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AGENCY. AUSTRALIA, Specimen Number of I, NEW ZEALAND. London Office, 38 Old NO.NEWaFirst and Principal Settlementthe UNION George FifeOFBroadEsq. Robert EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN rpHECo-partnership, purposehayingformed ZEALAND GAZETTE, News BANK Angas, SUBSCRIBERS of Directors Committee. Jpaper for the proceeding with the New Zealand Land Company, which it is supposed will be at PortNicholson, in Cook's Stralt*,is now presentedto thepublic. It willbefound to contain variousinformation interesting to the Colony now on the eveof departing, to their friends,and to those who may wish to be acquainted with the principles, objects, and local circumstances of the Colony, and the actual proceedings of the Colonists to the present time. The Second Number will be published inNew Zealand as soonafter the arrival df the Colony as it may be found possible to print it, which, itis hoped, will be within a fortnight of the disembarkationof the Colonists ;and as ships pass through Cook's Straits almost daily, on their return from Australia to Europe, it is expected that immediate and frequent opportunity will be afforded for transmitting the second and subequent'numbersto England. Price of this specimen number, 9d. ; annual subscription, 1 10s., in advance. Orders received by Mr D. Ramsay, at the New Zealand Agency Office and Subscription Reading Rooms, 5 Adam street, Adelphi.
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Hon. Francis Baring, M.P. the First Colony on the25th of August to Niw Sir G. Sinclair, Bart., M.P. Zealand, where they will establish themselves. Briscoe, Esq., M.P. J. Ivatt They take the present opportunity to offer their William Hutt, Esq., M.P. services to their friends and others as Agents for J. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. the Management of Landed Property, the PurRev. Samuel Hinds, D.D. chase and Saleof Merchandise, and the SuperinG. S. Evans,Esq., D.C.L. tendence of Shipping and other Agency Business. Rev. W. Sehvyn, M. A. Their Cotrespondents in London are Messrs E. Hals well, Esq., M.A. Buckle, Bagster, and Buckle. Swainson, Esq., F.R.S. W. DANIELL and RIDDIFORD. H. Moreing, Esq., F.A.S. London, August 19, 1839. Captain Daniell. Henry St Hill, Esq. COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND AGENCY. ' COLOKIAIi ESTABLISHMENTS. E. B. Hopper,Esq. GENTLEMAN of active business Colonial Inspector John Cunningham MacBankeks. habits, possessing a practical knowledge- of Messrs Smith, Payne, and Smiths. laren, Esq. At a meetingof intending Colonists and others the art of Surveying, and being well acquainted At Sydney, New South Wales. Land, is about toestablish himLocal Directors Thomas , Gore, Esq.: Ran- interested in establishing a branch of the Church with the value of nulph Dacre, Esq. ;Philip Flower, Esq. ;S. K. of England in New Zealand, held this day at the selfin the above Colony, and wouldbe willing to Offices of the New Zealand Land Company, John undertake the local management of ai\ Estate for Salting, Esq. Ivatt Bkiscoe, Esq., M.P. in the Chair, the fol- any Gentleman who has invested Capital in the Manager Mr Maclaren. purchase ofLand there, and who may require s lowing Resolutions were passedunanimously. Accountant Mr James Sea. " 1. The Society for the Propagation of the Gos- confidential Agent to superintend the choice of At Hobart Town, VanDiemen's Land. " having consented "to location to see that the allotment is from time to Local Directors Alfred Garrett, Esq. ;Joseph pel in Foreign Parts Under engagement to sail, 15th September, for G. Jennings, Esq. ;Atkin Morrison, Esq. grant a salary of 100/. per annum for three time disposed ofin themost advantageousmanner years, together with a grant for outfit, to any and generally topreserve therights and interestsof AUSTRALIA and PORT Manager Cornelius Driscoll,Esq. SOUTH well-qualified Clergyman whoshall be willing the Proprietor. Unexceptionablereferences will Accountant Mr David Kennedy. PHILIP, At Launceston. .to* undertake the duty of Chaplain to the be given and required. Calling at Plymouth, and having three-fourths of Address, by letter (post paid), to P. K. R., Colony which is about proceeding to .New Local Direclo/s Michael Conolly, Esq. ;Wil"her cargo engaged, will be dispatched with the liam Fletcher, Esq. ; Philip Oakden, Esq. ; " Zealand;" Resolved, that this liberality on 38 Queen street, Cheapside. m punctuality as the Caroline," same Thomas Williams, Esq. the part of the Society be met by a corresmm t None but Principals need apply. rpHE FAST-SAILINGSHIP> Manager Lewis W. Gilles, Esq. ponding measure on thepart of the friendsof -3** NEW ZEALAND AGENCY. JyUSk X ORISSA, Al, 450 Tons. Accountant Mr John Hartridge. the Colony and the Emigrants. Brown, Commander, lying in 2. That 200/. per annum be guaranteed to the At Campbleton Sub-branch. BRITISH AND COLONIAL Clergyman, in addition to the salary allowed Agent John McLeod, Esq. kVs&sthe St Katherine's Docks. EXPORT COMPANY, 98 Leadenhall Has a poop, lofty between decks, first rate acby the Society. street, in addition to their other Colonial Agencies, At Melbourne, Port Philip. commodation,and will carry a Surgeon. 3. That a House and Glebe beprovided for the havebeen requested by several influential parties, Local Directors John Gardner, Esq. ; For freight or passage apply to Richards, Wood, Rucker, Esq. Clergyman for the time being. proceeding as Settlers to that country, to act as Cc, 117 Bishopsgate street Within; or to "and Manager William Highett, Esq. 4. That every exertion be made to complete Commercial Agents for the First Colony of New Charles Dod and Co., 17, Marklane. the subscriptions required for building the Zealand. The Export Company, whose Manager Church. BANK IN NEW ZEALAND. has been a good deal in New Zealand and the 5. That the foregoing Resolutions be published neighbouring British Colonies in Australia, are FIRST SCOTCH COLONY FOR NEW The Directors of the New Zealand Land Cominthenewspapers, for the informationofthose ready, therefore, to undertake any commission ZEALAND. pany hereby give notice that they haveeffected an Clergymen of the Church of England who business which intending Emigrants may require of the ship BENGAL arrangement with the Directorswhich, Union Bank may be disposed to.become Candidatesfor the previous to sailing, as well as during their absence -k*3a Branch of MERCHANT, of 503 tons, of Australia; inpursuance of appointment. Union Bank will be established forthwith on from Great Britain, especially purchasing and JBT Qwk.having been chartered to sail from the Subscriptions received by members ofthe Com- shipping goods adapted to the Colony ; whilst to cjjj"]|v|^3Jjjg Greenock in September next, par- the Company's First and Principal Settlement. The Directors therefore recommend to the mittee, or by the Bankers, Messrs Smith, Patme, such partiesas may favour them with their busities intending to join the Colony are requested to Colonists and Smiths. ness, the most unreserved information will be do so on or before the 20th August current, in means of the Union Bank of Australia, as a effecting afforded as to the nature of the country they are order that the necessary preliminary arrangements with convenience andtheir pecuniary transactions OUTFITTING WAREHOUSE. to, the employment and prospects of the security. may be made for the Voyage. TAMES RICHARDSON and SONS, going together with the best modes of investBy order of the Directors, Settlers, The selection ofEmigrants from the applicants 72 High street, Wapping, near the London ing capital,&c. &c. &c. WARD, Secretary. JOHN for a free passage will be proceeded with as soon New Zealand Land Company's Office, Dock Bridge. As these valuable Islands eminently possess in as possible. Each applicant will receive aprinted Gentlemen proceeding to India, Australia, and their soil and climate, rivers and harbours; flax, 1Adam street, Adelphi, circular, mentioning the day on which he is to New Zealand, are fully equipped withevery article fisheries, and forests, the materials of S.greatand 20th August, 1839. attend, before the 20th current, at the Company's requisite for the voyage, on the shortest notice. powerful people, there is no reason to doubt the Office. NEW ZEALAND BANKING COMPANY. immediate success of the First Colony, and, with JOHN CRAWFORD, Secretary. TO EMIGRANTS MEDICINE the usual energies of Englishmen, that New ZeaCapital 100,000 sterling, in 5,000 shares CHESTS, &c. New Zealand Land Company's Office, become, in process of time, one of .2O each. 24 Queen street, Glasgow, 13th August, 1839. HORDER, of 20 Fenchurch land will possessionsof the British Crown. of the Appli" street, begs to call the attention of those proudest Deposit One pound per share. cations to be made to EMIGRANT SHIPS FOR NEW A RRANGEMENTS are inprogress for parties who may be in want of Medicine Chests British and Colonial Export Company, ZEALAND. *- the immediate formation of this Bank, and to a large assortment at his Establishment, which 98, Leadenhall street. for the commencement of business in the first or he begs most respectfully to offer to the Public on the New Zealand principal Directors of T. HORTON JAMES, settlement about to be founded by the such terms as will defy competition. Land Company hereby give notice that the Resident Manager. A great variety of Seidlctz Cases, filled, at Company's Ships will sail for theFirst and Princi- New Zealand Land Company. One half of thesubscribed capital to be called 4s. 6d. each;Seidletz Powders, Is.6d. a box, or pal Settlement, as undermentioned : AY, Agent to the New up in quarterly instalments of 2 10s. per share, two for 2s. 6d. ;Carbonate of Soda, Is. per lb. ; " Zealand Land Company for the Sale of The Oriental, 506 Tons, and the deposit of 1/. per share to make part of Tartaric Acid, 3s. 6d. per lb. The Aurora, 550 Tons, LandA liberal allowance to Captains and Shippers. the first instalment. The Adelaide, 640 Tons, D. Ramsay, oneof theearliest advocates in the A more detailed prospectus will be issued in a j TO BUILDERS, WHARFINGERS, AND From London,on Tuesday, the 10th of Septem- short time : in the meantime, applications for causeof Emigration, hasbeeninduced,attheearnest OTHER CAPITALISTS PROCEEDING solicitation of various friends (patrons of the preber next. shares will be received by Mr David Ramsay, The Duke of Roxburgh, 417 Tons, TO NEW ZEALAND. sent colony), to open an Office.in the immediate tbn New Zealand Subscription Rooms, No. 5 London, on Tuesday, the 10th of Septem- Adam street, Adelphi; James Bridges, Esq., From BE SOLD or LET on Building neighbourhood of the New Zealand LandComSection,being pany, where gentlemen who-may wish to purchase) ber and from Plymouth, on Satuiday, the14th of W.S., Hanover street, Edinburgh; and John Leases a Town and Country the second in the order of choice, in the first Lands, and those who think of emigrating, may be September next. Crawford, 24 Queen street, Glasgow. -The Bengal Merchant, 503 Tons, British settlement in New Zealand. For the supplied with the prospectus, and all the publica15th August, 1839. convenience of Purchasers or Tenants, these sec- tions of the Company relative to the Colonization From London, on Tuesday, the 10th of Septemtions will be sold or let either wholly or in part; ofNew Zealand. TENDERS FOR HAMBURGH BEEF ber, and from the Clyde, on* Tuesday, the 17th of and it is proposed that the right of selection shall D. Ramsay is prepared to contract with GenAND PORK. September next. be confided to the largest purchaser or holder. tlemen for the supply of Portable Cottages, to be By order of the Directors, Directors of the New ZealandLand Apply to Mr George Morphett, 3 Bream's build- manufactured on his own premises under theimJOHN WARD, Secretary. Company hereby give notice that they will ings, Chancery lane. mediate inspection of any Gentleman who' may New Zealand Land Company's Office, be ready on Wednesday, 21st day of August inst., honour him withhis patronage ;and for the purI Adam street, Adelphi, at two o'clock in the afternoonprecisely, to reoeive XT'AMONSON'SINODOROUS CHAM- pose of affording the best practical information, 20th. August, 1839. Tenders from persons willing to supply for ship- i-i BER CONVENIENCE, at little more he has engaged a skilful and intelligent mechanic ment the under-mentioned articles, viz. : than the cost of the common slop-pail,may be had to superintend that department. prime'Hamburgh Beef, inbond. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEAjLAND, 260 barrels fittedup with a taste suitable to the most elegant D. Ramsay having opened accounts upon an EMIGRATION BOARDING HOUSE, 200 barrels prime Hamburgh Pork, in bond. inspec-> extensive scale with the principal manufacturers of ; j. The terms and particulars of the Contract may ! bed-rooms will befound well worthy the sole Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Manchester, ShefNo. 20 Burr street, St Katherine's Docks, seen, on application to the Secretary, at the tion of^ the Nobility and Gentry, at the manufacturers, Eamonson and Company, the field, &c. &c, will undertake to supply every* most conveniently situated, and neatly be , Company's Office. Exeter Hall Bedding and Cabinet Factory, 393 description of goods, furniture, and stores, to any furnished for Families;and Gentlemen about I By order of the Board, i Strand, between*the Adelphi Theatre and Exeter extentrequisite for the Colony or Settlementabout' to emigrate to either of the above Colonies will JOHN WARD, tobe formedinNew Zealand,on thelowest possible find every attention paid to their comfort, com- i New Zealand Land Company's Office, Secretary. Hall. t To Emigrants and Settlers inparticular, during terms. bined with very moderate charges, having the 1 Adam street, Adelphi, the passage, it will be foundinvaluable. Aliberal A list ofarticles in generalrequisition, with the advantage of being in the immediate neighbour14th August, 1839. allowance made by taking a quantity. prices affixed, will be furnished in a fevr days. hood of the London and Sf Katherine's Docks, No. 5 Adamstreet, Adelphi, in a respectable and quiet neighbourhood. FREE PASSAGE. PORTABLE COfLONIAL COTTAGES. 15th August, 1839. Private sitting rooms, and large warehouses, PEACOCK, Manufacturer, West , "*-* The Directors of NEW ZEALAND. TJIMIGRA.TION tothe New Zealand Land packing rooms, &c. &c. " street, Walworth, Surrey, on themost imP. S. A letter addressed as above will be C. LOCKHART, Seedsmeic " and Florists, 156 Cheapside, London, Company hereby give notice that they are ready to provedprinciples, to pack up in a small compass. punctually attended to. doors, windows, &c, complete. beg most respectfully to call the attention of.the receive applications for a Free Passage to their May be fitted with rmsT and principal sittlkment, from Mechanics, L4L4 R. P. made those occupied in the Colony of Company and Emigrants to New Zealand to their TO INTENDING EMIGRANTS. Gardeners, and Agricultural Labourers, being Port Adelaide, Port Philip, &c, by Col. Litch- stock of Agricultural, Garden, and Flower Seeds, , YOUNGMAN of respectability,prac- married, and not . exceeding 30 years of age. field, I.M. Litchfield, M.D., R. Williams, T. J. catalogues of which,may be had gratis on posttically experiencedin thebreeding, rearing, Strict inquiry willbe made as to qualifications and Higgins, R. Davis, T. Adams, T. Orr, Esqrs., fattening, and general management of 'Sheep, character. The Company's Emigrant Ship's will and others;and,is also erectinglarge houses for paid application.. Cattle, Horses, and other Live Stock, tenders' his sail from England early in September next. the Hon. H. Petre, F. A. Molesworth, G. Duppa, to any gentleman about to proceed to Further particulars and printed, forms of appli- Captain Edward Daniell, E. B. Hopper, G. AGRICULTURAL and KITCHEN Australia, Van.Diemen's Land, or New Zealand, cation may be obtained at the Company's Offices. Hunter, Esq., and others about to proceed to XJI. GARDEN SEEDS in- large or .small as STOCK MAN, HEAD SHEPHERD, or By order of the Directors, New Zealand, Van Diemen's Land, and the Assortments for Settlers, in New Zealand, aijd aIL. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. JOHN WARD, Secretary. Colonies.' other Colonies,., carefully packed by Gordon, < Apply, post-paid, to H. 8., care of Mr. W. No. 1 Adam street, Adelphi, Plans and models may be seen as above, Let- Thomson, and Co.", Seedsmen, 25 Fenchurch. Innes, bookseller,Hanover-street, Edinburgh. street,London. : \\{ :--i '- "_* June 15, 1839. tersof inquiry only post-paid. Gardner, Esq., Manchester; John Gore, Esq.; Charles Hindley, Esq.,M.P.;BenjaminEphraim Lindo, Esq. ; Charles Edward Mangles, Esq.; Christopher Rawson, Esq., Halifax; Thomas Sands,Esq.,Liverpool; James Bogle Smith, Esq.; James Ruddell Todd, Esq. Trustees George Carr Glyn, Esq. ;John Gore, Esq. ;James John Cummins, Esq. Banker* Messrs Glyn, Hallifax,Mills, and Co. Soliritors Messrs Bartlett and Beddome. Secretary Samuel Jackson, Esq.

