The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-07 00:00:00

FEMALE EMIGRATION FUND.

The ninth party of emigrants sent out by the com-
mittee of this fund to different parts of the world was
dispatched yesterday, from the " Home" in Hatton-
garden. It will be remembered that New Zealand was
selected as the place of settlement for the last band of
emigrants, which sailed from Gravesend on the 29th of
January. That was the first occasion on which any of
those who have been enabled to emigrate by this fund
were sent to New Zealand, and as the feelings of the emi-
grants generally, in respect to that cnntry are such as
to render it desirable to have advices from the first party
of emigrants before the dispatch of a second, the point of
destination has been altered on the present occasion, and
the good ship the City of Manchester, containing forty-
one of the female emigrants, will shape her course to the
shores of Australia. A few of the emigrants will dis-
embark at Port Phillip, and the remainder will proceed
to Adelaide. Upon landing they will at once be ad-
mitted to the Government depots, where they will be
taken care of until provided with situations; and at the
former port a committee of the resident ladies has been
formed, for the express purpose of supplying their little
wants, and attending to their comforts.
The party left the Home yesterday morning shortly
after nine o'clock, and proceeded by railway to Black-
wall. Here it was met by several members of the com-
mittee and their friends, including Lady Emily Dundas,
Mrs. Stuart Wortley, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, Mr. M.
Riggings, the Rev. Mr. Quekett, the Rev. Mr. Browne,
and others who shared in the desire to give and receive
the " emigrants' farewell." The morning was bright
and cold, and a strong breeze, blowing from the west,
imparted just sufficient agitation to the broad stream of
the Thames as to awaken painful forebodings of the in-
convenience which might be expected from the tossing
billows of the ocean. However nothing was to be seen
but contentment and good humour, and the time passed
along with unwelcome rapidity, until at length the river
steamer which conveyed the party from Blackwell
stopped alongside the City of Manchester, a noble ship
of 1,600 tons burden, which lay at her moorings off
Gravesend. The emigrants were not long in finding
their way to the place allotted to them, which is to serve
as their new" home" for the next four months, and they
were soon busily employed in making their little house-
hold arrangements. Their cabin is a large well-ven-
tilated apartment, in the after-part of the ship, more
than seven feet in height between the beams. The
berths, each of e hich is adapted to hold two persons,
extend in a double range along both sides; and
down the centre of the cabin runs the table, set out with
an ample assortment of culinary utensils, &c. After
the girls were all assembled their names were read out,
and they were told off into four detachments, which are
to be under the direction of sub•matrons, the whole
being under the general superintendence and care of a
head matron. It may not be uninteresting to mention,
that one of the sub•metrons is a girl of superior educa-
tiondille
and refinements, the daughter of a gentleman who
formerly edited a country newspaper. She was
covered in a state of abject destitution in the neighbour-
hood hood of Vauxhhall, and was found, upon inquiry, to he
in every way a deserving object of the assistance of the
committee. Printed rules for the regulation of their
conduct during the voyage were then handed to each o f
the emigrants, in
brief they were afterwards addressed n
brief and suitable terms by the Lion. A. Kinneird and