THE PUBLIC LANDS.

Wellington Independent, Volume IX, Issue 908, 24 June 1854, Page 3

THE PUBLIC LANDS.

The following are the resoltltions-Undiii--mously passed by the Auckland Provincial Council, and which Mr. O'Neill hud given notice he should bring befovd Ihe flouse of Representatives*— " rtiftt it is tile opirtidrf of thiSdotinoili that whli r view to tho harmonious working of (be New Uoiistiiutlon, it i> veiy desirable that tbo Jtowtfrs of the Provincial Couiiails b« enlarged, 60 «c to tnaiilcs them to Itgislete finally upjii all subject* (iffedtiuß the liiiul niieiests of the rdsptfoti\6 PiorincCi; nud r ilihi tlie nciion df tbe Geii.'rul Assembly be eonlliicil ' * to stifcii nm'ttirs as affect Vie iuiutestof tlies<! iaJuncls tokeu us v -vliole. " Ti,nt this Coandil desires to exprcsi iis U\}i confidence that the General Aeeertslily will, n< escrrUe of the pawera Tosied in tliem by Uifi <on - | stiiution Aat, adopt such mt<isurc« lo rtmena- Hits" ' ' r Conoritniloil, ss rafcy (wheu opproved of ■}• licr M«ipsiy) confer upon the ProvinSial LC'W mil ■(!-.- ~, L the cotnpleu fnd cifettual cantrol of tlao off'ire of , their leepcctite Provinces. ' '', "' ! ' "That in tho ap'hii'niori bt tdls CduiiOi!,.t; tf '' mnnagemeiit of tba Public lands of luo L'luxum. the pi ice and tlietei-m of sale or lease, and I'm- :, ~' mtuteis relnting tliereto, aie looal mill not Koilei.il" , • interesiß, and euob auglit to bo cOltusicd to ihe l\t»; r , sittcinl tiCgtsla.uroK. ' • '^j^g?" " Tbnt, rooonnibiug'the late rCfinlitilous 5 ,'- ---sivle of iuud ai aliuou j line Couuoil ih of upi;iaj.t V . thai ftuy legislation taiiiling to loiao tUpr jiiioj of il.e l'ublio lands, would be hfprlily injurious tv ilirf inteiesls of the Provinoe, mid ndveiaelQ ll»* 4arueslr ■ . vtnltes of the uowaiuuuy. x

author! of * it. : iiwillrgive,one amongst, a; numb.er-pf reaiir ,ohill havenfor ;tnihking so. fflhefi ,itie New Jfe ''Zealand 'Company'• land was i -»«dderVdiscussion in the General -Xegislature, : •eri'ameiiilhientwae moved-by-Mr. on ; one the object ! of;-barririg ; Swidows^the^ight;of dower;-adll-.itiwas'sup-j; v p )rted;by;hina with 'thei self-iaufe argumenU : - , -':'-vi*-'wbicii'-'tl^'*ctißjs^Qpyernor^.;ie?ini»iile.to..einpic>y :, '- ---:3 *:in.siipjn)rtof,the same object,,jiT.he ; only per'i|^bn' Mi-.: Swnipsoß/. for this %atnendtnent iwas: the^^V-then *Attorßey-"General

