The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-25 00:00:00

R.IN A 1;-')'-').1;,ALIA.

Yesterday evening an entertainment was given at the
Albion Tavern Aldersgate-street, to John Hutt, Esq., the
newly appointed Governor of the colony of Western
Australia, previously to his departure, by a large party of
the friends of the colony.
At seven o'clock the Chair was taken by Lord WORSLEY,
supported on his right by the guest of the evening. Among
the gentlemen present we observed J. Stephen, Esq., of the
Colonial Office, Sharp, E.eze, and J. Irvine, Esq., the
Earl of Lovelace, Wm. Butt, Esq.. M.P. ; Sir Thomas
Barrett Lennard, Bart., and Sir J. Ornmaney, Gordon
Gardner, Esq., Rowland Hill, Esq., Richard Norman, Esq.,
Borradeile, Esq., J. Barrett Lennard, Esq., C. Mangles,
Eslie General Sandwith, John Wright, Esq., W. M.
'Tames, Esq., D. Wakefield, Esq, J. F. Maubert, Esq.,
Montefiore, Esq , Dr. Babington, T. Bland, Esq.,
L• Samson, Esq., Major Bizant, Rzy. Dr. Way, &c. &c.
The cloth having been removed, and " Non nobis Do-
hie" having been sung by the glee singers, Messrs. Haw-
LeY, Willing, and Ransford, and Master Ransford,
The CHAIRMAN said that the first toast which he had
to propose was that of her Majesty the Queen.—(Loud
ehsera.) He thought that it would be most respectful to
her Majesty, knowing how high she stood in the affections
'ef her people—(Cheers)--not to preface this toast with
one remarks ; he would, therefore, content himself. with
proposing, with three times three—the only toast which he
proposed should be so honoured—" The health of her Ma-
jesty the Queen."—(Cheers, with three times three.)
Air---" .sod save the Queen."
Ti,e CHAIRMAN said that the next toast was the Queen
Dowager, and he was sure that he was only expressing a
"aliment which was shared by them all, and generally
.by
the conntry, when he hoped that herajesty would enjoy
better health than she had lately done; he would, there-
give " The Queen Dowager, and better health to
er."--.(Cheers.)
Glee—" See the chariot at hand."
The CHAIRMAN next. gave " The Duke of Sussex and
the rest of thu Royal Family."—(Cheers.) He thought
that it was not too much to say in a meeting of that de-
, kription which was convened for a purpose likely to bene-
fit their fellow-creatures that there was no persona who ,
uu're esteemed, there was no one who had degrea;aer
.'lerifices, there was no one more forward in exercising
charity than the Noble Duke.—(Cheers.) It was, there-
fore, • ,
with great pleasure that he proposed his Royal 1-11,,0.h -
11ess's health coupled with that of the rest of the Royal
eamily.—(Loud cheers.) His Royal Highness had been
on all Occasions the most promieent in forwarding by his
miente, every institution which was calculated to benefit
Rapport
society, and promote the happiness and prosperity of the
country.—( Cheers.)
Sang. Mr. Willing—" The wandering boy."
The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Army and Navy."
General SANDwITH, as an officer in the East India
Company's service, and as no officer of the army was
present, begged to thank the company for the honour done
to that branch of the public service. The efficient services
of the army had been on all occasions acknowledged with
pride, and he was sure it would. maintain the high repu-
tation for bravery and discipline it at present so deservedly
enjoyed.—(Cheers.)
Captain COGAN briefly acknowledged the compliment
Paid to the Navy.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of an honour-
able and amiable Nobleman, one who was liked by all his
acquaintance, and who was more immediately connected
with the meeting that day ; he alluded to Lord Glenelg.
(Loud cheers.) His Lordship had taken a deep inte-
rest in the prosperity of the colony of Western Australia;
and if there were no other claims on the part of his Lord:
811iP to the good feelings of the company, he was satisfied
than that circumstance alone Would ensure for his Lords
ship'. name a cordial and hearty greeting.—(Cheers.)
Mr. STEPHEN, on the part of his Noble Friend and
luPerior (Lord Glen4g), begged to express the Noble
'Lord's gratitude and his own for the toast which had been
Proposed. He regretted that his Lo,rdship's presence in
the House of Lords prevented his attendance there that
"'ening, especially as the Noble Lord would have ex-
Prr'ssed, much better than he could do, the thanks for the
kindness
which they had shown. He was sure, however,
that no one could be withoutnearhisLionrt:Ll,rsehstofal(Cheers
i.— .) feeling the
_
lieitude which he had for the
11e would be disposed, having said thus much, to sit down,
not being the senior in the department to which he he-
lm, A
to
; but he was unwilling, seeing so many gentlemen
a the room, to do so without saying a few words on the
?ehiect which had brought them together that day. The
English custom of discussing impottant questionsin a social
Meeting was attended with one disadvantage ; it had a con-
siderable tendency to make those who spoke appear as ego-
tists, for, meeting at the festive board, they could not resist
feeling that they were talking in the midst of friends. He
'ould say, however, in spite of this difficulty that he had
o for 'nearly a quarter of a century had the honour of
being in the service of the public in the Colonial-office,
