fortigu nut tulanial.

Inturt.—The free emigration scheme has entered on a new phase. Moved by the condemnation which followed the conduct of France in the Tagus, the Emperor, before he went to Compiegne ;wrote a letter to his cousin, Prince Napoleon, and it has been published in the Mani- tear.

"St. Cloud, October 30.

"My Dear Cousin,—I have the liveliest desire that, at the moment when the difference with Portugal relative to the Charles-et-Georges has terminated, the question of the.engagement of free labourers on the African coast should be definitively examined and finally settled on the truest prin- ciples of humanity and justice.

"I energetically claimed from Portugal the restitution of the Charlee-et- Georges, because I will always maintain intact the independence of the na- tional fag; and, in this case it was only with the profound conviction of ray tight that I risked, with the King of Portugal, a rupture of those friendly relations which[ am glad to maintain with him.

"But as to the principle of the engagement of the Negroes, my ideas are far from being settled. If, in truth, labourers recruited on the African coast are not allowed the exercise of their free will, and if this enrolment is only the slave-trade in disguise, I will have it on no terms ; for it is not I who will anywhere protect enterprises contrary to progress, to humanity, smite civilization. "I beg you, then, to seek out the truth with the zeal and intelligence which you bring to bear on all affairs which you take in hand; and, as the best method of putting an end to what is a continual cause of dispute would be to substitute the free labour of Indian Coolies for that of the Negroes, I beg you to come to an understanding with the Minister for Foreign Affairs to resume with the English Government the negotiations which were entered upon a few months ago.

"Whereon, my dear cousin, I pray God to have you in his holy keeping. " NAPOLEON."

The Montalembert process is attracting great attention. The prelimi- nary inquiries have begun. In some quarters there is a disposition to believe that the prosecution will be abandoned, and the Ministerial Mere show great anxiety in making out that the process is instituted Under the regular laws and will not involve the penalties of the revolu- tionary decree of Public Safety promulgated after the attempt of January 14. The following are some of the passages for which M. Montalembert Will be prosecuted. Easeageas, tending to excite hatred and contempt of the Government- - AD; it is a purer and a higher motive. It is the effort of the athlete disarmed, who, as the excited spectator of the arena where he shall no more appear, applauds the exploits of more fortunate rivals, and utters for the eembatanta a cry of sympathy, lost but not extinguished amid the generous clamours of the attentive crowd. I frankly confess I am one of those people, SW I add, that for this evil, which it is so little permitted now to suffer from, I have found a remedy. When I feel that the maraatnua seizes me, when my ears tingle iiew with the buzzing of the chroniclers of ante- cumbers, now with the din of the fanatics who think they are our masters, and of the hypocrites who believe us to be their dupes—when I am stifling with the weight Of our htmospbsre, charged with servile- 'and corrupting exhalationui-I'rush to breathe- an air more pure-amt m t■njoy a lite in free England."

" While these reflections were heard around see leaned:hem:quit grand spectacle (the HOUSe' '6f Cdmmons) deeply moved, mitt fittagie4;4.itrell him shootbe who sees in a Government: something Else beadle atiiThre- thet»?6rr, and in a civilited people other tlittil'a fltiMiNleeile• and initioleht, subntitting to be fleeced, and to be led ant tope:tine delfelethatileitelffiltdear of'an enervating security. IA% myself-8t'& te'ttib liberal convictions anti hopes tvli‘i'cli have ain-tri6s athid the letd&K

Sdeeptienetind

phases of our history, that 'whet' imier of leineet defeats have never. dislielirteited; who'Wteif i Ctlie scaffold, have cherished patriotism enough to believe 'F ' `-tis well as England, support the 'reign Of law, of ihtelleihrieti;" Noble' faith Twat' worthy of' inspiring-coin-4.3 iiiiffeethe iSt sacrifices, and which, though betrayed by fortune, deserted it e- andinshlted be :cowards, still maintains its invineilfie empire over preud

souls and geneleme spirit s !" • . '

