AUCKLAND (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) September 23,1862.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 248, 6 October 1862, Page 5

AUCKLAND (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) September 23,1862.

I take advantage, of the Airedale steamer's departure;from ; the Manakau, in the morning, for Dunedin, to communicate what items of news have come to hand since the despatch of my last communication. First and foreinost'then,' let me place the arrival in*bur harbor of two of the vessels chartered for the conveyance to our shores of the large body; of Non-Conformists. Shortly after the the despatch of my last letter to yon, the good ship Matilda Wattenbach,with the head quarters of the long-expected Non-Con-formist body, mads its appearance in harbor with 352 souls on board, on their way to their special settlement, at Mangawai, where an extensive tract of land has been set apart by the Government for their use. Their. arrival here naturally excited .a little stir and commotion amono- the religious as well as lay fraternities of the°city and on the third day of their stay, an address of welcome was presented in the name of the inhabitants of the city to the new arrivals. The proceedings, called forth the liveliest interest in the city, several of the leading tradesmen closing their shops, and the ships in harbor being profusely bedecked with flags. The address was expressive ot the interest the old settlers took in the prospective advancement.of JSew Zealand, by the extension and foundation of, new. settlements • and whilst predictingthe ultimate success of the new settlement of Albertland, if conducted on the principles la:d down for the guidance of the emigrants, did not conceal the difficulties and thtf impediments which would ever be found obstruct ing the progress in the formation of anewcolonv!. i beveral addresses were delivered in support of the welcome. Mr Lamb, a settler in i the Kaipara District, and a future near neighbour to the emigrants, detailed a little Of his experience in colonial life. Hemara, a native assessor in the same district, cordially welcomed them to the land, and expressed his desire^ that that part of the country should be colonized by Pa kehas.. Mr W RBrame, the conductor of the settlement and the Rev S. Edgar,.the future minister whilst expressing theirheartfelt thanks for the cordial manner in which they iiad been received idverted to the bright hopes which reigned in the breasts of the emigrants to overcome every natural obstacle which should impede their on ward course ; and to found a city on the Oruawharo which should soon make itself noted The interesting proceedings were brought to a close by a prayer of'thanksgiving for safe conduct so tar, and solicitations for divine assistance on the efforts of the emigrants for the time to come The ship Hanover, with; the second detachment of the Nonconformist body. 340 in number, came into harbor on the ..night of the 17th ?L T erni err * Steps ' were Promptly taken by the Committee who had tha management of their location on the land, to deport them to the head of the Waitemata, and the paddle-wheel steamer Tasmaniau Maid, was laid on for the transport work. ' ■■ -■■ •- We have news of a varied character relative to the proceedings of the natives, At Waipa the Rev. Mr. Morgan has been challenged by the native congregation, during divine service, as to the propriety of having inserted in our form of church service a prayer for King Potatau II and royal family. The question was well putseeiug that Europeans, prayed for the Queen and f.y^!? mT^ T hyr Sh uuld they not d 0 th* same for their King ? In those portions of the service where the-Queen was mentioned, the nativecongregation refused 'to, respond. Informationhas been received that a chief has killed his wife ; but it is unceitain what steps will be taken to bung the criminal to justice, being aware that in a preceding instance of homicide no proceedings were instituted against the murderer It is vaguely hinted that should any attempt be made to capture the chief, his friends will fight to the of fc' , T ue Process of road-making in the Bay of: Plenty has ensued in a dispute among th« natives, and protection has been sought from the King by one of the chiefs interested in the quarrel.- A King flag was granted ; and some kmgites, have been despatched to the scene of commotion; The road at Raglan is progressing tavourably under the spirited exertions of the trovernment engineers, though the natives who are mainly,relied upon to do work, do not seem over-anxious to ; make it a Jaifaccompli' rhe labour is monotonous to their sprightly and .unsettled habits, and they do as little5 as convenient to secure the payment of money granted to them—we will -not say earned; -At Wan*arei a native-named HirinTamehana has been found guilty of burglary, committed.atihe house of Mr. Wm. Bedlington, Fern Hill, on the 6th Sept It appears Mr. Bedlington was absent at his camp in the bush at the time? ,Mrs. Bedlington being the only person in the house. About 11 o clock at mght on the date stated the Maori went to the house, knocked and asked for admission, Mrs. Bedlington however," made' no reply, but put out the light, and the Maori then went round to the front door, which is partially glazed, and smashed three panes of glass He then forced his body through the broken portion of the door, when Mrs. Bedlington- ran-out .by the back door, and'made her way to^he- house of a neighbour, distant half-a-mile. Mr Bedlington returned home on the succeeding day and found the furniture in his house tumbled about and much damaged. He subsequently found his wife at the neighbour's"house, and gleaning from her the facts of the case, at once put himself in communication with Maaihera, the native assessor, who on going to the house picked up a straw hat which had belonged to the intruder, and taking from the broken" door, some human hair which had apparently pome* from the head of the burglar, he* started in,pursuit and apprehended' him,. Prisoner acknowledged the hat was his; but said .he had got spjdrunk after selling some pigs in- the settlement' on the day in question, that he was quite unconscious what had happened afterwards.. He was committed for trial to the Supreme Court, but subsequently liberated on bail.- Whist the trial in thiscase wa? proceeding, some'"person or persons entered Mr • Bedlington's house1 ana abstracted X2, and. the contents of the provision safe. A statement appeared in the Daily Southern . ?ross of the 20tlr Sept., that a large body of <the King Natives at .Waiuku~h£id gone over to,, the Roman Catholic Churchj with, the.view t it is? believed :of, recommending themselves to the Emperor the JFrencb, should,' the 'Eaglish come to hostilities, with* them." The .Roman' Catholic "priesfs/have* I for- several' yearar been "strenuously 'worldng, to, accomplish-this deaid^ratum,,a)id th«*bther lday' t l had the opportunitydfseeing a translation from the language, of a - pastoral' letter addressed* by -the*Right-Rcv.-DrAponipaUier Btahop^df * to". Matataera^Botataitoa natiye;chiefof Waikato; called i*l?he Xiagfhy, > iz. >J ' i.{; v<i uj --s : ' '«.;*;.

