The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-16 00:00:00

BY SIR WALTER RALEIGH.

Man's like a tragedy ; his mother's womb,
From which he enters, is the tiring room :
This spacious earth the theatre ; and the stage
That country which he lives in : passions, rage,
Folly, and vice are actors : the first cry
The prologue to the ensuing tragedy.
The former act consisteth of dumb shows ;
The second, he to more perfection grows ;
I'th' third he is a man, and doth begin
To nurture vice, and act the deeds of sin ;
I'th' fourth declines ; i'th' fifth diseases clog
And trouble him ; then death's his epilogue !

COLONIZATION OF NEW ZEALAND.

(From the Scottish Guardian.)

The subject of colonization is increasing in interest
every day ; and of late the islands of New Zealand
have attracted much attention as presenting one of the
finest fields in the world for the foundation of a British
colony. A bill was introduced into Parliament last
session, the object of Which was to plant a colony in
New Zealand on the same principles as the new colo-
nies of South Australia. For some reason not gene-
rally understood this bill did not receive the support of
government, and it was thrown out. But notice has
been given that it is to be brought in again during the
present session, as won after Easter as possible. We
believe that government object to vesting the govern-
ment of the colony in commissioners, and would rather
that a crown colony were established ; but, at all events,
it is resolved that British protection shall be extended
to all settlers in the country, and orders have been al-
ready given for the despatch of a British ship of war
to be stationed in the Bay of Islands.
In the meantime, a company is in the course of for-
mation in Scotland, on the principle of a land and emi-
gration company, for the purchase and resale of land
in New Zealand, with the view of promoting emigra-
tion from Scotland to the company's land; in short, to
establish, on an extensive and systematic scale, the
means of enabling the surplus population of the High-
lands, and other parts of Scotland, to transfer their in-
dustry and enterprise to the fertile valleys, noble rivers,
and boundless forests of New Zealand. A number of
proprietors in the Western Highlands, and influential
gentlemen in Glasgow and Edinburgh, are among the
promoters of the scheme—the prospectus of which, it
is expected, will be laid before the public in a very
short time.

We are convinced of the importance of a measure of
this kind, and that it highly deserves the encourage-
ment of both our landed proprietors and mercantile
men. It is prpiiitahle to Glasgow that it has taken the
lead in the enterprise, the first meeting having been
held in the Exchange on the 20th ultimo—Sir John
Campbell, of Airds, Bart., in the absence of the Lord
Provost, in the chair—and we have no doubt whatever
that a very extensive shipping trade will be carried on
ere long betwixt the Clyde and the new colony. Colo-
nization is but in its infancy, and it bespeaks an en-
largement of mind worthy the character of the mer-
chants of our city, when they can foresee the mighty
results, both mercantile and philanthropic, which will
Certainly spring from the present scheme, if judiciously
planned and boldly carried out. There is an almost
universal opinion in favour of New Zealand, and thou-
sands who are now emigrating to the colonies, would
go there in preference were it once systematically co-
lonised.

We are glad that the press is beginning to direct
rublic attention to New Zealand. Amongst the most
intelligent supporters of the cause of British coloniza-
tion in New Zealand is the editor of the London Spec-
ty: tor, and latterly some of the Edinburgh papers have
:k-en up the subject. The following description ap-
_Dears in the Edinburgh Observer of Tuesday, 26th
March :

In its geographical position and features New Zea-
land bears no inconsiderable resemblance to the British
Isles. Like them it consists of two large islands,
stretching, from south to north, through ten or twelve
degrees of the temperate zone, and possessing a sur-
face agreeably diversified with hill and dale ; but in
the case of New Zealand, the sister isles, instead of
lying side by side, like Great Britain and Ireland, are
placed (so to speak) end to end—the two being sepa-
rated by a narrow channel, named Cook's Strait.
Situated a few degrees nearer to the equator than
Britain, New Zealand has a milder and more genial
climate than this country, while the difference of tem-
perature is not sufficiently great to render it in any way
disagreeable to those who have been accustomed to the
bracing air of our northern " land of the mountain
and the flood." New Zealand is described as possess-
ing an atmosphere exceedingly pure and salubrious,
and withal, so balmy and sweet, that it will stand com-
parison with that of the South of France, Italy, or any
other of the finest and most agreeable regions of the
world. The heat of its brilliant sun is pleasantly tem-
pered by the refreshing sea-breezes, and the cool and
invigorating air from the lofty mountains by which
both islands are intersected. The soil is uncommonly
rich and fertile ; the fructifying influences of the genial
climate produce an extraordinary luxuriance of vege-
tation, and enable all descriptions of grain, roots, and
fruits, cultivated in Europe, to be grown successively
in New Zealand. Abundance of fine timber, well
adapted for all useful purposes, may be had from the
forests which exist in the interior of the country ; the
sea around the coast is rich in valuable fish ; and no-
thing seems to be awanting but man's industry, enter-
prise, and skill, to render those favoured islands of the
south the abodes of peace and plenty.
Its insular character and favourable geographical po-
sition, with relation to various important portions of
the earth, peculiarly fit New Zealand for becoming the
seat of a great commercial community.

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