The Daily Southern Cross.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2239, 23 September 1864, Page 4

The Daily Southern Cross.

FIR DAY, SEPTEMBER 23.

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It is not move than si\ly years since the fleets of England swept not only the sea-., but also the out^'iug posts on land of her European eueinies. Tlic great colonies v\ lnch she liacl lost t\\ enty-fi\ c yeaisbcfoic were more than made up for by the conquests and colouration of the e:uly pait of the piesent century. Once more .she stood alone amongst the nations as the possessor of a vast colonial empue, and so standing her power was felt mil adiuued by the nations \\ ho could not emulate it But sonuhow fifty years have made a \ isb change in England. Her wealth has mcieased cnormousty, and so, it would appear, has her estimate of its -\alue She ■nas always, comparatively speaking, a wealthy nation, but m old tunes her wealth was supposed to be the handmaid of her power and her dignity , now ith the change of tunes has come a change of in this matter, and her power, honour, and dignity, figure as the promoter and handmaidens of her -wealth Sixty ycais ago the hisl thought in an English statesman's mind Wib, ' Can F consistently with "England's honour ief' an from interfering "heie. J " Doubtless this led to interferences more fiequcnt than was at all politic, but it was, after all, a giand, noble sort of error to make ft nas the enor of a gcneious nation, and gencious nations aic usually stiong nations Now, England has giown enlightened ZN r ot a boy nowadays but knows all about political economy, and the rights of neutrals, and the -whole thing is, founded on the giand, simple, bioad question, "Will it pay" J " Is an ally m dislicss, and likely to be mined, when our help would save her from uii]usl invasion, the question al once is not Can we help her !J! J but can we help her m a wwar} r that w on'fc cost us money ' J If w e can -w o do. If a fevr big woids aie of aii3 r use, they are gieatly ab his scl-vicc , e\ en if n c have nfteiaids to eat our -noul 5 and mAc vwy facesAt all e\onls, our money is safe in our pockets, and w e feel comfoi ted If a colony is in the most imminent danger of utter dostiuction, biought about by the action of England's Go\cinoi->, it may bo nccessaiy to send some help at first, but the question of how long it will continue, tiiat help must depend upon the simple statesmanlike logic of dn easy sum. Will it pay ? is the question, and the only one. If it -won't, as at present done, lot it be changed at once to some plan hy -which it may. Bo as considerate to the colony as possible, of course, but take caicit doesn't cost you anything. "Wo are not joking in all this The liulh is quite too bitter for that, and it is the plain unvarnished truth that ■we (are now telling, deduced fiom the plain statements of the English Parliament and Press, and boine out by the acU of the English Government. In the recent debates in Parliament upon colonial affairs the spirit was the same in all. K"cw Zealand came in for very harsh words and vciy many false aspeisions on her character, but that was only because she was tke colony that w,u costing money at the time. Had Canada been the expensive colony, as she may become ab any time, and it is evidentshcmightexpcct a similar generosity at the hands of British statesmen, or those who sit where Bntish statesmen have been wont to sit. The colonial press has raised its protest again and again month by month against the open and malicious falsehoods so freely indited in England IL\ idence of all sorts has been adduced to prove that the accusations against the colonists not only "weio not, bub could not possibly be, true. The effect has been absolutely nothing. The same dioaiy falsehoods and vapid hits at the colonists aio perpetrated month after month aulli a perseverance which would do credit to a vastly better cause. We tlunk the time for protests past, because they are evidently not listened to ; and instead, wo turn with some curiosity to examine the reasons of the remarkable idiosyncracy which induces English gentlemen to find a pleasure in abusing and traducing their countrymen who arc not in a position to defend themselves. The only reasonable conclusion appears to be that iL is the correct thing now.

