The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-03 00:00:00

Some time previous to receiving Mr. M'Clay's
letter, a young lady, Miss Henrietta Sperry, of
Brooklyn, New York, made application to the board to
be sent as a missionary to China, but was refused on
account of being unmarried. To her the application
of Mr. M'Clay was shown ; sbe at once filled up the
blank application, and a correspondence ensued,
which ended in her leaving New York, in company
with a number of other missionaries, on the 12rh of
March last, in the ship Tartar, for Hong-Kong,
where she will be met by Mr. M•Clay, and the
nuptial ceremony will be solemnised.
The lady's personal attractions have been described
to us, by one who had the pleasure of seeing her pre-
vious to taking sail on her mission of love. She is
described as being beautiful and fascinating in appear-
ance, and possessed of that charm of loveliness which
should adorn every female character—a well culti-
vated mind, stored with the richest gifts of know-
ledge from the fountain of education, and a moral re-
finement which will bear with it the jewel of a bright
inheritance beyond the confines of time.—American
Paper.

RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE

LOWESTOFT RAILWAY AND HARBOUR.

On Saturday the half-yealy meeting of this com-
pany was held at Lowestoft; Mr. S. M. Peto pre-
sided. _ _

The revenue account for the past half-year showed
that 5,4951. had been received, and 3,8461. expended,
leaving a clear profit of 1,6481.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
accounts, referred with satisfaction to the present
position and future prospects of the company, and the
progress made in the completion of the construe-
tion of the harbour works. They had so far sue-'
ceeded in keeping their outlay within the amount
of capital, that their total expenditure was 346,216/.,
and the further sum of 4.2.50/. was only required to
complete the construction of their works, making their
total outlay 350,4671.., which would be greatly re-
duced by the sale of their surplus lands ; the receipts
on the railway traffic were also satisfactory, and he
looked forward to the success and future prospects of
the company realising the expectations of the pro-
moters and proprietors. They had erected an ice-
house, the profits of which would realise 6 per cent.
on the outlay—(Hear)—they had ample accommoda-
tion for the fishing trade, and they were in treaty with
influential parties for the erection of oil and cake
mills, so essentially required in Suffolk and Norfolk,
which would add greatly to, their revenue, as also
steam flour- mills.

Captain ANDREWS stated his entire confidence in
the successful completion of the works, which were
fast advancing to their final completion, securing a
safe and commodious harbour at a smaller cost than
anticipated ; there had been an increase on the revenue
from the dues on the harbour alone of the half-year
of 8361. 24. 91. Within the last week a vessel water-
logged, drawing 17 feet of water, had been towed into
the harbour, where it sank, and but for its existence
the vessel must have been irretrievably lost. The
works of the harbour were in that state of forward-
ness that a very short time would ensure their entire
and satisfactory completion.—(Bear, hear.)

After some further observations the accounts were
received and adopted, and the proceedings terminated
with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
at Sheffield on Saturday. Lord Wharncl.ffe presided.
After the mull preliminaries had been gone
through, the secretary read the report. It congratu-
lated the proprietary upon the fact that, in addition to
the railway, the amalgamated company possessed an
uninterrupted navigation from Sheffield to the east
coast. The directors had pleasure in stating that the
passenger traffic on the South Yorkshire Railway
was satisfactory in extent and steadily increasing. The
mineral traffic, from which the greatest amount of
profit was expected, had not yet had time to develops
itself, the branch lines into the South Yorkshire coal-
fields being yet in an unfinished state. Mr. Bartho-
lomew, the company's engineer, had reported that
there was a prospect of a great increase of traffic.
The amount available for dividend for the half-year
WAS 9,2911., being made up of an unappropriated
surplus from the River Den, combined with the
earnings of the railway. It was proposed to pay a
dividend of 6 per cent. per annum from the com-
mencement of the half-year to the 19th of April (the
time when the amalgamation took place), and 2 per
cent. ptd- annum from that date to the 30th of June,
leaving a balance of 3,0511. to be carried to the next
half-year's account.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, spoke of the satisfactory working of the amal-
gamation, and remarked that, as compared with other
railways, the South Yorkshire stood at least in as fa-
vourable a position as any.
The report having been seconded, was carried
nem con.

