The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1169.

As the blame rests with the colonists, so it is
equally clear that the remedy is in their hands alone.
The European inhabitants of New Zealand ought to
restore and preserve peace without external aid. The
English Government would never hesitate to send
troops where the lives of Englishmen were in
clanger; but the despatch of a British force ought
to be the last resource, and, with due vigour on
the part of the settlers, will not be needed. The
reappearance of British troops on the scene, would
probably be the beginning of a long and harassing
war. The regular soldiers are not properly equal to
Maori campaigning, which, as experience has shewn,
is much better performed by forces less dis-
ciplined, but more accustomed to the country.
The Maoris distribute themselves into small bands,
move with great rapidity, do much in the way of
burning and destroying, and very little in the way of
fighting except at an advantage, and are always—
though brave—careful of incurring danger. Pipe-
clay can avail little against these savages,
who must be met by their own tactics.
The great point is to secure an extensive debateable
ground, or that the warfare may be kept away
from the settlements, and the boundary between
the native territory and that of the colonists be
rendered as dangerous for the enemy as for the
settlers. This guerilla occupation has been
well kept up on previous occasions; the
local government is not called upon to under-
take a new work ; the same means which ensured
fo mer success may relieve present failure'
There can be little fear as to the final issue of this
struggle ; but skilful action may make much
difference in the losses experienced whilst the process
of reorganisation goes on. The colony, and particu-
larly the Government, seems to be under the influence
of temporary panic at the terrible consequences of its
neglect. It can only secure itself against a recurrence
of these events by adopting permanent precautions
against a permanent danger. The war which is now,
it is to be feared, only commencing, will result in the
accumulation of a powerful colonial army, which
should never again be wholly disbanded.

TRUE to its history, the Ordnance Select Com-
mittee dies in the midst of a job. The committee
has for some dozen years been engaged in devising
guns for breaching forts, and forts for resisting guns,
and the result is that, just when we were supposed
to possess a gun which would penetrate all
other fortresses except our own, the gun bursts—the
FRASER gun explodes—that is our New Year's news
from Woolwich; and our shields (the "'Warrior" and
the " Bellerophon") have just succumbed to KRUPP'S
gun, at Antwerp—the one at the eighth, the other at
the seventh round. Having done us this good
service, having supplied the nation with weapons
which are dangerous to those who use them, and
defences which are fatal to those who trust in them,
and having spent untold millions in achieving these
results, it was considered high time that this enter-
prising and highly successful committee should be
dissolved. But

—'tie a poor relief we gain,
To change the place and keep the pain.

The Ordnance Select Committee was to be abolished,
but an Artillery Committee was to take its place.
The change was for the worse, even if it had been
carried out in a straightforward way. The great
defect of the old committee was that it contained
hardly any naval officers, and that men who perhaps
had never set foot on board a ship were entrusted
with the important duty of deciding upon the best
gun for the navy. But the few naval members of
the old committee were to be excluded from the new.
Nor was this all. The change in question was not
carried out straightforwardly. It was proposed to
raise the salaries and enlarge the powers of the two
principal officers of the Ordnance Committee, and to
subordinate to them the heads of the manufacturing
departments in the Woolwich Arsenal. These heads
are men of great scientific knowledge and experience,
and it wrs not to be supposed that they would wil-
lingly submit the report to their juniors. The circular
ordering them to do so emanated from Sir E.LUGARD,
but he, foreseeing no doubt that it would be unpopular,
obtained for it, as we learn from the Broad Arrow,
the signature of Lord LONGFORD, Under Secretary of
State for War. But when Lord LONGFORD signed
it he had, de jure, ceased to hold office. Therefore we
must suppose that Sir E. ',TIGARD had, while under-
taking to revolutionise a most important branch of
the public service, sought for refuge behind a Minister
politically defunct. Happily, this little arrangement
has been brought to light, and we shall be greatly
disappointed if Mr. CARDWELL does not set it
aside.

SECOND thoughts are best. They are not always
most pleasant ; and we do not envy the position
of the victors in the late famous case of MARTIN V.
MACKONOCIIIE. At first they were entirely and
triumphantly satisfied; but now they find that if
their opponents have been hit hard, they themselves
have been hit harder ; if the Ritualist has been
deprived of his altar-lights and incense, the anti-
Ritualist is compelled to stand with his back to the
people while celebrating, and to wear the vestments
which he detests. Nor is that all. This judgment
affects his position in the most minute particulars.
He must not wear a black gown in the pulpit, nor
say a prayer before the sermon, nor pronounce the
blessing after the sermon ; nay, he must not preach
at all except during the Communion Service; and the
evening discourse—the great event of the day in his
church—is illegal. Of course, merely party men
will rejoice at this result—will see a forcible illustra-
tion of the text, " Judge not, and ye shall not be
judged; for with what measure you mete it shall
be measured to you again." We cannot share their
satisfaction.

