The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1864.

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NATIONAL SHAKSPERE COMMITTEE.

The adjourned meeting of the general committee
was held yesterday afternoon at the house of the
Society of Arts, John-street, Adeiphi.
The Archbishop of DUBLIN was called to the
chair amidst cheers, and in opening the business
begged to remind the meeting how all-important
it was that peace and concord should mark their
proceedings. They had a great deal to do
and little time tb do it in, and he,
therefore, hoped
that they would earnestly and strictly address them-
eelvn to the business before them. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. H. DIXON announced that the Lord Mayor
of Dublin and the Lord Provost of Edinburgh had
since the last meeting become vice-presidents, and
that additions had also been made to the committee.
He further stated that a proposition had been laid
before the council by some of the manufacturers of
Coventry, who had prepared a badge to be worn on
the proposed general holiday. The council thought
that, with some alterations, it would be a very ap-
propriate badge for the occasion, and had given
their sanction to it, in consideration of which the
manufacturers had subscribed 25 guineas to the
funds. The council were of opinion that until an
idea was given to the public of the amount that
might be required to erect a monument they would
scarcely expect subscriptions. They therefore sug-
gested, that at least £30,000 should be asked for
that purpose, and that any surplus should be divided
among various benevolent and charitable institu-
tions connected with literature, arts, and the drama.
By way of concentrating and giving effect to local
efforts, the council further proposed to put them-
selves in communication with the various local
committees and other bodies throughout the coun
try formed for the promotion of local celebrations
of the tercentenary, in order to aid these local
bodies by all the advice and assistance which
the central committee could afford. The modes
proposed by these bodies varied very materially
in different localities, but all of them were
in the opinion of the council perfectly legitimate ;
and they felt that it was their duty to give every
encouragement to such local celebrations, in order
that the general holiday to which they looked for-
ward might be a day of real rejoicing throughout
the whole country to be remembered for ever.
(Hear, hear.) Of course the Stratford Committee
would hold a prominent place !n these friendly com-
munications, and it would be the desire of the council
to act in the most friendlyspirit of cooperation with
that committee. (Hear, hear.) He had the pleasure
of announcing that Mr. Fechter, the lessee of the
Lyceum Theatre, who intended to produce the
play of " Hamlet" in a very magnificent style, had
engaged to give the first evening of its represen-
tation for the benefit of the funds of the committee.
(Hear.) The lessee c,f the Strand Theatre had also
resolved to give the committee an evening, and the
list of theatres up to that time which had each
promised a night's performance for the benefit of
the funds included Drury-lane Theatre, Adelphi,
Lyceum, Strand, Surrey and Sadler's Wells
Theatres. (Cheers.)
On the motion of the members of the committee,
Lord Chelmsford, Sir G. Smart, Mr. Moy ThotnAs,
Mr. J. R. Robinson, Mr. Charles Reade—(hear,
hear)—Mr. F. T. Palgrave, Mr. G. Greenwood,
Mr. J. G. Cayley, and Mr. H. Mayhew were
added to the general committee.
Mr. WESTLAND MARSTON said he had been re-
quested by the special committee appointed at last
meeting to draw up an address to the public to
read the following report :
" The National Shikespeare Committee having appointed
us as a special committee to prepare a public address, we
beg to state that, in the absence of any report from the
committee which have been appointed to consider the
questions of a form and site of a memorial in honour of
Shakespeare, your committee feel it would be premature to
submit any for public circulation,
" We beg to report, for the information of the national
committee, that the following suggestions have met with
the approval of the special committee :-
1. That a memorial be erected in London, which shall
afford scope for the illustration of Shakespeare's works by
architects, painters, and sculptors.
" 2. The adoption of measures to secure a public holiday
throughout the kingdom on Saturday, the 23d April next.
" 3. A performance on the same day, at the Theatre
Royal, Covent-garden, of music composed of the poetry of
Shakespeare.
" 4. An arrangement, if practicable, for one or more per-
formances, dramatic or musical, from Shakespeare's works,
to commence on the 23d of April next—such performances
' being in addition to those which have been already pro-
mised in aid of the fund by most of the principal London