' !Excitement to hatred and. contempt among the citizens-U., ' • " Go, ruminate in peacie amid the' flit pasturages.of youai heppy quietude," and do tot envy theist • Who do not in tiny degree, TOtU the 1-i tuf rermiining faithful' to their past to the enxietiee of theMind; the/ diplia- 'tiOuss Of liberty,,, Eeeh.nian takes his pleasure wtierd he intle it eireiPleitre near=not perhaps agreeing; but leas nOtdieputing—whentherhave iso common ambition or 'affection; and When their ideas on happinese end on

honour are eot.the same."' • Attach Mi.universal stiffragt- " But I,graitt, if you please, that nothing, absolutele nethilig, in the

institutions or political 'personages of France at this 'rek‘hibles the things or men of whom I shopid desire to give iii these pages a rapid Sketch'. It is superfluous to shy, that Thr no means pretend to convert othimepreir. gressive minds which regard Parliamentary Government as wive titgeetitsly limed by universal suflruge, nor the political optimists w1iooeRe at the supreme victory of Deniociacy consistS in abdicating in

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monarch the exclusive . direction of the foreign and auntioorank ,er'llet Country. I write for my own satisfaction and that of a felifirivalidisttiif feW curious, or. maniacs, if you with—like meaelf. I study theeenteutpo-

rery institution which are not °Me, but which' bare been eiii+4, iwttleh still appear to My unenlightened mind-worthy of admiratiee and miry."

In the last number of the 1Wilie • des _Deux AfatuleA .00ele by M. E. Foreade, in which allusion is Made to the speech of 'Mr: ,Sidney Herbert on the English press, The -following extract is not without interest at this particular moment-, " Mr. Sidney Herbert—a statesman called to power by his vocation, an eloquent and manly orator, with ti self-denial which does honour to the rectitude of his mind and his conscience—admits that the press, by its in- creasing importance, lessens the duty of Parliament in the mei:imam of English liberties, and he does not regret it; on the contrary, he congratu- lates himself on it, because by. instructing the masses the presS enlarges each day the circle of the citizens who are informed of the affairs Of them country, and who are capable of appreciating its conduct. We have not the courage to institute a comparison between the French press, as it now Oasts, and that superb sketch of the English press traced by Mr. Sidney- Herbert. The contrast is too cruel for our national self-love. But will it be thought that in what he says there is not a warning for our interests ? The press is the most powerful instrument of Government in the mechanism of modern societies. It is expected to make and to promote incessantly, the economical and political education of every one. Will it be thought that it is a matter of indifference for the intellectual development of France, for its economical interests, its prosperity, and its glory, that the political press should be indefinitely maintained in a situation which enervates it ? As- suredly, it is of the enemies of liberty that we have the right to say that they know not what they do. People often complain in France of the silence of parties, and of the sentiments of hatred which animate them against each other ; and political passions are used as a pretext for the proscription of liberty. But what passes in England shows the inconsistency of our conduct, Political enmity was at one time carried as far as possible in England; at the present day it may be said to be unknown ; and this great change has taken place in our time, and before our eyes.- While we are witnessing this marvellous effect, we are enabled to explain the cause which produced it. Each new development given to liberty has been accompanied by progress in the pacification of minds and the improvement of political usages. Catholic Emancipation, Parlia- mentary Reform, the Abolition of the Corn Laws—such are the great acts of liberalism and of justice which have wrought this generous extinction of political hatreds. The harmony which reigns between the great agents of English political life is established between the divers parties, and it sub- stantially exists between their principal chiefs. Political life no longer' che- rishes these inveterate irritations, which are fed by an obstinate denial of justice. Parties and persons no longer interchange hatred and:contempt ; their struggles are no longer but an emulation which allows rivals intalent and patriotism to esteem while they combat each other. We are profoundly convinced that the progress of liberalism would produce the same results ill, our own country. Generosity begets generosity. For our own part, after the political vicissitudes which France_, parties, and individuals have had to peas through in our time, and which they must yet look for, when we canto mind the past, and ponder on the future, the sentiment which animates us towards public men is indulgence when we cannot express for theta our sympathies. But frank and open liberty can alone calm the concentrated irritations which have survived our disorders. We need not express an opinion on the proceeding instituted against 31. de Montalembert and a cer- tain periodical publication for an article from the pen of that eloquent ora- tor, relating to an episode of the last session of the English Parliament. Our sentiments on prosecutions of the press are not a secret. But we hope we shall be permitted to say that prosecutions of the press, in spite of their inconvenience, appear to us preferable, both as regards the dignity of the press and the responsibility of the Government, to the system of Achninis- trative warnings (arertiaseme»ts). If, then, the present prosecution—let us be pardoned for the supposition—could be considered as indicative of the re- turn of the press under the common law—even at the risk of passing as dis- ciples of Dr. Pangloss—we should venture to find a consolation in this change of system."

