The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-20
AIrgrF:ALIA.

.,,.,,.ls. hich Of late years bogus 20
.rt,;e Il ttenfIon with Californis, con-
- .srse - ilIions of square miles. about
CIV nicb. it is said, is unfit for the
oue g Furou cans. on account of the compa
1ss .sesSa y of the land, or, what, in such
.:.nasiou, ia equivalent to sterility, the
,..,,ob, Of he climate But for this disad-
-..,aoe. TIL opinion is expressed that the
,..on;csl pof ton of Australia might have bsen
ipeopied fr ,m China, which, with the d,elp
of ..eam. . avigation, is at an easy distance;
uowevsr. after this deduction there still re-
rn.;ns am ! xtent of territory equal to twenty
Great Brafi ms. or more than seven countries
90 LARGE 40 France. +
A mores erious disadvantage tnan t1s'J
-.,;onaaJ ia the absence of water oommu-
orr, i'm Australia 1t is said that she best
oe ;ts rivt RS are not equal to those of the
| c.,b,or q, tn order in America; that it has no
| -, of essn. mercial value; and not one great
70, which, generates deeply into the coun-
,,x - nd comm unicates by navigable course
| With. the sea. In salubrity of climate, how
| oven i, is SAID to possess great superiority
| ovar America and every other country. Its
| odva,tages for the rearing of sheep and the
| ,,rodu elton of fine wool, are so great, that
= 10 n redieted tina t, in this respect Australia
will t,ecome as nee essary to great Britain as
4 iAusrica ia. for the growth of cotton. Its
.dort. .,ion for pastors i husbandry is wonder
J full. =.
IL The total colonial population of Australia
in 1872 3. was $4,000. A large proportion OF
0 y asa were con7icts. In 1e48. the population
vas ? 90. 600, of which the cOnvicts were but
sooo There;has been great emigration since
tina. ueriod, and the total population at THIS
T. ,;me ,nust he four hundred thousand. Ii Is
y estim sted that, at this rate of increase the
nonulation of Australia in 1876, will be az
90 large as that of the American colonies al 'he'
declaration ofindependence
+ An able British journal, mentioning these
facts institutes comparison between Anne
Ill RIGA and Australia, with reference to the ia
70 cilitv of achieving and maintaining indepen-
dence, and comes to the conclusion that all
the advantages are unquestionably ON the
d side of Australia 1t is, says the writer, at
# least six times as far away from Europe, and
"a a military force sufficient to have even
,e chance of coercing the colonists, could not
D. get at them in less than four months Wmie
IN the voyage would force it to run the gaunt-
If | let of the equator and both tropics Ii 1t
ns ever reaches its destination, it would have to
th march every step to seek the insurgents
N there being neither river nor estuaryto trans
in port it into the interior The colonists, rifle
y in hand, and possessing thorough knowl-
ic edge of localities, would soon prove more
n than a match for the regular troops.
en- That Australia will be ultimately indepen-
of dent, and that too without opposition from
IT. Great Britain, there can be little doubt
Il The union which flows from a common line
ny age, common language, and from CONNER
n cal intercourse will continue to bind the
b. two countries with band of iron which will
ed last as long as the Anglo Saxon race.