The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1863.

inevitable uncertainty is bad enough, without being
aggravated by the inconsiderate speeches of the
Foreign Minister and the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, or by the incessant folly and malice poured
out from day to day in the leading columns of the

Times."
Now, we cannot too strongly protest against
such a tone as this becoming general among our
public men ; but, fortunately, it is not likely to be
so. At the same time it is to be regretted that,
1 times out of number, these great assemblies at Bir-
I mingham cheer to the echo such violent diatribes

as this that we have referred to. Because
Mr. BRIGHT came forward some years ago
in support of the Corn-laws being abolished,
and then and there distinguished himself by his
zeal and energy, it does not follow that he has thus
obtained carte blanche for the rest of his life to abuse
and vilify all who have not the good fortune to
agree with him in his extreme opinions and ultra
notions. It is unworthy of independent English-
men to encourage, muoh less to applaud, such an in-
tolerant spirit, and so arbitrary and unfair a tone.
In the name of the spirit of independence, the vital
breath, the native air of our institutions, in the
name of common sense and justice,' we call upon
Englishmen of every class to repudiate and not up-
hold such intolerance, such bitter sentiments and
such unfounded statements as those which inform
and actuate all Mr. BRIGHT'S provincial harangues.
In Parliament he speaks differently, there he knows
that violence cannot ba the order of the day, and
that to indulge in this "splenetic authoritativeness
and factious sophistication," he would have to cross
the Atlantic, and take his place among the enlight-
ened Senators of Congress, to find congenial souls
and kindred spirits. Mr. BRIGHT has another object
in view for our foreign politicians to dwell upon,
the cesnon of Gibraltar. He confesses that many
things he advocates are considered rather foolish
at first, but in time people agree with him, and
,hence "he has the satisfaction of being

a little ahead of the Government and often of the
nation." He proceeded at some length to make
good his case, and said that for his part he consi-
dered it as " a monument of a very foolish war and
a very dishonourable peace." He said that most
military persons in this country, if they were inde-
pendent, would be of his opinion that the work was
of no value whatever to us. The last argument
employed is, indeed, a reductio ad absurdum when
he says that, " Suppose this country were the
Chamber of Commerce in the city of Madrid, how
should we then be likely to view this matter ?"
He then goes on to say that the irri-
tation and annoyance that our tenure of
this fortress occasions to Spain, spoils
all our intercourse with that country. The induce-
ments held out for us to yield up possession are,
that Spain, when mollified by our conduct in this
respect, will most probably enter into a liberal treaty
of commerce with us, and also we may persuade her
to make effectual the laws against the traffic of
negroes. No doubt these are two very desirable
objects to attain ; but if the price demanded be
what Mr. BRIGHT suggests, they are not likely to
be soon effected ; and the Manchester school will
have few disciples in this department of its pro-
gress, except from the admirers of Mr. GOLDWIN
SMITH'S theory, of abandoning our Colonial Empire
Referring to the last passage in Mr. BRIGHT'S
speech, the idea naturally occurs to the mind, why
cannot he profit by his own advice ? He says that
" there are gentlemen here who think me mistaken
and dangerous in the propositions which I make to
my fellow. countrymen." It is really quite refresh-
' ing to hear, on such undoubted authority, that
there is a remnant of discerning individuals
among those who listen to his speeohes. When he
goes on, however, to say that " If we were to shun
a party spirit, if we were to examine the questions
fairly and carefully, if we were to endeavour to de-
cide them truthfully !" we might hope for great
things, and so on. Now, why does not this second
DANIEL come to judgment, first set us an example
by doing all this himself. If he acted on this ex-
cellent advice we might listen in delight to the elo-
quence which animates his words, but while
-he persists in degrading the great gift with
which he is endowed, of an oratory that im-
presses and influences in no common degree, we
can but regret that such great powers are not in the
possession of one who would use and not abuse them,
who would glory in upholding the Constitution of
his country, instead of always seeking to uproot its
stronghold and undermine its dignity. We hope
this is the last display that we shall be favoured
with, for some time, of this rhetorical raving about
events that are too great in themselves, and of too
much magnitude in their consequences to be made
the handle for personal abuse, political spite, and
arty prejudice.

