WANGANUI.

Wellington Independent, Volume I, Issue 32, 19 July 1845, Page 3

WANGANUI.

I To the Editor of the Wellington Independent j Sir,—You see by the papers how our fool ;;'a Governor is lighting to worry or starve -5 out of this place—but it ia no go —we are resolved not to move an inch nearer such a aicoiu])oop. We are now forwarding an vilress to him on the subject which may quiet :is fears, in so far as regards our safety ; but iw to allay his as regards himself I know :) means, save that of the,body politic uniting ta recommendation to him to retire from the ace he holds. I speak not this jestingly — :-J may rely the man is not sensible of his achievous incapacity; but if Wellington, Wson, New Plymouth, W r anganui, and very probably Auckland, and the other places in * North would join; were in a calm and Monal manner to beseech him to resign, he »JW not resist the solicitation. Abuse will % make him hold the faster. Our natives go on as friendly as we could "so, and allow the settlers to go on their actions, nay press them now to do so, and »«y have gone. But they are seriously annoyed at the Governor for attempting to wove us, and I believe are now getting up '"monstrance. Mr. Maclean, the Taranaki "octector, and really an excellent fellow, ne down here two weeks ago from a visit tteu He " and the Waikatos, and he IriT U5 ' tllat all " m " tl,e interior are most to? dis P° sed towards us. Some eight Jtns_ago, F >tzroy sent a Mr. Symonds tarn^ U u c ' m .° our sentiraeilt *. and with him j e .. lhat insignificant piece' of conceit, "to, who it seems had impressed the J ?u With the belief that this P laco was unable for agricultural purposes. Mr. IT Was s P eedi] y convinced that .the f ewasmostelegiblefora settlement, and irote t reP ° rt accordin g l y- On this, X r itzroy Ip ,„i,, US » that lle Would purchase, if not »«Hetbl f et bloClt ' S " C,,al)artofili,S Very ii P resent sectionists to go on. lasm j y after he chan g ed his ra i lld , and Hove attempts since to re«orv US j Tll ' S S y monds told us a curious are y ' and wl 'ich we cannot understand. You *ere 1 that when S P ain an(l Wakefield the „ ,' llle y te,ld ered to the natives land T £l, ° o0 ' being S P ain ' s award for The! r n ° Ut ' but not P reviousl y purchased. Mr n T S at » the mome,u refused it, and as Ho „nr » the Protector , had no safe place, , Portmanteau with lock and key, to place it Colonel Wakefield to take care r nun. This, it seems, he very readily

did ; hut when Clarke asked for the cash on his return to Wellington, he refused to give it to him ! Can this be a fact ? There must ' be something in it, for the Governor applied to us to raise a sum for the purpose of the purchase, which he would hardly have done had Wakefield held the money' already apl propriated, at his disposal. This has been a serious evil to us, as Symomls might have effected the purchase when here, and at all events it would have been d.me when the Governor received his report. Could you • ascertain how this is ? We know Wakefield j has been disposed to crush us ; but we can ! hardly believe he could be guilty of such an ; act. If he has, we must have a word with ! him, for all our recent evils result from it. j Nothing flourishes better with us than the ' prickly pear. I hope to have fruit from my plants, which are now three or more feet high, this next season. I never saw them grow better or stronger in Spain. Pig rearing, it appears to me, will be one of the most productive branches of economy that can be attended to here. I shall certainly make a trial of it. Pigs thrive here remarkably. I have killed two 21 months old. They had no home feeding till about ten days before they were killed, and they were not of a good kind, being long legged, yet they weighed each upwards of 2 cwt.; but not being of the kind for lard, did not give a proportionate quantity of that. We are anxious to hear how you have settled your Hutt question with the natives. They only want one or two good lickings to make them become good and faithful subjects. Have you such a manufactory with you as a tannery ? We have a number of goat skins which we wish tanned, and would send them for that purpose if the expense would not be very great. If you can pick up any information for us on this head, you will oblige. Be so good as to let me know if acrricultural servants are obtainable with you unmarried, and at what rate of wages. Ever fathfully your's, A. B.