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The South Australian Commissioners gave a dinner on Saturday at Blackwall, on board the Coromandel, to about one hundred and fifty young married persons, and thirty. six children, on the point of sailiug for the new colony. The Corotnandel is the tenth ship that has gone out under the same auspices, and it is believed that before the close of the present year more than a thousand emigrants will be actively employed tn founding the city of Adelaide. The emigrants going out in the Corommuidel are all under twenty-six years of age. They are princi- pally labourers, but there are some mechanics and a few Lincolnshire shepherds. The following particulars of the vessel and its occupants are taken from the daily papers.

" The ship itself is nearly new, and extremely commodious, being nearly nine feet high between the main and the upper deck. The whole of this space is devoted to the emigrants, each married couple having a distinct enclosed cabin to themselves—a plan never before attempted on a similar occasion, and productive of the greatest satisfaction. The neat and compact manner in which these cabins are fitted up excited general approbation, especially among the female visitcrs, who exhibited no small curiosity in their inspection. A diet table, upon a liberal scale, was presented to each passenger ; so that they know precisely the allowance to which they are entitled, and have a right to demand its strict observance. The women receive the same rations as the men, and the children a proportionate allowance. Many of the emigrants appeared to he persons of a superior grade, some possessing small capitals; ardl all, be- fore their omplications to embark were granted, produced unquestionable testi- monials of their good character. They seemed to have conic from various parts of the country, and many were very young. One couple attracted more than ordinary notice from the singularity of their connexion. It seems that they both applied at the Office of the Commissioners on the Adelphi Terrace, at the same tune, to join the adventurers. They were unknown to each other up to that moment : they were told their being single was an insuperable bar to their wish being complied with ; but that, if they chose, they had the means of immediate qualification. The hint was taken : ' they looked and liked,' and in twenty-four hours were ' twain ;' and, as a married couple, were received on board. They were both well-looking. and above the common order, and were evidently in no respect discontented with their lot. The only officer of the colony on board was the Attorney-General and Mr. Cotter, sur- geon, who ucted as general superintendent. A gentleman named Stephens, on hoard, [employed by the South Australian Company, who have embarked a large capital in the colony,] carries with him the whole materiel for a banking- house, to be established under the auspices of the Company. The braise itself is included in his luggage, having been built here of wood, and so framed as to be put together the moment it is landed. He also carries out engraved bank- notes, -* lir to our Bank of England notes, from U. to 101." [This is to he a savings bank for the working people, as well as a bank of deposit and issue for the richer settlers.]

The dinner-tables were laid on a hulk alongside of which the Coro- mandel was moored. The emigrants aml their children took their seats at four o'clock. Most of them were in buoyant spirits, though souse evidently felt deeply at their approaching separation from friends and country. The dinner consisted of good old English roast beef and plum-pudding. A large parties of ladies and gentlemen came on board, by invitation, to witness the interesting scene. Among them were Colonel Torrens (Chairman of the Commissioners), Mr. Ward, M. P., 31r. Henry Bulwer, M. P., Mr. Thomas Attwood, M. P., and Mr. Charles Villiers, M. P. The healths of the King and Queen having been drunk with enthusiasm, Colonel Torrens proposed the health of the Secretary of State for the Colonies-

" Lord Glenelg; in his Cambridge prize poem upon the restoration of learn- ing in the East, has given a heart. stirring picture of the progress of human improvement in heathen lands. By a singular concurrence he is now placed in a position which may enable him to give reality to the poet's dream. By cordially and energetically, adopting the recent improvements in the art of colo- nization, he may extend the language, the industry, the science, and the religion of Britain, throughout the wild and unappropriated regions of the globe; he may become an instrument in the hands of Providence in causing Christian civili- zation to cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. We may, therefore, address the noble Secretary of State for the Colonies in his own beautiful lines—

'Oh, to thy glorious destiny arise

"A Awake/ and meet the maudate of the skies I

The toast was drunk with demonstrations of respect.

