AUCKLAND.

Taranaki Herald, Volume III, Issue 120, 15 November 1854, Page 3

AUCKLAND.

By the Overland Mail from Auckland we have received the Southern Cross to the 27th ultimo. Wo find the following in the Cross of the 27th ult. :—

" The ' General Government Gnzette 1 of the 2-Ith inatnnt contains the appointment of a Communion to inquire into the severe disappointments, losses, and suffering* incurred by the founders of the New Zealand Company's settlements, by renson of the Company's ii ability to fulfil rernin expectation! and promises, under which eurh prisoni were induced to cnierato, and into the compensation that wai awarded in consequfnee to certain otiheie settlers, but leaving others— particularly those of the labouring nlaßSfS—ftill uiicompcnsaied, and to report upon such claims still uncompensated. Tho Commiiaionera lor Wi'llington to bo the Hon. H. St Hill, M.L.C., E. G. Wak,n>ld, M H.R., nnd Gro. Moon-, Enqrs. For New Plymouth — Jo-inli Flight, Wm Hulse, »nd Georec Cinfiolii, Kfqrs. And for Nelson— tha Hon. M. Richmond, M L.C., William Locke Travers, M.U.R., and John Waring Saxton, Etiqrs.

" It was stated in Mr. Brodie's letter to Viscount Hardinge concerninj; the election of a mi|iury Superintendent by military votes, that Colonel " Wynyard lihs indeed been n firebrand amon» us," As he was, so be cominui's to bo. A commission, of a nio>t drlicnte nature, is thought advisublfl ; evidence is to bo lukeii, the value of which will ilrpeiid not only upon the antiwers, but upon the questions also— upon tho personal character, integrity, and strict impartiality of the Commissioners, — for any one who lias ever taken evidence known well how much the re. ult depends upon the animus of him who puts the questions ; and yet, Mr. 13. G. Wukeficld is appointed. The qurstion is of a provincial character, and ought thereforo to have been acted upon, if possible, in concert with, and certainly not until utter conaultution with the Supeiintendcnta of thr Provinces concerned; and vet, Mr. E. G. Wakefield is appointed ; a man v> ho is personally disliked, we believe we may venture to say contemned, by two of those functionaries, in bitter political feud with them besides, and held at least in no regard by the third. The Superintendent of, Auckland, it appears, doca not scruple to force, such a peraon on the Superintendent and large majority of the people of Wellington — to give him the means of reviving party leuds in a province where they had been almost extinguished by tho election ol Dr Fi'Otlicrston, and of manufacturing political capital for himself. Colonrl'Wynyard, it appears, does not scruple to give o^ici"l employment to one whom he has been requested by the House of Representatives to dismiss from his councils, or to place the administration of justice in tho hands of a trinigrcsior of the criminal law.

" Before whom is the evidence, when taken, to bo ulimately laid ? Colonel Wjny^rd is cmcfulnot to inform us. We presume, that it will havo to bo taken to the Assembly s the Governor, in our opi* nion, having been absolutely powerless with regard to thr wnsie lands, from the date of the meeting of the Assembly. We ih»H take a futuic opportunity of returning to this part of tho question. But the evidence, if laid before tho Assembly, will bo treated as Valueless by the Representatives, who will take for granted, from thtir neisonal know« ledge of Mr. Wakefield, that it will havo been what is technically called, " got up." Tbc work will have to be done over again, and the aggrieved if such there be, will suffer a further period of delay."