In this particular instance there is especial reason
for regret. Some prominent members of the defeated
party have deprecated any attempt to retaliate upon
their opponents by forcing them to comply with the
judgment. But it is almost more than we can expect
of human nature that this forbearance will be shewn
generally. There are hot heads among the High
Church party, as hose who attended the meeting at
the Freemasons' Tavern know well ; and it is
probable that some of these, smarting under
defeat, P.nd the heavy costs which defeat
involves, will seek to enforce upon their adversaries
the judgment which these have elicited. Should
they do so, we shall be witnessing the spectacle
of men having to wear vestments and assume
postures which both they and their congrega-
tions dislike and detest, or else having to sustain a
costly action in the law courts. Now the whole
value of Ritual is that it expresses the feelings of
the worshippers and aids their devotion. There are
some who find most help in the old-fashioned sf rvices
of the Georgian type ; there are others wk o find
it in the revived services which are to be seer in St.
Alban's. To enforce the second services upc a wor-
shippers of the first class, would be Ps muc h to be
deprecated as to enforce the first upon the second.
Yet the Ritual judgment involves both ; it binds the
clergy and the laity in bonds more strait -Urn they
have ever worn before ; it attempts to crysta:iise into
one mode of worship the multiform aspirati Jns and
wants of milhons of men. Such an attert pt must
fail; the judgment must either be largely ign. ored, or
there will be a breaking loose from the Churc 1.

DIiNVILLF. and Co., Belfast, are the larr,cst
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commended by the medical profession in preference to French
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condition of Maori warfare—the necessity of a force
very much larger than would be required for the
same enterprise in the open field. And yet, in place
of the 10,500 soldiers of all kinds accumulated in
1800, the Government, two years later, had not,
when a deadly revolt broke out, one-twentieth part
of that number in arms. One defeat has laid bare
the whole of the west coast ; the natives destroy
crops, burn houses, and, as we now learn, massacre
at will.

LATEST INTELL EGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

OVERLAND MAILS.

POINT DE GALLED Dec. 31.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Geelong, from Australia, arrived on the 27th,
and the Malta, from China, on the 29th inst.

The Surat left for Suez yesterday.
The Avoca arrived at Melbourne on the 24th,
and Sydney 27th November.
The Mongolia reached Galle Dec. 31.
GIBRALTAR, Jan. 2.

The Syria, from Southampton Dec. 26, arrived
to-day at 6 a.m., and leaves at 4 p.m. for Alex-
andria. Experienced bad weather. All well.
GIBRALTAR, Jan. 3.

The Ceylon leaves at 10 a.m. to-day for South-
ampton, where she may be expected on the Bth.
All well.

SUEZ, Jan. 4.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Sumaha sailed at 4 p.m., yesterday, for Bombay.

QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 4.
The Cunard mail steamer Palmyra, from New
York, arrived here at 2.30 a.m. to-day with 40
passengers. She landed despatches and three
passengers, and proceeded at 3 a.m. All well.

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, SUNDAY, January 3.
The unexpected death of M. Lanjuinais, of the Corps
L4gislatif, is the subject of general regret. He was
member of the Left, but his moderation and sincerity
gained him the respect of all.

M. do Moustier is much worse. He remains at the
Foreign Ministry, and the physicians hold out no hope of
his speedy removal. Prince Napoleon, though in no
serious state of ill-health, is still suffering. He was unable
to take part in any of the official receptions.

The Queen of Spain and the Duke of Madrid had an
interview yesterday. The Provisional Government must
take care.

The Suez Canal is now progressing so rapidly that the
complete success of the work is assured. Public attention,
both in France and England, is being directed to this
undertaking now that it promises to be successful. It has
been ridiculed and pooh-poohed until its triumph is no
longer doubtful. The courage which commenced this
stupendous work will yet reap its reward, for it is beyond
doubt one of the greatest achievements of France.
A second Charlotte Winsor has just been discovered
at Chabeuil. A woman named Garet has for some time
past carried on a tolerably lucrative business by
practising the art of abortion. 'There is also
considerable evidence in favour of misdeeds even of
a darker hue : in short, it is likely that a story of the
wholesale murder of infants who have been born alive will
be once more disclosed. A large number of single women,
and some who were married, have sought andfoundthe aid
of this wretch. The bodies of the infants were buried in the
cellar of the house where she lived. Various sums were
paid for this species of " assistance," in one case as high
as £2B.

A Marseilles paper publishes the interesting item of
intelligence that Joye, the herbalist, and chief actor in
the "poisoning tragedy," has been shaved and prepared
for his voyage to Cayenne. The women convicts have
likewise been removed to the place of their future
abode— of course I speak in a temporal sense. The
disclosures made at the recent trial formed, as was feared,
by no means a complete history of these horrible crimes.
A new case has just come to light—this time
that of a wife poisoned by her husband. The death of
this poor woman, who was of irreproachable character,
occurred eighteen months ago. The process of analysis
occupied ten days. The result is not disclosed, but it is
currently reported that the proof of poisoning is complete.
Miss Minnie Hauch, the latest Paris dq),lltante, has made
a promising beginning in "La Sonnambuka." She is but
17 years of age, and has thereforq,,,puch to gain
in experience. Miss Hauck has a fine voice, full of fresh.
ness, and very exact in the higher notes, but admitting of
improvement in the medium. She is under the tuition of
M. Stralcosch, and could not therefore be in abler hands;
but the general criticism is that the promise afforded by
her debat has yet to be realised.

THE WEATHER TABLE-THIS DAY.

Monday,
Jan. 4,
8 &.n,

Nairn
Aberdeen
Leith
Shields
Scarborough
Yarmouth,.
Helder . .
Cux haven.
Sludesnms
Ardrocsan
Green castle
Holyhead
Liverpool
Valentia
Cape Clear
Roches rt
Penzance
Plymouth
Weymouth
Portsino uth
London

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UpeGris Nei
Brest .. • .
L'Orient
Roche fort
Biarritz
Corunna
Brussels
Paris
Strasbourg
Lyons
Toulon
Heart's Con-
tent (9 a.m,
local time)