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Otago Daily Times, Issue 232, 17 September 1862, Page 5

be s^djthat h^ the j^ißnity^Tof"Sspf in^rin^puHicTlife ' again. .;,;%> W:^^^^r^;:^':-& ; -';-t'<--\ '"X^i In^egar^ |b Native the House afte* a very long*iteliberttion has: agreed; to la Native Land BilL ;The measure prpvides^br giving" a' Crdwn? gmnt in substitution of va Native title, and:.ibr flowing" the Native dispose of their lauds direct^ At /the^instigation of the; Governor; jbu^much against the sense of the House, the land is to be taxed in perpetuity, hr the shapeof a fee of tender cent. ; ou the purchase money- on the first sale, and 4 percent^.on every after sale, the fees to go to the revenue. :--\ A loan of half a-million is to be raised, with which: to pay the" English Governmeut the LIQS^OOO demanded by the Duke of Ne^vcastleY L 200,000, as compensation to the Taranaki settlers, arid tie balance for road making. The compensation to the Taranaki settlers is burdened with the proviso that they remain in the proyincev which the House feels it would be a disgrace to desert. 1 The settlers are ;thus made thevictimsofa hard political necessity as of their own, accord they would gladly leave. It was also agreed to raise a police force of 500 men, composed of Natives and Europeans, for the maintenance of order in the Native districts^ By a final coup tie main after the departure of the bulk of the members, the Ministers carried the permission to continue the Appropriation act to 11864, so doing away with the necessity ■ of calling the House together before a two years' recess. The Postal Serviceiquestibn was decided by certain resolutions,affirming the necessity of a service between Sydney and Auckland, one between Sydney and Cook's Straits, 't and brie between Melbourne and the South. "The latter is already a bone of contention. There ia, besides, to be a weekly or tri-monthly interProvincial Service, and £30,000 are to be appropriated for a Panama Service. Negotiation? for the latter will at once be entered on, bo as to time-in with the fresh contract which it is understood the English-Government will have to enter into for the West Indian Mail Service, the present one being near its conclusion. .. ■■'.■.'■■.• •-■/ •■■ -. " •;•• " ctpnpnmsr- "tk-^ ■-■ • . .... ■ ■ . • ■ . The financial statement of Mr. Dillon Be^l was a masterly effort, and the Domett Ministry was* shortly afterwards consolidated and strengthened by the . accession of Messrs. Crosbie Ward, Header Wood, and Sewell. The latter, from information just to hand, and Mr. Russell, have resigned. If so, the place of the former will probably be filled by Mr. Whitaker, and the latter was only attached, without a portfolio, so that his loss will not be felt. ;•".-■;■■ ■ "■■; ..;;'.: ■;■■■.., ;. ■':■■■ We should state also, that the House decided on an address to the Queen, in reply to some despatches of the Duke of Newcastle, couched in terms of most insulting satire. The position taken up by the Minister for the Colonies is admitted on all hands to be untenable, and the best answer that can be made to Mm is the lavish contributions to Native affairs that the House had decided to make, and its ready acquiescence in Sir George Grey's propositions. The tone assumed by the Duke of Newcastle has caused considerable irritation, and if persevered iv, the answer will sooner or later be very plain. If the English Government will abandon the obligations they assumed by the treaty of Waitangi, the settlers will know how to deal with the Natives. They will not submit to the indignities the latter, place upor them, and a war of conquest of the land and oi extermination will be the result. The Englisl troops stand between the Natives and the reprisals which they are doing their best undo; English encouragement to earn. - Their last act leaves nothing further loi them to do in the way of defiance of th< British authority. The Lord Worsley wai wrecked on the Taranaki coast. The Native took possession of the Wreck, and held th< passengers prisoners. Finally they decided U escort them to the township (New Plymouth) and give them their liberty. They showe< great personal kindness, but it was the kind ness of a conqueror treating his helpless foe with consideration. They had seized 100( ozs. of gold, this they also gave up. Assistant was endeavoured to be sent from the town t< the shij>wrecked passengers,, but the Native required tolls for passing through the gates amounting to about £1500. These gates, h itunderstvotl, are on ground purchased b^ Europeans, but since claimed by the Native to have been re-won by right of conquest Had the passengers not been delivered v safely, Colonels Warre and Butler woult have endeavoured to force a passage. Expec tations are anxiously directed to Sir Georg Grey to see whether he will submit to th wreck being retained in the hands of th plunderers. pqmticai. (local). There is little of interest in local politics t relate. Major Richardson has resumed th Superihtendentship, and the Provincial Coun cii will shortly meet. Amongst other raea sures to be proposed there will probably be a alteration in the Land Regulations, but whic wouhl have no effect for two years till Pai liament meet 3; a new Building Ordinance; a increase of the members of the Provinci Council; and a loan forroadmaking purpose