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IMPROVED FAMILY PAPER FOR INNEW ZEALAND. FORMATION ON THE COLONIES: 6d., , CHANGE. OF MANAGEMENT -AND Published this day, in Bvo.,price 3s. 1 have, always on hand warranted 1 DAY OF fn, 1839,: time will be saved,in Shipping: their Goodb, &o:, Zealand^ they agricultural implements, carts, plantation' hoes,, .IVTEW ZEALAND Hon. Earl.or Four HTHE PUBOCAWNi GAZETTE by employing experienced persons to transact all i Durham,, GOLONIAE steel- American wedge axes, hatchets, J-N ILstters to the Right* Shipping businkss. A. GOLE and Co., General' Ibills, cast carpenters,'sawyers,? far- Governor of the New Zealand Land Company,-.. ; J- (commencedinDecember 1838, inconnexion Agents, No. 5 Adam street,,, Strandl (two. doors spades, shovels, coopers',tools of Island, and- with the Colonial Society") will in future be pubevery description, &c &c;, on the Colonization of that from the New Zealand Land Office), having had riers', smiths', and other on the present Condition and Prospects of its lished every WEDNESDAY' afternoon at the &c. " Office- of the. Spectator;, strengthened byalLthe considerable experiencein. Shipping to South Aus- cookingapparatus, ovens,steel mills, machinesand ,Native Inhabitants. N. B;Wheat millsj.and- dressingtralia) purpose- undertaking similar business' for resources of the latter Journal. sieves are almost indispensable for Emigrants to proceeding to New Zealand. By John Dcnmobe Lang,D.D., persons Advertisements for THE COLONIAL GA] the new Settlements. and Senior ZETTE received by Henry Watts, and at theUMPS suitable for EMIGRANTS Orders for any of the following articles executed Prinoipal of the Australian College, Minister of the.Church of Scotlandin Office by< Joseph Claytoro;i to> whom,, and to"the and. FOREIGNERS* madeimthe simplest, at the- Birmingham' and' Sheffield- Factors* prices, New South* Wales.. Newsmen, orders,for the Paper may be addressed: manner, that any Labourer can fix or repair them, andi discounts : Plated wares, brass foundry, 9 Wellington street, Strand. at a trifling expense in. tu short time. Price japanned andmetal wares,"lamps,,scales, weighing and upwards complete, only requiring machines, optical and mathematical instruments, By the same Author,,intwo vols. small Bvo., with 2 guineas to be screwed to apost, and then are ready for buttons, military and gilt ornaments, jewellery, With Map*, price Is. 6d., Map:,price 21s. boards,. work. Apply to R. Jolley, Plumber, &c, 17 St needles, fish hooks, harpoons, combs, turnery, relative to NEW Statistical Account of NEW. AnHistorical and brushes, guns; pistols, percussion caps, powder, Alban's place, Italian Opera, London. ZEALAND, for the use of Colonists. shot, swords, cutlasses, whips,, saddlery, stove SOUTH WALES ;. both as a Penal Settlement, NEW ZEALAND. Contents. Position and. extent of New' Zealand fenders, fire irons, and ironmongery and and as-a British Colony. BERDOE, TAILOR, 69 grates, of every description. mountains face of the country. Rivers and cutlery By John- Dunmore Lang, D.JO-j CORNHILL, having for a long period harbours. Climate and soil. Natural produc62and 63; Gracechurch street, London. Senior Minister of the Scots Church, and Princi- tions timber, flax, corn^ and other vegetables;. supplied Clothing in tonsiderable quantities to Australian College, Sydney. palof the NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA. Minerals animal- kingdom birds, fish. The many of the Residents in the above Country, reand Persons pre- Second Edition, bringing down,the History of the nativeinhabitants their numbers, character, and spectfully invites the attention of parties proceedmanners. Their capacity for civilization',;anddis~ ing- there, convinced thathe can-inall respects supparing for Settlement in New Zealand or Colony to the end of 1836. position towards British Settlers. Opinions.,ins ply them to their advantageandentire satisfaction, Australia, may be furnished with all necessary ! Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill'. favour of the introduction of a British Colony. in confirmation of which he can confidently refer House Fittings, Agricultural Implements, Whalto theprincipal British Residents inNew Zealand, ing Gear, which is much approved- of;* Tools for Former attempts to colonizeNew Zealand. Existing state of British intercourse. The ,New Zeavarious Trades, Iron. Lead, Zinc, and other f Nkw anc Cheaper Edition. .to whomhe is well known. Association, of 1837. The New ZealandW. Bk alsoiinvites attention to his Ventilating Metals, Tin plates, Nails, Anvils, Vices, Spades, had of all Booksellers, in. land WaterproofClothing, originally introduced, to the Chains, Wire ; Plated Copper, Brass,. Tin Ja- Now ready,and to be plates, price SixteenShil- Land Company of 1839 its objects and proceed2 volumes Svo. with i ings. Terms of purchase of lands in the first. public by himself, and which, while completely panned- andother: Metal wares;Buttons, Brushes, 1 lings (originally published at285.) ' Settlement. Principles ofcolonization. The.first impervious to rain, offers no obstruction to the Glue, and every description- of Ironmongery, Cutfree escapeof perspiration, animportant advantage lery,andHard ware; Fowling.Pieces,Muskets,EiaEW ZEALAND. Being a Colony. W over air-tight garments. Theprocessis applicable tols, Saddlery, and. Harness, suitable, to- these -L-T NARRATIVE of TRATVELS-and; AsD- ;London.: John>W. Parker,, est Strand. to all kinds,of Clothing, andadds but little to.its 'countries ; together with. Window Glass, and VENTURES DURING, a RESIDENCE,in cost, and the extent W. B. has done in it is the Glass Wares. Patterns!of the whole,may be seen that COUNTRY fromithe year 1831to-1837. NEW ZEALAND'LAND COMPANYbest proof of its efficiency and- success;to all who as.below- charged on, very reasonable terms. At1 Capixal,,100,000?;,. Poxack, Esq. By J. SI in 4000. Shares of areexposedto the weather, it will* prove a most from. Nine,till' Eleven, and from. Three " The attention just now directedtowardsNew ! 25/-each- valuableacquisition. The New Waterproof. Cod- tendance: -Deposit, 1Q& per- share. till Severn EDWAR CHANCE, colonization, gives greatinZealand as a" field for lington Frocks are now inextensive use, and much- Hardware and General Commission Merchant, terest to Mr PolacfcJs work. Itfurnishes a very Governor Th!e Earl of Durham. approved. No. 2Colcman street buildings^ London.. j goodidea of the present condition andcapability .Deputy-Governor Joseph Somes, Esq.. O SHIPPING HOUSES. ofNew Zealand,; including its extent, productions, FURNITURE PRICES for. EXPORharbours, rivers, climate, &c,and conveys a living, i ' Directors. TATION. Japanned chairs, Is.lid.each ;canepicture of the customs, manners,,morals, and cliaHORB TEXREI seat,rosewood,ditto,2s. 9d. ;japanned wash-stands, Iracter of thenatives;. including, their aptitude,for HONV TRANCIS BARING, MT.P. 4s. 9d. ; toilette tables, 4s. 9d. ; chest drawers,. !civilization and amalgamating with European JOHN E'L&BRKEBI BOUECOTT, ESQ. 235. 6d. ;couches, 255. ;mahogany couches, hair ,blood. The narrative of the jpurney undertaken JOHN WillLl'Ain BUCKLB, ESQ. unseating, 31. ;French-bedsteads, 205. ;tent bediIUSSELL ELLICEj ESQ. by the author into the interior of the country pre- 1 steads, 16s. 6d. ;solid1 mahogany lbo rablej 585.; iHOTTAM and HALLEN, Engineers, sents one of the best pictures of savage life and , JAMES BBODIE/ GORDON, ESQ. polished solid mahogany chairs in- hair seating; Machinists, and Gene- character that we ever remember to haveread :> Ironfounders, Smiths, THOMAS AttERS -HANKEY, ESQ.. Ids.9d. each ; brown* wool* mattresses, full' size, ral Ironmongers, opposite the PANTHEON, while by its distinct truth it enables thereader to WILLIAM HUTT, ESQ., M.r. 12s. 6d. ; purified goose feathers, is.4^d. ;ditto OXEORD STREET, make all kindsof AGRI- form a very capital notion of the native society of STEWART MAKiJOBIBANKS, ESQ. poultry, 1 T-^d. per lbs ; delivered^ at wharf free. CULTURAL IMPLEMENTS and MA- New Zealand, and the general features of the SIR WILLIAM- MOLESWORTH, BART., M.P. No.charge for packing. CHINES adapted for the-Colony ofNEW" ZEA- country."- Spectator, August 4,,1838. AIIEXDER N-AIIVNE,,ESQ. By. EAMONsoN<and Company, the E'x-etew Hals LAND. A variety of PLOUGHS,, Harrows, JOHN PIRIE, ESQ-., ALDERMAN. Richard.Bentley, New Burlington street, Beddingand Cabinet Factory, 393 Strand,, beSIR GEORGE SINCLAIR, BA UT.,,M.T. and Cultivators, for breaking up and'preparing Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. tween the Adelphl Theatre and Exeter M&ll, Land, Seed Drills for sowing all kinds of Grain, JOHN' ABEL SMITH,' ESQ., M.P. seen, every variety and quality ofESQ., ALDERMAN',.M.P. where- may be WILLIAM THOMPSON,Improved THRASHING and WINNOWING Furniture suitable for- every description of House; MACHINES, Machines for Dressing Flax, TOMN1 BO'BEN, 17 HENRIETTA SIR HENR-Y WEBB, BART. and nearly 100 Bedsteads and Bedding, always Agricultural Carts, Axletrees,, Tire, &c. Iron jv STREET, COVENT GARDEN; begs ARTHUR WILLIS, ESQ. fixed' andready forimmediate usej ab prices- which Milk" Pans, Churns, &c, for the Dairy. Steel most respectfully to announce that in addition to GEORGE- FREDERICK TOUNGj. ESQ. must defy further competition* Hand. Mills-for grinding. Corn,. Bolting Machines- his large stock of new publications, which he inBankers, Messrs Smith, Payne, anct. N.Bi Copy the Address, as- the profit is- only for dresssing Floun,, Mils for. grinding. Indian variably supplies on- the most- reasonable terms, heEve per cent. Corn or,- Mfaze; Machines forr separating, Indian has an extensive Collectionof Second-hand Books, Smiths ; and Messrs Wright and Co.. Cornufrom. tiiestalk. GARDEN TOO'ES, Gari in excellent condition, at veryreduced prices. Standing, Counsel John Buckle, Esq. MANNING'S PORTABLE COLONIAL den Engines, Watering Cans, Vaucher's, Patent The following,Catalogues may be had on appliCOTTAGES. Medical Director Six John Doratt MANNING, 251 HIGH HOL- Portable. Fire' and^ Garden Engine, and. Patent cation : Horse. Web.withoutseam. Iron W.ork.for Build- A Cataxogub op an Extensive Coixecxiok- of Knight; M.D: BOJEtN, respectfully solicits the attention-, ings. Iron Pipe and. Gutter to convey water from settlers, to the high character which EnglishBooks. of. Solicitors Messrs Few, Hamilton, and Roofs,liis COTTAGES- have obtained-. Their. useful- Pumps Cottages, and other Windows. Cast-iron To which is' appended a selection of valuable Few. conveyingrwater. for raising; and Pipes for ness and' superiority of construction, either as Stump, Four-post, French and other BED- Foreign- Works, and.a specimen* of an intended Secretary John Ward, Esq. stationary or moveableresidences, as regards dura- STEADS'ofBrass or Iron, with elastic Iron hot*, Classical Catalogue, Bvo. (570 pages) boards, bility, comfort, and the facility withwhich they Office, No. 1, Adam- Street, AdelphL Portable IRON FENCING, Fencing 55., allowed to purchasers. may be takendown, removed, and refixed by the toms. and Straining Apparatus. STOVES, KitWire A Catalogue of ancient and' modern,books in This Company has heen formed' for themost inexperienced,is now fully ascertained and Utensils,, and Furnishing chen Ranges, acknowledged. In evidence of which H. M. Ironmongery. Kitchen economical. BELGIAN all classes" of Natural History, Agriculture, purpose of employing capital in the purchaseThe refers with satisfaction to the many testimonials STOVE, for Baking, Roasting, and.Boiling, with Gardening, Mining, &c. Svo. (160'pages) sewed, and re-saleof lands inNew Zealand, and the35.,allowed to-purchasers. he has received, and to the private and published theleast quantity of fuel. promotion of emigration to that country. letters from Also gratis, A description,of these Islands as a field TO' EMIGRANTS. T. B. Hack, Esq. for British colonization, has heen, rendered A- List op Foreign Theologt, The Rev. C. B. Howard, Colonial Chaplain. WOOD' and Co., of Nos.. unnecessary by the labours of the New Robert Gouger,Esq. Colonial Secretary. 117 and. 118 BISHOPSGATE STREET' on sale by T. B. Strangways, Esq. Colonial Secretary WITHIN, have ready for immediate Shipment Zealand Association' of 1>837, who colstreet, Covknt Henrietta pro Urn. (and which) they pack in a manner to cause the JOHN BOH'N,17Ga'RSEN. lectedand disseminated veryi ampleinformaG. S. Kingston, Esq. late Surveyor-General. least possiblefreightage)Ironmongery;Machinery, tion on the subject. The' sole aim of that(The three latter Gentlemen have each Agricultural and Mechanical Tools.ofall kinds, as By whom are just published, tobe completed.in Society was to induce-the legislature to apordered a Second Cottage, since their expe- they have long been in the habit of making them 1 12 vols. Bye. price, 2*. each, ply to,New Zealand' the peculiar system of rience in the Colony of the first which they for the Colonies of New- South Wales, Van DieVols. I,VI, and-VIII,'op the Complete took). men's Land, and South. Australia. colonization which has proved so eminently Works op Lieut. Frome, RoyalEngineer, Surveyor- GeneExtractsfrom Works on Emigration: successful inSouth' Australia, and to intake " For the purchase of Ironmongery,it is necesral' of South Australia. OF MALMESBURY, provision for guarding,- the native,inhabitants" Smith, Royal Engineer, Surveyor-Gene- sary to be very particular, as to the description,, THOMAS HOBBES Lieut. now first collected and edited;by ral of New Zealand. from the evils to*which they have hitherto sizes, and quality;- what you want, therefore,, r Capt. Hindmarsh, late Governor of South Aus- should be procured of- a person who well knows SIRWILLIAMMOLESWORTH-,Bart., M.P. been exposedby their intercourse with Eutralia. the market;if the things are not the patterns mi " every class. Her'Majesty's GoHobbes' Language is so lucidand concise, that it ropeans of'however, Sir James Stirling, late Governor of Western use, they will not be even looked at, muchi less vernment, objectedto alllegislation/ improper to Australia. purchased." IViddowson on Van Diemeri's Land, would.be almost as terms as someput an.algebraical for these ends, except on; one condition, to process in different of his metaphysical, C. T. La Trobe, Lieut.-Governor of Port page 42. " The articles to the above patterns may be seen paragraphs." Hallam. , which the Society couHa not assent. ThePhilip. Chas. Cooper, Esq. Chief Justice of South and bought at Messrs Richards, Wood, and Co." proposed' condition was, that the Society,, Australia. Widdowson on Van Diemen's Land, page 41. " I- bought myIronmongery of Messrs Richards, THE DEATH of DEMOSTHENES, a whicK'lKd' excluded~from;its objects all speDr Evans, Chairman of New Zealand Assoculation for private gain, should" become, su ciation. Wood, and Co., No. 117 Bishopsgate street' Dramatic Poem; also a,Translation, of the Pro' _. R. Stokes, Esq. )ofl Within, anduponcomparisonof Invoiceswithsome mbtheus Vikctus of JSschylus and other Poems, joint-stock company and engage in underthe Depart- of my Friends in the Colony, I H. St Hill; Esq. found!I had been by George Croker 'Fox,- Esq., foolscap Bvo.. takings- with a> view to profit. This condi~ " ment' New Zealand. and other Gentlemen, well used, and' the quality of things furnished me boards, Bs. tion was,declined, as being at variance withj 'South Australia,' page 71. See Gouger's ' wasexcellent ; theyhave beenfor years inthe Austhe declared.character of that'Society; andi 'Loudon's Encyclopaedia of Cottage Archi- tralian trade, and understand the kind of articles ARRIAN ON' COURSING, translated' from the result has-beenthe formation, of thepretecture,' pages 251 to 257. requiredin these colonies." Gouger's South Aus-> the Greek, with Annotations, royaVSvo., with 24 sent; Captain J. G. Hall has resided in one of these tralia, page 126. Company, in-a>formiconsistent with-the Embellishments from the Antique, on India pager condition' thus required' by, her Majesty's* Cottages for several years at Wargrave, near HenEVERY- MAN- HIS OWN' MILLER. boards, 1/. 11s. 6d. ley-on-Thames. Government. SHENSTON respectfully, begs to To the translator ,of The well-known superiority of these Cottages " call theattention of Merchants, Captains, and debted for a most ample Arrian we are highly- in- The purchase and improvement of waste and almostinexhaustible' over any others hitherto introduced to the Colonies renders it unnecessary to add more than that they Emigrants to the Colony of New Zealand, to his fundof amusing, interesting, practical", useful, and Tandsiin'New Zealandhas been* already car' pacb.inasmall compass, and)may be erected in a superior Stock of SCALES, WEIGHTS-, M'EAw instructive information-, on the subject, which ried on to a great extent, and with much? SURES, WEIGHING 'MACHINES, &c. cannot faiLto be highly-acceptableand interesting" few hours, with joists, floors, doors, glazed windows, by. advantage,, missionaries and, others,. who and' painted:inside and outside. Price 15/. and adapted to every purpose required in"such situa- to all' amateurs of the leash." Thacker onj have settled in the country,.as well as by; tions. He also solicits an> inspection of his Coursing. upwards; r Dressers, Safes, Tables, Chairs, and a varietyof IMPROVED STEEL WHEAT MILLS and 'persons' esiding iir the adjacenf Australian Colonies;;and"such, an operation upon* an economical Colonial Furniture made' to pack in BOLTING- MACHINES of most superior WOODVILLE's.MiEDICAL BOTANY, Dr Workmanship- and real- utility> articles in a new each-other to save freight. scateris,the,proposed.object of the" Colony almost' indispensable. The above may be materially, enlarged' and improved, by Professor ienlarged* Letters (of inquiry, only),must be postpaid. . Sic William Jackson. Hooker, and G. Spratt, New Zealand- Land Company; seen in use on the Premises where they are manu310 plates,boards, 57: 15s. 6d.,orwith( The* attention' andbusiness of the ComZEALAND. An. -*^ article on a subject of the Colonization-of factured, at'39s Strand, five doors WestofSouth- 5 rolsv 4to.finely oojujurkd,8/;. the plates . amptonstreetpany will' be confined,to tlie purchase* of 1 I .New Zealand; both in reference to tlie- Colonists No library- should be without JVopdoille's tracts of land,: the-promotion of.emigration Patent Steelyards on Improved Principles to andPthe- Aborigines; will' be foundin the Monthly weigh from a singlepound up-to5 -tons. Mcdictl Botany, a work- of long, estabiished'reputhose; tcaots- directly, from, the* United Wholesale and retail; and' every article .sold"- tatlon, jtndthe best on a subject"wbichnrust;more to Chroniclefor Ist August. Kingdom, the laying out of settlements or less,be interesting to everymanof inquiry. Longman and Co. warranted.

