AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume V, Issue 338, 3 April 1844, Page 3

AUCKLAND.

By the Government brig Victoria, Captain Richards, which arrived on Sunday last, from Auckland, -having called on her way at Taianaki, we received papers from the seat of Government to the 16th of March. We furnish selections below. The first concerns this place, and affords information whether true or false with which we were not before acquainted.

" Port Nicholson. — By the Government brig, which arrived with his Excellency the Governor on Thursday last, we have received late papers from Wellington, but they are totally devoid of interest. We cannot even ' gather from them any information as to the proceedings of the Governor in the Southern settlements", or how far he has satisfied the settlers. — It is reported that the Governor has received fron the Company's Agent a sum of £15,000, to be paid to natives in full of claims upon the Company's land. His Excellency has also had a meeting with Rauparaha, and very properly informed him that the Wairau affair should be ' forgotten, that the white men were in the wrong in attacking the natives, and the natives were- much to blame in destroying the European prisoners who. surrendered themselves to them. t It is alsoxeported, that Messrs. Clifford, Bell, St. Hill, Evans, and Guyton had been each of them offered a seat in the Legislative Council, and that none of them would accept of it. The Gazette seems to convey the idea that no person at Wellington would accept the office— perhaps they are right, the expense is certainly greater than thelionor and the power of being useful to the colony. We perceive that Lieut. Bennet, R. E., who has returned by the brig, has given much satisfaction to the Wellington people by the selection which he has made of a site for barracks. The Wellington people seem to have made themselves in the end unaccountably well pleased with the Governor and all his measures, although at the first they manifested symptoms of kicking. Justice Chapman is supposed to Have influenced them towards this, happy .change? which; we trust will last longs? 'Btit we cannot yet forget their reception of ' Mr. Shqrtlahd. " Titnep Danuos" Ssa, may be w.ell- applied ' to the passionate kindness- of the Port Nicholson settlers.— Southern Cross.

[We are yet to learn that Mr. ShortlanA was improperly received here. The common, courtesy due to the office he held was paid him, but nothing more,' that we are aware of. The colonists generally were equally cold and courteous. towards him. It would have been alike unattended with advantage and disagreeable to their feelings to have adopted any other course. Does the Editor of the Southern Cross consider that the settlers of Cook's Straits should have personally insulted the Acting Governor ? If not, possibly he will so good as to describe the course they ought to have pursued.— Ed. N. Z. G. &W. S.] " Australind.— By the Sydney papers it is reported that the Company for the colonization of Australind has broken up. The resident Chief Commissioner has suspended operations, and intends going back to England. — Southern Cross."

[This is a result we always expected. A review of the formation of that settlement exhibits the extraordinary recklessness of its founders character. We have always been supporters of the Wakefield principle, but it is evident it is doomed to be destroyed, and to receive its death blow at the hands of its unnatural parent and his kinsmen. It appears to us that the day is not distant when the Wakefield principle will he regarded by the public as a piece of modern quackery, remarkable only for the success with which it was imposed upon the public as scientific. Let it be destroyed when it may, it will have been valuable as a means of attracting attention to colonization, and leading on to the time when emigration must be considered one of the most important national subjects to Great Britain.— Ed. N. Z. G. &W. S.] The " Brigand." — By the arrival of the Governor Phillip from Norfolk Island, at which place two of the crew of the Brigand were left for medical assistance, we have become possessed of further accounts of the massacre ou board that vessel. It appear* that they had been trading on amicable term 3 with the natives at Marree for some days, but on the sth ultimo, some of the crew being on shore and some below, the Islanders attempted to seize the ship, and were only prevented, from doing so by fire-arms having been distributed among the crew in case of necessity. The deck having been cleared, the Captain found it expedient to put to sea immediately, as canoes were flocking from the shore, — having had nine men killed on board, three on shore, and five others missing. The number of natives killed" is estimated to have been about fifty. — Sydney Herald. [It is extraordinary that the names of the sufferers in this unhappy business have never been published. — Ed.] Kawau. — On Monday last the native chief Kawau, with several of his friends and allies, waited upon the Governor to explain his conduct in the late rescue of the native prisoner Te Mania." The interview took place in the verandah of Government House, inpresence of*two or three hundred natives. The old chief manifested great regret for the part he had acted, and blamed his sons for having induced him to commit the error. The Governor explained to" him the serious nature of the offence he had committed, as well as the heavy penalty inflicted by our laws for such an attempt to violate them. His Excellency also, endeavoured to impress upon him the folly of attempting such illegal resistance, and to convey to him an idea of the immense power of our Government. The conduct and duty of the soldiers was also explained to the old man ; and the Governor in the end assured him of forgiveness, and he hoped he would never commit such an offence again ; which he promised to attend to. He and the other natives appeared to have been well pleased, and after performing the war dance, they departed quietly and peaceably. Reason produces a much greater influence over the conduct of the natives than many persons who do not fully understand their character would believe. Kawau is a fine old native, and has always been well, disposed towards Europeans since this settlement was established. His sons have been mad© rather too much of, and they are getting into bad habits.-— Southern Cross. Ellis. — Ellis and his accomplices, in running away with the schooner Hannah, had been tried and found guilty. We- subjoin Chief Justice Martin's judgment — " You, William Ellis, are" proved to be tha most guilty, therefore the sentence of the Court is, that you, William Ellis, be ttaneported beyond the seas to such place as bis Excellency the Governpr, with the. advice of the Executive Council shall appoint, for the term of seven years. You, James Sinclair, Henry Butler, 'and John shewn to have taken an active partJn-jUiB perpetration of the crime, therefore the sent ence of the Court, is, that yog, James Sinclair; Henry Butler, ' and John Wilkinson, be imf prisoned In the common gaol of Auckland&r the term of two years, and be kept t,o hard labour. The sentence of the Court upon