and he was neither unwilling nor ashamed to acknowledge
that in the long course of years he had seen reason to re-
tract many of the opinions which at the commencement of
that period he had entertained, and among the opinions
Filial he had felt bound to retract were those on the sub-
eect of the colonisation and improvement of the vacant and
Uncultivated territories of the British empire.—(Cheers.)
The opinion which he had at first loosely taken up had
ce,e° e
adopted by mny Honourable Members and espe-
e7 by the eminent person under whose immediate aus-
Lees the Colony of Western Australia was formed. Any
.17,,sart who had the honour of acting as he bad done
With Sir George Murray, either in his military or civil
carer George
feel jealous of that Honourable Baronet's
:arteur, On the great quesins weh divided the
in the State he (Mr. Step phen) had endeavoured,
seee•
:',r. as possible, to take no part; and it was not,
r,.,:[, More, as a politician., but as the head of a particular
re'" of the public service of the country, that he wished
eae'Peek of Sir George Murray—(Cheers)—and he would
eoYou ethat the singleness of purpose, the zeal for his country's
elenr the uprightness and integrity of his conduct, and the
sintopeoetration, understanding, adorned as it was by a
Bars ar'grace and vigour of manner which that Hon.
evronOncpet
displayed, made him regret that he had arrived at a
(ekeeconclusion upon any great public question, and he
ese Stephen) was sure that if Sir George Murray were
peeen.,t
would. acknowledge that he was in error in op-
Wes; the fundamental principle on which the colony of
:::eru Australia was established.--(Cheers.) Hating a
11'et.territot; not acquired by purchase, but by gratuitous
ee , or land, this colony had been for a long course of
fete placed in embarrassments and difficulties which
Loenewouldi have been able to , contend with, and which
;via, ril,'4u more bravely and successfully contended
But
it n
whilst had these colonists.—(llear, and loud cheers.)
let „he corrected the error of Sir George Murray,
svesteensVe,esupposed that the grants of land upon the.
deration °„` made by him, were given without a const-
enote ;
,and wore given at a time now comparatively re-
the ere. nu he
re might, therefore, venture to say, even in
oLntsent
eamPany, that the public were placed at that
Preto, 4.l"ne dewier ; there was serious reason to ap-
e eoreair.o that if the country were not immediately.. colonized,
'serer, en nation would take possession of it, and great
stet
's Were therefore made to cause people to resort to
Ito:stern Australia, for the purpose of anticipating and
the'ttiog that calamity ; grid if, in the urgency of the case,
:0, Pee was some want of a sound policy in the mode of pro-
;teging, he thought that all would he candid enough to
that there was some extenuation for the error into
e
,• e 4 Sir George Murray fell.—(Cheers.) The diffieul-
we-; however, which the colonists had had to contend with,
the: such as but few would have surmounted ; and crowded
• Ou this country now was with foreigners, and anxious
that to admit their good qualities, he might yet say
wined ethmight that no raceof men except the Anglo-Saxon
have -„„ ve been able to surmount these difficulties—would
given reset'ered under such disadvantages—would have
orer,, "len Submission to the law—would have shown such
in and co-0 eration t a distance from England, and
a re P a
this ra mote part of the world, as a small portion of
ere" bed carried to Western Australian, and over-
beli,,eo(hstructions which, to almost any other race, he
Ali Eon Would have been insurmountable.—(Loud cheers.)
teleeveglishnian went about the duty with a consdousness
which was able to perform it, and in a mood of mind with
Teen eraey might fancy the early' Patriarchs of the Jewish
- e
lent the land of Canaan, not as an isolated people,
Doste72.ty ticipeting the advantages they would afford to
see "elet and which raised their minds to the dignity of
(Cheers.atiny to which Providence had called them.—
neeeei,nd This was the principle which actuated our own
I/"tss to the Engl4sh leaving their homes went to remote
and delillsly the foundations of mighty empires with dignity
^x,, deliberation, and of which he declared, without
ecgzers eon be deemed that nation alone capable.—
Although the people of this country went to
tyt,._distan 'limes, they looked before them ; they were ani-
Ice." with the prospect of founding an enduring happiness
at,
eiturepnrlterity. Few, however, ip the colonies had time to
. ss to public interests, which ie England formed the
than almost ea ery man, and tie consequence was
there was not that public spirit which existed at
hoaae; thetiro_ colonists were too much occupied with the
Pt- procuring the first necessaries of life, and in
reie9rrnang- their domestic concerns, and thee, i;.‘erefore,
wit:wes on tire Governor more cares than in'this
wintry tlweast upon the Government, and imposed upon
tin t,ultter which no Sovereign and no Administration
ereerric and ever laid with respect to the affairs of this
and which he trusted the people of this country
41°
41, I never be disposed to leave to the exclusive
To the , al env Mittistry.—(Cries of " Hear, hoar.")
reewers Governor of Western Australia was confided a
Ueli
as " Sovereign enjoyed in that
country. It

