THE MAIL.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 524, 14 September 1871, Page 2

THE MAIL.

At a recent meeting of the Royal Humane -Society, the clasp of the society, which is only . given in cases where the recipient has been before rewarded with the. medal, ,was ; voted to Lord Charles Beresford,; R.N., lieutenant of. Flcr Majesty's ship Galatea, for saving the life of a marine serving on board the same ship, who" accidentally fel 1 overboard in six! fathoms water at Port' Stanley, Falkland Island, on the 24th February last. : '■ . ••' ■■■ m , . X7)>\ July 6, the Earl o.C Pembroke attained' his majority,,and tbe evcV\t was celebrated at Will on with great rejoicings. ' The town [was beautifully decorated, and each of-the principal thoroughfares was spanned i/b)'. ifriumphAl archo* of tasteful construction, Early in the morning a salute of guns was fired in the park, and the noble earl'was serenaded by the choir of tho piirl'sli church; Nvhich' is a splendid specimen of Byzsiutine architecture, erected at (lie expense of tW late Lord H^rbei-t. There was also rejoicings in the various parishes on. i the .estate.: ,In the afternoon an.addr.ess : was j presented to | the noble earl by .the clergy fi a'v ing charge oif those parishes, and afterwards his •lordship 'entertained^ his; tenantry ". to a sumptuous banquet;' - Covers were laid fori26o. and tho earlhimself.was in the chair. Among tho*e preßCnt were Lady Herbert and the ot her £00.>l'-"t? .'r fbe family, the Marquis j aud Marchioness* of Ailcsbury, tlie Marchioness of Batli, Viscount and Viscountess dB Vesci, the Dowager Countless of Diinmorte,'tlie Earl and Countcssiof Dimnlore, Sir E. Strezeleckf, Lord Heyto*bury,tand mauy - : .of,jtbe.,lqpal gentry. In proposing the Ijealthof thejQ.ueen, th 6 earl said it, seemed toJiim, thatt.a strong feeliiig of Republicanism had sprung up in England during his übsenoe, but his ovfh opinion! was that- many' persons' wore confused in 'their ideas -respecting 'Republicans and- Socialism. They seemed, toiuingine that under a Republican foriyi of government all class distinctions would bo immediately' ddti'e "riway with; but for himself, he. folt bo\itj(d,.tp/S^y, that nftSr having travelled a good dfjal.'abrb.rid', he had found the nioneyod.classes in Republican eoun- ' tries "quite'as aristocratic1 aud quite-as overbearing as they were said to be in England. : Nor had lie seen in those countries, any im-provement-in reality,, owing! >to the form of government, iv;. the, price of labour or in the relations existing between capitalist and labourer.. The noble, .eari's health was 'subsequently dralik with gr'eat',eiith'iisi;ism, as was also tbat of Lady. Hertei-t,' who returned thanks -at soihp length.'' 'In line evening there was a grand ball','!to i: which many of the locul gentry, t'enantsj tradesmen-.oKWiltou ' and: the district'were invited.--.lt took place in the "double cube" room. The Roister and quadrangle were brilliantly illuminated lor 'promenade,, and a number of orange trees and palinsj "and.: other plant's, n;<i!e'fe6' arranged as-to give a tropioal effect fco'.the'scJrib/*' The park was also illumiuated'by' means bf the electric light. The rejoicings were continued on Friday» when nearly 300 of the labburers employed on tlieT estato./and something like- 100Q school children were entertained. '"' ' '

, . ..^"OJL q.fj'be French prisoners who are leaving jGth'iiianjr have b^^l-41»fcdty><jiistantem-'pJoyirieut ."since ..their" cbtifiheufcutfiand have, thus earned enough money, to pay their travelling expenses borne. One of them has a [medal ; which ho received from the, Prussian Government for saving the life of a drowning woman at the risk of his own. '

It appears from the Ordnance Survey Report, just issued, that' the' liiie 1 bl; couiiCi'y from Worthing to London, 'anil.all around Dorking, the scene of a ' delebj-at'ed but fictitious battle, has been thoroughly exlplored. by om".engineers.. Tlie following announcement will, however,' surprise many people. Major General James, tlio chief of the Ordnauee Survey Department, says :—" I had the .honour of explaining to Count Moltko the photozencographic process in our War Office, tlie process which probably enabled him to supply the officers in the German armios with an unlimited number of the best maps of France." And why not also with an unlimited number of our Ordnance maps, i'or the use of' Prussian officers, if tho battle of Dorking is ever to become a reality ? ' Is' this done out of sheer simplicity or thoughtless, vanity, or from a desire to play tho ji'aVfc of* tho. frog-an the fable P ' MomK|plWt.j:vi3r *fcahse, it isit(i;be hoped bur .amiableJ^atiness will not.bo attended with similarly disastrous resaltß.'' '' ■'"" '■■•"■ •! ' \ i iaaSrin

