The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-31 00:00:00

SALMON IN NEW ZEALAND.

Mr. Youl has furnished an interesting account of
a recent shipment of salmon ova to Otago, New
Zealand. Not more than 500 fry were produced
from the large number of ova (300,000) conveyed to
New Zealand last yeak. But the Provisional Govern-
ment of Otago resolved to renew the attempt this
year, because the failure which had taken place was
attributable to conditions which might not again
occur. It was settled that the ova shoUld be sent
a month earlier than on the last occasion, for
greltdestruction took place then through the freezing
coldness of the water in which they were placed.
The Mindora chcsen as the vessel for the
transmission, and an icehouse of large dimen-
sions was built in her hold. Great difficulties
were met with in procuring the eggs, although many
opportunities were. given to the collectors. The
heavy rains which set in gave rise to extensive
floods in the Severn, the Tyne, and Tweed fisheries,
and it was impossible to procUre one salmon fit for
the.. purpose. The owners of the Mindora kindly
delayed the sailing of the vessel for a week, and ;the
party of adventurers stirted to one of the 'tribu-
taries of the Usk. Here their efforts were so
far crowned- with success that in two daYs 40,000
salmon ova were obtained and at once packed in
moss-filled boxes; and stowed away under four feet
of ice in the h old of the Mindora. Valuable contributions
were also made by Major Horsfall, who despatched the
ova he had collected for private use, and 38,000, in
beautiful order, were sent to the ship„ The shipment

con-Trisect 212 30XeS, eontammg in All 'WNW
salmon and 5,000 sea-trout ova, front-five rivers ;
and England, ScotWid, and Ireland have all aided in
this work of fish colonisation. - The healthy life of
the moss in the boxes where the ova are packed is a
matter of great importance, and in this instance the
supply was most healthy,,-which promised well for the
success of the undertaking.
THE EITUAL JUDGMENT.
The Rev. Blomfield Jackson, of" Stoke. Newington,
answers. Dr. Pusey'a lettef oh the ritual judgment.
He.thinks that Dr. Fuser's very sanguineM suppos-
ing that if the English iChurch were diiestablished
another could takes its place. • Mr. Jackson says :
" Disestablish everywhere but in England, and the
("arch of England is still left. Disestablish in
Eng1.:1.2141,40 the Church of England will be- gone.
' Something else- inar-ionstrueted, worse or better,
from the sundered fragments ; but though it ,W
be called 4 CL.",I. it IClrgtindit trift-
will
no more imply continuous identity than an
inherited patronymic identifies father with son.
Indeed, only the very sanguine can hope that when
one pheenix shall have vanished but one will rise.
Probability points to the miseries of a disputed
succession." Mr. JacTison secs little force in the
objection that the Privy Council sanctions " alter-
nate laxity in matters of doctrine, and -More than
rigidity in matters of ceremony." Rather
he considers this no objection at all. The Church,
he holds, has always permitted the widest diversity of
opinion on the part of individual members, whether
laymen or clergymen. Dean INE'Neilc, Dr. Rowland
Williams, and Dr. Pusey may talk, May write, may
even preach, and the State does not fetter them
because they compel, the assent of no one except by
the force of moral persuaSion. it is otherwise when
• the advocate of any one set of extreme' opinions
begins to express them through modificationi of
the service intended for the use of all. " The
Communion Office, for example, combines what may be
called ti P.oluan and a Protestant sentiment. It
would be quite, -possible for an ultra-Protestant
clergyman, if he allowed himself the liberty claimed
by so-called Ritualists, to celetiate the Eucharist in
such a manner as to eliininate from the service all
associations but those of a meal partaken -of, pn the
knees. Would he be justified in so doing ? wona
he have any right to wail over the persecution
he suffered if he were forbidden to interlard
the service with Zwinglian hymns, and handle
the elements with the familiarity usual in
the case Of common viands ? . • . The appa-
rent liberty of the minister would be the bondage of
the people. The inclusion of the greatest possible
number of English Thristians in the English
Nalinial Church requires that while in the arrange-
ment of the accessories of worship the fullest
allowance should b-tt' made for different tastes
and habits, there should be a HO distinctly drawn
and rigidly enforced; marking 'the limit beyond
which, in the opinion of the mass of
English laymen, any variety or eccentricity in the
rendering of the Liturgy would so shock and disgust
Churchmen as to prevent their being able to join in
the service. This laxity in doctrine and fixity in
ceremony both mean The same thing—comprehen-
siveness. Thus interpreted, this judgment, as others,
is seen to be conservative of the Catholic character
of the English Church. It does not pronounce
against even Mr. Mackonochie's continuing to Serve
his country as an officer of the National Church. It
simply on the moot points in the cause forbids Mr.
Mackonochie to dwarf to sectarian proportions a
service of a larger and better spirit."

memcnan, one of the most powerful chiefs in India, ana
descendant of the famous prince who opposed Wellington
at Assay; has given his testimony to the blessing of Eng-
lish rule in preserving the peace of the empire. Whilst
rapine and murder for.ney:y prevailed everywhere, and
men were obliged to travel in large bodies, Seindiah is
able to leave his capital without apprehension, and his
absence excites no distrust. In the days of native
rule he would have needed an escort. Now he seats
himself alone in the mail cart. No such result
would be attainable under a native Government.
Nevertheless, we were not popular in India. The natives
are prosperous under British rule, but the Prince, who
hears muclithat never comes to English ears, says that
native government would probably be preferred. We
have too' niuch legislation, it
.appears, and confuse the
Hindoos by the multiplicity of our laws, some of which
are directed against prejudices which had better, perhaps,
be left alone. Lastly', 'we are strangers in the land, and
this is, the chief source of the difficulty—one, too, which
there is no means of avoiding except by the process of
time. As the Times remarks, if puLlic order, social"
security, popular wealth, and national progress follow on
onr rule, the people of India. must, sooner or later,. recog-
nise the fact. and dO us isstico 'in their ultimate ~-n-clusions.
clusions.