The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-11 00:00:00

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TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, IS4O.

We have received our file of the Guiana'Chraiii cle
the 20th of December, inclusive. Their contents are
extremely interesting and important. The Chronicle
of December. 14 gives a full report of the proceedings
at the great public dinner given, on the previdus daY'
to Governor Light, which appears to have been veil
numerously and respectably attended: Sir M. M‘Tnric
occupied the chair, and the proceedings were charae".
terised by the greatest unanimity. The Governor's
speech contains many remarks on the present state and
future prospects of the Colony, which merit the great-.,
est attention. He said that he had presented to the,
Colonial Secretary of State the condition of "the col'.
tivated, cultivable, and abandoned parts of that rich
mine of gold"—that he had "pointed out the resources
of the interior, and the facilities of production and of
inland navigation"—and " that all that the Colony
wanted was hands." He had advocated the encoW
ragement of immigration into the Colony, not in one
despatch, but in twenty. He strongly condemned the
expedient of a loan as fatal to all schemes fOr peopling
the country ; and insisted that every object could be
secured by "an annual grant, ample for the annual
supply of labourers."
The Right Rev. Dr. Clancy, Roman Catholic Ord?
nary of British., Guiana,' while addressing the same
meeting, avowed himself to he " the fearleSs advocate
of a general scheme of immigration," which he thougo
would proye " the physiCal salvation of that invaluable
province," adding that " for his timely and accurate
views on that question Governor Light deserved the
gratitude of the present and future generations."

Abraham Garnett, Esq., in the course of a very sr
rited address, introduced the following pithy and truth'
ful observations, which we especially recommend t°
the notice of those who have been led away by the
Anti-Corn-Law,agitation. In returning thanks for the
agricultural portion of th© community, he remarked'
" Agriculture was the foundation of the prosperity (1
every country. From agriculture proceeds commerce'
If that succeeded; the community could not foil to fir
prove. He did not confine himself to that Colony
alone ; but When he made that assertion he referred tof
every part Of the World. This was no new theory °
his. The pages of history afforded ample proof °flit;
If the agricultural interests of British Guiana should
not prosper, the commercial body must fall. It I 01"
lowed as a- matter of course,—the interests were s°
united." He concluded by recommending immigra"
tion as the great resource, to which all their energie'
should be devoted.
All the ether speeches at this dinner were charm'
tensed by. the. same tone. "Immigration" was the
burden of each, and that' on a scale commensurate
with the wants and capabilities. of the ColonY.
On the same day another public meeting took place
at Georgetown, having for its specific object the en,
couragement of immigration-. This meeting was hel.
at the Colony House,- in pnisuance of a request by a
public advertisement of J. A. Holmes, Esq., whose oh'
ject it was to lay before the public certain docuinel'te,
received by him from Mr. Carberry, of Baltimore, °ll
the subject of immigration into. British. Guiana fr°lll
the United States—a scheme the feasibility of whiel.,
has been fully established. We are sorry that
e
cannot find room, in our present publication for t.'e
whole of the documents read by Mr. Holmes. `it
have, however, inserted in another column the PO
important of these documents—that in which Mr;
Carberry gives a detailed description of the advantage
to be 'derived from emigration to British Guist'''.
We recommend a careful perusal of that interesting
statement. It enters minutely into the resources
r that noble Colony, and furnishes the strongest NO;
boration of our previous articles. We trust that tb_:
truths which it embodies
.will not be lost upon the It;
fish public, and with this v Ave
iew earnestly solicit t'
co-operation of our brethren of the press:, in giving togr,
theth increased publicity. To
..the other arts of )'l4
Ca.rbetlys statements on the subject of migration"

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