The intending Colonists about to sail to New Zealand, - with
a number of the purchasers of land-orders, testified their respect and gratitude for the unremitting attention to their affairs by the Directors of the New Zealand Land Company, by inviting those gentlemen to a public dinner, on Monday, at the Thatched house Tavern. About ninety persons were present ; with the zealous and indefatigable Dr. Evans for Chairman, Mr. Halsewell, the Middlesex Magistrate, and Mr. Hunter, who is going, with his wife and ten children, to the Colony, Croupiers. For a dinner that cost 22s. per head, it was one of the worst we ever saw on a table, with wine to match : but the enthusiasm of the company needed no artificial excitement. The principal speakers were the Chairman, Lord Petre, Mr. Tollemache, 31.P. for Grantham, Mr. G. F. Young, Mr. Buckle, Mr. 13oulcott, the Croupiers, and Mr. E. G. Wakefield. Familiarity with the subject of colonization, und the principles ou which their underta kite; is based—a perfect understanding of the course to be pursued and the difficulties to be encountered, with confidence in their own resources for overcoming them—and pride in extending the laws, language, and civilization of England—characterized the speeches of the evening. The Chairman spoke with impressive and almostsolzemean. earnestness on the objects of the emigration, the duties of the emigrants to each other, to their native country, and the aborigines of New Zea- land; ; elevating his discourse by historical allusions, especially to the great first founders of colonies in the Elizabethan, and to the Pilgrim Fathers of the following age. Lord Petre, who has given evidence of his zeal and reliance ou the success of the undertaking by sending his second son to the colony, spoke in his usual tone of hearty encouragement. Mr. Tollemache hinted at a visit to the Colonists—a trip to the other side of the world to see how they are going on— when the improvements in steam-navigation are a little more ad- vanced. The shipbuilders and mercantile gentlemen showed how clearly they comprehended the value of Colonies to the Mother-country. And Mr. Wakefield, with easy power, disposed of the objections of certain "philosophers" and "political economists" to the acquisition of Colonies, and demonstrated their advantages, while enlarging on the toast " Ships, Colonies, and Commerce," in connexion with the health of Mr. &oes, the Deputy-Governor, in the unexpected absence of that gentleman.
The members of the Falkland Islands Association held a meeting at their offices in Moorgate Street on Monday. It was most respectably attended ; and resolutions were passed in favour of the immediate colo- nization of these islands.
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