The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-08 00:00:00

AA,,,, AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.
, a numerous and • highly respectable
64 on k.IEETING of versant interested in the prosperity of
ati,:!,P,T COLONY of NEW SOUTH WALLS, held
IL. George and Vulture Tavern, in the City of London, on
1-7._dalY! the sth day of April, 1841, convened for the purpose
htillmcte!ing the " CONDITIONS" recently promulgated
isgtiet_ Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, touch-
sle
_. future conduct of Bounty Emigration, and to decide on
%Maine' necessary in order to obtain their annulment,
k„,,,.°ereby avert the alarming injury they are calculated to
rielle,e as respects the future supply of labour to New South
hilt atas BARRY BALDWIN, sq., M.P., in the Chai
°loved by STUART DONA E
LDsoN, Esq., secondedr, by
Itesolved una
CD
:DA: LS
IIVS, LEE, Esq., and
16irt ,I_.tile Latest accounts from New South Wales represent
Ttud for labour in that colony to be more pressing and
‘oan at any former period ; wages had risen enormously,
skier! expecteci to be still higher ; the flock owners were
11e0u,..1.? obtain shepherds at all approximating to the number
lissi.7l necessary for their proper care ; great apprehen-
liwere entertained that much of the forthcoming harvest,
leell;r°mised to be very abundant, would perish in the fields
ed 41"!, of a sufficient supply of labour to reap and store it;
elk the great interests of the colony were very seriously
si,, Feted from the alarming deficiency of labour. A Corn-
ji-;" tithe Legislative Council of which the Bishop of A ust ra-
110Chnirman, in their Report to the Council in "s•epternber
lest;owile, that "Every department of industry is cramped;
apt ,t°lldertaking. public or private, can be prosecuted ex-
an immei.se expense, owing to the exorbitant rate of
le and the inconceivable difficulty in procuring workmen,
I*, or mechanics, upon any terms whatever; there is no
ks,t' the colony in which it may not be truly said that there
lith‘Flual dearth of hands to carry on the ordinary business.
144„tance of sheep farming, the distress arising from want
ht.!' Cr,s is almost incredibl.i. Thus a very fatal check is
Iti4sPon the advancing prosperity of the Colony."
11,1°,0ved by THOMAS lee Lee, Esq., of New South Wales,
Resolved
ALEXANDER SMITH, Esq., of Liverpool, and
11;7.01ved unanimously,
itts 441 the opinion of this meeting it is in the highest de-
14„Portant that the supply of labour from these kingdoms
keti;ll;°llth Wales should be encouraged and promoted by all
%,, to
set, means, and that every possible facility and encourage-
leitg...roltsistent with the existing law of the land, should be
Vttillttict7„to all persons engaged in supplying it. In a Report
sq_toraittee of the Legislative Council of New South
tilit,4 „41eY state " that to permit immigration to be suspended
,•'' 6,1, in its extent, would be to seal the death-warrant
411 prosperity, and to expose to certain ruin the nu-
flourishing
and extending interests which have been
i;',,the Colony' "tend it may also be truly affirmed that any
.71e supply of labour to New South Wales is also cal-
-1 reflection, to be highly injurious to the best inte-
i
s, Mother Country.'
74 ved by EDWARD DIVETT, Esq.. ALP., seconded
lilt
„),,,,rs it.enitisr, Esq., of Glasgow, and
lk."4"ed unanimously,
,t4is fleeting considers the Bounty system of Erni-
tit's,,llieh was originated and established in the Colony,
Srbt°lnial. authorities, under the administration of Sir
' .„-"ourke, to have been a most valuable means of ob-
ill "e necessary supply of Labour, and to have conferred
eDet on the Colony. It is estimated that upwards of
tilssi,, Ana emigrated to New South Wales last year under
L'lltr„Lon of the Bounty system, and in the present year,
NilL'llere is reason to believe that' a vastly increased supply
lies 'arni,hed under this invaluable system, if left, as here-
to the energy of those engaged in sending it out,
i ,„._ bx the imposition of unnecessary and obstructive
'"' s In their estimate of the great value of the
.
oth7stem, this Meeting has the entire concurrence of Sir
tlect:lllips, who, in a despatch to the Secretary of State
i.,tt,t4 onies, presented to, and printed by order of Parlia-
ki' "the Bounty system, hoviever, has been found so
ilkrtleior to that of Go Em bh as
e
Air scription- of personsvernment supplied by iit,erat and the cost
IN, Passage, that it appears to me very doubtful
MAtshl,l,lY other should be
.persevered in ;" and. in another
ill the. Governor, speaking of the
.Report which had then
,p. 4, been presented by the Committee on Emigration in
fOis °Y to the Legislative Council, thus expresses himself :
qi,t07,,41 no way able to dispute the correctness of the con-
°f the Committee, in respect to the superiority of the
Ntreta over that which is carried on by the immediate
is, Government. The Bounty system is found to be 41.
