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London, England, 1840-03-16 00:00:00

EVEN ING E'DITION . - THE SUN, LONDON , MOB DAY , MARCH 16, 1840.
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POLICE INTELIJGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. - NEW ZEALAND. the abundance of potatoes formed a good substitute. 1 teen : and mentions the sad loss of six men on board
REFORM IN CHANCERY. 1 as Wright, a decent-looking countryman was ! AD. -aete...-____ Cabbages and turnips were very plentiful. The natives ! the Jena flag-'hip, at one crash.
---.0.-._- MANSION-HOUSE. charged with robbing the landlord oal the Woolpack ' The exposures which have been made in the public ABSTRACT OF A DESPATCH RECEIVED BY THE NEW ZEALAND now gave no trouble. \Vete. (the native) continued on Rodney, '9'2, Commodore Hyde Parker, C•Be was it.
board the Tory, and had become very tractable, ceasing Malta harbour the Ist instant. The Rodney was not
all importunities for presents. A native missionary COMPANY FROM COLONEL WAKEFIELD, THEIR PRINCIPAL
The following, we believe, are the prineepal
Jacob Isaacs, a lad apparently under age, was brought public-house,in Peter-street, Bishop gate, of three coats. papers with reference to the threatened proceedings on
ensetments in the Bill introduced on Friday night
before the Lord Mayor, in the custody of John For- The charge could not be sustained, but the prisoner the part of the three pious churchwardens of the Royal AGENT IN NEW ZEALAND, DATED ON BOARD THE TORY,
TEAWAIYI, QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S SOUND, COOK'S STRAITS,
joined in the service, except old Weta,
by the Lard Chancellor :- rester, charged with having obtained large quantities of stated that Medealfe, the complainant, had induced him town of Windsor against Sunday trading, have had the sErT. 1. 1839. came on board the Tory, mustered the natives on
goods under false pretences. Mr. Hobler, jun, aP- to assist in robbing' the customers at the house hy means effect of staying them in their mad career ; and notwith-
a
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.board, and had prayers and a hymn. They
1. The equity business of the Court of Exchc- Colonel Wakefield congratulates the directors on theticot s,:arial,l,tifsaoirrt.ePd 1
Hisy t tini eo u
Royal
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,does on
itgohhie,ntrehes,ts,uF3r(i
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eitnh, Henrye
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of false cards. The prisoner explained that the land- standine. they issued a pious proclamation, pledging realization of the hopes entertained, that the expedi:ion •
quer to be removed to the Court of Chancery. peered for the prosecutor, and Mr. Humphreys for the
2. Two additional Vice-Chancellors, at salaries defence. lord proposed games at " put," and that he had intro- themselves, after that public notice, "to enforce the would reach New Zealand within 100 days from Eno.- who
tn ea rpa
al I•r yt
whom he expressed himself highly eratitii d with this
Mr. Josephs, of No. 9, Hounsditcla, furrier, stated duced into the packs with which they played winning several clauses against all tradesmen who should be land. He first sighted the land near Clipe Farewell
a 5,000/. each. cards of a smaller size •• these cards were kept on the found exercising their worldly calling on the Sunday," (Southern Island), on the 16th August, at noon, being most perfect ship of war in commission. Tee Dotei,
dej cunee prepared for him by Commodore Parker. to
3. Two additional Masters of the Court of that he had had transactions wi h the prisoner in the
appliedthehavingis about.the former
for goods . dered an officer to accompany Medcalfe home, and to fingers ends, an( not a sou lave they dared to "pull 17th the Tory anchored in Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte's g,iii.i,i,(n),-etnriloao,i,mny
tliiti,,ffied eis:erru,snb,oe.frg:e;lhieldfitt.hl:p:inr,;:ig,,oaurv„.,e,:n.
i. t,ht. e.,,,r,if::te:tvitAo,tu:s,..,:s.ritr:is,in:::!:t
'la Two additional Registrars.return with any cards he might find there. On the up to be dealt with according to law "
shore, bounded an each side with coves, formic a eel-
Sound. The passeee was made without touchine. any-
5. Master of the Rolls to be Vice-President him have any without security, and the prhi-
of stating that he was resident in Exeter. Witness re-fused to letofficer's return he produced two freudulently constructed The following extract from a letter which appeared where. On main°, the land, the most proinine;it
the Privy Council, and Presiding Judge of the soner 's father gave acceptances for the amo i rat. of te packs taken from the place pointed out by the prisoner ; in the Windsor E.rpress of last week,is it fair specitn,nl, coon of as fine h!irbours as lie) in the wie I e Oise of
feature was the Chain of Al • I ••th snow, Ii le
Alp;, cappc( wi $A ) t
Judicial Committee. articles purchased. The acceptances woil:'..lin ,in the ,
paid, and the Magistrate said he would send them to the city dare prevailing fee iz, town on the subject :- : them, Wee 13 y, is , s large a P.3rimoill S wed, ~rd tell ~.‘ ~,, ~,Irk„,l ei, ili. ii.s.
6. Compensation to be given lo Exchequer Witness's objection to the unsupported rel, Inlity of
In A ril, intersects the Southern Island. About forty miles sout ii
authorities, and see if they would allow such a person to " The saints of Wflids°r. eoinmenced their second oi Cape Farewell, a remarkehlv white cliff is described es of them easy of access, and safe in all wi ds. At tie A
rv7l‘3lsl:lo.ff'tllti;n:GVAL7esrl'a'ni,li .6' .11;ttoor,tiLiv'..h'o'ffih'istevre' e'lle tel.::: n 11.11:
Hydra, war steam vessel.-His Excel(' nry. the A--
1, • retain his license. crusade against Sunday trading, under the command of ,_ southern end of the sound is a long bay, at the bottom • , I g 1 1 • . ' - ..4 On. Ih , the tkati,
Officers not provided for. -a prominent feature When the Tory stood down tne - mire!. 0!s ii'e e lie toe l ;11••111( 0 Cr. 1 i
in applied to him for a parcel of the three Churchwardens, viz., Mr. T. Adams, car en- of which a river, a mite wide at the mouth, enters. Up „f t
the present moment we have two ex- the young man was that he was unde rage.,
1839, the prisoner. agab. UNION-HALL.strait to the north-e l'et, the Southern fel I I
an( appearec at 1. , . Comm' nder Milward, hy promocrig to this ~ eel jrhLord High Chancellors on retired
allowances of goods,
tee for the payment, on account o the minority . Henry Davis a well-dressed man, was charged with ter ; Mr. Cobden, tailor; Mr. George, plasterer
first sight barren, but, on nearing the land, the whole this I
rrn there is fine land, and excellent trees for ship ,on and flat Lieut. James Stn ford, who has assumed
, . ' - These worthies issued their proclamation last week, and - - Tei led exelieneed hi ,vith his brother.
ou Iran
and he again objected to deal without having a
no doubt, corning from such important men, it has had vas found covere4 to the highesr points' of the moun-
to Pelorus river, in Admiralty Bay. The channel
5,0001. a year each, and the same number of ex-
o'.
t his customer, who then said t° l'im, " Now I am of indecently assaulting Mrs. Mansfield, a middle-aged
Chancellors of Ireland at 4,000/. a year each all h ' father who will corroborate i lad "1. he corn lainant stated [,hut she end her daughter
e it. The Y* P ''. • ' the desired effect, particularly as the parties were raj
• '
'tis with timber and which thin betrayed
age ; ere is my brushwood, s gradually narrows to little more than half a mile, ..._
were walking u the ate s leading from the Belvidere seen their perpetual verdure. )3 1 tba Hydra left for Veuria with the wail ter S.r
deservinoly and properly bestowed, we admit); surely -
se prison father then confirmed the statement, and the _ p p , .
Peeping about to see it any one dared to disobey their , like the Rhone between Lyons and Avgnon. The .
t but wit- to the Waterloa-road, about seven o clock on Friday . * Ile strait is described as ver 1 f y open am- easy o ac- . Tel n Louis's squadron, but V,115 to return for Mane
(:•.,l,eirn'tnn"i'inder led
St'op'fi-ril, of' the Zebra. On tl.e
some tWO Of these eminent persons might be in- prisoner looked out goods to a lag abie9teinv; mighty authority. Cant and humbug seem to be thetide ran at the rate of four or five miles an hour.
evening, and when about half-way up the prisoner seizedcess. Entry Island and the highlands of Terrawaiti, forthwith, I eing ordered home en her way (it is seid)
order of the day., Strangersi might be led to suppose having anchored at Teewaiti, an Englishman, the
duced to accept the appointments under this Bill. ness refused to let him have the • 1 without the her it his arms, and acted in a manner too disgusting to with a volcanic mountain, were distinguished fromto China. Cernmander It Stopford will endeavour 10
If they were even to have an additiol of 2,000/. security of the father, woo
.consented to g?arantee to ) '-
mention, and then ran away, pursued by Mrs. M. and it at Nk.'indsor, tl. eat o royalty, would b„„ „roc
Stephen's Island, but Mouet Egmont was not seen. head of a whaling establishment, came off and gave ee .
euem, a, excharwe with eiiher Cotiarnander Wakefield.
each on their retired allowances, a very consider- the amount of 2001.: the prisoner being solely responsi- reteneons to take the Iced of other towns in promos-
knowledge and aae atence, of which itvaluable advice and aid to the expedition. The moon-
J. -Idebt of tl • had
ble for 2t351. odd. The '....3.D .
P upbetween the stand of otuara and Long ,
1 1 • NI • I - tams bete are covered with timber than these at the Pheenix Commander Milwaid d'ed in the Naval
able saving to the country would still be effected. If gave him into custody. Miss 'Mansfield confirmed herthe northern entrance, and less fertile, although the
never been paid. The prisoner's father 4:eyed witness is the most Priest-ridden town in the kingdom. Whet
Lords Brougham and Lyndhurst were appointed,
about .100/., with which debt the dealing. first described mother's statement. Toe prisoner denied that lie was
wit' rabid high Church and Tory men -gloom sects Island.
.Ohn entering canoes were seen and another
bays affordcapable ofcultivation'.ll ' 'h. • 1 ' 1 ' I-1 .
several spots
the country would save 6,000/. a year. had nothing to do. When witness applied to the pr,- the.man who cummi!it:ed the offmce, anddstatedi he had
flans-street Ranters, and other Bedlamites and Navf- ccaatnicioe,
consisted
nitsi s
tci,(,f ini tlenr,,,iiti voets . soon, eine alongside. This i rote!itant aurhe-ground at 2.oriana. His re-
purposes. The visit of her Majesty's ship Pelorus had IlOs ital at Bielli on the 17th and was buritd in
worm,-we are in au} thing but an enviable position single tree hollOwed out from mains were attended by the boats of the squadron acid
soner for the money, the reply was, that he (toe pre- a wile and family.- .he complainant
.iin her (eatii, liter
SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. soner) was not of age, and there was no use in apply- however, swore positive's to his identity, and that they
and a tradesman has no chance here unless he is either :
, the bottom, and a FelYv rout planks for the sides. The bee:. of great service, be examining into complaints and file Rodney 's band. as far as the Calcara Wharf,
rendering justice to aggrieved parties. where they were received by a Marine guard, under
had not lost sight of him.-Tne Magistrate, alter ex- natives were on deck in an' instant ; they were unarmed,
1 Through the influence of the resident English gen-
---6.---- log to him for the anieunt. The fact of the amour a hypocrite or a bigot."
PROM THE DAILY PAPEas oF SATURDAY. man's minority was established upon reference to the patiating on the nature of his offence, fined him al., or
Tins is true to the very letter. But the •le saints, shook hands with every one on deck, spoke Engli,h, as.
t [/omen previously mentioned, Colonel Wakefield antici-
sunned an air cf authority, like a pilot, and brought with with this vessel's hand. Commodore Parker was pre-
(From the Courier.) certificate. Several other houses hid been Liken in by three mouths' imprisonment aril hard labour.
havne been foiled at their own game, have now gone ' patod to effect a purchase of land at Port Nicholson, the command of Captain Smith, of the Bellerophon,
The privilege queltion does not appear to a•trac?
similar misrepresentations. upon quite a different tack. The Windsor bigots have them fish and wetoes. These men were of the Nyati- vented from attending by indispositioo, and we oh-
the value of which as a commercial port is inestimable.
The whalers were, however, very anxious fora settle- A
that attention from the people at large which a rneature
The Loan MAYOR-And you would nit have given DEPRAVITY AND SUICIDE. le-,guen themselves with their benighted brethren of oillataigh trib,,P.Their chief is tributary to Rapper°, heed served no other Post-Captain follo,vine than Captain
deeply penetrating their own interests re sires but ~.ve
the prisoner credit for the goods to the amount of the -_-....---......... E,on, for the purpose of preventing what they are of the Ki iti tribes. One of them recogeized Naiti, the Austen, and only thri e military offic..rs, though se-
ment at Teawaiti, where the works fur melting blubber'
meet not therefore neglect the duty which a journalist
the 2351. you have alluded to if you had not been per- We abstract from the Pari. ppers the following de- P` Three to term " the Sabbath desecration of the inter refer on board the Tory, as an old acquaintance.,oral of both services were there as spectators. The
Lord John Russyearsthe ago no e.a Sound,
hor fort existed in the are already very considerable. The south-eastern en- Commanders of four lin-of-battle ships in port were
• is professedly pledged to perform. .
suaded that he was of age? W,tness-Most cer- tails of, perhaps, as melancholy an event as it has ever Thames"-or, in plain language, to prevent, by putting but nosy islands of Motuara and Long Island each trance of the Sound is about two miles from Teawaits.
sae Bill has passed through Committee, not without
