A DASTARDLY WAR.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IX, Issue 457, 13 January 1882, Page 21

A DASTARDLY WAR.

(From the Dublin Freeman)

Wab upon woman is not what might be regarded by wise men as the most suitable and appropriate fact to characterise the reign of a woman. However, Queen Victoria reigns, and others govern. But, notwithstanding that she is actually free of responsibility in the matter, and probably quite ignorant of the extent to which the warfare upon women goes in Ireland, there is no doubt that history will enumerate it as one of those curious paradoxes which sometimes scandalise man's sense of the fitness of things that (under the reign of a woman) women have been bullied and bayoneted in Ireland.

If it were possible to expect any calm and sagacious reflection from those who are in authority in this country it might be put to them forcibly whether they consider they are really doing credit to their Sovereign by sanctioning conduct which will leave a stigma upon her reign so peculiar in its kind as to be indelible. We do not ask them to consider the country, nor the feelings of its inhabitants ; we do not ask them to bethink themselves that there are acts which may be rough yet soon forgotten, and acts which are paltry which remain for generations in the memory to envenom every wound. Throughout the island, in various widely severed districts, acts of this kind have been committed aad are being perpetrated than which nothing can be more conflicting with the spirit of the Constitution, nothing more outrageous to the principles of freedom, nothing more certain to perpetuate the shame and scandal of petty misrule. The revelations of the Belmallet inquiry are beyond comment, for comment would be poor and pale side by side with the dreadful facts alicited at the inquest. That armed men, belonging to any force whatever, could bring themselves under circumstances of no real peril to fire into a fleeing mob of unarmed peasants, women and men, boys and girls ; that some of these armed troops should have sunk to such a slough of cruel cowardice as to stab women to death who were hastening from them to their wretched homes— these are revelation! which recall the barbarities of a past era, and stamp with enduring shame the conduct of all concerned. But the matter does not rest with revelations. When offences such as these are discovered, which revolt the moral sense of mankind and evoke instant condemnation from all just-judging men, the first question thought of must necessarily be the finding out of the offenders and the punishment of the culprits. If such things are frankly begun aud honourably executed, the memory of the red stain would be obliterated by the passage of Justice. But if, on the contrary, attempts be made to hush the matter up, to condone the conduct of the criminals, to screen and conceal the designated culprits from the avenging sword of outraged Law, then, indeed, shall the crimson stain be made ineradicable, widened, broadened, and deepened, so as to dissever the nations. It is with regret that we confess to seeing no immediate prospect of such a vindication of justice as that which is so much required.