The next resolution confirmed the forfeiture of
5,271 shares, upon which 16,500/. had been paid, or
31. 2s. 61. per share, involving a loss of 21. per share
to the company, according to the present market
value of the shares.

Wales Company, upon which the Bill was to be
framed. The Bill passed the House of Commons, and
had pone into the Lords, when the Great Western
Company unexpectedly withdrew their assent to it,
and the Bill was therefore necessarily withdrawn, and
this company was now thrown back on the provisions
of their Bill of 1847. Two directors, Messrs. Caleb
Trotter and Hughes, and one auditor, Mr. James
Hooper, retired by rotation, but were eligible for re-
election.

The CLIAIRMAN addressed the proprietors, recapi.
tulating the various features in the directors' report,
and commenting upon them. The shareholders' list,
he observed, was a most satisfactory one, and the
works were proceeding very satisfactorily towards a
conclusion. The rejection of the Bill introduced into
Parliament for opening access to the vast mineral
riches in the centre of the forest was greatly to be re-
gretted, and until there was some immediate prospect
of getting into that mineral district it would be pre-
mature to construct the branch line from the main
line at Gloucester to the docks there. The calls
upon the shareholders had hitherto been made in
small amounts, and frequently. As soon as 201. per
shire should have been paid up, it would be for the
proprietofs to raise money on debentures if they
thought fit.
The engineer's report was then read. It set forth
the progress made in the works since the last meet-
ing. The bridge over the western arm of the Severn,
at Gloucester, was completed, and the embankment
towards the eastern arm was progressing rapidly.
The effort made to have a solid instt al of a swing
bridge made over the eastern arm of the Severn had
been rendered abortive from the development of cer-
tain difficulties not foreseen by this company or the
Severn Improvement Commissioners. The whole
line would be ready for opening early in 1851.
Mr. BRUNEL (the engineer), in answer to Mr.
Sturge, said there were no legal difficulties in the
way of the ready completion of the bridge over the
Wye at Chepstow. He bad never heard of any such
difficulties as those suggested by Mr. Sturge. The
only legal matter which had been involved at all was
the compensation to the ship-builders and wharfingers.
There bad been an official inquiry to assess this com-
pensation ; the parties had claimed 40,0001., and the
award had been for 1,4001.

The report was adopted and ordered to be printed,
and the retiring directors and auditors were re-
elected.

Mr. HUMPHREY BROWN, M.P , then called attention
in a long speech to the recommendations which had
been made by the committee appointed at the special
meeting in December, for making arrangements for
converting the Ballo Pill Tramway into a locomotive
railway. Those recommendations had been adopted
by the proprietors, but subsequently the directors
had departed from them. lie concluded by moving
a resolution for appointing a comtnittee.to confer with
the Woods and Forests Commissioners on the subject
of opening a mineral branch into the forest.
A great deal of di,cussion and personal observation
followed, and after much explanation and iteration the
resolution was lost by a majority of one.
Mr. STURGE moved another resolution, calling
upon the directors to convene a special meeting to
consider the necessity of proceeding with the original
plan intended, of making a branch into the mineral
district.

Another resolution was passed declaratory of the
dividend proposed by the directors.
The meeting then became special, for the purpose
of considering a proposal emanating from the board,
to allot to such of the proprietors of River Dun shares
as chose to accept them 1.50 shares, equal to 3,0001.
stock, bearing a preerential dividend of 4 per cent.
per annum tor each River Dun share, in lieu of 150
shares bearing the fluctuating dividend to which they
are entitled under the Act of Incorporation ; such
new stock to be liable to be redeemed at any time
within ten years, on the payment of 3,5001.
This proposition met with a great amount of oppo-
sition.

This, however, was subsequently withdrawn, and
after a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting
separated.