taint y not. fallen to our lot to record, showing a depravity (or threatening to put) the existing laws in force,and seventeen miles from Cloudy Bay. There is no way and Surgeons Dens, of the Hydra, who were mess
observations which deserve considerable attention, and
The LORD father b here seldom met with. A man of the name of Duriez a
MAYOR-Toe o relit to e. . . .
his . . in , craft of any k ud-except it
rb,e. their own-moving u hasty hut extensive
presented signs of ' - fortifications,•
barand , twenty to twenty-five fathoms water between ! pall-bearers, and the chief mourners acre Lieut. Nor-
P though almost as rude as Enelish sheep pens Theremat !ii of the deceased in other vessels. Lieut Turner
above all to those whichproceed from Sir Edward Sug- . .or down on the Sabbath I his, like their attemptedlra ' " .. . the headlands, a mile and a half apart. The know- has Detained I I f lproceeded to
a aorta cave e ene, ,and
P Witness-He is at this moment before the Conims- master tailor, living wan family one of the most
den. In the explanation which he has chosen to give of .had been recently war between the piti and Nijatiawa
stoners of Bankrupts. feshioneble streets of Paris, respectable in his business, shop-closing foolery, cannot fail to end in their ownledge of this channel is, of course, very important to all Naples in the Neapolitan steamer V, love.
his opposition to parts of a Bill, to the leading principle
Nil-. HUMpinays for the ,ironer asked several mArtied, and lather of a large family, apprenticed his defeat. They say that the bargemen On that day tribes respecting the proprietorship of these islands. The
vessels entering Cock's Straits. The island formed by
of which we entertain such strong objections, he refersnatives here are described as a fine race of men, infinitely
uestions regarding the parecula„ of the connection eldest daughter, Eleonore, to an embroiderers, in the "ought to have equal rest for their souls and hodies.e the channel has the native name of Alapawa.
to opinions that have been expressed out of the House, superior in appearance to those of the northern part of THE MARK ETS.
tact observes that he did not object to the retrospective
! between the prosecutor and the prisoner, and took close Rue St. Honere. We fancy we see a bargeman, who is tied by Act of
Last Thursday week Florentin Duriez called rather Parliament along with his barge, at twelve o'clock on the North Island, very intelligent, and capable of b ,ine From Nlangania, the place near Cape Farewell, be-
f,ore mentioned, ten tons of coal had been brought to sae
notes of the evidence. extremelyl useful i settlers aclaburers,Lhermen, Lana
provisions of the Ministerial measure. What he pro-COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK
Mr. LEWIs, the solicitor then appeared against the earlier in the evening than usual. and as the mistress Saturday night, at the lock at Windsor, shaving him- sailors. • reawaiti, having been dug up at high-water mark on
posed to do, he says, was in Committee to introduce . They behave with strict propriety, but are in
Lion of Mr. Albert oii Davis,avisof the este is ment expressed some o. . ,
'
prisoner, on the prosecu,(ls I • ill I•bhd• bd e mac . t may eain a un ance without siek- __
______
Nheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peais.
t certain words into the first clause, " giving to per,44,s want of clothes, which they prefer to powder or - -.-. ---
furrier, of Bull-inn-court, New ate-street. that it was a surprize that be had prepared for soul," at either St. deorge's chapel or the parish church. great ~.,, . Inv shafts and burns as well as env En fishcoal.
_ g Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to r s. to s. s. s N. 9.
not the original publishers of the publications of tl eornaments. They ,it have however, been much spoiled 13 '
his daueliter, this ben).- ne4r } a holiday, one of the At the adjoinin beer-she he would be most like! ithe Pelo- Cartisie..,...-...... 57 - :36 -27 -4t -43 -
the same remedy with respect to that which had Mr. Davis stated that in 1838 the prisonerrli.:vaistislieT•s
last
days
s Yby intercourse with the whale ships, and are still in a y. the.:ccout sif another English settler
11exham............. :.'.6 68 32 38 22 34 _ ..._ .... ~
plied with goods by him upon his (the prison, , of tl.e carnival, and if she had been satisfied found et his devotions,g (I) hi • the shrine
an wors pin a t rus river i described
vas p.ecultarly fitted fora. . settle-
already been published, as the Bill proposed to give to)father's
for with her3' conduct d •the week he wouldrequest of Sr
during - 44 tf.; 3'2 :g 20... F3(l sti_... -
Houselo3 39 42g
security, who handed. to him a letter os guarantee. Johnßarleycorn, ment, and Colonel 1 akeheld had
.turned his views to P
what might be published in future by the House." Weration, however, promises better, and the influence of Shettield - 69 , - 36 - 28 - 45 - 44
are Barry that the authority
a name e the amount. Witness continued to supply the prisoner permission to be allowed
.to take
her to the theatre The Windsor and Eton saints have • been "tr 'in a just ) n that locality, in addition to Port Nicholson. Winchester .... 02 80 28 41 23 27 42 45 35 38
g the missionaries and their worship has been very benc-
-1 ' " • Per mishel. sds. a, 5.d. a. d. s.d. s. d. s. d. ad. s. a. g, d.
on the father's security up to 1839. In 1839 the pi.. with any one of her companions whom she might se ed., it on wan the Lord Steward ot her Majesty's House- fide/. On the whole, Queen Charlotte's Sound can scarcely . • •
lent to the enactment of "ex post facto" laws. Cardiff.-........... 0 0 9 0 0 0 401 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 OP
procure a box of who
soner called again, and looked out goods to the amount as he had been fortunate enough to hold, has been caught in the trap baited for be equalled as a port, and Colonel Wakefield speaks of Carmarthen-- 0094 0 0 5 (7I 002956 0 0 0 0 e C
(From the Globe.)On the 18th August the Tory was moored in Ship Cowbridge-- 10 0 Ito 0 0 56i 0 0 4 e 5 0 501 0 0 0
'hat his daughter would him, and the Earlof Errol-so it is bl• 1
of upwards of 5001. ;witness required the father's gua- three places ;he was well aware t
intimate
friends, ,
e ery point of view In .
The Church, in its collective capacity, still resembles Cove, in eleven fathoms water, within 300 yards of the Swansea -.... 8 0 9 4 4 9 50,2 if 3 2 5 6 60' 0 0 0 0
rantee ; the prisoner said, " You ough.t to p .
ut confi- select Louisa G. as they were most - The above is an abstract of a report which is full Per 8011. ! i
too much the daughters of the horseleech-" Give !.. shore. " Nothing," sa .s Col. Wakefield, "can exceed . . . •-1 ' re, r aarnardeastle II 616680937a88 9 0 12 01 7 6 s 0
dh • ls • • • r t she did so • t". ee •
deuce in me, as I have done business with you for some an t eir mistress aving given ne consent • r
h, men interested. in the abolition of Sunday trading of interest in many important particwars. elle iavour-
Give !.' is the cry incessantly uttered from every part the beauty of this situation. The shore is covered to Durham 113 ti 16 07 0 80 6 0 81'10o13 01 8 6 9 0
time." Witness replied," We have not confidence in you, and they wer soon equippel. An hour tiervtsbaeisbtoxe at lViidsor, that it is his wish that no goods able reception of the expedition by the
and the
the Richmond -I E iis ri t,' 7. 0 V)) g 1 g ? 't's 1.42gg : g
of her pale ! This desire for wealth has originated inthe water's edge with an evergreen forest, reaching to
and your father must guarantee you ; besides which. you are two girls with. the master tailor were seated. should he delivered at the. Castle on Sunday morn- e fertility and beauty of the. country, the almost
a false estimate of its importance. Vast worldly endow-andthe mountain tops, from 1,200 to 1,500 feet high.WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET
ior and we do not consider ourselves safe in deal- The evening passed away too rapidly, they left ing." Emboldened by their success thus far with the certain prospect of forming an early settlement, are
rents, distributed with preposterous inequality, so far
_sinnThe melody' of the birds and the plenty of the fish are w Red, Norfolk and Sufi:lok -s ' Os. to 65 fine 76<,
with, •without • " The •then said, the theatre delighted, when the father reminded them Castle memorial her is
authorities,
a to Majesty now. in.oint on which there - no loner to remain any
appears c . neat, -Lin. and Cam. - '''''
- -5: 6I s. to fitis. fine 73,
from adding to the efficiency of a Church, obscure its 1::gNoI younota seculrity. prison. er,
.remarked as by Captain Cook, Natives from Admi- -- Yorkshire -s. ;,os. to 625. fine 66
h hdl • 1 •h dining, andthat - course ofpea s osn als I e
turned of 22. Witness that Ley a eft iome wit out, conse
true glory, and impair its energies. The wealth of the , _am _
and minor,. am - white
him that if quently they must be hungry, and proposed that they for laughing,'and •
still refused, the prisoner mentioned to
.. we are sure that you will, gentle reader, ---- Foreign, tted -s. 00s. to 655. fine as
clergy has constituted the weakness of our national's7, 11' d. h d and savage. They rubbed noses with Naiti. Their
he was not satisfied, he (prisoner) would ask his father. should sup at a restaurant g. is aug ter accepte especially it you ever "trained it" to Windsor on the NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Establishment. If proof be required of this incontro-faces were painted, and their bodies anointed with whale Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk s to 405. fine 455.
Subsequently the father called with the prisoner, and the invitation with pleasure, and, notwithstanding the Sabbath, receive the news with a loud ha! ha!-pray-see-. Lincolnshire
fertible axiom, it is only necessary to refer to Ireland, oil and ochre. ' (From the Hampshire Independent.) - Yorkshire Wold
said that his son could get credit in the market, and remonstrance of Louisa, it was decided that they should ing that her Majesty would not only prohibit the • 8. to 31 s. fine 33.•
where the most richly endowed church in Christen- ' . •The little beach retains vestiges of Cook's visit, in The Pantaloon, 10, Lieut. R. 'Tryon, acting, re-
Beans: New
Atwhile they wereprattling about all •
was of full age ; upon which assurance credit was there- sup. . supper,
dole has been proved to be proverbially and re-the timber cut down and not used by and in other turned from Sheerness on Wednesday. -- old 42s to 4fis fine 48,-,
. noon elven to the nrisnner. Between April and they had seen and heard, the monster Dunce con- from playing on the Terrace on Sundays during the r is • him,
• ' •Pembroke, 74. removedf Oats, Potato s. to 32s fin( Sir
respects, The wood almost Impenetrable, and there Her Male tv s shire -
- s es • a, , ,
~...,,,_ ,e_s„... --- Poland s. sto :,2s. tine ;fis
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FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY.
(From the Courier.)
The privilege question does not appear to a'trac?
that attention from the people at large which a eneature
deeply penetrating their own interests recoires; but we
journalist
is not therefore neglect the duty which a
is professedly pledged to perform. Lord John Russ
scll'a Bill has passed through Committee, not without
observations which deserve considerable attention, and
above all to those which proceed from Sir Edward Sug-
den. In the explanation which he has chosen to give of
his opposition to parts of a Bill, to the leading principle
of which we entertain such strong objections, he refers
to opinions that have been expressed out of the House,
sad observes that he did not object to the retrospective
provisions of the Ministerial measure. What he pro-
posed to do, he says, was in Committee to introduce
certain words into the first clause, " giving to perseiis
not the original publishers of the publications of H e
House the same remedy with respect to that which had
already been published, as the Bill proposed to give to
what night be published in future by the House." We
are Barry that the authority of such a name should be
lent to the enactment of " ex post facto" laws.
(From the Globe.)
The Church, in its collective capacity, still resembles
too much the daughters of the horseleech—" Give'
' Give !' is the cry incessantly uttered from every part
of her pale ! This desire for wealth has originated in
a false estimate of its importance. Vast worldly endow-
ments, distributed with preposterous inequality, so far
from adding to the efficiency of a Church, obscure its
true glory, and impair its energies. The wealth of the
clergy has constituted the weakness of our national
Eeablishrnent. If proof be required of this incontro-
vertible axiom, it is only necessary to refer to Ireland,
where the most richly endowed church in Christen-
dom has been proved to be proverbially and re-
proachfully inefficient as a machine for the conversion
of the people ; while in Scotland, where the poorest
religious Establishment is found, the clergy have been
successful in preserving and extending the Protestant
faith, and in training up the successive generations of the
people in morals and religion, and thus rendering them
the best educated and most virtuous of the population.
(From the Standard.)
Lord John Russell's Bill for the protection of the
publication of Parliamentary Papers occupied the chief
share of the attention of the House of Commons last
night. Various amendments were suggested in the
Committee, and each was discussed at some length,
but without any important result. We have already
laid more than once before our readers the rea-
sons why (in our opinion) the details of the Bill,
ought to be regarded with comparative indifference.
In the first place, we think that the Houses of
Parliament can scarcely have too much power
within the law ; while we would resist every at-
tempt to extend the power of any one branch of
the Sovereignty a single hair's breadth beyond the law.
And secondly, all the power that the Bill confers upon
the two Houses is the power of publishing what are
called libels—a power which they are not very likely to
exercise wantonly, and which would be at worst very
coistemptible is its exercise.

