antipodes is not apparent; since, upon the whole, it is more pleasing to listen to the expressions of the female intellect in the moral beauty of unaffectedness, and in the fine language of our forefathers, than painfully cramped in an unnatural vestiture of mispronounced and jingling sounds, on which the names of “ Italian” and “ French” are bestowed by courtesy. Music is an accomplishment of another kind—it is the natural associate of a fine climate ; and we will welcome, as added sources of enjoyment, every piano-forte, harp, guitar, and violin, that is landed in Australia. A very incorrect opinion prevails in England regarding the society of New South Wales. Into the minds of many it seems impossible to instil the idea that this colony, which, even since 1837, has received an addition of thirty thousand free emigrants and capitalists, is no longer to be confounded with the penal settlement of Botany Bay. In its society will now be found all that renders private life respectable, combined with much of the domestic elegance which we find in England. Such are the fruits of wealth in all countries; and it has, in Australia, been crowned with the enjoyment of comfort and elegance. The early colonists have exchanged their bark-roofed huts for handsome and commodious mansions; their families ride in London-built carriages, and keep livery servants; and it has been calculated that, with reference to the number of its inhabitants, the number of private vehicles of this kind in New South Wales is greater than in any other part of the world. It will, perhaps, be said, that this affords no proof that New South Wales possesses good society. The very same remark is applicable to every country in which these