CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING EMIGRATION. 28 Elizabeth Con- naughton, wife of a soldier of the 21st Regiment Royal N. B. Fusiliers. Military Bread Fresh Beef Vegetables - - Tea - - - - Sugar - - - Salt - - - Soap - - - I beg leave now to supply in the margin the name of the soldier's wife referred to in my despatch, No. 27, of the 20th March 1834. It would not have been before omitted had I intended to give the committee the trouble of investigat- ing a case for which there was probably no remedy. My only object in that and subsequent communications lias been to induce more caution in the future selection of emigrants. I am fully satisfied that the best exertions of the com- mittee are directed towards the successful accomplishment of their benevolent designs ; but I am also aware, that from the very nature of their undertaking, they are liable to be deceived, and that they have been imposed upon is suffi- ciently proved by the description and conduct of many of the women whom they have sent out. " I am further called on to reply to the observations in that despatch on the reports current in England regarding the treatment of the emigrants on their arrival in this colony. It is said they were 4 placed in the lumber- yard, at that time stated to be in very bad repairand it is added, ' that the provi- sions served out to them were of the worst description, and that no attention whatever was paid to their comforts.' " In reply to this statement, I beg leave to remark that in this colony there are very few public buildings which are not constantly required for the pur- poses for which they have been appropriated ; and that to find accommoda- tion of any sort for between 200 or 300 women in Sydney is a matter of some difficulty. The lumber- yard buildings were those which offered the greatest conveniences for the reception of the emigrants, and the intercourse which they required to keep up with the inhabitants in order to procure engagements. The inclosure of its walls at the same time afforded to those who were desirous of it some protection from the rudeness of ill- disposed persons. The apart- ments, though out of order, were safe, and furnished with the most needful articles for taking food and rest, and generally, I believe, superior in such accommodation to the ship the women had just left, and to the dwellings of many of them in the countries of their birth. There were also amongst them some who had been probably accustomed to better lodging and better fare than 1 h lbs. vvas provided them ; but there had been no distinction made of cabin or rations during the voyage, and it would only have added to the dis- satisfaction of the majority to have commenced it on landing. The complaint of badness of provisions is wholly without foundation, and the ration, composed as is stated in the margin', will probably be consi- dered as furnishing not only what is required for mere sustenance, but for some degree of comfort. " Upon the whole, therefore, I cannot admit that the female emigrants have met with any neglect from this Government. " Their wants on landing have been provided for in the humble way to which most of them had been accustomed. Their engagements in proper families have been facilitated as far as circumstances permitted. The women 4 12 oz. 8 oz. - 1 oz. 1 £ oz, - | oz. - 1 oz. are, however, free agents, and those who seek to employ them, whether for good or evil, are in no way under the control of the Government. Advice and persuasion are the only means which those who interest themselves in the fate of these females have been able to adopt for their benefit, and it is pro- bable that in many cases iiiese means have been ineffectual." ( Enclosure.) Sir, Sydney, 24 March 1835. I HAVE the honour to report, for the information of his Excellency the Governor, that in, somewhat less than three weeks about 200 of the females who arrived by the Duchess of Northumberland have been provided for in the colony; of the 47 who remained in the bazaar yesterday, 20 consisted of families who emigrated in that ship, of whom the Bulgers, consist- ing of eight in number, have been engaged by Mr. Kemmis of O'Connell Plains, and are C. D. Riddell. waiting for a conveyance to proceed to their destination. Mrs. Coin and her child and Mrs. Hartnan and her child are wives and children of soldiers in Van Diemen's Land in the 21st regiment, so that 12 out of the 20 may be considered as provided for. Of the remaining eight, five are the family of Clunes, not yet provided with a place, and three are the family of Marsden, consisting of Mrs. Marsden and two children, of whom one, a child of about five years old, is blind. With respect to Mrs. Marsden, I have to state that she is the wife of John Marsden, my assigned servant, who has been in the colony about two years, and has conducted himself with the greatest propriety. She paid her own passage. Her two eldest daughters received Government assistance, and have gotten places in the colony. Her No. 1. NEW SOUTH WALES. Letter from