NATIONAL COLONIAL EMIGRATION SOCIETY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XX, Issue 1112, 8 July 1863, Page 3

NATIONAL COLONIAL EMIGRATION SOCIETY.

A public meeting was held on Wednesday afternoon, April 23, at Willis's rooms, to promote the success of the National Colonial Emigration Society. Lord Lyttelton presided, and was supported by the Earl of Shaftesbury, Mr. Bazley,M.P., Mr. C. Buxton, M.P., Rear-Admiral Denman, the Bishop of Sydney, the Dean of Carlisle, Sir W. Farquhar, Bart., Capt. Kennedy, Mr. H. Barnett, Mr. H. Hoare, Mr. J. S. Storr, Mr. L. Harper, &c. The meeting was numerously attended.

The Chairman opened the proceedings in an elaborate speech.

The Secretary read the report of the committee. It stated that his Grace the Duke of Newcastle had promised to bring the objects of the society before the notice of the governors of the colonies. The committee had placed themselves in communication with the different colonial governments, and favourable replies had been received from Tasmania, Natal, and New Zealand. To the latter colony the committee had within the last few days shipped off several female domestic servants under arrangements with the government of Nelson. They had also had an interview with the Mansion-house relief committee, and tendered an offer of their services in promoting and directing emigration. The connection formed with Birmingham gave good reason to hope that an extended system must be organised in the large manufacturing towns by means of branch societies. Since the formation of the society numerous applications had been received from intending emigrants, but from the insufficiency of funds the committee had been unable to satisfy more than a very small part of the demands upon them, and they had still many cases waiting for assistance. The Earl of Shaftesbury than moved—"That emigration affords an important channel of relief from the distress at present existing in various parts of Great Britain and Ireland, and that additional efforts should be made to assist those who desire to emigrate." Admiral Denman seconded the resolution, and it was carried unanimously.—Home News.

Poor Richard and Lord Dundreary.—"A b-bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Th-the man who invented that proverb must have been a b-born idiot. How the dooth can he tell the welative v-value of poultry in that p-pwomithcuous manner? Suppothe I've got a wobbin wedbweast in my hand I nearly had the other morning, but hd* flew away confound him!—well, suppothe the two birds in the bush are a b-bwace of partwidges —you you don t mean to t-tell me that that wobbin wedbreast would fetch a 9 m-much as abwace of partwidges! Abthurd. P-poor Wichard can't gammon me in that sort of ■way. Then there's another: " The Pitcher goes olr to the well, but the pitcher at last may be bwoken. Now this I take to be a sort of alle—What is that word now, which m-means something differwent to what it weally means? —an alle —alligator? no—alicoinpane — alkali ? — alle — no—allegowy that s it. The pitcher is a sort of allegowy—and means, ot courth, a perthon. Well—if —if a perthon goes t-to the well, it stands to weathon th-that he can t go to the bad; and if he dothn't go to the bad, he can t be bwoken—so Poor Wicliard's out again there. if he weally means a pitcher —a thing for holding water, you know—why, suppothing it is bwoken, as any weal pitcher may be, any d#y of the week, the only thing a fellah can do is to b-buy another. They're not so vewy expensive, after all. I d-dare say you could buy a stunner for half-a-cwown—so what's the uthe of making such a jolly wow about it?