The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1874.

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1826, 9 November 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1874.

The few items of European news which

reached us to-day by way of "Wellington •' are not deroid of interest. Tho withdrawal of the British representative from the Vatican is significant of the fact which must hare forced itself upon the British

Government long ago—that the temporal

sovereignty of the Pope has irrecoverably gon«N st\ that there is, therefore, no longer any necessity for a Protestant Government continuing a representative at the Court of a Sovereign Pontiff who, as far as temporal power goes, is so only in name. The confirmation of the reported capture of Nana Sahib is satisfactory, previous reports of his being made priner having given rise to doubts as to the authenticity of this latest rumour. The paragraph referring to the relations between Germany and France is not calculated to impress us with the idea of the maintenance of peace between these nations. For some time past there have been protests on the part of Germany and disclaimers from Franca regarding alleged interference with Spanish affairs. These !'remonstrances" from Bismarck must be very galling to the French people, and if they should lead to another rupture the result will not surprise anyone. The commercial and shipping news is Hnimportant.

A gbeat deal has be^en said about Mr. Vogel's ris.it to England. Rabid opposition journals, whose conductors look upon every movement of the Premier with suspicion, have not scrupled to express their belief that Mr. Vogel would never return to the Colony—that he was basely deserting.the country at a-time when his presence was most needed, simply because he feared to meet the " coming crisis" —the general bankruptcy which, is to follow the failure of the immigration and

public works scheme. These writers of

« gj rj —1 observe in your paper, as well as in some other of the papers published in New Zealand, strictures upon my approaching visit to England. A very large number of persons in New Zealand will, I am glad to think, receive without question any personal assurance I give them. I shall feel indebted to y«u if you will allow me, through your columns, to give to them the assurance that I am proceeding to England because I entirely believe that by doing so I can best serve the Colony. I may be permitted to ob■erve that there can be little of personal pleasure in the very short visit I am making. I shall be back before the commencement of next session. It will, I presume, be conceded that the Government are best able to judge the necessities ,of the case. Not only are the cable negotiations of the largest moment to New Zealand, but it, is imperatively requisite that I should confer with the AgentGeneral upon the subject of immigration and other subjects.—l am, &c, Julius Vogel."

ill-omen, who would perhaps experience I a certain amount of gratification in the *"* realisation of their dismal prophesies, even though they were involved in the general ruin, have attributed the basest motives to the Premier. Their calumnies have been reproduced in the Australian press, with additions of an aggravated character drawn from fertile imaginations. To such an extent has this course been pursued that Mr. Vogel, writing from Australia, has deemed it advisable to send a contradiction to the Lyttelton Times, in which paper comments of this character appeared. The letter is as follows:—