was said that what was everybody's business was nobody's
business ; but in the Colonies what was nobody's business
, and yet everybody's was especially the Governor's ; he was
obliged to think for every. one in public concerns ; there
was with him a most severe exercise of the understanding,
• and a continual call upon his kindness of heart.' There-
fore it was that he (Mr. Stephen) more deeply and from
the bottom of his heart rejoiced' that the ardour and re-
sponsible duties of this situation in Western Australia were
about to devolve upon one who was anxious for the pros-
perity of the colony, and he was delighted to see the power
conferred upon such a person.—(Cheers.) F was sure
that he only spoke the sentiments of the Noble Lord in the
the chair, and of all who heard him, when he said that he
was certain that they and the country at large would re-
joice at the choice which her Majesty had pleased to make ;
and he would only add, looking at the many cares the gen-
tleman they had met that day to honour would have to un-
dergo, he hoped to see him return to the land of his birth
with health in nowise lessened, with spirits unbroken, and
with his fame justly established as a benefactor to that part
of Australia in which this colony was situated.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the new
Governor, who would no doubt feel that whilst discharging
a great public duty, he was doing also a great public good
—(Cheers)—and who would consider only how he might
enable those now in the colony, and those who might come
after, to live happily, comfortably, and prosperously, and
that when he came home he might point with satisfaction
to a flourishing colony, now but little known, but to which
public attention was becoming awakened. He was sure
that success would attend those who joined him in the co-
lony, that the new Governor would feel; that while dis-
charging arduous public duties he was doing a great public
good ; but whilst he expressed this confidence he would
caution all against supposing that they colud go to Western
Australia and readily make money without labour, or that
those who could not live well in England could prosper in
idleness there.—(Cheers.) He was sure that Mr. Hutt
would make a cautious, a humane, and an excellent Go-
vernor, and therefore he proposed his health.—(Cheers.)
At the present moment public attention appeared to him
to be a good deal directed towards the Western Australian
colony, and when he looked around him and saw the meal
schemes that were on foot in the shape of foreign loans
railways, and other speculations for the purpose of absorb.
ing and employing the redundant capital of that country.
he could not help feeling that much of it might be ad-
vantageously and profitably laid out in the colonization and
improvement of the vast tracts of land belonging to thi.
country in Western Aussralia.—(Great cheering.) He
was unwilling to hold out delusive hopes to any party, but
he conscientiously believed that the chances of success
were very great in favour of all those who with capital and
industrious habits emigrated to Western Australia.
The GOVERNOR, in returning thanks, said that his feel

