The Times of Thursday gives interesting partionlars as to the
despatch of further troops from Australia and Canada In the Legislative Assembly at Brisbane the Motion autho- rising the Government of Queensland to co-operate with the other Colonies in despatching an additional Australian force was proposed by the Premier, seconded by the leader of the Labour Opposition, and passed unanimously. New South Wales will altogether provide seven hundred men for service it. South Africa, and a battery of artillery will leave Sydney on the 27th ; New Zealand has decided to supplement the con• tingent which has already distinguished itself under fire • and lastly, Canada's second contingent, consisting of three squadrons of Mounted Rifles, three batteries of field artillery with a. total of one thousand and forty-four men and nin•. hundred and twenty-nine horses, is expected to leave Halifax about the middle of January. In this context we may nott the fine speech made by Mr. J. S. Willison, the editor of the Toronto Globe, on December 8th, in which he declared that even if Canada were an independent nation it would still be come her well to stand by the British Empire in her righteont struggle for the vindication of her sovereignty.
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