Correspondence.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 191, 23 June 1864, Page 5

Correspondence.

To the Editor of the >"i-:w Zealand Heuald. y lKj l am lmppy to inform you tliitt the wreck of the schooner 'iNile' arrived in port last night, with vitv liuie damage done, sljc having several jjussenjr,.re on hOiii-d. JXr. Twiuus w:ia bunt down by the lnsur.ince Compiiny, sil tlm cxjiunsu of Mr. ilc-Liver mid the liisuruncv. Mr. Twuioi e.imo up to town iiml reported her u tot.d wreck, without my order or consult. Sho h.iving- Leen jmreha>ed by Mr. Twuto's wile oil tho luKurance (Joinpany surveyoi-, for £17(j, li;df of her value; s> , tluit shows that there was little the matter with her. J. Wallace. Master. Late mate of the ' Ellen Lewis,' and still muster of the 'XikV Auckland, June 22, ism.

Some curioue letters from the nobles to the Tycoon's Council have fallen into the hpnds of the English Ministsr. 'J'he Prince of .Nagnto dwells on the necessity of concord between the Tycoon and the Mikado, with many sententious truisms about the' force of unity an.i weakness of discord. At another time hereminds the Government that foreigners have' once before been driven from Japan, although they' had then, as now, ships, discipline, and artillery. There is no difference, he says, except that steam is , substituted for sails, so that the intruders, as he facetiously suggests, will be able to take themselves off the sooiior. Thf Mikado, as becomes a Japanese Pnno, -write-- in a nuiu pompous and antiquated style, l'ii!s IX. inm.-elf might adopt the that •' from ancient times till now the heart of the Mikado was not at all changed." He accordingly commands tin , " Willow Palace," or Tycoon, "lo determine that the foreign barbarians shall bo swept out of the country," and. "to fix upon a period for cutting off the ugly barbarians." As in all simmilar allocutions, it is thought unnecessary to consider whether the divine command is likley to be oboyed or capable of being enforced. It is quite certain that no English Government will propose to retire from the Japanese ports, especially as the i'rench, the Russians, and the Americans would not follow the self-denying example. 0:i the otlier hand, Foreign Ministers and Admirals will do well, if possible, to abstain from burning towns when they have occasion to bombard castles or to silence batteries. It is highly desirable to piescrve all the restrictions which have been imposed on the license of war, and no exception ought tu W niiiile to tlw dutn'rai-iit of a raco with which it is impossible to feel seiio.is moral indignation.