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with the Colony,have announced The form of the town must necessarily aha.towns in the most favourablesituations, tion of 100 acres for each land order, in the connected opened a subscription for the be left to your own judgment and taste. which, the landorders shall be pre- a plan, and 1 and thegradual re-sale of such lands ac- order in will only Upon this subject the cording to the valuebestowed upon themby sented to the company's resident officer in endowment of a Church in connexion with remark, that youhave directors for the of the to provide the. 'Society for the Propagation Zealand. emigration and settlement. It is alsopro- New rather The land orders will be transferable at Gospel in ForeignParts? and a lady, who futurewish than the present, and that posed that, to facilitate the transmission of her husband to the they the public convenience to be capital between England and New Zealand, the pleasure of theliolders ; and aregistry is about toproceed with for the consulted, and the beautiful appearance agents for that willbe kept atthe company's offices inLon- Colony, is receiving contributions Orphan the Company shall act as of the future city to be secured, so far as don, and inthe settlement, as well of original maintenanceof anInfantSchool and purpose only. these objects can be accomplished by the Asylum for thenative children. an undertaking affords peculiar ad- land orders, as of alltransfers thereof. Such The Committee beg, at the same time, to original plan, rather than the immediate Of the monies to be paid to the company of a large comvantages to the employers two points, oneliterary,and profit of the company. bined capital, and is further suitable to a by purchasers, 25 per cent, only willbe re- call attentionto by the company for local expenses the other philanthropic, in which all sects It is of essential consequence that the Company, inasmuch as it can neither impede served canperfectly agree ; and town lands should be made ready for individual enterprise, nor is liable to the and other purposes. The remainder, being and denominations therefore, with propriety and which may, competition of individuals,and'is capable of 75 per cent., willbe laid out by the company advantage,be undertaken by the Colonists lallotment as soonas possible. ' being managed at little expense for agency, for the exclusive benefit of the purchasers, You will consult with Colonel WakePublic in giving value to theland sold by defraying as a Society, the formation of a a system of fixedroutine. andupon GeneralMuseum and field as to the day when the allotment Library, <vvith a Very extensive tracts of most fertileland the cost of emigration to the -settlements. ishall take place. It should not take Original purchasers of landorders intend- ScientificInstitution,andthe establish- place, however, until a reasonable time in situations highly favourable both for agrito claim ment of a Dispensary, or Hospital,for cultural and commercial settlements, have ing to emigrate will be entitled set apart the benefit of the settlers, and the Abori- shall have been allowed after the plan is been already purchasedand, secured for the fromthe company, out ofthe fund finished, for the settlers to compare the and an expedi- for emigration, an expenditure equal to 60 gines of the country. purposes of this of It is obviousthat without the former of map with the ground. Public notice ; cent, of their purchase-money, for a free tionhas also been fitted out and despatched per families, and these Institutions, a high standard of civili- the day of allotment should be given for surveying lihe coasts of New Zealand, passage for themselves, their maintained,and that it is and the directors desire me to impress on making purchases of lands in.the '.most eli- servants, subject to the company's regula- zation cannot be of individual settlers to you that everything like concealment, or ;he arrival of tions. Purchasers to "the extent of at least beyond.the power gible spots,'and{preparingfor for it, on an adequate scale, in the even the appearanceof it,should be carea,lat!gebody ofsettlers, whomit is proposed SQO acres, Jiot intending to emigrate, will provide of the undertaking. It is believed fully avoided in all the proceedings of "to establish on the Company's lands during also, in special"cases, beallowed to nominate infancy free"cabin.passage to also that Governments and. public societies, your department. The first ships with their land agentsfor a "the present year. and isettlers will convey to youinstructions in by communicating their official These importantpurchases,and.the fitting the -settlements. as to the mode in which the The remainder of -the fund set apart for transactions, and noblemen and gentlemen, duplicate, expedition, (including out ofthe preliminary emigrationwill be laid out iby the.company by giving duplicates.of works, will, without choice of sections is -to takeplace,accordthe purchase and equipment of ane vessel a free passage for young per- inconvenience to themselves, confer an in- ing to the priority determined by lot. oif 400 tons,) have .been effected, .at acon- in joint As soon as the survey and plan of the outlay, y parties, to whoma cer- sons of the labouring class, and, as far as estimable boon on the Colony by their will b siderable shares, to 'he -de- possible, of .the two sexes in equal propor- contributions. Subscriptions in money that, town are completed, you will proceed (to tain number of paid-up be received also, but it is imagined the survey of country sections. termined by arbitration, are consequently to tions. acquainted with You will observe by the Terms of be assigned for a transfer of theirinterests. Labourers selected by purchasers for a there are few individualscheerfully present willnot Purchase," that the company undertakes Upon the remaining shares, a.call of 10L free passage must be subject to approvalby the subject who volume, or one specimen of per share, (in addition to the deposit,) will the company, as respects age, sex, and good at least one that theeleven hundred country sections science or art, to be deposited, as a tokenof shall consist of the most valuable land at be inade^ at the discretion of the Directors, character. will,in the Public Library of the with not less than one month's notice;and In the selection of other labouring emi- their good the disposal of the directors in the first all further.calls willbe made at intervalsof grants, the company will give a preference New Zealand Colony.will be kept, and a settlement. Separate accounts not less than .three months between each to applicants who shall be under engagemade, -call,and of which one month's notice willbe ment to work for capitalists intending to strict appropriation of the funds be ; according to the willof the subscribers and The directors trust, at all events, that time,.will ex- emigrate. given ;and no call, at any one of the In- you will adopt that' mode of proceeding A scale of the rates at which cabin and it is understood that the benefit ceed 10Z. per share. of by which the holders of the preliminaryto have the entire ma- steerage passages will be provided by the stitutions willbe open, withoutdistinction TheDirectors are funds, forma- company in proportion to the purchase- rank, to all the inhabitants of the Colony, land orders will most surely obtain the nagement and controlof the ! tion,proceedings,and affairs of theCompany, money of land orders, willbe exhibited from whether settlers or Aborigines. Museum, most valuable landin the first settlement, Contributions to theLibrary,the and by which the priority of choice de.and.are empoweredtoenter intoany arrange- time to time at the company's office. they may consider! The landorders are to be received as suf- or the Dispensary, either in money or in termined by lot will be most strictly obments whatever which received by any -conducive to the interests of this under- ficient conveyances, and conclusive evidence kind, will be thankfully at the Office of served. Committee, taking, to prepare a Deed of Settlement! of the company's title; and a certificate of member of the Land Company. In case any order or orders should not for the management of the Company,and to' an officer of the company in the settlement the New Zealand be presented to you at the time when the The contributions most valued will be opportunity take any steps that maybe thoughtproper authorized in that behalf, mentioning the for choosing occurs, it will ancient or modern lanto an Act of Parliament or a charter sectionfallen or assigned to the lot of any Books, whether in relative Manuscripts, Maps, Charts, En- be your business to choose for the absent in aid of their plans, application for which! land order, is to be accepted as sufficient guages, Paintings that and Sculpture, with holder. The directors feel assured -will bemade with the leastpossibledelay, evidence thereof, and as anactual delivery gravings, casts, Models of Inventions and of they need not impress on you the necescopies or and generally to adopt such measures and\ of the possession ofthe sectionmentioned in of Minerals and of sity of being careful to select, in suchand proceedings with reference to the grants,1 such certificate; the company are notto Buildings, specimens Medals, &c, and cases, the very best land then open to. Coins, and disposal of shares, or otherwise, as they be considered as guaranteeing the title, ex- Natural History, as essential to choice. This last instruction applies to cept as against their own acts, and the acts whatever may suggest itself shall consider expedient. Colony which proposes to the town as well as the country acres. The shares in the first instance will- be of those deriving title under or in trust for the plans of a acres, however, cherish the refinements of civilizationfrom With respect to the townthat the whole issued in scrip receipts,upon which will be\ them. it seems indispensable be seenon the beginningofits existence. indorsed the principal laws and regulations Forms of the land ordersmay The Committee will make a public ac- should be surveyed and mapped before tiy which" the Company is to be governed application at the company's office. knowledgement of allcontributions made to any choice is allowed, and that the allotshallhave been By order of thedirectors, mntil aDeed of Settlement whole should take place at John Ward, Sec. them> and' a permanent recordof theobliga- ment of the entered into, or an Act of Parliament have tion, in the Colony; and theyholdout this one time. beenobtained. New Zealand Land Company'sOffice, pledge to the public Institutions, or indivi- Itwill be your duty to choose the reJuly 30th, 1839. Further information on every point conduals who may assist them, that they will, served sections according to the priority racted with the Company maybe obtained as soon asin their power, requite them, by of choice which has been determined LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC. AND fromthe Secretary, at the Office. PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTIONS the return of an equivalent amount of spe- by lot. Jjondon, August 1, 1839. cimens, collected in New Zealand and the FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE With respect to your proceedings after INHABITANTS neighbouring countries. the survey and allotment of the lands TERMS OF PURCHASE FORRURAL BRITISH SETTLERS AND NATIVE NEW ZEALAND. OF THE ISLANDS OP First Colony of New Zealand, already sold, you willreceive instructions LANDSIN THE COMPANY'S SETCOMMITTEE: 1, Adam Street, Adelphi, JulyBth, 1839. by the first emigrant ships. Gxorqe Samuel Evans, D.C.L., Chairman. TLEMENTS. Hon. Hxmrt Pttrk. The companyhas already acquiredveryex- \ Captain Daniell. EXTRACT tensive tracts of landin the North Island of, Town Acres and the stjrhouitdino Dudlet Sinclair, Esq. New Zealand, andhas despatched two expeFrom the Instructions of the Board of Rural Sections. There has been aconEsq. Francis Molesworth, ditions for the. purpose of .purchasing other Directors of the New Zealand Land siderable degree of speculation in thelands Edward Bktts, Horer, Esq. Gzorgx Duita, Esq. lands, .and of selecting the most eligible disCompany, to Lieut. William Mem at from ten to eightyper cent advance upon William Swainson, Esq.,F.R.S. trictfor the first andprincipal settlement. Smith, Royal Artillery, the Company's the upset priceof the company. Certificates Edkk Bowler, Esq. The company, in the first place, offered Surveyor-General, as contained in aj of choice for town acres havebeensoldfrom BANKERS. for sale 99,000 acres of country.land, and Letter from the Secretary, dated Aug. 101. to 801. per acre. The real value of Messrs Wright and Co., Henrietta ttreet, 990 acres of town land, in their first and 1, 1839. I these lands cannot be ascertained till the Covent garden. principal settlement, after making reserves should at first colonists shall have arrived in the colony; " These The Society, which has been formed under Your surveyingoperations for.the special use of the natives. be entirely confined to the site of the wad havebeen joinedby thelarge number of lands thus,offered havebeen disposed.of at the designation of the First Colony," and town. wealthy persons which it is reported are consists exclusively, as they have 11. per acre, thereby realizing to the com- which plan of town, you preparing to proceedimmediately to settle announced,of heads of families and In laying gut thepossible the pany a Jandfund of 99,990Z, and.the rights already adhere to the at the first and principle settlement of the closely as iJ ofthe purchasers thereof topriority ofchoice others about to settle in New Zealand, on must as the land orders have New Zealand land company. PortPhillip lands purchased from the New Zealand conditions on which in the settlement have been determined by sold, as expressed by the enclosed has been inhabited some six years. It Company, areimpressed with the beliefthat been lot. copy of the terms of purchase, provid- was settled without design is unsupported The directors are now ready to receive a Colony to be prosperous should be comat all events, that every holder of a important English connections is applications for country lands, to tha extent posed of 'a portion .of an old Society, trans- ing, order obtains one full acre of land by any to the curse of convict slavery has subject parts, andcontain- land -of 50,000 acres, in sections of 100 acres ferred complete in allits the town the town. -each, at the price of 100?. per section, or 1/. ing-at least the-rudiments of allthose insti- within directors wish that,in forming the now but some 1000 persons, yetper acre, lands havebeen sellingat 1200?. ;acre, to be paid infull,in exchange for tutions which give the tone and character The per plan of the town, you should make ample and the rural lands in the vicinity of the t theland orders, which will entitle,heholders to civilization. people As the shortness of the time intervening reserves for allpublic purposes ;such as a town at 151. the acre. The Sydney advanthereof, or their agents, to select country and the a market-place, accordingly, either at the company's before their departure,in August,,precludes cemetery,public buildings,wharfage, and are the purchasers, Zealand superiorwill not sections a botanical colony principal settlement, or at Hokianga, Kai- the.possibility of any veryminute separate probableapark, andextensive boulevards, tages of the New apparent to them. fail to be immediately para, Manukau, the islands of Waiheke and arrangements for distinctsocieties, the Com- i The, New Zealand Land Com^asr?^ Paroa, the borders- of the Thames, or any mitteeoffer themselves to the public as pro- t is, indeed, desirable that the -whole visional trustees for the administration of outside of the town, inland, should be The capital is 100,000/., and a|L.'%e,g^ other partof the present or future territories a willhavebeenpaidby $keosts of the company, so soon as the requisite sur- any funds winch may be contributed for separated from the country sections by stalments broad belt of land -which, you -will de- Januarynext. The proportionofHWS^tiffi} veys thereof shallhavebeen completed. The' scientific or philanthrophicpurposes. " be Holders will therefore select,at pleasure, out. On the all-important subjects of religion clare that the company intends to no j derived from the sale ofland upJ^jffie>#je?N; sent time, whichis reserved for tl}' |xseris|s* oT ail the.company's territories'which Shall and education, they are happy to observe public, property^ Pn condition that andprofits ofthe company, exceed then be surveyed as country sections, a sec- that the members of the Churchof England, buildings be evererected uponit.

