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

RUSSIA.

ST. PE FERSBURG, JAN. 15.
The Invalide I?usse of to-day contains a decree
of the Emperor, appointing Privy Councillor Tata-
richow, Secretary of State, and Provisional General
Controller, in place of M. Annenkoff.

THE BRAZILS.
(PER THE ESTRAMADUB,A )
BUENOS AYItES, DEC. 15.

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 i.nchanged. Refined sugar, 19 to 19.
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-
teeded the preliminary service of the Evangelical
Church. In 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. Tho Ministers were
in undress uniform. That comical old gentleman,
Marshal Wrangel, was, of course, present. M. von
Bismark read 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 tho 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. . . . • •

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 means completely to cover the expen •
(Elmo, including all extraordinary demands, The deficit
shown by the estimates for 1862 will, therefore, as was anti-
cipated at the time of their discusssoii, in reality not exist.
" In the absence of a kg-ally. fixed Budget for 1862, the
Government has especially aimed at conducting the admi-
nistration with economy; it neverthelus has not neglected
to make all such expenditure as was necessai y for the regu-
lar carrying on of the fultuinistratiwa of the country, for
the maintenance and advanc:nuent of existing State institu•
tions, and for the welfare of the land. As soon as accounts
have been finally balanced, Government will present a pro-
position cQucerningtlae receipts and expenditure of tb.:, Past

year, and move for the retroopective approbation of both
Houses of Parliament for the expenses incurred.
"The Budget for the year 1863 will again be laid before
you. Tho 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 well-
grounded that this deficit, like those of previous years, will
be fully covered by excess of income.
" The preparation of the Budget for 186-1 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 tho 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 reorganisatian 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-
tages which they were justified in anticipating from the
treaties of cemmerce 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 the carrying out of those treaties.
" 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 hop:s
also, during the present session, to make propositions to
you concerning tho establishment of new connecting lines
already in course of preparation.
" By the improvements of dikes and the draining cf 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
the organisation of circles (Kr eis-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. Tho opinion omitted 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 temporality
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, mations have been
made by the same Governments in the Diet, which, less by
their 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, &e."
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-
ordnun 0, &e., 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:2l7apoleon. 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, 1y.7 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 specie, 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:11 be a total loss. Her cargo is floating out of
her, but a portion may be saved in a damaged
state.

There 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 est,‘ential change. Erio and Iliinois shares have
declined, the former to 66k, the latter to 83. The
premium on gold has receded to 34 per cent.; ster-
ling exchange without &Iteration.

AND 80 FORTll.—Thtre is a young man in the
United States
tates army, who was born July 4, at 4
o'clock p.
at No. 41, 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, 44111 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 Marino Board yesterday presented Cap •
Lain 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 gilt
of the Board of Trade, and was suitably accompanied
by a handsome letter, acknowledging Captain Douglas's
servic'2s.
M. Uuizot, who has been residing for th© last
she mouths at his country seat of Val Richer, is about to
return to Paris. It is said that he will bring with him the
fifth volume of his Memoirs ready for the press.

NEW ZEALAND.

The following details respecting the native gnu-
ion are from the Southern Cross of October 6:—

By the steamer Wonga Wonga, which arrived
in the Manukau harbour this morning, we have
Wellington, Nelson, 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 w'll
show the people of England that the settlers of
New Zealand arenot 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. 13uller 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 Tainni."
Brave words these, Sir George Grey, if you mean
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 Alaori tlig to the governor; we will
never cut down the fl igstaff; 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 would not
go to Tainui, and that the chiefs would not come to
Wanganui, a compromise was effected, and 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
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, whic` 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 fouud the task rather difficult. After
professions of "love" and " peace" had been made,
and the "good wattle" 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 coun-
sellors in their midst there can be no doubt. The
stand taken by Sir George Grey is one from which
be 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 mm ; that if ho 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 a
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. Here
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 weak
and ignorant human brethren; but new, when an
effort is being made to save the Maoris from annilii.-
lation,weare met with distrust and derision, our phil-
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 nolt
very difficult to foresee. Be it so ; our present cna
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 on
ours, be the consequences."

The following additional items of intelligence are
from the Southern Cross of Oct. 31 :—" While the
native question is still unsettled, the country is pro-
gressing rapidly; and almost every ship that ar-
rives lessens the probability of hostilities recom-
mencing. While the white population are steadily
on the increase, the natives Eee their chance of mak-
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 Lands Bill we look forward
hopefully for a gradual solution of a difficulty that
ties hitheriodetied soldiers and politicians to unravel.
The Lancashire Relief Fund already amounts to
£1,200, of which £550 were sent to England by
the late mail. A draft for £7OO will go by this
mill. Au inter-provincial rifle match between the
volunteers of Auckland and the Nelson volunteers
is arranged to come off. The Aucklanders are prac-
tising for the event. Coromandel engages a consi-
derable degree of attention—every day adds to the
existing proof of the richness of the quartz reefs in
this province, and as quartz-crushing machinery
will soon he in full operation, we may reasonably
hopo to induce, by the results, the investment of
more evil al and a larger amount of labour, in de-
veloping this AufAdana gold field."

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