The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-30 00:00:00

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e,napetitive ex2,xination for seats in +1 \t' ec*.k. •
branch of the Legislature should be de,t idei
the votes of the electors, honestly an xl freely
given under the safeguard and protectio n of the
Ballot. When a majority has fairly been o btained,
when a Member can truly be said to represent
the wants and wishes of his constittwaits, we
desire or seek for no further qualification.
He has that which the British Consti
tution recognises, the very best flat can
be obtained. The reasons of Lord DERBY and
Lord ELLENBOROUGH last night were very potent,
and certainly materially influenced the opinion
we had previously formed. It would perhaps be
well that there should be a compromise, and a
certain number appointed by superior answering,
and others who had passed a discriminative exami-
nation, selected by the Secretary and Council on
their own responsibility. This course would at
once remove the difficulty, and perhaps be the
best that could ultimately be resorted to.

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A very important meeting of members of the
Australian Association, and gentlemen connected
with the Australian colonies, was held yesterday
at the London Tavern, in order to decide on the
best mode of obtaining an efficient postal service
with those valuable dependencies. The main
questions ventilated related to the comparative
advantages of the routes by Suez and Panama,
and whether the money that could be obtained
from the liberality of the British and Australian
Parliaments should be applied to one branch only,
or to both. _ .

We have no hesitation in answering, in ac-
cordance with the terms of the old apophthegm,
that " both are best," and that, accordingly,
we should strive to obtain two strings to our
postal bow, if they can be got without a vast in-
crease to the indispensable supplies.
Sydney, Melbourne, Van Diemen's Land, and
New Zealand, are all entitled to increased facili-
ties of communication with the mother country.
It is for our own interests to encourage, and
liberally respond to an application so just and
reasonable ; which, if it requires a little assist-
ance from one of the national pockets, will give
an ample equivalant to another. We believe, how-
ever, that the assistance would be only required
for a brief period, and that the undertaking
would very speedi:y become to all intents and
purposes self-supporting.
Our Antipodean fellow-subjects understand the
magnitude of the interests involved iu the final
decision. They are prepared to come forward
very handsomely, and we should meet them at
least half-way. It is the way to retain their
friendship and co-operation. So long as we act
fairly and kindly, they will never seek to sever
the tie by which we are connected.
Let us, then, have both routes by Suez and
Panama. If one should be interrupted, the other
will, in all probability, remain open ; and, at all
events, oven should everything be favourable, we
shall be able to arrive at a decisive opinion re-
specting the comparative advantages of the rival
lines. Our communications with Australia have
become too important to be permitted to rest
on a single route, which may be impeded.
If there should be a fortnightly alternate
despatch via Suez and Panama, intend-
ing travellers could select their own course,
while commercial men, and indeed corres-
pondents of every class and character, would
probably send duplicate letters and duplicate
bills of exchange, so that the increased
receipts would more than meet the increased
expenditure. We trust that means will be
adopted during the recess to bring this great
amelioration into effect, and that ere the close of
next session we may hear of the establishment of
efficient Postal Communication via Panama, as
well as that via Suez.