ings nearly overcame him, and he believed that he would
best show them by merely thanking the Noble Lord for
the kind manner in which he bad proposed, and the gen-

tlemen around him for the kind manner in which they had
received, the present toast.—(Cheers.) He thought that
most likely he would show his own prudence best, and

trespass on their patience least, if he said thus much, and
no more ; hut it was usual that those who held the situa-
tion he had the honour to occupy should declare their sen-
timents. His own were short and simple. He believed
that a Governor in all his proceedings should be amenable

to public opinion, that fie should watch carefully and
zealously over the interests, but that he should interfere as

little as possible with the actions, of his fellow-subjects.—
(Cheers.) In saying, this,. however, and in endeavouring
to act upon this declaration, he would only be follow-
ing the example of his predecessor, carried into
effect under the most trying circumstances—an ex-
ample which it would not be easy to imitate.
which it would he difficult to equal, and which it
would be impossible to excel.—(Cheers.) They had heard
the Hon. Gentleman on his right most ably expatiate on
the difficulties which the colonies had undcrg•.ne, on the
temper with which they had been met, and the success
which had attended the labours of the colonists ; and allow
him to add, that, jud.ting from the settlers whom he had
' had the pleasure of meeting, he believed that when he ar-
rived at the colony, he would find persons both willing and
able to assist him in the fearful and arduous task which, as
Mr. Stephen had stated, was placed on his shoulders.—
(Cheers.) He was happy to see also, by the gentlemen who
then surrounded them, that others interested in different
colonies were evidently anxious for the success of Western
Australia ; thus evincing that they would, he could not say
sink, but obliterate all paltry differences, well knowing
that the prosperity of one colony 'advanced the prospe-.
rity of all—(Cheers)—and that they were only rivals in
their endeavours to benefit to the utmost of their power
the distant possessions of the Crown—(Cheers)—which
Were destined one day to become its brightest ornaments.
Did the first settlers-in Virginia, did the founder of Penn-
sylvania, did the first emigrants to the New World, ever
contemplate that prosperous race of millions, who should
form an assistant, though independent State, to the mother
country ? and who, looking into futurity, could not esti-
mate for a colony, based as this was, a still more fortunate
success? It was still within the memory :of man—many
yet recollected the day when the first ship parted from
England freighted for Sydney, or, as it was than called,
New Holland—they all recollected that it was then and for
manyyears considered the refuge for the outcasting of society
—that it was thought to be so totally separated from the rest
of the globe, that it was fit to send. there the essential
villainy of our gaols—that felons, expelled from their nativo
soil, should there pass to the grave " unheeded and un-
known ;" but now what was the aspect it presented ?
From the 26th to the 34th degree of Southern latitude, it
teemed with an industrious population, and had such traffic

as to baffle all previous calculation.—(Cheers.) Only
that morning a paper had been put into his bands by a
gentleman then present of much interest, but he would
only read one portion. In the year 1820 the quantity of
wool exported was only 99,0001b5., but in 1827 it amounted
to 7,ooo,ooolbs.—(Cheers.) And if such had been the
results under the system which bad been adopted in Syd-
ney, might they not anticipate similar results on the western
shores of the same island with a better plan 2—(Cheers.)
With a climate, which indeed it possessed only in common

