THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3227, 23 June 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1879.

Theeb iseems^very little progress towards the fenal settlement of the Native diffi,-, cnlty on the West Coast, but there is ■apparent a certain dotbrmiTiation <>ri the Jpart of.the,settlers to take the direction , ofaflairs in their own hands, and submit HO; longer. r to .the insults and trespausing and ploughing operations of theParihaka ' mal-eontents. We cannot-r feel' iur- ■ prised ttt the exhibition of-sticbP a "feel- 1 ' itojj, :>tid '■%%''[ reflecting a moralenit ' how, we would act. if placed in similar \ circumstances, may feel inclined to accord , t cre'dit;ttf ilthe'.'resijd^u{;sj ojT; Hawera for . .their,/,for%aranee. „Ia ■ another ..iioliumn will; bft found Sir [George Grey's I advice, and'although he advises forbearance'and' ift .poking; ■^itfci'tfte natives,, he relies very much upou ; the; wellknown character 'of the settlers for moderation andsubmisflidhtpthe law; to preiven|;jany undiie haste i'niprecipitating events which ipay effect: the' welfare of the whole Colony. 1 The feeding seenw'itb bei ([rowing '■trbngW each, day rthaii\' ; now,',iWe.,'iafpitljßijs . are armed, and the country has gome to the expense of arming and garrisoning ! ths -West Coast.settlements, tha'Jb the strong arnVof tbTe law. should, be .felt, by Tej Whiti, ; Hiroki,,. and ofchers, who have : set it: at .defiance so long: - • A vigorous' ■, and determined attitude now on tlie part of the Government might hare the effect of at once, stopping the spread of sedition and conspiracy. Such, by our latest telegrams, seems to be the intention of the Uflvefcnment, ; and we believe such a policy will; reoeire the support of the j Colony at laifge.' J It is time that iis was;! put beyond the power of any score or so of discontented, natives to cause uneasiness and to put the Government of the Colony to expense fand, 'atinoyance. No bettfer, \ time could be'found than the present to prove to the natives that the law/ which i ' —when it sujts them—they are so fond of taking advantage of, is something more than a corfe fq^, their convenience, and while it is for the protection of those who do well, is for tha punishment of evildoers.

A cable message published in another column communicates the sad news of the . death of Eugene Louis .Napoleon, Prince ■ imperial of Prance, the brave young Frenchman having fallen in. battle with the Zulus at the Cape. The natural insta- ' biiity of the. .Gallic, mind, and the large political partyi: who/retain a lova for the memory of the great Napoleon, has induced a belief that the gallant

Prince should yet occupy tho throne of his father. But Providence has ordained it otherwise ; instead of living to reinstate Imperialism in France, be has fallen in a skirmish on the plains of Zululaud. Tho Prince Imperial was born on the 16th March, 1856, four years after his father's proclamation as Emperor. He received a military training, but tho first*thing we hear of him is in reviewing the troops on the 15th August, 1809, his father being ill. This was shortly before the ill-fated war with Germany, tho history of which, is woll known. We find the Prince with his father at the battle of Saarbruck, undergoing his baptism of fire, and then afterwards with his father and mother as fugitives in England.- ;-Aftec the-lateEm-peror's death at Chiselhurst, the young Prince entered one of the British military schools, and lately took high honors. While at college he was a great farorite with the, other embryo soldiers, manifestations of his great popularity being on record. Th«n we hear of his volunteering to gO'tp South Africa, and next the sad intelligence flashes across the sea that the prince is no more. We are sure the whole British nation will regret his early demise, and deeply sympathise with his bereaved mother, the Empress.Eugenic.

These was a clean sheet at the R.M. Court to-day. . -._,

, The Governor. before bearing Kewi at Kihikihi proposed three cheers for the old. chief..: Eewi at To Awamutu laid to Major Jackson and tho Cavalry troop that he hoped fighting and all that sort of thing would be put aside, and that the two races would be one.

Governor and party reached Kahikihi, the whole community turned out, and Eewi's wife welcomed the Governor. \ A valuable ancestral heirloom, supposed to be 150 years old was presented to the Governor by the NgatU maniapoto chief of Te Kopua and relative of Eewi.

