The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-17 00:00:00

NEW ZEALAND.

Both the correspondence and the summary of news
of the Southern Cross of the 30th of April state
that the worst features of the Waikato intelligence
are confi =Led :—" Rewi and Ktngi have returned
to the Waikato, where they are actively engaged in

organizing armed opposition 3 to law and order.
Their followers have gone to the south, to the corn-
ier of eaveral hnedred—sumo say 200, ot hers 300,
ind others again state that Rewi started at the
liad of 500. We do not, therefore, know the
exact numbers, but our information leads
us to conclude that 300 is about the
rutii. The native eduewional and industrial
~saablishment at Te Awumutu has been broken up,
and the European women and children have already
come to town. The missionaries most likely will
come in ; in fact, it is only a question of events, as
news may come any moment of an outbreak at
Taranaki, when it would not be safe to remain un-
protected amc ng the Waikatos. The natives are in
a state of unbridled anarchy. There is no control-
Ling power to check them ; and such being the case,
one can readily perceive the difficu:ties that sur-
round the movement for reinstating the Taranaki
settlers on their former holdings. Tne professions
of friend,hip which Thompson and some other
chiefs make bre of little use; and we see no pro-
bable end to the present state of things unless
British law and authority are established through
out the island, or until the natives shall have ceased
to exercise any political influence owing to their
natural decrease."

Tae Taranaki Herald of the Bth of May contains
the details of u.e murcer of two officers and eight
men of the 57th Regiment :—" A party of the Com-
missariat Transport Corps, with two drays and
12 bullocks with supplies, were on their way to
Tataraimaka, on the 4th of M having crossed
the ()Aura river, heard the report of a volley of
small arms and saw the smoke of the piece some half
•1 mile before them. They saw that a party of
soldiers and two horsemen, who proved to be offi-
cers, were attacked, and saw some of them fall,
when they immediately abandonen their carts, and
hastened back to the Puutoko, and gave information
of what they had seen. Captain Shortt, with a
party of 30 n en only, from the Redoubt at Puutoko
were the first to strive at the spot, followed sttortly
afterwards by Colonel Warre, and it was their
mournful task to gather the bodies of the
foltcw-
ina officers and n en, savagely murdered :

Assistant •Surgeon W. A. Hope, M.B.
Lieutenant T. H, Tragett, 57t11 Regiment.
Colour-Sergeant Samuel Ellers, 57th Regiment.
Sergeant Samuel Hill, 57ta Regiment.
Private Edward Kelly, 57th Regiment.
Private John Flynn, 57th Regiment
Private Bartholomew Macarthy, 57th Regiment.
Private Wm Banks, 57th Regiment.

They were on their way, on military duty, to
town from Tataraimaka, and apparently had been
shot down without a moment's notice. The bodies
were all horribly mutilated, and those of theofficers
stripped of nearly all their clothes. One of the
drays was found where the escort had left it, but the
other, which contained a quantity of flour, potatoes
and groceries, had been driven off. The other dray
was subsequently seen being driven up to Kditake,
on the spur of the ranges. Dr. Hope's horse tad
gallopped towards town, and was caught by the
.-scort. This fearful tragedy cast a deep gloom over
the wiiole settlement.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TIMES.—The tone of the debates on the differences
between this country and Br,zil must make the
Government aware of a very widespread feeling of
regret at the rupture and of desire for reconcilia
ion. The more the events which led to the present
uspension of relations are considered, the more
.lain it is that, whatever faults may have been com-
mit►ed by the Brazilian Government, our own has,
to say the least, exacted quite enough compensation
-nd inflicted quite enough indignity. In the present
week the ques ion has been discussed both in the
Lords and Commons with almost identical arguments
on either side. On Tuesday evening Lord Chelms-
lord cleverly exposed what we may almost call the
extortion of the demands connected with the wreak
of the Prince of We'es, and last night Mr, S. Fitz-
gerald went over the same ground, and added cir
cumstances which e.,nfirm the view which Lord
Cnelmsford took of the effair. It is wearisome to
enter into the details of this miserable transaction,
but when we find that a friendly Government hub
been compelled by force of artnJ to pay a brood fire
or pfrsons who may only " possibly" have beet
murdered, and when it is perfectly clear that the
value of the cargo appropriated by the wreckers has
been scandalcuely exaggerated to the benefit of p► i-
vete persons, common morality and regard for the
credit of tne country bid tes pay attention to the
facts that are brought to our notice. The stoty
may be told in a few words. The Prince of Wale
was a vessel laden with mixed cargo, of which the
invoice value eras x. 3,500, according to Lon,
Chelmsford ; Mr. Fitzgerald makes it only £3,000.
The cargo was made up of coal, kegs of nails, iron
castings, barrels of beer, seamen's chests, and some
coda. The ship was anchored three miles from the-
shore, and in all probability went down at her an-
chorage. We leave it to our readers to compute
how much of such a cargo reached the shore to be
plundered by the wreckers. '['bat some of the chests
were washed ashore and seen broken open is the
chief evidence that there was any wrecking at all.
But when it was known that there was to be com-
pensation the shippers came forward at ones with a
modest dem..nd for £5,000; and, though Mr. Fez-
gerald tells us that, accoruing to an eminent mer-
chant well acquainted with such matters, only
packages of light goods to the value of £BlO could
have come ashore at all, yet the Queen's Advocate,
an 4 fficer whom the Foreign-office seetes to think
endowed with omniscience, " roughly" es'imated
the proper comp nsation at £2,36 t, Besides this,
the sum of £B4O was demanded as comp. nsation for
the murder of the crew, though It is admitted there
is no legal proof of their having been murdered at all,
the reports current on the subject being the chief
evidence on which the Queen's Advocate c me to the
conclusion that several of them had been "too probe•
lily murdered." Although this claim was not urged
n the first piece, a demand wasmede for £B4O for the
.‘ possible murder "of the n en. Now, though it is
undoubtedly the. clu,y of the Government to watch
over the lives and property of British sutj, cre
'n foreign parts, it must strike every unprejudiced
person that these demands were .based on very me
•übstantial grounds, and enforced with a rigour sel-
dom employed to a friendly Government. It is not
pretended that the Brazilian Governmcn' was guilty
of more than delay in giving satisfaction, and this
tank was sufficiently punished by the reprisals to
which our Government resorted. When the Em-
peror's Government yielded, it would have been
courteous 5o restrict the money demand withi

