TRANSPORTATION —FORTNIGHTLY MAIL. UNKNOWN

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2238, 22 September 1864, Page 6

TRANSPORTATION —FORTNIGHTLY MAIL. UNKNOWN

Coukwondinci wiwnv ii!! Com h.n hi ><r or Nlw bobuc Wal's anjj Viliomv. YVI li i\o been f nouiod bj tlio Hon. the Chief Soc-it-t ny Mith oo| ics> ot the following couo>[j(indtucc liotuoi i tl'c (-Jen tininoiit of this colony .mil th it oi Xcw South Wales, with lcfcicncc to the .mli-ti.in-s]ioiiat mi question, tlio boulei duties and tho |no l)o^.cil foitni^htly mul.

Ill] VMI rhlJ^l'Ol 1 MIOV MOW MI M. The Chief *-cci<-tuy of Victoti-v to the C'ulom vl Saclotuj of New South 'W iles Melbourne, Slli August, lSbl — bii,-T knl that I need otloi no apology foi calling join atlcutio 1 to .1 subject of such \it U lnipoitancc as tho oontnni mco of ti.ii) jpoitalion fiom (.ucat Bntam to West in Au->tralu It m ill doubtless bo within youi knowledge th it, m eoutiiuiuice of tlio tftoils pie\ious]y in nL by this colony to obtain fioiu lici M ijo-ty's Government tho cos- ition ot t a'lspoitition to any put of Vu-tiahi, m fullilmoiil of the piomi-e made by his Gi ie tho Dili c of Now - c istle ui'l in ji>->ti<,c to hti Mije-tj's subjects m this paifcof tlio einpite, lcsolutioiis pissed by both Houses of tho I c^i-lituie moic ti ui-nultod to tho Skeletal y of St'.tc toi the Colonies m .Much list In leply to these lcsoltitious, ins hxeillene^ ,su (Jh.ulcs D iihn^ lias lcicivcd i dc pitch which, fiom its leims, coupled with the pissing i>f the Pliiil Soi\itud3 Bill by tlio Cn^lish Pnimnent, foibn's the ho] cot oui lcem ing that consideiation whiih wo h r c a, light to expect It his become pimtnlly ap|)aicnt to the Government of Yietoiu that something 111010 than me it, it,m uistiauee is needed, mil that the tun- his aim e1 w Inch in »kc s it unpei iti\ c j nae^ n^ foi the colonies of Xc\ 7 "south Wale-, Quecnslind, South \usti ilu, Xi w Zcilmd, Tx-iniim, find Vietom, w h >sc mti i&s(s uc alike itnohtd, t> talv3piom]>. thl ofhekut mcisuics fcii the common pi olcctiou .mil such as 'Will show hei ad\i-fcis tint the mil il'ita'its of these colours mo d<letinined h\ o\ci3' mcuis m fieu powei to ficc thein^che-. fiom the l ljm y mllictel upon them It is umicccs-aiy foi j no to use any ai^u mciib in f iao u of the desn ibihty of elloetinf; the absolute tei .inn xtiou of tuvispoitalion to Western Austi ilia at a acj e\rl> d'tc, md thifc \\hitt-\et action bo dctci mined upon should bo with tint ui.t in \ iou , noi licit J point out ho\V uttcily l.icon sistcnt i) the policy now idoptod by hci M ijot) 's 1 Go\einmcnt itli tho policy v Inch qo\emod lici a'hi-ris -wlii n ti insnoitat'O'i to Van Dicmon's Lmd was abolished, htuansc it w.ii ob| ctionible to the .ulj iceut colonies In uniting the co opii ition <,1 t!io C!o\.inment ot JN'cw South Wales in this m\tlei, A\hich so deeply conccins the Ausuilin.ii colonies gi neially, I do myself the honoui toinio.niAOii tint at tho piesent moment it i]>pcir' to tins. Government tint the object to bo guncd v, ill bj best seemed by jouit lci,'islxti\e .'etion, piohibitne of all lntucouisc ■w hato\ ci w ith Western Austi aha, by -u Inch means the slitinn of buns; the only conuet ( olony in Ansti^ha A\ould bo Msibly fastened upon hu To do tins cflcetii.illj, it Mill of coui-o be" osscnti.il that the mill steiinei sh uihl no loiigei be .allowed to call at any poib within tho units of that colony Hnnj become necc-s uy to eonsiilei the pio,niety of a^am miking Kmu'aio) Isi mil the J>lacc of cill, but, whitovei maybe tho ultinnte dc teimination on that point, Go\cinmenc is so fullj impicssed with the noccs-siiiy of immediate aetnn m the mattei tint the out^oin^ mid will couvi y to the of btate a foimal notice fiom tho Go\einment that we insist upon ompliincj with such a eondit on by the Pen-lii-uliit and Oncntal Compiny, and that m the e\ent of lefnsil Yictona Mill witiuli.iw not only hei ]>inpoitiou of the piesent subsidy but al-o hei ollei to join m conti ibutnig t> a ioitniyhtl} seivieo, m lofeienco to which 1 hue addiessod i yoiiin a picvious communicition Should the pioposition of the Go\ eminent of Vietom meet with the concuiience of tho coloivcs concerned, L would sugg. st that tho dot ills' of i me isiuc to bo submiltfil to thoa lOspectivc lcgislatuics w o dd be mo o c i=uly ai n\edatb> a meeting of lcpio out ih\es fiom eieh Oovcinmcnt, ainlwitli tlnt\iew the (u>\ eminent ot Victona will be picjuied tosoiulthm lcpiescutatncs to anyplace and it my tu>io tint nny be thought dosiiable lii c mcltismi, I would obscne that it is nnpoitnnb th .fc no time sh nihl be 10-t m an i m» at a ('ceision as to the couisc to be pnisiied J hoj>oto be fa\ouied with the view :. of the Go\ ommeut of New South Wale i at as cnh a date js liossible — • have, &0,, J.v^rrs McGurLocn. The following loply to the despatch has been ie eeived fiom the JS^ow- South Wales Government — Ihe Colonial of oSTi \v South Wales to the

