THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1877.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2540, 26 February 1877, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1877.

5 . wh:>;ft ['.y-suKuX ■ We have received a letter from Messrs liacdonald and Miller saying that they are instructed.by j\f t Laurie, in the jpm* ployment of the Thames" Water Supply Committee, to ask us"" whether we are prepared to tako upon ourselres the responsibility of a letter which appeared in these columns..on the. 21st instant, signed " One Unemployed," or whether^ we will gire f 'Jup the' name^ of the writer. How,' we have no doubt' that the writer-of the letter' 1 wrote-, the same in good faith,* and is ready to stand by what he wrote. We have had no means of communicating with him since receipt ..of this letter, but he will 'probaMjCrrePino 'forward and give his name should such action on his part be neceta»ry; i7r'l4oreover, r we have .seen Mr Laurfe/ rand'' 'He, ift.'ih* presence of witnesses, assured ui, that ne —courted the fullest enquiry,—bntfi^4;no' ; intention of going .to law> } i«; theinttter, regarding that, process as; /an expensive luxury which he did not care to pay for. having been'represented th him by the* lawyers^ whom we must, ;now regard, a» thej iplaintiff^ that they^ would take up the case on "spec," the r letter alluded to was 1 sent. We do not comment on, the- fac^s, as we shall probably have something, more to say on this matter^ especially the peculiar phase of the law which has ere now been immortalised by a popular notelist now deceased. ,

Tinf;iEnglish mail:>bas afrived,o rand .ther general news most eagerly sought_after is the aspect of affairs on the Continent and^aji^Home^ Regarding therformer, to> rea^wW'is'iikel^o^tioye; in^ther 1 worda to discuss probabilities, as nothing isereeortted vrhi'ch bears'the stamps of'authority ; regarding the latter, to ascertain what the Government and the Opposition think of the present events, and how each purposes to act. There can be no doubt that ftt'thjs present time in fengland there are two parties, each strong, and yet, paradoxical as it may seem, each weak. Each strong, because each numbers anidrtg' its Ladh«'rents'inany of the>most eminent anS mbjE able, men' in. England, and yet each weak on 7 the same principle that a house is said; to be weakvnamely, when it is.divided against itself. With* ■<»dtj^M«jWiog,ourselves much a^out Mr, Bn^^rffb^ looks upon- war ,as ot^f «iqaail«djfaylofeiginal sin, ftjseemsatraog e, it the D'e^i-T*4«vod per mail 'b% ;'e#»ct,' ip lee the^KPmlrparty divia^Jil Ifct Hou.e *m&^d%m^ 6i Mr Gladstone J»q£tt« WPplf, Salisbury. .: To idj»«i(W;ih*t J*)*4 B«i consfieldxwald 6o«feß«feWi*jrf&Wof ll«f Liberal >aaers'V<^a':*/f^Mi¥»^ might with Lord Hartington, tflp^Mt is liot likelyi that 'he; would do so. Besidesy'iridthe face of 'his oft repeated' assurances", itf>; can, hardly be ,ima- v T th^t^Mr. Q-faistone 1 ii gbWg t ,to ju'Btif3|TOe f ifrbpliecy;of the cartoon of "Mr Punch,,and ruiu like another Achilles, to his disused arms again. -Turkey seems to appear more amenable to reasou, and there a!re some hopes that war may be avoided, stronge* hopes perhaps than, appeared reasonable to entertain when the last mail Arrived. •"- _r -

I think they arc the best that have been , here, but they have never played properly yet —anjf J this not fiom any knavery, but care!e*»|j|s&T V They don't care a fig whether,tfcejf wjn jwf^pse, and until they hftTiisoW%inlU?«H^;in>^nning (which they hifc^DotHwy^ifitr^iever think it worth [ then wjHl«^]tar- : »Gftofe good eating an<T: f>lesy of'&fnklng, and late hours, and ia aeffev«?r*slung ftfrttr^njits men to plat; the'game properly. „ > n *•<%■ » -^ A compendium hi patophlet form is being prepared, and will beissucd from the Government Printing Office, of the Coun-tie*^Act,th«^Financial-Arrangements Act, and Public Works Act, of last session, all of which are connected wjthY6ju)' recent legislative changes. We (N.Z. Mail) ipay ventured pYedicTW^nf^npir dium will prove of. great utility.

I Wjß_(Qtago Guardian) yesterday inspected several webs of yellow woollen material manufactured by the Mosgiel Company to the order of the Government, for the stockade prisoners at Auckland. The color of the material is the same as used to be worn by the old hands of Tasmania, and which obtained for them the soubriaue,t v 9^ , The eanary-colored material iis for the special dress of the penal service prisoners ; but the short-sentence gentlemen will don a grey-colored dress with yellow stripes running through the material. Why the memories of the old lagism should be revived in New. Zealand In the'Tchoice of, such a color for a prison dress is another' of those things which no fellow with any brains would possibly, pretend to understand. ■'■'■ '

i The following letter appears in a late issue -tof jthe' Wellington Argus :—^' Adverting to correspondence which has lately appeare^.in^pur'columns re Civil Service, I thtnk:' it b is tdo-Bad^ to pitch ipto one class of misdemeanants and let another much worse/ if?an^tHuig, off scot free.- I speak as a sufferer, and I have many with, me,._no. doubt. . .How is it, sir, that men aWkllowed>to hola government offices, especially of a judicial nature, who are notionly notorious for never paying anybody, but who have been whitewashed with iqor>l ojrl less .sucfte'ssV: even as low as ' twopence in the pound!' ride the records of the, Auckland Supreme .Court? The embezzler, sir, only robs the G^T^meint.r. Such jmen^asj these, year after year—l speak advisedly—pursue their career of genteel .plunder,; and in more;siaji one case, to my, know)i«.dget; sit to adminisVer justice in places where the milkman and washerwoman bewail the unpaid score of years back. This is not as it should be,^.and, powerful friends should not be allowed to screen such persons from having justice meted out to them." : „, r ,;\ \ "U JJiL

i Thb Dunedin Evening Staririn" an article on the Broomhall settlement, aaya : -_«lt i« th'e -purpose of the lexers in this enterprise to bring this arrangement before the great temperance body in England, without restricting themselves exclusively to that body in their choice of emigrants. Their intention is to dispose of the land to men of' capital and intelligence in suitable areas. Messrs Whit-* worth Brothers are the largest manufactures of iron in England, their'■turn out' during the busy season four or five years ago being no less than 1000 tons daily. We'are informed that* the Hon. Donald Reid placed Mr Broomhall in communication with ,Mr Maitland, the Commissioner of Waste Lands in Otago, and Mr Itolleston, of Canterbury, and it. ip*riot that the remaining 50,000 acres will be selected in one or 4th6Jt,»«f "thq«ejl4>ftricts. As the TernierineC body iri Great Britain now numfer» -three and a half millions of souls, the Hop. Mr, Fox could, vnot^ have done letter service to the 6oloby than to have I xplained the advantage**,which, it offers i Br4fcfae,mnloyment off.cwitCandJ^bflur fc>> Urge'and mfluVntial ft bd^ brthrift> Ind industrious men." ' x \,-