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sent time, the emigration of the distressed operates in the manufacturing districts. • In bringing the Society before the public, tie Committee confidently hope that they will not malp a vain appeal in favor of this great national undertaking. It is not their wish to urge the merits <* any particular colony; there object is to give that amount of healthy assistance which the strong may render to the weak, with the feeling that their aim is the public good. By order, Lyttelton, Chairman. February 27, 1863. A Meeting of the friends and supporters of this Societj r was held at their Rooms, 44, Charing Cross, S.W., on Friday, the 27th February, Loud Lyttelton, the President, being in the Chair. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said he was very glad that he was able to be present at this meeting, which he believed was the first of the united Societies, and was to give formal effect to the amalgamation of the National Female Emigration Society and the Colonial Emigration Society. He was very glad to see this union, as he thought it would tend to the furtherance of the objects they had in view. There would always be a natural demand for emigration from this country, which might occasionally be increased by exceptional circumstances, such as the present distress in Lancashire and North Warwickshire. He also feared there was an increasing state of distress in Ireland. These calamities, he trusted, might be partly met through means of a well-organised system of emigration. He did not wish to speak with any undue strength, but he had some difficulty in restraining his feelings of indignation with regard to the unwillingness of the manufacturers to favor emigration from an indefinite prospect of returning prosperity, and believing that they might then find themselves short of hands (cheers). The necessity for this Society would, he believed, be continuous. He conceived they should look upon emigration as the best means of promoting the free circulation of labor throughout all parts of the British empire (cheers). It had been said the country was over populated, and no doubt in particular parts it was so, as there always were certain parts from time to time, where the people were deficient of the means of existence, as was the case at present in Lancashire; and when the congestion of labor there had been relieved, they might be sure some other part would require emigration. The object of this Society should be to find out those places, and to give to those who were willing, the means of going to that portion of the Empire most requiring their services; and the more entirely reciprocal and free the circulation of labor was made the better it would be. There should be a demand for labor wherever the emigrant was sent; and if ever there should be in any part of the empire a demand for labor, they would wish to see it supplied, just as they now wished to supply the wants of Australia. All matters of detail would require the greatest care and attention of the Society, which he hoped was now inaugurating a prosperous existence. He would only repeat his own satisfaction in being able to attend to-day, hoping for the prosperity of the Association (applause). The following Resolutions were then moved and seconded, and carried unanimously:— | Ist.—Moved by Rear-Admiral Hon. J. Desman; seconded by Mr. W. A. Brodribb, —" That the Prospectus now read be adopted."

2nd.—Moved by the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, M. P.—seconded by Mr. H. H. Browne, — " That the following Gentlemen and Ladies be elected upon the Committee of the Society, with power to form Sub-Committees representing the different Colonies." 3rd.—Moved by Sir Richard G. Macdonnell, C.8.; seconded by Sir Walter Farquhar, Bart., —" Recommended —That this Committee take steps for making the objects of the Society public, by obtaining Subscriptions and Donations, and by urging the importance of Colonial Emigration upon the Ministers of State, the Lancashire Relief Committees, Members of Parliament, and other influential persons." 4th. —Moved by the Rev. Richard Croft; seconded by Mr. Leonard Harper,—" That the Committee (as soon as the operations of the Society are fully matured) take such other steps as may be necessary for calling a Public Meeting in London and elsewhere, to enlist the sympathies of the public." sth.—Moved by Mr. E. T. Holland; seconded by Mr. J. S. Storr, —" That this day's proceedings be printed and forwarded by the Secretary to the friends and subscribers of the Society." Great efforts are now being made amongst the unemployed operatives themselves to raise funds to enable them to emigrate to British Colonies, but they are powerless, unaided, to make themselves heard in the distant parts of the empire. Applications for aid, information and advice are constantly being made to this Society from all parts of the kingdom, by persons of every class, and many ask for a grant by gift or loan of a small sum of money to enable them to make up what is required for clothing and passage before they can emigrate. In many instances this Society has been able to obtain free, or nominally free, passages for emigrants. Several individuals have come forward and volunteered handsome donations; one gentleman (Mr. W. F. Splatt), in addition to giving an annual subscription of £100, promises £1,000 for every £9,000 subscribed by the public up to £50,000. Other large mercantile firms offer to enlarge the amount of their donations and subscriptions as necessity directs. To enable the Society to realise these benevolent offers, a public appeal beeomes necessary, and it is hoped that a large portion of that charitable sympathy which has been afforded in the temporary relief of distress, will be further extended to aid in the emigration of those out of work in the distressed districts. In addition to funds, this Society appeals for contributions of clothing and materials thereof for the outfit of poor emigrants, who, at the last moment, are often debarred a passage for the want of the necessary outfit for a voyage. Subscriptions and donations will bo received by the Secretary at the Offices of the Society, and by Messrs. Hoare, Bankers, 37, Fleet Street, E.C., or Messrs. Herries, Farquiiar & Co., 16, St. James's Street, S.W., and all other information with the Society's pamphlet on Colonial Emigration, may be obtained from the Secretary. Persons who may desire their donations to be applied to special cases, or to particular districts or colonies, are requested to make known their wishes at the time. LYTTELTON, 2603 President. HAS. OGLEBY & Co.'s SPERMACETI, PARAFFINE, and STEARINE CANDLE WORKS, Lambeth, London. Prize Medals 1851 and 1862. The only Prize Medal at the International Exhibition, 1862, for Stearine and Paraffine Candles, was awarded to the above firm, " for excellence of quality," to which the attention of merchants and dealers is directed, as well as the following:— Finest Spermaceti Candles (prize medal 1851.) Finest Paraffine Candles (prize medal 1862.) No. 1, Stearine or Crystalline Candles (prize medals 1851 and 1862.) No. 2, Stearine or Diaphane Sperm Candles No. 3, Stearine or Patent Sperm Candles. Palace Composite Candles and Night Lights. Manufactured expressly for the colonies, and pacHd in lib. and Gib. packets, to suit the purchaser. 2063

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