KORORARIKA.

ON sale at Messrs. NOSEE & WEEKS'S Store
Manilla and coir rope
Case of Port and Sherry wine in bottles
Soap and candles
Cross cut and hand saws
Ditto files and sets
Glue, nails, sprigs and screws
Knives and forks in sets
Blacking and scouring bricks
Prints, navy blue and other
Cedar boards and scantling
Raisins, pepper, &c.
Arrack and molasses, &c.

JUST received, and on sale by the undersigned, Dutch Clover Seed, new Stockholm tar, and Dutch butter.
J. WRIGHT,
near Russell.
Sept. 9, 1840.

THE UNDERSIGNED,
ARE prepared to purchase to any extent, Black Oil, Sperm Oil, and Whalebone, either British or foreign.
HENRY THOMPSON & CO.
July 29.

EDUCATION.
THE Rev. B. QUAIFE expects, at the commencement of the Spring Quarter, so to arrange his present engagements as to be able to devote his morning hours to the instruction of Pupils.

He makes this announcement in consequence of having heard that the want of the means of Education has been repeatedly regretted by Parents.

If any persons wish to communicate with Mr. Q. on this subject, he is open at once to receive their communications.

If it be required, Classes will be opened for instruction in the Classics and Modern Languages of Europe, Mathematics, &c., Mr. Q. having been accustomed to teach almost all the Branches of Modern Education.
Kororarika, Sept. 9, 1840.

FIVE POUNDS REWARD
ON the apprehension of Frederick O'Donnel, who made his escape from the Lock-up house on Saturday night last. The above Reward will be paid to any person who may lodge the said F. O'Donnel in custody, on application to
T. SPICER.
2nd Sept., 1840.

CAUTION.
THE Public are hereby cautioned against destroying fences, cutting timber, or in any way trespassing on the lands of Captain Brend, situated in the Bay of Islands, as, after this Notice, all offenders will be prosecuted according to Law.
W. WILSON, Agent.
Sept. 2nd, 1840.

MONEY.
WANTED, the sum of £200, and £400 on good Freehold security in the Bay of Islands. Apply to Mr. LERTLEWOOD, Solicitor, Bank Square.

WANTED,—a Farming Man, who understands the management of Cattle. Wages liberal. Apply to
G. MAIR,
Wahapu.
August 5th, 1840.

FOUND this day, between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock, a Bank Note.—Any person describing the same, and paying the expense of this advertisement, may have it on application to
WILLIAM WILSON.
Sept. 9.

T. SPICER, in returning thanks for past favors, begs most respectfully to inform the Inhabitants of New Zealand, Captains and owners of vessels, and the public generally, that the Business, hitherto carried on between SPICER & WEAVELL as Auctioneers, Land and Commission Agents, Brokers and Appraisers, will be conducted, until the return of Mr. Weavell from New South Wales, by THOMAS SPICER, who will effect sales of all Properties entrusted to him at a very low percentage, and any persons favoring him with business, may depend on a speedy settlement of Accounts.

Cash to any amount advanced on Goods for sale.
THOMAS SPICER,
Auctioneer, Commission & Land Agent and Appraiser,
Wanted to borrow on good security, £300. Apply to
THOMAS SPICER.

WANTED,—a pair of Bootmakers to whom constant employment will be given.—Apply to Mr. Wilson, Auctioneer. July 15, 1840.

The New Zealand Advertiser,
BAY OF ISLANDS GAZETTE.
KORORARIKA:—SEP. 10, 1840.

What are the Police about? and what is doing at head quarters in regard to the police? are questions which are very naturally urged by many persons, in consequence of the robberies which were last week perpetrated at Kororarika. We regret to say we cannot solve the problem. What the Government may be planning we do not know, but with regard to the police, it seems to us that they are doing just nothing which they ought to do.

Last week we received a letter on the escape of O'Donnel, (of which a revised copy appears to-day.) and £2 were offered by Mr. Spicer for his re-apprehension. That letter directly charges some of the police with drinking and frolicing with prisoners, and the said charges are often repeated in our ears. We are unable to give our testimony either way, but if it be as is alleged, it is high time that their conduct should be scrutinized. If they are honest in the fulfilment of their duty, they will court exposure.

Although, however, we know not, beyond the testimonies which are given us, whether the above charges can be substantiated, we certainly do know, that there is nothing here that conforms to our notions of a police. Is it for an organized police to go to bed and to sleep during the hours when robberies and disorders are most likely to take place, and merely to watch when every body is about? Why is there not a nightly watch? We are ignorant whether they can make pretensions to do this—at all events the thing is not done. A thief may take away even the pigs from the tents of the police, and they be none the wiser. We are perfectly sure, that in such a place as this, such robberies as those perpetrated last week would not have been easily perpetrated, if the place had been patrolled by men sober, honest, and determined. Our full conviction is, that the present police is not worth anything. We know not what it is to cost, nor exactly who is to pay for it.

We take the liberty of suggesting a word to the Government on this subject. The Bay of Islands generally, and this spot in particular, has been we might say, celebrated in the neighbouring Colonies and even in England, for the lawlessness of its inhabitants. Yet, on the other hand, actual residents say, that there is no comparison between the security which then existed and the state of things now. Now, this is a reproach which we earnestly hope will not be allowed to be repeated. If the representations formerly given of this locality were true, it is that such police as we have that is fit for it. Let the respectable inhabitants at least be effectually taught to rejoice, that we are now under the protection of British Laws and British Functionaries.

One word more before we close this subject. It is high time that better and securer prisons should be provided. It is not less necessary that every settlement or township should have a Magistrate within its immediate reach, and especially such a place as Kororarika.—Above all, a regular criminal court is most imperatively required. When will a Judge be appointed to try prisoners, and prevent the injustice of long imprisonment in the case of those who may, after all, be proved innocent, or the escape from justice altogether of those who are really guilty? We wait for light on these points, and it is extremely desirable that the public should be correctly informed on matters of so much anxiety.

NEW ZEALAND BANKING COMPANY.

Want of space in our last Number, prevented us from paying that attention to the New Zealand Banking Company, which its importance demands.

Most heartily do we congratulate the Inhabitants of the Bay of Islands, and particularly of Kororarika, on the establishment of this highly-important and useful institution.

Its establishment is truly in the history of New Zealand, and we hail it as the harbinger of every thing bright and beneficial to this infant Colony. We can easily conceive the astonishment that will be felt by the good people of England upon reading in our columns an account of the formation of a Local Bank with a capital of £100,000, in this hitherto considered cannibal land. But whatever may be their astonishment, such is the fact, and the benefits to be derived from it are likely to be disseminated far and wide.