The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-03 00:00:00

FEMALE EMIGRATION;

On Saturday evening a meeting of the Female
Emigration Society was held at the rooms of the
Social Science Association, Waterloo-place, Pall-
mall, the immediate object of the meeting being to
take a farewell leave or: Miss Rye, previous to her
departure for Australia, -whither she is proceeding
to make arrangements for carrying out the objects
of the association. The meeting was well attended,
the majority being ladies. Mr. Kinnaird, M.P.,
having taken the chair,
Mr. C. HASTINGS said the association for the
promotion of female emigration was a branch of the
society many of them had been so long'interested
in, which had been formed for the purpose of
obtaining some fresh outlet for the employment
of women, especially in the middle classes.
It was especially to enable women of the middle
crass to emigrate that the society was formed.
Miss Rye, who was about to go to the Australian
colonies, would take out with her in the ship the
Sohn Duncan, bound for Otago, in New Zealand,
100 women, of whom 8 were governesses, 30 were
factory girls from Manchester and the manufac-
turing districts, and the remainder were domestic
servants. Two hundred and eighty other women
had in different ways been assisted by the society
with which she was connected, either by giving
them information or by advancing them money.
Two of the women who had had money ad-
vanced to them to enable them to go out had
repaid the full sum so advanced ; and he had no
doubt that as time went on other women would
fulfil their engagement with equal honour. The
society had received since April last nearly £l,OOO,
and they had received about £1,700 altogether.
Mr. MARSHAM, of Canterbury, slid Miss Rye
would gather more information from her visit to
New Zealand than from any amount of correspond-
ence. As to the proposal to introduce educated
women into the colonies, there could be no question
as to the desirability of it. They were valuable
anywhere, and they were doubly valuable in the
colonies.

Miss RYE said, when they first began it was with
an idea of sending out governesses, but she soon
found that that would be unwise. There was an
immense number of applications from all classes.
She could get rid of the servants by sending them
to the commissioners in Park-street, but the great
bulk of the applicants were persons who had not
been in service, and who could not get free emigra-
tion. She amalgamated the two, and if she had not
done that, the whole thing would have fallen to
, the ground. She did it without consulting the
committee, and she alone was responsible for having
tacked on the emigration of the lower class to
the middle class. The society had sent out nearly
400 persons, or should have done so on Monday,
and out of those she had not selected more than 40
governesses. She did not think it would be prudent
She was sure that she could send out any num-
ber of persons who had been servants to their
parents, but she thought there was a great opening
for governesses. If they asked her what should
he done while she was away she should say that
s
they should go on very slowly, until they had
rnoro information as to the best course to pursue.
They had a fair balance in hand, £260, which was
as much as they wanted at present, because she
made it a rule that every girl must pav something.
She thought that a free emigration was bad, and
that a girl who could not bring £lO towards her
fare had better not go. She did not think she had
sent more than three or four girls who had not paid
anything. In conclusion she expressed her grati-
tude to the company for their good wishes, and her
hope that when she came back she would be able to
say that there were really openings for a great
many persons. (Applause.)
The CHAIRMAN thanked those present for the in-
formation they had given, and for the sympathy
they had manifested in the objects of the society,
and declared the meeting at an end.

The following resolution was passed at a meeting
of the Southampton Chamber of Commerce on Thursday,
viz.: —" That this chamber recognising the distinguished
honour conferred upon it by the recent visit of the Right
Hon. Lord Viscount Palmerston, K.G., &c., respectfully re-
quests his lordship to allow his name to be enrolled as an
honoarry member of this body."
THE BANK NOTE FORGERIES.—The Birminghani
Post of yesterday says :--" Between 7 and 8 o'clock last
evening Detective-Inspector Manton and Sergeant Webb, of
the City of London detective force, after digging for a long
time in different places in Aston Manor, discovered a plate
which was known to be in existence, but up to the present
time could not be found. It was wrapped in a bag, and was
buried at some depth. The plate is said to be a new one,
sent down from London a short tiroeagoo, and bears
13th, 18
theears f002.1-lowing
lowing :—' 1862, October 13th, London,
W. P. Gattio.' There have been some fresh disclosures
made by Griffiths, but for obvious reasons we are unable at
present to state how far they Inculpate other."