The Evening Herald. TUESDAY, FEB. 9, 1869.

Wanganui Herald, Volume III, Issue 527, 9 February 1869, Page 2

The Evening Herald. TUESDAY, FEB. 9, 1869.

England having1 shown a disinclination to assist the colonists in suppressing the rebellion, or her assistance having* been repudiated by the Colonial Government, how is the w,ar to be carried on ? There is only one, answer-—another loan. We hear of specifics, such as l unity/ putting the shoulder to the wheel,' ' setting1 aside party spirit,* and such like things, which are all very good sentimentally, but the whole question is involved in another loan. Will the representatives vote it? is of more importance to the North Island, and this district in particular, than any other consideration whatever. The Government aTe certain to ask for it, and; there will be representatives pledged to refuse it. Less than a million will not see the end of the war, for the expenditure at present i& £2000 a. day, and there is much tp be |done. A million borrowed at 4 per cent would entail an additional taxation of £40,000 a year, exclusive of the sinking fund. The present revenue of the Colony is about £1,100,000, and the Assembly will be brought to consider whether the resources are elastic enough to yield an additional £40,000 without serious injury to the commercial or industrial interests of the Colony. The ■ N orth Island will be nearly unanimous. ' Maori' Graham, and a. few other eccentrics, may be found, arrayed on the side of Canterbury, but the exceptions will be lew. TJpon so. vital a question we have a rigHt to expect that all party considerations will be sunk. A great many .representatives from the South tsjland will support the Ministry, not! from party considerations, but from f natural selection j" for instance, Mr ; Wilson's Indian experiences tell him the rebellion must be crushed; Mr, Hjiughton is Under Secretary fur Defence, and other members hold , .il true policy to uphold law and order—gaols, for the sake of the commissionerßhips. Our analysis is all in favor, of another loan being yqted, and we have to consider how ' the .•■ matter., will be received on the Stock Exchange. Last quotations were,at IQ6 for Isew Zealand Stock. Tie faith in the ultimate prosperity of-the Colony has never wavered, much of which is due to the excellent financial arrangements of the jresent Government.in the last session and one before. The credit of the Colony stands high, and another loan would be immediately launched, cer-

tainly at uofc less than 96, and probably at par. Having- once obtained the sinews of war,. what position would the Colony be in so far as the native question is concerned ? On this coast, if the war is carried on with vigour, tbe natives cannot remain long- in proximity to the settled districts. If they are beaten across the Patea river—and we have some hopes they will "be before another month —and they retire into the hush fastnesses, the work of road-making may commence according to the suggestions of a writer in the Government organ. Road-making-would he resisted, probably, at first, but it would only be for a short time. We look to the spread of the gold-fields at the Thames to settle the Waikato question, and in the Ray of Islands it is well known that the Native Lands Court operations are giving* general satisfaction, the natives there being- content, and showing- no disposition to take up arms. The rebellion here must first bp stamped out at whatever cost, and then with 1000 trained, efficient men, ready to move to any part of the Colony, future native troubles would assume a mild form, and might easily be reduced. In 1870 the Queen's writ ought to run throughout the Colony ; it has never done so up to the present.

The Ministry.—The Hon. Mr Hall has resigned the offices of PostmasterGeneral and Electric Telegraph Commissioner, but remains a member of the Executive Council.—Advertiser. ' Re-occupying Wood all's Redoubt. —Colonel Lyon has fallen back upon Woodall's, and Colonel Whitmore's headquarters are at Nukumaru. Colonel McDonell is at Patea, where he is resting on his oars. Why he was sent to Patea it is hard to say, for a Han-hau has not face in that district for months. Return of Colonfl Whitmore to Moore's Run.—lt is reported to-day in town that the camp has been shifted from Nukumaru to Moore's run, which we trust is not the case. We think the plan is to establish posts for the protection of the settled districts, and, by organizing.a special force, to follow the Maoris into the bush. The force is being cut up until it is becoming utterly useless. Colonel Lyon in the Brunswick district; another detachment at Moore's ; and Colonel McDonnell at Patea! is indeed a weak and futile way of beating the Maoris. The high hopes entertained by every one a week ago are all blighted, arid people are inclined to think " they were better off when the Maoris were at Nukumaru." Wellington Rumors.—We are happy so state that there is no foundation for the following report respecting the Wanganui Cavalry, which has obtained publicity in the columns of the Advertiser :— " A rumor has reached us by the Blanche to the effect that the Wanganui cavalry was disbanded on Saturday afternoon by Colonel Whitmore, in consequence of some conduct on their part which at the present time we do not deem it advisable to mention. We cannot but think that this rumor must have arisen from mistake or error of some sort, and we should exceedingly regret to learn that it was true. The information to hand on the subject is by no means conclusive, but no doubt there is some foundation ' for thejaimor. (pfla Small-Pox Case.—The man, Francisco, who is suffering from smallpox, has been removed this day by the order of Mr Buller from the race-course to the South Spit at the Heads. This step will relieve the public anxiety upon the subject. Under Mr Builer's directions every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of the disease, and it was entirely owing to that gentleman's absence from town that the proper precautions were not taken sooner. A considerable expense is being incurred on the responsibility of our Resident Magistrate, who, no doubt, looks to the Government to recoup him. The Government cannot do less than sanction those measures which have been adopted to prevent so dreadful a scourge as smallpox from settling down in the Colony.

Sub-letting Houses. — A case has been brought to our notice in which the public are greatly interested. We will state it hypothetical]^ although a gentleman has suffered in proprid persona, and found it too much of a reality to be pleasant. A landlord lets his house for a certain time, say twelve months, and the tenant, after remaining in it for about two months, removes to another, sub-letting the first. The second tenant pays his rent to the first tenant for a few months, and goes out, and a third comes in. He goes on paying his rent to the first, until the original landlord, finding it impossible to obtain any money from his tenant, puts in a distress on the furniture of the third tenant, ■who has been paying his rent regularly; and there is no escape— he must either pay or be distrained. The landlord is justified in getting his own by a legal process ; and it is therefore important that people, when they take houses, should make some arrangement with the original landlord, to whom there exists a liability, although the rent may have been paid regularly to a third party.