N't, or about 21 per cent. cheaper than the Government
Z44' reckoning men, women, and children all alike, and
vino difference for the quality of the emigrants ; but if
Oles ~enee be taken into consideration, and especially the
iti,l'roportion of children introduced by the Bounty sys-
-o`",..advi.ntage of that system must be estimated consi-
kttrglier and I am inclined to think with the Cummit-
it 44,„'
s, y 0 ..-'‘, Government emigrants cost as much as 300
ON °es uf equal value to the Colony." This, it should be
qs,t4Yryhorne in mind, is the voluntary testimony of the Go-
-14 the Colony, in his official communications to the
Ose of State. As respects that most important consi-
tt se'de comparative state of health on board Govern-
NI, it Bounty ships conveying passengers to New South
pp ihq_ was stated in evidence before the Committee of the
111
',C Council at Sydney in 1839, that the relative loss of
-ie voyage was as follows, viz. :
ka
'qt Government Bounty
Ships. Ships.
re
gate number on board lin 16 ... lin 34
t
Itt bitt of Adults - lin 99
issi' le ' of Children
kik Report of the Committee of 1840, on Immigration,
lsi l° the Legislative Council, of which the Bishop of
14,4ti,ktias lie Chairman, the Committee state—" In pri-
k 'lder the Bounty system, there were embarked 884
ile 423 Males and 461 Females, and 170 Children—
VZlise and ninety female. The register of deaths among
..., k_ll°t been preserved, as will be found stated in the
Oreetila,,.. however, no ships of this class have been placed
kVs,•k.,
_6 during the past season, it is reasonable to believe,
slzblzw., a matter of general notoriety, that the immi-
it *4B"Caisreety ships have arrived invariably in a state of good
aloslst the casualtiesat sea have been exceedingly few."
b by JAMES JOHN Cummins, Esq., seconded by
Vesq,,, NEIL CAMPBELL, Lae:, and
et th,"" unanimously,
proved beyond all questien, as the superiority of
Opt
been, as a medium for supplying labour to
Oft Y, it is Arduty of the most urgent obligation on the
lee Government of this country, to encourage and pro-
t„?..t. system by affording every possible facility and free-
-7 all unnecessary interference with those engaged in
4lt on, consistent with the provisions of the existing
the land, and the stringent regulations in force in
,„._ • Wales, as respects all persons introduced into the
i's.,7der the Bounty system.
"Moved by WILLIAM BROWN, Esq., seconded by
1,111t(44 , ROBERT BROOKS, Esq., and
k, . ')ved unanimously,
sllt this Meeting has learnt with great alarm, that, acting
kk.. representations made to him by the Colonial Land
kt'ill'i!ation Commissioners, the Secretary of State for the
°as permitted them to interfere seriously, and most
siStil, with those engaged in conducting Bounty emigre-
Vit;ine of authority from the Colonial Government, and
Si.%,;;UY-defilled conditions and regulations on the part of
Vse!tfnment ; that the Commissioners have actually
ilati:.l, " conditions" of a most oppressive, and, as this
si ivntirely believes, wholly uncalled for nature; which
!esilltZtl_s" are a direct infraction of the contracts entered
(117 Colonial Government with persons resident in the
~tl/4„e effeet of which, if persevered in, will, this Meeting
1,1tt,,",,t,0 believe, be the immediate and large diminution
Isttltd77 of labour under the Bounty system, and its even-
ttl I„ttlY abandonment by those engagediin it.
• J JOHN LAMBERT, Esq., seconded by HENRY
k4V4otilived FLOWER,unanimously, Esq.,
and
11,s1:41s.t* consequences, so pregnant with cause for alarm,
ti te,,ttly to be deprecated, will have a powerful tendency
'11,4151,--', if not almost entirely to stop, the sale of land in
V, to
sY ; the source.,whence the means of furnishing the
k‘llo4PPly of labour is derived, inasmuch as in the event
1/41 the i owners being compelled to diminish their flocks,
Vtkee„TPossibtlity of obtaining shepherds and labourers,
kill,. inveeesqteedireb any increase of
pas tuareedennoorf willtil gfrreesah.
-the C I Y '3l
ers
'n e pfrod
litte o ony : thus thyneans o defraying the cost of
fle out emigrants will be seriously endangered.