We extract the following Australian news from the Southern Cross of the 20th ultimo —

" The Gazelle brings no mail, but by privata courtesy we have obtained a few stray numbers of the Sydney papers. There is no later English, news. Business was at a stand still in Sydney, tho market being glutted, and shewing no signs of revival, though the weather was fine, and the country trade about to commence. Several sales by auction had taken place, and resulted in"losi to tho importers. The labour market was well supplied in Sydney, n nd wages were falling fast. " In Melbourne, accoidingto the statement of an employer in a letter to the Editor of the 'Argus' of 25th September, from wuich wo have only room for the following extract, labour was too abundant, and much suffering was endured by tho working clashes- The writer after stating that it was impossible to state how many men are seeking work, adds that

" ' Clerks, tradesmen, labourers are all going about requesting to be employed by any, in tho moat laborious work. Men come and lounge about, and when told that there is no work for them, they ask permission to call ngnin in two or three weeks. " ' Their tales are pitiable; living is high, they have been unsuccessful at tbc diggings or they aro new arrivals, and what aro they to do t They havo not the menus to take them up the country, »nd if they had it would be positively cruel to advise them to go, when it is stated in town that men arc going about the bush offering their uer vices for food and lodging. " ' In this morning's ' Angus' n rough trades man wna advertised for ; before nine o'clock tho door of the advertiser was besieged by a crowd of thirty men, moat of them reepectablr-looking, and the servicea of a tolerable arnaun were secured for 12«. a day. A few days ago a similar adverti«c« ment was followed by a similar result, and, he it observed, all the applicants for work at pnscut aro idle men, not persons seeking to change fr m one situation to another. Further, it is pomnvfly stated that (lure are at the present ni'imenl bir-o numbers of men living about the outskirts of Melbourne, who, unable to pny lor lodging or to pmchase tenti, are co;: pellcd to sleep on the bure, cold ground, and to use atones for pillows i "nil this in the ru-litst colony in the worlu !'

" At Niwcsstle, the wages of ru.il.minirs hud faljeu, in one week, from ,t1 to X"l. Tin- i> attributed to the falling off of Ueum (omn.itmiC4t.tin,, which nt Melbourne no longer puyc"

A movement was being made in Auckland for the relief of the Jews in. Palestine suffering from famine and. disease— their

