The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-22 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

have driven back to Ramegate but for the assistance of a
Canterbury detective, who, on their arrival in that city,
held a warrant for the apprehension of the scoundrels. Their
apprehension was effected in the first place by the vigilance
of a tradesman named Franklin, carrying on business in
High-street, Ramsgate, a person who, it afterwards turned
out, had not been forgotten, The twins had during their
sojourn called at Mr Franklin's and made a trifling pur-
chase for which they tendered cash. Afterwards their
presence in the shop was more frequent, and goods to the
value of £6 18s were ordered at various times in the name
of "Hanbury," arfd were sent addressed to them at the
hotel. They also, in order to throw Mr Franklin off his
guard, stated that they were cousins of Lord Edward Howard,
and handed a number of pamphlets (being extracts of reports
of the speeches cf that gentleman in the House of Commons
on the American question) with a verbal request that he,
Mr Franklin. would give them publicity by enclosing them
in parcels to his customers. Those representations, together
with the fact that they were staying at the Albion, led Mr
Franklin to supply the goods, In executing one order for
two shirts there was a query as to whether they could be
done before the time the twins had to leave for town, and in
the event of their not being done by such time Mr Franklin
had to forward them parcelled and addressed to Thomas
Hanbury, Esq , F.R.S , 1, Cambridge square, Hyde-park,
London. The goods, however, were ready in time, and were
sent to the Albion. Some days elapsed and frequent pro-
mises were made to settle, but at length Mr Franklin, smell-
ing the rat, called upon the twine, who, undaunted, signed
"Thomas llanbury and S inauel Hanbury" to a cheque for
£6 18s. upon the London City Bank. This cheque was
at once forwarded to London and presented, but instead of
cash being tendered ,the cheque was returned with the
words "No account" written across it. The Ramsgate po-
lice were at once informed of this circumstance, and a war-
rant was issued for the apprehension of the thieves, who, as
we have before stated, had that day gone over to Canter-
bury. The telegraph was brought into requisition, and the
proper parties were soon in the hands of the police. The
whole of the above facts were stated in evidence on Thurs-
day, the charges against the prisoners being obtaining goods
by false pretences from Mr Franklin, and with unlawfully
and that they did wilfully conspire, combine, confederate,
and agree together to cheat and defraud one Edward R. H.
Wright, landlord of the Royal Hotel, Ramsgate. Prisoners
in defence said they left London for Ramsgate for the pur-
pose of getting hold of several parties belonging to London
who had absconded in their debt, and who they understood
were in the neighbourhood of Ramsgate. Their reason for
adopting the name of Hanbury was that the parties they
meant chancing to be about might not be aware of their
presence. They did not intend to defraud Mr Franklin, but
would have paid every farthing of his claim if they had got
their money from the parties of whom they were in quest.
The Recorder said the conduct of the prisoners would not
warrant him saying a word in their favour, and as they
had been found guilty on both indictments they would be
mprisoned for 12 months each with hard labour.

RETURN OF COOLIES.—A West Indian paper has
the following statement :—" The ship Ganges left George-
town, Demerara, on the 2d inst. (September), with return
emigrants-423 far Calcutta, and 24 for Madras. These
people took away with them 60,109 dole. 6c. in cash, savings
from their earnings, besides jewels, it is said, of great
value. Whatever may be the benefit of the coolie to the
colony as a labourer—and there can be no denying that it

is very considerable—this system of return passages is a
great drawback to it. Not only is the country subject
periodically to be deprived of a large amount of seasoned
labour (and the Ganges batch is equal to the labour staff of
a first-rate estate), but is also on such occasions drained of
heavy sums of hard cash, which in the hands of other
labourers would be spent in the colony. It is really very
difffzult to understand upon what principle the Imperial
Government persists in demanding for the Indian immi.
grant the right to a return passage to his own country,
when every batch of these people who do return prove by
the loads of money they take with them how capable they
are of providing themselves with return passages when they
feel the inclination to revisit their country."

