The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-25 00:00:00

DEATII OF PRINCE WINDISCIIGRA2Z.

Prisce Windischgratz, whose death is announced
in the latest accounts from Vienna, entered the mili-
tary service in 1804. He commanded the cuiras-
siers of the Grand Duke Constantine at Leipsic,
and distinguished himself during the French cam-
paign at Troyes and La Fere-Champenoise. His
military renown, however, dates from the year 1848,
when he suppressed the Sclave movement in Bohe-
mia, and maintained a four days' battle with the
inhabitants of Vienna. His wife perished at Prague
on the 11th of June, in the same year, having been
killed while sitting at a window during the emeute.
Conqueror at Prague and Vienna, he was defeated
by the Hungarians, having been driven from Pesth-
Buda by Georgey in April, 1849. Since that time
he has lived in retirement. The last days of this
reactionary chief were saddened by seeing the prin-
ciples against which he had fought so obstinately,
carried out, partially, at all events, by the govern-
ment which he was supposed to have saved. On
one occasion, during the first session of the Reiche-
rath, his chagrin found expression. He asoended
the tribune of the Upper Chamber, and prophesied
new catastrophes, the necessary consequence, he
said, of the statute of February ; and he announced
that he was, as heretofore, ready to protect Austria
with his sword. This language found no echo,
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SLR GEORGE GREY AND THE
MA DRIES.

The absorbing topic of interest here is the pro-
succeed,
gress of Sir G. Grey's policy for the pacification of
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the country. The croakers say he
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Hall tell most powerfully upon the best interests
of thousands and tens of thousands of the human
race, Neither do I participate in such ideas.
I merely give them as the opinions of those
whom I call croakers. They may be good
meaning people in the main, but they have a
strange predilection for gunpowder. They don't
want, perhaps, to destroy the Maories, but they
want to thrash them ; and they devoutly believe
that it is impossible to govern them until they
have been thrashed. Sir G. Grey thinks otherwise,
and he means to try it. He will not employ force
unless he is compelled to do so, and I believe that
he will carry his point without assistance from the
bayonet and rifle. The outlines of his scheme are
already before you in the newspapers, and it is
already in operation in some districts. The Bay of
Islands has fallen in with his plans, and the ma-
chinery is already in motion there. Mr. George
Clarke, the former chief protector of aborigines, is
the commissioner. Lower Waikato has also em
braced the new " tikanga," and Mr. Fenton, the
author of the celebrated " Report," which led to
the researches of the Waikato Committee, has un-
dertaken the duty of inaugurating the movement.
Many of the chiefs of Upper Waikato (the strong
Kingites) still stand aloof. But Sir George goes
steadily ahead, and, if I mistake not, he will cir-
cumvent them. To give you an idea of his tact and
skill in seizing hold of every opening afforded by
his opponents, I may relate the clever manoeuvre
under cover of which he carried his predetermined
point of moving a large body of troops on to the
frontiers of Waikato. His object is to make roads
through the country, and when this is done war
may be said to be rendered impossible. The; na-
tives, especially the Kingties, would naturally re.
gard the movement of the troops with suspicion and
alarm, but Sir George contrived to make it appear
as only the necessary and unavoidable consequence
of their own policy. When he visited Waikato,
the leading men of the King party had arranged
that a guard of honour, consisting of 20 men from
each of the tribes adhering to the King move-
ment, should alternately attend upon Ma-
tutaura, and by their presence convince the
governor that the Maori King was, in the esti-
mation at least of his own people, equal in.
dignity to the representative of the Queen. Sir
George was aware of all this. When some of the
leading chiefs of the King party came to see him
he said, " I hear you ha -;,e appointed a guard of 20
men to take care of your King." " Oh, yes," was
the reply, "have we not a right to do so ?'
" Well, perhaps it may be all right," replied
Sir George, " at all events I shan't attempt to pre-
vent you. But if you consider your own man in
such danger as to require 20 men, armed, to be
constantly with him to protest him, I shall require
a great many men to take care of all my pakehas;
who are scattered up and down the country, and I
shall at once send 2,000 soldiers toMaungatawhiri."
The chiefs were nonplussed at this piece of effron-
tery, and at first treated it as a joke. "Kahore,"
said they, " you are only humbugging us. What
do you want with soldiers so near Waikato? We
shan't hurt your pakehas, but we don't like your
soldiers to come here." "Oh, no, lam not joking,
I assure you," was the quick rejoinder, " It is only
fair that if your one man requires a guard of 20
soldiers, my hundreds of men, belonging to the
Queen, require a guard too; and a guard of 2,000
men they shall have, whether you like it or not."
According to Maori idea this logic was unanswer-
able, as the discomfited chiefs were compelled to
grin and bear it, Sir George, no doubt, highly
amused at their dilemma. Consequently the troops
have been moved without affording the malcontents
even the shadow of a pretext for objecting to the
demonstration. The incident is trifling in itself,
but it shows how clever a tactician Sir George is,
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TRIM DAY'S MARKETS.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITTIFIELD..—Meadow hay, £2 Oa to £4lss ; Clover, £3
lOs to £5 108 ; and straw, 8s to £1 16s Od per load.
A slow trade for both hay and straw, at our quotations.
CIIMBERLAND.--M.eal.ow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s; clover
do., £3 lOs to £5 10s; and straw, £lBs to £1 16s per load.
Trade dull.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15a; clover,
£3 lOslow toe
m£ 5a n lOsd. ; and straw, £l. 8s to £1 16s per load.
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COLONIAL.
TEA.—A moderate amount of business has been done,
and prices have been well maintained for all qualities.
StTGAE..—The market has been dull, and in some in..
stances prices have slightly given way. Refined descrip-
tions, however, have realised previous values.
COFFEE.—There has
been a brisk inquiry for good and
fine qualities, and quotations have tended upwards.
RICE.—For the better descriptions of East India there
has been a fair demand ; no material alteration, however,ere
can be reported in values.
SALTEETIU3.--MaiiloBB has been more
active, and in
most instances enhanced rates have been obtained,
TALLow.—The market has remained dull;
ever, of
shown little change of import prices, how-
the aPot are quoted 48s, and last th an"' P:f.C. on
ree
48s per cwt. months' delivery

COAL MARKET.
(Prices of Coal per Tara at the close of the market
Wads; End.

Byass's Bebside West d.
Hartley ....15 0
Wylam ........ 14 6
Holywell ............14 6
Tanfield Moor . ...... 12 0
Tanfield Moor Butes..l2 0
North Pelton ......... 12 0
West Hartley 15 0
Walker Primrose 11 0
Hastings Hartley • • • • 15
Catway and Duffryn
Malting
Do. Anthracite. .21 6

'd.
Eden 14. 9
Acorn Close..
Byron ....14 0
South Kelloe l6 6
Framwellgate l4 9
Cassop
Whitworth..
Hetton .. l6 6
Peases West .....14 6
South Hetton l6 6
Heugh Ha 11.... 14 9
Hartlepool 15 9
South Hartlepool, 14
Haswell
Keiper Grange.... ..16 0
Braddyll's He ..... 16 0

Walls End.
Stewart's .. . l6 0
Ritson
lielloe
Ships at market

77 ; sold, 49.

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