AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume I, Issue 37, 21 June 1845, Page 3

AUCKLAND.

Captain Robertson. — This gallant young officer, late acting Commander of H.M.S. Hazard, severely Wounded on the 11th March, departed to England, vid Sydney, in the North Star, on Monday last. We are most happy to announce that although he has not yet been aWe to stand, and although there was a little pallor from-long confinement, he was' evidently in high health and spirits ; notwithstanding the severity of his Wounds, it is expected: he will shortly be completely restored. When placed upon his stretcher, preparatory to Iris embarkation, he was visited, with an affectionate farewell, by all our -most .respectable inhabitants, who proceeded with" him to the jetty, and as he pushed off in the cutter of the North Star, a- vociferous and long' continued peel of cheers, led by the stentorian voice of Mr. Spain and Capt. Barrow, saluted his departure. The troops in the barracks took up the acclamations of the toWns-people. and the earnestness and enthusiasm of all parties must have been most gratifying to the heart of the wounded hero. We shall be most glad to hear of his safe and early arrival in England, that he may tell a tale of Maori innocence, and give an impulse to Exeter Hall's self devotion in our behalf.

Tke following are the names of the killed and wounded of the 96th and 58th regiments :—: — Killed — 96th Regt. — Corporal William Kelly, privates, William Fbwle, Christopher North, John Norman. — Wounded.— "-Sergeant James Gollagher, Privates, John Collar, John Fleming, Isaac Horth, W. Kenney", W. Kennedy, W. Parr, W. Parnell, Richard Turtoff, since dead, Henry Wolsey. Killed— sBth Regt. — Privates, Fleming, Larrett, M'Millen, Moors, Sommers, Stephens, Wardrem, Yeates.--— Wounded. — Sergeants, Justin, Peale, Speight, Corporal, Davies, Privates, Edwards, Handeech, Hedger, Ingate, Lindy, Lord, M'Keshran, Nonnington, Smyth, George Smyth, Vincent, Wattingoy.

Government despatches are not revealed to the pubjic in New Zealaud till they have become? too stale to possess any interest ; but we have

heard upon authority that we can rely uporl> that his Excellency has received from home, some recent ones which are couched in anything but complimentary terms. His Excellency*- hfts b£eli informed that he mustrafee a revenue' here,* and a* repetition of tW absurd expectation " of- driirig so£r6mLord Stanley's land Act has" been thrown in his teeth —a good deal has be'en said 1 about breach of instructions, and disappointment in peifdnfcancfe, and all that sort of thing.— Auckland Times. On the 19th May the Governor proclaimed the coast between Wangirei and Warigaroa irfa state of blockade, and on the 3d June extended the blockade along the remainder of the coast •" as far as Monganui and Doubtless Bay, forbidding all intercourse with the native's on these coasts. — Ibid. It is with much regret that we have occasion to observe that it is a matter of doubt whether John Heki, who has been allowed to escape, will not consider the whole affair rather in the light of a triumph than a chastisement. We have heard the native loss estimated as high as two hundred ; but accounts are very various ; we have ourselves to deplore a loss which every Englishman ought to consider of more consequence than the lives of a" thousand of these deceitful savages. It is riot easy to conjecture what his Excellency will do with Pomare now he has got him ; but we presume there will be no difficulty in proving the treacherous transmission of Bible invitation discovered by Mr. Webster ; there is at present too much excitement upon the subject to admit of a dispassionate comment upon the affair, but in the midst of every conflicting account, there is not a voice but what is loud in the praise of Captain Denny, and Adjutant M'Leary and his men : Sutherland an I his blue jackets are also- spoken of in the highest terms ; but we fear that, upon the whole, the security of the colony, or the credit of the British name, have neither of them been promoted on this occasion. We hear that continued proceedings are not intended. The Aurora, with the volunteers, on their return, sailed at the same time as the North Star. Time will develope much that is now clouded in mystery, or so distorted by rumour, as to make it unsafe* to speak of it. We can only repeat', in general terms, that we can find little to rejoice over in the result of the expedition— -it has not, at all events, been of that prompt and decisive nature that we had fondly hoped we should have had to record it. — Ibid. The schooner I-don't-know, Capt. Thompson, which it will be in the; recollection of our readers, we gave some short account a few publications back, as having had gunpowder on board, which was seized by the Captain of the American corvette St. Louis, was again seized' by the British Government at the Bay of Islands, and her owner, Mr. Waitford', taken into custody and committed on a charge 1 of high treason, in aiding and abetting' the natives in their insurrection. On June 2d a Bill of indictment was preferred against Mr. Waitford, for the felonious possession of a pictufe and two Books, the property of Rev. Mr. Dudley. The Grand Jury threw out the bill. The case has caused considerable excitement at Auckland, we shall give particulars in our next. [From the Nelson Examiner, June 14.] The supplement to the Auckland Times- of 'the" 17th, with which we have been favoured-, containslittle intelligence beyond the account We have given of the engagement at the Bay of Islands. On the 14th of May, a Public Meeting was held in Auckland for the purpose of returning thanks to the inhabitants of Sydney,- for the prompt manner in which they had come forward to assist the sufferers at the Bay of Islands. The chair was taken by F. Whitaker, Esq., M. C. ; and- the- following address, moved by C. W. Ligar, Esq.., was unanimously adopted :—: — " To the inhabitants of New South "Wales; " Fellow-countrymen and friends— The prompt liber ■ ality with which you have come forward to render every assistance in your power to your fellow-countrymen inthis colony, demands at least an equally promp acknowledgment from those whom you have so efficiently served. " The utter destruction of a settlement containing hundreds of British subjects is a misfortune of no ordinary description ; and we have, unfortunately, since theoccurrence of that lamentable event, to add a long list of other distant settlers, who, deprived of everything but their lives, have been compelled to seek in Auckland a place of refuge from further violence. Under' such trying difficulties as these, it could not fail to be most gratifying that no sooner were they known to a neighbouring colony, than our countrymen there stepped forward toalleviate the distress that already existed, and took every means to put a stop to the further march of destruction by calling for a sufficient aid for our protection. Your committee of management especially demand our gratitude ; and we cannot but express our admiration that the clergy of every denomination should at once have united 1 in the exercise of the holy duty of charity. ' "To the sufferers by the late disasters your general' sympathies and timely assistance are most consoling and acceptable, and by the inhabitants of Auckland your active exertions to secure them against similar calamities ai c most fully appreciated. Accept, then, the warm and heartfelt thanks of all for kindness which can never be forgotten. (Signed) '* Fred. Whitater, " Chairman, •' on behalf of the public meeting this day assembled. " Auckland, May 14, 1845,"" The North Star,, with the first intelligence of the engagement at the Bay of Islands, arrived, at Auckland on the 14th, having on board Pomare. This chief, now charged with treachery, has been in the habit of professing the greatest friendship for the Europeans, and is one of the Governor's salaried magistrates. The number of Maories who? fell in the late engagement is said to be about two hupdred.