"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume VI, Issue 183, 10 July 1873, Page 2

"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1873.

It is gratifying to Hud that the settlors in the Waikato arc beginning to feel that they are part ami parcel of the Government A meeting 1 is called in Cambridge for Saturday next "to discuss the present aspect of afFaits in reference to the late murder of Sullivan." Those at a distance from the disatFocted Maoris can afford to look upon the iiaiive question with somewhat of indifference — not so those who are living m immediate contact with them. The utter contempt with which the Maoris have treated the Government is 1 ot a pleasant fact to contemplate. That the prestige of the AngloSaxon wouM so newhat fade in consequence of the policy pur.-ued of late was what everybxlv anticipated, and all who understood the question wore piep.ired to uphold a policy forced upon us by financial necessity in the first place, and in the second, by prudence and forethought. 12 very man, however, who supported the Ministry in their policy, did so in (he belief that they were only waiting till by road-making and influx of population they sh uld be in a position to enforce British law. We cannot help feeling that the meeting to be held in Cambridge will be justified in passing very strong resolutions. Events subsequent to the nun-dor of Sullivan have proved conclusively that his mm dur was not the act of isolated individuals, but of those who knew full well that they would receive the active support of the " King " party. This being the case, the argument that to inflict punishment upon the King and bis adherents would be an act of injustice is upset ; the perpetrators «t the act aie at this moment

shelteioil uuclir their very wings. It is true that Tawhiao, shortly after the murder, said that he would ofler no resistance to an European forco in its attempt to capture the actual murderers. When he made tins statement, he feared that through his accomplices he had roused the white population ftora its habitual lethargy and indifference to something 1 more than money grubbing*. When he found that the bark would die away in the shape of ft distant growj, he invited Purukutu and his followeis to his headquarters. The murder of Sullivan, in a political sense, is a small matter compared with the attempt on the life of the emissary of the Government within the very precincts of the " King's" palace. The Government have practically acknowledged '['.twhiao as the head of an independent kingdom by their stiict adherence to the boundary of the confiscated land. If he were — which wo deny — an independent ruler, the question would be much easier solved than is the case, as we should then be justified in making war upon him and his followers, and destroying or taking them prisoners. This not being the case, we are only justified m capturing the actual murderers. It ib coiiuiuty to juaticj and common sense that he should be allowed to shelter himself under the plea of being a British subject, and yet resist the carrying out of the law within (he territory owned by him and his people. Asa Biitish subject he is, legally speaking, piwerlet-s to resist the making of roads or railways In the name of common sense let us treat this miserable leader of a more miserable party, either as a British subject, or as a belligerent to be made war upon like any other Sovereign who allows the murder of foreigners to be committed by his people. We have already expressed the opinion that the buildof roe-oubts is neither more nor less than a farce, us they cannot possibly protect tho majority of the settlers from isolated murder. The Government are equally bound to protect the settler living on land outside the boundary, if legally obtained, as they are to watch over the property of any shopkeeper in Queen-street. We trust that the settlers will pass resolutions that cannot be misunderstood, yet tempered with reason and as much forbearance as tho case will admit of.

The suburban sections of Ngaruawahia have been surveyed for some weeks, yet there is no sign of their being put up for public competition. Is it that the Government cannot make up their miuds as to what exorbitant prices they can put upon them, or is it from sheer idleness that this important matter has been neglected ? The progress of the settlement is greatly retarded by having all the land in the immediate neighbourhood of the township growing nothing but fern. A considerable number of bona fide settlers, we feel conßdent, would immediately take up a few acres each ; in fact it is within our knowledge that several have, after trying to get land near Ngaruawahia, left the district in disgust to seek their foi tunes olscwhore. We trust in common justice wlien tlie lanJ is j-ut up that reasonable upset prices will be put upon it. We desire to point out to the Government the desirability of, at all land sales, withdrawing the land cut sold from the marlu't til Itlie next auction. 1 lit: system of allowing any peison to walk into the laud office and tako up sections at any time is only pioductive of land-jobbing and non-resident landholders. The above is a matter that those who havo already purchased land in the township have a right to demand shall be attended to forthwith.

