The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-14 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE 7'EIEA2RE.

An interesting entertainment was brought forward, for
the first time in this country, yesterday morning, at Drury-
lane Theatre. It consisted of the performance of a party of
liliputians, varying in age from seven to fourteen years,
who sing, act, or dance like practical artists. The perform-
ance consisted of "Il Campanella" an operetta buffa, of
which Donizetti wrote both words and music; and Perrot's
grand ballet of action, entitled " Catarina ; ou, La Fille du
Bandit." The ballet was more diverting than the operetta,
and it is not too much to say that a more agreeable or in-
teresting terpsichorean entertainment has been rarely seen
on any stage. The ensemble dances, the solo steps, the
dramatic action, were one and all admirable; but the high-
est praise is due to the very young lady, Mdlle. Marianna
Flori (aged nine years), who personated Catarina. The
grace, agility, and gestral expression of this gifted child are
perfectly astonishing. Little Miss Flori quite enchanted
the house, and was honouredj;with most enth.siastic ap-
plause.

The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have re-
turned to Dunrobin Castle from Tarbet.
The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland has
returned to Cliefden-park, near Maidenhead, from Tren-
tham, Staffordshire.

The Earl of Derby, who came to town on Monday
to attend, as vice-president, the meeting of the Commis-
sioners of the Wellington College, has returned to Knows-

ley Park.

The Earl and Countess Delawarr arrived in
Upper Grosvenor-street, yesterday, from Bourn Hall, their
seat in Cambridgeshire.

The Earl and Countess of Yarborough and Lady
Sophia Pelham have left Arlington-street for Brighton.
The Earl and Countess de Grey and Ripon and
family have arrived at their villa at Putney, from Studley
Park, Yorkshire.

The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere are expected
to leave Worsley Hall, Lancashire, early in the ensuing
week for Burwood Park.

Viscount and Lady Mary Sandon have taken
their departure for the Continent, with the intention of
being absent on a tour for seTeral months.

Viscount Eversley and the llon. Miss Shaw
Lefevre have arrived at Brighton, from Heck&ld-place,
Hants.

Lady John Somerset has arrived in Paris, at the
Place Vendome, on her way 10 the south of France for the
benefit of her ladyship's health.

Sir Alexander and Lady Arabella Bannerman
arrived in town yesterday from their seat in Scotland.
Sir Henry Cotterell has left town on a visit to
the Countess Dowager Cowper, at Wrest Park, Beds.

Mr. and Mrs. Petre have arrived in Berkeley
equare from the Continent.

SUDDEN DEATH OF LIEUT.-COL. JAMES WARD

—Wo regret to record the death of Lieut.-Col. James Ward,
which occurred suddenly in London, at the age of 63. The
deceased officer's commissions bear date—Ensign, May,
1815; lieutenant, June, 1825 ; captain, July, 1832 ; major,
November, 1846 ; and lieutenant-colonel, November, 1854.
HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST AN AMERICAN Doe-
TOR.—Dr. Frederick A. Caldwell has been tried at Chicago,
charged with having, by mal-practice, destroyed the eye
sight of Miss Julia Farrell. The jury gave a verdict
10,000 dols. damages. The doctor asks for a new trial.
A COB AND HOW TO MAKE HIM.—A cob is a
sort of animal either extremely difficult or extremely easy
to bo met with. A more valuable sort of hotso than a
quick, active, highly-bred pony of 14 hands, with round
carcass, small head, immense back and quarters, and clean
but powerful limbs, is scarcely to bo met with. When
really handsome, and temperate, and well bred, ho will
command any price, and should go only into the stables of
millionaire bankers, merchant princes, or noblemen of the
highest class and the most fastidious taste. If you cannot
buy a cob, you may sometimes make, one, and I will en-
deavour to give you a recipe. Keep a sharp look out
upon all the coarse-bred, shaggy-coated animals you can
see, either in the country lanes, commons, or farmers'
yards in your neighbourhood. As good a head as you
can get for your money is desirable ; a broad back, big
quarters, a thick and curly tail, with big flat legs, are in-
dispensable. Don't be particular about the should re, nor

how ho puts his foot down, only be sure he lifts it up.
Square the tail; and if Mr. Martin is defunct, nick him;
take the hair from his jowl, legs, and fetlocks ; give him
two doses of physic, and feed upon brewers' grains and
beans ; put on him a neat Wilkinson and Kidd, and ono of
Gordon's best Ilanoverians, and you will have a very valua-
ble, weight carrying cob. As everything is Forth what it
will fetch in the market, you may consider yourself in I or-
session of a treasure ; only don't take him for sale to Pic-
cadilly, but let your market be that of Hungerford or
Covent Garden.,—.l.7 (4,a flacks and _Hunters in "Bully's
liagazinf of Sports am( ,Pagiiiies," for ,LYOMther,