The principal news brought by the lEtna may
well engross our chief attention, but the other
news, both political and military, must not be
overlooked. It shows that the Democrats are in-
creasing in such practical boldness, as must consi-
derably perplex the Federal Government. In the
empire State, the Governor, Mr. SEY3IOUR, who
has been in offic9 before, is beginning measures of
retaliation against those who have been during the
unchecked Republican reign oppressing his party.
Throughout the States there are of necessity Fede-
ral and State officials. The latter are answerable,
of course, to the" Sovereign State," whose servants
they are, and can be called by it to account. Go-
vernor SEYMOUR is powerless against the United
States Marshals and other Federal officers in New
York, but he has fluttered not a little the State
police officials by summoning them to take their
trials for official misconduct, furnishing them with
the particulars for which they must answer. We
may presume they consist of delinquencies against
Democrats committed in the excess of Republican
zeal, and it seems likely they will all receive wins; to
yield their places to aspirants to the honours of the
baton who will wield it as energetically against the
Republicans as the latter have long done against
the Democrats. The Republican policemen seem
perplexed between resigning at once, salmi digni
tate, or trying a legal fight for a little longer
tenure of office.

The PRESIDENT had signed the Bill for the ad-
mission of Western Virginia as a State. He has
thus cut a second Gordian knot with the same
sword as severed the complicated cne of slavery.
In both cases the principle now wielded with such
desperation is, that the rebellion has extinguished
all State rights which interfere with its repres-
sion. The separation of a State into parts,
without the consent of the regular Legis-
lature of the State, is even more explicitly against
certain clauses of the constitution than the procla-
mation of etnancipAtion itself. It would have been
more regular to have treated the Legislature elected
by the loyalart of Virginia as the true Legish-
p
war with the Federal Government to be ipso facto
ture of the State, holding that one which was at
no Legislature at all. In both cases Mr. LINCOLN
has, however,
tern V •agricultural free
Virginia his long been an.
\
community, with hardly a slave amongst its moun-
tains--.for mountain air and slavery rarely seem
LINCOLN has done seems but the recognill°rl of a
long existing fact whic'a therebalion only brought
after all, therefore, what Mr.

to its natural crisis. In that separation, too, which #
all Europe believes must come at last, all politicians
must have recommended that Western Virginia
should go with the North. Geographical as well
as social reasons demand that it should.
If we turn to the war news, all looks eiark for the
Federals. ROSENCRANS, from whom so much was
expected, has been, we strongly suspect, severely
defeated in Tennessee, near Murfreesborcaugh. This
has been battle-ground, ever and anon., since the'
spring. Nashville, the capital of Tennessee, is not
far off, and DAY'S declared himself determined to
be master again of it. He has evidently collected
a largo force there, since the Northerns confess to
45,000 men with ROSENCRANZ, who yet has barely,
according to Federal accounts,held the field against
the rebels. To the reader here, the successes seem
to have been alternate, and the last rather on the
side of the Confederates. It is especially to be re-
marked that it was the Confederate cavalry which
seem to have been their most effective arm. More
than once in this protracted battle they got
into the Federal rear, carried off prisoners and

ammunition, and in one important instance actu-
ally silenced the fire of several regiments, because
they seized on their waggons ! To the South, their
cavalry seems to be the eompensation for the want
of gunboats. Their horsemen ride to the rear of

the Federals and plunder their baggage and stores,
as easily as the boats sail up the rivers and shelter

