THE MINSTREL. NO EMPRESS HERE.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 615, 29 April 1876, Page 3

THE MINSTREL. NO EMPRESS HERE.

*Otm island i» n 'link of gold, Set firmly in the British chain 'Thafbmdi the New World with the Old In bdnds' of lorafccros* the main. BritanniaVflug warn on "our shore, H*r fcorerrign it our monarch dear, 'Our hearts .are loyal to the core, But yet we waiit no Einpreae here. They s«y 'tii but c< a ohtnßeof'rtame :" Aye, truly ; but that name teoalli Degraded manhood's curse and ahamt, Tyranio dronei and selfish 'thndli.. The Kuirernnd tfbVOaar'inay'ruie O'or/pretty prtoe^lings, fvand nean, We're graduate* of Freedom'i Bchool, And *ant no Czar ot Kaiier here. Whene'er Morocco's deipdt'frdNrm?, Hit ftoorish alsit e> may kns the «od>; (Let theepiih OrioQtal clowns Adore their'TaVttfr demieocl. Around -the Moslem'i tott'ring tlrronft, Xet'turb»n'd 'tyrants' oribge with fear: Our moharch rules ; by lore «,lot», Thutoddhe'r'of her people hare. •Our defefle, o\ir triuiriph«, and Our fame, That oft with prido Our bo*om§ aiir, •fiare no connection With the name Of 'Empreis or of Emperor. 'Th« Vi6£'Hes of o\ir raoe IraVm'bcfen (In 'peace or Vrar.'in either -iphcre,) "Won 'neath'tho rule of King or Queen, And now we want no EmjJtan hcrt. W« are not nlieni'! 'Motherland, Thy children here to t.bee ure true; Hake 6\ir lored Queen thine EitipreJi, an 3 Then we shall hsil'her Smprtii too. *H«r queenly tlfadem talr* down, Untto-niihed by A^ubjcct's tear, And d«olc her with &'C«B*ar'« crown^--AniEiilprfltt ihere n well ai here.

TrFE'AND'DUTTM iltfß.— All tkttem.pt, w« are iafonnad, is about to be made to gat ■up a fife and drum b*nd in Hamilton, and irt 'Arc rerj glad' to hsar it— n6t the band /kit the 'in* 'ttntion to form it, we moan. 'Bye «nid bjro wo ■hall beTery glad to bear the' band also, but for the first fe"w months recotnmand tome lonely and lequestefed practice ground. Drum and 'fifa bands in 'their «*rly infanoy, ftke tie bagpipes, sound most 'agreeably in Che distanef, at least to those not actirelyangftged thereon. Senotulj speaking howerer, we should be plecie'd to'ltarn that fOmo 6f otir young men were angftged ia " making night hideous" in -some suitable spot, siij vomewher* itf Cox-> swatdp for instance, ' or at the AC Rrtle practice ground, with <t view bo'sQddenlj "taking the town by surprisa soma fine evening with the knowledge that we poi* 'Mnefd an *dcontplished 'band tof 'tnusidans amongst; Mt, I'hore aro occ»»iona trhan tke perform (in ra of a Veil appointed band of t*ii kind wotiid be rw.Hj acceptable And ft toattar of prid« to the' inhabitant! (bat they 'posieisad'it, and it would afford many an' avsning's rational amusatnftntto those composing *U. It is exceedingly 88tt*f»iotory'to find a ldtcof nVusic in *ny of ita rsrroui phases taking possession of a country district, ai'is evidently 'tha casein all pATt*of W»iki»to, >jsnd *v«ry tticournj^ement will, Ye trcit/he afforded ' the attempt now baing made to r&iße a <Jfe Antl drum bond in Hamilton, whether'in the imttpr of raiting mbscriptions, if si/oh be tieede<i, for th«Vfir>t purchasaof jnilrumtaits, or in the affdrding ipracticiil 'instrnotron and assistance t>y thvse qualified l to impart, whs to*y not p^rhnps tli#tns'lferisaw to anroll tbamfetvfg as actual performers. Anofhsr Charminfr'Sonjr, " E«tly' Flow^ri." witn pi«n6forte aocom'piininient, inpiiblishod fia '•S\Tcnn WiaiiT" for April 2fi. V l«o, 'Starting Sfories, Moral Kssays, &c, Arc. Price 3d, Uack. nMmberi und bound "rolnmes afways (ybtaiuablc.