managers.
" 5. A public dinner on the 23d of April next.
(Signed " ROBT. VAUGHAN (Chairman),
IVESTLAND MARSTON, HENRY BARNETT,
TOH TAYLOR, SHIRLEY BROOKS,
F. G. Tommvs, THEODORE MARTIN."
W. IL Drxorr,
Mr. CHAS. READE moved, and Mr. JONAS LEVI
seconded, that the report now read be received,
adopted, and entered on the minutes, and the mo-
-son was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. Tom TAYLOR said that after the special
committee had agreed to the report just received,
some of the members, including himself, who held
views not contained in that report, felt that it was
before the committee
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of a
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or sugges-
tion, but not as a document on which they wished
the committee to take action. They had agreed to
be received and entered on
memorandum,
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"Independently of these recommendations, in which all
the members of the committee concur, a mode of honouring
the genius of Shakespeare has suggested itself to the under-
signed members of the committee, which would at the same
time be of permanent advantage to that art which owes to
him its noblest masterpieces, and for which his works were
designed—the art of the theatre.
" The performance of a play or plays of Shakespeare has
formed a feature of all the schemes for celebrating the ter •
centenary of his birth. But it is remarkable that at this
time, while so many are casting about for the best mode in
which to do him honour, there should be no theatre in Lon-
don at which his plays are being acted.
" It seemed to the undersigned that advantage might be
taken of this anniversary and movement to set on foot a
subscription, if not for the erection of a theatre, at least for
the collection of a fund to be emtheployed in aid of a theatre
and management devoted to promotion of imaginative
plays, including those of Shakespeare and the great drama-
tists his contemporaries and successors, as well as new works
written in the same spirit, such as have now no theatre ap-
propriated to their representation in this country.
"Into the details of the administration of such a theatre
we do not now propose togo, bubmit that the estab-
lishment of such a theatre would form an appropriate and
enduring tribute to the greatness of Shakespeare in art,
which can only be adequately illustrated on and by y the stage,
while it would refine and educate the public taste for the
drama, and form at once a school for the art and a goal for
the ambition of dramatic authors and artists.
" We are not insensible of the difficulties whichbeset this
proposal, but we conceive that there are none which might
not be met and conquered.
"Fully conscious of the well-founded objections which
exist to the theatre, we conceive that a scheme of this kind
would strike at the root of the strongest of these objections.
would be worthy of the occasion, of great and permanent
public benefit, and might be expected to elicit a large amount
of public sympathy and material support.
(Signed) " TOM TAYLOR,
THEODORE MARTIN,
SHIRLEY Bnooxs."
Mr. S. BROOKS seconded the motion, which, after
a short discussion, was agreed to, on the understand-
ing that it was a mere expression of the opinion of
the gentlemen who signed the memorandum, but
was not in any way binding on the committee.
Mr. E. H. LAWRENCE said it was admitted that
it was important the committee should fix upon
some definite amount as likely to be required for the
erection of the proposed memorial. The sum which
had been mentioned by the council—X3o,oo0—was,
he thought, a very fair one for the purpose in view.
The Scottish people had erected a monument to Sir
Walter Scott in Edinburgh at a cost of about
£16,000, and with all due deference to their Scottish
friends, he thought that double that amount for a
national monument to Shakspeare was not asking
too mach, and certainly they ought not to play

second fiddle to the city of Edinburgh in such a
matter. (Hear.) He therefore proposed that £30,000
be the sum to be asked from the public for the erec-
tion of a monument to Shakspeare, and that any
surplus should be divided among the various bene-
volent institutions connected with literature, the
arts, and the drama, with the written assent of the
members of the committee:

Mr. G. GODWIN seconded the motion, though for
his own part he hoped the sum to be spent on the
monument would be larger than that named. But
as a starting point it was necessary to have some
definite idea as to the cost of the intended memorial,
both as a guide to the public in subscribing, and to
artists in forming their designs. He deprecated,
however, the idea of tying down the committee ex
actly to £30,000, and he hoped that a discretionary
power would be left to the council. (Hear.)