a-days for English gentlemen, when they get into Parliament, to shut their ears to all they do not find it; quite convenient to hear. - For instance, they have been told again and again that the colonists of New Zealand were not covetous, griping, murderous ruffians, but in all rcpsccts men like themselves; and proofs strong enough to convince them, hud connection been possible, have been produced. Convictiou was not possible, as the statesmen of England felt inclined to believe tho colonists ruffians, as being on the whole a bettor paying view. Again, they have been told that tho colonists did not bring on the war by their conduct towards the natives. The statement has been reiterated on all sides— Governors have endorsed it, faots have been brought forw ardto prove it, the real leasons have been produced, and tho real offenders made evident to the meanest capacity ; but all would not do. Tt suited tho views of Parliament to consider that the colonists must be the aggressors, and the natives the suffering martyrs, and nothing Mould induce them to ro-considor the view, once taken up. And the reason of this ? it may be asked. It is impossible to assign such conduct to any reason "but one, and that so bad a one that we almost shrink from saying it. England seems clcaily bent upon making out her colony in tho wrong, much as she made out Denmark in Hie wrong, that she might find an excuse for deserting it. She is tired of supporting the wav, and would fain withdraw from it. If the war is a British war, how can this be done : j ] fit is a colonial war, what so easy ? Therefore, a colonial war it shall bo, let the facts and tho despatches of govcinois, &c , say what they please. If they don't agree m ith England's idea, so much tho worso for them. As the Saturday Renew remarks characteristically, "As the New Zcalanders (i c., the " colonists) aic fevi and weak, it w ill be easy to " impose tipon the colony tho just lcsoluhons " of the English Parliament and Government." This is England's mow, and the naluial answer is, "J3ut how about tho unjust ones V" It is here tli.it the hitch will come, and it is here that a firm attitude must bo taken by tho New Zealand Ciovoinment.

Oun contemporary, the Wellington Independent, in an ailiele on the anomalous position of the Governor, in his relation to Ike Ministry, brought about by Mr Cardwcll's instructions, makes the following remaiks — "We liavc said "that the objects of the North in the present "war kivo been ncaily attained, but what of "the South? This war was unilertalcen not " alone to provide for the safely of Auckland " and gam for it a fresh frontier, but to crush '•rebellion evciywheie, and secuie a peace, ical "and lasting, throughout the island. As yet " the woik is but half accomplished. The re- " belhous Waikatos, and the ciemc do la crbme '• of the Maon nobility, are said to be local eel " close to the "West Coast settlement of New " Plymouth, not w ishing to sue for peace, but "simply waiting the turn of events A peace " made at present before a Taranaki campaign " has been fought, the Ngahruanuis punished, " matcnal guaiantees tulv.cn in the shape of "land, and communication opened between ""Wanganui and Taianaki, would not only be " an act of unpaiallolod tolly, but a giossbieach '" of faith tow aids, the Southern colonists of this " island "We have faith that the Ministry m- " tend to cany out the woik of pacification " there also , but it is possible that they may be " indented fiom doing so, by the eagerness of "Mi C'ai dwell and Sir George Grey to secure "peace in the shortest and easiest way"Throughout the coirespondenco to which we "haie lcfciied theic is but one ciy of 'Peace, '' ' Pence, Peace,' regaidless whether, in seeming '" it, the blood and tieasure alieady spent may •'h.ue been spent m a aw, and the difficulty " which, boldly grappled with now, would b 0 " oveicome for c^ er, but put oil to another clay." In tho justice of this we enliiely agiee. To a coit.im extent, the o'b-ject*. of the war have been attained in the Noith, but not so in the South. The Maori is still independent of law and Older, and innocent of even Ihe intention to obey for the futuio m Tuauaki and "Waugamu, and it cauu;t be said tliat, whilst this js so, " a just and enduring peace" can bo made The Maoiih aie thoie patiently waiting the course of c\ ents They have been expelled fiom Waikalo, and ciushed at Taurauiia, and a few lne in trepidation at tho Thames , but at TaranAi, and along the cntno coast, from New Plymouth to Wingamu, they