ENGLAND AND NEW ZEALAND.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 7, 8 January 1870, Page 2

ENGLAND AND NEW ZEALAND.

L 11 - {From the Melbourne Telegraph.) What will they say to the mail news in New Zealand ? Our much af&icted sister, i in the present disordered state of her ! finances, might have saved herself the expense of despatching her three plenipotentaries to England. The Imperial Government has heard of all the horrors it was anticipated would result from the rising of the Maori king, and has wavered not a moment in its determination to withdraw the troops. Earl Granville is as fully convinced that colonists become accustomed to massacres as loose physiologists are that eels get used to skinning. England has neither mennor money to offer, but only advice. That she pours out with a generous profusion, but we seriously question whether it was worth dispatching a special embassy to procure any more of a like quality. " Make friends with Te Kooti," suggestsEarl Granville, forgetful that the consent of the wolf has to be obtained, even if thelambs are willing to lie down with him- " Exterminate the rebels," cry out the anti-Exeter-hall journals, ignoring the fact that extermination is a game at which two-races can play. " Teach them a severe lesson " is the general advice of the friendly Press, not remembering that it is this very thing the colonists, with the British array to boot, have been for yearsessayinjr to accomplish, with a remarkable want, of success. There are some pupils, it should be remembered, it is impossible to drill aught into. The mother country may be assured that New Zealand is quite capable of cooking her Maori hare to perfection. The only thing she requires is assistance to catch the wily quadruped.