French Penal Colonization at t We are glad to learn from letters from Franco tlm the Government has resolved to abandon the P ro J e of penal colonization, and that ' 10 The New Caledonia are the last that will be sent. Consul (M. Sentis) represented to the Governmen of the Emperor the extreme repugnance of the people of Australia to the experiment, and the difficulties which might arise in its prosecution. This consideration had a very powerful influence in the decision It is in this light very gratifying, as showing the goodwill of the French Government for of course, we could have no right in the abstrac to interrupt the project. The convicts we understand are not persons beyond the c reach of reformation.--Sydney Morning Herald, April 22.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1233, 10 May 1864, Page 5
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