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
hat the wore; teel ures of the Waikato intelligence
ere cons mad :—" Rewi and Kngi have returned
to the Waikato, where they are actively engaged in

organizing armed opposition to law and order.
Their followers have gone to the south, to the num-
ier of several linudred —some, say 200, others 300,
tied others again state that Rewi started at the
quad 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 educational and industrial
aszablishment at To Awurnutu has been broken up,
Ind 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 among the Waikato& 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 difficulties that sur-
round the movement for reinstating the Taranaki
settlers on their farmer holdings. The professions
of friendship which Thompson and some other
chiefs make ere 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."

The Taranaki Herald of the Bth of May contains
the details of t:•e muruer 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 .y, and, having crossed
the Oakura river, heard the report of a volley of
small arms and saw the smoke of the piece some half
a 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 abandonec their carts, and
hastened back to the Poutoko, and gave information
of what they had seen. Captai❑ Shortt, with a
party of 30 o en only, from the Redoubt at Poutoko
were the first to al rive at the spot, followed sNnlly
afterwards by Colonel Warre, and it was then
mournful task to gather the bodies of the follow.
ing officers and n en, savagely murdered :

Assistant.• Surgeon W. A. Hope, M.B.
Lieutenant T. H. Tragett, 57th Regiment.
Colour-Sergelnt Samuel Ellers, 57th Regiment:
Sergermt Samuel Hill, 57r,i Regiment.
Private Kt ward 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 t he officets
stripped of nearly all their clothes. One of the
drays was found where the escort had left tt, 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 KAitake,
on the spur of the ranges. Dr. Hope's horse tad
gallopped towards town, and was caught by the
escort. This fearful tragedy cast a deep gloom over
the wr)ole settlement.

