THE WAIKATO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 495, 14 June 1865, Page 4

THE WAIKATO.

Wk recommend'to the. perusal of our readers the interesting letter of our Te Awamutu corrcs])ondent,' containing as it does intelligence of a most important character. The Croi:t, which has now i dropped the bullying and exterminating bark; for something between, a. ijioan and a whine, says in its liri-English tcrror.sfricken articles of yesterday: ' " •■--•. " The cliief William Thompson is not at " all disposed to go beyond his ; ' Ingiki' de- " claration. I'Vom the first, we pointed out " exactly how malters stood with that wily " chief, whose declaration to the assembled " Iribes at Ngaiuawahia, before tho war, we ' ; have not forgotten.-to-Ihc efl'ect that , c o " long as he had a dn/en men to follow him " lie would not desert; tlic King's cause."

AVhat special information has our cotemporary, pray, ot Thompson's intentions, oiof those ot tho natives generally, that hoj should venture to speak on behalf of a whole people ? "What Thompson may have thought thirl cen monthf ago, and what he may think now, may bo two very different lliings. Docs our cotdnporajy v,ish to establish for himself a monopoly in tergiversation, that he cannot allow the natives even to change their minds ? It would seem by our. correspondent's loiter Hint (lie basis, of! irrnis is far from settled as yet. There is. still an opening to pence, to which we had always hoped thai the pit sent movement, ten menml by the submission of Thompson, might knd. "When

we say.peace, let it l:o understood we ire.in do aimed ■ncutnilii-y, but t.Lat much: dcf-irod object, a puinanont and ..satisiaetorily arranged pence—pence v,v,t in urine only but in lad. 'J hoe is little doubt but " Il;rd r tbe -natives arc- as heartily ' sick ,1 of war as we me ourselves, , in" deed far more eo. They will dmibikss endeavour 1o make the .best lei ins they can. l'or themselves, but ihero is an little /doiibt', we believe, but tliat fiimness and determination on our part will obtain from them such a r-ulmissic'ii as will not only cause ihe in- to cease fi'erm hostilit i< s. but will place iliciii in such a petition/that they will be'-unable iii tbe i'uture to jus-h to arms as, they have: heretofore, done. jS'othinglcss ihiui this will satisfy tbe colony : but this, we believe, may be accomplished, if thof-e in authority are suflieiei-lly ab.le oi' head and honest oi heart lopeiionn tb.eir part at Ihe present time. It were a blot mcleed on our intelli', genec to acknowledge that in flipk uuu-y. we must necessarily be outwitted by a halfsavngo race. We carrot too strc-ngly condemn the attempt rev: being made, to excite ihe feelings oft! e luiopian inhabitants of this Province against tbe Maoris, ro .is to render as uiipoj ular and as impracticable as possible any j'cliir.n to penceJul relations with ■ them, fnich sentiments are justly scouted by all thinking and uniniercs-leel men in Auckland, and will, we can assure those wild lend themselves to such intrigues, bring only discredit uprn them. The circulation of untruthful reports, such as the icporicd seizure of a vessel and mns-siieie of the crew at Ki'.whiii. written against actual knowledge of what really had cue in red, mid ibr the tuie purpose oi exciting ahum and mistrust, and even worse feelings in ihe public mind, is, to say ihe least oi' it. most reprehensible, poiiunately we were in possession of the real facts of ihe cafe, and iu our issue of yestoday published a < -onect account of what took place at Knwhia.

Bis Excellency Sir George Grey, accompanied 1 y his Privaie Secretaiy,ihe J?cv. Mr. 'J hat el or. mil aiked yesterday afternoon on hoard 11.M.5. Eclipse, which left the harbor about three o'clock.