BAY OF ISLANDS,

Taranaki Herald, Volume III, Issue 109, 30 August 1854, Page 4

BAY OF ISLANDS,

[From the Southern Cross Augttit B .] The late partial excitement from the native claim on Kororarika has completely subsided j ond even those who took an active part at the meeting, are heartily ashamed at having put themselves to in. convenience on, what they now acknowledge to have been " a wild gooso chase." It turns out that the speakers generally were merely potty chiefs of little or no intcrcat ; and their superiors, and, in fact, all the influential natives, have refused to identify themselves in any manner with the pro* ccedingn that had taken place, Mr. Clendon accompanied by Mr. Duncan, the Government interpreter, took the precaution to visit the native settlements, and sound the feeling? of the principal chiefs on the subject ; but these utterly repudiate nny concurrence or sympathy with the claimants; and certify, besides, that no further meeting will take place, or demand be made for payment, Even the claimants themselves are now satisfied tbat they Lave amply fulfilled Kawiti'i dying instructions by

having made a formal demand, and they cxprestly admit that those instructions,— as they understand them, — did not require that demand to bo enforrod by cither threats or hostilities. The question, therefore, is totally abandoned, and even the European 1 !, who were the primary instigators of the tern. porary excitement, seem to feel that they have made a false and unsuccessful move; for they have inglorious]? retired from tho scene as noiiclcssly as possible. It is not Jnow a mere conjecture tbnt those were tho real originators ; for- the natives themselves candidly admit so ; and it is very der sirable that similarly unworthy motives and actions should always bo rewarded with equal disappointment. The two most powerful chiefs, Tamatl Walker, tho Government pensioner, and Pcnitawi, tho moat formidable of Hcki's allies, hnvc, last week become perfectly reconciled and warm friends, after having been at variance since thn war. This circumstance guarantees tbo future peace of the Bay; for all (ho other tribes, joined together, would novcr dare to come in contact with theso chiefs, even were they not in such close allianco at they are with the Go» vernment.