--for ; NeW; ! Mun;Bter, ♦■)[ recollect:b'ne-of the mem- ■ Cfiers at the time,makiiijj ; t|ie-rein«rk,that the fargument'tnight contain-very good -very; little-humanity; surprised' therefore'that.none .but lawyers could'be: found >■ ■to support jt. 'i'The preseot 'Colonial Secretary v- wlio was preaent, opposoJ the motion -of *his •lioiiJ colleague. f'le'it-'not-Diorfl: than probable ■'■>. that had as-little to --;other;pb.rtibns'of': this, speech as.he evidendy f; had with; this particular, part -of it? '.We can •■'■■* have,,l l -think,-no: the speech £.rnierely because a.member: of', the Executive-is • the author of it; but if '■)/'• -'umlertakes' tb : define a /policyfor, or to govern he must be prepared , to , take tbe responsibility which such a proceeding involves. ;'.? Igm aß'.etrbngiyv;ijn|)resßed;ae-:t)ie author ; professss to ; b'B*witli ; tlie importance of moulding the. several'settlements into one great arid united colony,-but ;I totally differ with him as to ■ r/the means .whereby'this most desirable end i; is tobe accomplished; He. says that to affect .-* this object,"the.power of : the Central Government will require to be strengthened & exten-r/'ded/-while the Legislative authority of the Pror yißcesj will at the .same time need to be rather .■.,-■«■■■ harrowed ; in' its range. The United States of America give the lie to this gratuitous assertibn.i There we-have an example of the utmost V possible Pmvincial. authority, co-existing with .the greatest..pnß«ible unity in the- nation as li ;:■, wlible.>;r;But.)thi» is not all. The'General'Go-' ■' veriimerit'of the'Unitcd States would not exiet ■twelve .months, if each -State, did not possess within iSself supreme authority on all local and iuattere. VAny one at all conrersatit ,: wilh the history and politics of that country, ;{. knows:Uiis to Ije the .case. It is. , the' power j : which each; State possesses over' its own intery \ nal'iffairs, and not the strength and extent of -»,<,the power of tlie General .Government,'which ::; ciuiees'that to be a great:and united'country. It * -, !• i'hi»f in fart; which gives-strength to the Ceri--,'^»r»l -Authority.: The example of the local insti- , .xtiitiona.of England, might-: nlio be adduced, of . . f .extjepsive local powers co-exieting with- a strong ~-:■ central authority. ,'... ,'■';.' ■■•'..- : : , ~; Tlie.author a/ip.ears to argue , in ■more 4 ' than i.. .one place that and yiiifotmity- were con-:-,:'.yertadile.tertne; ' JJiiity is most* desirable; but VulifoWity. is rib more .'necessary than that the ,v finger'f of'tlie hand should -be 'of* one -uniform \jt i|-ntit-only not n»ceesary that the laws ... of Province, should be uiihiform, -but it ,c ivbiil)lj4w« e.itreniciy:;,unde'»ii:able , !lot then; to

i; ■be aol ': Lnvysr which .woiild be very-proper in , r , onePrqy.inßi; might be very.'unsuitable to anoV;,\'tlier.'. one of the great advantages to >vs he derived from local government consists in the ■t-i-PAVT'ey laws to meet the particular ■vwapisjiann , peculiar circumstances of the -loca-' jity-j-and tp.meet K'hich general laws , woiild be inijtVerativej-'and- to enact which the action of . » General ■ Lcgisl»ture .would not only. not-be required, .but tnightprovein the highest degree injurious, and oppressive. , . ;,■: .;. .. : .

: h;iß, the system of centralizition as .on.i the:..contineht of Europe, -.and ,' which thiffAttofjicy--would introduce -there,' -ie ' eblKireiit to.tha.feelings of an iEnglishirian.; ,anil altogether opposed to tlie.nrincjple'of local „■..•elf-^overrimen't,.v.au'd '-'toft our. : An|lo-SnX(jn' ' of politieal^reedom.:, In; Great Britain

■L,, each ;-lorality? has -jts ilocfll government,- ami • every British House ie in fact a little government- within iteeif. "iUnder"tlie.Cbnititution of .."England every_ head 6f*a family is supreme .wjrulcr within■his• own particular circle; with „■ whose authority no Government has a right to . .interfere, solong. as its exercise does not inju- ; ; -riously Jtffect the society of.whiiih lie isJi m«m- -. bet, pi-of the body politic of..>which he forms a ■'..v part. So with the pavish, tl|e-borough, and the ,- ehi'rc> : Each is privileged to -manage its own .internal affairs, 1 andeach'tnakos.ei.i'ch la«?s',as it .-,- may deem requisite for its particular district, ,> -without enquiring ■ whether these are' uniform with.the laws: which may have Sieen passed .-, elsewhere. .With all deference to the opinion . of the author ■of the document under, review, in my humble.jiidgmen.t, inlaying the fqunda- --- tiph of tlie. liliertiee of the present and future of this.colony, it shpidd be .bur .-, tare "not to narrow the powers of the Provincial 'j ; Coiiricils, but to give them every power neces- - eary for their internal government ;, "not to, ■make one uniform set of laws for the ; wholq ~,colony and to allow. ..no other, but to, give.the .. power toievcrytowti, district, and Province, to ■ ninke all .such laws the inhabitants, thereof mny .; thitik itright and esppdient-.so ; to do, so .(otig .«« they/are not repugnant to the ipirit of the, 'Constitution, General or, Provincial.; ,nor inju---:'rioiis' to the inhabitants of .the other,portions »bf the. cblV)iiy. •' " '.',..' ~..,,-:-,,'. -,

