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lit the fibeenea of • material witwes (Ur tbereprimanded IKves. M hi, .roirilotr bsrdsusd MftdKt derm* tbs trial; *wl told him h* liad »uw »“ l'f*»hi. Iloaer wa. of opii.rou.lfc* although U* jury bod returned • Wliteof •ecnnual, ■Mt.rtb.1e.., H was Ids opiok.it, Um bs (Dives) vh guilt* of the charge preferred a/am.l him. After • few «»b*r obtervations and ex-bortstwas, bia Honor hoped Um the prer.nl circumstance woaM act a. a warning w bothprisoners, l»°ro parltcuUriy addroMinv himselfto and expressed hi, disapprobation *./Ui« rtry unsatisfactory manner in which theeaao hmi w bo submitted to the jury. John Bn*o pfssded guilty to the—that Strict Ithe matihsrge ofkliW hi. wife ou the”»th Dowmber la-t. Mr. Uacdowoll eppeared for the primmer, and bn. Dr add meed the court, pointing out the painful poeition in which Brown u placed, (be melancholy eireomsWnce l«eiug |*urely the mult of eecidroi. The droositkxi* -ere Uien banded to hie Honor, which he investigated, and e.prneeod bii entire concurrence in U.e opinion, ri pressed by Mr. Maedowell; and re/relied the oe»e ,hould ever linra been brought into court. Hi. Honor would therefore r filet tlio lightest poeeiblo puuitlitnent, by fining ibe prisoner one (billing, and granting* ‘litcbanr*.LaeMan (Jilin and Rirkunl Ruh,rti wrrc indicted for s.saulling TJcornao Pattern, on the Iflth October, and stealing front In, perron tun •hilling*. Guilty—fifteen jmJ tr-n.porU-tion.Jams Unw■ »ae convicted of receiving several article* of rahl* and other littet, Cite property of Mr. Thomas Storey, residing at Fintral.—To be iraneporteJ fur Uftee n year*.It'iA'un Shut wie sentenced to tw.lre months' imprisonment, for stealing a coat, the property of a man named Hunt.MickMtl M'Inlyrr and John IMgkioson, two probationers, were indicted for asssuliiut; • ami named Taylor, and .(oho# from in. person a coal, tun. bacon, and .uudry other articlee. Outlty—fifteen year,' transportation.Riehanl Z*ug wo* charged with alsuling two paire of sbosp-sUeara; the prosecutor nut being in aitendauoe, llm prieoner woeacquitted.One sod twenty probetmoer*, -In. absconded from Dekreine on the 3rd October hut, were next placed at the bar, end indicted for luring burglariously onlorod the Lous* of Tboatae Limsburner, near We.ibory, on tbe 4ib Oct., and plundering it of a variety of articlee, including route money, being at the time armed with t gun. Tbe indictment also charge-! the prisoner, with nutting Kliz.bctb I.lmeburner, and Tbciuaa Limsburner, her bu.baml, iu bodily foar. The evidence sgaiu.l oil the prisoner. being conclusive, the eenlenre of b Death recorded” wo. (-.red u|.on twr-l.o of Ibe number; trod four of die rieglr.drrs were remanded until Priday, die AUornej-Ueucrel having stale*! tlut he had prepared frreh indict* roent* against them.PhiuaY, January {I.Tlte four probationer, were tin. morning phuteii at Ih# bar, charged with robbing Owen Griffin ; a second couni charged tbe prironer* with assaulting tbe said Owen (IrifEin Guilty —truuiportstiuo for life. The prosecutor was highly applauded by his Honor for hi. conduct during Urn time the prisoner, wore plundering bis bouse, sod being a ticket-ol-leave bolder bis Honor requested him to memorable tbe Lieut-Governor far au emancipation, which be (hie Honor) would stroogly recommend.Thomas Thomas was eoovioted of stealing i!u2 from bit master, Mr. F. Slater—eeveoof Wuilangi .liouhl bo Mridly otmorvOd j that (bo Britiah ttogshould bo bold sacro*l i that any uaiive possessing properly belonging to any European, plundered at Kororarihi, should immediately restore it} that tbe land* which Hcke himself hsd proposed to surrender to the British crown, namely, Ohacwai; Wai-kudui; port of Tokotorc; nurt of Whao-gui} purt of Tautc, should bo immediately evacuated and transferred to tho crown; and lastly, that all the native* should lay down their arms, and general peace ho established throughout tho island. I luve heard that some of the neutral chief. Uavo been plundered, by the native, friendly, and acting iu hostility with tlio English against Hekc nnd Kawiti. Tin. I regret, and shall punish, at tbe same time taking care that compensation tliall be rendrred to thu aggrieved purlin. The native* will be at liberty to sell their land, but when the Europeatu liavc gained legitimate (kisocs-sion, limy mu.r not be molested ; nnd according to the treaty of Wajinngi, tho Queen will protect all her loyul natives in the |lt;o*»e*sio!) of th«r lands. I have made the otl'cr of term, us .luted, to tin rebel chiefs, ami have given them until ncal Tuesday, 2nd December, to decide, after which lime I ahull hold no coianiuniculiou whatever with them.Alter hie Kscdlcncy had concluded, Ta-mahi Wflknaod Mukuori spoke asfnllows: tion of Tamil i W uku Nene's .peocl.)Pneml, inv uleu is to shew the il«ti«iis ul tbii land. There «!