you, James Philips, John Parker, John Southgate, and John Bacon, is, that you be imprisoned in the common gaol of Auckland for twelve calendar months, and that you be kept to hard labour. And lastly, Robert M'Donald, having regard to your youth, which made it less easy for you to stand alone against the evil example of your elders, the sentence of the Court is* that you be imprisoned for six calendar, months in the aforesaid gaol, and that you be kept to hard labour."

"It is reported, and we think it right to do justice to both sides of every story, that the Maories, as soon as they were aware .»f the recent panic* sent to Mrs. Fitzroy, assuring her that they had no hostile intention, and that she need feel no alarm. It is said they addressed her by the endearing appellation of " Mother," and subscribed themselves as her childred. — Times.

Land Sale. — All the lots advertised were sold to claimants in exchange for their confirmed claims. The lots on the north shore, with the exception of three or four were sold to the New Zealand Company,, Town lots sold at from 13s. to 31s. per perch. Suburbans from £1 Is. to £32 per acre ; and the north shore lands at £2 to £2 Bs. per acre.

The following are the claimants who exchanged : — Messrs. Cassidy, White, Hunt, Gundry, Whytlaw, Spicer, Tuite, Chapman, Walshe, Montefiore, Whitaker, Kelly, and Pohfck.

Mn Mason purchased the lot at Epsom on which he is at present erecting his mill — the only one sold for cash. Two lots were sold to persons holding certificates from the Emigration Commissioners.

Amount of the sale — Upwards of £5,000 — Times.

Native Schools and Native Hospitals. — We understand that Jabez Bunting, Kati, and some other native chiefs, waited upon his Excellency the Governor on Wednesday, with the view of urging the necessity of establishing English schools for the education of their children, as well as hospitals for the cure of the native sick. We have not been able to ascertain what success attended this interview. We fear the natives are in many respects doomed to disappointment : their expectations from the Bishop have hitherto been unrealized. He may de doing something for the education of the natives at Waimate, but nothing has been effectually done to benefit those in the neighbourhood of the capital. What is doing with the native reserve fund ? Can any person say what ? It is really a disgrace and a shame to think that in the capital of New Zealand there is as yet neither school nor hospital established for the benefit of the natives. Nearly all the medical men in this place would willingly and gratuitously attend to the natives, but there is no place to receive them when sick ; and medicine without proper dietetics and nursing is of little use. How long shall our benevolence continue to evaporate in mere words ? Preserve the body of the native, and improve his intellect, and he will soon become civilized and Christian. Knowledge is the basis of all truth. Mere preaching without enlightening the intellect, is nothing else than sowing of the good seed on stony ground, it will produce nothing. Moral, religious, and intellectual school-masters would do more for the natives than all the mere clergymen in New Zealand put together, while acting on the preseut Maori system. We speak so far from knowing the intellectual, moral, and religious effects of district or parish schools in our native land. We should like to see the same system pursued in New Zealand, and we would strongly recommend the Missionary Societies to send religious school-masters instead of mere clergyme*. — Southern Cross.

