NELSON NEWS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 16, 5 August 1843, Page 3

NELSON NEWS.

IBy tho Royal William, which arrived the sther day at Manakau from Nelson, we aro in possossion of recent news from tho southward, and feel happy in hearing that matters ivo now again quiet at all the settlements. £ho rebel chief Rauparaha, has become a J jhristian, doubtless through fear and policy ; md the other old chief Kangehaita, is dying from a wound- received in his foot, having been pierced by a surveyor's peg. We understand Mr. M'Donough, the erratic Pqlice |lagistrate in Cook's Straits, has been exercising the functions of governor at Nelson, Appointing a Police Magistrate and a County "Ifudgo. l '| Mr. Shortlands labours aro thus made ■;j|asy, by investing all his substitutes with his Sj »wn Queenly powers. Majesty will in this P banner, he found and appreciated through p Hie length and breadth of tho land. The Iwcrman emigrants had arrived at Nelson, ti|hd aro said to bo well ploased with the pjfpuntry. There were ' no arrivals from plpngland a.t Port Nicholson or Nelson for a ;fB>ng time. A deputation from Nelson to »««s Excellency Mr. Shortland, has come by ||pis arrival to havo a kororo regarding the iiV'airoa massacre. 1| Tho Governor of New Zealand, Colonel ipl' Donald, is a brother of tho Adjutant Iperieral, and the maternal undo of John jPicholson, Esq., of the Ordnance Departpaent of this town Laimces. Exam. June 26. Phrenology.— We are glad to hear that t is tlip intention of our friend Mr. Brown ;o deliver a Lecture on Thursday first, to ho members of the Mechanic's Institute, an tho above interesting subject. The Lecture on Architecture cornea off this evoking. Wo trust the Committee of the Mechanic's Institute will bo able to collect a sufficient amount of money to enable them o erect a building of their own. Subscrjpions towards this object yill be received at &o Ba,nk by A." Kennedy, Esq., the Treasurer of tho Institution. " j Generosity. — We are happy to record an I W;t of ' kind-hearted liberality on tho part >f Mrs. Hobson, the widow of the late Governor. Our local readers are aware that tho lands around Government House were tilled and sown by the lato Go/vevnor at his own private expense-'. A large crop of oats Was gathered from these lands, the whole of which Mrs. Hobson on her departure from this colony requested Mr. Shortland (the officer who,.until the arrival of a new Governor, according to a strange provision in tho charter of this colony, administers the government) to distribute among the settlers. Some of tho oats, we are glad to hear, have t>een the other day, accordingly given away »y his Excellency. Mrs. Ilobspn has by this act of liberality, manifested a praiseworthy ' interest in the prosperity of the colony.