122 cases 22 hhds. gin, tierces, jugs, boxes soap, 25 kegs nails, 10 casks (5 hhds. wine, 5 hhds. porter), 6 casks ironmongery, 3 do. tar, 2 do. steel, 6 do. hardware, 6 bales 1 trunk slops, 1 bundle saws, 11 cases cloth, 1 case pipes, 1 ton flour, 2 cases sugar, 1 ton iron pots, 10 tons coals, 2 bags seeds, 1 hhd. harness, 501 cases gin, 30 hhds. rum, 10 hhds. 11 barrels brandy, 8 tierces tobacco—R. Dacre; 2 tierces tobacco, 1 bale blankets, 31 tons flour, 3 casks case hardware—Sharpe; 1 pipe rum Capt. Barber; 25 kegs 6 casks 2 cases hardware, J. Nagle; 4 bales shirts, 2 ditto blankets, 20 cans oil, 30 grindstones, 1 case millinery, 20 kegs butter, 2 packages hardware; 7 tons iron, 2 do. flour, 6 do. coals, 29 casks ale, 20 do. wine, 2 packages haberdashery—Capt. Mair; 3 cases trunks, 4 bales slops, 2 casks qr. do. wine, 1 case oil, 2 cases pipes, 5 hhds. frying-pans, 3 chests half do. tea, 20 boxes soap, 4 crates earthenware—J. Joseph; 12 cases soap, 1 cask butter—G. Paynter; 4 boxes soap, 1 bale drapery, 21 chests tea, 3 hhds. 50 cases gin, 3 hhds. rum, 2 tierces tobacco, 50 hhds. arrack, 50 bags flour, 1 case guns, 232 bags rice—order.

Police Report.

SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1840.

Before C. B. Hollinson, Esq., Police Magistrate.—Mr. William Trusted, of Hokianga, was charged by a man named Stout with unlawfully and by force of arms obtaining possession of a raft of timber which was being conveyed to a man named Chadwick, and which was seized by Trusted as it was passing his premises. The evidence went to prove, that the timber was purchased by Trusted from the prosecutor, and mark'd in his name, and that the raft was part of the same timber, consequently, by general custom his property. The case was dismissed.

Burns, the third party implicated in the robbery of Mr. Hector’s boat a short time since, has been apprehended, and was this day brought up for examination, but in consequence of the absence of Aipari the Native woman, the prisoner was remanded.

NEW ZEALAND.

(From the Chester Jan. 4.)

PORTABLE HOUSE.—Yesterday, the surveyors of the board of ordnance inspected a splendid house, now constructing by Mr. Manning, of High Holborn, in the timber yard of Mr. Richardson, in the Commercial Road. The house is wholly of wood, and will shortly be taken to pieces and transported to New Zealand, where, when set up, it will form the Government House of the Colony, and will be the first inhabited by Captain Hobson, R. N., who has been sent out by Government some months since as British Resident in New Zealand. It is larger, more convenient and more substantial than the portable house made for the Emperor Napoleon, at St. Helena. Its dimensions are 120 feet in length, 50 feet in breadth, and 24 feet in height. The best Norway deals are used in the building, the massive frame-work, upright posts, and roof of which are bolted and screwed together in such a manner that although as it now stands it is as firm as any edifice in London, every portion of it may be disconnected and again connected, if required, in an incredibly short space of time. The sides, too, are enclosed with stout planking, so fitted together, that the shell skin of the wood cannot render the walls less tight, and when painted on the outside, they will have the appearance of massive masonry. The roof coverings, one of fir plank, furnished here, and the other shingle, to be provided in the colony. There is but one floor, but the space between the ceiling and the gable sides of the roof would be easily converted into a range of bedrooms, and even as it is at present would answer as lumber rooms. The interior of the building is laid out in 16 rooms, embracing dining and drawing-rooms, dressing, bed, and servant's rooms. There are also school-rooms, clerk's and secretary’s offices. Kitchens are to be built detached from the house. The dining and drawing rooms are both of great extent, and capable, by opening a huge pair of folding doors, of making a very magnificent apartment. The height of the rooms is 12 feet, and their sides are a beautiful specimen of partition work, and every room will be furnished with a stove, the marble chimney pieces, &c., being all ready to get up in the colony. Every article of furniture will be filled to the house before it is taken down, and will be sent out with it. The most ingenious methods have been used to prevent the air from injuring the doors and partitions, and no glue is used in their manufacture. There is ingress and egress from each room by French casements, of which there are 20 pair in the entire building. The casements are already glazed, and furnished with Venetian shutters, opening upon the terrace verandah which surrounds the building. This terrace will form a fine promenade, two yards wide and about 100 yards long, the verandah being supported by iron columns, which will give a fine appearance to the building when viewed from a distance. The surveyors of the Ordnance appeared well satisfied with the building generally, and a vessel, expressly chartered by Government for the purpose, will convey the mansion to its destination. Its weight is calculated at 250 tons, and its cost £2,000. The interest taken by the Government in the building of this residence of a colonial Official, appears to have given much satisfaction to several gentlemen in the east of London interested in the prosperity of the colony forming in New Zealand, and has induced a hope that it will soon be recognised as a British colony, and taken under the direct protection of the Government.

