DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 14, 22 July 1843, Page 3

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

J| New School. — The Parents and Guarmans of Children will perceive by an Ad|&rtisemerit in our columns, that a New jSchool is soon to be opened in Auckland. IPhe means of bestowing a proper, rational |fbd intellectual education, are, generally Sraeaking, difficult to be obtained in most of {ape Colonies. We are happy, however, to Jftlieve that this^ shall not be a cause of Auckland at least. Mr. Joplin life know to be a person of good education |Bid superior intellectual attainments, and Me have much "pleasure and confidence in his institution to the patron|jij;e of our friends-,- and we sincerely trust Jilat he wiH receive that encouragement ||Prich we know he so eminently deserves. v|l Protectors of Aborigines. — We observe ; 'w tho Government Gazette, that another i»b-protector has been put in orders. Has rj|| e Treasury Box been replenished, that additional expense is entailed on the colony ? fflh nas ft Deen discovered that the natives J|ave been ill used lately, and that they |Squire more protection? The government ISBay want -spies, but tliey know that maories feint no protection ; they know how to proJBct themselves ; an experience of several fir 116 ou §ht * 0 nave made the government iware of this important fact. But there are $ftany needy friends and supporters to be Ijß'ovided for. By the way, we have been gwixious to discover for what reasons his mxcellency has deemed it necessary to reWove his brother from his former occupa- ; |B>ns of Police Magistrate and Sub-protector |H Tauranga. We have heard of several ,|Mses in which complaints have been made r lar UU ' nou S? 1 ne na s gone by the brig to # southward, the public have not been yet wormed in what oapaeity ; but there is a •i jjfcort afloat, that he has been sent to Nelson •Jg; ascertain further particulars relative to yggp a * e affair/ a certain reason having preIffi 11 * 6 ? i" 8 brother, wn ° somewhat ac'"Sfc w i"^ sti P s aud the sea » to trust ms *ggmaole life on the treacherous deep. Per•J»ps it is intended to make him Protector jgpneral of the island of New Munster, and ||cc Admiral of the same, with a propormnable increase of salary according to the XK b r W 7' a Bai !l d On the lsth for Wellington, B\£? P f' S and sixty rank « flle of toe 96th regt. Lieutenant Bennett, R.E., ». fcviai, and Major .Richmond, were also pawen»s. Mr, Bennett returns soon to Auckland. But «or Richmond, we. are. glad to hear, remains at Vrt NichpJson ; we wiih them joy of him in any

capacity ; as a member of the Lands Claims Inquisition, he hat doubtless done good service to the state and to himself* We dare say he will nor forget eitner of these interests at Port Nicholson. Why the soldiers have been sent to Port Nicholson, we cannot ascertain. Probably because a similar expedition to Tauranga was so veil approved of by (he people. It is much to be regretted that the ditposition of the military and the government of this colony had not, as is the case in other colonies, on the death, or absence of a governor, devolved upon the officer commanding the troops, instead of Mr. Shonlmci, who ' knows so little about either. We hear the Victoria was not deemed sea-worthy, but Mr. Shortland would not consent to expend any money on her repairs ; we trust she will safely reach her destination, and that no accident may happen through this recklessness on hi« part. Mechanic's Institute.— The lecture on music, by Thos. Uuthwuite, Esq., was necessarily postponed on Thursday last. We are glad to say, that it will be delivered at Messrs. Brown and Campbells new large Auction Room (which has been kindly granted for the occasion) on Thursday first, at 8 p m. Several , members of the Philharmonic Society have handsoraely off red their assistance in illustrating; the , subject of the lecture. Wo expect a very numerous attendance. Bay of Islands Post Office. — We omitted in our paper of last week to netice itid. detention at Kororareka of the Mail Bag for Auckland, which was neglected to be put on board the "Union," Styles. Due notice had been given by Capt. Styles of the sailing of the "Union," so that there could not possibly be any good reason for the detention of the Mail. We have had several complaints from the Bay on the subject of the Post Office, and we are informed that petitions have been sent to Mr. Connell for the appointment of a paid officer to manage that department, but the Postmaster General, in imitation of his great master, wholly j disregards the petitions and convenience of ! the public, and treats the complaints of the people with the utmost indifference and sang froid. What, we would ask, may Mr. Connells reasons be for this change of conduct? When merely Postmaster General, he was always found most attentive to the duties of his situation, but since he has been so elevated as to be allowed to copy papers under ! the same roof with His Excellency the Offi - J cer &c &c, and to subscribe his name to some half dozen paltry advertizements for that bright production the Gazette, he seems to have been infected, by his proximity to j said Great Master, with a- soul above trifles, I such as complaints of the mismanagement of the Post Office. But we would warn Mr. Connell, for his own sake, to adopt a diffe- j ren course for the future, the petitions and wishes of the people are not to be disregarded with impunity ; sooner or later they must be attended to, we do not mean under the ! present administratipn, for that is out of- the question, but Mr. Connell may depend upon it, the people will not easily forget the indifference manifested by him to their wishes in this matter. Verb. sap. sat est. — (Communicated.)