CORRESPOiNDENCE RESPECTING EMIGRATION. 38 Launceston on the 28th April; the second, from Cork to Sydney on the 26th May; the third, from London to Hobart Town on the 22d September; and the last from Ireland at some subsequent date. I am directed, however, by the Secretary of State to acquaint you, that with reference to the vessels which are proposed to sail from Ireland, his Lordship will only impose upon your committee the task of engaging and equipping a proper vessel for R. W. Hay, Esq. to the conveyance of the emigrants. The selection of the emigrants who may be allowed to Edw. Foster, Esq. proceed in them, as well as all the arrangements attendant on their embarkation, will be 8- Jan. 1836. entrusted to a committee formed in Cork for that purpose, and to Mr. J. D. Pinnock, the colonial agent for emigration. Having stated to you the views of Lord Glenelg on the subject of emigration for the year 1836, I have only to request that your committee will take the necessary steps for carrying them into execution. I am, & c. ( signed) R. W. Hay. No. 1. NEW SOUTH WALES. Letter from VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. COPY of a DESPATCH from Lieutenant- governor Arthur to Mr. Secretary Spring Rice, dated Van Diemen's Land, Government House, 26 Feb. 1835. Sir, No. 1. WITH reference to your despatch of the 15th October last, acquainting me VAW DIEMEN'S with the embarkation of a number of female emigrants on board of the Sarah, LAND. J have the honour to inform you that this vessel arrived on the 15th instant; Despatch from anc^ wh°' e of the young women, as you will perceive by the accom- Lieut! Gov. Arthur panying return, with the exception of nine, who are either sickly or of bad to Mr. Secretary character, have already found employment, or been received into the houses of 36PFetf i8Ce Parents or other friends. ' The present importation is by far the most satisfactory which has yet been received, in whatever respect it may be considered. The females themselves are understood to be persons of a more serviceable description, as well as of better conduct, than those who were admitted into the former vessels ; not a single occurrence of a disagreeable nature during the voyage has as yet come to my knowledge ; fewer unpleasantries have transpired; since their arrival they have obtained situations within a period of time unusually short, and they have done much to redeem the character of protected immigration. Nevertheless I am prepared to be informed that these young women were not selected with greater care than those who under the bounty arrived by the Strathfieldsay ; for 1 can easily imagine that the judicious supervision maintained by Mr. and Mrs. Logan, together with an attention to the rules laid down in the excellent report of which I have the honour to send you a copy, may not only have prevented contamination during the voyage, but actually, though in a situation supposed by many to be very unfavourable to such a result, have produced in some instances an improvement of moral principle. I am so much satisfied with the reports I have heard of Mr. Logan's conduct during the voyage, confirmed as they are by the pleasing result to which I have now drawn your attention, that it will give me great pleasure to place Mr. Logan, so soon as any suitable vacancy may occur, in some small appointment, in the hope that the measure will meet your confirmation. I regret very much the prevalence of the unpleasant reports respecting the treatment of some of the female immigrants to these colonies which have at- tracted your notice ; but I can assure you, with the utmost confidence, that, at least so far as regards Van Diemen's Land, they are perfectly groundless. The Ladies' Committee have on each occasion been most assiduous in their attentions. A spacious house has been hired for their reception on each occa- sion, and good food and clean bedding procured for them in abundance. The reception, however, by the community of those who came by the former vessels was not so encouraging, simply because so large a proportion of them ( I allude more especially to the Princess Royal) behaved so ill immediately after their arrival. The circumstance, however, that two or three of these women have, on the present occasion, come out\ o join their convict husbands, suggests the neces- sity of vigilance to prevent the admixture of such persons, except in very special /