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Lss disgnmmss suivsntA IHustrsnt Is mAthode. !/.: 1 2 It 32X 5 6 \ JWoitf rr Al iSmiflr^nt Sbotitta^ ■0 At a Meeting of the Society, held at the Emigrant Oflice, on the 24th of August, 1832, the Recording Secretary reported the number of Emigrants forwarded to different parts of Upper and Lower Canada, and tlie number for wliom employment has been procured, since the com- mencement of the Society's proceedings, in the montli of May last, as follows : — Return of the Number of Poor and Destitute Emigrants forwarded by the Montreal Emigrant Society from 23d May to 22d August, 1832. Emigrants above 60 77 ' «, 40 785 20.. i. 2316 1 under 14 1130 1 7 2490 Total forwarded,.... 6798 Employment procured for Labourers, 938 '■ as Servants, 197 ■ Total number Relieved,.... 7933 I.- JOHN C. GUN9LACK, Recording Secretary. Montreal, 22d August, 1832. . .0 Cost" £1220 llj. -^ The Correspondmg Secretary read the following correspondence between the President of the Society and the Chairman of the Citizen's Committee for Emigrant and Sanitary purposes, and between the last-named gentleman and himself : — From the Chairman of the fUizeri's Committee for Emigrant and Sanitary purposes to the Pre- sident of the Emigrant Society. < Sir, — The Citizen's Committee will feel much obliged hy your informing them, whether any impediment exists to granting tickets to Emigrants going up the Ottawa, who may be destitute of means, as well as up the St. Lawrence. There are several of this description now at the Sheds, who arc anxious to get away without delay. • I have the honor to be, Sib, Your obedient servant, .^*' J. Db Witt, Esq. ), 'M^- President £. S. S ^' ^- FORQ£S, Chmnfin. From the President of the Emigrant Socidy to the Chairman of the Ctftzen'a Committee for ' Emigrant and Sanitary purposes. , * Montreal, 11 th July, 1832. Dkar Sir, — Your note without date, in which you say, that the Citizen's Committee will feel much obliged by my informing them, whether any impediment exists to granting tickets to Enii- ghints going up the Ottawa, who may be destitute of means, as well as up the St. Lawrence, was this day received. In reply, I beg leave to state to you, that the Emigrant Society of. Montreal have forwarded, WKTj day, all the Emigrants who Iwve-appiied, since-Jlhe 5d instant, for passages up the St Law- rence, and considered entitled to relief, except yesterday, when the operations of the Society '■ ■:^.--^ 2 t were suspended one day, hi conseciucBce of the want of boaN • wn m, «!.;« .].,.- I have also to acknowledge the rdceipt of yours of (he 1 6th instanf Inrio«.^,i r L„ i .u communication from Chessman Moe, Esq. and have to idd Thn] 111 .1 ^^ i ^"o*^ ^''^*^° grant Society of Montreal^ wiio have had' cLmunicat.on'of S? tt leT;''^! re'd^fi /acts therem contained were designed ibr the information of our w;!*! . I'l ^sf*^"^*"! ^o s ;sis r. "" '=""«'•"'« -V. «.=" «^^if ia'-oi.t': r.,T.r; I have the h()nor to be, " / ' ; A. ■ With t|ic highest consideration, Your most obedient humble serrant, * . JACOB DE WITT President of the Emigrant Society at Montreal. C. J. Forbes, Esqi Chairman of the / Citizen's Cominittc^. I From the Chairman 0/ the Cilizen^s Committee for Emigrant and Sanitary purposes to the Pre- , stdent of the Emigrant Society. on^'„"^rf T^ ""' "". '■^T''- /'-t. are provided with tickets from^'trZigklToS Jalfuo on, or are sent to me, to state thatXhey are Hot provided with means to purchase tZvJon.Tr ^nrJn^::flX^^'- """"J.'^' 'l'"' ""' ^ ^'*""°' •=«"'^<^i^« ^^at tiiis procee£g tTm^e^bwUh the sancUon of the Emigrant Board, as the Act provides for the expenses of d stressedTmL^inliT tbpJ.