We abstract from the Par'. ppers the following de-
tails of, perhaps, as melancholy an event as it has ever
fallen to our lot to record, showing a depravity
seldom met with. A man of the name of Duriez, a
master tailor, living with his family in one of the most
hshion.ible streets of Paris, reFpectahle in his business.
married, and father of a large family, apprenticed his
eldest daughter, Eleonore, to an embroideress, in the
Rue St. Hon'ire.
Last Thursday week Florentin Duriez called rather
earlier in the evening than usual. and as the m;stress
of the estab ishment expressed some wom:er, he said
that it was a surprize that he had prepared for
his dauJiter, this being ne4r v a holiday, one of the
last days of ti,e carnival, and if she had been satisfied
with her conduct during the week he would request
permission to be allowed to take her to the theatre
with any one of her companions whom she might select,
as he had been fortunate enough to procure a box of
three places ; he was well aware that his daughter would
select Louisa G. as they were most intimate friends,
and their mistress having given her consent she did so,
and they were soon equipped. An hour afterwards the
two girls with the master tailor were seated in their box.
The evening passed away too rapidly, and they left
the theatre delighted, when the father reminded them
that they had left home without dining, and that conse-
quently they must be hungry, and proposed that they
should sup at a restaurant's. His daughter accepted
the invitation with pleasure, and, notwithstanding the
remonstrance of Louisa, it was decided that they should
sup. At supper, while they were prattling about all
they had seen and heard, the monster Duriez con-
tinued plying them with wine, not, probably, in quan-
tity sufficient to intoxicate them, but enough to excite
them.
After one o'clock in the morning Duriez called for
his bill, takinc, one of the children under each arm,
Louisa wished to return home, but he said that at such
an hour it would be impossible, nor could he himself
return home ; he proposed as an expedient, which was
accepted, that of going to a lodging-house which he
knew of hard by, where he would take a room with two
beds in it, in one of which he would sleep himself, and
the other would be shared by his daughter and her

