AUCKLAND.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 198, 5 July 1860, Page 3

AUCKLAND.

TheAVar.— Enfield ftiftes, and Coltfs Navy Revolvers, Cavalry Sabres, and Seamen’s Cutlasses, are in great demand, and at a heavy premium, but unfortunately the market is bare ; and as the Cavalry, Rifle Volunteers, Coast Guard, and Militia Rolls, number between 3000 and 4000 men, the Government have found it expedient to invite those who possess private arms to bring; Something like mustering en'-mflMf,‘ ariA We' Y believe is • calculated to produce a pacific as well us a beneficial commercial result,'

Any lengthened interruption to trade will be as keenly felt by the Natives as by the Europeans. ' During the last twenty years they have acquired a liking for European manufactures ami other articles of European production or importation. Their own mats have long disappeared ; a ;d even the blanket, the first substitute, has 1 generally been replaced by good English made coats, vests, trousers, boots, shoes, caps, and other articles of English wear; "tea, sugar, tobacco, rice, and other kinds of food have become things of necessity—whilst ploughs, harrows, spades, sickles, horse gear, and other varieties of agricultural implements are in constant and extensive demand. Whilst they continue to pursue the paths of peaceful industry, they will possess the'abu'ndant means of payment, ami enjoy a large .and liberal credit with our merchants and storekeepers. They are well aware of these advantages and prize them highly ; and as a thoughtful, sagacious, and' thoroughly commercial people, they will be apt to pause before, by risking a ruinous war, they incur, their loss. They have yet to realise a stoppage of the supplies they, have so long enjoyed to feel the pinch, and we are fully persuaded that so long and so ardently have they been engaged in lucrative and satisfactory trade relations with us that no war, would long find favor or support, even aiming the most pugnacious of the tribes. . v From the Bay of Plenty and other portions of the East coast, whence considerable supplies of grain and general produce are derived, the. Masters of the trading vessels report that the Natives (not long since at feud with each other 1. are pacifically inclined, nav disposed to do battle with tlie Government against the disturbers of quiet. From tlie Aorthern Districts of Wangaroa and Mongonui, whither the great tide of ira migration has so recently and so strongly set, it affords us the greatest satisfaction to learn that Natives and Settlers are on the very best of terms, and that mutual good will and confidence are the prevailing sentiments.— New Zealander.

Let us .entertain the coming chiefs at a, public Subscription Banquet, prepared in such a manner as shall do honour to Auckland, and prove- onr appreciation of the well-known liberality of the tribes. We feel persuaded that 1 such a demonstration could not fail to produce an excellent effect; not merely as a merited return of kindness to those who differ with us, but. as a graceful apd complimentary welcome."to, pur old and- faithful Northern friends wlib proved staunch and true during past dnd who are ready and willing to take part with us : in the present. 7n Auckland,} the. Natives have never been publicly entertained by Europeans. In Wellington they [have ’ frequently and sumptuously 'been entertained, and have not been slow to return the compliment..' Never: was- there such, an

opportunity of following .thEL. Wellington ex: ample' as'- that. '/which . will in July next. . .We sincerely.hope -that .tjiatj opportunity will not; be let sliprtrs We^hhj,Register t . June 18.*.-. w.-,-. ,ia-*wLh- c-sms? .= . v-uc •

The Drury and Hunua Coal Mr. ! Stewart, r.the engineer . ! td the projected; Auckland 'Wateri Company; dm; been -far soirie [weeks;busily engaged’rimrisrirveying and laying out the .best dine of railwav from the JFaihoilioL Mines (about twaaniles l from Drury arid ori. Mr. ,’Tr/FarmerrS' larivj.) to the Mamikail waters'; vi^—Abraham ’a Point. where there is sufficient Water for the largest: vessels to anchor at'£ ’-for ships of considerable- tonnage' ’even low water* The coal burns well either in the ' American stfive: or theASrixall" open grate; and ; one great advantage is that A 1 good sized piece can —be left in -the* grate'' at-night with perfect safety, and will be* still alight in them or fling. A nother ■ seamtef 'Very superior coal .has been:'found at some' little distahee from the first workings ; and .as . x dOon as the new dray-road is Completed, we /hope to see a good supply of this coal brought into the Auckland market. Every fresh exploration qonfijms Dr. Hochstetter’s statements, as to the extent and great value of the beds (if pottery, brick,- arid pigment clays, dispersed throughout tiiespcoal-fieids; the last-named clays or earth-pigmentAare foprid to be singularly free from “ 'grifc : ;’*' and Ab® yellow and bprnt sienn‘a . obtained from some of those cqldur-earths' used in colouring/ maps and plans,, have been found to^ri|e''hs'bright and glossy arid' firm as _ the best* of Ackerman’s colours. Ascribe.beds of rihese' col our-earths are found to be abundant,tberih hanbe little doubt that: before. long we'shall have to add these to our exports. ‘ TiritSe/course of the excavations an ~unc‘u .uri hfosb soft clay-like substance has been found, which, by chemical analysis, is found to :; cpntairi a-larger proportion of phosphate of dime thj.n» the best bonedust. •. - l .;<■ —: