The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-25 00:00:00

COLONIAL PAR•LIANIENT,

Oct -Tuesday 'last, his Excellency Governor , Sir
GEt;RGE BRCKWITEI having gone' in State to .the
ToAn-Hall, -and being seated in the Executive"
Chair at the head of itie.Councii Board, abd)the
of the House 4-llepresen tatives attending
by summons; -in Ow •CutiocilCharnher, he opened
the* first S-Ssion-of our Colonial Parliament under
his Adininidratioti 110 t-dlowing Speech to
both 'Houses of 'the •
, " Air. President, awl Gentlemen of the House of
• Legislatioe Council.--:51,. Speaker, and
amen we the /Luse Assembly, •
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I avail myself with great satisfati•ion .of'shis early
occasion to meet paa in .colonial Parliametit, . to co 7
operate with both brat:cites r,t the Legislature in the
consideration of such measures as the public -welfare
may require ; acid whilst I regret that my military
duties have.bithet to rendered tuy absence so ludis-
pen-able, I have derived much cinsolation in re-
fleeing, that the mild Administration of IVIr. Presi-
dent Spooner has prevented any-inconvenience there-
by.resuiting to the Colony.
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• ‘` Whatever shall tend to the amelioration of the
Country,
.by the improvement of Roads, the con-
strudion of,Bridges, and‘the establishment of a, good
Pace, form objects worthy of ,Legislative inter-
ference and provisioo, combined with a. judicious
and economy. The striCiest regard to the
sllititia Laws, and .the.adoption from time to time' of
such measured as may be found conducive to
strengthen the public defence, contribute in a high
degree augment the value of property ;, more
especially at, a period similar tothe oue,itt which
e

. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of
Assembly..

" I doubt not your wisdom w I originate all such.
measures-as p•_:eutiarly appertaiO to the House of
{amnions, and With your. local knoWledge; ekpe-
iitoce, and diKposition to promote the public
good,
'cirrinot fail to Stim,one9t. You wig ever find Ole
disposed, by those means which the Constitution
vested in ruy•handl;to co-operate cordially with
you in gii7ing- ulti4bate effect to your public
lab:mrs.

Mr. President, and bentlemen of the Hcuse of
Legislative Council.—Mr. Speake and aintle-
men of the House of Assembly:,

s`ln turning our attention to the present arduous
contliet, it will be letand that the powerful enemy
`whir whom the Einpir, is conwelled t; contend has
13teit forced from her Western possessions.; the war,
therefore, has been removed from our neighbour-
hood ; but in contemplating the -power ot,Fr.nic!',.,
and the character of the man whe directs her Coun:,_
cils, we are bound to look to every.exertion which
pride and failure, acting upon .a mind little us.d to.
disappointment, must he held to inspiLt. That.suckt
a man will lamely glue up without another-effort, Ai,.
his American expectations, forms
,no part of his
rsoi,,n,i, and it I am not misinformed, he hap re-
cently spread nutneious eaussarics throng:tout
the Northern as weti as the, Southern Conttnent,.•
and as it is asserted, amongst. his . Majesty'-s.insulpr
posses,!ions,.as well as those of Spain. This
during the( ore of the Frenchltevnlution,„ hasze
nerally preceded her operations by Ka •
" It is not my province to say what ought!to he
the conduct of fureiga Nations,_whether -allies or
friends ; but it behoves us 'to be prt:i.nred
event, and to stcenivhen the country by
.ev ety ite.dus
in our pouVer.-
His.Excelleticy haying withdrawn, and the mem,,,
bers of tie As,cmbly retired -to their own House,
the speech was there by.urder read, and a
,Commit-.
ee:appoiklted to prepareantiiddress in answer; Mi.
I'dayv-rs moved_ the Bill of Settlement, ;fig
.pto,
viding the sum of 40001. per ann.to.be grouted•to his
Excellency: towards the b,:tter support of theAignity
of the administiation of GovetAment, and being;
seconded by Mr. Pluder,,a Bill was ordered and ac-
cordingly introduced, etiaaing
,the same ;.,which
passed through ail itststaes with the unanitnons con-
ciirrence.of the whole House, and was sent up to the
Connell. Their Honours having also given their una-
nimous approbation to the said Bill, and it being
sent down passed ,bythem to the Assembly, and,the
Governor being returned to the Cola-tail Chatilber, it
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was presented to !ail Excellency ny the,Speaker, at-
tended by the Members of the House., for his as-
sent; Which his Excellency was pleased., to
With expressions of t tie highe t regard and satisfac-
tion- for so cordial a testimony of the Legislative

MODE OF MAKING ARTIFICIAL STONCs AT DUN-
manipulation ,is very ingenious, and
the stones are used for the foundatioos and angles,
of buildings. ;' they
,are quadrangular, and in the
shape of a parallelogram. The materials used are
the ruins of the ciiadetwinCh are a Mixture of brick,
lime, and sand. This is broken by means of a mill
compu,Ld of two stone wheels, one before the other,
drawn by a single hoi:e. Water is added to it ;
the matterremains <a reddish' Colour, and is placed
iii a trough, win:l.e it is kept moist by poUring
waicr over it. The trough being
.filled, calcined
lime; winch is left to be extinguished in the'open
air, i, mixed with abOut one:eighth of cement.--
A tuotr:d made of boards is prepared,.in which, 'af-
fer havnig.laaa..thin bed of sand, to prevent the
cement,stici6ng to the mould, they throw in abed
of ctM;ent and one of brick-bats; then, sceessive.-
ly, two other beds of brick-bats and cement—the
last must be of onlY ;_thep_ alp mould is
takruorl, and the stones ranged in a heap, to dry.—
The lime being' very absorbent, soon makes the
Whole solid body. These stones are riot long be-
tore they ,are dried hard, and fit for use. It is
thought, there exists a, similar manufactory in Prus-
sian Poland, where they ate more successful in mak-
ing good stta of the ruins of basalt, 'which cont-
bines be, ter with lime and alumine:. The pebbles
around_BoLilope Would be still preferable, and
and there is no doubt but of them' artificial stones,
90,51 in quality to natural stones, could be made::