sioners of Bankrupts.
Mr. HUMPHERYS (for the prisoner) asked severJl
questions regarding the particulars of the connection
between the prosecutor and the prisoner, and took close
notes of the evidence.
Mr. LEWIS, the solicitor, then appeared against the
prisoner, on the prosecution of Mr. Albert John Davis,
furrier, of Bull-inn-court, Negate-street.
Mr. Davis stated that in 1838 the prisoner was sup-
plied with goods by him upon his (the prisoner's) father's
security, who handed to him a letter o guarantee for
the amount. Witness continued to supply the prisoner
on the father's security up to 1839. In 1839 the pri.
soner called again, and looked out goods to the amount
of upwards of 5001. ; witness required the father's gua-
rantee ; the prisoner said, " You ought to put confi-
dence in me, as I have done business with you for some
time." Witness replied," We have not confidence in you,
and your father must guarantee you ; besides which you are
a minor, and we do not consider ourselves safe in deal-
icg with you without security." The prisoner then said,
" No, I am not a minor, I am turned of 22." Witness
still refused, and the prisoner mentioned to him that if
he was not satisfied, he (prisoner) would ask his father.
Subsequently the father called with the prisoner, and
said that his son could get credit in the market, and
was of full age ; upon which assurance credit was there-
upon given to the prisoner. Between April and
August the prisoner received goods to the amount of
5581. Bs. 10d., which amount was reduced subsequently
to 472/. 16s. 4d.
Mr. HUMPHERYS submitted that the evidence in
either case did not prove the false pretence contem-
plated by the statute. The false pretence was stated
to be a matter which could not possibly be within the
prisoner's own knowledge, and it did not appear that
due caution and diligence had been used before the
goods had been parted with.
The LORD MAYOR—Certainly the lad could not tell

