Soriign antt Fiume—The debates on the paragraphs of the address

in reply to the Ring's speech have proceeded in the Chamber of Deputies with much di- minished interest, Several amendments have been moved, tending to throw blame upon Ministers for not having managed so well in settling the affairs aldoroc.c,o. and the disputes of England as they might have done; but those amendments have not been successful. The most interesting facts in these debsees were the appearance of M. Saint-Marc Girardin, a Conservative, as am.opponent or Ministers, and that of Marshal Bugeaud as the vindicator of itinisterial policy in Morocco. M. Saint-Marc, Girardin introduced nothing new into the discussion; and his speech, disappoints expectation. Marshal Pergeaud spoke with blunt frankness, and with every appearance of sin- Re admitted, that when he first saw the treaty with Morocco, be was not quite satisfied with it; ecause it contained no stipulation for the seizure of Abd-el- Kader's person: but he had since heard of insurrectionary movements in the em- pire, and had become convinced that it would not be easy for the Emperor to seiso that chief. He never thought it advisable to stipulate for an indemnity. "My sole desire was to be rid of that eternal enemy—of that man of genius, who will never allow us any repose so long as he can find a soldier to fight under his- banner,' To accomplish this object, it would have required more troops than be had.at command: in order to assemble troops to make a demonstration on the frontiers of Morocco, he had been obliged to weaken other important points of Al grails, which ha a frontier on the coast alone of 250 leagues. "Allow me to tell you, that this army of Africa, which appears to you too strong when talked of in connexion with your budget, is too weak for the task which is imyosed on it." To extend the occupation, it would have been necessary for the Minister of Wee to send 100,000 men in addition. In more civilized countries there are great ceetrea of population, of which possession can be taken, and then the country can be forced to capitulate; but in Africa there are no such points; war must be weged on all points of the country: therefore, with an army of 80,000 men, so intesy as 20,000 could seldom be mustered in line; and even that number was diminished by sickness. The soldiers, too, have other labours—to construct bridges and to form roads. The army has constructed thirteen bridges, 500 leagues of road, and a number of civil and military works. M. Thiers said that the army could not have advanced to Fez. That was true ; but why? It was then the middle of August ; the heat was overpowering, 41° of the centigrade thermometer in the shade, and 60° in the sun—heat under which the men could netesapport a long march. It will be a work of labour to reduce the Kabyles to mihjecton. The progress of European civilization is rapid : in 1841 there were 3,100 souls; now there are 7,500. Much attention is paid to giving the colonists civil rights; but the Marshal contended for the necessity of establishing military colonies by the side of the civil ones, to consolidate the French power and keep the-Arabs in check.

The third paragraph related to the differences with England on the Tahiti iiiftdr, and their happy conclusion. M. ',don de Malleville moved an Amendment, expressing satisfaction that "the repose of the world" had been maintained, but regret "that in granting a reparation which was not dee. the rules of justice and reciprocity, which France should always re- moot, were not sufficiently taken into account." The Chamber voted on Saturday by rising and sitting, equivalent to our "show of hands"; and the President declared the amendment to be lost. The Opposition De- puties declared that a majority had voted for it; and, in a scene of great confusion, the President announced the sitting adjourned till Monday; and then precipitately left his chair, amid shouts of anger and derision. The Opposition journals make out the case thus—The highest (Ministerial) estimate of Deputies present was 411; 15, whose names are published, did not vote; 5 members of the bureau have to be deducted; leaving altogether 391 voters: and a list is published of 195 who voted for the amendment and against the indemnity to Mr. Pritchard—an absolute majority of the 'voters.

On Monday there was another uproar. The whole paragraph was re- 'Wed; a ballot was demanded, and the numbers were—for the paragraph, 413; against it, 205; majority for Ministers, only 8. Exulting in the small- nemeof the majority, the Opposition Deputies cheered loudly, crying "There isomslonger a Ministry! " "The Ministry is dead!" and the like. "And there being no Ministry," exclaimed M. Thiers, "I advise all my friends to decline further discussion on the address."

