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30scri.
tion, embarked at Gravesend, in the ship Cullodenp,
Captain Fergusor, for Port Philip, New South
Wales. They numbered 38, including matrogs and
sub-matrons, and were conveyed to Gravesend, frOmi
Blackwall, by the Satellite steamer. Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Herbert, the Honourable A. Kinnaird, and
Mrs. Kinnaird, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Thackeray,
and a party of ladies and gentlemen interested
in the welfare of the emigrants accompanied
them to the ship, where they were received on board
by Lieutenant Lean, R.N., the Government emigra-
tion agent, and by that gallant officer were shown
round the vessel.
The Culloden is 558 tons, old measurement; 125
feet on the main deck, and 28 feet broad. She is a
stout built ship, and is very roomy between decks,
the height being more than six feet under the beams.
Of course all was confusion from the accession of the
needlewomen to the other passengers previously em
barked, making altogether 115 souls ; but it must
have been, nevertheless, most gratifying to those who
have shown so warm an interest in the emigrants to
have found that every pains had been taken to render
them happy and comfortable on their long voyage to
a flourishing colony, where their labours will, doubt-
less, be better appreciated and remunerated than in
the metropolis. The emigrants are berthed in cabins,
ranging on each side of the main deck, and although
there is not the same ventilation, perhaps, that is re-
ceived by the mode of fitting the Government emigra-
tion ships, and the classification of the emigrants, in
consequence of the greater number of bulkheads, yet
the division of the deck into cabins adds to the privacy
of the passengers. The cabins are so arranged as to
accommodate from three to eight or ten each, for
hich prices, varying from 161. downward for each
adult, have been paid.
The emigrants were all mustered in presence of
Mr. Sidney Herbert and his friends, and many a kind
and cheering word was spoken both by ladies and
gentlemer, as the objects a their solicitude and their
bounty passed them and proceeded to their strange
and cheerless looking berths. Numbers appeared
sorrowful, and many wept at the position in which
misfortune and misery alone had placed them • but
others looked smiling, happy, and contented, and all
were most grateful to their generous benefactors.
With tears of thankfulness they pressed the proffered
hands of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert at parting ; and as
the steamer left the Culloden, the crew, uniting
with the emigrants, gave their benevolent friends
three hearty cheers, at the sound of the boatswain's
call.

[PRICE SD.

We understand that the provisions and the water
had all been duly inspected, and guaranteed as of the
first quality, whilst the fittings had been carefully
attended to under the personal superintendence of
the gallant and indefatigable emigration agent. D.
Sparke, the inspecting medical officer of the emigra-
tion commissioners, was present, and in conjunction
with the surgeon in charge, Mr. Thompson, in whom
the committee place great confidence, examined all
the pasengers when they all passed muster with the
exception of one married woman, to whom they ob-
jected on account of the precaricu3 state of her
health, and she was sent ashore, the agent returning
tl e passage money.
The Culloden will leave Gravesend to-day, in tow
of a steamer so far as the Downs. She will
then be cast cf, and will proceed direct to Port
Philip, without touc',ing at any intermediate port,
being amply stored in every respect for the whole
voyage, which, it is expected, will be accomplished
within the three months.

Mr. Sidney Herbert and Mr. Kinnaird in th.e. course
of their visit to G..avesend, accompanied Lieut. Lean
on board of the S:r Robert Sale, another emigrant
ship, also bound to Port Pnilip. She is a remarkably
fine Moulmein teak-built vessel of 720 tons old
measurement, length on the main deck, 131 feet, and
breadJi, 29 feet. She is chartered by the
Government, and has ben fisted cut, stored and
provisioned under the in,pec!ion of the Government
officers. She has on board 69 males, 39 females, and
33 children ; and is to proceed to Plymouth to fill up
her com?lement to 300. II fittings are different
to those of the Culloden. Tho married people are
berthed amidships, the unmarried females in the afier
part, and the unruarri.d men in the fere part of the
main-deck, each section being cut off by a strong
bulkhead, with " louvering" doors, to facilitate the
free passage of air. 'Torre are no cabins as in the
Culloden, and consequently there is better ventilation
and they have much more room for moving about by
the fitting of portable tables and stools, which, rang-
ing along the decks, are easily lowered down from the
ceiling of the upper deck when wanted, and as easily
shut up and secured when not required. The gen-
tlemen who accompanied Mr. Lean highly approved
of this mode of fitting the ships, and we believe the
next emigrant ship for the needlewomen will
.be fitted
in a similar manner. The Sir Robert Sale is corn•
manded by CaptainLoeder.!She is a good noted sailing
ship, is well Lund, well manned and officered, and
has a highly-respectable medical gentleman attached
to her. Her last voyage was with the pensioners to
New Z.N;land, when she made the run from Ccrk in
8-1 days. She will leave the river to-morrow.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Ste,—Your urbanity generally when a refutation
to any unfounded charge is noide in your valuable
paper will not be withheld from me on this occasion. A
lengthy and most unmanly anonymous charge is made
in your publication of Friday last, under the head of
the " Southwark Police-court," in wEch my character
and honesty is impeached. The society was com
menced by a few gentlemen of known respectability ;
a preliminary prospectus was sent to all the resident
clergy and gentry, begging their co-operation. The
originators opened a soup kitchen at their own indi-
vidual loss, two days weekly (Tuesday and Thurs-
day) ; the society was but in its infancy, and had not
the means to do it of.ener. On those days soup and
bread was distributed liberally; the kitchen was (as
it is now) open for the public inspection. The posi-_

Lion of the Place, it is true, is in the very vortex of
destitution—the Mint (could a better situation be
sought for); the interior, if my very reverend inquirer
had but taken the trouble to visit, was clean and com
fortable, and our books open for his inspection.
I remain, yours obediently,
T. GIBRINS.

