EXTRACTS.

Auckland Times, Volume 2, Issue 55, 30 January 1844, Page 3

EXTRACTS.

Tbk Colon ?es.~ Lord John Rsissellis unable to comprehend Sij Robert and Lord Stanley's policy of considering our colonies as intrinsic parts of the empire, and dealing with them as if they constituted so many English countits. And why ? Because England is subject to a taxation which they do not sbareAnd if it be so, it is op account-of the wealth. which during centuries she has collected within her borders, and in de- ■ fence.of which she has lavished her frea sores and spilled her best, blood. Her i colonies do wots iu an equal degree possess I the advantage of fixed capital which E»g- ---; land enjoys. On the contrary, they have yet to create it for themselves. They have land to clear, to feiice, drain, and cultivate;, bridges, ways, and canals to construct, and dwellings, schools, ansi chinches t© erect. A former race have i transmi t led most of their conveniences,to England, and for which a present gewets- : tiers has now i« part to pay, Tfet total annual value of real property m England and Wales assessed to the poor rates in 1841 Was £61,»4G,030. Where in the wide range of our colonies, or in what new country, is an aroonnS of wealth So be found such as is here exhibited? And hence it is that our colonies are uot subject to the same measure ot direct taxation as the parent state. Bui they are isot on this account the less susceptible ol being ; treated as English counties, although in these last theie no restrictions and no frontier duties to pay upon the produce of one couniry passing into another, as hap. pens when English produce passes into a colony. But, on the other band, many ot these eoi'u-fUut Hires* a ftiuiigh exempt in England, are subject to duties of ■ excise, which is an infinitely more vexa- ‘ lions mode of collecting a rev enue. W ithin the frontiers of England, bricks, glass, hops, malt, paper, and soap, yield duties I through the excise of inore than fourteen millions. But the colonies are burdened with this sj, stem of col lectio©, although by means ot the customs they pay upon their frontiers amounts, in proportion to their population, fully equivalent to the English excise and customs together. It may be true that much of this revenue is j>aid upon Eng fish manufactures, but England is not the sufferer thereby, it is her colony. The relative consumption of English goods as compared with their population is far greater throughout our colonies than in the counties of England. VI by. then, should they not be considered in every respect integral parts of the empire with the English counties themselves ? —Adelaide Observer. [From the Southern Australian, Dec. 8 ] Onr cotemporary the Register has used ns shockingly ill of late by adopting the atro-ng but cruel line of argument called the nick-name stvle. He has called u.s “ grandmamma,” *• rat,” “ two old women of Adelaide,” and other ugly epithets, to our very great annoyance, and without the smallest provocation* for,be it observed, thu we bad plenty of nick-names to cali him. We have, for example, very frequently heard people denominate him “ Stiggins,”- “ the shepherd,” and other absurd names, and his paper the “ sloppail >' but we have never >et descended to the use of such terms, because, though they are annoying, they have no proper bearing on an argument, and greatly lower t.lie party using them, As we cannot, the re foie respond in this style, we are forced to retire fiom the debate. I'he Queen's Visit to the Thaiwf.9 T®Njrri„ On Widnesday, atier * Ihjhc ol nearly iwo Centuries. U "apping, amed m Mong, amt where the merry. Monarch,. Chains t h r was accusiomcd to carry.oi his Holies, was ©nee more visited by the Sovereign of Great Britain * and ihe dav will be tang i eincrhbeied by t|w yasi-enders, who, as far as the short notice alt wed, testified tbeir loyalty in a manner which matt have been very giaiifying to her Majesty and her t-oyat convort. lit was not

