THE NELSON EXAMINER. Nelson Haven, March 12, 1842.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 1, 12 March 1842, Page 2

THE NELSON EXAMINER. Nelson Haven, March 12, 1842.

I , Les journaux deviemnent plus neeessaires h mesure que les homines sout pins &gaax, et 1* individualisme plus a craindret Ge serait diminnar leur importance que d* croire qu' Us ne servant qu' a garantir la liberty: Us ir.aintisnnent , la civilisation. Dm TooatißYiLM. De la De'mooratie en Amtriqw, tome 4, p. MO. Journals become more necessary as men become more ! equal, aid individualism more to be feared, It would be to underrate their importance to suppose that they serve only to secure liberty: they maintain civilisation. T>* ToCftOEVILMt. Of Democracy in America, vol. 4, p. 330.

Various motived have impelled men, in different times, to plant colonies and settlements. The too great crowding of people — the tyranny of rulers — the troubles of -acW verse times— the ardour of adventure, thir&t | of wealth, impatience of inaction, or passion 'i for renown, have been the chief motive ' which have led to the formation of settfc^ ments. Of these, by far the most powerful* and universal is the first. The j^per-i abundance of people has ever been the' fruitful source of distress qgd discontent^ Government* and subjects, urged by this,have, though from opposite motives, in turn had recourse to remote fields of action for the restless and unemployed. When colonies have been settled by the Government it has generally happened that their inhabitants have remained longest in a state of dependence. The influence of Government, both in , the legislative and executive, has / b%n/}ongest felt in provinces thus settled. In these public spirit is less apparent. Men are carelca* of the conduct of affairs in communifle* wanting the existence of a public opinion. They do not associate ; they do #$f combine, production — revenue — the I piMkc eiqpens«--liberty, civil and religious, / ak&i as a conseqtwmce, the progress of so//cfety ,and-JMaj^ij»4u al the people, are , always subject Witfh»«*ost grievous restric- | tions when TOienpw deprived of the means f "af forming wad of expressing a combined ' opinion : sai tbis always happens until the JMttural love of improving their condition, And of pressing forward towards the excellence they aim at, awakens men to a sense of the i&bfetfeiit'&taßobility of Governments. $u&phen the rtmoval of people from old' to wsw countries %ta bogn a spontaneous* haijgeaaiisnm *9hf*hif mmWiKg >! 4lle? iraitMd of oppression, as in the instance of the K*w Bnglstnd colonists ; the passion for adventure, as among the followers of Ra4elgh: -at whether, as has happened for} the- tno»t f*<ct y jfo th^eelorjtzation aof Nosr, ZwjAiffll, *uch movement* have resulted frao^Jp^.v^j!Q^W^HMl and w.eil-grounded nygpws -of ttdwSg' 'ttit voter-minded men ; <jrastever, in short, the motivfe 16 emigration jha» been voluntary, the spirit of independence and the equality of conditions have I>«en earlier developed. In few words, Aci democratic tendency of communities thus i originating is more rapid and more powerful, <than in others. Nor are the power and rabidity of this progress fraught with the danger which attends the same tendency in <older states. The reflecting minds which, jamidst €be fury of party struggles and the torbnlenae of factions, were accustomed to ■regard with apprehension the violent development and dangerous precipitancy of the 'iame movement at ' home, have acquired a / large measure of that mingled caution and decision, and of that deliberate habit of 4uagßjen^ : which best; fits men for governing Itetnielyes. . Thew make up the bulk of '|jif,ps?|%. ; Itrjfelldws, then, that the j dfaseittforftibii of politrtal •yewe* will be to -. extend the influence of persons : best quali*

