The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-19 00:00:00

I a volley, and one of us was killed, then another,
and three Pere wounded. We were then closing
fast. The English guns were levelled at us. (Here
he described by comparison the distance between the
contending parties.) I and Puaha cried out, Friends,
stand up and shoot some of them in payment.' We
were frightened, because they were very close ; we
then fired, and three of the Europeans fell. They
fired again, and killed Bongo, the wife of Rangiha-
eata. We then bent all our energy to the fight, and
the Europeans began to fly. They all ran away,
firing as they retreated. The gentlemen ran too.
We pursued them, and killed them as we over-
took them. Captain Wakefield and Mr. Thomp-
son were caught by the slaves, who brought
them to me. Rangihaeata came running to me,
crying out, What are you doing ? Your daugh-
ter is dead. What are you doing, I say ?' Upon which
some heathen slaves killed them. (Rauparaha here
particularly mentioned that those who killed the
prisoners were, to use his own literal expression,
devils, not missionaries, meaning heathen natives, at
the instigation of Rangihaeata, neither Puaha nor the
Christian natives being present.) There was no time
elapsed between the fight and the slaughter of the
prisoners. When the prisoners were killed the rest
of our people were still engaged in the pursuit ;
when we arrived at the top of the hill, Mr. Cctterell
held up a flag, and said, That is enough, stop fight-
ing.' Mr. Thompson said to me, Rauparaha, spare
my life !' I answered, ' A little while ago I wished
to talk to you in a friendly manner, and you would
not, now you say save me. I will not save you.'
Rauparaha continued, It is not our custom to save
the chiefs of our enemies ; we do not consider our
victory complete, unless we kill the chiefs of our op-
ponents; our passions were much roused, and we could
not help killing the chief.'"
Rauparaha then sat down. His Excellency the
Governor said—" I thank you for the relation you
have given me. I shall now calmly consider the
whole matter, and give my decision in a short time."
After a silence of about half an hour, his Excel-
lency rose and addressed the natives as follows :
" Now I have heard both sides ; I have reflected on
both accounts, and I am prepared to give my deci-
sion. I, the representative of the Queen of England,
the Governor of New Zealand, have made my decision,
and it is this :—Hearken, 0 chiefs and elder men,
to my decision :—ln the first place, the English were
wrong; they had no right to build houses upon lands
to which they had not established their claim—upon
land the sale of which you disputed, on which Mr.
Spain had not decided. They were wrong in trying
to apprehend you, who had committed no crime.
They were wrong in marking and measuring your
land in opposition to your repeated refusals to
allow them to do so, until the Commissioner had
decided on their claim. Had you been English-
men you would have known that it was wrong
to resist a magistrate under any circumstances,
but not understanding English law, your case was
different. Had this been all, had a struggle caused
loss of life in the fight, wrong and bad as it would
have been in the sight of God, I could not have
blamed you so much as the English. The very bad
part of the Wairau affair, that part where you were
so very wrong, was the killing men who had sur-
rendered, who trusted to your honour as chiefs.
Englishmen never kill their prisoners ; English-
men never kill men who have surrendered. It is the
shocking death of those unfortunate men that has
filled my mind with gloom ; that has made my heart
so dark—that has filled me with sorrow. But I

know how difficult it is to restrain angry men when
their passions are roused. I know that you repent
of your conduct, and are now sorry that those men
were killed. As the English were very greatly to
blame, and as they brought on and began the fight,
and as you were hurried into crime by their miscon-
duct, I will not avenge their death. In future let us
dwell peaceably without distrust. I have told you
the English if they attempt to do what is unjust or
my decision, and my word is sacred. I will punish
wrong. Your chiefs must help me to prevent
the natives from doing wrong, so that we may
live happily in peace, helping and doing good to one
another, no man injuring or encroaching on his
neighbour, but buying and selling freely as each
may desire, with the consent of the other, but not
unwillingly. By such measures, we shall receive
mutual advantages. The natives must not interfere
with Englishmen who have settled on land fairly
purchased ; the English shall not encroach upon
land which the natives have not fairly sold. No
path, nor cultivation, nor burying-ground, shall be
taken or encroached upon, by any Englishman, except
by the general desire of the natives to whom it belongs.
Where there is any mistake or doubt about boun-
daries of purchase, appeal must be made to the law.
The law will see justice done, and I will be respon-
sible for its execution by properly qualified persons.
Recommending you to the advice of your best
friends, the missionaries, the protectors, and officers
of Government, I now bid you farewell, and wish
you all health, and the blessing of God."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OP BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 18.
(Before Mr. Commissioner EVANB.S
IN THE MATTER 07 MART SVIEDTLAND.
The solicitor for the assignees in this case made an
application under the following circumstances :—The
bankrupt's husband, who had carried on the trade of a
baker in St. John-street, Fitzroy-square, died some two
years ago, and by his will he left a life-interest in his
property to his wife, and nominated her and another as
joint executors to carrying out the provisions of the will.
'The joint executor allowed the bankrupt to carry on the
business, and she incurred a number of new debts to a
large amount. Since the bankruptcy the joint executor
had filed a bill and obtained an injunction in Chancery,
restraining the official assignee from disposing of other
than the bankrupt's interest in the property left by her
husband's will. On one of the bankrupt's examinations
she admitted that she had employed the new debts in
liquidating the old claims against her husband, and the
assignees therefore desired to be placed to the ex-
tent of the sum paid, namely, 2,4431, in the stead
of the old creditors. Subsequently to that examination,
she supplied the assignees with an account, from which
ihe thad another e deferred until
it would appear that a deficiency of about 7401. existed
from the former balance-sheet, she making
therefore, re-
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plaint to make. The bankrupt produced no vouchers
for the money paid, she assigning as a reason for their
non-production that the other executor had takem them

