The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-10 00:00:00

FEMALE EMIGRATION.

Another embarkation of emigrants, the nineteenth
of the 'oriel, under the auspices of what is best known as
Mr. Sidney Herbert's Society, took place on Saturday at
Gravesend. The emigrants, twenty-one in number, as-
sembled at Blackwell at 11 o'clock in the morning, and pro-
ceeded on board a steamer which was waiting for them at
the pier. Here, too, they were joined by several members
of the committee and the honorary secretary, Mr. Hely,
who, as on former occasions, were anxious to bid them a
final farewell on board the emigrant ship. The Will
Watch—which is the vessel's name—is a barque of 300 tons
burthen, carrying a large number of passengers besides
those for whom she is indebted to the Emigration Fund.
The total number of emigrants on board is about 100. it
may here be remarked that this vessel is the first
chartered by the Colonisation Assurance Association, a
corporation recently established to promote emigration to
Western Australia, and one of the leading features of
which is that it conveys passengers at a very low rate, on
the condition of receiving a grant of land as a part of the
consideration. In the present instance, the whole cost of
the passage (the case of cabin passengers being excepted) is
an average of 61. per head; and, in order to afford an ade-
quate remuneration, the colonial government will transfer
to the company 20 acres of laud for every passenger. The
advantages of such an arrangement are two-fold : the direct
encouragement of emigration, and the creating a value for
land which would be otherwise comparatively valueless
Parties purchasing land of the corporation to the extent of
501. money value are offered free passages for three
labourers.

STAFF APPOINTMENTS TO DE VACATED.—ThO fol-
lowing colonels in the army before 1811 will vacate their
present appointments on promotion to the rank of major-
general in the brevet of the 11th instant:—Colonel P.
Brown, Commandant Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea;
Colonel 'Sir J. M. Wilson, Adjutant, Chelsea Hospital;
Colonel Parke, Commandant Royal Marines, Woolwich ;
Colonel Simpson, Commandant at Chatham ; Colonel Love,
staff, Wales; Colonel Hamilton, Inspecting Field.officer,
Northern District, Ireland; Colonel Baumgardt, Inspecting
Field-officer at Bristol ; Colonel Falconer, Inspecting Field-
officer, at Liverpool ; Colonel Middleton, Commandant at
Maidstone ; Colonel Turner, Commanding Royal Artillery,
Dublin; Colonel Owen Deputy Adjutant General, Royal
Marines; Colonel Cochrane, Deputy-Adjutant Oencral,
Dublin. Colonel Middleton will also cease to be a Lieut.-
Colonel in the 3rd Light Dragoons, as before explained.
(Vide regimental vacancies.)
REGIMENTAL VACANCIES.—In consequence of the
brevet, the following commands of regiments will be va-
cated by the promotion of the present commandant' (colonels
in the army before 1811) tc the rank of major-general :-
3rd or Buffs, commanded by Col. Sir James Dennis; 64th
Regiment, commanded by Col. Pane 9.,th Regiment,
commanded by Col. Campbell; Cape Rifles, commanded
by Colonel Somerset. In addition to these, there will be
a vacancy in the 3rd Light Dragoons by the promotion of
Col. Middleton, but as there was a supernumerary lieut.-
colonel in this regiment, the promotion of that officer will
merely reduce the number of lieut.-oolonels to the usual
spy of two.