Mr. Tom TAYLOR moved, as an amendment, that
to pledge the committee to any amount, or to any
defined action as to the monument was premature.
When the special committee met, they felt at the
outset that they were crippled and unable to issue
any address to the public, because nothing had been
decided as to the monument, its nature, or cost ; and
until they had a report from the monument com•
mittee appointed at last meeting, it would be highly
inexpedient and premature to say whether they
should ask for £lO,OOO, £20,000, £30,000, or
£lOO,OOO.
Mr. SHIRLEY BROOKS seconded the amendment,
He said that the country had subscribed a sum of
£150,000 for a memorial to the lamented Prince
Consort, and he thought a Shakapere monument
ought not to cost much less.
The amendment was also supported by Mr.
Theodore Martin and Mr. Robert Bell.
Mr. HEPWORTH DIXON hoped they would have
no more divisions on motions of this description.
(Hear, hear.) The monument committee would
meet in a few days, and the very first question they
would have to decide upon would be what kind of
a monument should be erected. If the general
committee gave them no idea on that point, the
question would be immediately referred bank to
them. The monument committee must have some
data to go upon, some bases for their proceedings,
and the adoption of the original motion would sup-
ply that want. He hoped that Mr. Taylor would
not press his amendment.
After a short discussion the amendment was put
and negatived, and the original motion declared to
be carried.

In answer to a question respecting the time
when the public meeting is the City might be ex-
pected to be held,
Mr. CHARLES HEADE Said he had been in com-
munication with the Lord Mayor on the subject,
and after the satisfactory progress made that day,
he had no doubt that the meeting might be held at
the Mansion House about a week before the meet-
ing of Parliament. The Lord Mayor was one of
the vice-presidents, and most anxious to promote
the general object. (Cheers.)
Mr. DIXON said he had received letters from Sir
Hercules Robinson, Governor of Hong Kong, and
Sir George Bowen, Governor of Queensland (the
latter enclosing ten guineas), intimating their ac-
ceptance of the position of vice-presidents. (Cheers.)
Mr. Dixon added that there was an impression
abroad that the council had been remiss in com-
municating with our colonies. The fact was that
they had all been communicated with, and the two
letters just received were in answer to those com-
munications. In due time others would no doubt

be received.
Mr. GRUNEISEN suggested that in future the
practical management of the movement should be
confided to the council, and that they should get
rid of these meetings of the general committee to
consider details ; it was too unwieldy a body for
such work. They had that day settled the general
principles and objects of the movement, and he
therefore moved that the committee adjourn until
that day-month.
The motion was unanimously agreed to, and after
a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman the pro-
ceedipge terminated.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.
The screw steam gunboat Trinculu, tender to the flag-
ship, arrived at Plymouth from Gibraltar yesterday.
She brings letters from the Channel squadron, which
state that the Edgar, 71, Captain T. P. Hornby, flag of
Rear-Admiral Sydney C. Dacres, C.B. ; the iron screw
steamship Black Prince, 41, Capt. Jas. F. B. Wainwright ;
the Warrior, 40, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane; and De-
fence, 16, Capt. Augustus Phillimore, which left Teneriffe
on the 3d for Madeira, remained 24 hours only at the latter
island, and then proceeded to Gibraltar, where they arrived
on the 19th. The ships were at first ordered home. This
order was countermanded by instructions to continue in the
bay, where one officer, writing on the 12th, counted on
sta) ing six weeks. Another officer, writing on the after-
noon of the same day, says the ships are ordered to Lisbon,
and will leave for the Tagus on the afternoon of the 13th.
Our correspondent has since ascertained from a reliable
source that the squadron was appointed to leave Gibraltar
en the 13th inst. for Plymouth.
The new ironclad sloop of war Research, which left Mil-
ford:Haven at 10 a.m.on Sunday, passed the Land's-end at
midnight, and arrived at Plymouth yesterday morning. She
encountered a heavy sea in the Irish Channel, but behaved
well, and steamed rapidly away from her consort, the
Geyser steam frigate, which arrived in the Sound to-day,
several hours later. The arrival of the Research, the first
of the smaller class of our seagoing ironclads, has excited
great interest in Plymouth.
Her Majesty's ship Hecate, Capt. Richards, from the Pa-
cific, was yesterday paid out of commission at Woolwich, and
the continuous service men were granted six weeks' leave of
absence. Capt. Richards, who has been appointed Hydro-
grapher to the Admiralty,in succession to Ad miralWashing-
ton, proceeded to his new duties immediately on his arrival
at Woolwich. The ship has since been in charge of and was
yesterday paid off by Lieut, Hand. The War Department
steam storeship Lord Panmure, H. T. Moore, Commander,
arrived at Woolwich on Saturday, laden with useless war
stores, from Devonport and Portsmouth, and yesterday com-
menced unshipping at the Royal Arsenal. She is under
orders to reload for Leith and Edinburgh. The Balaclava,
sister ship, laden with a full cargo of shot, shell, guns, plat-
forms, &c,, together with some 7 inch experimental shot to
be fired on board the Excellent from Commander Scott's
new gun; is still detained at the Arsenal pier, Woolwich,
by Messrs. Watkins and Jackson, of Limehouse, for comple-
tion of machinery, icc. She is under orders to sail this
morning for Greenhithe for the adjustment of her compasses,
and is expected to proceed on the following morning for
Devonport. The Lord Vivian, sailing ship in the service of
the War Department, which is also laden with war stores
for Cork, will be towed to Devonport by the Balaclava.
The iron paddlewheel steamer Recruit, 6,15 u-horse power,
was prevented leaving Chatham harbour yesterday to take
her trial at the Maplin Sands in consequence of the dense
fog which prevailed the whole day. Should the weather
be favourable she will make her trial trip this morning.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Geyser, 6, Commander
Mark R.Pechell, which left Pembroke on Saturday, arrived
at Plymouth yesterday.
The sailing frigate Proserpine was towed yesterday from
her moorings in Hamoaze to the hulk off the Devonport
dockyard, where she will be stripped of her furniture and
fixtures prior to her being sold out of the service of the Ad-
miralty.
The huge condensers and cylinders for the iron frigate
Achilles, 35, 1,250-horse power, fitting at Chatham, have
arrived at the dockyard from the establishment of Messrs.
John Penn and Sons, the firm employed to supply the en-
gines and machinery for the Achilles, and yesterday the
mechanics employed on the vessel since her removal from
the dockyard to the entrance of the harbour completed fix-
ing the boilers, cylinders, and condensers on board. The
cylinders are the largest ever constructed for a vessel of
war, each weighing between 29 and 30 tons. The two con-
densers weigh 23 tons scwt, each, and the 10 boilers nearly
22 tons each. The whole of the heavy portions of the ma-
chinery has been shipped on board without accident of any
kind by means of the floating masting shears, which have
been towed down to Gillingham for that purpose. The
work of completing the Achilles and fitting her for sea is
being carried forward with the greatest possible energy, the
number of mechanics employed on board daily being up-
wards of 1,000.
In consequence of the removal of the floating factory iron
ship Chasseur to Chatham, to be employed as a workshop
for the Achilles, directions have been forwarded to Sheer-
ness for the millwright's shop in that dockyard to be vacated
by the workmen who until recently have been employed
there, in order that the factory may be turned over for the

