The Hawke's Bay Times, Published every Monday and Thursday. MONDAY, 30th APRIL, 1866. THE NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 372, 30 April 1866, Page 3

The Hawke's Bay Times, Published every Monday and Thursday.

MONDAY, 30 th APRIL, 1866. THE NEWS BY THE MAIL.

''KTJLLIUS ADDICXtTS JURA.TUS IN VS3.BA MAGiSTBI.”

Agaih we have been able, in our last is-' sue, by tbe prompt arrival , of the English and Australian mails in New Zealand, to give, at the earliest possible date, an outline j of the news from Britain and the rest of the j

world, —necessarily only a limited one, as it only came to hand a few hours before we were compelled to go to press. We noware able to enter more into details, and accordingly devote a considerable portion of our available space to extracts from the va--riops journals that have come to hand, primarily, lbs news we have is little more than, a report of the advance made by events already in progress at the date of the last telegrams, and does not materially difior fror. what might have been reasonably anticipated. We have the details of the opening of the Imperial Parliament, and. the speech from the throne (which will be found in full in our first page this morning); and the latest telegrams give us an idea of what is being done by the Government during the progress of the session. The most important thing done, or likely to be done, is unquestionably the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, which was rendered necessary by tho unexampled progress made by the Fenians, and a threatened rising of that body, which was to liave taken place on or about St. Patrick’s Day. This Irish-American insurrection now holds a leading position amongst the topics deemed worthy of notice in the various summaries of European news that Lave come to hand by this mail. It has at length proved itself to be a movement of much greater arid more formidable proportions than was ever dreamt of by the Itnperial Government, and especially by that large proportion of the public press that did not scruple to blame that Government for the importance it seemed to attach to it by the measures it deemed advisable to take for its suppression, as if it were too contemptible a matter for serious notice. It has, however, shewn the wisdom and the necessity of those measures, for Fenianism proves to be an organisation of a most wide-spread description, having ita government silting, its military forces enrolled and classified, its bonds placed upon the money market, and its navy in course of construction in the United States of America, It seems, moreover, to have its agents and partisans, and possibly its contributors as well, throughout the civilised world, and appears to be fast approaching that point in on its existence that will lead to a collision with the Imperial Government, Evidently affairs had almost reached a climax, when the House of Commons, always jealous of the people’s rights, could be prevailed on to suspeud its time-honored usages in order to carry the suspension of the above Act in one sitting. The necessity of this extreme measure is on all hands acknowledged, forthe conspirators, taking warning by the apprehension and conviction of previous eraissaries, had sent over from America a vast number of agents without written documents of any kind, of anything that could be brought against them in a court of justice*. These, it seems, were canvassing the country*, swearing-in recruits, and doing all that was necessary to bring the people of Ireland to the rising point by word of mouth alone, promising them help from the other side of the Atlantic as soon as they had actually risen. Many of these were well enough known to the police, and very many more were suspected; besides this, there was known to be a great many loafers iu the pay of the conspirators only waiting for the signal to commence active rebellion. Under the normal state of the law, these men could not be touched, as nothing could be proved against them. Now they are at the mercy of the Government, who can, without any reason, capture and retain in prison, without quanting a trial, any person whatever whom it may please to suspect of having complicity in the treasonable doings of the Fenians. After all, it does not seem that the British Government has any reason to fear evil from the conspiracy. It is an unwieldiy mass, without coherence. It is divided already in its government against itself, and is aiming at an altogether unattainable object; yet it baa already produced much misery, and wiU

doubtless produce iuSuitely more before it is destroyed, and while powerful for so much evil, is ppwtrless for auy good. Next iu importance to the above stands the Jamaica business. There is much to hope for from the investigation of the Committee appointed by the Government. The facts already brought to light leave no room to doubt of the complete justification of Governor Eyre, though the mere fact of his suspension, and the appointment of another in his place, has given a temporary triumph to the Negroes. It has transpired that the actual number of rebels hilled did not exceed 460/ and taking into account all possible casualties, including the missing, 500 more than covers all, although exaggerated by the Exeter Hall party at first to 2000, and afterwards to 3,4, arid 5000, and described in sensational placards as eight miles of dead bodies. We, who know something of the opposite course of policy, may rejoice in the belief that the wisdom of his actions seems likely to bo acknowledged by the Government, as it is already by the people. The cattle plague still increases, and no cure but the pole-axe is known for it. The Government will encourage the slaughter of every suspected beast, by affording compensation to the owners, in the hope that thus it may bo stamped out. Onr poor Colony of New Zealand is even in a worse state than ever at tho Colonial Office. No mercy is to ba shown to us ; not a man of the British troops is to be left for which the stipulated sum cf <£-10 per annum is net appropriated by our Parliament; the assumed debt is to be exacted to the uttermost farthing ; the half million of debentures sank home will not be guaranteed, so as to be converted into cash, but merely kept as a mortgage or collateral security, and an old and almost forgotten account of <£40,000 for Feccibks bas been raked up and added to tho sum, so as to swell tho amount we must pay. TV e shall await with some impatience to hear what the new Colonial Parliament will say to so strange and unexpected a style of treatment from tne Horne Government. Extracts on the above and all other matters of interest will be found in our columns so far as our space will admit, and these will be resumed in our next issue.