j iiiniSirj-your'-Sireepectfully, ...... •• •■■ . ■■■ .. • •' -MINOS

■To Ike Editor.of the ..'lndependent.. TO THE AUTHORITIEST Mit. iEjjjTOß,—Sir, I would desire through ■your journal to bring to thenoticeof the. Au? | thorities tlie f*ct of the want of a Pound ot Te Aro, and the urgent necessity of there be'ng one formed with the, least, possible delay./.Nuin-. bers resident be' this flat, along wilhi myself, «ouiplnin grieviouslyof the want of iome means whereby the ownerso.f ..pige, &c, may, be ;reotrnined from permitting them to run at large, as is now the case, in t|iie.neighbourhood,-to the annoyance and. prejudice of others.,.-; ~ -, Pigs cattle, and horses, ,on .this lat, so at large, are legion, and depend in most for, their,sustenance, especially the pigs, on plunder of what ever they way meet.with.; An ordinary, fence is no protection against these vagrants. I have seen repeatedly, a pig, not. uulike a grey-, hound, hariequin fasliion, run. at. a fence and. drive .off...a cmple.of pailings, well secured, by, nails, to force an entrance, and the same feat, when pressed, has been repeated on Us.oxit. : - lam well, aware there is a Puund. at, Thor.n-. dun, but fpr all practical purposes, as far as we are concerned at .Te.Aro, it might s* well be at iPutney. r'ilt onlyjune-Pound i»;to. : be,'its.posir tinn is too partul, it uugbt, iti all taire«u», to .br as centr»l ai possible. . :! '' ~ 7 .:';!'-.;'■'■■.■,■: >'■'■" Might not'the. police in the luppression of this abominable nuisance ? '-~...'..':,■■ ' V-'TJ - : :'-;- ''-K-."i 'J <• rtJITIZBN. ']

To the Editor of the Independent. < Sir,—Allow me, ; through; the" medium 1 of your valuiible journal, to direct the attention of the Authorities to s very bad -'system, which is now (faecorning'-ijjrevalebtj amnng ithe; ; ebop-' keeperg'of this ttiiva, of blocking up the xostli

