TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4162, 21 June 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

; : ■CHRiSTCHtmcH, June 19th. At a-meeting; of the Rifle Association lasfr , night, t»e question of winding up, in consequence of the limited support accorded bythe general public, was discussed. It was ultimately decided, however, to try to carnr ; on another year. . Invercabgill, June 19tb. Much indignation has been expressed heraat the manner in which a Bill has been, hurried through the Provincial Council for the purpose of altering the reserve from a grant to the Athenaeum to a site for apitifoL Town Hall. The people here were not consultea m the matter. It had been previouslyarranged with tie General Government, and confirmed by public meetings, that the-site in question should be given to the Athenaeum in exchange fora piece of ground; InSEsk street. A memorial to the Governor' praying that assent to the Bill may"be withheld, is m course of signature. TT, » wq c r, Aj^AJTOi 19& xne K.sa.b.b: Cyphrenes arrived about 11 o clock last night, two. days under contract tune She left San Francisco oi May 25th, and Honolulu on the 3rd June. Passengers (r r 7i5 ed? ld '—Mr Bnd'Mra M'Master, Mr and Mrs de Glorfan, Mr aud Mrs Bury Messrs Kipper, Edwards deGlorian, Wheeler* Burnett; and four in the steerage. She has also fifty passengers for Sydney. • -v ENGLISH AND FOREIGN NEWS. - T>^ rty miners were KUed by an explosion: m the Talk-of-the Hill Colliery, Staffordshire. . . •'. . ~-r : Gartemes, late.President of the Revolutionary Junta of Carttagena, has died afc Geneva. ■ ■■■?.- The Times endorses Gladstone's letter on. the Centennial. ' The Earl of Pembroke resigns the Under Secretaryahip for War. He is to be succeeded by Lord CoJgen. A mutiny occurred on board an American: schooner on the voyage to Londen. Two of? the mates were killed and several of the crew wounded. The Catholic organs condemn the appointment of the Prince of Wales as Granu Master of Freemasons. . Bismarsk's life has again been threatened! by a lunatic - The breaking out of a revolution at-Porfc a.v Prince has caused great excitement, borne British gunboats have been despatched tothatport.. ■ .:-- *■:«■:•- Cardinal Manning protests against Bi - marcks plans. " — ■■-'••■■ ■--■--• The Duke of Edinburgh has been appointed Governor of Madras. The Czar insists on peace between^Germany and France., • - There was a gre&'t demonstration ii Dnblin, at the funeral of the American Fenian Mullins. At a meeting of the Emperors of Russia and Germany in Berlin, it was decided that; peace be maintained. jc- _ English authors urge international copy. Mgrn ts- D»sraeli promises to support them. The death is announced of the sporting parson, the Rev. John King (better knowa as Mr Launde), of Ashley. A Polish Priest has been arrested for aiming at Bismarck's life. The steamer Wyoming has arrived at NewYork with 100 Welsh converts to Mormonlsm. . . China cedes Saghalien Island to Russia^ The Czar expressed his wish to hold a. Conference with M. Thiers. ' " ' Russia sends a satisfactory note to England relative to Central Asia': ° <-~ : Eugenic will accept no compromises oE claims against the French Government. The Schiller has broken up. Her officers were accused of drunkenness. ' ■'- The Italian Senate has voted a donation to Garibaldi. .'-■ : The Due de Chambord still has hopes toafc the Monarchy will be established in France. The Canadian Pacific Railway is to ibe pushed ahead. Yon Arnheim is to have another triaL A serious fire has occurred at Launcestor. Small-poxhas appearedin the Carlist camp. Free press and free speech have been, established in Spain. Russia will make a treaty with the Pope. The Figaro created a sensation in Paris by advocating postponement of French revenee for 103 yews. The Alfonsists were defeated at Uswisheli and Uno. The deaths of ex-Queen Amelia, widow oE the late King Otho of Greece, and of Dudley Baxter, are announced. "~ ""' The Italian Government has ordered the removal of all bishops who have not received, the royal approval. Judge Keogh has decided that Mitchell's election was illegal, he being a felon andj-ao. alien. ' ' ■ . * "■-'* American news says that the prohibitive liquor laws have been repealed in the State of Michigan. The baloon " E. T. Barnum" has nii&e st successful trip. " '~&- There has been another large fire in New York. '•■■•■ The English swimming champion, J^B. Johnson, has accepted C, Clarke's (AmeneW champion) challenge to swim: from one~f» twenty miles for £500. .