LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 211, 4 October 1860, Page 2

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Resident Magistrate’s Court. —No easel this.,week"AVe are .requested, to stater that John IFilson, whose name appeared last week in the record of the proceedings.of this court, is not Mr. John Wilson of Tnrakina. 'h

Hui at Parakino.— -On the Ist inst. an important meeting of Natives was jield at, Parakino, about twenty-four/ miles up the; river, to which the Europeans were invited. About twenty of them were present, and about 800 Maories, not nearly the*number expected,time not having .been allowed-.for the invitation to reach the natives at' tlie head of the river. Those for about 60 or 70 miles, along its banks were represented ; some of the Waitotaras were also present, and two of the Ngatiruanuis. A large booth of boards, with a calico'roof, served as a council chamber, and every attention was shown to the European visitors.' Major .Durie, R.M., opened the meeting by stating (Mr. Deighton interpreting), that it had been convened by the chiefs who had been at Auckland/ in order fliaf they might express' the Governor’s sentiments in regard to, them/ , ; ; ; Tahana said, that the Europeans had been invited in order that] they might see, that the opinion that Mabries and Pakehas should be united prevailed among the whole of the river natives ; and Mete Kingi, who followed, suggested that the throne should be the founda? tion of their unity. Pehi then declared, that if they were visited by the Governor, as they had been by his predecessor, there would be no division among., them,, no jtalk'-of.>the/'Gro-vernor ah'd the king ;‘ all would be one; Hori King bid him declare to all that they were one; let there (he said) be only oiie canoe amongst us. Hori Patene said, that he could not see how the Governor could visit them, as all those in the interior had given in their adherence to the king; the Waikato had guns and powder ; leave the evil with them but for their part they were for the king and .for peace; he had no quarrel witli the people of the town they might quarrel with him, but he wonld uot begin ; if they ■ (the Europeans) went beyond their boundaries, then they would commence the evil. The king was not anxious about tupara (war) but .about tuwlienua (the mainland). P'aora said, there was no fault to be found-.witli, the .Pakehas.; the.'blame lay with the'Maori/ih selling lana to them”; but now they should be allowed to live peaceably on what the;y bad bought ; the coasts belonged to the Europeans,; but., the interior was still their own. Much more was said to the same effect. Tamati Wiremu informed them, that the Governor wished another conference To'be held next year/and he proposed that it should be at Wellington or ’Wanganui:' Hori King said, that the fire blazed with the money of W. King and Peripi on the Europeans’land, but not on theirs; they might hold the land as they liked; for his part, he sat down in peace in his own place. Pehi,—they had no fault to find with; ; the,(Governor :. no, no —the evil was with themselves only ; let each live within his own boundary and then all will be well; let thi|;be. a good Meeting, and nothing done or said to make it otherwise; they were all Pakehas (Paliekatia); let the next grand' conference be held here ; you have been at Auckland, but don’t say you have made this meeting. No ; it is I—if is my name. Who has seen any enemy of the European here ? We are all one. Our malady is not with them, but with .the rewa' rewa (influenza). The river is open from its source to the .sea ; there is no hindrance. to any [one. Several other „ Mqones/spbke;/ Rev. R. Taylor replied/ for Major Durie, and the Rev. Mr. Lanipifler also addressed the meeting. Hori King then, in. pative .usage; pulled off his coat 1 add threw *it ;i t6Telii—& delicate comto him as head chief * of the river. Pehi accepted it, and it-was quite, amusing to see how pleased he was with this mark of , respect. 110 embraced a post stuck up to

represent the Governor, ami said he'v.as one with him. ■■ . J • - ■ - The meeting lasted from 10 a.m. to near 6 p.m. .with mndiminished interest, and,in the letter was written to. the Governor, requesting" that the; next yerr’s conference mayfbe held in'Tranganui. - ;

The'vfollowing letter lies for;-signature at Messrs.. Taylor, Watt and Co.’s.' .

