LONDON NEWS via SYDNEY.

Auckland Times, Volume 2, Issue 54, 23 January 1844, Page 3

LONDON NEWS via SYDNEY.

By the Ituna and Thomas Lord from Sydney, we are in possession of English news to the 4;h of September. Every successive glimpse that we obtain of English intelligence serves to convince us that the approach of Emigration, as a necessary measure of English policy, is at hand. The resort to it is no longer a matter of choice—-it is one of paramount necessity ; and it must bear the stamp and character ot a wise and liberal national act, carried out, infinitely less as a boon or a benefit to the Colonies, than as a re ief to the mother country herself*, The fallacies of.the Wakefield theory are passing away; the scheme of faxing waste land, by high purchase prices., at the very moment when it is resorted to because of destitution, could not bear the test of experience, and is giving way, by a natural process, to the Wisdom of ages. Tbe business of Colonization is almost as

old as human nature, and requires no new doctrines. "Planting of countries,'' Bacon says, "is like planting of woods; for you must wake account to lose almost twenty year's profit, and expect your recompense in the end." Engl arid must very soon have her eyes open to the fact, that she, with her overgrown capital and untmployed million*!, must, at her own expense, and for her own ultimate advantage, bear that task which she has so ungenerously hitherlo attempted to fhrow upon the shoulders of some few individuals amoog her enterprizing children. We find that,in the House of Commons.on the 16th August, Mr. Bulier made & speech of some length, recommending an extensive system of emigration, t<» be paid for by a loan raised on t'e security of Crown Lands. Mr. Ufder Secretary Hope promised, that if "Mr. BuJJor wi>t»l his plan in writing, it should receive the serious attention of her Majesty's Government.

The Government was about to send out 5000 emigrants to New South Wales and other parts of the continent of New Holland. A contract, to. forward them in a proper manner had been taken by Messrs. Carter and Bonus, of London, and by Messrs, Smith and Co. of Liverpool. We abridge our own remarks to make room for more important particulars, for which we are indebted to the Adelaide Observer : The o'.!e lending fact to which Mr. Boiler has traced tbe wretchedness of the humbler classes i-i tbe Moibei -country is, that " every year that ro!l> d over ibeir li<-ads brought an addition of 300,000 (neatly 1,000 per day !) totbe population of Great Britain ; and that unless in proportion to the i»s Crease of population there v/rre a simn'taneous inof employment, unless fresh woik was found for as many pair of hands as these were fresh months to feed, the condition of the population must sink." In hjs opinion u it was this constant swelling of population anri capital up to the very uf the cup that was the permanent cause of uneasiness and danger in thatcoiurty " The London Times, a/t-r drawing a touching picture of the present frightful sta«e of things in several of the metropolitan parishes, to which we have already alluded, says '-• The modern remedy is a subscription. But. setting aside the ostentation and irregularity of this remedy, there is one obs vious and fatal ohj~cti3n to it—it is not permanent —it wili scarcely give even a temporary cs of the evil, and will maxe. it worse.; rrie.i Vi and all the like machinery. Doubflevu"good A«s been effected by these soheriies—hut it ImU betn a good mingled with much evil, and if they are look fd to as a means of supplying such f«iglitfnUy extensive penury as that laid time by the committee" of St. Mary lehoiie, fbey are utterly valueless Public s!ib«C'tpt<orts—ball— societies—bazaar*— these are tne fashionable shapes of private ciitrtity and our public alms are embodied in a nujon workhouse I" But to whatever causes this melancholy state of things may be traced, it is quite clear tint it cannot possibly exist much longer. Every day the conviction is strengthened, that the glory of England must decline if some v*'se and energetic measures be not adopted, to to the labouring population that happiness and contentment winch once made England the envy and admiration of the world. With some we. are aware the idea of relieving the distress which pervade* all classes, by sending away some thousands annually at the expense of the rest ot the community, is regarded as utterly chimerical; bet, incur opinion, ihe only panacea for the multiplied woes of tbe mothercountry is extended colonization. Let but the vents for emigration be unobstructed, and the causes of her penury and discoutent would fast disappear. If, said Mr C. Bulier, in the debate that took place in the House of Commons on the 6th of April, on his motion to consider the means by which Colonization might he made available for employing capital and labour, "if there were an unsettled region like Australia, separated from Great Britain by a sea no wider than the Menai Strait, would not tbe Government long since have built bridges at many different points to connect us with it ? The only difference was, that the.Atlantio rolled the > wider channel of separation." As to tlie advantages to be expected from judicious dispersion (satictianed as it fc by the earnest bi*snrj of the human race) though some direct relief might be obtained by the simple removal of burdensome families, the indirect advantages would be most important. Those who wete paupers at home would become producers in the Colonies; and our produce, being seut thither to be exchanged for theirs, would give employment to English rnannfaca turers; so that emigration would hot only get rid of tbe paupers exported, but relieve from pauperism the labourers left behind. On the 4th August, it was agreed in a Committee of Supply, to grant the snm of £1,281,000, as compensation to the owners of Opium surrendered at Canton. The riots in Wales continue to an alarming extent. There was a terrible fire in Tooleystreet, on the morning of the 19th of August; it broke out in an oil and colour shop, and extended to the river, destroying many warehouses, and three ships. The beaulifnl.church of St, Olave's was entirely b«rnt down. The same morning there was a lire in a firework-maker'a in

