AUCKLAND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IV, Issue 163, 18 February 1854, Page 7

AUCKLAND.

We are still without papers from Auckland, but we have receive! a private letter from a gentleman residing; there, dated the 26th of December, in which it is staled that Sir G. Grey and the Bishop of New Zealand were to leave Auckland on the following day, the 27th. "The unhappy effects of Wj'nyard'sSuperintendence'," continues the writer, " are now developing themselves. Wynyard's party are moving Heaven and Earth to get up testimonials of character for Grey, not for love of him, but to 'spite' the opposite party, which numbers within itself nearly all the steady and active opponents of Grey's Government. These have joined in with the military and officials, a numerous body, and are getting up addresses, dinners, &c. The Bishop brought up fifteen of his clergy to sign an address, expressive of confidence in a man to whom the Bishop himself has been obliged to give the lie. But these are nearly all of those who leagued with the Bishop and Governor in the attempt to ruin the Missionary Grantees. The Church is divided here, as well as everything else — divide et impera has done its work. His Excellency reaps the benefit of our unhappy dissensions, walks away with a character, and laughs at us. I should rather have said half a character, for we got up a public meeting, —our party is far the strongest, taking away pensioners, military, and officials, (without whom Brown was ahead of Wynyard by some 250 votes) —and passed the enclosed resolutions, which will at least have the effect of vindicating the honour of the Province, and throwing discredit on the testimonials :—

' 1. That this meeting expres; their regret that a section of the community, with the numerous officials, should have adopted measures relative to the approaching departure of Sir G. Grey fiotn the colony, which tend to the raising of uuchristianlike strife and enmity ; —that His Excellency should not have been allowed to retire quietly and without notice from the Government of the colony ; —and that the setting forth of a protest, for the purpose of clearing the general community from the imputation of having participated in these measures, should have been imperatively required. '2. That this Meeting, .-without expressing any opinion concerning the various measures of Sir George Grey's government, do protest against the offering of any parting compliment —whether by public dinner, address, or otherwise, to a Governor who lias compromised the honour of the Crown,-and has outraged the moral feeling of the community by his systematic calumny and untruth—who has been publicly and repeatedly arraigned upon these charges, and whom no single individual has ventured publicly to defend from them. '3. That tin's meeting express their regret that any of those 520 colonists of the Auckland Province who signed the petition for his recall, in the year 1844, should have stultified themselves, and have cast a slur upon the community in now pledging themselves to Governor Grey's uprightness by joining in the testimonials which have been protested against. ' 4. That copies of these resolutions be signed by the Chairman, on behalf of the Meeting, and forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.' ..... " The hardest thing to contend against, is the adhesion of the Bishop and Chief Justico to Governor Grey ; but the Judge has shewn himself on many occasions a party man, and the Bishop must make common cause with His Excellency in self defence. For he is in a serious scrape about his management of the Missionary Land Question, as in a short time you will petceive. "It is understood that Wynyard will hold the Superintendeneystill, with the interim Governorship. Add to this Commander of the Forces, and judge how much time he will have to attend to the South. "The necessity of calling the General Assembly is at last perceived here—but Grey has a majority of about one (the voting is by no means consistent) in the Provincial, and they have avoided doing' anything that might embarrass him.' " A correspondent of the Southern Cross says* 1 I think it right that you should be informed that the Committee for getting up a dinner to Sir George Grey, after extracting as many bond fide 255. subscriptions as possible, are now hawking about the remaining tickets, some at half price, and some even as low as—Gratis — in their determination to have the tables filled. Some tickets have been accepted on these conditions, but in other cases the Committee have had to endure the most humiliating rebuffs.'

Scab in Sheep.—A correspondent of the Sozilh Australian Register, thus describes a new method of cleaning sheep, which has proved an effective remedy in preventing disease. " Sir, —From the returns published of the number of scabby sheep, it appears there are yel large numbers still scabby. I think this is inexcusable. Not being generally in favour of clipping sheep, but seeing the list of remedies published by you on the ISth of June, I was induced to' undertake the cleaning of a. flock of sheep as diseased as possible, and in the wet month of June I selected the following : — 50 gallons water, 50 lbs. salt, 6 lbs. sulphur, \\ lbs. saltpetre, and 10 lbs. tobacco, and I have no hesitation in saying that it has been eminently successful. 11. has far exceeded my expectations, from the very diseased state i>f the sheep. The sheep continue clean up to this date. They were dipped once, and each sheeu carefully examined three weeks afterwards, but no more than a score had the slightest speck of scab when thus examined : and those mu«t have had the scab at least half an inch thick. I have cleaned another Hock this winter with four pounds of ointment, and they wore very scabby ; 1 expect to shear four pounds clean washed wool from these. lam quite confident that any one may clean sheep by dipping the most disea>t.-d twice, three weeks ;ip;;rt, in Use above mentioned mixture. It requires no scarifying, ami is best"hot.—A SniiEi>i\ir.M:-".R."