Tne CI:WEN:AN stated in explanation that it was
desirable fur the railway t.) have a certain obligation
instead of a fluctuating one, and
Mr. DENISON contended that it would be preferable
for the proprietors of River Dun shares to have a
certain definite value attached to their property, be-
cause much of it was held in trust.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT' OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 2.
(Before Mr. Commis,ionor Iloutora)

IN THE MATTER OF THEODORE DE RUMIGNY, A

BANKRUPT.

The bankrupt was in this case described as " The-
dore de Rumigny, of No. 3, St. Mildred's-court, in
the city of London, merchant, commission agent,
dealer, and chapman, trading in copartnership with
Stephen Charles ',Amin, under the firm of Lake-
man and Co."

At the sitting for the last examination, on the 2d of
July last, Mr. James, Q C., and Mr. Lucas, as coun-
sel for the bankrupt, who was aide-de-camp to the
late King of the French, Louis Phißippe, ob*aind an
order of Mr. Commissioner Holroyd to enlarge the
time for the bankrupt to surrender until the 10. h
instant, it being stated that the General, who was then
in Paris, was unable to obtain a passport from, the
Prefect of Police, and it al,O appearing that the Ge-
neral was not in England when the petition for ad-
judication was filed.
Mr. LucAs this day applied under the 104th sec-
tion of the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act, 1849,
for a further enlargement of the time for surrendering,
upon the ground that the General was still unable to
leave France, and further, that a petition fur adjudi-
cation had since been filed against Stephen Charles
Lakeman, the General's late partner, and that it
would be convenient that the same day should be
appointed to take the last examination of both the
partners.
Mr. LAWRANCE, on behalf of the petitioning cre-
ditor, objected that the application was premature,
and was unsupported by any evidence, although the
Learned Commissioner had intimated, when he made
the previous order, that any subsequent application
must be verified by an affi lavit of the bankrupt, set-
ting forth the causes of his inability to surrender,
and that the application was bond fide. Mr. Law-
rence stated that he should offer no unreasonable ob-
jection when the proper time arrived, but that the
creditors felt much aggrieved, as, in consequence of
the General' a absence, they were unable to obtain any,
information as to the assets of the estate or the Gene-
ral's private means.
The Learned COMMISSIONER stated that he should
decline to make any order at present ; the bankrupt
had until the 10th inst. to surrender, and, for aught
that at present appeared to the contrary, the bank•
rupt might be able to surrender on that day, or that
at all events the requisite evidence of his inability to
surrender might be procured in the meantime.

The other cases heard were not of the least im-
portance. In the bankruptcy of G. Hammond, of
Gravesend and Ilillwall, wharfinger and builder, a first
class certificate was awarded. E. S. Gill, of Glo-
cester, a toy dealer, applied for his certificate, and one
of a third class was granted.

BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHE-

SHIRE.

few days, when the prisoner, who had gone out to his
customary occupation, returned back soon after-
wards, complaining that he had bsen seized with a
violent internal disorder, which rendered him inca-
pable of attending to his work, and retired hastily to
his apartment. On entering her bedroom in a short
time subsequently the widow discovered that her
cashbox, containing a large sum of money, had
been carried off, but the box itself was afterwards
found in the potman's bed, plundered of its con-
tent', and where it had manifestly been placed for
the purpose of attaching suspicion to the man as
the author of the robbery. The prisoner in the
meantime had stealthily quitted the house, but in
consequence of information communicated by one of
his female associates to Mr. Penny, at that time an
inspector of the G division, he was pursued, appre-
hended at Bristol, and brought back to London, where
the charge was clearly established against him at the
Central Criminal Court, and he was sentenced to ten
years' transportation. In consequence, however, of
an intimation given to Penny last week that the pri-
soner had by some means found his way back, and was
then the landlord of a large beershop in Leonard-
square, in the name of Edward George, he proceeded
to the house, where he found him offigiating as the
owner, and took him into custody.
When first placed at the bar of this court the pri-
soner readily admitted having been sentenced to
transportation under the circumstances described, but
declared that an unconditional -pardon had been
granted to him, of which he should be able to bring
forward incontestable evidence at the next hearing.
He was therefore remanded for that purpose, but In-
spector Penny now attended with a document from
the Home-office, and stated, that though the convict
had obtained a ticket of leave, authorising him to
proceed to any part of the settlement, it was upon the
stringent condition that he should not quit the colony
until the full period for which he had been transported
had expired, and no subsequent commutation of the
sentence had been conceded.