On the 18th August the Tory was moored in Ship
Cove, in eleven fathoms water, within 300 yards of the
shore. " Nothing," sa .s Col. Wakefield, " can exceed
the beauty of this situation. The shore is covered to
the water's edge with an evergreen forest, reaching to
the mountain tops, from 1,200 to 1,500 feet high."
The melody of the birds and the plenty of the fish are
remarked as by Captain Cook. Natives from Admi-
ralty Bay soon came on board, and were both naked
and savage. They rubbed noses with Naiti. Their
faces were painted, and their bodies anointed with whale
oil and ochre.
The little beach retains vestiges of Cook's visit, in
the timber cut down and not used by him, and in other
respects. The wood is almost impenetrable, and there
arc rivulets of delicious water flowing from the heights.
The soil is very rich, being the decayed vegetation of
centuries. There can be little doubt that the vine and
Indian corn might be grown up to the summits of the hills.
No natives appeared, the cove being under taboo, on ac-
count of its being the burial place of a chief's daughter.
A eta, or compensation, was required and paid for
breaking the taboo by entering the cove.
On the 19th August Colonel Wakefield visited the
island of Nlotuara, where Cook had his observatory and
garden. It is covered with wild shrubs, plants, and
flowers, and even at that time, in the depth of winter,
looked as gay and thriving as an ornamental plantation
in England during summer. Parrots, wood pigeons, and
other birds, and also pigs, were abundant, but there were
no human inhabitants.
There were 200 natives of the Ryatiwa tribe living
in the Sound, at a settlement called Teawaiti, on the
Island of Alapawa. The Nyatinihataigh tribe, consist-
ing of 80 or 90 souls, were living at Anaho, nearer the
entrance of the Sound. The English party were most
kindly and hospitably received by these natives. Naiti
was delighted at the reception, and his dress, and appa-
rent wealth, made a great impression on his country-
men. Several interesting anecdotes are related of
Naiti's behaviour during the voyage and after arrival,
and he promised to be of great utility to the expedition,
On the 21st of August there was a violent gale from
the south-east, with rain. An old native chief, Agarcwa,
was a guest on 'maid. He is described as inoffensive
and dignified. He spoke of the Taranake coast oppo-
site as without any harbour, but he pointed out a har-
bour about twenty miles south-west of Cape Farewell,
where abundance of coal was to be found. On the 22d,
Colonel Wakefield took the old chief home, and they
were received by many of the natives, who greeted them
cordially.
The bottom of the cove where these people reside is
spoken of as a most delightful locality, with sufficient
flat land for a considerable settlement, and a gentle slope
for half a mile up the mountain, which is clothed
with verdure. A stream, strong enough to turn a mill,
runs through the centre of the basin formed by the rising
ground. The village is a straggling collection of mise •
rabic thatched huts. The occupants of these sties were
not less wretched than their residences, wanting in
energy, naked, houseless, and potato fed. On Colonel
Wakefield's leaving, the chief presented him with a fine
specimen of the coal of which he had spoken. The
soil hereabouts is described as capable of yielding almost
every kind of vegetable production, if cleared of timber
and rendered available by terraces, or in patches, by
spade husbandry. Deep loam was found in the spaces
cleared for potato grounds, and in some places clay
adapted for brickmaking.
The little cove named by Colonel Wakefield Flat-fish
Cove, abounds with fish, and the neighbouring woods
with a rich variety of birds.
Evro, the son of a chief near here, on board the Tory
on a visit, the next morning accompanied the naturalist
and draftsmen on an excursion up a bill to the south-
east. The native women assisted the rest of the cabin
party in washing. The cove has probably not presented
so lively an appearance since the time of Cook's visits.
No attempt at pilfering was made by the natives.
Colonel Wakefield gives a curious account of a native
who accompanied him on a shooting excursion, and
answered the purpose of a setter dog. The supply of
potatoes here exceeded the demand, more than 500
baskets full being ranged along the beach. This is
considered a preferable place to Cloudy Bay in respect
of supplies. Pies, however, were scarce.
On Sunday, the 25th August, after divine service, the
party climbed a hill in the cove, ascending a rivulet,
which fell in cascades over the slate-stone rocks, form-
ing the sub-stratum of the mountains. Having reached
the region of the highest timber, they found a species of
elm, eighteen feet in girth, and other trees from seventy
to eighty feet high, without a branch, which, if too
heavy for masts, would make excellent planks for ship-
building. The Surveyor. General of the English navy
might, it is said, supply himself with several years' con-
:motion amongst the trees seen in that morning's

