SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Anglo-Maori Warder, Volume 1, Issue 22, 21 September 1848, Page 3

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

(From the Sydney Herald) His Excellency Sir Henry E. F. Young arrived on the Ist August, and assumed the reins of Government on the following day. A complimentary address was presented to Sir Henrj on the 3rd, and as his Excellency's reply appears to us to be an admirable one, and to augur well for the success of his government, we give it at full length. M I thank you very much on my own behalf and that of Lady Youag for the address of congratulation with which jou have been pleased to honour our arrival. " The anticipations which you have therein so flatteringly expressed of the probable policy of a » administration, are in consonance no less with your own very natural desires for the prosperity of your adopted country, than they certainly are in close union with my own cordial wishes and aims. With auxiety, not unmixed with hope, I commit the realisation of your anticipations, under Providence, to the test of future time; nevertheless, whatever may hereafter prove to be the extent of my humble efforts to promote the interests of South Australia, my success cannot but be most materially affected by the degree of confidence and snpport with which the community may honour me; mj study will be to deserve to receive this essential aid. Let us, however, bear in mind that the sphere ot official Government—full of importance aud responsibility—*" still so usefully narrowed and limited, however liberal and popular may be its present and ' ture constitution, as not to be exclusively responsible in. the adoption of those numerous methods of social advancement which in all free countries appropriately derive their origin aod maintenance aud pro* gress from the energies and resamcas of private individuals. " l'he agricultural, wool-growing, t»nd mining prospects of this cniony, furthered by that salutary provision by wh'ch immigration is secured out of the sums raised by the sale of Crown lands, evidently skill and industry, if judiciously exerted, the rapid growth of a province vigorous aud healthy ia propor tion as it shall receive aud require nothing but free and equal competition with products similar to its own. Practically to place co'onial in'erests on thw satisfactory and stable footing, is peculiarly the work and province of individuals. In Great Britain, and here and elsewhere, societies, Without dependence on the government, promote the diffusion of scientific infer* ation apphc ible to th i improvement of agriculture, and there can be no doubt that the important mining interests which have recently become very geueral in tin* colon), would be enhanced in va ue by the formation of self-supporting voluntary associations, to receive, record, and ariauge any accounts and s f ecitnens transmitted to them ot uiiuing operations, and thus to preserve innumerable invaluable and useful ldct», wl.ioli might otherwise be lost for ever to practical science. 1 doire only t) add, that, in the event uf its being found possible to orgauise in this ctdonj, with the aid of proprietors resident in England, a ge dogical society—with the special object of collecting and di». senvnatiog useful knowledge on the present and future mineral capacities of South Australia, I oUuli be happy to contribute my mite of support by becoming one of its member*; because I feel persuaded that the eiLrts of such a local ai&ociat. :i, if judiciously limited to us legitimate object, vftul» gemote also the txtoasioa

of the agricultural, mercantile, and genera! interests of the whole colony. I allude to this subject at the present moment chiefly as aa illustration of' one of the many instances of public objects commonly appertaining to the sphere of associations unconnected with the Executive Government * , "Iu conclusion, Gentlemen, be assured ttiat I appreciate very highly the friendly spirit of your'addresa, aod hail it as a happy augury of the harmony of our future relations. " H. E. F. Youno. " Government House, Adelaide, 3rd August, 1848." Major Robe was about to leave the colony imme* dlately. He has been appointed Deputy AdjutautGeneral to the Forces at the Mauritius. He appears to have gained the good-will of the colonists. He is declared to have been a well-intentioned Governor —to have laboured hard for the colony; and his conduct in pressing the Royalty question is justly attributed to tbe imperative instructions which he received froua Down-ing-street. The Royalty question was still exciting much attention. Tbe Judge had given his decision, dismissing the information filed by the Crown. The decision caused great rejoicing, and a public dinner was given in honour of the event. The Advocate-General, however, had determined t*> send tbe case home to the Privy Council. A public meeting of the colonists had been held to petition the Queen on the subject; the following paragraph contains tbe gist of tbe argument " That the objections to this tax, therefore, do not arise from any disinclination or inability to supply means for all purposes of government or emigration, nor because it is not conseoted to by themselves or by your Majesty's Legislative Council—but because it is unnecessary and impolitic: that it would be unpro« ditctive in its results and expensive in its collection j that it would create distinctions in the holding and tenure of land; that it never could be made other than an unequal or partial and inquisitorial tax, inasmuch as tbe productive mines already sold wi:hout reserva* tion. ore wholly and lor ever free from it; and that it 1 could only in its effects absorb the entire profits of the poorer mines in the province." I A continual stream of immigration, both from I England and the Continent, was kept up, and aIL ' parties appeared to be iu the highest spirits. The revenue of the current year is expected to reach £IOO,OOO, and as the total Sum voted last year was only .#02,000, there will be a large balance available for public works, of which the colony is very deficient. On the whole, therefore, the prospects of our soulhra friends appear to be most cheering. •