The prisoner, who appeared greatly depressed, and
was unprovided,with any proof of his former allega-
tion, remained perfectly silent upon hearing this
statement, and was formally remanded for the pro-
duction of a certificate from the clerk of arraigns
establishing his former conviction, preparatory to his
being fully committed to Newgate for trial.

After an animated discussion, the question was de-
ferred for twelve months, that the River Dun pro-
prietors might have time to ascertain which course
would best suit their interests.
A vote of thanks to the chairman ended the business.

BEVERLEY AND MIRKTET WEIGHTON.

A public meeting, convened by the Major upon a
numerously-signed requisition, was held at Beverley
last week, to consider the propriety of taking steps
to forward the completion of the line; Alderman
Sandwich in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN in opening the proceedings stated
that they had suffered much from the want of
a communication between Beverley and Market
Weighton since the opening of the Hull and
Selby Railway, which had driven the coaches
off the road, and they were now left almost en-
tirely to chance to go through to Market Weighton
and York. He understood that in the Hull and
S-lby Railway Act there was a provision fJr a rail-
way from Beverley to Mark-t Weighton, and the
object of the present meeting, he believed, was to
memorialise the directors to fulfil their undertaking.
After some observations iu fatiour of the project,
and on the great importance of the line to the inhabi-
tants and trade of Beverley, by Messrs. Boyes, Cross-
kill, Collins, and Tigar, resolutions were passed to
the effect that in the opinion of the meeting it was
absolutely incumbent on the York and North Mid-
land Company to complete the line from Ycrk
through to Beverley, as a rival line which was con-
templated was only abandoned on the faith of the
directors of that company perfecting the line in
question ; and that a memorial be presented to the
directors of the York and North Midland Company
on the subject.
The proceedings concluded with the usual vote of
thanks.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
in Birkenhead on Saturday ; Mr. James Bancroft,
chairman of the directors, presiding.
After the secretary had read the requisition calling
the meeting, a letter from the auditors was read,
which complained of several items of the expenditure
of the company, and urged the adoption of a system
of rigid economy. The expense of the Chester
station was next alluded to, and it was suggested
that a special committee should be appointed, to
ascertain where and what reductions could be
made in the several items of expenditure.
The report was then read, It referred to
the opening of the branch from Chester to
Walton as being at hand ; alluded to the late contest
which had been going on between the Shrewsbury
and Chester and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham
lines against the company, and justified the course
which had been taken to put an end to the monopoly.
It concluded by anticipating that a prosperous career
was before the company if the proprietors were united.
The CUAIRMIN moved the adoption of the report
and accounts, which passed.
The receipts on capital account to 30th June last
were stated to be 1,900,4081 9s. 4d., and the expen-
diture 1,410,4021. 103. 9d. The balance due by com-
missioners of Birkenhead was stated to be 21,767/.
163. 7d. ; the balance required to snake up dividend
to 31st December, 1849, 94,964/. 12s. (together
116,752/. 83. ; and discount and bonus on shares
issued, 373,253/. lib.; in the gross 490,006/. Bs. 7d.
The traffic receipts for the half-year were 27,0941.
153. 7d., and the expenditure 13,4441. 7s. ld., leaving
a balance of 13,6501 Bs. 61
A strong discussion respecting the agreement with
the London and North-Western Company ensued,
the forfeitures of calls were confirmed, and two audit-
ors chosen, after which the meeting separated.