^f.rh f°W^^^"' informing the gentlemen, who are in the haKF^ directini Sn 'iiwi ^""'^^"'^"'''*^*''"'1""*'^'°^«'"^''» »'» the Chairman, have a parlLTar dest na^ lion, and that I am not Hi>rniit(<>fl t« ,y„.t,^t tu^^ « ^l ' ," i'<»«youiar aesiina- It causes the poor peo- «:„„ „„-i .i.„* t \ . "-"^^i "■ "•■■t'" • rtiii luo (jnairman, 1 ton, and t at I am not permitted to direct them to any other purpose, pie to lose their time, and I can afford them no redress. I have the honor to be, Sir, J. J)b Witt, Esq. President of the Emigrant Society. Your very obedient servant,. C. J. FORBES, Chairman. From the President of the Emigrant Solely to the Chairman of the CUizen^s CommUteefor Emigrant dnd Sanitary purposes. "^ S.H,-I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter^^Sdate ^"^li^^All^f ' to say, that none of the Emigrants, who have been prov d^ed w th Uckets at thS, Offir/h^n^' 5!"° sent by our Board to you, tS state that they are\.rp™vS for the r Cage up fhe coun^rv" A very few cases who could not expect to better their situation by S to the^untr^ I/h SeTonsidS;.*'^^ •"" •"' ""* ''^^'"'^ "" ''^^•^ve, have been recXKdt ^ou"/ fTvol^r' pa,,} upwards, and, at the discretion of the Emigrant Solely a^MSSfZ^iSThTmec^^ hf ^2T- ?7 ^''V'^ l*'^ Emigrants but have the means, either \*r2ney™v^^^^^ SiuS fl^r. ^nl Jn? '^^'''"'f °» *!»«•' ^o^i-g^- The experience 2f the ^Yetrha^S Tu wiUtekith« tfir/tS?' P^^P'?/^'"' provrsions has caused them to lose their Ume. If conv7nr«H L * examine the Emigrants now in the Sheds, I think also you will be convinced ; for we are assured, that the provisions daily given by your Committee hJve iuduc^ a great number to remam, who have been provided wi^h tickets for severTd^yT t «, *>-. ^ o. thi^lS^Sa? tt Se^""'"""'"*'"" ^""" "^ '""^•^ •'-^" »« ^" ^"^^ --"^-^ ^^ I am, With great regard, Mqst respectfully, Your ol)cdieDt humble siarvant, C. J. Forbes, Esq. Cliuirman of the Citizen's Committee. JACOB DE WITT, Preiident ofihe Emigrant Society at Montreal. From the is^orresponding Secretary of the Emigrant Society to the Chairman of the CommUlee/oi- Ji-mtgrant and SanUary purposes. < MoNTBEAi, Emigrant Society's Office — sixt^n families lour weeks,— fafteen families three weeks,— twelve families two w^k* -Zn, to suggesif, that some regulation, having for its oh,ect the sojourn S eSS L^L sE f-^^ as short aiperiod as poss b e, should be strictlv enforrpH 1 1^^ .„ '^""{5™nis in me ancds, lor Hon. Peter M'Gill, 1 acting Chairman 6f the [ Committee for Emigrant | and Sanitary purposes. J I have the honor to be. Sir, Your obedient servant. JOHN BETHUNE, Cor. Sec. M. E. S. u t ■ .>v I i,_^ \-.,i- .-i>* ,<•> fi I take Committee that ready empTiTl'^'couK found t SET f »'- ^^graot a^d SanitT^ people have notarticular destinat on, and tJieh-object is to fin?.^ i''"*''*'"- • ^^ """"y "^ "'«"« grant tlus indulgence on all occasion^ ; for t must te mmatrll .f* *'^'"^"i' '^ "^"l"*^ ^ ^^'«» »« a.spo8ed of, so lon« as their removal from Mon relll^ E'd ' '° ^°"' ^^'^'''^ ''"^ '^Y "« ^'P Ipavl fA :" V . ™"'"*ai irom Montreal is effected. ■ ' " '""' "'^" sonsoFiriaStltr^^^^^^^ "^P"'!"'^ to grant tickets to strange to them. When they ^e single ^n t& mL "vork t^ilr ""^ '•* '" " "^ "^^^^ altogether days employment until they cou?d Ornish ThenseTve" wirmP^l k f^ upwards, or find a fe«r or perhaps, a large family of young brotherrnd sis Pr« Tr« ^' •'"*7''ere their aged parents, elder brothers, such families are freqCuyTprlved S "''"**^ *'"""'V upon do not wish to do so without moving all towKer ^"' *°'"°''^ °"«'«''«1»' «"•. Pe^l'aps, byT£:;SSltSr S^^^ «''»-«, tocon.end .i,h, grant and Sanitary Committee to their cS After' dSpn Jn • ^«"«"«a«ention of .he Emi- ence, they have drawn up a minute on tr;ubtcct w^ ?h I a^h^''^""'' " "•^i'*^"^ co^respond- sary explanations, to Lord Ayl.ner, Sir Joirfiome and M^ n ^T'"''^^^^' ^'"^ '^e neces- Emigrants at Quebec; a copy V ^^^c. I ^^. S^T^I^^^.l^^^^^^^ edt7tel;"e Jre"g?rs^nXS:,;^^^^^^^^^ •^^^•^'°««' «^' »"«' no duty shall be levi- I have the honor to be, < Rev. John Bethune, ] Cor. Sec. Emigrant i Society, Montreal. J Sir, Your very obedient servant, C. J. FORBES, Chairman. ■^ Enclosure re/erred to in Mr. Forbes' Letter. engaged its attention :— ^' '^ " •'"'^' '^^^' ^^^ following important subject majf arrive in Upper Canada in timoJo mVk« .hi I «!! • ^^T3^ onwards, in order that they procure for themselves a portion of^e Sns to .li^f.