THE GOVERNOR.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 17, 12 August 1843, Page 3

THE GOVERNOR.

-?The coming of the New Governor, is alike Stgerly looked for, and anxiously prayed $»r, both by the patient Maori and the unpaUMent European. The very children with llheir earliest efforts at expressing hope or 'May, lisp his name. We verily believe, that Igyen the pigs themselves, if they could exrJ|ress their wants and wishes, would be heard Igrunting the name of the New Governor. intensely, and grievously anxious are the people to get rid of the present Anarch, ||hat any thing in the shape of ahuman being be welcome, even if he were not posjjessed of half the ordinary share of intellect And heart ; some good would be expected 'jofhim. • ,|r One of our correspondents seems desirous < mat some demonstration of joy should take Mace on his arrival. This may be customrory, but it is useless. A Governor is the 'fljpiere paid servant of the Queen and people ; j| nd we see no reason why the people nowI rdays should be such fools (be the Governor I rho he may) as to puff up, or worship their jiwn servant. If he prove himself worthy ,j|f the respect of the people, they will in jrery good time enable him to perceive that |j|e is esteemed. If he should, on the other i$and, happen to be, a person whose i&oral disposition, and intellect, cannot him to our respect, it is better not to ?|)e too rash in committing ourselves. : | But be the Governor who he may, we | lefy him not to do good, he must do somefhing, and if he act at all, it must bo to the >enefit of the colony. His predecessors have 3 lone all the mischief to his hand, so that we •S nay all rest perfectly assured, that in spite I >f himself, his presence will be accompanied | vith a decided change for the better. I [ The New Governor may doubtless (and J rre trust lie shall) do much for the good of I his colony. There never was a finer field | pr obtaining, and establishing a character, % jhan New Zealand offers at the present '-aaoment. Ordinary judgement and disin the government of this colony, ,>%ould connect his name forever with its .. history. "We would strongly recommend the people as soon as possible to get up a temperate address, embodying all their wants and wishes, as well as a true account of all ■jflie grievances they have sustained under #he present and former anarchies, with the $ew of being presented to him on his "We shall in an early number return jjp this subject. Moantime we pray for the § '"needy arrival of the Governor. We have been favoured by a gentleman, .jassenger in the "Sisters," with the followjlhg intelligence : •M The schooner "Sisters" left Hobart Town Jp Tuesday evening, the 18th of July, with ||full general cargo. Passengers, Mr. & Mrs. Ijdgerly, Mrs. Clark, Mr. Bust, Mr. Anl|rew's, Master Brown, and 3 steerage pasIgngers. The barque "Duke of Roxbourgh," ■pick left Plymouth on the 7th fff March, was entering the harbourwhen the "Sisters" »ft, she had on board the Bishop of Tasmania and Archdeacon Maniott. The marque "Tyne," which left London on the a4th of July for Port Nicholson, Nelson and liaickland, with passengers and cargo, was at Hobart Town when the " Sisters" left, Raving put in for water. The " Tyne" also Rut into the Cape, and there left several apssengers who had embarked for New Zea»nd; some of her passengers are settling in wobart Town, and taking out a considerable liuantity of cargo. Three of the "Tyne's" fflpssengers have come forward per "Sisters." §$ will be some time before the " Tyne" arjafves at Auckland, as she would not leave j»obart Town for some days after the " Sis#rs," and was first bound to Port Nicholw>n» then Nelson. There are large mails, Spd government dispatches on board for Auckland. The " Mary," "barque, was to Pjil soon after the "Tyne" for Port NicholB^n, with passengers and cargo, and is most »kely arrived by this time. Things are ffoomy in Van Diemen's Land, failures are Hommon, principally amongst the settlers, who have overstretched themselves by very purchases of comparatively use»ss land, and having had interest to pay for H*uch of the purchase money, have had to Jrce their produce into the market, and

caused a serious decrease in prices ; a short time should rectify their difficulties, they having a market of their own', caused by a government expenditure of nearly £2, 000 daily, which, added to the cheap labour, gives great advantages to the Tasmanian settler. Most of the "Sister's" cargo consists of excellent Flour, Derwent Seed Potatoes, Seed Grain, &c, several thousand Fruit Trees, and Plants ; there are also some Beea and a few prime Leicester Ewes, (selected by Mr. Bust,) all of which will become useful, and tend to make our settlement more homely. Mr. Edgerly has brought out from England a large assortment of Plants, some of which he refused great prices for in Hobart Town, that gentleman formerly resided in New Zealand, and before imported a considerable number of useful trees into the country, he also took a collec- , tion of New Zealand plants to England ; as a botanist, Mr, Edgerly will be a useful setler to us. We perceive by the Ilobart Town papers that Sir Eardly Wilmot, late Member of Parliament, has been appointed to succeed Sir John Franklin, it is possible he may : have arrived at the seat of government be- ! fore this time. The news from Sydney is of little or no interest. The papers are occupied with discussions regarding the claims and characters of the various persons elected to the new Council/ The members of the old Council, with the exception of Mr. Campbell and Sir John Jamieson, have been appointed as Crown nominees. It is well to sit among honorable men in any capacity.