BIRTH.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 225, 26 July 1848, Page 2

BIRTH.

On Tuesday, (he ?<"t!i ins ., M.s D- Nathan, Shortl,ii (1 S(i ef ,ol a (hugliter.

'IUL k'KOV 11.101.-. Of 1, 11. " Nl'V. ZiJ LANDCK." to ir L'uui.tc.

Thk Chief Conductor of the Vmilheni Cms" It.r, altered Jus plan ot attack upon the jVetc Zee under. Up to his list number his fire, excepting .1 stray shot now and then, hat been c'.vcfly directed npalnst its editorial columns. Enngeil ihat his shot should have fallen so wide of the aim, and, that in defiance of Ins ill-directed voile) s, the enemy should s'ili have braved the field, ho, in a fit of desperation, inaishals his foices for a forlorn hope, trusting that a headlong charge upon the proprietois of the New ZeuUw'cr would ensure the destruction of his obnoxious coiuempo'aiy. We felt half incliVd to pass over, Without notice, the observations relr<!ve to ovisrlve-. which appeared in the Southern ftoss of v Saiuul.i; !a-r, bcc.-iise, so far as those oiscjvations concerned ov\ \c\ uion to ihe Anglo* Maoii W^dcr, we ielt ciivmci'd thnt li'cy could not have the efiect, in esiucJ by v.c w.ucr, ot tixiug a stigma upon us, inas.nrch as ouv conduct towvuds that paper \vn,s well known by the gentleman who edited it, whom we now bo? 0 accept our thanks foi stepping in to cast aside the Oiihr.n winch ovu assailant desired to fasten upon us. 1* "s hardly necessary, then, to say mo/c respec inj ilia IVurJei ; hut we may assure our f.idnd of the Southern Cross ;h,:t we could see nothing " indecorous" in pri'uing an.l publishing; two newspapers, of ijie chsnctei of lliose to w] ich lip iffers, at our oihce. Dd we leel ashamed of connexion with eithei of those jouir- s, re siiould h.ive, petliaps, takni the couise adontcvt hy hi.iv c!t m the So'it/icrn Croit, and roll ainetl IOn affixing cut pi ope. imprint to them. As regauls our (ikmm'/b lenwiks respecting our "(•ommcirw sp <\ilat'on c ." in roi.nevnn with the Ward"/, He v-ou'dusk mm whch'M <1v 'O'ttftanCiosi is a /', ichi -pat, ohe u. ot'it K.n \ >)l h >- own, or whether it is not rou'l; , 11mo 10 t iv.i cue vcw of the terms, " n commercial 'pecl^t >n .•"' We ihink -,ar n'.u.id h s r wiled out of his path, as a newsj-iiper wiiler, to assa.l us in oui legitimate oecupal'Jii. We aie following the nvocution U which we were named. As he has ih<v<;ht proper to relinquish his proper cr-liing, and, altci tryiag his hand at vaiious others, now become a (l pi inter and publisher/ he shoull not ieel disappointed and so excessively annoyed, in consequence of our success and liia own comparative failure. Were we so impmdent as to undertake uny of the numerous pursuits that he has followed, w« should be ceitain to i nt for want of practical knowledge of the business. We have occasion to make those remnrks, because we have good reason for believing that the blow that oiu liicnd levelled at us, was intended to affect the very existence of the New Zealawhr. We know that (he success of this paper— its extensive circulation and advertising patronage— fai beyond anything that the Southern tios? has been able to command— has been a sourcp of annoyance 10 our assailant. I We know that he was ono of those who started the | So'tthem ( rost, ; and hay ing le uscitated it after it lay dormant for awhile, he is c'osely identified with it«— and would desire to see this community lepresented ly it alone There aie othei reasons too why he wishes that Mich should be the case. So highly did he overrate himself, (hat he imagined in all vanity tlur lie had only to announce the Ctoss, v.ben the whole population would (lock to Us s»ppoit. While indulging in these self nn| ortant custlc building ideas, he bent off an express, invitii'g t'uc In.c propuetor oi the Cross to return to the Colony ami quit his p<BCeJul, quii t, and patriarchal occupaiion to re i-mbaik in the very \<t arious speculation wlvih be must find the biuthern Ciqsi to be Hi his arnvd. These thoughts bum within him, pthl <o waspish is he become that he musi lose all commrttul of himself, and iud his head with iury against uiou'eiii-ive people like omselves. In no otlur way than tl»c above tan we account for our assailant's unpiovokeil dltauk upon us, for we have sought no occasion of dispute with him. On 'he contrary, we 1 aye beenivei k. <y to oblige h.m. thicugh his publisher, when any i«voui was requested from us, to enable him lo cany on his paper. He has thought propei t 0 taunt us very unfairly with the changes ihal have taken place in tht editorial style and matter of ouv paper— although h e knows jjght well tliatwe«?p not its iditor-,. It has 11 been possible iorVts to procure a competent poison heie to fill that office pcunaiicntly, and consc^utatiy the services ot Ihe seveial gcnti<?mcn liave beoii seamed wh<> have succeeded c«ch oilier ii the londuct of its editorial colutqiis. It could lrndlvbe exj ect d that eveiy m e of them shou'd Hi nk alike; but they were men who wdrii conceived to be c pable of managing our paper so as to make it beuehe.al to the country with whose interests our ov,n, as well as many of our nunerots subscribers, weie identified. He h is labouied haul to make ihe impression on the pulhc mind, th it because we have been for several yeais co:it:actois foi ihe pr nt ng required by the Go\einment, our paier is Lound to give that Go» veinment uiiquilifud support. Now although we would most decided'y uculiir to become instiujnei ts in the bards of any individual or faction of men, to set at noug, t the constituted authorities of our country, yrt we c:a\ coufuk'nlly appeal to those gentlemen who hive edited our papei, every one of whom save one are now in Auckland, as to whether we ever piopobed any 0 he; tlu.i a strictly independent and impartial, but .it the same tin 1 ! medei ate, course for them to follow in managing our journal. We would take this opportunity of tendering our best thanks to the supporfeis of the Xe*> Zcalan&cr ; and we assure them that no exertion will he syared on our part to render our journal an efficient local, commeicial, shipping, and foreign newspapck. Our facilities for acquiring ihe latest and most authentic information have been increased by toe opening up o\ a very extended agency. When any news oJ importance reaches us, which every forthcoming mail will no doubt convey to the colony, we shall continue to furnish a supplemen* until we complete onr contemplated arrangements for enlarging our paper. Tun P'lorTunTWiq.