Local and District News.

Tho Church of England party of Emigrants $re to be located on the Ho.tea, a block ad |,oining this on the Southern boundary, ■' Two more ships containing upwards of 700 passengers are expected to leave London on ■.•29th May, corresponding with two which left Mr. Barton who it will be remem bered remained behind to further the move ment will accompany them. We hope to jhear shortly of their departure, in the mean time we are in communication with tho part ,\ It is a graiifying'fact that every settler .on the Qruawharo Block believes he has the -foest piece of land, in the course of our tra vels among them'we have not met with any ■one who \vouls change with another except ',at a fabulous premium. • We are a little sur prised at this state of thiugs in some cases. " Gold Prospecting is going on within a short distance of Port Albert, on the Hotea block. A party of experienced miners (having .■made a pile elsewhere) are trying to discover ithe gold .which is believod to pervade the whole of,this neighbourhood. Indeed Quartz is comnjon enough; it is to be found in our 'own garden, on the banks of the Whare Hine, [nnd other parts of the Town Lands. A new Boat Creek and Landing Place .•was cut on June Bth at th« foot of Market-st. -from tho Wharehine about 100 yards in length, ■fty a party of volunteers, consisting of Messrs. Inger, Johnson, Level;, Everett, H. Marcroft, Prictor, Elliot, Isles, Cooper, Lidgard, Worker, Judd, Buckton, ledger. iCollinge, and Trobe. It was a very rough .dirty job, aud quite new work to many of those'engaged in it, but the result will be ( of very great advantage to all who wish to land on the township. ' Friends in Need.— A working bricklayer in Auckland named Morris, hearing that one of our settlers was in hard circumstances, after enquiry as to his character, determined k,® send him a bag of flour; Mr. F. Baker hear ing of this, offered a few pounds of tea, and a dozen pounds of sugar; Mr. Tuck carted them to Onehunga free of cost; Captain Dodd brought them free of freight, and we are glad to say that they were duly received by the family for Vhom they were intended, who au thorises ns thus to acknowledge their kindness The First Marriage.—We have great pleasure in recording the first Marriage which •has occurred in the settlement. On July IQth Mr. R. Cutforth, late of Orby, Lincolnshire, was united in marriage to Emily Martha, only daughter of Mr.' W. Pettet, late of Cambridge, who came out by the Hauover. The Rev. W. Gittos, assisted by the Rev.S. Edger, perform ed the ceremony at Missies' house- A few personal friends were invited and a very sump tuous dinner and supper'was provided The happy couple will continue to reside at Oam bridgeville. We heartily wish them every success and comfort this world can afford. ' Prices Current—Best flqur, 225; meal, Gd; bran, 3s maize, 8s 6d; wheat; 8s 6d per bushel gutter, fresh, 2s Id, salt, 2s"2d; tea, 3s; coffee Is 8d; cocoa, 2s- sugar,,6d,-.to7d; treacle ? 7d; ,candles: mould, 9d; "sperm. Is. 9d; soap, 6d; .eplit-peas,3d; rice, 4d; raisins, 9d; currants, 9 ifina salt, 2d; soda, 2d, carbonate-soda, Is; vinegar, 2s. per qt,; english cheese. Is. 6d; -col. do., is. 2d; sardines, Is. 6d; ham, Is. 3d; bacon, Is. 3d: tobacco, 8s; milk, s d; dried Wairba apples, Is; pepper, 2d; car. seeds, Id; starch, Is; fresh beef, 6d. to9d; mutton, 9d, jpork, Bd.j shoes: watertights, 215.; lace-ups, 173.6 d; bluchers, 135.6 d; ironmongery, earth puware and drapery goods at a trifling ad |rg,nce pn An°klan(l prices.

