The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-06 00:00:00

THE CANTERBURY COLONISTS.

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meYneltinterliaetesteYdaingethneelaCloni=tninryg sedttliadentieltan(N(l
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land) took place at the offices of the ueociation, Adelphi-
terreco. Lord Lyttelton occupied the chair, and was sup-
potted by the Rev. John Philip 081 (whose name has
been approved by the Archbishop of Canterbury as tho
future bishop of the colony), and Sir Thonsu Tanercd,
Bart.' the projector of the new township of Gladstone in
New Zealand.

The noble C11•1111IAN, in opening the promedinge, ob-
served that he need hardly tell thc meeting how much the
committee and himself had wiuher.l fur the arrival of thu

prevent opportunity of explaining to theta cet tam par-
ticulars in et teret.ce to Ow settyment, sod to the nor.

gentleman who had 'teen appointed to the bishopric 1 lie
del iy in the appointment of a bishop to the Canterbury
settlement had been very great and proportienalny ei-
jurious. It was now about six months eineo the committee
became aware that the former arrangement propeseel on
that onleject was not to be carried into effect, and for a Lag
time Lehire that period Furious doubts had begun to exist (AI
the subject. During that time they had found very
signally verified a comparison 'applicable to all our
colonies—namely, that the bishop amongst the coloniute
had been, as the Teem bee amung the Lees, fur without
his spiritual aid it was impossible for them to gather and go
forth. lie was anxious to explain how the delay he Led
alluded to had ate .on, in order to show what lie consider it
to be the truth, teat the re was no one actually to blame
in
the in utter. It was about the middle of Nuvemleir lest that
he Lyttleton) was tibia to communicate with the Lev.
Jehn l'hilip Gen neon the subject of his acceptance of the
office of Bishop of Chris Church. The revert nd gentle-
man took some day. to CJlllilier whether he would accept
the office, and when the time had expired comenuniceiens
of an important nature armed from the goer rnment of
New Zealand to the government at home with rentret to
the conditions upon which the prepesed new bishopric
should be cone:But, 4. There wire a great many
uncertainties arid difficulties comiected with the
church of Eng:and in the Weeks, particularly
in, i Australia and Australasia. He would only
mention the bill which had been introduced into perlian Nut
by the Right Han. Mr. Gladstone, to indicate the esi-tease
of those difficulties. It was very natureliy stipulated ray
the Rev. Mr. Gell thee until the conditions of hie e xiatence
as bishop should be e'euarly defined, there shoual be UN yeti-
lie anneuncement of his appointment to the yeas. In the
mewls of Detetither there arrived communications and ima-
ges lone from the government of New Zeeland ca the sub •
jecresf the constitution of the new diocese, wine of which
would, in the opinion of Dr. Gull, have made it imposeible
for him to accept the off, r. The committee were not in-
terneed of those communication, and enggeotions until a
later period, and it was rot before Clinstmaa time that
they were able to take into consideration the cenditier. of
the letters potent respecting the new sec to be eonstituted.
About the middle of Jenuary the committee embodied their
ideas in a communication to government, and shortly after-
wards the difficulty occurred, arising from the diseniutien
of the late government mud the accession of the new gore TII•
ntent. The arrangements were in consequence continue-. d
de woo, and another difficulty arose from the death of the
judge of the Court of Arches, and the appointment of the
Queen's Advocate to that once. The appointment of a
new Queen's advocate in his stead led to further deley, and
it was not until three weeks ago that they heard that ;he
letter patent had been settled in a manner tat ftiactory to
the committee and to Mr. Gell. It was then thought thet
there was no further oh:auction to their preeeeduluge ; but
he regretted to state that within the last two days—eubse-
quent to the publication of the advertisement conveniect
the meeting, another objection had been raised—it was of
a purely technical nature, but it had the effect of prevent-
ing for a short time longer the formal completion of the
necessary arrangements. Mr. Gell had, however, allowed
him to say, that he lad accepted the office of bishop, sub-
ject to the Times al of all obstacles. There were certain
difficulties with regard to the manner in which the diocese
should be divided ; but he (Lord Lyttelton) hoped to 1.0
able to introduce into parliainent a short bill to set the
question at rest. (Hear, hear.) He haul no observations ot
a general nature to (e'er respectiog the colony and the
bishopric—it was sufficient for him to say that the
appointment of a bishop had always been an im-
portant element in their scheme, and therefore they
were wet anxieus that the matter should be speedily de-
termined. (Hear, hear.) There was another subject
of considerable impertance to be brought forward on this
occasion, via., the propoued establislimu at of a new town-
ship in the settlement of Canterbury, to he headed by Sir
Thomas Tweeted, ant to be named after the Right lion.
Mr. Gladstone, but this subject ho would leave to Sir
Thomas Tethered himself. In regard to the bill madly
introduced by the colonial minister for the government of
New Zealand, be was glad to say that they were thankful
for all that that had been proposed, and they hepeul soon to
see the measure passed substantially with a rtaia alterations
and amendment.. Upon the whole they did not doubt
11 that the bill would give great satisfaction in the colony, as
it would invest the inhabitants with the power of /elf-
' government; and it was thought that much would
cite from their being entrusted with the same duties nd
responsibilities which now devolvedupon the aeministratiuu
at home. (Cheers.)
The Rev. Mr. CELL then addressed the meeting, and
stated that, having lived in the Australian eel mice for a
period of nine years be had always felt deeply inte-
rested in every question affecting their welfare, or that
of other colonies belonging to the British nation
The colony of New Zealand had occupied his time and
attention from the moment it was first brought under the
notice of the public. He felt that the experience he had
already had in colonial matters rendered him the better
able to sympathise in the present plan, mid to contend with
the difficulties wise., might occur. At this moment he
appeared before them only as a member of the committee,
and not, as he had hoped to do, as the future bishop elect
of the diocese ; but there were certain considerations which
I had prevented the anal settlement of the question. The
reverend gentleman then enlarged upon the natural advan-
tages possessed by the colony in respect to its pastoral chi-
ratter, and proceed,l to congratulate the founders of the
1 settlement upon the class of men they had chosen to assist
in emigratin; to New 7thalend. They could not expect to
found a colony with convicts, and they had rely pro
poly paid a high price for their " materiale- in the
shape of a land fund Mr emigrants. They hod accordingly
succeeded to a decree which other colonists might envy, cud
he MlO4 devoutly trusted that they would goon and prosper
is the good work they had so auspiciously begun.
Sir THOMAS TANCRED then laid before the meeting
his statement of a plan to the formation of tee new towts-
ship of Gladstone, which he observed would, ere long,
prove an important addition to the colony of New Zead•nil.
According to Sir Themes Tancred's description the area of
the Canterbury Settlement, being nearly two-th:rds the: of
Yorkshire, will, in due time, contain numerous towns. The
number and the size of these will, of courne, depend on the
population and wealth of the colony. It follows, that if we
can add to its capital and numbers, directing our contribu-
tion of both to a partit ular spot where natural clrcum-
dances invite settlement, and where the wants of a settled
district will call far a town, our own emigration
and settlement will give to the land acquired by
Lathe kind of competitionvalue, which has lxrn already
I beetowed on the lead of the first purchasers from the W.).
adieu by means of their emigration and settlement. We
shall form a secondary town, dividing its site among our-
selves, and taking our country land in the meet eligible situ-
ations near to that town, we shall hope to (OM a consider-
able township, the whole of which will, in various degas es,
possess those advantages of position., such as proximity t i .
market, which are no 'corer conferral upon waste Leaul
than it acquires a value dependent on competition.
The full particulars of the scheme were laid before the
meeting, together with a letter from Lord Lyttelton, stating
that the committee of management entirely approved ut
the plan, and that the rooms of the aseeciatiun would be
open for the use of thexo who were desirous of promeniug
the object.
Other matters affecting the interest and progress of the
colony were brouelit under the notice of the meeting, and
the business terminated with a vote of thanks to the noble
chairman.