SIR RORERT PEEL IN LONDONDERRY DR.
CULLEN'S LETTER —Sir Robert Peel, Bart., was presented
with an address and the freedom of the city of London.
derry, by the corporation, in the Town Hall yesterday. The
hon. gentleman made a lengthened speech, expressing his
sense of the honour conferred on him, and also referred in
strong terms to the letter of Archbishop Cullen which, ho
said, had been placarded in Sligo, denouncing him to the
people of Ireland.
THE QUEEN OF PRUSSIA AT THE FRENCH AMBAS-
SADOR'S.—The Queen of Prussia has corrected a false report
with reference to her conduct at the French Ambassador's
on the occasion of the Berlin soiree. A Berlin letter says :
—" The Austrian papers have been lately engaged in irri-
tating the feelings of Southern Germany by representing
the relatims between Prussia and France to be of the most
intimate and cordial nature. To gain further evidence in
support of their malici us gossip, the incidents of the coro-
nation and attendant festivities that could be made avail-
able for the purpose were used with unscrupulous dexterity.
The Konigsbergers, for instance, were said to have saluted
the French Ambassador with " Hochs" for the hero of Ma-
genta, the conqueror of the Austrians; the Berliners, it
was stated, looking upon the Duke as a friend and ally,
thronged to his receptions, and paid him the tribute of their
humble admiration. Lastly, the Queen herself came in
for her share of calumny, the Augsberg Aligemeine Zeitung
going so far as to give a version of the more than con-
descending and affable words alleged to have been expressed
towards the Duchess of Magenta on the evening of the
grand ball at the embassy. Her Majesty has now thought
it necessary to utterly disavow the correctness of the state-
ment. In a letter addressed by her private secretary to the
editor of the paper in question, a complete denial is placed
upon the version of the ./Illgenzeine Zeitung, nothing but a
few words of ceremony having been exchanged between the
hostess and her illustrious guest."
MESSRS. BRIGHT AND THEIR EMPLOYES.—On
Monday, at the Police Court, Rochdale, Mr. R. Mills, de •
signer to Messrs. Bright, applied for summonses against
five men. He stated that some weeks since the five men,
with others, left Messrs. Bright's employ, and the persons,
chiefly women, who had been taken on in their place, had
been repeatedly annoyed in going to and from their work
by those of whom ho complained. The summonses were
granted.
METROPOLITAN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday and dur-
ing the week some interesting experiments were made over
that portion of the Metropolitan Railway completed, be-
tween the junction with the Great Western at Paddington
and Lissen-grove, with an engine constructed to consume
its or. n steam, over distances of seven and eight miles. The
experiments over the limited space were considered satis-
factory. Operations have also been commenced during the
week for sinking the shafts and tunnelling the ground on
that portion of the line which will run underneath the
Bagnigge-wells-road, to unite with the section now con-
structing along Guildford-place, on the north-east side of
the House of Correction. For this purpose Baker-street,
Pentonville, will have to be closed, as the tunnel will have
to be taken under the Union Tavern, at the corner of that
thoroughfare, and here the difficult work of turning the
Old Fleet Ditch will 'nave to be accomplished.
NEWSVENDORS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.— On Tues-
day night a meeting of the wholesale and retail newsagents
of the north-eastern districts of the metropolis was held at
the Hare Inn, Hoxton, Mr. J. Smith, of King's-cross, in
the chair. Resolutions were passed for the formation of a
society to protect the interest of the trade, to co-operate
with the societies already formed in the west, north, and
south parts of London, and to adopt a requisition calling on
the weekly papers to raise their pr:ces, and deprecating the
recent reductions as uncalled for by the public, and as a
wanton encrrachment on the rights and profits of the trade.
In the course of some animated discussion that ensued a
suggestion, which met with much applause, was thrown out
to the effect that in the event of the movement not being
successful steps should be taken among the 3,000 news-
agents of London, in conjunction with the trade in the
provinces, to establish a joint-stock weekly paper of their
own.