■ no lauds lyiuic without their owners. Tin. portimi bus iu obiufi and tliat portiou bss iu cbivf; this is «l**t flustom of our island up end down. When iLe Euro-pesui ii.nn*' tin. rlnvf rum and |lt;rt«d nut III* iult; ; and tliai ebi.f rote up end puled In. hit. Tbe/e was no pises left liiat wa. nut gun* to tlio Europeans. Afterward, evil was seen. Tins i. wiiere tbe drift i*. My idea, ar* not of the priMiit time. They siwak ofhoUliug fo.t tbo bir.de,—tbs Waiken, Kuiorv, and Wheairr. Arw they to bold fad inypurliunf The Waikari belong, to me; ll.e Kowre he-longs to me; tbe Uu.pekapeka belong, to me. Kawiti’. land is bryoud that, on the inouu-year* traniunrtutioa. RoUri Gilt aod AnnRohiMNk wvre dis-cbargtd by proclaauiiou.THE KDITOIt OV THE LAUNCESTON Atm.itmKR.Si a,- I slull feel obfigrd by jour inrorting a contradiction to the following paragraph which sppeartd in llie ChmnicL of Satuiduy lost:—“ Samrthing orry KrtruorJinary-i/ Tr*r. —A circom.Unce n rrportmt to u. a. of rnoetit oceurr.nvo in tbe Morvrii dim id, -bich, if true, snd w* hire no reason to believe otber-wiro, reodrra neee.aary an explanation of (bis conduct of the police tuagiitrule. It it .luted that u perron at Msrveu .hot a bullock he found in bis eurii'beld; Uut tbe owner of tin animal made the cu.unanry informutkm agani.l Ibe offender, who was cited to appear at tbeel office on Saturday lot, to answer for the yl when at tbe aonestiou or witli the Concurrence of hit warship, the cn.e was made up, tad the act of felony compromised. If Ihi. be tbe fad, which we trust it is nut, and it be passed over unnoticed by the government — w* would recommend the police etuhli.Uminte. and ibe Bervice* of magistrate* to be dispensed witlo.— Ckronielt, Salurdutl Jan. 10.Tbe portkclar. of tbe ease are a. follow. : — A former wbo re.ides iu tbe vicinity of the river Nilv, whose neighbour’* bullock proved very troublesome, having frequently (rnjioxs-.xi upon Lis premise^ was resolved to try tbe rrprrimiut (es we* stated upon the rviiiencr) of frifthteuiug tbe auitnal, and tbm preventing him from continuing hie depredations. Accordingly a gun was loaded with • charge of aouft shot, and when the bullock came lo take file occuitomed feed, ibe farmer alluded to fired, and a ftw mint of the .hot penetrated tbe lliigb of tho bullock, but did not injure the animal in tbr least. The owner of Um bullock being mode acquainted wiU» the circum.taoce, metilion.d tbe particular, to ibe cbief constable of Morven, sugge.ting at ih« time, that it was not hie iatentiou to prefer aebarge of sbiening at the bullock wiUi intention to kill, but merely to institute a chargd under tbe act for tbe •* soppreasion of cruelty to ntiimsl..” Mr. Harvey, tbe assistant diatrict oon.uble, laid the iofonnetioa to due form, and it was beard at Use Hvandale police office, before tbe reudent magietrale, wben lbs perty wbo lirvd si the bullock was fiord Jo llie sum of twenty shillings cud toots.1 would aoi have troubled you with lb* above explanation; but perhaps there may lie mm wboee tniud ought to be disabused of such • oiis-eutement.I am, sir,Your obedient warrant,AN EAIMVITNB9S.January 18,1M0.NEW ZEALAND.Wt have received our u.usl flics of tho Now ZoiiLsndtr, Auckland paper, by tlsc woy of Hobart Town. Tbe Rutsrl wchooner arrived at Auckland on the 5th December, from tbe Buy of Islands, with intelligence from that piece to the 3rd of December. Captain Grey, the new Governor, wee ut the Bay of islands, and hud had several communications with I ho rebel chief., (as they on called,) but with little b jpe of good resulting. Use British troop* were stationed at Kororarika, tlio officers occupying tbu house of Bishop Poiupalier, end the soldier* being io tents on the grouad previously the site of Kororarika. The weather hod boon very indifferent, as at Auckland, end military operation* were at pre-sent suspended.The friendly chiefs bod an interview with the Governor on tbe 28th November, end tbe Now Zealand,r. of tbe 6th December, five* a report of the interview. Hie Excellency commenced by obeerving—•• J bar* hastened her* before tlio arrive) of tbe numerous aoldien, who ere flocking to New Zealand, by command of iny sovereign the Queen of England, io consequence of the rebellions conduct of some of your countryman, in order if poeeiblo to secure peace. I am willing to rau/y the term* offered by Captain Fitxroy, which stipulations were :rains, therefore I say t* give it up quickly to the EuropeansThesa are thu when* of my sentiments.