Yesterday a young gentleman of highly-respectable
connexions, who gave his Flame as Augustus Robinson,
was placed at the bar before Alderman Finnis,
charged with embezzling the sum of 951., and with
uttering forged cheques for obtaining it. It was the
property of Mr. Charles Keyser, of the Stock-Ex-
change.
The prosecutor stated the prisoner was his clerk,
and that he had the care of his account-books.
Prisoner was in the habit of going every week to
the bank to obtain the bank-book, in which was re-
turned all cheques that were paid at the bank to pro-
secutor's account. On the 2.1 of May last there was
a cheque presented by the prisoner for 101., purporting
to be drawn and signed by the prosecutor, and drawn
on the firm of Sir J. W. Lubbock and Co. Since
that time nine different cheques for various small
amounts had been presented in like manner. and paid
to the prisoner. He generally filled up all cheques
after they were signed by the prosecutor, but none
of the ten cheques in question were issued by
the prosecutor, or with his knowledge and
consent. On the 17th of August last prisoner
presented the last cheque, which was paid to him
in gold. Prosecutor believed he would not be
able to sustain the charge of forgery. The forge-
ries, he thought, were all destroyed, prisoner having
every facility to effect his purpose, as the cheques
were returned every week in the bank-book, when
those alleged to be forgeries were abstracted, and he
had no doubt were destroyed. The amount of the
cheques did not at any time exceed 10/., and they
were generally drawn as for " petty cash." Prose-
cutor never authorised prisoner to draw cheques un-
known to him. He had only now found out the sys-
tem carried on by the prisoner, as he had always
succeeded in deceiving the prosecutor by making his
private account tally exactly with the bank-book ; and
it was not until he was toll at the bank that his
balance there was not more than 2,9001. that he found
the balance in his own private account of 3,000/. was
a fictitious one, made up by the prisoner. Prose-
cutor kept _no clerk to check the accounts after the
prisoner. _ _ _

Alderman FINNIS thought he had conducted his
business in a very loose manner not to have disco-
vered the discrepancy in his accounts, particularly as
it commenced so long as four mouths PO.
Prosecutor said he did not consider that he con-
ducted his business in a loose way. He managed his
accounts as well as the nature of the business would
allow; but he could not tell he was bring robbed un-
til he was informed at the bank (on referring to their
private account) that he had not so large a Imlance in
hand ai his own accounts led him to expect.
Alderman CHALLIS said there certainly was no evi-
denceand, therefore, that charge
there was sufficient to remand the prisoner on the
r
ooul,i
not o f
ba thesu forgeries,stoinedfo an instant; but he thought
BOW-S7'REET.
.-11Pmanded accordingly.
charge of embezzlement