away.
The Learned COMMISSIONER thought that a public
meeting should be appointed, when an amended balance-
sheet might be produced.
The Official Assignee begged to suggest the sth of
November, and after a brief examination of the bank-
rupt to prove that certain properties had not been men-
tioned in the schedule, and a few observations from the
solicitor engaged in her behalf, the meeting was appoint-
ed for that day.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

Mr.-
Justice
Mr. Justice WIGEITMAN and
CRESSWELL
took their seats in this Court to-day,

THE CASE OF THE HON. WILLIAM ROSS TOUCHETT.
William Ross 7'ouchett, immediately on their Lordships
theircharged
g feloniously seats, was placed at the bar. He was
with
shooting at Thomas Smith in
his shooting gallery, 288, High Holborn, on the 6th of
July last. The prisoner is a mild and gentlemanly look-
ing man, of rather pale complexion, slight stature, and
apparently not more than twenty years of age.
Mr. CLARKSON, on the prisoner being placed at the
bar, applied to the Court for the postponement of the
trial until the next session. He made the application
upon affidavits which stated that it would be necessary,
for the purposes of justice, that Dr. Warburton, who,
together with Dr. Munro, had visited the prisoner, should
give evidence. That gentleman was now labouring under
severe indisposition, and could not attend, as he was con-
fined to his room at Bath.

Mr. CHARNOCK, on behalf of the prosecution, did not
object to the application.
The case was then postponed till the next session.
SHEEP-STEALING..-.Daniel Grainge,
a sawyer, and
Henry Foy, a labourer, who were indicted with sheep-
stealing, were acquitted.
Solomon Parker, 19, and Joshua Jacobs, 25, were
indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of
Abraham Belasco, with the intent to steal the goods
and moneys of the prosecutor.
The jury found the prisoners Guilty; and Parker
was sentenced to nine, and Jacobs to twelve months'
imprisonment.
Alfred Dellinger Was convicted of stealing two
tablespoons, the property of James Morris Frost, and
he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and
hard labour.

NEW COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
MINT PROSECUTIONS.--The Recorder was occupied
during the entire morning in the trial of persons of
uttering counterfeit coin with a guilty knowledge. The
following were convicted for this offence, and sentenced
to imprisonment, with hard labour, in the House of Cor-
rection :—For 1 year, William King, J. Thomas, and
Edmund Speedily ; for 6 months, G. Smith ; for 3
months, W. Cawssy,
Harriet Thomas was indicted for stealing a breast-pin,
value 51., from the person of William Grey.
It appeared that the prosecutor was walking near St.
Paul's, when he was accosted by the prisoner, who
snatched the pin from his bosom.
The prisoner, having been convicted last year of a
similar offence, was sentenced to ten years' transportation.
She swore vehemently upon hearing the sentence.

STATE or TRADE.—Although the commercial ac-
counts received from India by the last overland mail
were not very satisfactory, they were better than had
been generally expected, and have exercised a rather
beneficial effect upon our market. Nearly all descrip-
tions of goods (with the exception of printing cloth,
which is rather heavy) have been in better demand
during the last two or three days; and, in some cases,
rather higher prices have been obtained. The yarn
market is rather quiet ;
but prices are steady.—Man-
chester Guardian,