SHOEMAKING EXTRAORDINARY.—A manufactory
has been established in Haverhill, U.S., in which nearly
every part of the shoe is made by machinery. Twenty-five
persons produce, by this means, 600 pairs of shoes daily.
All the stitching is done by sewing-machines run by
steam. The shoes manufactured in this factory are pegged,
and every operation except fitting the shoe to the last, even
to the final polishing and cutting the pegs out of the in-
side, to prevent them hurting the foot, is performed by
machinery. One of the greatest curiosities is the pegging-
machine, which inserts the awl, cuts out the pegs from a
strip of woJd, and drives them in, all at one operation, and
so rapidly that it will peg two rows around the solo of a
shoe in 20 seconds.
DISTRESSING SUICIDE OF A GERMAN ARTIST.—
Last evening Mr. Brent held an inquest at the Duke of
York, Charlotte place, Fitzroy-square, on the body of M.
Ernest Becker, aged 60, an eminent German anist, who,
through distress, committed suicide by blowing out his
brains under the following circumstances. Deceased re-
sided at 88, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, where he oc-
cupied apartments as a sleeping room and studio. He was
looked upon with much respect as an artist, and had for-
merly been in affluence, but latterly his circumstances had
changed, and although he possessed pictures to the value
of upwards of £lOO, he set such store by them that he
would not part with them ; and thus became steeped in, it
is believed, the deepest poverty. About four o'clock on
Monday afternoon the inmates of the house were alarmed
by hoaring a loud report from fire-arms proceeding from
M. Becker's apartment. On entering the body of the un-
fortunate old gentleman was found lying on the hearth in
front of the fireplace, with his head blown to atoms, and a
large pistol, with which he bad committed the aet, was
found near him. Medical aid was procured, but of course
was unavailing. From the position in which the body lay
it is supposed the deceased was sitting near the fireplace,
and put the pistol to his right ear and then fired it. On
examination it was found that the ball had passed com-
pletely through the deceased's head, and lodged in the
style of the middle room door. Verdict, " Temporary in-
sanity."

A BEAUTIFUL IDEA.—In the mountains of the
Tyrol hundreds of the women and children come out when
it is bedtime, and sing their national song until they hear
their husl-ands, fathers, or brothers answer them from the
hills on their return home. On the shores of the Adriatic
the wives of the fishermen come down about sunset and
sing a melody. They sing the first verse, and listen for
some time ; they then sing the second verse, and wait
until they hear the answer from the fishermen, who are
thus guided by the sounds to their own village.
WHEAT A WEED.—It has long been suspected
that the cereal grains are but cultivated examples of wild
cereal grasses—that they were not created as corn, but that
they have been improved by culture into their present con-
dition. This supposition was confirmed by M. Fabre, of
Agde, in the south of France, who in 1338 sowed some
grains of the zL'gilops ovata, a common cereal grass, and by
successive sowings in garden soil, produced, in 184 G, crops
of real wheat as fine as any to be found in the neighbour-
hood. This experiment is now being carried on by the pro.
fessor of geology and botany in the Royal Agricultural
College, and the grass is gradually undergoing the same
transformation into the true cereal grain.—Once a Week.
THE LATE EARL OF EGLINTON.—In the roll of
those who, dying ere the tale of their years was accom-

plished, have nevertheless won for themselves a high repu-
tation, and commanded the applause of their contempora-
ries, Archibald William Montgomerie, thirteenth Earl of

Eglinton, will hold a conspicuous place. High ancestral
onours were his inheritance; but it was no accident of
fortune or advantage of birh that raised him to his proud
position, and won the affections of his countrymen. Rank
and wealth do undeniably afford many advantages to those

who are actuated by an honourable ambition, inasmuch as
they remove out of the upward path many obstacles which
the less fortunate must overcome by dint of personal exer-
tion ; b .t on the other hand it must be remembered that
the early possession of these is apt to engender a spirit of
slothfulness and luxury, ant by limiting the sphere of the
rewards which ambition may fairly contemplate, to detract

rom the necessity of patient and continuous exertion. In

this favoured land of ours, nobility, unfortified by any
other pretension to the public favour, may indeed claim pre-
cedence, but will not receive any higher form of recognition.
To station and wealth we cheerfully allow their proper
place and significance; and he who is their owner assumes
for a time some little adventitious importance in right of
_ _

