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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2058, 9 December 1869, Page 2

The “ Anglo-Australian ” writes : —“ If it is true, as Terence says, that ‘ the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love,” *it cfo’i} not follow that the same holds good of wrangling between parents and children ; and the sooner the miinnderstanding between New Zealand and England is cleared up, and they shake hands once more, the better for both. The recent debate at the Social Science Congress on the ‘ Relation between the Mother Country and the Colonies,” is not likely to' conduce greatly to this end ; for mueh of the discussion was carried on in too partisan a a spirit to please impartial 'Critici The recriminations indulged in by Sir George Grey and’others, even if just can be of no possible use, and may do harm. It is of the gteatesj: importance at j;he ’ present moment that advocates of the coiopy should bp conciliatory rrther than acrimonious. ' 1 Thh English public is gralually veering round to the opinion that considering the exceptional circumstances of the crisis in which New Zealand finds itself, the home country should for once at least, lend it t a substantial helping hand out of its difficulties. There is little doubt that the authorities here will endorse the action of General Chute, in retaining, on his own responsibility, the 18th Regiment in the Colony.”