fied to govern themselves. We anticipate the utmost vigilsJce and jealousy respecting government-mdwures from the men who were Conservatives at home: that is, we think they must become Reformers here. What made them "Conservatives at home ? The dread of the consequences of irresponsible power. What makes them Reformers here ? The dread of the consequences of irresponsible power. The very same reason that made them, perhaps somewhat, blindly, trust the Government in one hemisphere, will make them watch the Government with Argus eyes at the antipodes. This, then, is precisely the community in which the usefulness of a journal is most likely to be felt. The office of a journal is to bind together by the ties of a common interest the various elements of a society ; to awaken when supine, and to maintain when active, the habit of working in common for a common end ; to remind men of what, as good citizens, they owe to the community — to remind them that, in the conduct of public business, they are bound to combine their influence, so that each may join iiis strength to the strength of all ; jealously to watch for the earliest indications of apathy respecting the common Agood ; to appeal to the nobler sympathies of men against the influence of selfish intei^stis; to persuade mem t| the highest tone ifi isentiment ; to e*ncounie, awaken, and defend all tendencies to improvement and to good ; to censure boldly and inflexibly every neglect or violation of honour, justice, and j>ublic faith; to impress upon our fellow that success defends on the energy $rith which we strive* to render industry most productive and capita] most abundant; to uphold the necessity for local government and national representation ; to assert the independence, to maintain the character, and to spread the influence of the press ; to aid in the progression of society, and to be in charity with all. These are the legitimate functions of the press in a free country, j but most in a community like this. We shall, to the best of our ability, endeavour to discharge them honestly. Having thus indicated our general views of our duties as journalists, it remains that we point out somewhat more particularly; the manner in which we shall endeavour to, perform them. As advocates of public liberty, our tiisk is plain. We have but to pursue a beaten .path. The institutions which, as Englishmen, We have been accustomed to hold in honour, and which have been for the most part wrested from the grasp of Che oppressor and* of many evil-minded and designing men, by the unbought and inflexible courage of manly hearts, sometimes by the destruction of priests and princes, ministers and courtiers, «nd by the spilling of the blood of the ■Inwoc -Eudufrßat th» abauluta -tokwptkm of religious • creeds ; the sacrednesl <tf jurytrial, of habeas corpus, and of the unfettered freedom of the press; the right to choose iour own magistrates, to conduct our own 3oaal and imnihßp«4 affairs, to make laws ivr onr own govelrahent by representatives, freely chosen by ottweWtes ; the right not to be taxed but by out own consent ; but, above all, the effectual disjunction of the, executive and legislative powers : these are among the prescriptive rights of Englishmen : of these we shall be found unflinchingly the advocates. The .time, indeed may not yet be ripe for the achievement of all these ; but then the time is not ripe for constituting ourselves a society. Until British colonists have obtained the rights of British citizens, they have neither power enough nor importance enough to form a complete community.

Nor is our duty less plain as advocates of public justice. The greatest and most notorious violation of justice in colonies founded by Europeans, has been the barbarity and monstrous wrong practised towards . the native inhabitants. The plan now! adopted by the Government for securing to the native inhabitants of these islands a «htre in the advantages derived from the alienation of their lands to a more civilized

