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FIRE DI THE TEMPLE Cnunem.—Yesterday morn•
ink', about halt-past seven o'clock, the man employed in
lighting the furnace by which the Inner Temple Church
is warmed, having performed his office, ascended into
the choristers' room, which is over the furnace. He had
not been in the room many minutes before he was
alarmed by the report of an explosion immediately be-
neath him; on re-entering the furnace-room to ascertain
the cause of the 110i9,, he found the place in limey,
which he made an ineffectual effort to extinguish by
P'
turirs' several pails of water over.
_them. Ho was
nearly suff?cated by the smoke, and was removed in a
state of insensibility by some persons who fortunately
came to the spot. The alarm bing given, and messen-
gers dispatched to the the-offices, aid was speedily
procured.
The engine hose was carried round the
church from Fleet-street, and the flames after some
difficulty extinguished. A great pant the flooring of
the chorister? room was, however, burnt, but fortu-
nately the sacred edifice escaped without injury, and Di-
vine service: in the morning was performed as usual;
immediately after the service Sir G. Rose, Sir B. Cum-
ming, and other benchers, visited the place, and insti-
tuted an inquiry for the purpose of learning the cause
of the outbreak. The result showed that for some time
past the man in charge of the furnace-room bal been in
the habit of piling bundles of wood over the boiler of
the furnace to dry. On Saturday last a great quantity
was placed there, and yesterday morning, shortly after
the fires were lighted, the heat of the boiler set the
whole of the wood 'in flames. The explosion was, no
doubt, caused by the bursting of the slate roof from the
action of the fire. In order to prevent the possibility
of another outbreak two firemen were left in charge of
the church during the whole of Sunday night.
THE PROTECTION MOVEMENT IN SOSSEX.—PET-
WORTH, JAN. 19.—A Protectionist meeting took place
here this morning, in a large tent erected in the Markeb-
square, adjoining the Town-hall. One peculiarity of
this meeting was that the chairman, as well as the movers
and seconders of the resolutions, were all tenant-farmers
and tradesmen. The resolutions were of the usual kind,
demanding the reinstatetnet t of protection and the dis-
solution of Parliament. Mr. Townley' Mitford,. formerly
high sheriff of the county, who avowed himself a Pro-
I tectionist, attended to oppose the objects of the mee tine,
`on the ground that free trade ' not yet
ernbad a fir
trial. It was not proper to cull onP'lririt to do
away with what it pa std in 1846, which' cal
ration in' 1849, and with regard to 0-e Nav7 intoe
o n ore
-
law
oily seventeen days ago. All the resolutions, however,
trere carried unanimously.

_ .
A VETERAN.—Our readers may not be aware that
Mr. Thomas Rend( J, who steered the -Victory during the
battle of Trafalgar on tho 21st of October, 1805, in which
Lord NeLon fell, is actually living on the Strand, at
97,,ps W
hain, and has yly r, col vcd a medal for tlat action.
Lord Nelson's family had 4iven him a medal shortly
after the battle.—Exeter Flying Post.

FEMALE EMIGRATION.
REPORT.

The sub-committee appointed to report upon the
most advisable mode of insuring to female emi-
grants a proper reception on reaching the ports of
their destination in our colonies have deemed it ex-
pedient to include in their report the information
which, in the course of their inquiries, they have col-
lected on several other points connected with the pre-
sent undertaking.
They accordingly propose to divide their report into
the following heads :-
1. The proper selection of emigrants.
2. The most effectual mode of protecting the emi-
grants during their transit to the colonies.
3. The aid and protection to be insured to them on
landing.
4. The cost of their outfit and passage.
L THE PROPER SELECTION OF EMIGRANTS.

The sub-committee, after having examined care-
fully the reports of the emigration agents in our
colonies, and having acquired much valuable infor-
mation from her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners
in London, as well as from other parties practically
conversant with the subject, have come to the con-
elusion that it is of vital importance to the success
of the present undertaking that those persons only
should be selected for emigration whose. characters
for morality and industrial habits will bear the
strictest scrutiny.

