New Zealand Spectator, AND COOK'S STRAIT GUARDIAN. Saturday, September 25, 1847.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 225, 25 September 1847, Page 2

New Zealand Spectator, AND COOK'S STRAIT GUARDIAN. Saturday, September 25, 1847.

The Promise with 240 head of cattle and 6 horses, arrived on Thursday from Sydney after a passage of fourteen days. She has been very fortunate with her stock having lost very few during the passage, and all the horses have been landed in excellent condition. We are indebted to Capt. Hoseason for a file of Sydney papers to the 9th September : the English news received via Syd ney is to the 9th May, which will be found in another part of this paper. The Frolic with the mail for Wellington, sailed the day before the Promise and may therefore be hourly expected.

A small vessel, which has been built for C. Clifford, Esq., to carry supplies and to communicate with his newly formed station at Cape Campbell, was launched on Thursday morning from Mr. Allen's building yard at Pipitea. The vessel is about twelve tons register and appears to be built after an excellent model," and is a very favourable specimen of Mr. Allen's skill. She is to be called the Petrel.

We have had another arrival from the Southward with fat stock. The Comet] took in thirty head of fat cattle from the Messrs. Deans' and fifty-three fat wethers from Messrs. Rhodes' station at Port Cooper ; four bullocks and two sheep died on the passage, the remainder were landed in fine condition and are intended for Messrs. W. B. Rhodes & Co J s. contract. A quantity of cheese and butter has also been brought in the Comet, the produce of Messrs. Deans' dairy.

Importation op Stock. — We aie informed that the ship Stirling was chartered by Mr. Yule to proceed to Newcastle and ship there about three hundred head of cattle for this place ; the John Fleming had sailed for Twofold Bay to take in cattle for Mr. Dan, in addition to which he purposes to send down another cargo to this port. Mr. Raven, of Launceston, was about sending down the Lady Mury Pelham with cattle and horses, she was also to take in about thirty tons of flour.

We understand that a cow and calf whale had been taken at Gillett's station at Kapiti.

The Annual Meeting of the Wellington Auxiliary Wesleyan Missionary Society was held in the Wesleyan Church, Mannersstreet, on Monday evening, the 20th inst. After devotional exercises by the Rev. Mr. Woodward, the Rev. J. Watkin was called to the chair, and opened the business of the meeting with some pertinent remarks on Missionaries and Missionary meetings. The secretary read a report of the present state of the Wesleyan mission throughout the world, from which it appeared that the operations of the society had been attended with uniform success. The amount of monies collected for the mission during the year had exceeded one hundred thousand pounds. The Wellington Auxiliary had contributed about thirty pounds. The various resolutions were moved and seconded by the Rev. Messrs. Woodward, Inglis, and Ixonside, by Dr. Philson, Mr. Jenkins from Cloudy Bay, and Messrs. Cayley and Nash. The attendance at the meeting was respectable, and the collection exceeded seven pounds. The meeting of the Hutt branch of the above society was held in the Wesleyan Church, near the Bridge, on Wednesday, the 22nd inst. Mr. C. Hunt was called to the chair, and the meeting was greatly interested by some good addresses from the chairman, Mr. Cayley, and Rev. Mr. Watkin, who furnished some personal reminiscences of the Friendly Islands mission, which rivetted the attention of the meeting to a late hour. The collection was much larger than was expected.

Wellington Savingsßank — Mr.Langdon, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lardner, and Mr. Bethune, the Managers in rotation, will attend to receive deposits at Messrs. Johnson & Moore's store, from seven to eight o'clock on Saturday evening, the 25th September 1 847; and at the Union Bank of Australia, from twelve to one o'clock, on Monday forenoon, the 27th Sep. tember.

Wan gantji.- -Despatches were received from Wanganui on Wednesday night by a native policeman who had left that place four days previously. No fresh disturbances had oc-

curred, and the rebels had allowed Smith, who had been taken prisoner by them, to return, having accepted some tobacco and blankets which they had demanded as ransom. The Agnes Haj, Fisherman and Edward Stanley were at Wanganui when the policeman left. Mr. Rhodes' cattle had arrived there safely on the 1 7th inst.