three
The William Francis Greenslade, constable 128, E di-
vision, was charged before Mr. Hall with assaulting
a young man named John Jackson, and preferring a
false
pl ana i
against
n tJackson
others.
stated
that he was a
chargenom
plumber and glazier, and lived at 5, Aldersgate-
buildings. On Sunday night he was * in the company
of Henry Hill and two young women (one o them
Hill's sister), with whom he had called
friend's
at a rend'
house. They were returning home peaceablyt to-
gether through Keppel-stre t
e , when they were sud-
denly accosted by the defendant, who was
at the corner of Russell-square' a
c
dused
standing
exclaimed,
"Go home, you blackguards." Witness
'
it
he was addressing them, and he replied in the
affirmative, adding that "he knew them to be bad
characters, and that both the young women walked
the square every night." Witness told
him that he
was mistaken in them, and looked at his collar With
a view of taking his number, as he quite drunk
The defendant then collared him wag% knocked*
off his hat, and accused him of havirell; taken
liberties with the young women againstnga thne indecentiis.
Russell-square. After this he told them to ao
on,le
but witness insisted on being taken to the gpolice
station. The constable accordingly took charge of
the party, handing witness to the custody of another
officer, whom they met on their way to the station-
house. When before the inspector
the defendant
made no charge against witness, but accused the
other young man (Hill) of taking -1* • •
liberties with the
girls. The inspector refused
to enter the charge, and
the defendant
they were dismissed. They never saw
before.
Cross-examined by the defendant—When you first
addressed us we had not entered the square. The
charge was wholly false. We did not go near the
rails. I did not say that I would " a case
against you. s_
get up"
Henry Hill, porter, of 12, Aldersgate-buildings,
corroborated the evidence of Jackson. His sister and
a female friend, named Sarah Howard (the two young
women referred to), were both in attendance to be
examined, if necessary.
Mr. Roger Havard, the inspector who took the
charge, said it was half-past 11 when the defendant
brought the parties to the police-station. He accused
Hill of acting indecently towards Sarah Howard. He
made no charge against Jackson, but stated that they
were all bad characters, that he knew them before,
and that lately there had been great complaints of
robberies committed in the square and neighbourhood.
Witness observed that the defendant was drunk, and
from this circumstance, coupled with the demeanour
and apparent respectability of the parties, he declined
to enter the charge upon the sheet, and detained the
constable at the station until he became sober. Wit-
ness believed that the young men and women were in
respectable situations. Tne defendant bad been above
two years in the force, and was rather addicted to
drink.
The defendant, on being asked what he had to say
to the charge, repeated the statement he had made at
the station, and admitted he had been-drinking a
little brandy to cure the cholera.
Mr. HALL said nothing could be more abominable
than the conduct of the defendant in repeating during'
his sober moments the scandalous insinuations he had
made against the young men and women when drunk,'
and he sentenced him to one month's imprisonment.
Within an hour afterwards, owing to the urgent
entreaty of the defendant's wife, who said there was
no provision for her children, his Worship mitigated
the penalty to 15 days.
STREET.
WORSHIP-
Edward George Barrington, the keeper of a beer-
shop St. Leonard's-.quare, Shoreditch,
in was placed
at the bar before Mr. Ilatnmill, charged with having
feloniously returned Irons transportation and been
found at large before the expiration of the term to
which he had been sentenced-
The particulars of the oSf-nce for which the pri-
soner was convicted were, as detailed by the officers,
of an aggravated description. It appeared that in the
month of May, 1844, the prisoner, who was then in
the employment of an extensive engineering firm at
Limehouse, lodged at a public-house called the Bri-
tish Volunteer in that neighbourhood, kept by a widow
named Blake, whose husband had only been dead a

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1850.

THE CANTERBURY COLONISTS.
A leave-taking dinner to the working•class emigrants
about to proceed to the Canterbury Settlement was
given yesterday at Gravesend, in a spacious tent erected
on the green adjoining the Fort, known as the " Cap-
tain's field." At the upper end of the tent was placed
a cross-table, on which covers were laid for 50. From
this table extended down the tent four tables, each cal-
culated to accommodate 150 persons at dinner. The pro-
prietor of Wates'allotel, who was charged by the Can-
terbury Association to provide this entertainment, had
made excellent arrangements for the accommodation of
the guests and for the members of the committee. The
cross or top table was furnished forth with a cold col-
lation, whilst on the emigrants' tables were hot rounds
of boiled and sirloins of roasted beef in profusion, with
an appropriate number of plum puddings. At one
o'clock the whole of the colonists, having dilembarked in
good order at Wate's Hotel-pier, proceeded to the tent,
accompanied by a large concourse of the inhabitants and
visitors of Gravesend, and took their seats at the tables
prepared for them without the smallest confusion. The
number that sat down, men, women, an l children, who
all appeared to be of the labouring class, and of staid
and orderly demeanour, might be about 600.
It was, though a pleasing, in some respects a touching
spectacle. Here was a large body of our fellow-coun-
trymen with their wives and children, about to become
voluntary exiles from their native land and to seek at
the Antipodes a better reward for their labour than the
competition, which is the inevitable result of a high
state of civilization, will enable them to obtain in the
place of their birth. How interesting a volume would
the history of these emigrants make! What an instruc-
tive picture would it present of struggles and privations
—of high aspirations and heart-sickening disappoint-
ments, terminating in the resolve to begin life anew, as
it were, on the other side of the globe! This is no light
matter. Even the humblest are not without friends and
connexions whom it must pain them to part from for
ever—for in the great majority of cases the separation
must be final. Long after the vessels shall have borne
their living freight to New Zealand many an old familiar
face will be missed from its usual haunt, and men will
note the absence of the accustomed greeting from friendly
lips. Let us hope that the modern Canter bury pilgrims
will find in the land of their adoption an ample and last-
ing recompense for any sacrifices they may have made
in leaving their own country.
When the colonists bad taken their seats the tent be-
came inconveniently crowded with spectators, most of
whom were friends of the emigrants. The heat was al
most insupportable, but all was borne with perfect good
humour, and no breach of decorum occurred throughout
the proceedings. The Rev. Dr. Jackson, Bishop Desig-
nate of Lyttelton, the proposed capital of the new colony,
said grace, and the party at the long tables commenced
a vigorous onslaught on the viands so profusely supplied
to them. Almost all the hotels and taverns in the town
sent as many as they could spare of their waiters to as-
sist at the feast, and carvers were had from the various
dining houses, so that there was no lack of attendance.
Ale and porter were liberally furnished to all of the party
who were not members of temperance societies, of whom
we understand there were many.
Lord Lyttelton was expected to take the chair, but net
having arrived at'the appointed time, Dr. Jackson pre-
sided. The repast being finished,

