THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILEY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JULY 21, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3301, 21 July 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILEY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JULY 21, 1879.

(aTofj|e (Ireatii of-certain political idealiitn, land, wo. own the idea contain! in it much that is'grand: and'noble -but; like many otueH :;jiattgr i^MW^nffl-igKitnfe ,apj>ii«?di it;pre»enU; which render■> the of itsf iafeiibiiiplMtiieat;' aJmosPU topiari;':; ;"J't''°U jatt f! -a^urin^ l3 pic^^ ngJQjs#» iky ft t off a Tast;.coLonial Autonomy^ Koic/rnSsd:H!bjT>-ith^ I'-*fihß B'"sames attttMii ehaV^g^h:e^k^ Ainl^reittM !oi ;the/one revenue:;;butithe dreamer;who: Sallows ftis^ osind' thtis tto i'fldat ipl'ea;9a,atly! |down4lU¥treaM fof fancy -must^'nt theT' of ereou the preliminary objections which would stand ;in the way. EBut to\pioj l jireatners objections ar£ tery leasilj otercom? ignoring their claims to nptJcejjr^nd-jsjTJcving only Arguments favourable to the project on the tapis. We-.gfa&tj&fttfta the case of {Canada, the scheme has worked well, that thjß cOnsQlidation of Various States into; has material^ increased'both th«; intcrnHl aad external i )rpsperitj. <«f* the co^ntr^;" j'Bat 100k f atihe io%:yd^6l ecJhtroVersV'^d' 1 di^seii^' i iip^^hipjj- prece^d; consummaHon, ;rearsi^h.ich. were rendered ill the more momentous because dangers pressed upon [ 6r(der,to oppoae »ome:barrier to American HgHreasireneMi' tine© they coveted the pos's(§s'slon offCatadii'aii a "precious jewel WSWft& nlwl) 8 t V»f«ilfc r-> \hsTi «pughfe ( diplQmaey and;intimidation toin-; duee tfe.Ganadians to leato their state bf 1 denen^ency'tipQh tHe"Bmishi Grown,.-aiidV Lto;jthrj9jf f .7n t meir,[ lot,,.with;ithe Republic. It" ,wasl.lHt6 ,4«featl r the ie^ignk^°ih»7 thii "''dfrg&idn " thif ! the (ij- 9taj^s j(! jwer|j.'.jtini.teja,"ln'tp'p.the t)oraiaion of Canada, governed' by a; sitting 'at r ottawa^- fJioiit'-^o llisii6ll cesiepti6nal"''pir';| cumstoncetcan^ be urged in favor of the fedordtioa of i the; A ustralian . Golonie s. > i "\Ve are menaced by no neighbouring Poilter; f our ie^al iriieWsts are riot .identical; ;nay, are so diverse that any, (tttttempt to merge them could iOnly be "followed by failure. *;^ake for example thjjjlfts!^^ [polled for kustrklia, and likew.i^e»i'dr l !Ne'wi i; . Zealand. How are tuege to be merged

into one, since all postal arrangements must date from a metropolitan post-office, and which city in the federation would be tfye metropolis. Melbourne was dispute the glaiing of Sydney on account of superiority ol,|k>rjulatidn, the latter the claims o|rthe ; former on account of priority of founcU-j tionj In fact any, mooting of this qnes>i would be only to fau into open flame tbe jealous^ which already exists between Melbourne and Sydney, and the attempt to create any actual colonial metropolis probably-do away with "any godd hopeaw be derived from Colonial, Therefore, however sanguine Sir George Bowen expresssd himself to be at the Lord Mayor of Melbourne's banquet, that he left the Australian Colonies in the fall conviction that before many years had elapied we should hate a Dominion of Australasia as well as a Dominionof Canada, we fear his hopefulness was in an eminenf degrep premature, since as circumstances now are, nothing could be furtherer from its consummation.. In one 'case a confederation might be f of benefit, viz., if Tasmania were ( annexed to Victoria. By such an arrangement, not only would the interests of Tasmania be materially ( advanced, bu,t the large allowance granted to a Governor vroald be /thereby saved, and a portion of the ruinous taxation upon that small colony thereby remiit(?d f We hope, ere longj to be able to chronicle this event. i