race, seems to us calculated, if faithfully carried into effect, to preserve the native race. and to raise them to tfie rank of civilized men. The disposition evinced by the settlers towards . the natives is at present creditable". The advantages likely to come from trie continuance of that disposition wiil be mutual and enduring. For ourselves/- we shall in nothing watch with greatef .Vigilance the progress of this settlement than in its relation to the aborigines of the country. A brave and intelligent but semi-barbarous race, occupying a fertile country, is exposed to mnrh rl— §yi and to many evils by intarooimt vtftgy^more advanced people. Bat, wiselyrwgtflated and restricted, such intercourse may become the means of great mutual advantage. We owe them much. Whatever future benefits they may derive from our now planting among them, it is certain that they have prevailing claims on our gratitude as well as sympathy' They have welcomed us warmly to their shores. They received us from the first as friends. We are bound to them by the ties of nature and religion : no matter if their colour or their creed be different. Our fathers' God is their God: their human feeling ours. The British settlers in New Zealand have an interesting part to play in the. progress. of civilization. On their treatment of the native tribes will it depend whetner History will record that, urged by selfish interest and lust of gain, they entered a barbarous country with declarations indeed of justice and humanity, but with wrong and rapine in their hearts ; or whether it will be related with large praise and honour that they* went forth «ut of their own land, not alone to widen the sphere of their commerce and their power, but to civilize and to instruct ; to spread over remote countries the mild spirit of civilization ; to humanize a brave though barbarous people ; to enlarge the circle of their happiness — to raise them to dignity and power ; that they imparted to apprehensive though uncultivated minds the knowledge of their arts, the wonders of their sciences, the freedom of their institutions, the influence of their religion : that they gave to a race of rude barbarians the laws of Alfred and the language of Shakspere ; and that they kindled among those generous savages the love of knowledge, of justice, of liberty. Next to securing the advantages of a free government and of the prevalence of truth and justice, the most important means of rendering the colony attractive is to be found in the mode of disposal of the public lands. Inclining to acquiesce in the general soundness of Mr. Wakefield's views on this subject, as embodied in his evidence before the select committee of 1836, on the disposal of colonial lands, we do not regret the policy, adopted, by the Government respectiugjiua^apiftti element of prosperity. We snail anxiously watch ' the working of' the plan, closely remarking its effect on the productiveness of industry, and on the profits of capital employed. Whether the purpose chiefly contemplated by the new art of colonization may be most effectually secured by restricting the price, or by restricting- tfte land ibT~^HTvair appropriation, or indeed by any other means, we shall not now inquire. Of the wisdom of proportioning the field of employment for capital and labour to the tnuount of capital and labour requiring employment, we are,, however, well persuaued. Meanwhile our best endeavours will be used to induce the people of this settlement to turn to good account, and as speedily as passible, the natural resources of the soil ; to raise food for domestic consumption and for the purpose of exchange, and to encourage both agricultural and pastoral operations as the surest source of our future prosperity. We shall at all times urge upon the Legislature and upon our fellow colonists the necessity for an unrestricted freedom of commerce. Let us carry out our produce and our goods to any countries willing to receive them, and let us be at liberty to bring in their goods or produce in exchange : so may we hope for the largest profits on capital, and for the greatest rewards of industry. Apprehensions are expressed by many that we may suffer retardation from the want of capital. In these we do not participate. It seems to us tliat, with a good supply of hireable labour, in a country blesned with many productions of nature, possessing harbours, a fertile soil, coal, limestone, and other mineral productions, capability for raising every kind of grain needed for food, and, in short, abounding in natural resources, a colonial capital will be speedily produced, which will obviate the necessity for die in-

