W4 ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. X. 
CHAPTER X. 
Town of " Britannia" — English boy killed by native — Harmony 
undisturbed — Fire of " Cornish Row " — Earthquake — Notice to 
inhabitants to drill — Lieutenant Shortland, the Colonial Secre- 
tary, arrives with troops — Burlesque pomposity of a constable — 
Proclamation of British sovereignty — British loyalty and good 
feeling — Mounted policemen — Brutality — Laws of a penal colony 
— Mr. Tod excites natives against the settlers — They begin to re- 
pudiate — Change in feelings of natives — The chiefs offended by the 
Government authorities — News from the Bay of Islands — Riot of 
natives quelled by military — Survey — I postpone my return to 
England. 
The name of " Britannia " had been determined on for 
the town. Many people had moved over to Thorn- 
don, where it was to be founded, and a brisk trafl&c 
was carried on between the two places. Merchants 
and retail dealers were beginning to show a little order 
in their arrangements ; and two or three rough 
attempts at shops were to be seen up the Hutt, at 
Pitone, and at Thorndon. The newspaper was pub- 
lished regularly once a-week, proposals had been made 
for the establishment of a local bank, two or three 
taverns of respectable appearance were organized, and 
a schoolmaster was busy showing his testimonials and 
craving support. A schooner of sixty tons, built at 
Tahiti, had come from the Bay of Islands, and 
brought a cargo of pigs which she picked up on the 
east coast. The Jewess, as she was named, had been 
bought by two or three mercantile colonists, and was 
the first decked vessel belonging to Port Nicholson. 
She had arrived on the 17th, bringing news of the 
recovery of Governor Hobson's health from a severe at- 
