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Wellington Independent, Volume V, Issue 415, 3 October 1849, Page 3

. „ Chairman. Alter a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated.

HOJIEHT CO Ll'

(signed.)

J. — llmtHliotiM iiiß Excellency the LieutenantOoveriior be unable to accede to the ptaver of the memorial, thu committee .be requested to forwm<l a coj.y of the resolutions and memorial passed at'the meeting to hie Excellency the (Jovmior-in-Chief requeHUiiL' his Excellency* favourable consideration' of the subject.

SriEWKTH— That your Memorialists nre suffering tne greatest inconvenience and pecuniary loss, by the present unfinished and almost literally impassable state of the lower part of the Porirua lt'oad, near Kai » arm, not exceeding n mile and a quarter in length. That all trade or traffic is nearly suspended on it— nnd the hay and other produce of last summer rendered valueless in consequence of the impossibility w getting it to market in safety, or at a reasonable fate. That your Memorialists are not able to raise nmoiigst themselves the whole of the funds necessary 'o put this had part of the road in a proper state of repair, estimated at £130 f or the mile and a quarter, independent of which, they submit that your Excel lency would not call upon them to do so, inasmuch ■» t! H . main object of the road is for the conveyance "goods to Foriniii nnd the coast, for the benefit of natives and other persons whom they could not compel to subscribe to the work. That "they are willing 'o contribute according to their ability, ns shewn by tnc accompanying subscription list, and your memorialists would further submit, that if tbe repairs be not speedily effected, the project of his Excellency ! 10 (j °vemor in-Chief of opening up tbe coast couu■7 and encouraging trade with the natives by means the north road, now nearly completed, at an exPpime oi many thousand pounds, will be almost eu"'ly e iieutrulizod-ns unless carts nre able to pass in woty along all parts of the road, and ■moro especially '°se near Wellington, the, trade or intercourse canj°i increase, further than what it luul been previous 0 'bo formation of the road beyond, as experience llo jv plainly shews. Under thego , circumstances your Memorialists won d respe.ctfnlly pray that, your Excolloncy will, to apply the hahuico of thoßiinrof £600 l '"iorized '>>' your ExceUoioy ]<\s( summer for this

work.and which WU believe amounts to more than XIOU-to bolmdout in addition to the Bum uubBcribed by iih in completing the repairs of that portion of tie road, the bad Mate of winch is the occaHion ol this memorial to your Excellency Proposed by Mr. Bell; seconded by Mr. Morgan :— ■

GOVERNOR

TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTENANT

2-—That the following memorial signed by the Chairman, tojretbor with a copy of the subscription hst be forwarded to his Kjccellency the Lieutenantgovernor by the committee just 'named, praying of him u> make provision for the completion of the repairs of the lower part of the i'orirua Rord, near Kai "arra, as it was undertaken and carried out last summer, with the exception of the piece in question which is about a mile nnd n quarter in length, by furnishing on the par*, of the Government the difference between tbe balance of the subscription list, after deducting from it the expense of executing the temporary repairs immediately necessary, and the sum of Jl3O, estimated as the cost of properly repairing 'he said portion of road. Memorial of the Inhabitants of the Porirua Road, adopted at a Public Meeting held on the 20th September, 1849.

I.—That ns the lower part of tbe l'orirua RoaJ is (1C prose sit nio>i unsafe for the passage of vehicles of uny description, no matter how lightly laden, a eoramittee of three persons be appointed to collect subscriptions, and mkc -with the least possible delay such steps sis may seem best to then! fei ike temporary repair of the worst parts, and for lessening the danger of riding or carting upon it. and thiu the Committee consist of Mr. Mathkew Hammond, Mr. Mowbry, and Mr. Fitzgerald. Proposed by Mr. Robinson ; seconded Ivy Mr. Kebblewhite :—

Proposed by Mr. Richard Hammond; seconded by Mr. James Tavlor :—

Should this report prove correct, tbo Government will find themselves placed in a very awkward predicament. They must take the matter up; if they do not what will the friendly tribes say ? Besides Government took the life of Maroro, and Maroro's friends have taken live lives as payment. Will the Government look over this also ? "Winner of the Deubv. — Earl of Eglinton's " Fhjing Dutchman." », At a Public Meeting of the inhabitants of the Porirua Koad, held at St. John's School-house, Jlawtrey, on the 20th of September, 1849, to consider the best course to be adopted to have the lower part of the road near Kai-warra, made temporarily safe for the passage of carts, and afterwards properly repaired ; the Rev. R. Cole being called to the Chair, the following resolutions and memorial were proposed and carried unanimously.

Rungi Puawa, a slave of Rangihaeata's — stabbed in the throat.

Peter, a freeman—stabbed in the throat.

Tc Tnpuki, a freeman—stabbed in the throat.

Wawarua, a rangttira, (gentleman) — stabbed in the throat and breast with a knife.

" Ilohepa, or Charlie, brother of the chief Ruwiri Puaha—hanged.

The following are the names of the murdered men, and the mode of death by which they suffered :—

The natives report that five men of the Kgatitoa tribe, from Porirua, have been , murdered-,, by the Ngatikahuna's at Wairo a, in llawke's Buy, as payment for the life of Maroro, the murderer of the Branks' family.

Mr. llocbuck hail commenced nn attack upon the Colonial Office, which we 'trust will bo kept up. Though defeated —such is the feeling of the House, that on tho arrival of the Cornelia, with our petitions and remonstrances, we fool confident that such will be the indignant storm in Parliament at tho deceit prrictitised, (for members have been led to be-

liovo that freo government has been granted,) that Ministers will be eompclj O (l to introduoo " a l>lll for the better governance of these islands," in fact to give us Representative institutions. 'J'lie lumuul report of the New Zealand Company, is very interesting, but we cannot lind room for it until Saturday. We have oxtracted a portion of an article on the Nominee Council, from tbo jVeitf ZetiUind-Jauntal, the remainder will appear in our next.

The Oriental Queen was to sail in July for Auckland, with pensioners. Parliament had voted £20,000 for New Zealand, for the ensuing year; and in answer to a question respecting the earthquakes, Mr. Hawes informed the House that the loss had been exaggreatcd, instead of having suffered to the extent of £50,000, Wellington had suffered to tho extent of £15,000.

The first-class ship Kelso, 560 tons, was laid on for the Company's settlements, to sail on the 2nd July. Willis & Co., were advertising a vessel of 500 tons, (one of their line of packets) for Auckland and Wellington, to sail on tho Ist July.

The brig Enterprise, with 26 passengers, arrived on Sunday, from London, after a favourable passage of 113 days. When out 14 days she put into Madeira, and whilst lying there, one of the West India Mail steamers arrived, bringing news to the 16th June. A London Times of that date, contained the particulars of another attempt to upset the Government of France, Paris of course being headquarters of the cmcutc. After a severe contest, the rioters were dispersed, and order again restored. The English news is highly favourable for this colony. A strong feeling existed iv favor of New Zealand, which is made evident by the fact of so many vessels being laid on for these settlements. In fact we may now expect that a monthly communication with the parent country will be kept up. The New Zealand Company's ship Larhins, 111 tons, left the London docks, on Monday the 4th June, with about 150 passengers for the southern ports of New Zealand.