The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-07 00:00:00

Rendes of the ease required, bearing, however, stea-
dily in view the object of almost paramount impor-
tance, of not so enhancing the cost of conveyance to
the poor as to place the means of emigration out of
their reach. A further purpose, winch we were
anxious to accomplish by the Amendment]Act, was to
regulate the conveyance of passengers from every
Portion of her Majesty's dominions. The pelviout
Act applied exclusively to voyages from the United
Kingdom, but an extensive emigration is now going
on from One colony to another, in various parts of the
globe. Difficulties presented themselves in the adap-
tation of an Act framed for the regulation of voyages
of considerable length, to voyages which might only
last a few days. These difficulties, however, we
endeavoured to surmount, for it seemed to us an
object of some importance that there should be but
one Passengers' Act, and that the same law should
contain within itself all the regulations which the
Imperial Legislature deemed it expedient to imp
upon the conveyance of the poorer classes of her llas
jesty's subjects by sea. Adverting, therefore, to the
vast number whose comfort, welfare, and health, are
y
d
iev
ecn
i each
tn e eetNtar,vi
lersha
nocoudat
dhtreheje;d: nayuetdl
resultbsel
ane,
eetenoudtc:
ipefdtao
utzi,nie
ttotrhihtyyngeeenarecommendn tprovisionsxhieou oo s di
amendments
oiotterttnfhssettiofThrgptiiromsnont,Abositc!
otoiffinorneeparnwi
s in
tion of emigrants, both in this country and in the
cthoelesnuieggs,ensotironwsitah6doutieal;roesttaintgioontws
best
peroce attentionli'seido frsOonit:
the shipping interest, or from parties engaged in the
passenger trade itself. It has been gratifying to us to
find in the result, that all the practical
the Bill, though avowedly of a stringent-nature, have
elicited no opposition, but, on the contrary, have been
generally acquiesced in by the classes whom it affects,
• GENERAL VIEW OF DUTIES IN RESPECT TO
GRATION.—Oar practical duties in respect to einisr,.,_
tion consist, in the first place, in seeing that the pec,_
visions of the Passengers' Act are enforced in alt
cases where the emigrants are proceeding at their num
cost, or by means of private funds ; and in the second
place, in exercising a direct superintendence over all
emigratiarrivtach is conducted at the labile expense,
The modes in which it is conducted to different colo-
nies are various, and the extent and nature of our su-
perintendence partakes,of corresponding differences,
Thus, to New South Wales, the public emigration
has gone on exclusively upon what is called the bounty
system, by which general permissions to introd•Jee
emigrants are granted by the colonial authorities, and
payment made for them in the colony upon their safe
arrival. In Van Dieme n's Land a system based (v.', a
similar principle has been introduced, but with ce,nsi-
derable difference in the detail. To New Zealand a
large emigration, by means of public funds, is going
on under the immediate management of the New
Zealand Company, subject to the superintendence or
this Board ; and the same to Western Australis,
under the management of the Association called the
Western Australian Company. Finally, ships are in:
some cases engaged directly by our Board, and fitted:
up under our directions, the passengers being selected:
by our agents, subject to approval at this Office..
When emigrants are named by land purchasers, we'
agree for their passages, and prescribe rules for their
accommodation and treatment ; and it is further our
duty to make the requisite arrangements for passages
in those cases where the conveyance of persons is paid
for by the 'funds of this country. Instances of the ,
last kind occurred in regard to some of the Govern..
ment surveyors, who were sent out free of expense,
and more recently in regard to the boys of reformed
character from the establishment at Parkhurst, who
have been allowed to emigrate to some of the Austra-
lian colonies.

We have reported at the time on . the several local
enactments which have been passed, and proclamations
made, for the purpose of bringing the former Pas-
sengers' Act into operation in the West Indies ; and
when the emigration of African labourers was per-
mitted to take place from Sierra Leone, we pro,,osed,
as directed, the instructions upon which the e.tiigra-
tion agent at that colony should discharge fle im-
portant duties about to be entrusted to him. These
instructions have been acted on up to the pre'rent timer
and have hitherto appeared to prevent the evils which:
had to be guarded against in the working of the very-
interesting experiment which is now in the course of
being tried in that quarter. They have -also been
transmitted to the Governor-General of India for his
use, in case he should find them applicable to the co e-. dangqrs which attend the emigration or
the Hill Coolies.

We:wish to add, that, for the protection of emiTeants
proceeding by their own means, we act ahnwit entirely
through the agency of the officers tilaotd une,er our
orders for the purpose at the principal pert of the
United Kingdom, under the title of Goverament Emi-
gration Agents. These officers
.are all ',selected from
the Royal Navy, belonging most of the ,n to the rank
of Lieutenant. Their duties are by no means free
from anxiety. For while, on the 04;e land, the very
nature of passages by sea must, at the best, involve a
risk of casualties for which, when they happen, the
agent at the port of departure must e rpect to be called:
to account, with a view to show that his duties had'
not been neglected; on the other liand, the title of"
these officers is apt to suggest the idea of more autho-
rity than they have hithoerto possessed, and they are
liable to fall under blame for cases in which they •
might indeed very well have foreseen the danger c f
misfortune, but had no power to enforce any bett, sr
arrangements. We trust the amended Passer.ge
Act will correct a good deal of this evil, although of
course no law could with propriety arm any offie era
with all the powers which they misitt often des ire,
when brought into close contact with the variety,' of
deceptions that may be practised on poor and huilikqe,
people, removing from their homes to distant 'man-.
tries. We will only say, in conclusion, that Tee find
in these officers the zeal, intelligence, and compraten_
from the profession to NV ilia I:ney belongs:.
sion of the principles of the public service, whichgwasi
to be expected