the Federals under their heavy artillery.
On the Missisippi again—only this is news from
Richmond, which, however, has rarely been sub-
stantially untruthful—the Confederates are victo-
Hong against the assailants of Vicksburg. The
works of this place—let not Lord PALMERSTON
forget this—have.,been extemporised since the war
began. Yet this almost unknown place has been
sufficient, alone, to hold the numerous fleet of 17A-
RAGUT at bay ; to send forth the Arkansas to
destroy some of its ships, to make the others flee,
like the doves before the eagle ; and to prevent the
complete command of the Mississippi by the Fede-
rals throu ,hout the whole summer. We have but
brief accounts of the assault and defence ; and like
the battle at Murfreesborough, fighting was going
on, as is so common with these American battles,
when the news left. We must assume that the
Federals were conveyed by water to Vicksburg,
since by the last accounts GRANT, who was nearing
Vicksburg, had been compelled to fall back, by the
capture of his stores at Holly Springs; it hi also
mentioned that the Yankees were compelled to
take shelter under the fire of their boats. Both
parties appear, however, to be in force near the
place. On the whole, in the west and south-west,
the Confederates are showing renewed vigour. All
looks still like a long and bitter struggle.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

PARIS, JAN. 16.
The Ministers met in Council 3esterday at the
Tuileries, the Emperor presiding.
The llioniteur of this morning announces that the
Revue Nationale has received a first warning.
La ,France of this evening announces that the
Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who had been pro-
posed as a candidate for the Throne of Greece, has
declined to accept the nomination.
The same paper says that intelligence received
from Constantinople states that the Sultan acts
as if he were preparing for war, and that Eng-
land appears to urge him in that direction.
The Cabinet of St. Petersburg accuses the Porta
of giving assistance and encouragement to the
Circassians, and of fomenting agitation in the
Caucasus and Daghestan.
BOURSE, Jan. 15.—Heaviness continues to be
the predominant feature of the market, but the
price of Threes, for the Account, although it re-
ceied slightlyat the commencement of business,is now
again, as yesterday, at 70fr. Railway Share Mar-
ket quiet, but firm. The announcement of the
advance in the rate of discount by the Bank of
England caused a retrograde movement towards
the close, when the market stood as follows :

4t per Cents 9B 25 Bank Shares 3400
Do. end month.... Credit 1. oneier 1430
3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 85 Italian Loan 69 80
New 3 per Cents .. Russian
Do. end month.... Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 1130 Spanish Threes 54 75
Do. end m0nth....1132 50 Home Debt .. —

RA IL"

'AYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans ICBS 1085
Northern ....
New ditto - .
Lyons and Mediterranean 1167 50 .. 1166 25
Geneva.. 3B! 50 ..

Southern BO7 50 812 50
Western
Eastern .... ,.. 530 .. 528 75
Sardinian 367 50 .. 362 50

Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa —
Ditto to Barcelona 315

ITALY.

TURIN, JAN. 15.

An official decree was published to-day appoint-
ing the 20th inst. for the termination of the ex-
traordinary powers conferred upon the Prefects
of Naples end Palermo.

The Municipality of Genoa has voted 50,0001
for the subscription in favour of the victims 01
brigandage.

The Duchess of Genoa will shortly visit Naples,
where she will reside for a considerable time.

GERMANY.
THE FEDERAL DIET.

FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN, JAN. 15.

In to-day's sitting of the Federal Digit the repre-
sentative of Baden stated that his Government re-
jects the proposal of the majority of the Committee
upon the Chamber of Popular Delegates question,
and declines co-operation. Baden is, however,
ready, by unanimous vote of the Diet, and with
the consent of the Chambers of the different Garman
States, to concede to an Assembly of Popular Dele-
gates, associated with the Federal Diet, the right of
vite upon Federal financial questions and proposals
Ito increase the contingent 3 from the different.
States.

The proposition of Baden, not being formally
acceded to by any other representative, was
merely entered upon the protocol of the Federal
Diet.

GREECE.

ATHENS, JAN. 14.

Brigands in the vicinity of this city having cap-
tured a young man of a wealthy family, have
demanded 70,000 drachmas as ransom.

