THE NAVIES OF THE WORLD.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 667, 29 August 1876, Page 2

THE NAVIES OF THE WORLD.

The "Cioii," of yesterday giv.'s a table showing the naval power of the various countries of the world up to 187-i. This will fciv.', nut Ih) nctutl hat an upprox mile -or ,pm}>ortinato viaw of the position <f the teverrl countries mentioned. By this it would be seen that «»f the E ironean powers, Eugiand, with the triple txcption of Francp, ia iinmoa6uraljly niyenor in naval strength to other na'ioi-s, and no'aby so in the inatanco of comparison with Russia, and tbuijh to later, would appear to have us large .iv anmnvnt of nun, Britain has that to fall bic't ujon, passoased by no other E.iroptan power an inimoDaj •oaerve in her invrcintila marine. [ Neithrr, too, do-« tho r«turn pu li*h d I include the largo uumb r of jowerfnl j stcauitr* en..i\<»<d in co nmerce which fittwl out from h r arsei a!s could, at 3hort, notion, foim a hr/u addition to her »Mp» of w ir. Tioui the returns as given by ths •' Cros»" we o-xtract those referring to "the powers, Ghvat Bri;aiu, Fran o»>, Eiueis. Germany, and Turkey : — Alinour jdaseri Vts^els, Great Britain 53, Frunoe 62, Ge many 6, Russia 25, Turkey 30 ; eflfejtive line of bittle ship . Uieat Biifain 37, FraDce 31, Gennauy 0, Rrs»i» 0, Tdikfy 5, ; iffsctive fr'^atei, Great Britain 43, France 46, Germuij 8, Ruisia 0, Tjrkny 5 ; effect vo suialor \e?.«els, Grf-at Buta-in 28S, Fra^op .362, G-eimmy 33, rtmsia 237, Turkey 74. Total numb.-r of «jnns, Great Biitain 4713 Fii»ice 3 43, (J»in%ny 477, Kusria 1583, 'f mkpy 128 ; m-u, C+-eat B'itnin Go/CO ) France 28 I Oh, 00-mlnjr O.ZOO, l,«K,ia 00,230, Turkey 34/0). T..e d s.^r .porturn which apptc-s between the uumbL-nj of effejtive \e bflb t>f * tmailo- cla« as owae.s hy France and Great Britain is accounted for by the fact that while of tiio 2 e £ ownrd by tho latter 274 are btearaorx, nod d 2 only siiliug ve««cln, out of \h* 332 l«' outing to France 100 ai e < f the letter c'ass.

Mr T V FiTSPiTHicK, it will bo seen has co-mnence.l binme** in NgariuwhU, as a coiumi*-<iyn and ltadageat valuator of property, &c.

Walkers Golly Brtdoc— Thi« it ilia I ait day on vh'ch Under* will br r<crfivod iiy the Chaiimai of the Ptikekura Diutrict Board,, for the erection of ,\ Orulgu over Walker* Gully.

AIAB-tNic — The regular monthly meeting i.f L>i)ga liotn u fcilvertistd for Tnurail \y evening next, at the lodge room, iiuyiil Uotal, llinhltou Eait.

'J'KNDfi.R'f for tl:o roeroctioQ of the bndgo it M«loolu8 Cro^k, will be re. coivM by the Cliairamu, Mr J B Why to i up ill to-ilay.

Tiik Max&ipiko Assfssmevt holi. nV RATEPtYKES 18 HOW lyill^ f<>r illbpcctiou at iho Schotl hunsr, Pateruiigi, wfeore ft'iy uppenln again* tit vrill behcu-d ou thi 30 h proximo.

Oakbuidgb Fahmp-rs Club.— There will be two nieftjnj.B of Iho Farmers Club tln« mouth, the f-ejoucl tnkiug place tlih f veiling, in the Ufual place vi m--ftin{,', the Nfttunul Hott l Cambri<' i ;e.

Opr Future Biiete^ — Yeaferday Mr Tun.er, of Puki-num, passed through Hamilton, from town wi h * large heid < f fully two huiulrud htnd of store cattle of all !go* ami iloicriptious, iu tended for stocknig «i»r Waikato pit tuns, i

Dit Bkalk icqitest us to coirect »n error which ftppuar* in the report r>f his uvidbucf, as givnn on Satuiday, He did not K»y that iucb :i omr-ll was c.^ula'ad ' to ''produce" uaus j a but to "induoo" it.

