AN UN-ENGLISH SCENE.

Inangahua Times, Volume 5, 14 October 1878, Page 2

AN UN- ENGLISH SCENE.

1 Atlfl.s,' wrilinc; in »!»« World mys : — Tl«o ).r«,«entution m Iho Guildhall Librnry whs marred by n vow disagreoblo occurrence, which was, in fact, thn flinjjlo event in llmt portion of llio celobrniion. Afcer tho Plc.nipolentinriefl hud mudc flieir hows to tta? Lord Mnyor and tho Lfldy Mnyorow, it miitfiiided RontlomiQ j' i tit pad up, nnii in n very clear nnd wholly unexoited voica excluitncd, 'Traitors to the Constitution ' It was, of course, a highly improper, *namlftloii«. nndgenoxnlly disgrncofnl interruption. What fo!lo*<H was k flharncterintic commentary on (tu> ohivalry of Jingoism. Tlio infttuMod denouncer of MinUter* wan in * s twinlilinsr torn from hi a j>c«t, nnd burled up»«n tho floor. It is o»ly «ufo |„ kick nnd hit n man when ho i.s down j «nd nbout n dojpti gouUcmen lioroionlly tH>iss«d Iho opportunity of pummc.'ling, with their fists, stir.ks, nnd bootx, tho body of tho postrafti miscreant, who it is R«tV» to say, woul t havo t!Hc«ped with impunity bud he been inn position to chatton^e his nss'ilunta HurocHiivcly to single n»mhal. j*nt i\r, last I'Ton tho honour of Jingoism w^s nntiofiud. Cries of • Shunnf nnd *P..i.' piny !' wore mixed, and tho opinion arem-vl to bo yiininu ground thnt iho lucklcs>» man hnd had enoni:h. lint, ilmro wonothers who thoucUt diftWenily, and sonicthiiifirory liko a free fi u -lit roun-', ni/d for. his body begnn. Wliilo tLo v .ro.ir wn«* nt it*, unseemly height th»> Plenipotentinrii-o left) the librnry for tho Guildlmil, thoro to receiro tho freedom of tho (My. It wn» not nn ntiß))icioii,s proludo. TflE FfRfNO ON THE BOATS OP Til lfi SWIPrSOHK. Tho followinj; is ni> osU'icl from n pr!ruto lot tor :— " (Julf of Xrtm«, July I ft —This h tho truo lUM'onnl, of tho firing on tho Swiff suro'x boats by tho Russians, nud ,% monMiroiH nob it n»s. Two officers, n lieiitiMtnitt nnd n midtthipmnn, w-»nt for n •mil in tho Gulf of Xoros, nn \ lundinu on tho oppOHito shoro wofu pounced 11 tun by tbo KusninnH nnd t«k»n off to ttljnrkoi. At 8 p.m., as those olßcon hni not. returned, tho itonin pinoanco nnd i»i»; woo Hout to look f<»r thorn. Tho men woro unnrmod, «nd hud nn interprctor. Cotsf« inn a\oun tiioy hhw thn bont on tho btmoh, nnd npprooohod, wlion threo iliotn w^ro fired nt thorn, The interpreter then hailed, and said, 'Wo nro unnrmed ; tho officer h«8 n letter for tho llusxinn oilier in command, nnd we are come to look for two tflloern who nro missing. Caw wo land to nook for them ?' Tho nnsnor wn», ' Vcß, if you oomo with only two mon m tho small bont/ Aeoor (in^lv tht-y loft tho sluutn pinnnee, nnd puliod nshore. When they >{ot 6) or 70 yard* olf sorn»» uonoe-tlud men upouud fire on them. Fortuiidtoly in) cno wm hit, but tho pinrimro w.-n struck twice Tlio. boit, of course, then pulled b.iuk nnd returnod to tho (jhiu^fclho next 6r.y tho stonm \)\n* about tho officer*, a^kifd them, if tlio prJAonern, if thoy be Hont off lii-forrt wh.i iiocordini(ly boforc suniot; n 1 ' "* ( l<e bullet pitched tl.'o lxii t no no'irrt Pi coolly Another fftioft which ))MH«cd between th» tho bont. No doubt they find ready, nnd if our mon could enticed to return the lire (ho of them might hare been «)>'>t." j^h^^iirnl Hornby hns shim rrrrived i\ <^euornl Tod)ol)f>» en tlio 'I'ho f xptnnMion i» brlirmd by Tsnclixh nnd Rtmnn* offl^inls to It npi^nrs tint two tho 4Wt hnd Innded which it hud boon njrcod ilu> only should oocupf, Tlio were distributed nlonu th<* const ;k«t« of five mon each. Tho officer* by tho picket vreiro oonroyed miles into tho inferior to tlio ofllcor, who fronted them urent politcnoM, nnd recognised tho A I'ont, which wmk tubneq'iontly K from tho iloet to look nftor tho KMt*j*» w ? 13 vo(^ ' ntl) ty n picket, Hh^H, in tons quenoe of til" Btnpi|) of tho Greok drn^omnii tho bont. (lenornl Tod obeu tho t'nc's, and «'xprr«snil tlic Diilbrluunte blunderin nhfiolntely «nim<