It really appears as if a fatality is upon Captain Fitzroy and his measures, banishing the possibility of all propriety or prudence. One of his latest acts has been to send that accomplished Irish gentleman, Mr. • Watson! as a Police Magistrate for the service and benefit of the French and Dutch settlers at Akaroa; the propriety of this appointment will be apparent, if as we are credibly informed, lie is sans French, sans Dutch, sans Law, sans Logic, and sans every thing else which the delicate position requires. We should have been reluctant to make these unqualified remarks just now, if it were not in His Excellency's power to undo this new folly before mischief come of it. We pray that he send a trusty pigeon, or a fast-sailing vessel to bring the incongruous Police Magistrate back again,
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Auckland Times, Volume 3, Issue 148, 8 November 1845, Page 2
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