The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-23 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1853.

It seldom happens that political intelligence
from one of our colonies possesses an attraction
comparable in any respect to its wealth or mag-
nitude. A battle in Hindostau, a riot in the
Canadas, a foray at the Cape of Good Hope, a
pestilence in the West Indies, an execution at
Ceylon, may each of them be fragments of intel-
ligence invested for us in the United Kingdom
with a peculiar fascination. Nevertheless, en-
thralling though accounts of that kind doubtless
appear to those who chance to be interested in
the particular locality connected with the informa-
tion, that information cannot be regarded in any
way as corresponding in value or importance with
the capacity of the colony referred to, with its
riches or its dimensions. Once in a way it so
falls out that it is not by any means thus with
the political news received in this country through
the last despatches from Australia. According to
those despatches it would seem that an address
was on the 10th of last May laid before the Le-
gislative Council at Sydney by Sir CHARLES
FITZROY in his capacity as Governor-General--
an address so remarkable in all respects as to
command from the British journalist, even at this
remote distance, especial and most commendatory

observation.
His Excellency evinces throughout every pa
tion of, this able, and for many reasons memorable,
document, a wise cognisance of his large and
weighty responsibilities. He perceives, more-
over, that at the present moment he stands in his
official capacity within reach of many inestimable
opportunities for the advancement of .the colony
in material prosperity and in social advantages,
by the judicious application of its productiveness,
and by the wholesome training of its population.
Under the guidance of a Pro-Consul as experienced
and energetic as Sir CHARLES FITZROY, it is not
by any pawns likely that one of those same oppor-
tunities will be lost to the people of Australia.
In testimony of this, it is only requisite to exa-
mine succinctly the various clauses or paragraphs
of the Address already mentioned. It will be
perceived at once from that address (given by us
in our impression of yesterday) that his lilircellency
the Governor-General of the colony does not re-
strict his recommendations to the local legislature
to one or two subjects only, requiring its inter-
position with a view to immediate improvement.
He specifies almost every question of importance
which can be supposed, at this junctrre to affect
the interests of the multitude of colonists settled
or now settling in Australia. He commences, of
course, as might have been expected, by acknow-
ledging with gratitude to DIVINE PROVIDENCE
" the general prosperity enjoyed by all classes of
the community," in doing which his Excellency
takes occasion to remark with arresting impres-
siveness that never before, since the colony was
first
called into existence, has the material condi-
tion of its b*
inh a rtants been in a condition more
progressive or more satisfactory. Having
thus notified the extraordinary consequences
of the great gold-digging enterprise, Sir CHARLES
FITZROY comnionds particularly to the attention
of the Legislative
Council the necessity of Making
larger provision for the
comforts, the safety, and
the
the.general happiness of
colonists by a series
of prompt and comprehensive
cc in conse(piciieo improvements. He
and
from
o f of
of u
tr thea largecr e and,
d ob -
intimates that,
num-
ber of persons passing to
of -Victoria, and the instances the gold fields
line of the
situated
bery which have occurred both on. the'
leas
great southern road and in the em_ ietlr
on the boundaries of that colony," h
deemed it advisable rather considerably t already
o in-
crease the amount of the district police establish_
went : but he ventures further than this by an_
pouncing it as his conviction that recent occur-
rences have rendered advisable a still larger
and probably permanent augmentation. So much
far the advanced security of life and property in
Australia. Now for the greater convenience of
its geographical arrangements—the media for the
readier deVelopment of its resources—the source
of comfort, and riches; and happiness to its vast
population. As affecting these important objects
in a remarkable manner, the building of new
roads and the repairing of old, are more especi-
lly among the prominent enterprises submitted
by. Sir CHARLES FITZROY to the consideration
of the Australian Legislature. He insists upon
the imperative necessity of properly repairing the
" principal leading thoroughfares," appointing
competent road engineers, and preparing the way
by
the skilful management of the ordinary roads
for the ultimate establishment of railway commu-
nication. While attending thus sedulously to the
physical or material condition of the colony, with
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nn tot its improvement, his Excellency is far
, indifferent to the magnitude of the
iii*N., :'. - _._,, need latterly manifest for bolder and larger mea-
A,w-- :
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7, ;::; ~ sure; tlian ever for securino• to the community the
r..", :,:.7 : -131ec4si-ris;l:of intellectual and. moral advancement.
(
Council of
C(..„-.'.1, i . ,
'lO ,-• • : 11e remilids the Legislative
.',4-it . , fames lately made by the Colony to the remit-
- • England
Al ttauces to the amount of 105
..111 'VP ,0001. for lur-
refes of immigration —he recalls to their
recollection the fact, that the public re-
venues of Australia exceeded in amount during
this lat year what had been received during
1851 by no lo3s than 100,0001. !—he observes,
likewise, that " this increase arose exclusively in
_ _ _ _ the gv_ttruLreveuue," the to revc.nuo hav-