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Auckland Times, Volume 1, Issue 31, 26 January 1843, Page 3

1m consequence *>t the an I tiouucemeid contained in out! last number, there was touch exultation in certain quarters over the anticipated decease ot the j A/ a'sglk. fVe teel much plea-' sure, and somewhat of humble pride in saving that a large num- i ber of our subscribers have ex-i pressed their great distaste to any suspension ot our ’ publication ; they are o* opinion that even in its present mauglcd and mutilated condition, the ‘Times* is not 'Without its public", utility, and that, at all events, it is better than having no public journal at eli . which would be the condition ot >duot*land in the event o( our demise. Prompted by thus much encouragement ve proceed : but we remind our subscribers that since the end of November ‘The Mangle’ has been published gratuitously at our own personal expense, and that something more substantial may be done, besides the enrolment of names as friends and well-wishers, ft great, many of the subscribers to our first quarter have not yet paid. ' The extensive and judicious improvements at the fgxcliange ll otel have been effected with a celerity almost magical, and Mr, //art lias removed again into his old quarters; a great deal of money has been spent to render this establishment complete, and the arrangements certainly now offei aeeo?mnoilcitions superior to any hitherto /mown in this town, but when we looK at the liberality of the outlay, and perfec lion of arrangement, we cannot help saying -what a pily it is that all this should be performed -ip so perishable a materia! as wood. Monday next is the anniversary of the Colony: we understand it will be a holiday in all the public

uhi cvs. & /Ccgatta is to be the principal attraction of the morning’s festivities, after which a 1 public dinner, in celebration of the day, will taKe place at Moffiti*s hotel. The Government are not in-! corrigible , —they have taKen our hint about the parapet for the roadway of the principal street in gtucKlaud—they are fencing it in. It will have a queer looK. when finished—the road itself ! having here,the appeaianteot an elevated platform or suspension bridge—there, ot the bed or a canal, and the houses which should abut upon it —dancing the i hays at all manner ot capricious distances above and below its level.