The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-12 00:00:00

TUE MAORI KING MOVEMENT IN
NEW ZEALAND.

On the first of this month a large gathering o
natives took place at Waihenga, a small village
situated on the right bank of the Ruainahanga
River in the Wairarapa Valley. The chief Ngairo
had erected a fine house, about 60 feet in length, by
13 in width, having hoarded sides and bark root',
well ventilated, and ornamented in front with
superb Maori carvings, well painted and decorated
with the brightest plumes, the Huia, Pigeon, and
Tui ; and surmounted with the effigy of a Maori
chief, elaborately tatooed, and holding in his up-
raised hand the badge of chieftainship—the Nero-
mere club.
In this hall, Te Ngairo entertained to an ample
Maori feast about 400 of his race, and Wairarapa
settlers with their wives and daughters, to the
number of about 70. The tables were spread with
clean white cloths and laid in true European style.
The viands were undeniably good, and numerous
waiters seemed to emulate each other in their atten-
tions to their fair visitors. To prevent overcrowd-
ing, one party of guests were admitted at a time,
who, when they were satisfied, moved out to make
room for the next. The good-hearted old Ngairo
was proud indeed of his white visitors, and justly
so, as his tables were graced with the fairest flowers
of the Wairarapa Valley. Capt. Smith was re-
quested to preside at their table, and our host apolo-
gised for the absence of wine, stating that it was
in pursuance of a deliberate resolution of a meeting
of his people held a few days prior to the feast. b
After the feast commenced the speeches, which
continued with unabated animation till the follow-
ing morning. The chief topic was the " Maori
king Movement." Wi Tako came forward in the
name of the king, but was met and strenuously op-
posed by Te Maniheta, who is a man of consider-
able ability, and an eloquent Maori orator. Feast-
ing was the order of the following day ; and as
night came on, the speechifying was resumed. It
was continued throughout the whole night with
increased animation, and was finally closed on the
third day. The attempt to establish the banner of
the king proved an utter failure. Te Manihera,
who stuck to his British colours, carried a large
majority of the meeting with him; and another
large party professed themselves neutral, thus re-
ducing the Kingitcs to a small minority.
The most pleasing feature of the meeting was the
cordiality which existed between the natives and
the whites.—Australian

Yesterday the morning service was attended by
about 1,000 persons, and there was the usual de-
monstrations of disapprobation eq the part of the
congregation. They "said" the responses in. a loud
voice, _as on previous occasions. The Rev. Bryan
King, the rector of the parish, read the legsons
from the reading-desk. The service vas conducted
by the Rev. Mr. Lowder, who afterwards preached
the,sermon, at the commencement of which a num-
ber of persons rose and left the church, delaying
the opening of the discourse for several minutes.
ThiS is a " new feature," peculiar to the last
two or three Sundays. Mr. Lowder abstained
from turning ;to the cast, both at the beginning
and the conclusion of his sermon, and thus
the people were deprived of one of the leading in-
centives to that coughing and hissing by means of
which they evince their disapproval of the practices
of the priests. The congregation dispersed quietly,
and there was no case wlich led to the intervention
of the police.
In the afternoon there was the usual crowd at the
Litany service, and, for want of the same precau-
tions as were adopted last Sunday afternoon, to
make the people take their seats in the pews, there
was much greater confusion, and altogether the
service passed off less satisfactorily. There was also
much more coughing than last Sunday afternoon.
The service was conducted by the Rev. C. F. Low-
der, assisted by the rector, and the reverend gentle-
men were well hissed at the conclusion of a service

