The New-Zealander.

New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 524, 23 April 1851, Page 2

The New-Zealander.

He just and fear not . Let all the ends thou aims't at, be thy Country*, Thy God's, and Truth's. *

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 18 5~1.

A Government Gazette issued on Monday contained the following announcement : — " His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief has been pleased to appoint Robert Hknry Wynyard, Esquite, Companion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Lieutenant-Colonel of H. M. 58th Regiment, and the Officer Commanding the Tioops in New Zealand, to be LieutenantGovernor of the Province of New Ulster, until the pleasure of Her Majesty shall be known." This appointment was generally anticipated, and is most acceptable to the community at large, with whom Colonel Wynyard enjoys a high appreciation on account of his own gelieial urbanity and kindness, as well as on account of his connection with the gallant 58th regiment, so long known to the people here, and &o firmly fixed in their regards and good wishes. In offering to the new LieutenantGovernor our respectful and sincere congratulations, we are sure we express the feelings of very many, as well as of ourselves.

The plan of Female Emigration, of which Mr. Sidnky Hfrblrt is the originator, and which has received such warm patronage from Royalty itself in England, is known to our readers from the account we gave of its leading features when we first heard of its promulgation at home, and from the various incidental statements respecting its progress and operations which since have from time to time appeared in our columns. The deep and peculiar distress of the class of persons — the needlewomen — whom it was especially designed to henefit, is sufficiently notorious to enlist on its behalf the sympathies of every humane mind ; and the advantages which might reasonably be anticipated from the introduction into the Australasian colonies of a number of well-con-ducted females, fitted for domestic service and analogous employments, is too obvious to require illustration or enforcement. The feasibility of bringing New Zealand into a practical participation both in its benevolent enterprise and in its beneficial fruits, has been pressed more fully upon our attention by the perusal of communications addressed to two respectable and influential gentlemen lately arrived in this neighbourhood, who on the eve of their departuie irom England made inquiries on ihe subject We shall btiefly lay before our readers the substance of the information contained in these communications ; merely, for the prestnt, inviting them to consider whether it would not be desirable that our local public should avail itself of the opportunity now offered ; and, if so, what may be the best mode of securing the proposed object.

A letter from Mr. Haly, Secretary to the Fund, states, in the following terms, the decision of the Board with respect to sending parlies of their emigrants here : — " That upon its being repoited to them that the proper and necessary arrangements have been made for the reception and care of any Female Emigrants who may be sent out to New Zealand by means of this fund, they will be happy to turn their attention to that colony, and ready to asbist the passage of young women to Auckland, or other parts of New Zealand, to the extent of ten pounds (£10) for each emigrant." We have also before us a letter from Messrs. Willis and Co., stating their willingness to contract for the conveyance of parties of these emigrants, in numbers of not less than twenty, at the rate of fifteen pounds for each adult. It is added, " We make no difference in our charge between the Ports in New Zealand, it being understood that we only keep the emigrants so long as they remain on board the vessel." It thus appears that a sum of five pounds for each immigrant must he raised from some other source, if the proposition is to be acted out. We have reason to think that the Go-vernor-in-Chief would be disposed to aid in the undertaking by a grant, which may not improbably be about equal to any sum produced by private efforts -, — this point, however, should of course be ascertained more definitely. The remaining question is whether the community will deem the pioject sufficiently promising to induce tliem to expend upon it the exertions and pecuniaiy contributions necessary to its accomplishment. The want of good female servants here, is matter of only too general experience ; and, although Needlewomen may not at first be thought a class likely to furnish a supply, we believe it would be foundon investigation that many of them have actually filled such situations already, and that many who have not, possess the next best qualification — a willingness to learn. There are also, we need not say, various other occupations in which industrious and properly conducted women may readily find employment here, with mutual advantage to themselves and their employers. It is also to be borne in mind that everything which scrupulous care can effect is done by the Committees of gentlemen and ladies in whose hands the management of the plan rests, to admit upon their lists only females whose moral character and general capabilities are proved to be cood ; and that, if a distinct description of the "wants of the colony were forwatded to them, there can be no doubt but that they would send out only such persons as, in their best judgment, they deemed adapted to meet those requirements. But. as we have already intimated, it is not our present purpose to enter into any full discussion of the proposition, as respects either the arguments which mighty be advanced in favour of its adoption, or the objections to it that may not improbably induce hesitation in some minds. We merely to-day submit the facts to a consideration which they undoubtedly merit ; only adding that, if any steps are to be taken in the matter, there should be no avoidable delay, lest the number of applications in London should prove more than commensurate with the resources of the fund, so as to[necessitate a restriction of the pecuniary offer now made by the Board, or to reduce the number of the candidates for emigration from whom the selection must be made.