i The arrival of the Hon. Dr VwT"^ -^ the now Agent-General for Ne» 7 T»S i j looked for by the now overdue Sari iv i,]* 1 j mail, and he is likely to be cordialh t^ 00800 j by tho leading political men of th;. as well as by the New Zealand ooWu""** ! , Feathcrstone s mission is a difficult '■ fir.l; he will succeed in establishing a??' 1 tory system of immigration for the colony no one appears to doubt. At ff 0'1 I New Zealand seems scarcely known ot rural districts of England, and this hth9* S reason why so few English immioanSfi*' 1 their way to the colony. Dr. sffljN possesses the advantage of a long _TlaP* intimate personal acquaintance with the ''V* i and its requirements, and it is to be hn '' P sub-agents may, if possible, possess T^ 1 qualifications,-for by such-meansonly'trf!» r Zealand really be made properly.kZmT t '*!» emigrating classes. "■*>£__ A strange rumor of a secret con.*; against the lifo or power of the FirstT j* the Admiralty is reported. A eontpm of states "that a detective has ItfSSSfr stationed at th"e:,^ntvafice 7 to thcdeDart " ' over'which be presides, and'that ;.ho> 1* allowed to enter until his name is "^ * -down' and .the object of hi ß psitasoerfeS I The records so collected-are/at |h«HoiK diy, conveyed to the chief clerk. R L "I, | evidence that, suspicious persons, who _%_ fully explain tlieir business;- havel yet J!!' arrested, or put to the question __, tfcW of A.r. Goshen a official palace, nor thitl ? roleum bombs have been discovered onH ! 'person of any 'applicant seeking an imw I with 'My Lords,' but the Boardfife? various reasons for apprehending an a«4, I some desperate kind, or the extraordinary ' cautions of which we hear' coiildTnevei _T been deemed necessary. We should be curio to know whether the detective body-marirf the First Lord is instructed to'be fflgttonil gui vke in reference ,to any one class of viji!! rather than another. Is \r r n n _i 2 especially in- terror'of heateriarits ; m n !i furious for ..want ...of active etnpC 1 ment, of starving clerks' dismissed uhder!his H predecessor, who are expected to b.eJarkuiaßi, i tho neighbourhood of Whitehall vnfff 32 '■ 1 in their waistcoat pockets, or of wild inventors with new instruments of destruction concealed ' about their persons ?" Such are the wordiof 1 the Standard, but what.it all Aeans no _m \ knows. \i Pjiussia ANDiENGLIKK^-We are sorry to ' learn that the late military festivals at Berlin ' did not pass over without exhibiting some v__. '' pleasant symptoms of that estrangement which it is to be feared is growing up between this 1 country and-Prussia. -Amongst.theijlumina- if tions of the capital which followed ibhe tri- W umphal entry of the troopß, the lights of the 1 British Embassy were "conspicuous by their J absence," and the " brave Berliners" took 1 great umbrage at the omission. On reflection j I however, we are sure they will feel that, as the victories celebrated were-'victories of one of our allies over another, it would hardly have been taste on our part to illuminate the ' British Embasay-on the night after the great j Prussian ovation. Another story which has |9 reached us has a still more unpleasant flavour 'if about it. On dit that Mr. lioftus, son of our M Minister at the Court of Berlin, was, pn the \ great day, indulging in the open street tmoim || criticisms not, altogether favourable to the I Prussian Army. Speaking in French, ha had I I no apprehension of eavcsdrqppers^biititappeiiri that a Prussian soldier who had beeniaFrance ;and who had brought home, in addition toai much solid plunder as he could "carry,'some slight smatter'ng of tho language, liappenedto - be passing as Mr. Lpfttts spoke the denrepatory words, and having- heard -'them;- •h» Stopped H suddenly.and struck that gentleman a blow I on the cheek With «his open lialid. Aconsider' I able excitement resulted in Court and diptum*. j atie circles, and an English-lady-of highjrank appealed for some punishment for the swiff. „ ! The Kingv.however, replied that he f,qoaldb : nothing," and we quite believe his Majesty.The f military Frankenstein which he has,oreaW ' would not brook the slightest attenipt to con- M trol ebullitions of its amour propre such as p I hay.i here recorded.. If