The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-08 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY

essistance necessary for the preservation of their
flocks and for saving the clip of wool
.at the approach-
ing shearing season. They themselves, and, indeed,
the entire British people would participate in the suffer-
ings thereby occasioned, and many a skilful artizan and
many destitute families would have cause to lament
the short-sighted policy of the Emigration Commis-
sioners.

A meeting was accordingly held at Leeds, on Fr i-
day last, which was most numerously and influentially
attended, at which it was determined to form a West
Riding Association for the purpose of facilitating
emigration. The parties in attendance appeared to
feel strongly the propriety of forming a considerable
fund to be advanced by way of loan to suitable emi-
grants requiring pecuniary assistance, on obtaining
bonds for its repayment by easy instalments after
their arrival in the colony. By this means a repro-
ductive colonization society would be estab-
lished, which would produce the most
beneficial results, both to the colony and to
the mother country. We havo long advocated
the policy of such a course, which was sixteen years
since urged in the strongest terms by the Venerable
Archdeacon KEATING, of Limerick, as Secretary to
the Emigrants' Friend Society of that district. A
system of loans bpi many advantages over one of ab-
solute grants. It preserves the selt-respect of the
emigrants ; they do not go out as paupers, depending
on the charity and benevolence of any body of men—
they will fully repay, both principal and interest, the
temporary advances that may be made for their use,
and they must labour steadily and indefatigably until
their liabilities are liquidated. Suitable persons
would, of course, be appointed in the colony to col-
lect the debts, who might, in case of any unforeseen
misrortunes, be authorised to afford any proper in-
dulgence either in the way of an extension of time or
a partial remission of the amounts. The emigrants,
too, might be fairly required to abstain from going
to the diggings, and to accept remunerative employ-
ment either in attending sheep or in agricultural pur-
suits, until their obligations had been fully dis-
charged.
It is absurd to say that these liabilities could not
be enforced in Australia. They could be as easily
acted on in the colony as at home. There are few
men so wilfully dishonest that they would take to the
bush, and abandon the opportunity of earning handsome.
wages rather than repay what, under the present
circumstances of the colony,yould be comparatively
easy. One of the regulations of the new association
will prove a great inducement to those disposed to
act' honestly and .fairly. It is provided that the
loaiis on repayment shall be re-lent to other emi-
grapts ; and each emigrant shall, on such repayment,
be allowed to nominate a relation ,or friend, who
shall have a preferable claim to assistance.
There are few persons going out who will
not! leave some relations or friends in the old country,
to whom they will be anxious to extend the benefits
they have" themselves received. We have seen the
large sums sent over from America by persons, under
no obligations, to enable their friends to join them.
Surely the same laudable feeling would animate the
Australian emigrants that has been observed in those
going to America. The knowledge that their
conduct in the colony might exercise a
poWerful influence, for good or evil, .on
the applications of the friends they have left behind
therm would, no doubt, act as a strong incentive to
good behaviour. For every reason, then, we hail
with joy the formation of the association; and we
are' convinced that the loan principle will be pro-
ductive of the most beneficial results, leading to the
emigration of a more eligible and meritorious class
than those who go out under the auspices of the Emi-
gration Commissioners.

PARLIAMENTARY MISTAKE.
We have authority to state that there is no truth
whatever in the following paragraph, which appears in
the Morning Chronicle Parliamentary report of the
House of Lords of this day. The reporter must have
been imposed upon:—

PRIVATE BILLS.
"On the motion of "Lord Redesdale, the standing order
No. 178, in the case of the Great Western, Shrewsbury
and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
Companies Amalgamation Bill, was dispensed with, on
he petition of shareholders in the Shrewsbury and
Chester Railway Company Bill."

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RArLwer.--Traffic for
the week erding June 5, 1852:
Passengers (2:,001) goods and
parce's, horses and carriages.. £4.094 11 7
Correspond:lg week in last year 3,980 1 8
Glasgow, June 7.