THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1875.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1961, 17 April 1875, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1875.

To-DAYswe fulfil a promise given some time ago to come out in an enlarged form. Several pauses have conduced to delay this enlargement, amongst j which maybe mentioned the burning! ■of the Cospatrick, by, .which the. first shipment of paper ordered for us was lost. Another cause of delay has been disappointment in getting some material urgently required to. extend our size.. However, these havTe now been overcome/and we appear as a double-demy sheet.- In our new guise, and with <s the brightening -prospects of the Thames, we confidently look forward to an increase of public favor. We need not make any promises for the future, but let the future speak for itself. The additional columns of matter, however, will require an increase of that lifeblood of newspapers—advertisements. If our friends only stick to us as they have done in time past, we shall make the Star one of the cheapest pennyworth's of newspaper literature in the theColoj^^a^paper that shall find in the

the above matter are requested to give their attendance." It appears to us that a commission of this character will not do much towards unravelling the mystery surrounding the surreptitious issue of rights. It has been stated that if an enquiry werd instituted^ a man would come forward and say that he stole the rights. There is now an excellent opportunity for this mythical individual to come forward and immolate himsolf; but wo very much dcubt if any one will be found willing to bear the consequences of his own, or anybody else's misdemeanour by. such a confession. It would no doubt save a world of trouble, and some expense, if the culprit would make a clean breast of it, and throw himself on the clemency of the powers that be. But such a satisfactory solution of the difficulty is not to be expected. " Assuming this to be correct, it may be asked, who are the persons " desirous of giving evidence " who aro likely t&: comeforward and give their attendance at the enquiry ? Not the delinquent, certainty. Not the persons who admitted that they were in possession of miners' rights before the regular hour. As one of these expressed himself, he would be laying himself open to the consequences of being concerned in a conspiracy. By all accounts those who were able to give any evidence bearing upon the matter have told all they know, or declined to say anything at all; and those who know most about the matter have been wise enough to keep their own counsel; so that the enquiry is not likely to result in any practical exposure of this jcandal. •;■•