the .factSjJg as mft have slate.!, Mr Loftushas acted'.ye?y:tt|imely, <y and his country has not much to tltahtt him B for in his thus placing its diplomatio represon- If tative in so humiliating a position. The New ZBiii'AND-Mii&t—The members, fi| of the permaneut Statf of the 2nd Warwick- R shire recently assembled at the barracks, B Leamington, in review order, to witness the }t presentation of a Now Zealand medal to l; Sergeant-Major J. Mark, by Captain B. D. Knight, adjutant, commanding the staff. Captain Knight, in complimenting the set- ~ geant-major on this much-prized recognition 1 of his gallant services, said ~_— "lt affords me I great.pleasure Jo present'you with this medal. | I have presented many in'my life, but never |~ with sO much pleasure's to day.) lp& sorry | to know that a period of nearly twonly-fi'6 j years has elapsed since you were in the engage* . i moiJts for which the, medal ,is,now given, ™ also that'sdiriany arc deaa'wKo Wfe ientitlefl II to the tame./lecoration, but neverrfqotedit If Sergekut-Mirjbv Mark, 'late 'W' the m|| Regiment, now sergeant-major in. the m B Warwickshire Militia, served ilfnEße 9M ■ P.egiment twenty-two years, and in 1845 ana m IS 16 was present at the storming of tie I Kawiti's Pa at.Ohaeawai, on July ilSft'S i destruction of the Sanu on July 10 j again « the destruction of Arratuau's Pa on JulylV • also at tho capture and destruction ofKawi^ I Pa at PJtiapekapeka in J(uftary, 1846. AttM | storinin| of Kawiti's Pa af.Gliaeawai on Juljli I , 1815, he carrie.i, his wounded brother, Serges* David Mark, late of the 99thRegiment, offW m field, and also assisted in taking two office"™ the-reari both wounded.-' '■' The sergeant-mf' is in possession of the medal for good con» |/ and long service ;:., '•! 7 7 '■.;■'', CJ .. H •;; There are groat complaints.by olp Po^ | •regarding the mail service via SanFi?n«|. aiid some of.thosa interested in the Nevr* H land trade. ,have r sqnt, out instructions 1" I duplicate 'corresponddiice to be forwemw 5 regularly'by the. Suez route. The mW I this latter route, briuging news from »» bourne to May 20, was delivered in U»a »° | on July 8, but the May maU from W | Zealand, whicli arrived in San"Erano«»P June 22, has not, up to the time vim | rfjuljj 13),. reached London. ■ -,ItJf,-t? ; bf.TC i that all the colonies interested «m«BWBf 1 establish a really first-class mail serW» "* ' the best route to be determined upon.^ . | A corrospondent writes denying that : length of'tlrc Tichboi-ne case will be xw | ampled. Ho mentions that some Toxthm^ | years ago tliete/arose a dispute "^S?"^! 1 bearing in the coat-of-arms ot" th|l jP?S« 1 family and UlO right of another greaffh" 11 I :it,s/adoption. On this _ trial Cbf O evidence. It lusted through 0110 whol M j 1 aud the .latter part of the precet M | former part cf the succeedinj; one. ;Lu A fext in bmkruptcy has been opentj iTfVj Lady Eliza Etnily Don, who for ypK twelve months has been lessee of the*^ 'j Royal, Nottingham. . H;er ladyship "1 , known in theitrical circles, having pl»Je . ([ all parts of tie world, and previous v> | marriage witl the late Sir William VM' 0'" ." was Miss Enily Sanders.' Her liabilities i» | slated to bo OUsiderable, and her assew' | •' The Duke ,f Argyll, presiding re?entlT | the distributhn of school prizes attJio^S I Hill, Lohdbnjsaid these sohooUhftdhlsW^ I ■ approbation, lecauso secular instruction . I |fc6niiect:ed')vitj teaching religion, and he florj U lho'parenti*ofthe country would never w. j a system bf iuitructibn to grow up vrbicn I,' Ana '.-■.!:■/ v: '■'y.ni'i'- . ' ||

a tendency to dissociate religion from ordinary secular training, lie was not a member of tho Church of England, but he rejoiced to sco the successful exertions which had been made by that Church for the education of the people, especially among the young. Again, there was another principle which he admired in these schools, and that was that, parents of children who did not happen to belong to tho Gliurc 1 with which the school might be connected, might have the power of receiving secular instructio/n without any religious teaching That y^A a principle'which had been adopted in Sco&tid, and which had worked with the grea.' i'Jjipicecss.