Accordingly, all other amendments were withdrawn, and the remaining paragraphs were agreed to seriatim. The whole address was then put to the vote : when the numbers were—for it, 216; against it, 33; majority, 1834 The correspondent of the Times states, on "excellent authority," that "immediately upon the division on the third paragraph, which gave Minis- ter* a majority of eight only, Marshal Soult proceeded (as my informant Ago) to. the Tuileries, to. take the ring'secommarids. His Majesty would Ant ,break up the Cabinet,, but recommended that. Ministera should stance elicit the real desire and intention of the Chamber; and accordingly they have determined on bringing-in tomorrow-the Secret-Service-Money till." The address was presented' to the King on Wednesday evening; with especial allusions to- peace and England. He thanked the Deputies for their- concurrence in the policy of his Government; saying of the address- " It will contribute, with that force which attaches to everythine that ema- nates from you ,to guard the future against the dangers which' the blindness of pat elm too often draws upon the people?'

The Morning Chronicle reports " that M. Salvandy has accepted the office of Minister of Public Instruction. This accession will. no doubt tend to strengthen the position of M: Guizot." The same paper also reports a meeting of Conservatives. held in Paris- on Wednesday, to consider the position of the Ministry and the course to lea pursued by the party- Our copy is slightly compressed. The meeting consisted of 170 Deputies, [the Morning Herald says, that before the close of the meeting the number was 211, including 47 who had

previously withheld their support from Ministers,] and several letters were read from Deputies who were unable to attend, but.who intimated their willingness to adhere to any resolutions which might be adopted by the meeting. Among those who attended, were M. D'Arblay, M. Emile De Girardin, I& De Salvandy,, and others of those who have for some time past been coquetting. with both sides. M. Hartmann, the oldest member present? was called to the chair. He

dared the the party unshaken by the assaults upon it; and he demanded if the meet- ing were firmly resolved to support their own principles and the Ministry? The meeting having replied by loud acchunations ot assent, it was determined that the President and the Vice-President, together with Marshal Sebastiani, Marshal Bugeaud, Count De Salvandy, M. Bignon, Ms De L'Espee, M. Las Cases, and M. Boissy D'An,glas, should form a depatation to wait upon the Ministry, and aware them that they might depend upon the firm and constant support of the Con- servative party, and to implore them to remain in office. M. D'Arblay, who is one of those who abstained from voting upon the Tahiti paragraph of the address, said, that with respect to Tahiti he could have wished for a less explicit approba- tion thau that given in the paragraph; but that question being once out of the way, care must be taken not to bring division into the Conservative party. M. Be Salvandy vehemently insisted on the necessity of energetic measures to pre- serve the unity of the party; and, he proposed that a Special Committee should

be named, whose business it would be to call together the party at all tames when it should think it necessary to dose, whether in the interest of the party itself or of the Ministry. The motion was carried with loud applause; the ommittee to consist of the deputation already appointed and of twenty. Conservative Members who had demanded the ballot on Monday. The meeting thea broke up.

After the meeting, the deputation waited upon Marshal Souk, the President of the Council4 who evinced a good deal of emotion on receiving it. The gallant,

Marshal declared that he was quite prepared to continue, as he hed hitherto done, at the head of the Government, as long as he could command a majority in, the Chamber.

The deputation afterwards waited on: M. Gnizot, at the Hotel des Aires. Etrangeres, and were received by him with great frankness. He admitted, the difficulties in which the Cabinet was placed bythe smallness of the-majority in.

its favour. He acknowledged that that majority appeared to him to be too small to enable him to continue tcrcarry on the affairs of the country; but he declared that he was willing and anxious to remain faithful to the Conservative party, and' that he would not abandon either the part/ or office as long as he should con- tinue to be supported by the party itself. The deputation then retited.

According to the Constituri..nriel, " the friends of M.Guizot think thattheyk have found the means of removing one of his difficulties: the twenty De-

puties who demanded a ballot on Monday have subscribed each 1,006 francs to pay the Pritchard indemnity, in order that the Cabinet may not be compelled to apply to the Chamber for the funds."

The irationa/ reports, that there are at present more than thirty Bishop4 assembled at Paris: where they hold meetings under the Presidency of the Archbishop of Paris. Some days since, they met at the residence of ht Martin, the Keeper of the Seals; where, in concert with him,,they arranged their plans to defeat the bill about to be introduced for regulating the mode of affording secondary instruction.

