The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-05 00:00:00

NEW SOUTH WALES.

We have received ad vices from Sydney, New
South Wales, to Aug. 12, being four days later
than the date of previous ad vices. This intelligence
reachea us by way of Callao.
On the 11th of Atfaust the second session of the
first parliament of New South Wales was opened
by his Excellency the Governor-General. We
gather from the report of the Sydney Mnpire that
the opening was conducted with much cvremony,
and that the traditions of Westminster are con-
scientiously observed in the capital of the Australian
colony. The occasion was honoured, we are told,
by the presence of a brilliant assemblage of ladies,
distinguished visitors, the foreign consuls, dignita-
ries of the church, and officers of the army and
navy. The Lower House was summoned by Black
Rod, and the Speaker was greatly admired in his
"splendid new state robes." His Excellency, who
was attended by an aide-de-camp, and received with
a military salute, took his place on the vice-regal
throne, and delivered the following speech
HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF TITS LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY.
I should have called you together at an earlier pe-
riod, but had I done so (owing to the unusual length
of the last session, which was prolonged until the
17th March of the present year), a sufficient interval
would not have been afforded to the government for
the preparation of the business about to be brought
before you, Neither would a sufficient recess have
been granted to those members who were with-
drawn for so long a time from attending to their
private affairs. The delay which has taken place
will, I feel assured, be conducive to the ultimate
dispatch 'of public business, as it has enabled the
Government to mature many measures of great
importance to the welfare of the country, which,
together with the estimates for the year 1858, will
be immediately brought under your consideration.
To the following measures of reform and social pro-
gress I would more particularly invite your atten-
tion.

' ' Experience has already shown that the change
in the system of government requires a correspond-
ing change in the system of representation. A bill
will therefore be immediately laid before you to
increase the number of members of the Assembly,
' to remove the disabilities to vote arising from
I change of residence or qualification, to introduce
the ballot, and to bring the electoral distribution
in harmony with the changes among the population
indicated by the late census. This bill will be ac-
companied by another for the purpose of regulating
the proceedings at elections, diminishing the ex-
penses of candidates, and providing more effectually
against the evils of bribery and corruption.
A bill will be laid before you on an early day, to
provide for the future management and disposal
of the public lands, which, while preserving the
good faith of the crown, will render the acqui-
sition of land in fee simple more easy to all who
are likely to bring it into profitable use, and
thus facilitate the permanent settlement, and
at the same time increase the productiveness
of the country. One of the most important ob-
jects of the measure will be to augment the means
available for public improvement, and more espe-
cially for those great works of internal communica-
tion whioh are now so much desired, without unduly
pressing upon any class of the community.
The Municipalities Bill of last session, modified
and improved su some important particulars, will
be immediately submitted for your consideration.
A bill for the establishment of district courts will
be again brought forward in an amended form.
The object of this bill is to facilitate and expedite
the administration of justice in the interior, and to
relieve the Supreme Court from the present exces-
sive pressure of businesit. The criminal law requires
simplification and amendment, in order to make
the punishment of crime more certain ; and, in
connection with this subject, I propose to bring
under your special notice the important question
of secondary punishment.
The subject of education has received the most
anxious consideration from the government ; and
it is my intention to lay befire you a measure which,
while it will not in any way int.:Afore with the re-
ligious convictions of a single individual, will sup-
ply adequate means of instruction for the whole
community.
Regulations have been established to facilitate
the introduction from the United Kingdom of use-
ful immigrants under private engi;gement. The
opportunity thus afforded for the selection of immi-
grants by means of private agency, and of providing
them with passages in private ships, will, I trust, be
productive of great public advantage. It is proposed
also to grant rewis-iou certificates in the purchase of
land, to persons introducing immigrants of the la-
bouring classes, under such regulations as may be
found desirable. The latter object can only be
&fee' eel by legislative enactment, and the necessary
measure for this purpose will, accordingly, be brought
forward at an early day.
Arrangements have been made by which it is be-
lieved the efficiency of the railway department will
be materially increased. The officer for whom, at
the request of the legislature, I applied in 1855, has
lately arrived in the colony ; and I trust to be
able to lay before you, shortly, such a report from
him upon the general question of railway construc-
tion and management as will greatly facilitate the
determination of the measures necessary for the ex-
tension of railways into the interior.
The unprecedented continuance of heavy rains
has made communication by the ordinary roads of
the colony almost impracticable, and has hitherto
unfortunately impeded the beneficial expenditure
of the sines voted for their repair. It is intended
to apply to the liberality of Parliament for a much
larger amount than usual for the maintenance and
repair of the leading thoroughfares of the colony,
and to place them under a more satisfactory system
of management.
Contracts have been entered into for the con-
struction of a line of telegraph from Sydney to
Albury. The progress of this work, and of those
undertaken for a similar purpose by the sister
colonies, justifies the expectation that the galvanic
circuit between all the chief cities of Australia will
soon be completed.
I have to congratulate you upon the successful
operation of the Act of last session for the amend-
ment of the laws relating to the managernerit of the
gold fields, and upon the orderly conduct and grad-
ually increasing prosperity of the population et the
mines.
The important questions of an in` er-colonial cha-
racter which are constantly arising suggest the es-
tablishment of a federal legislature, possessing
power and authority for their d scission and deter-
mination in the interests of the Australians colonies
generally. I recommend this important subject to
your early consideration.
The Legislative Assembly having asserted the
principle that all legislative bodies should be elec-
tive, it will be necessary that the earliest period
consistent with its debberate Legislative Council
should be taken into the consideration of the legis-
lature, and it appears to me that a fitting oppor-
tunity for this purpose will be afforded, when, by
the intended revision of the electoral system, the
opinion of the country upon this fundamental ques-
tion can be clearly ascertained.
It is desirable to separate the political duties of
the Attorney-General from his office of Grand Jury,
and in order to early out this reform, a bill will be
introduced to authorise the appointment of a pub
lit prosecutor.

