THE SUEZ MAIL. ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. London, November 9.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 331, 5 January 1889, Page 6

THE SUEZ MAIL. ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. London, November 9.

OUK NEW GOVERNOR. The vague rumour current for somo time past that an entirely new man would be appointed as your next Governor has been verified by the nomination of Lord Onslov The "Fall Alall "- and othor extreme Radical papers protess extreme surprise at the announcement, bub the generality of Anglo-Colonists were quite prepared for Lord Onslow getting one of the Australian vice - royalties. At the time of the Colonial Congress he made no secret what his wishes were, and he lias had ! sufficient administrative experience as j Undersecretary to the Board of Trade, and •at the Colonial Office, to make him quite equal to his new diities. The Earl's name has not been mentioned in connection with , New Zealand like Sir John Gorst's or Mr' Raikes's, shnpiv because we most of us , thought he would get New South Wale«. Personally Lord Onslow is an inotlensive young man, blessed with a bureaucratic miud and Tory principles. He has never shone very brilliantly in society, but he is a persona r/rata at Court, and for some years was a Lord-in-Waiting. lie all matters affecting Government House and colonial society Lord Onslow will, I expect, ask for Sir \V. Jervois's advice. The pair are old friends and tho Earl lias. I know , a profound respect for hi* predecessor. Lady Onslow 1 cannot, at present tell you anything about. Sir William Jervois must have been aware for somo time t tint, his term of oflice would not be extended, as he told Lady Hall he should not be able to stay on before she and Miss Hall left, for England.

GREAT LIBERAL DEMONSTRATION. Mr Gladstone's visit to Birmingham ha» been the great event of the hour. The triumphal progre.-b of the right hon. gentleman from Hawarden to Birmingham, the enthusiastic demoustrations of afieetion with which he was everywhere greeted, and the amazing physical vigour whici has enabled an old man verging on his eightieth year to pour out speech after speech with apparently inexhaustible focundity of thought and word, have extorted the admiration even of Mr Gladstone's political adversaries. The amount of speechmaking which the right hon. gentleman has got through this week is indeed marvellous, showing that hi 3 wonderful vitality is as yet almost unimpaired by the touch of Time. It is doubtful whether, in the wholecourse of his political career, Mi Gladstone has crowded so much oratory into a narrow compass of time ap he has done this week. Should the general election take place next spring, and Mr Gladstone be returned to power, he would, in point of physical strength, be as> capable of managing the affairs of the Empire as ever he has been. When be entered office in 1880 his family were apprehensive that the strain of adminisfciative work would prove too much for hi v endurance ; bub judging by his performances of this week, he is stronger than he was eight years ago, and is quite equal to the task of once more handling the reins of power. II would seem as though the expectation of the Unionists that in 1892 or 1593, when under ordinary circumstances the present Parliament would come to an end, Mr Gladstone will be too enfeebled by age to lead the Liberal party, is like!}' to be falsified. At present the right hon. gentleman betrays no sign of neakne;>s, and his declaration at Bumingli »m that he will not retire frjm public life <o long as the Irish question remains unsettled shows that, personally, he is not conscious of any diminution of his extraordinary strength.

SIR JULIUS VOGEL. Thanks to Mr Philip Mennell, who conj ducted most of the negotiations, Sir Julius Vogel has iound a publisher for hie novel, part of which will be in type early next week. The title is " Anno Domini 2000." Sir Julius gob £50 down and will receive half the profits (should there be any), the publisher taking all fche risk. From this I gather the man thinks well of fche tale. The "Picturesque Atlas" business has been at a standstill, pending the coming of Mr Beetham, who arrived on Wednesday last. Vogel had, when last spoken to about the matter, finally resolved to abandon the i idiculous purpose of going to the public for the £40,000 necessary to give the work a start. He realises that he certainly would not get the money, and that he and his syndicate would look profoundly ridiculous. Judd and Co., who brought out Sir XV. Bullei'fe book ?-o successfully, offered to publish the Atlas and take all risks if the syndicate would guarantee 3,000 subscribers in New Zealand. The syndicate replied that they were r-ertain the 3,000 subscribers would be forthcoming, but declined to qvaran'ec them Eventually lexpect the syndicate will either have to do something of this sort or let the whole thing elide, which would certainly be wisest. There is something very funny in Sir Julius's expenses (£1,000) having been paid Home to float this book. Only a master mind could have persuaded a syndicate into believing there was money in such a project;. In the course of the next fortnight Vogel will finally decide whether to resign his seat in your House of Representatives and remain in England, or to return to the colony and re-enter political life. Sir Julius himself favours remaining here, and has a notable scheme on hand for starting an agency ior floating colonial mines and properties of all sorts ; but Lady Vogel wants to return to the colony, and women generally carry the day in these el'ises, I've noticed.

MR \V. L. REES. I might write columns about the extraordinary eloquence and eneigy of Mr W. L. Rees, who is here, there, and everywhere, preaching ihe gospel of co-operative colonisation, and whose leaflets, booklets, newspaper extracts, and great work on poverty and progress are falling about thick as> autumn leaves. Everyone, needless to say, continues " very much interested " in Mrßees's manifold and mammoth schemed. He is always talking, not perhaps to very important or influential meetings (in fact, the Society of Arts, Colonial Institute, and Emigration Societies have so far held themselves conspicuously aloof), but still to meetings. In his papers he announces " considerable progress" has already been made wibh his "great task," but in exactly what that progress consists I cannot ascertain. Leading Anglo-Colonists have presented Mr Bees with nothing more substantial than the " cold shoulder." Sir F. D. Bell shakes his head mournfully at the mention of Mr Reess name, Sir Walter Buller calls him "an impracticable visionary," and the city magnates generally simply smile satirically over his projects. Who, by the way, is supplying the sinews of war for this campaign of Mr Reea's ? His finances must be flourishing, since he has brought his family home, sent two sons to Cambridge, and is spending a perfect fortune in printers 1 ink.