Ma ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chat. X. 
Epuni, who was always distinguished by his even 
temper, and by his mild, affable manner, showed no 
such violent anger ; but he was greatly hurt, and said 
that the new White people did not seem to know the 
chiefs from the slaves. " However," continued he, 
" I do not know that this Governor can do me much 
*' good, and I shall hold tight to my first White man 
" Wide-awake." 
Our news at about this period from the Bay of 
Islands was, that the Governor was but slowly recover- 
ing from his attack of paralysis ; that he was about 
to buy a piece of land at that place of a trader named 
Clendon on Government account, and at some immense 
price ; and that the military had been called into use 
on the 20th of April in awing some riotous natives at 
the Bay of Islands. 
It appeared that the natives had refused to allow a 
Maori witness to attend a trial for murder ; and that 
they had demanded the cession of the accused, also a 
native, into their hands, that they might judge and 
punish him according to their customs. They had at 
length consented to accompany the witness, a woman, 
to the church at Kororareka, where the examination 
of the prisoner was being carried on ; but there they 
had got so warm upon the refusal of their repeated 
request for his delivery to them, that it was thought 
necessary to send for the troops. Great credit was 
said to be due to the Police Magistrate on the occasion ; 
for though no shots were fired and no blood shed, the 
natives had appeared to be convinced of the folly of 
resisting the law. 
A little dissatisfaction was now to be found among 
some of the settlers at Port Nicholson, owing to the 
delay which had appeared to exist in the survey. 
These early grumblers, however, had hardly made al- 
