THE INTENDED ATTACK ON THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 322, 23 November 1864, Page 6

THE INTENDED ATTACK ON THE AU STRALIAN COLONIES.

tho S "tvey Tfrvnfrf's C'iiy Porroeoondent.] , Ttmry, in n has nnnnunod infnr*r»»t' r, n {\ in a verv shape, thn* t'u-jein fnllv oypeotofl t' o hr<-«lcii*fr ont of wi\r tho ro«uH of her eorre.«i>o>"»denoe \v»fh f)>i> >rid Freiudi f!ovprnment* h>Rt venr. nn th'" 4 puhjoet of Poland, and had <ln*rof«'re to fin p-methinfr h«*H»T will h<M* Ppi t thnn h t it vot or ho pooped nn hphh'd thf d-ferp.-s of or Fnnk in the hn« hnnr of ?ehnctniv»]. Tho Tiwrs pn v«s: —

41 She ha 4* st''dic»d with much attention and arparonile no li t'e pr Ht. the tallica r.f tbo Confederatein the p»c«cot civil war. She Ind *ccn how mu'-h sri«t»«v a very «mall force can »nOi< t ' u a vc»-v HrMivishinnr commerce, ann tluuijih she probahh di ) not n fi»«ipafe thai «he could gain, m pnito of tinnavy of Pnjjla'ul, suer-cssrs as deeipi»-c a« thos<' a< , hieved hv the 4 J lahfma' and other Confederate "rnisfr 1 . *he miuht still rrasonahlv tlnnk at «l-e could slr : Vc a hlowuhi'b. Ih'-U"h it m'ldit not Kiwceod in ciMppl'tu' tho ial Hir'M'iorifv o l-'nchi' d would nevrr'helc q indict <rr at disererlit o» her arms and Fer'eti- daivnee on her commerce. Sh« well knew that after war bad been dec'arcd her fleet '•rviOd n»»t h'M'C loner f 0 I rep tlv <=cns ngainn • =iwh a fi>rc» iiq Fnirlaiiil nrrl Friin" 1 eoidd hriuir it. ?h----had ' hos« n a > |>oinf. end ot» that so a«- j w»r was dec ared she wa-» determined t<> make v «woop. P(>r tl i purpose ins I ructions had : m-Mied fo the PuFsian on the Ameiiean 'H'i' f'aliforinan cons's. d're tirjr tin m to leave theiv respec'ive ports hv diferei t r' ut'S for n cominor nhiei' of rende7 vns. to he <d in mi l reran by latitude and lovpitiuh* The tl- et thu« assemMed was to lu'M i'self in rcnflinots. in the event of a war w : th Fnrhmd. to hear down on the Anstnd'a'colonies RTe'hourre I ethe first] -lace attacked ih"u Tlobart in Tiismani;* then Adelaide, therC vdicy. thi v n New Vrirnvd The foree thnt was to tis«eliddrd for that was fullv adetjnat" t« tht* sorviee li onj'ed of it. The *h"p= that we-e to hr deta'hed firm the N«>w VorV station would havr mustrr< d <»nns. and thoc<» Ann da ran and Cah fornia would have carved *!•? u' ; rs ; tin numl en was >7 f-71. and there were 127 otli»*« rs the ve«sels were prineipalh armed with 'lie Afhnivah-s hnd orders to ohia'n frrm New York whatever rifVd lmh'S they night n quire.*' Th" T-'wos then oheerves :— 44 If Fngland wi'l <rn to xvar with powerful nationshe must expect that thev will choose tho wenktst point thev can I'ivl whether the c anvc of the ouar»el re an i(ha, a mtionalitv or a s«vtinicnt The p'an s'Tinc to have 1 • i n i''idlv ( opei ived. and wpp. no drill t. far h< ttm* tlwn the o : 'i (»ne 1r« pting vour fh-c 1 as s' n.Mh'mj that is be laid up in lavender. t° he protected in d la' en run* of ir«fo; d of beingrmplovf d • f<>r the pur] om- of injuring the cn>mv. If we had jli en foo e» ou hto he drawn into a war wi-h [ T'n»s : a f rsmll a<h f c the rrrrnrvntloj) of To- | land, we shon'd not have had the hdi; ht< «t r : pht to t etimp'nin though «.he had made us f« el the cviN o | the r rt'i t in the most ►eiiMtive place and in tin i severest manner. ' " e tru>t tliat *?i little d'seloitirc will hen uscj fill lesson in irai y vavs It rneht to teach a cirtnr I port if n of the pub'ie that the i hang» s which havr laloi ]da e in the art of war will not ponnh Fngland ns herrtofrre to induWhhre r ta*le f» r mih'arv glon and liberal Crnt'i'ent 1 jol'ties with the same impuritv as hhe ceuhl in the tdor'ons da> s J o r o-e st> am an 1 vit'ed cannon had dme so mech to eonali«e the weak" wi'h. the Firing. If we ; ntliet injuiies.wo n u^ l j n al-e i p our mi'd- a'so to rceeive th' in. Our cm j merce wi'l not. we believe, he tw* pt from the ocean | nor our coloj j ( s he e- miu» red f'nin u- : hut wc n L u fc t 1 c>pert a verv serious ri«e v- the rate of insurance | ar.d admit at once our p ability to defend at the Fame moment the coast of A f*ri' a. Australia. Now « 1 an« ; British Columbia, and Canada against an cnemv when steam >hall have rendered nbiot itous and inv p»ble. 