-.■■•<:.- Eight steamships, with 679 saloon, and 11S0 steerage passengers, left New York in. one day for Europe. Tweed is sued for 6,000,000 dollars. The French and English gun-boats are ordered to Newfoundland to prevent trouble" between the fishermen tnere. , £}%&? fir? has occuwed-in Vermont: losk, 150,000 dollars. _ ; . .-■■':..-'•'■■}_.. The suspension of the Philadelphiafroa Foundry is announced ; liabilities,^; SKKHDOG dollars. 600 men are thrown out of work. General Sheridan is about to marry. The Darien Canal is being surveyed. All the leading distilleries in Chicago have been seized by Government for fraud. Immense swindling in the betting ring has been discovered. " Chicago is about to borrow 3,000.006 Sol? at 6 per cent. ■ .- f. . -r: President Granthas been threatened Irotik assassination. ; " ■ :. - ;^*. :,■, si Pennsylvania coal miners have heenstoneil . and shot by strikers. ' : : -. _ ; ■ The Chicago distillers arrested are chareed with conspiracy to defraud. Twentyfive bags of Ne« Zealand mails have been recovered from the : wreck of the Schiller. . . = , Mrs Abraham Lincoln Tig declared*&T'be insane, and has attempted suicide. ti? Chicago gangers have been implicafcecbfn the whisky frauds. -— for^oSffdoL BraZil Bahk 1^ The Pennsylvania forest fires are still: raging, whole towns are being destroyed^ Four fire-trains, containing one thousand people, rushed through the burning woods. The following are some particulars of the loss of the Schiller. She xjamedvV^ill cargo, and an unusually heavy mail; was manned by a crew of 125 officers and'msn, and had 140 cabin and 120 steerage passengers making a total of 355 souls. The course o£ the steamer-was up the English GhanneL through the Straits of Dover, into the German Ocean. It is evident that thV'capi tain, owing probably to a heavy fog. was considerably out of his course. The part of the coast where the Schiller struck is notoriously dangerous, and difficult of. navigation^ notwithstanding* it is abundantly supplied with lights. Ouly 47 souls are known to be saved. The Schiller took out a general cargo of merchandise, valued at 150,000 dole, and was insured in New York and,Londoa offices; and in addition.carried 300,000 dpls in specie. The vessel^was valued at"6oo 009 dole, and was fully insured in .-Hamburg anl London Companies. A New York Hera&E special gives full incidents relative to the disaster, as follows -.—The survivors and dead, arrived at Penzance yesterday aa follows: At eight o'clock there came » boat with seven persons, then came two boats with women' and childrenand a ship's boat subsequently- picked up the bodies of a little boy and four men.1 One man was found floating on a r"6iece of wreck; at a late Hour of the day three/more bodies were recovered at sea. WKeif'the' boats finally reached the neighbourhood of Relarriene Ledge the last mast of the Schiller went overboard, and scores of .people who were clinging to it were drowned-after having endured most agonising suspense; during the night. The passengers .bad gone to sleep at the time of the accident^::The Relarriene Ledge, on which tlie^;' vessel struck, is one of the many dangerous? shoals lying inside the Bishops" Rock Lighthouse. The Island of ■ Roskear. and Southßishopsßockfogbellsoughttoiavebeen. heard by the steamer. No such disaster as the present one has happened on the Comisli coast sime the John May in 1555, when <>0Q lives were lost. The Herald says the respon-

sibility.of'this awful shipwreck seems to rest ; on the officers. There was., no storm, but < mpljf tog and darkness of night, and con- I sidering that none of the lights could be seen, the Bishops Rock fog bell could have ] been heard, and there was still a chance ! for the unlucky Schiller passengers, who are are the victims of a terrible blunder. It can I hardly be possible that an event so terrible, - and apparently so unnecessary, will be over- i looked. The Schiller was lost on a coast s well known to experienced sailors ; not on ] any new or unknown rock, but on a reef i from time immemorial known to be dangerous. : The following additional accounts of the i disaster have been received: —A heavy fog i having prevailed no observations were ob- : tamed from the Tuesday, and in consequence the enginss were brought to half speed and ; sail reduced at 9 o'clock on Tuesday night. At 10 o'clock the same night the ship : struck the ledge. Great panic prevailed. Captain Thomas is highly praised for his con- i -duct during the terrible scene ■which followed, i Two boats