The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-10 00:00:00

RN' ENING EDITION.

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AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.
ALT a numerous and highly respectable
the
wIIIEETING of persons interested in the prosperity of
As 'EAT COLONY of NEW SOUTH WALES, he'd
G''°t%fe an Vu' we Ts rem, in the Ctte of Lotosoo, on
a!enass..,., the
(la) 0. A„, ;ail, co 'versed ice- the p.i.p
of snslderiog the " CO.:DITIONS" recently promulgated
!line Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, touch-
thethet future conduct of Muntv Emigration, and to decide on
and nessures ne .essary in order' to obtain their annulment,
thereby avert the alarming injury they are calculated to
se as respects the future supply of labour to New South
itCHARLES BARRY' BALDWIN, Esq., M.P., in the Chair,
Ras moved by STUART DONALDSON, Esq., seconded by
CHARLES LEE, Esq., and
That
unanimously,
,Jhat the latest accounts from New South Wales represent
agent
for labour in that colony to be more pressing and
I.g.ent than at any former period ; wages had risen enormously,
nt,l!'ere expected to be still higher; the flock o-.vners were
11:091aeto obtain shepherds at ail approximating to the number
.Itt ly necessary for their proper care; great apprehen-
to.ns were entertained that much of the forthcoming harvest,
fourtavill promised to be very abundant, would perish in the fields
and
all of a sufficient supply of labour to reap and store it;
sada 4 the great interests of the colony were very seriously
ngered from the alarming deficiency of labour. A Conn-
':ltee of the Legislative Council,of which the Bishop of Austra-
2as Chairman, in their Report to the Council in September
stio atate, that ar
"Every deptment f industr is cramped;
undertaking, public or private,o can be pry osecuted ex-
Pt at an immerse expense, owing to the exorbitant rate of
n, and tbe inconceivable difficulty in procuring workmen,
S'Sraots, or mechanics, upon any terms whacever there is no
Tat f the colony in which it may not be truly said that there
Itte'tnal dearth of hands to carry on the ordinary business.
Of , e Instance of sheep farming, the distress arising from want
butinepherds is almost incresiiblo. Thus a very fatal check is
it °Pon the advancing prosperity of the Colony."
Was moved by THOMAS lc ELM', Esq., of New South Wales,
'ascended b ALEXANDER. SMITH, Esq., of Liverpool, and
Tbße. Resolved unanimously,
istse 1/4t in the opinion of this meeting it is in the highest de-
to N important that the supply of labour from these kingdoms
psicteiw South Wales should be encouraged and promoted by all
akin 'able means, and that every possible facility and encourage-
ag.s. consistent with the existing law of the land, should be
et—tilmed to all persons engaged in supplying it. In a Report
VIZ Committee of the Legislative Council of New South
to eb' they state '•that to permit immigration to be suspended
as aed in its extent, would be to seal the death-warrant
ss;'°llial prosperity, and to expose to certain ruin the nu-
-4s flourishing and extending interests which have been
*irk thia.Pnlania"arsleitostay also be tszalts affirmed that attar
esi„Ul the supply of labour to IsteitsAbutli Wales is also cal-
ki, l by reflection, to be highly injurious to the best inte.
Is the Mother Country."
bYsesbas snor d
e by EDWARD DIVETT, Esq.. M.P., seconded
/ita GILCHRIST, Esq., of Glasgow, and
N.lOred unanimous:y,
fratie this Meeting considers the Bounty system of Emi-
by shsnls.,Which was originated and established in the Colony,
.ieita:„colonial authorities, under the administration cf Sir
taisie• °l3ourke, to have been a most valuable means of ob-
viatline necessary supply of Labour, and to have conferred
12,01efit on the Colony. It is estimated that upwards of
Persons emigrated to New South Wales last year under
(4rration of the Bounty system, and in the. present year,
h..) there is reason to believe that a vastly increased supply
tos "° furnished under this invaluable system, if left, as here-
-4.1e, to the energy of those engaged in sending it out,
1/4s.„kkled by the imposition of unnecessary and obstructive
vaditions " In their estimate of the great value of the
I„°tY system, this Meeting has the entire concurrence of Sir
fsektge Gipps, who, in a despasch to the Secretary of State
• e Colonies, presented to, and printed by order of Parbo-
ils-4 '1)1 "the Bounty system, however, has been found so
tstl:Perior to that of Government Emigration, both as
w hdescription of persons supplied by it, and the cost
"tr passage, that it appears to me very doubtful
thecther any other should be persevered in ;" and in another
patch the Governor, speaking of the Resort which had then
4,t17 been presented by the Committee on Emigration in
1/4 /:'''''ony to the Legislative Council, thus expresses himself :
4%°1 in no way able to dispute the correctness of the con-
k_ of the Committee, in respect to the superiority of the
igen tYsystem over that which is carried on by the immediate
0' of Government. The Bounty system is found to be 41.