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TIMES.—The lone of the debates on the differences
between this country and Brazil must make the
Government aware of a very widespread feeling of
regret at the rupture and of desire for reconcilia
lion. The more the events which led to the present
,nspension of relations are considered, the more
Main it is that, whatever faults may have been com-
mitted by the Brazilian Government, our own bas,
,o say the least, exacted quite enough compensation
..nd it:thewd 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-
ford cleverly exposed what we may almost call the
extortion of the demands connected with the wreck
of the Prince of We es, and last night Mr. S. Fi'z-
gerald went over the same ground, and added cir-
cumstances which confirm the view which Lord
Chelmsford took of the affair. It is wearisome to
enter into the details of this miserable transaction,
hut when we find that a friendly Government has
been compelled by force of arm.' to pay a brood fiae
or p-rsons who may only "possibly" have beer
murdered, and when it is perfectly clear that the
value of the cargo appropriated by the wreckers has
been scandaleuely exaggerated to the benefit of pt i-
vate persons, common morality and regard for the
credit of tne country bid us pay attention to the
facts that are brought to our notice. The stoty
may be told in a tew words. The Prince of Wales
was a vessel laden with a mixed cargo, of which the
invoice value was 1.3,500, according to Lori'
Chelmsford ; Mr. Fitzgerald makes it only £3,000,
The cargo was made up of coal, kegs of nails, lion
castings, barrels of beer, seamen's chests, and some
soda. 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. That some of the chests
were washed ashore and seen broken open is the
chief evidence that there was any wrecking at all.
Bat when it was known that there was to be com-
pensation the shippers came forward at once with
modest dem,,nd for £5,000; and, though Mr. Ft, z-
gerald tells us that, Becoming 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,
in fficer whom the Foreign-office seed s to think
-ndowed with omniscience, " roughly" estimated
he proper comp-nsation at £2,36 t, Besides t his,
the sum of £B4O was demanded as comp. esation for
the murder of the crew, though it is admitted there
is no legal proof of their baring been murders d 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 proba-
bly murdered." Although this claim woe not urged
'n the first piece, a demand was made for £B4O for the
"possible murder" of the n en. Now, though it is
undoubtedly the. duq of the Government to watch
over the lives and property of British sutjects
in foreign parts, it must strike every unprejudiced
person that these demands were based on very un-
aubstantial grounds, and enforced with a rigour sel-
dom employed to a friendly Government. It is not
pretended that the Brazilian Govern on-n. was guilty
of more than delay in giving satisfaction, and this
fault 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 within
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 a
fault. " When the Brazilian Government threw it
upon the British Government to make this inquiry
alone, saying that they would pay whatever sum was
demanded, they placed us in a posi ion of conside
'table difficulty. because we had no one on the other
side to dispute the varioust its ms." Fancy an attorney
aefending an extortionate bill on the ground that the
victim neglected to have it taxeo! No one can
believe that the Emperor really desires to encourage
wreckers, or to murder the crews of the ships whier
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 thetelore hope
tnat there will be no opposition on the part of our
Government to at, honourable renewal of friendly
relations. The King of Portugal has offered his
good affixes, and as there is really nu longer any
question in dispute, there can be no obstaclee to
a
good understanding. It will then be for th
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 politicians
who think that a member of Parliament's dinner is
of no consequence. Sir John 'lrelawny and Mr.
Osborne evidently entertain a transcendental idea
of the duties of Parliamentary life As in the Apo-
cryphal narrative of Bel and the Dragon, this dive
nity of a statesman should never be seen to eat, bia
unlike the idol, on the otner hand, neither shout()
1 here be any preparation made for him He is pre-
sumed 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 his great posi-
tion, his lofty intellect, and his immortal soul. It
he appeals, in the person of Mr. Dillwyn, to the
hardship of being compelled to eat bad meat ill
cooked and worse served, he is told that be takes a
tow view of political lite. We presume, of course,
that Sir John Trelawny and Mr. Osbornew,jnnetvheer dpirnoe.
anywhere. That is certainly the obvious deduction
from their speeches on Wednesday, h
posal 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,
the provisions also are bad. Now and that
, 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—
terval ; or, it they were to maintain the old fashion
of dining before the House met, there would be an
equal necessity of E up)ing. However, there is en
established usage of dining at seven or eight o'clock
in London, and established uswges are not rei;dily
invaded. At that time half the House, or probably
three-fourths, go to dinner. T.be result is that, from
seven to ten, little progress is made in the debate
of the evening, although the " House" still drags
on its weary lengtt. Members who cauccv get
dinner decently served in the refreshment room of
the House of Commons, go to their clubs or their
homes, or dine with friends. The distance may be
a mile, two miles, or three. If the parsimonious
opponents of the present proposed reform send them
to that uistance for their dinners, it is not reason-
able to expect their return to tthe 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
he South, or to advise an armist ce, or to interpose
in any Way in the great Atm ican conflict by which
we are suffering so severely, has ac*ualiy 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
incu,red for their sake no trifling risk of an Euro-
pean conflagration. Where shall we seek a more
striking contrast between one Minister and another
than exists between the Minister of inaction in
America and the Minsster of interposition in
Polano ? 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 ready 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
to flow-countrymen of the &)uthern States, and the
Minister who does everything short of declaring
war upon Russia for the behoof of a few
thousand 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 annexe-
non of the left bank of the Rhine, and hesitates not
,o enter on a policy of which this is tilt the natural
and foreseen conclusion, and the statesman whose
scrupulous conscience shudders at the bare possibi-
lity of n war, which, if it came at all, would be
totted in a few weeks, between France and Eng-
land on the one band, and such remnants as still
cohere of the Federal Union on the of her ? Furious
towards Brszil, a coward before the Yankees,an in
•riguer in Italy, a Kingmaker in Greece, a would-
be arbitrator in Poland, but in America the ativo•
cite of a policy of isolation umparbileled• in
setfishne,s, meanness, and timidity ; a braggart to
Senhor Moreira, a blusterer to the Tycoon, but
pattern of patience and humility under the lectures
of Mr. Adams tied the insults of Admiral Wilkes,
Lord Russell combines in himself e choice coilec-
ion otopposite and apparently incompatible faults,
ind may serve his successors, whether they be
iisposed to err on the side of caution or of energy,
is a perfect model of what a Foreign Secretary
ought not to be. •

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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MANCHESTER-JULY 16.

At our market this morning there way- a slender attend-
ance of buyers, and there was a limited demand for wheat
at a decline on last week's prices of is per qr on English,
and 2d per cental on foreign. Flour eglected, at 6d per
sack and barrel unaer the rates of last week. Oats at are
duction Id per 451bs, and oatmeal 6d per load. Beans
and Indian corn firm, at late values.