TriE* Hineinoa arrived, off Tararu at 10.30 o'clock last night with the Hon. John Sheehan and Mr liewis, Undersecretary Native Department. It was the intention of Mr Sheehan to Tisifc the Piako to see Te Hira and several influential chiefs interested in a block of land in that district being negotiated for by the Government,; and about which there is. some misunderstanding. The steamers Mem.Sahib and, Pearl: attempted,to reach the Hinemioa i^st night, but owing to the bqd weatber'we^e unsuccessful. At 6.30 this morning the steamers went off again, having oh board Messrs G. Tl Wilkinson, Assistant Native Agent, Darreji, H. MeIlhoiie; Taipari, Wini Grey, and a number of Piako natives, for the purpose of /seeing Mr Sheehan, and if he went up the Piako, to accompany him. ; After consultation, an understanding was arrived at, and the necessity for going up the river removed, so Mr Sheehan at once re!turne,d to, Auckland, intending to leare : immediately for the South.». - ■ i--IMb G. D. Chaplin, the eminent Shakesperian actor, will arrive at Auckland in.afew days accompanied by Mi»s Rose Osborne and company. They are under engagement to Mr li. J. De Lias. i !Thb following is the weekly state of sick in the Thames Goldfields Hospital from 15th to 21st July, 1879 -.—Statistic Nosology.—Zymotic diseases—remained 3, remaining 3 ; constitutional—remained l,i remaining 1,; local—remained 6, admitted 3, discharged 2, remaining 7 ; developmental—remained % remaining 2; Violent—remained 4, discharged 1, remaining 3. Totals—remained 16, admitted 3,! discharged 3, remaining 16; outpatients, 27. Mr Aitken, dispenser, 4esires us to acknowledge the receipt of a parcel of books and a parcel of old linen from Mrs Pnckey, and also a parcel of old linen from Mrs Butler, for the use of! the Hospital. JDtraiNG the visit of the Governor to Cambridge, a hauhau chief, f seeing, Kewi inithe carriage'with the Governor called ois to him in an insulting manner #<Go, go^ go, my brother j go, as you see good for iyourself; go, but you will not get me, anidJ othefi (meaning- the King party). !.Go,: dogi gojf I don't think much of you no!w, a» ybui find the European: food so swjeet to your tongue.' Go, go." JJewi, who sat behind the Governor, rose in the carriage and 'said : "I "was hospitably entertained by the pakehas, it is true; but I had a, greater object in going down to m jf JEiirdpean friends than you make out, •and, not !the object! y.pii attributed; to me," (meaning he did not go to,be bought). ... .

'"' iMii- Wood writes :~" Sir,—lt has ocpiirred- to myself and others, that it woiild J be Well to publish;- the letters of the ' late 5 controversy in a;painphlet form, including the rejected letter of Mr Vidal's if he wishes it. 'I propose, 1 therefore, that thfe thing begone, by public subscription, anjdlthat. yoy,publish it at your office, if th£ public will come forward ' for that purpose. With these subscriptions I will have nothing to do, but propose that thfe Editor of Star receive them, and when there is sufficient to. print 300 copies, that the thing be done. I will undertake to ■■'write a short preface .jstatjng how the s controversy/came about, r &c.,j&c., to fold knd stitchthe pamphlet gratis. My only bargain is that I should receive 50 or 60 copies, and that subscribers receive as ,imany as they may require." :

The report of the Eoyal Commission on the loss of the Taupo censures the Tauranga Harbormaster t for allowing the buoy to remain Where'it coiild be Washed by the sea to a considerable distance from where it ought to have taeri, but Captain Cromarty is condemned;because the wreck wajs not caused by tho removal of the j)upy» as he had never seen it at any other place, and; therefore was not misled. At the same time had the buoy been in its proper place, it could not have failed to attract the attention of tho Captain to the danger, and he could not have reached the place whpre. the Taupo struck without actually passing inside of the buoy. The Marine Department are entirely acquitted of blame, no report having been made to them as to the buoy having shifted.

Mb W. Nobbir, of Auckland, is sending exhibits of New Zealand woods to the Sydney Exhibition. The most singular item in the collection is a slab of fern leaf mottled kauri. One side is the rough corrugated trutfk, just as it was stripped of bark and varnished, and the peculiar fact in connection with it is that at regular intervals over its surface there are deep indentations of exact contour, and perfect shape of the leaf. On the reverse and polished side these leavus arc most distinctly defined, looking just as if they had

been painted. Tlie whole trunk from which the specimen is taken is marked precisely in (he same manner. So inteterested are savants with it that numbers of pieces huve been eagerly purchased. Sir George Grey has carefully inspected it, and intends trying to produce a similar arboriferous phenomenon by implanting a leaf in a young sapling.

If Mr Stout resigns Mr Macassey, the Chronicle says, will contest the vacant scat, and if returned should succeed him as Attorney General, an alliance between the Premier and Mr Whitaker being utterly impossible. A movement is on foot to present an address to Mr Stout on behalf of the people of Wellington, asking him not to resign. The address to be so worded that moderate men of all shades of political feeling may sign it without inconsistency.