According to advertisement, a Meeting of the Subscribers to the proposed Lunatic Asylum was held on Monday last at the Royal Exchange Hotel, which Mr. Harthngton had kindly afforded for the purpose. William Con nell, Esq., was called to the Chair. The Chairman gave a brief but clear sketch of the steps which had been taken to promote the important object, and then requested the Honorary Secretary, the Rev. Fred. Thatcher, to read the Report of the Deputation which had waited upon the Governor-in-Chief. That Report was as follows :—: — " Report of the Deputation formed in pursuance of a Resolution passed at a Public Meeting held on Tuesday Evening, the 14th January last, W. Connell, Esq., J.P., in the Chair, for the purpose of waiting upon the Governor, and representing to His Excellency the great necessity which exists for a Lunatic Asylum, and to solicit from the Government the establishment and endowment of such an Institution. " A Deputation consisting of the Rev. J. F. Churton, Rev. F. Thatcher, Dr. Bennett, Messrs. Connell, Lewis, Gundry, Daldy, and Gilfillan, were honoured with an interview by His Excellency on Thursday, the 17th instant, and they are happy to report that they found the Governor fully prepared to enter with cordiality into their object and to promote it as far as practicable. " His Excellency said that, although the state of the Revenue does not permit the establishment of the Institution wholly from its resources, yet the Government would readily meet the Public by giving a Grant of Money towards the erection equal to that contributed by private liberality. Jt was His Excellency's opinion that a detached building on the grounds connected with the existing Hospital would for the present be most convenient and suitable. Should the large endowment of Land already made over for the purposes of the Hospital be insufficient to meet the addi-

I tional expense of the Asylum, the Government would not hesitate to increase the Endowment for that specific object. His Excellency further expressed his willingness to confer with a Committee appointed by the Subsciibers on all matters connected with the site and details of the building. " With respect to the future management of the Asylum, His Excellency saw a difficulty in the appointment of Trustees chosen by the Subscribers ; he wished to brin<r the projected Institution within the conditions of a comprehensive plan which he has had for some time in operation, by which ' important Public Charities, such as the Hospital, the contemplated College and Grammar Schools, are for the present vesfed in the Executive Council, until a Corporation shall be formed, when the Trust will be immediately made over to such Corporation on behalf of the Public. " The Deputation have only to add that His Excellency stated, subject to these anangements, the building may be commenced forth- ; with. j " Fred, Thatcher, " Hon. Sec." Dr. Bennett, — after a few remarks in which he stated the impression made on the Deputation by the readiness and cordiality with which l?ir George Grey entered into the project, and their unanimous opinion that the Subscribers should gladly avail themselves of the offer made by His Excellency — moved the following Resolution : — " That this Meeting of Subscribers receives and approves of the Report now read, and directs the Committee te take immediate steps for acting in accordance with it " This was seconded by Thomas Lewis, Esq. On its being put to the Meeting, one gentleman held up his hand in opposition to it ; but it appeared that he had no right to vote on the question, as his contribution had been offered only on conditions which the Committee, acting under the directions given them by the Public Meeting, had judged that they would not be warranted in accepting. The Resolution was agreed to unanimously by the bona fide subscribers present. It was subsequently determined that a copy of the above Report and Resolution should be forwarded to the. Govfrnor, with a request that his Excellency would, before his departure for the South, kindly leave the matter in such a train as that it may be canied forward, without waiting for his leturn. It was also resolved that the Subscribers should be individually applied to with reference to the payment of their contributions at as early a period as convenient. The benevolent undertaking is now fairly launched, and we cannot entertain a doubt that the public will promptly and cheerfully render it eveiy necessary aid. Additional subscriptions towards the Building would be a very "acceptable and important assistance.

