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London, England, 1844-01-04 00:00:00

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No. 16,025. LONDON, TH URSDAY N

JANUARY 4, 1844.

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lest the friendly relations which had previously subsisted be-
tween them and the English settlers mizht be destre ed; and
that I have reason to believe these feelings t. bi
almost all the natives along the coast. ension,,
therefore, of any aggression on their part ne tained.
In order to strengthen this frießdly I have
published an address to the natives in thfir own languagls, and
have caused it to he distributed in parts of the country ;
which, I trust, will have that eff by'maintaining a coofi-
deuce in the justice of the Govern to' and is the impartial
administration of the law."

These sentiments are further expressed and
confirmed in his letter to the natives, which is
appended to the above address; and their policy
as well as their justice is testified by the exhorta-
tioe which it elicits from the chiefs to their fol-
lowers. Meanwhile, the inhabitants of Wel-
lington petition Parliament for the establish-
ment of a military force in Cook's Straits, to
protect them from the repeated aggressions of
the aborigines, who, they say, have the power at
aity time to massacre the whole British pop*.
tion—a consummation often threatened by Rau-
paraha, the chief engaged in the late calamitous
affray. If a military force is already required
fur quired
for the protection of the British settlers in ew
Zealand, all that we can say is, that people at
home have been egregiously duped as to the
character of its population, and the conditions of
its settlement ; or the settlers themselves have
grossly transgressed their own laws of colootsas
tion, and violated the rights of the aborigines.
When it was first in contemplation to plant this
colony, we heard of nothing else but the moral
influence of the civilized colonists upon their
savage neighbours, and the mutual interest of
the two races to maintain a friendly intercourse
with each other. Now we have a complaint that
Auckland is defended both by police and troops
of the line, whilst Wellington and its neighbour-
hood are exposed to the savage attacks of a san-
guinary foe. We trust that the fears of which
this petition is eloquent are at least premature, if
not wholly without cause. We do earnestly hope
that all the prospects which were once held out
of a pacific and bloodless colonization will not be
deformed by cruel and bloody animosities, in
which the skill of civilization will vie with the
untutored malignity of barbarism in the deadly
walk of internecine extirpation. Let not the
fears of the New Zealand settlers precipitate
them into a contest which will be attended with
certain success, but no less certain dishonour.
They have undertaken to govern the colony and
subdue its inhabitants by the moral power of •
gentleness and justice. It is a great undertaki4-,
but a noble one. May they be able to perform it
thoroughly.
CHRONICLE.—Senor Gonzales Bravo has
prorogued the Cortes, preparatory to a dissolu-
tion. Verily, this gentleman and his chief,
Narvaez, have adopted the French State maxim
of employing the three requisites for success :
De l'audace—de l'audace—et toujours de l'audace.
A case of unexampled impudence is that of the
editor of the Guiriguay. Thrust into office as a
locum tenens, and nut only hooted as unworthy
by his political antagonists, but even condemned
as intolerable by the leaders of his own party,
such as Martinez de la Rosa—for this man to an-
nihilate the Cortes which overthrew successively
Espartero and Olozaga, shows that buffoonery
may triumph where honesty and talent fail. But
Narvaez, it must be admitted, has shown the
great quality of courage—unflinching, indomit-
able courage, which defies alike the military rival,
the political foe, the assassin, and the muti-
neer. Some months back he was a most ob-
noxious exile, repudiated by even the anti-
Esparterists of Barcelona. He gained a footing,
however, at Valencia, and from that moment he
has battled and pushed his way, setting aside
every rival, till he stands alone, uncontrolled, a
fearless dictator by the side of the throne. It is
evident that Narvaez has talent and ambition for
anything, and that he is restrained by neither
scruple nor respect. He came to Spain as the
agent of Louis Philippe and Christina, whom he
has hitherto obeyed and served. But he is not a
wan to be long the tool of the beggarly family
policy of either. A fellow like Narvaez, who
really seems the only individual in Spain with a
head upon his shoulders, cannot but be conscious
of all he might do, either in the way of selfish
or of patriotic ambition. He is annoyed, it is
said, at the pusillanimity of the French King
in not giving his son as husband to
Isabella, and securing the Spanish throne.
He is said not to chime in with the
precious and insincere scheme, of which Lord
Aberdeen was the dupe, viz., the marriage of
the Queen to her Neapolitan uncle. And it
appears that Narvaez has come to some agree-
ment with Don Francisco de Paula. Whether
lie has frightened him (Spanish notabilities of
the present day seem to lose their wits now and
then in needless alarm—witness Olozaga's
flight), or cajoled him, or sincerely come into his
wishes, does not appear. Enough is seen of
Spanish politics at present to make us expect
that which gives interest to history and romance,
viz., the unforseen. And, for our parts, we
should be surprised at nothing. In the mean
time the old Liberal party has re-united in oppo-
sition to the audacious soldier and his Ministerial
puppet. The leading Esparterists and the anti-
Esparterist Liberals met on the 27th, and both
Cantero and Caballero candidly avowed the
fault they had committed in overthrowing Es-
partero. Tardy justice is thus done to the Re
gent, who is already looked to as the only man
capable of saving Spain from the hands of the
Retrogrades and Afrancesados.
POST.—The arrival of an extraordinary cou-
rier yesterday afternoon furnished us with the
means of communicating to our readers, in a
third edition, the important news from Spain
comprised in the Madrid journals of the 27th
ultimo, as well as in our private advices from
that capital. The rumours which we have re-
peatedly noticed, as to the Gonzales-Bravo Ca-
binet designing either a dissolution or a proroga-
tion of the Cortes, were well founded, although it
was not expected that they would come to so
serious a resolution so early. On the 27th a
decree to that effect was published. Great
anxiety- was felt as to the effect the suspension of
the sittings of the Cortes would produce; the
influence it would exercise over the provinces
being the principal object of solicitude. The Cor-
responsal of the 27th is the only print of that date
that seems to be already informed of the measure
having been adopted, and it expresses itsastonish-
ment at it. The Opposition journals, Espectador
and Eco dwell only on rumours connected with it,
but in such way as to denote the wrath it will ex-
cite in their party. The Eco mentions a meet-
ing, held the day before by the Madrid electors
of the Progress party, in which they unani-
mously hoisted the banners of the Ist Septem-
ber, 1840. Most of the journals express them-
selves in favour of the Queen-Mother's return.
In the Asturias a manifestation to that effect has
taken place, an address to the Queen having been
signed at Gijon by several thousands of persons,
and .conveyed to the Queen by the Count de Re-
villagigedo and M. Castor Canedo. By a Royal
decree of the 20th ult., countersigned by M.
Carrasso, " the public finances are to adre:nister
from the Ist of January, 1844, the Puertas duties
in all the capitals of provinces and ports where
they are not yet re-established on the finances
account." The preamble to this decree says that
the abolition of the Puertas duties was one of the
measures by which Espartero wanted to render
impossible all Administrations that did not suit
his revolutionary views, and that their revival is
necessary to restore an equilibrium between the
receipts and expenses of the country.