i generally made known until the mutate of tire day f ihat the Queen anti Prince Albert tan-oded to pay | a visit So the Thames Tonne); ®»d in an incredibly : short space ot lira* Wappine tfegbrSlreet presented a very gay appearance, and flags were hoisted. | fiom nearly every house, and people were seen | snaking their way item all srjnasters l® 'be shsTr cm. 1 die Mitatasex .side of file river, where the royal standard was hoj»trd. ’tare inhmssasds of Rirfherliitbe testified their tayafty'in a simitar manner ; lire brlU of the old ebtneb afrrirk up a oreiry pea>, and she standard was displayed from the upper ! part of the steeple, At one o'clock She funnel | was closed against lire public; but those who were in it, and among »in>m were a great iriasr of. lire nobility and eicgwliy <isesaed ladies.who bad. been invited by the directors, oos* allowed to remain. The Tutmcl Pse?, »si which it was an-, mnurccd that her Majesty and the Prince would land, -was covered with crimson el>?b, and a temporary ladder was fixed »» the (.nter barge for her Majesty and suite to ascend, ; The whole «f the Thames police were mustered in tbvir,galleys upon sbe jjrci, under tlie command of Mr. Evans, the superintendent, to prevent the multitude of boats . sn>m pressing too close upon the royal barge. r A% ihtee o’clock tire firing v'i gurrsandflsf? advance of more than 10 0 small boats announced she approach of the royal barge, which was accuis« panied by the Admiralty and Nary barges, 'Precisely %t twenSy-five nß3»nJe» before fi>»r o’clock her Majesty, Prince. AiWrS, and their srfitp, landed on the Pier, where the company waa more numerous than select, f/er Majesty and the prince tanked rejjisrlratly well. Three beany cheers were given, which the Qaeen gracefully acknowledged. The r«yal visiiora were received by Mr,' ifawts, M.P., lire chairman of the Thames Tunnel t’ontpany, »»d ibe directors ; Mr. Cbadier, the Secretary ; »»il Mr. P age, the actiug engineer ot the works. Hut Majesty proceeded al ©nee dowa the shaft isH© Jtoe lusrnei, aod euicred the western arch, where the cheers were reaewed by the Co vs parry asseisbied. Mr. Young, the sßpeiif?sejvd«nJ of Police, and the iuspectars, preceded the Queen, and Mr. Page walked by her side, and explained J® Per Majeasy the »a!»re ®f ibe work® ami, vanens particulars connecled i with this great sjafiosal undertak jug, ta wbicb her Majesty and royal ©wmsun paid much aUention, Iu the middle «f the ifflujtel tcweoi the stall keepers displayed his loyalty i® a pecoliar msuner. All the silk banJkerebiets disposed w» bis stall for sale were removed and plaeed ©» the ground for her Majesty t© pass over, and they preseßleii jh-e appeatance ©f a rich cat pet. Her Majesty proceeded as far as the- «3j the Kstberhitbe side, feat did not ascend it, The beat was very great, a»d both the Queer* Prince appeared anxious to reiarn, which they did through she satse arefc. Up«n a>cending she shaft they were again cheered, and when they had got aboat half way up, the people below commenced the national anllsem, “ God save the Qoeen,” which was sang in a very ®redil»i>le jaatint-r, tbasv §O9 persons joining i» ihe ctawos. Thtrr rose®® reverberated along »he tunnel »rui up Ibp shaft, end had a most extraordinary effect. Her Mayesty aod Prince Atberl reBHMiftt on. tire staircase iisteuisg to the strain, »«d, afies Wwing S*> the people below, Jpft tire plaoe. On. teaching tbe Pier her Majesty was satoted by filty coal porSsis, in the employ of living and Brown, the coal JDejcbanta, with their feces as bfeck && the co»l*. They raised their fantail hats and set up a most cheer. Tier Majesty Iwrsted j«n»d, smiled, and bowed. “ God bless yo», sltat’jM,” roared 0333 ©f the coaleys, witb steatarian Jongs, **4 hope vonTS coase to W appiug again.’" The longb nxar>»ers of this honest fellow, who threw his fan-tail bat into i W asp, afforded nseteb anfMJ&eiuen!' Jo Iser Majesty »nd Prince Albert, who immediateJy re-embarked ©b board the royal barge,,assiidst deafenijig cheers from the people ©js laod and water. The aqisatic processiou was a very splendid ©ue. The Queen’s watermen* and ib® Admiralty bargeimn were dressed iu their scarlet liveries, and an imsue use number of boats ©f every de&cripfiojj accoevpaßied tbe state barges. Off Hordeydowu, in c»t>sequa«ce of tile great nsmber of cratt moving about the royal barge, it got athwart a steamer. It was »o©» extricated bora the difficulty, and pro*: eeedett t@ Whitehall wittxawt f«rllrer interruption. Her Majesty landed bef®vc five o’elock,and pro* cet ded to Buckiugham Polace amidst the Jobftest demoßjtrations on the part of her faithful subjects. Before leaving the J sum el a handsome gofd medal. w»s presented to her Majesty by Mr. GrMBo, the medallist. It represents tbe Thames Tbnnel ©ntb e verse side, andoss ibe obverse a portrait of Isarabert Brunei the engineer, who, by=the-by, was prevented tei'in attending by indisposition. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to accept of the medal, the execution ot which is highly creditable to tbe designer. The Co bj Ft El bo 1* of the Tunnel. — This stw - penduou* work is finished, and Wapping )ias reason to be glad of sach a truly wappisg ondertaking Perhaps no enterprise had so ranaeb cold water 1 brown upon it, a»d never was there a project which it seemed at one time s© difficult to go through with, Tbe engineer has worked like a horse, atid has scaacely e ver been oat of the shaft. The original shareboldtrs,whose pockets were well drained in Irniiless ellurts to drain the tasnel, have »otr the satisfaction of ones more rsoniag tbroogb their property. For some time the ardour of the pi (jcftoia. was damped by the works going on to© swimmingly. When accidents were every-day occurrmces, the Tunnel wSs a matter ©f interest ; but, since the water has been effectually kept ont. it has become a thy subject. On more than ©no ocaasrnn tii« Company wonld have been swamped, i© .‘•pile of ad hands being put to the primps, if Government had not lent them tbetr sticker. The funds, in fact, were at low wafer mark Jong before the works reached the same desirable point—and the more ibe Tunnel was set afloat, tb© more were the shareholders aground in their undertaking. Hut the perils are now pas),and tbe Tunnel remains as a ®}o’Uanier>t to British entenpriae. We shoold call it, perhaps, & pilla* to the fame of the engineer, if it were not that a pillar is incomplete without two things, one of which, the shaft, has been takeu away, while the proprietors have tang since !©&&. sight of the capital.