We aro in New Zealand and have been fur some time, therefore no eccentricities on the part of oflicials surprise us much. An incident occurred in this district yesterday morning which should not, however, bo passed over in silence, evidencing as it does that there is some latent lire in the coroners of the country if in nobody elie. We will tell the story ; an junfor unato boy, the inquest on whose body we uport to-day, died suddenly at the Coal Mines. There being opposition in the coroner business in this district, each gentleman of the profession employs his own agents to givo him the earliest information of any catastrophe. Yesterday one coroner crossed tho punt opposite our office at 11 p.m., but as will be scon hereafter, the race is not always for the swift. Another crossed at 12.30 a.m. The firat on the road wanted staying power, and stopped comfortably at the hotel oa the opposite side of the river. Not so tho last on tho road, he made straight for the scone of action. He was seen before daylight moving uneasily about, watching carefully the doors of the frvr residents. It wns not lon<» before a prospective juryman left his house for his daih, lahur. The energetic coroner immediately pounced upon him and warasd him to attend, and it is said "tipped" him to rouso hit fellow villagers. Nine wore soon mustered, proceedings commenced, and a verdict shortly afterwards recorded in spite of the dimness of tho artificial light. This coroner was victorious, and we cannot help thinking well deserves his feo. We can imagine tho chagrin of tho other gcntlomnn who, when quietly taking his breakfast at the hotel, heard for the first time that he was beaten. Out of cmsidernt'on for his feelings we will say no more. Mr Dargaviilo, as we havo previously announcod in our columns, is another aspirant to the office of Superintendent. He has made a very long speech to the electors in Auckland, whicli vfo havo read, but must admit our inability to follow his disjointed arguments. We lia\o only been able to devote a short timo to tho study of his speech as yet, but we ahall give it more attention hereafter, and endeavour to explain his meaning to our readers, feeling as wo do that without c ireful analysis no man will bo able to understand him. Tho old saying that " speech was given to man to conceal his thoughts" is well exemplified in tho present case. New men aro appearing on tho field from time to time, and we are loth to express our opinion as to their respective merits till all have spoken or written. We don't profess to any special information, but judging from tho ability — or want of it — of some of those already to tho front, we should say that thoro is a good opening fo- .my lmm who has sctn tho outside of a house of legislature or rubbeJ against a

politician in the street. On Tuesday, Bth July, at the EM. Court, in Hamilton, the following cases wero adjudicated on by W. N. Scaranclie, Esq., KM., K. W. Hammond, Esq , and S. T. Seddon, Esq., J.P.s : — Edward Clarke, Collector Highway'Eates, «. George Morely, £2 2s 4d, adjourne I ; same v. E. Meyers, £2 Is Bd, settled out of Court j sauio v. Walter Whyman, £2 1b Bd, judgment for plninliffniul costs; samo v Jackson and Russell, £1 6* Bd, settlp.l out of Court ; same v. Coleman Brothers, £3 6s Bd, settled out of Court ; same v. Groorgo Tippin, 8s Id, judgment for plaintiff and costs ; same v. James Badlcy, £2 Is Bd, judgment for plaintiff, solicitor's fee, 10s, and costs; same v. W. McGregor Hay, 11s Bd, nonsuit. Robert Harris v. Edward Poaraon, refusing to deliver up premises ; judgmont to delivor up possession in seven days. I. R. Vialou v. Gcurt Thommasson, refusing to deliver up possession of premises ; judgment to deliver up possession in ) 4 dnys. William Sjmmontla was charged by W. McGregor Hay with feloniously stealing a double-barrelled gun, value £'10. Committed to take his trial at the neit sittings of tho Supreme Court, the Bench intimating its willingness to tako bail — prisoner in £'3CK>, mil two sureties i» JJISO ouch. ?

