Domestic Intelligence.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 1, Issue 17, 25 January 1843, Page 2

Domestic Intelligence.

The Schooner Shamrock. —The schooner Shamrock, Captain Dahly, for Sydney, via the Bay of Islands, cleared at the Custom House, and sailed yesterday. Her clearance having been delayed to the last minute; when we arrived at the Custom House, the offices were closed. We will, however, 'live her manifest in nexfpublication.

Mails.*— The sai'ecl two days previous to the Countess of Wilton, from Svdney, and anticipating considerable delay at the Great Barrier Island, to which place she was first bound, her mail is confined to a few consignees' letters. The schooner Union sailed from the Bay a day previously to the Countess of Wilton; the remainder of the mail by that vessel was despatched by the Union, which has not yet arrived. Coming on to blow she put back, but, being a fast sailer, and Captain Styles, being intimately acquainted with the line of coast from the Bay hither, we may hourly expect her, though the winds have of late been adverse.

Arrivals.---The Countess of Wilton, George Bowles, commander, from Sydney and the Bav of Islands; also the Typl *na, Thos. Horn, commander, from Sydney and the Great Barrier Island, arrived in harbour on Monday last, the 23rd instant. Their manifests will be inserted in our next.

Mfan Temperature. —We have much satisfaction in directing the attention of our scientific readers to a well-di-gested and carefully compiled table, by personal observation of the mean temperature of the air at Auckland during the respective months of the preceding year, by John Johnson, Esq., M.D,, our respected Co'onial Surgeon.

Land Sale. —Of the 22 town lots, offered for sa'e by Government on Mondav last, 6 only were disposed of. The upset price was £IOO per acre, or 12s. 6d. per perch.—No. 1, sold at 13s. per perch; No. 2, at £1 65.; No. 3, at 15s ; No. 5, at 155.; No. 21, at 12s. 6d.; and No. 22, at 14 s. 6d. Shortland Crescent. —A few days ago, a horse, in the shafts of a cart, belonging to Mr. App'eyard, a settler on the Tamaki, took fright near to the stores of Messrs. Heale, Sinclair, and Co.; from the overturning of a cartload of bricks, and although the driver in charge of the animal, held hard by the reins for a length of time, the horse eventually freed himself from restraint and galloped ofF at a frightful pace. On coming near to the stores of Messrs. Nathan and Joseph, however, in his endeavour to rush up the embankment forming, from the superabundant soil of the excavations now in progress in the Upper part of the Crescent, both horse and cart, were vio'ent'y overturned. The windows of Messrs. Nathan and Co's. stores narrowly escaped being smashed; and it was next to a miracle that none of the numerous persons passing and repassing in the street, were killed or injured. There should be a substantial railing, placed on each side of the Crescent, or some day we may have the onerous duty to record a lamentable loss, both of life and property.