syst:eads or about 21 per cent. cheaper than the Government
tsahitas reckoning men, women, and children. all alike, and
tlas r!a no difference for the quality of the emigrants ; but if
144,11fferenee be taken into consideration, and especially the
tkluer proportion of children introduced b the Bounty sys-
da',the advantage of that system must he estimated eonsi-
tte.'''Y higher, and I am inclined to think with the Commit-
that 200 Government emigrants cost as much as 3GO
totintY ones of equal value to the Co!ony." This, it should be
),,,°,tly borne in mind, is the voluntary testimony of the Go-
uf the Colony, in his official communications to the
s4gtets of State. As respects that most important consi-
W4tion—the comparative state of health on board Govern-
t and Bounty ships conveying passengers to New South
Lei, it was stated in evidence before the Committee of the
iii rslative Council at Sydney in 1839, that the relative loss of
t all the voyage was as follows, viz. :
Government Bounty
Oft,. Ships. Ships.
aggregate number on board lin 16 ... lin 34
Ditto of Adults
meDitto of Children
nthe Report of the Committee of 1840, on Immigration,
aZted to the Legislative Council, of which the Bishop of
SR-J.1,4,1a was the Chairman, the Committee state—" In pri-
istlClPs,under the Bounty s:ystem, there were embarked 884
aiga-4, viz. 423 Males and 461 Females, and 170 Children-
111g Male'end ninety female. The register of deaths among
tvitletitas not been preserved, as will be found stated in the
ce. As, however, no ships of this class have been placed
alstrant,_
s ! tine during the past season, it is reasonable to believe,
t°,l' 1 indeed, a matter of general notoriety, that the immi-
Bounty ships have arrived invariably in a state of good
't ttps kdss that the casualties at sea have been exceedingly few."
`meted by JAMES JOHN CUMMINS, Esq., seconded by
NEIL CAMPBELL, Esq., and
11111101ved unanimously,
tlisiss!,4 thus proved beyond all question, as the superiority of
the ''''Unty system has been, as a medium for supplying labour to
Colony, it is a duty of the most urgent obligation on the
of the Government of this country, to encourage and pro-
et that system by affording every possible facility and free-
f rom all unnecessary interference with those engaged in
JitrrYingit on, consistent with the provisions of the existing
"°f the land, and the stringent regulations in force in
k
South Wales, as respects all persons introduced into the
',°of under the Bounty system.
It was moved by WILLIAM BROWN, Esq., seconded by
ROBERT BROOKS, Esq., and
That
unanimously,
Oat this Meeting has learnt with great alarm, that, acting
1;47 the representations made to him by the Colonial Land
Pek;Fnligrwtion Commissioners, the Secretary of State for the
iskea has permitted them to interfere seriously, and most
s,in
tisti'!°Usly, with those engaged in conducting Bounty emigra-
-04,01 virtue of authority from the Colonial Government, and
tqr strictly-defiled conditions and regulations on the part of
itass, Government ; that the Commissioners have actually
ak,7,_ certain " conditions" of a most oppressive, and, as this
▪ 44. entirely believes, wholly uncalled, for nature ; which
Sei:ndstions" are a direct infraction of the contracts entered
Pal by the Colonial Government with persons resident in the
list°l3,i's the effect of which, if persevered in, will, this Meeting
sl:e'won to believe, be the immediate and large diminution
taw e supply of labour under the Bounty system, and its even-
afesand early abandonment by those engaged in it.
-ed b E d d b
y ....AMBERT, sq., secon e y HENRY
FLOWER, Esq., and
Palllesolved unanimously,
tiki'lat these consequences, so pregnant with cause for alarm,
to4:l° greatly to be derecated, will have a powerful tendency
tits tnish, if not almost entirely to stop, the safe of land in
htis;'"lnly ; the sourcewhence the means of furnishing the
S til:4e supply of labour' is derived, inasmuch as in the event
sock owners being compelled to diminish their flocks,
the; the impossibility of obtaining shepherds and labourers,
tapissca,nuet require any increase of pasture, nor will fresh
Itsirs De invested by others in the production of the greas
Apo of the Colony : thus the means of defraying the cost of
qoteling out emigrants will be seriously endangered.
by WILLIAM WALKER, Esq., seconded by GEORGE
HAY DONALDSON, Esq., and
sptlesolved unanimously,
tas-mat this Meeting is desirous that all practicable security
the ts_e°lnfort should be afforded to all persons emigrating under
latisqlonial Bounties ; and is of opinion that the all-sufficient
lissdi °lns of the Passengers Act, and the stringent regulations,
tespj enforced as they are, by the Colonial Government, as
flats :ta the introduction of labour under its authority (with-
cltsit ig and literal compliance with which the parties intro-
essBit cannot obtain payment of the bounties), afford ample
let!,sson and security to all persons proceeding to New
N., wales at the Colonial cost ; an t this Meeting is fully
°lit in this view by the results of recorded investigations
kria° Colony by Commii tees of the Legislative Council, acting
Itossar'thc appointment of the Governor.
