settlers are in a constant state of pre paredness, momentarily expecting an outbreak, which the South protests mil never come, and which, if it comes at all — the South is prepared to repel by Northern valour and to defray the cost thereof out of Northern money ! This form of the self-reliant spirit is very apparent in an artiole in the Canterbury Press of May 13th, on the speech of the Superintendent of Wellington, in which his Honor deprecates the removal of the troops. According to the Press, there is no fear of an outbreak, and if there were a renewal of hostilities the 18th Royal Irish would be an encumbrance. The Press likewise thinks that the peace of the North would be ensured by cutting a slice off Auckland, and tacking it to Hawke's Bay ; and with the positiveness of assertion whioh always characterises ignorance, enters into a long argument to prove that the only enemies Hawke's Bay has to fear are the natives living along the East Coast, north of the boundary line of that province. A greater misstatement of facts could never be made, and a more fallacious argu ment, founded upon misstatements, could not be used. The fact is, that the invasion j of Hawke's Bay was not by the coast natives, but by the Uriweras, and refugee Waikatos, and a motley group from all parts of the West Coast and interior. There were a few from the coast ; and a few likewise promised to co operate ; but instead of Hawke's Bay being menaced by the natives referred to, many of them have been our staunchest allies throughout. However, no one ever expects to find anything like accurate native information in the columns of the Canterbury Press. The following extract gives the summing up of the Press, and proves that although the South is prepared to take all the credit for Northern pluck, it is not prepared to send a man to share our danger, or pay one shilling towards the expense of the war. The Press says :— Fortunately there is no possibility of any New Zea land Government ever again dreaming of war — if for no other reason, because the colony would not endure it. We have had enough of war policies ; they are too costly a luxury to bear repetition. 