For this article M. Facade has been "invited" to have an interview with the authorities, and has been significantly told that he must not do the like again. He may attack ministers but not the constitution. The Moniteur has given a brief account of the ceremony of presenting the funeral car of Napoleon the Great to the Court of France. The scene was the Invalidee, where General Burgoyne delivered up his charge to Prince Napoleon in the presence of the military authorities. Sir John said- " Her Majesty the Queen of England being desirous of offering to his Imperial Majesty a relic which she knows to be interesting to France, has charged me to bring to Paris, and to place at the disposal of the Emperor, the funeral car on which were, com, itp,hisipnet tomb the mortal remains

of the illustrious founder Of 'thO NoSôlenian dynasty. The admirarnon

wlifeli I febletii maeldinselor• &seek genius-mitt exploits iff thelt 144at warriorhat :emitted me tn. fool the greater' pldisnreat the choice which Jo

g iotuefloyereign hits inede of me,.fer tha accomphehment of this honour- muanen." ce ,Napoleen repljed eneral--I recnive,,in thse name of the Emperor, the precious relict

* Vat theQTietlig Enn,land: has sent to him. I receive it as a testimony ofher dente to' 6 the emig,hant remembrances of St. Yfekna, as a pledge of the friendship which unites the two Sovereigns, and as a pr6of of the. allintice Which exists between•the two nations, May this alliance long con- *Poe for the happiness of the huthan race ! May it reserve for the future isntreat -results as those whieh it has already produced ! I tun charged by he Emperor to inform you, general, that he partieularly appreciates the nice which the Queen has made of you for this mission. -We ate happy tiihave to thank one of those glorious chiefs of the English army, by the side of whom we have fought, and for whom we have retained such a high eateeni."

The short ceremonial then teiminated. The car is to be placed in the Chapel St. Jerome, by the side of the mortal remains of the great man which had been conveyed on it to the tomb.

----The Preach Government has, it is said, received accounts froth the caner of Africa announcing that Mr. Roberts, the President of the Republic of Liberia, who shoWed Iriniself so hostile to the French in the affair of the Regina Cceli, has not been reelected. It appears further that the States of Liberia and Cape Monte—seventeen Negro kings, nine chieftains, thirty-six towns, and the sovereigns of Dahomey and Beoin—have consented in future to the system of free immigration as regularly organized by the French Government.

.1,011i11111.-Qn Tuesday afternoon, the Belgian legislative session o1§58-59 was opened at Brussels by the King in person. His Majesty, the Duke of Brabant, and the Count of Flanders, rode to the Assembly on horseback, and were received with much enthusiasm. The speech, which was delivered by the King from the throne, congratulates the As- sembly upon the state of the internal and external affairs of the country, and notifies the approaching introduction of certain measures by the Go- verhment. Among the latter is a law securing a more efficacious copy- right in literary and artistic works ; a vote towards establishing addi- tional primary schools in various communes; a bill relative to the ad- ministration of public charities, and various projects tending to favour the expansion of home commerce and the relief of local indusfry. The last census has shown an increase in the population of the country, of which one of the consequences will be an addition to the number of members in the Legislative Assembly. The state of the national trea- sury is satisfactory ; and the ordinary receipts show a balance over ex- penditure, which has been applied to the reduction of the floating debt. The speech concludes with an expression of his Majesty's confidence in the patriotism of the Assembly, and his full expectation that, by its loyal and active support, it will enable the Government to effectually promote the national welfare.

* tiring it I.—The session of the Portuguese Cortes has been opened at Lisbon by the King in person. He was accompanied by the Queen. In his speech he referred to the recent proceedings of our Imperial ally.

"Friendly relations have not (since last session) been interrupted with the nations with whom we are allied. A serious misunderstanding, how- ever, arose between my Government and His Majesty the Emperor of the French, in consequence of the capture of the French ship Charles-et- Georges in the waters of Mozambique. This question being taken from the field of right, in which my Government sought to maintain it, my Govern- ment, having exhausted the resources in which the letter of treaties au- thorized it to have confidence, was obliged to cede to the peremptory exac- tion of the delivery of that vessel and the liberation of the captain. All the documents relating to this deplorable conflict will shortly be kid before you, and upon their examination I hope you will approve the proceedings of my Government, and relieve it from the responsibility it was forced to incur."