The REV. GENTLEMAN gage thanks, and again rising,
requested silence whilst ho proposed to them a health
which was always drunk with enthusiasm by English-
men, and he wa3 sure it would not be received with less
enthusiasm by the Canterbury colonists—" The Queen,
and might that illustrious lady long live to be a blessing
to her subjects both at home and iu the colonies."—
(Three times three.)
The Marine band, from Chatham, played the National
Anthem.

Dr. JACKSON again rose and said that it was with the
utmost exultation he witnessed the scene now before
him. The Canterbury colonists were bidding adieu to
this country, but they did not cease to be Englishmen.
They were proceeding to form a settlement wnereia the
laws, customs, and manners, and, above all, the religion
of their native land, would be perpetuated, and their own
condition improved.—(Applause.) They must, however,
not expect that such improvement could he attained ex-
cept by the constant exercise of habits of morality, in-
dustry, and by religious observances.—(Hear, hear.)
The substance of a dispatch received only the day before
from Mr. Godley, in the settlement of New Canterbury,
would be read to the assembly by Mr. Sewell, and from
this they would find much encouragement in their ent( r-
prise, and much to console them for their departure
from their native land. The tenour of the dispatch
was favourable.—(Hear, hear.) The Rev. Gentleman
then alluded to the excellent arrangements made for the
emigrants on board the four ships in which they were
about to sail, and added, that amongst other arrange-
ments connected with the moral discipline of the pas-
sengers, schools were provided for the education cf
the children in each ship—schools founded on a system
that would afford an example for the foundation of
schools for peasants' children in England. There were
many moral as well as physical dangers attending a long
voyage, and every precaution had been taken to guard
the colonists against such mischief. It was desirable
that the colonists should cultivate mutual kindness and
good feeling; nea'ness in their habits, purity in their
conversation, and decency in their demeanour during the
voyage, and when they arrived at their destination they
would find that they would be prepared for the attain-
ment of that physical condition of comfort which he had
never doubted awaited them. In conclusion he would
say, may he who" holds the waters in the hollow of his
hand" guide them in safety through their voyage on the
waters.— (Cheers.)
Mr. SEWELL, deputy-chairman of the association, then
came forward, and, after is short address, read some ex-
tract; from the dispatch of Mr. Godley, clludell to by
Dr. Jackson, which gave a very favourable view of the
condition of the working classes in the colony.
At this stage of the proceedings Lord Lyttelton
arrived, and the chair having bern vacated by Dr. Jack-
son, his Lordship assumed it, and ex7laiued that his
absence at the commencement of the butiness was occa-
sit riFel by his mistaking the dinner hour.
The Rev. Dr. JACKSON reminded the company that
the chief town of the settlement was named after a
nobleman whose Christian f eing and steeling English
honesty had won for him the respect of all connected
with the Canterbury settlement. Through future gene-
rations the great English name of Lyttelton would be
convected with the great English colony of Canterbury.
—(Applause.) He called upon the company to drink
the health of Lord Lyttelton.—(Drunk with three times
three.)

