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Auckland Times, Volume 3, Issue 113, 11 March 1845, Page 2

Mr. Ormsby's survey of the harbour of Manakau has been submitted to the consideration ot the Governor, and we believe has been highly praised and deserves such commendation, — although every bod \ else complains of employ ment of a comparative stranger, when so many competent old hands were out of employment,

"We have heard b» sides, that Mi. Onnsby is not a marine surveyor, and that, he quarrelled with hi* effective righl-llaud as s >o?i as the work was oo"e J Ttio manager was clearly out or place, tor the c>niui.ander was not Majnr geon. The usefulness of the purpose and its' completion will however, of am s< j , reflect much credit upon Captain Filzroy's government.

Tub alteration in the piactice of our Supreme Court is ot tjreat im lortanee, ami we are desirous, while we put it upon recoid, to draw a ju.«t attention thereto. We hope that, in our little community, it \< ill be a matter of lure consideration who, whether the government or the people, shall furnish the means of prosecution and punishment of crime, but this Dili certainly unsettles the question.