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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume I, Issue 26, 26 December 1861, Page 3

Notwithstanding tlic indefinite position which Europeans and Natives still occupy towards each other, the utmost exertions have gecn made bv both races to turn to profitable account the unusually favourable season with which we have been hle.'t. in every direction, we hear of large breadths oi cultivation. In the heart of the Waikato there has been much ploughing and planting, his Maori Majesty setting his swarthy subjects an excellent example ot carelnl industry in the pains taking culture of his kumeras. Throughout the pastoral districts there is an abundance of grass, ami the stock are everywhere iat and sleek ; haymaking has commenced, and with every prospect of a satisfactory harvest, both as regards quality and quantity. Never was the aspect oi the country more inviting. Improvements are at work on every side. Clearings are rapidly beings effected the natural, ungrassed, wastes of the province assuming the appearance and accomplishing the result of "well laid meadows in the most gratifying manner. A few years of patient toil—a few years of prudent, praotieal, peaceful, government—a few years of (hat rush of European immigration which was so insanely stopped, and which was peopling our wastes and colonising the wilderness—a few years more ef protecting cave—internal warfare vvill become an impossibility, and England bo repaid for all her begrudged expenditure, by the ample and advantageous home tin-own open to countless thousands of her struggling subjects.— JS'eio Zealander, December 7.

Wunmn; axd MjT.tTATiY.— AII remains quiet in camp and city. The long subsisting truce, it is hoped, will become a secure and lasting peace. Aiueh speculation is indulged with respect to the modus operand}, but Sir George Grey is not the man to expose his hand until he has made the game his own. Ihero are numerous rumours of native impracticability, but then again there more than equally numerous proofs, of native ductility. Gossips we incline to think there is abundant and obvious cause. If peace is to be achieved by diplomacy, it would be worse than idle to take military action. If war must again ensue, it would it would be still greater lolly to make any movement with a lortc which, under administration of the Stallbrdites and Governor Browne, was pronounced to be altogether unequal to take the field leaving, at the same time, sufficient detachments for defence of Auckland, Wellington and other settlements, hrom India and from England we have simultaneous statement of further regiments about to be dispatched to hiew Zealand"whether this be fact or fiction wo have no means to determine, but if the natives will not listen to reason, if they should perversely reject the humane and equitable terms which have been proposed for their acceptance, again compelling a recourse to the sword, then, in that case, the reinforcements spoken of will be but barely sufficient to bring the business to a speedy and successful close. Even, without a blow struck, their presence for a few years could not fail to exercise a most wholesome moral influence upon the native mind, tho native vaunt hitherto being that they have beaten us, not we them.

lii the meantime, the troops now here have been in active training, and havejust passed throgh their several searching inspections. The Artillery and Gath remain in garrison in Auckland ; the detachments of 12th and 1-lth, and 70th, occupy the camp at Otahnhu : whilst at the camp at Point Chevalier, on the Whan, drafts from the several corps are continually being moved in order to carry out the prescribed rille practice. The lending London journals have latterly been making a ferocious onslaught upon our colonists because of the Kcw Zealand war, which they unjustly designate a settlers’ war—a popular war. Wo who know what we are writing about , affirm in reply that it is not a .settlers' war , nor, as it has been ingloriously and incapably conducted, could it by any possibility be a -popular war. It is absolutely and entirely an Imperial tear, waged by a British Governor for British, purposes, whether with common wisdom or common conduct it is not for us to say ; but it is to rescue us from the war into which we have been dragged that the war-maker

was been removed and a peace-maker sent to replace him, so that, bearing these facts in mind, considering that the Provinces of Auckland and M ellington have suffered most raaterally in their agricultural, commercial, and pastoral interests, that the flood tide of immigration setting in so strongly has been nearly brought up to a stand still, and that the province of Taranaki has been all but annihilated, we think that it must bo perfectly conclusive that England, by saddling incompetent Governors upon her Colonies, is altogether answerable for war, and that the only popular colonial feeling is to have runious and sanguinary war conducted to a speedy, permanent, and prosperous peace.— Neic-Zealunder, December 7. Burke’s Last Request —We are able to explain what may appear enigmatical to others, in the request ot the dying Burke, that his revolver should bc.placed in his hand by King, when his body was left in the bush. This revolver was presented to him as a token of regard by the camp ollicers of Beechworth, and had his name engraven upon it. Supposing, therefore, that King and Wills would both perish, the remains of Burke would be identified on discovery by means of his revolver. The incident is worthy of note, as indeed is everything connected with the final hours of a man who has acquired an imperishable fame by the heroic spirit he manifested under circumstances of almost unprecedented calamity.—Ovens Constitution.