throughout the whole of which they had been vio-
lently and incessantly coughed at.
The moment the service was ended a very large
crowd rushed off to Gravel,lane, the scene of the late
exploit with the police, and got across the bridge be-
fore they could be stopped. Here they waited with
a patience worthy of a better cause. hut they were
doomed to disappointment, for the Rev. Mr. Low-
der, for whom they were waiting, declined the
honour of attentions more '' -ionstrative than flat-
tering, and availinc, him , ' a tolerably accurate e
k acquaintance with the t tf-Ufares in the neigh-
bourhood, lie made a detour, y means of which he
tr
reached his destination without coming into contact
with the gaping angry crowd.
-It has been the practice of the parishioners to take
possession of the choristers' stalls before the service
began, and then to refuse to give them up when the
procession entered. To avoid this annoyance the
friends of the rector have been admitted, on
several recent occasions, through the rectory,
and placed in these seats before the doors of
the church were opened to the public. When the
priests and choristers entered in procession, the
stalls were vacated by these parties— mostly
strangers, by the way, for a sufficient number of
parishioners favourable to the rector could not
be fourid for that purpose—and the, choristers then
occupied them in due form. But at last, the
parishioners also gained early access' to the dese-
crated edifice, and thus discomfited the Puseyite
party by occupying the disputed benches. But the
rector, with his usual ingenuity, has found the
means apparently of patting a stop toThis for the
future, by allowing no one access to the church till
he has filled these seats with his friends. The fol-
lowing letters—hardly in the tone, perhaps, to be
expected of a clergyman of the Church of England
returning to his church after a protracted indispo-
sition—will sufficiently explain the plan proposed :

TILE RECTOR TO THE SEXTON.
C 6 The Itectory, Dec. 10, 1859.
_ _ _

"To Mr. Cooke, Sexton,
" Dear Sir,—l must hereby inform you that if you open
either of the gates of the churchyard, or the doors of the
church, at the direction of any other person than myself,
with whom alone the keys alike of the church and church-
yard are legally vested, I shall hold you responsible to an
ecclesiastical court.

"I am, yours fathfully,
" BRYAN KING."
TIIE RECTOR TO TILE SENIOR CHURCHWARDEN.

" The Rectory, Dec. 10, 1850.
" To Mr. Thompson, Churchw&rden.
" Dear Sir,—l have been informed that you have had
keys made for yourself, both of the churchyard gates and
also of the church doors. I have taken counsel's opinion
upon the subject, and beg to inform you that this act is
distinctly illegal. I hereby request that you will not, di-
rectly or indirectly, interfere with the opening of the gates
of thekhurchyard, or of the doors of the church. I, as
rector, in whom alone the keys, both of the church and
churchyard, are legally vested, will take care that the gates
of the churchyard and the doors of the church are opened
in sufficient time before the celebration of every service of
the church.

" I am, Sir, your faithful servant,
" BRYAN KING."

CHURCH-BATE DEFEAT AT CAMBERWELL.

On Saturday a special court of petty sessions for
the county of Surrey, was held at the National
School-room, St. George's Camberwell, for the pur-
pose of disposing of about 500 summonses for non-
payment of church-rates, taken out by the church-
wardens of the district parish of St. George's, Cam-
berwell.

The presidin,, magistrates were Mr. R. A. Gray
and Mr. Roberts, who were assisted by Mr. Stephoni,
the vestry clerk.
The first case called on was that of

Mr. George Roberts, of Sussex-place, Old Kent-
road, who objected that the court had no jurisdic-
tion, inasmuch as that the act of Parliament re-
quired that the summonses should be served within
six months of the making of the rate, while in the
present instance a longer interval had elapsed, the
rate having been made on the 18th April last, and
the summonses having been issued only a few days
since.

After a brief consultation.
Mr. Gray said—Your objection is fatal, Mr.
Roberts. We must dismiss the summons.

Mr. Roberts—Then I must ask you to grant me
my expenses.
Mr. Gray—That is very unusual in such a case,
and I do not think it should be done, since there is
clearly nothing frivolous or vexatious in the
summons.

Mr. Roberts—Not originally, perhaps, but I
served notice upon the churchwardens two days
ago that I objected upon this ground, and they had
ample opportunity, therefore, to -withdraw the
summons. I only ask it as a matter of principle,
and I think I am clearly entitled to ss. for my time
and trouble.

Mr. Gray—Well, we will consider the matter.

