ENGLAND AND RELAND.

HOMICIDES.

CAP. LXV.-An Act for the more speedy Trial of certain Homicides committed by Persons subject to the Mutiny Act. (29th July, 1862.)

The Queen's Bench or a judge may order certain prisoners to be indicted and tried under the provisions of this Act. And upon this order the prisoner shall be removed to the gaol of Newgate in London, or the Richmond Bridewell in Dublin, and indicted and tried in the same manner as if such murder or manslaughter had been committed within the same jurisdiction.

IRELAND.

SUMMARY PROCEDURE.

CAP. XXIII.-An Act to amend the Summary Procedure on Bills of Exchange (Ireland) Act, 1861. (3rd June, 1862.)

In actions upon bills of exchange or promissory notes the days for appearing and filing a defence to serve in vacation as well as in term time. The days from the 1st of August to the 20th October to be reckoned days within which the summons and plaints and defence should be filed.

PEACE PRESERVATION IRELAND.

CAP. XXIV.-An Act to continue the Peace Preservation Ireland Act, as, amended by the Acts of the 23rd and 24th Year of Vict., c. 138. (30th June, 1862.)

UNLAWFUL OATHS.

CAP. XXXII.-An Act to continue the Act of the 2nd & 3rd Years of Vict. c. 74, for preventing the Administering of unlawful Oaths in Ireland, as amended by the Act of the 11th & 12th Years of Vict. (7th July, 1863.)

COURT OF CHANCERY, IRELAND.

CAP. XLVI.-An Act for the better Regulation in certain Cases of the Procedure in the High Court of Chancery in Ireland. (17th July, 1862.) The same provisions as in Cap. XLII. for the Court of Chancery in England.

SUMMARY JURISDICTION, IRELAND.

CAP. L.-An Act to amend certain Provisions of the Acts of the 24th & 25th Years of her Majesty, chap. 97, 99, and 100 respectively, relating to Summary Jurisdiction in Ireland. (29th July, 1862.)

Penalties now imposed for stealing trees and shrubs growing anywhere, or trees, plants, vegetables severed from the soil or turf fuel, and on persons possessing carcases of sheep without accounting for the same; or workmen making away with goods, stealing poultry, &c. Assault cases may be proceeded with, although the party aggrieved declines to prosecute. Summary jurisdiction given in cases of assault on peace officers and others.

POLICE AND IMPROVEMENT, SCOTLAND.

CAP. CI.-An Act to make more effectual Provision for regulating the Police of Towns and populous Places in Scotland, and for Lighting, Cleansing, Paving, Draining, Supplying Water to, and improving the same, and also for promoting the public Health thereof. (7th August, 1862.)

NEW ZEALAND.

Further Papers relative to the recent Disturbances in New Zealand.

On the 18th March, 1861, the Duke of Newcastle received a despatch from Governor Brown, sending a copy of a letter from William Kingi, showing that he had no desire for peace, and entertaining the confident expectation of being able to exterminate the Europeans. He also sent a copy of a speech by a chief named Benata, uttering the same sentiments. The speech was as follows:

This is the day in which the great runanga of the Ngatikahungunu tribe assembled to meet the Pakehas of Ahuriri. The mouthpiece of the runangas of Te Pawhakaairo, of Tanenuiarangi, of Waipureku, of Matahiwi, of Te Timu, of Pakowhai, of Te Pakipake, of Potaka, of Te Hauke, of Te Aute, of Waipaoa, of Te Waipukurau, of Eparaima, of Porangahau, of Tautane, of Te Takapau, of Tikokino, is Renata Tamakinikurangi; he proclaimed the words to the Pakehas. Now the root of this assembling is our grief concerning the fighting of the Governor and Wiremu Kingi, now acting at Taranaki. We were here speaking to you in our assembly at this place in those months past, then we said the Governor is wrong. Then we thought, no doubt, he will be listening attentively to the fault-findings of this the Maori people; of some, also, of thy own Pakeha people. Not so, however; he kept striving assiduously to lengthen out his fighting with W. Kingi. Gathering and collecting soldiers from each and every land, even unto farthest England, in order to destroy those people of ours. Therefore it was that the thought arose within these men to go to Taranaki. With you, also, Pakehas, is this custom-one is a bishop, another is a minister,-one is a Governor, and another is a soldier, and one is a man dwelling quietly; behold me, also, I am one, and my name is Maori-for building houses, for raising provisions, for making canoes, for fighting today-which thou hast given me; the Church of God is my name, and the Scriptures say "If one member suffers, all the members feel." The Church is also one; therefore, I say, let me also go thither, to my own, who are being fed by thee with hard food. Better, indeed, if you will consent to one of the ways of disagreement, in order to our having work to do, at Taranaki, wrangle over and rebuke the error of the Governor and of William King-then, indeed, it will be correct. And if it should be seen that the fault is of Wm. King-let us all, Maoris and Pakehas, strive together that he may cast aside his proceedings; and if it should be seen that the fault is of Te Teira, let the Governor cast aside his striving to be angry. Here, indeed, are we also earnestly seeking to find the beauty of thy nation of chiefs, through which thy name has been famed as a people gently carrying on all customs, as a people peacefully judging and rebuking. We were quietly taught by former governors-anger is bad, far better is quiet judgment; but now, in the time of this Governor, quiet judgment is cast aside, and hard and uneatable food is thrust unto us. For lo! so it is, small things, as a basket of potatoes, a bushel of wheat, and a pig, are quietly judged; but the great ones-land and man-are not so. Then it is that we remember that his newspapers tell us, he himself is our kind father, and the Queen is our gracious mother. But, look a little more; lo! guns, powder, and ball, are the food of my father and my mother, with which she feeds those of her children (at Taranaki); and ships are now