filled with men refused to de- ] liver them to the captain. He fired his revolver over their heads to drive them out, then fired at them, but .without effect, i Afterwards, all fwho were on board these j small boats perished. The tackle at the ; stern was released too soon, leaving the ' boats suspended by the bows. Three boatß : then got away. One thinly-lined boat was so bidly injured that she sank. Eleven of those aboard were rescued by other boats. Two boats-were crushed by a falling funnel; guvs were fired from the steamer until the powder became wet. The deck-house, which was crowded with passengers, was swept away at two o'clock this morning. The Captain gathered some survivors on the bridge, and all were gradually swept away by the flow of the tide. The rigging which remained •above water was crowded, with passengers aad crew. The mainmast fell at 7.30 a.m. with all who had taken refuge on it. The boats saved the lives of some of those who had drifted away. ■ One man was rescued after being in the water ten hours. The pissengers say "that Captain Thomas left the bridge at three a.m., when the deckhouse was swept away by a heavy sea. He had not been in bed for five nights previous to the disaster. The sea began to break over the vessel half an tour after she struck, and the tide rose 25ft before daylight. One woman was saved. The survivors who were landed escaped in the Schiller's own boats. All accounts agree that _ the panic which followed on the striking of the ship was terrible beyond description. The fishermen report that the Schiller is firmly settled on the rocks and will not fall off into deep water. It will be many days into the summer when salvage can he effected. There was a life belt in every berth when the disaster © -curred, and Captain Thomas issned orders that one should be fastened to every woman, but the women were drowned in the heavy s-a. Boats cruising in the vicinity of the wreck continue to pr ck up the bodies of the drowntd. Seven mail bags were picked ap and recovered two days after the disaster. Taey contained mostly San Francisco and Auckland newspapers. At the inquest held •on the twenty bodies, H. Hall, the first officer of the Schiller, testified that at the "time the vessel struck Captain Thomas and •another officer were on the bridge, as were aldo two look-out men ; two other-look-outs being stationed forwards. Some London journals attribute the disaster to the. recklessness of the captain. The second and "third officers were drowned. Divers who have examined the wreck state that she is ■completely broken up, a mere confused mass * of timber and iron. Her lower deck rested ■on the rocks, her bottom having been torn off by rocks. None of the specie was recovered. INo cargo was visible. One of the crew of the Schiller has informed the correspondent ■of the Standard that the officers were drunk when she struck, and several of the passengers lay helpl-ss until they were swept away by the waves. One hundred and tbirty bodies were recovered from the wreck, and many of them were mnch mutilated. In the passenger lut published there does not ap--pear the names of any of the New Zealand passengtrs. SHIPPING. Emigration to New Zealand is much more active since the last mail. The Cospatrick panic has subsided. The Lactura, intended for Auckland, is now destined for Lyttelton, rejected as an emigrant ship on account oi insufficient height between dt cks. Another strike among iron workers interferes with the shipment of railway iron. Part of Vesey Stewart's special settlers for the Kati Kati block sailed by the Carisbrook Castle. " Freights and charters," says the Star's liindon correspondent, "are exceedingly dull, and have gone down at the rate of 25 per cent. The Southern Cross correspondent says :— "" An American line of steamers will most 'likely be laid on before long between Australia and New Zealand. The California ;and Pacific Mail Company will probably •undertake the contract, and as they are one •of the largest, if not the very largest, steamship companies in the United States, their •name is a_ guarantee that neither ability nor • capital will be wanting on their part to make .the line a success. The City of Pekin, next to the Great Eastern, is the largest steamer iia the world, and belongs to this Company. COMMERCIAL. Sax Fsaxcisco, May 24th. A correspondent says fruights have been -very dull during the past week. In wheat • charters tor England for immediate loading ■almost nothing has been done. During the past two days, six or seven ship 3 