Ne. 33, Red Cros3,s.treet, Borough,
Feb. 25, 1850.

DEATH OF FORT4VIAJOR CANSII:—The. death of
this veteran officer took place on Tuesday forenoon last,
in the Castle. He had been slightly indisposed for
several months previous, but his malady did not assume
a serious app9aran2e till within three weeks before his
death. Major Cansh has acted f a considerable t. me
as fort-major in Edinburgh Castle. During the progrsss
of the Peninsular campaigns, the du:mased officer distin-
guished himself on several occasions by his brilliant EX'
Pelts, and in particular when he signalised himself as
an intrepid soldier by bAng the firs; man who planted
his foot on the summit of the ramparts ( f Badajoz. The
medal awarc'el last year to Major Cansh, along with
those of the other Peninsular heroeF, in terms of the
general order of July, 1847, bore no fewer than twelve
ch laads pi::
erepresenting
his rneumnaati
ne rs owf
eactionsunderstand,
inwhichre htoe
be interred to day at two o'clock, with military honours
in the Dean Cemetery' the funeral precession passing
from the Castle dower Bark-i:r.:et, and the Mound, and
along Printe's-street.T-Edinburgh Courant.

, -,
C BATIIAM.—A ball was given on Thursday evening
at the Sun Hotel, Chatham, by the sergeants i f the
Chatham division of Roy of Marines to tha sergeants cf the
provisional battalion, Royal Sappers and Miners, and Royal
Artillery at Cha harr, the Cavalry der Cit at Maidstone, a
number of the tradespeople e f the town and their families,
at which upwards of 300 persons assemble a, and which
Was honoured by the presence of Lieutenant-Colonels
Ellis, C. 8., Whylock, Giles; Majors Wolrige, Lang-
ford; Ca; tins Fyumorc, Griffin, Campbell; Dr. Drum-
mond, D.T.u.; Lieutman`s and Adjutants 'Rodney
and Fellowes; and a number if the other officers cf
the division. A very efficient and numerous quadrille
band, conducted by sir. Rogers, jan.,
from the splendid band of the division, whose pier Jernme;
aloe of the music selected, as well as sevetriiiin pbiand.
was formed
composed for the occasion.by_fAiera.n Rogers,ppr, refreshments,
and master, was much applauded. T
cal-
culated to sustain the reputation
fr
..d.
worthy cf record as a .o. ding grati-
fyingaffair altogethcr is . .
and general arrangements weeofc
fa
mchr.aNrvacintenrb,waenlldfbegoo .
areexhiestldinglyanithoneigr
tcbffiecnerosn,.naonnadnatiha!
d teaysitdeeonfee then fseihrgnealnntteslioigfetnhnee'driveisPioecnt,atbliielite3s.'timanad-
ttaertTyaa.thleyeoLsitamosif
sctiio/ndeiidanl owighhoeloecrdhs feeling
of theyevery
the inhabitants of Chatham.
STATE OF THE POOR IN
di-
min
pee9lr6ioieoncf ManchesterfetiatohsautiphslapMelahcp:iaeo:snoeectrallooirEtfe.fsl
weeka nronsthe im-
proved
etrne statetwh the
or tonlyrutyl
121/.; Manchester cases, 2,087, at a cost of 2081.; Irish
cases, I,73o—total cases, 4,777, including 10,631 persons,
et the total cost of 599/. As compared with the corres-
ponding week of last year, there appeared a decrease
of 466 English cases, and in the cost of 701.; and of
294 Irish cases, with a decrease in the cost of 571.
The great mass of the operative classes are in full and
constant walk, and their condition is much more satis-
factory than has beca known for many years Fast. Fears
are entertained that a depression of the cotton manufac-
tare is at hand, fcom the large quantity of yarns and cot-
ton goods produced. Several firms have agreed to work
short time; whilst at Recheale the spinners of coarse num-
bers are almost all working but three days a week. A
bTahteecs:lmeepka:
favourable season of the year, however, Tiit
relieved
teudg.
that no serious apprehension need be entertained
hinaga, so
nthee4ifuoftutrreadceonisdihtiiothnerotfotphaerwtiaoll,kianngd
classes..affects
that the limited de-
pression ffenwt;beanstdahplonpeinsaanruefiann.dinurlgeedin by many. largely
will be of short duration.
THE DEAN OF WESTMINSTER.--It IS stated that
the health of the Very Reverend the Dean is so much
deranged as to preclude all hope of his being able, for
tO Attend do any duty.
i a; least a very long time,

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„44/E" EMIGRATION OF TITE DtB,-
TRESSED NE E'DLE WOMEN'.
"')Yesterday, the first detachment of the disirmed
/+// rieedlewomen of the metropolis, for whose benefit the
Hon.. Sidney Herbert, M.P. started a publics gleocrip.