LORD AND LADY BRASSEY AT ADELAIDE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7389, 7 June 1887, Page 2

LORD AND LADY BRASSEY AT ADELAIDE.

The yacht Sunbeam cast anchor off Glenelg on Tuesday morning, May 24. At the invitation' of. the Governor Lord and Lady Brassey came ashore, and; wentin coinpany'with the Mayor, of Glenelg to Government House and 3 attended the levee. The visitors subsequently, went to the Taoes, and re turned cto their yacht in" the;, evening. • Lord , Braesey, in the course of some remarks,^ said that he visited the colonies With the idea that the future statesmanship of England should be directed, mainly ,to welding together the English-speaking races. The acquisition of country containing inhabitants whose faith, sympathy,' and associations were. different to our. own Bhould be deprecated. Such acquisition generally proved, a source of weakness. 'He strongly supported Imperial federation, but did not think any practicable scheme' had yet been devised for oiirrying out the idea of federation for defensive purposes between England and. the colonies. It was advisable, but it would involve contributions £q the common purso and necessary taxation) and woijld involve tho representation of tho colonies in En'land. He spoke in highly favourable terms of Sir Robert Stout's recent .article in the Nineteenth Century, and thought the colonies might be Jtuirly expected to give assistance to Eagland in retaining In Jin, and to join in lending uid in nuy question in whidn they were interested, as well as England. He regarded th'o assistance rendered by tho New South Wales Contingent as boiug of tlio greatust consequence, and it would show Fiance and Russio tho true union thut existed between Bn^land uud tho colonies. At tho siwrt. time, he did not thiuk the colouiea ahoulu bo called upon to assist in uny Buch enterprise as tho Bottleajent of the Bulgarian question. He advocated n generous auhsidisiug of ocohq ateuinera, uud thought that tlie Imperial GufGrntuout ml.giiliJ duo that large Bteunioiti, wb^u boiug boilt, Huould bo co designed that they oould ho easily adapted for war pm-poaos. ,