New Zealand Gazette AND WELLINGTON SPECTATOR.

New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume II, Issue 68, 31 July 1841, Page 2

New Zealand Gazette AND WELLINGTON SPECTATOR.

Saturday, July 31, 1841.

[The leading article of the paper of this day will be found in the first page of 'the 1 supplement, which, from the pressure of news, we have found it necessary to issue with this number.]

The prospectus of the New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette will be found in our advertising columns. We have to acknowlege the receipt of the first number of this journal. It is on a rather larger sheet than the New Zealand Gazette is printed upon. The paper is very good, the type is equally so, and well assorted ; and judging from Editorial remarks of this number, it is likely to hold a good position among the press in the Colonies of the Southern Seas.

It already enjoys two pages of advertisements, and the fourth page is a reprint of the Government Gazette, which is printed under contract by the same establishment — the Auckland Printing Company. Extracts from the paper will be found under the Auckland head.

Four hundred and sixty pounds twelve shillings had been subscribed towards the erection of a church- at Auckland. This collection, it would appear from the following extract from one of the resolutions passed at the meeting, entitled the subscribers to aid from the Government.

" And that, as by the Acts of Council, for regulating the temporal affairs of the church, a sum of not less than ;£3OO must be subscribed towards the erection of such church before the aid of her Majesty's Government can be applied for, and &c. &c. &c."

There is one subscription which has peculiarly attracted our attention. It is the following :— " The Rev. J. F. Churton, from former parishioners at Threapwood, £14 65." Now we should like to know whether that amount was received before he left England, while here, or since he arrived at Auckland ? We confess the utter disregard which this Reverend gentleman evinced from the moment of his arrival here to those interests confided to his care, because his views respecting his worldly claims were not satisfied, made us feel he belonged to the body entitled to the appellation of traders in religion, a class for which we entertain the greatest dislike. Were we inclined to enter on the subject, we could prove that the unhappy selection of this individual has been a great misfortune to this settlement.

Answer to the Address forwarded by the, Magistrates of Tort Nicholson, to his Excel-i

lency Captain William Hobson, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of 'New Zealand and its Dependencies : — Government House, Auckland, New Ulster, 14th May, 1841. Gentlemen, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your address, and to present my best thanks for the congratulations you offer on the independent position of this Colony over which her Majesty has done me the honor to appoint me Governor. Your are pleased to express deep regret that any circumstance should have taken place tending to disturb those amicable relations, between me and the settlers of Port Nicholson, which for the honor of the Crown and' interest of the Colony it is desirable to maintain. In this sentiment I most earnestly and most cordially concur, and I shall hail with extreme satisfaction, any disposition on the part of the settlers to restore that harmony which you very justly observe is so highly essential to the developement of the resources of the Colony, and which you do me but justice in believing I am most desirous to cultivate. Gentlemen, I should hold it to be inexpedient and improper to enter into discussion here of the suggestions you have thought fit to offer on the future Government of this Colony. But I hesitate not to assure you that your interests shall not be neglected, that every measure shall be taken in strict accordance with her Majesty's gracious pleasure, as conveyed to me by her principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, and that such suggestions as you have already offered in your address, or may hereafer offer for the benefit of the settlers in the Southern Districts, shall receive due consideration. I have reason to hope when the arrangements of the Government are fully complete that many of the inconveniences of which you complain will be found susceptible of easy adjustment, and I will not allow myself to believe that I shall be denied the satisfaction of soon meeting the settlers at Port Nicholson on terms of mutual confidence and support. I have the honor to remain, gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, (Signed) W. Hobson. To William Wakefield, Esq., and other gentlemen who signed the address. Married. — By special license, on Monday last, by the Rev. Mr. Hatfield, W. V. Brewer, Esq., barrister-at-law, Wellington, to Miss Isabella Harrison, youngest daughter of John Harrison, Esq., of Wakefield, Yorkshire.