• *r II 55 i H.—The new Ministry has been definitively constructed by the addition of Count Von Piickler, Von de Heydt, and Dr. Simons. On the 5th the Prince of Hohenzollern went to the palace of the Prince Regent to take the oath according to the constitution. The oath was administered in the following form : The officer of the palace said- " You shall swear before God Almighty to remain faithful to the King, and conscientiously observe the constitution." The Prince, who is a Catholic, was also told that he might add to the legal form any con- firmatory words suggested by his religious belief. The Prince then raising the index finger of his right hand said—" I, Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, swear it, so help rne God and His holy Gospel." The Minister Flottwell, with several of the Prince Re- gent's household, was present, and signed the proces-verbal.

The Prince Regent, as a mark of his respect to M. Manteuffel, has sent him the Order of the Black Eagle of Prussia set in brilliants, with a letter written by his own hand thus worded-

" You refused to accept the title of Count, a,place in the 'Upper House, and the post of Ambassador, accept therefore what you have a right to. The accompanying decoration was assigned to you by my royal brother the King—you cannot refuse it."

(Signed) "WILLIAM, Prince Regent of Prussia."

BtAltlfit lt.—Irnder date, Copenhagen, November 6th, the telegraph reports that "the Constitution of Holstein is abrogated by Royal pro- clamation."

From Hamburg, "on reliable authority," it is stated that the Cham- berlain Von Levitzau has been appointed Minister for the Duchy of Holstein, and that Duke Charles of Glucksberg has been reinstated in the office of General of the Danish army.

gu r k 11.—According to telegraphic messages received from Marseilles and Paris Turkey is much disturbed. "Omar Packs with difficulty maintained himself at Bagdad.

"The tribes situated in the neighbourhood of Tripoli, Alexandretta, and Aleppo, had revolted, and the consumnications between these places and Tarsus were interrupted. The garrison of Beyrout had been despatched against the insurgents.

"In the Lebanon the troubles had been assuaged by the Bishop, Jnhjah. "The inhabitants of Vole, in Thessaly, exasperated-by the exactions of the authorities, have claimed the protection of the European Consuls. "The same letters add that the British Consul at Rhodes had, struck his flag inconsequence of an insult that he had received.

"At Taimilie in Barharye *plot of. the net-winched bermeibeeseered, hay inn-for its object an attack, one theifihriatiamt :•Sevenal nf the &rein op,' mile-bad simultaneously givenm•refuge in- their xesideneesito iamb of the le. habitants as had. a claim entheir protection. ,The Government had denst--,i'd the 'city in is state of siege, and-thus renetnbliphed tranquillity," It is stated that the Ambassadors of England, Francis, an have presented a note to the Porte againstaaach a change imthe polstfeij system of -Tuekey as Must 'Insult from the Tennis of Mehemet-Ali Pada to offices: Pi I den itt II.—The Noe neer states that seinethisag. listselleee done to settle the Montenegrin question. "Since the late conflicts that broke out between the Turkish troops Ian theMontenegrins, the Porte has engaged to roaintain -the state of Bien as it exulted In 1866. In order to determine the ram.wetfea ts to. salting from this agreement, commissioners were sent to the spot, and the representafives of France, Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Ituesia, credited to the Sublime Porte, having adopted, in concert with the Owe man notetnnient, the delimitation proposed by a majority of the one. misnioners, signed on the 8th instant at Conetatitmople, ts protoeolsanctio, hag the agreement between the parties; *Mali wilt nave the effect of pre. venting in future a renewal of those lamentable- complictstione to white it had become inmemfive to put an end, in the interest both of humanity ate the general peace."

gt II ll,The Giornale Officials di Roma at length contains an anteing paragraph in reply to the indignant outcry of the pressof Europe against

the abduction of the boy Mortara. It is as follows— -

"The Universy of October 21, publishes a long and learned article,br Father G ueranger, in which, apropos of an event which has led to mua noise on the part of the irreligious press, it is demonstrated that naturalism has taken possession of most minds. It shows that many Christians, basin, lost the true spirit of the church to which they belong, manifest, on tee contrary, great anxiety, not for the sovereign domination of Christ, of whom they are members by baptism, but for the authority of the natural family; not for the rights of the church, but for the Pagan prejudices of modem so. ciety, and those ideas of personal liberty' which seem. to them. a conquest to which everything else is to be sacrificed. They consent to look upon faith and Christian practices only through the perverted medium ofnaturalist pre. j ucl ices.

