Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1870.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 760, 10 February 1870, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1870.

Hawke's Bay, as usual of late, is the last port of the Colony to receive its portion of the inward home mails. To say nothing of the inconvenience experienced on all hands by the non-receipt of correspondence, the political and social news, having been forestalled by extracts in the Sydney and Auckland papers, will, when it comes to hand in the usual way, appear stale and uninteresting, having lost all the interest it should possess as As it happens, there does not appear to be much of great interest to this Colon v : what there is will be found elsewhere.

The stand taken by Lord Granville is firmly maintained, the “Thunderer” affording its support to his view of the question. Sir G. Grey, in two powerfully-written letters, exposed his lordship’s ignorance of the true state of affairs in New Zealand, also of past events. While on the one hand the Earl insists that the recognition of the Maori king and the Maori nation by the colonists is the only way to peace, our late Governor shows that, even if practicable, such recognition would only tend to still gre .ter evils than any the colony suffers. A weekly conference is being held in Cannonstreet by a body of gentlemen —old colonists and others interested —to discuss the question of the relations of the mother country with the colonies in general, and it seems disposed to favor the idea of a Colonial Federation, but we scarcely think such a scheme likely to be adopted. Ireland was still unquiet. The Imperial Government was preparing a comprehensive land bill, which it was hoped would remove some grievances, and satisfy the mote moderate of the malcontents. It is proposed to secure to tenants compensation for improvements, and prevent the evils of ejectment at the will of a landlord by placing the matter in the hands of a legally constituted tribunal. A deputation from the Fenians to Mr Gladstone, requesting an amnesty for the convicted offenders, was refused an audience, and that body has since resolved to abstain from the use of tobacco, as at the same time a revenge on the Imperial revenue and a means of adding to the funds of the organisation. The canal across the Isthmus of Suez had been successfully opened, and several vessels had passed safely through from sea to sea; but it is found to bo too shallow for any bub ships of a light draught of water, an evil which it seems is to be remedied forthwith. Of foreign news the most important items appear to be the refusal of the crown of Spain by the Duke of Genoa, and the failure of an attempt to unite the two kingdoms of Spain and Portugal. The (Ecumenical Council had been opened under the patronage of the Empress of Austria. The latest wool and flax reports will lie found in our commercial column,