^^^ •''f''"- ? ^V^'' "•«"««'' ""d therebj • dread of tafeiuon, "oulZntollvSoTd tafelTri'S'TiL™^ ""57 Ihe inh.^(.„t., f™„ same time boats fould rctdily fc nrocurcd to r«™ h u^u*^ ^'*' '"*"y "J^ys. when at the transport of themselves and TheTr fuggage ° ''^ ^^°"' "^^^ ^^^ "°P'« »««»» *<> Paf for the Em& Jt;?he'Lwa'?di„f ctSt, i^hlchTarcei; Vvef ^ ^h' """V"^ ^^« '"-"- "^ P-^ tunates: and for the remainder* 4s. 6d p^r cwt TsTmanded fm^ ii°*^* of clothes to these u^r- iy not the means to purchase for themselves their w^vP^fn !T, ""^ '*'"' '"'^® ^^^^ frequent- sions for the voyage. memseives, tlieir wives and chddren, a scanty supply of provi- wa'rffihey a^tV^'^stelX^tTseSe^tZS rnv^intr^n! ^ ^""'"^l' ««-'-»>"* ««- ing ; and but little trouble is take^aTSe ForTardS'« ?)ffi5.™°H"" "^ 1° *'"''' ''"'»«>«' proceed- :!;74't^r£=or'"'-»''^«^'^^^^^ ."si^crprpS;?r£.is;st^.o-c;,a° sr y: ri^^ ^ the V what rate, to underteke tlie transport of distressed Emigrants to Kingston, and its intermediate places through the Rideau. ^ " ' •■ n^umiu Thfise gentlemen most willingly lend themselves to the views of the Committee, and have ex- pressed themselves perfectly disposed to convev them on terms nrtt exceeding those granted to the Forwarders on the St. Lawrence, provided the Rideau Canal duty is remitted The advantage, therefore, to be gained by this is to the Emigrant two-fold 1st, In msuring their arrivalin Kingston within^ix days of their quitUng Montreal, instead of from eight tp sixfeen by the St. Lawrence, or longer, according as the westerly winds may pre- vai, subject dunng that time to every variation of the season, to the manifest injury of the health of th^en, women and children, and to have their baggage wet and spoiled; whereas, from La Chinerty the Ottawa, with the exception of the trifling portage between Carillon and GrenvUle, o^i*"*^!" ""'' sheltered on board the steamboats the whole way to Kingston 2dly, They are put to a less expense for provisions, from the shorter Ume occupied by their journey on the Ottawa route, and thereby making their labour available so much the sooner. These advantages are not only to the Emigrants and their families, but they are of importance m other respects. / ^^ ^ " As reeards the Emigrant fund, which wijl be burthened in a less degree, by the' Emigrant fo°n'e? ^^'"^ ^^ provisions for six days instead of from eight to sixteen, and perhaps And the funds of tha Upper Province, which have been placed at the disposal of the different Emigrant Societies and Boaitls of Health by His Excellency Sir John ColboVne, which vvOuld be considerably relieved by the Ottawa being made the general route as far as Kingston, as it would "■^i^u'T"* ene pomt, Bytown, to be looked to instead of so many intermediate ones. Iho Ottawa Company Is at the same time willing to permit these poor Emigrants to take on a considerable quanUty more baggage than they are allowed to convey by the Forwarders on the 9t* Jj&wr6nc6 lin6* As the funds placed at the disposal of the Committee for Emigrant and Sanitary purposes will be spared to a considerable extent by the adoption of this project, from the Emigrants being sent forward so much more expeditiously; and as it is the peculiar duty