THE NELSON EXAMINER. Saturday, June 30, 1855.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XIV, Issue 27, 30 June 1855, Page 2

THE NELSON EXAMINER. Saturday, June 30, 1855.

Journal! become more neceisarjr as men become more equal and indiridualinn more to be feared. It would be to underrate their importance to suppose that thejr serre only to secure liberty: they maiataia civilization. Da Tocau»viLLi. Of Democracy in America, vol. v., p. 230.

By the arrival of the Ocean Queen from Sydney, we have three days later news from England. The intelligence thus received has travelled to us in a rather circuitous manner. A Dutch paper, the Rotterdam Courier, of the Bth of March, had found its way to Batavia, and a ship bound from Hongkong to Melbourne, chancing to call at that island, obtained

possession of this paper, and on reaching Melbourne, handed it over to the editor of, one of the journals, by whom the intafest-

ing portion of its contents was translated' into English and published. v :\ < Although the news contained in the Rotterdam Courier of the Bth of March, is only three days later date than that brought by the Blue Jacket, it is o£.no. inconsiderable importance. We learn from it, that any hopes of a speedy termination of the war which might have arisen from the supposed pacific wishes of the young Emperor of Russia) are utterly dispelled, and the struggle which had begun with the father, must be carried on against

the son with all the vigour we are capable of using, if we are to escape defeat* and wish to maintain that rank in the council of nations to which we have hitherto laid claim. NotwitLstaiaclino' all the mistakes of the past campaign, and despite the jeers

of our enemies and affected sympathy of false friends, we cannot doubt for a single moment that the England of the present day will effectually vindicate its former fame, and come out of the struggle with untarnished laurels. It is true, we hear a great deal of talk of the sun, of England having set — and something too much of this has been said in the official organ of the French Government, known to be under the immediate control of the Emperor, and to T^Wch the royal pen is no infrequent contributor — but where is the proof? That peace has not lessened the valour and prowess of pur troop 3, the heights of Alma, the cavalry charge of Bakklava, and the terrible fiejd of Inkerman, sufficiently testify. That the resources of England are not impaired, is evident from the fact that we have, equiped and sent to sea the mightiest fleet ever seen afloat, and borne all the expenses of] the war up to the present time without in- 1 creasing the taxation of the country, while the fact is notorious that at no period in history was the country ever in such a favourable position to bear increased taxation. That the spirit of the nation is not wanting in martial fire, and is willing to make every necessary sacrifice to secure, what, if not the original object of the war, must now become so— the curtailment of the power of our great antagonist — every organ of the country shows, and save a small section of the community who are actuated partly by mistaken views of philanthropy and partly by a wretchedly selfish principle of political economy, the nation, as with one voice, demands that the | war shall be prosecuted with the utmost vigour, hi it then because an incompetent minister-was for the first few months of the war at the head of affairs, and because some of the departments under him were filled by incompetent officers, that we are to be persuaded the power of bur country is departed — triax England has fallen, from its high estate. We know well, too well, what this incompetence, and its consequent imbecility, has cost us. It has cost i&tgland an army ; an army, not however slain in the field of battle, or defeated by the strategies of war — events, however deplorable, had they occurred, we might by stern necessity have felt compelled to accept, as being -among the necessary chances of that frightful gajrae which we had been driven to play At. 'On the contrary, our troops have always been victorious when they have encountered the enemy ; but they have been suffered to die of cold, hunger, and fatigue, in their camp. Our country has paid dearly for the errors of its rulers, but we think we may be sure these errors wilt B not^e repeated, for woe |to the Minister who* would risk their repe- ! tition. The cloud that Jias hung over our arms will be dispelled, now that the millstonejwhich hung on the neck of the nation is removed.

It is no slight augury that a policy of the right kind is to be pursued, when we find that Mr. Layard, whose practical knowledge of the state of Crimean affairs is so great, has become a member of the Government, The office to which this gentleman is appointed, that of Under Secretary for the colonies, cannot be exactly the one in which the country would have preferred to see him placed ; but, from what we know of his character, we may accept Mr. Layard's appointment to any ministerial office as a guarantee that that gentleman believes Lord Palmerston's conduct of the wfer will -be wholly different from that of hia pf etfecessor. The season of inaction was rapidly passing away, and every mail which now arrives we may expect to find fraught with great events. The step about to be taken by the Emperor of the French — of appointing a regency, and repairing himself to the seat of war — may be productive of results not easily foreseen. The advice of his own ministers, and the counsel of both the English and Austrian Governments, can-

not dissuade Louis Napoleon from taking a course which mp|t people think a rash Vn Hl-judgeu \meiylf ranee is a volcano that, twill notjbejti^ playing with, and a political. convulsion in the absence of the Eoipejror is by mtny deemed no improbable occurrence"; and it is pointed out that even the reign of the first Napoleon ran a great risk of being brought to an abrupt termination during hia absence from France, by a no more formidable.instrument than a common swindler. Here again we must await the course of events.

The Zragarlspoke a large vessel from London entering Wellington Heads, but did not ascertain her'bamec She also reports seeing a brigantine bound to Wellington, apparently in ballast, and a large .square-rigged Teasel bound to the southward. The English ship seen at the heads will prove, in, all, proßa-? bility, to, be; the New Era, advertised'to ' leaf^ London early,, id March. The 'Zingari brings ho intelligence of. the vessels missings