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as that performed by Captain Cook, any balism had now nearly vanished. New [ glishmen. Ardent spirits,gunpowder, and British subject settling on those islands Zealand had become the head quarters of virulent diseases were introduced. Rufcarried withhim, according to Blackstone the whale fishery. The. value of its fians who had escaped from the chainWEDNESDAY,AUGUST21. and all the authorities, the common and timber, its flax, and other indigenous 'gangs of New South Wales, or who from statute law as his birthright, and might products had been made known by Mr various causes were ashamed of.appearing claim protection accordingly. 4 Nicholas andother writers, andthenatives inconvict society,flocked to NewZealand TABLE OF DISTANCES. Captain Cook saw that New Zealand themselves hadbeen frequently employed and furnished the "natives with corrosive was an eligible site for a colony, and re- as able seamen- on board British vessels, sublimates, laudanum andother poisons, To Nicholson's Harbour, Cook's Miles. Days commended it as such; but no attempt when many abortive schemes were pro- to destroyeachother with; andthe neighStraits, was made to follow up his suggestions. pounded for the colonization of the coun- bourhood of the missionary settlements From England 13200 120 South Australia 2,450 15 Benjamin Franklin and Mr Dalrymple .try. Among other attempts was one, we soonbecame the most demoralized inNew 1,700 12 Port Philip issued proposals, but without any success, believe, originally suggested by Col. Zealand. 1,600 11 for Launceston raising asum of 15,000Z., with a view Nicholls of the Marines, who in vain sub- Repeated representations were made 1,600 11 JlobartTown to supply the New Zealanders with those mitted his plans to Lord Bathurst, then to the government in England to do 1,350 10 Sydney useful animals, vegetables, ,&c. and arts Secretary of State for the Colonies. Col. that which should repress these evils, To England, 14,000 100 of life, of which they were destitute. Nicholls had collected a great deal of in- but without the least effect. The merFrom Nicholson's Harbour Sydney 15,350 110 This paperis dated August2y th,1771,and formation with respect to the country and chants of London joined in a memo15,600 112 Launceston .may be found among Franklin's < Mis- its inhabitants, which was,communicated rial, signed by the heads of all the South Australia 16,450 116 cellaneous Works.' In the parliamentary to his relative, Col. Torrens, and led, principal houses engaged in the southFrom Nicholson's Harbour, 834, was sent debates which led to the establishment of through the exertions of the latter gen- sea trade. A petition, in 1 1,500 10 To New Caledonia a penal settlement at New South Wales, j tleman, to the formation of the company home by the most respectable of the set1,500 10 Friendly Islands 2,700 18 New Zealand wasmentioned as a desirablej of 1825. That company,under the sanc- tlers in New Zealand, which was repeated New Guinea 4,000 35 place for the experiment, and narrowly tion of its enlightened chairman, Mr in 1 Sandwich Islands 836, and signed by all the influential 4,200 35 Java escaped through" the terror of its canni- Lambton, now Earl of Durham, accom- members ofthemissionitself;but,through Japan 4,800 50 5,000 40 balism. Attention was further drawn to plished all that waspossible under the cir- some influence at the Colonial Office, all Canton that part of the world by the establish- cumstances. An unfortunate- selection applications,both public andprivate, were 6,000 50 Isle ofFrance 6,300 60 ment of missions in the Society Islands, Madras andit seemed the fixed reso appears to have been made of the com- disregarded; 5,600 50 about the year 1795, by Mexico the London Mis- pany's chief agent, whomade some valu- lutionof the government, whatever incon5,800 50 I Lima 5.800 50 sionary Society; and in the year1814 the able acquisitions of territory, held sacred venience or sufferingmight be occasioned Valparaiso Rev. Samuel Marsden, of New South to the uses ofthe company bythenatives to by it, to leave undisturbed the experiment 6,100 60 Cape Horn Wales, laid the foundation of the Church this day, and now incorporated, after the of trainingup anative Levitical republic 8,300 60 Cape of Good Hope > of EnglandMission at the Bay of Islands. lapse offourteen years, with the other pos- under missionary control, directed priHISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE Previously to this,however, Col.Foveaux, sessionsof the present company,yet hesud- marily by alay secretary-inEngland. in New COLONIZATION OF NEW ZEA- of the New South Wales Corps, had re- denly abandoned the enterprize on mistak-- Such was the state of thingsreality commendedNew Zealand to the governor ing a war dance performed in honour of Zealand when an incident gave to LAND. of Sydney as a penal settlement, on the him for a hostile demonstration. The a project which had longbeen familiar to a record mayproveinteresting to plan As such afterwards adopted atNorfolk Island; gentlemen composing this association ab- the minds of its author.' In a work enthe future inhabitants of New Zealand, and suggestions were made by Col.Jack- stained from openingit to the public until titled England and America/ New Zeaandinstructive to those who shall engage j son and. others to take possession of the some further success had been obtained, land had been pointed out as one of the insimilarundertakings, wepropose to give country by a military force from India. and were discouraged also by the well- finest fields for colonization. A commita brief history of the colonizationof our The first regular proceedings were taken remembered stateof the money market in tee of the Houseof Commons, upon the adopted country. in the year 1814, with a view to the pro- the year They, however, expended disposal of waste lands in the British coIt is supposed by some that New Zea- tection of the missionaries and other 20,000/.,1826. received from Mr Hus- lonies," was sitting on the 27th of June, and land was visited by Juan Fernandez. He British settlers, andunder the same autho- kisson the promise of a charter of incor- 1836, whenthefollowing answerwas given left memoranda stating that he had sailed rity which enabled the Sydney govern- poration, by Mr Edward Gibbon Wakefield to a which- has been westward fromSouth America thirty days, ment to take possession of Norfolk Island, subsequent governments, recognized by question by the chairman, Mr Ward : and is consiwhen he reached a country inhabited by a in the same longitude, namely, 961 Are there any parts of the world people of alight complexion, clothed in a priority of discovery, the consent of the dered in force at the present day. subject to our dominion now, in which the linen, who treated him hospita- natives, kind of and the commissionof the gover- Theproceedings of the company, nearly bly; and in all parts ofNew Zealand the nor of Sydney under an act ofparliament, the whole of whose artizans, when dis- you imagine that new colonies might be profounded advantageously under natives have traditions of being visitedby extending his jurisdiction over New charged by the agent at Sydney, returned posed system? Many. I this that consider Europeans longbefore the timeof Captain Zealand and other islands of the Pacific* /and settled in New Zealand so little did in Australia, at present, there areno Cook. Further information on this sub- There are diplomatic grounds connected they share in the panic of their com- nies ; look upon the settlements incoloI New be found in Burney's History with mander the growing prosperity of the ject may certain European treaties which give missionaries, the increasing resortofship- South Wales andVan Diemen's Land as of Discovery in the South Seas.' It is importance to the date of this proclamagaols of clear,however, that Abel Jansen Tasman tion, which is, Nov. 9th, 1814. Among ping, the influx of runaway convicts and merekeeper a peculiar kind. They call the his excellency,' and the vessels, with the flagrant chaplain known the existence of New first made other things the paper states, His Ex- deserters from 'right reverend;' but the real Zealand to Europeans. He saw it first cellencybeing equally solicitous to protect crimesperpetratedin this mixed and law- truth is, they are nothing else but gaols. 642, when he the natives of New Zealand and on the 1 of September, 1 3th the Bay less community, drew theattention of the Then South Australiais not yet founded. madethenorthern extremity oftheislands, of Islands, in all their just rights and governorof Sydney, who was induced to There remains a large extent of country according to his latitudes; and, running privileges, as those of every other depen- appoint, with the concurrence of the home that down the east coast, passed through dency tlieterritory New South Wales, government, what he termed a consul between South Australia and therewhich is in of of into a Bay, whichhe called herebyordersand directs," &c. to the missionaries at the Bay. is called Western Australia: Cook's Strait &c. ;then ofaccredited Those Extra -Tropical Australia a district of Murderer's Bay, from the circumstance of proceeds to appoint Mr Thomas Kendall Islands." excellent men doubt- ground open to colonization,of which the losing fcfur men in a conflict with the resident magistrate at the Bay of less were not aware that this was, diplo- outline touched by the sea-coast cannot be matically speaking, a transfer to them of natives, whoeffectually prevented him or Islands," extends the regulations laid less than 4,000 miles. Very near to Ausany of his people from landing. There is down for New Zealand to the adjacent the sovereignty from the crown of Eng- tralia is a country, which all testino evidence of any European having isles," and names Duaterra, Shunghi, land; and it may quiet the apprehension mony there concurs in describing as the fittest landed on these islands before Captain and Korra-korra magistrates" in New of those jurists who may imagine that the country in the world for colonization;as Cook, which he did on the evening of Zealand, for the purposes of the procla- sovereignty of those islands was indeed with the finest the most ever parted with, to recollect that, under climate beautiful country, Sunday the Bth of October, 1769, accom- mation. and the most productive soil;I circumstances, it couldonlybe held panied by Solander andBanks. Such was the first introduction of these mean New Zealand. It willbe said that It maybe satisfactory to those engaged European settlers intoNew Zealand;and in trust, or, at the least, as a feudatory New Zealanddoesnotbelongto the British Zealand, or so far from colonization being principality. That the missionaries re- crown, in the colonization of New then reand that.is true; but Englishmen other islands ofthe Pacific, to know that garded, with suspicion, it was the only garded it somewhat in this light, is clear are beginning to colonize New Zealand. they are fulfilling the intentions of his form that missionary labour waspermitted from the manner in which they have New Zealand is coming under the domiMajesty George the Third, as will appear to assume. It was the deliberate resolu- resisted the encroachments of foreign nionof the British crown. Adventurers from the following extract from the in- tion of the Church Missionary Society to nations, and the way in which they have go from New South Wales and Van Diestructions given to Captain Cook : give the mission, in the first instance, a modelled the administration of their go- men's Landand make a treaty witha naYou are also, with the consent of the secular and merely civilizing character. vernment after that of the prince- tivechief- a ti'eaty in duplicate, thepoor natives, -to take possession, in the name No ordainedclergyman was sent out; and bishops of the middle ages. They have chief not understanding a single word of the King ofGreat Britain,of conveni- the missionaries were officially termed maintained the powersdelegated to them, about it;but they make a contract upon ent situations in such countries as you the society's settlers at the Bay of within their palatinate. Resisting all parchment witha great seal,and for afew may discover, that have not already been Islands." We mayindeed venture to say, attempts to mediatize them, they have trinkets and alittlegunpowder theyobtain discovered or visited by any,other Euro- on behalf of those laborious men who upheld their theocracy ; and weknow not land. After a time in these cases, after pean power;and to distribute among the made the first successful inroad upon bar- whether to compare the converted chief- some personshave settled, the government inhabitants such things as will remain as barism, that it is unjust in their friends to tains to tenants incapite, thelesser barons, at home begins to receive hints that there traces and testimonies of your havingbeen turn round upon them for too faithfully or to the heads of tribes ministering to is a regular settlement of Englishpeople there;but if you find the countries so adhering to the principle of their institu- that of Levi. At home the influence of a formed in such aplace ; and then the godiscovered are uninhabited, you are to tion, by continuing to be a colony after wealthy and important society was all- vernmentat home generally has been actake possession of them for his Majesty, the subscribers at home had changed their powerful at the colonial office, glad to be tuated by a wish to appoint a governor, by setting up proper marks and inscrip- minds and resolved to patronize nothing relieved oftrouble andresponsibility whilst and says, l This spot belongs to England; tions as first discoverers and possessors." but missions. The slow but sure success obliging a greatparty ; and the organ of we will send out a governor/ The act that society, Inpursuance ofthese instructions,Cap- ofwhatDrLang calls "the missionarycar- penditure its secretary, wielding an ex- of sending out a governor according to 5 of fifteen thousand a year in our constitution, or law, or practice, con tain Cook having' circumnavigated, and penter, boat-builder,blacksmith, ploughsurveyedbothislands, whichhad formerly man, rope-spinner, &c." made known in New Zealand, found himself virtually stitutes the place to which a governor is beendeemed part of the great Terra Atcs- monthly and weekly reports throughout governor and bishop of both islands, of sent aBritish province. We are, I think, tralis Incognita, and passed through the England, drew attention to the vast re- which that sum might have bought the going to colonize New Zealand, though fee simple. Straits which bear his name, landed on sources of the country ; the Church and we are doing so in a most slovenly, and various points in both islands, and with Missionary Society so effectuallyperformThesolemnity, however picturesque, of scrambling, and disgraceful manner." the usual solemnities took possession of ed its work in preparing the way for a ! convening a few savage chieftains in the The statementhere quoted led to a conthem on behalf of the King of Great colony, that within a very few years after neighbourhood of the Bay of Islands, versation between amember of the comBritain; and thus, according to the re- the settlement was founded at the Bay of making them declare their independence, mittee, the Hon.Francis Baring, and the ceivedlaw of nations, established a claim Islands, the secretary, the Rev. Josiah and giving them a flag, could no more witness, and to the formation of a plan to the sovereignty as against all foreign Pratt, declared that in one of the provin- quell the disorders that prevailed through which was shortly after embodied in the power, a claim which the crown itself cial towns of England heknew of alarge I the islands,thanit could,in constitutional draft of abill, intituled A Bill to facilicannot lightly abandon. After such an number of families ready to emigrate to |law, give away the king's dominions. tate and regulate the Settlement of Briact on the part of a servant of the crown 'New Zealand. The bug-bear of canni- Atrocious crimes wereperpetratedby EnSubjects in New Zealand." As it