Sale of Household Fiiß\rrtTßß. — Mr Krnneily Hill will aril, this afternoon, at th« residence of the owner, Home Cot- ' tag?, the whole of the houccliold furuiture of Mr Gen. Smith, who is leaving the district. Tho sale will oommenco at 2 p.m. sharp.

HousEHOTiD "Furviturk. — Mr Kennedy Hill, it will be if en, will hold another ml'o of hotis-hold furniture in ifamilloo Weat, oa TliursiUy next, the 31*t inatnnt.

Cambiudo 1 ' Caitie Yard RnsEhvu. — By a giZitle tohiiul no Jeu-n that ono Hero of lond in the township of Cum« bridge lisst, lias been reservei n» a site for catllo oaloyard*

Public Lkctoke.— This evening atTe Avvumutu, and on Thursday cvoninj »t Uainiltou, tbo Rev. T Buddie will deliver his promidf-d Ucturo on oour ahiji and marrugfl. The use of tbe Court House at Hamilton ha* Leon a*k«d for tbo oconion, and <ioubtka« will be freely accorded by Mr Soaraneko.

Hamilton Wbst Cembtbrt. — A meeting of the Cemetery Coinmil.tee was held yisterclay evening at Walker* Oommrrcial 110101. Present : Messrs R W Hammond (chnii'man), N it Cox, Jooer, Loagbottom, Knox und the svcrefcdry. The seciefiiry reported that iho piper«, &c. beloDcin^ to the Hamilton West loinete-y Jiad beM luimlod over to liiiu by tbo l»te *eeret»ry and treasurer, alao lhat B»l»soripH n list*? hud brcn forworde 1 lo tho baukerd and stort'l r cjpciH of Ha-

mil on Wps', and icq leeting t.em to uao tli ir iniltiuiiio to procii c anb'cripliona i >• n ct l '*'iH liiip-nveiUM is tolhe Ilatnil'0:1 Wort c meter j. Mefsia Jottrs and Knov npo^tori Hint :i sum of £2 had b.e.i iui nmd, cleiiiiiiig (juiekd, and clearing L">isn fi">ni Use eerri"terj res«rvi. Tlie Chairmin repo led ih-ifc Mr W U Cluiko, 0 X, liatl bo n coin uuniiated with forth* purpose of prepniinn a plan of the ground Kesolved, th»t members of the c >n>nu! tee meet Mr Chrke at. the cemetery at 10 a in on Friday miming next Mr N 11 Cox kindly cons -nted to tut rview 1 ho General Government A^pnt und the Provinci»l Se'-returr, Aucklmd, for the purpose of obluimig CDpies of corrt>r-l.ondeiiL-e relative t^ the Hamilton West Cemelfry Rts j r»e, and ottier lnfoiaiitiou rriative to the geuerul manng.jiueut of cemeteii'-'P.

Th« Piiko Bbidob. — \f»ny of our reader?, as wall m Waikato as Pinko will be interested to loaru that the bridge over the Pmko, whcie hefote was o-oly a daugeioua ford, io cnsjin^ which a jeir ago it will io remimbt-rerl one of Mr Walkers nin lost his life, has been cnmpleted, ami lias bean op.'ned for tratiio mute the 2kb. iusiant. The work it a good and substantial one, and w*s uu<iert*ken and carried out by the contractor, Mr T J Meredith, In liler, of Bathingbrook farm, Alexandra The road is now open for drayx, from the Waikato cud, us far as the Waito», or to within about ten or tvvulve milea of thj T^arnua nvtr.

The Cfntral Prison Question which was, to Home extent, a tiimisleriul oue, as miuisteru exerted every effoit to carry their point, was lo&t tr.e other day on tbe following division, taken ou an amendment, that the whole matter s-hould at&iul over till i.«xt session. For lh-J wm-u Inipnt, ry<>B 33, Andrew, Bftig^ut, B.»rfT, Bo«a (J C ), Burnt*, C<ix, Do Lxtotir, l>iguan, Fisber, Groy, Hainhn, Henry, IIiH!o t >, Hodgkiutoi, Lumsden, Lusk, Macfarlane, Moatgouiory, Murray (iclier), Morris, Nahe, O'ltoike, H-ee^, Hoid, Rowe, Ruusell, Seatou, Shoohan, btout, Swauson, Takamoana, Tlioiu<jou, Tole, l'onk», WhiUker <tellor), Williams, Wood (W.) Wooloook. Noes, '25:Atkitisoa, BalUnco, Bovreo, B.own(J. E.), B'yce, Button, (Jarrington, Douglas, F tzroy, Hunter, Kelly Mandera, McLeau (Cr.), Oiuioud, Pnarcc, Pyke (teller), Ke 3 nolds, Richardson, Richmond, Rolleston, Seymour, Stevousou, Tesokemaker, Tribe, Vogel.