The National Assembly has declared the elections
of 40 deputies null and void on account of irre-
gularities of form.

THE LEVANT.

TRIESTE, JAN. 15.

The latest news from the East received here
states that Omar Pasha's resignation had not been
accepted.

A Russian steamer had been wrecked near
Kertch.

Dost Mahomet has withdrawn his troops from
before Herat in order to negotiate for peace with
Sultan Achmet Khan.

SPAIN.
MADRID, JAN. 15.

All the Ministers have resigned.

Her Majesty has commissioned Marshal O'Don-
nell to form a new Cabinet. It is asserted that
Senor Posada will replace Senor Collantes as Minis-
ter for Foreign Affairs. Several other changes are
expected.

RUSSIA.

ST. PE fERSBURG, JAN. 15.

The Invalide Russe of to-day contains a decree
of the Emperor, appointing Privy Councillor rata-
richow, Secretary of State, and Provisional General
Controller, in place of M. Annenkoff.

THE BRAZILS.
(PER THE ESTRAMADURA )
BUENOS AYRES, DEC. 16.

Exchange, 66. Ounces, 394.

Contracts have been made for wet salted ox-
hides at 43; dry American, 35 to 36. Wool
slightly lower. Tallow, 16 to 161. Lumber, 40
to 42. Flour unchanged. Refined sugar, 19 to 191.
The in-port is quiet.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, JAN. 14.

The opening of the Session of the Prussian
Parliament took place to-day, as appointed. In
memory, doubless, of the unpleasant remarks made
in his sermon by the officiating clergyman on the
last similar occasion, scarcely any Deputies at-
tended the preliminary service of the Evangelical
Church. I❑ the White Hall the attendance was
also very thin of members of both Houses, as well
as of spectators. The King. of course, was not
present. A rumour that he is worse again was
current this morning, but I have had no time to
verify it. For these two or three days he seems to
have been better, for he has received several per-
sons and transacted business. The Ministers were
in undress uniform. That comical old gentleman,
Marshal Wrangel, was, of course, present. M. von
Bismark reed the speech. It is scarcely necessary
to say that it was not applauded. It runs as fol-
lows :

" Illustrious, noble, and honoured Gentlemen
of both Houses of the Diet,—
"His Majesty the King has been pleased to commission
me to open in his name the Diet of the Monarchy.
"The Government of his Majesty greets you with the
lively wish that in this session a durable understanding
may be attained with respect to those questions which last
year remained unsolved. This object will be arrived at if
if our constitution be firmly adhered to as the basis for the
correct apprehension of the position of the representatives
of the country, and if the legislative powers, with mutual
consideration of each ether's constitutional rights, take their
common task to be the promotion of the power and welfare
of the Fatherland. _ _

" The establishment of the Budget is prominent among
the objects that will occupy you.
"The state of the finances is thoroughly satisfactory.
"Last year's receipts were so good that in most branches
of the administration they considerably exceeded the esti-
mates, and will afford moans completely to cover the expen .
diture, including all extraordinary demands. The deficit
shown by the estimates for 1862 will, therefore, as was anti-
cipated at the time of their discussson, in reality not exist.
"In the absence of a legally. fixed Budget for 1862, the
Government has especially aimed at conducting the admi-
nistration with economy; it nevertheless has not neglected
to make all such expenditure as was necessary for the regu-
lar carrying on of the administraticn of the country, for
the maintenance and advancement of existing State institu•
tiQns, and for the welfare of the land. As soon as accounts
• have been finally balanced, Government will present a pro-
P"itim concerning the receiPts and exPenditure of the ;AO

year, and move for the retrospective approbation of both
Houses of Parliament for the expenses incurred.
" The Budget for the year 1863 will again be laid before
you. The dispositions of the same have been further cor-

rected by the experiences since obtained, and in certain
items rectifications have been made corresponding to cir-
cumstances. It has thus been found possible to diminish
the deficit shown by the previous draught. Considering
the results of the past year, and the circumstances with
which the revenue is estimated, the hope appears 17e11-
grounded that this deficit, like those of previous years, will
be fully covered by excess of income.