that of which ho is the representative. But to the mere
wearer of nobility, the lord of wide domains, or the posses-
sor of unbounded riches, we accord neither our admiration
nor our esteem. Such are but the puppets of pageantry, and
fade from our recollection, and from the broad memories of
mankind, if they have failed to signalise their Eyes by any
acts of virtue or of goodness, or by words and thoughts so
gracious and so true that it would be a calamity should
they wholly perish. la el.: o o s Magazine.
TURNER AND THE ROYAL ACADEMY.—Turner
was devoted to the Academy, with all its faults. It had been
quick to see his genius, and confer on him honours, lie had
been a student at the Academy, and was now an Academi-
cian. lie felt for it the affection a child does for its mother,
for his great heart was very susceptible of gratitude. There
is a singular story that bears on this subject. The day poor
wrong-headed If aydon ended his untoward life, Mr. Maclise
called upon Turner to tell him of the horrible catastrophe.
Th • narrator's imagination was roused to the uttermost by
the suddenness and ghastliness of the event. To his aston-
ishment Turner scarcely stoppei painting, and merely
grow ed out between his teeth, " lle stubbed his mother, he
stabbed his mother." " Good Heavens I" said Mr..Alactise,
so excited that he wa, prepared for any new terror. "You
don't mean to say, Turner, that Hayden. ever committed a
crime so horrible?" Still Turner made no other reply, but
slowly chanted in a deep, slow voice, "He stabbed his mo-
ther, he stabbed hie mother." Nothing but this could his
startled friend wring from him, and as he left the house,
" He stabbed his mother, he stabbed his mother," still pur-
sued Maclise down the passage. It was Rot till he reached
home, and before spreading the story sat down quietly to
think over what Turner could mean by such a horrid
charge, that he Caine to the true conclusion that Turner
had merely figuratively alluded to the ingratitude of !fay-
don's attack on the Academy that had educated him.—
Thornbury's life of Tornor,

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PARIS, Nov. 14.

The Noniteur of this morning contains decrees
nominating M. Fould as Minister of Finance, and
M. Forcade de Laroquette, present Minister of
Finance, to the post, of Senator.

The Illoniteur also publishes a letter addressed by
the Emperor to the Minister of State, wherein his
Majesty approves the financial programme drawn
up by M. Fould, and acknowledges the necessity of
confining the Budget within invariable limits.

The Emperor continues—" The only efficacious
means to attain this end is to resolutely abandon
the faculty which appertains to me of opening a
fresh credit in the absence of the Chamber.

" I am determined to introduce changes, and the
&flatus Consultunz, which will be presented to the
Senate on the 2d of December next, will contain
this resolution, and determine your Budget and
those of the different Ministries by large sections.
"In renouncing a right which equally apper-
tained to the Sovereigns, even constitutional ones,
who have preceded me, may I do a useful thing
towards ensuring the right administration of the
finances !

"Faithful to my origin, I neither regard my
prerogatives as a sacred deposit which cannot be
touched, nor as a heritage from my ancestors which
must be transmitted intact to my son.
" Elected by the people, and representing their
interests, I shall always abandon without regret
every prerogative useless for the good of the public,
as I shall likewise preserve unshaken in my hands
all power which is indispensable for the tranquillity
and prosperity of the country."

The 2foniteur also publishes M. Fould's pro-
gramme, which demonstrates the necessity for the
suppression of extraordinary credits, and examines
the financial situation. It recalls that recourse has
been had to credit under all its forms, and calculates
that the deficit has reached the amount of 1,000
millions of francs.
M. Fould's programme continues :

" The fears which the faculty of directly disposing
of all the resources of France inspires in all our
neighbours obliges them to maintain immense
armaments. To renounce this power—more ap-
parent than real, more menacing than efficacious—
would not only give confidence to France, but
would calm the uneasiness of Europe, and would
remove all pretext for hostile measures.

" Even admitting, against all probability, that
Europe might, from a state of complete peace, im-
mediately pass into one of war, the abandonment of
these prerogatives of the Emperor would be without
danger, as the country and the great bodies of the
State would afford him their devoted concurrence.

AUSTRALIA.

