New Zealand Spectator, AND COOK'S STRAIT GUARDIAN. Wednesday, August 16, 1848.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 318, 16 August 1848, Page 2

New Zealand Spectator, AND COOK'S STRAIT GUARDIAN. Wednesday, August 16, 1848.

Yesterday his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief and Mrs. Grey arrived in H.M.S. Calliope, from Auckland. A guard of honor was in attendance to Teceive his Excellency on landing, who proceeded to Government House. It is reported that his Excellency's stay will be of some duration. The Calliope liad a tedious passage of fourteen days, having encountered very rough weather off the East Cape. We are very glad once more to have the opportunity of welcoming back to Wellington our old friends of the Calliope, even though it be on the occasion of a parting visit, the Calliope sailing in a week's time for England direct, the period of her commission having expired. H.M.S. Dido was to leave Auckland within a few days after the Calliope for this port, being her first visit to the Southern Settlements; she would afterwards proceed to Hobart Town, returning from thence to Wellington. It is confidently reported that it is the intention of his Excellency to transfer the seat of Government of these islands to Wellington. We are inclined to place confidence in the report, as we can readily believe that his Excellency's matured experience of the peculiar advantages and central positioD of I this settlement, and of the general character of its inhabitants, would lead him to this conclusion. Mr, Fox had resigned the appointment of Attorney General for the Southern Province. All appears to be quiet at the North, The Auckland newspapers contain no local intelligence of particular interest. The Anglo Maori Warder ended its brief career with a bitter philippic against the Governor, which appears to have had the effect of renewing its existence, a subscription among the opposition to the Government having been entered into for that purpose. Another newspaper, the Pensioners' Gazette, had also been established at Auckland. We regret to notice the death of Dr. Johnson, Colonial Surgeon and Coroner, at Auckland, on the 28th ult., after a painful illness.

A subscription had been entered into by the inhabitants of Auckland, to reimburse Mr. Dudor (the signal man) the amount of expenses incurred in his defence against the atrocious charges preferred against him by the late convict Burns.

The Sisters, which arrived on Sunday, has brought Hobart Town papers to July 28th. Intelligence had been received via Adelaide, to the 6th April, from England, in which no mention was made of war, so that the report by the Mahomed Shah, published in the Sydney papers, wants confirmation. The editor of the Hobart Town Advertiser adds, as a curious fact, that the Mahomed Shah " was for a whole day in company with the Prince of Wales,' lately arrived here, and never mentioned the matter." Should the story prove a hoax, it will be a very discreditable affair to the parlies concerned. We regret, from the space occupied by the debate on the New Zealand Bill, that we must defer our extracts from the Hobart Town papers to our next number.

The Victory arrived this morning from Otakou after a passage of eight days. The Supply was at Otakou, and the Scotia at Waikowaite, ready to sail for Port Nicholson when she left. The Victory has brought several cabin and intermediate passengers.