An inquest was hold by B C. Beale, Esq., Coroner, tifc th> Coal Mines, yosterday, on the body of YVilliain PMn »«d Booth, a boy aged fourteen. Alfred Booth, lather of tho deceased, deposed : Yesterday morning, tho Bth July, about a quarter to 8, deceased was absent for some tune, und his mother sent his brother to look for him. Ho returned almost immmodiately and said, " Father, Billy dead." I went out and brought deceased into tho house, and laid him outhciloor. He had been subject 1o epileptic Cts for the last three years ; with this exception ho enjoyed good health. I'lie jury recorded the following veidict — "Ttial the deceased, William Edward Booth, died from suffocation during an epileptic seizure, on tho Bth July, 1873 " The following letter has been forwarded to us for publication :— Sir,— You inserted %\ article m jour paper the other day upon the " Chain Harrow." Will you allow me to Ba y that I haro had oip in use now for many years, and that m y experience fully bears out all that the writer has said about it. I am sure tho merits of the implement require only to bo generally known to be at once appreciated. In the way of a harrow it is of really universal application, and I am really surprised that Mornn, or Porter, or some of our many importers of agricultural implement! do not import them ; or, failing this, that some of our agricultural snaths do not manufacture them. I know, of a certainty, they would meet with a ready sale. — I am, sir, yours &c , Haukow. Waitetuna, July 7, 1873. During tho lust year there left tho port of hew castle, New South Wales (states a contemporary) for New Zealand 232 vessels, carrying 101,fi03 tons of coal, and nearly one third of this quantity went to Wellington. These vessels paid in tho port of Newcastle for tonnage dues, pilotage, harbor and light dues, £2191 8s lOd. Each of these 232 vessels Would probably disburso £150 during its stay m Newcastle, making tho following amount paid out of Now Zealand to New South Wales— Present cost at Newcastle, 12s per ton, for 101,(503 ton 3 of coal, £60,963 ; disbursements of vessels, •ay £150 eich, £3 i,Boo— total, £93,763. ; The following petition to the House of Representatives, in ' favor of a lodgers' franchise, is being circulated for signature in Wellington :—": — " Tho petition of the undersigned humbly showcth — That your petitioners are resident* in the City of Wellington, and knal subjects of her Mtijestv Thnt jour petitioners are not permitted to exercise the right of voting at elections of members of the Provincial Council or of members of the House of Representatives ami thereby sutler a grievous wrong. That your petitioners are excluded ironi the franchise, practically because they reside in lodgings, and are not householders That your petitioners humbly iiilnmt that the* fact of their residing in ludgings should not be hold to disqualify them from possessing a vote inasmuch «d they are equally as permniifiit residents in the city in if they were householders ; and the annual rent which thej pay to their landlords would, if paid for the hire of a house, entitle them to register their names upon the electoral roll of the district in which they dwell. That the interests of your petitioners are thus left unrepresented in the House of Representatives, although your honorable House has seen fit in its wisdom to make special provision for the representation of the goldmimng community, tho bulk of which is notoriously of migrator} habits, by granting votes to holders of miners' rights. Your petitioners therefore humbly pny that your honorable House will see lit to nmend the electoral laws so as to give your petitioners equal franchise rights to those enjoyed by their fellow-colonists. And your petitioners will ever prajV &c. The vit inertia of the Native Office has says the Thames Advertiser completely beaten the public will and determination. Mere dead weight is the most powerful force m nature, and apparently it is so also in New Zealand politics. In native atl'airs, the people are ruled by their own servants, and if the Native OtUce were to will in one way, and the whole of tho public in another, the Native Oilice would mflllibly win. When Sullivan was murdered, it was shown and said throughout tl c colony that the present natnc policy was a co-stly sham ; that it was merely a temporary and e\ponsive palliative of a difficulty it did nob diminish ; it was shown that tbo murder was not the act of one man, or of a small party, but was part of the policy of the Ktngites, who are Humorous, well-armed, and united; it was shown, too thut our settlers in Waikato are " living under tho tomahaw k " These settlers declared that, if the Govornment would do nothing to vindicate the law, they themselves would take the matter in hand, and throughout the colony there was a general display of feeling that, in some way or other, the natno dillieulty should be settled. But nothing has boon done, and nothing will be done Tho sending of Mr Maokay to Waikato was a mere blind, aswasaNo the : offering oi rewards tor tho apprehension of tho murderers. Mr McLean could not ha\e more adroitly earned out his \ purpose, which was to amuse the public till the indignation passed awa\, and till tho murder of Sullivan, like those which have preceded, had been almost iorgotten. Mr McLean know quite well how it was that Sullivan had been murdered — that ho could nn 4 ; fml to have known irom tho published | rcpoits of liii oHlceis m Waikuto ; he know the position Purukutu occupied with rogaid to the King, and that it was absolute!} ab-urd to think that the King would aid the Government to capture him. Hemu«t ha\e known that Mr Mackny's negotiation would fail, but he knew that it wouid engage the public attention. Even the selection of Mr Mackay was adroit, lie had the reputation of a fire-eater, and Mr McLean was, id doubt, glad to enough to destroy that reputation, wlii'f Mr Macka^ 's employment held 6ut a hope that something decisive would be done. For weeks together the public looked hungrily to Waikato for news. The papers spared no trouble or expense to furnish their rea'lei-d with what they wanted, but there was actually not lung to record, and the attempts of the correspondents to make bricks without straw were really lamentable