(From the lifelbourne Herald of Sept. 30. )

The new Parliament assembled on the 30th of
August, barely a week after the conclusion of
the general elections.
On the 10th of September hostilities commenced
in the Lower House, by Mr. O'Shanassy's bring-
ing forward his motion on the financial state of
the colony. The motion was, in terms, simply a
call for the immediate production of the estimates
and statement of the ways and means for the
ensuing year. The debate on it was maintained
till past three o'clock in the morning. It was a
dull debate, and but for the speech of the Trea-
surer, would have been a profitless one. Mr.
o'Shanassy's speech was confessedly a failure.
The whole discussion, in fact, was narrowed down
upon the single point as to whether there would
or would not be a large deficit at the end of
the year. At the close the original motion
was allowed to fall through without a divi-
sion ; but an amendment was carried,
with the assent of the Government, re-
quiring the Treasurer to lay his financial statement
on the table by the 14th October. The real fact
brought out by this first passage of arms between
the two parties in the House was, the weakness of
the Opposition from the want of internal organisa-
tion and a common policy.
" One of the effects of the rush to New Zealand,"
says the North If estern Chronicle, "is beginning
to develope itself in the neighbourhood of Glen-
daruel[Yandoit, and Cluncs, most prejudically to
the interests of the farmers and quartz mining
companies in those districts. We refer to the
advance in wages which has taken place during
the past fortnight. In the farming districts named
above, labourers, who, before the exodus to New

Zealand commenced, were content with lbs. per
week and board, each, are now demanding 30s. per
week, or double the wages paid them before ; and
miners, working for companies, who were in re-
ceipt three weeks ago, of £2 10s. and £3 per week
each, have, since the arrival of the most recent
news from Otago, demanded £4 to .E 4 10s. Amongst
the farmers are some employers who have acceded
to the demands made upon them by the men ; but
there are others who have strenuously opposed

them, on the plea that at such wages farmin!,
would cease to be a remunerative occupation to the
owners of the land.

During the present year up to date, the total
quantity of gold brought to town by escort from
the several diggings has amounted to 1,340,773
ounces, which valued at £4 per ounce gives the total
worth at £5,362,092, while in the corresponding
period of last year the quantity was 1,470,386
ounces, valued at the same rate at £5,881,544—
showing a balance in favour of 1860 of 129,613
ounces. The shipments during the present year
up to date have amounted to 1,412,378 ounces, to
the value of £5,649,512, while the quantity shipped
during the same period of 1860 was 1,478,168
ounces, which at £4 per ounce gives the value at
£5,912,672, showing a balance in favour of last
year of 65,790 ounces.
Bulldog, near Rokewood, has been recently the
scene of a very spirited rush. Last week over 7
oz. were obtained from three loads, and one party
of two washed out 21 oz. from four tubs of wash
dirt. Tne North American claim at Lucky
Woman's is reported to be yielding handsome re-
turns, and the Centaur, Italian Joe, and Wood's
Crushing claims are said to be in a prosperous con-
dition.

At Inkerman, a locality distant from Donolly
about seven miles, a rush has set in, and the diggers
are getting good prospects. Two nuggets, one
weighing 100 oz., were found here a week since,,
The rush to Burnt Creek continues, and the pros-
pects of the miners are regarded with more favour
than was the case a week or two since. It does not
appear, however, that a true lead has yet been found,
although it is certain that gold is being obtained in
very good quantities. The best of the ground yet
discovered is in the possession of the Chinese. Only
four deep holes have been sunk, but these are sup-
posed to be yielding handsome returns. In the flat
sinking the water is very troublesome and retards
operations considerably.
From Castlemaine we learn that the Ajax Com-
pany by their last weekly cleaning operations
obtained from 70 tons of quartz 140 oz, 16 dwt. of
gold.
NEW SOUTH WALFS
•

The second session of the fourth Parliament of
New South Wales commenced on Tuesday, the 3d
of September, being opened with the usual vice-
regal formalities :

"His Excellency the Governor read tho following
speech :

"Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council
and Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly—
"ln addressing you personally fur the first time, I avail
myself of the opportunity to congratulate the colony upon
the pcossessiou of political institutions which, if the spirit
of wisdom and moderation inspires your counsels, are well
calculated, under the blessing of providence, to develope

in the highest degree the energies of the people and the
resources of the country.

" The sitting of Parliament having already occupied four
months of the present year, I did not feel justified in with-
drau ing you from your private pursuits at an earlier period.
" I have much pleasure in announcing to you that the
condition of the revenue is satisfactory, and that the im-
portant portion of it arising from the Customs continues to
increase. The goldfi'lls of the colony are still advancing
in number and productiveness.

