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London, England, 1863-04-04 00:00:00

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ful course they have hitherto pursued, the sooner 1
they are defeated the better ! The sooner they
give place to worthier men and abler adminis-
trators the more rejoiced shall we be both as
Reformers and as Economists.

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-
Mr. MAPLESON has the honour to announce that
the OPERA SEASON of 1863 will commence on SATUR-
DAY, April 11.
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application at the Box-office, which is open daily, under the
superintendence of Mr. Nugent, from Ten to Six; and at all
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THE AT RE-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE-,
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
On EASTER MONDAY, for t e 347hth time in L
Loandoncy, C
PEEP O'DAY. Messrs.. Henry Lorraine, W alter
Verner, Addison, J. Graham. G. Spencer, T. Neville, &c. ;
Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, 31. Hudson, dm
To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia
Thompson

The speeches that were made at the Loyal
National League Meeting in New York are in-
teresting to peruse, and the attentive observer will
find matter for rejection in their study. General
COCHRANE, the first speaker, adopted a very decided
tone, and advocated a far more striking policy than
has hitherto ruled the counsels of his friends at
home or influenced their doings in war, at the same
time they were not open to the charge of neglecting
his maxim, that people at war should use every
means of victory over their enemies. The Federal
Government from the outset of the conflict have
never stopped to consider whether the means they
adopted to gain their end were creditable or other-
wise. Witness the sinking of the stone fleet at the
harbour of Charleston, and the unmanly conduct of
General BUTLER towards the ladies of New
Orleans. The plan proposed by General COCHRAN E
is to enlist the services of the blacks. In speaking
of the strength of the forces of the South, he
observed : " Yon have yet in their own
fortresses a multitude of allies, and those
allies are the blacks." Further on, he thus
lexplained his meaning. "In such a position as
this in such an attitude of the armies of the
United States, we are brought to the conviction
that we must resort to those means which will
bring this rebellion to a rapid and successful close.
If you add to the able-bodied men of the South the
four millions of blacks, you have 5,700,000 engaged
against us, a very large portion of them within the
enemy's country, familiar with its fastnesses, men
who of all others would be most valuable as auxilia-
ries. Add the blacks to our side, and you reduce
the force of the South to 1,300,000. Then we
would stand relatively, the North to the South,
as 51 to 11, or as 9to 2. In that proportion
success lies with us. It is only when you have
invoked the aid of that portion of the Southern
strength that you can deal the rebellion a fatal blow,
and achieve success in favour of free institutions:,
He concluded his remarks by a vehement passage
in support of his proposal stating that their armies
and their citizens alike accepted its truth, and when
it was once adopted their success would teach the
world beyond the Atlantic that the people of
America wereresolved to end this vexations struggle
that rebellion had thrust upon them.
General HAMILTON then spoke, and was very
indignant on the subject of arrests. H. 3 said it was
very natural for the Government to make a mistake
now and then, surrounded by enemies as they were,
and molested by sympathy abroad for treason at
home. Harassed and perplexed, they might perhaps
have arrested some who did net say so much as
they ought to do of their honesty. "Then the
whole brood of small-fry politicians raised the cry,
Why, this is the most tyrannical Government
under heaven.' " He continued in the same vehe-
ment strain, declaring that when the Government
arrested a reptile, not for the purpose of executing
him, but for confining him, many declared that such
tyranny could not be borne. Whereas, saidthe Gene-
ral, the very fact that men went about complaining
of such a state of things proved that they lied. "If
this had really been a tyranny, a thousand such
heads would have rolled from the block before now."
If the new doctrine is to call those who differ
from them reptiles, and the new code of liberty
only to stop short of capital punishment
against such offenders, the world will not admire
General HAMILTON'S regenerated America. The
General next spoke of foreign politics, and insisted
that the people should support the Government,
and tell our public servants that we are not afraid
of Foreign Powers. We bow not at the footstool
even of the great Nephew of his Uncle. He said
he wished them to sympathise with Mexico, and
not to see it overrun by the French. On the sub-
ject of restoring the Union with the institution of
slavery, General HAMILTON became still more ex-
cited, and used language that never would be tole-
rated at a public meeting in this country. " I
have heard it said recently that in high places it
has been suggested that it would be a pleasant
sight to see JEFFERSON DAVIS and his compeers
returned to the United States Senate. I could
almost find it in my heart to say that if those are
the terms upon which restoration of the Govern-
ment and salvation to the country is to be had,
then let all perish in one common ruin !
If they are restored to their constitutional rights,
they had once the right to the Senate Chamber and
to protection of their property ; but by their re-
bellion and resistance to the constituted authorities
of the Government they have forfeited all such
rights, and they have now the right, if they can
be caught, tried, and convicted as they ought to be,
and no doubt will be, executed for their offence."
These are rather strong expressions even for the
United States, and if some calm, reasoning indivi-
duals had been present he might have reminded
these energetic speakers that abuse is not argu-
ment. General HAMILTON concluded by a glowing
eulogium upon the Government, declaring he would
support it though in doing so he lost his best friend,
and that, whatever might be said of its ahortcominge
and inefficiency, " it had still its armies in the field,
and there were counsellors able to lift up the nation
from the mud and mire of the present hour, and to
place it firmly upon the path of success." Really
the truth of this may be doubted.
Nothing that has yet occurred can at all coincide
with this declaration, and it is not probable that
any success will attend the counsels of the North,
notwithstanding the'vehement counsels of its advo-
cates. There is always something wrong in a cause
when so much violence is necessary to bring it.for-
ward, and certainly the records of this Loyal
National League meeting in New York do
not tend to impress us with either the dignity
They appear to
the world as advocate,
or the decorum of it.soforaactoaruss.
e that seems to de-
pend upon the bluster of
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its vital principle to into
the Hon. ROSCOE CoNIIN, if possible, were more
exaggerated, if less
stormy than those of his pre-
decessors. He said, addressing his audience, "You
come as heirs of an immortal heritage, to maintain
a Government incontestably the wisest and just the
world has ever seen." What can We think of such
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an inflated style, and where is the use of such fill-
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may well be said when we look on the remains
of the Republic WASHINGTON was so justly
proud of. It is of no avail
that the
upholders of the Northern cause seek
to sustain
their courage by these meetings ; they will not give
strength where is no real force ; they will not im-
part hope to despair, and they certainly will not
bring peace where there is no peace.

