ADDRESS TO THE NATIVES.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 83, 7 October 1843, Page 331

ADDRESS TO THE NATIVES.

(Copy.— Translation.) To the Chiefs of the Districts of Port Nicholson, Taranaki, Wanganui, &c, &c. Friends— l am directed by his Excellency the Officer administering the Government to state that he has received the letter written by Wairarapa, who came as the bearer'of # special message from the natives of Port Nicholson, and that his letter will be duly considered. The Governor directs me to, write this letter to you to assure you, that all he has promised shall be made good. Mr. Spain is now busily employed in completing his report, on the completion of which immediate steps will be taken to settle the question of your disputed lands. also wishes me to say he hopes you will not misunderstand his letter published in the Gazette of July, desiring both natives and .Europeans to remain quiet, and forbidding them tto" take further possession of disputed lands. Now his Excellency wishes you particularly to understand that you are not to disturb such Europeans who have already settled on land, their title to which has not been clearly established. Wait quietly until you hear from the Governor again, who, as soon as Mr. Spain's reports are finished, will be in possession of every particular relating to your lands, and he will then decide the question. Mr. Spain also will then return to you for that purpose. But you must not be impatient, as Mr. Spain's report will take some time. Remember, the Governor's word is inviolate, and cannot be broken : he will see Justice equally administered to the natives and the Europeans. From your Friend, Clarke, By his Excellency's command. , True translation of native circular. (Signed) George Clarke. A true copy. M. Richmond, C.P.M.

Smuggling.— -The Secondaries' Court have found a -verdict for the Crown against Videll and j Crowell, glove manufacturers at Grenoble, France, , and carrying on business at 8, Old Jewry, for frauds upon the revenue, by the importation of French gloves which had not paid duty. The Crown sensed On all the effects found in the Old Jewry, as well as a balance at their banker's. Prince Albert has accepted an invitation to visit ! Bristol on the launch of the Great Britain, which wm intended to have been in the month of May, i but, owing to some difficulty in the float, has been put off to June. — Briitol Qasttte.