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flux of capital frbniGreatlWlain. TJ»e fruits of labour will always tie most .itecttjldly secured by the encouragement of habits of frugality. Prudence as welllas gojod sense, and indeed good taste, point alike to the expediency of discouraging unnecessary expense and ostentatious habits of living. To our fellow colonists of the labouring class we particularly recommend early attention to the formation of savings banks. We at the same time recommend these and all other institutions calculated to promote the benefit of the industrious labourer to general support. With the view of promoting their advantage, which will be to us at all times an object of the highest interest, we invite attention to a letter and an advertisement in other parts of our columns, respecting the projected formation of a Benefit Society. Such associations, if judiciously regulated, i are likely to be very useful in their-influence ' on the habits of the working classes, and, indeed, on the tone of society. The existence of capacity for improvement being conceded, the fundamental cause of amelioration in the state of all communities, is the education of the people. To further this great cause, our efforts will be specially directed. In this labour we invite the most cordial co-operation. The children of the poor have been brought J j from a country, where the means of instruct tion were multiplying fast : the training <fl their minds and dispositions has therefore?] peculiar claims on the support of our com-inWty-,-To- nogleot tbi» object, Were an I abandonment of our duty as citizens, and as i members of society** To second the efforts now being made in Europe, with a view td this grand end, is a noble yet necessary task ; and truly, the reward is worthy of the , toil. The human understanding is of vast capacity, both for evil and for good. Truth and justice, the love of God and man, and { the attachment to liberty, are evolved, if j not produced by the dissemination of know- ! ledge. To neglect the means of developing these virtues, were a grievous sin. Nor is it improbable, that the diffusion of knowledge may kindle in many an intellect, which otherwise would have been hid under the bushel, a spark, which .may be the parent of the purest flame. Many an humble genius may thus be roused to exertion and developement : and thus may appear in the " Britain of the South," a Burns from thfr plough, and an Elliott from the loom. ' It only remains for us to state that, with - respect to the New Zealand Company, under whose direction this settlement has been planted, we are wholly independent of itsinfluence. It is indeed satisfactory to know, that the •pnrions, as well as the interests of that association, are, in all j matters of importance ' to the colony, the same as those of the majority of our fellowcolonists. If, however, questions affecting the public welfare should arise, on which [ we cannot conscientiously support the Com- ' pany, we shall call upon the public to redeem a pecuniary obligation to that body, ' under which we are known to be, for the means of establishing this journal : — This course we can conscientiously adopt — it can involve no breach of faith. We have made no stipulation to advocate any interests at all : we shall assuredly advocate none but those of the community. • With this, then, we commit our paper to |Tse~puDTic, that 7 ojjPthe principles wlshave here asserted, we will stand or fall. By these we desire to be judged — to. these we ' | shall steadfastly adhere. So long as we ~ defend these honestly, we shall deserve support : we are content to lose it when we desert them. Freewbm of trade, freedom of the subject, freedom of the press,— | i these, and the liberty which passes these, { that liberty which our fathers fought for { in the old time. before us, and suffered and ' perished to maintain — freedom to worship * * God according to conscience — these are the' ends we shall endeavour to secure. If we succeed, our purpose will be our guerdon : it will be our consolation if we fail.

! It is with feelings of regret, not wholly unmixed with indignation, that we find it forced upon us as one of our earliest dii^r* ties, to protest against the sins of omission > and commission, of our local Government. Anxious as we are to avoid anything like ' party strife, where it is our earnest conviction that the most intimate union is necessary, we are inclined, wherever it is possible, to Iny blame upon the neglect of the Home Government, rather than believe that it attaches to those whose sense of public duty should be stimulated by their interest in the colony. But when we see at home the evidence of a fostering care, as satis- ; factory «s it is unusual, united with the most glaring negligence and indifference here, we are, however unwillingly, driven to | the conetusion ; that our grievances have their origin in the inefficiency of the local

