The New Zealand Herald AUCKLAND, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1865. THE SOUTH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 422, 21 March 1865, Page 4

The New Zealand Herald

AUCKLAND, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1865. THE SOUTH.

BPECTEMTJB AGENDO. " GlYe every man thine onr, but fow thy voice: Take each mail's consuro, but reaervo thy judgment. This abovo all,—To thine owiixolf bo truo And it must follow, p<B the Disht tho day, Thou const not then bo false to any man."

By tho arrival of the Queen from the South, we have later papers, but little news irom the several provinces.

"We learn from the JJailtf 2'oal, which is now fast attaining tho position of the leading journal of AVellington, "that the Go- " verximent have completed the purchase of " the house and grounds formerly the property of K". Levien, Esq., situated on the " Tinakori road, for the sum of £2,950. It " will now be the ofllcial residence of the " lion. I'\ A. "Weld."

This piecc of illegal extravagance is on a par with all "\ve hear of the doings of the] "Weld Ministry. " After us the deluge," is the motto of these gentlemen. It will be seen from the letter of our ppecial correspondent at "Wanganui, that tho Government are actually paying tho privates of the Volunteer Cavalry at "Wanganui, at the rate ai'jij'/ccn .s/tillinr/x per day per mail, and we are nuivch/ told Hint the settlers have very generally enlisted into this corps. "We should rather think they had. It does not usually fall .to the lot of the vulgar herd "to dip their hand into tho bag. They may tlumlc the Judases who now carry it for 1 lie opportunity afforded them. AVhy, we should like to know, is it found requisite to pay the cavalry in Wanganui three times the amount of pay which was paid to similar corps on active service during the late "Waikato campaign ? The news of the murder of Mr. Volknor has been received in "Wellington, and is treated by the press there as a light matter, not at all threatening the peace of this province. Not even an expression of horror or of sorrow is made use

of in allusion to it, and the then supposed fate of Mr. Grace and the other captives passed over without remark. The state of the AVaikato is wilfully misrepresented as one of settled peace and quiet. We learn from the Daily Post that horse-whipping fracas between the gentlemen at Wellington arc becoming common.

From Hawkes' Bay we lesirn that the Pai Marire fanaticism is spreading in that province. I'Tty natives of the AVliakaki, and a large number of To Wniroas have joined the hau hau at Mangaruhi. The Jlaickes' Bay Herald thus alludes to this movement: —

" The presence of bodies of the hau hau converts, or perverts, and their reception by To liapului, shows us pretty plainly that on the will of a single chief depends the whole question. If lie were a straightforward, well-judging man, in whom confidence could be placed, it would be something of a risk to run. .But Te Hapuku has always been dark and inscrutable, lie has private wrongs to redress ; and though his making any such movement would be considered the height of madness, who can guarantee his sanity? At any moment, if he so chooses, or can in an)' way be induced to do so, ho can cry " Havoc ! and. let slip the dogs of war." And what then? Is the Government to say," Oh! fight away, we havo nothing to do with ifc or is it to unite its small force with that of Tareha, Renata, and Karaitiana, and bccome a party to a feud which lias nothing to do with the general question ? The Government shculd be strong enough to maintain law and order ; and without reference to the subject in dispute, bo in a position to say at once, " There shall be 110 lighting." It should be strong enough to enforce peace and quietness 011 both parties. If lighting once begins, it will bo on a different scale, and conducted with very different feelings, to what it was in 1857-8 ; and to what complications it may lead it is impossible to say. That the pakehas should escape without detriment it is absurd to suppose ; and, even if that could be guaranteed, it would be disgraceful on the part of the Government to allow of auy such warfare for a day- And yet, in its present state of weakness,' as regards this province, it would be powerless to prevent it."

Erom Cauterbury come tidings of a continued rush to the Okotiki gold-field, but no further particulars of a reliable character.