usual sources-of relief, including those from Russia, wiiichmsed to be the most abundant, having been cut off by the present war. The Cross after bringing the subject prominently before the public, and stating that subscription lists were lying in various parts of Auckland for the "speedy relief of the Jewish inhabitants perishing away in the rruel pangs of hunger," gives the following appeal from Jerusalem : APPKAL VB.OU JIHIUSALItM TO THIt CoNGHROA' tions or Great Britain and America. Dated Jerusalem, Sebnt, 6614, addressed to Sir Moaes Montcfiore, London, THE LAMENT OF THE AFFLICTED. Ye lunken gates of Zion be exalted, «nd receive within the porttls (hereof your elders and your wordcn«, who, trumpeMongurrf, shall proclMm that the stuff of bread !• broken and the stay of water li wa«tfd. AMembie, ye icribes, nnd pnbliih the history of famine «"d prstitene*, that It may swi'tly be borne to the remotest communities of Israel, and herome the mnnrnear nf <ll*trc«i of the indwollcri of Z'on ■ lha> Ir mny thereby »w»krn n nation! sympnthifs . and If mUery has drlrd np the »ourne« of el..qucne c whcrrn\ib to «u«raln your appeal, supplicate the Almtoh'r tb»t He In Hl* mercy may Incline the hrarts of your brethren of ibe houre of Jacob, tn haii'cn to relieve the angulih of your drooping Splrl'D. B'Mhrpn of tVio bouie of Jacob, who sojonrn tn bnpjiv Enjiland and Amerira ; y« wardens of their i!vn»cneiie" B r"' minister" '" th'ir court*; ye worshippers, who rMira-nc the pn«' (florles of yonr nar tionalltT and hope, in iho fullness of time, for the effuUtnce of ll« fnHirrs T« children of mrrcy and of lovp. who«f shlrM is the shield of th« patriarchs; ye pe n "li > pccnlinr to Qnd, unnn of Jtidnh and Ben> jntrin, on you we r»U. by the ties of iclii'ion and brotherhood to nrotne yourselves to save from anplhtlation tbe rrmnnnt of the faithful Watchers of Z'on nnd Jerusalem. ce u fl> r jng— true source of- eloquence— be thine the >'en to trace the scenes that haunt the streets and bnoifittcnd" of Jerusalem, so that tbe torpor of onr brethren mny be shaken off, and th,cir earnest nymniithiei awakened, We lack the power to prlvc 'Ten a faint idea of the tnlncry we are enduring j every heart ha« become firk, erery tnncue stricken dumb, the words " What shall we sny. what shall we do ?'• cling to the roof of oui mouth from their oft repetition. Behold, we are utterly prostrated— both In mind and In body Incompetent to proclaim the severity of the visitation that is consuming us. ' We know not whether the contemplation of the morrow is not more fearful than tbe reality of to. day and the retrospection of yesterday. Whether to weep for present trnuhlcs, or mourn the past sufferings. Starvation and pestilence wnlk hand in hind, nnd the wsil of the poor, tho widow and the orphan is borne on the air It Is difficult to gay who»e (offerlngi aro the greater, the miseries of those born under the tun of Judea, or of the holy pilgrim* from dintan' lands. All clones of socif ty, nil pradca and condition!, have become united in tho brotherhood of woo; hendi of §ynogogui>s and their pious servitors, learned nibbles and their echoiari mix in the crowd to aupplicatc and beg a mouldy crust. Even that assistance which has hitherto reached ns from our brethren in the Rus. »inn and Turkish dominions, is now, in come, qurncc of the war, cut off. Tbe dearth has raised the price ot food to an enormoiu height, and its remits arc a state of anarchy nnd confusion, in which every man's band ii raited against his brother, and Wolf nee is bo. coming rife in the land. For who can endure with uncomplaining fortilude, that horrible death, death by famine; and see day by day the wife of his youth and the children of hit love Gink into the grave withont »n effort to relieve them. Brethren, If you cau'.d but witness the misery we are enduring, the widow running to and fro, asking the refuse of food for her starving orphans ; and men profoundly learned in the law, formerly through their abundant charity the itay of the community, now wandering up and down the streets of Jerusalem seeking alms, aye seeking bread, your hearts would melt in compasnion. Brethren, believe that our lata is free from exageration. We have not, we oannot fully imprest you with the frightful reality of our condition. Our miserable circumstances can be corroborated by every dweller in, or pilgrim to, the Holy Lund. The misery we endure i» augmented by the wo-it anticipations, for the circumstance! under which we now suffer may be cuized by our trnduceri as being most opportune for tbe developement of tl'elr plans, and what may not emue, when famished multitudes are tempted by the bribe of food. For already, dreadful to relate, the father traffics for the sale of hit child to the stranger, so that hla offspring may be soved death from starvation, for be it known that the lufTcring* of our nation here, in all the frightful horror* which at present exist, have never been surpassed. To you, men of Krael, dwellers among all nations and in every clin-e, wo supplicate to tend relief to famishing multitude*. Let our cry reach \ all, be (acred to all, and receive attention from all. You, Prince of the Holy Land, great in Israel, < nnd noble among the nations, you, Sir Moses Montefiore, be ike beacon of our hopes, at in days of ulil. Let your hand be again supported by the pioui Judith, and from your conjoint example may the men nnd wompn of tho house of Israel be cheered and strengthened. Brethren, remember we are the children of one God. The tree of our genral> gy spreads its roots to the furthest Eost and the utmost West, and bears the fruit o) br ithcrh'iod. By tho love we be»r to the God of I»rael i by the associations we bear of our common nilionnliiy, turn towaida the land of tbe rising sun, towards JeruinUm and Zion and remember rhenco the law cmauateth and the word goeih forth. " Pray for the peace of Jenunlem, for they that love hir shall prosper.' 1 More favoured ones, your brethren turn to you lo ask a brother's aid, hi <] may your response bring peace to lintl *od to Zion. Amen. Jerusalem, Sebat, 5614.