AGAINST MR. C. W. RICHMOND.

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Moved as an Amendment by the Hon. the Speaker, That the Question be not put, being entirely irrelevant to the subject before the Committee, and in opposition to the rules of the Standing Orders of the House. And on the Original Motion being put, the Committee divided, when there were, Ayes, 2. Noes, 4. Mr. Fitzherbert, The Hon. the Speaker, " Chairman of Committees. Mr. Russell, " Cracroft Wilson, C.8., " Weld. And so it passed in the negative. On the Amendment being put the Committee divided when there were, Ayes, 4. Noes, 2. The Hon. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chairman of Committees, Mr. Weld, " Fitzherbert. " ' Cracroft Wilson, C.8., " Russell. Mr. Creyke declined to vote. Question proposed by Mr. Chairman of Committees, That the Bishop of New Zealand be desired to attend before this Committee, with a view to his being examined in regard to that portion of Mr. Richmond's defence, which is based on the alleged improper disclosure by his Lordship of the contents of a letter. Mr. Fitzherbert moved the adjournment of the Debate until the next meeting of the Committee, in order to ensure a fuller attendance, The Committee divided on the question of adjournment, and there were, Ayes, 3. Noes, 4. Mr. Chairman of Committees, Mr. Cracroft Wilson, C.8., " Fitzherbert, " Creyke, " Weld, The Hon. the Speaker, Mr. Russell. And so it passed in the negative. Motion made and Question put, That Mr. Chairman of Committees have leave to withdraw his Motion, on which the Committee divided, when there were, Ayes, 4. Noes, 3. Mr. Weld, Mr. Creyke, " Fitzherbert, " Russell, The Hon. the Speaker, " Cracroft Wilson, C.B. s Mr. Chairman of Committees. And so it passed in the affirmative. Mr. Parris produced a List of Members of the Provincial Council of Taranaki in 1858: Town District. —Edward Larwill Humphries, Isaac Newton Watt, James Cragg Sharland, Francis Ullathorne Gledhill. Grey and Bell.— Wm. King Hulke, Harry Albert Atkinson, Robert Maxwell Sunley, William Bayly, Thomas King, George Yates Lethbridge, Peter Elliott. Omata.— -Richard Brown, William Cutfield King, Alfred William East, Henry Henson Wood. 182. Dr. Featherston.] Will you look over Wm. King's letter to the Governor, dated Waitara, February 11th, 1859, (1860, E—No. 3a., p. s):— ' "Waitara, February 11th, 1859. "Friend, Goveenob,— „,,,,. , " Salutations to you! I have a word to say to you and to Mr. McLean. Do you hearken to our Runanga respecting the land. .Do you hearken. The boundary commences at Waitaha, thence along the boundary of Tarurutangi to Mangaraka, thence on till it reaches Waiongana,—it there ends; again it proceeds along the course of the Waiongana stream till it reaches the boundary of Paritutu where that ends; again it commences at the mouth of the Waitaha, thence along the coast line 'in a Northerly direction to Waiongana, Waitara, Turangi, Waiau, Onaero, Urenui, Kaweka Kupuriki, Waiti, Paraeroa, Karakaura, Te Kawau, Poutama, and Mowhakatino. The boundary of the land which is for ourselves is at Mokau. These lands will not be given by us into the Governor's and your hands, lest we resenible the sea birds which perch upon a rock— when the tide flows, the rock is covered by the sea, and the birds take flight, for they have no resting-place. I, therefore, bethought me of what was said in former times about holding land. My word is not a new word, it is an old one. Governor Hobson, Governor Fitzroy, and Governor Grey have all heard it; and, now that you have come, O Governor Browne, I send the same word to you that I sent to the Governors to hold back my land. You, O Mr. McLean, are aware of that word of mine; when you first came here and saw me, you heard the same word from me—'l will not give the land to you.' " , 183. To what land does Wm. King refer?— The land included from Waitaha, South, to Mokau, North,—it includes Teira's block.

Mr. Parris. 19 August, 1861