[From the Hobart Town Advertiser.]

New Zealander, Volume 1, Issue 30, 27 December 1845, Page 3

[From the Hobart Town Advertiser.]

The Colonial. Office is on the totter.—a few more attacks, and over it must tumble,—the anoalous system of governing Englishmen through the 16,000 mile focus has received such a schoclc during the late session of Parliament, which must end in a-complete reform of this JEgena. stable, and we shall recede 10 the good old custom of our ancestors,—local self government. We are greatly indebted to the press of our mother country for urging our claims on the attention of their readers. We pray of them to continue these good offices, as millions are deeplyinterested in this great question. No minister that ever held the seals of the Colonial olfice is so unpopular as Lord Stanley of Bickerstatfe; his race is run, he must retire ; and then Sir Kober.t Feel will be able to carry out his own principle, .•'treat the colonies as an integral part of the empire." These are the Premier's own words.: would that they were not figurative, and all would be well. They must however, be a.lopted j from " pole to pole," the voices of the injured are crying aloud for redress:— " The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and deliveieth them out of all their troubles," To give our readers'some idea of the current opinion in England, in referenre to Lord Stanley's policy among the conservative part*, we append an extract from a late number of one of the most influential Tory Journals,—the Eoenincr Mail. "Lord Stanley's mismanagement of the colony of New Zealand, (what did he ever interfere with that he did not mismanage ?) — was near causing a break up in the cabinet on Thursday. Seventeen Tories voted against the government} and upwards of thirty, who had intended to do so, were induced to walk out of the house. As it was, if the Whigs had used any diligence, they must have had as signal a triumph on the division, as they unquestionably had in the debate."

The Roman CathoUc GufLD.— An "investiture" of the officers and brethren of a recently Tunned Roman Catholic Association called the •• Holy Catholic Guild of St. Mary and St. Joseph" took place at St Mary's Cathedral on Sunday last. The brethren assembled at three o'clock at the Roman Catholic School Room in JVlacquarie street,, which is used by them temporarily as a Guild Hall, and from thence they proceeded in a body at four o'clock to the Cathedral to attend vespe»s,*at which service the Most Reverend Archbishop Poldiug and the Right Lleverend Bishop Pompalier, (Vicar Apostolic of New Zealand), assisted. After vespers, the Archbishop precalied a sermon, having reference principally to tae nature and importance of such, societies as the Gui d, as well in a spiritual as in a temporal point of view, in the course of this seri'noji he endeavoured with much earnestness to impress upon hisheareis that it was religion aluue which could cteale a permanent and elficienl bond of union between iiian and man in sjcieties of this nature, and appealed to historical facts m proof of his assertion. At the termination of the sermon, the ceremony of investiture was proceeded with, the brethren advancing to' 'the altar in pairs, where they were formally robed, the several habiliments being bles*»d by the two prelates assisted by the Vicar General. The 'Warden or president, and the bursar 01 Tieasuier being the two principal officer* Mere tho. first invested, after which came the Secretary , th» inembeis of tlie Guild Council and the ordinal y brethren. Theie weie in all one hundred and two members invested, and it was stated tliat there would have been a larger number, but tor the'impossibility of procuring the robes in lime lor the cereinouj, in consequence oft lie short notice which hud been given. When the investiture was concluded, the biethreu returned in procession to their Guild Hall, where they untobed themselves and separated. The Guild, is framed upou the model of the aacieut ttuinaa

Catholic Associations of the same name and natnre, and of those now existing in the United Kingdom, of which that of Edinburgh is, we believe the principal These societies partake jointly of the character of a religious association nfid of a benefit society: for on the first place the members take upon themselves certain spi* ritual obligations peculiar to the Roman Catholic lefigion ; and in the second place they contribute rateably to a general fuud from which niodical aid, sick allowances, and burial funds, are provided for such as stand in need of them j the receipts of each member in these particulars being legulated by the amount of his ContrihUf tions, of which there are several scales in order to meet the circumstances of the contribution, The Guild has likewise a standing Chaplain, which office is at present filled by the veiy Kevereiui Dv, Gregory, and its members are entitled in sickness or at death to have masses said for them, and to other benefits, which like the obiigd'ions of Ihe n embers themselves are 'peculiar to the Roman Catholic Church. The Society has been e&tablished about five months, and numbers about one hundred and sixty member*. At guild funerals and processions the members wear robes according to tbeir rank in the Society ; that of the ordinal") bietbren is a black cloak made very full, with wings or half capes falling from^Uiß•houlder to the wrist, and a white collar to which fs suspended a soft of medal termed a shield, embossed with various devices. The clonks of the officers aretiimmed with various colours according to the rank of the wearers, that of the "Warden being trimmed with bine and red, that of the Bursar with yellow and red, that of the Secretary Yed and yellow, and that of the Councillors with greeu and yellow, the collars of these officers corresponding with thetrimmingof their cloaks. The officers also bear a green staff surmounted l)\ a cross ; and a large crass is borne before the In et l)ren at funerals and other processions of a solemn nature.— Sydney Herald.

Commercial Kkview.— Since the arrival of the vessels fiom Europe, business has been much better Most of the fruits have been sold : currants and raisins have generally realised sd. all round) best stone blue 12d. to 14d. ; best starch, i\ for the whole parcel. Considerable quantities of spirits have been cleared at the customs. About ISO hogsheads brandy have changed hands at prices from 5s 9d to 6s 6d. No large sales ran he reported of rum, the stock being: very, limited, especially of line old rum, Hiid holders ate firm at 4s 6d. to ss. About 800 cases of gin have arrived, and the market ha* declined 2s. per case, (wit no sales have been made. By the arrival of the Janet, upwards of 9.000 bags of *ii£rtr have been added to the stock. No sales can be reported, and price* remain the same as at present. Sugars at>Manilla ha\e advanced considerably. Refined lujrnr is very scarce, and a few hogsheads from Port Phillip realised b\. — Australian, hoa, 15.