The evils occasioned by the admission of even one
bad character into an emigrant ship are incalculable,
not only on account of the moral contamination to
which the remainder of the females-ow-board tee-ex-
posed during the voyage, but also in consequence of
the suspicions which the known misconduct of indi-
dividuals engenders in the minds of the colonists
against the whole party, by which they are liable to
be deprived, on their arrival, of all chance of ob-
taining respectable situations, and to be exposed to
dangers and temptations from which they can scarcely
escape. . _ .

The poor and friendless females of this country will
thus be stimulated to more active exertions for the
preservation of their good characters, and for the ac-
quirement of the qualifications which will render
them eligible subjects for emigration, whilst the colo-
nies will receive indisputable benefits from the supe-
rior description of immigrants, by which the gradual
adjustment of the disproportion of the sexes under
which they now labour will be effected.
The following are the recommendations which the
sub committee offer under this head:—

1. The candidates for emigration should not exceed
35 years of age.
2. They should be entirely free from any mental or
bodily defect likely to impair their usefulness as
settlers.

3. They should have had the smallpox or have been
vaccinated.

4. Their characters for industry and morality should
be satisfactory and it is desirable that they should
read and write.

5. They should have been accustomed to washing
and cooking, or have had some experience in domestic
service, as housemaids or nurses.*
In order that the character and the habits of the
candidates for emigration may undergo a still further
test, the sub-committee recommend the establishment
of a probationary-house, capable. of accommodating
about 50 females, wherein they might reside for a
short period prior to their embarkation. An ar-
rangement of this nature would afford the surest
means of ascertaining the real value of the testi-
monials and recommendations which had induced the
committee to select the. inmates of the' probationary-
house as emigrants. During their sojourn there
they may be advantageously employed in preparing
their outfit, and in the acquisition of any elementary
instruction in domestic economy of which they may
appear in need. •
The eligibility of applicants for admission into the
P -
rohationary-house should be decided upon by a sub-
committee, assisted by a matron conversant with
colonial life and its requirements, and by a surgeon.
The general management of this establishment should
be regulated by rules and orders, to be determined
upon by the said sub-committee.

2. THE MOST EFFECTUAL MODE OF PROTECTING TUE
EMIGRANTS DURING THEIR TRANSIT TO THE COLO-

NIES.

The experience of those engaged in emigration has
led the sub-committee to the conclusion that the best
description of protection which can be afforded to
young females during their passage to the colonies is
that which they enjoy on board the Government
emigration ships, in which the strictest discipline is
maintained, and where the emigrants are generally
benefited by the surveillance of a clergyman or a
schoolmaster.

Yv
Tbe sub-committee trust that when the Colonial
Land and Emigration CommissiOners become satisfied
as to the charocter of the emigration which the com-
mittee proposes to direct to our colonies, they will
see no reason for withholding from their emigrants

the se advantages, which it would scarcely be in the
power of the committee otherwise to insure to them.
Should, however, any difficulty occur in obtaining
for their emigrants passages in Government vessels,
the sub-committee would advise that they should be
sent out in small parties on board free emigrant ships,
with a view of securing to them that protection which
the presence of married couples and families, inte-
rested in the maintenance of order and decency,
would, to a certain degree, afford. And they would
further advise that, where opportunity offers, the
advantage of similar religious instruction to that
usually given in the Government ships should be
secured for them.
The sub-committee have received from all quarters
the most decided testimony as to the inexpediency of
freighting vessels entirely, or even chiefly, with female
emigrants, experience having proved the impossibility
of preserving good order and discipline under such
circumstances.

It was also proposed and carried,—" That the sub-
committee be re-appointed to carry out the recom-
mendations of this report, so far as relates to the
dispatch of emigrants"
Further, it was proposed and carried; onlbe mo-
tion of the Earl of S. Germane,—"That a com-
mittee of selection be forthwith appointed, with in-
structions to prepare ,a list of fifty candidates for
emigration."

SIDNEY HERBERT, Chairman.

* The sub-committee have drawn up forms of appli-
eaf ion and blank certifitates of character, which the car.-
didates fur (migration will be required to fill up.

