are-growth of the herbage dispersed; and by consequence of their different periods of growth, the confinement of cattle to minor portions of land would inevitably produce such starvation, as render both the cow and the bullock useless for the dairy and the plough; and the horse not having so various a resource than often starving where bullocks will feed; would recall re almost entirely artificial...

Getting aside sheep, of which my acquaintance is not sufficient, would upon these premises, that the draft oxen must be...

The necessity of every farmer laying...

To be concluded in our next.

To the Editor of the New Zealand Advertiser and Bay of Islands Gazette.

Sir, — I take the liberty of offering a few remarks to His Excellency, through the medium of your publication, and feel satisfied, from what I can learn of Captain Hobson, it is only necessary to point out any source of public grievance, and that he will exert himself to apply a remedy for the same. The evil must greatly left by myself and all others in this part of New Zealand, is the difficulty in procuring a sufficient supply of labourers for common purposes; and the few servants and labourers who can be obtained are so well acquainted with the difficulty every settler is placed in, that they demand and get most extravagant wages, more than most settlers in a young Colony like this, feel themselves justified in giving, and yet are almost compelled to do so to their necessary wants.

I thereto take the liberty of pointing out to His Excellency a plan for his adoption, which, if carried into effect, would immediately remedy the evil complained of, viz., to get the Government in Sydney to send to this place a certain number of Immigrants, say 200 or 300 at first, to supply present wants; I am sure they would all be employed immediately, and receive good wages; and as soon as the Land sales take place here, the Government at Sydney could be repaid all the expenses attending the Immigrants’ passage from England. When in Sydney, I observed that the Government Immigrants at the Barracks, sometimes remain a long time there before they are engaged; I therefore, suppose it would be no difficult matter to forward a ship here with a sufficient number.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Pro Bono Publico.
July 29, 1840.

To the Editor of The New Zealand Advertiser & Bay of Islands Gazette.

Reading your paper of the 30th, I find a letter from a “correspondent” to you concerning the escape of a man named O’Donald from the Watch-house, and stating, that the constable was in a public-house playing cards. I, being the constable in charge, totally deny ever being further than the guard-room from the time the said O’Donald was given in charge to the next morning.

I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
Archibald Scott.

Shipping Intelligence.

Since our last report the following have arrived and departed—On Thursday, July 30, the Columbine from Sydney and the Brougham from Port Nicholson, with Colonel Wakefield as a passenger. On Saturday the 1st instant, the brig Martha from Sydney, chartered; we believe, or partly so, by Messrs. Lloyd and Wood, who came in her as passengers.

The Aube French Frigate left the Bay on Thursday last.

The Diana sailed for the Thames on Saturday; the Chetydva, sails this day for Sydney.

We should be exceedingly glad if Captains of vessels would forward to us intelligence of their arrival, with such particulars as may be important to the Public. We would readily furnish every Captain with a copy of our Paper, if it were practicable to get the information we require. At present, as there are neither Signals nor Port Officer, it is impossible for us to know, with certainty, any thing of vessels which do not anchor directly in the Harbour of Kororarika.

POLICE REPORT.
(Concluded from our last.)

By the Magistrates—Mate fell down the scuttle in the attempt to jump down; third mate did not go down because he was struck at; was on starboard side and had his leg below where he was struck at; was looking down at the same time; was not in danger of being cut by the blow of the third mate: there was plenty of room; the stroke of the cutlass was two feet below me; his hand never touched my head; the height between deck was certainly more than six feet; suppose the second mate fell 5 or 6 feet, I could have reached him with a cutlass; he was standing when his arm was cut; saw him struggling with that man; the mate did not touch me; know the difference between a cutlass and a mincing knife; could cut off an arm with a ship’s cutlass; had one knee on the scuttle, and both my hands there; while the third mate was flourishing his cutlass; he was on tied; did not say my knees were both on the scuttle; saw no mincing-knife nor did I see Young in it; the second mate’s arm did not prevent me from seeing; could not see, however, what was behind him; can swear positively that such a blow might easily have been given by the cutlass of the third mate without touching me.

Re-examined—The scuttle may be between 2 and three feet square; there was plenty of room; the sword was held below in the scuttle; the second mate had his arm up, that is, it might have been one and-a-half feet below the booby hatch.

By the Magistrates—The hatch was open—the whole of it; the space which was open was between two and three feet square.

Edward Edwards—Was shipped as a sailor; was on watch from 12 to 4; was painting with the Captain; Isaac came on the quarter deck about 2; Captain asked him where he had been the first two hours of the watch; he said he had been below sewing a tick; master said if he were his watch-mates he would have him on deck in proper time; he said if he was wanted on deck there were plenty to order him, and there were plenty to do the work; think Captain said he would pay him at the Bay of Islands; [in answer to this the prisoner used the most insulting and disgusting expression]; the Captain then struck him; do not know whether afterwards Mr. Calderson did so; saw the Captain take up the belaying pin and strike him down on his knees; was then ordered to take the wheel and saw nothing more; did not see any part of the disturbance below; heard the second mate say he would have his blood if he would not come up.

Cross-examined—I was painting the larboard quarter; heard Captain strike the man, saw him do so, but cannot say where; do not know whether it was with double or single fist; it was a blow, not a push; did not see Howland strike the master, but cannot swear anything about it; saw second mate either strike or take hold of the man; heard Isaac use the language before-mentioned; I do not think it was a proper expression; was at the Wheel and doing my duty, but could see the Captain strike him somewhere about the head; it was very easy to strike over the head with a belaying pin.

William Waiburn, also a sailor.—Was in the forecastle when Howland came down; he was bleeding; the Captain came down directly with a belaying pin in his hand, and used very violent language; Howland would go up if he might be first cleaned, and afterwards secured from harm. The second and third mates came down not armed at that time; no one used threatening language to the Captain.

By the Magistrates—Saw the mate jump down the scuttle, but observed nothing particular; was behind in my own bunk; could not see well from that side; saw the cutlass lying on a chest; the mate was then wounded; did not see who took the cutlass from him; saw the third mate flourish his cutlass; at that time the second mate was not there; perhaps he might have gone forward as far as he could.

Cross-examined—My bunk was near the hatchway; I saw it was the face of the third mate who flourished the cutlass and avoided the danger; can swear I did not see fling with the mincing knife; can swear that he had not one, not that I saw; he was close to me when the second mate was cut; never saw an axe in Young’s hand; but he might have had it and I not see it; did not see Rockwood looking down; without the whole of the body down two men could not flourish weapons at the same time; I did not see the second mate’s arm wounded, but saw it afterwards; does not know how it happened; swear positively I noticed none but Alexander Young, and did not see a mincing knife in his hand; the second mate fled; did not see him make use of a cutlass; I did not wish to have anything to do with the matter, and therefore took no particular notice; the second mate was not under the hatchway when the third mate flourished his cutlass; when the former was forward he was wounded; cannot swear the latter did not strike him.—The prisoners were fully committed for trial.

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