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New Zealand Advertiser and Bay of Islands Gazette, Volume I, Issue I, 15 June 1840, Page 3

The period- is *tt length arrived,, when New Zealand, the Antifmdes of the civilized .world, isto take its shave ot the attention of the Nations, of -Europe, andofccnpy a prominent part in their const iteration and interest. Tong, has Gortiinerce directed her regards to this portion of the GJobe, and now colonisation is- following, in her train, surd carrying on her efforts on the most inhospitable shoves. And it n*ay be firstly anticipated, that not many years will elapse before fcb*r country-will be exalted to a high rank among' the most important cotnntuititles. ■ No longer is rtte public dread excited' by a nationof caimibnls. . The: commencing; and increasing influx ot Eupopcansjtas not only softeired down but utmost removed froip-tiie most timid minds, the terror of ferocious' Natives. Those Natives tlieirisfelvcs are beginning to be alive to the advautagesof trading; and of a comparatively civilised life. Every thing no-w tends to'bring to the light tire original resources of these and V> induce men to- .employ, their energies in rendering those resources available for universal good. The Press, when it first commenced its labours iu Europe, was at once the indication ofen-lig-Fitenrm-nt begun, a**! fire means of its perfeefing. The ivign of dark ness and supersfitfoia was passed, when this mighty

-reat-lime vrm. first crinstnicled. J| : nt .the rnaf*s of mind was ' ] 11 n prepip’ed ,to, appr.ecia tp its ,ad- ’ . vantages. T lie press had to create file literary taste sis Well-sis to : provide for its gratification.’ Periodical .publications su’ffcrpd in t hcirtuni the same disadvantage, liow singular, then, in htilfa ceir,l ,im -y from; it,*i discovery,si conntry yt,the ( disfauceof..half.the Globe, . .’’should contain a community prepared to give ready .eneourage- , Aeiit’to labouis of this kind.— Small, comparatively, though the nmnberpf Europeans in this Province be, yet the indications are not few. of a .disposition'. to live something jiiore than a merely liie. And we, own that - ille very .general promise? of sup. ..port which ha ye been, made us dpi-jug', our,short , residence here, have impressed us most favourably.with regard to Ihe moral aud intellectual eoiidiiion of.the Jn.babitiiiits ot this Colony. , l,t : is well—or, rather, it is ne-cessary—-that these circumstances , should, become well kiipwn in JC, pghincl, anil Europe generally, iii /theneighbouring Colon,ics. Many persons are deterre d from seeking an abode for their .families oil .shores where the advantages of intelligent society are supposed not to exist; < A correct knowledge of fuels would often go far to remove this objection. Let it once he clearly made out, on good grounds, that there issubsisteiiee and even wealth lo to be acquired by any who venture to set foot iu such a country sis Ltbis, and that their, families willl be under no necessity to;lapse Lijito ignorance and barbarism,and we may: surely expect fhatauany VS'lu) are pressed with difficulties i*>n every swle at liome, 1 wifi fear- . ;ies&ly commit, themselves to these coasts;' LOttr endeavour , shall he frequently-directed to place the Ant una land acquired advantages capirbi'lilies of -this country, ■ and espccial'ly of this locality, in a .clear Ii« ht.