"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, JANUARY 9 1875.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 414, 9 January 1875, Page 2

"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURD AY, JANUARY 9 1875.

■"s>L«is -yiixtSu. a pamphlet entitled, ,-or the Warnings of Cassandra." j. has caused no little ftir amongst tlie " E \gland. He predicts the downfall of iuon, and gives thrre reasons for bele consummation of his prophecy is istanfc. 1. Tho politic vl supremacy of r asses. 2. The approaching industrial ♦fetid. 3. The divorce of the intclli■juntry from its religion. As regards >, a feeling of uneaaines^ was felt by ' $ statesmen as to what would be the re. *'*#l march towards democratic Govern•taken placb in England during the •ry. Cassandra has again taken tip predicts all kinds of ill fr.im it, she mtea the recent strikes to lieve they have resulted from quiet Capital held too great a sway over v?orS3 tbe employer was deriving ir share of the profits. Had no repasse'l, the development of the trade and ♦h" growing intelligence of the »ye bi ought abunt the same disputes. ali-the extension of the frauchise, jjltfFe Ministry is sitting upon the in ibe Hoi! jo of Commons gees

I meaning that the extension of th has beeii productive of good, btftiSi'y&t, there are certttiniy ; no signs, of its being.the ultimate cause of the fall of; England from her podestaf of iVreatneas. Although Society is divided into three classes, nominally th^re are many subdivisions, and it is difficult to $on_ ceive any combination with the object pf taking from the rich for general distribution, There ftse ! 100 many who have a little, and who are direotly dependent upon the rich to live, and as education extends, the absurdity of the proposition, will become apparent. It is possible that 'capital may have to make moi"e concession to labour, tho result of which will be that the drones in the hive, by which we mean those living on invested capital will have to pay . more for the luxuries they enjoy; as labour risss in value everything necessary to the existence of man becomes dearer. We shall allude to this question in its bearing on the coinmerco of tho country when •■ routing on the next branch of the subject. The second reason Mr Gregg gives for his gloomy prediction is, that England's industrial supremacy is on the decline. His reason for thinking so are that wages have risen unduly and that the coal supply of the country is becoming exhausted. As regards tho former, it is clearly only a question of time for wages to find their level, or it is apparent that those who earn tht m will find no work to do, it is possible for a time that the rate of wages should be so high in England as to prohibit manufacture, and in consequence that some of the trade of the country will flow into other channels, this will to a great extent work its own cure, and in spite of Cassandra's predictions, there can be no possible doubt that England will for many a year enjoy a monopoly of those manufactures which require coal for their prosecution. The enormous wealth of those engaged in commerce in Great Britain is so great that it will take many years of development before any other country can hope to compete with her. Her insular position affords those engaged in commerce, an immunity from the probability of invasion that no other country can offer, this fact will to a very great extent counterbalance the prevalence of lower wages in other countries. As evidence of the great wealth of En t>land, we quote from Mr Bagehot's Lombard-street. The Loan Fund in Banks amounts in London, to 120 millions, in Paris 13 millions, and in New York 40 millions, in Germany 8 millions. Mr Gregg's third reason is that the intelligence of the country is becoming divorced from its reli ■ gion. If this were the case there would certainly baeause for alarm, but we believe that none exists in this quarter. We quote from the speech of Mr Grant Duff in reply to Mr Gregg : " At no previous period in the history of the world has Christianity, as represented in the go^pe's, or in the lives and works of the best of its followeis exercised so powerful an influence on public affairs as in the last thirty years, and I make this assertion without in the least forgetting the endless wars and troubles of that period." It may be true that the blind allegiance to the dogmas of any church is becoming less, but we foel conn* lent that the teaching of the Christian religion us Mr Grant Duff says cx- ! ercises a \&ry powerful influence, and there is no fear that irreligion which means irresponsibility will gel so great a hold on the population of England as to endanger her safety. Professor Tyndall, who by his late utterances has been looked upon as the gi vat I | enemy of Christianity has lately admitted that Iris Materialism is but the shatb of his blacker moments. We four the reign of democracy quite as much as Mr Gregg can possibly do, and feel the importance of England maintaining her commercial supremacy equally with him, and a reign of irreligion is to be dreafed ab^ve all things, bub as the prevalence of either is in the very remote future, we are not inclined to give ourselves more trouble over the gloomy predictions of Cassandra or any othei prophetess of evil.

We have on more than one occasion called atten. lion to the necessity of bringing the Cattle Branding Act into force in the Waikato. The number of settlers is daily increasing-, and nearly everyone owns some cattla. At the present time there aie several instances in which the same b rand is being used by more than one farmer ; this is likely to lead to complications and disagree ible between j neighbours to which they should not be liable. Independent of the inconvenience +o those who only desire to be honest, there is always liability of an unscrupulous man pirating the brands of another settler, in which case it would be exceedingly difficult to convict him of theft, if he failed in nicely discriminating between his and his neighbours cattle. The advantage of the Act would be that no man resident within a given number of miles of another, would be granted the same brand, conse quently thpve would be no chance of their herds mix ing; ako, that any beast found in the district witli tlie registered brand of any settler would be treated k v the Courts at Law as his property, subject to proof, that it had taru.ue so branded by fraud. A Registrar of Brands might be appointed for the district, the Clerk of ths Cjurfc parhops would be the most fit person to keep the register and raceire the fees, the work would be very little. "When two per. sons are using the Sims brand, ths first who claimed to r?gister would keep the brand, an 1 the other would have to find a new one. If the Act bo deckred in force at once there will not be so much trouble as if it is delayed for another twelve months, when many more settlers and cattle owners will be in the district. If the matter were represented to the Superintendent by the delegates from a public meeting, we feel sure that it would have his inline- | diate attention. I

With this morning}* issue we publish a supplement, cqntainingr twelve columns of reading matter, we hays Jong promised thif, to our subscribees, but circumstances have pre vented our jarryiiuj out our indention till now. In future every Siturdnv's isvue will have a supplement with the same amount of reiclhu*. We lu;at that tho eiiorts ye me iixaking to give our Bubs^ribei* ?00.l for th?Lmoncv v/iQ maet with the onlyre^«r.l ko -«sktheir ap^'rofcJioii an«i support-.