PROSPECTUS. THE COLONIAL LAND SETTLEMENT AND ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND, LIMITED. To be Incorporated under the "Joint Stock Companies' Act, 1860," and Amending Acts. CAPITAL, £250,000, IN 100,000 SHARES OF £2 10s. EACH. With power to increase. Payable as follows : — 2a 6d per share on Application ; 2s 6d on Allotment ; and 15s in Quarterly Payments of 2s 6d. It is not contemplated to call up more than £1 per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Charles Redwood, Esq., River- David Lundon, Esq., Wanganui lands, Marlborough Robert Holcroft. Esq., Wanganui Frank W. Petre, Esq., Dunedin Edward Ward, Esq., Wanganui H. Mclltone. Esq., Thames Edmund O'Malley, Esq., WellingJohn Griffin, Esq., J. P., Dunedin ton J. R. Browne, Esq., C.E., Welling- James Brown, Esq., Hutt ton Thomas O'Driscoll, Esq., Timaru James Cook, Esq., J.P., Welling- Thomas Harney, Esq., Timaru ton Thomas Sugrue, Esq., Timaru Michael Bohan, Esq., Wellington James Sullivan, Esq., Timaru Richard Duignan, Esq., Welling- M. J. Malaghan, Esq., Queenston town Jeremiah O'Brien, Esq., Wellling- Tbhmas J. Leary. Esq., Dunedin ton Henry Redwood, Esq., J.P., Spring John F. Perrin, Esq., Dunedin Creek. Marlborough Michael McGoveran, Esq., Wai- Nicholas Moloney, Esq., South mate Dunedin Wm. Quinn, Esq., Waimate James Morkane, Esq., Port Francis O'Brien, Esq., Waimate Chalmers Nicholas Wall, Esq., Waimate Ronald McDonald, Esq., Thames Matthew Byrne, Esq., Reefton Daoiel Cloonan, Esq., Thames Francisco Rossetti, Esq., M.D., D. Callaghan, Esq., New PlyHokitika mouth Hugh Gribben, Esq., Hokitika W. M. Crompton, Esq., New PlyThomas Daly, Esq., Hokitika mouth John O'Hagan, Esq., Fumara James Hart, Esq., New Plymouth Michael Quinn, Esq., Temuka Felix Gorman, Esq., Queenstown Denis Hoare, Esq., Temuka E. Mclntosh, Esq., Queenstown Thos. F. Dillon, Esq., Timaru Matthew Dwyer, Esq., QueensM. B. Ormsby, Eeq., Solicitor, town Timaru Michael Bryan, Esq., Queenstown James Markham, Esq., Oamaru Bernard Malaghan, Esq., QueensThomas Hannen, Esq., Oamaru town Patrick Martin, Esq., Oamaru Robert Mcßride, Esq., QueensMatthew Grant, Esq., Oamaru town John Mellican, Esq., Oamaru Francis Mcßride, Esq., QueensJ. J. ConnoT, Esq., Dunedin town Patrick Keligher, Esq., Dunedin Denis Moloney, Esq., Queenstown Patrick Fagan, Esq.. Dunedin Morgan Hayes, Esq., Riverton James Daley, Esq., Dunedin James Lyttelton, Esq., Riverton James Liston, Esq., Dunedin Michael Sheehan, Esq., Riverton J. McCaffray, Esq., Dunedin Martin Hughes, Esq., Invercargill John Roughan, Esq., Lawrence Denis Roche, Esq., Invercargill Patrick Monahan, Esq., Lawrence D. Lawlor, Esq., Invercargill David Cormack, Esq., Mayor Rox- John Maher, Esq., Invercargill burgh Thos. Scully, Esq., Invercargill Charles Colclough, Esq., Mayor, John Hughes, Esq., Invercargill Cromwell P- Mclnnerney, Esq., Invercargill David Howell, Esq., Mount Pisa, John Kirwin, Esq., Invercargill Cromwell Michael Lee, Esq., Invercargill Lawrence Ryan, Esq., South Michael Sullivan, Esq., Gore Alexandra Jas. Scanlan, Esq., Milton J. Toohill, Esq., South Alexandra Simon Athy, Esq., Milton John Butler, Esq., Dunstan Thos. Lynch, Esq., Milton Owen O'Neill, Esq , Bannockburn Patk. McTigue, Esq., Milton Martin Henney, Esq., Cromwell Wm. Casserly, Esq.. Milton Patrick Butler, Esq., Queenstown Jag. Murphy, Esq. Milton Jas. McNeill, Esq., Queenstown W. Adams, Esq, Ashburton J. C. Brown, Esq., M.H.R., Law- Thomas Morland, Esq., Methven, rence Ashbarton Thos. Welsh, Esq., Seafield, Ash- Wm. Holly, Esq., Christchurch burton Patk. Po^e, Esq., Christchurch John Devery, Esq., Seafield, Ash- Jas. Mulligan, Esq., Christchurch burton E. O'Connor, EBq , Christchurch Jas. Quinn, Esq., Seafield, Ash- John Barrett, Esq., Cbristchurch ' burton Michal Malley, Esq., Cbristchurch Jas. Quickley, Esq., Churton, Ash- J. O'Neill, Esq., Chrishchurch burton Timothy Gallagher, Esq., Kaiapoi Joseph Ives, Esq., Churton, Ash- M. P. M'Grath, EBq, Bangiora burton Patk. Quirke, Esq., Lyttelton Fras. M'Cafferty, Esq., Methven, A. H. Blake, Esq., Lyttelton Ashburton John Pope (senr.), Esq., Lyttelton John Campbell, Esq., Methven, John D. Pope. Esq., Lyttelton Ashburton John M'Quilkin, Esq. Lyttelton Wm. Hayes, Esq., Methven, Ash- Thos. Herron, Esq., Lyttelton burton With power to add to their number. Solicitous : Wellington : Messrs. Buckley, Stafford and Fitzherbert. Bankebb : The Union Bank of Australia, Limited. Bbokebb : Messrs. Lidbetter and Cooper, Wellington. ACTING SECSKTABY James Cook, J.P.,|Wellington