of the Committee so to hus- band them, that they may be able to extend charitable aid to the thousands who may vet arrive in the country, the Committee finds itself called upon to express a warm feeling of gratitude to the Ottawa Steamboat Company for the liberality its memfcers have displayed f and as there IS very little prospect that the Company will derive any adequate compensaUon for the trouble It will occasion in conveying merely the poorer classes of the Emigrants, the Committee is strongly impressed with the opinion, that the Government Agent at Quebec should point out to tlie better claiMos of Emigrants the advantages they will derive from adopting the Ottawa and Kideau route in preference to that of the St. Lawrence, as these could afford to grant the Steam- S,. ^P""y **** **™^ ^^"^ *''** ^'^ ""^ ?'*®° '•* "'^ ^^- Lawrence Forwarders. The Ottawa Company has offered to provide places of reception for all the Emigrants, thev may convey, at La Chine, -Carillon, Grenville and Bytown, wUch are the only places where by possibility, a porUon of them might be required to land for a few hours. This advantage i^ too important, as regards the health and comfort of the Emigrants, to be overlooked by the The accompanying letters from the Cedars and Cornwall jMjuffice to prove an absolute ne- cessity that the system of forwarding every class of EmigrlB»to the Upper Province should undergo an entire change. ^^ On the lin6 of the Ottawa and the Rideau, which is settling very fast, and where great num- bere might find employment in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, there always has existed and stili exists, a great Qemand for labour. Persons with capital- to purchase lands may like- wise tind on this route a desirable location. . r 1 / C. J. FORBES, CAatrmon. (COPY.) _, „ ' Cedars, July 27, 1832. Dear Sir, > .» > What I am about to state would, perhaps^ be more regular in being addressed directly to the Board of Health, but feeling persuaded that, in its passage to that body, it will be certain to ac- quire additional energy from the medium through which I have taken the liberty to submit it for previous consideration; \ claim no other ..shelter from the consequences of the steps I am now talking than the proofs which are so widely disseminated of the earnestness of those endeavours so beneficially put forth on your part, in the cause of humanity. ' The objects of this intimation originate in the united requests of the several gentlemen of this place, whose names have appeared in the public prints as constituting a Board of Health, but whose exerUons have, yntil this lato period, been kept under painful restricyons, from the ab- sence of authentic information of their appointments. ^J^asteD, therefore, to state to you, in the first place, a Imig train of serious evils resulting (i- » A 6 jrust not .Icsigncdiy so) from the manner in whicli Emigrants ore forwarded in boat* hr ihi- Jou to t .0 ! ,,,.er Province. I should be sorry to impeacl* tho charact!™ of «.eT5oM co^ i ml'^K S f '" 'T''T ''"'^^ "'■*'" '"'*»'' navi^atron/on the score of d^riSKS o^ i|8 men, but from the sad consequences that arise daify to « P™P" management of them on the part of tie rewT " -the day before yesterday there were two, on board of which the poor peoCle could not have found space to change their pos tion !-a few days before, there werrseveraltSntskft b^ hind in a most distressing situation, having been parted from their provisions, thKddinfa^ iti«^ r'L^*'' "^ was that their Boat being about to be taken in tow at La Chin! ' was Sf^!J \^ ^ overloaded with stores and passengers as to be nearly in a sinking state so that many of the poor people had to quit it in a moment of confusion and hurry%ndteL passage Jh«?f°h„ ' ""f"^ »«'ng ''ghter, got up the Rapids with ease, and so outstrippWe heavferon? that the people were under the necessity of retracing their steps, to join tfieir families Sn"- Jusistfiereeyeryappearance of disease being permanently nourished alongTis Kf th^ ^h.!t nrKr*""^^?"; ?"