NELSON.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 28, 4 November 1842, Page 3

NELSON.

(From the Nelson Examiner.)

The Thomas Harrison arrived on Tuesday morning, and came direct into the haven in beautiful style. She was greeted with cheers by those on shore, which were heartily replied to by the newly-arrived. Slie has been so long looked for that a feeling of distrust of her ever arriving had begun to prevail, which was the cause of her hearty reception, added to the pleasing excitement of watching a vessel entering the mouth of the harbour, which is very great. We have seldom seen anything more beautiful than the entrance of a large vessel. The Thomas Harrison sailed on the 25th of May, and was detained by calms for a length of time on the line. She is 70 days from the line. A very small mail has arrived by her, as she left but so short a time after the Sir Charles Forbes. Great credit is due for her good management. We have seen no immigrant vessel arrive so cleanly and in such good order. In spite of the tedium of so long a passage, none of those so frequent and so distressing differences appear to have arisen between the immigrants and the commander and officers of the vessel. The deaths on board have been only two, both children. Captain Smith is, we understand, owner as well as commander.

The following vessels were laid on for New Zealand at the time of the sailing of the Thomas Harrison .--—for Nelson, with emigrants, the Olympus, 316 tons, to sail June 15, from London; the New Zealand, 380 tons, to sail July 1, from Greenock. For Wellington, with emigrants, the George Fyfe, 391 tons, to sail June 15. For Wellington and New Plymouth, with emigrants, the Blenheim, 374 tons, to sail July 1. For Auckland, with emigrants, the Duchess of Argyle, 667 tons, to sail from Greenock early in June. For Auckland and Bay of Islands, the Greyhound, 317 tons, to sail the 30th of June.

In addition to the vessels then chartered by the New Zealand Company, it was advertised that a ship would be dispatched to one of the Company’s settlements every month during the season.

On Sunday, Mr. Martin, the Chief Justice of New Zealand, arrived here in the Government brig, and with him, Mr. Outhwaite, Registrar of the Supreme Court. On the day after his arrival, his Honor took the declaration of some gentlemen of the legal profession, and placed them on the rolls. On Wednesday, Captain Wakefield accompanied Mr. Martin and Mr. Outhwaite on a trip to the Waimca, and we believe they expressed themselves as much gratified with the signs of doing discoverable there. The brig left the harbour on Thursday to proceed to Auckland, calling at Taranaki by the way, where Mr. Martin will, it is believed, join the Bishop in an overland trip to Auckland. The Olympus, which arrived last evening, has brought English papers to the 14th of June. The news which they contain is very limited, and a brief notice is all that we can give this week.

Francis, the man who fired at the Queen, has been examined before the Privy Council. The only fact which had transpired was, that the same miscreant had presented a pistol at her Majesty in St. James’s Park on the Sunday previous, without firing it off". The most important intelligence, as concerns ourselves, is the Report submitted to the Annual Meeting of the Proprietors of the New Zealand Company. This Report is printed at length in the New Zealand Journal of June 11, and contains altogether a highly satisfactory statement of the affairs of the Company. The settlement of Nelson appears to have been the subject of greatest interest, and the Directors, in a dispatch to Colonel Wakefield, express themselves as most anxious to give us the benefit of the “ steam fund” at the earliest possible moment. As we intend extracting this valuable document in our next number, we shall not now enter into further particulars. A negociation was on foot to establish a Loan Society. A ship is to leave on the Ist of every month during the season, with emigrants for this place, commencing with August.