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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 580, 22 February 1851, Page 2

An overland messenger from Auckland reached Wellington yesterday, being the bearer of despatches for his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief; the despatches had been received by the Victory, which had arrived at Auckland Ist February, after a passage of one hundred and twenty days from England. Among the passengers by the Victory were Colonel Campbell and his family, who had come out intending to settle in New Zealand. An officer of Artillery had also arrived by the Victory to relieve Lieutenant Smith at Wanganui. The At-torney-General and Captain Travers had returned to Auckland on their overland journey from Wellington the last week in January.

It is said that Mr. Roberts has received instructions to prepare for the consideration of his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief a report, accompanied with the necessary drawings, on the most eligible plan for reclaiming from the sea and laying out for building the land in front of Lambton-quay. If a line were drawn from Pipitea Point to Willis-street it would include within the area formed by it with Lambton-quay a space of about twenty-acres. By building a sea-wall extending between the two points above named a noble quay would be constructed with sufficient depth of water to allow of ships laying alongside and discharging their cargo, the average depth at half

tide being we believe about sixteen feet. Ss magnificent project, while it sufficiently practicable in execution, and will give the Government the opportunity m obtaining the most eligible and centra site for public offices which may be concentrated m one block, is further recommended by the circumstance that it will more than repay the cost of the undertaking by sale ot the land reclaimed, which 'V°“ld foim the most valuable portion of the Town. This improvement has always been contemplated from the original laying out of the Town, but from the nature of the work it could only be carried out by the Government, or bv some public body having the necessary legal powers to undertake these works and to dispose of the land so reclaimed. We forbear to say more on the subject until the plans are sufficently matured to allow us to enter fully into detail, we may however state that unless any unforeseen obstacle should arise, it is intended the works shall be forthwith cornineDced, and we think they may be fairly reckoned as one among the many advantages which will result to the settlers from the dissolution of the New Zealand Company, who would do nothing themselves and who, from their mischievous use of the powers delegated to them, interfered to prevent the Government from doing anything.