We are happy to be able to report that the anticipations expressed in our last of a speedy and favourable termination of the apparently hostile movement made by the Ngatipoa natives have been fully realized, and that the threatenings of disturbance which, -a few days since excited some alarm in the minds of the timid and apprehensive, have passed away without leaving any evil result behind. Even'on Friday, while hundreds of Maories were assembled at Okahou, they were convinced, and willing to acknowledge, that the step they had taken was wrong, and that it could not issue in any good to themselves. On that day we are informed that the Rev. Mr. Kissling, (who, for several hours, was amongst them exercising that invaluable influence by which the missionaries have, in so many instances, proved the best peace-makers and peacemaintainers in this country) left them entirely disposed to submission, and most anxious to "shake hands" and be reconciled with the Governor. This spirit was satisfactorily manifested on Monday, when their principal chief (in company with the Rev. Mr. Maunsell) came to town, laid their meris and a spear at the feet of His Excellency, and afterwards depatted to the-r homes with, as we have little doubt, not only feelings of amity towards the authorities and the Europeans, but also with impressions, both as to their own proceedings and as to the manner in which they were treated, which are calculated to exercise a permanently beneficial influence on their minds. The event has amply confirmed our view of the prudence and propriety of the course pursued by the Executive on the occasion. Enough was done to guard against any of those contingencies which might aiise in the most civilized communities, where a number ot armed men with their blood up on account of a supposed insult, are gathered together to seek satisfaction ; but no more than this was done or attempted. A force abundantly sufficient for the protection of the town and the repression of any violence that might be offered, was happily at the disposal of the Authorities ; and that force was brought into immediate readi I ness for action. Probably the fact that it was 40, had no small share in the prevention of any necessity fo: f Us employment. Under differr-nt direction, the case would have been paltered with by koreros of negociation, and vaccillating alternations of threatenings and flatterings,

until the minds of the natives becrnie inflated with exaggerated notions of their own strength and excited estimates of their wrongs, leading to demands for impossible concessions, and as the consequence, either a sanguinary collision, or at least a keeping of the town for days or weeks in anxious if not perilous uncertainty. The affair has been better managed ; better, for the Europeans, who have sustained no injury and very little annoyance ; and belter for the natives themselves who have learned that, if they have any request to urge or any redress to seek at the hands of the Government, they must present themselves in an attitude widely different from that of an armed and disorderly mob.

At one of the Protestant meetings recently held in Kent, Mr. Herries, M.P , observed that " there had been two manifestoes published, the one by the noble Premier of this country, and the other by the Prime Minister of the Pope in England " In our last we devoted the great part of the space we could spare for the subject, to a digest of the latter ; to-day, we have collected under one heading:, as " The Voice of the Protestant Churches," declarations in suppoitof Lord John Russell's condemnation of the Papal Aggression, proceeding from high official authorities in the Established Churches of England and Scotland, the Free Church, the Wesleyan- Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church in England, and the Congregational Churches; — yarying somewhat in minor details according to the distinctive opinions of the Bodies from which they emanated, but agreeing with the most entire unanimity in then unequivocal denunciation of the " Intrusion." We might have added others, — for instance, even the Quakers themselves have spoken on the question in an Address which, although avowedly an explanation of their reasons for not joining in the Addresses to the Queen adopted by their fellowcitizens, — most of which involved points inconsistent with the peculiar tenets of the Society of Friends — yet contained this unmistakeable declaration, Prntcstants, in the broadest sense of the term, we yield to none in reprobation of this act of Spiritual Domination, as an attempt to forge again and more firro'y rivet those chains of bondage to the spirit of Antichrist, which were broken, though not wholly cast off, at the p<?nod of the Reformation. Cardinal Wiseman was undoubtedly the man of all in broad England whose name was most on the public tongue and before the public eye, in book, pamphlet, magazine, newspaper, caricature, inscription on the walls, and every other mode in which it could be presented to the general view. Taking up almost at random the journals before us, we find in the first a report that his Eminence had been ordered to leave England within fortyeight hours ; and in the next a contradiction of this story, but an announcement that, with a view to the defence of any legal proceedings that may be adopted, he had retained Mr. Peacock, the Queen's counsel. In a third we meet with a strange tale respecting an estate* of £3000 per annum alleged to have been bequeathed to the Cardinal by the late Mr. Taylor, of Wey bridge, (in whose cemetery the remains of Louis Phillippe rest), and who, it was asserted, had been induced to disinherit his son Dr. Wiseman indignantly contradicted the story, averring that he had never seen Mr. Taylor in his life, that he was not even named in his will, and that the children of the deceased were enjoying every farthing of the property. But an incredulous barrister, holding to the antiquated notion that seeing is believing, went to Doctors' Commons, and, paying his shilling fee, examined the will. It turned out that the estate was indeed left to the children for their lives, but that afterwards it was to go to the Vicar Apostolic of the London District for the time being. " Which Vicar Apostolic," (says the Morning Herald, which relates the tale with much gusto), " we believe, is no other than Dr. Wiseman ; so that it turns out to be substantially true that the Romish Church gets the estate, and the children are merely tenants for life. Of all this, Dr. Wiseman, in his ' most candid and satisfactory letter,' said not a word.". .But the incident which excited most interest was a sort of episodical controversy between his Eminence and the Rev. Dr. Cumming, of the National Scotch Church in Crown Court. Dr. Cumming in a Lecture, (delivered at the request of the Reformation Society), entitled " The Teaching of Cardinal Wiseman the best reason of Protest against his Intrusion as Archbishop of Westminster," read an extract from an oath, which he affirmed the Archbishop must have taken when receiving the pallium, binding him, to persecute heretics. He shortly after received a letter from Mr. Searle, the Cardinal's s ecretary, stating that by a rescript of Pius VII. the clause quoted was omitted for all bishops subject to the British crown, and adding that Dr, Cumming was at liberty to inspect the Pontijicale containing the oath, at the (. ardinal's residence. Dr. Cumming ac» cepted the offer, and thus writes the result to> the Times :-— I this duy in company with Sir. J. Heron Maxwell and Admirm Vernon Hartourt, inspected the Cardinal's Pontifical submitted to me at " the episcopal residence Golden-*qui.re." In the Pontifical thus laid before me I touad vi the bishop's oath the very woids I quo* ted, And in bold type, but with a line of black ink > drawn over the passage, with a pen apparently rery