aie pammount We have a baie footing at New Plymouth and Wanganui but that i-> all Tf peace is to be just and permanent, thciefoie, the natives must bo compelled to acknowledge the aulhonty of the laws and the supicmauy of the Crown Until they submit, without icsci\ation, to this, no pone that could be made would be either pei manent or just Tlienatnes would consider themsehe, \ictois They would continue their oppiessivc and domineciing treatment of tho settleis, and the authouties would be unable to protect them in their lecjal lights without a resort to arms ; therefore, the first attempt at enforcing a legal process would, in all likelihood, result m a renewal of hostilities. The peace would bebroken A pcttj r war would begin, into which neighbouring tubis would be drawn, until once moie the peace of the whole colony would be distuibcd. Peace, at tho present juuctuie, w ould inevitably lead to this , and why ° Pjecauso it would not be a just peace It would not be just to the Europeans, for it w ould lca\ c them unpiotected and w eak, at the mcrcyof a sa\ age race, smarting under defeats in the field, and loss of territory and prestige. Peace, to bo permanent, must bo just to both races in the colony. In peace negotiations theEuropcans must not be overlooked. Their mtciests must be as jealously guarded as those of the natives, although it has lnthcito been the habit to pay too little attention to them. Wo say, therefore, that the Independent is right in pressing this poiut upon the Colonial Ministry. If the GoYcinmcnt is. unable to cany out the policy for winch they were put into power by the Assembly, they can appeal to the Legislature It is not their fault if they do all they can and fail. The final decision does not rest with them, but with tho Governor. He may make peace when he pleases , but w ill he make peace until he is satisfied that it will be both permanent and just ? We think not we hope not. Uccent, events must have shown Ins Excellency the folly of putting faith in the natives' They are not to be trusted except in exceptional circumstances ; and then tribal or personal differences, and not love for the Europeans and their laws, make them espouse our cause. In his Excellency's caihcr despatches he sneered at Ilia policy of his picdeecsssr, and propounded vei3 r plausible theories for the good government of tho natives. Ho had tho widest latitude, and ho tried to put his theories into practice ; but they were soon proved to be moro plausible than efficacious, aud lie was

forced to adopt tlie mucli-derided policy of Governor Browne. If, therefoi'e, his Excellency the Governor still clings to the hope that peace — an honourable, just, and lasting peace — can be made without such a demonstration of fprce as will compel the Taranaki and Ngatiruanui natives to submit to tho legally constituted authorities of the colony, wo think a little reflection on his park ought to convince him of its groundlessness. There is nothing in the conduct of those natives and the Waikato refugees located amongst them to justify such a hope. The experience of the past, which is bitter enough to be clearly remembered, ought to teach his Excellency that something yet remains to be done before the consummation so generally wished for is brought to pass. A lesson must bo taught the Southern rebels. A<s wo have said before so we say again, that in Tarnnnla must tho war be finished. Why is the consummation delayed ? "Why is tho vast military expenditure continued uselessly, for which tho Imperial Government demands repayment from the colony ? The Governor can answer the question. Tho Ministry may be able to explain the why and Ihe therefore, but in the meantime they are dumb. Their mouths are shut. But the time must come, and that soon, when their tongues will be loosed, and the real stale of the case placed before the colony. The interests of our Southern fcllo'r-eolonists are not to be ovcilooked , the interests of Auckland are not to be imperilled, and the prosperity of the whole colony jeopardised by irresolution and delays. As matters now stand we are fast drifting into peace, but it will be neither permanent nor just. It will be a kind of compromise— a drawn buttle between barbarism and civilisation — to bo renewed whenever barbarism thinks itself strong enough to make head against the opposing element And this compromise, if it is permitted, will be brought about by pressure from without, and concession from within : by tho Imperial G overnment on the one hand, and the Governor on the other.