(After consulting.) As you served notice of objec-
tion upon the churchwardens we think you are
entitled to your expenses, and we order payment
accordingly.
Mr. Jessie, one of the churchwardens, imme-
diately, and with great good humour, paid the 55.,
and the other cases were called on.
A gentleman present, however, upon the part of
the defendants generally, suggested that as the
decision on the first case practically ruled all the
summonses to be illegal, the court should formally
dismiss them on the aggregate, so as to spare all
further trouble, but the court said they thought it
better to dispose of each case on its own merits. It
was replied to this that as all the summonses were
dated simultaneously they thought their merits
were the same ; but the court persisted in taking
the cases separately.
Mr. Box (a vestryman) objected to the validity
of the rate, because the last rate had never been
properly collected, and was prepared with other
objections.
The court, however, said the first objection was
sufficient to oust their jurisdiction, and the sum-
mons was abandoned.
The next defendant objected to the validity of
the rate generally, upon the ground that it included
illegal charges.
This objection also was held to oust the magis-
terial jurisdiction, and the summons was dismissed.
Other summonses met the same fate. So that
practically the rate is defeated, as was done last
year in the same way.

TIIE STEAM-BOAT PIER AT BLACKFRI ARS-BRIDGE.
—Tho repairs at Blackftiars steam-boat pier, undertaken
by the Court of Conservancy of the River Thames, are in-
tended to be of the most stable character. The wkole of the
woodwork that has been exposed alternately wet and dry,
having been found more or less damtged, is removed, and
oak planking will be substituted where practicable, and
workmen are engaged driving additional piles, for prevent-
ing the oscillation, as far as possible, of the floating dummy,
which is undergoing a thorough repair. The moveable stage
and lower platform are being newly planked, and the tide
gunge pipes are more firmly secured. 'rho works will be
thoroughly tested by competent persons before the pier .
reopened, which is expected to take place early in January ;
in the interim passengers will land at the pier and embark
at Paul' s -wharf.

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ROYAL

ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.

Under the manx4e..-nent of Miss L. Pync and Mr.W. Ilarrison.
THIS EVENING, SATANELLA. Messrs. Santley, 11.
Corn, G. Honey, St. Albyn, and W. Harrison ; Miss P. Cruise,
3lis ;Pilling, and Miz,s Louisa Pyne.
Conductor, Alfred Mellon.
Ballet, LA FIANCEE. Messrs. W. 11. payro, H. Payne,
F. Payne, Mdlle. Lequine, Pasquale, Pierron, Clara Morgan.
and Mons. Vandris.
Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
TTT TS' r. 141 N iNG the performances will commence with
A CURE FOR TUE ItEA.IITACTIE.
After which, by desire. TIIE CONTESTED ELECTION.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, &c.
And A KISS IN TETE DARK.
Commence at 7.

OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
THU; EVENING. the new drama,' entitled HOME
TKUTIIS. Messrs. G. Melville, J. G. Shore, F. Matthews,
Miss C. Lec'ercq and Mrs. Charles Young.
Followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Mr. A. Hands,
Shore, Frank Matthews, and Miss C. Leclercq.
After which, Mons, Espanosa (Premier Danseur Comique),
will appear, with Madile. Nariquita, assisted by the Ladies of
the Corps de Ballot, in Le Grand Pas du Dervish de Faust, as
danced by him 150 consecutive nights at the Theatre de la
Porte St. Martin, Paris.
To conclude with NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H.
Widdicomb, Meadows, 11. Saker ; Miss L. Keeley and Mrs.
Weston.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI.
Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs
B. Webster. J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart,
Billington, C. J. Smith, Eburne, Moreland; Miss Woolgar,
and Miss K. Kelly.
Followed by the successful piece of extravagance, called
DINORAH UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole,
P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly.
Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box-
nlloe open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing ethic
establishment for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this
establishment are strictly prohibited.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM.-
Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, a new Vaudeville Comedietta, called
THE KEY UNDER THE DOOR-MAT. Messrs. James
V inning., Job Rouse, &c.; Mesdames A, 11. Hatton and Julia
St. George.
To be followed by the new Drama Fantasfique, entitled
PARIS AND PLEASURE ; or, Home and Happiness.
Principal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Vining, J. John-
stone, F. Villiers ; Misses Julia St. George, Hudspeth, Kate
Saville, A. Burdett, and Madame Celeste.
Po conclude with ST. MARY'S EVE. Madame Celeste
and Mr. Rouse.

