28 JULY 1838, Page 6

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A party of gentlemen, interested in the colonization of Westee Australia, gave a public dinner at the Albion, in Aldersgate Street,te Tuesday, to Mr. John Hutt, the recently-appointed Governor of the colony. Lord Worsley presided ; and among the company were Ists James Stephen, the Earl of Lovelace, Sir Thomas Lennard, Its Hutt, M. P., Sir J. Ommaney, Mr. John Irving, Mr. J. Montedore Mr. Rowland Hill, Mr. Daniel Wakefield, Dr. Babington, Mr. Nee; man, Mr. Mangles, and many other gentlemen of wealth and influence, The principal speech of the evening was delivered by Mr. Step* Under Secretary of the Colonies, in reply to " The health of Loa Glenelg." Mr. Stephen adverted to his long acquaintance with Colo. nial affairs acquired by twenty years' service in the Colonial Ofhee, He admitted that he had formerly shared in the common prejudice against emigration and colonization ; but had become convinced of the benefit, national and to individuals, of a wise system of colonizing

British dependencies. In reference to the original colonization ol Western Australia, Mr. Stephen mentioned a fact not generally known... that a foreign power meditated a settlement on that part of Australia; and that Sir George Murray, then Colonial Secretary, anxious to pre. vent the accomplishment of that scheme, had, without having time to form deliberately the best possible plan of colonization, sanctioned the Swan River expedition. The tone of Mr. Stephen's speech wee very friendly to the new Governor ; the arduous nature of whose duties be dwelt upon with much emphasis. Mr. John Hutt spoke with chs. racteristic firmness and modesty of his duties as Governor ; and re. marked with pleasure, that the friends of other colonies united with those more particularly interested in the success of Western Australia in forgetfulness of petty jealousies, and in the full conviction that the prosperity of one colony added to, instead of diminishing, the success of others.