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use of the officials and workmen belonging to the steam
reserve. Admiralty instructions have also been given for
the millwrights' shop to be used as an improving school for
junior engineers of the navy, who will be required to devote
a certain portion of their time to the practical study of ma-
chinery, in addition to their course of theoretical study at
the dockyard school. The above alterations have been ren-
dered necessary in order to prepare the junior officers of the
naval engineers for the scientific examinations ordered by
the Lords of the Admiralty in a recent circular. The con-
trol of the steam reserve factory will be vested in the in.
spector of machinery afloat, who will be assisted in his
duties by a chief engineer.
Admiral Richard Saumarez died on Saturday morning
last at Clifton. The deceased was a midshipman on board
the Spartan at the reduction of the Castles of Pesaro and
Cesenatico. He also took part in the action with a Neapo-
litan flotilla in the Bay of Naples. As Lieut. of the Bac-
chante he was engaged in the sieges of Trieste and Cattaro.
His commissions bore date as follows :—Lieut., Dec. 5,
1813—Commander, May 19, 1819—Capt., April 17, 1824
Rear-Admiral, May 28, 1853. Recently he became Admiral
on the retired list. _ .

decessor.

Captain John Moore, C. 8., recently private secretary to
the Duke of Somerset, First Lord of the Admiralty, has
been appointed a naval aide-de-camp to the Queen, vice
Capt. the Hon. James Robert Drummond, C. 8., promoted
to be Rear-Admiral.

The following appointments and promotions were made
yesterday at the Admiralty :—Staff-Commander Charles J.
Polkinghorne, to the Nile; Lieut. Charles G. F. Knowles,
to command the Investigator; Sub-Lieut. Joshua Cole, to
the Hector; the Rev. D. J. Boutffower, Chaplain and
Naval Instructor, to the Aurora ; the Rev, A. G. Berry,
Chaplain to the Prince Consort; David F. Clow, Pay-
master to the Canopus; James Wotton, acting Ist class
Assist.-Engineer in the Immortalise, promoted ; and
Andrew Leitch, 2d class Assist.-Engineer in the Duncan,
promoted.