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TIMES.—The official despetchrs which appeared
in last night's Gazette reduce the recent pacification
in New Zealand to somewhat more moderate pro-
portions than we had been led to hope. The sub-
mission was not made by all the natives, but by
those of Tauranga, and it will be noticed that in his
first letter Col. Cameron cautions the Secretary of
State against concluding that the general pacifica-
tion of the country will necessarily follow. There
is a great want of adhesion among the many tribes
composing the native population, and the pacifica-
tion of the other tribes is, at all events, an indepen-
dent event, and had yet to take place at the date of
the despatches. At the same time we may draw
the best' auguries from the first step towards
peace. Taurange, is an important situation, and
the tribes around it were powerful and danger-
ous. Their late leader, Rawiri, was a man
who had inflicted upon us the disastrous repulse at
Gate Pa, in the neighbourhood of Tauranga was
the scene of the sharp engagement in which Col.
Greer was recently so successful. It will be re-
membered that the same Rawiri, about the end of
June, sent a challenge to Colonel Greer, and in con-
junction with W. Thompson organised an attack
upon the camp at Tauranga. The attempt, however,
was completely foiled, Colonel Greer attacked the
native force, and defeated them with heavy loss,
Rawiri himself being killed, while W. Thompson,
upon the defeat of his allies, abstained from his
intended attack. This woes on the 21st of June,
and Colonel Cameron's despatch informs us that
he undertook no active operations during July.
It is all the more satisfactory that it was at the
end of this interval of truce that these Eastern
tribes should have offered their submission. We
may reasonably conclude that they have done so
upon mature reflection, so that the peace, once
made, will not be so likely to be again disturbed.
The submission was not offered in any immediate
despair produced by the defeat at Tauranga, but
after nearly a month's rest. The situation of Tan-
ranga, too, is of importance, for the plan of opera-
tions, after the success of the 21st of June, was to
place troops at Tauranga, and in the heart of the
Waikato country to the west of it, and thus to cut
off the natives from their customary sources of sup-
ply. If therefore we are now surrounded by friendly
natives at Tauranga, half of this plan will be carried
oat without opposition. We are not informed
whether, as Col. Cameron anticipated, W. Thompe
son and his followers have also submitted. The
history of the matter is very short. The New Z sa-
land savages are at least in advance of the diplo-
matists at Vienna in the directness and shortness of
their negotiations. On the 25th of July 133 natives,
with some chiefs of rank, came into the camp
and laid down their arms,- signing a declaration of
allegiance to the Queen, and leaving their lands at
the disposal of the Governor and the General. Col.
Greer very wisely and properly made certain that
they each understood what they were doing by
having the document they were to sign read over
twice to them. Only two chiefs, with from ten to
twenty followers between them, abstained from this
act of submission. The proceedings were, at the re-
quest of the natives, further ratified by their meet-
ing the Governor and General Cameron a few days
afterwards. The interview passed off very satisfac-
torily, the natives expressing themselves, we are
told, perfectly satisfied with the terms of peace
granted them. To judge by Col. Greer's despatch this
happy agreement was not made without obstruction
from two civilians, but this was the only difficulty in
the matter. It will be a significant fact if it should
appear that the only obstacle to peace was raised
by two of the colonial authorities. The satisfactory
result is that " hostilities are now at an end in
this part of the colony," not again, we may hope, to
be resumed by us. The terms granted to the natives
in Sir George Grey's address appear to fulfil the
conditions which we urged the other day. The lands
of these natives are all now the property of the
Crown, and the Governor therefore can dispose of
them as he sees fir. It was obviously necessary to
canfiecate some of them as a punishment for the re•
bellion, and, at the same time, to give the natives
sufficient for their support and contentment. The
natives were also naturally anxious that this should
be done at once. In fact, with their notions about
land, they would feel themselves homeless until
they had received some settlement. Sir George
Grey, therefore, assigns them settlements at once,
which he promises shall as far as possible be in
such localities as they shall choose, and these will be
secured by Crown grants to them and to their chil-
dren. Meanwhile steps will be taken to ascer-
tain the boundaries of the land hitherto possessed
by the tribes, and it will then be finally decided how
these are to be dealt with. Sir George Grey promises,
however, that the amount confiscated shall not ex-
ceed one-fourth of the whole land. This moderation
is exercised as a recognition of the honourable way
in which the natives have conducted the war, " nei-
ther robbing, nor murdering, but respecting the
wounded." The Maories have certainly earned a
generous treatment at our hands. They have been a
brave and gallant enemy, and we act only justly in
not taking advantage of their unconditional submis-
sion. With equal humanity the Governor promises,
as soon as the settlements are decided, to distribute
seed potatoes and the means of settling, so that the
natives may be able at once to maintain themselves.