; The admirers of Lasalle, the father of German Socialism, have contended that he was patriotic, but not ambitious. Helene Yon Bacowitxa, on whoae account he w,as killed in a duel, has recently published some memoirs in which his motives are placed in a strong light. He once,said to her: " Have you an idea of my plans and final aims? No! Then look at me! Have I the air of a man who would be satisfied with playing second fiddle in the State? Do you believe that I sacrifice my sleep, the marrow of my bones,"the. power of my lungs, in order to fetch the chestnuts from the fire for others? No I I will act and struggle—but I will also enjoy the prize of. the struggle; and I will put upon your brow—let me call it for the present the diadem of victory." Then, taking her before a looking-glass, and speaking of his Presidential aims, he asked her whether, he and she did cot form a *' proud Royal pair ?.".

It is suggested ia the Tablet that, where outlying district cannot send deputations to the aggregate meeting of Catholics re the Education and other questions, they, should appoint gentlemen in Dunedin or neighborhood as delegates. The Tablet adds—" There are at present in New Zealand about 65,000 Catholica. According to the census taken last March twelvemonths, the number was 58,961, and if then we add to this ten per cent, for increase, which is the percentage of increase for the last eight years, it will be seen that the number we hare given is not too high. As it will be very difficult for the Government and Legislature to resist the just claims of 65,000 earnest people, that is about one-seventh of the population of -New Zealand, it is of the, utmost importance to our. cause that the proposed aggregate meeting should represent the entire Catholic body of the country."

■, A telbgeam says that da addition *to electoral and re-distribution of seats and income and property bills, Government will introduce a measure for dealing with the whole question of charitable aid.

Me MoKfTGdMEET will be found a staunch Government supporter, and next session will introduce a bill to impose a £10 poll tax upon Chinamen coming into the colony, and make, captains of vessels liable for payment of the money. .

Lady Robinson has Hot forgotten the /promise she made when in Dunedin, but has presented to the Museum an interesting collection of minerals from Queensland and New South Wales! The collection contains a fine cairngorm, copper ; ores, and some valuable crystals, and twin crystals, or macles, of tin ore, which are very difficult to obtain. . „

Lord Beaconsfield is credited with an exceedingly good thing by the London correspondent of the .New York Tribune. A lady in conversation with him having spoken of the Zulus as savages; he retorted:" Savages, madam, how can you call: men savages who have defeated our general and converted our bishop P"

Advice for the times:—The foolish man foldeth his hand and said, "There is no trade; why should I advertise?" But the wise, man is not so. He whoopeth it jup in the newspaper, and verily he draweth customers from afar off.

In an article oh "Flirting" in. the Queen the following occurs :—Apparently one of the most delightful certainly one of | the most dangerous as well as the most despicable occupations, is that silly waste, of time and. perilous playing with edged tools called generally flirting. No country holds the monopoly of this questionable diversion—this cruel' employment for empty hearts and idle heads—this flinging of stones and arrows at a living mark; which, if sport to the one, is often death' to the other;' and both sexes sin alike in about equal proportions.' Male flirts,(who do all but make the decisive offer, are matched with female coquettes, who lead men on to the conclusive profession, only to turn round blankly and say "No, I never meant it. 1' Joconde has Joerisse, Don Juan " hor frolic Gi?ace," as' their several counterparts, and foils ; and when' these meet those no harm is done;'for the heartlessness of the, one is well matched by the heartlessness of the other, and diamond cuts diamond in the most approved fashion. ; :

Thh Napier Telegraph says that the Hon. J. N. Wilson will succeed Mr Stout, and that Mr F. J. Moss will succeed Mr Ballance.

. An accident happened to a moulder named Peter Edmunds at Prico's Foundry this afternoon. ■■ While some metal was being cast a quantity of hot sand flew up and burnt his arms and face.-,

The official trip of the new s.s. Coromahdel will take place to-morrow, leaving the Burke street wharf at 10 a.m. The firm, Messrs. A. and G. Price ; have, through the Town Clerk,. invited the mejnbers of the Borough Council and Harbor Board to be present. The County Clerk,has received a similar invitation on behalf of the members of the County Council.; : :.:■'

Mb McLaren, travelling correspondent for ; the Sydney Town and, Country Journal, is at present oh a visit to the Thames. He has recently contributed several well-written articles on the Waikato district to that journal. ,

Local Exhibition, in Albert 'street. -A mognificont collection of newest patterns in G-eelong, Mosgiel, aud West of England Tweeds, at Marshall's Tailoring Department.—[Adtt.]