Dkunk but Sensible. — Talk about men losing ihoir seusea uhja they are drunk ; it ii not a way* the case, for come m°n are the shftiper when they are about bo full. A m<u by the name of Ua.nafr.iu, in Detroit, liiely applied to tlio statiou house in that city to be locked up. The sergeant appeared * tnfla surpiUed At ih)icqucst and pro* cedle 1 to iutervii*w him on tho sulj cb " It's all ughc, o'd miin, I know my biz When I'm >lrank tlie old woman can handle mo like a chidl, but I can wboilop blazjs out of her uhei I'm sober. L'.ek tap up, f.>r I'm o» it i«r ni«ht, an' ih old woman ia waitug fir in 3 ti cooao home. Turn on the boltu, old mau." Tuey were turn* d on.

Pit BUS OF RAIWAY TttAVETitTNO IN New Zkalanu,— Tu« " Herald" of Tut*, day pui> i^kis the fo 'o*iug letter of complaint, whuh will be of special iot rest to miuj of oar leaders :— "m , — Id in cu-tomvy oa co!o -i.il rci'wayt foeiigme drivris to be beastly duu.k a! i « in ilnrge of a passenger train ? It *<-cm bo to mi. Ou the 16th iistautl was a pa.isoi.g-r by the aft n>oau traiu fio<n Merger to Auckland, wb«n tlie d«iv«r <f the taid traiu wit* to druuk hi had tj bo lifctd on fio en^i-ie bifo c wtaning The m itiagtr h'Atig at ojc ot the uitermadiattktaiio is, h«d h in rtmo/bd quietly to a v.w>, as I nup^ooe, l<-bt the passeu^erb i-boulil knoiV o the oi«!urr«>u«i«. Zt vaseu f or any o uiy follow (a-<Bent>«r« Itad ln-r-i. i such a Biute Me shoal 1 have been ml'j 'ot«'d to the laiway !»>-!**•, firwi £5, at d put f otn the tmu at th-- Hr^t atafc.ou. 1 tLi.ik that a man iv suoti a poditioa aud in auuh a »late of druukea uess ahoald be duuiiaied at ones. It wo lid act aa a waiuiug to uieu i i a liko position iv fuiurn.— l a-u, &c, Passisn . C.BR.

New South Walks Farm Statistic* — We le»ru from tan "Sydney Morning Herald" that ou Mwh 31, 1876, the borcea in New South Wale* niiiiib>rel 357.C9S ; the horned cattle, 3 134. 08G ; sheep, 24.382 536; pigs, 199, 9jU. Oi March 31, J875, the returns uAte the number* us f.-l.ows :— Horses, 346,691; horned cAttl*-, 2 856,699 ; khw j , 22,872,832; pigs, 219,953. Miring tie tvculve uioidhi endju^ March 31 lasr, thire Mm*, tliL-rcfoie, (-aya tbe '•civd!»« > v i UoruiiJjj lleral'l), au inorea3o of 11,003 liorsps, 277 357 hocned cutDlo, uu<i 1,509 604 blie-p; a d a dejtuwe of 20 008 pigs. Freelio'uars valor cm•iittunal imruhate nuiu'iored, ou Much 31 last, 14,028 ; othar freeholders, 9i7l . loaseLoM rt of Uii.l cun hij mally imrchased, 1 102 ; oilier ltMbohuldors, G671 : total, 0'1.L'72