NEW ZEALAND.

Instructions of the Marquis of Normanby to His Excellency Lieut. Governor Hobson.

(No. 1) DOWNING STREET, 14th Aug 1840.

Sir.—Your appointment to the Office of her Majesty's Consul at New Zealand having been signified to you by Viscount Palmerston, and his Lordship having conveyed to you the usual instructions for your guidance in that character, it remains for me to address you on the subject of the duties which you will be called to discharge in separate capacity, and under my own official superintendence.

The acquaintance which your service in her Majesty’s Navy has enabled you to obtain with regard to the state of Society in New Zealand, relieves me from the necessity of offering on any explanation on that subject, it is sufficient that I should generally notice the fact, that a very considerable body of her Majesty’s subjects have already established their residence and effected settlements there, and that many persons in this kingdom have formed themselves into a society having for its object the acquisition of land, and the removal of emigrants to those Islands.

Her Majesty’s Government have watched these proceedings with attention and solicitude. We have not been insensible to the importance of New Zealand to the interests of Great Britain in Australia, nor unaware of the great natural resources by which that country is distinguished, or that its geographical position must, in seasons of peace or war, in the hands of civilized men, to exercise paramount influence in that quarter of the globe. There is probably no part of the earth in which colonization could be effected with greater or surer prospect of national advantage.

On the other hand, the Ministers of the Crown have been restrained by still higher motives from engaging in such an enterprise. They have deferred to the advice of the Committee appointed by the House into the state of the Aborigines residing in the vicinity of our colonial settlements and have concurred with the Committee in thinking, that the increase of national wealth and power promised by the acquisition of New Zealand would be a most inadequate compensation for the injury which must be inflicted on this kingdom itself by embarking in a measure essentially unjust, and but too certainly fraught with calamity to a numerous and inoffensive people, whose title to the soil and the sovereignty of New Zealand is indisputable, and has been solemnly recognised by the British government. We retain these opinions in unimpaired force, and though circumstances entirely beyond our control have at length compelled us to alter our course, do not scruple to avow that we depart from it with extreme reluctance.

The necessity for the interposition of the Government has, however, become too evident to admit of any further inaction, and the reports that have reached this Office within the last few months establish the facts that about the commencement of the year 1838, a body of not less than two thousand British subjects had become permanent inhabitants of New Zealand; that extensive cessions of land have been obtained from the Natives, and that several hundred persons have recently sailed from this country to occupy and cultivate those lands. The spirit of adventure having been effectually roused, it can be no longer doubted that an extensive settlement will be rapidly established in New Zealand, and that unless protected and restrained by necessary laws and institutions, they will commence, unchecked, in that quarter of the globe, the same process of war and spoliation under which uncivilized tribes have almost invariably disappeared, as often as they have been brought into the immediate vicinity of Emigrants from the Nations of Christendom. To mitigate if possible, to avert these disasters, and to rescue the Emigrants themselves from the evils of a lawless state of society, it has been resolved to adopt the most effectual measures for establishing amongst them a settled form of civil government. To accomplish this design is the principal object of your mission.

(To be continued.)

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