THE KING NATIVES ON THE WEST COAST.

Otago Witness, Issue 556, 26 July 1862, Page 8

THE KING NATIVES ON THE WEST COAST.

; coast. i We are indebted to the Wellington Advertiser for P the following translation of a document, agreed to by 1 a large body of Kin<» natives, at a meeting recently i held by them at Otaki. Wiremu E Tako, with.' Ma • people from Waikauae, was also present : — , This is a manifesto establishing laws. Ordained , by the lav -jaakers of KingMatutaera Potatau, , with the full conseut of their council (runanga) to those laws. Firmly done this 25th day of June, 18(52. Law I.— God i 3 the head for all people of the r world. Law ll.— God is the Great Power (mana), above • all powers {nga, mana) of the world. 1 Law 111. — Let man be fearing God, and obey his 3 laws. B Law IV.— Let the love of man be great to God \ let [him] also be steadfast in religion {wliakapono) also ' let | him] love man (te iangata). * 1. God is the head of the king. s 2. The king is the head of men. r 3. Let man fear the laws of the king. s These aro his laws; \ r- 1. If one man kills another man, By the laws of the king he shall be slain. 2. If a man steals, 1 By the laws of the king he shall be scourged i (whlna.) 8. If a man sells a piece of land, By the laws of the king lie shnll verily be * scourged. This is the [kind of] scourge intended for him, even indeed as that of Wai3 tarn. 4. The judgment (whdkaua) of the Queen shall not j fall upon the men of the king. a 5. If a Queen's summons should be received by a " king's subject, it shall be destroyed with fire. r 6. The king's subject shall not obey (or, go at) the t summons of the Queen, j 7. Debts due to white 3 fpakeha) should be pro* I peiiy paid. 8. If a king's subject should steal any goods belomjinc: to a white, it Bhall be for' the king to 7 judge him. 3 9. Concerning leases [of land], such are not good. Should sheep come [to any place], they shall r be killed, without judgment (or enquiry.) ' O friends ! here are laws for all of you, dwelling in > every place of Aoteoroa. If thou despisest these laws, thou shalt shortly be r killed (mate). This is a direction unto thee, do thou . be understanding. Do not thou sit still and say, thou wert not taught. These are laws firmly fixed for evermore. J Done, by all the Councils (Runanga) of Tainul, i Pukckaraka, District (#f) Otaki.

3 — ; :—-i: — - i The Queen Dowager of Prussia.-*-* story . is going the round w|iich I should he glad to doubt. A poor young lady paints flowers and arabesques very beautifully, and, in the hope of a present anu tcoom- ; mendation, liml one of her beat drawings 'placed in * the Queen's hands. But, besides the flowers, there , was a couple of fondling tuHle doves in the painting j ? and when the Q.ueen saw this, sho threw ;$ Irora her , in a great passion that nny one should dare to bring } such "impropriety" before her.— The Journals of 3 Vamhactan yon Ense—(Tagcbucher yon Yarn* j hagenvon Ense. Tub " London Review." — Tho secession from tho , Saturday Review to tho London Review is now an , "accomplished fact." The new alitor is Mr. Patricjk Cumin, one of the Assistant-Commissioners }q' tho Education Inquiry. He is assisted by Mr Boweh, Mr. V. Ilarcourt, Mr. Fitzjames 'Stephen, Mi". Cuu« } ningham, and other gentlemen, who, up to the 1 present time, have been members of the Sntutviay f Jievmv stufi.— Correspondent of the Gambtiidgc I Independent. ,/ ■ A Candid Opinion.— ln January died at YTjncif ror very suddenly, from an attack of gout 'in the - stomach, the Earl of Rosslyn, better known as" Lord » Loujthborough. Connected with his death thereto t a curious story which Lord Brougham and Lorci Campbell have already told. It seems that wheu the tidings were brought to Windsor Castle, the Kintr himself examined the messenger.' He inquired amtfa and again whether it might not bo aikte Veport "Are you quite sure," he repeated, "that Ebrd 1 Rosslyn is really dead? When assured that the tack • wrs certainly so, and that there could be no mistake 1 about it, his Majesty feit free to exclaim, '* Often he 1 hag not left a greater Tcnave behind himirimydo. . mimmsV-Lifc of the Might Hon. WUllitM V iHtt. By Earl Stanhope. ■■■" .> i " i A Wonderful Hisn. I rode into Cawnport r this evening in advance of Brigadier Walpole's" brigade, to announce their vicinity. I dined .with *Ga|tAla , Peel, who showed me a wonderful hen ; every wen^ iog she come into his tent, and cackles until he, pjiwes \ his portmanteau across one corner, when she retires behind it for the night, and the next morning Ifty9 an 3 'effg.'— The Shannon Brigade. By Edmund 'Hepa s Verny, Lieut., J2.A". • > v - . ;