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sailing hither, bringing such food. Therefore, O Governor FitzGerald, I go to Taranaki, to condole with those of mine who are being fed with hard food; for I am like the nestlings of the Tui (or "parson-bird")-the dam goes to seek food, which having found, she returns with it, and then the young gape their beaks wide open to receive their food. Now it is that my good will towards that parent of mine has been ended; but if she will look steadily hither on the faulty works of this Governor gun-feeder, powderfeeder, ball-feeder, and take him away, and give me a governor who will feed me with soft and eatable food-that is, with runangas, with quiet judgments, with love, and charity, and good works-it will be better. In the very beginning, the word of my King went forth to the Governor, that the fault between him and Wiremu Kingi should be quietly judged at Waiuku; that there they should see each other, and talk and judge according to the law. Straightway goes away the Governor, arrives quickly at Taranaki, thrusts forth immediately his guns against Wiremu Kingi; hence it is that our observation is clear that the Governor is wrong, because he would not be judged. Then he says, let the Maori judge. Upon this, Waikato goes to look into the wrong, declaring that, if it be truly found that the fault is with Wiremu Kingi, it shall be proclaimed to abandon the piece of land; and if it be truly found that the fault is with the Governor, let W. Kingi mourn aloud. Then, upon the arrival thither of Waikatos, it was seen, lo! the Governor made the wrong; whence followed the fighting at Taranaki. But it is not only through the going thither that the fault of the Governor is to be known. No, no; I have seen it here at Heretaunga, in the purchase system of his servants. Formerly, a very different manner of purchase ruled to that which came after. This was the former manner of purchase: to assemble all men, chiefs and serfs, old men and grannies, women and children, into his presence, that the transfer of the land to the Queen might be open and straightforward. The first (so transferred), the Waipukurau block, correctly done; afterwards, Ahuriri block, correctly done; those were the lands the transfer of which to the Queen was clear and unexceptionable. Then it was understood that such rule of purchase was steadfast; afterwards, however, it went wrong. The error was this, the sale of land by one person-such as Cape Kidnapper block, Aorangi block, Okawa, Turiotekanawa, Umuppua, Toutane, and Aropaonui blocks; for thee, indeed, are those lands, but through the faulty purchasing of thy servants; hence, too, we committed wrong towards each other. Afterwards, we quietly completed the transfer of those lands to thee for ever, in order to be a distinguishing mark of love from us to the Governor; at the time saying, put a stop to this system of buying from one person; to which his native land purchase department directly consented. Directly after, however, the land buyers of the Governor leaped quickly forth again to purchase land secretly; then we were of opinion-this proceeding of the Governor is a challenge to us to provoke a quarrel, that there may be a pretext for him through which he may take away our lands; for lo! here is Marutairi, and here is Ngapaeruru, and here is Porangahau-lands which are now borne up by the erroneous sale of one person; for the servants of the Governor would not listen to the words of many. Those lands are now laying by; very nearly, indeed, had we quarrelled about those places upon which names are set. Henceforth and hereafter, by whom, indeed, shall a very little more vexation (be given), and straightway it will suddenly burst forth; lo! the dust

