Memorial to His Excellency the Governor from Inhabitants of Wellington.

To His Excellency Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Islands of New Zealand, &c.

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 interest of both-settlers and Natives. Until the rebels have been subjugated and the murderers of our fellow-settlers have been punished, any peace with 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 the murder of our fellow-settlers, and until the embers of rebellion have been utterly extinguished.