“ We may indeed venture to say, on behalf of those laborious men who made the first successful inroad upon barbarism, that it is unjust in their friends to turn round upon them for too faithfully adhering to the principle of their institution, by continuing to be a colony after the subscribers at home had changed their minds and resolved to patronize nothing but missions. ”

“ In pursuance of these instructions, Captain Cook having circumnavigated and surveyed both islands, which had formerly been deemed part of the great Terra Australis Incognita, and passed through the Straits which bear his name, landed on various points in both islands, and with the usual solemnities took possession of them on behalf of the King of Great Britain; and thus, according to the received law of nations, established a claim to the sovereignty as against all foreign power,— a claim which the crown itself cannot lightly abandon. ”

“ Adventurers go from New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land and make a treaty with a native chief— a treaty in duplicate, the poor chief not understanding a single word about it; but they make a contract upon parchment with a great seal, and for a few trinkets and a little gunpowder they obtain land. ”

“ My lords also refer to the opinion of her Majesty's law officers, that any territory in New Zealand, of which the sovereignty may be acquired by the British crown, may lawfully be annexed to the colony of New South Wales, and that the legislative authority of New South Wales, created by the Act of 9 Geo. IV, c. 83, may then be exercised over British subjects inhabiting that territory; and my lords likewise refer to the provision made in the estimate for consular services, now before the House of Commons, for the salary of a consul at New Zealand. ”

“ Under the above designation a Society has been formed, in connexion with the New Zealand Land Company, and consisting exclusively of heads of families and others, intending to settle permanently in New Zealand on lands purchased from the Company.
The object of this society is to promote co-operation in the numerous measures of preparation requisite for establishing a prosperous settlement.
The Society already numbers a considerable body of gentlemen, who have determined to emigrate with their families and property. Others, who may entertain similar views, are invited to join them. ”

“ The public are only interested in knowing that every possible attention and respect was paid to the Church Missionary Society, and that every overture was rejected with incivility and disdain. We can state upon authority, that the association were anxious to place among the commissioners for founding the colony some leading members of the Missionary Society, and to revise the bill with them, clause by clause, adopting any suggestions that might be reasonably made, with a view to protect the missionaries and to benefit the aborigines. ”

“ Te Naiti, resided during his two years stay in England, under the roof of Mr Wakefield, who always treated him as a friend. He is a young man of high feeling and most gentlemanly deportment. He is nearly related to the most powerful chieftain in New Zealand, the Rangatira Te Raupora, whose dominions happen to include those territories on both sides of Cook's Straits, which it will be most desirable for the company to purchase. ”

“ We know that we speak the sentiments of the New Zealand company, and of those who have purchased land under them, when we affirm that nothing would be so satisfactory to them as the plan laid down in Dr Lang's pamphlet, for a general assumption by the crown of the property in all lands in New Zealand ”

“ A large accession was made to the emigrating members of the society, and a junction effected with the members of the old company of 1825,— a most opportune event, and owing entirely to the good offices of Lord Durham, who has never abandoned the public object of colonizing New Zealand, though he has ever been ready to forego his private interest in the work, for the sake of agreement in the pursuit of a great national object. ”

“ Jackson and others to take possession of the country by a military force from India. The first regular proceedings were taken in the year 1814, with a view to the protection of the missionaries and other British settlers, and under the same authority which enabled the Sydney government to take possession of Norfolk Island, in the same longitude,— namely, the priority of discovery, the consent of the natives, and the commission of the governor of Sydney under an act of parliament, extending his jurisdiction over New Zealand and other islands of the Pacific. ”

“ Two vessels have been despatched to New Zealand, one (the Tory) with the company's principal agent, Col. Wakefield, the other (the Cuba) with the surveyor-general, Lieut. Smith, and a surveying force of thirty persons. A large body of emigrants are preparing to sail in the beginning of September, carrying with them all the elements of civilization,—a church, an infant school, for the children of natives as well as colonists, a public library, a dispensary, a bank ”

“ Resolved— "That this committee are satisfied with the progress that has been made in negociating for the consent of her Majesty's government for the introduction of a bill for giving effect to the views of the association; and that they will use their best endeavours to procure an act for that purpose during the next session of parliament. That it is expedient to strengthen the association by laying their views before the public, and adding to their numbers." ”

“ We attribute no motives: we only state plain facts. The bill being rejected, the absence from England of Lord Durham, and of Mr Wakefield, the author of the project, rendered further efforts apparently hopeless. It never occurred, however, to the adversaries of the colony, that men who had embarked in such an enterprise, were not likely to submit to a single defeat. ”

“ The Second Number will be published in New Zealand as soon after the arrival of the Colony as it may be found possible to print it, which, it is hoped, will be within a fortnight of the disembarkation of 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 subsequent numbers to England. ”

“ He will probably continue to exert it to the injury of this infant society, to which he seems to bear an animosity not less bitter than inexplicable. Whatever success, however, may attend his ungenerous efforts, our consolation is, that all things and all men bide their time ”