have -chartered for Liverpool on long lay days, (ranging from thirty to forty-five working -days, the rate from £2 to £2 2s Gd. Liverpool wheat is .quoted at 'Frisco at 9s to 9s 2d; average Californian, 9s 2d to 9s 6d. Devoe's petroleum steady, at 274 c, 20c, ; and 30c. Wheat market is steady. Demand quiet, :at Idol. 65c. to Idol. 75c. per lOOlbs. Oats, :2doL to 2dol. 20c. for light feed. New York, May 23rd. The 'Frisco Chronicle correspondent says ' the grasshopper plague has snbsided. The reported destruction, however, is greatly exaggerated, and not likely to have material -effect. The wool market shows no improvement as regards the amount of trade. Sales of Californian new spring, 30e. to 35c. ; old, 22c. to 29c. ; all, 15Jc. to 22c. ; scoured, •"65c. to 72Ac. Hides, full prices, but irregular. Petroleum, dull and nominal, 12c. ; crude rbulk, 6c. ; in case, 17c. to 19c. ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS. (FROM OUR AUCKLAND CORRESPONDENT.) ] GEKMANY. The police have procured the arrest abroad •of Duan, the principal conspirator in the -plot to assassinate Bismarck and Dr Falck, ixinister of Ecclesiastic affairs. The Gazette says the prisoner is a relative of Archbishop Xedchouskie. The plot included the assassination of the Emperor. Three men were hired to carry out the plot. The Standard's ■special from Berlin says the Prussian police are redoubled in vigilance, having received alarming notices of plots against Bismarck and minister Falck. A. special staff oi fourteen detectives has been iormed for their protection. In the Lower House the Bill for the sup " of religious orders was read a 1 second timp, without amendment, and a Bill giving .old Catholics a share in Roman Catholic Church property, passed the third reading by 202 to 75~. Instructions have been sent to the Provin■cial authorities of Prussia to treat the collection of money for priests who ha^e been subjected to legal penalties as a punishable •offence. The Koman Catholic Bishops of Prussi; have decide I to dissolve even their religioui orders which the State tolerates, being un willies to see them subjected to Govern mental supervision. Six thousand German families are prepar 3ng to emigrate from Prussia on account o the oppressive Conscription. The inquiry instituted as to Catholic Soeie ■ties in Berlin at the time of Kullman's at tempt to shoot Prince Bismarck, has bee: closed. A crowd of women mobbed an old Catholi School hinse at Konigshutte, Silesia, deciai ing they would never allow their children t becomeold Catholics. Aftermuch excitement the military were called out, and cleared th , ; streets, which were full of spectators. Twent persons were arrested. SPAIN. The Carli-it Committee has received a tel< £ am. ditcd Miy 3rd, reporting victories b

)on Carlos, b}' the forces uuder thecomrn;nl j f Libal's, at Breda, Lsvida, Sana, and j )(>loma. King Alfonso'« forces number 40,000. He DSi five elref officers at Breda, and 350 at | ;aua and Coloma. Another victory for the Carlists under )ast -110 is reported from Arngon. The Go■t riment troops are said-to have lost all heir artillery and many prisoneis. AltonVs General Decatva was killed. The Carists have shelLd Guetara, and done great lamage. A special from Madrid to the Daily News | eports that the Papal Nuncio made a formal lemand for the restoration of Catholic unity v Spaiu, and the Government replied that it s resolved to maintain liberty of worship. The Government forces gained a victory .t Mouscouate, and oap'uuvd a formidable wsitiou of the Carlists, with a loss of only 13 killed and woundt d. The Carlists attacked Pampeluna on Sunlay, and threw shells into the town. No asualties. The insurgents were finally remlsed. A decree is promulgated declaring that he Press is free to discuss all constitu ionul [uestions except that of Monarchy, and pub ie meetings of a political character may be icld. Tte decrc-j concluded by expressing lopesof the Government for there-establish- j nent of representative ri'ijime, without \ vhich there can be nothing but anarchy. In he decree the Government avows its intenion of doing justi-ie to the Church. It has riven a hopeiul review of the military situition. Information has been received of smallpox being prevalent in the Carlist camp. An important political meeting at Madrid ,vas attrnded by COO gentlemen, who have lad seats in the Cortes as senators or depu;ies. A resolution was unanimously adopted ;hat on the opening of the next Cortes a •esolutiou shall be submitted, formed on tho :>asis of a compromise of all monarchical and iberal pastors. ROME. Pilgrims from Mayence on the 13th May waited on the Pope and congratulated him on;he occasion of the S3rd anniversary of his sirth. The P.