[From the Sydney Atlas, Nor. 22.]

New Zealander, Volume 1, Issue 30, 27 December 1845, Page 4

[From the Sydney Atlas, Nor. 22.]

Sir George Gipps is at length about to take his departure A letter hasbeen received by one of the Members of Council from a Member of t,he..Huuse of Commons! in which it is stated, on the authority of a PHv/' Councillor, that a Go-vernor-General will shortly be tent to this colony. Who the new Governor will be, is not mentioned with any degree of certainty, though some people speak of Sir Henrjr Pottinger. Military Insubordination.~An order from the Horse Guards Having been received to discontinue the allowance of spirits to the.mill ta) 1 in New South Wales, which has ceased to be considered foi eign service, and 2d. per diem added to their pay in lieu thereof, and an attempt having been made to carry it into force on Moiula), the whole of the troops in garrison turned out in a stale of insubordination, and dosing the barrack gates, flung their rations of bread and meat into the square, and resolutely ox prised "their determination to their officers that they would do no further duty if their grog was slopped. In consequence the guard did not troo^ at the usml hoin, and the old guards w ere not relieved until theafUM noon, aftei Sir Maurice ' O'Connell had personally arranged with the men tv hold the obnoxious order in abeyance until he had further communicated with the Horse Guards. The men, being pacified with the assurance, returned" to their duty without further complaint —At Paramatta, we understand the conduct of the military was much ino.*e tuihulent. The Btitish Government fia* determined upon reducing the salanes of the Clergy in all Colonies where they are chargeable on the colonial revenue, and any financial dim* ulties exist, TWENTY PER CENT. The wool sales have terminated favourably, Sperm oil has sold at £79 10s. to £80 55., and veiy low at £71 io», ; head timtter, £82 to £82 us., ami very low at £73 ss. 1o £77 15s. Southern at £23 lo £27 10s. P.tle seal at £30 10s. for very fine and put c. " MOlltfgß OK AN Ofl'lCtH'ANO ElttHT MEN of -Trfb <£ Wasp,~;A' most distressing; circumstance has qccurred- in the African squadron. 'I lie Waspf 18, Commander b. H Usher, took a pnzt*, watch was &eiH W< Sierra Leone to be condemned. On her way this prize fell in with and took another slaver. The lieutenant in command siill keeping chaige of the first vessel, put a miilahiptitdi) named tiarmer, will) eight men into the other. The vessels then separated. Unfortunately, Mr Hanner allowed a strong party of the slave crew to remain out of jrons, and at night tnp) arose ami inu»'tUue«l every Eiiglshman; on bouid; and, when day light broke, exchanged aignaljs with and li.vil at the other,prize, and then bore away, in a day or two afterwards she fell in with iheStur, G, commander Dunlop, wlio look her, and brought her murderous pir.uical crew to Ascension. Tnese Spanish pir.iies have been lorwanJed to England and ten of them tried for thejnuidur of teii AKnirlishinen, and seven were sentenced to death.—Globe. New Zealand.—By private letters'received from an o/Hcer of tlie 2sr!i regiment, ttaiioned in JnJia, we learn that otders h«ive been received by means of tlie overland rout from England, for th ■ 17th regimen to proceed to New Zeoland forthwith..-— Australian.