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was in advocating the peculiar principles that both races are, to be on a perfect The Hon.Francis. Baring, M.P., than we could protect in case of " There were diplomatic reasons against of colonization, of which he was the au- equality. He is confident that the proChairman. thor, and upon which he had recently posal will be embraced witheagerness by The Right Hon. the Earlof Durham. colonizing New Zealandin particular: the succeededin founding the colony ofSouth his countrymen,and his ambition is "to The Right Hon.Lord Petre. Russians,theAmericans, theFrench would Australia, that Mr.Wakefield drew the see a townin his country, where he can Hon. W.B. Baring, M.P. object to it ; and, as to the appointment attention of Mr Baring to the subject, we live like an Englishman." So.large a Walter F. Campbell, Esq., M.P. of aspecialauthority for the purpose, such need scarcely add that he proceeded circle in the metropolis received him on Cliarles Enderby,Esq. a thing was without precedent ;aninnothroughout on his own system. That terms of equality, and knew him inti- Robert Ferguson, Esq., M.P. vation quite uncalled for." The noble system is too well known to all who are mately, that wehave not hesitated tospeak secretary for the colonies was reminded, The Rev. Samuel Hinds, D.D. or rather informed, of what. he seemed engaged in colonizing operations, to re- in the strongest terms of the gentleness of Benjamin Hawes, Esq., M.P. pi'eviously to have known nothing, that his disposition, andtheurbanity,wemight Phiiip Howard, Esq., M.P. quire farther notice here. all the great colonies of America were Having matured his plan, Mr Wake- say elegance, of his manners. On parting "William Hutt,Esq., M.P. founded upon that plan, and that the infield communicated it to some private with his English friends at Gravesend, George Lyall,Esq. novation was the other way ;that, in fact, Thomas Mackenzie, Esq., M.P. friends, before the close of the year 1836. he could not control his emotion, but Early in the following spring, some addi- burst into tears, and went sobbing to the Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P. the Swan River was the only colony, excepting the Penitentiaries of New South. tional co-operators having been obtained, ship, wherehe remained alone inhis cabin Sir George Sinclair, Bart., M.P. Captain Sir William Symonds, R.N. Wales and Van Diemen's Land, which theNew ZealandAssociationwasfounded, for the rest of the day. hadbeenestablished without theintervenof which the first meeting was held on To return from this episode, about the Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P. tion of a commission or a chartered corW. Wolryche Whitmore, Esq. Monday, the 22ndof May, 1837, at No same period of which we have been When parliament assembled, Lord poration. Of course this vacillation, on 20 Adam street, Adelphi, where rooms speaking (the summer of 1837), apamphwherehired for the use of the association. let was drawn up and published, ex- Melbourne was reminded of what had the paitof the governmentgaveriseon the Mr Wakefield presided as chairman, and plaining the principles and objects of passed before ; and an interview was occasion to earnest remonstrances from resolutions were passed founding an asso- the association ; and application was requested for the purpose of obtaining the deputation. Itledalso toa corresponciation, consisting of twoclasses of mem- made to the prime minister for an the final sanction of government to dence betweenLord Melbourne andsome bers those''intending to emigrate, who interview. Lord Melbourne apparently the measure. LordMelbourneand Lord influential members of the association, undertook to pay all the expenses (al- inclined to favour the undertaking, and Glenelg jointly received the deputation, whichendedinanotherinterviewwithLord though they ultimately fell upon Mr immediately granted an audience to .the which, however, had scarcely been ad- Glenelg only, on that day week. Lord Wakefield and Dr Evans* alone), and of committee. At this meetingLordHowick mitted to the presence of the ministers, Durham again headed thedeputation,and " public men who, without any pecuniary was the only minister present besides the when they evinced symptoms*of official it appeared that a change had come o'er " interest or view to profit, and on -public premier, apparently as the organ of the hostility to the scheme. Apowerfuloppo- thespirit of" thenoble secretary's dream," alone, as they clearly and. dis- Colonial Office. Thatnoble lord, to whom sition to it had evidently grown up dur- for he now spoke as a friend and patron grounds tinctly stated in every pixblication, gave j the plan was referred by LordJMelbourne, ing the recess of parliament. Whatever of the scheme. He stated that, in conseup their timeandlabour to the prosecution and who has taken especialpains to con- Lord Melbourne might intend, it was quence of despatches which he had reof a very arduousnational undertaking. nect his name with the colonization ceived from New of plain that theColonialOffice bad resolved last interview, herSouth Wales since the Majesty's government, The committee consisted exclusively of j New Zealand, examined the draught of to crush the undertaking. thelatter class, to whom it was proposed thebillminutely,professed a warminterest In order to discover the origin of this had cometo theresolution of adopting the to confide the execution of the plan in in the project, and returned the papers change of feeling in the government, it principle of the plan, although they held " England, and was at first composed of the with a very full commentary, suggesting would be necessary to go back to an themselves unfettered as todetails." The earlier of whichwas,that the prime following gentlemen : various alterations. In conversation with ing period, when a deputation, consist- plain Englishbeen of the Hon. Captain Wellesley, R.N., minister had reminded of, and had The Hon. Francis Baring, M.P., various members of the association, he Captain Arthur Wakefield, R.N"., and honourably considered,the encouragement gave further reason to expect that the Chairman,> measure wouldhave the best assistance of Dr Evans, waited upon Mr Dandeson which he at first gave to the project; that The Right Hon. Lord Petre, the government. Several of them, there- Coates, the secretary of the ChurchMis- the hostility of the Colonial Office had Walter F. Campbell, Esq., M.P., by fore, abandoned professionalengagements, sionary Society, in the month of June, been overcomethe superior authority; Robert Ferguson,Esq., M.P., despatches from New sold property on the faith of the expecta- 1837, to present to that society the first andlastly, that Hawes, Esq., M.P., Benjamin pnmphlet of the association,and torequest South Wales most fortunately furnished tion virtually held out to them, and made Philip Howard, Esq., M.P., " preparations for emigrating. A new bill their advice and co-operation. The an- a pretext to Lord Glenelg for expressing William Hutt, Esq., M.P., was drawn, embodying every one of Lord swer given by Mr Coates to those gentle- his approval of a measure which, but a. Sir Win. Molesworth,Bart., M.P., tl Howick's suggestions, to some of which men was, that he had no doubt of the week before, hehad earnestly condemned. Sir Geo. Sinclair,Bart, M.P., Thereupon followed a letter, in which respectability of the gentlemencomposing the associationhad objections, but which Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., they waived in considerationof receiving the association, orof the purity of their in- his lordship expressed the assent of theW. Wolryche Whitmore, Esq. tentions, but that he was opposed tp the government upon certain conditions, the. It was during the month of July in this j his lordship's powerful influence and sup- colonization of New Zealand upon any spirit and intent of which areaccurately port. year that two New Zealanders, whose in plan, Baring's speech, on the names are familiar.to the public, theRanThe death of his Majesty, William the means and would thwart them by all the described Mr the bill,which wehave secondreading of in power." Shortly after Naiti, and le Hiakai, visited Fourth,at this juncture,stoppedall further interview his Rev Dr Hinds, vicarthis printed in another page. Te the of 'ranee. Mr Wakefield, hearing they proceedings. Parliament was dissolved, Yardley, a member of the committee of The principal condition insisted upon, wereat Havre, employed a person at his and the committee, with Lord Howick's the association, addressed an official letter as thereby appears, was, that the society expense to bring them to this metropolis, written communicationbefore them, came to the committeeofthe ChurchMissionary should resolve itself into a joint-stock if agreeable to them. The younger one, to the following resolution : Society, expressing the sincere desire of company, which was directly at variance Hiakai,resided for about eight months in Resolved "That this committee are the association to adopt any reasonable with one of its leading principles, over the family of Dr Evans, until he diedof satisfied with the progress that has been suggestions thatmight be madeby the so- and over again declared. This could consumption, which in this country so consent of her ciety in London, and to uphold the mis- not have been intended to produce any often proves fatal to the natives of the made in negociating for the Majesty's government for theintroduction sionaries in the colony. Of this letter, other effect than that whichensued. Ifc mild regions of the Pacific. During of abill for giving effect to the views of coming officially from a society of noble- could only end in the dissolution of the his lifetime, he showed a disposition of the association ;and that they will use menand gentlemen, and writtenby a dis- society, or inexposing it, with an appearthe most amiable kind; and a capacity of their best endeavours to procure an act tinguished clergyman, no manner of no- ance ofjustice,to thosechurch missionary the very first order. It was the opinion for thatpurpose during next session tice was taken. We have reason to be- attacks which hadbeenlevelled against of the gentleman withwhom he resided, parliament. That it the expedient of lieve that Mr Coates did not even think as "a joint-stock company," &c. .(- it to is that his abilities wouldhave enabled him strengthen the association by laying their fit to lay it before his, own employers ; Theassociation thendetermined to proto master any of the abstract sciences, and and that the great bulk of the members ceed without the aidof government. In to have distinguished himself. He was views before the public, and adding to of the Church Missionary Society have order to obtain the independent opinion of Kau, the chief of their numbers." the brother of Iwi kept parliament, and to procure an inquiry Banks's Peninsula^ He was buried in From this period to the assembling of been to in the dark with respect not into the subject, which the state of the overtures of the Assomerely busiBrompton churchyard; and it was to the the new parliament, several members of ciation, but to the proceedings and con- ness in the House of Commons rendered association never relaxed in their credit of his companion Naiti that, three the dition of the Mission in New Zealand. impossible at period, the "weeks after the funeral, he was found attendance or their labours, for a single That, however, is exclusively their own Devon moved that and.obtained,Earl of. for, a comalone,weeping overthe grave. Te Naiti, day. Information relating to New Zeaaffair. The public are only interested mittee in the House of Lords. Every resided during his two years stay in En- land was collected from all quarters. A in knowing that every possible attention influence was used to disincline the comgland, under the roof of Mr Wakefield, volume was compiled and published, and and respect was mittee "who. always, treatedhim as a friend. He put into circulation in all parts of the sionary Society,paid to the Church Mis- evadedto the scheme;and theyultimately a decision on the substance of the and that every overture is a young man of highfeeling and most kingdom. Mr Burford was induced to was rejected with incivility and disdain. question,by resolving to the effect, v that gentlemanly deportment. He is nearly paint a panorama of the Bay of Islands, We can state upon authority, that the related to the most powerful chieftain in from drawingsprocuredby the association association were anxious to place among the extension of our colonies was a question belonging exclusively to the crown." Earle, draughtsman N.ew Zealand, the RaugatizaTe Raupora, from Mr Augustus thecommissioners forfounding the colony Notwithstanding this unfavourable whose dominions happen toinclude those to her Majesty's ship Beagle, and the some leading Missionary event, the utility of the inquiry -was of territories oh both sides ofCook's Straits, author of an interesting work on New Society, and members thethe with them, Itbrought out a mass of authentic great. to revise bill inforwhich it will be most desirable for the Zealand. A series of lithographic prints company to purchase. Te Naiti, there- from drawings by the same artist, and clause by clause, adopting any sugges- mation relating. to the country, and, by might be reasonably made, exciting and satisfying curiosity, most tions fore, has accompaniedthefirst expedition, executed in a beautiful style, was begun with athat to view protect themissionaries and usefully seconded the Various publications as interpreter, for which office he is pre- at theinstance and under the auspices of theassociation. eminently qualified, Ity his knowledge of the association. Articles appeared also to benefit the aborigines. Instead of the ofNevertheless, under these adverse cirthe English language,his. ank among his in c Blackwood's Magazine,' andin other courtesies which the demeanourof the as- cumstances, r sociation seemed to invite, Mr Coates the bill wasbrought into the countrymen, the favourable impressions publicationsj highly favourable to the pro- repliedby pamphlets, in which the mem- Houseof Commons by Mr.Baring. The made upon his mindin England, and his ject. A large accession was made to perfect knowledge of the real principles the emigrating members of the society, bers of the association were charged with most conclusive reasoning, and the supdeception These port of powerful and independent memand ultimate designs of the company. In and a junction effected with the members love of lucre andwilfulWakefield and were answered by Mr of this way there can beno fraud, no sham of the old company of 1825, a most op- Hinds. To analyse thewhole of the Dr bers on both sides wasthe house, wereof thrown out upon con- no avail. Thebill convention of the natives to set up a go- portune event, and owing entirely to the troversy wouldbe impossible on this oc- j the second reading, by a large majority, ' vernment nominally native, really Euro- good offices of Lord Durham, who has . and with an air of scorn, bordering, in pean. He knows, and. is to explain to his never abandoned the public object of casion. The altered tone of Lord Melbourne some quarters, on malignity. The most countrymen,that if they cede their terri- colonizing New Zealand, though he has was, however, apparent at the interview surprising circumstance m the opposition tory for the purposesof the colony, they ever been ready to forego his private just mentioned,, whenhe and Lord Gle- to themeasurein theHouseof Commons, must submit to the laws of England, but interest in the work,for the sakeof agreenelg, but especially the latter, objected was the course taken,by Lord Howick, ment in the pursuit of a great national not merely to the details of the plan but who was relied upon as a sure friend, * > . The gentleman to whom Mr Wakefield first object. to every principle of the bill, and even bound in honour to support a measure communicatedhis plan, alter maturing itwith Mr The following committee was agreed to all further colonization by England. which hadbeenmodified tosuithis views, Baring and his brother, <7pt. Arthur Wakefield, upon after theunion of the societies : R.N. "This country had colonies enough, more and pursued with great toil.and trouble in

