The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-29 00:00:00

S JULY 29, 1848.

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE A SENTRY.
As the sentry at the barrack gate in Youghal was
walking his usual post he was fired at by some mis-
creant, on the night cf Monday last. Tho Adjutant
aw the flash or the intended murderer's piece, and the
ietitinel at the same time heard the ball whistle by him.
how soon they imitate the conduct of the Paris vil-
haus, whom they boast of rivaling in every deed of
,ilood-thirsty ferocity, rapine, and murder.—cork Con-
,titution.

[PRICE SD.

tendent May, of the A division, Inspector Linn, and
I Sergeant!Langley. It is needless to add that they pre-
I vented any irregularity. The managers a the South
I Coast Railway deserve great credit for the punctuality
1 with which the time advertised for starting and arriving
were observed.
LATEST BETTING ON THURSDAY.

ST. I.,FGER.
F3to 1 art Springy Jack I to 1 agst Justice to Ireld.
7 to 2 agst Flatcatcher 7 to 1 agst Surplice
1,000 even on the two favourites ugst the field.
DERRY.
9 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman I 25 to 1 agst Bornec—t
II to 1 agst Elthiron I 25 to I agst Nunn) kirk
14 to 1 agst Tadmor taken
20 to 1 agst Osterley 25 to 1 agst Honeycomb
25 to 1 ag4t Indus--t
Several fines were 1, vied in the course of the meetiva
for riding in wrong colours, &c., which we are glad to
hear are to be applied to the Bentinck Testimonial
Fund.
Stewards for 1849—The Earl of Eglinton and Vis-
count Clifden.

COLONIZATION.
A public meeting was held in the Guildhall yesterday,
at twelve o'clock, the Lord Mayor in the chair, for the
purpose of promoting colonization. The hall was fully
attended. O❑ the platform there were several friends
of the cause.

The LORD MAYOR said he had been waited on by a
deputation of great respectability, who solicited him to
call a meeting in the City, at which they might have an
cpportunity of stating their views. He at once acceded
to their request. The subject was a most important one.
No one could deny the great necessity of promoting
emigration, and the object of the Colonization Society,
at whose instigation the meeting had been called, was to
promote a great scheme of colonization on the most ad-
vantageous and least expensive terms, with a view to the
2omfort of the emigrants.—(Cheers.)
The Hon. F. Scorn, M.P., proposed the first resolu-
tion. Having complimented the Lord Mayor on his
courtesy, and apologised for the absence of the Duke of
Argyll from inadvertently mistaking the hour of the
meeting,, Lord Ashley and other noblemen from the pa-
ramount nature of their duties at the present moment—
he proceeded to say that when the workhouses were full,
the workshops empty, and the means of subsistence far
from easy of attainment, it seemed to him an act of great
beneficence for a society to prepare the means of carry-
ing these persons rho were starving here to the colonies
of the mother country, which in extent exceeded the
whole of Europe.—(Hear.) In many of the colonies cattle
and sheep were boiled down for their fat, because there
was not a sufficiently extensive population to consume
them. Shepherds and others received 26/. a
year wages, with ample food and excellent
cottage accommodation, for their services. his family
could also be profitably employed. He concluded by
proposing a motion to the effect, " That more duly sus-
tained and systematic colonization is urgently required
by the existing condition of this country and her co!o•
nies." The colonies were prepared to pay one half of
the expense of carrying out emigrants.
Mr. A. MILLS seconded the proposition. He com-
batted the objection urged against emigration by some
of the public papers, that the surplus population might
be profitably employed at home.—(Hear, hear.) He de-
nied that this was so, and said that those who emigrated
became excellent customers for the manufactures of the
mother country. One million of sheep would be de-
stroyed this year for their tallow in the colonies, because
there was no one to eat them, and no shepherds to tend
them.—(Hear, hear.) He drew a vivid picture of the
condition of several labourers whom he had as-
sisted to locate in Canada. Seven millions were
annually expended in the support of the
poor here. Now the same number of persons
might be appointed in the colonies at one-fourth of the
cost. The cost of their support there was greater than
the rental of the land.

The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. W. GORE, NIP., proposed—" That it is just and
desirable that as the benefits of emigration are divided
among the emigrant, the land he leaves, and that which
receives him, the expense of removal should be distri-
buted in like manner." He said he believed that en
extensive scheme of emigration would be of the greatest
advantage to the people of this country, and that its
beneficial effects would not be confined to the present.
generation. It seemed a strange anomaly, that whil.t
millions of acres were untitled, which would 3 ield sup-
port to millions, that they had to complain of distress at
home. Common sense pointed out cur unpopulated
and salubrious colonies as the natural places of resort
for that surplus population which could not obtain a fair
subsistence at home. They had reason to be proud that
they were subjects of a Crown which held dominion over
such colonies as they possessed---the Cape, Australia,
New Zealand, and Canada. The greatest caution was rat-.
quirecl to convey the emigrants carefully, comfortably,
arid eligibly, to their destination. The object of the
society was not only to promote and systemize coloniza-
tion, but to see that the emigrant was properly
taken care of, not only during his voyage, but when he
reached his destination—,such as advuiug► him whore to
locate himself with the best advantage. The society
ought to make the colonies a counterpart of the mother
country, possessing its language, its literature, and its
laws.—(Hear, hear.)
_ _