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The following despatch by the Du it lid c.;
castle to Sir George Grey, K.C.B„ Gover nortf a'-'
New Zealand, is published by the Sydney Morning
Herald :
Downing-street, Aug. 25, 1863.
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Sir,—A Lave I. tonour to acknowledge your despatch,
N_0.56 of the 27th May, enclosing a proclamation by which
you announced the abandonment of the purchase of the
land ac the Waitara, which was offered for sale to the Go-

vvrnrcent in 1859, and conditionally acceptd by your pre-

I thought it my duty to convey to you at once by the

last mail my approval of the course which you had then re-
solved to take; and I now proceed to address you more
fuily upon the subject, with reference especially to your
despatch of the 24th April, and the communications be-
tween yourself and your Ministers which it enclosed.
The facts upon which you mainly ground the important
decision at which you have arrived, and which, strange to
say, have only now been discovered by your personal in_

quirks, and by Teira's admissions to the native Minister
(Mr, Dillon Bell) appear to be these That W. King's

residence on the disputed land upon the south bank of the

Waitara was not merely, as had been always represented by
the sellers, by permissirin of Teira's father, bat in virtue of

an arrangement made by all that section of the Ngatiawa
tribe, for the safe defence against the Waikatos. 2. That

a large number of natives, between 200 and 300, were living
upon the block at the time when it aas offered for sale,

whose dwellings and cultivations were destroyed when pos-

session was taken by the military. 3. That Teira, as he now
asserts, never intended to sell the paha, one of which wasin
his own occupation, and did intend to except from sale a re-
serve of 200 acres, although no such reserve was named in
the deed of sale, as ought to have been done.
I proceed to explain to you the effect which these states
ments have produced upon my mind, both with respect to
the transactions of 1859-60 and the measure which you have

now adopted,
If it be true that a number of families were residing upon
and cultivating portions of the land offered for sale (variously

estimated at from 10 to 120 acres out of the 980 acres which
formed the " Block"), I have no doubt but that Governor

Gore Browne and his Ministers, upon discovering the fact,
would have carefully reserved and respected such poi tions,
in accordance with the invariable practice of the New Zea-
land Government, or even have refused to have any further
dealings with parties who, like Teira and the ether sellers,
had been guilty of concealing from the Governor so impor-
tant a circumstance. If again they had been aware that W.
King had established his residence on the south bank of the
Waitara in virtue of a general tribal arrangement for pur-
poses of defence, this fact might have formed an important
element in their decision as to whether the purchase could
properly and safely be proceeded with. On the whole, I
agree with you that your predecessor, if he had been in pos-
session of these facts, would not have committed himself to
the purchase, and I am clearly of opinion that he would not
have been justified in doing so, The information, indeed,
which you now supply converts into a certainty the doubts
which I expressed in my despatch of Nov. 27, 1860, and
upon other occasions, as to the prudence of the policy pur-
sued by Governor Browne and his Ministers, with an evi-
dent want of sufficient knowledge of the case, as well as of
foresight of the consequences, though with fair and upright
intentions, while it lessens the serious difficulty of aban-
doning a publicly declared determination in the face of
armed opposition.
I have said. so much as to the propriety and prudence of
the Waitara purchase. But I must add, on the other hand,
that my view of the justice of exerting military force against
W. King and his allies remains unchanged. That chief's
conduct, from first to last, still seems to me to have been
inconsistent with any degree of submission to the Queen's
sovereignty over New Zealand. In February, 1859, before
the Waitara question arose, he had given notice to the Go-
vernor that he would allow no land to be sold within a dis-
trict extending 40 milies north of the European boundary
at Taranaki, an interdict of a rebellious character, to which
the reasons now or formerly alleged against the Waitara
sale can of course have no application. In the same way, at
the public meeting where Teira offered the land, and daring
the many months which elapsed before the survey, he gave
no reasons for his opposition, he afforded no explanations of
it, either such as were provided for him by others at the
time, or such as might have been drawn from the statements
which you have now conveyed to me. In short, he never
assumed any attitude towards the Governor but one of do.
fiance, and, to use the language of Chief Justice Arney
in
the Legislative Council, never made "any intelligible claim
of right to the land, or any other declaration than a decla-
ration of war."

