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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 477, 20 May 1867, Page 3

De. Livingstone, the Q-eeax African Explouee. — Amongst the a- nounccmcnts of the telegraph (sa's the Sidney Mail of April £0) is one which concerns (lie death of Dr. Livingstone, while on his third exploring expedition in Equatorial Africa. This daring and large hearted explorer, •during an attempt to detect the parting between the watersheds of the Zambesi «nd the great river of Egypt, as well as to determine what connection exists between the Tanganyika and Albert Nynnza Lakes or in fact to go just one step beyond Sir Samuel llakir in the discovery of the source of the Nile, seems to have been surprised in the midst of his party on the western shore of the 'N’yanza by some savages of the Mufite t:ibe, and cut down by a blow from behind. His attendant, who witnessed the encounter, fled to Zauri! ar, where the intelligence was received with profound sorrow. Some affect to discredit it, and charge the man who brought it with inTouting the tale to account for Ids desertion of tlie parly, Thom who are best acquainted with the circumstances regard the sad •news as only too true. If the principle involved in the words attributed to Mark Antony —“ I have lost all except what I have given away ’ —is correct, bow are we to estimate the gain of Livingstone, who ha; given up all—children, wife, self, in his endeavours to bring the sable children of equatorial Africa within the civilising influences of Christendom ? The proportions of the sacrifices seem to increase as we contemplate the nature of his object for which they were made, This is Speke’s portrait oi the being for whose humanisation Livingstone spent his life—“ As his fathers ever did, so does lie. He works his wife, sells bis children, enslaves all he can lay hands upon, and, unless when fighting for the property of others, contents himself with; drinking, singing, and dancing, like a ba boon.” His mission, however, has not been prosecuted without fruits, for beyond tho mere humanitarian success, lie lias opened up new waters for the keels cf com tnerce, and he has made some splendid contributions to our geographical and hydrographical knowledge cf central Africa. We now await the arrival of the next mail to know whether we mo to place another chaplet upon the urn that contains the im perishable memorials of modern British explorers. The Victobia Cross.— The Sydney Mail of the 27th April has the following ; —“ A letter from the Secretary for the Colonies, received by the last mail, encloses a eopv of a warrant extending the Victoria Cro-s to volunteers in New Zealand and the other colonies who may have distinguished themselves by personal valour. Hitherto this honor—which, as a radge of personal valor and as sacredly reset red for real merit, is eagerly coveted—has been re eteicted to the royal troops, it is now thrown open to all colonial forces who being enrolled under regular authority, win it in any operations undertaken toi the suppression of rebellion or for ropelliim invasion. We hope that nolnture occasion may arise to give the opportunity for earning it, for even in New Zealand we trust t-,at rebellion is becoming a thing of the past, and throughout the whole of Australasia we hope invasion may never become a thing of the future. Hut should storn necessity ever call ior it wo doubt not that young Australia will shew itself quite ca-

i pable of f.irr.ishins candidates for the Vie •|toria Ooss, and of prorinjr that the warm i' southern sua has not developed a-iy de-j , generecj in ihs character of tlw British i blood." Aw Olt> Initabtt »>•?.—On the 23rd -January an inmate of the EomseT Union Workhouse died at fh« advanced age of Nelson's snip as servant when he met with his dealh, so tint she was quite an an tique, mid up to within a few days of her death ehe had her usual health—rather feeble of course.—Hampshire Independent. A'ew Zealand at Peace.—The Sydney • Mail, April 20, thus comments on the news

i run! '.ms oniony ; —“From New Zealand wo hear that the colonists are st peace it they aid but know it it. Fighting is practically over, and all that is now needed for repose is the general conviction that it is over. Many squatters have so much confidence in the continuance of peace that they are freely renting, for pastoral purposes, land belonging to the natives, and trusting themselves and their stock there. This is a very good arrangement, as it interests both parties in the preservation of peace. The Maori gets his rent, and the squatter gets the peaceful occupation of the land. The small settlers, however, do not seem to be bo confident, especially those who have been settled as military colonist? on the frontier land*. A great many of them dislike the exposure to constant attack, and have sold their lots and gone off to the diggings. The confiscated land, therefore, is not occupied to the extent that is desirable, and the natives may consider that the act of confiscation remains incomplete. But with the increase of population the land will get taken up by somebody. The Governor, with his usual bad luck has managed to quarrel with Gon. Chute about the departure of the troops. The Governor does not much like their going away, but the colonists do not want to pay for them.sotho Homo Government revolver on their removal. The colonists will do very well when they are left to themselves, and they would have done better if thov had been left to themselves all along."