'Ibis ii telJigenee will no doubt be received j with rreat interest in the Aus'ralian colonies. 'J'hen' I at this iiKnu nt n-nch ill feeling with regard ito the transportation qiu'stion A jiarty is formed j whieh ]iu«pn>(s to eend tr-n-portc<l ]iri'one»s.ba< kto I I'ngland. »i d if this ecu'le meaMtrc si oidd m t sue j ceed. it is pre ared to take h t n the pro | prietv of a pepaiatiisn frnn the mo'lu rcoin {rv. Thc«< jfcnllonnn i?l find an arenmcnt in fan-ur of fh- ir rx'reme \icws in the c ntt mphtti'-n of thcierdt' whi.h Au-tr:*lui vi<? ly In r coni.exion w ; tl I'*-t'Jan'l. a'-d tl c hai dship rt witl» fv i »«ml sword f« -v the lal e of Vcdish na.t tonal it v and th redress of I be ba'nnce r>f pnn-er in J r irope. No in* i s'anee could indeed, hitter ihustiate the venklirs* of the Iradil onal roliey of this * oitntrv. and t' e crornn'Mpi inter sts that inai he put in peril on lis renu»te from them as possible. When ninvc-!. half the w< rl l n ovrs with her. and she ought not therefore, to move except for sonu 4 lhing in whieh half of (Ue worl 1 i-: really interested." And b'Sliy it says:— •' Bui ■ nr A ustralian frii nd« niny do well to 100 l fit th'pvnatt<r from the pepar.ition point of view, ar.d .•-ee if the r » asc is much menued At present- nohod\ fill >ttaek them bringing irpon then'selve? Hie win lc power of ' nghind : hnt. otuc p« , i>ara'ed from Knghuid, tin* Bower «hich chose to attack and plunder them would he nthiret to ro such trriihle liiibilitv. r l he i opulatio-n of Mw ra'ia -'s pomewhamore than a million, gath r "ed in a few great- towns or thinlv scat t ered over a vast continent. We have }u»t seen in tVnmark the fate of a eompa t mifion consisting «'f I wo mil'ions of men, and how little right avail* where strength is wanting. Australia, separated from England would no l<\ngi«r he led into war for the pake of Knpli-h p{>hev. h-ut she n ighe find mo**" fruitful • au i ep for war in her own weakness a> d (lie cupidity of the great 1 owers I' an sh" now does in the foreign policy of I ngbmd, not of late years a* leaM, animated hy a vi rv helli'jerent" spirit. It wouM be just as easy for Russia t«» ]>lan a li'tle expeditb»n of the 1-ind we have been describing without going to war with l-ngl iml. but th ♦ 1 u-« nih'an c«donie«« mus* adrnil that such an expedition wonld h.' infhiit.dv moiv diHieult for them tn rs « - Th.-y will do well to con-ider whether theva-t « alth ae< uinubiteH it great tc>wns !i e Svdnev and on the very e.lge of ;he ocean, would ever have boon created or ; retained hut f-r tin* secu'ity a ai"st. plunder insured , hv the first naval Tower in the word. 4 V'x] ire--' convicts are. im d.oubt, a ve-v evil, hut should j these Australian zealots give etl'e t to their view*; they will probably liiul that the art of plumb-ring is hv no means restricted to peisons who have under-: gone punishments under the sentences «-f the f urts ofl.nw. hut that, their tills may he as eifectually emptieii, their warehouses as compl sacked, ami their wonici as wro -ged hv the epnuVtt- d warriors of T-u opean States as by those romautv hu-hrangcr- who have revived the niemory of Tumi,, and Alacheuth in the secluded valleys of Australia.