To' WILL I AM FOX, M.H.R:; f; ».-• AUcJclqnd . f'- r 't --Ty Sir,—7re' the Undersigned 1 finding "that a memorial Ts .in circulation ip-the districts: of Wanganui and Bangitikei, addressed to the House of Representatives of New Zealand condemning the course you and our Superintendent Dr. Featherston have thought fit to adopt in reference to the origin of the native insurrection, beg in order to prevent any misconstruction being put upon such memorial by our silence to intimate to you our entire faction'with your and our unabated confidence in your ability and inclination to protect our interest here, and to aid in the legislation of the colony at large. We express no opinion as to the title of William King or Te Teira to the Waitara land.

We consider that the discussion, investiga tion, and satisfactory settlement of this matter by our well paid native department would have been far more in place before the eom mencement of hostilities with the natives than subsequently, ' We believeyour endeavours to ascertain the cause of-the colony being plunged into a disastrous and expensive war to be quite consistent with a loyal and firm support of the Goveruoi; in liis attempt to suppress the rebel lion, punish the disaffected natives, and restore to us the blessings of peace. ' For the foregoing reasons we protest against the memorial alluded to being held by the Ho'use to express the unanimous, feeling of the constituencies of these districts, the more strongly because it was concocted by one ov two. individuals here without going through the constitutional form of first calling a public meeting of the inhabitants to discuss- the propriety of such a step, and further was kept such a profound secret that until the publication of last week’s Chronicle, very few, if any of your constituents had an idea of such a memorial being in course of signature. We authorise you to make any use you think proper of this communication, should the memorial alluded to actually find its way to Auckland.—We remain, with respect, your most obedient servants.

Taranaki Aid FuxVD. —A public meeting was held at the Rutland Hotel on Tuesday evening last, for the purpose of deciding upon the mode of application ef the funds. Thos. Powell, Esq., was called to the Chair. The chairman read a letter from Mr. Greenfield of the Superintendents Office, Nelson, to Messrs. Taylor, Watt and Co. Mr. Lewis acting as treasurer to the fund, informed the meeting that he had received £BB 10s., and that a further amount of £3O, had been promised. It was then proposed by I)r. Rees, seconded by Mr. Watt and carried, “ That the treasurer be requested to apply to Mr. Roberts for the amount held by him of monies paid toward the TaranaM and also to realise as much as possible within eight days of those other amounts promised to be subscribed, and that . he- then pay the same to the credit of Alexander Kerr, Esq., manager of the Union Bank, Nelson, for disposal by the Nelson Taranaki A\A Committee - r and; that the names of the subscribers with the amount of their subscriptions be published in the "Wanganui Chronicle.” It was proposed by the Rev. ‘‘Mr! Nichols and seconded by Mr. //oskins, that a committee to collect subscriptions for the above.be appointed,, to consist of the Rev.’ M : r. Nicholls, Dr. Gibson, Messrs T. Flannery, D. Nathan, W. T. Owen, E. Lewis, Cx. Ross, James Wilson, and T. Hoskins—We are requested to state that the list is stilLopen at .Messrs. Taylor,-Watt and Co’s.

: Major Murray arrived on. Monday to take command of the troops here-, in room-of Lieut..Colonel. Wyatt, who deft last week for Taranaki, amidst the general regret of the inhabitants. ■ ’ 1 •

.Holloway's Ointment and Pills. —Consumption—The prevalence of this disease, and the. number of victims who sink under ,it,yearly in this country, render-the consideration of preventive nfflasures a matter of paramount importance. The proportion of deaths from all causes in Great Britain, attributed to consumption is one-third. If the reader chose, lie* shall be his own physician in guarding against this malady in himself or household. When the first suspicion arrises that consumption is developing itself, let the patient have the chest and back fomented; twice a day with warm brine, dry with a coarse towel, then rub in the ointment as salt is rubbed into meat to. preserve it, and the enemy will be baffled.