Swam...era/ere—The Government of Zurich, acting as, Vorort, has pub- lished a circular to the other Cantons on the subject of the encouragement

given to the Jesuits in Lucerne. It entreats that Canton to abandon the

prqject of intrusting its theological establishment to the Jesuits, and thus contribute to the refistabliehment of public peace; and begs the Cantons to call upon their Deputies to most in Extraordinary Diet at Zurich, furnishing, them with instructions, so that their first sitting may take place on the 24th February.

Srenr.—A few incidents relieve the monotony of the accounts fient Spain. Zurbano was arrested, in a house near Logrono, on the 19th. jA.-,`

nuary ; with his brother-in-law, Cayo Mum. The captor was El Royce (the Thunder-bolt) an old comrade of Zurhands. The reports of the chief's escape into Portugal had been circulated by his friends, to lull the vigilance of Government. Cayo Muro was shot in attempting to escape out of window, by the detachment that surprised them in their hiding-place; and he died on the way to his prison. By order of the Governor of Burgos, Zurbano was at once placed in capella, in order to his execution.: He had an interview with his wife and only surviving son; and was then shot in the back, on the afternoon of the 20th—the punishment for an offices forsaking his colours. He met his death with his characteristic hardihood.

The discovery of his retreat is, with greatprobability, imputed to treachery. Zurbano had actually tried to reach the North of Portugal by the course

of the Douro; but every- outlet from the Rioja was so closely watched.hg the Royal troops, that he was compelled to give up the attempt in, despaits and retrace his steps towards Logrono; suffering dreadful privations and hardships until the moment of his arrest. Some account is given of his life.

Zurbano was the youngest eon of an honest farmer of Berea, near Logrono. His father wished to make a priest of him, and he studied for that vocation; but as his conduct did not correspond with his father's views he was subsequently put to work on the farm. He married very young, and hired an extensive farms

becoming weary of that sort of life, he turned smuggler. lie did not succeed in his new occupation, and got into embarrassments; which affected the health of -his

wife, and she died. He then married Hennenegilda Martinez, (his widews)-the daughter of an innkeeper, and continued the contraband trade; but with so little success, that he finished by associating himself with a band of thieves, of whom he became the chief. A prosecution was commenced againstisim, and he was condemned to death by defaulh lie wandered a long time in the mountains, and his wife was arrested as his accomplice; but she made her escape from the house in which she was imprisoned. The civil war breaking out, Zureano one night entered Logrono, and went secretly to a monk, to whom he communicated Ins intention of joining the Carlists; and, as an earnest of his zeal, revealed a plan for blowing up the powder-magazine -of Logrono, in order that the Carlists might take possession of the town during the confusion. The monk introduced him to several friends and Zacarregui, and the ad fair was decided upon: but, when everything was ready for execution, Urbane vomit to the Civil Governor, and offered to reveal what was going ore with the names of the parties engaged in the plot, on the condition of his receiving his own pardon' for past offences. This was granted; and Zarbano, having formed a small band, under the protection of Pita Pizarro, commenced against the Cellists those bold excursions which caused him to be promoted by Espartere to the highest ranks in the Cluistino army. As to the monk, he and another person were executed, and several of the inhabitants of Logrono were seat to the Presidios, for the part that they had taken in the plot got up by Zurbano. It is doubtful whether he was urged to the revolt which has cost himself and family so dear by his own restless ambition or by the persecutions of the Govern- ment. One fact tending to grove his outbreak premeditated is, that the provincial regiment of Logrono, part of which was in garrison at 111/11 at that date, showed such evidently seditious sentiments as to cause great trouble to the Governor of Iran, and proved that it had been tampered with by the Progresista party."

Another incident is of a more creditable kind: General Don Juan Prim, Count De Rena, as been pardoned. An extraordinary courier was des spdtched from Madrid on the 19th, to the Castle of St. Sebastian, where he was incarcerated. He is ordered to reside in Madrid.

The election of Deputy for Madrid terminated by the return of Senor Galiano; who received 2,269 votes, whilst his competitor the Marquis De Viluma received but 21.

Poirruessr..—Advices have been received from Lisbon to the 22d January. The estimates were presented to the Chamber of Deputies on the 19th January. The revenue for the fiscal year 1845-6 is set down at 10,756 contos, the expenditure at 10,717 contos; excess of revenue over expendi- ture, 39 contos. The bill for the abolition of the Conservatorial Courts passed throUgh the Chamber of Deputies unanimously. A measure had beim adopted affecting some British subjects, and among others the Duke of" Wellington and Marquis Beresford—a reduction of grants and pensions to kle "Classes Inactivas," and those of them held especially entitled to payment by peculiar considerations.