" The preparation of the Budget for 1864 is well ad-
vanced, and, as soon as ready, it will be laid before you.
" The carrying out of the law for the further regulation
of the land-tax has gone on in a satisfactory manner, and
already about one-half of the territorial surface of the Prus-
sian State has been brought to valuation.

" His Majesty's Government will lay before you, in ful-
filment of the given assurance, a bill for the alteration and
completion of the law of the 3d of September, 1814, con-
cerning the obligation to military service The Govern-
ment indulges the hope that the reorganisatim of the army,
to the maintenance of which it unanimously holds itself
bound in the interest of the power of Prussia, will now be
finally settled by the grant of the sums necessary to carry
it through.

" The near approach of the anniversary of the day on
which, 50 years ago, was made the memorable summons of
King Frederick William 111. to his people for the deliver-
ance of the Fatherland,' brings with it an earnest exhor-
tation to attend to the wants of the needy among those
who fought in the campaigns of that glorious period, and to
that end corresponding bills will be laid before you.
" The suitable increase of the navy must still be regarded
as an urgent interest of the country, and his Majesty 'a Go-
vernment will apply for your assent to the employment of
the necessary means,
" With thankfulness we have to acknowledge that,
through the grace of the Almighty the country has been
blessed with a satisfactory harvest. The economical cir-
cumstances of the country would, therefore, present a com-
pletely satisfactory aspect, did not certain branches of in-
dustry suffer from the effects of the war in the United
States.

" Manufacturers and trade are still debarred the advan-

;ages which they were justified in anticipating from the

treaties of commerce with France : the Government is
firmly resolved that this state of things shall not endure be-
yond the expiration of the engagements which at present
stand in the way of tho carrying out of those tre.tico.
" The Government is resolved zealously and effectually to
work for the gradual supply of railways to those districts
which do not yet possess them. It has forwarded to the
utmost private undertakings in that direction, and hopes
also, during the present session, to make propositions to
you concerning the establishment of new connecting lines
already in course of preparation. _ _ _

" BY the improvements of dikes and the draining of low

lands, the Government continually strives to enlarge the
available surface, and in this respect also, during the past
year, gratifying results have been obtained. It has also
given due attention to the advancement of science and art,
and doubts not that you will readily vote the sums allotted
to that end in the Budget.
"Several bills will be laid before you, partly relating to

provincial interests and partly to changes in the legislation
in special departments of jurisprudence ; among these will
be one for the completion of the German law regarding
bills of exchange, and one relating to the jurisdiction of
consuls, the legal regulation of which was moved for by the
Chamber in the last Session.

"The state of the negotiations concerning the project for
he organisation of circles (Kyeis-ordnung), which was last

year laid before Parliament, has rendered it advisable pre-
viously to hear the provincial States in discussion of the
local interests. The opinion emitted by those States shall

be followed by ulterior deliberations, and hence it is not
yet possible to decide whether a Bill can be presented in
this matter, The same applies to the question of the pro-

