New Zealand Spectator, AND COOK'S STRAIT GUARDIAN. Saturday, November 17 1849.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VI, Issue 448, 17 November 1849, Page 2

New Zealand Spectator, AND COOK'S STRAIT GUARDIAN. Saturday, November 17 1849.

In last Wednesday's Independent is a somewhat elaborate, but unsuccessful attempt on the part of the (by courtesy) learned editor to refute the charge that the article published in the Hobart lo*on Courier, which we imputed lo a political Doctor of his party, was not written by him ; he then proceeds to observe that even if it were otherwise, — if the editor of the Hobart Town Courier thought proper to adopt the communication by publishing it as his own — it only afforded conclusive proof of his concurring in its sentiments. That this writer should come to the rescue of his henchman, when sorely pressed, cannot create much surprise, but; even his sophistry is unavailing , to weaken^ the force of the internal evidence of authorship offered by the style of the article in question, which, from its peculiarities, is as easily identified, as would be the crooked hieroglyphics of an illegible hand, or the hollow croak ings of a sepulchral voice. In commenting on the article referred to, we never attached the slightest importance either to its author or his opinions, our object was chiefly to expose the " colonial manoeuvre" by which a_ restless intriguing clique sought to gratify their malignity and to give additional consequence to their opinions, by palming them off as those of another party, thereby to entrap the unwary into the belief that these opinions were extensively entertained ; while by a reference to facts about which there could be no dispute, we succinctly exposed the misrepresentations and mis-statements with which the production abounded. The chief aim of the clique seems to be, under the specious pretence of advocating liberal opinions, to injure the object of their dislike ; hence the unceasing attacks, the continual vituperation, the repeated misrepresentations of the proceedings and policy of the Governor-in-chief. Hence for similar reasons their bitter hatred of the Spectator, because they know that, uninfluenced by any party feeling, we have always opposed their factious proceedings, and exposed the folly of their conduct. The settlers in New Zealand have already had sufficient experience of the material influence exercised over their fortunes by the personal character of whoever is appointed to the responsible position of the Governor of the colony and, in contrasting their present circumstances with the gloomy and discouraging state of affairs under Sir George Grey's predecessors, they have abundant reason to be satisfied and to afford him their implicit confidence in his plans for promoting its future welfare. As to the idea which the learned Editor seems to entertain that we attach the slightest personal importance to his opinions or to the journal in which they are published, the sooner he clears his head of such nonsense, the better. •

By the William Alfred, which arrived on on Wednesday from Sydney, after a passage of fourteen days, we have received our uscial files of Australian papers to the end of October but they do not contain later English News than we had previously received by the Kelso. Our extracts are of a miscellaneous character and serve to connect the news by the Kelso with that of a previous date. Several Ships had sailed from Sydney for California, filled with pas&engers, and others were laid on for the same destination.

Yesterdat morning about eight o'clock, a serjeant of the 65th Regiment, of the name of Mangdon, attempted to pat a period to his existence by shooting himself with a musket at the Te Aro Barracks. Dr. Monteith was in attendance on the unfortunate man shortly after the occurrence, and found a severe wound had been inflicted on the lungs, and although he was alive, from the nature and extent of the injury, very little hope was entertained of his recovery. It is believed that an unrequited attachment was the cause of his committing this rash act. We have since learned that he died this morning at half- past four o'clock.