I DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 3, 6 May 1843, Page 3

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

Tub Weather, —The winter ha* aovr fiir'y arrived, but hu firarb is very different from iha which hs wears in our native lavd —white is not his fashionable dress in theBes climes : he delights even in the middle of winter ia a robe of the deepest green. The weathtr for some days ba^k exceeded in loveliness any thing that we have ever experienced or even dreamt of —beautiful sunny days with clear starry nigthts, si-fiTcieiitly cool to convince a person not possessed of a superabundance of caloric, that a fire might not be uncomfortable. The Nitives as usual attend in this as in every other case to the setileis' comfort, by briuginx; in their hrge canoes a plentiful and cheap supply of firewood : pig*, potatoes, and all garden vegetables ar<; supplied by them as abundantly anti cheaply as ever.—Mr. Terry matt be astonished to rmd in this resject su.,h a strong cont adiction to the statement made in his book about the dearness of living ia this place : pork h sold at preeent by the Native traders at 2JJ. per lb , potatoes at £1 10i. to £Z per ton; fish at mete nominal prices; melons, pumpkins, turnips, Cdbbages, and garden Bluffs of Native growth at less than half their cost in E.vgUnd. Sale of Town I>a.^ds. — We beg particularly to call the attention of our readers to the properly advertised in to-day's paper for sale by Auction. Tnese allotments are tittuted in the upper part of Shortiand Crescent, and are well adapted for shops and p;ivate residences, fronting, as they do, the street on the one side, and coaimanding Euch a fine view ot the haibour on the other. Two English men of war are, we understand, daily expected from Sjdney. Indeed, our harbour should never be w.thout an English man of w<ir —considering the immense amount of British capital which is in\ ested in the trade Bnl shipping of tbe Pae £■?, we are much surprised that England should so long have overlooked her owa and the interests of her subjects m this part of the world. — Auckland, as the centre of the trade of the Pacific, should not only never be left without a British man of war, but it should immediate'y be made bd Admiral's Station. America and France are assuming such a formidable aspect, and such high pretentions id this quarter of the globe, that we think the hast thing England should do is, to show that she is not behind their' m regard for aad in the power of protecting her subjects and her trade in the southern hemisphere. We can assure her that something more than tbe mere name is required to uphold her interests and rights. The Maritime Empire of the Pacific is a matter worth contending f >r, and the pcint of attack and defence will be New Zealar.d. The 6b.ips of war of America and France are thick upon our coast, but the naval power of England is a thing of memory, and not of sense- —at leaat in these parts.—Since writing the foregoingi we understand that the HusBir, 36 g>n frigate, built undtr the superintendence of Sir William Symonds, is daily looked for from England —we hope with tbe New Governor, Auckland Dispensary. —On Thursday last, a Public Meeting was held at Hart's Hotel, to hear the report of the inter'm Committee, and to arrange for the permanent establishment of this institution. After a good deal of detnltory conversation, it was finally agre d that the meeting should be adjourned io that day week., for the purpose of approving of certain law* and regulations to be framsd by a committee appointed for that purpjfe.