F .-arid !drainrwith casks and packing caievfor . . the purpose of arresting the :attention of the r public to the fact, that t|iey ar« large importer* of 'British merchandise. this practice may auit their purpose well enough; but'l put it to themselves.whether it would be very to their'feelings,'if some of these packing cases were toibe:blovrn over'and kill or maim some -unfortunate-cliild who might be": pnssiog-by at theitinie'? and tliey know that such a.consuraa-: tion i» more than,poseible,from the high-winds/, that prevail at Wellington. At one place in -Willis-?treetj-som.e -casks 'have been Saying in the drain, for some si it or eight months, and the result has been, that every-shower of rain the water has been forced upon the foot-patli, whiehhiisconseqiiently been-much destroyed. • I would also call attention to the dilapidated state of; the piece of road from the new Bank to MiC'LuxfofiTs's shop. '■' I reinemUerwlien the ■ piece tjf/rofid isrquestionivasVa'iout "the best in 'Wellington; and the cause-of its present condiiioif is; in mv opinion, that when the foundation for the Hank'was cleared out, carts'\vere employed to convey the-earth to ; the beach, and the-constant friction of the ; narrow -wheels of the carts in> wet weather, completely cut ■Uμ the road, and nothing line been done to, repair it since. (Juery -Should not the 'Bank or the Contractors • be compelled to make good the piece of road in>question , ? .. I would 'also point- out the wretched condition of the piece of mad-opposite' thff reclaimed land at the end of'.WillisTStreet. 'The'larfd in :question being higher.ihan the road, whenever iuiy •quantity of water fell, the -carriage, road .was entirely under water. '>To remedy this 'defect, the centre of the road was raised, but no im-provement-was mado;>r.i- the drainage ; and the result hns-been, that every shower of rain that falls, from the -water beingunable to escape, the footpath is completely submerged ; ..and the ! residents o( the houses opposite to -it are an- j noycd<by having the water ...driven into their verydoors. ■.-'■-••■■: ,--■■'• In the hopes that some remedies will be devised for the evils' I-have pointed out, I remain -''Tours' respectfully, ' An Oud Colonist. To the Editor* of the Independent. ;-:june, 13th, 1854. Dear Sin,—^Although-your paper sometimes gives mutter that grutes -upon aCatholic heart, because of its falsity and tendency to lead astray sincere minds; yet, indeed, not so bail asotl)ere,haviug"not one thread of candour but I a web of lies}" and withal, -whenever a- Catholic may tiike the trouble,which indeed i* seldom, to refute what he almost invariably, knows to be falsehoods about his 'Religion; then he at all erents'niids that there is truth in your name, as you independently and fearlously publish the disclaimer in' the same-paper'tbat-gave rise ro it, to insert the followingin refutntioii of a siorsel cf statistics; yourself and contemporary, copied from sume filasgowpaper, un'dcrnitiug tlra number -of Catholics in Great Britain. Yours, &c, ■A: Catholic Subscriber. ■(Times Statistics) •■ : The accuracy of the Tinea statistics is curiously illustrated by the acknowledged'fact, that in Glasgow alone there are One hundred thousand Catholics. The Times gives 15f).00(),.t<i Great Britain \-4The Tablet, nf;4th February. 1854. Toi the Editor of'the Independent. Would'feel much obliged by your giving pnblicity to the following,' through the medium of your widely circulated joiirnnL : . : A copy of-, the adveitisement respecting the Christian Advocate, which appeared in youi , columns on Saturday,last, was. forwarded to the •Spectator for- insertion -in that -paper aUoi-but;declined by the Editor, except on ?condition thaP the last clause should be expunged, and not feeling at all 'inclined to curtail the advertisement to please JVIr. ,Editor,.it was-at once •withdrawn. -Fronv .-the. refusal on the part of your contemporary, I judge that::the; Spectator isvconsiO.qred a very " orthodox and, consequently in favour with the clerical order, It is -not unlikely that the Editor had 'the fear ofJoeing , the support of some of his" ghostly" putrone'-'before his eyes, or being himself an admirer of''"SniriiualQuacks/'was seized, with a fit of pious horror at' the idea of their high pretentionsbeing called ii» question by .. . .P,hil.o logos. Wellington,: June 15, 1854. To tlie Editor of tlie Independent. Sir,—l observe a preliminary .notien in your paper from the Qpvevnment, for tlieenconragement of immigration ;, the great want of laborers is universally felt, and furrns the greut obstruction to our colonial prosperity. Yet the policy of the s Government eeeme contrary to ! tlie "meapsihy which alone it. can be accomplished ; instead of eneourageing the laborer by. adequate , remuneration, they seem determined, to pursue a system of the most rigid economy, as if to prevent relatives and friends from accepting the boon, and to driyefrpm our shores the few -unsuccessful diggers who mny have been tempted here in the hopesof earning sufficient by honest industry to- purchuse a email, freehold. -I sny wake: the place as attractive as possible, the settlers are [am sure willing to support the Government, and care not for n few , hundred pounds, so long as the money is judiciously expended on'ns-efvil undertakings. The present high price of provisions warrant their giving higher wages, immigrants will then, be-induced to come, who will ultimntelybe the mean's of creating an overflowing plenty, and make pur valey's echo with tlie cheerful .voice of.animation and contentment. Satisfied that our prosperity depends upon agricultural and dairy farming, I shall here'quote an extract from Mr. B. Stevens's letter, a Member of tbe Sm»ll Farm Association, to a friend in Wellington. ."''Duar Sir,— •I have just written to tell -you' how we are getting on,in the.valley;,we were agreeably surprised to find it a much bettor and nleasanter spot.'thun interested persons we saw on the road'would have had us to believe. We have J our bouse up, and a well sunk witli.abundance ofpure wster. The place: abounds'with wild pigs-and pigeons; we have been pig-hunting twicey-the first time we caught two, the second; one,-eticb...weighing from one to two hundred pounds., The pigeons are very fine,eating,.so : we have had.no meat at ail to purchase. I have commenced fencing my town acre, and «llidl.sow it With wheat. Your acre is a very good one indeed ; in fact, there is npt a hotter either in quality or '•UiMuion, in the ; whole 'township. There is already five houses, and two more building; one is to be the hotel. I certainly think you could not lie better suited if you etillhaye> a wish to commence a dairy •farm, an the cows cost nothing to keep, and I never saw cattle in finer "condition." Mr. Hall, another Member who hits just returned, -bears "equal testimony, and only regrets not having hie family there ; butmch is the nature [of the; Wai'rara'pa- Road,., and ...this the. main ioii through the country,that with bullock-

