The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-11 00:00:00

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those for Madeira, Bt. Jaamde-Nieumna, New Granada,
Chill, sad Pera,will be made up en Feb. 17.
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up sa Feb. 17.
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Egypt, Only., India, sad Chios. via Sirathuaptoa, wiP
be made up we the seamier of Feb. 20.
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States will be made up en the goosing el Feb. 22.
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evening of Feb. 26.
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be wide up on lb. evening of March 4.

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LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY

A maxim!) prominence has been given to colonial
policy among the topic. of the session by Lord Jortx
RUSSELL'S speech on Friday n;ght, and the remarks
of the speakers who followed him.
The Prime Minister, in hie very comprehensive
and judiciously toned speech, adverted to three car-
dinal considerations in oar colonial policy—the go-
vernment of the colonies, the question of emigration
or colonisation, and the subordinate and only in part
colonial question of convict transportation. Upon the
latter two his remarks were c imperatively vague and
cursory ; and in a speech which, however general in
its nature, was still prefatory to the introduction of
a bill for the government of a group of colonies, this
was natural enough. Following Lord Jonw's lead
we shall restrict ourselves at present to the question
of colonial government; not that we think it either
more important, or, in the present state of affairs,
more urgent than either of the others, but because it
is the question upon which kgislativs action is most
directly and immediately invited.
In the general views of colonial government enun-
ciated by Lord Jon" RUSSELL we entirely concur.
" It appears to me," said his lordship, "that in saying
that wherever Englishmen went, there they should
enjoy English freedom and English institution', our
ancestors acted at once justly and wisely.
The general principles of colonial policy avowed
by ministers are unexceptionable. The question of
the separation of colonies from the parent state is not
now before as ; we are called upon to decide how
colonies whick still esatintie int* gral parts of the
empire are to be governed. The tree way of govern-
ing them is to let them " enjoy English freedom and
English isstibationef—let them have self-government
in everything exempt these 'rotten which are always
reserved for this maaermest of a supreme central
government—Whisli emu is the republic of North
America are reserved by the congressional govern-
ment. The ministerial principles are sound ; but the
question still remains open—are the esessures which
ministers ere about to take sufficient to carry those
principles into diet P
The debate on Friday night turned in a great
measure upon the question whether there ought
to be one or two emails in the constitutions
to be gives to the colonies. This is a awn
formal geodes ; the really, important cousider-
&don is, whether the mastitations gnu to the
agonies will sum them the reality or merely the
appearance of self-gourament. Whatever the form
of the constitution for a colony be, if it enables a
scream, or any umber of officials appointed by
the home government to rule the colony by mesas of
a admit, in opposition to local public opinion, it
will inevitably lead to corruption and intrigue on the
one head, and to discontent and chronic agitation on
the other. The question really at issue is not whether