The New-Zealander.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 264, 9 December 1848, Page 2

The New-Zealander.

Tin: Tasiimuuii intelligence, lecenll) loceuci. possesses no geucial mteiojt, unloi^ to tho.e \\Uh sympathies to deploie the allcied condition oi" that oace noble piouuce, dcgiuded and despoiled by the felon buod to whose bcouiQinq it has been delneied tied and bond. Nevoi. since the foundation oi tho uoiid. has those been a paiallel spectaile to lh»t v. lnch Tasmania now presents: — A fair and fertile country, ble ssed w ith th? , most iruitiul iields, the most salubnous climate, the most inviting (enitoiial attractions, and all the nntiual advantages that mdustnous man can demand en desire , to behold such a countiy lendeieu the mm.il cesspool of the widely extended Butish Empiie — houevei mtolcable the civse — is no lepioach to its betiayed inhabitants, but the deep, the damning, the I ineffaceable disgrace of the "Whigs who first devised, and still enfoice thai be >tul conception. It is a stain that will cling to their [ worthless racmory thioughout all time. L, j will be wutten m nau,cous eluiacleis amidst then ignoble chiomcles and. after histoiians u ill, in all piobabilily, denounce them, as the infamous mimstiy, that paved the way to cume, eiev.'hile destroyed ])y liieliom heaven ' Tasmania appeau to labour i\ith but one deMie. om- cffoit to cast fiom hd. the menbus that weighs her moiaily. socially, and phy- ' sically, to eiiih. To achieve that aim. hei coloni>t> ''a\e preferred an ineffectual }>etition to the Caoinnoi, to giant Ticlcets of Le.iAe, or Passes of Remo\ai to conucts as they anne ; so that the fe^teiing coiruption may be dissipated and dispersed amidst the sunounding colonies. We cannot blame them for the desne, although we cannot but feel most thankful for the piotective frustiation of their piayer. A longing and enquiring eye is turned Uuuuds New Caledonia, as a suitable field for the further indulgence of pnson discipline theones, and we must say, that we cannot but agiee that the time has long since arnved when Van Diemen's Land, should be fiecd irom the further accumulation of pollution. No countiy has ever been so scandalously outiaged — Free sedleis weie seduced to emigrate in oidei to neutralize the small amount of tame that had been pnmanly mtioduced ; and when that object had been effectually and triumphantly achieved, a ministry of yesteiday step into oifice, levetse the honest and the honourable course of their enlightened piedecessors, and by a turn astern of the Colonial office fuddle wheel, submeigc the fated Province with infamy of then own filthy expoitation. The deceptions practised upon unhappy Tasmania have been of the most flagitious cha-

racter. Earl Grey has been guilty either of deliberate untruth, or of gross prevarication, and, in evidence of the fact, here are our pioofs, which we quote from the Hobait Town Courier of the 1 5th ult. '•' Lord Grey instructed Sir William Denison to announce in the most unreserved manner the intention of the ministiy to grant Free Institutions to Van Diemen's Land. " Sir William Denison did so. The session of Parliament, according to the latest leceived accounts, was nearly at an end; and from a question put to the ministry, it appealed as if Van Dicinen's Land weie not to get the free institutions which it is intended to concede to the olhoi Australian colonies. " Sir William Denison announced the intention of Her Majesty's government to discontinue tiansportationto Van Diemen's Land. " Her Majesty's government has continued it in a worse form than ever. "Local institutions have been promised: local institutions have been destroyed. " What conclusion are the people to form — i?i v hat promise are they to put their trust '? They aie to put their faith m themselves alone. They must remonstrate : they must do every thing in their power peaceably and constitutionally to secure their lights." All our communications, public and pii■\ate, aie couched in similar strains. Minder , and lobbery are nfe. Ilobart Town, late llu most safe and peaceable of any of her Majesty's i possessions, is now infested by uretch.es, who scruple not at noon-tide violence. Conuctism is the universal blight — the leprous cuise. Convict Idbomers and con\ict mechanics come into ruinous competition with the free, who are "fleeing for theii lives." Many have recently ai lived here, and have obtained good employment, and a friend of oius wiites, that weie moderate priced , .issages from Hobart Town to be obtained, and a dozen \essels laid on for this poit, they would be filled up in less than four and twenty hours. Desirable as such a consummation would doubtless be to us, is it not deplorable that a once prosperous [ piovince should be so destroyed, as thus to ciush its life's blood from out it? Alas, Tasmania ! May thy daik hour speedily pass !