New Zealand Spectator, AND COOK'S STRAIT GUARDIAN. Saturday, November 13, 1847.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 239, 13 November 1847, Page 2

New Zealand Spectator, AND COOK'S STRAIT GUARDIAN. Saturday, November 13, 1847.

By the Bee which arrived on Thursday from Sydney after a favourable passage of nine days, we have received papers to the 30th ult. containing English news to the 16th July, which will be, found in this day's Spectator. These papers also contain news from Auckland to the 9th October, our latest dates direct being to the 2nd of that month. This circumstance is an additional illustration (if any were wanting) of the justice of the complaints we have often had occasion to make of the want of communication between the Northern and Southern settlements of New Zealand, complaints which our Nelson contemporary has lately enforced income observations reprinted in our last number. It proves the truth of the remark which has often been made that Sydney for all practical purposes is in closer communication with Wellington than Auckland. Within the last month there have been three arrivals from Sydney, while during the same period we have only had one vessel from Auckland, although there are at present on this station three men-of-war and a steamer, besides the Victoria, at the disposal of Government. We hear of the arrival of the Commander of the forces of this colony, of the appropriation of onetwentieth part of the ordinary revenue of the colony for educational purposes, and of the final arrangement of the land question at the North casually through Sydney; perhaps we shall also hear of the issue of the Crown Grants for this district, and of his Excellency's determination to proclaim the New I Constitution in the same way, — and we must accustom ourselves to expect our home news through this circuitous channel. It was the reproach of former Governors that instead of promoting the general interests of the colony, they concerned themselves exclusively with the local interests of the North, neglecting or thwarting the progress of the Southern settlements, and by their conduct fomented a jealousy between the different settlements which ought not to have existed. We hope Captain Grey will not fall into the same grievous error, or allow such an imputation under any possible circumstances to rest upon him, but with five vessels at the disposal of the Government, and one of those vessels a steamer, placed it may -be supposed on this station for the express purpose of speedily communicating between the different settlements, it is not an unreasonable expectation on the part of the Southern settlers that they should receive their information of legislative enactments and other important intelligence affecting their interests direct from the C apital, instead of iddirectly from Sydney ; and if the men of war on this station are to lie as vessels in ordinary at Auckland, inttead of vi-

siting the different settlements, and by means of these visits enforcing and maintaining peace, as far as the general interests of the colony are concerned their services may be dispensed with altogether.

The Light Company of the 65th Regiment embarked yesterday on board the Eleanor Lancaster for Wanganui, to relieve the detachment of the 58th Regiment stationed there, which will proceed to Auckland. The detachment of the 58th Regiment in Wellington also embarked on board the same vessel for Auckland. Capt. O'Connel (who returns from leave), Mrs. O'Connell and child, Mrs. Wyatt and child, Lieuts. Cuthbert and Macgregor, Ensign Thelwall, and Assistant-Surgeon Park, proceed to Wanganui in the Eleanor Lancaster, and AssistantSurgeon- Philsori, Mrs. Philson and family, to Auckland. The Eleanor Lancaster will sail this morning.

The following paragraph, originally published in the Moreton Bay Courier was republished in the Australian for the purpose of formal contradiction. With the same view we have reprinted it, as contemptuous silence might perhaps be construed by its audacious originator into a tacit acknowledgement of its truth. It is impossible to give too strong, too direct, or too unqualified a contradiction to this miserable calumny which has not the slightest shadow of a foundation. The inhabitants of this district in which the 65th Regt. is stationed will read such a statement with surprise and disgust ; as it is impossible to desire the presence of a more orderly, quiet, well behaved body of men, or one under more perfect discipline and control than the gallant regiment of which this scribbler at Moreton Bay (perhaps some ticket-of-leave man) has dared to circulate such an atrocious and unfounded falsehood.

" The 65th Regiment. — Intelligence has been officially received in Sydney, that the 65th regiment, stationed in New Zealand, is in a state of insubordination, and that upwards of one hundred and twenty men have been lodged in gaol. It is said that Governor Grey has made application to his Excellency Sir Charles Fitzroy to send the 99th regiment to Wellington, to keep the former regiment in check, until the offenders have been punished, and order restored. We can vouch for the accuracy of our information, although it has noc appeared in any of the . Sydney journals that have as yet come to hand. — Moreton Bay Courier, Oct. 9."

Wellington Savings Bank. — Mr. J. Wilson, Rev. J. Watkin, Mr. D. Wakefield, and Mr. Lyon, the Managers in rotation, will attend to receive deposits at Messrs. Johnson & Moore's store, Lambton-quay, from seven to eight o'clock on Saturday evening, the 13th November, and at the Union Bank of Australia, from 12 to 1 o'clock on Monday forenoon, the 15th November.