moderate limits, instead of taking the opportunity
to make questionable charges. The defence of this
part of the transaction made by Lord Russell on
Tuesday night is singular enough. Tne very sub-
mission of the Brazilians is attributed to them as h
fault. " When the Brazilian Government threw it
upon the British Government to make this inquiry
alone, saying that !hey would pay whatever sum war
deminded, they pl ced us in a posi ion of et:inside
rsble difficulty, because we had no one on the other
side to dispute the v.rious items." Fancy an attorney
efending ant xtortionate bill on the ground that the
victim neglected to have it taxes ! No one can
believe that the Emperor really desires to encourage
wreckers, or to murder the crews of the ships which
supply his country with every European article of
use or luxury, and in return take away the pro-
ducts of his teeming soil. Let us therefore hope
that there will be no opposition on the part. of our
Government to an honourable renewal of friend!)
relations. The King of Portugal has offered his
good caws, and as tnere is really nu longer at.y
question in dispute, there can be no obstacle to r
good understanding. It will then be for the Minis.
ters who shall be appointed by the two countries to
maintain the harmony which this mediation has re-
stored.

POST.—We do not agree with those politician?
who think that a member of Parliament's dinner is
of no consequence. Sir John 'irelawny and Mr.
Osborne evidently entertain a transcendental idea
or the duties of Parliamentary life As in the Apo-
cryphal narrative of Bel and the Dragon, this divi
nity of a statesman should never be seen to eat, bu
unlike the idol, on the otner hand, neither should
there be any preparation made for him_ He is pre-
burned to live on nectar and ambrosia somewhere,
but not within the ken of ordinary mortals, and any
discussion as to what he should eat and drink is
deemed to be equally derogatory to bis great psi-
tion, his lofty intellect, and his immortal soul. It
ha appeals, in the person of Mr. Dillwyn, to the
hardship of being compelled to eat bad meat it!
cooked and worse served, he is told that be takes a
low view of political life. We presume, of course,
that Sir John Trelawny and Mr. Osborne never dine
anywhere. Tnat is certainly the obviou& deductiot,
from their speeches on Wednesday, whrn the pro
positl of a select committee for the enlargement of
the kitchen and refreshment rooms was brought
before the House of Commons. In our judgment,
the grievance that is complained of is well-
founded—whatever may be the best remedy. It
is, in truth, a grievance on which. twenty other
grievances depend. The complaint is, that there is
no adequate accommodation for dinner, and that
the provisions also are bad. Now, during four
nights every week, the house sits from four in the