....."''MOnocceS—The Mon/tear Algerien of the 20th January announces that AM-el-Nader remains at Sebra, in Morocco; and that his camp and his cleara are well supplied by the religious gifts of the true believers. The A rie says—

From all provinces of the empire deputations from the Berbers have visited hint in his retreat, bringing him offerings, saluting him as the regenerator of Islimism, and offering him' the assistance of their arms to combat the Christians and to overthrow the dynasty which oppresses them, and which has abdicated the religious sovereignty by declaring impious the martyr of the faith, who during fortrteen years defended his God, his religion, and his country."

trITITED STATES.—There have been several arrivals this week; that fuenishing the latest dates being the arrival of the Sea, which left New York orythe 10th January.

The House of Representatives opened the debates on the schemes for the annexation of Texas, on the 3d. There were four projects before the Hense,—the plan of the Committee on Foreign Affairs reported by Mr. C. J. Ingersole, which recites the rejected treaty, and makes it the basis of annexation; that introduced. by Mr. Weller, which simply declares Texas to be annexed, and pledges the public lands for the payment of its debt, without assuming the debt, leaves the question of boundary open, and midies no reference to slavery; that of Mr. Douglass, which is based upon the treaty of 1803 and the Missouri compromise, construed to give part of the territory to the United States; and a fourth, making the State one-half free and one-half slaveholding. The debate had as yet presented no strik- ing feature.

The annual messages of the State Governors had been delivered; and the-financial parts possess some interest.

Governor Porter of Pennsylvania states the whole amount of tax assessed for the past four years at 3,013,724 dollars; of which only 1,825,050 dollars has been received; leaving 1,188,674 dollars still outstanding on the 1st December. Of thiii-sum, together with the 800,000 dollars outstanding for 1844, the Governor thinks 1,260,000 dollars will be received. He adds—" If the provisions of the act of 1844 be fairly carried into effect in the valuation of property, and the col- lection and prompt payment of the tax be enforced, the annual revenue hereafter to be derived from that source will amount to at least 1,500,000 dollars. This stun, with the other resources of the Commonwealth, will be entirely adequate to furbish the necessary amount to discharge the interest upon the public debt, and thisinsare the fidelity of the State to her engagements. Governor Wright of New York makes his message chiefly noticeable for its extreme length. He holds the maintenance of the State credit to be a sine qua non.

The income of Massachusetts for the year has been 447,746 dollars, the ex- penditure 462,844 dollars; giving-an excess of expenditure of 15,008 dollars: the expensesinclude a payment of 47,538 dollars on the public debt.

The Governor of Maryland gives a poor account of the finances. He states that the principal of the public debt is 12,000,000 dollars, on which is an annual interest of 655,341 dollars: the total amount of interest due on the 1st December wars 1,400,000 dollars. The existing laws, he thinks, will not yield enough re- venge tom the debt by about 150,000 dollars per annum; and to supply the de- ficiency, being opposed to direct taxation, he recommends a variety of other measures.

The Governor of Kentucky states the present debt of the State at 4,269,500 dollars • on which the annual interest is 250,000 dollars, which has been punctually paid. 'The receipts into the Treasury for the year ending 16th October 1844, wete 390,149 dollars•' expenses, 349,035 dollars; leaving a balance in the Trea-

sury of 41,114 dollars. e receipts for the next year are estimated at 392,422 dollars; and the demands against the Treasury for the same time are 366,379 dollars, which will leave a balance of 26,043 dollars. The Governor says, that the improvements for which the debt was contracted have been highly useful, and he'regrets that the financial condition of the State is such as to forbid their pro- secution.