The Objects of the Company are : Ist. To purchase, sell, hold, lease, and dispose of land and heredita* merits thereunto belonging in various parts of New Zealand or elsewhere, and to give facilities to the Working Classes of purchase and settlement on easy terms of payment. 2nd. To lend money at interest to Educational or Church Com* mittees. 3rd. To receive money on Deposit at Interest. 4th. To grant Loans on the security of Sheep, Wool, Cattle, Flax, Agricultural Produce, and Personal Property, and on Mottgage of Freehold and other approved securities in sums of not less than £25 on the terms of such loan with, interest, repayable as may be agreed upon. sth. To provide for Catholic Educational purposes, an annual sum from the profits as an endowment, to be invested or otherwise dealt with as the Directors may deem advisable, snch sum not to exceed fifty per cent, of profits, and to be apportioned pro rota, according to the number of shares held in each District, or as may be decided by the Directors. 6th. To establish Branches or Agencies, at the discretion of the Directors, at any place to promote the interests of the Association. 7th. To establish, when necessary, a Resident Director in Britain, to be appointed by the « olonial Directory for the time being, to promote the interests of the Association, and to send out Settlers to the Company's lands. The difficulties with which the industrial classes have to contend in the acquisition of landed property in this colony, where large capitalists are allowed by the existing laws to acquire immense territories, and with whom it would be of no avail for men of small means to compete, makes it imperative on the people to acquire land by means of a combined effort, while there is any left which can be purchased, and enable every industrious individual, posessed of littla capital, to have a chance of making a home for himself and family. Educational and Church Committees will be relieved from the very grave anxiety which in many instances weighs heavily upon them, by knowing that there is a Special Bank which will give them assistance without having to pay the exorbitant interest which is the rule in these matters, and especially Educational Committees will be gradually relieved from all anxiety on pecuniary matters as the yearly endowment increases. The advantages to the Catholic community cannot be over estimated when it is considered that by merely placing their savings in this Company instead of the Post Office or other Savings Banks they will get a higher rate of interest, and be the means of providing a first-class education for their children, while the security — being the land purchased and the uncalled capital — will be undoubted. In many communities in the Australian Colonies Catholics have come forward with their money to relieve Church Committees, and have left their deposits without interest for a certain time. Such is not required in this case. Investors can dispose of their shares in the ordinary manner of public companies, which will bear the dividend rate of interest, which in similar institutions has been very high. The promoters have under offer blocks of land from 10,000 to 200,000 acres, which can be acquired at very low rates. The Promoters aTe prepared to show that although guided by philanthropic motives, they are assured from experience in landed property transactions that the Company, as a commercial one, ii thoroughly sound, as it is well known that private individuals have amassed immense fortunes by the purchase and sale of landed property in the colony. It is intended to register the Company and establish an office in Wellington so soon as 5,000 Shares have been taken up, and Branches or Agencies in Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wanganui, and at other centres of population, which will be guided by the number of Shares held by such Districts. The Memorandum and Articles of Association may be seen in the hands of the Solicitors and Brokers of the Company. Applications for Shares will be received by the Brokers and at the various Branches of the Union Bank of Australia, Limited.