The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-04 00:00:00

THE TOWN AND HARBOUR OF
BOYD, TWOFOLD BAY, NEW SOUTH WALES.
Th, town of T3nv,l is q;fnq,el th? east coast of

Australia, in laticuue 37 deg. 4 inn:. S., acid longi-
tude 150 deg. 5 min. E. This harbour and whaling

station lies nearly midway between Port Philip and

Sydney, and is protected from all winds by points of
land jutting out from both sides of the bay. It is

also most easy of access to ships of any burden, no

pilots being required. The inner anchorage is about
three miles wide, the bottom a clayey sand, with
three fathoms and a half near the shore, increasing

to six fathoms and a half at a mile out. It is now

well known as a general rendezvous for the whalers
of all nations employed in the southern hemisphere,

and has become so principally on account of the
abundant supplies of cheap fresh and salt provisions,
live stock, &c., which can be procured at less than
half the prices charged in Europe. There are two
very good pictures of this rising township, in the
Pictorial Times of the 2d October.
(From the Pictorial Times.)
It seems almost incomprehensible, but it is never-
theless true, that while Government is perplexed in
the extreme as to the best means of disposing of the
superfluous population of Great Britain, some of our
most productive and important colonies are languish •
ing for want of efficient labourers. It is true that
something is done towards the promotion of emi-
gration, but that something is such a pitiful atom of
relief, and is, moreover, administered with so little
judgment, that the colonists are better without than
with such a mockery of assistance. The great majo-
rity of the emigrants are Irish, and it is notorious
that their indolent habits utterly disqualify them from
rendering efficient service, even if they arrive at the
colony to which they may be sent in a sound state of
health. Of late, the expatriated masses have carried
with them the typhus fever, which has been ravaging
the famine-stricken districts of Ireland, and healthful
colonies have thus become mere hospitals—and very
costly hospitals withal—for the miserable refugees, by
whose industry they expected to benefit. If the au-
thorities at the Colonial Office were to apply the
grants of Parliament to the dispatch to our distant
possessions of healthy, well-disposed, able-bodied
English labourers, some ariount of good might be done
to the agriculturists in the colonies, and England would
reap the reward of her prudence in the abundant com-
mercial returns from those settlements ; but until then
we must expect to hear of nothing but the mischiefs of
redundancy at home, and the evils of a scarcity of
productive hands abroad; crowded unions in England
—bankrankcy and wasted lands in her distant depen-
dencies. The deficiency of labourers is most dis-
tressing. Mauritius and the West Indies have
sought a remedy in the importation of Dangar coolies
from the eastern parts of India, and Australia is
actually recruiting her population from the South
Sea Islands. This last succedaneum is to be ascribed
to the energy and public spirit of Mr. Boyd, a dis-
tinguished resident in Sydney, who, while the local
Legislature was debating the best method of solving
the great question, " How is labour to be obtained ?"
set sail for the South Seas, and brought back sixty-
five young active men, selected from Tanna, Kahama,
and Lefoo, islands of the Loyalties—a group very
imperfectly laid down in the charts, and which lie
between New Caledonia and the Hebrides. Sixty-two
of the young men were immediately set to work on
the lands belonging to Mr. Boyd, on the Murray
river, and so well pleased were these islanders with
their treatment, and so zealously and conscientiously
have they worked for their master, that it has been
deemed expedient to return three of them, that they
may make a report to their fellow-islanders, and in-
duce a more general emigration.
The three South Sea islanders to whom allusion
has been made, are severally named Etoisi, Paryella,
and Sabbathahoo. The first is a chief, and brother
to Zuela, the King of the island of Lefoo. Paryella
is his conjuror, and Sabbathahoo is the conjuror's ser-
vant. They are represented to be highly intelligent
men, with an unexampled power of rapid calculation
by a system of decimals. They are exceedingly
active, and possess great capacity for comprehending
what is required of them in the way of personal ser-
vice. And while enterprising colonists avail them-.
selves of the opportunity at their disposal of engaging
such men, it is consolatory to think that they will
not be exposed to the imputation of kidnapping, or of
taking people from happy homes to subject them to
an employment repugnant to their natures. The
islands whence the men are induced to emigrate, are
in the most miserable state of destitution. So greatly
in excess of the means of sustenance is the amount of
population, that cannibalism and infanticide, and
other revolting means of diminishing the human race,
are practised throughout Tanna, Kahama, and Lefoo.
The South Sea islander will see nothing of this on the
estates in New South Wales ; and, on the other hand,
he will derive all the benefit that an intelligent human
creature can desire, from sound instruction, Christian
example, and gentle treatment.
But let such active and meritorious individuals as
Mr. Boyd do what they may, the home government
must not suppose itself exempted from the responsibi-
lity of providing European labour for the colonies. The
South Sea islanders cannot be expected to supply all
the wants of Australia, or even a portion of them, for
some time to come. Confidence, as the proverb bath
it, is a plant of slow growth ; and it will not be until
the prosperous emigrant returns and tells his tale of
success and happiness, that his example will be freely
and generally followed. Meanwhile, the Sydney
agriculturist, who is blessed with prolific ewes and
cows, is doomed to boil down their offspring for want
of hands to tend them, and the English market is de-
prived of the copious supplies of wool and hides
which the full grown sheep and cattle would yield.
It seems surprising that, with so many thousands of
people vainly seeking occupation in this country,
there should be the slightest hesitation about the send-
ing them to Australia. It is merely a question of ex-
pense; and there can be no doubt in the mind of any
sane man that the balance of economy must be on the
side of emigration. 'We hope the Legislature will
repair the omissions of the last session by looking
well into the subject at the next meeting of Par-
liament.
The pictures which have suggested this article re-
present two views of Twofold Bay, New South Wales.
The interesting town which stands on the shores of
the bay is named after Mr. Boyd, who is recognised
by the inhabitants as pre-eminent for his talents and
enterprise.

