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A CROWN COLONY.
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"Mr, Allen, Lisconnon Dervock.
"Captain Lang, half-pay, 19th Dragoons,
"Captain H, Lang, Sharvogues, Kandeltown.
"Dr. Wilson, M.D., Dervock,
"Mr. Bell, Bush Bank, Dervock.
"Rev. Mr. Osborne, Ballymoney.

Mr, Dalway, R..N., with £ 1,500, has gone to Van Diemen's land, but will return to South Australia, if established.

"I beg also to state that several of my tenants, who wish to emigrate, have from £100 to £1,000.

"Thomas Pottinger."

"This letter may go towards proving the preamble of the Bill, but certainly militates against Pottinger'a claims for the Governorship.

"April 14th.—Called with Torrens on Lefevre. Lefevre says that the letter, which we shall have in the course of the day, will contain a promise to accede to our wishes, if we can fulfil four conditions—1st. That the soil is fit for colonisation; 2nd. That £35,000 should be invested in the purchase of land; 3rd. That £50,000 was in the hands of the persons going to the colony; 4th. That the expenses of the Government should be provided for by the Association and to the following amounts—for the first three years, £5,000 a year; for the next three years, £8,000 a year; for the next four years, £10,000. The letter will refer to the draft of the Act I gave Lefevre, and will approve of it. It will also invite some persons from the Association to see Stanley. Thus the matter may be considered done at last, for with these four conditions it will be easy to comply.

"April 16th.—The promised letter from Lefevre arrived to-day about 4 o'clock. The following is a copy:—

"Downing Street,
"April 16th, 1834.

"Sir,

"I have received and laid before Mr. Secretary Stanley your letter to me of the 218t ultimo, and the