ROY AL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West-
minster, the Park being; open to carriages and, foot passen-
gers all hours of the night.
THIS EVENING, A DEAD SHOT.
With A DAY AT PARIS. Miss L. Thompson and Mr. C
Young.
After whichTTER-BOX. Messrs. Barret, Bra-
zier ; Mesdames F. Matthews, Murray, and Eliza Arden.
Followed by MAGIC TOYS, supported by Miss Lydia
Thompson, Clara St. Casse, &c.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, (id ; Pit, ls. The Box-office open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform
ante commences at 7.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.
Sole Lessee—Mr. 'William Cooke, his Farewell Season.
!!THIS EVENING, the grand melo-drsmatic production,
by Tom Taylor, Esq.' called GARIBALDI ; illustrating the
principal events in the Lite of the Great Italian General.
To be followed by New and Transcendant Equestrian Talent
of Young Menoni, supereminent in his somersaults and inap-
proachable—The brilliant Lady Rider, Miss Emily Cooke—
Tne Wonderfully-schooled Dogs and Monkeys, and Intelli-
gent Elephant—Amazing lErial Rondines by John Henry
Cooke, the first horseman in the Universe—Equestrian Blind
Man's Buff—Vaulting Ambition, by the treble-headed Won-
ders—Sig. Delavanti and his admirable Protegees, varied by
those heralds of fun, the Clowns, Mimes, and Drolls.
To commence at 7.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of
MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con-
certs).
And a Grand Se-ection from litreyerbeer's new opera of
DENORAII.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. 'l'. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney.
Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropolis.
ROSA BONIIEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE
FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of
Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The
gallery is open from 9 a.m. till 12 p.m. Admission, Six-
pence.

TH6 WEAI: HEB..—SUN OFFIC1:, DECEMBER. 10.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHIDB.
46—highest since noon yesterday.
33—lowest this morning and during the night.
4i—this day at noon.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 12, 1859.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Titre DA.Y.—Morning, 3h. Om.—Afternoon, 3h. 23m.
To-molutow. -Morning, 3h. 47m.—Afternoon, 4h. 11m.

Justice (? ) has at length been done to the
descendants of that remarkable man who was the
TUBAL CAIN of modern civilisation ! CouT, the
inventor of the different systems now in use in the
manufacture of iron, by means of his important
scientific discoveries, has enhanced the wealth of
England by an amount almost beyond anything
like accurate computation. He has thereby, during
the best part of the century last past, not only thus
increased the material resources of the country, not
only multiplied the advantages derivable toEn gland
from the mineral treasures dug from the very
entrails of her soil—he has beyond this, as a
national benefactor, given (by means of his inven•
tions) to one generation after another of the indus-
trial part of our labouring community, increased
and increasing employment. It is difficult to arrive
at any distinct or even any proximately accurate
notion of the good such a man as this has done in
one way or another, directly or indirectly, to the
masses of his fellow-countrymen. His benefactions
are of a kind so obvious, so numerous, so conspicu-
ous, so varied in kind and in magnitude, that had
he lived in the old pagan days he would infallibly
have had his effigy treasured up in many and many
a household, as one among the beloved lares and
penates of the land that gave him birth and witnessed
the phenomenon of his intellectual development.
Lesser benefactors of their race than CoaT have
been deified by the grateful Romans and Athenians
in the wild enthusiastic days of Classic Heathendom.
In startling contrast to such appreciative ardour as
that, has been the apathetic indifference displayed
very frequently arAongst ourselves towards men
who have worked more wonders in their way, dur-
ing a single lifetime, than such old mythic con-
querors and wonder-workers as BACCHUS or HER-
CULES. Data °bole Belesario ! is a cry that has
only too often been audible. OTwAv's crust and
BoycE's blanket are painfully remembered in this
island in contrast to the antique tares and penates
aforesaid. National benefactors, time and again,
while filling the coffers of their country have by that
very process been only the more effectually im-
poverishing themselves. A more striking illustra-
tion of this miserable truth could hardly be adduced
from the whole of the varied records of art, science,

or literature, than that of which the mere name of

Cora is instantly suggestive. here was an inven-
tor, whose discoveries have added to the wealth of
the United Kingdom so enormously that the sum
already attained by this single means of increase
maybe represented by the almost fabulous amount of
£100,000,000! Ifere is a man who has given wealth
—positive, substantial wealth thus immensely
to Ms country, and who has at the same time
been giving to it the more than equal advantage
of work, constant, steady, remunerative employ-
ment, distributed through large masses of successive
generations—here is a double benefactor, thus