Chap. XIV. ARRIVAL OF SHIPPING FROM SYDNEY. 391. 
CHAPTER XrV. 
Ships arrive from Sydney — Arrival of Mr. Murphy as Police Ma- 
gistrate — Departure of the Colonial Secretary — Straggling new8 
from the North — Death of Mr. Bumby — Progress of Britannia — 
Club — Country lands — Mr. Bidwill — " Captain " Williams — 
Hire of a schooner — Cloudy Bay^ — Suspicious death of Mr. Wilton 
— Queen Charlotte's Sound — Wild cattle hunting on Kapiti — 
Expedition of the Brougham with Mr. Murphy and the soldiers 
— Want of a Coroner and Jury' — Licences — Discontent of whalers 
' — Advantages of barter with good natives at Wanganui. 
This was the 27th of September ; and I must now 
retrace the events which had occurred at Port Nichol- 
son during my absence. 
The Pitone natives, headed by JEpuni and Pf^are- 
pori, had armed and proceeded towards Tf^airarapa 
shortly after my departure, doubtful of the intentions 
of a party of the Ngatikahuhunu tribe, who had lately 
assembled there. The expedition had, however, ended in 
a reconciliation between these ancient enemies ; and Te 
Hapuku, the head chief of Hauriri in Hawke's Bay, 
soon after visited his new friends in a trading scliooner. 
The Coromandel had arrived from London, via Syd- 
ney, with a heterogeneous cargo of passengers, and a 
large stock of sheep, horses, and cattle. Among the 
passengers were the conductors of a mercantile firm, 
established here by a Liverpool house, and also Mr. 
Petre and Major Baker, who had been visiting Sydney. 
Major Baker had been obliged to go there in conse- 
quence of an action brought against him successfully 
by Captain Pearson of the Integrity, for his imprison- 
ment of him while Police Magistrate under the pro- 
visional Government. 
