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wooden line-of-battle ships ; but if those already under con-
struction were far advanced they ought to be finished. He
disagreed entirely with him as to the expediency of adapt-
ing the dockyards for the reception of iron vessels. In case
of a war we must have plant and appliances for refitting
these ships after an action. Much valuable time would be
lost in sending them round to the private yards on the
Thames, the Mersey, or the Clyde to refit. He looked as
carefully and anxiously to the taxation of the country es
any man, but he held an efficient navy in the light of an
insurance, and never would he consent to put any question
of money in comparison with the risk of losing the com-
mand of the sea. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. LINDSAY having intimated his intention to with-
draw his amendment,
Lord J. RUSSELL explained that the noble lord the
Secretary to the Admiralty had been misunderstood by the
right bon, gentleman the member for Droitwich. What
his noble friend had said with regard to what was to be done
this year was that no progress would be made with those
line-of •battle ships which were being built; but with re-
spect to those which were being converted their conversion
would be completed.
The amendment was then withdrawn.
NEW ZEALAND.
_ _

Sir J. TRELAWNY rose to call attention to the state
of affairs in the North Island of New Zealand. Having
referred to the circumstances of the dispute between the,.
Ngatiawa and the Waikato tribes as to the ownership °t
the land on the Waitara river, and the offer by Teire t°
sell a portion of the land to the Government, though by
the law of the tribe he had no right to sell, the hon.
baronet said that the papers laid before the House con-
tained evidence to shOw that great injustice had been done
to the aborigines. They complained bitterly that, while
we professed to have given them the rights of British
citizens, we had failed to discharge towards them many °f
the duties of Government, but allowed murderous conflict°
to be carried on among them without check. The colo-
nists were anxious to get more land, though they had
already what seemed to be quite enough for their
Purposes,
and, from the papers, it would appear that the Government
out there were acting under pressure ; but when William
King refused to allow the land to be sold the proper course
would have been to refer the matter home to the Colonial
Secretary to see whether or not he approved of land being
taken under such circumstances. Some years ago he had
protested against guaranteeing a loan, and now he found
they were also required to pay a heavy bill for a war which
had arisen out of a gross blunder and a gross injustice.
There could be no better opportunity than, on going into
committee of supply, for asking the House to hesitate
before endorsing the conduct of the Governmont, and he
should therefore move, " That while this House is pre-
pared to contribute all the aid in its power to the Execu-
tive in putting down rebellion in her Majesty's colony of
New Zealand, they rejoice to hear that the difficult and
complicated questions arising out of the Treaty of Wei"
tangi are to be referred to a special court for inquiry imule"
diately on the reassertion of the Queen's authority."
Mr. C. FORTESCUE observed that any person who
would take the pains to study the Blue Book on Nor
Zealand affairs, in a candid spirit, would come to a very
different conclusion from Sir J. Trelawny, who repre-
sented a small party in the island. It was, he said, e
mistake to suppose that there had been any violation of
the Treaty of Waitangi, or that there was any such invert'
able, definitive, and universal tribal right as that claimed
by the Ngatiawa tribe and Wirimu Kingi. He gave a de'
tailed narrative of the transactions in which the war origt'
noted, the real object being, he observed, to dispute the
Queen's supremacy, at the instance of a powerful native
organisation, which it was the duty of Governor Browne to
resist, in the interest of the colonists and of the natives
themselves.

Mr. SELWYN observed that, under the Treaty of Wid-
tangi, certain rights of property were reserved to the natives,
and the question was what these rights were. It was the
opinion of well-informed Europeans in the colony that no
individual of a tribe could alienate land to a stranger with-
out the assent of the tribe collectively, and the block of
land which was the cause of the dispute, and the sale of
which by the Chief Teira the Governor enforced, was sub-
ject to this native law. He admitted that Governor Browne
was a friend of the natives ; but he had yielded to pressure,
in direct contravention, as he (Mr. Selwyn) contended, of
the collective rights guaranteed by the treaty. The plea
put forward in justification of the purchase, that the pos.
sessors of the land had been conquered by the Waikato,
and had therefore lost their collective rights, was overruled
by a decision of Governor Fitzroy, who had re:gored the
rights. He disputed the statement of Mr. For'tescue, that
former Governors of the colony had conduetrAl sales in tho
same manner.
Lord C. HAMILTON had arrived at a very different
conclusion from Mr. Selwyn, to some, of whose statements
he had listened, he said, with ar:tonishment. He zeal
tained that Governor Browne hP..d been perfectly justified do
his conduct, and he explained the position of the Teira
tribe, who were subject to the Waikatos, and had no other
right to the block of land, he said, than that of ocoupatiOn•
Mr. HOPE could not support the motion, but he agreed
with Sir J. Trelawny, that there should be some tribunal
that could investigate these questions.
O. the motion of Sir S. M. PETO, the debate was ad-
journed.

MARKETS AND FAIRS (IRELAND).
On the order of the day for going into committee on tine
bill,
Mr. BUTT moved that it be referred to a select commit-
tee, which was assented to by Mr. CARDWELL, after a feW
words from one or two hon. members.
The County Surveyors (Ireland) Bill was read a second
time.

The Admiralty Court Jurisdiction Bin passed through
committee.
The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the
house adjourned.

PAIRS ON MR. BAINES' £6 BOROUGH ,
FRANCHISE BILL.
FOR,
AGAINST.
Mr. Baxter with Lord Naas.
Mr. Penwiek
Mr.
Shatto
Mr. A. Matheson — Mr. Cumming Bruce. .
Mr. Osborne Mr Cokolly.
Sir W. Someiville..
Mr. Maguire ....... - Hon. G. H. Liddell.
Sir A. Agnew
.... Sir G. toor•ter.
Mr. , obbett .............. Mr. vl Ilford.
Colonel Biddu'ph
—'Mr W.
r. Mure. Mr. Wyld Mr. Kendall.
Mr. Dodson
Lord Raynham
Mr. Staniland — Mr. Gathome Hardy.
Mr A. Davie — Sir William Miles.
Mr. Evans — Mr. Mundy.
Mr. Lanigan — Mr. J. Phillips.
Captain Staepoole — Lord liamilton.
Mr. Greene — Mr Blackburn
Mr. M`Mahon — Major Sibthorp.
Baro- L. de Rothschild — lion. John Cole.
Mr, P. Urquhart — Mr. William Knight.
Mr. E. Ellee, jun — lion. Colonel. Bernard.
Mr. Vyner.... . . .....
Sergeant ICingia.ke
33,11:ilftceOrg'esre:
Mr. Pugh (Montgomery).
Mr. Collier
Colonel Tynte — Sir F. Kelly.
Mr. steel .
yrner.
Mr. P. O'Brien — Mr. Lefray.
Mr. Talbot — Captain 'Lowther.
Mr. J. Br wn — Lord Galwa.
Mr. C. Clifibrd General
Sir I. Winnington .....
• -
Lord Dunkellin
Sir J. Ogilvy - Major Hamilton. • Alderman Salomons
Alderman Copeland — Hon. C. B. Hanbury. • Mr. Hussey Vivian — Mr. Whiteside.
Mr, G. C. Glyn — Captain Gray,

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