~ will have no regard for the points oe 
ilt 
~ forcibly his sapecscntation of Sir 
: promise 
remain a favourite a 48 ie 0 ee 
. asa of their shareholders, by realisi 
1842. ] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
631 
daughter’ shand. Stricken by the sense of his discovered 
crime, the unhappy 
but with a 00 i) murderer to his 
knees, a ands Margaret's alone in a 
adjoining chamber. She follows him, leaving Aylme 
f senseless in the presen of the astonished 
f his im, de Lorme. Painful as this. inter- 
iew has b the interview between the wooer and the 
maiden is still more thrilling. With remorseless will, 
Lafont exposes -the father’s crime to his daughter, an 
lf . 
Lafont to sign the contract, and 
consumma e sacrifice of that love for hi? r parent from 
which tad ama takes its name, ominic is present to 
officiate as ais but, unbidden, he has siticene u- 
gene and Herminie as witnes ties of the 
first avail not to change the resolution of the girl, whe 
Aylmer e he apartment, and the- marriage. 
ith the determination 8 m, even in his own 
despite, Margaret scizes the pen and signs the contract, 
while he deter — her from the 
ing Lafont, a ing that re latter 
a pro- 
vident resemblance to that of the 
na Mt, Vandenhofi’s acting recalled ded 
Edwa ori 
part well c i 
of the scenes with his daughter and Lafont were exceed 
ingly impressive, and received merited applause. . Mi 
Vandenhoff sustained her part with a feeling which showed 
that she entered heartily into the ha | er parts 
were generally we i nd the piece was announced a. 
repetition ami nequivocal applause, as bespok 
e 
the sympathies of shavetilanery ,and promised that it will 
The opening 
© circumstances 
Be 
of the season has thu 
the c 
atre which is associated with the memory of 
the most distinguished pigs of his family. 
SHiscellaneous. 
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN 
NEW ZEALAND COMPA 
Extract from the Colonial Gazette sta 7th August, 
EW SETTLEMENT IN vhosid ee, 
London, 28th July, 1842. 
Gentlemen,—The public fee ‘that the Direcises of 
e New Zealand Company, while see oP secure 
eturn upo 
anger expe 
~may now suggest, the s saving principle “of defraying the 
cost of emigration by means of = or pmich the peopling 
ts lan 
_ ofa new country co onfers upon 
Partici mr Dy I address myself to 
your Court, with the twofold object of ee the grounds 
n 
y m 
ng an Vege sit emigration from this coutatery 
ye for your consideration 
of ns.whom I 
perso. 
this Sean of engaging, for 
founding, under he's suspices of the Company, another set- 
ew es an 
ae the various remedial m 
0 
_ the ca dis Ww 
aun 4 extended a bl affords the only means by 
c f the di 
which has overspread the 
To remove without 
preserve the peace of the country, 
institutions of Hogland from being swept away 
ontaaiie le rebellion 
to ds of the Col 
nies ; adopt an extensive scheme of systematic Selanisations 
lan of colonizati Site: 
relief: it would occasion an 
iate increase in the demand for shipping, and a all 1 the | 
tee proprietors 5 3 and it precluded the Colonization Com- 
“the eta and by adopting precautions for the a 
the settlers on landing, and & or placing tl them | tha 
MR. it in, AND THE 
various materials required for the equipment and mai ry PROCEED 
nance of the emigrants; and: w hile it bes bree “the - Itis biripbend that wt sige cally ‘shall select 100,600 
field of employment, it would diminish the number of’ acres of land for the sett 
ands seeking to be employed. But though the nvey II. Of the 100,600 acres Ep selected, 600 acres may 
ance portion of our unemployed population to the | be divided into I, town se s arter of an acre 
occupied lands of the Colonies afford e think, t each ; gnats acres may be divided into 1,000 suburban 
only effectual means by which markets can be opened, meres of twenty acres-each ; an ,000 acres into 
d the causes of distress removed, yet it d ota rural sections of eighty acres each. 
that the Execitive Governmen ared to originat e area of the town is proposed to be reduced 
y extensive plan of emigration even be ques- 1,000 ners ic 600, bectbeet the first settlement the 
tioned whether, i ovement of this character, Govern- larke? area has been foun to occasion inconvenient ex- 
ent should take the initiative. An extensive scheme of | pansion and distance, 600 acres, 200 will be 
emigration, if adopted in the first instance asa Minis- | reserved for streets, roads, rfs, squares, and lic 
terial measure, might be rendered unpopular by being gs and works. The remaining 400 acres will 
represented as compulsory, and mi e cried down divided into 1,600 sections, of a quarter of an acre each. 
e ignorant and prejudiced as a species of transpo section of a quarter of an acre in a town of 600 acres 
ation ; while, were it undertaken by a public company, | may not be less valuable th n section of one acre 
it would be less open to such unfounded i pote hacen in a town of equal population extended over 1,000 acres. 