The state of affairs in New Zealand has long been
a disgrace to the English Government. The natives,
encouraged by the timidity or indifference of the
authorities, grow daily more insolent and encroaoh.

ing, In olden times the colonisation of a savage LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
country Noe too often attended by acts of reckless
cruelty towards
the native inhabitants. The pos- (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
session of the soil wr.'4 the great object, and the
European invader thought 3ittle of the rights of the
original possessor. The cruelt`..!es of CoRTEZ and
PIZARRO dimmed the glory of the Spai'llsh conquests
in Central and Southern America, and the gradual
disappearance and extinction of the Aborigines even
now usually keeps pace with the increase and prospe-
rity of the settlers. Of late years the minds and con-
sciences of men have become more alive to the rights
and claims of others, and the natives in our colonies
have met with more considerate treatment. In this,
as in all other matters, however, there is a risk of
rushing into the opposite extreme, and where the
number of settlers is small and the country uncivilised
the danger of allowing the allowing the natives
pre-eminence is manifestly very great. In New
Zealand, especially in the Northern part, the diffi-
culty is increasing, for the Maories encouraged by
the indulgence hitherto shown them are becoming
absolutely intolerable. A letter from a New Zea-
land settler, who has come over to this country for
a short time, gives a very uninviting picture of the
state of affairs he has left behind him. It
seems from his report that the natives
consider themselves the rulers and pass arbitrary
laws, which they compel the settlers to submit
to. They have recently claimed the right of search-
ing European houses, with the object of seizing any
spirits or liquors in the possession of the owners.
A gentleman writes to the Hawker Bay Het aid
complaining that a party of these agreeable visitors
had seized and removed from his place a hogshead
of porter and four casks of ginger wine, for which
seizure he had no remedy. Another case is men-
tioned, in which the natives applied for the
loan of an article, and being refused, coolly took it
by force, for which the loser could get no redress.
The settler we have already spoken of says in his
communication that it is useless to talk of
obtaining redress through a magistrate, for, if you
could get one to send a summons, the native
would light his pipe with it and laugh at you,
when nothing further would be done. More
flagrant, however, than any encroachment on the
rights of settlers is the conduct of the Maori to
the Government. A high road, which has long
been in need of repair, is about to be metalled
by the provincial authorities. As soon as ten-
ders are called for, a native writes to the Go-
vernment, forbidding the continuance of the work
unless on payment of a preliminary sum of £l,OOO.
It is certainly high time that something should
be done, and that the natives should
learn, from the firm and decisive atti-
tude assumed by the British authorities,
that the lives and property of settlers are no longer
to be at the mercy of their caprice. If the British
Government in New Zealand do not succeed in ob-
taining the respect of the Maories, they will forfeit
that of their own countrymen, and the settlers will
take the law into their own hands if they can ob-
tain neither protection nor redress from the lawful
authorities. The letter we have referred to above
asserts that if a white man should be killed by
the natives the settlers will certainly take it up.
This is a state of things much to be deprecated
but how can we blame the settlers for wishing to
defend themselves against such tyranny and oppres-
sion. It is always a mistake to allow savage and
ignorant men to think the authorities are afraid of
them. If once the power of the Government is
firmly established, and the natives are taught to
respect it, it may be safe to show lenity and indul-
gence ; but until a wholesome dread of the law is
enforced throughout the island, there will be no
peace or order. If the settlers are left to take
matters in their own hands and to inaugurate a war
whose length and character may probably be com-
mensurate with the contest between the Kaffirs and
the Cape settlers, the result will be disastrous,
Meanwhile the prospects of this healthy
and fertile col )ny are languishing, and
the great body of settlers would gladly
quit Northern Zealand if they could find pur-
chasers for their property. Sir G. GREY
had better look to it at once. He has tried the in-
dulgent and temporising method long enough. Let
him see what other plan he can try to secure justice
British residents in a British colony.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.

COPENHAGEN, APRIL 3.

The steamship Ward Jackson, belonging to the
Hartlepool Steam Navigation CJmpany, has ar-
rived at Malmo, in Sweden, from England.
She brings 190 Polish volunteers, of whom 26 are
officers and engineers, and a large cargo of arms and

ammunition.
The Swedish Government has confiscated the
ship, probably with the view of protecting her from
the Russians.
The Poles have been permitted to remain in

Sweden.
A fire broke out yesterday on board the Ward
Jackson, which was, however, extinguished in three
hours by the Poles.

bales.