Facts versus Fibs.--The "New Zealander's" HONESTY AGAlNST THE "Spectator's" DUPLICITY.

New Zealander, Volume 2, Issue 59, 18 July 1846, Page 3

Facts versus Fi bs.--Th e "N e w Ze a l a n d e r's" HONESTY AGAINST THE "Spectator's" DUPLICITY.

By the Cecilia, now at Kaipara, and near]}' full of spars:— mailc, readers, by the Cecilia, vre received amongst other papers, a Wellinijton Spectatw, of the 16tb of Ma\, from which we extract the following:— " In our strictures of last week on the New Zealander'i mis-statements, we omitted to notice that our contemporary stated no less than six vessels were obtaining cargoes of spars at Kaipara, and two of the four were said to be the Mary Catherine and the Cecilia. Now, the Mary Cathei me took in a great part of her cargo in this port, and the Cecilia is at present at anchor in this harbour, and has certainly no intentioii of proceeding to Kaipara. Our readers may judge of the dependence to be placed on our contemporary'b/acte, by the specimens «re have already quoted." Now, the writer of the foregoing paragraph piust, or might ha?e known, that at the time hit

ink was soiling the paper, Hie Cecilia was on the eve of her departure for Kaipara.and if, actuated by a desire of ascertaining the truth, he had ex« tended his enquiries, he would hate learnt that she had been long expected at that Port ; and the New Zealander, knowing h,«jr destination to be a matter beyond doubt, and conceiving it quite possible for her to have actually arrived at Kaipara when including her in the list of vessels fowling there, was justified in speaking of the fact in positive teims. \ The object of the Spectator is to impugn Ihe veracity of the entire statement of the New Zealander, and the artifice he resorts to is most pitiably transparent, He says — '• the Mary Catherine took in a great part of her cargo in this port." This is admirably adapted to mislead ; but what will the public think and say, when we tell them, that the Mary Catherine is a barque of more than 350 tons burden, o. m., aud the great part of her cargo taken in at Wellington did not exceed 80 tons ! Unfortunately she has not had the opportunity of completing her cargo at Kaipara, as she was stranded there during a very severe gale of wind, and has since been sold by public auction. This mendacious writer actually has the temerity to say, " the Cecilia is at present at anchor in this harbour, and has certainly no intention of proceeding to 4 Kaipara j" whereas, it turns out that she not only had such intention, but was destined to convey to Kaipara, the very paper in which the equivocation is contained $ and in which, we also read this— "We stop the press to announce that a considerable body of natives came over this morning at daybreak, and attacked Mr. Boulcolt's barn, in which a party of the 58th Regt. are stationed." Now, bearing in mind, that we received the intelligence of the collision which had taken place at Wellington, thiough the Cecilia, it would appear as though she must have left Wellington ere the ink was well dry, with whid our contemporary denounced our facts and promulgated his own ' ■ ! We will avail ourselves of the Spectator's phra seology only slightly varied, so as to accord with tiuth, and say, "Our readers may judge of the dependence to be placed upon our contemporary's Jibs by the specimens we have already quoted." Shame on the men who would impugn without cause, the veracity of statements that are essentially true! Hereafter the public will know how necessary it will be for them to exercise caution, in relying upon the contents of the Wellington Spectator. They have now had a convincing specimen of the truth-perverting character of one article contained in this Journal, and we would add in the language ot the Roman sathist, " ah uno disce omnes."