We may reasonably hope with General Cameron
that such liberal and considerate terms will induce
other tribes to make their submission. It is certain
that these alone could even yet give us a great deal
of trouble, but it is equally certain that they would
inflict infinitely more trouble and suffering on them-
selves, and the submission of this district in the
manner we have described seems to show that the
natives are becoming alive to this fact. If we can
only make them believe that we have no vindictive
or avaricious designs upon them, and that if they
will but submit to the Queen's authority they will
receive lands in secure possession, they are suffi-
ciently acute to know that it is their interest to
place themselves under our protection. There is, in-
deed, we fear, little hope for them ultimately. The
greater energy, the enterprise, and we must add we
are afraid, the unscrupulousness, of the colonists
cannot but eventually supplant them, and gra-
dually to dwindle before the advance of the
Europeans will probably be their happiest
fate. But while an irresistible law of na-
ture is producing this melancholy result, the
only tolerable condition for the Maories will be
to live in peace under the equal protection of our
Government. If they revolted again, it would not
only be necessary to treat them with greater seve-
rity, but it may be doubted whether the struggle
would be carried on by troops equally held in re-
straint with those they have just yielded to. Lord
Stanley expressed a very strong and gradually
strengthening feeling in the public mind when he
stated it as his opinion that, atter having once more
reduced the natives to submission, we should dis-
tinctly tell the colonists that they must look after
their own interests for the future. But the Maories
would fare badly if they were left to the tender
mercies of the settlers. The war between the two
races would be one of extermination, and would
only end with the destruction of the weaker race.
It was to prevent such a miserable struggle that we
have taken matters so much into our own hands,
much against the opinion of some experienced
persons, who believed that the old plan would have
proved the most merciful in the end. However,
we have but endeavoured to do our duty ; but if
neither natives nor colonists will be reasonable and
patient, if our interference between the two parties
is as unfortunate as similar interferences in private
life—if it only involves us in constant quarrels with
the colonists and incessant wars with natives, and
does nothing to harmonise the two, we shall have
nothing to do but to wash our hands of the affair,
and let them fight it out between them as best they
nay. We will hope, however, that the present news
is an inauguration of a happier state of things, that
the other tribes will follow the example of those of
Tauranga, and that the troops now to be recalled
will be the last who will have to be employed in
this unequal and unwelcome warfare.
HERALD.—Sir Robert Collier, her Majesty's So-
licitorelieneral, has been addressing his constituents,
the electors and non-electors of Plymouth. He put
his status very plainly before them at starting.
Formerly, he said, he had addressed them as the
representative of all England, that is to say, as a
private member of Parliament. To-day he comes
before them as the representative of her Majesty's
Government. If he ever was is any sense the re.-
presentative of the nation, it is pretty certain that
he can aspire to that quality no longer. It is as the
spokesman of a party, the advocate of a cause, the
retained special pleader for a clique of men who are
now dragged before the bar of public opinion, that
Sir R. Collier puts in an appearance. It would be
difficult to conceive anything more partisan,
more un-English, more thoroughly one-sided
altogether, than this laboured defence of an
unpopular and blundering Foreign Minister,
of a veteran Premier, on whose eightieth birthday
this tribute, not altogether disinterested, was paid
to the trascendant merits which for seven years
have bolstered up a wornsout Whig dynasty. The
quondam advocate of the American Government
came out very strongly, as may be imagined, on
the question of neutrality. It is pleasant to hear
him expressing his conviction that this neutrality
has been so impartially maintained. It is gratifying
to obtain from one of her Majesty's Ministers the
assurance that the Government, in the question of
the rams, did not submit to dictation from Mr.
Adams. It would be re-assuring, could we only
believe it, to hear that the American prizeecourts
have been actuated in all their decisions by an un-
swerving respect for the law. Perhaps there we' e
some, even among his complacent hearers, who felt
that the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act,