SIR G. C. LEWIS' DESPATCH.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1515, 19 April 1861, Page 5

SIR G. C. LEWIS' DESPATCH.

The Times of January 22, printed, a copy > of the despatch addressed in Jfiiiy^last by L ;| Sir G. C. Lewis to the Governor; pf New - Zealand ; and on the 23rd commented at > follows upon that doouinent:-^ , ;? "Read by the light of subsequent events. Sir G. C. Lewis's, despatch ocr- S| tinr.ly seems calculated to disappoint the expectations of the colonists, and perhaps ; furnished the deputation wbo, on Monday had an interview with the Duke of New- :! castle with a plausible aud opportune | topic of eoraplaint. Tt must be remem- -^ bererl, however, that when this despatch .■; was written the disturbance's were still \:ijj local, and seemed to have e^cj^ive re> -;-;li§ ference to the agrarian r questioir; troops (we blush to write;. it), had opif.J|| twice* retired- before the enemy,-ttii(i tKe^^ failures of Colonel Gold and ColoiMf|j§ Murray had been partially retrieveagb^||S Captain Cracroft. ' Th^" Mt^>\i -,';^in|^^ Movoment," was quijte In ; jif^|toy^ian4||^ the influenoe of oiir clergy ofJUie^^ friendly natives was as much overratedevery one as the warlike qualities of th^"^ Muories were habitually utfderrated> !: :-V;lSi)^| short, to compare small things Avithigreait 3fl ihe majority of New Zealauders^ifete ;aft;^o little prepared to recognise the proba* > t Jjm bility of a geueral or protraotedinsufre^^ t.ion as old Indians .werev : 'tp, delect r/tii'e^H symptons of an organised mutiny iulh9'M| first .outbreak at Meerut/ :-iWe;|may;ffo^^H be tempted to regret tlmt> crusning fo|o^OT was not immediately senrjp^t^^thoug^^B even this feeling must Be modified^flf^HH recolleotiou that s up q r i o r ijiy ~p f ' n u o* jf^^^fiS has proved no security t ' oJsain^^ilffl^H iii New Zealand. Bi\t; Joo, iI H principle which presoribes forbearaiioe^^Bl condem'ii [ 'Sir./ G; r -Qg^'e#i^W^SHH^B