with the general portion of that country, but which was
scarcely equalled for salubrity and mildness, where disease
was scarcely known, with a soil generally fertile, and
always well watered, with a coast possessing innumerable
harbours for shelter, with a sea abounding in produce, and,
indeed, possessing advantages which the other parts had

not, within a few days' sailof Eastern Africa, of 'tire Cape

of Good Hope, of Madagascar, and other eastern islands,
with approaches under every wind, he never looked at
the map but it struck him that it. must some day be the
seat of a flourishing people, and that there was a

wide field indeed for capital and enterprise.—(Cheers.)
The spirit of emigration had gone forth, the stream was di-

rected towards Australia—he wished he could say towards
Western Australia.—(Cheers.) He hoped, however, soon
to see the stream there. It was for them to take advan-
tage of it, and so to direct the stream with wisdom and

judgment, that it would be impossible to calculate the re-
sources of that country. In the midst, however, of their
undertaking, they would remember that they had other
objects to attain and to look to besides their own interests.
They in a distant land would look up to England as the
land-mark by which, in the tide of time, they should steer
their course ; they would consider that others had the
deepest claim to protection, and that they ought to assist in
their well-being. They would consider that they were
responsible both here and hereafter for the prosperity of
the aborigines.—(Cheers.) It was a difficult problem to be
solved, whether civilized man could exist in the colonies
without the extirpation of his savage brother ; but
he was sanguine as to the results.—(Cheering.)
He, however, was sure that they might lavish trouble and
money, but that nithout the light of Christianity to il-
luminate their path, all would be found dark and dreary.
—(Cheers.) With this declaration of his sentiments he
would go forth to redeem the savage with humanity, and
to conduct to a prosperous issue his undertaking ; and
then, if ever the day should arrive when the mighty em-
pire of England should come to an end—if ever this mighty
metropolis should become the Pompeii of the modern world,
he trusted that fame might yet gather up the history of
the rise of Western Australia as the br4;htest jewel in the
annals of British enterprize and industry, and that future
ages might point to our colonies as a proof of our virtues
and our power.—(Cheers.) He would add no more, but
would simply thank them for the honour the had conferred

upon him.--(Loud cheers.)
Mr. S. B. LENNARD proposed the health of the late Go-
vernor of the colony, Sir James Stirling. That Hon.
Gentleman had earned for himself the respect and grati-

ude of the colonists for the devotion he had manifested

to their interests while presiding there.—(Hear, hear.)
Much, however, as they regretted the loss of their late
Governor and friend, still he would congratulate them on

the appointment which just been Made-, for he was satis-
fied from Mr. Hutt's general knowledge of colonial affairs,
and personal acquaintance with the wants and habits of the
Australian colonies, he was one of the fittest persons that

could be selected to succeed Sir James Stirling.

Mr. MANGLES briefly returned thanks on behalf of Sir
James Stirling, alluding to the prosperity of the colony, to
the success of his relatives, civil policy, and assuring them
that nothing but his duty to his family led him to leave the
colony.

Glee—" Awake, /Bolian lyre." •
Sir THOS. LENNARD said, that five years ago he had
proposed, and that now he had much pleasure in again
c.y.l!ing upon them to drink " Success to Western Australia,
and to the efforts of the gentlemen interested in it."
Mr. IRVINE returned thanks. Allusion had been made
by Mr. Stephen to the difficulties which the colony had bad
to contend with, hut he was 'happy to say that most of these