'authorities. The universal indignation expressed at the levying of Custom uu^ies upon various articles which the colonists had brought out tor their own private consumption, assures us that we represent the public opinion in a modified form, when we designate it as a crying injustice. Is it the fault of the settlers at Nelson that the Government expenditure has been extrava- ! §ant, that they should be called upon to defray a, share of official squanderings, which Wire perpetrated ere they had left their native shores ? Are they to derive — have they derived— any benfftt from the £13,000, the entry of which in Government* account, }s the fatal record of the Russell blunder? Had they cost the Government one farthing when, arrived on the shores of New Zealand, the hand of official robbery was stretched forth to wring from private stores (of which, in the majority of cases, the same persons were at once the owners and consumers), the means of refilling those coffers, which had been drained by the inconsiderate extravagance of quite Other parties ? We would fain have some answer to these questions. We can honestly say, that a justification of the measure, would give us unqualified satisfaction. But unhappily, even if the means of justification | were in existence, to us they would be as kthough they were not. This in itself is a Krievance of no slight magnitude^ t% which Vwe shall advert hereafter : for the ftresent, it leaves us the only resource qf_ spiking }v the athnirabte -instmcjSonsH- uaj^mkuT t*JT Lord Jolm Russell to tfce Govenipif «X New Zealand, same shadow oi an autfeotfarfor the severity of which we complain, Wfc do so, and what do we find there ?— oertajnly nothing from which the sanction, ojr the,, -contemplation of such measures, could be inferred. On the contrary, we qnd a recommendation of the mo*t «aserul consideration of the opinions of the colonists : we find warnings against yielding to the temptation to arbitrary conduct, which the unavoidable union of the legislative and executive in the same persons, holds out. These it is imj possible to reconcile with the conduct of the i Iwrthority to which they were addressed, in ! imposing duties upon stores, the owners of which had no possible means of information ' on the subject, at the time that they were shipped. We understand that it is in contemplation by some of our fellow ! colonists to appeal against the imposition to the Home Government. We shall be happy, if such be the case, to give every assistance in our power; and heartily we wish them success. We have referred above to a subject, which is becoming daily more and more important, viz., the want of proper facilities of communication between Auckland, as the seat of Government, and the settlements in Cook's Straits. When we arrived at Port I Nicholson, on the 27th of January, the latest date from Auckland was the Bth of that month ; and until the arrival of the Abercrombie at Port Nicholson on the 28th of February, this remained the latest date." The Auckland Herald of the Bth, together with the seven preceding numbers, contained reports of the proceedings of the i Legislative Council, and gave the titles of certain bills laid on the table for their consideration, some of which were ordered to be printed. The Auckland Herald also publishes advertisement stating that printed copies of bills therein enumerated, are for sale at the office of that paper. Such is the sum and substance of our information re1 lative to the Government proceedings, up to the moment of the arrival of the Abercrombie. Of the bills above spoken of, some had in the mean time, with sundry alterations, passed the Legislative Coun- ! eft, and the rest have doubtless, ere now, been also made law. One more fact: —on the 9th of December, 1840, J«ord John Russell addressed to the Governor of New Zealand certain instructions, (accompanying his appointment, and Royal instructions relating thereto), in which is to fa found the following passage: — '"You will find, in/ the ficcompanying Royal inLstruetkms, /ules requiring that the" utmost Ppossible'pfiblicity should be given to every | project of a law which it may be designed Ito submit to the local legislature. If the {counsels which may thus be invited should 1 often reach you, as will probably be the ease, in the unwelcome form of party cavil and unmerited censure, you will, I am persuaded, recollect that these are unavoidable «vils in the formation of public opinion. Without turning aside to refute such remarks, you will endeavour to carry with you the good sense and good feeling of the .com? munity, and to impress the conviction on all, that you are working for the benefit oi all."- Can such things be? We will not. allow ourselves to "ha bstsijiid into observations which vaay.^K* <^swsj «onstruetio», but wt tan**/. *•* f** ««•*

«ieittly to express our indignation at this whokjjwle neglect of the view's, intentions, and lflpteuctions of the Home Government, on a matter of such vital importance. Wej I have left our free island-home of the northern hemisphere, believing that in this, our southern Britain,we should find the evidence |of the new spirit, which, we were told, had informed with life and motion the iahert mass in the Colonial department, and had thrown light upon the dark chambers of Downingstreet; andlo! these are our greetings. We wish not — we care not, to enter into the question, whether or not Auckland be a fitting place for the seat of Government of these islands. If it be a desirable residence for our Governors and those who gather round them, let Auckland be the seat of Government in Gbd's name. — From the bottom of our hearts we say it, we wish Auckland well. But in the name of that justice which is the right of all, in obedience to the commands of those who are the rulers of both, let us have some voice in the discussing, if not in the deciding of matters, which so nearly concern us. Let not our first notice of an imposition be, that we are to pay it — our first knowledge of a law, the infliction of a penalty for its infracition.