carting, end packing, packing and carting,:ft cost Mr. rßixon, who..is-, about, taking up his family, £?23perton. 'Where can there; be a greater barrier to our prosperity? 1 have been told thatthe Government -have no money to pay road-raakers with -if they emplwy them, if so; why not force the tax of one penny per head-imposed upon sheep running over, the Government' Lands? why.is this overlooked ? Perhaps our Government officials are interested, and feel a sheepish bashfulness in demanding it. Look a^ain'at the dangerous -state of the Gorge ;—Oh pray to the Co'losius of Roads or his deputy to see that a;;)ittle is done, if it be only to prevent the.loss of a few lives ofHer Majesty's subjects. I wish the. Government would copy the spirited proprietor of the Royal Hotel, Wangan'ui, Mr.' [Tandy Green, who has hail built a punt of a light and substantial construction, sufficient to ferfy over six or eight men and horses with safety. The likfl accommodation at Manawatn, Otaki. and the other rivers on the West Coast, would give universal satisfaction. "I have volunteered a few remarks, though dressed in the garb of plaiuniiss, which coming from nn old experienced colonist, will, I hope, be- usefiil hints. I should not have taken the liberty under.a despotic government, because I think tliey would have "told .me to .mind my own business, and leave them' to make roads, .bridges', and punts; but self-government gives pnfi.ttspirit ol freedom, a sunny tvarmness, a sort of common right to dictate, so don't let us ■asShiikespenre snys. '■' go like a crab, backwards," , for to think of getting labourers or 'settlers to proceed into the interior of the coun'ry, circumstanced as we are at present, I would as soon think of setting a man to run a race with a millstone around his neck. : : .Joseph Masters. /June 19, 1851. "-.■•■' '.'■.'" To the Editor of the Independent. THE USELESS OFFICES 8c OFFICIALS. Sik, —I hiut hoped that some more . able mind than mine would have,.before this; taken the subject I have twice written on into its consideration and direction, but finding that all are alike silent,'.l'once more resume my pen to shadow forth as well as-ray abilities will permit, to my follow settlers, the ehimeful and extravagant injustice that theyare at' tliispresent subject to. In my previous letters '.I spoke of various offices, and I intend now. to review the same with the hope of. producing clearer and more substantial proof than what I stated in those letters was true an "holy writ."

I shall first take in. hand the huge salary given ta what the '-.'Government are pleased to call our "Postmssti r-Geiieral;" from this title, one would be inclined to believe that, like Col. Maherley of home, no end of duty would; have to he performed: but I desire to ; ask from any and every of my frllow colonists, if they eyer saw or heard by distant report of nny work being performed by this official. Before, his appointment to office, the whole was ably conducted by Mr. Hoggard. :He had passed his apprenticeship in the officeVunderstooi)[all the ramifientions of the department, and conseiqiiently to.a common mind .possessed, the best right, if necessity required an upper "officer to hiive beuii promoted to that billet; but..Grey had a friend who had loet his office, ■.through the popular voice.having gained .the new Constitution—this fritiiii if vvns necessary'to'provide for, and the office of Poitraastrr-Gen4ral wae in consequence ninth. I desire to nsk any one of my fellow seniors, all of whom at some time or another Imve visited tin; Post Office, .vyhetlier during the short and snubby peep they are permitted to obtain of the interior mystical doings of the Post Office, they have eyeicaught a casual or distant glimpse of, I caniit't'say.OMr, •but Grey's Postmaster-General ? 1 YetTwe pay that gentleman, out of our Revenue, no less a •sum than ..£4OO per annum. There is another point relative to. this incubus on the public funds. Men have now obtained, through the progress of cheap knowledge, an idea that it is advisable to buy in the cheapest market, and to -sell in the dearest—anil from this (I suppose wrong intuition) they are in-the pretwit day led to ask such questions as the following— AVhat does thePostmastsr-General do? : What does he do more than Mr. Hoggard did and does? ".Why .vas the appointment created?'

Why, if such an appointment was necessary in the Province, was not the old public servant, who had spent years in the office, promoted to the required position?