Fetter-lane, at which five lives were lost. Trade was improving, and we notice that there is a slight advance, likely to be progressive, in the pi ice of wool, The Parliament was prorogued by her Majesty the Queen, in person, on the 24th of August, with solemnity. Hrre follows the Royal Speech on the occasion: My Lords and Gentlemen, —The atate of public business enables me to closethis protracted session, and to lelease you from further attendance on your Parliamentary duties. I thank you for the measures you b»ve adopted for enabling me to give fall effect to the several treaties which 1 have concluded with Foreign Powers. I have given m» cordial assent to the Bill, which you presented to me for incirasing the means of spiritual instruction in populous parishes, by making a portion of the. revenues cf the Church available for ihe endowment of additional ministers, i confidently trust that the wise and benevolent intentions of lite legislature will be aided by the zeal betatity 4f my snbjt ess, and tliavision will thus he made for public *ouh<p,and for pastoral superintendence lo many districts of trie eouo!,y,

I. view with satisfaction the pacing of the Act for removing doubts respecting the juiisriiction of »he Lhit'ch of Scotland in the admission of ministers, and for securing to the people, and to the Courts of the Church, the full exercise ot their irespeoiiw rights. It is my earnest hope that this measure will tend to restore ieiigi*us peace in Scotland, and to avert the dangers which have threatened a sacred institution of the utmost importance- to the happiness and .welfare of that part of nay dominions. I cootiuue to receive from all foreign powers assurances of their friendly di msitiou, and of their earnest desire for the maintenance of peace. Gentlemen of the Houseof Commons— l thank you for the readiness and liberality with Which you have voted tbe supplies for the current year. It will be my* constant Object to combine a strict legard to economy with the consideration which is due to the exigencies of the public seivice. My Lords and Gentlemen—ln some districts of Wales the public peace has been interrupted by lawless combinations and di*tu<bances uuconnected with politic*.! causes. I have adopted the measures which I deemed best calculated .for the repression of outrage, and for the detection and punishment, of the off nders. f bave at the same time direct. ed an inquiry to be made into the circumstances which have ltd to insubordination and violence in a past of tbe country usually distinguished for good order aud willing obedience lo the law. I have observed with ihe. deepest concern the persevering efforts which are male to stir up discontent and disaffection among my subjects in Ireland, and to excite them to demand a repaa! of gislative Union. It has been and ever will of that country in a spirit of strict justice and impartiality, and n> co-operate with Parliament in effecting such amendments in the exisfingdaws as may tend io improve the social condition and to de velope the riritura! resouro.'S o' Ireland. From a deep conviction that, ihe Legislative Uniou is uot less essentia! t«> the attainment of thoswOhjects than to the strength and stability of the tropin-, it is my firm determination, with your support, and under the blessing of Divine Providence, to maintain ins vinlate that great bond of connexion between tbe two countries. I have forborne from requiring any additional powers for the counteraction ot designs hostile to the concord and welfare of my dominions, 88 well from my unwillingness to distrust the efficacy ot the ordinary law, as from my reliance on the good sense and patriotism of rny people, and on the solemn declarations of Parliament in support cf the Legislative Unios». I feel assured that those of my faithful subjects who ha*;? influence and authority in Ireland will discourage to tbe utmost of their power a system of peimoioQs agitation which disturbs the industry and retards the improvement ot that country, and excites feelings of/ mutual distrust and animosity between different classes of my people. Her Majesty delivered her Speech in a firm voice, and appeared in most excellent health and spirits. The Lord Chancellor, in her Majesty's name, declared the present Parliament stood prorogued until Thursday, the 19th day of October, On the 2nd of September, the Queen and Prince Albert embarked for France, in order to pay a visit to the King of the French, at the Chateau d' Eu. Her Majesty's steam 'yacht was convoyed by a large fleet, comprising the Vahdonia, St. Vincent, Camperdown, and Formidable, line-ofbatrie ships, and several frigates and steam vessels. Her Majesty was received in the most enthusiastic manner, and was met by a large party of distinguished personages. A grand banquet was served, at which sat down the King and Queen of the trench, their illustrious guests her Majesty Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the Queen of the Belgians, her Hoyal Highness the Princess Adelaide, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cobuig and the Princess de Joinviile, Lady Cowley, and other ladies of distinction, the Prince de Joinviile, the Duke de Aumale, M. M. Guizot, Lacave, Laplagoe. Mackan, &c. Her Majesty Queen Victoria sat between the King of the French and the Prince de Joinviile, and appeared, in the very highest health and spirits, prince Albert seems to have