The arrival of the ship Lloydf, containing the wives and children of those who came out in the preliminary expedition, has been the cause of lets rejoicing than was anticipated. The" great mortality among the children (65), and the generally ill-re-gDJttted state of things during the voyage, breuffct tihe women on shore loud in their complaints; Home, a* may be supposed, unjust enough, but others, unhappily, only too. well founded. It would appear, that however well intended on the part of the Company, the plan of sending out a ship full of women alope, is not a wise one. And we think, on reflection, it will hardly appear surprising to any, that the difficulties in the way of maintaining order and good conduct on board this ship, have been found greater than in any other. We wish that we could to this cause alone attribute all the disorder, insubordination, and improprieties, of which this vessel has apparently been the scene, for the evil results of well-intended mistakes, are lessons by which wise men profit; but, unhappily, there is only too strong evidence of the absolute unfitness of those, whose place it was to check, if they could not wholly xpevent the mischief. If the Captain of * female emigrant vessel, fail in the important point of self-restraint, so far as to allow his bad example to be quoted as an excuse for the misconduct of ■M? crew-^-if. _be. refuse to attempt the enforcement of sueti" rules as are absolutely necessary to the preservation of commondecency, it is hardly open to him to plead in extenuation, the difficulties of his situation. The Surgeon Superintendent on board the Emigrant ships of the New Zealand Company^ is the representative for the %me being of that Company. He is their chief officer on board — inlll matters relating to the emigrants he is the highest authority. And though it is out of his power to enforce his orders by the same means as, or in spite of the Captain, yet we cannot beHjpve, but that the exercise of a judicious firmness on the _par£_«fL4!>aJt_«flH:e*, would- ««cctt»lly restrain any misconduct, even though the commander himself had sanctioned it by his example. We understand that Captain Wakefield, as the Company's agent, has refused to sign the certificates relating to the proper treatment] Src, -of the emigrants on board the LloyqjH-both those required to entile Captain dfeen and Mr. Bushe to their remuneration ; knd also that which -we imagine should be produced to the Directors, to entitle the owners to the remaining half of the emigrants' pftrtmge money.

It is our painful duty to have to record the loss of the barque Fifeshire, Captain Arnold, as she was leaving this port, to proceed on her voyage to Macao, 4n China. At about half-past ten on the morning of the 27th of last month, she weighed anchor, with Mr. Moore on board as pilot. The wind was very light, owing to which she did not arrive at the entrance of tbe channel until the ebb tide had commenced some little time. She had nearly passed through the channel, with every appearance of getting out well, when the wind suddenly failed, and the tide- way carried her right on to the rocks, and she fell broadside on the Arrow reef. All possible means.. were used to neave her 08, but in vain ; and at low water she wm lying nearly high and dry lore end aft, th* ledge .of rook* lying immediately under her mainmast. Her beetle completely broken, so as to render tofaftiftflfty attempt is this harbour in it* piMM* etetr, t* nakfaag her see-worthy.

She has been accordingly condemned, after a survey by the captains in haxbotm The evident suitableness or the portion of the arit ef shingle called " the Island," for slips itijjjniocks, assures us that in a short" time we shall have means of laying vessels up for repair, equal to those of any harbour in New Zealand. The Fifeshire was a very fine vessel, and this is her first voyage. Captain Arnold, who is, we believe, part owner, was justly proud of her: he has the sympathy of all in his regret at this distressing occurrence. There is no blame, we believe, attached to any one, unldfc, indeed, we might suggest the impropriety of a vessel of any burthen attempting to leave this harbour without boats to tow her out, and give assistance, in case of such unhappy accidents a* the present.

We look with anxiety for some public notice of the proceedings of the gentlemen appointed as the temporary Committee of '■' the Literary and Scientific Institution of Nelson," the early indications of interest in this project, manifested on board the vessels bearing the preliminary expedition, led us to hope that it will not now be allowed to languish; and we trust that it will not be long ere our columns give evidence of the public spirit of our fellow colonists, by recording the exertions and contributions of those, whose station and character entitles them to that respect, which the support of such an institution -cannot fail to confirm and increase. The New Zealand Company have contributed £100 for this purpose, and books have already arrived, which have been purchased out of the funds thus supplied, augmented by J private subscription, coiefly on board the Whitby and Will Watch.