afternoon (when there are no morning sittings) often
until midnight, and sometimes till two a.m. Of'
course, members of Parliament must dine in the in-
ierval ; or, if they were to maintain the ()id fashion
of cii„ii,, b.'ore the House met, there would be an
equal necessity of sui.?,,ing. However, there is an
established usage ot dining at. seven or eight o'e:ock
in London, and establiaba'd usages are not readily
invaded. At that time halt :be House, or probibly
three-fourths, go to dinner. The result is Thad, from
seven to ten, little progress is trikdb in the debate
of the evening, although the "House" still drags
on its weary length. Members wto cantto7 get.
dinner decently served in the refreshment. room of
the House of Commons, go to their clube or their
homes, or dine with friends. The distance may be
a mile, two miles, or three. If the parsimoniouat
opponents of the present proposed reform send them
to that distance for their dinners, it is not reason-
able to expect their return to tee House under a
couple of hours at least. Now all this is so much
time lost in legislation.
HERALD —Lord Russell, who refuses to recognise
the South, or to advise an armisece, or to interpo,e
in any way in the great American conflict by which
we are suffering so severely, has actually asked an
armistice for the Poles, has addressed to Russia.
what might almost be called a threatening letter on
their behalf, has all but recognised them, and has
Incurred for tbeir sake no trifling risk of an Euro-
pean conflagration. Where shall we leek a more
striking contrast between one Minister and another
than exists between the Minister of inaction in
America and the Minister of interposition in
Poland ? the Minister who will not stir a finger
,o protect the dearest interests and revive the
most valuable trade of Great Britain, and him who
is reedy to assist in kindling the flame of conti-
nental war for a cause in which we have absolutely
no interest whatever ? the Minister who spurns the
appeal of our kinsmen, fellow Christians, all but
Fellow-countrymen of the S iuthern States, and the
Minister who does everything short of declaring
war upon Russia for the behoof of a few
tiousand insurgents of a race " alien in blood, in
language, in religion ;" the statesman who thinks
nothing of the risk of a war between Russia,
France, and Prussia, ending in the apneas-
iton ot the left bank of the Rhine, and hesitates not
to enter on a policy of which this is not the natural
and foreseen conclusion, and the statesman whose
scrupulous conscieuce shudders at the bare possibi-
iity of a war, which, if it came at all, would be
ended in a few weeks, between France and Eng-
land on the one hand, and such remnants as still
cohere of the Federal Union on the other ? Furious
towards Brazil, a coward betore the Yankees, an in
riguer in Italy, a Kingmaker in Greece, a would-
be arbitrator in Poland, but in America the advo-
cate of a policy of isolation unparblleled in
selfishness, meanness, and tim.dity ; a braggart to
Senhor Moreira, a blusterer to the Tycoon, but a
pattern of patience and humility under the lectures
of Mr. Adams and the insults of Admiral Wilkes,
Lord Russell combines in himself a choice collec-
tion ofopposite and apparently incompatible faults,
and may serve his successors, whether they be
oisposed to err on the side of caution or of energy,
is a perfect model of what a Foreign Secretary
utigtat not to be.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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MANCHESTER-JULY 16.

At our market this morning there wa. a slender attend-
ance of buyers, and there was a limittd demhnd tor wheat
at a decline on last week's prices of is per qr on Eugitsh,
~vd 2d per cental on foreign. Flour t eglected, at 6d per
sack And barrel un,ter the rates of last week. Oats at a re-
duction i Id per 451bs, and oatmeal 6d per load. Beans
and Indian porn firm, at late values.

BIRMINGHAM-JULY 16.

English wheat was sold at 48s to 66s tor white, and 408
to 50s per 36 stone for red, Barley, new malting, 32s to
42s per qr ; grinding, 24s to 28s Oats, old, 248 to 30s
per 30 stone ; Irish, 22s to 255. Beans, 388 to 44s per qr.
Peas, 36s to 44s per 36 stone.

EDINBURGH GRAIN—JULY 15.
A fair supply of farmers' wheat to-day, which met a
slow sale at about the prices of last week. Barley in good
demand, at full prices. Beans a dull sale, at about former
prices. Oats met a ready sale.
Wheat on the top 2s Od down average Os 3d up.
Barley on the top is 6d oown average 2s id up.
Oats on the top Os 3d down average Os 5d up.
Beans on the top 2s Od down average is 3d down.

Total Supply and Sales. -
Wheat . 873 qrs Sold 712 qrs
8ar1ey........ 114 qrs Sold 101 qrs
Oats
Beans 39 qrs Sold 35 qrs

Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 42s 0d ; extras, 40s Od ;
superfine, 3tss Od ; fine, 36s td.

CORK-JULY 15.

The following were the quotations this morning :•—Red
wheat, 8s Od to —a 0; ; white, 10s 3d to —sOd , barley, Gs
0(1 to Os Od ; oats, 7s Gd to Os Od. ; black do,, 7s 2d to
Os Od.

DERBY SMITHFIELD-JULY 14.

A better supply of fat beasts to-day. The wants of
buyers were very small, owing to the untavourable state of
the weather for slaughtering, consequently there was a.
larger number of animals remained unsold. The number
of sheep aid lambs in the pens was also larger, and tat
calves were more plentiful. Fat pigs were about an ave.
rage supply.

Beet
Mutton ..
Lamb Bld to 9d Rough fat, 3s 9d per stop'
Hides, 3d to 4icl; calf skins. /id to 6d.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

il.l • t alia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..... . July 19.
via Marseilles ..... July —.
;razii and Cape Verd 8, by British packet....... Aug. 4.
ape of Good Dope, Ascension, and St. Helena. July 29.
Lhina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southatupton.July 19.
via Marseilles ...July 1?..

Falkland Islands
(Abraltar, via Southampton July 11..
,'Ala (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton J uly 19'.
via Marseilles July 13
odia (Bombay), via Southampton July 26
via Marseilles July 20.
P ortugal ....
, situ., Egypt, and Aden, via Southampto, . July 19
via Marseilles
Newfoundland
()port° and Vigo . .
(J. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet July 22..
by U.S. packet
by Canadian packet July 17.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritle .. July 10
ahamas, via New York .... ... July 30.
Nit,xico ..
\ll parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I July 14
California. and liritish Columbia.

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