The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-24 00:00:00

EMIGRATION BY A NEW METHOD.

Under the title of " The British Exodus, or National
]Emigration Fund of the Hunter River Gold Mining
Company," an association has been formed which pro-
poses to effect the following objects :—The capital is to
consist of 126,0001., in shares of I/. ls. each. From time
to time, as these are subscribed for, a public ballot is to
take place until 4,000 free passages have been obtained,
the certificates for the original guinea shares being ex-
changed after each ballot for a passage order. By this
means, at 201. a head, 80,0001. is to be disposed of in the
passage of emigrants, and the original capital of
126,0001. will by the same process be reduced to 46,0001.
The trustees of the company are stated to be Lord
_Erskine, Sir H. W. Barron, and A. Maclean, Esq.,
Tho solicitor is Mr. Joseph J. Cridland, of
Chancery-lane.
For sumo days it had been advertised that the first
public ballot would take place yesterday, at twelve
o'clock, at the 'Western Literary and Scientific Institu-
tion, Leicester square, and at the hour named there were
'about eighty persons assembled in the body of the
theatre, and some dozen gentlemen on the platform, in
front of which stood a largo glass ballot-box.
No chairman was appointed by the meeting, but a few
minutes past twelve Mr. Carpenter rose, and said they
were met for the purpose of balloting for free passages
to Australis, but since their last meeting on Monday,
their solicitor had received from the Treasury the fol-
lowing letter:—
" Solicitor's Office, Treasury, Sept. 21, 1852.
" Sir,—The attention of her Majesty's Government
having been drawn to a scheme, entitled ' The British
Exodus, or National Emigration Fund of the Hunter
River Gold Mining Company,' having for one of its
objects the selection of 4,000 free passage orders to
Australia by ballot, I am directed to inform you that
rhe proposed ballot is illegal, and subjects those con-
cerned in it to prosecutions under the Aots of Parliament
112 tide for the suppression of lotteries. And I hereby
give you notice that proceedings will be taken against
01) parties concerned in the scheme in question, if the
int ended ballot be permitted to take place.—l am, &c.
(Signed) " N. R. REYNOLDS."
Now, before the promoters had put out a single prospeo-
Ms or advertisement, they had taken the opinion of
tyro eminent solicitors, and also of an eminent counsel,
as to the legality of the undertaking, and those gentle-
mon were of opinion that they could not be considered
to fall within the operation of the Lottery Suppression
Aot. On the receipt of the above letter a meeting of the
bo atd was immediately called, at which the two solicitors
were, present, and they had reconsidered their former
opinion, and turned to certain cases reported in the
book s. The result was, that the committee had not the
sligh test doubt as to the legality of their proceedings;
but !acre they were under this interdict from the Trea-
sury, and they thought it right both with reference to
their own interests and those of the shareholders to pro-
pose a postponement of the distribution of these free
order s for a few days, pending their communications
with the Government on the subject. The committee
were most anxious to proceed with as little delay as pos-
sible, because the three vessels which had been adver-
tised 'were ready for the passengers; but, if they could
not obtain the acquiescence of the Government, they
would call together the shareholders not later than
Tuesday next, when they would propound a plan which
would secure precisely the same object, and in very much
the Beane way as at present proposed.
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ALLEGED MURDER OF A CHILD.
Yesterday evening Mr. Langham, the deputy-coroner
for Westminster, held au inquiry at the Feathers, Dean-
street, on view of the body of a newly-born male child,
alleged to have been murdered by its mother. The in-
quiry 'was opened on a previous day, and a report of the
pros
appeared in this, journal on Tuesday last. It
appeared from the evidence of Mr. Heath, the surgeon,
for whose post mortem examination the case was ad-
journed, that the death of the child was caused by in-
juries received in the throat, which caused an effusion of
blood, trickling into the air passages, and bringing on suf-
focation. The injuries on the throat must have been the
result of violence. its opinion was that some person
bad thrust a finger down the infant's throat and caused
extensive lacerations. The other evidence went to show
that Jane Mann, a servant girl, concealed her condition
from her nil:tress, who knew nothing about the birth
of the child until she heard its faint screams
in her (the mistress's) bedroom, to which she had di-
rected her servant to retire, in consequence of apparent
illness. It was further stated, and borne out by the
surgeon, that there was the mark of a ligature round
the neck, and that one of the witnesses had admitted
having cut off a piece of tare which had been tied tightly
about the child's neck. This piece of string could
not be found, and Mrs. Cherry, the person who made
the statement, was recalled, but her evidence threw no
additional light upon the . matter. The coroner, in
summing up, said that if the jury thought there was slit-
fletient evidence of the murder having been committed
by the mother—of the murder by some person or other
there could be no reasonable doubt—they would, of
course, return a verdict to that effect; but they could
fig i the mother, verdict ust
After a lengthened their
considerationm the
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beanpo
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ly
on
jury returned a verdict to the effect ", That the child
died from severe lacerations of the throat, but by whom
those injuries were inflicted there was not sufficient evi-
dence to show."

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From -Vienna,
ante of the speculative excitement at, r
llows a further no-
on the contrary, the rate of exchan
-.'elli'cli. the new loan was
The reports from the continent_daersisc.ribe a confirm-
forced up for a moment to 5i
favourable turn, the contrivance by N':
having apparently
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premium
been altogether unreal. At Amsterdam
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without any movement of importance.
when the wheat
Odessa reach
.to the 13th of September,
An of
the market remains
market was still dull and prices again lower. . arrivalthe rates
about twelve ships had caused a reaction
to the
of freight. From St. Petersburgh the advises are.
~,.,
15th. The quantity of tallow shipped off was 31,0/6 lt,,
against 55,400 casks in 1851, and the Russian speculators.
and several lilMi4ll dealers in that article were consigning
to LiverP99l. also. in