A. report on the finances of Indiana, issued by a Select Committee of the Local Senate, represents the resources of that State as having greatly increased since 1840' but the financial account is not very flourishing. The bonds issued for in- ternal-improvement-purposes now outstanding, upon which no provision for inte- rest has been made, amount to the sum of 11,122,000 dollars; to which add the interest now due, being the sum of 2 227 500 dollars, and the whole sum now due t will be 13,349,5110 dollars. "As it is beyond the ability of the State to pay the interest now due the Committee propose that it, together with the principal and one yearat interest in advance, be funded; making the total sum of 13,907,320 dol- lars. This amount to be taken up by an issue of new bonds bearmg 3 per cent interest; the interest payable annually, and the principal after the expiration of thirty years." The Committee question "whether a proposition of this kind is notranore creditable to us than the past seeming indifference on the subject"

The Ohio House of Representatives had rescinded the resolutions passed in the session of.1841-2, censunng -John Quincy- Adams for presenting 's petition for the dissolution of the Union: the vote was—Yeas, 41; Nays, 21. The Frankfort Conamonwealth-says, that Governor Owlsley of Kentucky.has declined 'pardomng Miss Delia Webster, recently convicted and sentenced to am- riser/meat in the penitentiary for tyro years, for abducting Negro slaves from their masters.

It is mentioned, that soon after the expulsion of Mr. Enett from the Senate of North Carolina, in which he lied taken Ins seat by virtue of a forged certificate, it chanced one day that three of the Whig members were absent, leaving the other side in an accidental majority; whereupon this majority reconsidered the proceed- ings, expunged the record from the journal, and restored Mr. Enett to his seat.

The State of New York was still troubled with a kind of agrarian revolt; the tenants objecting to the " feuds/ " character of their tenure on payment of a ground-rent to the Van Rennesslaer frunily. A meeting had been held in the city of New York in favour of the revolt, and legislation on the subject was talked of;. the tenure being accounted incompatible with the institutions of the republic.

Bishop Onderdonk, the Protestant Episcopal Prelate of New York, had been suspended; having .been convicted, on an inquiry by the House of Bishops of nit- becoming.familianties towards the wives and daughters of his clergy. The "ins- pension " Is understood to be permanent. Dr. Onderelonk's brother, Bishop On- derdonk of Pennsylvania, had been suspended about two months previously, on charges of intemperance.

A mortality amongst the fish, from the East end of Long Island to the Capes of Virginia, extending from the coast into the sea for a distance of three miles, had caused some consternation: along the infected district millions of dead fish were daily thrown up. The cause is unexplained.

TExes.—Recent intelligence had been received in New Orleans from Texas. President Jones had sent his message to Congress. It did not greatly differ in tone and sentiments from the messages of his predecessor; the remarkable thing in it being the total omission of the subject of annexa- tion.

MExtco.—Rather later intelligence had also been received from Mexico? confirming to the fullest extent the previous accounts of Santa Anna's po- litical reverses. The appointment of a new President, with new Ministers.,, had been hailed with delight in the provinces as well as in the capital, and the revolution is regarded as consummated. Canalizo, Rejon, and another of the late officials, were to be brought to trial. Santa Anna remained at Queretaro. His ultimate escape was considered doubtful ' • as he was sur- rounded by a hostile population, and his army was thinned by daily deser- tions. It is supposed that he wishes to escape to Cuba ; and his private fortune, estimated at 4,000,000 dollars, will probably furnish the mean Of escape and of future splendour in exile. According to the latest accounts; Congress had sentenced him to banishment. The New Orleans Bee tint's; . describes President Herrera's Government- " The new Ministry, we understand, is composed of the ablest and most honest men in the republic. .Around it are arrayed all the power, wealth, and inflaenee. of the nation. Echeverria is a member of the firm of Widow Eeheverria ani Sons, well known in the commercial world for its respectability and influence., Hs was educated in England, and is a man of enlightened and sagacious intelle.l. Senor Cuevas occupied the post of Minister for Foreign Affairs during the Fren contest, and acquitted himself with signal ability. He was educated for a di matic career, and figured once as Minister to Prussia. Conde is chief of the gineer Corps ; he Is the son of a Spanish General, and said to be a clever young man. We have reason to believe that under the new Government no alteratslon will take place in the foreign relations of Mexico; but that, on the contrary, they will be maintained with iuereased vigour and energy."

Curia. —The last accounts from Havanna mention the receipt by the Governor-General of a royal decree, enjoining him to give satisfaction to England for the insult offered to Mr. Turnbull in his capacity as agent in- vested with the confidence of the British Government. Appended to that decree was the note addressed to that effect to M. Martinez de in ROSA by Mr Bulwer. General O'Donnell had referred the examination of the affair to the First Assessor; who was engaged in reading all the documents reW tire to the trials of the Blacks implicated in the last conspiracy, to ascer- tain to what extent Mr. Turnbull was involved in it, and had not ter- minated his investigation on the 24th December.—Times.