The Garzetla del Popolo publishes a private letter giving an account of the journey of Young Mortara from Bologna to Rome, from whioh it appears that his conversion to Christianity is not by any means so far advanced as was pretended some time ago by an ultramontane paper. It

is stated that the poor child did nothing but MT all the way, and call for his father and itaither. The, sergeant under whose charge he was, having endeavoured to force a chaplet into his hands, with a tittle erne at the end, the boy did all he could to reject it, crying that he wanted the name of ,God, such BS it is worn by other Jewish children. The father, in one of the visits which he was allowed to pay hisson, told him of the hopes he had that the Pope would relent and restore the boy to his parents, at which the boy expressed- the greatest joy. The letter concludes with an account of the journey of the father and mother to Rome, of the indignities they were exposed to in endeavouring to ole tam n audiences and of the calumnies which had been studiously spread among the par:dace regarding them, viz. that it was their intention to go and murder their own child ! In consequence of which their very lives were in danger in passing through the streets of Alatri, whither the boy had been conveyed.

nih 8.--The fuller despatches of the last mail from Bombay do not add to the intelligence conveyed by the telegraph. All is preparation. Lord Clyde was on-his way to Cawnpore. General Douglas had started for the Jugdespore country. Troops were in course of concentmtiorl in the Doab, and in Oude. There have been small combats in Behar sad on the Gogra, and Captain Thompson had defeated a band of rebels and had captured a fort in the Jaloune district. The most interesting item of news is from Madras : a trial before the Supreme Court on the 14th September. The facts are thus stated by the Madras Athenreum.—" A respectable native of the Chetty caste had a son who was being educated at Patchappah's school, one of the best native educational institutions in this Presidency. The son appears to have at- tended school for upwards of a year, when in some way or other he was led to the Scottish Mission, and there requested to be instructed in the doctrines of Christianity. Thereupon one of the missionaries appointed an instruetw, and the youth appears to have gone to the mission premises for a period of about three months. In the beginning of this present mouth the boy's father went on business to Pulicatt and the boy took this opportunity of running away from home to the mission premises. He was received by the missionaries and lived at the mission. This took place on the 13th instant. On the father returning from Pulicat,-a day or two afterwards, he imme- diately made inquiries and found where his son was. He instantly went to the mission, and applied for the restoration of his child. He was told by one of the reverend gentlemen connected with the establishment that his son was at perfect liberty to go away if he chose to do so. On the BM being appealed to he refused to accompany his father. The latter then obtained a writ of habe!as corpus, and on Friday the case was argued. Affidavits were read on both aides, detailing the facts mentioned above. The question for the Court to consider was of course whether the youth was of an age to act for him- self. The father and other members of the family swore that the boy was ft little over thirteen, giving the Tamil month and year in which he was born. The son, in his affidavit, swore that he believed himself to be sixteen, because his mother (now dead) three years ago had consulted his horoscope when he was ill, and told him that he was thirteen, and because some mem- bers of the family—who were not specified—had said at certain tunes tint which had induced him to believe he was sixteen. The Advocate-General and Mr. Mayne ably argued the ease on behalf of the mission, and Mr. Bran- son as ably conducted the case on the part of the father. The two fairest gentlemen contended that the boy's statement as to his age ought to be cre- dited, and urged that, even if he had not attained the legal age of discretion, he was old enough to act for himself in a matter of this kind. They likawils urged that it would be a hard case to send him back to his parents, seeing that the boy had become an out-caste by eating food prepared by Parillisl and by cutting off a tuft of hair, the sign of his caste. They contended that no member of his family could, under these circumstances hold the slightest communication with the boy, and urged that his dread of being treated be his father "as a tiger would a sheep" should have weight with the Court., The Chief Justice, Sir C. Rawlinson called upon the learned gentleman it show that an infant could make hinis'elf an out-caste. They were unable ti dose."