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THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW biyhment it would be=necessary to maindependence on the sincerity of Ms first come lieutenant-governor of the tain for this 'purpose. friendly professions. We attribute no' of the islands so ceded. 'Meanwhile, the &EJMLAND. Write ito Mr Stephen, and,in<reply to country is 'to be abandoned to the .scramble Return, motives : we only state plain facts. to an Order.of theHonourable the The bill being rejected, the absence whichDr Lang:has>so powerfully described ; House of Commons, dated '26th July' his further communication of the 4thinst. ' now before this board, request "he '-will from England of Lord Durham, and of in which the 'missionaries arid grogshop T839 j for signify to the Marquis of Normanfby <my Wakefield, the author of the project, keepers are to vie.iwith the "land sharksMr lords' -sanction for the advance by the rendered further efforts apparently :hope- from Sydney, in plundering -the natives ,of Copy of Treasury Mintoke less. It never occurred, however, to the their territory, .without any of those provi- anAdvance from the Revenues of New agent-general for New South Wales,from adversaries of the colony, that men who sions for their permanent advantage which South Wales, on account <f the Ex-, funds 'appertaining to the government<of had embarked insuch anenterprise, were" a just and.paternal government would en- penses iof ,the Officer -about -to proceed, that colony, -of the amount required to to New Zealand as &c. not likely to submit to a single defeat. force. We know that ye >speak the sentidefray the expenses-of theofficer proceedThey soon formed another plan for ments of the NewlZealandcompany, .andof F. Baking. ing to New Zealand,-as specified in fthe Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, Hobson, estimate furnished iby founding a settlement, without asking those who have purchased land under them, ,24th July, 1839. and submitted to my lordsinMr -Stephens the sanction of Lord Howick or -the when we :affirm that .nothing would be so letter, wsith the understanding that such colonial office. After various troubles satisfactory to'themastheplan laid down in and difficulties, during which many new Dr Lang!spamphlet, for a general assump- Ordered,iby :the House of Commons, to advance as.toibe repaid from therevenues partisans joined the old body of emi- tion by the crown of the propertyinalllands be printed, 29th July, 1839. of the territory it is proposed to annex to that government. But Mr Stephen will grants, an association termed the v New in New Zealand; provided only, that the South Zealand Colonization Company" was" forced-.;Australian system were rigidly en- Copy, of Treasury Minute, of the 19th at the .same time:state to the .Marquis -of that :the .present owners of lands July, 18,39. Normanby, that as the .proceedings about formed atMessrs Wright's'bankingliouse, alloweda.reasonable .timefor pre-emp- Reajd letter from Mr .Stephen, -dated to be adoptedin regard to New,Zealand, -on the'29th of August, 1838, and on'the werei " 2nd ofMay following, the New Zealand 1 tion; and that a set-off wereallowed'to them 4th instant, transmitting, :by direction of inithe event of failure of the ianticipated _ combining-all the pre- for what ,they Jbave -expendedin.the purchase the Marquis,of .Normanby, for the consi- cessioniof sovereignty and of the contemLand Company," ceding societies, was brought before the 1 and improvement of those lands. In fact, deration of ,this ;board, with reference to plated irewenue, maydnsvolve farther exIt was a funda- a communication from public, throughthe powerful exertions of' this is not,a,new proposal. .prepared by his lordship's de- penditure from,the funds of ithis country mental,princjple,of thebill the partment of the 13th (ultimo, on.the sub- beyond the salary of i;he consul (already Mr Walkefield, who now resumed thepart New association last year,; and to which had been sustained by others dur- this, Zealand Jater, the colonial officemust ject of the.establishment pf some British- included in the estimate for consular sersooner or ing his absence 'from England. The 'list' j come, ifthey.would.not abandonthe islands, authority in New -Zealand, a letter from vices for the current year.,.mylordslhaTO of directors ofthis companyis perhaps un-" to .the bold adventurers who may dispute, Captain Hobson of the royal navy, who, considered it necessary.that -the arrange- , exampled for weight with the public. In with is about to proceed to New Zealand as ment ahould be brought under the cogunremitting attention to the -business of soil. the missionaries .the' {possession of the her Majesty's consul,, ,and .as eventual nizance of Parliament;; and they /have the shareholders, the directors'have never Lord Howick is unremitting in -expres- lieutenant-governor of such territory as therefore directed that a copy of their been surpassed. Their anxiety to provide s sions of hostility to the colony. We know may be ceded .to her Majesty in the'New minute, givingtthe sanction now.notified for the safety and well-being of'those who that heis in the habit of advising gentlemen Zealandislands, with an .estimate of cer- to Lord. Normanby, shall be laid before are about to emigrate under their auspices in the House-of Commons to avoid all con- tain expenses it will benecessary to incur- the House of Commons. and direction, merits grateful acknow- nection with it; and thathe goesabout de- in respect of this mission, for this passage ledgment from this first organ of the scribing it as a bubble scheme, andPoyais toe those islands, construction of a resiThe following answer was returned by the colonists. project for cheating the public. His in- dnnce,presents to.native chiefs, and other Secretary of State for the Colonies to a meicidental charges. The property and influence of the fluence in the cabinet on colonial questions' morialfrom Glasgow, praying the erection old company of 1825, are thrown into is known tobe verygreat. He willprobably My lords have again before them the of New Zealandinto a British Colony. stock, with other pur- continue to exert it to the injury of this in- letter from Mr Stephen,,.of the 13th the common Downing street, 27th June, 1839. chases and acquisitions made by the fant society, to which 'he seems tobear an ultimo, adverting to-circumstances which Sic, I directed by the Marquis of am directors. Shares to the amount of animosity not less bitter than inexplicable. had appeared to the Marquis of Nor- Normanby to acquaint you thatithe Lords 100,000Z, to be paid up almost immedi- Whatever success, however, may attendhis manby and to Viscount Palmerston to CommissionersoftheTreasury havereferred ately, have been subscribed for.; and, ungenerous efforts, our consolation is, that force upon her Majesty's government the- to this department amemorial, addressed to what is still more remarkable, the sum all things andall men bide their time; and adoption of measures forestablishing some their Lordships by the .merchants, shipof IOOjOOOZ. was paid within five weeks, that, come what will,Englishmen carry with British authority in New Zealand for the owners, and other parties in Glasgow, prayof the Queen's subjects resi- ing that New Zealandmay be ere.cted into a for as many acres of land, in a township them, wherever they go, not merely the the site of which is not yet determined. right, butthe determination and the capacity, ents in, or resorting to, those islands; British Colony; and I to request that am Two vessels havebeen despatched to New to manage their own affairs. With these and, with that view, proposing that a you will informthe parties who.signed.the farewell, three thou- British consul .should forthwith he des- memorial that measures ,are in progress Zealand, one (the Tory) with the com- feelings, and with this and pany's principal agent, Col. Wakefield, sand emigrants take leave of his lordship patched to New Zealand; that, nxpon which will probably lead to.theresult which, cession being obtained from the native they expresstheir anxietyto see attained.. the other (the Cuba) with the surveyor- and the Colonial Office. chiefs of the sovereignty of such terriI sir, am, general, Lieut. Smith, and a surveying Your obedient servant, iorce of thirty persons. A large body We feel great satisfaction in publishing tories therein as may bepossessed by BritH. Labouchebe. of emigrants are preparing to sail in the following 'verses "by the distinguished1 ish subjects, those territories should be To the beginning of September, carrying authorof the Pleasures of Hope,' Thomas added to the colony.of New South Wales John Herney, Esq. with them all the elements of civi- Campbell, one of the original members cf as a dependency of that government; and Glasgow. lization, achurch, an infant school, for the New Zealand Association, who has likewise proposing that the .officer the children of natives as well as colo- always taken the deepest interest in the to proceed to New Zealand, as consul, should be appointed lieutenant-governor nists, a public library, a dispensary, a undertaking. SONO OF THE EMIGRANTS TO of this dependency; that the expenses FIRST COLONYOFNEW ZEALAND. and bank; together with a large amount of NEW ZEALAND. COMMITTEE, which must necessarily be incurred for capital invested in machinery, mills, helmsman, till you steer our way Steer, his passage,and for the purchase of arti- WITH P.OWER TO AJDD TO THEIR NUMBER. steam-engines, agricultural implements, By stars beyond the line George SamuelEvans,D.C.L., Chairman. cles which will be required for his immethe frame work of houses, and property We go to.founda realm one day diate use in the public service, or for Hon,Henry Petre. various kinds. The first colony will .Like England's self to shine. of Captain Daniell. presents to the native chiefs, should be Chorus : consist of more than 100 cabin passengers, defrayed by advances from the funds of Dudley Sinclair, Esq. and about 3000 of the labouring class ; Cheer up cheer up! our course we'llkeep With dauntless heart and hand, the government of New South Wales, to Francis Molesworth. all conveyed to the colony by means of And when we've ploughed the stormy deep be hereafter repaid from such revenueas EdwardBetts Hopper, Esq. the purchase money of land. Five large We'll plough a.smiling land. may be raised within the ceded territory GeorgeDuppa," Esq. vessels, of more than 500 tons each, are A land whose beauties importune by virtue ofordinances tobeissued for the William Swainson, Esq., F.R.S. sea, and will sail early in nearlyready for The,Briton to its bowers, purpose by the governor and council of Robert Henry Wood, Esq. September. Others will follow,in regular To sow hutplenty's seeds andprune New South Wales, from which revenue Under the above designation a'Society lias Luxuriantfruits and flowers. ; and the whole party will succession also all other expenses.relating to the go- been formed, in connexion with the New Chorus : rendezvous at Port Hardy, inTD'Urville Cheer up! cheer up! vernment of this dependency are to be ZealandLand Company, and consisting exisland, Cooks's straits, it is hopedbefore clusively ,of heads of families and others,, ' provided for. January. sunjny landwith varying sweets the endof A. healthy plains hills, ' My lords also refer to the opinion of intendingto settlepermanently in New Zea-U Of and Such an expedition is unprecedented in With giant woods to build our fleets, her Majesty's iaw officers, that any ter- land onlandspurchasedfrom.the Company. modern times; and.it was imagined that: And floods to drive ourmills. The object of this society is to promote ritory in New Zealand, of which the such a body ofher Majesty's subjects, jabput: Chorus : sovereignty may beacquiredby the Brit- co-operation in the numerous measures Cheer ,up !, cfeeer aip! to extend her dominions and the bounds of ish cxowjl, may lawfully be to of preparation requisite for esfoblishing a civilization, at their own cost, would have There tracts uncheered by human words. the colony.of New\South Wales,, and prosperous settlement; had the same sympathy from the, governSeclusions wildest.holds, The Society alreadynumbers a considerthat the legislative authority of New Shall hear the lowing of ourherds, ment which they have had from all ,other South, Wales, created by the Act of 9 able body of gentlemen, who have deterThe tinkling of our folds. classes of their countrymen. Thishope has with Chorus : Geo. IV, c. 83, may then be exercised mined to emigrate who their families and been disappointed. The colony, ,so far,as it ; property. Others, >may entertain-simiCheer up 1 cheer up! over British subjects inhabiting that terviews, are invited to join them. Qualihas hadanyintercourse withthe government,, ' ritory ; and mylordslikewise refer to the lar Likerubies set in gold shall blush has been treated with cold indifference, to fication Our vineyards, girt with corn, provision made in the estimate for con- purchaseof a member of the Society, .the of 100 acres of land; of amember say theleast. Thearrangements whichhave. And wine,and oil, and gladness gush sular services,,now. before the House of of the committee, 500 acres ; been made for its government, are wholly <. FjomAmakhcea's horn. Commons, for the salary of a consul at both cases, part of the firstincluding, in inefficient, not to say offensive. By a treaChorus : town. The New Zealand. , Cheer up ! cheerup ! sury minute which wehaveprintedelsewhere,. .of' the,(purchase money to be i My lords also read ,their jnihuteof the greater partthe.Oompany the emigration. > it appears that the colony is to be placed un,. on Britannia's pride is in our hearts, 21st ultimo, expressing their concurrence expendedby der the rule of the governor and council of the purchasers, their,femilies and ser* .Her bloodis in our veins, British arts, in opinion withher Majesty's secretary of of 'We!H girdle earth with New South Wales a penal .settlement,, yants. Members .admittedby jballot-only. , LikeAriel?s magic chains. State as to the necessity of establishing -The Colony willtdep'artin,a body during? twelve hundred miles from- New Zealand^ " some competent-control over British sub- August next,'.so as to reach their, destina- : Chorus: and where the new colony must necessarily jects in the.N.ew Zealand islands, .and tion about Midsummer (in the southern be regarded with the jealous feeling ofrival- Cheer up! cheer-up ! ourcourse we'll keep With dauntless'heart and hand, further .stating,that this board would be hemisphere), whenithe site>of the first,- town " ry. Applications have been made to the And whenwe've ploughed the stormy deep prepared, upon,the contemplated .cession, will, ave 'beendeterminedand preparecLfcr administration, but colonial office for local We'll plough a.smiling land. h T. Campbell. in sovereignty to the British crown of their reception by apreliminary expedition, without any effect. The only reply is a reLondon, 16th August 1839. ference to the treasury minute. From this territories within tho.se islands which.have nowion itsvway to ,N;ew Zealand. j been or may-be acquiredby,her Majesty's The Committee meets jdaily^atitheoffices we learn that' Captain Hobson, R.N., who sailed a few days ago, is to treat with the TheDruid,44,Capt.Lord J.Churchill, subjects, under grants from, the different of the New^ Zealand Land Company, No. 1 ; native chiefs foracession ofthe sovereignty, willshortlyproceed withCapt.Hobson,R.N., chiefs being obtained, to concur in the Adam ,street,.Adelphij, where.further .infora thing for which'their language did not' to New Zealand, to which he is appointed proposedarrangementsfor the government mationmay be 'obtained,fon application,^, afford a worduntil the missionaries coined consul and lieutenant-governor.- Colonial of the ceded territory, and for raising' a byletter, post paid)itothe Chairman ' one for the occasion and then heis to be- Gazette. revenue to defray the expense of the esta-! society. "' tt
