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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 230, 9 October 1879, Page 2

Thusly it was that the Christchurch Glube moralized over the Christchurch election:— "It has pleased an inscrutable Providonce to bless the Christchurch constituency with the full and complete possession of Sir Geo, Grey. The ways of Providence are, as has been often remarked, past finding out; and we may never, perhaps, discover for what particular good deed done by us as a community it is that we have been rewarded by the inestimable advantage of being represented by the Premier." lv an article on the political situation the Wairarapa Daily says :— There are now large numbers of political adventurers throughout the Colony who have no stake iv it and who have nothing to lose, who are eudeavoring, by pandering to the Premier, to make capital out of the distress which exists. The Premier declares that capital is not necessary to a new Colony. Perhaps not ; but will the thousands now out of employment through a limited withdrawal of capital from the Colony, endorse the sentiment ? Will a starving lamily beiieve that capital is bad for the country, and bless Sir George, whose mistaken political agitation has taken the bread out of their mouths ? The following story shows how the most tragic scene can be rendered ridiculous through an unforlunateeonfre/emys: Auactor who shall be nameless, was making a tour in America, and one night, playing Othello— in which character he was considered a great star, although not perhaps by a very discerning public — just at the thrilling moment when the unhappy Desdemoua is being smothered by her jealous lord, some soulless ynmin in the gallery imitated to perfection an audibl.- osculation, which feat sent the audience into roars of laughter. The infuriated tragedian bounded to the foot-lights shook his fUts at the gallery, and thundering for; h denunciations upon the wretched disturber, dared him to como down on the stage a;i '. engage in combat. The more be foamed the more, of course, everyone laughed. At last the soulless y.j»jjit was removed by th,e police, uud quietness restored The aggrieve. I Moor returned to the bedside (where pesdemona was visibly shaking.) At tbp Licensing Court held at Faxton re. ceutly, when the application by Mr Shultze f*>r removal of Jiceuse was being heard, it transpired that several natives had siftied both peiitions— for aud agaiust the license being granted. After this who will dare (says the Manawatu Times) to breathe a word against the high tense of strict impartiality which exists in the Maori breast? Amidsl the dark passages of the Zulu war says the Br ,ad Arrow, one circumstauce may be looked upon with some amount of pride and thnc Is the aitjtude 01" thp 3,00 OGQ uatives within the colony of Natal. If these men were to breakout into insurrection or to afford Cetewayo active or even passive assistance, the polony would virtually have to be re-conquered. As it is they are most loyal, and 12,000 of their number are defending the colouial border against possible Zulu attacks. After the news of I3andula, it seems the minds of these friendly natives were very much disturbed. They were apparently confounded for a little time a3 to who were to be considered victors but the gallant defence of Rorke's Drift and Pearson's popitjon iv tfululand satisfied them that their protector, the British Government 1 was not beaten after all. A rule which can" attract the warm love and ac.ive aid of so j many alien people, cannot be the tyranny which the " friends of the aborigine" assert ' it to be.

In the course of a lecture delivered in England on New Zealand as a field for immigration, Mr Arthur Clayden said •.— * Emigration has hitherto been looked upon too much as the last resort of the unfortunate. Broken down merchants, family scapegraces younger sona who have failed to get into either the army or the church, and paupers of every degree of feebleness— these had too generally constituted the bulk of our human freightage to the colonies. He had sometimes thought while witnessing the disembarkation of a ship-load of emigrants at a colonial seaport, that those at Home who were responsible for the human freightage must have read across the portals of the colony, « Rubbish shot here.' It was quite time that England began to realise that her magnif cent colonies were not mere refuges for the destitute, but fields of commercial enterprise worthy of the highest taleot, and the utmost wealth that she could commaud. Disposing of sundry objections to emigration, he explained to his audience that a too common notion obtained that iv leaving England people turned their backs on civilization. In opposition to this he arrayed various statistics as to the public schools in New Zealand ■, the extent of telegraphic communication ; the miles of railway ; the postal conveniences ; the splendid buildings, churches, etc., of Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland ; and the vast quantity of literature annually imported. It was not barbarism that they were invited to, but an advanced civilization, and all the amenities of highly cultured society." The Scotch papers to hand by last mail furnish still further particulars of losses made by the City of Glasgow Bank. One case is thus recorded in the John O' Groat Journal, of 24th July :_» Mr Robert Caldwell, shipowner, Inverness, died at his residence there on the evening of Friday last. His death was sudden, as was looked for from his being affected by heart complaint for some years, though no doubt it was hastened by the liquidation of the City of Glasgow Bank, in which he was so largely involved. Mr Caldwell was eldest son of the late Rev. Robert Caldwell, many years minister of the Independent Church, Wick, afterwards at Newcastle. He commenced his career in life about 1822. His business proved successful, aud he ultimately amassed about £60,000, but since the bank failure this was much depreciated by the reduction in value of other bank shares which he held. He had, however, offered to pay the liquidators in all about £40,000, to which, as yet, no answer of acceptance has beeu received. At the time of the collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank he held thirty shares in that mismanaged concern, for which he paid £7,000, and which brought a first call upon him of £15,000. This he paid, but his second call was for £67,000, and this proving beyond his means, he was at the time of his death in the act of liquidation, and was thus suddenly called away from all his earthly troubles before a settlement was completed. Prior to the failure of the bank, he had executed a trust disposition of his effects to his relations, leaving most of them liberally provided for, as he thought, but all will now be absorbed by the liquidators. If the Paris Soir is to be believed, taxation by torture is now the mode in Egypt. Those who will not or cannot pay are hanged to palm trees, and unless they pay or are paid for, are left to die. Germany has addressed a non-political remonstrance to Egypt, stating in plain language her views. The Queen of England presented to the King of Siam last year the order of JSt Michael and the cross of St George. An embassy is now on the way to England from the King to invest the Queen with the order of the White Elephant ia return for her compliment.