Legisl vtive Decencies — If M' Snn. 'son la komewbac bard <>u toe members of our Assembly in New Z a'auri, it seams tbat they aro not; without precedent iv the acts of nvmberu of another Colonial Legislature : Iv a speech of Mr Taylor'*, at Pairaniaita, tbat gentleman is n potted to Lave said :- I " it was a lame table thing when th*y caw Miuiaters of tne Crown, receiving £1500 a y#ar, dch'turating on lavs for the wt 11-being of ouriolves aud our childreu, doing bo iv a etUeof mtoxiuation ; and ho had aeeu three of them iv a beastly etjte of iatoxioation at od# ti.ne. Aud the vota of drunkon loibecilitv was taken down like any otUsr vote. Ho had taeu tumbler* flymg about from the haada of a drunken mad member of Parliament ; and btd not a member ttia, as he lay on the aofa, a tumbler coiniug toward* trim, aud put up bis arm aud mteioepted it. ao thai it fell, nhiverea into a thousand pieces on tlm fl >or, he would have b->en Boriously injured. And auother member h»d been brought away intox!a*ted from a certain house in the city, aud taken to the Assembly, where, in a b»*a«tly form (f humanity with hia head down and sick at the stomauh, he was to give his voto."

Tnr Late Otago Clerical Scandal. — A« our readers are aware a very grots •ihel on a priest; «)f the lioinin Catuolio Uuurcb, was publishe.l in Utago papers. In the one case a prosecution was institute!, in the othir case, that of the "Tuapeka Times" an ample apology was ' marie aud aucepted, which we extract from the "Tablet." of the 18th instant *s follows i— " With reference to the! paragraph which appeared iii our itsue of Ist July, containing a rumor about a Roman Catholic clergyman of Dunediu, wo are a*surred that the report was utteily groundless, not h»ying the shadow of a fuimlaion. We, fcheiof re, <le-ire to exptes* our dt-op regret at having gi»ou circulation to a report so ii.juriuud to the Uomau Oatholio olergy of Dundin, and so" painlul to our Koinan Catholio fellow counUytneu. We aukuowledge that Ihe paragraph was inserted rashly, aud without a due sense of its seriouoneac, we beg to tender our Hom&u Catho Ho felowotzm generally, aud tha p iettbood in particular, the expression of our regret at the pa n we have niven and the n justice of wh.ch we have butm the instrumeut."

Tiik Livkly Plea. —J ne Rveia^o womtu hat"? h flja uit'i an mt -nsity alm^t dul>. hail in unbind. She vil pursue 0,10 of th»se ht'le innocents wir,u Hie r. mineU-ss e^<f a Gend, and if jou exjjcL fci) s j e » beautiful < xunplifioation of worn ny tr-iics, *eve>- luck for it when a fla* is nbmt. And in pro(.oitioi a* the worn^u hitcH, the tiea sce'ns to 1 >ye, and 19 nover enjoying fcntatic bliss unless favou-ed with ber nociety. Jia likes to seek her coucb m t>o stilly hour of the iiitrht, woo her from slumbtr, ami from a sheltered nook witness ber feverish tffjrts to e>iupe his caresses; but perhaps he does not reach the syme of enjoyment until he can slyly *coin[aay ber to church, and uoc mako his presence kuown until sha h»«sathfact->nl) settled h>rf irbelows and flounces on the cuihlme I Beat, all ready to be admired and m.ilie note of how oth rs look. And then the flaa begins his m imputations, knowing full will that h* has his victim as a dieadvantij/o. HVro there can be no hasty fl n^iug of ekirt«, nn assuming of unbecoming posture*, while inikiug frantic grabs at the mischievous mid inaccessible monster. If you note the woman close 1 v you wi'l see a couipreaaiug oi the lips aud a look of hate and pain creeping into the face which the would fain conceal and not reveal, for are not inauy eyes upon her ? 'One moment she settles herself a Ltt'e more firmly on one Side, as though bopiug ti crush the aggressor, but tUe next momjut fejls h'ta acamperiHg upward when uhe settita backward quickly to catch him between h r back and the rail, but all in vain -his flag is etill there. One dainty gaiter may rub up against it fellow as far as may be done wi hjut disarranging drapery, and thoie may be * quiet but neverihelo s vicious clutch of a jewelled hai.d under t e prtteuoe of arranging flowing drap^ry but all iv %'*iu Aud the flea, how be do<B onj iy it ! He lonni hither and thither at his own sueet will, and uncaring for the Lolling wrath which fanJy m*Lej the white fijsh upou which he pl.tjs shiver beneath bis li^ht. touch. And perhaps the fli*a has bis mite, and then the anguish is doubled. ( \t one inouieat they are play lag tai{ ; another hide and sack, and whan the one is cosily mstle 1 aw>iy, the other rushes away to find it, in a way which is ma ldming ; aud then they act the part of explorers, and prospc.t e\er hill and d^ly of the firm divine iiu, one t'^ing they do Lot do, they do not g» to sleep. And during this hour of intityrdom hotv the wrath of the woman gathers, and how only thoughts ofjdiro ye >geance make the b/ief agooy endurable ! Bat at last the service, which lus seemed to long, is ended, and with a* much m*j -sty as her writhing form will permit, she sails hone without loileriug, you may be sure. Thi hoiifcO reached, with oue bound Bhe is within the privacy of her own chamber, aud there all restraint is cast aside. With lightening haste off come the barricades behind which th.9 flsa found mtreuchuicut, and at Ust she stands like a gUdiator stiippsd for the tight, and theu tue fate oc the invader i« se>Jei. He it pursued wit a reavnfceleds fury, and the battle d*oes nob cud autil the victor shakes aloft the scalp of the foe, and vuws that do shall perish always the flea who d^res to invade the sacred territory of her person. — American paper.