A veiy unfoi lunate affair ocouircd yesterday in Wclleslcy street, by tlie fall of a house belonging to Mi A. Seuferfc, cabinetmaker. Tlie particulars of the occimence aie a? follow : — Mi. Soufert had let the shop adjoining his o\vu to Mr. C, J. Stone, or some one acting for him, to stoic Hour m, and preions to doing so he had placed supports undei the giound ilooi, sufficient as he thought to sustain the weight A quantity of the flout, many tons, nat stoied, and yesteulay some meu weie engaged in unloading and btoutii' a fiuther quantity, when the whole back pait of the building fiom top to bottom gave way, and fell with a cuish into the yaids below. Notwithstanding the number of peisons that weie about the piennses no one appoais to have been severely lvii b. One of Mr. Seufcit's woikmtn nanipd Sadlei, howevoi, had a narrow escape Ho wai working at his bench in the yard behind the shop, when, heamigaeiack, ho instinctively di opped dow n and got undei the bench, when the whole mass of biokeu woodvvoiL — several tons — came on top of it. Waiting until the noise had subsided, Sadlei crept out, and, except a bmise ou bhe head, escaped uuhuit. Another workman, of the name of White, did not escape so veil, but we understand the mjiuies he leeched were not of a veiy senous natuie, although hf> had to bo assisted to hi-, home. The whole of tho back pait of both shops was. carlied ixwny, and tho family of Mi. feeufeit, -who were in the uppei stoiy, only baiely escaped. Tlie scene of destiuction in the yaul, in winch there was a workshop iillea. with fuinituie, wis melancholy to look at. Beautiful cabinet w oik which was being prepared for the Dunedin Exhibition was smashed up 01 °o destioyeil as to be almost useless , -unl a quantity of fm nitiue completed, or m the com so of completion, was also destioyed. Mi Reufeitwas piepamig four pieces of ointment tl fuinituic, consisting of tables and cabinets — one of thorn for the Bank of New South Wales — and each valued at fiom £30 to •t'7o, which when taken out fiom amongst the debus wue found to bo al.no-t valueless. The fiom all fell into the yud, but the damage to it is not much We aie lnfon/ied that it is a too common piactice m Auekluid to stoic heavy goodb in buildings not at all adapted foi them, and it is to bo hoped that the pie sent accident will be a warning. Whethei Mi muLtt showed \v\ut of mudeuce in letting his budding fen such a pui post*. 01 did nob tike piopcr piecaution in mvking tho supports sufficient^' stiong, aio not piepaied to <-ay , but Ins case is ceitainly one which call? foi sympathy. We may add that Mi. Seufeit, who has been mdustuously stiuggling for some time to maintain hi-, position, will be a loser by thib accident of aboiit ,£SOO The petition in favoiir of the icpue\e of the condemned convict, Alexmdei McLean, is, we understand, to be pusonted on Mond ly next, and it is theiefoie desu vble that those who wish to sign it should do so as soon as possible. It will affoul many fuenda much pleasuie to learn that G Nelson IFccioi, Esq , who was educated at St. John's College, and whose gallant conduct at the attick on ICoio.aifka is still lunembcied both by natives and Europeans, his been piomoted to the command of the Pemusul u and Oueu til Company's stcamci ' Oussa,' on the Bombay and China line. At the Supicme Comt, jesteidaj, the petition of John KitUay, insolvent (of the finn of Rittiay and Matheton), came on foi fust heating and examination. Mi. Meiinnan appeared for the insolvent. The puncipd eieditois in tho estate weio lepicsentcd by Messi?. Biookfield, Wynn, and Beveiulge. Mi. Anderton, the officixl assignee, was also present. The ■vannnation of tho bankrupt occupied tho Comt dming the entne day, an extended lcpoit Inch appeals ehewheie It would appeii fiom his statement that the business of the him had been conducted in a \eiy loose and caielcss mannei, so much so that he was unable to tell tho actual stite of affans or arrive at anything like an approximate estimate of the receipts and expenditure. 