divided the popularity with the Queen. His Royal Highness was seated between the Queen of the French and the Princess Adelaide. The King of Hanover, after a sfay of three months in England, had taken his departure for his dominions. There was a hew movement amongst the Puseyites, who were ntgaged in raising; a fund of £250,000 for the «-duca* tion of the children of the woi king classes. In a list of subscriptions, there are several of £2OO, £IOO, and down even to £l, the general amount given by curates of the Establishment, Nearly £50,000 bad been already contributed. Father Mathew was in London,: administering " the pledge" to large masses of people, I here had been a good demand for Southern oil, and 170 tuns offered at public sale were readily taken off at firmer prices; first quality fetched £35 to £35 10s., one lot £35 155., and second and third quality £33 10s„ to £34 15s. pe tun. IrtELANB, The Queen's Speech, as might naturally have been expected, created some stir in Ireland., 4t a meeting of the Repeal Association O'Conneli called the speech " the essence of st pidity and impudence." He would set a day apart for the consideration of that spee?h, and move that the Association, at its rising, adjourn till the nest day for that purpose. He could not help observing-, that the Queen's speech was the minister's, and that it was no more her speech than it was his. The sentiments it contained were those of her minister, and he wished this to be perfectly understood in Ireland.because he was desirous of counteracting the incitement to disaffection of which th minister had been guilty, by puttin forth such a speech. A more traitore project had never been concocted than by putting such a speech into her Majesty's mouth, to endeavour to .sever the affections of the Irish people fiv their venerated sovereign, was the best protection and preservative of allegiance, and that, affection the minister attempted to destroy. That any party should bave the. daring'profligacy to strive to weaken this love and veneration for their Queen was an extent of guilt which he did not think that even the present ministry would be capable of. The Repealers were ac. cused of disaffection»and discontent, but he wished to consider on whose side the incitement to disaffection was. He denied that that there was any disaffection among the Irish people; he admit. ted there was discontent, and the discon. tent would continue till justice was done to the country." In a pamphlet recently published byGeneral Sir George Cockburn, the gallant officer, says *' Ireland cannot remain as at present. The Ministry, no matter whether Whig or Tory, have, or will soon have, to determine between, and adopt ona of, the following measures—lst, To try the effect of Repeal —2nd. To uphold the Union coute qui coute, but with every possible measure of justice and conciliation to Iseland ; or 3rd. She must at once —sad and tragical remedy, appeal to the sword,"