had been surmounted, and many evidences of increasing
orosperity were rapidly presenting themselves. He said
that already was the whole fishery in the colony of so much
importance, that it had attracted the attention of the Ame-
ricans. A Bank hail also been established, and in connec.
tion with it a Savings' Bank—(Cheers)—and he believe(
that the colony was capable of being made most flourishing
if they could only direct to it the stream of emigration
He was sure that it was the best place for investing capital
and if gentlemen around him would send out under their
own eye the surplus population existing on their estate:
at home, they would be able to benefit all parties. H(
elneluded by giving as a toast, ‘.‘. Success to the Colonia
Society."
Mr. SHARP returned thanks on behalf of the Member:
of the Society, eulogising the conduct of the new Go-
vernor, whose integrity of conduct, active. business habits.
and fortitude, had been amply displayed in his discharge of
the office of treasurer to the .Colonial ,Society, and he was
sure that he would' receive the reward of the tribunal to
which he had appealed—public opinion; and that he would
in nowise disappoint the hopes of his friends, however san-
guine those hopes might be.—(Cheers.) Although the
progress of the Society had not been so great as its friends
might have wished, still much good had been effected by
it, and there was much of encouragement as to its future
operations. He regretted that it was about to lose the
valuable services of Mr. Hutt. They hoped, however,
they might still retain him as a corresponding Member of
the Society ; and, in return, they wished him and the
colony over which he was sent to preside, health and
prosperity.
Mr. WILLIAM lIeTT said—Gentlemen, I now call upon
you to fill a flowing bumper to the health of our Noble
Chairman. lam anxious that all possible honour should
done to the toast, not merely because the Noble Lord,
it much personal inconvenience to himself, consented to
nreside on the present occasion, but because having known
aim some years, I am aware that he possesses a far higher title
to the affection and respect of his countrymen.—(Cheers.)
The Noble Lord was always the first to promote and foster,
and the last to abandon,'any project for the public enqd,
or which was calculated to improve the condition of his
fellow-creatures.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord had, at an
early period of his life, throwing aside those frivolities
which had so many attractions for men in his high
station, devoted himself to the welfare of his country, and
Thad pursued a course which would eventually, from the
judgment, talent, and discretion which be evinced, rank him
high among the distinguished benefactors of his country.
—(Loud cheers.)
The toast was drank with three times three and all the
honours.
Lord WORSLEY returned thanks. Although he had
been at first tempted to call his friend, Mr. Hutt, to order
for having violated the rule laid down of avoiding all cheer-
ing, still as he felt that it was intended as a compliment
to himself, he could only say that he felt very grateful
for it, although he was aware that nothing he had done
could merit the flattering encomiums passed upon his con-
duct. He bad not at first paid so much attention as he
.night perhaps to have done to this colony ; but he ac-
counted for it, because, as he had for five years represented
a county in which there was fortunately employment for all
the labourers, he had not been required to attend so much
to emigration—(Cheers)—but he had much pleasure in
promoting by his presence that day the success of an un-
dertaking which, on consideration, 'he thought to be well
calculated to benefit all classes. . .
Glee—" Bells of St. Micnael."
Captain MANGLES proposed the health of Lord Love
!ace, and the other gentlemen who had taken an active
part in promoting the success of the undertaking. The
Noble Lord, he believed, bad devoted much time and mo-
ney to the promotion of education and information among
the poorer classes. Although personally unconnected with
the colony of Western Australia, the Noble Lord, with a
philanthropy which (lid honour to his heart, came forward.
to aid the undertaking by his presence, and that was one of
the strongest assurances they could have of its ultimate
success.—(Cheering.) The Honourable and Gallant
Gentleman here alluded to the hardships and incon-
veniences sustained by the colonists 9 or 10 years ago, when
provisions were extremely high, and indeed all the neces-
saries of life. In proof of this, be instanced the common
cabbage, which sold .at half-a-crown per head. He also
read some extracts from a Western. Australian paper, lately
received, to show the improvements that had lately been
effected in the colony.
Lord LOVELACE returned thanks for the compliment,
and expressed his anxiety on all occasions to promote the
success of this and other similar undertakings.
Some other toasts were afterwards given, and some ex-
cellent songs sung by the professional gentlemen present.
The festivities of the evening were protracted till near
midnight, all parties appearing highly delighted with ,the
flattering prospects of the new colony.