THERE DAYS LATER FROM WELLINGTON

Otago Witness, Issue 556, 26 July 1862, Page 5

THERE DAYS LATER FROM WELLINGTON

By the airivai of the Wan-en f bddai\l we arc in poiscs^ion of files of Wollin^Lon papers t) Julj 17, being three days later tliau oar last ad\ ices per Lo:d Worsiey. The General A vembly mH 0 1 Wo luesdav, July \C, acceding to furangj.uuuL The tiriiioip.U busii'^3 was tlie adoption n :\n address ui' oondolt'ni'e to lb 1 Majesty, an I ot a reply to t'ue speei.li o{ the Governor. The full repoit %\ill Iv loun I <>i->e\vii -io. The Wellington news i.-> vtnimp< riant,, but we find later impjibi'iiit incjliiQ;ciicd from Taiinnki and Wuugaiuu which we accordingly extract. TAR OAK f. (From the CorresporuKit of the Wellington Indep.iidc'it.) Tarninki, July 10, 1852. From UUni n natives bofh north and south a buzzing sound of dis!'3iifu:it i\ coast i.itly being 1 heard • v/ha] it forhodei I do not pre>iune l'jr oaa mo'iicnt to trivo an opinion on, this h 11 it the t'aie to criticise, b.it it is the tune to truthfully record rhe pasiiiv.* events of the <i.iy — co watch with an uuprejuilicial mm.l th.) changes th it are O"curruig in thu social poverument of a most iuU-ivstmy; people. For my o.vn pait I cannoc yet sec tho way through the dai-k cloud beibre vis. Tlie natives in tho Wait;u-f> District have declared the land to bdlon.* to the Kinir, and in his name have forbidden tlie soldiers and friendly M lories the privilege of cutting fii:e\v> mI, fishuip;, or shooting- dicks. May bo his Royal 'v ijosty intends opening' shooting prosi'rves. Tlie iiivwooil ijr the troop.i is now sent by cart fVo 11 town to the Waitara. To the South the natives hive intimated their intention of occupying the whole of the Omata country with the Mimnindin-.r hush; th"y state that as we hold the Waitara from having occupied it during- t ! klate campaign, they claim the whole of the busii and Oiuata upon the saw proumls. Oa Monday las', a mccfiti"- of the South.-i-nera w.is convened to b2 held at Warea, to take the subject into consideration. An intimation has been given to tlio>e nt present occupying- their farms, tint for satvty sake, it would be ailvisabie for them to letire to the shelter of the town. In my last communication allusion was made to 11 public meeting- that had taken place on the Tasmanian Emigration scheme. Tho following is ,a copy of memorial that has been drawn up by th'j committee for picaentation to his Excellency Kir George Grey :— Memorial. New Plymouth, July — , 1832. To His Excellency Sir Georgia Gitrcv, X.0.8., Governor of tho Islands of New Zealand and its dppptideiicies, &c, tec, &c. This ni'-'inori il, humbly submitted to your Excellency, sets forth th'j present deplorable position of those settler, foi'mjrly engaged iv agricultural pursuits in tlie Province of Taranaki. Your memorialists have taken advantage of their piivilc^e of addivssi.iaf jou through memorial, feeling that their true case has never been fully brought before 3'onr E.vedllenei's notice.

Since March, ldb'o, your memorialists have been subject to martial liw, havesjrveJ as soldiers in the field, and are now earning a biib^kten.ja as common laborers 011 tbe public roads. Many of your memorialists have families, who ior the space of two yeirs have been resi ling at Nelson, to whom they are"mo»t anxious to be reunited : and that since the commission ibsnud by the Government to iruiuirc into the amount of loss sustained by thu war, all country property lias deteriorated i" value full !)0 per cent , and that a greater portion of their once quiet cattle are running wild in the bush, and will have to bu shot down to prevent their luring to the cover ot the forest, cattle that may eventually be turned out to feed.

Your memorialist! iiMiie your Excellency, that notwithstanding the present allowance for labor t) the settlers, which .is duly appreciated, much suffering- pievailb, and many have Loci obliged Lo speu I the o*. in tho pound, from the compensat^n fund, ii maintenance of their families, house lvnt haviuj; arisen from 80 to 100 percent, around fch^ „.im c on; and that, moreover, many of their faun-, boiin.,lieavily mortgaged, the property will boon po.ss from the hands of many of your memori'ihV.s, and leave them without shelter for their old age, afcer upward j of twenty 3 c u\s of hard striving.

Your memorialists do not presume to enquire into your political policy, hut luunb'y aidivos you from under a burden of diincu'ties too for them almost to bear. They turn to your Excellency, as the representative of their Queen, foi a solution of their social trouble;, to vlncli no end appears, trusting that if tlie timo of p^ace does not speedily arrive, that your Excellency will \\ws your powerful influence towards oljtaiuuig" for the Taiunaki settlers fill com - penaation, so that, tho&e who may wish will be enablt.l to seek homes in moi-p peaceful sortleiuents. Your memorialists, confiding iv that sj-mpathy expressed by your Excellency on a former occasion, si nceri ly trust that you will no i. forgot them in this their hour oi tribulation, and your raemorialUlb will ever pray.

On Monday last, a par.ule of our Volunteer Force took place, when three revolvers were pre^-entod to those who had acted as guides to C iptain Ci-.acroiVp party in his attack on the pah: they are the gift of the General (Jovernniont of Now Zealand. Capt. Stapp, in thfl absence of Capt. Watt, the senior officer, in presenting them delivered a slnrt but pithy address. He stated that tho ple.is."it dury hvl devolved upj:i him of piv^ulinn 1 thro 1 piitols given by the General Government of New Zealan Ito Sergeant Mac ami C. Messenger and the ropre.inntative of Edward Messenger for gallant con lu<;t iv the field on the 23th March, 18iiO, at Wairuk.i, in conducting a party of sailon and marines iv au attack on the pah, which resiiltc 12111 211 the defeat of fciie enemy aud the capture of the flag 1 .