THE WELLINGTON INDEPENDENT Wednesday, February 18, 1816.

Wellington Independent, Volume I, Issue 51, 18 February 1846, Page 2

THE WELLINGTON INDEPENDENT Wednesday, February 18, 1816.

By the arrival of the Government bri<r Victoria on Saturday h s <, V vc received Auckland papers to the 24th of Jaminry which were kindly furnUierf. to u=., by Mews. James Smith kCo The Rnglish mails which for the month or two have been kept at the above place, also arrived by this opportunity. The Auckland papers are filled will, the diffident proceedings of the forces in the north, whiU. engaged in carrying on operations e ß a,n ß t the natives. Those proceedings will be found in anoihc-r part of to dav" s paper It is generally credited that lU>ki andKawiu have been completely « B b. dacd and ~i el there is very little 7 pr oba. blUyofa renewal of hoGtiliiies. Wcrust may prove to be the case, but we confer we have our doubts upon h "fn C l In | eV ;;y e "^-ent , thatha nvpVff '. 8r,,,8,, furCGS a l'P (ar «o have suffered io a greater extent.,an the enemy and coMsequen.lv it may be nrc;;n?edtba.,h» native. ,re not,ofho^hlyd,heartened a ,,0 prevent a po^ibitity n.u.al forces arc or'ero 1m i .

tlic present limo, Mi ) v i tl.e,Hl Philantln-opi,; l^; [K vio«eof many, *h 0 to leave some 15 ihousand P VSJ women, and children, to iu 8,,8,, men 120,000 ™, then £ , > J from such phihuithrophy v,I k ° e l» ii 8 further violence; to sqY'S . ~r° imeuded annoyunees; and't ultimate extermination of tli T 0 " 1 !ll 0 race; a'powerlul force must 4 yc;u-sstat lo rndinNevv Zea C/ or H lv Hritish CJovermnetif, -aeLori Vi H soil feolingly remarked, wiSff «vfii'B Bhodki.ig to tl, e feoiinw in, * ty. t! V -n let thaii leave Newt, > ji moiety ot the present forco believe !3 intended, ami iho rU«i cc-rtainly follow, as day ffl e,ri »«i Two things are reqniret , — a f mean, of conveying that VorTiiS » short period, to any given ,w lllf, a effect these objects, two^uSl', T ° o.i K l, t to be established, one i ,'jS and the other in the south! ! we presume, would bo the • H i"«ho North, and we beH v T? admit that Wdlrngtunfis the b e t i: lor one in the south. A β-eamer o I be appointed for each depot, and til !° any emergency, to any point where the natives wee? summer a threatening position. i nd j* enu of this, p,rhap,, it might bets" (lored ~nmi ,tary to scatter the tioJt them at other places; 4 «J-o' opinion thai a small partyWiiS at Nelson, and others at Wa^i laranaki, would g,ve a greater feeli J security to the ei-ttlom, and might pj! o some slight utility in over-awinJ J checking the aggressive spirit of ( U Alaones. But certainly, Auckland Wellington ought to be at once converted into depots, so that in cisc of any ein.r policy arising, the out settlers would k[ assured of receiving speedy assistance We aie convinced, from ih e g enCra j tenor of his Excellency's proceedinj?, that he will give his earnest aiteinioin! all points affecting the intcusis ofilie colony over which lie now jjover.s, and for this reason, we have been indued!* make the foregoing remark?, beli vhq tliat the !rubje:t of efficient protecti-.a i« at present tiie most imporianiofany dii:!i fan |ioss bly,lie brought under tta' noike >»f the Governor.