(Translation of Mukuftri’a .patch ; one ofTumuli VVuLa’s ulln-s.)TLou are my sentiment, (list are widiin mo. It dm?* nut interfere with utlior psopls’a HiitiineuU—my own sentiuisDU, ami my own only,ure ulluditig to the Governor. Therefore, I tsll you. tu«- thought was our tlmuglit. my ow„ and Walker’s; therefore I roid, frMid, let ut rise up and fig11, let us not b« afraid uf the Ngapuhi,for H-uglu Ilrkr w**iiidin«J sgaiiut os, and is dead, T* Wliure-L’uiu, ibe avenger nf l.ia death, roro op and dieJ by us. Then-fore, I soy to you, die chi*/'# oi Ngapubi ure ending. Nuw roee up Kawiti, and Hum lleke, they lied and left the K aha Kalis (Heke'a lighting ruen) lying down. I siu nut s tiling that •imply cator t*.r uulhiug. I um s searcher for the offal of Xuaiii'i pig., thruugh tho flir. (meaning thu suldiere) Unit are gat!ivnr.g *1 llie spot where Kswdi’s pig* have barn upaurd, hut ye rohliera and us—I tb/rik of Pitiny’i words at WoimaU. If tha rebellious m.u (rabsla) rise up, tresd down tha evil. Pit this reason wa uni Jet us tight it out.— Im-priionmcnl and ironing sio what we know nothing about; let ua have tho Maori method; let each of ua have satisfaction. Through my strength they have Irfl placi- otter place, and land after land, therefore I say let us destroy tha had people.So much for our native allies. The reason for Makoeri'a hostility to Hekc is self-evident. The chief, of N'gupuln, of whom IL-ke is tlse representative,are hu enemies; '* inipruonrncnl nnd ironing arc wli.it lie knows nothing about; but tint Muon method of ftghtiag it out, our cacclkml ally rejoices in : and iIr*»c are the men to whom Orituin looks for aiki.tance iti subduing the hostile tribes of New Zealand to the treaty ofWailungi; by which treaty Uiitaiu concedes to the natives the liberty of roiliog their own lauds; and to the one-Aided terms of which Kawiti it Savage euough to declare he will never yield. It was ondctstood, says the Ntur Zealander, that 11.M.S. North Star, with his Exccllcucy, would proceed on Tltursday morning to Oluihu, to have an iuterview with Ponrare, who altltougli apparently fiicndly disposed to the Ur.li*h forces, is covertly aiding Hekc and Knwiti. It is to be hoped tbnt hit Excellency will bring this intriguing treacherous chief to uudcrstund, that he must at otioc uixku his choice of being either a sincere liiend or an avowed foe. Wc conceive, after hi. many proof* of insincerity, and deceit, that the Governor woukl be fully jrstiticd in taking him, and holding him io custody, as security for rite peaceable conduct of hi* tribe. Hoao Hcke u at hi. puli, at lkuraogi, suffering from his wound, which baa broken out afre.h. Kawiti is at Kuepckapeka, in Iris stronghold, with about eight hundred men, and i. more hostile than ever, declaring dial he will never yield to British sovereignty, according to llie term, of the treaty of NVuitatigi, which he wholly repudiates, as regards himself and tribe. There had been some deserter, from the English camp. Three soldiers of the OOtlt regiment, and one of the 58th, had aUcondcd, not to the enemy, but to tbe bush. The former had been captured by tire.* Waikari tribe, (those whoro pah wa. destroyed by Major Bridge in May last) but they had not been given up to the commanding officer. Ta-tnbiu Wake had urged immediate hostilities against Kawiti, and it was rumoured that Governor Grey had assailed, therefore it may bo anticipated tlut the war is renewed, and we (car, on tlic part of llie natives, with more determined resolution.The brig William, which arrival at thispott from Sydney, on Tuesday, spoke the Sovercutn, bound from Auckland to Sydneywhich rejiortcd that hostilities hod re commenced at tho Bay of Islaods.ENGLISH NEWS.OutsortL Fiat.—On the afternoon of llie 17.It of September, between one uud two o’clock, a tire of s most fearful character, atlcodid with a large dosUuction of properly, broks out upon the well-known premises belonging tu Sir Charles Price and Company, ou and coloar merchant., io Willinm-street, Bluckfriart. Tlio pre-mises were of itumeuse extent, and spreading from Willinm-street to tbe water tide. They were bounded ou tha west by tiro City Go* Wofka. and were flanked on th* east by Messrs. Hop;o’s,tliePig'aQuay coal wharf Some idea of thceiteutof tbefiremay be formed when it it staled that at one time there were between forty and liftjr puncheon, of turpentine, from eigM to ten tons of cod oil, and a quantity of other oils, in e thorough state of igimioa, The former article was kept in large wooden vessels liucd with lead, and there is no doubt, that as the fire reached those comportments they cxplodod,
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