The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-08 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—The statement that the sale of the stock of this
company will transfer to another company the whole of
British America between Canada and British Columbia,
equal in size to half of Europe, and with fertile districts
double the extent of France, is not correct. The country
in question, belonging wholly to the Crown or to the Crown
and Canada, and not to the Company, while they should
have all facilities for trading, 'mining, and commercial pur-
poses, there should be no exclusive privileges, no monopoly,
no prescriptive rights, but all placed on an equal footing.

The prairies of British America will afford a rich soil and
a healthy climate for settlement, but instead of transferring
them to a company they ought to be formed into colonies,
offering free grants to settlers for the first six or seven years.
A question asked in the House of Commons might bring
from the Government a denial of the above statements.

TRAVELLER.

ALHAMBRA PALACE.

Mr. Wilde is certainly one of the most enterprising ma-
nagers in the metropolis. No sooner does he secure the
services of some bright particular star for the Alhambra
than he is in search of another, and every addition he makes
to his attractions is either of the most extraordinary or in-
teresting description. The latest novelty he has introduced
is a troup of Maori warrior chiefs from New Zealand, who
go through a performance of the greatest peculiarity. It
is all times interesting to learn the manners and customs of
aboriginal nations, and there can be none more so to the
world at large than New Zealand. The Maoris, we are in-
formed, were induced to form themselves into a party under
the guidance of Dr. M'Gauran, first to aid him in
his desire to exhibit to the nations abroad the ad-
vanced state of civilization in that perhaps wildest of
all countries, to show the many interesting customs,
ceremonies, traditions, and manners of their race in
peace and war, and also to gratify their own desire of seeing
the civilised world, They are seven in number, and as a
body of men they are remarkable for their warlike and
manly appearance, as well as for their intelligence and
superiority. The names and condition of the party are as
follow—Tomati Hapimana Wharinaki, a chief of very
great rank and influence of the Tawera tribe, in the Bay
of Plenty—ancestors very great warriors—a magistrate of
New Zealand ; Paure Whakaheke, a chief of rank and in-
fluence of the Tawera tribe ; Pene Tutu, a chief of rank of
the Negato Kahungugnu tribe, East Cape; Meini Kereti,
a chief of influence of the Ngati Kahungugnu tribe, East
tell chief of great rank
Kaitaia, Bay of
n
Cape ; Henari Pin Mete, half-caste of the Ngapuhi tribe of
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R of
angatthirea NRlaoreatawriat, u,,,,,
Islands districts; Aperahama Pungatura, a young chief of
the Four Ngatihinetu tribe, of great rank, and from the
Waikato country, cousin to the Maori King, rota-
a i influenceangtl ;
tatau 11. 'The
representations. given arc Maori games,
andthe of ;he singleperformance
and
double war dance. A descriptionmarked the greatest
impossible ;it is, throughout, with greatest
quite
and wrestling, launching war canoe, and the '
incomparable Spanish gymnasts, the Risariles, have en-
intensity, and elicited the most unbounded applause. The
tirely changed their performances, and what is more, the
Wilde, we see, has
given on their first appearance. Mr.
t
placed a strong netting beneath these venturous youths, so
feats now performed are still more astonishing than those
that while witnessing the unique performance the audience
and during the
evening Herr Schalkenbach plays several
pieces on his
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band of 26 in-
strumenta. Altogether the entertainment at the Alhambra
need have no fear of dangerous results to the artists. The
beautiful Fairy Fountain is still exhibited,
new " piano orchestre," which combines a
is Of first-rate excellence.

Mr. Brown, who some time since retired from the
firm of Longman and Co., of Paternoster-row, has given
£l,ooo fora stained-glass window in St, Paul's Cathedral.