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Wellington Independent, Volume I, Issue 49, 4 February 1846, Page 3

5 The barque Mary Catherine, Captain Howlett, arrived in poit on Monday evening last, from London, via Nelson. She has brought a very small mail, in fact the whole of the intelligence, of any moment, will be found contained in the extracts from the Nelson paprr. We can only account for the fact of her tringißg so small a mail, from the report that two English mails are now lying at Auckand, and thatowing to monthly packets which now , Bail from London for Sydney each month, many , letters for New Zealand are forwarded by that route, when they are sent to Auckland, theie to await the pleasure of the Local Government, who do not seem to trouble their heads whether they are speedily delivered or not. The Home Government seem determined to press the wai in the north with vigor. The Mary Catherine, brings a quantity of stores and ammunition, for the use of the executive, to enable them to suppress and punish the native aggressors - In the various districts throughout the colony. Her - cargo for Government purposes consists of an immense quantity of powder, ball for cannon, twelve pounder carronades, cases of muskets, thousands of rounds of ball cartridge, and in fact every thing requisite to supply the troops in their conflicts with the natives. The Mary Catherine took on board at Nelson a large quantity of flux, wool, &c, and she purposes, , if possible, filling up in this place, and Auckland, and then going direct to England. Amongst other ) things the Mary Catherine received on board at ' Nelson, was a can of anniseed, the produce of that j , place. The Nelson folk are exceedingly energetic t in their endeavours to form exports, and are de--j serving of great credit for the same. We trust j that sufficient cargo will te produced to fill the I ,'Mary Catherine. A quantity of wool will remain | 'in port on the departure of the Nelson, and no I ,<loubt the American whaling ship Julian, will be I /disposing of some small portion of hc-r oil, which, I added to that left on hand, would, wo think, b e j found sufficient for the purposes. At any rate, we | trust that her spirited Agents will make some effort I to procure the requisite freight, for, considering tho I small dumber of vessels which now wive in this

port from the Mother-ru unlry, we could mrcly send them home with return cargoes of New Zi-a-land produce. In the English affairs things remained torpid, and would continue so till the next session. Leland vvt-s btill in agitation and likely to continue so till justice be done by Government. The Complete Suffragists and Ami Corn Law League were preparing for ihe opening of Parliament, to renew with all the experience giined by former movements, tin ir cruxade against monopoly and clas-s legislation. There is n-1 ing further with n-gird to the threatened war bet ween the Stales unJ Mexico.