Mr. T. L. Honda. M.P., seconded the resolution, and
in doing so said that he entirely concurred in the views
of the last speaker. He said he had been a labourer in
the cause of emigration for 22 years. He bad, so for back
as that time, assisted in promoting the emigration of a
number of unemployed person from a parish in Kent; and
so successful had those who went out been, that people
had been going ever since, for those who went out wrote
to their friends to follow them; 500 had gone out. The
want of employment caused demoralization, and there-
fore by profitably employing the unemployed else-
where they promoted morality. The population of this
country had outgrown its means of support. Some said
that there was plenty of land which stood in need of
cultivation. Depend upon it if such land was worth
cultivation its proprietors would not neglect doing so.
The labour-market was overcroaded, men were
ruinously outbidding each other, and nothing would re-
lieve it but an extensive scheme of emigration.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. V. SMITH, M.P.,
,proposed the next resolution,
" That it is expedient that branch societies should be
formed in this country, and corresponding societies
in the colonies." ✓He said the society simply
sought to promote emigration for the benefit of the dis-
tressed working classes at home, and entirely without
any profit.—(Cheers.) Those who emigrated went to no
new soil, but to colonies where the English language
was spoken, under the sway of the Queen, where it was
true they would not find so powerful a corporation, so
noble a hall, nor their old friends Gog and Magog—
(Laughter)—hut infant lord mayors and chicken cur-
porations.—(Laughter.)
Mr. S. CHRISTY, M.P., who seconded the resolution, said
ho hoped to find the Government ere long appropriating
the navy for the carrying out of emigrants. It was
said there ships should not be used for any commercial
purpose, but surely the carrying out of the Queen's sub-
jects could not be considered as devoting the ship to a
commercial pursuit.
The resolution was carried like the last.
Mr. J. CHAPMAN proposed--" That as this greet
national object can only be effected by the support of the
public, as indicated by their contributions, this meeting
will use its best endeavours to obtain such supplies."
The Hon. Gentleman ably and eloquently supported the
resolution, and urged upon the unemployed working
classes to consider the matter, to inquire, and if they
did so, he was persuaded they would see the great ad-
vantage they would obtain by emigrating. He had no
doubt that the Government would do something to aid
emigration.
Mr. ALEXANDER GREY seconded the resolution.
Mr. SYDNEY urged the sale of colonial lands, for the
purpose of raising 'funds for the promotion of emigration.
Mr. WILKINsosr said he had been in South Australia
eight years, and he never saw a man in want—nay,
more, they had all a superabundance—the very dogs
had too much. There was no want of employment. Ten
thousand shepherds were required immediately.
The resolution was then adopted.
A list of subscriptions was read, headed by Mr. Mills
, for 501.

Thanks having been awarded to the Lord Mayor and
Mr. Cabbell, who took to the chair when vacated by
the Lord Mayor, the meeting separated.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

• THE ADMIRALTY.—Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8.,
11. P., and Captain Alexandria Milne, C. 8., arrived at
the Admiralty from Portsmouth yesterday afternoon.
FORCES FOR IRELAND.—The steamers ordered to be
manned and made ready for sea from • the advanced
steam squadron at Portsmouth, on Thursday, were the
Birkenhead, 1,400 tons, iron vessel of 550 horse power,
the Cyclops of 1,100 tons, and 320 horse-power, and the
Driver, of 1,050 tons, and 280 horse-power. The former
of these was ordered to be commanded by Commander
Bayntum (an officer who saw much service in the, early
part of the present century), and officered and manned
by the Victory, flag ship, and Excellent, gunnery ship;
the Cyclops, was commanded by Captain Hall, of the
Dragon, and partially manned by the latter ship. The
Driver is commanded by Commander C. R.. Johnson,
late of the Cornet, and remains manned and armed
ready, when ordered, for service. These vessels have
been got ready most expeditiously, their respective draft
crews worked all night on Thursday in supplying them
with the necessary munitions of war and sea stores.
Detachments of Royal Marines have been shipped in
each, and a field officer (Colonel Mlles) to command
the whole, including the Marines of rapier's fleet, have
embarked in them; and the captain, the subaltern, three
sergeants, three corporals, three trumpeters, and
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gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery
corps have also
The been distributed amongst them. residue of the
Marino battalion of Portsmouth are also under orders to
a
hold themselves in immediate readiness for emb kti
The Birkenhead and Driver sailed yesterday afrteranooolli;
3
for Plymouth, where they willeogrnajorr n there, and con-
iatly embark a regi-
ment of soldiers (the 35th)
in
vey them to Cork, to be disposed
of
gun frigateas circumstances
which arrived
may require. The Fox, 44
on 'Thursday from the East Indies, andw,as immediately
afterwards ordered to prepare for sea again, had those
unconarta e d
ble orders superseded by
Wyly agreeable ones