vincial police and to the communal constitutions, the pre-
paratory work for which, in the different provinces, is not
yet sufficiently advanced for the Government to be able to
promise a project of law respecting them.
"His Majesty's Government will nevertheless make the
needful progress of legislation in those eomprehensive de-
partments an object of unceasing activity.
"The relations of his Majesty's Government to foreign
Powers are generally satisfactory. lts persevering efforts
have succeeded in obtaining the adoption of the policy it
advocates in Hesse, as well by the Electoral as by the other
German Governments, and so to afford to the neighbour-
ing Electoral State a prospect of a regular Constitutional
development—a prospect which can be only temporarily
troubled by the latest occurrences announced from Cassel.
" In pursuance of the identical notes addressed to the
Royal Cabinet in the month of February, 1861, by a num-
ber of German Federal Governments, mltions have been
made by the same Governments in the Diet, which, less by
thcir substance than by the interpretations of the Federal
compact they involve, have acquired an important signifi-
cance for the position of Prussia relatively to the Federal
Diet. The Government is also, for its part, fully persuaded
that the federal treaties no longer correspond, in the form
in which they were concluded in 1815, with the altered cir-
cumstances of the times. Above all, however, it is aware
of the duty of a conscientious observance of existing trea.
ties, and resolved to exact complete reciprocity in the ful-
filment of that duty as the first condition of the mainten-
ance of such treaties,
" Whilst taking part in your deliberations his Majesty's
Government will be guided by the earnest endeavour to
obtain the co-operation of the two Houses of Parliament,
which must be considered an essential condition of the
development of State affairs, &c."
The speech concluded with the announcement
that, by order of his Majesty the King, M. von
Bismark declared Parliament opened. The tone of
the speech, and especially the first paragraph is
looked upon as conciliatory, but the deputies seemed
to listen rather contemptuously to the professions
and fair promises and unfounded hopes of the
Minister. From the paragraph about the Krets-
ordnung, &c., it was clearly inferred that no liberal
reforms were to be looked for, but that feudal insti-
tution would be upheld, as far possible, for the
present. The promises of railways, public works,
promortion of art and science, &c., are looked upon
as sops prepared a la;Napoleon. The last paragraph
but one is a threat, or at least a warning, to Aus-
tria;- and the final one, intimating a hope
which is certainly not felt, of the support cf both
Houses, and of results full of blessings, and tending
to the welfare of the country and the honour of the
Crown, was qualified, by some of the deputies pre-
sent, by a German expression equivalent to the
English one of bosh. The Chamber meets to-mor-
row, when, or on the next day at latest, President
Grabow will report on the addresses sent by the
country to the Chamber, and on the number of sig-
natures they bear. There will be nothing about the
Address for a day or two. There are many opinions
on that subject, but there seems little chance of any
division among the Liberals, who are resolved that,
whenever they vote, it shall be in an overpowering
majority—a result easy to be obtained when all the
different shades of Liberals are disposed to mutual
concessions and previous concert.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.

The Montreal ocean mail steam-ship Bohemian
Captain Borland, which left Portland, Maine, on
the evening of the 3d, arrived in this port at a very
early hour this morning. The general news by this
arrival is virtually the same as that received by the
Etna, which has been already published, but from
the afternoon telegraphic despatches from New York
we extract the following :

" The steamer Ocean Queen, from Aspinwall on
the 24th ultimo, has safely arrived at New York,
bringing 1,300,000 dols. in epecie, a large number
of passengers, and a company of cavalry for the
Massachussetts 2d Regiment.
The steamer Caledonia, already reported to be
ashore near Cape Cod, has broken her back, and
w.ll be a total loss. Her cargo is floating out of
her, but a portion may be saved in a damaged
state.

Thtre is no further war nor political news to re-
port since the Etna left New York. The cotton,
breadstuffs, and produce markets have undergone
no essential change. Erie and Illinois shares have
declined, the former to 661, the latter to 83. The
premium on gold has receded to 34 per cent,; ster-
ling exchange without alteration.

AND so FORTH.— There a young man in the
„,
United States army, who was born July 4, at 4
o'clock p.m., at No. 44, in a street in Boston, in 1844, a
fourth child, has four names, enlisted in the Newton com-
pany, which has joined the 4th battalion, 44th Regiment,
4th company, and on the 4th of September was ap-
pointed 4th corporal, and is now gone forth to defend his
country.
PRESENTATION TO A BRITISH CAPTAIN.—The
Liverpool Marine Board yesterday presented Cap
tain Douglas, of the barque Veronica, with a fine telescope,
as an acknowledgment of his humanity and bravery in res-
cuing 28 lives, officers and crew of the ship Nepaul, bound
from Moulmein to Plymouth. The telescope was the gift
of the I3oard of Trade, and was suitably accompanied
by a handsome letter, acknowledging Captain Douglas's
services.