fß^^u^ Sishbp, it appears; :&idb^ favored v-xth the receipt of-a letter from Potatau, SS^t?^^* 'because light Ms been ltffikrsK eyfs^ana to his heart ..:'" God Spoke *nd priests, .The ietter'^ontinued-V Matutaer^ ?^fe^ h-grounded reason-that my hSrS theidoctrmecand,directionofthe mother church— ;^?l^h of the Jiving God, of which •natme has been-more and more explained fo thS -bv^priest :sent by? me, to thy'tountry °S ended^'by;wishing- tothe*and to.all thy tribi the blessings which God gives to the persons living m, the bosoni of the mother churcti, Catholic Koman. As"a token also of my love, I:send a newpriest bfmine foi- thee, and for the .tribes of VSTaikatp., My Vicar-Generalconducts him to you • be all good to hirii; as a pastor for you all." ' The news from Cbromandel has not been of a very exciting nature: since my, last. There are certainly not so many,diggers upon tRe ground as could be counted ere'the- Diinstan rush took place, but those who" remain are a welU tried set of fellows, who are not in such a harry to rush off at a .tangent, .oh tKe niere announcement of another, gold-field being' disco'yered, however'difficult of access, and insufficiently provided for the sustentation of life., So long as the diggers nnd that quartz of the quality taken by Gibson's party from their leader, is obtainable, little fear can be entertained of the diggings being deserted Afriend writing on the 3rd September,1 states that about 51bs. weight of quartz had been added to the 170ozs. of last week." But what stone! bhould there ever be found a reef equal to. that leader, he fears there would be danger «of gold becoming a drug in the market.", An attempt has been made by the new comers to-take advantage of the labors of the older hands, and pick up gold without the labor of mining; for it 'It appears ; the leader spoken of crosses the high road of the creek, and the other Saturday night, a party of eight thieves betook themselves to this spot* and commenced digging on their own account, in the belief that two of the owners were absent, and they would not consequently be heard or surprised in their nefarious practice. Gibson and Owens, however two of the company, heard their picks, crept npoh .tnem } and succeeded in capturing one of the thieves named John Hagerty, who was tried for the ! offence aud committed to Auckland Jail for two months. Oases like this, which would be called mght fossicking" in Australia,, cannot be too severely punished, and no miner's claimwould.be secure were he not always at workor on the watch Ihe punishment under the circumstances may be considered light, but may have the effect of detemng others from following in the mal-practice. Ihe true value of Coromandel can never be known until quartz-crushing machinery be at work. Even with the quartz now discovered, only from the Shore reef and the leaders in the Driving Creek, a very different effect oh the Coro" mandel share market would be produced by the crnshing of ton weights to what pound crushing can do tor a country new to quartz speculations. It is, therefore* with great satisfaction I am now enabled to announce that the Kate with the -whole of the machinery for Keven's reef has arrived here, and the stamps, will doubtless.sbori be at work at Coromandel. A shaft is beine vigorously pushed in the Fern Hill by Mr Cole —ot Papakura—and party, and it is confidently expected some good paying results will follow. -Che steamer Tasmanian Maid has been plyine regularly between Coromandel and Auckland, Oniier first trip she returned with i3ooz of clean gold, which had been crushed by hand. One of tbe partners of No. 13 claim, brought to town 4 lbs of gold crushed from 16- tons of quartz ! We have been singularly free from accidents since my last, aud the general news cannot be considered in anywise important. On the 15th September a nurse named Anne Hart was committed upon the coroner's warrant to take her trial,; at the Supreme Court, for: poisonine an infant named; Samuel; Day, who had been placed under her charge. The deceased child was only a week old, and on the Friday night preceding its death, in consequence of not falling to sleep as the nurse could wish, she administered to it six or seven drops of laudanum. She : was well i aware of the dailgei-puls effects of, opiates, but considered twelve'drops of laudanum was the proper dose for a child. The deceased expired the next day • although every effort was made'by the medical gentleman who had been called in to counteract the effects o£ the poison. From the doctor's evidence it appeared that a proper dose tor a child of deceased's age would be half a drop. : There was a sitting, of the Supreme Court held ' on the 18th instant, for civil business, but not a case called pn for hearing. The Customs' receipts at the port of Auck-! land, last week, amounted to £2258 7s. 6d.