The Stockton Examiner, and South Durham and North Yorkshire Herald. — 1879-08-30 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

DIE STOCKTON EXAMINER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1879.  se:dier. The fault in regard to that melancholy business lies primarily upon the military authori ties at home, who sanctioned the course adopted by the Prince in going out to South Africa to intermeddle in a war with savages in which he had no legitimate concern, and secondarily upon the superior officer or officers who allowed him to risk his presumably valuable life in reconnoitring excursions. That there was blame in these quarters no one can doubt, and the attempt to unliirly shift it to the shoulders of Captain C IP.EY has on), resulted in making something like a popular hero of that otherwise undisgui,hed rtli ter. Put with the annulling by the Horse Guards of the conviction of the Captain the public mind should find its balance, and not con• tiuue an exaggerated demeanour, which would become ludicrous when no longer provoked by actual injustice.  Prince exercised command. But whether in command or only a member of the escort, he could equally be guilty of cowardice or dereliction of duty. On this point the evidence is clear in showing that a rally in behalf of the Prince could not have done any good, while it must have been attended with further loss of life. Had Captain CAREY ignoring the consequence. 4, gone back by himdelf, he might have surrounded his memory with undying fame ; but he would have achieved no useful result. He might have ennobled suicide, but he would not have illustrated military duty. It would have been magnificent, but not war. Had he taken the four surviving troopers with him it would be difficult to acquit him of a gratuitous sacrifice of their lives.  A CORRESPONDINT, who has visited South Wales after a long absence, found it difficult to realise the great and lamentable change which has befallen this once-prosperous district. • And no wonder. The place used to be alive with busy works—collieries, puddling furnaces, rolling mills and tin manufactories. Now silence and desolation have, for the most part, taken the place of all this activity. The Clydach Ironworks area very picture of ruin and despair. Blau Afon, Nantyglo, and Blaina—all these enormous establishments have either hopelessly ',need sway or are at their last gasp, The huge works of the BAILEYS, which brought such fortune to that family, are lifelesa and disreputable-looking. Beaufort, part of the Nantyglo property, hair shared its ill-fortune ; and the Tredegar Works are considerably shorn of the usual complement of smoke and dust which distinguish a work in full swing. Cyfarthfa, where the CRAWSUAYS ruled the roast for to many years, Penydarren, and Plymouth, one of the earliest and moat respectable of Welsh ironworks in the time of the Hills, are all dead and cold ; and at the bottom of the some Taff Valley another victim of the had times is just added by the die. continuance of Booker's Iron and Tinplate Works at Pentyrch and Melia Orytlyth. The only establishments that are doing anything like a decent trade are Dewlais, Ebbw Vale, and Rhymney, which have recognised the necessity of the day, and added steel works. These may reasonably expect a fair amount of prosperity ; and even the Welsh iron trade, the correspondent thinks, should by no means be looked upon hopelessly. " Welsh bare and rails," he says, "although they have list ground of late years and bowed their heads to the new fashion of steel, still retain a good character, and it is for the Welsh masters to strain every nerve to keep a reputation for the wares that they can turn out well, and for the Welsh colliers and ironworkers not to still further embarrass a depressed trade with unreason. able demands and blind obedience to a union which has done them so little good."  AN INDIAN'S OPINION OF ENGLISH RULE Otsit efforts to establish a scientific frontier in India will lead to something more than political results. Every step we take in that vast country ought to strengthen our hold upon the people, and it is becoming more and more evident that unless we promote by every means in our power the well. being of the natives our Empire will dissolve, like those of ancient times, leaving a wreck behind. It is doubtful whether statesmen on all occasions think of the consequences of their acts. Frequently, perhaps, they are unconscious instrument, in the hands of Providence. They sanction war for the mere object of displaying power or rounding off a province. The thoughtful, however, amongst the rulers of our great dependency must often have asked themselves whether our influence is not planted there for some other purpose than aggrandisement or the gratifiction of ambition. It is by no means unlikely that hitherto we have paid too little attention to the opiaions of the natives. How is our mission regarded by the millions of India ? To see ourselves as others see us would be pa, ticularly useful in this instance. There are fewer opportunities than are imagined for ascertaining what the opinion is. The native Preen is not an accurate reflection, hampered as it is by official restrictions. The right ef public meeting, even if it be understood, is rarely exercised, and so it happens that month after month and year after year England governs India without knowing whether her rule ' SIMI, of corn crops are general. In many parts . corn•prming county is loved or detested. Only when a native speaks to of Lincolnshire, our greatest xt to Yorkshire, crops have on soodme fields been so Us, as Mr,