^ *jL^y accumulation of destitute Emigrants upon this pLe, wh ch it •s but fll able to maintain. The scenes of wretehednesa that continually present themsehres are the number of cases,-hence the great mortality that prevails amongst these poor people -the greatest number of cases occur at the halting places ; Lt there are Sso mapyTho^ on ttrfiret symptoms of the maladjr are landed at unfrequented points, there to meet a cerS andSt al proaching fate ! In anticipation of pecuniaiy aid fromVing led to expect an orgaSsSd £rdTf health we erected a temporary hospital, on a small scale, and made the necessaS^mnSente for the treatment of ihesick,.and by this means have afforde d reUef to many of "K^j^J^^,. ^ stranmre but th« expencea arc so fast growing uporj our hands, tliat wo roolly shall not b* abM Sr3v ''?"""':""""*"' "'"**'«"?«^; and sickening as ha;e been the scLeM .at we have already w.nessod he consequences of a forced suspensiojl of this act of humanilyjv » in^^ b^ most appalhng ! Having thus, in a hurried, yet 1 believe correct, strain broui{KEetherci>. tasST" "' "i""";;:" ""'^''^ •'*'^''^'"« tho^nterve„,fo„ of som^ regrr3 Sb^y or to arr^T'.r ^ '''T "' y?";^'^^ '' ^'"' "^^^^ confidence that they will b, put ilriiS ;iK!.t^ei:[:nT:;>d?aE^^^^ '^'^"'""•^•''' ^ -'^^^^^ ^t'^'^ to^rLucTS ap?e"airf beTtoSn. Dea; Sii,"' "" "^""' '"^'" "''» ''''^« "^"-*«' "^ »« f™™« '»>^ C. J. FoR.,=s, Esq. ) Your very obedient Servarrt, Montreal. \ JAMES THOMPSON. Sib, (COPV.) CoBNWALL, 24/A Jviy, 1832. I HAVE to state for His Excellency's information, that a Durham boat, of the second size or cbss arrived here early on Sunday morning with one hundred and fortyH,ne Emigrants on Srd besides a vast deal of luggage, twenty-fivcj barrels of salt, and the crew. T^e emfgrrnrhad wfc t/^i; • f "* PT^"//'"™ "'•' f ">'™^" "/ >''« J^-^Jg^""' Society at Montreal? a Mr. De W^ t'hi •S!";' ^""-r'^^ Contractor, W. L Whiting ; tl«>y fppeared As if they had been huddled intolhe boat, with about the same feeling that a load of pigs would be rflinncd at PrMmt* fnr the Montreal market. The forwarder, llnderstand, alleg^/as L excu^. tlKhe^^^^^^^ Jhe boa in sp.te of hm, But he must allow, that he Sireighed the luggage of each iirtlividuaL Se Emll"^»''"lr'** "f ^^'} ^^y T} hundred weight of which he re,^!ved four shillings from tenf T/^ ' 'I'^'.^Pf "•'^"t ?f h's ticket, and that ff any one ofthem had shipped his l™e. before it was weighed and paid for, that it would have beeji instantly unshipped Surely, then if to serve h« interests, he could find force and power sufficient to remove X luggage! L could, c^^^l TT '^"^^""'^ power, have regubted the loadine of the boat, with somi regard to tlie XTtn Sn"?^ f humanity. Mr. Hawke,-who informeS me, that he had been sent forward as ^E^n 1.1,^ M '^'' y""**" ncfo f'"" thence a^w evenings before the boat came, when he had sefin her in Montreal, and had remonstrated with Mr. WhTting on the state that she was in he" !r„o1hi?L?'l'"'',^ '^'^'^ '!"*"•'' f'"' Pr«™««d that forty of the tickets should be trLrferred to another boat, and, apparently, took such measures as to convince Mr. Hawke that it wofild be ^^riT- '^°1"™"»'f«ted the circumstances to Mr. Forbes, and was recommended by ffim to proceed immediately to this place', in t)rder to consult with the Magistrates and Board oV HealS ^VtTl ""T ' to ascertain whether there was a power in either, to put an effectual stoo to the shameful proceeding. A magistrate; a member of the Board of Health, declared there was TxZl ?r*'i; 'm"^? -^^ ''"* ^ "^F^t the abse^o of it more than since I hive been in the situ! ation I now hold. It is very parnful to be obliged to look tamely on, whilst imposition and brutality are committing uncontrolled depredations upon these poor creatures, in S prXtton cutToS tTf'l "l^"& '''^^'K^""•^ ^TY'^" f. T^^ »»"' ''■««'^'>« "tmost plWsure iKe exe" cution 01 It. If I^j^been authorized,. I would have reduced the number considerably in this ?