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. s.—Those noble ships, the . Col_
lingwood, 84, and Powerful, 84, have been. liaule4
into the basin, preparatory to being commissii,wed s
reliefs to other ships ordered home. It is CC)
reported that at each of the out ports, Pun' ,mouth,
rt laey.,
,mouth
Plymouth, and Sheerness, ten sail of the lini:::
making a
spectively to be completed for commissieN
the Russian
force of thirty sail to meet any emergency .
Sailed on Sunday for St-. Petersburgh,
corvette store ship, Abo, commando by ' Captainp
Junker, on her return from Kam' ichai
viously to her quitting Spithead, the, crew c'a.
made re-
s 0
nT, I
mayi e steam-frigate ebaeme-xfrpiegeat
tensive purchases of warm clothing and hard‘vare.ex-
Cfrootninmi‘aLn,di
taer
in Raicbhoaurtda-
tted Phoenix,
I cearnriixv 'e
week, to be followed by the
Vesuvius
steamer, now OIL
the coast of Syria.
According to letters received here from the Rovfx,
18, Commander Keele, of the sth August, that ve'sael
was at Sacraficios, shipping specie for Jamaica. She
was thence to proceed to Bermuda to join the Ad-
miral, and expected to reach England in December
next to be paid off,
The corvette Daphne, 20, Captain Onsi.ow, has Rut-
into Plymouth Sound on her way to Brrazil, to receive
dispatches for Rear-Admiral Thomas •:.nd Commodore'
Purvis; also for a draft of boys for the squadron.
The Naval Obituary .for the quarter ending fAle .
30th ult., reports the demise of four Admirals, six .
Captains, two Ctimmanders, thirteen LieuterAnk
seven Mastery three Medical Officers, and four P.ariers.„
Itt the carps of Royal Marines are one Maj.-'4lenerai,
three Captains, three First Lieutenants, and three
....,econd Lieutenants.
Sir William Burnett, K.C.11., Inspesctor-General
of Hospitals, is on a visit to this port.
The -Warspite, 50, Captain Lord John Hay, C. 13 ,
has been brought into the harbour to receive a new
main mast. it is thought she will go to the Mediter-
ranean, out to Gibraltar the new ranean,Governor-
General, Sir Robert Wilson.
Orders are daily looked for to put the Santa
26, into commission, and also the Bu _,
3, ran i 6,
at;
Plymouth. Buzzard,
The corvette Orestes, 18, Commander the II
Swynfen Carnegie, will be ready to ' in.
harbour to Spithead about the 12- go out of the
destined for the Mediterranean 12th instant. Si
ie is
station.
The Inconstant, 36, may
from Malta to be paid yfrShortly be exPecto'i home
highly of her qualities, ° . Private letters,
repott
the Queen's Yaiiit P y
Fitzclarence, Lass ' ‘°-
at George, Captain Lord A.
harbour, aid is returned to her mowing& in this
ship is still here, sojourning dismantling
for the winter. J 5 is Lord-
sojourning with the Earl of Erroll
and, t-
a .v.w fal .e,
th, s uonables. The whole of the, ,ofticers or
~. yacht have received
promotion.
The S
apph o, 16, is to be surveyed at Plymouth for
re-commissioning.
At Spithead—No vessel of war.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Royal. Geotx.4,
Excellent, Warspite, Orestes, islsAutilus, and Austrim
frigate Bellone.—Brighton ezette.

PALMOUTB, OCTOBER 3.—The Royal /1/4T ;ail steam
Packet Company's steamer Forth, Capt. Fe rrar, saillet
to-day with a great many passengers, 50 of: whom al)
for Madeira, and the remaining 30 for t' ie West In..
dies, Mexico, &c. The steamer Great Liv erpool, Cat..
11.1. ‘leod, sailed yesterday with the East ! India milk. Her
passengers were:llessrs. Liddle, flerry, Arch-
bold, Jenkins, Gray, West, Benny, Auld, Eger-
ton, Kendall, Deckie, INPGrath, H. illaro Morgnne
Laurence, Meares, Gordon, Bur nel ~ 'Thurburtir.
and Son, Pitt, Skinner, and Son, ',elm !,
Mrs. Karr, Fran..
cis and Son, Crabbe, Thomas, 1 'x- w id
Hea-
thorn, Captain Bradford, Major. Dru:r amond, Ensign,
Hayes, Major Askwith, Captain. Halltiett, Lieut. Jer-
vis; Misses Maxwell, Spooner, Ste ;s 'art, Ander"'
Elliott, Meares, Thomas, St. Barbe, a hatcher. Th.un
o tidings
of the
homeward West India steamer, n ow di; 9 11 days.