The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-24 00:00:00

EMIGRATION & COLONIAL POLI'

A small pamphlet under the title of " Colonial Policy, gust
litary Colonization, and the Boundary Question," has
been published by J. Cochrane and Co., which may be ren
with advantage 'by every British legislator. Acting upon Myr
wholesome proverb, that " brevity is the soul of wit," the autill
has condensed into forty-nine pages a great number of esciea
lent suggestions for improving our system of emigration antlb.,
colonial policy. There is no attempt to make up a book .ti
long-winded arguments or theoretical schemes ; all IS rf,
and practical, and expressed with what we may call a wor°:%o
command brevity, which would have shown the author t 0 b 0
an officer, even had he not mentioned it himself. ;ota
chief points taken up by him are, the necessity of u "co
and concentration among emigrants, the evil of labourbecoming farmers before llaying acquired the necessary cearci,
tal, the propriety of fixing a uniform price on land in e t;
colony, and of removing the delay and trouble which 110V1ca •
tend its purchase, the injurious effects of permitting l "so
tracts of land to be bought up by speculators, or to be ttept.to
Clergy and Crown reserves, the policy of assisting labourer9o
emigrate, the defects of the present system of local governme.o,
in Canada, and the evil consequences of entrusting the en°. 1
management of our colonies to the sole direction of a Color!oll
Secretary of State. The advantages of military colonir,3,::,
i are then
.pointed out, in showing the fitness of married soi",„s
for colonizing and defending our new settlements, and 1"1e4
unfitness for pure military service ; and the author conclutci
by giving his reasons for thinking, that the right of the Veit%
States to the territory they claim, on the boundary line hetali
themselves and the British North American provinces, tc'tn
unfounded. sod
The necessity for settlers in a new country, to combine is
to concentrate their efforts, instead of scattering themselvelbe,
isolated groupes, or even families, and the evil of labourers 3,
coming proprietors of land, without possessing sufficient eif
pital, thereby depriving the capitalist of the necessary sufePas
of labour, are so obvious, and were so well illustrated last )• of
in the discussions that took place relative to the new
South Australia, (which was founded upon principle 9 to
diously avoiding those evils,) that it is hardly neeessaqicii
comment upon those points. There is another, however, OA
is so important, and at present, we know, working 9°
_.,111d of
mischief, that we trust the attention of the Government a"
Parliament will be immediately directed to it. kresl4
We allude to the disadvantageous situation of the 01'1. to
colons)t-
in Canada, respecting the purchase of land, comparative' is
the encouragement he meets with in the United State' tplo
Canada the emigrant has to submit to much delay and it;
in making his purchase, and obtaining legal possession ° Ito
and he often finds all the best lots bought up b 1 rich absl,
speculators, (who frequently demand 100 or 200 per cent' 11V
for it than they paid to Government), or reserved for out
Crown or Clergy ; or the lot which he has selected turn lotio
to be so insulated by those purchases and reserves, which ef
large uncultivated tracts, as to be unfit for the residenct
a
civilized being. In the United States, on the colf",,r3l;lior
settler has only to select a lot—to inquire at the land ow,‘„c iv'
the district if it be vacant—and, if so, to pay for it, and Dar'
vested with a legal _title to the possession of it ; whic%-"Ov°
chasing and obtaining the legal title may be performed :- the
minutes. There, too, there are no reserves of any
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whole country is open for the settler's selection, and I'more
tions are enforced to prevent any man from purchasing thia
land than he is likely to clear and bring into cultivation v'l'ido
a reasonable time. The consequence of this is, that tbe
apd
of emigration is steadily increasing from Great Briiaiot,apsei
even from Canada, to the United States ; and many ins,„
have come to our knowledge, in which the most valtolqleFor
tiers, disgusted by the obstacles they met with id t°
Canada, have been induced to cross the frontier, Vititea
establish themselves in the adjoining districts of the ~-;':iloo5
States. It is not, surely, in the immediate vicinity of 9,0 J„—
jel
and vigilant a rival, that those abuses and defects sn°
permitted to continue.

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FROM A CORRESPONDENT.—The foliowinr,
correct statement of the affair of honour which took Plc15
ssrl
Brussels between the Hon. Col. o—, brother to theiatell
of A—, and the Prince de L—. The Prince l'ad:chicli
made a proposal of marriage to the Colonel's daughtera•npeai
was declined, owing to pecuniary considerations. It
010 t
that a lady at Brussels, anxious to alienate hint frnil'
Colonel's family, and attach him to her own dati°l4F'thelr
the Prince that he had been disrespectfully spoken Of lbe 113" j
letters from England, which was wholly untrue, 35: FO
always been mentioned with the highest praise. 1151 der'
censed the Prince as to induce him to write an offenw,'',,,egiv
which led to the duel. After exchanging fires, the
logised, retracted his letter, and tore it to pieces.
EXTENSIVE FORGERY AND DEFALCATI°„fet44,,
TFIE ClTY.—Within the last few days it has been tsp,",-,fne:i
that a gentleman, who has been for some years Well 7,-‘-fila°,'/
'Change, had absconded, after committing forgeries ',- i
frightful amount, and carrying with him a considerablneo
money. He had raised sums, amounting, it is said, 0' e;ers'l'
on forged and fictitious bills, and with this sum, it la gee
believed, he has left the country. The circurnstan d core
given rise to a good deal of conversation, and has e%eitcof
siderable surprise on 'Change ; and it is said Abe one delti
leading capitalists in Europe has been let in" by
quent to a very considerable sum. A second person in)}2l,o
in the transaction is a member of the legal profession,
been latterly frequently in company with the prindi" e
POOR LAW ACT.—Lord Brougham Made „t:ear,i,sl;
lowing observations in the House of Lords :—+` In e",peiwr,
the banns of marriage between two paupers were S' 5 fes
the moment the Poor Law Bill passed. The PauPe: theela
ried in the knowledge that the parish must sulVicie
They made their estimates. The parish was their buia,ci, the'
when the Poor Law Bill deprived them of their bui f,/,;(re tl„t-
lost their ways and means. As a proof of the adva''''''
of a en°
rived from the Bill, he could state that the keerr,i, recen'rill
palace lately declared, that since the Act passed, the
had been reduced 501. a week. This pioved that terceriav
worked well. They ought to let it alone. !" insa Sp,
with it, they would imitate the conduct of agreat 6er be
ted a
former, who was said to act like the boy who plan
and was always taking it up to see how it grew. ro
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.— TIVELV,s,,froW fro
sots DaowNtri.—lt is with inexpressible feelings s'e oatee.
have to state, that a boat belonging to the 3.?siareyei'lli''
guard station, near this town, was upset yesteraaY st°ll;
when every soul on board erished in sight of the, in t
There were four men and eight women and ehild.ordei,cretioo
boat ; but whether the accident was owing to any I,chich ge
on the part of the men, or from the heavy
too
blowing jihad the time, we have not heard. The -yester'''
gale • lona
sufferers attended the fair held in this town
being Patrick's day.— Wexford Conservative.