Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-01-05

The colonies will prove knoty subject during the coming
session Of Parliament. The CARE Coon HoPE may be
pronounced in state of rebellion The people Of Cape
town have refused TO have any business transactions with the
Government in any shape, any terms, until il is off
cay announced that the Neptune, with the convc on
board should away she had received her
sary supplies All intercourse and connection between nd
vduas and the Governor and heads of the ctualng depart
ments to be dropped the lth Of October. The
merchants bakers, butchers hopkeeper and all other good
and loyal people" dealing only with such private individuals
cas- they know and clearly understand be unconneced
with those departments by through which supplies su
cient to afford petex for the detention Of the convics
may possibly be obtained" All shops and to
be closed from and after the 18th Of October except for the
supply and accommodation of ordinary private and we'll
known authorities" This was cutting of the supplies
most literally. The Governor had issued strong procama
ton but SO vigorously had the inhabitants carried their
determination that the Governor had been obliged seize
bullocks while engaged in drawing wagons and to employ
forced measures to other provisions These cattle
paid for at stipulated prices and gazed land belonging
the Government and from this insufficient supply the forces
ON shore and at have been far supplied general
order had been addressed to the sodery praisng them for
their fobeaance and good conduct under the trying
stances surrounding hem especially respected the poba
biy of inadequate supply The Neptune, with her cargo
Of convcts board remained in the bay the last advces
The coonss declared that they would not supply the naval
service with any thing whilst the ship is in the bay The
Governor replied that he had made every concession in his
power, and would not submit threats. There idea
at the Cape that the Governor would probably, unless the
people resumed less hostile attitude declare the colony
be in state of siege. We anxious for further
The British Government appears watch the nte-
rests of its Australian colonies with much socitude they
AL Al
important to their promised future results of any of the
British colonial territories Canada is, most probably very
rapidly passing into the rank of independent community.
The West Indies such anomalous state that little
can either be correctly stated anticipated respecting them.
Hndostan has yet assumed enough of form feature
ground safe comment upon. The Cape of Good Hope will
be comparatively unmportant when the of Europe
and Asia finds its transit from east TO west and from to
east, through the ship canal Nicaragua Besides neither
the East West Indies the Cape peeped by race
almost exclusively of British origin, as is and will be-
our Australian colonies nor, any Of the former do SOIL
climates and all other natural attributes combine prepare
fit and congenial home for Engishmen they do in Aus
tralia and New Zealand Our Government preparing
for the establishment of monthly mail to and from Sydney
Southampton be by other vessels from Sydney
Singapore and to connect at the latter place with the packets
OF the pennsuar and oriental company and tie former with
the packets and from China The Commissioners of the
Admiralty, inviting tenders for the conveyance of this mail
have evident ausion to its transit by the Ishmus of Pa
nama contradistncton to that by the shmus Of Suez
The by the former will be less than 27ss miles
shorter than the latter one and it has other important adj
vanages The latter could be cheapy and ead
y carried out because navigation is already advanced
far Singapore distance Of s4ss miles whereas the
plan present arranged only Chagres 42
miles, This Isl however, consideration except for the
short time which it would require to make the arrange
mens and have weight in determining permanent
mode of transit very few years would there is doubt
make the Panama the cheapest just the proper
ton it is the shortest In connexion with Australia may
be mentioned the establishing of society in London for
promoting female emigration. At the head of the commit
found the of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the Marquis
of WESTMINSTER and the Earl of CARLISLE followed by
those of the Bishop of LoSDoS Lord ASHLEY, and long
list of nobemen and gentlemen The advertisement of this
Society contains curious statistics, which abundanty
show the necessity for its operation There in the
ropols fewer than 81, 500 employed in the bust
Of apparelmakng whom 500 under twenty
of age, and very large proportion of them subssDg,
attempting to subsist their earnings which from 25d
to day Throughout Great Britain the male PoPua
ton greatly outnumbered by the female This excess by
the Of ls4 upwards of $4,000, and it is now
supposed to reach half Million In the British colonies,
were in New South Wales Al 900 females 49, 600 males
in South Australia 600 females to II, 900 males Similar
dspropoion exists in Van Diemans Land and the other
Australian colonies This Society proposes to abate this
double ev-o supply the colonies with the population which
the crying want of society there and at the time to
redress this increasing grievance Of the mother country and
by diminishing the unnatural of female labor in Lon
don better the condition of those who remain Immediate
will be taken for promoting female emigration upon
large scale and assistance WILL in the first instance, be
tended to that class which is the poorest and most helpless
the needle and slop-wokers Offices are already
opened for the registering the of applicants Every
possible will be taken of the emgrants during their
voyage and proper reception be provided and temporary
sistance afforded them their arrival and facilities given for
placing themselves in respectable positions. The Morning
Chronicle has certainly the satisfaction Of originating this
benevolent society," and its thus early formation and operation
owing to the exerton Of Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, member
Of Parliament for South Wiltshire.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL EPITOME.
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