like commotion increasing forward, even as the present anger at Taranaki. Hence it is that we have said, that this wrong is caused by the Governor. Doubtless you will quickly rejoin:-The natives of this island are seeking a quarrel with the Pakehas; not so, however. If indeed we were desirous of quarrelling, we should have encouraged the plan produced at Wanganui to kill the Pakehas or that Tipa for those at Waingaroa; but such was disowned by me, by the runanga of the King, which rebuked thee plainly and openly to thy face. I will not listen to palliating words and excuses in behalf of the Governor, rather do thou listen hither to what we say. Let us all go to Taranaki, and there judge this wrong; then, indeed, my ears will listen. Wilt thou not observe the clearness of those ways of acting of thy foes? Wilt thou incessantly and difficultly struggle on to fight? I indeed will not be as the lick-platter assembly of the Governor; my words are fit and plain, forasmuch as that runanga has done wrong. Here is my destroying weapon from the Ngatiraukawa tribe in order to kill Wellington, but such was disowned by me; now the manner of acting of this killing was to be thus,-viz. in the hoisting of the King's colour, if the men who hold with the Governor and the military should fall upon the men of the King and upon his colour (then it was to be). Furthermore, Wanganui also has erred, and this is the fault:-A certain man there dwelling went and collected the wood-work from graves, and burnt such in an earth-oven of his for cooking food; then he called the food which was for his oven in the earth by the names of the King and his coadjutors, namely, Porakoru, Tamehana, Wetini, Epiha, and Rewi, even by the names of all the principal men of Waikato; and this he did that their hearts might be sore, and to turn upon the Pakehas of Wanganui and kill them; and this is the erroneous acting of those very men who went to the Governor's assembly! That man spoke and said (the name of that child was Te Mutumutu), "Finished, finished, finished, for ever and aye." The name of another was Pakau, blocked, blocked, blocked, for ever and aye. It was by the King it was brought to nought, and by us also, all his runangas. Here also is another case,-Tipa is the name of this man. He went and cut off the hair from his head quite close, and then he clipped the hair from the dog-skin mat; now this he did to be noticed by his tribe, that they might arise and kill the Pakehas of Waingaroa. But this was brought to nothing by the King, and by us also, thy friends with whom thou art fighting, who plainly confront thee to thy face. So it is again with a part of the Ngatirakawa tribe, that is with the majority of them, who indeed plainly confront thee to thy face, like myself, who speak plainly to thee; but thou turnest round to find fault with that (instrument) which deals plainly to thy face! Thou turnest thyself to endeavour to set straight and fine the coaxing and deceiving words of that assembly which thou didst call to go even yonder there to speak lies! But as to this here, I shall not do anything of myself, for my word has been concluded on by the King, that all towns are to be to us as Parininihi; enough it is, for the fighting to be at Taranaki alone, at the place where the Governor has struck with the sword. But as to this here, it shall be for the Governor to climb one of those Parininihis, and then it will also be wrong, even as it has been at Taranaki. Here also is another fault of the Governor, even his writing in his newspaper to all chiefs of this island, to assemble all of them to go to Taranaki to put murderers to death; he not discerning that his own doing is murder! for just so indeed he brought Kirikumara with him as a loving

friend. Lo, here, it is said, that Katatore is a murderer. Not so, however, his doing was not murder-but plain dealing. For thus it was; Katatore said, let not his land be transferred to the Pakeha; but David strove earnestly to transfer it. Then Katatore said to both the Pakehas and to David, "Leave alone my land;" but the other still strove to transfer it to the Pakeha. Then it was that Katatore said to David, "Enough! thou still strivest, there is thy gun, let thou and I fight." David, who would not listen, still strove to cut the boundary of the land of Katatore; when he was fired upon (by him), the guns were not directed towards the man, but fired above and fired below; thinking that by making him apprehensive he would cease. But no, he still strove on, and then it was that David was fired at, and was killed: see, this was not murder; this was dealing plainly. But that indeed was true murder, that was done by Isaiah, though it is called an avenging of death, but it is not such. Here, indeed, is avenging, even that which Adam Clarke plainly and quickly did by noon, when he avenged the death of David Naiaua. By noonday they fought quietly, and at the close peace was made firm and fast. But as for this, this doing of Isaiah, which is said to be an avenging of David, it is not so, but real murder done by those two, by Isaiah and by the Governor-an abominable murder of the darkest kind. Further, here is yet another statement concerning Te Teira, who is said to be chief, but such is not the case, he is only of low rank. For I also know that man, that he is a man of little note (as a chief); Wiremu Kingi alone is their great man, heard and known by all tribes: for indeed the name of his father was Reretawhangawhanga, from whom descended Te Rangitake (W. Kingi), the name of the principal man (of a tribe).

On the 13th April, 1861, another despatch was received from Governor Brown, with a report of an interesting and important conversation between Mr. Smith, the assistant native secretary, and the Waikato Chiefs, Tamati Ngapora and Patara. The love of independence and the patriotism of these men, said Governor Brown, are entitled to our sympathy and respect; but they are not less incompatible with the maintenance of the Queen's supremacy, which is quite as indispensible to the happiness and well-being of the Maories as to that of the Europeans. Collision would be inevitable between two races inhabiting one country, but acknowledging two sovereigns, and claiming to be governed by laws antagonistic to each other. It is needless to say which race would ultimately prevail. Anything like confiscation of land on a large scale is, of course, out of the question; but the murderers of Passmore Ford and the two boys ought to be surrendered.

Again, on the 13th May, the Duke of Newcastle received from Governor Brown, a report of an interview between himself and certain native chiefs, in which the latter proposed that he should make peace with them on certain conditions. But he did not assent to them without some guarantee that the war would not be renewed as soon as the crops had been secured. The following are the notes of interview :

On Saturday, February 2, 1861, the Chief Aihipene, of Waihuku had an interview with the Governor on the subject of several meetings which had lately been held at Waikato, and especially one at Tamati Ngapora's place, to discuss the question of peace. The Governor stated generally to Aihipene that he was as desirous of peace as the natives themselves were represented to be, provided terms of peace were proposed by the insurgents which should afford security for its permanence.