>pe replied feelingly, and praised the German clergy, and exhorted ;hem to steadfastness. Cardinal Antontlli is seriously ill, sufferug from Bright's disease of the kidneys. Serious doubts are entertained of his re;overy. The journal La Voce de la Verita is suspended for publishing the Pope's address to ;he German pilgiims. Fau Fatu, the Ministerial organ, auihoritively states that the Pope has resolved :o convoke the Vatican Council to discuss ecclesiastical reform. It is announced, in a manifesto f ram Prince Napoleon, that he is in favour of a Republic n opposition to the restoration of the Empire. GUEaT mtITAIN. An article in the Times presents the con;rast bttueen English and American efforts ;o reduce National Debts "We cannot but eel," says the Times, "that the United Sta'es, iv this respect, shows more high ipirit of a nation's consciousness of its great lestiny, and anxious, above all thinas, that 10 shortcomings of the present generation shall interfere with the teachings their chil:lren have received. The Times of May Ist devotes a leader to Sir George Bowen, loud in his praise. William Stewart, captain of the ship Pweed, has addressed a letter to the Time1*, showing h>w frequently ships are exposed to t danger which resulted so disastrously in the case of the Cospatrick, owing to the untrustworthy character of tlie sailors. He says on his la t voyage to New Z-ahnd, in Tune, he had not been long at sea when he learned the sailors were plundering the cargo, and that naked lights w«re seen in the lower hold among the merchandise stored there. Two ordinary seamen were detected passing sardines and preserved milk it to the forecastle, and were brought aft. After being confined, they confessed they were sent into the hold by the crew, and that several sailors had been many times iuto the hold with naked lights surreptitiously obtained from emigrants. The letter continues:—" Before sailing every possible precaution had been taken to prevent the crew gaining access to the hold, but it was accomplished by the men cutt-ng a pissage through the coal, removing the bulkhead, au(l passing out the plunder, which they secreted uuder the coal until they could get it iuto the forecastle. When this discovery was made I refused to supply them with tobacco. Th. n their conduct became most disgraceful. They combined to neglect their duty in every possible way, shamming sickness, &c., alth"mjih pronounced by the surgeon to be quite well. Their conduct became honny more mutinous and disordeily, and they could not be kept out of the forecastle thrnigh the night although the ship was running iv daik, foggy weather, and in the vicinity of ice. On arrival at Otago the ringlr adi r was brought before the Police Magistrate and sentenced to four weeks' inprisoument with hard labour for neglect of duty, and eight weeks' for embezzlement of the cargo. There is scarcely a vessel going to the Colony whose owner does not have to pay heavily for loss occasioned by plundering cargo, but what is much more of cousequence is the danger tn valuable lives by crews getting into the ship's hold with inked lights amid inflammable carco, whereby many good ship? and many unfortunate passengers have been sacrificed, whose number (?) could never bt told, for the ships have been posted as " missing." While I was in New Zealand, the Cath cart, another immigrant ship, arrived al Lyttelton with mutiny on board. If Plim soil would take a few trips from the docks to tie Downs in some outward bound vessels he would see a little of what masters hay( to contend with through the drunkenness and bad conduct of poor "ill-used Ja:k." Mr Montgomery, the optain of the Queer of the Age, w.ites continuing Captait Stewart's remarks, and recounting an expe rience similar to that ot the Tweed during his last voyage to Auckland. He complain: of the hewy sentence given for cas^s o burglary as compared to the trifling sen tences for endangering hundreds of lives In plundering the cargi with naked Hub's. H* adds that if his vessel or the Tweed suffers the fate of the Cospatrick. every effor would have been mide to censure the owne and captain, while the noble British seamen who caused the calamity, would receive large measnra of public sympathy. The steanship Cailiz has been lost n.