THE EUXINE, which arrived yesterday et South-
ampton from Alexandria, is the extra steamer sent out
by the Oriental Company on the 3rd ult., with In-
dian passengers and cargo. and she has returned with
pas,engers, vireo, and ship mails (rum India nod
the MeditUranean. Her homeward cargo consisted of

677 halm of mak. 82 boles of ehtwl; 31 beg; of
coffee, together with a quantity of cinnamon, wool, tend
400 packages of general merchandiee. Her Majesty's
steamer Medusa and the Egyptian fleet were at Alexan-
dria. Her Majest's ships Britannia, Trafalgar, lieltero-
phon, and Arrogant were off Malts on the 24th on a enure.
The Albion, Venge.ince, Indetatigablc, Terrible, and .In-
telope, were lying in Gibraltar Day. The Euxine passed
the ltipon off Algiers. The Peninsular Company's screw
steamer Madras was to leave Malta on the 26th, and may
be expected home hourly. She made the run tiom
Smyrna to Malta in 50 hours. Tht re were 120 passengers
as breed the Euzine. Among them were an Indian prince,
the Rajah of Comp, his family and suite. His Highness
lodged lOC night at Hadley's lintel. The rajah's servants
art rigid Dimities, and amongst their baggage was a
large number of native cooking utensils and a quan-
tity of eastern food. As soon as they arrived at
the hotel they made proparat'ons for cooking their
meal. They wanted to cook by the side of a stream
of water, but this they could not he accommodated with.
They were very busy in the coutt-yard of the hotel, last
evening about six o'clock, in culinary operations. l'reviims
to lighting their fires they carefully washed their hands
and feet, and then commenced laying out their stores of
provisions, whieli consisted of a number of small bap: of
rice, by the side of which was a lemon. After lighting their
fires with wood and coal, they (Attached down and kept
them alive by blowing into them with their mouths, at the
game time stirring vigorously thr.r find, which was vim-
maring in brass pans.
TGE CONIT.REVCE AT TILL' FOREIGN OFFICT.—
The IA ',ars learns lint the obiect of the treaty, which was
to have been likened on the 4th or sth inst. by the rioli-
potentiarice of England, Austria, France, Prweda,
and Sweden, is not only to estaldish a new order of royal
succession in Denmark, but to assure the integrity of the
Danish monarchy. Great obstacles have, however, delayed
the signature of the treaty. The OCtlllll/1 pOWCTS, and
especially Prussia, have sought by all means to hinder its
conclusion, and nothing but the firm resolutions of the
Cabinetsof Paris and St. Petersburg, which are in rivrt
perfect accord, have carried the matter so near maturity.
Lord Malmesbury, innMgle,4csSllolkg; lee zealously sup-
ported the two govi.triMiiiits.

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