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Mr. Henry Angelo Bell., He died on the Bth instant, after an illness of about three weeks. The deceased was a very amiable and promising young man, not quite 20 years of age. There is something peculiarly melancholy in the circumstances of his death : — far from the circle of his friends, and at the Lvejry moment when the bright prospects of the country he hid adopted, were beginning to expand. 'That we should have in our earliest number to record an event of such melancholy import, is a matter of sad and sorrowful reflection. To his relatives it will afford some consolation to know, that Mr. Bell's qualities had secured for him the regard of all who (knew him, and that) he was generally beloved. Funeral honours and posthumous tributes are little to our taste, but, in a small community, the death of even one person resembles a family bereavement; and, appealing to the sympathies of our readers, we state with 4 sad satisfaction, that tbe deceased would have been, in every sense, an acquisition ,t«j our settlement, and that his loss will lone be felt with sincere and general regret. On Wednesday afternoon, the body of the deceased was interred in the cemetery aft the Port. The funeral was attended by the .whole of the surveying staff of the New Zealand Company* and by a large number of the residents. The burial service was read by Mr. Mac Shane, the resident medi-*»t<»ffie*r-«f -New^^atawriTtfmp^&y. During the progress of the procession, minute guns were fired from the Lord Auckland and the Brougham, and ' the colours of all the vessels in harbour were hoisted half mast during the day.

The barque Brougham arrived here from Fort Nicholson, on Sunday, the 6th infant, having attempted, and succeeded, in getting through the French Passage, at the expense of an eight hours' detention on a reef, with one fathom of water on one Bide, and seven on the other; the tide-way being so string, as to render it matter of congratulation that she escaped being wrecked. The ascertained result 4f this experiment is, that it is unsafe for vessels of any burthen to attempt this passage; and even the smallest coastpng vessels should not attempt it, unless with a perfect knowledge of the tides. The Brougham was somewhat injured by her collision with the locks, part of her fofcefoo.t being carried away, which prevented %r from answering her helm, and might hate caused her serious damage in her attempt to enter this port, had not the Deal boats, with the prompt assistance of those of the Fifeshire under the direction of Captain Arnold, released her from rather an awkward location on the reefs, near the entrance. The passengers from Port Nicholson by the Saoogham were Colonel Wakefield, Mr. Thotttpeoa and lady, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Gotk of T»ranakL Colonel Wakefield, and Jfct tw» last-moririonefl gentlemenr will preeeed to Taranaki almost immediately,

only awaiting the necessary rgpain of the Brougham, which are in etfeet very slight. The Brougham will returnto Port Nicholson, with Colonel Wakefield and Mr. Murphy.

It is with very great pleasure that we find ourselVes authorised to state, that the New Zealand Company's agent has received a very satisfactory letter from ]£is Excellency the Governor, with respect to the Public Reserves, the selection of which, according to the following schedule, is confided to him. We feel assured that our fellow settlers will appreciate as it deserves, the good sense and good taste which has dictated this course^ since on no one could this duty so appropriately devolve, as on Captain WakeQfld— «t once the representa- > tive of the largest land owners, and one of the longest residents in the place. Schedujue or Reserve* of Land fob Public purposes, required to be made xx the town of nelson. Coilit and Session H«use, Jail and Houses of Correction. Station for Military for three hundred men (about six acres). Police Offices (two). Place of Public Worship. Custom House (near the public Quay). Ground in the immediate vicinity of the Town for Recreation (not less than twenty acres). Burying places. Police Lock-ups (one at each extremity of the town). Powder Magazine. Public Wharfs and Docks. Forts. Markets (two). Cattle Market on the country side — that r Meat near the water.

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WEEK JBNDING MARCH 12, 1842. Suhbay •, . . Bar. 30.20 Ther. 12 a.m. 66 8 p.m. 63 Mondat .. , . Bar. 30.25 Ther. 12 a.m. 67 8 p.m. 62 Tossoat .... Bar. 30.30— —Ther. 12 a.m. 68 8 p.m. 63 WuurUDAT . . Bar. 30^0 Ther. 12 a.m. 67 8 p.m. 61 Thdrsdat . . . Bar. 30.50—— Ther. 12 a.m. 68 8 p.m. 62 Fridat Bar. 30.45—— Ther. 12 ajn. 70 8 pan. 62 Satubsat . . . Bar. 30.45— —Ther. 12 a.m. 70 8 p.m. 65