A Niiws and Heading Room will b& opened at our office in about a week. The table will be supplied with the 'principal New Zealand journals, daily and weekly, several English papers, a varietyof maps, works of reference, &c. Hours from 10 to 3, and from 6to 8 p.m. Having lately compiled a list of all the settlers on the Oruawharo Block for the use of the Post Office, we took the opportunity of making the, following statistics: —there are 81 adults or heads of families, making 222 souls, md consisting of the following trades :— 5 shinglers, 6 sawyers, 7 carpenters, 2 store keepers, 1 gardener, 3 butchers. 1 tinplate worker, 1 printer, 1 tailor, 1 roper, 1 draper, 1 doctor, 1 boatman, 31 farmers, 13 servants, and 5 labourers, not inclusive of children; it will be observed that we have neither a shoe maker or a smi th. There is a capital opening fora shoemaker. We are quite confident one of that trade would do well as there are none of the craft within 20 or 30 mile 3. Is there none in Auckland belonging to our party wishful to come up ? ; Thl Christian Church.—About thirty of the settlers in and around Port Albert have associated themselves in a Christian Church, on the catholic basis, expressed in the follow iug statements; — . '• We the undersigned, desire to unite in a Christian Society, in connection with the un iversal Church of Christ without regard to sectarian differences. In doing so we aim To uphold and promote the worship of God and all Christian institutions in their simpli city and purity. To enlarge and deepen our own and general knowledge of divine truth with an earnest and childlike'obeiience thereto. To cherish amongst ourselves that brother hood which springs out of Christian life, and toward all men that love on which the king dom of God is built." Amongst the settlers, we know of none who dissent from the broad catholicity of this Christian church, and of very few who do not most cordially welcome it. Within this church we seek to cherish full liberty of conscience, and the unrestrained exercise of individual convictions. It is uot snpposed, or even desired, that any should renounce their long-cherished peculiarities of belief or worship; we aim rather to attain to mutual esteem and lqve in the midst of the inumerablo difficulties that must always cha racterise a society of men who have been in reality earnest in their thoughtsand lives, as we suppose Christians to have been. It is thus not by ezchisiveness, but mclusiveness that we seek the one individual church of Christ. Our authority for making this effort is the last prayer of Our Saviour for his disciples.-r-Jno. 17 eh., 21 v. The difficulties which lie iv our way and arise in the working out of the detail, will be discussed on futnre occasions. - We ask at present an undisturbed field for an attempt that cau scarcely invite opposition, in any fol lower of the One Redeemer, and that may perhaps awaken a wider sympathy .through the different sections of the Church than would be at first apprehended. $ % A series of articles entitled " Our Albertland Farmers" will commence in our next, which will be issued on the 2Qth Aug. Several minor mat-. ters and advertisements deferred for want of space.

POST OFICE, PORT ALBERT.

The Mail leaves by early tide every Mon day, and. arrives every Tuesday morningl. Stamps, and any information may be obtained, from SAML. JOHNSON, Postmaster,

Our Markets.

Port Albert, Jrain.^Our readers gene rally may not be aware that our market is now dependant on the" settlers alone for supples, as the natives do not deign to favor it with' their presence either"as buyers or'sellers. For a short period- it was doubtful what the result would be, but we are glad to state that since the settlers found out that they would have to rely on themselves, a niQre satisfactory feeling has resulted,, Qu this date, the prin cipal sales were two fine heifers se ntby Capt.. Moir of Manga wai, arid bought b.y Mr. Worker and Mr. Bell at £12. Mr. Shannon's bull was bought by Mr. Cutforth at £10. The market was for the first time held in Market-street. My I.—lt was evident from an early hour. that this was our day of monthly gathering, from the generally busy air that pervaded the town, ordinarily so quiet.^The buyers group ed round th.c sellers, ttie number of new wea tlierboqrd houses, and the presence of three vessels in the river together formed a pleasant picture. The. chief articles for. sale were a large quantity of fruit trees, shrubs, herbs, &c, brought by the " Progress," and by Mr. Brown of Te Arai, all of which were readily, sold, at prices, which satisfied those who sold them; apricots, cherries, apples and pears, all ohoice names, 3 to sft., realized Is to Is Sd.,. vines 76, figs 9d, rasps'2d, quinces lOd, pop-' lars Bd.; turkeys 5s to 7s. A fine fat bullock' was slaughtered by Mr. H. Marcroft, which, was cleared out sp* early that many persons had to go unserved. We hbpe there will be a bettpr supply next mouth, a by no means cer tain thing, for supply does not always follow demand in this country. The attendance was, very good. ■ . ' \C

Printed by Samuel Johnson, 9, Market-street port Albert, Auckland, New Zealand. AjenU; A. Boot, at Snullfield's, Queen-st, and Dr. Kayner, Wakefteld-st,'' Auckland ; Mr. Hook, Paparoa; Mr. Dennisqn, Mangf(.? wai. London: Mr. G. Street, Corrilijll.

THE ALBERTLAND GAZETTE.

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T7JOUND, a set of Pekoe Straps, The JJ owner may have them by applying to, Mr. T. Cooper,' Port Albert. ROBERT BROWN, Nursery and Seedsman, Te Aiai, begs to return his gratefnl acknowledgments for the support he received last market day, and to announce. , that he will attend next market with Seeds, Fruit trees, and Plants, to which he respect fully solicits their attention. TJIDINGS AND DOWD'EN, AUCTIO. N E E R S , AND COMMISSION AGENTS, QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND. CKUIKSHANK, SMART & Co., IRONMONGERS & IRON- MERCHANTS, I^PQRTEKS QF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, SEEDS, ETC., Wine and Spirit, and Genera) Merchants, AUCKLAND. OWEN & GRAHAM, GENERAL IMPORTERS., AND COMMISSION AGENTS, Queen Street Wharf, Auckland.