The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-26 00:00:00

Dublin

kGENTS—Jam es Irvine, Liverpo9l ; James Watson and Co.,
Glaggow.
SECRETARY—DudIey Byrne, Esq.
PROSPECTUS. _ .

The large number of emigrants who have left Great Britain for
the United States and the Canadas in the past year has suggested
the idea of an Association for the purpose of affording increased
facilities to those intending to emigrate towards gaining for them
a location there with the aid of the smallest expenditure in acqui
ing it. _

This Association, having already formed a very extended con-
nexion in the United States and the Canadas, proposes to confine
its operations exclusively to these countries, and chiefly to the
former.
It is found that nine-tenths of those who emigrate to the United
States are composed of small capitalists, who, for the most part,
have barely sufficient money to meet the expenses of the voyage
and the purchase of a location. To such parties loss of time
is a great disadvantage, and the expenses incurred in
search of a location too frequently absorb their small
means. They are in general unacquainted with the
geography of that vast country and its varied resources. Titles
to land, when they do not come direct from the Government, are
often defective, and the unaided emigrant runs a great risk of not
being able to fix himself in that portion of the United States where
his previous knowledge could be turned to the best account. These
and many other considerations equally important will naturally in-
duce emigrants to avail themselves of the agency and place themselves
under the auspices of an Associaticn having the disposal of lands
more or less extensive in every State of the Union, and respecting'
which every authentic information has been obtained and can be fur-
nished the emigrant heforehand.
The choice of a state is often of much importance. The quality of
the land, its title guaranteed, its contiguity to markets, the coot of
labour and value of produce, facilities of transport, as well as the
climate and the healthiness of the district—all these are of great con-
sequence. In fact, a prudent emigrant should endeavour to posse
himself with as much information before leaving home, as, if acting
on his own experience, he could barely hope to acquire alter a
lengthened residence in the country.
In addition to this, the Association, by its arrangements for the
voyage out, and transport of the emigrant from the port of debark-
ation to the interior, will enable the emigrant to economize his
eans so that neither his time nor his substance would be wasted
before his industry began.
The plan the Association proposes is chiefly to dispose of lands on
commission ; not to speculate in lands by purchase and re-sale on
its own account, but to afford the emigrant the benefit of its dealing
for the land, either with Government or proprietors. Its extended
connexion, information, and establishment will be placed at the
service of the emigrant who seeks a new home under its directions.
The Association agrees beforehand to sell at cost price, adding merely
thereto a commission, graduated proportionally to the number of
acres in each farm or location, founded on the cost and expenses
attending his transport to the spot.
The lands which will pass through the hands of the Association
from the original owner to the ultimate occupier will he for the most
part in block ; their cost price per acre to the Association will be
much below that for which an individual could procure a single loca-
tion in any of the States where Government land is not to be had ;
the emigrant will in this respect alone have a direct advantae.
When he adds to this his saving on his outward expenses and journey
to the spot, his loss of time, the disappointments often incurred on
the other side, he will find the actual outlay per acre of his acquisi-
tion much less by a direct purchase through the Association, whose
arrangements will enable it to render him a service he would fail in
attempting for himself.
It is a case of the commonest occurrence with those who go cut to
the United States to waste all their means and small resources with-
out ever arriving at the object of their wishes. Too many are thus
lett for the Woe destitute, and forced to become labourers, instead of
proprietors of land.
It is for the purpose of enabling the uninformed emigrant of small
means to avoid this almost inevitable consequence that this Asso-
ciation is formed ; to advise him before departure of the advantages
and disadvantages of settlement in each state, to assist him in the
choice of a location, and to inform him on what point to direct his
means and efforts. By this means he can ascertain to a trifle the
cost of his own and his family's removal. Ile will be told how be
should stock his land, what implements to purchase ; and in fact h -
may acquire a year's experience in advance as to the best mode of
turning himself to acc.unt by the instructions to be given him
through the officers of the Association on the other side.
In some of the newer States, where labour is not abundant, the
Association will undertake to supply the emigrant with labour, by
offering such inducements as will secure it. These will form the
subject of special schern s of settlement, which his Association will
notify from time to time, and the price of land per acre will range
accordingly.
The owners of tracts of land in the United States will find it ad-
vantageous to avail themselves of the Association, it being the in-
tention of the Association to select the most suitable occupiers and
cultivators.
As a guarantee of the good faith of the Association, it proposes to
look to its chief profit, after payment of expenses in the manner
stated, to reserved lots, which are not to exceed one-fourth of the en-
tire quantity in any one block. These reserved lots will he disposed
of afterwards at their real market value, and without reference (as
in the case of the first emigrants) to prime cost.
The settlement of considerable tracts of land, and the voyage
thereto and location thereon of a number of families, will give rise
to many considerations which cannot be easily enumerated, but, to
insure success, cannot be overlooked by the Association. The phy-
i cal wants of the emigrant will require medical attendance on him
to the spot. Provision will be made likewise for his spiritual com-
fort, by providing a clergyman, in conformity with the religious per-
suasion of each hundred families; and, as it not unfrequently hap-
pens that many families depart from the same neighbourhood, in all
cases where practicable, the choice of the pastor will rest with the
emigrants themselves.
The plan of the Association, therefore, embraces the following
points, viz.:—
I. The acquisition of tracts or portions of lands in the several
States of she Union and in Canada, for sale on commission.
2. The disposal of these lands to emigrants in such quantities as
will suit their Individual means on the basis of the cost price of the
land, adding so much per acre as win cover the charges attendant
on the examination of the lands and their titles, and a staff of in-
telligent officers to take charge of the Citalgrants and their Intures,'
up to placing them upon the land, un'er the most favourable cir-
cumstances.
3. Contrae'ing to place the emigrant and his family on the land
for a fixed sum, including all expenses of voyage out. and in the
interior, so ,ha he may know beforehand how far his money will
go in securing the object of his wishes.
4. The supply of labourers on such locations as may require it, at
so much per acre, to be added to prime cost of the land, if not
otherwise paid for by special agreement with emigrants.
5. Holding an interest In reserves not to exceed one-fourth the
original acquisition ; these reserves not to be disposed of by the
Association for less than double the original average prime cost per
acre.
6. Provision for the moral and physical wants of the emigrant, so
that his safety and comfort will be secured from the ordinary acci-
dents attendant on the unaided efforts of a single individual.
The Directors are engaged in the settlement of a tract of land in
Eastern Texas, containing 153,400 acres, and are preparing a scale
of prices for the location of emigrants thereon.
DUDLEY BYRNE, Secretary.
2, Royal Exchange-buildings, London.