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(From the Hampshire Independent.)
The Pantaloon, 10, Lieut. R. Tryon, acting, re-
turned from Sheerness on Wednesday.
Her Majesty's ship Pembroke, 74. was removed from
the South to the North Dock, on Saturday, to make
room for the Strombolo steamer, which vessel, having
grounded in the Clyde, was docked on Monday, to bf.
overhauled prior to being commissioned for service.
Her Majesty's ship Pique, 36, Capt. E. Boxer, sailed
for Plymouth on Tuesday. She took the San Josef',
men, y who had been employed in navigating the
Strombolo hither, under command of Mr. Henderson,

summer months, but that her Majesty- would cause
the New Terrace, as well as the North Terrace, to be
closed against the public (luring the whole of the
Sabbath ; Now what, it may be asked, would be the
effect of the prayer of these bitter observance bigots—these
intolerant fools—were it listened to one moment by her
Majesty ? A tine summer Sunday in Windsor is looked
forward to by the numerous innkeepers, in particu-
lar, and by the butchers, and bakers, and green grocers,
in general, as a sort of harvest, to make up for the dul-
ness of the preceding week. There would be an end of
" Lamb-chops and salad for three," " Rump-steaks and
cauliflower for four in No. 5," and Tea and coffee for
Mrs. Green and her six little girls in the blue chamber ;"
Othello's occupation would be gone ; and yet these
bigots, bec.atse they would mourn for their own sins in
sack-cloth and ashes, are endeavouring, by memorializing
the Queen, to compel their more enlightened neighbours
to row with them in the same boat of humbug and into-
lerance.—Sunday Times.

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for passage.
The Medina, new post-office steamer, is to be
launched from Pembroke dock-yard on the 18th inst.
Mr. Mills, Master, and a party of men from the San
Josef, are ordered to proceed in the Camel lighter to
that port, to navigate her to Liverpool, where her ma-

his age ; but the father, who appears to me to have
led him into this, could, and he should be here. At
al( events the father appears to be the greater aggressor.
Mr. Hobler (the chief Clerk) asked whether the
prisoner had given his age upon being taken to the
Compter ? The gaoler replied that he had, and that
it had been marked down in the prisoner's list at twenty
years, from the prisoner's own mouth.
The prisoner was then remanded.
A young man, named Joseph Druitt, was charged
with having refused to pay for the support of his illegiti-
mate child.
A young woman of respectable and modest appearance
stated that. the defendant had kept company with, and
was to have married her ; his brother was married to
her sister. She had the greatest reliance upon him, but
the moment he was tolt3 that she was pregnant by him he
married another young wcman, and he now refused to
pay a shilling for his child's support.
Mrs. Druitt (the girl's sister) said that the defendant
kept company with the young woman with her mother's
knowledge ; she had seen her upon his knee.
The LORD MAYOR apprehended that the evidence
just given was not sufficiently corroborative, and asked
the witness whether she had any conversation with the
defendant on the subject ? The witness replied that
she applied to him to remind him that he was to buy
clothing for the child.
The Loan MAYOR—And what did he say ? The
witness—He laughed.
The LORD MAYOR—Did he deny that he was the
father? Witness—No, he only laughed ; he made a
iauzh of it.
Defendant—lt wai on another man's knee she sat,
and not on mine. It is a long time since I kept com-
pany with her ; besides, I have got a wife of my own.
and she is in the famiiy way, and I can't afford to pal.
for this one's child.
The young woman vowed that she never sat upon
any man's knee except his, and that he knew that fact
well.
The LORD MAYOR—It is a great pity that you
have thrown yourself away upon such a fellow ; but he
shall support your child. lam perfectly satisfied with
the corroborative evidence.
The ALDERMAN, who sat with the Lord Mayor to
adjudicate, was also satisfied with the evidence corrobo-
rating the paternity, and the defendant was ordered to
pay the expenses attending the lying in, and 38. 6d.
er week for the support of the infant.

friend, adding, " I shall be there myself to be re-
sponsible for you and to protect you." He then took
them into an obscure street, where before Louisa was
completely restored to herself she found herself dragged
into a small room, where the tailor and his daughter
placed themselves in the same bed with her ; the fol-
lowing morning the tailor took his daughter home, but
the only news till lately heard of poor Louisa was con-
tained in the following affecting letter addressed by her
to her wretched mother, which we give entire :
" IN hen you receive this letter, my dear mother,
weep and pray for me : all will be over. I could no
more have dared to present myself before you—still I am
innocent as the day on which you gave me birth. I am
innocent, and still a wretch has branded and dishonoured
me. No honest man could henceforth love me or
esteem me ; all that he could do would be to pity
me. I prefer death to be obliged to blush the
blush of shame always and before all. Once
more, my mother, forgive me, pray for me. One grief
hangs upon my poor heart at this moment greater than
all others, it is the thought of the pain you will have to
bear. Console yonrself, dearest mother, with the
thought that I have been the victim of a wretch who
abused me by force and against my will. Pray for me,
forgive me, I conjure you. Do not let me appear before
the Supreme Judge with your curse upon my head.
" LOUISA."

