WELLINGTON.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue XVI, 7 November 1881, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

[From oar own Correspondent J (By Telegraph.) Sunday night. The Government h3Te practically no further information to-day from the front excepting that tbe night had passed quietly find that Messrs Bryce end Rolltsion had gone to Parihaka to-day to have a talk with the natives and exp'ain to them the nosiiiou of affairs, and ths intentions of the Government towardi them. These have not been officially disclosed here, but it is understood that the next move will be to send home ( acb tribe of strangtra sncceativsly. I hear it ie not correct, as reported, that two days notic» \ra3 giv«n last eight to the natives to clear oat. The Governmant information is to tbe effect that Mr Bryce deferred doing thw until the natives should have calmed down somewhat ; and that no time is dofinitelj fixed. I hsar tht Press Association managed to circumvent Mr BryrVs extraordinary mandate ajjiinst preaa correspondents aud had a rßpr«gentttive within a few yards of Mr Bryce all (.he time, so \hat youwillreceiTft a full account, and it is needles for nis to duplicate it sscond hand. I am told that Mr Bryca actually ordered that any corres pondents following the troops should be arrested and detained in custody for 24 hours. Te Whiti tad Tobu seem to hava bebsved with great dignity aad self po«s«saion. They declined to travsl ia the sume waggou as Hiroki, ths alleged murdsrer. I understand that it is probable that Te Whiti and Tchu will be tried at Now Plymouth uader th<special Aot of 1880. I bolieve very full and careful reports hare been sent by the Government par to-day's Sin Francisco mail to tie Agent General in England for publication in Eaglsnd with the view of counter acting any exaggerated or sensational reports which might find circulation to the prejudice of Nqw Zsaiacd interests.

In the course of Mr Chss. j. Johnston's Speech in Wellington the other night in answer to a question whether he approved of the action cf the Government regarding ■Native affairs, ho ? ?.u\ "Yes." and he hoi^l to bring Te Wiuti to Wei inpt.on in turn- to qualify him for a residential vote for To Aro, and thus secure him as a supporter. It need' scarcely b<- s.-iid that the hit was thoroughly appreciated by the audience. There is w doubt (says the N.Z. Times) that, considerable incor.venie-ucf In business circles has occurred through so many Volunteers going to tho front. Ue-ids V linns have to do clerk's work, and make themselves generally useful. We notice that the lion . John Johnston, owing to Cantata Charles J. tlohnston'.-i absence, -vv lit one-.' more go into harness. :mu keep the hooks of the firm until lm sen'? return from I'arihaka, Mr Arthur Collins (says the Press) has p'atesl that ho dec? not intci.d to dispute the I'ktca jcat against Mr G\iool!y, a: d we are not aware of any o:her person who would be likely to rln so «ith ary chacc? cf euccps?. At the sale of the late Lord Beacotiffield's frrVcts srme pint bottles cf old champagne. " Irroy's '' brand, were sold at the fabulous r>rioo of 200s per drziu. No wonder the Coicaao Times raises its voice rg-.iost the prevailing lawiossn* ss in its ehy, for there have b:en i ; 2 mnrders coraBiUted there since the beginning: of the BTc-peut year. In each murder the crime can hi directly t raced to whisky. A drunken man at, Ruffilo " fooled " with two of the brushes in a elf-ctnc light generator acd was pickfd up dead. Fully a drz.-n men have been killed about cUctiic light in tho past year. A Gisborne telegram of the first inst. snys : — The oil bore of tho Southern Cross Company had reached a depth of 120 ft on Saturday last. The bottom was i milling a very forcible- Mrc-am of gas, which was causing tho onrth to close in the space cleared by the drilling tools, and actually raising themwitli tho earth v*> the tube. Further progress will be slow to be safe. Oil is raised wit v thft muilock by t:.t sand pump. The San Francisco Dsili/ Exchange has the following pointed paragraph re the corn speculators of Chicago: — C A rumour that the President was dead caused v.heat to decline a full cert in Chicago. We are an inelustrious and :u< enterprising people, and leave, in our pursuit of the dollar, no st ne unturned, trading even upon the affliction of the nation for its chief Magistrate. Thi3 is a beautiful trait in the American character, which all students of human nature cann-.t but admire. From the President's pick room at the White House, from the great misfortune which has fallen upon the country, we endeavour to glean a sirall profit by a turn in wheat. Of course everyone is sorry the President is lying between life and death. surrounded by his greef stiicken family, but if the wheat aiarket iv Chicago can be aflected by an announcement of hu decease, the sanguine speculator does not hesitate to kill him off-hand. Decency and affection and humanity are very fine things, no doubt, but they are not a feather-weight in the scale With one big American dollar." A politician tauntingly s-id to bis opponent, " What do you know about finance ?" " I know " WBB the rf ply, " that it tukes two nacneß a great deal better than yours and mine to ent monry p.t a hark "