AUCKLAND MESCHA.NT3 AND WaIKITO Storekkepkrs. — Somoof tbostorekeepo s tre ' f mad,"aud we thi k uot without a >m* cause. It appears that to inn of the Auckland merchants who supply the 1 >ea retail dttfls hive approached too c ost'ly tha hue of denial canoa betweeu wholesale and retail trade. It is current ly reported th^t nal^u of i!'">ds have t e«n mad -j to Maoris by a cc tds» wholes tie hous-t ia tovvu in q<iauUUus which could and ought in have been supplied by the store keepers. Ot coai&e ihu priori would bo 1 >\vor than flio^e wbicli ougnt to be obtain ihle in ti,e retail bumu^sii. and an i cjds. quouct- iiativu trade has fallen off do a cousiitenkble exU'iit in the frontier 8< tticuants. itkeein** bar i case that tlie bturbkecper^ sbouid purchase their good* from (-ho wholesale liouse->, and tbeu bavo ihi-ir prospeotß of dupo^jig of them greatly ciittul'd by tLoeo very otatabliehuiout* sacpiyiiip thd mdiviJual ti'aii s of tbe local consumers. It ia a violation of all the entabluhed rulea of trade, and we trust that the Auclclau.l Mie'cbantj will s^e tbe uicscsity an] the justice of refraining »ltogft' her ia future i Din any intcrferenc i with the trade ef their leg'imale customers —the storeke pera These remarks am not founded on rumour. W* are pr pared lo prove tiiat the c >ur*e alluded to ha? baen MioueJ, but probably this gentle hint will piuvu tuflicßnUa produce the desired eff.ofc.

A. Ball taken on tiib hop — A. most aitiuaing aloiy reached our evra a fe.v iUy» ago. it ii tome ti.n siuca the events about to be narrated took place, l>ut uo doubt the m.»j mtv of our readers, like ouraelvos up to a leocnfc data, have not hoard of them. It appear* tha' cue of our beat known and lading a'atcstnen liai ft stroug aversi -a to the pniatioo of the Terpneuorean art, and r- gird-* dancing as a sign of iucipiaub lunacy. Elii hetfer half euj >ys au exactly contrary opinion. One d»y the statesman annou"c*d tho n 'cesiiiy of his proceeding into tha cuintry on official bu mas«, and there making a stay of three or four day*. The importance of the business was the last tiling the hdy if th* home thought <>f, and tha first was the splendid chaticu dial- offered of giving a dance. Accordingly iuvititioua wero issued to A few friends t»> a'teud at her residence on the evening after the departure of the statesman. On that night thore was a aound of revelry, aud a'l was jjuin* nurry at a marriage bell. At 12 o'clock nupper was *unouncid, ou I the w hole party ad j mrued for refrtihtnent. In'hs mean tima the oreeks on the roai to the country had rinen, arid our politician, finding it impossillj to proceed on hia j >urney, returned to bis home to await » more favourable opportunity. At precitely 12 30 he reached the door of his mansion, when the first thing that aUraco.l his attention waaa most; bri hant but unusual display of lh-ht from all the windows. He softly opnued the i'oir and walked m. The carpet in the drawing-room was up, and the floor ahon** with a lubricating substanoe, intended to promote the gliding motion ao essential to good dancing. In the oorner were seated four men, discussing aandwicbes and bottled heei. Theie long hair, claw-like finders, olossly ahaven faosa aud general cadaverous appearance pronounced them unmistakably to be musicians. He was no longer iv doubt— he hid sprung a ball. lie advanced to the music >1 quartette, who knew him well v* lh msß er of the houee, " Your services, gentleman," said he, in his blandest tone, "are no lun«er required ; how much am I indebted to you ?" A charge was mada and aatisfied, and th°n he noiselessly let them out of the front door. His next move was in the direction of his bedroom. His own b d was positively smothered with ladies' bonnets, shawls, aud fJ-Ula. Tho veteran undressed and turned iv withont a word. Soon after sapper wa» ended, tho party again sought the ball-room to renew thp«r spoit. But where was the inasio ? Nobody knew. For_ Homo uaexplamod roaaou it had vanished, and the storn fact remained, that to all appeal ance it did not intend to return. Puzzled ant duMtufied the (•uestrt prepared to withdraw. Tho 6rst persm titnt r t'.e hed-ioo-n, where *.w hor out-door paraphernalia, was a Mia , an iutiuiate frieni of tho utatua-