'•
WILLIAM WALKER, Esq., seconded by GEORGE
NI HAY DONALDSON, Esq., and
ye tijed unanimously,
b.ittell Meeting is desirous that all practicable security
4s,N°.'t should be afforded to all persons emigrating under
ja,'405,141 Bounties ; and is of opinion that the all-sufficient
~'!sl,;tnf the Passengers Act, and the stringent regulations,
‘t'rtsh°reed as they are, by the Colonial Government, as
Y 111.;.? iiitroduction of labour under its authority (with-
-1.. literal compliance with which the parties intro-
tib'llnot obtain payment of the bounties), afford ample
Nt IN and security, to all persons proceeding to New
os Oat jea at. the Colonial cost ; an 1 this Meeting is fully
kt,714N0 this view by the results of recorded investigations
tile (I°Y by Commi.tees of the Legislative Council,acting
~), Ippointment of the Governor.
hqes4d. GORE, Esq. seconded by H. Becer.e, Esq., and
lit,.ved unanimously,
'rya
zge following Gentlemen (of whom five shall be a quo-
-1/4,ls4tStuart Donaldson, Esq., Thomas Iceley, Esq., Ed-
i LI Esq., M.P. John S. Brownrigg, Esq. M.P.'
Nt4K If' rY Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Thomas Walker, Esq.,
Nilttob:°wn. Esq., Francis Mowatt, Esq., William Walker,
INtsiss bit Brooks, Esq. Arthur Willis, Esq., James John
lttl'. -1"9.., Henry Buckle, Esq., George Fife Angas, Esq.,
c,trttal'!ude....rdon, Esq.,
.John' Giehris•, Esq. (of Glasgow).
,t ,5 ' Esq. (of Liverpool), Robert How, Esq., and
its,:teeit'4(l-, be, and are hereby appointed, a Committee,
et,wfo rneasures, b' y communicating with the Secretar
I y
r,t le r the;Colonies, the Members'of the Legislature, and
iitt.4tlie'43to them shall seem to be expedient, in order to
/., 1, ~±erious evils which this meeting apprehends will in-
ste7 Produced as respects Bounty emigration, if the
lysitZerference of the Land and Emigration Commis-
ttl by he permitted by the Secretary of State.
lit Alernea WILLIS Esq., seconded by CHARLES
1.411014 d
unanimously,
.GORE, 'Esq., and
stts,loittlottld the rnm ttee,contrary to the earnest hope and
tikttitt, t, of this Meeting fail in inducina. the' Secretary of
ki, ehder the annulment of the " conditions," dated
kt44,,:i:siseee..lB4l, promulgated by the Land le Emigration
e etek2, a Petition be, without delay, prepared, signed.
0.4. able `l.Tottio the House of Commons, praying
.that
;:tliF,t.ereetl,7 me to appoint a Committeejo investigate
gl ~,lt!itsatr made to the Colonial Departments by the Land
t:th opelt v°4 Commissioners, respecting Bounty emigration,
Ittis.Pebp„"° Presented to the House of Commons on the
Iv ee ibLarY las and printed bits ordr, and generall
0,1%%-Z"Olth,`" and repot t,
eport thereon, and one the best meansy
40! pl tedgetlut requisite supply of labour to New South
t'llLePoss _Bat until such Committee shall be appointed,
„SeTiVeberesented, and the measures consequent thereupon
silt :silly v° definitively decided upon, Lord John Russell be
‘itt.ri,:aticl very earnestly solicited to direct that the
tpetltt..
ste:cossiothiobs,, promulgated by the. Land and Emigre-
-4,,t1 ett ers, touching Bounty emigration, be entirely
by t_uw Alin DIVETT, Esq., and seconded by ARTHUR
lIIIINV
p, kt NI, . WILLIS, Esq., and
Aril the w unanimously,
Clith ~fesii"naest thanks of this Meeting, as well as of all
4-o)ls.,it.tvaiest:gt_a,it interest in the great Colony of New
t 411,PoNia7 in the well-being and comfort of the
l4kiesd!Als ton of the mother country, are justly. due to
k (44, in sendALL, Esq., for the eminent services he has
NO tibndestrts out a large and steady supply of efficient
y bay ZiOunty system.
lielol I') FORBES, Esq., seconded by HENRY
li, lit ~ ted ~._ . GODWIN, Esq., and
sits it:rie cati7nrnusly,
sttstkrd the Tinieittee be authoriced to publish these Resolu-
sstthey
I;the in s. Morning Herald, Morning Chronicle,
41,,Ned a)? deem, and Globe, and in such other publications
NI , Public. Proper, with the view of giving the most
°Y Jo,_,ltY to them.
.-a N V•
,tteth., MARSHALL, Esq., seconded by WILLIAM
444tiiied by. I BROWN, Esq., and
t. 4
r): iliql,:%amation,
„ cs Wirt. p anks of this Meet'ng are due to Charles
cl ovweettsion-"1, M. f his kinidn-ess in, taking the Chair
tt i.t,s,,,,'„a:t for 7h:manner in which he has pre-
5..14,,, anigs,
`'ES BARRY BALDWIN, Chairman.

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