AUCKLAND.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1769, 20 September 1862, Page 5

AUCKLAND.

By the arrival of the s.s. Queen, we have our usual files of papers up to the 6th inst. The intelligence though possessed of general interest, lias no special features of importance.

We extract from the New Zealander the following summary o£ events. In the native districts the beneficial effects of the present Gorernor's policy are slowly, but steadily developing themselves. " Kingism " is an evil which, left alone, will work its own cure, and alongside the new institutions, compares too unfavorably in the minds of the natives, when dispassionately viewed, to remain a fixed idea when once the novelty is worn off. During the past mouth, however, the town was excited by the palming off of a michievous canard npon it, by a portion of the Press which picks up much of its information, on native matters more especially, at street coiners and such like places. Eight hundred armed natives were said to be dancing defiance in the face of the troops encamped at Pokouoe, and it was sought to beiuferred that an outbreak was imminent ; whilst it was at the same time binted to General Cameron by the Auckland organ of the Southern Island and the war party, that the people would back him out in whatever course he might think proper to adopt. The "eight hundred," however turned out to be a myth, and the Pokouoe contingent turned out nothing more than a•■ tangi " held over the remains of one of their countrymen, in all peace and order, by a dozen old men and women. The account of the opening of the Runanga held at Mougonui on the 29th July last, shews that the Maories are far better employed than in dancing in their war-paint. Assembled in a commodious building, adjoining the Mongonui Hotel, the various chiefs foimiug the Council or Runanga, having taken the customary oaths of allegiance to the Queen, proceeded to the discussion of the matters before them, with a decorum and business-like capacity which, but for the previous example shown by the Waimate Runanga, might have astonished even those who know best how capable the Maori is of exercising the functions of civilized life with grace and dignity. The debates lasted over two days, and it was a subject of remark by the European strangers who were present to witness the proceedings, that the general dignity and propriety of deportment of many of the native orators would have contrasted favorably with that of many members of our .own Provincial Council. *,*<-■ '

Po'orCoromandel, whose charms bade fair at one time to attract the attention of the floating mining population of these colonies, has been thrown into the shade by the appearance of a new rival in the field,— the lately discovered diggings on the Upper Clutha, iv Otago. If these diggings turn out only one-tenth part as rich, and half as extensive as their returned discoverers declare) and they bring with them a pretty strong voucher in the shape of 1044 ounces of pure gold, obtained by two men, and with a cradle only), tf pa"rl of this only be tiue, we can scarcely expect that the slow process of finding and proving reefs at Coromandel, and then expending large capital for hazardous returns, will be able to compete with a goldfield where six ounces » day per man can be obtained by the rude process even of cradling. Already our small mining population has moved " Clutha-wards," and we must look to some unexpected re-action, or to some extraordinary find at Coromandel, to render this really valuable gold-field as popular as it would have been, but for this (to it) untoward discovery in Otago. There are still at Coromandel upwards of a hundred determined minersj who are only waiting machinery to work claims which they know to be enormously rich. Should theso expectations be realised, we may look, bafore the end of the summer, to the anival of machinery and capital from Australia, and we shall not suffer in the end, by the introduction of the class of miners occupied in quartz reefing—a steady permanent industry, in the place of a migratory and unsettled population of alluvial diggers, for whom no donbt the attractions of the Clutha will prove more alluring, Auckland— which, during the winter mouths, is particularly dull— has been enlivened with a succession of musical and. dramatic entertainments, one of which at least (that of Miss Harriet Gordon's) being of a higher order than usual. This talented and agreeable songstress has made a long stay among us, and has left a grateful testimony to the appreciation and patronage she has received, by her performance yesterday evening in conjunction with out own amateur musicians, for the benefit of the Auckland Industrial School. A crowded house was gathered to hear for the last time the exquisite melody of the" Queeu of Song," and the funds of the institution were considerably benefited.

A movement has been organised by a few zealous individuals for affording a welcome to the large body of Nonconformists daily expected stmong&t us. A lively interest is generally felt for the new comer, under any circumstances, and it can scarcely be wondered, that apart from any other associations, the arrival amongst us of a number of families comprising a distinct settlement in itself, should form a subject of more thau ordinary interest We all know the effect which sympathy has upon our feelings when cast for the fust time, perhaps, among strangers ; and we can conceive nothing more encouraging to the emigrant on arriving in a new colony, than to find the hand of friendship and the voice of counsel heartily and spontaneously offered him. We perceive, too, that the tide of emigration is likely to set in strongly from another quarter, Germany, and we could not have a more desirable class of emigrants than the Germans have proved themselves, in every country which they have helped to colonise. Sober, honest, painstaking, and yet enterprising, conscious of having sprung from the greatest of European nations, they possess all those necessary elements which are required in building up the framework of a great and noble people in these islands ; and by mingling the Teutonic with the Celtic blood, which so much prevails amongst us, will do much to secure the future greatness of New Zealand.