FURTHER PAPERS RELATIVE TO

No. 9. HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR TO INHABITANTS OF THE HUTT. Government House, Auckland, 17ih October, 1860. Gentlemen, — It is very gratifying to me to know that the course pursued towards Wi King and the Insurgents at Taranaki meets with your approval; and I thank you sincerely for your address of the 21st eptember. I thank you also for the offer of your cooperation, and I assure you that every assistance which it is in my power to give has been, and always shall be, given to the General to enable him to conduct the war to a successful termiuation. I have, &c, Messrs. A. Ludlam, Carlyon, and others. (Signed) T. Gore Browne. No. 10. MR. HART TO MR. STAFFORD. Wellington, October 22nd, 1860. Sir,— At the request of the Memorialists, I have the honor to forward by the "White Swan" theaccompanying Memorial to His Excellency the Governor. I have, &c, The Hcnble. Colonial Secretary, (Signed) George Hart. Auckland. Enclosure in No. 10. MEMORIAL TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR FROM INHABITANTS OF WELLINGTON. To His Excellency Colonel Thomas Core Browne, C.8., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Islands of New Zealand, Sfc, fyc, Sfc. We, the undersigned Inhabitants of the City of Wellington, have seen with the deepest regret and indignation the opposition which has been raised in the House of Representatives—chiefly by the Wellington Members —against the policy of Your Excellency in resisting by force of arms the Rebellion at Taranaki. We feel convinced that Your Excellency could not have avoided the War without serious detriment to the Queen's Supremacy in this Island, and the true interests of both Settlers and Natives. Until the rebels have been subjugated and the murderers of our fellow settlers have been punished, any peace wiih those who have taken up arms against the Government would be uncertain, insincere, and subversive of Her Majesty's dominion in this Island. With such a peace, the authority of the law could not be maintained beyond the immediate precincts of the towns, nor could the mutual feelings of good-will and security, which formerly prevailed between the two Races, be restored. We beg to offer to Your Excellency our cordial approbation of the determination expressed by Your Excellency to carry on the war with vigour, until ample retribution has been exacted for th* murdjr of our fellow-settlers, and until the embers of rebellion have been utterly extinguished. (Signed)- George Hart, J P., Edward Augustus Carlyon, Barrister at Law, C. B. BonLASK, Solicitor, Wμ. Bowler, Merchant, And 433 other signatures. No. 11. GOVERNOR GORE BROWNE TO MESSRS. HART, CARLYON, AND OTHERS. Government iTouse, Auckland, 29th October, 1860. Gentlemen, — I beg to offer you my sincere thanks for the address I hava received from you by the last mail, I can assure y>u that from the moment of my arrival in the Colmy to the present time I have earnestly en L'uvoured to promate the welfare of both races of Her Majesty's subjects, by every means in my power. It i 3 m lit gratifying to me to know that so large a portion of the Inhabitants of the oldest settlemant in New Zealand approve the course which it has bsen my painful duty to pursue at Taranaki, and agree in, thinking that the war could not have been avoidul without serious detriments the Queen's Supremacy and the best interests of both races. You will readily perceive that I could not venture to express any distinct opinion in reference to the future, but I can have no hesitation in assuring you that, however much I may desira the speedy re-establishmsnt of peace, I do not wish to see it effected on any terms but such as would afford a reasonable expectation of permanence. I have, &c, Meesrs, Hart, Carlyon, (Signed) T. Gokb Brownk. Wellington.

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