MADAGAIICAIL—The Breton, of Nantes, publishes a letter from Bourbon, of the 7th November, stating that the English Governor of the Mauritius had officially notified to the French authorities the blockade of Madagascar; It appears from the correspondence of that journal, that an English officer of the Royal Navy had been reduced to slavery and sold by order of the Queen of the Hovas and that it was in consequence of this act that the block.. ade was declared. The Bourbon journals, however, deny that the person in - question was an officer, or belonged to the Royal Navy. According to their' version, it was a supercargo on board an English merchantman, an American. by birth, named Epik, who had been detained by the Queen of the Hovas, for: having embarked four of her subjects, contrary to her orders. That person,-. having been sentenced to a fine of sixty piastres, which he was either' unable or unwilling to pay, had been imprisoned at Tamatave; but some' European merchants having at last paid off the fine, Epik recovered' hlie liberty, and was permitted to depart for the Mauritius.

NEW Zgatarrn.—Intelligence has been received from Port Nicholson to the 13th October. Governor Fitzroy still continued his strange poliey. , in disputes between the settlers and the Natives. rt. will be remembered- that lie had sent for troops from Sydney, to quell disturbances begun at: Russell by John Hackie or Held, a Native chief, who claimed compensa- tion for a woman once a slave of his, but now married to a Mr. Lord, her second English husband.— " Thum reinforced," says the Morning Chronkle, whose account our own inforni- ation enables us in great part to confirm," Captain Fitzroy proceeded to the Bay of Islands about the end of August. The troops were to be conveyed to•ther- vicinity of the culprit chief; but some Missionaries interfering, got them sent back to Russell, Captain Fitzroy agreeing to meet the chiefs at Waimate. The Governor, in the mean time, discovered that the Natives of those parts were much depressed by the restrictions on the sale of their land, by the whalers ceasing to visit the coast, and by French and Americans, especially the former, inciting them to pull down the English flag and hoist their own, in token of defiance and it$ dependence. "Leaving these things, the first step of the Governor was one of concession to - the Natives. He ordered the Customs-officers to be removed from the Bay ef Islands, which was declared a free port. He then went to his palaver with the Natives; after which he told them to give him ten guns in token of submission: Held, he said, had already, apologized for destroying the flag-staff. The gum' were immediately laid at the merciful Governor's feet. Each of the chiefs made a speech, and the affair terminated to the complete satisfaction of the Natives • and of Governor Fitzroy.

"Besides his behaviour at Russell, Governor Fitzroy has afforded another

spe- cimen of his aversion to European rights, in the affair of Taranaki. In pure the Taranaki lands, the agent of the New Zealand Company treated vrith some the Natives who were resident on an island near the settlement; the rest of WC original owners of the district having been led into captivity by the Wadratte clue* who by right-of conquest claim the whole district. Throug%the infinends=

of the Missionaries, the Waikato chiefs had been induced to emancipate their Taranaki slaves; who immediately betook themselves to the lands of their fore- fathers, and claimed them as thew own; although, before then, some of them had been allotted, and settled upon by Europeans who had purchased from the Com- pany. The Chief Commissioner, a short time since, proceeded to Taranaki, in- i qur ed into the title of the Company, and decided that the Waikato emancipists hid no claim upon the land. Governor Fitzroy, nevertheless, proceeds in person to Taranaki; assembles the emigrants, and tells them that he will support the Native claim; that Mr. Commissioner Spain was altogether wrong, and that he (the Governor) would take upon him to reverse his decision. This announcement of the Governor roused the blood of the settlers; and one of them (Mr. Wicksteed) told him, that as no protection was afforded to Europeans, they must strive to protect themselves. The land-claims in the region of the Straits still remain unsettled. Although Mr. Clarke, the Protector of the Aborigines, was obliged to declare that the Na- tives had been fully paid long before the massacre for the land which they then disputed, still Colonel Wakefield was authorized to settle the differences by a fur- ther payment of 8001. to the tribes. This was accepted to the amount of 500/. by the chiefs: the rest was reserved for the Wairau district. Here the greater part of the chiefs were contented with the further sum; all admitting that they had received levsents from Captain Wakefield originally for the land. But the inhabitants of Motupipi pall refused the sum, declared there was coal in the dis- trict, and accordingly would listen to no terms of settlement.

