Zealand has of late been so incomprehensible and mischievous that we should not be surprised to hear that General Chute will have to pay for his disregard of instructions with the r forfeiture of his command. Whatever be the result General Chute will always possess the pleasurable conviction that he has done his duty, that his conduct is universally approved, and that his name will be engraved in the heart of every settler throughout new Zealand, and become as familiar in the mouths of generations to come as " Household words."