"""• y' 1 ' kdv4uceii cml «ly j.j tho lc.i to t ke up lvi bonnot, wh9a tha gentleman poked bis head and nightcap fiom uJa the bedclothes wheie be bad coucaale I thjui, «nd simply remarked — " QmA e/tmna, ll- d ," Thire wasn't much in ttie words, but their effect was inagiaal. Amm waa ia tho room, and in bed. Tue Jady covered her f .cc with her hands and fairly bolted. Ta« questa were got away as quietly as possible; and when thu politi-ian rodly went up co-mlry, no further attempt; was made to de*eer*t» hia house with a "hop."

A Paid Poucr and irs Resists. — Wo take the following from an Auckland contemporary o f Saturday :— •" During tho hat week or two tlu market in real estate lias baen modera'ely HCire. Prices' ss a rule, haremt been what may be called high, but in compui>on vrit'i th >sb which prevailed a few yeirs a*o, they may be termed good. la Auckland city and suburbs a largo nunibor of propertiei have changed hands ; the vary high house rents which, landlords aa a rule charge U a sharp spur to a'l who wish to prosper ia the land of their ad jptio 1 to become posjessjd of a home for tha mel»e3. In country properties tb.3 ma k3t has baea far froui lime ive. Ono agent in town, vvuhin the list week or two, hai disposed of firm lands to the nogregate valus of £20,000, repre ? ented by as many ucre*. These properties ha\e been bought for bona fide occupation. This is a healthy mgn, und a 9 many of the propjrtios aro situatuJ in didiiijts where ajLLlouoent at present is sparse, it sliows that ourci-clo of occupation n s.ill widening. A few yeardmore, wii'hiuterual peace, European settleuient will have so extended on erery band, even in ths North IJanH, that thd*^ Maoris «ill be glad to be at pja^e wilh the pakoha for their own sakes and the cjmforts and profits with which European in iustry surrounds them. Il>eiy year's peace is a decided gain ta Us, while to them it tells of decreasing numbers. Many of th» country piopenies above alluued to aro situated m tile Piako and other f :ontier dietncti.