"The result of the census which has just been completed
shows that, notwithstanding the severance of Queensland,
there has been during the last five years an increase of
nearly 100,000 in the population, which now amounts to
upwards of 350,000. It is an encouraging fact that this
large increase is substantially in the suburban and country
districts.

" I trust that the measures which will be submitted to
you will receive your candid and careful consideration.
Some of them have already been under the consideration of
Parliament, and urgently demand your attention. A speedy
and satisfactory settlement of the land question becomes
daily of more pressing importance; and it is au object of
great interest to provide for the constitution of the Legisla-
tive Council upon an elective basis.

" The bills for the management of the goldfields, and fc r
dealing with the Chinese question, may be considered of
scarcely lesf moment. These subjects require early and
anxious deliberation.

" The condition of the gaols and penal establishments of
the colony has engaged the earnest attention of the Govern-
ment, with a view to adoption, as far as practicable, of
those improved methods of secondary punishment which
exist in the more recently constructed prisons of the mother
country. I recommend the subject to your consideration
as one in which, by judicious regulations, humane and
efficient provisions may be combined with great eventual
saving to the State.

" Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly,—
"The supplementary estimates for 1861, and the esti-
mates for the year 1862, will be forthwith submitted to you.
"Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Counc 1
and Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly,—
" It is highly gratifying to me to be able to state that the
Commissioners are making such arrangements as will secure
the adequate representation of the colony at the London
Exhibition of 1862.

" I have great satisfaction in informing you that the dis-
putes which have hitherto surrounded the contracts for rail.
way works undertaken by Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Co.,
and which presented so serious an impediment to their satis-
factory working, are now adjusted. A contract has been
signed for the completion of the lines at present authorised
which will be ready for traffic to all the terminal points
within the coming year. A proposal for extended railway
works will be found in the estimates.

" The unprecedented fall of rain throughout the colony
during many months past has occasioned extraordinary
difficulties in maintaining in even passable condition the
main lines of road. These difficulties have, as far as possi-
ble, been met by unusual exertions to make the amounts
provided by the liberality of Parliament for road purposes
quickly available, and very considerable improvements have
been thus effected.

" The contracts for largely extending telegraphic commu-
nication, recently sanctioned by Parliament, have been com-
pleted, and so soon as Queensland has finished the line
within its own boundary, our connexion with that colony
will be perfected. The general success of the telegraphic
scheme will justify further extensions.
" The negatiation with the Government of Victoria with
reference to the Customs' duties on goods crossing the
Murray from that colony has been re-opened. This ques..
tion, when considered in an amicable spirit, appears to pre-
sent no insuperable difficulties, and I hope that an equit-
able settlement of it may be effected. Your attention will
be invited to a bill to empower the Government to conclude
a treaty upon this subject.
" Much inconvenience has arisen from the absence of
any general system of management for the police force, and
a bill will be laid before you for the purpose of placing the
constabulary of the colony, so far as circumstances will
admit, upon the same footing as prevails in the mother
country, and in several of the colonies. I recommend the
matter to your early attention.

" In bringing forward, from time to time, such measures
as are most urgently required, the Government will be
guided by the progress of the public business. I trust that,
by judicious arrangement, the present session may be
concluded within a reasonable perbd, and that, in future,
the meeting of Parliament may, under ordinary circum-
stances, be limited to that portion of the year which is
most generally convenient for the attendance of the re-
presentatives of the country constituencies. I am per-
suaded that such a practice would be productive of most
beneficial results; whereas, if the sessions of Parliament
be continued nearly the whole year, not only does the bur-
den fall heavily upon the members of the Legislature, but
the proper performance of the executive duties of the
Government must be seriously impeded.
"From the territory which New South Wales originally
possessed several important colonies have been created,
but she still comprises within her present limits a larger
area than any other Australian colony. In the vast extent
of her pastoral, and the richness of her agricultural lands,
in the value and abundance of her auriferous and
mineral resources, some of which are peculiarly her own,
and in the int Iligence and enterprising spirit of her inha-
bitants, she possesses all the elements of a great and pros-
perous nation. Much may be done by her legislators to
secure her rapid advancement and permanent prosperity ;
and I pray that the progressive improvement of the colony,
morally, socially, and politically, may, by the Divine
favour, be the result of your deliberations.

" Copies of the speech having been handed by the Go-
vernor to the President of the Legislative Council, and to
the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, his Excellency
and suite left the Chamber, the Assembly retiring imme-
diately afterwards."