recently used, leaving the word* riinclaioinJ 'y the Cardinal -iiffiVit nt'v leirilili 1 . hut without -my irn'hls or other vpi'ficution of any »on On the fly leil at 'lie lies-inning of the »-«> ok, I found the <-arne nath in M.S. without tli- percent mi; <lsn«,e, and without imtiuU 01 other verified on, <>nil apparently very recently written But tlie n'aiiling fciot remains On n j ferrinj to thr oath required »o he taken hy an archbishop— (D . Wispnvm (iimpe; bern recently made one)- mi re ceivmir <'•«• V a '*"»*« "" g,\ vel) *»t pufif 88 (Paiis edition. lfiGl) °' tile Pontifical thus submitted to me by order of 'lie Canlinal, I found the persecu inir clnnse— '• IliP,re'i''os sctn'smuticos et rpbelles Domino noitro vel sucre'-B'>i'l'us prw hotis pro pos«e persequnr et impugn nnbo, 1 ' p>>med in a bod Ivp<? without any »'tt".itinn, emendation, 01 ronecti<m whatever, emiß'ihifinK in ihe Airbbishop of We titunstei's own Pont '/ica/ par f nnd •pnrcA of ihp oath which ever awhbislio . on ft-Cf ivinjt the pallium, as I have Hlrendy slated, mu-t taUe. The dis, overy needs to romtvent beyond my exnren* sion of surprise lliat the Ciirdin.il should h«vi* hud tlie temerUv to invite me to inspect his Pontificate Iloonanum. Every page of the papers furnishes some fact or anecdote illustrative of the excitement which the subject had produced-, but we must pass from them for the present to glean some matter on other topics from our files ; — and truly it is like gleaning, the full ciop of the field being bound up with what Joskph Hume has characteristically called " the Russrll agitation" — (in a letter to the Hull Advertiser, in wliich the veteran Reformer describes the course taken by the Prfmier as " dexterously throwing a tub to the whale, to stop the course of Parliamentary and financial reform"). And yet it seems as if we cannot escape this or some kindred subject. Amongst tlie items of news we had marked for our summary, the first we come to is a document issued by Cardinal Wiseman on the Ist of December, appointing a Jubilee, and granting a plenary indulgence ; the " holy time" to be from the Bth to the 22nd of December : — and then, we come to a statement by the United Service Gazette that the Roman Catholic soldiets in Winchester garrison had been prohibited attending the chapel in consequence of a sermon preached there, in which the priest called the Protestant bishops and cleigy rebels and intruders, and declared that the Povk's supremacy was an emanation of the Almighty, ■while the Queen held hers from man : — and then, we come to a statement that Lord Feilding's transfer of the Church in progress of erection by his mother-in-law's bequest, from Anglican uses to Romish, had aroused so much liberality amongst the Protestants of the neighbourhood, that in one week a sum of £1900 was subscribed towards the new church intended to supply the place of the lost one in that spiritually destitute district : — and then, we come to lengthened accounts of most indecorous proceedings in the deeply-Tracta-rianized but aristociatically-frequented chutch ot St. Barnabas, in Pimlico, in which Mr. BiiNNErr, the clergyman, figures as preaching in vindication of the lighting of candles (by day light) on the altar, and similar Puseyite fancies, and a considerable proportion of the congregation as inieaupting his discourse by hisses and other noises and disturbances, which, Sabbath after Sabbath, called for the interposition of the police : — and then, we come to accounts of the rough usage experienced by some j who were bold enough to oppose the current of I popular feeling, by speaking at Protestant meetings in mitigation of the aggression ; and the violence of a mob at Cheltenham in taking forcible possession of a figure of the Port., publicly burning it amidst loud cheers, and then breaking the windows of the Roman Catholic chapel and oi private houses : — and then, thdtMr. R. Doyle, one of the ablest artists on the able staffof Punch, had resigned his connexion with that world-renowned journal,andtherewith a salary of £600 a year, in indignation at the course taken by it on the Papal question. But we will turn to some items of different, though less exciting news. The Queun was to hold a Privy Council at Windsor Castle on the 10th of December, when the day for the meeting of Parliament for the despatch of business would probably be fixed. A pension of £100 per annum had been granted to Mr. J. P. Collier, whose name and labours are well known to the students of the literature — especially the dramatic literature — of the Elizabethan age. The bituminous shale of Dorsetshire, commonly called " Kimmeridge Coal," had been found to yield products nearly similar to those obtained from Irish peat by Mr. Owen's experiments ; and a Company had been formed, under whose direction one hundred retorts were in course of erection in the neighbourhood of Wareham, with a view of immediately bringing the mineral oil, &c, into the London and other markets. A profit of 75 per cent, on the capita] expended was confidently anticipated. Large though this remuneration would be however, it is less than seems likely to be realized from the Irish peat. According ta trials, made partly under the superintendence of Dr. Hodges, Professor of Agriculture in Queen's College, Belfast, and partly at the premises of Messrs. Cofvey and Sons, engineers, near London, a profit exceeding 100 per cent, may be expected from this, — the most advantageous product being " paratline," which unites with spermaceti, wax, &c, and is suitable for the ] best kind of candles, a lighted specimen of which, it may be remembered, was placed on the table of the House of Commons, at the time of the original announcement of the discovery. An active movement for the increased culture of flax was jn progress both ia linglaud

