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JANUARY 4, 1844.

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ova morally onterthlo town& thorn toolistli
Of amity and goOdsVfnl.
" Upon receiving the disakteaus intelligence," lays fah
" I immediately pit myself in communication with those
persons who were in a position to famish accurate reports on
the subject ; and I have the satisfaction of informing you,
that the natives of Waikanae, at which place Rauparaha
first landed, refused to allow him to remain among them,
lest the friendly relations which had previously subsisted be-
tween them and the English settlers might be destroyed; and
that I have reason to believe these feelings to be shared by
almost all the natives along the coast. No apprehension,
therefore,'bf any aggression on their part need be entertained.
..... In order to strengthen this friendly feeling, I have
published an address to the natives in their own language, and
have caused it to he distributed in all parts of the coruary ;
which, I trust, will have that effect, by maintaining a oonfi•
denee in the justice of the Government, and in the impar!ial
administration of the.law."
These seatimertts are further expressed and
continued in his letter to the natives, which is
appended to the above address ; and their policy
' as.wcell as their justice is teatitied by the exhorta-
tion which it elicitsfrom the chiefs to their fld-
lowers. Meanwhile, the inhabitants of Wel-
lington petition Parliament for the establish-
' meta (.~f it military force in Cook's Straits, to
protect them from the repeated aggressions of
the aborigines, who, they say, have the power at
any time to massacre the whole British popula-
' tion—a consummation often threatened by Rau-
, paraha, the chief engaged in the late calamitous
affray. If a military ‘lisrce is already required
• for the protection of the British settlers its New
Zealand, all that we can say is, that people at
house have been e,,aTegiously 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 colonisa-
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 oat
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 dishonor.
They have undertaken u
to govern the colony and
subdue its inhabitants by the moral power of
gentleness and justice. It is a great undertaking,
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 raudace—de l'audace—et toijours de raudace.
A case of nnexanipled impudence is that or the
editor of the Guiriguay. Thrust into office as a
locum tenons, and not only hooted as unworthy
by his political antagonists, but even condemned
ass 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 mutis
neer. Some months back he was a most oh'.
noxious exile, repudiated by even the anti=
Esparterists of Barcelona. lie gained a tooting,
however, at Valencia, and from that moment he
has battled and pushed Isis way, setting aside.
every rival, till he stands alone, uncontrolled, a
tearless 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 lie
has hitherto obeyed and served. But he is not a
man to be long the tool of the beggarly family
policy of either. A fallow 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.
Ile 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 conic to some agree-
ment with Don Francisco de Paula. Whether
be has frightened hi_n (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 conic. into his
wishes, does not appear. Enough is seen of
Spanish polities at present to make us expect
that which gives interest to history and rinnance,
viz., the unforseen. And, for our piTits, 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
Canitero and Caballero candidly avowed - the
fault they had committed in overthrowing Es-
'tarter°. Tardy justice is thus done to the Re-
gent, vs ho 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 th: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 suapension 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-
nient at it. The Opposition journals, Espectador
and Eco dweil 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, au 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 N. Castor Canedo. By a Royal
decree of the 20th ult., countersigned by M.
Carrasso, " the public finances are to administer
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 revolutionarryiews, and that their revival is
necessary to restore an equilibrium between tht
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 list
at the Frazeres Cemetery, in this city. The unfortunate de-
ceased was in perfect health and vigour a few days ago. White
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 OF SPORTING EVENTS IN .1843.
Bell's Life in London of Sunday next, the 7th of January,
will consist of two folio stamped sheets of the same 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-years-eld and their engagements, &c. ; forming a concen-
tration of intelligenceinvaluable to the sporting circles. Price
of both sheets, tid. Papers forwarded on transmission of
or six Post-office stamps, to Mr. Clement, jun., 170, Strand.
FATAL RESULT OF NEGLECTING GAS-ESCAPE.--
A family in South Paterson-street, Glasgow, consisting of
mother and infant, with a grandmother, having gone to rest
OR Wednesday night, were not observed GAA the following day ;
and from a strong smell of gas being felt, it was thought flues-
scry to open the door, when the intlint 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
Mercury.
VESSELS SI'OKEN Wlcit.—Jane, Palermo to Liverpool,ft
Lisbon ; Earl Leicester, Odessa to Falmouth, ult., int they
Dors Passage ; Ceers, bound to Constantinople, sain _ daft „
Ottoman, from SotYr", 4th ; Gazelle, LondcmatotaVenice,._t.l ; 1
ofT Coat 13,,,,); Eliza May, Labrador ti,a/tvlinlia,
Welds to Constantinople, same day;ormandie, Shields to New
Messina to
London, 30th, lat. 48,
the in.,(4a;under., arrived at Liverpool.
York, same 1
Lightning, Guernsey to ElizaCahz,2lst off
gat.
Mary's;
Lord of the Islem, Liverpool to Lisbon,. 26th, a • 42, lon. 10, by
the Brenda, arrived at Falmouth. Piet Ilend, Avpsterdam
Batavia, with loss of mizenmast, and proceeding to Rio,
repair, Nov. 9, lat. 20 S., lon. 38 W., by the Malabar,. We
rived at Bordeaux.