The Society for the Promotion of Colonization held a meeting
yesterday, in the Guildhall; at which the Lord Mayor presided. Mr. F. Scott, M.P., moved and supported a resolution that more sustained systematic colonization is urgently re- quired by the state of the country. Mr. Montague Gore, M.P., explained the ob- jects of the Society to be, the sending out of colonists, and the securing them a healthy passage on the voyage, and full employment in the colony. He moved and supported a resolution that it is just and desirable that the land which the colonist leaves and that which he arrives at should join in bearing the expense of his transport. Resolutions were moved and supported by Mr. Vernon Smith, M.P., Mr. Samuel Christy, M.P., and other speakers, in favour of organizing branch societies, and of collecting funds towards promoting the national object of colonization. Subscriptions amounting to 2701. were announced.
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