and Ireland. It is calculated, that at present, in addition to the flax grown at home, the linen manufacturers reqnne an annual supply of the raw maliMi'al fiom abroad amounting in value to £8,000,000 ; adding to which the value of the linseed and oil cake imported, there is a total expenditure of nine millions and .1 half sterling, on the produce of foreign flax culture. It was coi templated to turn large tracts of land to the giowth of flax, and a Mr. Warnes, of Norfolk, had already done so to such an extent as to remove all doubts of its being a practicable and profitable enterprise. In Ireland also, the cultivation of flax was not only extending in the Noith, but rapidly engaging effort in the South, where hitherto it had not received equal attention. A very enlarged prospect of the advantages to be anticipated from the trade has been opened by the successful experiments of M. Ci.aussen, who has proved satisfactorily that, by his process, much of the labour and cost now required to dress the flax may be saved ; the fibre is improved in beauty and stiength, gaining the texture and softness of cotton, with the durability of linen ; and the spinning is done by the ordinary machinery of a cotton mill. Considering the cheapness wifh which this may be effected, (for it is reported that the cost of the raw material will not be moie than half that of cotton wool) the Times observes, " The question becomes not merely one of importance as regards the regeneration of Ireland, but also as affecting the comfort of the people at targe, and the vital interests of our manufacturing population." With these anticipations, a Company foi the growth of flax on a large scale in Ireland had received from Government a conditional promise of a Charter of Incorporation, and had offered, as an encouragement to the cultivators, ati engagement to purchase the flax at a stipulated price.

The Bishop ok Breciiin. — At the request of a correspondent we insert the following paragraph from the Scottish Guardian, with reference to a statement in the English p ipers which we lately copied :— " The rumoured conversion of the Rev. Dr. Forbfs, Hishop of Brechin, to the "Roman Catholic faith, has been authoratatively contradicted by one of his friends, writing from Dundee, who states that the Right Rev. Doctor is at present in the active discharge of his pastoral duties in that town, after a few weeks relaxation. The Bishop, it is said, did not thiuk it necessary himself to contradict the rumour referred t°.",

The Band of H.M. 58th llegt. (by the permission of Lieutenant-Colonel Wynyard, C. 13.), will perform in the grounds in front o( old Government House, to-morrow afternoon from three till five o'clock rnOGHAMME. Overture — Op. "La Barcarolle.".. Auber. Melange — Op. " The Maid of Honor."., Balfe. Cavatina — Op. " Sonnambula.". . Bellini. Duetto— Grand Op. " Nel Egilda di Provenzn." .. Mercadante. Walts; — " Les Fleurs de Marie.".. Ban ett. Quadrille — ''The British Navy.".. Jullicn. Ballad—" There is a flower thatbloometh." Wallace. Ballad—" My own Blue Bell." .. .. •