The New Zealand Herald. AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1867. THE ENGLISH MAIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1074, 24 April 1867, Page 4

The New Zealand Herald.

AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1867. THE ENGLISH MAIL.

SI'ECTEMDK AGENDO. "Give erery ir.cn thine era-, bnt few thy volss : Take eacK man's censure, but reserve thy jiiatrm—' Thla a-ove a!!,—To thin? own self be true Aud it must follow, as the nieht the day. Hjoa canst not then te fal:o to any man.

The English mail via Suez arrived in harbour yesterday evening, and brings a moi than usually interesting budget of news, the 11th February Mr. Disraeli proceeded in the Imperial Parliament to give Ins pio-

■C(j explanation of the Ministerial views. Hi* s speeeh was «vu elaboration ot the foli thirteen resolutions, which, though not read to thc House, were subsequently published as those to be submitted to it on the ground that it assented to the sccond reading of a bill entitled " A Bill to extend '■ rhe nui't of voting at elections of members ,if Parliament of England and Wales : — 1 That the number of electors for counties and baror-shs iu England and Wales ought to he increaecd. ■> That s«c!i increase may best be ellected by both rcJaei'ns" the value of the qualifying tenement in counties and boronshs, and l>y adding other franchises not dependent on' tuch value. 3. '1 hat while it is desirable that a more direct representation should bo „; ven to the labouring class, it is contrary to tho constitution of this realm to give to any one class or interest a predomii.ating power over the rest of the community. 4. That the occupation franchise in counties and boroughs shall be bused upon the principle o!" rating. 5. That the principle of plurality of vote.=i i'" adopted by Parliament, would farilitnto the settlement of the borough franchise on an extensive t>. That it is expedient to revise the existing distribution of seats. 7. That in such revision it is not expedient that any borough now represented in parliament should be wholly disfranchised. S. That, i l reviri'-ii the existing distribution of seats this House will a.knowledge, as its main consideration, tho exneJiencv of supplying representation to places not at present' represented, aud which may bo considered entitled to th-tc privilege. 0. That it is expediont thst provision should be made for the better prevention of bribery and corruption at elections. 10. That it is expedient that the system of registration of voters in counties should be assimilated, as far as possible, to that which prevails in boroughs. 11. Tint it shall be open to every parliamentary elector, if ke thinks fit, to record his vote by means of a poll-inj-raper, duly signed and authenticated. 1-. That provision be made for diminishing the distance which voters have to travel for the purpose of recording their votes, so that no expenditure for such purpose shall hereafter be legal. 13. 'Thit a humble address be presented to her Majesty, prayiug her -Majesty to issue a Royal Commission to form and submit to the consideration of Parliament a scheme for new and enlarged boundaries of the existing parliamentary borouehs where the population extends beyond the limits'now assigned to such boroughs j and to fix, subject to the decision of Parliament, the boandar/es of such ether boroughs as Parliament may deem fit to be represented in this House. It must have been clear to tho Ministry bv tho manner in which these resolutions were received, that they would go down neither with the House nor with the country, and thev were subsequently withdrawn. The leading London journals have not tailed to condemn them as based on no intelligible principle, and as a mere timid and halting repetition of tho bill of the Russell ministry. Nor is the bill promised to be brought down cn the 2 Stli of March looked upon as likely io be more acceptable. The framing of this bill has at any rate caused a split in the Cabinet-. On the Sth oi March, as will be seen elsewhere, three members of the Cabinet resigned. Amongst these was Lord Carnaveon, the Secretary of State for the Colonies. He is succeeded by the Duke of Buckingham, the erstwhile famous Marquis of Chandos. The place hac: been offered to the Duke of Richmond, but refused by him. Fenianism and its wicked and foolish attempts- in Ireland, and even in England, J form a principal portion of our intelligence. < Collisions between the military and the i Fenians had taken place in Ireland, but the : former had been vigorously repressed. In England the Fenians made a sort of attempt ] or feint upon the town of Chester, gathering < within it to the number of some 1400 strong ' from the neighbouring towns of Manchester, ! Saiford, Halifax, Leeds, Staleybridge, &c. j The people of Chester and neighbourhood ] made every preparation to resist attack. A 1 company of the 34th arrived from Manches- : ter, and, on telegraphing to London, a bat- < tallion of the Guards was ordered out 1 immediately. The Fenians, finding the 1 preparations too formidable for them, retired : during the night in small bodies. timorous J arrests have been the consequence. The - liornan Catholic Bishop of ICillarnev, de- i nouncing Fenianism from the altar, pointed i out to his congregation the character of i the leaders of this movement living 1 themselves in luxury and safety at New 1 York and Paris, leaving to their dupes the ' risk, caring for themselves but for the dollars raised in the name of the cause. J " I preached." says his Lordship, "to you I; last Sunday on the eternity of hell's tor- " merits. Human reason was inclined to " say, 'It is a hard word, and who can bear "it ?' But when we look down into the l: fathomless depth of this infamy of the I: heads of the Fenian conspiracy, we must " acknowledge that eternity is not long '' enough nor hell hot enough to punish such '* miscreants " It is well for the peasantry of Ireland that their clergy have so persistently warned them of the policy and ■ wickedness of the movement. The Jamaica prosecution (or persecution, which shall we say ?) continues. Not only is it being conducted against Mr., late Governor, Eyre, but Brigadier-General Nelson and Lieutenant Brand have both been arrested on warrant, and have appeared at Court and been committed to the sessions on a charge of wilful murder. Both gentlemen were of course released on bail and will be defended by the Government. The trial of one case might, we should have thought, sufficed all parties, for all the defendants, if adjudged guilty, must of course receive indernity for their acts. It is with feelings of deep regret we learn the death of one of the great pioneers of Civilisation, Dr. Livingstone, of world-wide renown. Like Cook, he has fallen by the hand of a savage, but not before he has conferred upon the human race benefits which throw in the shade the acts of selfish politicians and worldly statesmen. There is no name of note in the obituary of the month, if we omit that of Lord Grey, which, we presume, is intended for Earl Grey, formerly minister the colonies.