AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 337, 25 October 1848, Page 3

AUCKLAND.

■;iVe ate informed that Mf. Nathan's -new sfcttria hcftSe lids beatf taken, at 1 a tenlal of otfe-foundted &y"eaf, fot His Excellency the GfdveiW-in*<3hief; • His Excellency underitaking sucfr" additions and alterations as -may be deemed requisite, at his 4wn expense. A%' .extensive 'pfepafratidhs* fcre- iii progress, 'we* ptettutne life Excellency may be speedily expected to enter into occupation of his l uew and cotrimaniiitt^ — iVew • ZmltMer^ Septgmbrt-^B. ' > • • YTVMf\iti taw;'^ We art n'qt, tlie'le&ii 'sincefjte, fii e'nWrpnsrng settie l^ of i'ritb fellowship of tlieir northern bre'ibiren', (if whose province their flourishing s'e^tk'trie'n't n'dW fdrtnS a corapoiient ■part. '»- r ■ ' -"' j - ' "Oar interceßTse I»gs=fe«en7 for some time, on the increase, *hd' - ! We' have reason td believe that, ere long,- it will be very considerablvsextended. Shippers} e*ewbilein theha« bit of transactirig.busibess wjtfc Wellington, express a frank opinion of tlie greater faciliitfes iindcomraerbial Superiority of this marikfet. * Vessels, ttfete^ore 1 ,' *th;at ; were formerly ! wont to^make'thf/passage to Cook's Straits, late likely to make sail -towards the north; and should the A&heYon be instructed, as we ;trust she may,, to undertake i, proinptand dccjirate survey of the noble harbour, of Manakau/the cQramu.nication with" Taranaki will become rapid and continuous^ ! A cargo of potatoes Was •rtceritly Shipped frpm^Tararia'ki, to Sydney, But at.a ,lp.?s tor the shipper. Bad they. been sent to Manakau, a profit would have. been realised r as the article always finds US value in'thtf •Auckland market. j „The Ijand recently purchased byjGrp^ernor Rreyi isnearlyjfully occupied', and. the greater;, portion under cultivation^ ' In ( short', industry; faHd^pr6%JeTity are ' said to nYaV^ti'Jha^d' in' hand;— New Zedlanter, Sept, SO."" *

MfeVAkckoiiY ( ApcjppfiT.— Oh* Tuesday; 'evening, 2 about ten^ o'clock, as the, Emilys cutter, jwas. off Waugapaua, on her passage from Wan^ereitb Auckland, a fine young man, named John. Ogilvie, then at the helm, was struck oh theiiead by the main boom, whilst the sail was jibing, and knocked overboard. The vessel was instantly put about, but the search' was in vain ; the unfortunate youth never afterwards having been seen. There were but three others "besides the deceased on board. Mr. Whytlaw came up in the Emily, and has brought with him a superior sample of limestone. — Ibid.