chinery is to be fitted.
Her Majesty's troop-ship Jupiter, Mr. R. Fulton
master, arrived at Cowes, from Cork, towed by het
Majesty's steam-frigate Cyclops, on Tuesday, bringing
the whole of the Ist Regiment from Cork and the
East Indies. The Messenger steamer went to Cowes
on Wednesday, to assist in landing them at Southamp
ton, and the two steamers took them thither the same•
day, and came in here on Thursday morning. The
Jupiter came up to Spithead on Wednesday afternoon.
A large merchant war-steamer, called the Nemesis.
commanded by Mr. W. H. Hall, R.N., arrived here on
Wednesday, having two long guns mounted on pivots.
She is supposed to be intended for the East Indies, and
has been built and fitted out at Liverpool.
The Vigilant, Walter, from London, for Marseille-,
was run into on Wednesday night, off Beachy Head,
by a brig unknown ; the damages are considerable.
AT SPlTHEAD—Andromache and Jupiter.
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VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Mineß 14
ATTORNEY-CIENE.RAL V. NETHERCOAT.
This was an information filed at the relation of cee
tain inhabitants of Molton, in the county of Northamp-
ton, complaining of the misappropriation of the funds of the
charity instituted for the purpose of maintaining certain
cottages for poor persons, and for a school for the children
of the-parishioners. The cause has been before the Court
for the last four days, and was resumed to-day. The re-
lators allege that the trustees, Messrs. Nethercoat, Clerk,
Hellier, and Aspinall, three gentlemen of property and in-
fluence in Northamptonshire, and who are the defendants
to the suit, had suffered the cottages to be tenanted by
paupers out of the workhouse, from whose wages, whilst
working for the parish, one shilling a week as rent
Lad been deducted, contrary to law ; 'hat the charity
estate had been taken from a responsible tenant,
anxious to retain it at the rent of 851 a year. paid by
him, and had been let to a friend of the trustees for 47/. 83.
a year, greatly to the injury of the charity; that an ex-
change of lands not beneficial to the charity had taken
place ; that a barn, capable of being repaired at small ex-
pense, had unnecessarily been taken down, and a new barn
erected on its site ; that 60/. out of the charity funds had
keen improperly applied to renewing the church ; that cer-
tain houses were only let fcr 141. a year, which were
worth and would let for 301. a year ; and, lastly, that the
charity estates had been unjustly charged with considerable
suns of money borrowed from the bankers ; and the re-
lators prayed that the Court should declare all these illegal
sad unauthorised, and that the trustees should be decreed
liable to make good the deficiencies, and that a scheme for
the due administration of the funds should be adopted.
Mr. K. Bruce and Mr. Anderdon contended in favour
ef the ?rayor of the information, and evidence of a mcst
velurnine.us nature was read in support of the allegations of
the rule' ors.
Mr. Wigram, Mr. Koe, Mr. Coleridge, Mr. Richards,
and Mr. Russ .:11, appeared for the trustees, and contended
cast they bad done every act, to the best of their judgment,
for the, benefit of the charity, and charged the relators with
bring members of a party got up at Molton against them,
and I-71^.T:Se acts were influenced by the excitement of village
palities reTher than justice.
Mr. K. BRUCE replied at great length to the arguments
of the defendants' counsel, defending the conduct of the
relators, which was instigated solely by a desire to make
the char'ty efficient. The Learned Counsel called upon
the Court to cc ndemn the defendants in the costs of the
suit, as tl.ey hod in their answers raised points entailing
great and unnecessary expense upon the relator., and dwelt
niuch upon the want of a due and satisfactory answer to the
charge brought against them ef letting the estate to a
friend for so srnll a rent.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR said that there did not remain a
doubt as to the law making trustees responsible for al, e-
ficiemits incurred by letting property to one of their own
body, but he would look through the pleadings in the
cause before he pronounced his judgment.

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cutter, and Messenger steamer.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph of Saturday.)
The Bonetta brigantine, Lieutenant Stoll, left the
Cape of Good Hope, on a cruise for four months, on
the 19th of December.

The Turquoise, R.Y.S. cutter (Sir Hyde Parker).
sailed from Gibraltar on the 26th ult., for Bordeaux
and England.
The Columbia, 16, was at St. Helena on the 11th of
January.

The Brisk and Curlew brigs were in Simon's Bay
Cape of Good Hope, on the 20th of December.
The Basilisk and Electra were at Valparaiso on the
16th of November. The Lilly at Ascension on the
sth of January. The Sappho left Vera Cruz, for Sa-
crificios, on the 3d of December. The Wellesley, 72,
left Bombay on the 4th of January.
The Alligator, 28, Capt. Sir J. J. G. Bremer, C.B ,
arrived at Madras on the 17th of January, from Sydney.
The Childers sailed from Madras on the 13th of
January, for Cudalore, Colombo, and Bombay, baying
on hoard treasure to the amount of 200,0001. all well.
The Dutch frigate Bellona, 46 guns, anchored on the
10th of December in Simon's Bay, having been blown
out of Table Bay, with loss of anchors and cables.
The Bellona has on board forty officers, passengers, to
organise a naval force in Batavia, to supersede the pre-
sent colonial marine.
The Emeral sailed to-day for Plymouth, with officers
and men for the Thunderer.
The Erin barque, with settlers for New South
Holland, had been ashore in Table Bay, in December
last, and got off on the following day, with loss of false
keel and forefoot. No lives lost.
The Stromboli steamer was taken into dock on Mon-
day (having grounded in the Clyde) to be overhauled
She is to proceed to the eastward, and then to be corn •
missioned.
The Pantaloon, 10, Lieut. Tyron, returned fron.
Sheerness on Wednesday. She sailed again this morn-
ing for Sheerness, with 33 supernumeraries for the Cam-
bridge, and is to return to this port.
The Victor, 16, at this port, will be commissioned on
Nloriday.
A 16-gun brig, on the exact model of tire Witte,-
witch, at present on the African coast, is ordered to be
built.
The new steamer Hecate is preparing for commission
in the River. She is similar to the Hydra, of 240
horse power, and her armament is to be three thirty-two
pounders, and one ten-inch bomb.
The Gladiator, Britton master, and Mediator,
Champlin master, both arrived on Tuesday last from
New York, and proceeded to London. The latter ship
landed her mail at Falmouth ; both ships have had :ong
voyages, having been struggling for a month with fresh
easterly winds.
The New York packet Wellington, Chadwick mas-
ter, which left on the 12th ult., lauded her mail at Fal-
mouth on Tuesday last, and is gone past for the River.
The ship Tartar, for Bombay, arrived at Spithead on
Wednesday, and having taken in stores and provisions,
will sail to-morrow or Monday.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.-Lieutenant-
James Stopford, to the rank of Commander, vice MU-
ward, deceased, arid appointed to the Hydra. Mate—
C. It. Johnstone, to the rank of Lieutenant vire Stop-
ford, promoted. Commanders—William Daa son (a)
to the Victor ; Edward Stopford, from the Z.lara to
the Hydra ; James Stopford, from the Hydra to the
Zebra. Lieutenants—Alexander a.rbishire, to the
Victor ; W. F. Glanville (from the Castor), to be
Flag-Lieutenant to S r R. Stopford ; Charles E. Patay
(from the Prine, ss Charlotte) to be I.t of tho C ,wor ;
Sir Godfrey Webster, to the Princess Charlotte:
(From the United Service Gazelle.)
The Princess Charlotte, 104, Admiral the Hon. Sir
R. Stopford, G.C., M.G., Capt. A. Fanshawe,
arrived at Malta, Feb. 17. Lieut, J•imes J. Stopford,
flag-lieutenant, is to be made commander, and ap-
pointed to the ZAN, and I,Tut. Patey is to succeed
Lieut. Glanville in the Castor. The Admiral's flag
was transferred from the Bellerophon, the second day
after her arrival from Vourla. His Excellency the
Admiral was to be in practique on the 28th, on which
evening some officers of the navy and marines, assisted
by civilians of the garrison, will perform for charitable
purposes The Heir at Law and The Village Lawyer.
Lieut. Sir Godfrey We.ister has been appointed to tnis
ship. The Princess Charlotte, previous to refitting,
exercised her crew in shifting topmasts, which was done
in a most masterly stye, with truly wonderful expedi-
tion, and without any tire least accident occurring. The
main topmast was shifted, the rigging set up, and the
top-gallant-mast fidded in less than one hour ; the fore-
top-mast occupied a few minutes more. The French
ships at Vourla have lately exercised their crews at this
kind of work, but none of them ever executed the same
in any thing like so short time taken by the Princess
Charlotte, and scarcely ever without the loss of lives, or
some serious bodily it juries. Our Correspondent at
Vaurla calcula' es the votal number of deaths from these
accidents alone, within the course of three days, at six-