' 'x»F !^w^':the workmen to be employed in the erection of 'the Ngaruawahia Bridge, arrived last evening, * "We reVret to report that Mr Mirtyh has had 100 acres of hay so much damagjd by the late rains as to be useless. Mr John Knor, *rili sell at the Cambridge Sale Yards,- on Wednesday the 20th mat., a number of store cattle and horses. - - ** s twenty immigrants with their wives and families arrived in the Waikato yesterday. We understand that the men are engaged to work in the Piako swamp. # A party of twelve men and a sergeant of t^e Engineer^ Volunteer Militia, hare started to work: in Stokes's Bush, to procure timber for Bailway works. We learn that the contract for the erection of a bridge across the Mangaheke Creek, has been accepted. Mr G. It. Scott, is the successful tenderer, and the amount £190. MrKerr, the newly appointed master for the Hamilton West school, has arrived in the district. He has had considerable experience in teaching, and we think that the parents are to be congratulated on his assumption of the duties at Hamilton West. We are glad to see that the big bridge known as J No 1 Hamilton, is being repaired at last, for a long time it has been in a most dangerous state, endangering the lives and limbs of passengers travelling alon* this now much frequented road. Mr Kennedy Hill, will sell by auction on Wednesday, the household furniture and effects of Col. Lyon, The sale will commence at half-past tone p.m. He will also sell on the same day and place at 12 o'clock, some buggy ponies, hacks, <fee. Particulars may be seen in our advertising columns. It is purposed to hold the following religious services in the Waikato to-morrow : — Church of England—Cambridge, 11 a.m.; Hamilton, 6.30 p.m.; Te Awamutu, 11 a.m.; Oliaupo, 3 p.m.; Alexandra, 7 p.m.; Ngaruawahia, 11 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Catholic— Cambridge, 11 a.m.' Wesleyan Methodist — no list for to-morrow has reached us. United Presbyterian and Congregational — Kihikihi, 3 p.m. The mounted constable H. Tanner, who met with the accident at Cambridge, on the 6th inst, has been removed to the hospital at Hamilton, and placed under the care of the surgeon of the A.C., and is progressing favourably, this is the second accident this unfortunate man has met with during the last six months he having broken his wrist at the same place in June last. The annual meeting of the Hamilton School Committee and Ratepayers which was advertised to take place in the schoohrooin on the 7th inst, was through insufficient attendance postponed till next Tuesday fortnight, it is a great pity that such apithy exists when such an important matter is concerned, but we hope the next attempt will prove more successful. Mr Gwynne of the Hamilton Hotel, has men employed felling large gum trees at the back of the hotel, in order to make room for improvements to the premises. The growth ot these trees in ten years is remarkable, some of the boles are fully fifteen feet in diameter, and have sound heart of nine inches. The heart* will make excellent blocks for building, and the owner intends to use them for i hat purpose. We remind our readers that the departure of Colonel Lyon from the Waikato is near at hand, also that a movement, is on foot to present him with a suitable testimo lial before his departure. Those who have undertaken to see to the matter in the different districts should lose no time — there is little remaining, yet we trust that whatever is done will be done well. Great respect and regard is felt for him, and if any failure takes place it will be owing to the want of energy on the part of those in whose hands the matter rests. Arrangements have been made with the New Zealand (Jonipauy for the conveyance of the prize tiring representatives from Port Chalmers and intermediate ports to the Manukau and back. One of the vessels leaves Port Chalmers ou 15th January, Lyttelton ci the 17th, Wellington on the 19th, Pictan on the 19th, Nelson on the 21st, Taranaki ou the 22nd, arriving in the Manukau on the 23rd instant. The company agreed to the extra representatives at the same rale as those for whom I passages are paid by the Government, viz., ten per cent, off the usual return ticket fares. We are glad to learn that the Church Committee at Hamilton West have at last got over their difficuly with re^ud to the allotment. It is intended to improve and enlarge the church after removal to another sire, than that on which it stands at present. This could not be attempted till the section on which the present church stands could be disposed of. The allotment was purchased by Bishop SeJwyn for £28 and handed over to the trustees. Osmond Jackson a corporal in No. 4 Waikato regiment, from whom the section was purchased, was unable to hand over the Crown Grant for the reason that it was not in his possession, and as he was aibout to leave the Waikato, he gave the Bishop a power of attorney to receive the giant. It came into the possession of the BUhop's Secretary in due time, he died and the grant was mislaid, Jackson asked to give another, bat want of honor led trim to demand £20 for so doing, His modest request was ofcour.se refused. The difficulty has now been got over, and we understand thac immediate steps will be taken to move and enlarge the huilding. This is much wanted, as the present structure is not nearly large enough to occommodate the congregation.