-a Brest, while on her voyage from L:sbon t London. Sixty two lives were lost. Th Cadiz got out of her course in consequence c the misre^koning of the captain, and strucl and sank almost immediately. Mr Hy. Stern, a saloon pa-sen^fr by th wrecked steamship Schiller, furnished th New York Herald corrcsnondc.it with i graphic narrative of the disaster. He say that, after the vessel struck, he "wentint the saloon, aud desired to arouse the worn? and children, who had all retired to resi Life-preservers were distributed ; but, i the meantime, the sea began to break ovc the vessel, so that it was impossible to n main on deck. All discipline was at nn enc The fearful surging waves were irreds' ibly rolling over the whole of the shij Whoever could not cling to some firm objnc at a sheltered spot was presently sw^ept ove: board never to be seen again. About 1 o'clock I climbed up the mammas where I was safe from the immediate rage i the waves. The third oifirer kept firir rockets and blue lights as often as the cli ments permitted, to secure help from shon There were lights burning in the pavilic up to one o'clock. Then suddenly the came a tremendous wave, and carried ever thing before it. It swept the whole hous with all in it, mostly women and eh'ldre clean off the deck. One heartrending outc from many voices rose to the skies ; then : was silent as the grave. Many persons w; had sought refuge on the bridge were swr away by the greedy waves. At last also t captain, who stood at his post like a bra man. A boat was lowered, but it was sto and broken before it had scarcely touch the water. Another more fortunate attem was made by threesailors, who got barely aw from the ship's side, but could not be indue to allow any others get into it. Soon afi this the lifeboat was launched from the sic with Poleman in command, but she career over immediately, and caused the death many of those who got in. ThVy succeed) however, in righting her, and she afterwai reached shore with ten yersons, assisted the first boat- It was fearful the stats excitement and confusion on board. Ma of the crew and passengers w-re intoxicat with the chief officer having celebratet birthday that evening. Morning began dawn, and I counted about thirty pers< clinging with me in the ripging of the ma mast. The fchip went gradually deeper ;

deeper, and began to settle down on one i le, so that the waves weut,oyer the rigging. "Between five and six o'clock, our mast suddenly snapped off, and we were carried into the deep, and all except those who bad saved themselves in the rigging were either slain by the falling debris or drowned ; most of thorn' were overcome by exposure and fright to such an extent that they were unable to make the least effort, and apathetically submitted to their fate. After being thrown into the -water, I succeeded in catching two floating beams, with the aid of which I was kept afloat and washed towards the cliffs. As far as I can remember, I had beeu in this position for about two hours, wheu at last I saw a boat. I cried for help, and in a few minutes was saved. " London, May 19 th. The sides of the wreck of the steamship Schiller have fallen in, covering her specie, the best part of her cargo, and probably a number of bodies. Blasting operations will be commenced as soon as practicable. Among the bodies found was that of a woman, with an infant clasped in her ai ins. AMERICAN NEWS. The grasshopper plague continues to destroy the crops. Robberies anil murders in Tex is are increasing. The reason Grant will not ran for a third term, as alleged by the Philadelphia Lsdger, is because his life was threatened, anonymously, unless he declared his intention not to offer himself again for tbe presidency. Telegrams state that a liio Janeiro firm, Viscount Nymon and Co.,fbankers, have suspended piiynieiit. They promWe to pay in full, if given time. The Government is hastening to the general relief in the present financial trouble. The dispute between the Pacific Railroad and the Steamship Company is settled by a contract for 45.000 dollars for overland freight. Mexico is in a deplorable condition. Armed bandits are robbing everywhere, in the name of religion. Black vomit and small pox are making fearful ravages at Vera Cruz. MISCELLANEOUS MAIL ITEMS. (FROM OUR Sl'El/lAL CORRESPONDENT.) The reported resignation of Earl Pembroke is said to be premature. At a dinner to Sir George Bowen, the Puke of Ediuburgh presided. Sir J. Fergusson created great applause by the announcement that Sir J. Vogel had succeeded in negotiating for a New Zealand cable. Sir G. Bowen gushed immensely ever his services to the Colonies, and said "from Queensland he was promoted to New Zealand, which, as my right honourable frieud and successor, Sir J. Fergusson, will confirm, is one of the most interesting and fascinating countries in the world. 