The Court decided that the boy was under age, and that both by

Ilinsodooandd_English law the father had full control. Chief Ev

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eecner tho affidavits on both _sides,•anct forming -hie eoriehreeeen from he wok/ not say that he .MtItS satisdedf that restraint had not been tax& heeould 110t Tdrain from observing that it was a.mattor of much

used, s

mei deserving ef,strong reprobation that, walkout eiving notice to th p rent, paeans. in the postmen of. the defendants. sie'o' uld consent to anneruier the ties which bound father- and 'someogethee-aiee of the tnature, and which. were cecognisesi by every eisilized nation, since the founaneon epithet worJ4. It. ouol do, AO /0114, te th4 religion. to which they belonged, and which he publicly professed, this taking advantage of an inclination of a runaway schoolboy, or of youths not emancipated by their bi or the law of the country in which they resided, to throw off the !wen

eta! I control."

r-aeterthe delivery of the judgment an extraordinary scene took place in mart. The father approaclied his son in a supplicating attitude, and meth tears in his eyes asked him • to come home. The boy remained &nay seated in his chair, and refused to move. Two efficers of the court ore ordered up to assist the. father in' ,carryie4, off the tefraetory youth, "rho then declared that he feared el-usage. The aiefeluetice inforraed him that if he received any ill-treatment he might apply to the court for protection. The boy then quietly walked away with hie father. A large number of Chettiea had aseembled to hear the ease tried, and the greatest exciteraent prevailed among them at its condneion.

4itt .—Some intelligence has been received by telegraph from China to the 28th September. "Lord Elgin awaited at Shanghai the Commissioners for arranging the wig; &c., who were expected from Pekin in the beginning of October. ell quiet at Canton, and trade reoommeneing. The Chinese are returning to Hongkong. "The Dutch expedition against Jambe has been successful. The landing took place on the 6th of September, and Jambe is in the possession of the Dutch. The leas of the natives was considerable ; on the side of the Dutch four killed and thirty-four wounded. "The French and Spanish forces have landed at Touren, a port of Cochin China. The place was taken without the loss of a man. The bay and river of Touren are held in a state of effective blockade by the forces under Ad- miral de Genonilly from the 1st of September. "Mr. Loch is proceeding home by this mail with the Japan treaty."

instralia.—Advices from Sydney to the 10th and. from Melbourne to the 15th September have arrived. They are still busied about their mail routes by Panama and Suez. , The Melbourne Parliament was to meet on the 761 October ; when the reform bill increasing the representa- tives from siity to ninety-three would be the prominent subject, and the representation of minorities clause will be again introduced. The Times correspondent testifies to the usefulness of the colonial Parliament.

At present I must content myself by saying that the bulk of the legis- lation of our new Parliament has been eminently practical and useful in its character. The consolidation of the law has been extensively carried out, and it is still being steadily prosecuted ; a system of auditing the pub- lic amounts has been adopted which is not surpassed even in the mother- country; the localizing of administration has been greatly extended ; an excellent system of management for the gold-fields has been established ; our railway management and legislation will bear favourable comparison with that of any country in Europe ; law reform has-not been neglected and has only been retarded by the difficulty of the subject ; while various com- mittees of both Houses have paved the way for further reforms. Thus, we are not entirely absorbed by Ministerial changes, party struggles, and con- stitutional reform."

Mr. Duffy, one of the Ministers, had been seriously ill, but had re- covered. The Melbourne Age says- " Fortune is behaving tolerably well to the patriotic exile. This country is more than a land of promise to him. He does not like to lose an oppor- tunity of winning 'popularity. His recovery from illness gave him an opportunity of indulging in this luxury. He had been residing. during his convalescence by the seaside, and somebody managed, for the inhabitants of St. Kilda and Brighton, to present him with a congratulatory address on Ins restoration to health. It was presented by a Government employe, upon whom he himself had bestowed some five hunded per annum, and supported by others having a lively interest in his welfare. The infirmity of vanity attaches itself even to our great men in Victoria."

In South Australia the Governor had opened the Legislature with congratulations on the substantial prosperity of the colony. The South Australians are anxious for better defences, and are understood to have asked fore gunboat, artillery, and artillerymen.