PROCLAMATION.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1599, 12 July 1861, Page 4

PROCLAMATION.

By His Honor Isaac Earl Featherston, Esquhie, Superintendent of the Province of ..Wellington in the Islands of New Zealand. I ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON, •» Superintendent .of the Province of

Wellington in pursuance of the Regula** tions in this behalf do "hereby Proclaim and. Notify that the. Sections of land in the Ahiaruhe Block in the Wairarapa District of the Province of Wellington, specified in the Schedule hereto, except; such as may be reserved under the provision hereafter mentioned will be put up for sale by Public Auction, at the Crown Lands Office in the* town of Wellington, on Wednesday the fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, at one o'clock in the afternoon.

If at any time during the sale it may appear to the Commissioner of Crown Lands beneficial or expedient for the Public servjkje, to .reserve froni sale either of the sections specified in the said Schedule or Vary the order in which they are to be put up, he is hereby authorised to do so.

even there. That at present lie did not think 'there was any danger of an immediate outbreak •anywhere. I. E. Fkatherstoh W. Fox William Fitzheuhekt "C. R. Carter A> Renall W. W. TAYtOR. _?he present state of the Wellington it will be seen was most clearly •laid before his Excellency. The altered relation -which a war against the King movement would probably produce in the of the Natives, was pointed •out by Dr. Featherston. So long as war was for a disputed block of land at Taranaki, there was no need to anticipate other than friendly conduct from the .great body of the Natives ; but before y&Y commenced on a matter which unfortunately interests the large proportion Of them, it becomes necessary that means *of security, the most ample means of security possible, should be rendered available. The wisdom of the pacific measures which -the party we represent have advocated in the past, is shown by the result. The Taranaki question was not •considered by Dr. Featherston and the Provincial Authorities as one wiih reference to which there was any necessity for militia, stockades, and other warlike •preparation ; and the quietude of the last "fifteen months proves the truth of the *views which Dr. Featherston and the .pacific party took. Now that the Governor intimates the probability of on attack <on Waikato, the necessity for making preparation for every contingency becomes apparent. Mr. Fox, Mr. Fitzherbert, Mr. Carter, and Waring Taylor, supported Dr Featherston's views by their individual knowledge and opinions, and pointed out to the Governor that, scattered as the population if this Province is, the" outsettlers " comprised the great ■bulk of its people. His Excellency's rejply speakes for itself, and shows how great will be the folly, how heavy the responsibility, if he does not maturely consider the consequences of beginning a new war without first making necessary preparation for defending this and the t)ther Provinces (Af the North Island.

Some may feel inclined to consider it impolitic in us to write thus plainly ; they may think we are unsettling the minds •■of our country settlers. We do not wish to do so unnecessarily ; but because we ■have strongly and continuously endeavoured to allay anxiety 'when we believed there was no cause for 1% we feel all the more bound to say, clearly and explicitly, that if the Governor determine to war Waikato, it behovest the Province to be prepared for any contingency that may arise locally. We say this the less hesitatingly because we sure persuaded that if the Stafford Ministry should be •defeated, there is every hope that war •will, after all, be averted ; or, at any rate, warded off until the Province is largely xeinforced by her Majesty's troops, and a supply of arms, & little more in proportion to the number of its inhabitants, is supplied.