1 there presided over a body of most energetic and enterprising settlers, who glory in naming their adopted country as the 'Great Hritain of the South ;' and also over the .Maoris, noblest race oi—l will not say dark-skiniud— nv>.n, which have over been brought into contact with civilisation. I came to New Zealand at a most critical period of its history, when the state of the Maori Highlands was analogous in many respects to the state of the Scotch Highlands in the days of Montrose and Dundee —indeed, down to the insurrection of 1745. It will be remembered that of the chief Scotch claas about one half supported the house of Hanover, while the other half adhered to the house of Skuart, the native dynasty. So of the Maori clans, about one half ranged themselves on the side of the Q.ieen, while the other half adhered to the so called Maori King. Under these circumstances the true course was to adopt the general policy of Lord Chatham and General \Vade in the last century. They pacilied the Scoti-h Highlands. In other words, the local chiefs were induced to raise their claims for the Queen, while thousands of Maoris who a few years ago were in. arms against us have since received pay for working on railways aud mads, opening up their own mountaius and forests, and practically rendering future rebellious impossible. In fact, the true weapons for conquest of the Maori as of the Scotch Highlands have proved to be the pickaxe and spade, not the sword and rifle. This is the 'only witchcraft we have used.1 Iv New Zealand this is briefly the policy which was carried emt during my government and that of my successor, Sir James Fergusson, by Sir J. Vogel, Sir Donald M'Lean, and cither able men, and which resulted in the filial pacification of that glorious country. The Queen has now here no sure and more loyal subjects than many Maori chiefs." On the subject of federation, Sir George said Englishmen at the antipodts, like Englibhmeu at home, dislike constitutional changes, without any need for them. He advocated Colonial reciprocity. Mr Gorst, M.P., at a meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, saul that, to compensate for the misery brought on the Maori race by the introduction of rum and other evils of civilisation, a special effort should be made to benefit them by the spread of Christianity. Sr James Fergusson, at a deputation of colonists who waited on the Earl of Carnari yon for the annexation of New Guinea, said ; very little was known about New Guinea. .Tt would be rash to undertake the responsibilities without knowing something of their i probable extent. :• The Princess of Wales has several times 5 been to hear Moody and Sanke}*. They presented her with a handsomely bound copy of - the Hymns. t The Revivalists are now preaching in Her . Majesty's Opera House. Many of the nobil--3 ity are attending. Many assertions are 3 made relative to the profits accruing from 3 the undertaking, which are disbelieved. 3 Their financial affairs are managed by a Committee. Their expenses are estimated at i £24,000 a year. i The New York Herald publishes, under - the heading of a cablegram, a statement that t Moody and Sankey are in the employ of s Barnum the showman. f There is a clerical scandal in the diocese of . Bangor, in consequence of a child being born V by a young lady to her stepfather, a clergye man. It has led to great indignation. Both 1 disappeared. t Tne Standard's Melbourne correspondent, r writing on April 13th, considers the action ~ of George Grey on the Provincial question a must result in the defeat of Vogel's Bill. Mr Fanvll, M.H.R., has given up the r Belfast emigration agency, and returns to 0 the Colony with Vesey Stewart's party. c The youth O'Connor, ->vho, on the day o1" ,f thanksgiving for the recovery of the Prince k of Wales, attempted to shoot the Queen, was arrested agaiu on the sth inst. The c Queen was holding a drawingroom reception c at Buckingham Palace, and O'Connor was [i f uud standing in the same place, in front of s the railings, as on a former occasion, with a ;o protruded pistol at the Queen. His arrest n was quickly made. O'Connor was sent to b. Hanwell Asylum, by order of Thomas n Henry, the Chief Magistrate at B>w street ;r Police Court, on certificate by two physic- ciaiis, that prisoner was subject both tc I. homicidal and suicidal impulses, t The Examiner mentions a rumour thai p. Disraeli will resign at the end of the session. •t It believes there is foundation for it, as the r Premier's disability for continuous work is 1 damaging to the Government. b. Th« New York Herald's special correspon of dent from Mandallay, of May 22nd, writiiu ig in reference to the threatened war witr c- Burmah, says the King of Burmah i; 3. 