No one can deny that, had he entered into any peaceable
and loyal explanations, they would have been attended to,
or that if the Government survey had been allowed to pro •
teed, the pahs and cultivations would not have been inter-
fered with, or anything done by Government officers incon-
sistent with the notice given by Governor Brown some
months before, " that if any man can prove his claim to any
piece of land within' the boundary described, such claim
would be respected." I dissent, therefore, from the view of
the matter conveyed by the language which in your deepateli
of April 24th you place in the mouth of the natives, viz.,
" that the people of Waitara, without having been guilty
of any crime, were driven at the point of the sword from
villages, houses, and homes which they had occupied for
years." The truth being that W. King and his followers
brought these consequences upon themselves by their own
conduct, and that the latter, far from being evicted (as it
were) for the purpose of taking posses: ion of the purchased
land, themselves, in the consciousness of hostility,abandoned
their pale, which were only destroyed after hostile acts had
been committed by W. King's party, and military operations
had actually commenced. Again, with respect to the asser-
tion which had attributed to the natives, that they fought in
the late war simply " for their hearties and homes," and not
at all for the maintenance of "Tribal Right" or the
" Mena" of the Maori King, or to prohibit the sale of land
to the Crown even by owners desirous to sell, I can only say

that the great body of evidence before me, including that of
the ardent and able defenders of W. King, to whom the

allegations now made seem to have been unknovin, makes it
impossible for me to accept them as worthy of credit. I hold,

therefore, that no injustice—and it is with the question of
justice only that I am now dealing—was either intended or

done to W. King and his followers by the employment of
military force to carry into effect the survey of the Waitara
land for the purpose of ascertaining how much or how little
of it was owned by Teira and the others who joined with
him in the sale to the Crown. I else believe that in the then
state of mind of a portion of the New Zealand natives espe-
cially those of Taranaki, collision between them and the
Government was not to be avoided without great difficulty,
rare forbearance, and even tolerance of conduct which, under
ordinary circumstances, would be incompatible with the
dignity of the Crown.
These convictions, however,do not prevent me from deeply
regretting the evils of the late war, and especially so if any
of the natives are under the impression that it arose out
of an act of injustice committed against them by the Go-
vernment. I heartily share your anxiety to remove, so far
as lies in our power, any such belief for the future, and it
was with that hope that I at once signified to you my ap-
proval of the course you have taken in relinquishing the
completion of the Waitara purchase, without further inves-
tigation, even though that course goes beyond what I be-
lieve strict justice to require, and is exposed to the dangers
pointed out by your responsible advisers. Those dangers
are of course increased by the unfortunate chance by which
the massacre of Lieut. Tragett and his men took place, be-
fore the announcement of the decision which you already
formed. I am far, however, from blaming you for the delay
caused by the discussions between your Ministers and your-
self upon so difficult a question—although it would have
been better if the re-occupation of the Tataraimaka Block
and the abandonment of the Waitara had been effected at
byd decisive
resistoi togetherusui
your
ematsbhiuneecile withsineetesaf
one and the same time—and I entirely concur in your
opinion that the subsequent outrage committed by the
natives to the south, unconnected apparently with W. King
and the Ngatiawas, is not a sufficient reason for not doing
Ministers,
raavewi
firmnior
leofldnag
policy
attitudeoyd makei
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it
dictated
aemornnapdl
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risabubml
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part,riteof
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suspicion
andtdheof
what you decided ought to be done at the Waitara,
n
In conclusion, I have only to express my earnest hope
thatth e sup-
ported
troops, t h
intended against them, which might form an obstacle
wisliiiaarrettoihnvteogeBwrtay of their reconcilement with their European fel-
lew-subjects and with their Sovereign.—l have
NEWCASTLE.

Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B.