•
(Prom the Times.)
In the midst of the splendour and abundance
.of
this country there is so appalling ae amount of tlqualor
and destitution, that the imagination almost recoils
from conjuring up before it the alternate pictures
that would convey a faithful idea of the social condi-
tion of one of our great cities. It would be easy
enough to dwell upon.the contrast between the ex-
tremes of human fortune presented to the eye of the
observer as he passes along the Landon streets, and
yet how faint are its outward signs, in comparison
with the inward agony of extreme destitution in the
midst of civilization. The presence of the evil and
its enormous amount are well ascertained facts. Not
only is there no dispute thus far, but we • are all
agreed as to the necessity of checking the spread of
" pauperism," and administering relief to those who,
whether by circumstankes beyond their control, or
more directly by their own faults, have been worsted
in the game of life. Now, there is no use in de-
ceiving ourselves as to the effect of individual efforts or
of gusts of passing benevolence. It may be easy
enough to minister to the necessities of A and B;
but C and D are crouching against the wall a little
further on, their penury as extreme, their abasement
as deep, as that of the persons who may haie been
snatched from a fate otherwise inevitable by the
hazard of fortuitous chaiity. The impulse to give
relief to the afflicted is implanted in us at our birth,
and the attempt to stamp it out of our hearts by a
steady course of syllogisms is but an endeavour to
degrade human nature. :But mere almsgiving, how-
ever well intentioned, will never attain any great
permanent end, or pioduee• any general effect worthy
of mention.

The mixture of feelings with which we contem-
plate the humane effort that is in course of opera-
tion in behalf of the dtstressed needlevvomen may
be gathered from the above brief remarks. That
any considerable number of young person t in so
trying a situation should. he assisted to emigrate to
our distant colonies, under a proper system of checks
and restraints, in ord4r that the fund be not
perverted to the benefit 'of undeserving objects,
will no doubt prove of the utmost advantage to
the persons so assisted. That iNny young women
who would have pined itialy in wl'etched garrets at
home with wan cheeks and broken health, and that
others who would have been reserved for a still
worse fate, will in those remote dependencies of the
British empire become happy wives and mother, we
have no manner of doubt., Those who are disposed
to contribute their " don4tion," or their " mite" to
the fund for promoting male Emigration may do
so in a cheerful spirit an with a quiet conscience.
Every shilling so contrib ed will buy off a full l
shil-
ling's worth of misery fr in a class of persons who
have, unfortunately, but too few opportunities of ex-
tricating themselves from the tideway of evil fortune.
A man fairly thrown upon .his beam ends may do a
thousand things—but what can a woman do ? She
may go for a governess, ora companion, if she can ob-
tain employment. She may paint fans, or, if she have
a turn for the plastic arils, and the market be not
overstocked, she may try her hand at wax flowers.
Beyond these and two or three other similar resources
a woman is only .separated from- the union, or from
wouosmanedn dtheeartehfso,rebyis lnieeroenaseaerdilley.
death in the streets, or from a degradation worse
othfanneeadleth- a
large
c onesl a s.
The central reservoir of &stitution in London is fed
by innumerable rills of poverty from every class of
English society. The shirt one wears may not im-
probably he the result of ii long vigil by the daughter
or widow of a member of one of the learned profess
sions who has been suddenly called away, of a West
Indian merchant or an Irish, landlord. 'Whoever she
might have been, educated with whatever pains,
reared. in whatever luxury,' that long vigil and weary
task-will but entitle the weary workwoman to a few
pence—a pittance searcel7. sufficient to procure so
much sustenance as will strengthen her poor fingers
for the discharge of another task of the like nature.
Not only are the ordinary reasons for contributing
to a charity potential in such a case, but where the
object is to relieve the distress of women in so help-
less and forlorn a condition as these, we should hope
that the principles of every Christian and the impulses
of every gentleman will be found enlisted on the same
side.