^n ;„?. .f^f?'^V^^°'^f the expense of the forwarder. Instead of sending them up by Zi^tb^ celveyance *as thrown open to all the forwarders, it is very likely (hey would get their luggage up at a cheaper rate, and they would, undoubtedly, get up themselves with inorB coiDiort* "" ; , ^L j;*"''^« '"cJ^'lyhad net left when the boat arrived, and, therefore, had an opportunity of ^rln^ that not one of the number had been taken out, or yet any portion of the baggage or «^^.t ^^T '«1»f«ted that he would represent the circumstance, and the hardship and im- fh„ i?^,f -fi '^"*^J "•i^\'*'°"8f'* •^''""^ *° "'• *'«'hes, and to engage the attention of that hberalmmded and noble-hearted gentleman to the subject. GanaTto KiS^ston '^^ ^^""^ "" ^'^^ '""*'' *'°"'** ***' "^ **'® ®*^^" *"^ *'"°"8h the Rideau ♦^Jllf ^''^'^'^^*'l'i! °^«'I"«"* of souls remained allSunday at the foot of the Rapids above ™^t&;„ "f l*®"u?^i ^* ""'' 8°* **'«'" "'"'^' the shade of the frees, aqd persuaded the wW«^ ""^t th^'": <=»"W'en. and get their bedding and Jpose clothes out andipread « the bank of the nv^. They seemed quite refreshed towards the evening. ¥• * n 1 W v ' haye, &c. Lieut. Col. RowAir, i i ^'^"^«^^«tary, V ^ (Signed) CHEESMAN MOE. :r!ttiA!:^^;.,. »^.«n; -.ftf. A.t*.J« r >w^ ,r 8 I- \ K That repeated appl^tions were made by th* Soii^ty C Sne to tLe t* th« if '"T'"- oWj»6r8 on the OttaWa Kiver for such » iwliir»i«n ;!; .i.L 1 to time, to the Steamboat forward EmigraX^tVBjtowri and the^^trr^H^ prices aswnuld enable this Society, to 'Th "% ^'^^ V'reat^ of)„„ishment, iKce (Eot'turto theA?"^" '^ *"*^'^' "^ J N •■ \ - r tr K 1 ■* e J V.N « .hare of tl.o mc^ey rai^nl u,!!lor iL EraUon AcL ^ "'" ""^^ ""''" "* ^^''^ '' '^ »»«-«»oue, 71(1, That this Society arc convinced ihiif »hni«fl^.- in the Wtter siKoe,! hy 'a Mr, €hSJ'^''^U%"d"S^^^^^^ -«J, "'"er., grant and Sanitary purposes, arfe wholly without fn..nj»l A„ ^ l^'t'zens' Committee for Emi- By the fact, that rto 'En!igrant'« pasLVe^ Set hnsX„„7k!i ''r '"""" *** *'"«=*» »'»«/ "« '«! asserted by ti.e nfi,r6s,id Mr. iSr^nd bv th« m«^if ♦ ^^ r' ""^ r""""' ''X ^r, De Witt.a. ^ 8th,Thatthi8SbcietV-cannorhdpremarCoTtlilL".^ ' adoption of the print^^ minu e o^Ku"!;*" C^.i^^L^'"''? .7'""'' ''"" "'"?*«** »'«'«'««» '»>o Emigrant Stfciety ; mor^especialiy as it reKo suS» of ' " if '^""""Hnication of it to the csUmatiori of the ComiriitteeT And thev m .Tf^wh^! "'^f" ™"ch apparent importance-in the Citizens' Cbmmitte? prolpss io /round s^n7«o ^eZJ,"'^^^-^*'"' '^° Letter on which the •ubsequent to the cfate otSgntc" nittee .uay »« Jfest^ disaSsiUoa foriTL^^^^^^ *''""«-' *^« ««i* ^ « .. _■' \ *^ * » . ' • >**• / , \ > ^., f / ' /■■■'' ^ , 5^ " / ■/..-. - • • \ IT , * - « r ■ ' \ ■^ V V « - * 1 ; ,, , \. s ' * (■ ■ I ' ' ' ..^ h Km ■^^:^M -"'ift. ^H^^^ r AkTfrl MOWVlitlAl. EMIGHANT SOCIETY. A public Aeetiiig of the iiihaftitaiflta of MdhtKat wm convened on Mondaythe 24th day of October, 1831, at the Albion Hotel, Notre Dame Street, tp receive this Report of the Emigrant Society, and tp take into considcralipn,' tneaaures connected with Emigmtion, IIOAATIO GATES, Esqcibb, in Ae Chair; the following Resolutions and Report'w'ei«unanii6ouBly adopted. To htyMWajg 4teii EiM|^iA( (d dif- breWt ^iHtf'of Vvi**" i^ Iq. and ace. MMled by James Fisher, Esq. " That the report he accepted and that tha thanks of tha meeUng be given to the Rev. Mr. Bethune, Dr.