ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 913, 23 November 1864, Page 5

ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN.

LATER NEWS FROM THE NORTH.

By the s.s. Queen we have Auckland papers to tbe 12th inst., and via Wellington, news to the loth, brought by H.M.S. Kclipse. The chief items of news will be found in the following wpeklv summary, which we take from the Weekly News of* th.3 12'.h :—

'Iha absence of any fns'i topic of interest renders the task of recording- tho events of the pas week an easy one. There tins been nothing to break the monotony to which we referred in i>ur last, and a stranger lauding in Auckland, and unacquainted with the fact, would never suppose he hart set foot in the capital of a colony torn by civil war, and was at 'he' head quarters of an army of occupation. The main strength of the army is nt Ot ibuhu, waiting, like Mic-iwber, for "something to turn up,'' and. i-fady for action when warned. Of course there are those who aver that they will never be wanted ; that the last shot has been fired in New Zealand; and that, to borrow a phrase of the Governor's, just; before his departure for TaraniJci, New Z 'iiland was n> ver so pacific. There are those, however, who hold a different opinion, and who look on tlia preseuj inaction as the calm that precedes the storm. We incline to the latter view; and we will only be too glad to find ourselves disappointed The Native ambassadors sont by the Governor to the high and niifrhty chiefs in ai'rns aswiost the Queen's M: jasty, do not sef-m to have effected much. Their mission has been barren hitherto. Jt has faite.d, so iar as the purpose of the Governor is concerned ; and he will he without .the shidow of an excus3 to justify the violation of the Constitution to his masters in Downing-street. If Sir George Grey couid have painted to the fruits of the proclamation, by appealing t6 the submission of the rebels in arms, it is more than probable that Downing street would have held him blameless for trampliuj upon the Constitution; hut the chances are the other way when the result is a palpable failure. Besides, the Governor cannot plead the causa of humanity in his own behalf; tor he has sown tho dragon's teeth, and wi 1 reap a plentiful crop of armed warriors on the plains of New Zealand, when the planting season is over, who will to a certainty trample under foot those nice sentiments o brotherly love which it delighteth the Governor to inculca'e, and Exeter Hall to proclaim.

There have been indications of the r< plies of the potent rebels; and they are by no means assuring When told they are to cede territory in the VVaikato to the satisfaction of the General and the Governor, they are reported to have made the pertinent rein rk : '• We thought the Governor and General took that land. If the* have not taken it, and it is still ours, we will not cede it The Governor must pay for what we are inclined to sell, and we don't want to sail any." This is substantially the reply of the Maoris to the cfi-sion ov-rture, and a characteristic reply it is. We would have bei'n greatly surprised if it had been otherwise- The Maori has a keen perception of right; he never gWes anything without its equivalent in some shape ; and he is not likely to give up to the Governor the -•■acre.i soil of the Waikato, from which, a year ago hs Mrove the law and the gospei, aud civilisation in the persons ofmnEtistratcs, missionaries, printers, postma^tsr, andartisum. "If you took the land (say they) keep it; if you did not take it. we wont (five it to you." And s^> the plot thicken*. The Maori d"e3 not consider • himself defei.ed; ha thinks the Governor has had the worst of it. Meanwhile ths planting1 j.'oes merrily on. The reverses of the last cimpaign are discussed, and the plan of the coming struggle debate I in every native village and by every camp fire " IGikino the Governor ; the. Gover nor is un oM woman." passes from lip to lip. The Maori prospect brightens. With a vigorous assault at ail points within our lines; and a strong diversion in the North by the enlarged from Kiw;vu. there is a fair cliaace of expelling the ha'ed Pakehn from the country. Who would talk of ceding territory un-ier these circumstances? Wbo but the Governor? •' K-ikino the Governor; the Governor is a old womau."

The arrival of the Queen from the Southern ports put us in p033e ssion of colonial news, fruiii the tone of the Southern papers it is evident there is a desi c to make the difficulties of the Colony the proicxt f>r au assault upon the prestige of Auckland. Mr Weld is said to be the coming man. He has lieen 'hrou'h the various southern Provinces canvassing for support; hub we have confidence in him that he will not, lend himself to any unprincipled proceedings. Mr Weld's character stan is hierh as a politician. He ia a man of scrupulous honor and integrity, and oti that account there is not much danger of him lending hia countenance to politicians who are actuated by less worthy motives, in an attempt to damage this Province. Mr Weld was Native Minister in the Stafford Government, and as such was a strong supporter of the war policy. 11. M. steam sloop Ec'iuse, 4 guns, E. 11 Freemantle, Commander, from Auckland, arrived at Wellington on the 18th, at half-pa>t four o'clock. Slie from Auckland on tha 15th inst, at 3 pm., and experienced fine weather ■luring the whole of the pass ige, having only usei half ste.im power. The iiclipstj has oine for the purpose of conveying » company of the 2nd Butt., 14th Kegt., tJ AuclclanJ, aad will cull at Napier for three other companies of the same Reijt rilie brirnjs no news of importance. His Exe-jllency Sir George Grey had returnel from Kawau to Auckland. It was rumored at Auckland that the escaped prisoners hud consnnt;d to giv« themselves up ; and that the Falcon was at Kawau waiting to convey them to Waikato, OF M'LANDRESS,