We must, however, at this point, again protest
against the eupposition that persons who have con-
tributed to this praiseworthy object can be permitted
to salve their consciences over with the supposition
that enough has been done. We have no doubt that
beiere any long time has elapsed the organization of
a continuous of emigration will be one of the
mostuseful, system
asitc certainly
will be one of the most ra-
tional, developments of the poor-law. A license of
this sort has already been granted to the guardians of
i en
Itmp wua
csietl
ofoe or
ceb lnrodanytgi
lastnbge
aaen,v,eipnm, pltiarpoevrpe
,arn, eoancbhtoiuiantl
unions, and although it has not as yet been extensively
t.
actedatfrhuoitsmhor
union
to union throughout the country, and
maintaining him es a perennial inmate of some
workhouse or other, that it would be more advan-
tageous to pass him on once for all to a
dims
a wills one
parish where he will be able to make his own
won and will trouble the board no more. The
system
doubt, is
requirepe eu
lgi
ar
re
layt
discretion
lisble to abuse, unless its working be watched with
the most jealous eye. In such a case as this, ste no
in
how-
ever, we may relieve ourselves with the reflection that
boards of guardians have hitherto steered very clear
of the sin of over prodigality. They are as unwilling
to pay down a round sum to free themselves from a
disagreeable claimant as an indifferent whist player
is to part with his honours. It was in the course of
the investigation of the lamentable affair at the late
Mr. Drouet'e, if we remember right, that the calcala-
tion was accurately put forth of the comparative ex-
pense of rearing a pauper child in pauperism or of
dispatching an emigrant out to Australia. There is
but little occasion to add that the balance was found
to be heavily in favour of the emigration scheme. Now,
if we use this result, within reasonable limits, in a con-
sideration of the policy of
our present poor. law, we
cannot but foresee that emigration, upon an extensive
and organized scheme, must soon be engrafted upon the
old method of administering the law. If the boards
of guardians will not see the necessity of availing
themselves of so excellent a subsidiary means of keep-
ing down the pauperism of the country and of re-
lieving the tension upon the overstrained rates, we
are not without a remedy. The matter is now ripe
for di cussion in the Houses, and no doubt the ques-
tion will be entertained with an attention commensu-
rate with its importance.
Having thus earnestly repudiated the idea that any
mere scheme of benevolence, however laudable it itself,
will ever operate in any permanent or efficient way
upon the aggregate distress, even of one class
of sufferers, such as the distressed needlewomen,
we return again with pleasure to the sub-
ject of this charitable scheme. The sub-
committee appointed to establish the conditions
under which the objects of the charity shall become
entitled to its benefits has published a report, which
will be found elsewhere ; most of the restrictions and
rules laid down appear rational enough, some, per-
haps, a little arbitrary, but where there is so much
of misery under every category, no doubt any
moderate restriction will not defeat the objects of
the donors to the charity. It may relieve the
minds of those who are still hesitating as to
whether they shall contribute to the fund, to know
than no young woman but such as can give
good guarantees of previous character will be
admitted to a participation in its benefits. The
greatest care will be taken that on the outward
voyage the young emigrants shall not be ex-
posed to any deleterious or contaminating in,.
fluences. Measures have also been concerted
with the Colonial Land and Emigration Commis-
sioners, who have placed at the disposal of the com-
mittee the machinery established in the colonies " for
securing to the new comers the same protection, aid,
and guidance, which they are in the habit of affording
to parties who emigrate under their own direction."
There is to be a Probationary House, capable of ac-
commodating about fifty women, in which they will
be retained for some time previous to their embarca-
tion, in order that their characters and past lives may
in the meanwhile be subjected to satisfactory tests.
The sub committee, in short, appears to have set
earnestly to work in the task of removing the most
natural and plausible objections to this benevolent
project. Ur der such protest as the one we have just
entered, the scheme may be safely recommended to
the generous consideration of the public.

I tiSEI IloasEs.—Tne straw-ship Ajax, arrived in
the river from C.)rk, has brought eleven horses, the
produce of Ireland, as part of a large general cargo.