'JLhe case will be lesumed at the sitting of the Court to-day (Fuday). A social tea meeting took pi ice on Wednesday evening last, at the Piimitno Methodist Chapel, Edwardes-street, and at which about 130 members of the congiegation and faends were piesent. The respected pastor of the chapel, the Rev. J. Long, occupied the chau. Dming the evening several interesting addiesse? were dehvcicd by the chairm mi and membeis of the congregation, aud the choir in attendance sang sevoial anthems in excellent styleamongst which may be mentioned "How Beautiful Upon the Mountains," ami " A Day 'a Match Neaier Home " The collecting books, which had been put in cv dilation to laise a sufiicienfc sum of money if possible to liquidate the debt upon the chapel, weie opened dm ing the evening, and a sum of £S1 was found to have been sub-cubed. There are a few books still lemaining out, and it is believed ■when these are letnined the sum contributed will bo found to amount to £100, which will cleat the building of all debts against ifc. The Rev. Mr. Long's successor to the pastoi ate of the chapel is expected to airive in Januaiy nei.t. Acase of "sticking-up" occurred inOnelmngn, on Wednesday night to Mi. Williams, a watehmakei of that place, while, he was letuining home at about 11 pm. It appears that Mr. Williams was supposed to have money about him, and when near his house, two men seized him, one on each side, whilst another fiom behind liflod his light-hand pocket, taking Hheiefiom a sum of about 15s Mi. Williams had seveial bank notes in his left hand pocket, but foituuately tho miscreant Bl omitted tojsearch it, svnd so lie got off with but a small

losi. The robber* are auppoied to belong to the military, and it is to be hoped they will soon be apprehended. By a typographical blunder in our issue of yesterday Mr. Michael Wood'i name is printed Michael Ward, and that gentleman is represented as " having determined to give up the 'law' btiainess," instead of the land business. "We apologise for this mistake. The Sydney Herald of the lOfch in»tant s«.ya- — "Amongst the 'Alfred's ' passengets is Captain Spain, who has come to Sydney to make arrangements for the chartering of a ship to convey home to England the sick and wounded soldiers in New Zealand." At the Police Court yesterday, four persons were convicted of drunkenness upon their pleading of guilty, and were ordered to pay the usual fine of 20s. and costs, in default to be imprisoned 48 hours with hard labour. Tlieie were three petty laiceny cases also disposed of. "William Bums and "William Foster were sentenced to hard labour for four months for larcenies in Highstieet onjtho 20th instant, and Patrick Power was ordered to bejimprisoned for sixmonths withhard labour for stealing on the 22nd instant a flute and binocular glass fiom on board the barque ' Bella "Vibta 1 now lying in harbour. Ihe Government have temporauly suspended the works for which Mi. Kelly obtained the contract, viz , the repaiiing and filling in the Go\ eminent Wharf, Onehunga, as they contemplate some alteration in the plans. It is repoited that they intend to lemove the Wharf altogether to the other side of Gedde's Basin, as it is believed that that would give greater convenience to the shipping, and gieater depth of water. On Tuesday evening, Mr. Whyman delivered the first of a feeiies of lectutes on the " Tabernacle of Israel," at the Congregational Chapel, Newton. Tha lectuie was illustrated by the usual models, which, together with the lecture itself, elicited the hearty -applause of the audience. The second lecture of the senes wa=s announced for Monday next. An accident of a somewhat seriou3 character occurred on Wednesday evening to a'paity reUirningfrom the xace m a spang car, taid to belong to Mr. Muiray, saddler. Theie were thiee females in the car, and a man diiving. All had gone well until they ai rived near to the Junction Hotel, when the horse becamej almost unmanageable, and kicked and plunged most tiemendously. The ladies, becoming fiightened that they would be thrown fiom the car, appear to have deteimined to get out, but the first one, in attempting this, fell on her side, and pulled a second one after her. The third lady and the driver managed to get out, and the horse then started off at full speed, knocking down and injuring a man who stood in the load attempting to stop the frightened animal. Both shafts oE the cart were broken against a scoiia wall, and the horse then dashed towaid3 the toll bar, but was stopped a short distance fiom it. It was believed the leg of the man who attempted to stop the horse was broken. We undeistand that a robbery was committed at the Royal Exchange Hotel, Onehunga, on Wednesday night last, the particulars of which will ■shortly come befoie the public. The adjourned meeting oE the Chamber o£ Commerce was to ha\e been held yesterday afternoon at tlueo o'clock, but did not take place, owing to a quoium not assembling A correspondent of the Daily Newt observes, with, legard to the New