Hawke's Bay Times. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1867. HOME NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 512, 26 September 1867, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1867. HOME NEWS.

“ Nulluts addidus jurate in verba magistri .”

The Reform Bill had passed the Commons and was in progress through the Lords, it would become law early in August. The Home News says : “The Conservatives are tongue tied. They have carried their bill, but there is rage in their hearts. The moderate Liberals dislike the form of the measure, and feel that the House has been humiliated by the way in which the hill has been passed. Only the Radicals exult with honest joy. They have got a great deal moie than they ever asked for, or than tne Liberals would have conceded. Household suffrage, absolute, is, they declare with rejoicing, the law of the land. Some of them say that a million of working men will be placed on the register. Mr Disraeli’s estimate is about a third of that number, but nobody knows ix uch about it. But the Reform League, and the people who broke the rails in the park, are quite content, thinking they have hold of the end of the lerer which is to ovei throw sundry and manifold things. In this Summary, and writing frankly and honestly to fellow-citizens at a disiauce, we have ever held ourselves bound to speak out the exact truth, divested oi any prudential involutions, which may he politic and justifiable in addressing readers who ate close to the excite-i meats of the hour. In that spirit we' are bound to add that a large class,! represented by Mr Disraeli, are believed to hold the hope that the degra dation of the suffrage will not be unfavourable to Conservative interests, and that a very large body of the new electors, especially in the counties, will he amenable to social and other influences, in a degree impossible in

the case of the artisan of a higher grade, who lias affiliated himself to

his union, and iis plausible hut false economy, and who knows no rule but the lidding of his council. One set of objectionable voters are thus to be counteracted by another, and it is hoped that the democratic tendencies of the new measure may be thus neutralised.”

The question of Imperial Troops in New Zealand was brought before the House of Lords ou the Sth July by a question from the Earl ol Canarvon, who wished to know what was the intention of the Government, ami was told that it was not desirable that any opinion should be expressed, as the subject was still uuder the consideration of the New Zealand Legislature. The subject was again brought forward ou the 15th, by the same gentleman moving for an address for a return of the regiments in in New Zealand since January 18G5. The address was agreed to. England has been visited for the first time in bistoiy by the Sultan—the great chief of the Mussulman race —and suite, also the Viceroy of Egypt, and the occasion was taken advantage of for a series of grand demonstrations, including, amongst other things, a naval review, a ball at the India Office, during which occured a most painful event —the sudden illness, which subsequently proved fatal, of Madame

Musurus, the wife of the Turkish Ambassador; death is ascribed to heart disease, accelerated by excite merit. The Volunteers of Belgium, in number, 2,400, have also paid a visit to their English confreres, and made a public entry into London on the 12th •j uiy, inty ‘were nimby the Lord 2Layor in state, and escorted to the Guildhall, where a banquet was provided for them, Next day they paid a visit to Wimbledon, but the intended fete there was spoiled by the rain, which fell in torrents. They made other visits, under more favourable circumstances, to Windsor and the Crystal Palace, and took their final departure on the 22nd.

Mrs Yelverton’s case is again before the public; she appeared personally as her own advocate before the House of Lords on the 27th June, and their Lordships take time to consider the case before giving judgment. The case of Bertrand, which has occasioned so much excitement in these parts of the world, has at length been decided by the Privy Council, the judgment cf the Judicial Committee being that “ no miscaniage of justice had taken place, and that the judgment of the Chief Justice of New South Wales must be aliirmed, and the order for a new trial reversed.”