The National Register. — London, England, 1815-01-29 00:00:00

T!r *P - .x•r: one on whom the nation - founds its hopes, but before he can weal the (' , own age will also overtake him, and he has also, as well as the other Princes of his House, lost much of his poputarity by his undisguised predilection for England, which bursts f , ,rth in all his speeches in a manner most offensive to the pride of his countrymen. Such is the present situation of France. • COLONIAL POLICY, AS r.XEMPLIFIED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF SIR. JOHN tIIADOCK, K. 13. AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE S AND THE M t 4TSTEM HITHERTO PURSUED IN CANADA. htf! ~. ( From a Correspandent.) Still let us hope that we may avail ourselves of those relations which ale described ar " most binding amongst men," and behold reality given to the picture drawn by the eloyient Gibbon. of the Itomon colonies. 44 Their partial distioletions were obliterated, and they incessantly coalesced into one great nation. united by language, malmers. and civil institutions, and equal to the weight of a power. ful empire, Ti l e Republic gloried in her generous pnliey. and was Pegileidly rewarded by the merit and the services of her adopted bow." " Domestic peace and union were the natural consequence . % of the mmkt :sty a►rrl et)mptebeil.i ye t►oliey e►nhraced by the Rowans." - ( linyhce M Tolleyrinue.s 11.1cntoir ea the United States and Colonies, roysi at lie National Institute.) IUESPECTFULLY ADD REssED TO HIS ROYAL !UGLINESS ' THE PRINCE it F. ENT. " The barrier of prejudice is shaken, and the spirit of mo nopoly is rapidly giving way to juster principles of trade." Such were the wo , ds of the eloquent Lord Irenville, in his speech on the late India Bid, and such are the ideas we en tertain u to the approaching revolution in the great princi ples of colonial policy. It should he recollected, that the loss of the (now) United States arose from this " Wilier of prejudice, ibis spirit of nionopedv." Whether in defiance of the mass of prjraii-e thzt has hi therto clouded our intellect, contracted our best affections , aid injured, most essentially injured, our most important in terests or not, remains to be proved ; but, at all events, there are strong symptoms either of a disposition having already arisen, or being about to arise, which will at last enable the British Government to avail 'itself of the in sense resources of the more distant branches of the British Empire. •In our paler of the 15th January, we alluded to the Cape of Goad Hope, and attempted to give an outline of the con siderable benefi , s it had derived under the administration of its Government by Sir J. Cradock. That Governor really appears in the tight of a " rara axis" —a sort of phenomenon in colonial government. Like the saviour of India; we apprehend that he either must have burst the fetters of his instructions and have given full scope to - the judichtp: suggestions of an intelligent head. and the best feelings f a generous heart; nr was fortunate in having acted under men who were willing to leave it to him to chuse the mode of conduct most proper fort the government, with the 'trusted. But an enquiry sy he acquired the power and bitnsclfso , inueh ho- t9. # nour, is useless. For us and for him it is sufficient. 'hat .:,00d and honour have resulted from his acts, and that he has been the first Colonial Governor that has dared to break the bar rier raised by prejudice, and sustained by selfishness, the two great sources of human misery. The services of Sir J. Cradock were of no ordinary me rit. lie has opened new channels of trade, new vents for manufacture ; he has made some progress in the great work of cleansing the Aegean stable of the law, by throwing open the doors of the Courts; he has endeavoured to abolish tor ture ; in short, he has sought to make the erection of the British standard, a signal for the annihilation of oppression, and the approach of genuine liberty. But Sir J. Cradock has done still more : he has been the means of convincing his Maj,sty's Government, that it is possible the interest of the colony and the metropolis may 'be identified, and that they are co-existent. Sir J: Cradock,' we repeat, has given them a practical commentary on the theory of M. de Talleyraud, that " there should be no domination, no monopoly ; always the force which protects; never that which oppresses ; justice, kind offices ; these arc the true calculations for States, as well as individuals ; these arc the true sources of reciprocal prospe rity. In short, experience and reason unite in rejection of those pusillanimous doctrines, which suppose a Loss where ever them' has been made a GAIN. The true principhs tr= con:mu-cc are the opposite of these prtjudiccs. They pros mise to all people mutual advantages, and they invite them to enrich themselves mutually by the exchange of their pro ductions., by liberal and amicable communications and by the useful arts of peace." It should seem that in consequence of convictions, natu rally arising from the truth and justice of this theory, 'the duty on the wines produced at the Cape of Good tiope have been reduced, and in so great a degree as to afford. the . most reasonable expectation that in a few years we shall be able to draw all our table wines, and possibly others of a superior quality (for there is no knowing how far the im provement of the 'culture of the grape may be cart ied) from the itish colonies—thus keeping the capital of the country to enrich our own subjects rather than those of other States. Tbis 'is one among the many objects of commerce that Sit J. Cradock has offered for the benefit of the British mer chant. Numerous and valuable as are the other sources of commercial gain, and, in the instance of the whale fishery, of national strength, it would here be irrelaveut to go into detail's, particularly as so copious and instructive an accoubt has been furnished by Mr. Fisher in his pamphlet on' the importance of the Cape. Let us contemplate Sir J. Cradock leaving the shore, of the " broad Tagus," the command of the 13i Irish ttriops, and the direction of its efforts to expel the ruthless inva der quitting tills scene, which enabled the illustrious Wellington and his gallant baud to reap such a harvest of glory., in order to pursue a citver 'of' honour and 'use fulness in a distant settlement, and lay the corner stone of a new and beneficial sys'em of colonial policy—of a po licy, the memory of which will be ever present, because ever advantageons—of akolicy, in the benefits of which the administration of , vigich he was,ent at this tillievikil .0 '.„'t I s where' . of elttkit : A 1 , ! good +,)- ~ • J 4 .. . si:, i t . - 1 1% ' .... 1 (‘ 1... l a , , . .A 0 I ''‘''' -- • ' - - • . 1 x t-s-.-. - ,_ - , ii. \ t'' '' • :.. 4 4 , C 4 .1 iIMIN