'most auxois to settle the matter be mi tween the British and Chinese Govern re ments amicably. Lebdie, the Chines* y. General, who is supposed to have arrestei c Colonel Brown's advance, in March, fo n, territorial explorations, arrived at Man ry dallay three days ago. He is bearer of dis all patches from the Court of Pekin. The Kin ho denies all complicity in the failure of Colon* pt Brown's expedition. No serious diffieultie he are anticipatid. ye A cordial meeting has taken place be ye tweeu the Czar and the Emperor, at Berlin, ed A telegram received at the Kussian em ,pt bassy, Paris, states that the Czar has lef ay Berlin, thoroughly convinced that a concilia ied tory sentiment, of a nature to ensure th ter maintenance of peace, prevails, t Siraila le, intelligence has been sent to all Russian legj led tions in Europe. of As a religious procession was passin erl, through the streets of Berlin it; was assaulte rds by the populace and the ranks broken uj by The police, with drawn swords, charge .of upon the rioters. Ten were arrested. Men tny ber3 of the procession took refuge in neigl ed, bouring houses and were subsequently r 1 a leased. to The Roman Catholic bishops of truss oils have addressed a petition to tho Empero Li n . and received i rtply L\f-t mouth from tl uid Minister of State, They have made a i

joinder that to reject the decision of ti<> Vatican Council; would be equivalent to tl< abandonment of CatholieisTi, and they an - convinced that the Holy See wfiild never i» unwilling to act in conformity with all prop* d^ci-ions of St tie Government < A Pastoral fro.n Cardinal Manning, reul in. all the Catholic churches of Eoglaud, pio tests against the persecution i.f hie Chnnh in G-rmany and Switzerland, and accu-e-Bismarck of seeking to raise the animositjol the Powers against freedom at the next cm clave. ■'.'■.". The Globe says it lias reason to believe that the Daily News report of the intended resignation of the Earl of Pembroke is un founded. The Paris Monitonr, in an editorial refer ring to the course taken by the Britisl Government during the war alarm, says '•Eugland, by raising her voice in favour o: peace, ha? naturrlly recovered just autho rity and influence iv Contiueutial affairs, and the present Ministry has acquired a degros of strength and power which will procuie for it the grateful respect of Europe." The Pall Mall Gazette says :—-'"Russia b annoyed at England's persistent refusal fo partieipite in the St. Petersburg conference, and the coldness of o'her countries." The Tilton Bsecher trial continues. B.iti sides are sanguine of a v. nlict. Thosj favouring Tilton say he believes that the public has not been disappointed in respect to his case. A telegram from Osceola. Pa., dated May 22ud, says all that is now left of this thrui:ig town is about 30 houses—everything ehe in the splace is a mass ■ £ ; mmlderhijr wood aixl ashes. The (ire commenced in a Presbjterian Church, with a strong gale blowing from the hill directly towards the centre cf the town at the time. In three hours ths devast ition was complete. The people were obliged to fly for their lives, and leave everjthing behind them. Reports from the Pennsylvania upper cojl region indicate constantly increasing ou;----rages. At several places where the miners have shown a disposition to continue woik, threatening warnings are pisttd around Attempts have been madcto throw trains of the tra' k. Damage has been done to property. The railroad and telegraph offices at Locust's Summit have been burned by incendiaries. An attempt was made to burn the town o" Sheuandoah, Pa. At Rule's Hotel it was discovered that coal, oil, and lighted matches had beei? thrown in at the windows. Several dwelling houses and caipenters' shops have been burned to the ground. While the fire men were working on the adjoining buildings a third alarm was given up the town. Lumber yards were fired and partially destroyed. The cit-zens are much alarmed, and Vigilance Committees and Committees of Safety have been organised. Several parties have been ancsted charged with being connected with the incendiarism.