Extracts.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 7, 20 September 1843, Page 3

Extracts.

New Zealand. —There is an absolute rage in ihe West for tiew9 of New Zealand, and the people eagerly seek after the lectures on the subject. The (r\nucester Jonrna\ ol Saturday says —At G'astoidmry, a meeting was held relative to New Zealand; the chair was taken by Tlio*. Porch, INq., 1. P. The Townhall, callable of holding 500 persons, was cramm'd, and about 100 more could not obtain admittance. At Laogport ITftPinere, Rsq., Portreeve, took the chair; the Town-hall was crammed, and j so much confusion arose from those who • could not get in, that he was compelled ! to speak out of the window to tlie assem- ! bly below in the street ; it is reckoned more than 1000 persons came to the meet ! iug. Wednesday night, at Yeovil, the room was quite full, at least 300 could not obtain adrni s on. It asp ars that ; people came to each of these meetings ! from various distances some eight or ten miles. The Times, of April 26, announces the | first experimental voyage of ihe Aerial I ship. 'l’he voyager was not the patentee, but one who had anticipated him. The | result was perfectly satisfactory: he passed over England and Scotland, and I was on his way to Ireland, but owing to | some unloitseeu accident io the machinery, | Ite diopped into the Irish Sea, but his ; ma bine Was so buoyant there was not the slightest danger, and lie was speedily picked up by a vessel pas-dug. tie was at one time nearly thiee miles high, and tlie cold was intense.