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Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 120, 23 April 1853, Page 7

We are given to understand that there is little probability of his Honor, the Judge, being here for some weeks, owing to the Government Brig having been ordered to Auckland. We need not dwell upon the injustice thus inflicted upon those now in jail, as it is but too patent. The blame does not rest with the Judge, as he cannot be expected to charter a vessel to take his circuit; we believe that Mr. Justice Chap man once did so to attend the Assizes at Nelson, when his expenses were disallowed. Besides, were his Honor to come down in a coasting vessel, he might be detained for weeks without an opportunity of returning .to Wellington, It seems strange -that the

Brig is always employed elsewhere at the time the Sittings of the Supreme Court are appointed to be held in the . Provinces. There is a report that the Brig is to be sold ; the sooner the better, for all the convenience it affords the public. The " Mahomed Shah " sailed from •Gravesend on the 16th, and the " Hampshire " from the Downs on the 18th December ; the former for Wellington, and the latter for this Port. We learn that Sir Thomas Tancred and .family are on board the " Hampshire." The tempestuous weather which seems to have prevailed in the English Channel will account for the prolonged voyage of the " Hampshire."

We beg to call the attention of Members of the Church of England to the public meetings to be holden on Monday and Tuesday next?(see advertisement), to take into consideration the present position of the Church in this Settlement. It will be ■ observed that several questions of vital Importance will form the subject of consideration, and we cannot, therefore, too strongly; impress upon all, who have the interests of. the Church at heart, to attend. ..'''"

We have not received any Auckland papersfor some months, our latest being the middle of January. The following appears in the Independent, being the summary of news to the sth March:—"A testimonial in the shape of a tablet or monument, was about to be erected to: the memory of the late and much lamented Rev. Mr. Churton, and the subscription list already included persons of all classes and religious denominations. The following was the state of [the Auckland markets:—Flour, £20' per ton ; sawn timber, 12s. to 15s. per. 100 feet; cigars, £4 10s. per 1000 ; potatoes, £4 10s. per ton; wheat, Bs. per bushel; barley, 7s. do. ; oats, 6s. 6d. do.; maize, ss. do. The gold mania appears to have somewhat subsided, as we observe nothing regarding it in the papers be-' fore us,"