ramble.
The climate of this place (Ship Cove, Queen Char-
lotte's Sand) is stated to resemble that of the north of
Portugal, the most lovely days bursting out in the midst
of winter. The thermometer ranged between 40 deg.
and 56 deg. in the shade. The naturalist having
ascended the highest neighbouring hill, ascertained
the elevation to be 1,544 feet. A grand " Tan'i,"
or mourning of the Kapiti tribe, was about to take
place on the occasion of the death of the chief's sister.
At these Tangis every one cries aloud to the utmost of
his power.
A chief named Wetae had become very friendly and
useful to the expedition. He is described as sixty
years of age, very strong and wiry. He had four
wives besides one lately dead, and laughed at being
so much better provided in this respect than the
King of England. He said that his place, Rang,a-
Tolo, in D'Urville's Island, abounded in pigs awl
potatoes.
At Teawaiti there is a whaling establishment, and
fifty or sixty Europeans or Americans. Colonel Wake-
field was visited by an intelligent Englishman, resident
at this place, who gave him valuable information. Tea.
waiti is situated in the channel which leads from Queen
Charlotte's Sound into Cook's Strait, to the south-cast.
Few ships have hitherto used this passage, and no pub-
lished account of it has yet been given. The river
explored by the Pelorus discharges itself into Ad-
miralty Bay, not Cloudy Bay, as erroneously reported
in some publications.
In this part of New Zealand the laws of property in
land are very undefined. Neither Ranpero nor Hiko
possesses the power of absolute disposal, nor can it be
acquired by combining the consent of many claimz.-nts,
as in the Northern Island. Great confusion exists on
both sides of the Straits respecting vested rights.
Many white men have established themselves among
different tribes, and have occupied and cultivated a great
extent of land, without a question or exaction of any
kind from the natives, who highly value European com-
modities and industry. " A body of settlers," says
Col. Wakefield, "might locate themselves without pur-
chase in almost any part of the shores of the Strait, un-
molested by anybody." A principal means of safety to
Europeans at pr' sent is a quasi marriage with a native
female.
These are the natural consequences of irregular coin.
nintion, and would speedily give way to a better sys-
tern should this country be regularly colonised or occu-
pied by a military force.
Adverting to the recent failure of the wheat crop in
`1 New South Wales, Colonel Wakefield recommends
that all vessels coming to New Zealand should be well
supplied with flour, for which, however, to his party,

ROLLS' COURT, MAEcs 14.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. KERR —SAME V WALES

M;. PEMBERTON and Mr, RUSSELL appeared for the r,
lator, Henry Wvke. This was an information filed by the
Attorney-General at the relation of Henry Wyko, one c,f
the trustees of a charity in the town of Northampton, called
St. Thomas's Hospital, and praying that certain leases,
bearing (late respectively December 1763 and February
1734, might be delivered up to the Court to be eaneel!cd,
and might, by the decree of this Court, be declared void.
The following are the facts of the case. The then trustees
of St. Thomas's Hospital granted. in 1763. a rever,inhary
lease of certain houses in the town of Nortvlamp,on to Dr.
Kerr, for which he gave a small sum of money, and covenanted
to pay an annual rent of Si. on cominc, into possessi n of tr,
i houses, and to pay a fine of 251. on every' renewal of the lease,
iwhich wasrenewable every 14 years. In 1784 a further 1.-i • 1
was granted of other houses, for which, with the prev.Ou's
premises, he engaged to pay a rent of 221., and :, ii„.
• on
renewal. It was contended by the relator that the rent.
at
which the leases were granted was most inadequate and in.
jarious to the charity, and that, being granted in fraud, the
leases were now invalid. After reading a vast quantity of
ci,cumentary evidence, and the testimony of surveyors to
1 p;ove that the rent insured by the lease was the fair value
of the premises under the contingencies upon which
trey were let to Dr. Kerr, and considering the value of
iland at the time, and also to show that the large sums of
money expended by the Doctor and his daseendants, the
present lessees, during the last 60 years, and which ex-
ceeded 4,0001., had caused the present value of the houses,
Mr. TURNER addressed the Court in support of the
`1 leases on the part of the grandson of Dr. Kerr, and con-
. iinu'd his arguments until the rising of the Court, when
the else was adjourned till Monday (this day).

GRAND DINNER AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.
—On Thursday last the Lord Mayor gave a very eleganten-
tertainment at the Mansion-house. Mrs. Heith, his Lordship's
eldest daughter, presided as Lady Mayoress, in c .nsequenceof
the continued indisposition of Lady Marshall, who has. were-
gret to say, been long a severe sufferer. The party, which in-
cluded the Lord Mayor, and the Sheriffs, and some of the
Aldermen of Dublin, and the Corporation Members of his
Lordship's ward, and their ladies, was the fourth of the present
Mayoralty. His Lordship, on this occasion, took the opportu.
nity to present a memorial from Bridge Ward to the venerable
Mr. Towse, who had for sixty years acted as Ward Clerk, and
gained the respect and esteem of all his fellow-citizens. Mr.
fawse resigned that situation, as well as the office of Clerk to
She Fishmonger's Company, a few months ago.
A new act drop, by Phillips will be exhibited to-
morrow night at the Haymarket theatre. Itr
winged epresents a te:l-
pie dedicated to the drama. In the centre is the status of
Apollo—at the foot appears Thalia leading
a
cherub.
Melpomene is seen with her attendants advancing towards the
grzolf.,—a figure on the right of the god seems to be pennir,
the history of the Drama--nymphs are dancing round the
Deity--statues in honour of the Muses are seen with-their at-
tributes—and the extreme distance is tilled with extensive
romantic Grecian scenery.