would be presented more in the character o Suburban sections are suggeste affording the prospect 
and spontaneous movement on the part of the Seuels of a rapid increase in value from proximity to the tow 
them Il e lands of the settlement may be distribute 
H s endeavoured to explain the grow into 1,600 allotments; namely, into 1,000 allotments, 
ur Sotvvintled ‘that it has become indispensably neva sary, consisting each of one town be igen one suburban section, 
as regards the mitigation of distress, the preservation of | and one ru odhgg into 600 allotments, consist- 
the public peace, and the security of life and property, | ing each te: ue ve ee 
that immediate arrangements should be made for th any s uld offer for sale in this country, 
adoption of an extended sche emigration,—and bei at the is of 125/. fos ‘the, 000 allotments, consisting 
is expedient that such arrangements should originat 
with an incorporated compan r than with the Exe- 
cutive Governmen eed to lay before t 
ourt of Directors the outline of the plan in whi 
ark for founding, aes the 
auspices of the Company, trite settlement in New 
Zealand. 
art of systematic colonization consists in de- 
a the expense of conveying the unemployed Jabour 
the mothe i 0 
pproach of an 
py value of a new country. sul 
of the experiments which have hitherto been made fn the 
t 
emigration may be defrayed by 
eans e value it creates ; instructive, as suggesting 
precautions for avoiding the ee — di y - 
tardation which have occurred in experimental 
eee Som 
eful, 
The rovisions introduced into the Act of Parliament 
erecting South Au rovince, rendered 
ctical errors vig ain able. The act 
i the character 
d be ade- 
ales to absen- 
e allusion to ‘head ‘causes may 
wn; it forced preliminary land- 
modatio! 
on their | loeations without delay and ex 
These i 
comprise an ample extent 
of erie. land, and to contain several safe and commodious 
ee sacle ageous site for the new settlement being in 
the fi saan he Company 
comm their operations by sending out a preliminary 
expedition, consisting of surv i 
chanics, and a few agricultural labourers. On the arrival 
reliminary ditio its destination, the su 
veyors should proceed to lay out the town, the e 
neers to construct a landing-place, a wharf, and a roa 
fro; ha he centre i = town. At the ont 
stocked with the best breeds of cattle and sheep 
from the Australian Colonies. After sufficient time has 
clapsed for the pletion of import 
ese t 
perations, or some hem, , the firs t body of -colonists, 
onedisting of a due properton of a and labourers 
should be despatched fro: ntry. 
~ Under these arrangemen me the new settlement wa 
present a field for the immediate commencemen t of pro 
ductive indust stry. The impediments to 
which ee city in the 
removed ; the tabiat and cost of landin igen i 
the goods of the settlers will be abridged ; the settlers on 
ecm net te erpe hoa: deci 
residence for a civilised 
e | appropriated as 
a a bed a rural section. 
n, a subur 
Vv, e firs t. named 1,000 allotments to pur- 
shainliey the aarane of choice should be determined by lot. 
The rem g 6 D 
town section, should be offered for sale at the price of 25/, 
ea ach. Provis nr 9, aH ad 
c 8 
| two or more 
so 
peti Bes eections ‘ft if they desire them 
VE. Oi/., to be received by the 
allo tments offere 
Com- 
for sale, may be 
ees ac Choise inst retain, ed defraying 
not otherwise char, eable, for 
atts inst unforeseen iffcultie, and 
d managem 
which, the residue to be thus 
-half to ge typed one-half to 
public works, such oads, wharfs, 
bridges, and buildings, or the Te 
tion of the first emigran 100,000 
Total . £1 40 ),000 
By this Toa after setting one an adequate 
sum for the Company’s eXpenses and remuneration, the 
large fund of 100,000), will be pated in  debeaping” the 
- : 
rangement will be 
ial to the capitalist w who employs abou, 
larger oceeds 0 
t 
work performed two labourers, in a settlement pro- 
yided with wharfs, roads, and bri , will be greater than 
that which could be performed by those labourers o 
settlement not provided with these important facilities for 
rendering industry ve. Immedi. ur, when not 
aided by t es * felieee labo n accomplish 
little: when the f communication are wen 2 
of t munity 
Rcaty portion of t the available 
ust be ted, not to oor b in over- 
ae tran ted, not by the 
ut by the quantity a t work, the actual 
5. 
d 
on the > st harett skotcned out, ar a settlement in 
New Zealand ie be situated on the Eastern coast of 
the es 
he ay rr to be, Gentlemen, your most 
obedient eran (Signed) Georce Rennir Tie unior. 
Saas Oy THE NEW ZEALAND sate: 
Peded House, Broad Street Bu ‘din ings, 
12th August, 1842. 
R,—I am instructed by the Court of Directors of the 
nd Co 
ntemplating emig n to New Zealand, in which yo 
suggest the formation by the Company, on the 
pointed out in your letter, of a new settlement to be 
nted on some eligible site on the Eastern coast 
Middle Island. T rt 
