New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-12

laws "for the peace, welfare and good govern
ment" of the Colonies, and to appropriate the
revenues from taxes and rates Every bill has
to receive the Governors assent, and may be
dlSallOwed within two years by the Sovereign.
The Legislative Council is also empowered to
create District Councils, whose duties extend
to the making and supporting of roads, streets,
bridges, public buildings, the purchase and
tenure Ofpublic property, providing for the To-
cal administration Ofjustice, and the establish
ment and support of schools. Perfect religious
liberation is a fundamental principle in these
colonies. Protestants and Catholics equally re-
ceiving grants from the public revenue, while
the title of the Roman Catholic prelates is Of
fcially acknowledged in this part only of the
British Dominions There are plenty ofgoodfree
schools accessible to all, and it may be safely
stated that these offshOOts are already a quar-
ter of a century ahead of the mother country
in those two essential requisites TO really free
state. The press, too, Fourth estate" is en-
tirely uushackled, having no stamp, paper or adj
vertisement duty as in the old cOuntry-no
censorship in the shape of tax
There are yet two noticeable subjects to
which We have not alluded, namely, the black
and the convict population. The former may
be set down as by far the more harmless of the
two, and Us occupying, perhaps, the very lowest
rank in the scale of humanity. They are de-
1 hi, e usiv hidalns
appearance, filthy dirty in their habits, lazy
and thievish to degree, and fast disappearing
as all aboriginals do, before the presence Of the
white man-not always alone by means of the
gradual march of time, but by the exterminat-
ing firearms of the settlers, who, till the pro-
lection of the law was tardily extended to the
poor "savages, Though it is doubtful which
most deserve the appellation,) hunted them
down like beasts of prey. They exist now,
however, in such small numbers as scarcely TO
form an observable element in the population,
and are quite incapable Of exciting any other
emotion than that of pity and disgust, accord
ing to the temperament of the spectator. AS
to the convict population, or Government
men," as they are considerably termed, the
advantage Of having their services, so far from
creating universal Indignation against the Home
Government, has long been a vexed question
among the colonial statesmen, DR.. Lang and
many other eminent men being strongly in ia
vor Of the continuance Of the system as late
as 1851, and it is certain that by means Of this
class many of the roads and other public works
have been formed that otherwise would have
been left undone for many years on account OF
their great cost. But We cannot believe that
in the altered state the colonies have assumed
within the last twelve months, there can any
longer be difference of opinion as to the i'm
proprety of merging the very dregs of English
society with free immigrants and it is most
probable that so obnoxious a feature of the Pc
nal system will receive the attention of the ap-
preaching Parliament.
Our space has necessarily compelled us TO
give merely few leading outlines of the capa-
bilities of this interesting country, together
with such information as we thought might be
valuable to intending emigrants. In conclu-
sion. we would offer our views as to its po
litcal future. A report of the disaffection OF
the colonies to the mother-cOuntry, existing TO
such an extreme as TO make the immediate
proclamation of free and independent Repub-
lie matter of the highest probability, has OBJ
tanned general credence i'll the United States
The absurdity of such contamination APP
pears to us selfevident, for the following rca-
sons: In the first place, the population Of
Australia proper, AS we have already shown,
was, previous to 1851, in round numbers
200 600. or about half that of the City OF New
York, consisting principally Of native-bon
Englishmen, who carry with them, into distant
lands, that love of home and innate loyalty which
have become national characteristics and even
the second generation, who have no ties save
those oftradtion. yield to none in their devotion
10 "home." as England is iondly styled. But
apart from that feeling of attachment when
now certainly exists, the abSurdlty OF the
idea of this handful of people, scattered, too'
as they are over the half of a vast continent,
resisting the power of the British Empire VINO
could really transport, in few days, from In
dis, in a case of emergency, almost as many
troops as there are Australians capable ofbear-
ing arms, should there even be no diversity oil
opinion as to an armed opposition, is at once
apparent. Again, in the event Uf a successful
struggle, (Which is at the present time, beside
the question: the colony must inevitably be
ruined-as it would be- long ere Australia could
find another market for her staple produce
wool, tallow, and copper-while England could
by a little encouragement, and triaing incon-
venience obtain any desired quantity OF these
frn1n tho Irnitel States Snan and Russia. In