^Trecy andj. C. Gundlack, Esq. tha committee of Report, for the able and satisfactory manner In which It has been drawn up." 2d. Moved by Robert Armour, Esq. and «ee- onded by the Rev. B. B. Stevens, ' That considering the great advantages, whicfr, from the Report just read it Is evident have niat' ted from the laboun of the associatioo recently formed for tha benefit of emigrants, it is expedient to asUblish a permanent Emigrant Society in thi* city." / 8d. Moved by (he Rev. John Be(huM, and se«o / ended by Dr. Tracy, " That (he burden of forwatding deslltute Eml. grants to different parts of Upper and Lower Cana. da has fsllen with undue pressure upon the fnb»- bUanU of (his cl(y and must continue to d« M untn assistance can be obtained from all parts of the Pro- vince — aod that Jt is Ibarefere expedient as the on- ly effiwtual means of obtaining such assistance (hat applicalion ba made to (he Provincial Parilananl at Ha next session praying Ibr such aid, as tbay In their wisdom, may think proper, to grant." 4th. Moved by tha Ravd. Wm. Squire, and ae-- conded by Thos. Phillips Esq. • That five Oantlemen ba chosen (o form a com- mittee to draft a paUtioo in cooformity with tha . foregoing resolutioD which shall ba nibmUtedto tha general committee of tha Emigrant aociaty who are requested to lake'tha necessary aaamraa firbrfngtng it before tha Laglshlura." ■"""" S(h. Moved by C. C.Sahrevols da Btaair.B^k and seconded by Jacques Viger, Esq, " That (he. fraudulent conduct of s vesaalf liarrylng poor Emlgnnta Iram tha Parant- •lato to the Canad** call* loudly for public notie* anl reprobalion — and (hat it is liiglily expedirnl Rome (IcriJcd, birt discreet measares should be ndopleU for laying (he same before the Britiali public, in order to caution and guard .poor emi- grants sgaiust such nefarlbus practices for the fu- ture " 6lh. Moved by (he Ilev. Mestirr Phelan, and seconded by C. C. Sabrcvois de Blcury Esq. ** That the object of the foregoiag resolution and the other moic important objecta of the Society would bo powerfully promoted, by publishing in the Itritish papers, the report on which these Re- solutions liave been founded." Tth. Moved by Joseph Lancaster, and seconded by Dr. Tracy, ** ThaPthe proceedings of this meeting bo hum bly laid before the Governor-io-Chief and that his bis Etcellency be most respectfully requested to transmit both the Report and Resolutions to hi; Majesty's Secretary of state iiir the Cokxual it' parlrnent — with such comments _and rccommen- daiions as his Excellency's better judgement may suggest." 8th. Moved by John Finlay, Esq. and sec- onded simultaneously by several gentlemen, '^Tbst the thanks of this meeting be giveh to S. C. Gundlack, Esq. for the assiduity, with which he has discharged the arduous duties of Record- ing Secretary to the Society." 9th. Moved by Dr. Tracey and seconded bjr Ho- ratio Gates, Esn (o make use of the OSce of La Fabriquo for transacting the kuainess of the Socictyyand also for their cordial co-opera(ion in seconding its views. — Thanks were also returned by the same resolution, to bis Lordship (he Bishop ofTelmesse." lltb. Move^ by the Rev. Mr. Bethune, and seconded by C. C. Sabrevois de Bleury, Esq. " That the (hanks of the meeting be given to Drs. Slephf nson, Vallie and Demers, for their ■■- siduous attention to the sick in the Emigrant shed." ' Horatio Gates Esq. having leH the Chair and John Firilay Esc(. having been called thereto — thethaxksofihe Meeting #el« given to Horatio (iates Esq. for his very proper conduct in the Ch'air, and his active exertioos on behalf of the objects ol the Emigrant society. m "^ '■'W,A' »ii i i n iN>iiitfiiT iB |" ,iiti ivM'iift^ '* ^" - ■" I ^^ff J' '-^; *V. «,, b:^