To the Editor of the Nelson Examiner.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume IV, 8 November 1845, Page 143

To the Editor of the Nelson Examiner.

I trust, Mr. Editor, that in these prolix obsen nations, which you may deem uncalled for and out of place, I have made out a strong and sufficient case, to keep my fellow-colonists alive to the vast importance of retaining the whole of the Wairau districts as an integral part and parcel of the original Nelson scheme, and to md uce an ever-vigilant jealousy and watchfulness towards any attempts that may be made to wre st it from us, whether on the part of the Go' rernment, the natives, or any other parties. Apologizing for trespassing so lengthily on yoi r space, I beg to remain, sir, Your obedient servant, j An Out-Settler and Original j Landholder. Ipated October 31.

Tfo J*ir—ln the recent parliamentary debates on New Zealand, Captain Rous charged the New Zealand Company with inveigling into misery the labourers sent out to this colony. At the great gathering next week, it is highly dtsiirablethey should set him right on this point, by ja report of their state and prospects. Could we transport him to the Nelson settlement, he would be startled on finding that at the end of thrfce years' ordinary exertion many of them are independent, and that the remainder may becoriie so, if they choose, in another year; that those who have been economical are now proprietors of small herds of cattle, while there are few) who have not ajcow. In fact, unless immigration be renewed, we shall next year experience difficulty in reaping our fields: every man will be pecupied with his own. Tj'he labouring class owe their comfort to the instrumentality of the Company. In common gratitude, as honest men let them come forward andj say whether charges so grave have any foundation. I am, &c, Ellendale, Nov. 7- R. Tod. Captain Fitzßoy's Recall.—There is one) portion of Lord Stanley's despatch to which we , cannot forbear making allusion; in which he speaks of the public spirit and disinterestedness with which Captain Fitzßoy assumed the duties of governorship, and of the personal sacrifices which he so liberally made on that acopunt. This is twaddle. To an ambitious noitid, the governorship of New Zealand cannot but he an object of high importance. No slight reputation would accrue to a man who possesses sur^jioient ability to rectify the miserable state of things which preceding Governments have produced in New Zealand. Such a man, having effected so desirable an object, would not be suffered to remain longer in New Zealand than was necessary to accomplish the purposes of his mission. His services would be thought sufficiently valuable for a more important station. Capjtain Fitzßoy well knew this; and, had he succeeded, he would have been that distinguished man. He has not succeeded, but has prepared still further difficulties for his successoi ,j to whom, if he look at the matter in our way), these fresh difficulties are only fresh inducements to covet the office. But the faults whiph have thrown a cloud over the prosperity of Kew Zealand do not so much lie at the door of t|he Governor as of those around him, who forrti the staff of the Government. The Governor is only the focus of the bad dispositions and the ' ignorance, or something worse, of these menl; if he listen to them, he is lost.—New Zealand Journal, May 10. Public Pensions.—lt is stated in the Irish pap' rs, that Sir Robert Peel has granted to the widow of the late Mr. John Banim, author of the *' O'Hara Tales," £50 from the Royal Bounty Fund, -and has further engaged to place her name on the pension-list when a vacancy occurs. Ml trder of an Officer and Eight Men of the Wasp, by the Crew of a Slaver.—A most distressing circumstance has occured in the African squadron. The Wasp, 18, Commander S. H. Usher, took a prize, which was sent to Sierra Leone, to be condemned. On her way this prize fell in with and took another slaver; the lieutenant in command still keeping charge of the first vessel, put a midshipman, named Harmer, into the other. The vessels then separated. Unfortunately Mr. Harmer allowed a strong party of the slave crew to remain out of irons, and at night they rose and murdered every Englishman Jon board; and, when daylight broke, exchanged signals with and fired at the other prize, and then bore away. In a day or two afterwards she fell in with the Star, 6, Commander Dunlop, who took her, and brought the whole of the piratical crew to Ascension. The villains will shortly be sent to England in the Heroine, 6, Lieut.-Commander Foote, and the Rapid, 10, Commander Earle.

The Farmagh Reporter publishes the following notice, which was found posted on a tree at Rossory Bridge :— " New Orders from Molly Maguire. — Any one giving more than 3d. Per Stone for Potatoes, or lid. Per Peck for Male, shall never live see Enniskillen. Blood."

Two Southampton lads have been committed for trial, charged with the manslaughter of a little boy, whom they treated like another Mazeppa, tying him to a donkey on Netly Common, and then starting the animal off at full speed. The boy fell off his seat and was dragged a considerable distance, so that he was killed.

The French Chamber of Deputies have taken the first important step towards slave emancipation in the French colonies, by passing a bill relating to the introduction of free labourers, by a majority of 215 to 20. M. Guizot had resumed his duties Foreign Secretary. The Court of Austria had been officially informed of the projected visit to Germany of Queen Victoria.