Mr. Bull (amidst shouts of applause from Miner and all hands). — Well done, my dear Australian grandson, G. D.!—I begs pardon, G.F. I proposes, Gentlemen all, that we gives three cheers for the Singer, and three cheers for the Author, and three cheers for their jolly old Father and Grandfather, JOHN BULL; that's me: and here's to our noble selves, and to every Gold-digger in the Colony, and good health and good luck; huzza! and now I call upon our friend Miner. Miner. I have much pleasure in responding, Mr. Bull, Mr. G.F., and gentlemen all, to give you the Victorian “Rule Britannia." written by our friend, the author of the song just sung by his son, in celebration of "Separation ;" and as we are all loyal subjects to the backbone, I am sure it will be acceptable to all Australians, and the number of friends present will give effect to the chorus. COMMEMORATION NATIONAL ANTHEM. VICTORIAN-AUSTRALIAN "RULE BRITANNIA," COMPOSED IN CELEBRATION, OF THE GLORIOUS OCCASION, OF SEPARATION." RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED TO THE LADIES OE VICTORIA. When BRITAIN first at Heaven's command Arose from out this azure main; This was the Charter of the Land, And guardian angels sung this strain;- Rule BRITANNIA, BRITANNIA rule the waves For BRITONS never shall be slaves ! And now AUSTRALIA is arisen, The Southern Hemisphere to bless; The joy be ours, to whom 't is given, In glorious accents to express Rule AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA rule the waves- Though distant from our Father-Land; With those who can best understand, Our truth-the lovely BRITISH FAIR! RULE BRITANNIA-VICTORIA rule the waves- Yet BRITISH MAIDENS, though you're blest With Virtue and unnumbered charms, AUSTRALIAN LASSES well contest The conquest of true Lovers' arms! Rule AUSTRALIA-VICTORIA rule the waves- As brave as BRITONS' SONS must be, Their merit, both in calm and storm! Rule VICTORIA-AUSTRALIA rule the waves Manly, are all VICTORIA'S YOUTH, And charming, as her glorious clime; For love-of-freedom famed, and Truth!COUNTRY and SONS are in their prime! Rule VICTORIA-AUSTRALIA rule the wavesVICTORIA'S SONS will ne'er be Slaves ! Whilst neighbouring Countries, great and small, By dearth or foes may be opprest; In peace and plenty, more than all Be thou by health and Nature blest! Rule AUSTRALIA-VICTORIA rule the waves, VICTORIA HAIL! hail our loved Queen! To Heaven our heart-felt pœans rise!- Not ERIN'S Isle is half so green! Nor Land more fair, beneath the skies! Rule VICTORIA-AUSTRALIA rule the waves- All Nature's seeds from BRITAIN cold, L VICTORIA new-AUSTRALIA grand! Hail, verdant soil of Grove and Plain ! Hail, Mistress of the Southern main ! Rule BRITANNIA-AUSTRALIA rule the waves- October 7, 1850. THE AMATEUR LAUREATE OF VICTORIA. Mr. Bull.-Nothing can be more proper and more delightful than such true loyalty and as the Vather as well as loving zubject of Queen Victoria -God bless her Majesty! I returns thanks to the Author and capital singer, and I proposes the health of "the Queen long life to her, and confusion to her enemies," with nine-times-nine; and then we'll have "God Save the Queen," which is the only anthem that can snrpass the last. All-Huzza! huzza! huzza! Henry N. L. Kentish.—Now, then, if you please, I 'll lead, and give you an Australian edition, too, of the National Anthem, composed, like the last, by Mr. John Bull's Son, my paternal ancestor, here present. COMMEMORATION VICTORIAN-AUSTRALIAN ANTHEM! Composed in celebration of the glorious occasion of SEPARATION, and dedicated to the loyal Sons of Victoria. GOD Save OLD ENGLAND'S Queen! Long live AUSTRALIA'S Queen! GOD save our Queen! Happy and glorious! Long to reign over us! O LORD our GOD arise, And make them fall! May she defend our Laws, To sing with heart and voice, GOD save the Queen! Thy choicest gifts in store, To sing with heart and voice, O LORD her Consort bless! In virtues great and strong, GOD save VICTORIA'S QUEEN! "GOD save the Queen!" She has our voices heard! Blest be her Royal word, Who is our Queen! For her, our lives we dare! Our hearts, all breathe this prayer"God bless our Queen!" We are BRITANNIA'S Sons! We are VICTORIA'S Sons !- Our EMPRESS QUEEN! Oh! whilst the Empire hails Here the enthusiasm of the loyal vocalists, and their acclamations with which they rent the air, surpassing all description, are left entirely to the imagination of the courteous and handsome and delighted reader, i. e., singer of course-who is earnestly invited, before parting from the bacchanalians, to join them and the writer in a glass of wine, to drink to “better acquaintance.” "Most happy," we understood the polite reader to say distinctly. The Author bows and drinks, and "is most happy too." [Qy. two.-Printer's Devil.] Author's Servant.--Here is another Reputation, sir, of Gentlemen from the Exhibition Building. Secretary of Melbourne University.-Sir, I have the pleasing duty to wait on you, as the delegate of the Scholastic Establishments throughout Victoria, to intimate that the heads of the University, and of the public and private Schools, whilst approving cordially of your agricultural sentiments, enunciated in your "Question of Questions," having the pleasure to recognise in its author, a fellow-labourer in the great cause of education, as having been formerly a Professor in the Royal Military College of England (many of whose cadet pupils now hold a distinguished position in this and the neighbouring Colonies, and amongst our gallant troops, now alas! nobly imperilling their lives at the Crimea and elsewhere) desire to unite with the other sections of the Colonists, who also warmly fraternise with you, in expressing their earnest desire to support the Poetical Work you have announced, which, has such strong claims on the reading, thinking, and intellectual classes of Colonists, that they deem it to be their pleasing duty, to encourage by every means in their power, this, almost the very first emanation of strictly Australian Literature ; and as one volume is from the pen of their fellow Colonist, whilom of Sandhurst College, they have the greater satisfaction in requesting him to let the |