•To these questions, Mr. Editor, all men of common sense, and especially those who have to contribute toivurds the huge sal tries of these 'useless officials, require an answer > and if any of your correspondents would kindly give me nn inkling merely of the duties our Postmaster General has to perform, I will allow that the office is necessary. ; "The next in succession to which I shall allude, is an old pet subject of mine, i. c., the Harbor Master. I have heard of late, that the individual purported to be holding that office, discards it, and states that fee is a Tide-surveyor —ripvy,.in my ignorance, pray let me ask you, sir—"• ' . ■ ' •1st —If his duty is to watch how high the tide rises and falls .? ■ 2nd—Whether certain portions of the water are tiiken away? 3rd—lf numerous fish are purloined at certain tides ? : 4th—To observo if the moon has nny design on the flux anil reflux of thetides ? sth— What doos he do, and vrhnt"ought he ; tO HO? ' ' ~ ... : . i.. .. :hiii: . .:'., "':" If "is to me too clear,' that we, men' of the Province of VVellington, are indeed supporting a huge Patjper Establishment— ive ar.e paying enormous salaries to men who have nothing to do; and what is more, do not require our money, nlthough'.they take it 1! Now I must progress, or space and time will be. insufficient. ' Wtvhave a Resident Magistrate, who holds some:,twenty offices besides—he is absent at Auckland, having been appointed by Grey to represent tho Government of Wellington. If is wrong to speak against a man behind his hack, therefore I shall merely state that I think he ought, before leaving Wellington; to have resigned his offices as Resident Magistrate—as Acting Manager—as "Church .Commissioner,' &c &c. ■ It is a very strange but.nndeniable fact, that the foregoing officials, although apparently, from their high sounding titles, possessing no end of work to do, seem to turn all their attention to horseflesh, sheep, mill cuule.

The next is a strange nondescript-kind of official—the Commissioner of Crown lisnds for the Onridi nud Aliuriri. That gent; once bad something.to do' ; with n provincial newspaper, and wrote, himself into paid"him ,£4OO per annum for a considerable number of years; but through the .introduction of our Constitution, his office was sliced off, therefore Grey wag bound to give him something—and be did so, taking the utmost care to make the people, the common rascals pay for it 1 Jt didl

so/appear, that before' this new createdCommfssioner, persons might view and consequently purchase runs of land-in'the Onridi and Ahuriri nt the Wellington T/and Office, biit if that was permitted now, there would be no excuse for. appointment of a Commissioner to that District, and giving him all papers, surveys, and documents, so to force all parties desirous of beooming set'lers' in those districts to outlay, •xnd leave £5 with the owners of the Mosqtiito'e Fleet 1 ■•'■■■." !

I now come' to the Clerk of the Works—a gent, whose duty, -I humbly confess, I do not comprehend, inasmuch as when some useful proposition or tender is brought before him, he answers —nothing but' "preposterous;" and wetherefore wear out no end of boots and shoes to please his bfficialsh'ip. I once heard of an opera called" Robert leDiable." "But I must bring my lucubrations to afinuU, and I shall doit thus — Firstly—Postmaster-General, absent at" Auckland, obe of Grey's creation .....'. .... .. ! ■..'......... j£4oo Secondly—Resident Magistrate, " Acting Bank Manager, and a lot more too numerous to mention, &c. &c. ~ 344 Thirdly—Harbor Master or Tide Surveyor, to do nothing ~.. ...... 200 .Fourthly—Commissioner of Crown • • ; Lands in the Ahuriri and Ouridi—-the heaven knows where.............. , 400 ..■/■■„.- ■..-..■•'. . \ .£3OO, )Fifthy—The Clerk of the Works'! A3 who' is every where but • where helclerkfrom sliould be, and does every thing but ( Home wharte ought to dcf.... ."."."■". •-. • ■';) Bepart- ■'-.■"■-' "'■■'■■■■ ■ / ment. Sixthly—Sir George Grey, our nob'e and patriotic Governor, who has gone to make a call at-h0me...:.... ...'.-... 3,0.00 So that we have to pay at this present ho less a sum than .£5,000 to real abseiitees, and men that do not work for their pny. -■ ' Monitor. ■Note.—lt is rumouretl that the vessel in which our late Governor started home, was captured in the Channel by a .Russian frigate, but .finding Sir George Grey ori board, they sent her adrift .with/directions for Downing Street. ■' . ' ,M.