M. Guizot, who hits been residing for the last
six months at his country seat of Val Richer, is about to
return to Paris. It is said that he will bring with him the
fifth yolume of his Memoirs ready for the press.

NEW ZEALAND.

The following details respecting the native ques-
.on are from the Southern Cross of October 6:—

By the steamer Wonga Wonga, which arrived
in the Manukau harbour this morning, we have
Wellington, Nilson, and Taranaki papers to late
dates, and from these we publish copious extracts
bearing upon the native question. The details of
the meetings between Sir George Grey and the

Wellington natives are most interesting, and wit
show the people of England that the settlers of
New Zealand are not to blame for the present crisis.
On reading the report of the speeches made by the
" loyal" natives, and those who profess adhesion to
the "King," one cannot fail to see that there is a
degree of straightforwardness about the latter
which is wanting among the friendly orators. With
the " King natives" metaphor is all but dropped;
there is a plain statement of intentions, and undis-
guised defiance of the Queen's authority and laws,
and a challenge to decide the dispute by an appeal
to arms. On the side of the Queen natives there is
no end of metaphor; the law and the gospel are
absurdly mixed together; it is scarcely possible to
know what they are driving at, while an occasional
remark is dropped which almost compels one to
think that after all that has been said and written
about their loyalty, they are " gammoning" our
rulers to their faces.

After talking for two days with the " friendly"
natives, Sir George Grey sent Mr. Buller as his
envoy to Otaki ; with the following message, to
the chiefs of the King natives, who were assembled
there in considerable force:—

" Send me the Maori king flag, cut down the flag-
staff, discontinue your present king work, and let all
the king people come into town, that I may see you
and talk to you, for I will not go to Tainui."
Brave words these, Sir George Grey, if you Meldl.
to abide by them. But the leaders of the king move-
ment were not frightened into submission, as they
should have been. Their reply was couched in.
equally explicit terms.
Heremiah to Tibi said—" We refuse. We will
never give the Maori flag to the governor ; we will
never cut down the flagstaff; we will never discon-
tinue our work; and we will not go into the town.

to meet the governor. If the governor will not
come here let him remain. We are satisfied."
When it was found that the governor woul(1 not
go to Tainui, and that the chiefs would not come to
Wanganui, a compromise was effected, PA nd a meet-

ing took place half-way. Six hundred king-natives
assembled at the bridge to witness the meeting be-
tween the governor of New Zealand and the king-
chiefs. Wi Tako was the principal speaker, and the
tone he adopted towards Sir George Grey was any-
thing but submissive or conciliatory. In fact he
taunted his excellency with the weakness of the
Queen's government, and vaunted the strength of
the King's or native government.

The conference ended ; and his Excellency re-
marked—

" Wherever I go, I find the Roman Catholic na-
tives are at the bottom of all this work and dis-
turbance." Perhaps this remark, taken in connexion
with a rumour which we published a few days ago
from one of our correspondents, that Potatu IL,
and all his Waikato adherents not Roman Catho-
lics, were about to join the Roman Catholic
Church, may be in some degree connected with the
"King" zeal, whio has everywhere been exhibited
by the Maori professors of that form of Christianity.
Mr. C. Hunter Brown, in his report of a visit to the
Urawera district, writes in nearly similar terms to
those used at the Otaki meeting by Sir George
Grey.

