The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-17
Nitbmunh Qispatfh.
MONDAY MORNING ........DEo. II, '-es
Tee t.,,n,e. erea, Britain


R-trsh R,rie.e. We condense some OF the pro-
minent facts --...
The Colonies of Great Britain are atty in
number. and cost the Imperial Government
more than three millions Of pounds sterling
cor fifteen million doiiars.) per annon This
is Independent Of the vast sums contributed
nv Brush capital for works OF development
and improvement. With the exception Of one
Canadian regiment, which ia said 70 have cost
more than regiment raised In the mother
country they do not contribute even in nen
50 the general military strength of the King
dom. some OF them do not even raise local
mtlitis. Other European nations derive con-
siderable revenues from their depeEdeneies,=A
Ia 1857, the surpiu. revenue paid ey The
pu,rh Colonies into their naticnat On cheq uer,
after defraying all their milttsry aud naval
expenses, was about S2,gUH, pVu, and the sur
pius revenue from ID, Spanish Colonies for
;he lasI year ~s= ) I50.o+0. At the same time
A. ~ admitted i,sere may be consi CeVable indi-
rect pes uRI'. ry advantages res ultAg from sx-
tended Colonial possessions, In this eonnec-
LAP the writer deinurs 10 the idea founded
on the commerce u tn. United SIat.s with
q reat Bri Gaip. that the trade would exist iu-
depeadepuy of the colonial relation. He
prvd acss figures to show that both British
hnericA and Australia, In proportion TO po.,-
uiation, are greater consumers OF British
cmmodi,tes tnan The ntted States. The ex-
orts received from reat Britain bv Austra.
Via are as compared with lis population, at
the rate OK twelve pounds per head, while the
experts received hy the United States are less
than one,
Great Britain aioge among modern States
has retained q large portion OF her colonial
empire. The loss OF ner thirteen American
colonies has taught her that colonial self-gov.
eminent Is the true principle both for the de-
vsiopnent OF colonial resources aud the con-
eo!ldalion of their union with The moth r
country. Free represen tativ We institutions are
now the universal rule. la Australia there is
universal suffrage, no qualification being re-
CURED for q voter thst as not required in the
IGIted States, except The ability TO read anu
write. III Others, there is a small freehold, or
money qualification. OF thu 1yal Colonial
Governors, II is sal that, like The Kings of
Eaglaud, they reign, kat 10 not govern" Her
vast colonial donniuiou is now held - reat
Britain by the ties of gratitude and afsec tioa
aud, whilst they might be wrested from her
for time by A foreign enemy, few OF them
would voluntarily sunder their oonnexiou
Uitb q n lid and patRrnal q veInment.
Zoe n .reanule prosperity oil most OF the
DrIlisn colonies is d welt upon ny the Rsui-lr ~
some length. Tue advance of The Australian
dependencies Is wonderful. Tue province ol
Victoria, which, la ISL had population Of
only 7,3i5 persons, now numbers more than
MALI 81 milton. Oar Eeighb0r, Cauada, is said
% be making steady dyauces both Ia popu
JatIuu aud enterprise. Sne now mum oers IN rec
millions OF people and her public works
built mostly by British capital. are Of u costly
aud splendid character. The conviction is
expressed ~ SIR EDMOND HEAD, Governor
General, that the whole Of the trade OF the
Northwestern regions, not only Of Canada
bnt IF Western New York, Western Pennsyl-
<auia, Oaio, II ionigsn, Wisconsin, Illinois and
Indiana, the great grain growing district 81
he continent Ianst ultimately look 10 II H.
tTeal az It's port and the St Lawrence as its
highway 10 The oc.sn. Canada has combined
with the grandest canals ia the weird, tie
Grand Trunk Railway, which has q length OF
lli2 miles, and If designed &c provide for the
Western trade Of the great Northwestern re-
siOn by The transport Ci goods 10 Portland, be-
Ing the port nearest 10 the river 81. Lawrence.
The American cities on the great lakes II is
we'll known, have opened q direct trade
shG0uEh the Canadian waters with g rest Bril-
saiu. scheme said TO be founded on the
souudest data and considered in all its bear
ings has been most tavora0ly received In Eng
land for the establs hment OF dairy line of
screw steamers of not less than COO tons bur-
shea. wih speed Of from ten 10 twelve miles
ger hour, between Liverpool end q debec to
De connected with another OF steamers OF / 900
IONS burth-n, OF the same speed, 20 the Well
Iaud Canal and Railway, Toronto or Hamil-
Sop, tnIersecting a line Of similar steamers on
Lake Erie or Huron TO Chicago BY this con-
neClion passengers could reach Chicago from
Liverpool in twelve days. BY creating an
Identity OF feeling aud interests between the
l'rople OF Canada ana the citizens OF the West
ern safes of the Union, Il cannot fail to pro-
duce las most important commercial and DO
Ii,icnl results" What dee. the R.rie,c mean
by "yg.t!ieoj results ~
The only exception 10 the general prosperity
OF the British colonies is their West India
possessions. NotWiths landing the aboli ton
procIivlles Of the writer he is forced TO ad-
init that "iis WesG midas hare palpabiy and
rct7r scHSIy rtsrosad:d, toit liz prosperity and
si-t.tzai,on. si,cs lac ipattos Of Lao negro
slr-.' The population of Jamaica at the last
census amounted 10 377,433 of which only
Is, rs were Europeans. ut is, we fear, a fact
incapable OF being denied, that this, the
oldest colony of Eogtand, is considerably
mlsgOyerned, rs IL has contssSsdiy fallen into
sta!a Of a!most aops!ess moral and poiisl-
cot pyoGJaitoH. However ii may be regretted
by the economist and philanthropist, the broad
(its ,goHfs oxt plainly to the troTfd ihnt the
lfrItaa lr.A ao! labor" II is quite natural that
Great Britain should desire TO reduce the
Southern States of America 10 the same con-
ditIon us her West India possessions but
how any American can cooperate With her
IN that policy, can only be explained by "the
n Madness which goetn before destruction"
Public Sentiment in the Rural Districts of
New York.
We have given with great satisfaction thu