Clucf ticoLct ii > ofVictona Colnnitl Secietuy's Ol'iee, Sydney, New South Wales, 2t>Lh August, ISC1 — Sn, — In ltply to yom Ictt^i of the 18th instant, calling .ittuiition to the sub ]ect of the continuance of tianspjitition fioniGieit JBntaiu to Western Ausliaha, .vnd pioposing to tins Goveminont to oo opeir.to with the Government of Victona in piolnbiting I) 3' loint legislative action all mteicoutse whatevu with Western Au-.ti ilia, aiul to that end insisting upon tliu lmponil Goveinincut making it a condition of the contiacfc for the conveyance of mails between England and the Austialuin colonies, with tlio Peinnsulai and Ouuitil Steam Navigation Company, that the mail stcamci should no longoi be allowed to c ill at any poit vwtluii the limits of the colony ot Western Aiistuiha, I lui\e tho honom, by duection of hi-s Excellency Sn John Yotin^f, to stite that wiiilo the piesent Goveinmcnt of tins colony lias no disposition to withdiaw fiom tho position assumed by pieetdiu^ G'ovoinmtnts, and liy the Goveii'incnts of the Avistiali.m colonies gencially, against the continuance of tianipol tation fiom Gieafe Butain to any of those colonies, the Government of JS'ew South Wales dot"! not considei it advisable to adopt the suggestion of the Government of Vietona, which, it appeals to this Government, woull unount to an undue mteifeieiKC with Impoiial functions, and might seuoimly embanass tho fnendly lelations subfcisting betwi en these colonies and tho mothci countiy. — I have the honoui to be, ii.c , Williah Foictpr

THE rOUTNIGIirLY MAIL. Tlio Colomil .Seuetiiiy of New South Wales to tlie Oliiuf JSeciotiry oE Victona. Colonial Secielaiy's OfTice, Sydney, New South ■\VnV-f, 2.Th August, 16G1 — c v, — lv rcpl^ to y.nii letter of the 10th instant, fonvaiduig a cojiy oi your

minute addiessed to his Excellency Sir Chailea Darling on the Biibject of steam postal communication with the Unilo 1 [Cingdom, ami proposing to tlifs Government to join with the Government of Victoria in an anangement foi tho establishment of a foitmglitly steam communication between the Australian colonies and Gieat Britain for the sum of £50,000 in addition to the nmount aliendy paid foi the seivioe once .v month, and foi gu.ir?.nteeing the payment of one moiety of the additional Biibsidy on the bisis 1 vi! down m the Tteasuiy mmuto ot the 25t.1i Apul, lfaGl, I have the honour, by ducction oE Ins JiJtcellency Su John Young, to state that this Government does not at picsent considi'i it advisable to co-opciato with tho Government of Victoria in an auangement for tho c\ tension of steam communication upon tlio basis pio posed — I have the liouoiu to be, su, your most obedient seivant, WILLIVM EOR&TKR.