Zealand Loan — "It is somewhat singular that while newly established public companies Bnd no difficulty in laising vast sums in this couutiy to cany out uudei takings of the most speculative and uncertain character in foreign countnes, a colonial government loan, paying upwards of 5^ per cent., and secured on the revenues of one of our most flouiishing colonies, should fail to find subsciibers. ' Three seamen belonging to the baique 'Bengal,' were given into the custody of the police, yesteiday, charged withiefusing to do duty on board. They will be brought up at the Police Couit this morning. There was not a veiy large attendance at the Californian Gitcus last evening, owing, no doubt, to the gieat attractions elsewheie. The poi forinances, nevertheless, weie, a? usual, first-olass, and loudly applaudeJ. At the llaunonic Society's weekly piaetice, List e\ening, in fie St. Mitthcw's schoohoom, theie was a veiy good attendance of woiking tnembeis, and seveial of the solos and choi uses m the or.Uono of "Elijah" weie gone thiough. The public lehearsal is expected to come off cm the 10th November next. The opening game of the Auckland Cticket Club is to be played in the Domain, to moirow ; the wickets being pitched at half past three o'clock pieciselj'. A meeting of the membeis of the club is to be held after the game, at the Windsor Castle, Pauiell, at seven o'clock, when gentleme l wishing to become membeis are united to attend. Mi. Whjmin is to give an exhibition of his dissolving vkws in the gamson libiary, Albert Bairacks, tins evening, at six o'clock, in aid of the widow and family of the late Sr rgeanfc Egan, Royal Aitilleiy. Mr. Lewis&on has veiy hbeially offeied another cup to be urn for, by hoises in the colonial force, on 2nd January ne\t. At the Theatre Royal last evening the romantic spectacle of " The Coisican Brothen" was produced to a crowded house, and was, iv every respect, the most successful diama ever piesented in Auckland The difficult character of the Twin Brothers was played with alternate power and pathos by Mr. Fvwcett, aud the dignity and deteimination he infused into the last act was the crowning success of the impel sonation. Mi To.n Fawcett made an eicellent Chatcauicnaud, aud Messrs. Duun and Mauley, as the rival Corsican peasants, were c.ipitO. The sceneiy was all new, and admirably painted, and the ghost effects weie managed with unerring piecisiou. Nothing moie weiid or spectial has ever been seen here, and the applause of a crowded house testified to the general gratification, and give promise of a long and brilliant career for the play. We have not time to give a lengthened leview, but in a futuie notice we shall do moie justice to the pieco itself, and the performers. The comedy of "Toodles" wound up the entertainment, and in which the acting of Mr. and Miss Dunn as Mr. and Mis. Toodles was inexpiessibly comic, keeping the house in continued convulsive laughter. "Hamlet" was the fiist piece played at the Prince of Wales Theatre last night, to a very numerous audience, who weie, no doubt, attracted to the theatia by the Announcement that Mr. J. H. Allen, aheady known as an excellent actor, would take the part of the Piince. The chaiacter is one that requites no mean capacity to impersonate even passably, although attempted so frequently by many who have the smallest possible amount of dramatic ardour in their souls. Mr. Allen, however, 'showed that, in addition to good natural abilities, he had studied his paic carefully, and he brought out the principal parts in the Prince's moody and melancholy leveries with fine effect; and, indeed, his peiformance throughout was very good. Mr. Barry made a veiy respectable ghost of the Royal Dane ; but this is a character which is almost placed beyond the limits of criticism, from the difficulty oE exactly defining its "make-up." Miss Fanny Young, as Ophelia, was excellent, and we do not wonder at the applause with which she was greeted The remaining characters in this tiine-honoiued and affecting tiagedy weie, on the whole, cieditably gone through. The Buckley Minstiels perfouned on Wednesday evening, at the Onehunga Institute. Considering the great counter-attraction of the races, there was a voiy f.ur attendance, from whom the company, in their excellent delineation of negio character, and really good musical peiformance, leceived every mark of appiobatiou.

Ail old gouty gentleman, having lost a pair o capacious shoes, said that the worst wish ho had was, that his Bhoes might fit the thief.