Suppression of Duelling. — Address to her Majesty. — A very numerous meeting of the Association for the discouragement of Duelling was held on Friday, at the British Hotel,. Cockspur-street. Lord Lifford presided, and among those present were Lord Charles Howard, Lord H. Cholmondeley, Lord Robert Grosvenor, the Hon. Charles Howard, the Hon. F. Maule, the Hon. W. Cowper, Sir Edward Parry, Sir R. H. Inglis, &c, &c. The noble chairman, in addressing the meeting, intimated that the object was to memorialise her Majesty to use her prerogative for the suppression of duelling, a practice which was ineffective for the redress of wrongs, pernicious to society, and inimical to the laws of God and man. He had no doubt her Majesty would give the memorial due consideration. The memorial contained much, forcible reasoning and argument, and concluded by praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to " make known her royal will by denouncing a custom which was barbarous in its origin, unjust in its principles 'sinful in its nature, and disastrous in its consequences." Sir Edward Parry, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Admiral Sir F. Austen, Admiral Oliver, Sir H. Inglis, the Hon. S. H. Walpole, and other gentlemen, addressed the meeting, and resolutions were moved for

adopting the memorial and appointing a deputation to wait on her Majesty to present the same. A vote of thanks having been awarded to the noble chairman, the meeting broke up. — Birmingham Advertiser.

Extraordinary CREDULny. — The following case was tried at the Chelmsford Quarter Sessions, before Mr. Disney, chairman : — Louisa Dalton, 30, wife of Fredrick, was charged with having obtained from Hannah Guiver, by false pretences, two sovereigns, three half-sovereigns, 15 half-crowns, 40 shillings, and five sixpences, with intent to cheat and defraud her, at Ugley. Prisoner was one of the Gipsey race, and not one of the most lovely specimens of the tribe.

Mr. Rodwell appeared for the prosecution, and, in opening the case, told the jury that the circumstances were such as they would hardly believe, if they were not clearly proved by the evidence. The principal witness, Hannah Guiver, was a young woman who had been in an ill state of health, the cause of which he could not precisely state, but he believed that it arose from unrequited love. Prisoner, who travelled the country, got access to her, and induced her to believe that she was spell-bound, and proposed, on the payment of a certain sum of money, to perform certain magical ceremonies, by means of which she would be relieved from that spell. The learned gentleman then detailed the facts of the case as stated in the evidence.

Hannah Guiver, rather a good-looking girl, was then examined. — I live with my mother at Ugley Green. She keeps a shop there. On the 26th of March prisoner came into the shop. She told me that she would tell me a few words that would be a benefit to me. I was not in a good^state of health. I gave her one shilling. She had a book with her, and looked into it. She said by the book I must give her another shilling, which I did. She said I was poorly, and that I was under a spell ; if I would give her a half-sovereign, she could and would break the spell in nine days. She gave me a piece of foolscap paper. It was folded up, and there was two pins suck in it across, and I was to burn it at the end of the nine days. On the Ist of April (laughter) I saw her again. She said she had been working the things beautiful for me. I " Well." I saw her again on the 4th of April. She took a bag from her jpocket* and

asked for a handful of salt. I was in the shop, and she asked to speak to me privately. I took her into the keeping-room. I put the salt in the bag. She asked for as much gold as I had to put in the bag. I was not willing to do this, but she said she did not want to take it out of the house. I fetched down two sovereigns and three half-sovereigns. They were my mother's. She said that was not enought, and I could make it up between £7 and £8, if I liked. I then brought her down 15 half-crowns, 40 shillings, and 5 sixpenses. I put them into the bag. She said she must have it till 11 o'clock next day, and then the spell would be broken. If she did not bring the bag and the money by half-past 11, or a few minutes after, I was to have a very sharp knife, and when I saw her again to cut her throat. (Laughter.) I did not see her again till the 20 of April. She was then in the station-house at Newport. She was to have taken the money to a neighbour's, Susan Smith. The condition on which I parted with my money was that she should return it, or that I should cut her throat. Of course I thought I should have that knife, I should not have cut her throat. I can't tell what she meant by working things beautiful for me. I had been ill some time, but there was not a bit of love in the question. She said it was a spell, and that I should sip sorrow by spoonsful if it was not taken off. It is immateral to any one here whether there was any love in the case, but there was a young man I had a regard for. I was under mental anxiety. I am 24 years of age. I attend the shop for my mother. I gave the prisoner the money, with the idea of getting better.

Mr. Dowling addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, He said this was a case in which the party had no right to complain of the consequence of their own folly. If people chose to go and buy advice, such as it might be, they could have no right to turn round in this manner on the person of whom they had bought it. The jury, without hesitation, found her Guilty. The Chairman, in passing sentence, observed, that the law must protect the weak in mind as well as the weak in body, or it would be no law at all ; and he sentenced the prisoner to ten years' transportation.