SIR WILLLAM JERVOIS ON SUCCESSFUL C0LONISATION.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1628, 9 December 1882, Page 4

SIR WILL LAM J ERVOIS ON S UCCESSFUL COLONISATION.

A ni.ci-M' lecture, delivered by Sir W. J«i \ oi-s, Novel nor of South Atis-tialia, •u»l l!o\cinoi elect of New Zealand, contains tin 1 following in refeience to Miecis-jlul coloiii».ition :— "' And now the ([iK'stioii <u uses, \\ hy is it that the colonies of (jtlic-i nations li.ixc ended in failnio, ■whilst lhcic seoms no limit to the prosperity of those of England ? How comes it th.it our settlements m Ameiica, Africa, and AiibtialaM.i (not to mention other parts of the woiJd) have tlui\eii in ;i way tliat has no paiallel m the histoiy of Fiance, Spam, 01 Holland? Doubtless many caiii-ca luiac woiked together: our national thai aetei. the maiitime supieliiiiiyof Hie JNlothei Coantiy, and the judicious clioiee of bites for colonies ; but thctc.ue thiee leasons that seem to outweigh all the othere in importance. The hi fat is the alienee in English fanning of they lid cultuieof the Continent. Ficnchmen who come abioad think only of taking an acre or two of ground and cultivating it like a y.irdoii, without ever stepping beyond tl»c limits, of the commune— a •system which niaj be veiy suit.ibie to an old and lliii kly-populated country, but ■which will never te.icli men to pu.sli their way into the wilds of Manitoba, or to penetiate an Australian bush. This is it which has made Euglishmeu the pioneers of the world. Still, we must lecollect that the work of the pioneer^ is difiiuent fiom that of the settler. When once the countiy has been generally oouupierl, the next step — not always an easy one, a.s they found in Virginia — should be to .stud}' the most suitable way of tinning to account the soil that (<od ha>- given us. The next reason of the .success ot Biitish colonies appeals to be the sti an^e pow er posFe^&ed bj Englishmen of assimilating, not themsehe-i to iorehjnerc, but foreigners to them«el\ es. The (it-rnian settlciiient^, v liether in Russia, or Sweden, or J3razil, always i emain distinct cnumunities — speaking their own language, retaining their nationality, and lhing among themselves ; whereas, in thib, as m other Knglish colonies, we welcome them as fellow -citi/cn.s— they learn the English language, entet Parliament, accept portions under the Crown, and become an integial pait of the community. But the gieatest tea sou of all is, that England lia^ learned the true meaning of the word liberty— the cau^e which united Norman and Saxon into one nation on the hdd ol liming mede ; which led the people of Elizabeth to arm as one man to fight for England against the invading hosts of .Spain ; for which our ancestors ventuied even to change the line of succession lather than see their piivileges tiampled tinder foot by the last of the Stuait king*; the cause which, ■w lien bettor undo stood, piompted our father* lo ta\ thomsclx es to the amount of C-20,000,000 in order to free the lH'giocs in the Wcs-t Indian plantations ; that libeity has found a home no less in the colonies of England than 'in the mother-laud beyond the sea.' "'

Lv is lopoifcod that in one province of the I'll ill ippines 1000 natives have been oaniud otl l>y cholera. Oidysiv Europeans are said to have died of the disease. Eunist Dim'lU.m:, a Belgian broker, who absconded after committing frauds to the amount of €(50,000, has been surrendered under the Evtiadition Treaty by the ciuthoritit's of Montreal, after a piotiacted legal contest. Tin. reports furnished to the Minister of .Agriculture of tin; extent of the inundations caused l>y the late downpour of rain in I'uibsia furnish a shocking picture ol desolation. The amount of injury cannot jet be ascertained. Hail alone has this sunnnei inflicted damage in "Wiuteinbin-y to the extent of £(500.000. Vkrilsok tijk South Sj- v Lvjjopk Tkauk — A schooner called the .Roderick Dim, which lias juat airiverl at , Maryboiough (Queensland) with 303 labourers, gives aveiy cheerful account of things in the inlands. Shortly after leaving Maryboiough on her outwaid voyage, an jimane isJjinder ran amuck. He lomahaM'ked Air Fellow, the Government agent, but the -'madman " was promptly shot dead. While the Hoderick Dim was i emitting islanders, the boats avcic frequently fired upon / from the shore. Rifles have become so pltsntiful in the islands geueially resorted to for labour that recruiting has beceine exceedingly difficult anil dangerous. Some of the lloherick Dim's ""return boys "\yere landed atPaala, and were im* mediately seized and murdered, and afterwai'ds '(idieii by the .inhabitants. The Roderick PJiu spoke another schooner .the I^eleiia/ also f vom Ma,iyborougl^, which i'r'epori'eil that t|i r,ee ,boy s we,re landeit at ' Appii, and immediately murdered by ,tiie 'people there. Two of the bodies, which if ereicft cm the beach, Mere recovered by a' boat's drew fr.qnj the, Helena, and buried atsea. The Helena' f lUther reported thafci while the Ijoats were away,, recruiting, ' J? a ' fiufribei-' "ftf t , tfoardejl fthe *¥dlio6lief aud' incited tlie^reor.uits to seize 4IW yes-s'er'AVhbh ttie ( ! b*oat's f , returned •&^oUB'cdnflict f briBu'e'ty/apa|heßun^h