THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O' CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 27, 1875.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2153, 27 November 1875, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O' CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 27, 1875.

The yisj^xof-^e^^His^A^par^nfeiOf the

British Throne to India may be fraught , with consequences* more'important than appears probable to^fchose who look atlhe matter as if it were Itttide?taken merely as a pleasurable excursion" otfrtiHTpart of the Prince, eagerly acquiesced in from motives of curiosity by theAnglo-Indianresidentsr, and the natives generally. r It jnusfc be remembered,that important asf India-ha* ever *I)een ~to £ England—and'^therefore in a minor degree to her colonies — yet, since the formation' of", the' Suez Canal by M. de LessepS, and "the consequent easy means of access Afforded, by the "ditch," that importance has been Jargely "increased." JNW^considetfing the state of f'continental affairs,-the. feeling .of bitter 7"enmity which exists between prance and Germany, .which feeling it is more than probable will, sooner or later, be,followed by open war; a war which r may, embroil England-as well' as,other continental nations j and considering moreover the increased and rapid-" ly increasing strides which Russia is making in her Eastern conquests, it becomes in every way more necessary that -we should be 'on: good term 3 with our Indian fellow subjects. tJTust consider'the difficulties which mighY occur should a continental war arjse,in which England and Hussia were on' different sides, if_ the natives of'lndia were'as dissatisfied as those in 1857, and Eussia prepared to" take ,the aggressive and strike a'lalow at our interests through our dependencies.' And yet this may happen at any momenT. There is little now between us and'Eussiaa ' dominions which could oppose'any efficient obstacle to Russian ambition, should that ambition take the form of In-, dian conquests, with the exception of Afghanistan; and it is obvious if Russia were to pour into the northern provinces of India an army of 100,000 men—which would to her. bo a matter of consummate ease—our hold over India would be in serious jeopardy unless the natives remained firm and faithful to our rule. On every ground, therefore, it is o? the utmost importance that a feeling of

goodwill should prevail between them

and ns, and the. visit of the Prince to , India, if his progress there be judiciously and properly conducted, will conduce in no small degree towards this object

being attained. ' There are .of course those who cavil at tlie- expense, as they will always cavil at any expense connected with royalty, and try to persuade themselves and others tbat it is good policy to save a few thousands now, and leave open the chance of being called

upon to spend a good many millions* here-

after. The Prince's visit, if conducted- « in the spirit: in which we and others would have it, will be not so much a royal proh gress through a dependent country, as the kindly interchange of hospitalities between the heir apparent to the British

Crown and the powerful chiefs of India ; the visit of a future monarch anxious to learn as much as possible of the ways, wants, customs of his future subjects. .

The Registrar-General's report on jhe, vital statistics of the principal 1 boroughs of the Colony for the month, csf October is published. The Thames again shows the lowest rate of mortality, the deaths for the month being 7, or 084 to the thousand, of population. The highest death rate was in Dunedin, the number being 51, or a proportion of 2*63 to the thousand of population. Auckland was the next highest; being 28, or 2-13 per thousand. ■

Owing- to the, length of the report of proceedings at the meeting of the WaioKaraka delegates, our resume* of the Week's Mining has been excluded. The principal event,of the week in the mining world has been this meeting of delegates, a report of which is furnished to-day, including this afternoon's deliberations.

We are informed that the Rev. B. T. Dudley will be unable to come to the Thames to day as was anticipated, and that the Rev. T. Baker will officiate in his stead at St George's Church tomorrow. , ,* , .-

"We have received New .Zealand Gazette No. 64, published on November 18. A--despatch from, the Secretary of State, for the Colonies, covering a Treaty concerning the formation of a general postal union between- Germany, Austro-Hun-gary r ßelgium, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, United States of America, Prance, Great Britain, Gf&ice^li^&, Luxemburg, Norway, the "Netherlands, Portugal, ■mawa^/'Bussia^'Se^rar^weden^wllzePland and Turkey. ' ~*

A lon& letter from William Wood, our Wellington .correspondent's letter,, and other matters'are crowded out to-day. Me Lun& will as will be seen by advertisement the Gospel ,in the Karaka Scliool-fodin'to-morrow evening.-

A' TBB.T^han3sbme'*Jshair is on view at the shop of Mr WeeksJ-stationer, Brown atrefet. It.-is.of^kauri, carved; very elaborately, and nicely varnished, "and it will be raffled oh Monday. It is what is' knoWn as a Glastonbnry chair; and has been made .by a 3"man who; although a tradesman, has followed mining as an occupation on the .Thames. The winner, whoever he may be, will possess a handsome and chaste piece of furniture.