The New-Zealander.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 296, 31 March 1849, Page 2

The New-Zealander.

Me ju&t and fear not: Let all the ends thmi ainis't at, be thy Country's, Thy (iol)'s, and Truth's.

SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1849.

We have been favoured with a perusal of the Sydney Morning Herald of the 12th current. Four ships from England had arrived the previous day ; namely, the Columbus, Post Office packet, from London the 4th, and Portsmouth the Oth, the George, from Coves, the Bth, the St. Vincent, with emigrants, from Plymouth, the 13th, and the Diamond, full of passengers, from London the 9th, and Plymouth the 19th of November. There is very little news of any kind. The question of the extension of steam communication to these colonies, is but a question still. Rumour insinuates that the Januaiy mails would be transmitted by steam. If so, they must shortly be here, as eighty-nine days have since elapsed, and, if our recollection serves, Sfventy-two or tluee days were all that was supposed to be requisite to l each New Zealand. The Lajxa Rookii for this poit sailed, from Deal, on the Bth of November, Having, there-

fore, been out one hundred and forty -two days, she may be considered to be fully due. The Emkimi.d, of 343 tons, Balliston, was to sail from London for Auckland and Wellington, lon the 1 5th December. If punctual to date, she has been one hundred and five days at sea, and may, reasonably, be immediately expected. We can detect no wave of emigration directed hithenvard, however, we may possibly catch a sprinkling fiom the spray as it breaks upon the Australian shore. Theie had been an arrival of a brio;, from the Sandwich Islands, at Sydney, i\here she ■was to load for San Fiancisco. The golden tidings from California were as glittering as ever. The mortal prospects, however, are not quite so flattering. The sickly season had commenced, and Death was claiming his spoil. The diggers were flocking to the coast, where accommodation was scanty, and provisions and other necessaries high. No British ship, foieign laden, was permitted to bieak bulk. The Hawaiian Government had interdicted any communication with the chaige d'affaires of the United States and their islands, inconsequence, we suppose, of the rapid depopulation of their dominions in the race after gold. Below we give the Herald's European summary, with an extiact or two, which will be found in another page.

The arrival of (lie Diamond yestei day, puts us in possession of pnpei sto the 18th of November, In England no event of impoitance had occurred. The cholera was not so extensive and fatal in its consequences as previous adv res had led ns to apprehend. The letnrnß of the numher of deaths, according to the authoiized report of the lleiji-'tiar- General for the week eliding November 1 1th, from all causes amounted to 1165, being eleven beyond the averau;e weekly returns of the five preceding years. A few cases had. taken place at Glasgow. In France, as the day approached for settling the Presidency of the Republic, the friends of General Cavaignac and Prince Louis Napoleon weie becoming more earnest and intriguing. The chances were about equal. If the latter should be selected another outbreak was expected. , The fetes of the Constitution terminated peaceably. The state prisoners had arrived in Dublin from Clonmel, end the proceedings m the writs of Error had commenced. A report pievailed in London when the Diamond sailed that the contract for conveying the mails, via India, to the Austialasian colonies, had bpen obtained by the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, and that it would commence with the January mail. Sir Robert Gardiner had been appointed Governor of Gibr.ilter, in place of Sir Robert Wilson, whose period of service had expired.

rector and their guide, and, in a moment of threatened outrage, they reasonably turn to your Lordship as to their natural friend and protector. That New Zealand, which your Lordship pointed to their notice as a land in which they would " be likely not only to thrive in fortune tut to lead good lives, and to bring up their children in virtuous habits," is threatened by the Right Honourable Earl Grey, to be overrun by those very convicts against whom your Loidship warned them. The Missive has been sent to our Governor to inquire our willingness to leceive them. The dishonesty manifested by Earl Grey, in his infamous conduct towards New South Wales, leads every reflecting man to fear that his Lordship's missive may be followed by immediate infliction of the outrage we deprecate— his questions being but denotements of a foregone conclusion. I have spoken with many, but I dare not describe the terms of indignant disgust which the filthy proposal of Lord Grey has provoked. It is asked upon what authority any peerdaie thus to palter with the rights of free colonies. My Lord, it is little wonder if a generous lesentmentfoigets respect. The feelings of will tamely tolerate outrage and insult from no man, be his rank and station what they may. The oppressive tyranny of the Colonial Office is lapidly sapping the foundations of British supremacy. The star of England's glory is fast paleing;through its injustice. Every colony exclaims against its usuipations. The colonial loyalty is shaken, if not converted to rancorous hatred through the systematic perfidy of her Majesty 's advisers, and because of their unconstitutional domination by means of this its most ignorant, yet most aibitrary, closet council. My Loid, we see British men daily fleeing from an o'ertasked British soil to the milder sway of foieign States. As a peer of Parliament — as the consistent foe of felony— as a Christian Prelate— as our friend and advocate, I imploie you speed to the rescue, and save New Zealand from the scourge your Laidship has decried, and which more powerful colonies have defied. I beg to subscribe myself, My Lord, Your very obedient Servant, David Burn. Auckland, New Zealand, 31st March, 1848.

Public Melting. —We rejoice to observe that a Public Meeting of the inhabitants of Auckland, has been called, at the Exchange Hotel, on Wednesday next, for the purpose of expiessing their opinion of Eatl Grey's felon despatch. We tiust 1 the noble response of the citizens of Sydney, to the minister who would again defile them, will not be lost upon us; but that rCarl Grey will be told, in terms not to be mistaken, that New Zealand is a colony founded by free and untainted Englishmen — wills to remain so—and peremptorily refuses to bear the felon brand—to wear the convict yoke. The meeting, we hope, will be numerous, unanimous, and resolved.

Alarm of Fire.—On Wednesday evening a chimney took fire in High-street, and, for some time, presented a rather threatening appearance. No means of getting upon the roof could be found, and it was only eventually accomplished by joining two slight ladders together. A correspondent suggests a remedy, which we should be happy to see attended to. It is to deposit ladders at certain spots, and to place them under charge of the police. In the alarm of fiie, people are at a loss to know where a suitable ladder can be found, and, whilst they are searching, the sparks from the chimney might ignite the shingles, and fire the house ; and a fire once fairly underweigh, in the busy haunts of our inhabitants, might prove beyond the power of man to stay. We tiust, therefore, that the hint afforded by Mr. Clark may be the means of calling forth the simple remedy he suggests.

Cattle Sale.—Yesterday, in consequence of the inclement state of the weather, Mr. Joseph was compelled to postpone the sale of the gi eater portion of the Sheep and Cattle per Thomas Henry until Tuesday next, the 3rd of April, when they will be offered a.t the Stock Yards of the Blue Bell.