The recent proclamation of the coinage of the
Sydney Mint in Victoria will, I believe, be of great
advantage to the colony and to New South Wales.
And I venture to hope that her Majesty's govern-
ment may be induced to make current the colonial
coin in all parts of the British empire.

GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,
The financial condition of the country has during

;he recess received my most anxious attention.

is a subject of congratulation, that the deficit in the
revenue existing at the cotnnaencitment of 1856,
has been diminished by economy and the improved
state of the public income, and that, up to the
present time, I have not been compelled to avail
myself of Vie authority to borrow any portion of
the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand pounds,
placed at my disposal to cover this deficit. It is
not my intention at present to propose any
alte-
ration in the customs tariff, nor to increase t
amount of revenue raised by indirect taxation.
The estinrAtes of expenditureiare prepared,r and
will be immediately laid before you. The utmost
economy, consistent with a desire to provide fer
the wants of this rising country, has been observed
in their preparation.
androation.
The ct
distribution of the duties on
goods entering the colony by way of the River
Murray has been the subject of correspondence
between the government of New South Wales,
Victoria, and South Australia, which will be laid
before you. It is hoped that this correspondence
will lead to the completion of a temporary arrange-
ment satisfactory to all parties, and ultimately to
the adoption of one tariff of customs' dues common
to all the Audraliau cAonies. A bill will be sub-
mitted to you for the purpose of lega'ising the
contemplated arrangement.
The temporary and varied character of a con-
siderable portion of the public debt, and the in-
convenience which is felt in some instances from
the want of a desirable mode of permanently ,

investing trust and other moneys, has rendered it
exne:lient to fund the debt or the colony on certain
conditions. A measure for this purpose has accord-
ingly been prepared, and will be laid before you.
It has bean thougnt advisable t ) modify the pre-
sent system of receipts and payments at the Trea-
sury, ky relieving the Minister of Fivance and

Trade from the anomalous position of combining a
political office with that of a public accountant, re-
sponsible for the custody and expenditure of the
public money. A bill to give effect to this mea-
sure will be presented to you.
A bill to establish the office and define the duties
of the Auditor-General will be re-submitted to you
on an early day.

HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY,
The great importance of making adequate ar-
rangements for the management of the lighthouses
and harbours on the coast, and the supervision and
regulation of the pilot establishments, has sug-
gested the propriety of appointing a board, whom
it is proposed to incorporate and entrust with the
performance of those duties ; the necessary mea-
sure has been prepared for this purpose.
I shall lay before you important correspondence
which has led to the establishment of banking and
commercial agencies for New South Wales in Lon-
don, upon terms advantageous to the colony.
A provisional arrangement has been entered into
with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, for •
monthly postal communication between Southamp-
ton and Sydney, via Panama and New Zealand.
Should this scheme be carried into effect, it will
give to these colonies the advantage of a steam
communication with England every fortnight. The
correspondence on the subject will be immediately
laid before you, and I earnestly recommend tke
measure to your consideration and approval.
The colony has been visited during the past fear
months by severe and almost unprecedented floods
in various parts, but it is a subject of sincere grail•
tude to Pr vidence, that these visitations have not
been attended with any serious loss of life.
The commercial and monetary state of the coun-
try is sound and satisfactory, and I am most thank-
ful to be able to state that prosperity attends all
interests in the community.
Various important measures, to which I need not
specially allude, will also be presented to you, and
will, I am sure, in common with those to which I
have adverted, receive your attentive considera-
tion. I again assure you of my earnest desire to
co-operate most zealously and cordially with the
Legislature to the best of my ability for the public
good ; and I sincerely trust that the result of your
deliberations may, under the blessing of Almighty'
God, conduce to the happiness and prosperity of
the important community whose interests are com-
mitted to your charge.
The address having been concluded, his Excel-
lency retired in the same order as he entered. The
council then adjourned until four o'clock in the
afternoon.

PROPOSED CHRISTIAN MISSION TO
GRAND BONNY, WESTERN AFRICA.

TO THE EDITOR OF THI SIIN.

SlR,—Permit me to address you upon the fol-
lowing subject, and request the favour of your in-
serting this letter in your next edition, as I deem
it my duty to make it public.
Some time since I applied to his Grace the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, entreating his aid in esta-
blishing a Christian mission at Grand Bonny (an
important trading pace for palm oil, in West
Africa), where there never has been such, although
fur many years past I have used all the means ill
my power to accomplish my object. Also, in 1848,
I wrote to the Rev. Andrew Somerville, of the
Presbyterian Church Missionary Society, but with
no success.

His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury refer•
red rue to the Church Missionary Society, Salisbury.'
square, Fleet street ; and on the 6th day of March,
uitlmo by their appointment, I bad an interview
with die secretaries there ; but I regret to say that
my application was not entertained by them.
In conclusion, I beg to add that the result of mf
endeavours abovo narrated are not, in my opinion'
consistent with Christianity and the object of DI
siouary establishments.-1 beg to subscribe role'. 9
Sir, yours, &c.,

PEPPLE,
King of Bonny, West Africa.
Tottenham, Nov. 4, 1857.

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the week ended Nov. 5, 1857, made up from the R 3.
turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in
England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT BARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS 1 PEAS
53s lid 43s ld 25s Od 36s 10d 458 9d 45s 3a
THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES.
WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS i RYE BEANS I PEAS
55510 d 43s 3d 25s 7d 36s 4d 45s 8d 44s 3d
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK,
Wheat, 102,059; barley, 74,825; oats, 9,530; rye, VA;
beaus 5,296 ; peas, 3,321 quarters.

MEAT MARKETS.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of melt
were only moderate, yet the trade ruled heavy, as follows
—Beef, from 23 ldd to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 413 8d;
Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 5s 2d per 81b0,
the carcase.

SOUTHALL, Nov. 4.—The supplies of stock on sales here
to-day were seasonably extensive, and the trade generally
ruled heavy, on lower terms : —Beef, from 3s 2d to 4. 6cl;
Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 2d ' • -Veal, 9s Od to 4a Bt.l ; York.
4s Od to 5s Od per Sibs, to sink the offal.

ROMFORD, Nov. 4.—To-day's market was well supplied,
with stock, which moved off slowly. as follows :—Beef,
'
from 3s Od to 4s 8d • Muttou, 33 6d to 5s 4d; Veals
4s ('d to 4s 8d ; Perk, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 811 as.