THE LATE ADMIRAL HAMELIN.—Admiral Ha-
melin, whose death was announced in the Moniteur
yesterday, will be well remembered in Englsnd as the
coadjutor of Admiral Deans Dundas in the Black Sea during
the Crimean war. This distinguished naval officer was born
Sept. 2, 1796. He was the nephew of Admiral Baron Ha.
melin,asailorwhosawmuch service under the First Empire.
At the age of 11 his uncle placed him as a midshipman on
board the Venus, and while yet a boy he saw a groat deal of
fighting. In 1812, having obtained a commission, ho took part
in the expedition to the Scheldt. His promotion was rapid,
notwithstanding the peace which followed the battle of
Waterloo. In 1828 be became a captain, and in 1812 a rear.
admiral. The Crimean war found him maritime prefect of
Toulon, and ho was then selected for the command of the
Black Sea fleet. The memorable leading of the French
troops previous to the battle of the Alma was effected under
his direction. During the attack on Sebastopol forts of the
17th of October, a shell struck the quarter-deck of the Ville
de Faris, and killed Lieut. Sommelier by Admiral Harae •
lints side. He himself was knocked down by the shock.
He rose and continued to command his vessel amidst as
storm of Russian projectiles. His conduct on that d.Y
rewarded by his promotion to the rank d a
f 11
Minister of
On the death of M. Ducos he was
toilsappoinedo
when he
Marine, which office he held from 1855
ran Chancel..
retired to the snug and honourab leavest osfon.
Who is captain
lor of the Legion of Honour. He vain
co
mmand of the
in the navy, and at this moment second
only a few weeks
s
Bretagne. His daughter was married_
fixed for Jam
5,
before his death. The wedding had been
at the nu tials. The
time in order that he migot be present
P I did
ed that he shall be buried in the uv es.
Emperor has order
ce on Thursday.
but the admiral feeling his end approaching, adv,incea the
The funeral will take pla

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THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA.
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Nll7. THEATItE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.—
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THIS EVENING. THE MOTHER AND CHILD
/IRE DOING WELL : Mr. J. L. Toole,
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ISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING,
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GREAT ATTRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs.
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186:3; or, the Sensation, of the Past Seaqm, until further
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Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling. Mrs. Frank Mat-
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THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at 7, THE
ADVENTITnES OF A LOVE -LETTER ; COOL AS A
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THE PAST SEASON.
In rehearsal, a new Comedy, by Leicester Buckingham,
E.“ -

'ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 10h. 31m.—Afternoon, 11h. 10m.
To-moltßow.-Morning., 11h. 48m.—Afternoon, h. in.

The Weather—Sul Office, Jan. 19, 1864.

THERMOMETER.
This day at Two o'clock
Barometer-30.13.
Wind—S. ; moderate, and cloudy.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 19, 1861.

"Save me from my friends" may certainly be the

outcry of the Italians. Italian independence has
no greater fees than its own misguided partisans.
Apart from the fanatics and assassins who degrade
the name of Liberty, even its most gallant and heroic
champion, the dauntless GARIBALDI, has more than
once proved wanting in that discretion which is the
better part of valour. The advantages achieved by
his impetuous courage have been counterbalanced
by his incautious eagerness. To-day we learn that
a proclamation just issued by GARIBALDI has been
published in the Dirztto of Turin, in which the zoa-
loi.s but imprudent General announces the formation
of a Committee to promote Italian union. He
invites the Italians to rally round this
centre and to recognise its authority. We
are not surprised to learn that the Eiritto
has been seized, and that the case is to be brought
before the courts of law. Thus the unwary hero
bee evidently taken s false step, and brought him•
self and his friends into unnecessary collision with
the authorities. In many of his recent acts, even his
-warmest admirers have had abundant cause to regret
the rashness of their favourite hero. Passion rather
Vlan prudence seems tobe the guidingprinciple of his
actions. It would, perhaps, be too much to expect
in one, the very brilliancy of Whose victorious
career has been mainly due to his impetuous gal-
lantry—an heroic impetuosity like that of the Pala-
dins and heroes of old, which has ever proved, for
the time at least, irresistible—it would be too much
to expect from such a spirit deliberate prudence or
tranquil consideration. If so, and that it is so every
recent incident only confirms, GARIBALDI is, by
nature and circumstance, a Hcro, but not a General.

The Austrian and Prussian Ultimatum may not
surprise anyone after what has occurred during the
discussion of the " vexed question" of Schleswig-
Holstein, but at the same time it mast be matter of
great indignation to all who peruse it. It is really
intolerable that these Powers should go on in this
reckless way, and wilfully ignore the just claims cf
other States, and the inherent rights of nationali•
It is time that those who are able and willing
to interfere should now awake to the importance of
the gf'iir, and recognise the imminent nature of the
position. "The retractation of the Constitution of
the 18th November" is imperatively demanded. The
Dachladet emphatically styles this an unjustifiable
end brutal demand. It is eertain:y one totally de-
void of any consideration, and entirely actuated by
selfish motives and one-sided motives. it is doubt-

ties.