The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-23 00:00:00

TRANSPORTATIOR TO WISTERN AUSTRALIA.

A deputation of representatives from New South
Wales, Quotesland, South Australia, Victoria, Tuoiahl
sod N.. Zealand, yesterday waited OD the Right Roe. E.
Cardwell( at the Odosial-oms, Downing4trest, on the
Dab*, d traespartation to Western Australia, and to pre.
sent to him a manorial:

fir D. Coosa introduced the deputation, and said they
=or their duty to sell his attention to what they
a singular misepeesot•tion of their views on
the subject of transporassoo. It was a great mistake to
suppose that there was any waist of unanimity in the
colonies with respect to the impobey of the contiouatios of
transportation to Western Australis. If the misconceptioa
were allowed to remain at might lead to an alienation of
feeling as between the mother country and the colonise,
and as loyal subjects they felt that as much as any other
part of the classiest . They therefore hoped they might :,ei
able to indoor* her Majesty to fix some period
when traseportation would entirely cease.
Mr. M'Arthnr, of New South Wales Sir Charles Clifford,
of New Zealand, Mr. Malty, of Tasmania, Mr. Westgarth,
of Victoria, Mr. Waterhouse, of South Australia, Mkt Dr.
Pullartco, of Quesselesd, having severally supported the
steamboats made in the memorial,
Mr. CaaDwlnz mid their objections west very natural
and very honourable to them, but they all spoke as if those
objections were unreoeguised by the imperial government,
and as if It was the intention of that government to send
1 movie:its to the colooiss which were unwilling to scene
them. It might be expected that the first sentiment of A
deputation of Australian mloniete would have bees an ex•
premiss of their asset of the regard evinced by the imperiAl
goverament fee their feelings. Whet were the circumsta n,,A
of the owe? A royal enomissioa had recommended
a great Increase in the number of convicts sent
yearly to Waders Australia, which on ita part
was not unwilling to receive those convicts, and
he thought a deputation of gentlemen resident io the other
colonies oogbt sot to ignore the feelings of the colony
most amassed. Notwithstanding the strong recommeo.
dation GM* Royal Commission, the only important change
the imperial government had made in the system wise the
abolition of conditional pardons. which was another proof
of its coosielsratiou for the feelings and opinions of the
colonies. All the argument., therefore, which they had
addressed to him to show that government should not coo.
tines the system. were argumeeta the justice of which he
could not recognise. The imperial government had shown
a marked desire to consider the feelings of the other
colonies in departing with great reluctance from the recoil,.
menclatexas of the Royal Conunission,sad any change which
had bees made by them was in the di/totems of that desire.
He did not say that their ropresentatious were not entitled
to respectful sad careful consideration. but be
thought that alter all that had passed the imperial
government bad a right to demand • recognition
of the desire it bad shown to defer to the
feelings of the other colonies in its relation,
with Western Australia. He was not, therefore, prepared
to give them any such pledge as that for which they asked.
The imperial (overmodest would sleep be inflosoced by a
feeling of what was wise sod right, and would always show
the sense consideration for the feelings of the *Souks as
had been evinced ia the despatch of the Duke of Newcastle,
referred to in the memorial.
After • few words from the Rev. Mr. POOLI, with
respect to the evil state of thiop in Western Australia,
Mr. Tisane remarked that the evil wee an accumula•
tive one, and as it, increased so would the agitation
against it.
Mr. C arenvrann said be had to observe,with regard to the
renewal of the agitation, that it was not vei7 encouraging to
the imperial government, after what it bad done, to be so
threatened. ._ _ _ _ . . .

Mr. Las= POST= said be depresaka say math threat am
entirely out of place, and drew ati.ntiou to the isolated
character of Western Australia, and ire natural povert ' to
show that it was impossible the population of it should act
overflow into the other colonise. _ . .

Yr. CaiDMll.Lhaving repeated hie reply, the deputation
withdrar.