MR. H. DEMPSTER AND THE
H. E. I. COMPANY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sta,—For the honour and credit of nautical science,
so long as I had means of my own, or could be sup-
plied by any relatives and friend 4, it never once oe,
curred to me to exhibit my nautical improvements
(now pretty well known to the public) for money,
thieking that some one or other would have picked
me up before getting altogether on the brink of
despair. Latterly, since coming
,to London (June
16, 1849), I have been obliged to solicit some help
to assist me on with my experiments. The success I
have met with, my present position and future pros-
pects, may be gleaned from what follows :
Oa applying to the H. I. Company, they gave
me 51. Sir Charles Forbes, Bart... gave 12/. ; Sir
James Duke, Bart. (then Lord Mayor), 11.; Sir
John Pirie, 11. , James
.Mstheson, Dq., M.P., U.;
A. Anderson, Dq., M.P., 1/.; Captain A.
Forbes, 1/.; A. Jardine, Esq., 1/ ; Sir Charles
Mslcohn, R.N., Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, R.N.,
Captain Hamilton, R N., Lieutenant-Colonel Sykes,
J. P. Muspratt, Esq., J. C. Whiteman, Esq.,
Mason, Eaq., Herbert, Esq., J. G. S. Lefevre,
Esq., G. R. Porter, Esq., Nayes, Esq., E. Speer,
Esq., T. C. Harrison, Esq , H. and T. Kinnard,
Esqs., Marjoribanke, Esq., Hoare, Esq., D.
Dubber, Esq , Wigram, Esq., Saunders, Esq.,
Hewitt, Esq., Morgan, E-q. Bonnsr,
Galbraith, Eaq., Pollock, V, q., CarniFfron,
Esq., --Martin, tsq., J. Macgregor, Esq , M.P., P.
Fenings, Esq., and, a, few others individually vivo.
smaller sums.
The greatest part of amount received in this form
having been expended disseminating information on
my nautical improvements, and finding a difficulty to
increase the number of my patrons, and thinking
that the Hon. East India Company, as a body, might
again come to the rescue, with a distant hope that
-they ultimately may feel: inclined to adopt me as
a protege of theirs, as the nautical improvements
originated with me whilst in the Bombay pilot ser-
vice, I again applied.
All my correspondence for improvements that ever
I gave to the public I always. directed copies to the
Hon. East India Company, and were I not certain
that my services have been of much greater value to
the public generally. since I left my situation at Bom-
bay than-they would have been had I remained in the
pilot service there until this time, which would have
entitled me to a pension, I would not now presume in
the attempt to show that I consider myself to have a
slight claim upon their sympathies.
The following answer to my application for a little
aid to help me through, and my-succeeding letter,
will show exactly my present position, and where I
consider any slight claim I can establish rests :
• ".East India House, January 3, 1850.
Sir,—With reference to the letters you addressed
to th# Court`of Directors of the East India Company,
under date the 10th November, 27th December, and
Ist instant, on the declining state of the deep sea
fisheries, the discontinuance of welled smacks hereto-
fore in use in ced-fishing, and the defects in the fish-
ing department, suggesting improvements in the
berthing of . the fishing-smacks off Billingsgate-
market, whilst unloading, and praying relief, I am
directed to inform you that the East India Company
have no concern with the cod-fishery or with Bil
lingsgate-market, and that the Court of Directors de-
cline to grant to you any further pecuniary assist-
ance.—l am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
"JAMES C. MELVILL.
" Mr. H. Dempster."

Having received the above poser, it caused me to
set my wits to work. The Hon. East India Com-
pany being constantly in my mind was the mainstay
I would have to trust to in the event of being taken
aback. I wrote as follows :

" TO THE HONOURABLE THE DIRECTORS OF THE HON.

EAST INDIA COMPANY.

