The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-23 00:00:00

SUMMARY FOR EUROPE.

We begin with the old complaint, of the want of steam
eotnmunication, and of our suspicion that the government
and people of the mother country are tired of their cin-
ziecticn with us, and wish to shake us off quietly, as an
encumbrance on their rich and mighty empire. It is true
that we are only colonists ; and that word is understood,—
'among the yahoo and flunkey schools of politicians, who
appear to give tone to the rest,—to mean felons, outcasts,
and adventurers of every kind—persons whose very act of
omogration declares their own consciousness of unfitness to
lemma in such a virtuous and enlightened country as that
their unworthiness to share, any longer, in

'Ol England, anti
eta privileits or communion.
We have within the last three or four years, remitted
'gold and wool to the amount of nearly, if not quite, forty
zillions sterling, and we have accepted payment for the
Whole in goods, chiefly their manufactured produce. What
is the last display they have made of their interest in our
It is now actually one hundred and eight days
Bittce We received a scrap of intelligence from England ;
aad even the last of the clipper mail ships that was to salt
lutist have been already mere than ninety days on her
pssage. All this takes place long alter the government
bas acknowledged the receipt of the votes of our Legisla-
ture, pledging us to the payment of £50,000 per
annum, as our quota towards the expenses of
steam navigation, the re-establishment of which, for
the express purpose of saving time, was left
'entirely to the home government, How do they treat us ?
or, rather, how do they abuse our confidence ? The lords
of the treasury send us a long and prolix dissertation, in
Which they undertake to enlighten sour ignorance, as to
What ought to be done; and then they postpone the exe-
cution of it, until they can receive despatches in return,
announcing the adhesion and co-operation of six independent
legiqatures who, to begin with —besides being all as jealous
as, Six neighbouring states can be—have no legitimate means°L communication. as legislatures, and not eI en the rudi-
tne,n's of that federation of which this question, among
2tuers demonstrates the necessity. We have now gone
yond what we have stated, and have voted £75,000 per
tivanurn, instead of the former sum, in order that, by pr0*1,4.41g
*1,4.41g the whole sum required from all the colonies—
:!'ttlig our chance of recovering contribution from the rest—
iv.,e might leave their lordshys without excuse, for any
w"hrther evasion or procrastination. We shall soon learn
eat will be the result, and upon the alternative will
ePend rnuch of that tlingering, fond attachment which
t• of us still feel towards the old country and its institu-
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Welfare ?

'Legislative Council has been prorogued to the
'of May, with little probability of being called
'Nether again, for the despatch of business, prior to its dis-
solution, which is very properly deferred until the assem-
ii9g of the new houses is secured by the return of the writ,
-tt is due to the Executive to say that they seem, at length,
10 be taking energetic measures to promote the formation
1:4 the electoral lists, and to accellerate the estab ishment of
e new constitution. The following is the speech delivered
1.7 his Excellency the Acting Governor, General Macarthur,
'3ll occasion of the prorogation of the Council ?
kr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Legislative Council—
it gives me much pleasure to be able to relieve you from
'out legislative duties.