LISBON, DEC. 26.—The doctor of her Majesty's
ship Warspite, now in this port, was buried on Saturday fast
at the Prazeres Cemetery, in this city. The unfortunate de-
ceased was in perfect health and vigour a few days ago. While
dissecting a corpse at the hospital of Saint Joseph he acciden-
tally cut his finger; the wound festered and inflamed, a gangrene
soon came on, and in less than a week he was a corpse himself.
CHRONOLOGY OP SPORTING EVENTS IN 184,3.
Bell's Life in London of Sunday next, the 7th of January.
will consist of two folio stamped sheets of the sane size, the
second gratis ! comprising full and accurate Chronologies of
all the important Sporting Events of the year—Racing, Steeple
Chasing, Aquatic, Cricket, Trotting, Pedestrianism, and the
Prize-ring ; all alphabetically and intelligibly arranged for
immediate reference. Entries for the Derby, Oaks, and St.
Leger ; horses in training, trainers, and places of training ; the
two-ye3rs-old and their engagements, &c. ; forming a concen-
tration of intelligence invaluable to the sporting circles. Price
of both sheets. 6d. Papers forwarded on transmission of 6d.,
or six Post-office stamps, to Mr. Clement, jun., 170, Strand.
FAT AT, RESULT OF NEGLECTING GAS-ESCAPE.—
A family in South Paterson-street, Glasgow, consisting of
mother and infant, with a grandmother, having gone to rest
on Wednesday night, were not observed on the following day ;
and from a strong smell of gas being felt, it was thought neces•
sery to open the door, when the infant was found dead, and the
other individuals lying insensible in bed. The unfortunate oc-
currence was found to arise from a gas-pipe being accidentally
fractured. The two survivors are slowly recovering.— Tyne
ltfercury.
VESSELS SroxEN WrriL —Jane, Palermo to Liverpool, off
Lisbon ; Earl Leicester, Odessa to Falmouth, 3d ult., in the
Dors Passage ; Ceers, bound to Constantinople, same day ;
Ottoman, from Smyrna, 4th ; Gazelle, London to Venice, 11th ;
off
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Constantinople,f: i zaAlays,amLaeb rdaadyo;r to 1371t0,h30;1.
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London, 30th, lat. 4g, lon. 6 ; Normandie,
Shields to
York, same day, by the Eliza Saunders,
Liverpool to Lisbon, `2(.3t ,
Pict fiend, Amsterdam
the Brenda, arrived at Falmouth. Pic
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