" Jan. 7, 1850.
" Gentlemen,—Respectfally acknowledging the re-
ceipt of your letter, dated the 3d instant, in answer
to my communications on the subject of the declining
state of the deep sea fisheries, fishing smacks and
Thllingsgate•market, &c., together with the decision
the Hon. Court of Directors had come to, declininv
to render me any further pecuniary assistance, I
humbly trust to be excused for giving further trouble
on the same subject. I entirely concur with your
Hon. Board, that as a body the improvements neces-
sary to be made on the cod-fisheries of Great Britain
is not at all a subject likely to be connected with the
duties of your Court, nor did I, when forwarding my
inf.rrnation, expect it was a subject likely to be re-
sponded to as one that commanded your attention.
My chief views were, as it is a suhjedt of general
public utility, and as your Hon. Board are, perhaps,
equally (if not better) acquainted with the extent of
my labours for many ;years back, whilst endeavour-
ing to promote, not only improvements in the
fishery department, but general improvements in the
art of nautical science, my present position and
how circumstanced, &c. I hoped your Honourable
Board might have sympathised a little farther with
me, until I can get the proper parties fairly inter-
ested in the matter. It is possible your Honourable
Court may be of opinion that I have no legal claim
to solicit assistance from the Honourable East India
Company to promote my objects in view, any more
than I have a claim upon others, and that if the mem-
bers of every board who must necessarily reap ad-
vantages from my labours were to act as generously
towards me as your Honourable Court (lid on a
former occasion, that I might get on very well ; so I
might, if other parties to whom I have applied had
tendered to me a moiety of their patronage ; un-
luckily for me at the present time, however, such has
not been the case. I have laboured hard, trying my
skill at several quarters, but with the exception of
receiving short evasive answers, not at all entering
either into the merits or demerits of the question. I
have received but little ; in fact, my attempts to get
mozey for my labours have as yet been completely
discomfited. When I call on parties to whom I have
forwarded my information, as soon as my
circumstances and the object of my visit is under-
stooJ, if I am not politely requested to retire, a broad
enough hint is given that it is high time to go
away. Unless the sinews of war are supplied no
war can be carried on, any more than considerable im-
provements can be brought forward without the aid
of capital. One way to prevent an invader from en-
tering a territory is by cutting off his means of
transit and supplies if possible, thereby starving the
aggressors into submission. Such are the tactics it
would appear many would employ against me. My
improvements are considered intrusive innovations;
otherwise how is it, that although they have already
been practically and satisfactorily shown upon a small
scale to be improvements, still there is no one will
adopt them upon a larger scale, so that they may be
rendered of greater advantage to the public ? There
are few persons seen inclined to offer me pecuniary
assistance that I may go on progressing; there are
none who have ever attempted to confute any of my
arguments advanced as improvements, and perhaps
that is the moat satisfactory part fur consolation.
What are scientific societies constituted for when such
practical instruments as my improved trawling
apparatus, for instance, is allowed to re-
main both unconfuted and unadopted. One
or the other courses should be attended
to by men professors of practical science.
The improved trawl is calculated to become of univer-
sal commercial value, and as such I have stated it to
be. No man should be allowed to palm inventions
upon the public unless they be correct in practice as
welt as theory. The great bulk of the public may
be considered as unreflecting. There are many who
give themselves little concern about anything be-
yond their own individual interests. The following
will show that latterly I have experienced a pretty
severe proof of the fact.
" June the 16th, 1849, I arrived in London; was
well clothed, and had a few pounds in my pocket.
With it, and some pecuniary- resources I received in a
friendly manner from your Hon. Board and a number
of other gentlemen privately, I speculated with lite-
rary productions. I thought that with written argu-
ments the discriminating public would reward me for
the considerable sacrifices made, and much exertions
employed to promote works of public interest. The
result of my literary speculations up to this date has
been to extract all my funds, gear worn out, and my
property all gone.
" Instead of acting upon the more common method
of publishing my literary productions on sale, I
forwarded them to parties, trusting of course
that their merits would have been appreciated, and I
would have been rewarded accordingly when calling for
an opinion, &c. That experiment, however, has been en-
tirely discouraged. It might do well enough for men
of means to present their information and ideas in
such a form, but not for such as expect remuneration
for their literary efforts. There is scarcely one out of
every fifty called upon who will respond with what
may be termed a patriotic spirit. Natural prejudices
are against innovations. Many men have got plans
and hobbies of their own, from which they are de•
sirous to obtain a name. Being disappointed on
calling, it sometimes occurs to ask fur the property
sent to be returned—that also is of no use. It cannot
ha found ; it was not ordered ; why was it sent ?
and who cares about it ? are the answers to be ex-
pected if it be asked for.
"With respect to any claim I may have upon the
lion East India Company more than others in the

* Put in commission last night. Captain T. M. C.
Symondv, 1841,