The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-15 00:00:00

NEW ZEALAND.

Mr. HAWES put a question, the substance of which was,
as far as we can ccaleet, whether any official information had
been received concerning recent outrages, which had taken
place in New Zealand.

Mr. G. 0. HOPE said, that since the Hon. Member put
the question before, he had received information which would
enable him to reply to the question of the Honourable
Gentleman. A dispatch was. received at the Colonial-
office yesterday from Captain Fitzroy. The dispatch was
dated the 26th of March. The accounts therein given agreed
with those published in the Times and other newspapers five or
six days ago.—( Hear, hear. ) The dispatch set forth that the
attack had been made by the same chief,"for the same purpose,
but that it was of an insurrectionary character. It had been
suspected for some days that an outbreak would take place, but
it was not expected that it would occur for some days
subsequent to the period at which it actually did occur.
They met in collision. The advance of the natives was re-
pelled, and in the conflict Capt. Robertson fell. The settlers,
however, held their ground, and repulsed the natives. From
the effect of the shots the powder magazine blew up. The
loss altogether, taking troops, settlers, and seamen into ac-
count, was 13 killed and 23 wounded. The loss of the natives
had not been ascertained, but it was very considerable. In
justice to the natives he must say that after the
settlers retired, they forwarded a woman and child which they
found in a block-house under a flag of truce to the settlement.
Troops were requested after this melancholy event, but they
did not arrive till the 23rd. The effects of this conflict were
looked upon with great alarm. He did not think that it had
arisen from accidental circumstances. It proceeded
from a disposition on the part of the native chiefs to deny
the sovereignty of the Queen. Such was the true state of
the case as tar as he had been able to ascertain it.

Air. J. A. SMITH wished to know whether these papers
could be laid on the table of the House.

Mr. HOPE had no objection to present them, and would
take the earliest opportunity of laying them on the table of the
House.

Air. HUME presented several petitions from Scotland
against the 135th and 136th clauses of the Scottish poor•law,
praying that they may be expunged from the Bill, and
stating that unless a compulsory assessment were made it
would be utterly impossible to obtain that amount of assistance
which the poor needed.

GAME-LAWS.
Mr. HUME also presented a petition from Mr. Charles
Henry Russell, against the 12th clause of the game-law. He
stated that, since the statute of 1799, there had been the
utmost uncertainty respecting the laws for the protection of
game. In cmsequence of an informality he had been subject to
taxed costs of a heavy amount, and he prayed to be relieved
from the heavy expense to which he had been subject.
THE EARL OF ELLENBOROUGH.
Mr. HUME begged to withdraw the notice respecting the
Earl of Ellenborough and Indian affairs.

GAME LAWS.
Mr. G. BERKELEY had heard that a person convicted of
poaching had had his punishment remitted, and he wished to
know if that was true, and what were the grounds for the re-
mission ?

Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, that in answer to the Hon.
Member's question, in reference to the case he had mentioned,
he ( Sir J. Graham) begged to say that the conviction before
the Court in that iwtance was sent to the Home-office, and owing
to the representation there made, the order for the liberation
of the party had been issued, but net until a subsequent inves-
tigation by him (Sir James Graham) ; and it was upon a mis-
taken view of the law by him, owing to a clerical error, that
he had been liberated.

NEW ZEALAND.
Lord HOWICK should like to know from the Secretary to
the Colonies whether he had altered his intentions in reference
to New Zealand, in consequence of the information that had
arrived from that colony within a few days.
Sir J. GRA HMV begged that the Noble Lord would post-
pone his question, seeing that his Hon. Friend the Secretary
to the Colonies was absent.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
Mr. HOPE, in answer to a question from Mr. Hindley, said
that no report of an official character had been received from
the Governor; but from what he hail seen in the public
papers, he should say that a wrong impression had gone
abroad as to the actual state of the facts. He believed
the fact was, that the collision that had taken place occurred
beyond the limits of the jurisdiction of the British Government,
and in an independent colony, established by missionaries.
The collision, moreover, seemed to be connected with occur-
rences which took place at a distance of two hundred miles
from the British territory. The Boors who had emigrated
were those who were opposed to the abolition of slavery, and
they were not at all connected with those at Pore
Natal. There was at present a considerable force at the 1
Cape, and five hundred cavalry
had
been added, who would be
sufficient for the protection of the Boors. The Gricquas were
not subjects of her Majesty, but the troops would nevertheless
protect them.
In answer to a question from Mr. HINDLEY,
Mr. HOPE said that the Boors who had emigrated had
always been regarded by her Majesty's Government as subjects of
the British Crown.
Mr. BUTLER, seeing the Right Hon. Gallnan the
Secretary of State for Ireland in his place. • '
, •wished to know
whether it was or not the intention 'tier Majesty's Govern-
mept to restore to office the 7;,n;btiheiane'n'
and gentlemen lately
dismissed Iron) the 7:iag.istrae
qtr Tlif::,IAS FRENI /VALE staiedoluintry ?
he not ablteotooLiteT
any assurance that those gentlemen would
be 'as
Mr. BUTLER then said that. on FridayrenteXteli lie should
move that a humble address be presented to her Majesty, re-
questing her to restore to office those gentlemen. Nyhom lie
believed had been must unjustly and
of their office.
Sir ROBERT FERGUSON asked the Secretary for Ireland