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To single women a free passagewillbe I4 I _2_ Ib. granted, provided they go out under the relatives, protectionof their parents, ornear , i i i i, or under, actual engagements as servants to ladiesgoingout as cabinpassengers on board * i 1 the same vessel. The preference will be " given to those accustomed to farm.anddairy- .J work, to sempstresses, straw-platters, and i i 4 Ib. domestic servants. 8. The children of' parents sent out-by " 3 3 the company will.eceive a-free passage, if r they are under onej, or full fifteen years of age at the time of embarkation.* For all i other children three pounds each must, be paid, in full, before embarkation by the ' parents or friends,- or by the parish. It "2 oz. will beuseless to- apply for a relaxation of this rule. i 9. Persons notsstrictly entitled! o'becont veyed out by the emigrationfund, if-'not disqualified'on account of character,> will, in 3 3 3 3 3 3 the discretionof the directors, be allowed to By order, ofthe board,. accompany the-free' emigrants,, on paying to the companythe bare'contractprice of pasJohn Ward, Secretary. sage, for the timebeing. The charges for New-Zealand Band Company's Office, children are as follows : Under one;yearof 1Adam st., Adelphi, 29th June, 1839. age, no chai-ge; one yean and under, nine, EPISCOPAL CHURCH. one-third' of the' charge for; adults ; nine years of age and under fourteen, one-half Proposals for theuildiug'andEndowment, which religion inspires. the prosperity of the colony. the chargefor adults ;" butif the parentsbe 'by means of Voluntary Subscriptions, of Considerations,like this will actuate with ' of the labouring class, the children will a.Place ofWorship inNew Zealand, doubleforce those-parents'or relativeswhose There- will- never sbe any difficulty in be taken out <on the terms statedin Regula- inConnexion with the Established Church children* or connexions are about to be sepa- securing to the colonies a sufficient',numtion8. of England, and' under the Sanction of rated from them, far as the poles asunder." ber of theemployingclass. Thedifficulty been,and must be,- inobtaining The Society for the Propagation of the 10. Allemigrants, adults as, well as chiU Themere.speculator willperceive that-the always has1 a- sufficient the class -to be emdren, must havebeen vaccinated, or have Gospelin Foreign Parts." colony itself willbe incomplete, withoutsuch caug a state'" of society mutuahad the small-pox. The members of the church of England, an institution ; and that' no decent- or well- ployed^ to 11. Emigrants willbe for the most part connected with the first colony of emigrants conducted family wouldconsent to settle in lly beneficial: The? creation and- preservation' of this due proportion is the embarked at the port of London, but the about to settle in theislands of New Zealand, a country without,a church. directors will occasionally appoint other beg respectfully to submit the following proconfined, in a striking"tfeaturepeculiar to colonies having The subscriptions, will be ports of embarkation, as circumstancesmay posals to the heads, of their own church, as greatmeasure^ to the permanent endowment a system' of land1 selling,- furnishing a ' / require. well- as to, Christians of' every denomination, of' the church, by the purchase' of one' or fund/with which to grant'free passages to 12. The expense of reaching the port of who may be willing 'to support the only at- more sections of landin the principal town- a> sufficient extent, and those*which(have " embarkation must be borne by the cmi- tempt that is likely to 'be made,, for some ship of the colony,to the erectionof" the ne- it not,-or not in-a sufficient degree and .grants ;but on the day appointed'for. their time,to found.a Christian congregationinthe cessary buildingsy including' a.house* forthe hereafter it will be found to be the great embarkation they will be received,' even projected settlementat New Zealand. clergyman} and to tHe- providing' forhim*a. cause*"of their superior prosperity. Instead*of invading'this fund,,the'colothough the departure of the ship should be It is unnecessary to' contend" for' the im- suitableoutfit. nists,' if alive-- "toitMeir own'interest, will delayed, and'will be put to no further ex- portance of 'laying, as early as possible, the The annual stipend! will be secured by a1 hasteneddevise means By which if may pense. foundations.of those institutions which will guarantee on the part of certain,members of 1 13. Every adult emigrant is allowed" to give the. tone and, character, to future so- thescolony,againstwhich-they willindemnify beincreased Werethe-South-Australian take halfa^ton weight, or twenty cubic feet; cieties ;and; aboveall,-of providing for those themselves by the pew'rents of a'partof the people' to-regard their owninterest^ they of baggage. Extra baggage 'is liable to Imoral sanctions' which' true' religion alone church. would further augment the* emigration , charge, at the ordinary rate of,'freight"per can furnish forthe tsubjugation,of> conscience The sum of. 101?, if.contributed,immedi- fuhd: Tari'annual impost1 6d. per head by of , ton, to the authority of law. ately, will secure one acre of buildings land on sMeepi and' Is. per head' up.on cattle. 14* Tfee emigrants must provide the bedItis hoped*tb!atj hvthenineteenth* century in'' the first town; on which the churcti-and WJbdtever' is* done- to' supply'labour Jin a " 1 ding for themselves and children, and* the of* the Christian'erai the' sjJectaclemay'not parsonagejmay be built^,and 100 acres of sufficient qnatntity tb* the" colony; to be necessary, tool*, of r their own- trades; 'the bfe exhibited of a large body of.' emigrants, 'contiguous rural- land, which will.form > a done:successfully^must'be dbne Tiponsys'otherarticles soosfc useful for emigrants; to culled in' due proportion;from all.ranks* of glebe,and the companywillgive afreetcabin temi It miistfiiotfb^voluitty^-all niiist take^with them* ane strongplain,clothing,,or the mother country, moving-ion;asocial*or- passage: to' the- clergyman}" if' he1 proceeds "contribute ih a^KHe^gree,or tKea^tfempt thematerials for making' clothes 'upon- the ganizatiQ perfect, iff all other joints? save "witlrthe first colony.* must be futile,. 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that,Which'could' alone distinguish- ifcfrom a : It' is- believed^ that; five or six" hundred to.raise communityofunbelievers^or.pagans. 'poundsbeyond this* will-be sufficient The- large majority of the emigrants are such)buildings>as may answer for. the first 1 attached' to" the church of England;, and they; years-of an- infant; society. For the future, are desirous of quitting tneir native land !the settlers'will cheerfully trust in the' blesunder the sanction and benediction of their, sing, of the Almighty- to protect his own mother church. There are others also, em- churchy which-may,.withoutindulging many barked, in an enterprise> wMch< draw men pictures of imagination,,be the means of together and make many differences once spreading the light of the gospel'from.New exaggeratedappear insignificant,'whocheer- i, Zealand' over theislands of> the Pacific. To fully contribute to the formationof 'one large do this; would,be to compensate future geneand- united congregation, rather than split rations for the injuries inflicted on the past,themselves into small and feeble communi- by the pestilential influence exertedbyEngties. They feel-that there'are'occasiohs when land^ through her penal' colonies, over thefaith itself may give place to charity; and wholesouthern hemisphere. confess that some of their most. formidable As the founders of the proposed colony,, objections vanish, in a colony, where there acting on the principles' of William Perm, can.be no question of predominance, because have purchased their lands fromthe natives, and have resolved by a uniform system tothere is no establishment, and where every, ' church must depend upon the voluntary zeal secur"e, as far as possible, aperfect equality "and 'conjunction betweenthe settlers and'the of its own adherents. Although the colony, as such* can<take no aborigines,it is to be understood' in this, and cognizance of these matters;, yet, as it is in all otlier appeals made to'" the public by practically the case that the majority of its the membersor the colony, that"the'natives members are connected with the church of are to participate equally' with themselves in 'all England,they have consulted as to the best ' the benefits of the local'institutions'. Subscriptions for' the permanent endowmeans of securing their, religious- objects. After' mature deliberation,they are'satisfied ment of the church, or towards the annual b that, the most safe and orderly way of pro- stipendof the clergyman^ will be received* y .ceeding is- to place themselves and their members'ofthe'provisionalcommittee, at"the : -subscriptions at the disposalo thatvenerable' office of the' New Zealand Land Company. " .corporation, whichthe mostperfectly embodies the doctrine, the discipline, and the auPRELIMINARY SECTIONS. thorityof the church of England; and' which, Advertisements have appeared' offering" ;of all others, the most "naturally cares for sections for them," having been formed,for such special' .ducement tosale, and stating, as an. inpurchase, that buyers' are purposes,in times the most propitious toco-! "The Society for the Propaga- entitled to free cabin passages to New Zealand. Had- the advertisers read the tion, of the Gospel in Foreign Parts." X conse- termsunder which the sales were made That society,- which has.always cratedthe sources," and hallowed- thepro- by the company, they must' have known civilization,byplanting a church in that the privilege could' not' be asserted gress, of every colony founded by Englishmen, since after the 25th July. Nor" can a- party has asserted the claim transfer the ithe date ofi its formation, has- been-in-somc "who-passage on selling the land. This -degree'approached'upon the subject; andthe' free raised-, and< so- decided. committeeare not withouthopes thati ifthe* point has' been settlers come forward, boldly, and liberally, Were this privilege continually toattachfo,with a subscription for building and endow- thepax*chase of land, tlie company would ing-a church,-and guaranteeing a moderate "not be safe in granting' a" single free pas!stipend-to the pastor, the society would-be' sage to any one of; the labouring class j induced'to-respond, by mailingsome propor- "for' theymight at any/moment be called tionate grant, and would; in that case, incur' 'upon to expend upon the- person of the1 the trouble and responsibility, so satisfactory proprietor that fund which is'mainly, des(to the public, of becoming the trustees to the' tined' to enable the labourers,' mechanics, and their wives, to proceed to New Zea'endowment. In' making'this' application, the committee land. The important" principle upon will only followthe precedent of South Aus- whichthe colbnization of South Australia tralia; where'a subscription, to the amount and New Zealand is based must never of 800?., was raised for the building of a- be lost sight of for a- moment. ThYpurchurch, under the-patronage and superintend pose of selling theland at 11. per acre is 1 "denceofthe society,anda clergyman selected' ,to obtain a fundwith which .to convey the by them sent out, to theuniversalsatisfaction' industrious classesthere in sufficient numof thecolony. bers. They cannot get there unless their The sanctionthis wouldgive to the1 reli- passages are provided for them,, and the gious observances of the congregation, and land is valueless without the combined the dignity it would reflect upon the colony services oflabour and capital. Theprice itself,neednotbe insistedon;anddtis hoped, of 11. is supposed- to yield a fund'that will therefore, that the settlers,- as well' as all1 convey four persons for every hundred those from various motives interested'in the acres sold. The fund, though sufficient undertaking, will at once exert themselves; for that purpose, is- not sufficient to perto secure the fulfilment of these expecta- form it and.to carry out capitalists or emtions. ployers.; and if they claim free passages The emigrant whobelieves the doctrines, to that extent they diminishthe supply of and loves the forms, of the time-honoured labour. If they dissipate the fund beinstitution with which lie connects, not yond a certain extent, then labour maymerely the.tender charities of life,, but the attainrto a price which will make the comost august recollectionsof his< country, will lony, a. place of unprofitable investment not consent to desolate' and'paganize his fu- to the capitalist. 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sold to an English company in 1825, which the nities wouldnot>be established.' In the formation natives had always held sacred, and against the of a great European society,^ we should have all the sale of which to Mr Fairburn some of them pro advantages of high wages, increasing value of protested, in consequence of the previous transfer. It perty, and, above all, protection to those who joined appeared that the Chmch Missionary Society was it. Commercewould centre at the point where\supby no means so successful in the workof conversion ply and consumption are most certain;and there as the Wesleyans. The whole number of commu- would be no inducement to any, ne to resign the o nicants belonging to the former was only 180, to the certain advantages of acivilized and growing comlatter 1,000 ;although thechurch missionaries were munity, to seek a dangerous^ and precariouslivelifive times as numerous as the Wesleyans, and their hood where there could be no .security of obtaining expenses much* greater in proportion to their num- the commonest necessaries of life. Sir, I appeal to bers. Mr Baring continued the house against the decision of her Majesty's " Is it to be supposed that the worldly circum- ministers, with a full hope that we shall not appeal stances have no influence over the stale of things in vain in favour of a project fraught with advan* spiritual? Do we not know that the churches are tages so important and so certain to the empire at more deserted, that the schools are less earnestly large." supported? I might make statements upon this subject with less hazard than Mr Coates incurred when NEW ZEALAND INFANT SCHOOL. he collected imputations against the motives of -the association with which lam connected ; and I say LADIES PATRONESSES. so with less hesitation, for I should not want facts or. testimony to support them. But, Sir, is there I The Countess op Durham, Lady Prtre. colonies, at their individual expense, expedientas far as the interest of their own country nothing to alter Mr Coates's views, ia theevidence Lady Molesworth. as to the state the is contained in trusting to the gratitude and sense of jus- is concerned that their intention should be persisted the dispatchesof country, which Mr Busby, the Hon. Mrs Baring. in, but that they owed it to the natives as a correc- British resident,lately received from tice of those whose condition they had tion of the evils which their communication with us and Captain Hobson, who was sent A Lady, the wife of one of the earliest by the Governor of New South Wales on aspecial thereby so much improved. They would had already entailed upon them. They found of to be, as others have been, disappointed. these islands, which, according to the principlesthat connection with some ofthe spot? His well-known members Newthe first colony intendingthe fol- mission to report on thepersons Zealand, has resolved on employed in the settle in Those, who had not incurred the expense lowed by other countries, had been acquired by the Colonial Office, leads me to suppose it to bedifficult establishment of an Infant School for the British Crown by those forms of taking possession of conveying the labburers to the colony which haveever been allowed to constitute a claim that he should not have been cognizant of some of benefitof the children ofthe Aborigines,and those dispatches even before he made his first state- of the poorerclass of settlers. are the persons who could afford to pay against other civilized nations, were situated in a but Iwill allow thesake of the highest wages. They would make temperate latitude, with a soil of remarkable ferti- ment; for sincerity, thehim, forof ignorancehischaWith this intention, she haspurchased one racter benefit on offers which would be accepted, and the lity, a climate perfectly suited to the constitutions occasion. But what is the state of society which this of the preliminary sections of land, which has productions not only ef result would be that disgust which would of English emigrants, and but of especialimport- grown up under the mild governmentof the mission] she gives as a perpetual endowment for this great value commercially, not ariseif by a system all were obliged ance as rendering us independent of other countries Are not wars, murders, and every possible excess purpose, and has taken upon herself the reto contribute to the labour fund, in for some of the most important of their produc- rife in all parts of the island? have they succeeded sponsibility of guaranteeing the salary for system of slavery which the degree in which a demand was made tions. They found that their position rendered in putting an end to the they ventured to .attempt the first year of a master and mistress, with everywhere exists; have them to our growing settle- it ; are upon the labour market that mode, or mentsof so much importance possession them they in a position to counteract the