The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-05 00:00:00

COLONISATION OF PORT NATAL.

Last night a very numerously attandid meeting
vas Geld at Radley's H Ael, for the purpose of restemeeend-
,se Port Natal as a desirable place for @minden. conducted
Lbristiaa_priociplee. The Rev. Dr. Beat:YOWL occupied
to. chair. Tee meeting baviag been opened with a prayer
• ! t. e Rev. Mr. Dace, and its *Nees having been briefly
r • tor.h by Mr. 'tabling,
Ire Rev. Mr. RICHARDS, who resided for nearly three
• rs i• Port N atal, rose t., move the first resolution to the
.41 vim,' ill. et "num this meeting regards Port Natal as a
wit interesting and favourable ti-Id for the advert-
'horn. mulcts at of Christie& families." He said that
►• Lad ao pecuniary Interest whatever in Port
N..al ; and, therefore, he bad no hesitation in rams-
•..mg that place m a most desirable field of Isiah
rrerm, became its slimes w.s healthy, its ail fertile, and
risk. moderate industry a masa could support himself there
a csratortabiy. Life sad property were segue enough,
tra native population, it treated rationally and with
edit , were not disposed to commit violent*. In answer
t. ',rat questions, the rev. gentleman stated that the
twos were not navigable, that vessels drawing more than
I; test would seldom venture' over tie leer. He did not
'Malt that there was my mtream danger from the natives,
of cause when the native population was barbarous
•he more adverted colonists would be owned to
the greatest danger. He was not able to state
the mama a the Reglad' population, bat he
tot no doubt that, ischarbag the military, it amounted to
...NO Oa *comet Oft grew very well, but it wan not so
twousable tee the growth el wheat. In the laterior, how.
ever, wheat pew very well.
Ihe hew IL DIXON mended the remilatlea.
Mr. BYRN', la wpportla the moieties, aid that he
trevered everygame. ai the British misams, end he
t...!1 truly state that Pert Natal peeemsed admatages espy
r. rte may one of deem se • field for eudgralies. The•
per
•40 massy codems, sem only 10L, art ter that the
critat na TO ease of land cm his arriving Is the
V. Thee is itself was no alight improvement en the
6.11 prinsiple ..f coloalsatios. Poet Natal bad a fine
..a 5, sad sae particularly fitted for the growth of cones.
Grew feavatlie of their supply of worm from the
''es.'asra Coiled Staten Bat there wee great aammainty
the supple from that quarter, from the liability of the
to be destroyed by en early beet, from the posai-
a a CiVii war between the slave population
a• uieu mater, or from the breaktng eat of a war between
octly and America. It weal be impoinible to slog-
'''. a •re elm/ pumas oft halm of the supply of raw eon
• IL,, MAD,. Nose these diradv=rB dernsi
•4.. la Mamma the pleat lad to be re vast r•
Swat the pleat hated ter sews Fie 1111111110 la•
"vvi then, w the bulbs/kw of Kr. the sham= oft
he Us. heeler Chamber at Comm that the native est.
Natal borscht eisd &price tithe best New
p suad ; the cotton grows keel 1=
14.4 heat mid In the markets at lid. par
leverameat wanted is take the peeper
to deetroy dewy they would roe maltase to sapped
'l.vilaluelsediag squadron ea the CASK of Aeries, bat
arm% the mitivatam of cotton In Natal. He knew ems
e", where a parses es 64L 149. 10d. in the ealtlva-
w a cotton farm of acres, the produce of which had
77.4 ha. These wore practical facts, and ite mad-
them of far more laportaara than any theory. (Hoar.)
!hi rotslatlea wee pat and carried unanimously.
'he km J. IIIIADINO proposed the following row
" That this seem*: heartily of the eadearmal-
r•L-rial character of the Christian imlgallea 8411 i. sad
aly inctoraiseSdi It to Cbriethas every
• •!smarm' who are intend g toemigrate to Port Natal."
lit t.it that no mamba of the slimy bad the lead pm-