The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-15 00:00:00

NEW SOUTH WALES.

The Parliament of New South Wales was opened
on the 25th of September by the following speech
from Sir W. Denison :

" Hon. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council and Gentle-
men of the Legislative Assembly,

" 1. The protracted period to which the last session was
extended has constrained me to call you together, after an
unusually short interval, in order that the present session
way be concluded in time to enable a return to a more con-
venient season of the year for the completion of the business
of Parliament.

" 2. I am happy to be able to assure you that, notwith-
standing the falling off in the revenue during the earlypart
of the year, its present state is encouraging, and the gene-
ral condition of the colony is more satisfactory than when
I last addressed you.
" 3. In consequence of the disturbed state of political re-
lations in Europe, tho attention of the Government has
been directed to the propriety of making provision for ade-
quate defence in case of war; the readiness, however, with
which the colonists have, in considerable numbers, volun-
teered their military services, shows that this may be
accomplished without an expenditure which would be bur-
densome to the revenue, and cannot fail to be most grati-
fying, as evincing the existence of the same patriotic and
loyal spirit which has led to similar results in the mother
country. The Government has anticipated the concurrence
of the Legislature in ordering from England a further sup-
ply of heavy ordnance, as well as of the most approved
description:of small arms, end the attention of Parliament
will be directed to the general question at an early period
of the session.

" 4. Further correspondence has taken place between the
Imperial Government and Mr. Edward Hamilton on behalf
of the colony, respecting the change in the mode of con-
ducting the steam postal service by way of Galls, by which
Melbourne was made the terminus of the line. This corre-
spondence will be laid before you, and I have much satis-
faction in informing you that upon a representation being
made of the inequitable character of the plan as regarded
New South Wales it was at once abandoned. A bill for
guaranteeing a moiety of the cost of a steam postal service
by way of Panama will be forthwith presented to Parlia-
ment.

" 5. The time for taking the quinquennial census of the
population will arrive in 1861, and a bill has been prepared
for carrying out in this colony an arrangement which has
been proposed for taking the census throughout all the
British dominions upon the same day.
" 6. The production of gold within the colony continues
to increase. New goldfields have been discovered, and con-
siderable progress has been made in the construction of
works for facilitating the means of communication with
them, and otherwise providing for the requirements essen-
tial to their advancement. The rapid development of this
interest will render necessary some amendment of the Gold-
fields Management Act.
, " 7. The rapid extension of easy and certain means of in-
ternal communication becomes daily of more pressingim-
portance, and has engaged the earnest attention of the Go.
vernment. The trial surveys have been completed suffi-
ciently for the purpose of preparing estimates of the pro
bable cost of extending railways to Goulburn, Bathurst,
and Muswellbrook, and the information obtained will be
laid before Parliament at an early date. From this it win
be seen that the natural difficulties to be overcome on the
southern and western lines to allow of the effective applica-
tion of steam powerare such as to necessitate an expenditure