"Governor Fitzroy has introduced a bill exempting the Natives from the action of British law. Some modification of this kind might have been wise; but the length to which Governor Fitzroy carries it seems to be little less than a law of indemnity and impunity to the Natives. A warrant issued against a Na- tive must be handed to the chief to execute; who gets 2/. for executing it within fifty miles, and Is. a mile beyond that distance. No Native is to be imprisoned for theft or debt, but is to be mulcted in four times the value of a theft; and must give bail before trial to that amount." To this abridgment of the news, which we borrow from the Morning Chronick, we may add a few points. The speeches of the Native chiefs in reply to Governor Fitzroy are curious—strangely blending good intent, naivete, aud transparent cunning. For example, this is the speech of Moses Tawhai- "Welcome, Governor! Your kindness is great. My heart has been as if roasted and cooked on account of this circumstance of Ilekfs. One Native sees a thing in one light, one in another; this accounts for difference of conduct. This was Heki's case. Don't imagine that evil will entirely cease. It will not: you must expect more troubles/rem us; but when they come, settle them in this way, and not with guns and soldiers. Governor, I give you my first welcome, fully ac- knowledging you as Governor of this country. I appeal to this assembly and say that I am apprehensive that there will be other troubles. This is all I have to Jay. Welcome, Governor !"

The inhabitants of the Valley of the Hutt, who had suffered severely from the lawless aggressions of roving tribes, held a public meeting on the 19th September. The Chairman was Mr. W. Swainson, of Hawkshead, well known in England as an eminent naturalist. A memorial to the Go- vernor, unanimously adopted, sets tbrth the hardship and oppression to

ft...Which the settlers of that district are subjected: inter alia, they say- - the arrival of the first settlers, some of whose names are hereunto at- tached, not more than eight or nine acres, 11:.:*. sea, were alone iii ii- tivation; and these have never been occupied by the settlers. The rest of the valley, containing nearly 20,000 acres was (and almost now is) one thick unbroken chain of primeval forests, everywhere interspersed with palms and arborescent ferns of from 100 to 300 years old. No sooner, however, had the settlers made roads, built dwellings, cleared land, and begun to send provisions to Wellington, than the Natives, jealous of this competition, followed in their steps. And finding they were allowed by the authorities (then held in some respect) to take posses- sion of small patches of land, came among us for the first time, and invited others at a distance to join them. This lenity has been followed by its natural conse- quence: remnants of vagabond tribes from all parts of the North and South Island are fast congregating in the Valley; where they have built two fortified pahs, and are well provided with fire-arms. Although they are but remnants of tribes who have slaughtered each other in former wars, and still retain a smo- thered enmity, yet they are now brought together by one common interest. They y avow their determination of cultivating potatoes and rearing pigs for the people at Wellington; a trade they find both easy and lucrative, from the facility of the roads constructed by the Company, and the impossibility of the White settlers cultivating the land. "Your memorialists beg leave, moreover, to call your Excellency's attention to this remarkable fact, that none of the aggressions have been committed by that tribe which was in possession of the Hutt at the time it was purchased by the Company. The chief of this tribe, E' Puni, of great influence, and as much be- loved by the White population as by his own people, uniformly declares that the land has been fairly paid for ; nay more, he has actually refused to receive any further compensation. Seeing, however, that any wandering Natives may now take possession of the land he sold us, E' Puni, within the last week, has sent a party of his people to do the same ; but with this assurance, that so soon as these strange Natives are ordered off, he will immediately withdraw his own people. Evidence upon this important fact will be submitted to your Excellency." The New Zealand Spectator gives an abstract of the whaling-operations for the season on Cook's Strait : there were 23 stations, giving employment to 600 men, in 68 boats ; the produce was 1,215 tons of oil and 49 tons of whalebone.

The cargo of the Bella Marina, the vessel bringing these papers, is said to lie worth from 15,0001. to 20,0001.; consisting of black oil, whalebone, New Zealand flax, tanning-bark, staves, and furniture and dye-woods. Similar cargoes were to be sent home by the Raymond and the Nelson within the next three months.

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