gan- their daughter, as an assistant, for whomshe in Australia, that of by the mode which is the nearest to it,is any foreign power would the endanger the stability of grenous influences of the society of runaway sailors has likewise provided free passages, and acproceeds our empire in that part of the .world;and above all, and escaped convicts, which is daily augmenting in commodation on arriving in New Zealand. selling the land anddividing its a in the manner pursued by South Aus- their researches led them to the conviction that to frightful proportion ;can they oppose any barrier The teacher engaged is Mr Buchanan, the vicious example against which their traliaand thenew colony ofNew Zealand. there had arisen, from the settlement on the islands cepts must struggle in vain, or set any bounds topre- who, during thelast twenty years,has suthe a lawless and degraded population,an obstacle to of profligacy and excesses which are introducing dis- perintended the firstinstitution of this kind moral improvement in the natives, which The Preliminary Expedition. The any year assuming a more serious aspect, was ease and premature mortality into all the districts establishedin England. every and with which Tory, a fine ship of 400 tons, left theriver which a very short delay might make it impossible sir, that they are in contact? Are we not aware, It is intended to place the contributions in early in May, and finally sailed from Ply- to remove. They trusted to this latter circumstance barbarous all the great religious reformers among the hands of threetrustees, learingthe. manations have established their creeds by mouth on the 12th, with Col. Wakefield, for the obtaining the sanctionof the missionarybody ; connecting its precepts with the material prosperity nagement, in the first instance, to the lady board, and they confided in the anxiety for the material of those whom they wished to influence; and, in who is the originator of the plan, who subprincipal officer of the company, on welfare of the country which is bound to New Zealand, to take possession of to entertain, for the ensuring government supposed some cases, by making nrticles of faith many of scribes the larger portion of the funds, and their support to a plan large tracts of land already purchased, and in the success of which they conceived thatthe sta- those regulations rendered necessary by the habits, i who, proceeding to the colony with her even the climate of to treat with the natives for an extensionof bility of our dominions in those seas was involved. prejudices, and adapted, andwhich the country to husband, is willing to give up as much of which they are with our purer the company's territory. A letterhas been They accordingly brought in abill." religion and more rational morality we should leave her time as may be necessary for the perreceived from the Tory, dated June 3rd, Here Mr Baringbriefly stated the principal pro- to be provided lor by human institutions ? Can they sonal superintendence of the school. . visions of the bill, with which the readers of inlat. 5 deg. 30 m.north, and long.23 deg. Spectator are already acquainted. The names the suppose that these poor savages will not connect the The trustees will make themselves reof evil doings of these supposed adherents of the 17 m. west, statingall to be wellonboard. the commissioners printed in the bill were those of religion with the tenets of their religion, and new sponsible for the due administration of the that As there can be little doubt the Tory has the committee of the New Zealand Association;but in many cases the example will not be more power- funds, and detailedreports willbe forwarded Mr Baring would not these names, arrived in Cook's Straits by this date, des- leave the nomination to insist on and the Housebut ful than the precept ? lam not blind to the sacri- periodicallyto the subscribers in England. ministers patches from thencemay#be expectedby the a future stage of the proceedings. He proceededin fices and exertions of the missionary body ;no one An immediateoutlay is required for buildto is more ready to acknowledge them. Whatever 15th of Decembernext. unmask the character of, the opposition to the bill good is achieved in these islands, they will have ing a school-room, as well as residence for The Surveying Vessel. The Cuba, To this bill there arose an opposition from a been the primary cause of ;and the best proof I master and mistress, with other incidental Capt.Newcombe, abark of 270 tons,left the quarter whence we least expectedit. Itcommenced can give of good feeling towards them, is my readi- expenses at the commencement. by a series of pamphlets circulated in the dark by ness to separate them from the person whohas conriver at the end of July, and passed Deal on the secretary of the Christian Missionary Society, ia It is believedthat, if the necessary buildstituted himself the 2nd August. Capt. Smith,It.A.,survey- which our motives were impugned, and the exist- purer motives their organ here, to attribute to them ings can be erected, the institution may and a more disinterested zeal. But or-general to the New Zealand Land Com- ence questionedof all those feelings by which ho- the time has come whentheir exertions can nolonger shortly relyupon the exertions of the colopany, with such acorps as thisintelligent and nourable men should be influenced. It was an- singly avail ;and we had hoped that in the plan nists themselves ; and it is calculated that energetic officer deemedsufficient to proceed nounced that we were recurring to the old pretence we had produced they would have found the best the sum of two hundred pounds will be sufand advancement of co-operation with their labours, and rapidly with the surveys, were thepassen- of civilization the face of our plan religion, while rective of the evils against which, the surest cor- ficient to lay the foundation of a system there was upon sufficient indigers. After landing these gentlemen the cation of a design to repeat at the expense of the cannot struggle, in the example of unaided, they which may hereafter extend itself over a a moral and Cuba willbe occupied in making purchases natives that oppression, and those excesses of arbi- well-orderedcommunity." largeportion of the infant population of Newpower, which at all times, and in all other coast-surveying. trary of land and The next branch of Air Baring's speech was a de- Zealand. countries, had markedthe progress of the European tail of the negotiation with the government, and Public Accommodation. One of the Donations and annual subscriptions rethenameof civilization: emigrants proceeding to the colony with the invader, and even degradednative tribes, which was interviews with Lords Melbourne, Hovvick, and ceived by Dr Evans, chairman of the first that the sovereignty of the Glenelg, during the last twelvemonth. From this first expedition, goes under an engagement inherentin them, and, ifit wanted confirmation, had it appeared, that at first Lords Melbourne and colony, at the Office of the New Zealand to open a house for the accommodation of been assured by a formal recognition by the British Howick had given decided encouragement to the Land Company, No. 1 Adam Street, resident, was to be called in question :that we project ;then thwarted it;and so on, backwards the colonists of New Zealand. Adelphi. Aborigines. This were an association of jobbers, whose only object and forwards, till at lastLord Glenelg,-finding the Justice to the Trustees and other officers, including a was trading in land, which all their accounts re association ready to act upon everyreasonable sug"phrase has excited the pleasantry of very presented as impossible to be obtained ;and that gestion of the government, hit upon a condition committee of correspondents in England, many individuals. The conduct of the peo- we should be the means of impeding the great work which heknewcould not be complied with namely, will be appointed at a General Meeting of ple of South Australia towards the abori- ofreligion, and civilization, which,under the super- ,that they should become a joint-stock company. Air subscribers before the departure ofthe first was rapidly and gines has associated truth with these words. intendence of the missionarybody, not but suppose |Baring showed that the principle on which it was colony. unfailingly going on. We could could TheLandCompany of NewZealandhas com- that when our motives were explained, and the proposed to colonize New Zealandtradingnot be put Should these proposals meet with any by a company, by reserving a quan- object of our bill fully made known, this opposition into successful operation the purchase and sale of considerable support,-the plan will be exmencedits operations whose first object must be tity equal to one-tenth of the town and founded, as we then supposedit to be, solely upon land with a view to profit. Jt was curious that tended so as to include au Infant Orphan "country lauds recently disposed of. At the motives of sympathy for the natives, and alarm on while Messrs Coates and Beecham, in their pam- Asylum. the of those who had constituted themselves phlets, vilified the association as a joint-stock comBANKERS. lottery for priority of choice, the native theirpart natural guardians, would' give way before a pany, the government opposed the bill because it SJkssrs HANKEY, Fenchurch street. reservesproved greatly to exceed the aver- calm examination of the provisions of the bill. We did not constitute a joint-stock company. What age of fortune. Ifthese lands be well ma- were conscious of having given every protectionin would thegovernment do of itself] For shipment of Merchandize, Baggage, and naged thereis littledoubt they willbe worth our power to the tribes of having fenced and " Having made this statement of what passed Store.;,the apply to Ji. guarded their interest with a minuteness of jealous between her Majesty's government and the associa- Stayner,emigrants arc requested toagent, by ap100,000/. in ten years, and at the Austra70 Lower Thames street, am cent, per annum, will care which in some measure complicated our bill, tion, I led to inquire what remedy or what pal- pointment, to the New Zealand Land Company, lian rate of 10 per and encumbered it withprovisionswhich constituted liative will this government of expedients yield a revenue of 10,000/. pledged to be almost the only difficulty of execution. But when duced to adopt? I hardly think that thebe in- where all relativeinformation may be obtained. can native First Scotch Colony for New appliedto the use andbenefit of the natives we found every overture rejected, we did begin to congress, recommended by Mr Busby, with the suspect the existence of some motives beyond those adoption of collateral measures, such as the esta- Zealand. A numerous party of emigrants, of New Zealand. This will be the result of Coates had thought expedient to avow. the sale of a single township. ,The prospect which Mrsuspicions have beenmore than confirmed. blishments of courts, &c. none of which can be under this title, are now making the necesSir, those without large fund for the civilization of the Upon a close and searching inquiry, we became admitted disclaim assuming the sovereignty they sary arrangements for embarking in The of a affect to can be in their contemplation. natives is truly promising, and willconvince convinced thatit was less from a desire to expose They must know thatno number of Europeans,are Bengal Merchant, to sail from Greenock the most sceptical that. no idle mockery or our motives than to concealtheir own ; hotso much likely to submit to a legislative assembly at Wai- inSeptember. The Committeefor the west New Zealander dishonest purpose is cloaked in the use of a desire to protect theas to maintain from excess mate ;and that by the time the missionaries have of Scotland, and their agents, are now emof power on our part, theinfluence made the first step in their constitutional education, settlers, this phrase. which, from motives which appear rather less than half the population will have disappeared, and the' ployedinselecting eligiblepersons as the minutes of a meeting of spiritual, they had been engaged in founding, that white-invader will have increased twenty-fold. If. and, judging from the number of applicaExtract/rom the Coinniittee ofthe Aborigines Protection they hadraised an opposition which in its tone and j they mean to plant factories at the bottom of every tions, the Directors will be called on to send would ask them to a second vesselfrom the Clyde. A clergySqciety,heldonthe10thof August, 1839: language is little in accordance with thosedoctrines ' bay where Europeans resort, I they estimate the probable consequence ofsmall Resolved ThatthisCommitteereceives of justice and charity which comeso loudly profess. nities without commerce, withoutcombinedcommu- man of the Scotch Church, whoaccompanies Sir, some curious facts have out in the course labour, with pleasure intelligence respecting the of this inquiry. The difficulty of obtaining land has arts, institutions, andreligion, being grouped round the colony, will officiate as chaplain onboard* the Clyde shall be made adoptedby measures New ZealandLand been solvedby the missionaries themselves." twenty isolated points in the two islands. Let them It is intended that Here Mr Baring showedthat land to a largeextent look to Swan River, and the expense Ibelieve the principal shipping port of Scotland for with reference to portions of land , set aside by them for Aborigines in the had been purchased by members of the Church Mis- nearly 30,000/. which' that settlement of fifteen New Zealand, and that the strictest regu; andthat one persons entails upon neighbourhood of their intended settlement; sionary Society, on'their own account the produce of hundredof collisions with the the country; to the lations shall be put in force in order to enof them, Mr Henry Williams, sold chances natives, the Committee, however, conceives, that in his estates to the mission,of which he was the chair? and ill-ordered communities only servewhich weak sure the comfort, safety, and convenience of to invite; order to give complete effect to theintention man. AMr Fairburn had bought a tract of land to the irregular purchase and disposal oflands ; the passengers. and of the Company, itis desirable that the por- thirty miles in length. Messrs Hemp and Davis to the thousand evils consequent upon their disseOffice, Ckvri.es so;.reserved should be iinmer had each four or five thousand acres, which they mination. Itmay be objected to us,'that the same London: Printed l>ytrset,.in Rktnill. at bis James, tions of land ' I Little Pulteney G the. I'aruhof St farmed themselves; had Mr Clark andMrBaker, difficulties will attendbur enterprise, andthatsmall so Westminster, andPublished by Samuel Bevans, at diately vested in Truttees the tote and several other members of the missionary body. communities-would spring up which we could not No,1 Adam street, Adelplii,in the County of MiddleSome of Mr Fairburn's land was part of the tract control. Our answer is simple. Such commu- sex. Wednesday,August !U, 1838. of the natives"
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fond of the kind through the first sale COLONIZATION OF NEW ZEALAND. June price of land has this as its basis. Some "MrFrancis Baring,' on " 19,1838, moved.the may state, were the fund required not second reading of the bill for the Provisional Government of British contributed in the nominal price of land, New Zealand." ,He Settlements in the Islands of commenced his speech by a it might be expenfted in an independent statement of the oiigin of the project, andthe bitter by each proprietor. But if4eft and interested animosity by which it had been asmanner to the sense of justice of the individual, sailed " Itis now nearly two years since a number of would this contribution to thelabour fund increasing interest bemade? Would not each hope to de- gentlemen, encouraged by thematter, which the public took in the and by the rive labour at the cost of his neighbour? knowledgeof circumstances which had come under Has that notpccurredin a thousand cases their observation, formed themselvesinto an association already in the colonies? If there were in for the purpose of establishing a British colony New no system by which all were obliged to oforal Zealand. They had assembled a largemass and documentary evidence the subject. contribute to the conveyance of labour, They had sought the evidence ofupon those whose all in the degree in which they became pur- opinion was worth consulting, either from local chasers of land, some would be foolish knowledge or from connexionin any way with the distant countries into which they enough to convey servants, as many have introduce our religion, our customs,were anxious to and our laws ; done, to America and the old Australian and theresult they arrivedat was,thatit wasnot only

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