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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 195, 20 August 1869, Page 2

IiECTURE.—^We take the following from ihe Wellington Posts report of a lecture lelive'red; in that city by Mr E. ; Jermingiam .Wakefield, on- " How to make New Zealand attractive to Capital and Labor: 1 ' --" The ]tf orth Island, with its unparal- ;; leled advantages ipey ; ery respect for very , mcPessful; satisfactory, j and.- rapid colonization, and ; consequently for becoming' the permanpnt home and : field of enterprise for both , ; w^ kmdSjOi^^ mumties jftpm b^her parts of Jhe world, *| wiU/jn^j»m^^^ I ifcfc|ajsjß^^ \ it, until more successful means shall have . beeii adopted 1 for? -securing? -a thoroughly; ' permanent cessation of hostilities between

the white colonists and ?the aboriginal na-. tivesV His plan for putting an end to the obstruction and disgrace of the Maori . dbturbances, consists. in a thorough adoption of the ' self-reliance' policy, instead .of the sham of it, which he describes all pur attempts at hitherto have been. He suggests measures for securing real efficiency and readiness on the part of the Colonial Militia, and asserts they can then do the garrison duty of protecting towns and their ..populous neighbourhoods as well as Imperial troops, the retention of which he renounces, instancing the Friday night's speech of Mete Kingi, « the gold-laced member of Parliament, who represents the ..so-called friendly natives,' praising the troops because they f remain quietly iu their barracks.' Mr Wakefield * would not needlessly throw away the peaceful industry of a single colonist in the inglorious and unprofitable pursuit of: hunting down Maori murderers through a rugged and thickly-wooded country;' but would use the best and cheapest mercenaries he could get for the purpose. Comparing the murderers to noxious vermin who must be hunted to death or taken and ' deported to some distant land, whence they can never return,' he described the Ghoorkas, under Colonial control, as the very best and cheapest .* ferrets and terriers' for that purpose." Why we should get Ghookkas. — __ Wellington paper says: "However the opinion of the House stood before the Ghoorka resolution was put, we think that Mete Kingi's speech was equivalent to several votes in favor of it. Mete, like many more of his people, seems to think that * the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know,' and therefore opposed the introduction of these terrible little hill men — 'because they are HauHaus and are bloodthirsty.' Just .because the Maoris do not relish the Ghoorkas is a good reason why we should employ" them." , The* MAOKiPinsoNEES.—The Wellington; Evening Post, a strong supporter of the Fox Ministry, writes in the following strain: The ultimate disposal of the Maori prisoners now on board the City of Newcastle seems to be a very dubious matter. The Government some time ago announced its inteution of bringing them to trial either under the Summary Trials Act or the common criminal law, but days, and weeks are passing away,, a very serious expenditure is going on, and still there appears to be no sign of a trial. Whether they are right or wrong, the general public do not believe there is a sincere intention on the part of the, Government to award to tliese men the condign punishment which their numerous misdeeds have so well earned for them; they look forward to a sham trial and nominal sentence, and the recurrence of another Kawau or Manukau affair, and the manner in.which the preliminary^ proceedings have been instituted is sufficient to give some, color to such suspicions. The country looks to the Ministry in this case to depart from the traditional philoMaorism. which has produced such, lamentable results, to mete put to these prisoners (of whose guilt there.is not the remotest shadow pf a doubt) justice, strict and impartial, and convince their Poun try men by the example that murder, cannibalism; an d outrage will not, as heretofore, 1 be condoned, but receive punishment such as they merit. The ' days of blankets and flour for the " poor ignorant savage" are gone by ; the Maoris kuow well what they are about, and are equally responsible with the European population. ..They have elected, with their eyes open to the consequences, to follow a career ofVcrime and bloodshed, and justice demands that they should pay the penalty. If the Ministry fail at this juncture, which the Colony is anxiously watching, their stability and popularity wiir both be consideraßly weakened. P__ili___ent_jry. — There was very little worth noting from thej gallery yesterday beyond sorae^ faint indications, of an approaching end to. the session. The Government moved that after to-day Govern? jnent 'business take, precedence of all othet, except oniWednesdays, which was|ai;reed<:. ato. Mr Wilsons tried 4o induce the House to sit every^ not see^'ipV^ "It is probable, howeii^^^ commence. .The Native ito^ : c^ikjw,ai^ : . mittPe^ • and -orie^or^two bills ' we?e advanced into Committee of Supply, 'Mr [Bell stating, ; that the, continued illness of, the Treasurer f' rendered. it undesirable that the debate pn thefinanciaistetement should comraence id

his absencejjbut: the Government would be glad if v the depar tmental estimates, not l likely to create discussion, were gone on with. When the Treasurer.recovered, full opportunity would be given for discussing the financial statement .rom the first line to the last.--. The House assented to, this, and a large proportion of the departmental estimates, were disposed : of . before the House rose. Mr Reynolds tried to reject the item of £500, for the New Zealand ' Institute, and Major Heaphy had a tilt afc Hansard; moving the rejection of the item reporters £1200. Neither gentlemen, however, foiand suf_Kuent support to go to a division, and the items passed.- — Welling" ton Post, ! August 14.