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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 100, 29 April 1870, Page 2

The Timaru Herald states that the total cost of the buildings erected by the New Zealand Meat • Preserving Company at the Washdykemay be reckoned at fully £2000. That is exclusive of the cost of -land."- ■'' - r - ; £ a •-.■■:■: ... '•: '. , , / Thu Southland TFetvs states .that "owing to the differential duties,; the Whisky from Otago distillery is ; increasing rapidly 'in public favor- — being of excellent manufac-ture-^-and.bids fair, shortly tp considerably affect importations." .- ; ■ Yesterday morning the Argus newspaper and prihtipg, offices were ' burned, down to the ground. This afternoon another stood" in its r pi6ce. ' To-morrow^ morning, barring accidents, the Argus \ will appear as usual. . Indeed its regular issue of yesterday_.came out whilst the building was burning.. ., They do some smart, things in < pther parts of the world*, bnfc none much smarter, than this,—-Grey-mouth Star, ■• April>2B..' : \ . I.N.qoaQiENTiNG on :^rV.^sb6r.be*s memorandum in reply to Earl Granville's despatch, the Melbourne Telegraph says : — Earl Granville is evidently reading up the subject of the colonies, and the more he reads the more he: .wavers; He has cqn-ceded-nowthatJEngland's duty. is to.protecfc r - the -colonies from enemies from without! and' logic equally demands that they shoujd be : protected from enemies from within. His. mistake in "dealing with New Zealand is iq supposing that the centre of the isle has ever been conquered, pri placed in the possession of the colonists, and is not as mrich & hostile country to Auckland as Spain is to Gibraltar. We can leave the Fox Ministry to sheet home the point to the noble statesman. One retort in their memorandum ought to te11... Earl Gran ville says — Why not absolve Te Kooti ? The Colonial Secre tary replies — 'Why not pardon the Fenians? and quotes Mr. Gladstone as to the why not. If Te Kooti could be killed by epigrams or antitheses, the New Zealand Government would, speedily annihilate him. If Earl Gran ville had a heart to be touched by rhetoric, or a mind to be convinced by reason, he would guarantee a loan/' Three thinga. that never agree — two cats over one mouse, two wives in one house, and two lovers after one young lady.

->. In t Addressing his constituents lately, Mn W. % Forster, ' M.P. for Bradford, thus referred to the colonial question :— *' It ia too late now — it would require an evening of itself — to descant upon that question, to me more important than almost any other, the colonial question ; but I cannot sit down without just stating that although I disagree .with very much that has heen ssid by representatives of the colonies lately, yet I rejoice that the question has heen brought forward as it is. I rejoice that it has been received as it i?, . ;becaus.e it makes it clear to me that neither ift England nor in the colonies do we intend that the English empire shell Ikbroken up. It may be a dream, but. I still believe in its fulfilment. I believe that the time will come when, by some means or other, Statesmen will be able to weld a bond tqgother which will unite the En«li?li..speakinjr. people in our colonies at present 1 —unite them with the mother country iu ©ne great confederation. I believe also iu 'the fulfilment of this other dream— that ■whatever maybe the passing disagreement. the time ;will come, . and come quickly, when there ; will be no discord between us and our kinsmen in (he United States. I may • "iiot live to see it — but there are many here ~;who will. live to see it — such firm and last- : ing friendship among all English-speaking people, ttrat 'that firm- bond of friendship ■will bring such blessings of peace to those ; pteoples-^that it will be such a .lesson of the advantages of , concord to the rest of the world, that the other nations of civilisation will, for very shame's sake, learn vrar. no longer." „ . . The Pope's .Infallibility. — The .correspondent of the Memorial Diploma-^ tique at Rome/ says.tbat" though it is not possible to enter the Council and 'bear, what asjsaid therein, it is, nevertheless, possible -to glean from the : conversation of the '.Bishops outside its walls what passes there. : He says that the question israthex one of form than substance; that the Pope really excercises the doctrine of infallibility when he pronounces e£~ cathedra, inasmuch as no Bishop wilF take it' upon himself to protest againsta brief, a bull, or adecree:emanating from the Holy Seat ; so that, in point :of fsret, it is merely a question of cohering the 'deed bj. a; decree of , the Council. , i? Froin information he had derivedfrom respectable sources, a method "had been discovered of reconciling discordant opinions. .In.accordance':with -the traditions of past Councils, 1 tjhe:.prociamatibn df' the dogma of the .L'infajlibilifcy pfv the ;P<ope will simply cousist in establishing- the .absolute principle by adding comminatory' clauses against -,-tnosej.w.hp.gainsayit.; :Thus, for example, after having declared the infallibility of the- Pope, the council will conclude l(i 8i quis neyaverit, anathema sit," To testify the spirit oK conciliation. with which it is animated, the Council will, under the iagpiration.jof the Sovereign .Pontiff himself, essentially ■', modify the 01-d. form, which w^uld inevitably excite recrimination on ~ the part of the adversaries of the Church. Instead of proclaiming the- dogma in an absolute manner^ "the application will be restricted •to matters puerly rel.igeous ; instead of imposing it as a law on consciences, ihe acceptation will be merely recommended. * f*- : Laymaa- i as I -atn," .hcconUnpes, "It is not for .me to mention beforehand :),he, precise terms in which- the canon of infallibility will be- promulgated, but JD ,belie ; ve .rthe substance ;.will r - bei this : — The Holy - : Synod declares that it is iessential "to. the umfy^and "good government of the Chtiroh io believe- tha'twh r en the- -Roman- Pontiff, after having invoked the light of the Hply Spirit, speaks'-'bn matters !of faith,' he exercises -the mandate which the Divine Master delivered to Peter when He said, 'Strengthen thoo : thy 1 , r.br'ethjen ; in the faith, when thou thyself shall; have been confirmed- therein , (confirmct fratres tuos in fi<d£, ciim ipse in fide confirmatus eris),\. ■ I have 11 reason to believe that many : :--BisbT-bp8 :T -;-who wbukt -huve desired to J .set ; ' aside' the' Consideration ;of the - subjeqt, have, shown themselves ; disposed to support it in the form I have /indicated. 7So far as concerns the Catholic "Powers! it is" .esi'denl that, thus limited exclusively to matters of faith*-. the .infallibility of th.e Pope,. not bpijjg, applicable to the relations- between Church and State, cannot .prorokiß the conflicts dreaded from /the', -proclamation of such a dogma. In conclusion, I am .in a position to uss'imyou that on,.ihis point; things wijij-fiooji be sufficiently advanced for the representatives: Of the principal Powers accredited fo the Holy Seat to consider it their duty to inform their respective Governments."