COURT CIRCULAR•
The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on Friday
afternoon in an open carriage, the Prince driving.
Lady Caroline Cocks arrived at Osborne on Friday.
Colonel Wylde arrived on Friday at Osborne, and
had the honour of dining with the royal party in the
evening.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing on Saturday.
The royal children took their usual airings on
Saturday.

Sir James Clarke arrived at Osborne on Saturday,
on a visit to her Majesty.
Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert,
and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, attended
divine service in Whippingham Church.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar-
rived in town yesterday, from the residence of the
Duchess of Gloucester, in Richmond Park.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen,
and their Serene Highnesses Prince Edward and
Prince Gustavus, and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar,
attended by the Earl of Denbigh, rode out on horse-
back in the Parks on Saturday.
At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday, the
prayers were read by the Rev. G. Helmore, and the
lessons by the Rev. W. Hall. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The anthem was
"By the waters of Babylon" (Boyce). Sir
). George
Smart presided at the organ.

sRETURNwak op
arrived
Mr. Brooke, the Raja
of
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Indus steamer yesterday
(Friday) morning. It is nine years since this distin-
guished philanthropist, sailed from Southampton, in his
yacht, the Royalist, on his_ arduous mission, and after
many toils and difficulties he has again reached his na-
tive shore. Mr. Brooke does not look much the worse
i 1l• Bb
for wear—he is somewhat older and his hair begins to
exhibit touches of grey ; but, on the whole, he is little
altered. If ever the honours of this world were richly
merited—if ever the good opinions of mankind were de-
served—they are by a chivalrous and high-minded
countryman, who, having chalked out a path for him-
self, of no small trial and danger, has lived to triumph
over the many obstacles he had to encounter, and by
the force of genius has founded, by his own unaided
exertions, a new colony and civilisation in one of the
largest Islands of the Indian Archipelago, amongst hos-
tile tribes of men, and the most piratical of the human
race. We trust Mr. Brooke may long be spared to the
land of his adoption, and to reflect, in the novel position
he occupies, the blessings of peace, happiness, and every
good, to those over whom he has been called to preside.
Her Majesty's Government have appointed Mr. Brooke
to the government of the lately ceded island of Labuau,
the notification of which reached him yesterday
his morn-
ing on
arrival. Mr. Brooke is also invested with the
important functions of Consul-general of Borneo, and
the adjacent islands. Ile will remain in this country
about six months. Hampshire Independent.—[Mr.
Brooke arrived at Mivart's Hotel from Southampton on
Friday night.]
EXPLOSION OF THE CRICKET.—Henry
against whom a verdict of manslaughter was found by
the coroner's jury on the above case, surrendered
himself on Friday last. It is stated that he never in-
tended to abscond, but chose to conceal himself till his
bail could be produced.
Sir George Grey, Bart., M.P., qualified as a county
magistrate, on Monday, at the adjourned sessions in
Alnwick. The Right Bon. Baronet has presented 20/.
to the Newcastle Infirmary, and 5/. to the Newcastle
Eye Infirmary.