°Y J. GORE, Esq., seconded by H. BUCK r.z, Esq., and
hisesolved unanimously,
lite-"at the followinsr Gentlemen (of whom five shall be a quo-
Itsitiz., Stuart Donaldson, Esq., Thomas Iceley, Esq., Ed-
Nonvett, Esq., M.P., John S. l3rownrigg, Esq. ALP.'
'qt.'s! Barry Baldwin, Esq., M. P. , Thomas Walker, Esq.,
'4°, Brown, Esq., Frances 3lowatt, Esq., William Walker,
ll®' Robert Brooks, Esq., Arthur Willis, Esq., James John
tilit:tliss, Esq., Henry Buckle, Esq., George Fife A ngass,E sq.,
Anderdon, Esq., John Gilchrts., Esq. (of Glasgow ),
Esq. (of Liverpool), Robert How, Esq.,. and
IZta"glinres Esq., be, and are hereby appointed, a Committee,
qt.— such measures by communicating with the Secretary
Itlts-4a, for the:Coloni'es, the Members 'of the Legislature, ana
N ...le, as to' them shall seem to be expedient, in .order i•
•Pt the .
Nhil, serious evils which this meeting apprehends. will in-
llestmlY be produced, as respscts Bounty emigration, if the
tsiSa'd interference of the Latot and Emiaration Commis-
Nos shall he permitted Isy the Secretary of &State.
: ARTHUR WILLIS,sq., seconded by CHARLES
Gong, Esq., and
hilesolved unanimously,
Isiel/4eat should the Committee,contrary to the earnest hope and
Itatsti!i°ll Of thii Meeting, fail in inducing
,the.See7tary of
sata s`° -order the annulment of the " conditions,' dated
°larch, 1841, promulgated by the Land and Emigration
ka ''issioners, a Petitions be, without delay, prepared, signed.
.tltsi,,Presented to the House of Commons, praying that
„`os sill: able House to appoint a Committee to investigate
.74 &tat:a ents made to the Colonial Department by the Land
ss'utl gration Commissioners, respecting Bounty emigration,
slitOethisseh were presented to the House of Commons on the
I February last, and printed by its order, and generally
tat 4114 •
sqrti. e.into and report thereon, and on the best means
014.1511111 g the requisite supply of labour to New South
'el. and that until such Committee shall be appointed,
I.‘lloPcrt presented, and the measures consequent thereupon
kNettZebeen definitively decided upon, Lord John Russell be
7teas and very earnestly solicited to direct that the
s4e „
c, conditions" promulgated by the Land and Ernigra-
hee'rross. loners, touching Bounty emigration, be entirely
-40.ted
'1 EDWARD DIVETT, Esq., and seconded by ARTHUR
IZezo Wmus, Esq., and
ilt wg
44;4 tred unanimously,
Lstont, thse warmest thanks of this Meeting, as well as of all
thieelin
an interest in the great Colony of New
S7atirist ales; and in the well-being and comfort of the
I,Population of the mother country, are justly due to
Vdereti !Att•SHALL, Esq., for the eminent services he has
trill., in sending out a large and steady supply of efficientosell nudes the Bounty sstem.
bY DAVID Foiseis, Esq., seconded by HENRY
/INS GoLWIN, Esq., and
alte.seas tsea Unanimously,
its Coitte bene authorised to publish these Resolu-
s.ttadaisi Times, Ming Herald,andorning Chronicle,
ex-'-tn_they'ra, The Sun, and Globe, in such othei. publications
11-vatted aY deem proper, with the view of giving the most
ased tPublicity to them.
Y Joe
MARSHALL, Esq., seconded by WILLIAM
11,e4rri BKowN, Esq., and
11, shed by acclamation,
rry ss.., best thanks of this Meeting are due to Charles
ill‘Atltltt7seciewia4:ll, Esq., M. P. for his kindness in taking the Chair
4 over 'along and for the manner in which he has pro-
,..,"l,llroceedings.
`44ARLES BARRY BALDWIN, Chairman.

NEW WORK ON STRICTURES OF THE URETHRA.
Just published, price ss.
ihk PRACTICAL TREATISE on the
CAUSES, NATURE, and TREATMENT of
STRICTURES et' the URETHRA, and their CONSE-
QUENCES.
By FRANCIS BURDETT COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L.
And late Surgeon tot e Metropolitan Infirmary fur the Cure of
Strictures of the Urethra.
2ONTENTS.

CHAPThit I.
Causes of Strictures.
Divisions of Strictures.
Consequences of Strictures.