PORT NICHOLSON.

Auckland Times, Volume 1, Issue 34, 16 February 1843, Page 2

PORT NICHOLSON.

The arrived at Wellington on the nth Januarys and we have papers of the Gazette to that date only ; our file ? of the Colonist extends 10 the 20th, in which we find the first and only notice of any public interest having being taken in the proceedings of the* Governor* We give the paucity of extracts we can collect, and we are sorry that we cannot do more, except repeat that trom private information we have learned that Mr Shortland has been not a little feted. It would appear that the dumb system, which terised the Tauranga proceedings; and which has shut up the Treasury, and which leaves the troops at r l auranga with a very natural doubt if they are ever to come • back again and a still more unquestionable wouder what business they ever had there, is still to be persisted in ; in fact, that the present Acting Governor is doubtful of any prudent motive for ever acting at all; and alter having been snubbed by his legal adviser for such a trifle as incurring a couple of thousand pounds expense upon what perr haps, although a matter of pique, was no doubt, to him, a point ot serious importance at the moment, is determined to act upod the poco-cubante system for the future. This is perhaps a little anticipating, and it is always dangerous tor a public writer to be prophetic, but experience is so

cogent an argument, —and, as respects the attentions paid to Auckland by the Home Government, we have so much reason 16 be dissatisfied of the past management of Colonial affairs under the Secretary-ship of Mr. Shortland, that we cannot help saying*—his prolonged absence from among us, and the little public information he condescends to afford—-de pebus omK/JBZ7s\rsavours not a little of SKULKING. ? A'meeting was held yesterday morning, at the Exchange (a report of which will be found in another column), on the subject of the Land Claims, at which a deputation was" appointed to wait upon his Excellency the Acting Governor* The proceedings of the meeting were orderly uud 4 temperate, and there apnears to have been none of that, extravagance of sentiment and violence of language by which many ol our public meetings have been characterized.—N. Z. Colonist, ''Public Meeting. <f The public meeting held at the Te Aro, yesterday was but thinly attended, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather. Business did not commence till eleven o'clock. •• Moved by Mr. Re vans, and seconded by Mr. Ludlarri, • that Mr. Guyton take the chair* Carried unanimously. On taking the chair, a letter was read from Dr. Evans, apologizing for his retention in Court on a case of some importance. The chairman then read the advertisement calling the meeting, and said he should be glad to hear the sentiments of the gentlemen presents After a few observations by some of the gentlemen,Mr. Molesworth proposed the following

resolution : '.'V That a deputation wait upon Mis Excellency the Acting Governor, to represent tne urgent necessity ot a speedy and ti4ial adjustment of the Laud Claims in tne Company a settlements. Seconded by Mr. VV#de, and carried unanimously. Mr. 1? cyans proposed that the following gentlemen form the deputation Dr. Evans, Messrs. Moles worth, Clifford, r vSt. Hill, Hunter, Partridge. < Seconded by Mr. fFade, and carried unanimously, Mr. Guyton then vacated the chair. A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman—carried nbm. con. We understand(l) that it is the intention of his Excellency the Officer Administering the vcrnment, to devote the sum of £ 1500 for the purpose of erectI ing a #aol for the district of Jfel- ! lingtoij, The site of the proposed grorl is, we believe, to be Mount Cook, fVe learn also that his Excellency will give one hundred pounds towards the erection of a beacon upon Pencarovv head- Ib. [Our contemporary has more undebstahdikg than-judgmeut in the above paragraph. r Promises like' pooh! the proverb is too stale to finish—but tthen the gaol upon Mount Cook is up what fun it will be for the rogues of Wellington to find that its walls are built of pie-crust. — Ed. Times.]