At the meeting between his Excellency and the
friendly natives, the expressions of good will were
somewhat overshadowed. There was a profusion
of meat, for the Maoris are extravagantly hospi-
table on all State occasions; and his Excellency
was welcomed by them in the name of " all New
Zealand." This was not correct, for the 600 King
natives were assembled only a few miles off. Cer-
tain payments were made, and £24 were handed to
the Governor to assist in supporting " the roof of
the new work." Then, three Maori women, fan-
tastically dressed, sang an old song of welcome, the
burden of which was that an egg had been broken,
and that Sir George Grey had come to mend it.
We believe he found. the task rather difficult. After
professions of "love" and "peace" had been made,
and the " good words" of the Governor had been
talked over, a question arose regarding land, and
we are not quite certain, looking at the report of
the proceedings printed elsewhere, that his Excel-
lency will find the " friendly" natives one whit
more pacific than their neighbours.
We regret that his Excellency has been so badly
received by the natives, who seem bent on bringing
about their own ruin. What under-current is at
work to make them so perverse we do not pre-
tend to say, but that the natives have evil cony"
sellors in their midst there can be no doubt. The
stand taken by Sir George Grey is one from which
he cannot recede. He is the supreme power in
New Zealand, and will not recognise any other
authority. His declaration that he would not
treat " the chief whom they call King" different
from any other man ; that if he committed a felony
or robbery he would be arrested, and imprisoned or
hanged according to the decision of the court ; is
one for which the settlers of New Zealand, as fs.
body, will thank his Excellency. We have the
Governor pledged to uphold the law, and we want
no more.

In commenting upon the above interview, the
Wellington Independent says :—" It is certainly
enough to make one's blood boil to witness the
attitude assumed by the natives towards Sir George
Grey, as the representative of her Majesty. Her!,
is a man of high pcsition, great attainments, and
vast experience, expressly sent out to use the most
strenuous efforts to save at least one race of abori-
gines from that doom which has hitherto been "the
fate of the brown man receding before the white,''
to endure. Looking at the history of colonisation
in the past, it is melancholy to contemplate the ex-
tinction of race after race of aborigines as the
Anglo Saxons advanced in the occupation and cul-
ture of the country. Philanthropists have wept over
the spectacle, and denounced the cruelties of our
countrymen in dealing with their savage yet Wes%
and ignorant human brethren; but now, when all
effort is being made to save the Maoris from annihi-
lation, we are met with distrust and derision, our Oil'
anthropy is sneered at, our offers treated with con
tempt, the king-movement is still supported, colonisa-
tion is virtually stopped, and generally a line of
action taken the ultimate issue of which it is not
very difficult to foresee. Be it so ; our present Lind
past efforts in the cause of peace will be a source of
satisfaction to our consciences, and should an appeal
to force become inevitable, on their heads, not 011
ours, be the consequences."
The following additional items of intelligence 10
from the Southern Cross of Oct. 31 :—" While the
native question is still unsettled, the country is pre"
gressing rapidly; and almost every chip that sr,
rives lessens the probability of hostilities morn"
mencing. While the white population are steadili
on the increase, the natives see their chance of mol-
ing a successful stand as certainly declining. The
great drawback to developing the vast natural re..
sources of this island has been the difficulty in pro'
curing land suitable for settlement, in favourable
localities, from the native owners. To the quiet
operation of the Native Lande Bill we look forward
hopefully for a gradual solution of a difficulty tlit't
has hitherto defied soldiers and politicians to unravel'
"The Lancashire Relief Fund already amounts tc?
£1,200, of which £550 were sent to England b 5:
the late mail. A draft for £7OO will go by 0:1'114
mail. An inter-provincial rifle match between the
volunteers of Auckland and the Nelson volunteers
is arranged to come off. The Aucklanders are prlic-
tising for the event, Coromandel engages a COns'.
derable degree of attention—every day adds totii?e
existing proof of the richness of the quartz reefs 1:
this province, and as quartz-crushing machinery
will soon be in full operation, we may reasonably
hope to induce, by the results, the investment°
more capital and a larger amount of labour, in "'
velopiug this Auckland gold field."

Importing Tea without colour on:the leaf Pre-'
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kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, allil9o
sovd ea.. Sold in packets by 2,28 Q agents.