The Brides Talked of for the Prince of Wales. —the Court JournaFs Paris correspondent says, of the Princess Anna of Denmark ;—“ The Princess, say the partizans of the North, is in all respects a fitting bride for the heir to .the English crown. She is just 15, very fair, with a most brilliant complexion, and lovely fair hair, clustering in thick curls about her neck and shoulders. Her royal highness has been most carefully brought up, and is possessed of a most splendid musical talent, cultivated to its utmost extent by the first masters in Europe. Altogether she is 'considered one of the most accomplished Princesses in Europe ; and her portrait, in white muslin, with blue ribbons, and a single rosebud in her golden hair, long formed one of the greatest attractions of Giroux’exhibition at the Boulevards.” lie also adds respecting a Princess of Hesse Darmstadt who as also been spoken of as probable consort for the Prince : — -1, Of (he second Princess, less is known by our wise men of Paris, and at this very moment their curiosity is groat to learn every particular concerning her. As far as present information goes, they have ascertained that her Serene Highness is fair and comely, with chestnut hair—that she is considered the beauty of the Hesse-Darmstadt family, and that she is remarkable for the greatest sweetness and amiability of disposition. Her Highness is, moreover, a poetess, and has written a scries of hymns to be sung by the children of tho Court Chapel, which are greatly admired for their purity of style and sentiment. It is some consolation to learn, amongst othe things tints gathered concerning the Hessian Court—of which our sweet Princess Alice is soon to become a member—that the Grand Ducal residence is an earthly paradise —that the whole family is amiable and accomplished— and that the peace and harmony which reign undistributed at (ho palace render it a model for every household in Europe. The court of Darmstadt is tho most elegant and refined in the world. Nothing can equal the case and happiness of tho life there. The good intelligence which exists between the people and the government—the quiet respectability of the reigning family—the protection afforded to literature and the mis—and. above all, tho perfect confidence which the people feel in the desire of their soverign to render even justice to every class—all (In's, so contrary to (lie usual spectacle of little disputes and bickerings, the petty ambitious and jealousies, which the other little German courts afford, lias rendered the old city of Darmstadt one of the most delightful places to inhabit on the face of the earth. NectUetxi S ieet. —We have .much pleasure in informing our readers that Messrs Krull & Go. are about to receive another consignment of (he famous sheep, consisting of 20 rams and 12 ewes selected from the celebrated Hock of W. J. F. Hofischlaeger, of Weising Meckleinburg. W r e trust that this enterprising house will receive that encouragement from onr flock-owners as their venture so well deserves. These sheep were to come by tho Colmia, Captain Iplaml, loading at HamburgforWellingtonand Auckland, and to sail on the 31st October last. She also brings a general cargo, consigned to Messrs. Krull & Co. —Advertiser Dec. 4. Health Statistics. —The comparative healthiness of various occupations among the lower ranks in London is given by Dr. Letheby for the years 1855-6. While the mortality of tho males of all ranks, at and above the age of 20, was one in 44 ; that of butchers, fishmongers, poulterers, shopkeepers, and merchants, was 1 in 66 to one in 62 ; that of tailors, weavers, shoemakers, printers, and compositors, was 1 in 50 to 1 in 43 : that of wine dealers, publicans, waiters, porters, messengers, 1 in 41 to 1 in 38 ; that of blacksmiths, gasfitters, painters, glaziers, dyers, bargemen, watermen, 1 in 3G to 1 in 33 ; that of cabmen, draymen, ostlers, carmen, stablekcopers, 1 in 32 ; that of clerks, and needlewomen, 1 in 29 to one in 28 ; tiiat of the hardworking classes of carpenters, masons, laborers, 1 in 23 to 1 in 22.—Tims, mortality is in the direct ratio ot exposure to close confinement and and the rough usages of life. Again, while in London, adult males in general die at the mean age of 51, tho merchant, the shopkeeper, and the domestic servant live to (he ago of 57 ; tho butcher, poulterer, fishmonger, to that of 53 ; tho painter, dyer, costermonger, hawker, bargeman, waterman, to that of 48 or 49 ; the printer and compositor, to that of 45 ; (ho baker and confectioner, to that of 42. Most adults of other classes live to the age of 50, 51, or 52. The wives of these classes live to corresponding ages, except that the wives of laborers often live to great ages in workhouses, after the death of their husbands. A bailiff, calling at the house of a distressed Quaker to serve a writ, was refused admittance. He said to tho Your master is at homo but will not see me,” “He has seen thee, friend,” said Abigail, “ but does not like thy appearance.” A wed-led life is the best monument. The easiest and best way to expand tho chest is to have a good heart in it.