Auckland and Puniu Railway.— We aro glad to see tlio settlers of To A.wamutu taking up the question of the bpeedy construction of tht< railway, aud we trust that in thur iff ,rt to obtain jastice for the district they will meet with support from e?oiy other settlement of imuortaace. ihe q (esaon it not aTa Awamutu one, and if u were, that should make no difference. Members of oun boJy, haiin or benefit cannot befal one of the \V>tika o sattl nimth but the reit are ino<*e or less aiuularly affected. So, too, one diUriob in aeek ug to obtain dua consideration for its rights and requueuieuta can do little. United, however, W^ikato cm tffjot inuoh, and no Governinan' can afford to slight the voice of th.9 enti c diatiict. Iv tliis matter of the K^ilway, Te Awamutu has our special syinpatoy, fjr it c^itsuuly i->, as we hays belore ssi 1, modt hard to understand why a railw-y which is part of tlxa main t unit line from the fxoithern extremity to tho Biutf should be left to stop short at Oliaupo wh«>n it could be extended another dozsu of miles towards the froatier, aud in doing so, open up one of the richest pistorulaud a^ncu'tural districts in the Province. The delay iv the ouscrucciou of the Auuklaad and I'imiii railway is a discredit to the Gov. ruoiuut, and it is with no tmall •*tufci;tion wo learn that our reua ks of the 17 h instjut, iv whn.h we thjwtd th^t only ajuje 7i> milei of railway had beeu op-ned in ibis Piovinca a>;ainat 479 miles iv ti c >-<.m»iu.ier of the Colniy, t.ave had the «ff ot of calliugthe Afcteiaion of ihe 8 ttle s to t m very gro-s ue^lect uu.ler whioh they suffer. By Uc too muuh apathy is shown iv the nutter, and we do not hesitate to say that ha I such a duprop -itiou existed in the case of ab.'uthoru Piovince, Heaven aud ea-ta [ would hare hi-ea m>»ved, and not in vain, to remedy the matter. The people of Ie Awamutu will, we trust, be heartily seconded by tue Wailtatu settlera generally m thoir laudable tffjrt.

Mr T. S. Macfarlaneonthi Political MtdatijN. — ilio foilowing private letter handed to thd •' Cross " was published by that j >ur.»al in its Saturday's issue: — "Dear sir,— Although you will leara much by telegraph of the tquahbie U-'tvVceu Sir Geo<-ge Grby and Tonks, I tktukifcfairtogivuyou uiy version, win k you are ai perfect lib roy to publish iv any way you like, and give ma a* the authority Alter the division on thi Suparaiiun reso'utions Sir George Grey Übled a rn^tiou — ' That the Onuuties Bill and the other Government bills be read th it day six mo-i'lu.' His action took us kit by suipruo, a^d on consulting with Whilakiir, I foudd thai he agreed wita me— that it would be f >lly tt bu "port C>ir Gaorge iv suoh frivolous, idle, facfoas oppmriuu, which ouly tnied to lower the influence of Auckland member* in the Uousj. Tonka came to me, and asktd what he would be expected to do, aud I told him that Wbitaker and others would m>st certainly go against S.r George, whereupon he wrote Sir George a note, asking him to call the members to a mooting At the moetiug, WhitaUer, Luck, mysrlf, and Tonks told bir George that wd could not lnud ourselves to wastiug the publio funds to tho tuae of £500 a day, aud »t the same tim«, bring obloquy and contempt on ourselves Sir Geor^a tjok it very kindly ftom all of us, excepting Tonks ; and, )t appuar-d, that *oo ler than coma to auy toims «Uh the * uncleanlnnded geutry ' who occupy the position of Ministers, Sir G orge would givo up the fcho t TuuLs explaineil that his tlfotts were intended to get all the Auckland party (in'luding those who voted agamet Separation) united, and that they fahuuld hay« been invited. Tha me ting was then adjourned to allow circulars to be neut to tho^e members, and yesterday, when all were assembled, hir George opened the ball by reading the manifest*, which he said he would telegraph to Aueklaud at ones. oa will have seen by the extraordinary statements uttered at the meeting by Sir Gorye — and winch, I presuuio, he telegraphed to Auckland — that to follow him any longer w>>u!d be simply to injure'a id de troy (he influence of Auckland, as has so long been dune by miataksu opposition in the past. I explained to Su George Grey at the meeting that if we would ouly act moderately aud can fully, every Aueklaud man would join, aud that on the Native Land Bill, or ex<ravagance, the Government m ght be turned out. Williams, Douglas, and othsrs ara all willing to join in any attack on the GovernniHut ; that is agreed upon, but uot on iiu h questious as ' the freedom of the people, the human race, or ail humanity for all tune ' They want and dtmand fair distribution of revenue, and economy in administration, jj«ti<>e to Auclclui.d, and, thes* soured, little it uaieJ fui by them, as also ><y moßt members, «t-out who are Ministers, or who are to govern, if the Government is conducted in a proper way The Land Fund will be tenured during tho recess, and made Colonial Reveaue, and Auckland will bs its well off then as ibe South. — 1 am, &c, J. S. Macfarlake, Welling, ton, August 22, 1576."