The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-30 00:00:00

Chairman, Mr. G. F. Young, the Chairman of the Ship.

owners' Society.
Mr. Torso returned thanks. He rejoiced most sin•
cerely that the speculation which had been set on foot sp •
pcared to be likely to be attended with such favourable re-
suits, and he was almost ashamed that he had suffered the
time to pass at which he might have enrolled himself
among the projectors of the plan for the colonization of
I‘l,:w Zealand. Nor was it for the mere actual utility to
be derived from it that he was glad to see the scheme about
to be carried into execution ; for while he feared that the
sun of English colonization was about to set in the West,
he was sincerely delighted to find so great a probability of
its rising in the South with additional splendour. In
conclusion, he proposed the health of Colonel Wakefield,
the officer who was about to proceed in charge of this most

interesting expedition.
Colonel WAKEFIELD returned thanks, and expressed his
sincere hope that the trust which had been reposed in him
would meet with a successful issue.
The health of the Lord Provost of Glasgow was pro-
pesed by the CHAIRMAN, and was received with consider-
able applause.
The LORD PROVOST returned thanks, and assured the
company that there were those in Scotland who looked to
their proceedings with the greatest interest.
Lord PETRY proposed the health of Mr. Evans, a gen-
tleman of great knowledge and acquirements, who, with
his family, were about to proceed with the expedition, and
whose active exertions, at the loss of pecuniary advantages,
had done much to place the scheme in its present excellent
position.
Mr. EVANS rejoiced that, after so much delay had been
experienced in carrying this p!an into execution, at length
there appeared so fair a prospect before its projectors. He
expressed his surprise that so much difficulty had been ex-
perienced in reaching the position in which the Company
now stood. They had called on the Government to throw
over them the mantle of authority only. They did not ven-
ture now, in the nineteenth century, to go to Downing-
street and ask for the same privileges which were granted
in what were called the dark ages of despotism. They did
not expect that they could obtain so many advantages as
were then granted, but they asked for some one who would
coerce them; they did not want money or stores, but only
that they might be placed under the restraint of law and
Government.—( Hear. )
The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The health of Mr.
Sheriff NVood, and Prosperity to the City of London."
Mr. Sheriff \\Toon returned thanks.
The CIIA'RMAN would now draw the attention of
those present to an individual among them who was en-
titled to a considerable share of their notice. He al-

laded to Nayti, the New Zealand Chieftain. The
individual to whom he referred had quitted his I
native land three years ago, and he had lived in Eng-
land during two years only of that time. During that '
period, he (Mr. Hutt) had had frequent opportunities 11
of judging of his disposition and conduct, and he was
prepared to say that he was a person of a most amiable
temper. The Chieftain, during his stay in England, bad
employed himself in the cultivation of his mind. and he
was now returning with the expedition to his own home in
the character of an officer of the Company ; he was to
undertake the duties of interpreter between the natives
and the Company's servants. In conclusion, he proposed
the health of the Chieftain Nayti.
The toast was drunk good humouredly by the company,
and the compliment was received by the Chieftain with.
much propriety of demeanour.
NAYTI then returned thanks, expressing his acknow-
ledgments for the honour which had been done him in a
style scarcely intelligible to our cars, but which appeared
to be perfectly well understood by those accustomed to
hear his conversation.
Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR proposed " The health of Lieu-
tenant M'Donnell, formerly British Resident at New Zea-
land."
Lieutenant M'DoNsem. said that he had lived long
among the New Zealanders, and had had abundant op-
portunities of judging of their characters. They were a
docile, tractable, but a warlike race, and he was confident
that they were most anxious that a body of respectable
English settlers should go among them. The land on
which he had resided was contiguous to that which belonged
to the Company at the head of which the Noble Earl
( Earl Durham) was, and the fertlity of the soil of that
and the surrounding districts, and the vast natural re-
sources of the country, gave him every reason to believe
that the present scheme would be successful.
The Earl of DURHAM gave " The health of the Chair-
man," and consplimented him upon the great exertions
which he had made in the cause of colonization in the pre-
sent and many other instances.
Mr. HUTT returned thanks. He had seen the manner
in which the expedition had been prepared to quit the
shores of England, and he could not bu texpect a joyful
result. He had long interested himself in the cause of
colonization,and in the present instance he relied much upon
the disposition of those who had undertaken to form the
settlement in the present instance. The directions which
the Company had given to their officers were such as he
thought, must meet with general approbation, and he
thought that he should be justified in reading an extract
from the instructions given to Colonel Wakefield. The
Directors said, " You will consider any act of aggression
or affronts from any of the Company's servants towards
any native of New Zealand, as a sufficient reason for im-
mediate dismissal from the Company's service, and in the
most public manner. Drunket,ness, though in this case the
same publicity may not be necessary, ghoul I be invariably
visited with a similar penalty." Whether the Company
would be successful in their enterprize he could not fore.
tell, but he must say that they had taken all the pains in
their power to be right, and had applied all the natural
powers of their minds to the objects which they had in
view.—(Cheers,)
The health of Mr. Somes and the Stewards having been
drank,
The Earl of DURITAII rose and said that there was a gen-
tleman present who was entitled to some portion of their at-
tention, from his being deseanded from those persons who
had firstof all emigrated from this country to America for
the sake of the freedom of their conscience. He alluded to
Captain Stockton, of the American navy, an officer of great
merit and acknowledged talent in his profession. The Hon.
Gentleman who filled the Vice-chair had a short time
since expressed a fear that the sun of Britain's glory was
about to set in the west, and his pleasure at being able
to anticipate its rising in the south. He (the Earl of Dur-
nain) believed that it would not set in the west—( Cheers)
—whatever might be the negligence—the culpable neg.
lect—of the Government, whether it were Tory or Whig.
—( Cheeis.) He repeated that he did not believe that it
would set in the west ; and he, for one, would rather sever
his right arm from his body than see the British dependen-
cies in Canada severed from their parent state.—( Cheers. )
The Noble Earl then proposed the health of Captain
Stockton, and the prosperity of the United States Navy.
—( Hear.)
Cafes. n STOCKTON r,terned thanks.
The last toast of " Admiral Young and the British Navy"
having then been proposed and answered, the company
separated.

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