Lord LYTTELTON hoped that the assembly would
accept his imperfect expression of thanks for the honour
conferred upon him, It had been his lot to act a; chair-
man of the committee which presided over this great
undertaking, and though in that capacity he had en-
deavoured to discharge the duties devolved upon him to
the best of his ability, yet he felt that the persons to
whom the association was mainly indebted were those
who were about to venture their whole life in under-
taking the practical part of founding the colony.--
(Hear, hear.) He could add little with reference to
the enterprise to what he stated a short time since
at the public breakfast which took place at Black-
wall. L augured well for the success of the undertak-
ing that many of those who had been most useful in the
committee were going out themselves to take part in
this new settlement.—(Applause.) It might be difficult
to fill their places in the committee, but ho would ven-
ture to promise that that body would continue to do all
in their power to promote the permanent prosperity of
the colony. His Rev. Friend had referred to the compli-
ment which had been paid to him by naming the capital
of the new colony " Lyttelton." It was not his (Lord
Lyttelton's) wish that this should be done; but, since it
had been done, he received the honour with the warmest
sentiments of gratitude. Perhaps he might be excused
for observing that it was the characteristic of this under-
taking that the characters of all the labourers and the
members of their families about to proceed to Canter-
bury had been subjected to strict inquiry. It bad been
too long the custom to associate emigration with an idea
of inferiority, but it was the distinction of the Canter-
bury settlement that its colonists would form the best
specimens of their respective classes which this country
could furnish.—(Applause.) He trusted that the colo-
nists would bear in mind that the maintenance of a good
character was that which the promoters of the under.
taking were most desirous of observing amongst them,
and that the bitterest disappointment the founders of the
colony could suffer would be any well-founded allegation
of misconduct on the part of its settlers.—(Hear, hear.)
For the first time in the history of colonization,
the labourer proceeding from this country to a dis-
tant settlement would find around him the church,
the clergyman, and the schoolmaster he had been used
to at home.—(Applause.) This was an advantage which
the colonists could not fail to appreciate. He could not
avoid on this occasion expressing his sense of the de-
votedness of his friend Dr. Jackson, the future bishop
of the colony, who had not only given up his comforts
and prospects in this country to proceed to the colony,
but was resolved to cross the ocean again if it should be
necessary for him to return to England to be cons( -
crated.—(Applause.) . A little difficulty—a lawyer's
point which he could not allow himself to dwell upon—
had intervened to prevent the consecration of Dr. Jack-
son, which ought to have taken place long ago, with his
brethren of the colonial episcopate in Westminster Ab-
bey. Dr. Jackson would go out with the emigrants as
their bishop, and take part in laying the foundation of
the spiritual and temporal welfare of the colony. The
emigrants had been selected not only 'for their physical
powers but for their religious and moral qualifications.
They were going to a country which would furnish few
temptations to vice and many incitements to honourable
industry, and under those circumstances he hoped they
would not belie the hopes which had been formed of
them.—(Applause.) The Noble Lord concluded by
proposing " The health of his learned friend Mr. For-
syth, as one of the earliest and best friends of the as-
sociation."

The toast was drunk with the honours.
Mr. FORSYTII said that the undertaking they were
assembled to celebrate was without a parallel in mo-
dern times. Ancient Greece, it was true, occasionally
sent forth expeditions to people the shores of Asia
Minor, but he would answer fur it that no Greek colo-
nists ever sat down to as substantial a dinner of roast
beef and plum pudding as the Canterbury colonists had
partaken of.—(Cheers and laughter.) It was pleasing
to think that old English fare and old English feeling
would co-exist in New Zealand a thousand years hence.
—(Applause.) He hoped he should be pardoned for
offering a few words of advice to the labourers present.
Let no one go to the colony with highly-raised expecta-
tions. If any man imagined that he would find a had
flowing with milk and honey he would be grievously
disappointed. The colonists, however, were going to a
country where they would be able to get a fair day's
wages for a fair day's labour, and what Englishman
would desire more?—(Applause.) In conclusion, the
Learned Gentleman urged the colonists to cultivate self-
respect, and to act as it the welfare of the colony de-
pended on the individual exertions of each man; all
would then go well.—(Applause.) •