The next toast—" The young married couples who are about to sail from their fatherland to the land of their adoption "—gave Colonel Torrens an opportunity of delivering a feeling address to the emi- grants— In the first place, they were going to a climate the most healthful and de- lightful in the world; while, in the second place, they would possess, by in- dustry, econunly, and prudence, the certain means of rising rapidly to com- fortable stations in the new society. In South Australia the native pastures might be considered as mines of gold requiring no labour to explore. A farmer, by moderate means, would get such valuable produce from the soil as would enable him to pay the emigrant's wages sufficiently high to purchase all those European comforts to which they had been accustomed. But there was another awl a Letter subject to which he would call their attention. This colony was founded on the best of all principles; it wts founded on the divine maxim, " It is notgood for man to be alone." ( Cheers.) The colony would

be like one great cooperative society. There would be no solitary labourers-- no solitary hearts. 'f here would be there no surly old bachelors, whose hearts

were never touched by the delightful pleasures of domestic joy. (Laughter.) They would not have among them any of those desponding, pining, or melan. choly maidens, who " never tell their love," but " sit, like patience on a monu- ment, smiling at grief." ( Continued laughter.) They had all heard of the demoralizing doctrine that the working classes ought to delay their marriages; but by their plan that doctrine would be blown to the winds. In South Aus- tralia a large family will he a large mum* of wealth : and " happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; he shall not be ashamed when he speaks to his enemy in the gate." ( Cheers.) " The health of Mr. Ward, the enlightened advocate of Colonial Reform," was received with great applause. Mr. Ward said, that he attributed the compliment he had received to the circumstance of his having been Chairman of the Committee of Inquiry on Colonial Lands last session of Parliament ; an office which rendered it necessary for him to examine most closely the principles upon which it was proposed to found the new colony— It might give them pleasure to know, that after those principles had under. gone the closest investigation by every member of the Committee, they were Ite proved to demonstration not only to be sound and wholesome in themselves, but to be the only sound principles which could be applied to the establishment of any colony, in order to secure the welfare and happiness of those who consti- tuted it, and at the same time give this country a fair prospect of forming such a connexion with the colony as should he advantageous to both parties. For the fast time it, the history of colonization, the affairs of the colonists were about to be properly regulator'. They would get rid of all those evils of favouritism, and of jobbing in land, which had hitherto been the bane of our colonies. ( C, lea of " We hope so I") There was not one amongst those

whom he was then addressing who would not have a fair field for his exertions,

and who might not, by industry, perseverance, and good conduct, improve his condition, and become in turn the master of other labourers; and whenever

that case arose, they would have the security afforded them by the Emi-

gration Fund, of having a constant supply of fresh labourers brought out who would willingly in their turn work under them. Thus, instead of holding

land without either capital or labour for its cultivation, they would first be re- (pored to obtain for themselves capital by their own industry, and would then have a sufficient supply of labour guaranteed to them. The articles which they would produce would be absolutely necessary for our manufactures at hume, so that they would at once have insured to them the richest markets in the world. Ile looked upon them as being about to sow the seeds (of a new country. They would carry out with them all that was valuable to English-

men—English feelings—the love of liberty—respect fur the laws—reverence for religion—a sacred regard for all public and private rights—all which have made us what we now are. They were about to carry these things where that free scope would be afforded them for the full development of their energies which in this country unfortunately was no lorger to be obtained. He MO

perfectly convinced, even in the present unexampled state of prosperity in this

country, that there were few fathers who could look to the future fate of their sons, or mothers who could look to the future fate of their daughters, without the

greatest anxiety. But from that atixiety they whom he was now addressing

would be entirely free. By the exerzise of those good qualities of patient 110•• dustry and genius which as Englishmen they possessed, lie beheld in them the founders of a tecond England on the Southern hemisphere. He wished theffi

success st ith all his heart. Ile believed it would await them there. Ile did not agtee with those who said that the English labourers ought not to leave

their native shines. Why, dirt they Me see the sons of the middle dame-, of the gentry, and of the highest imi the laud, actuated by a spirit of enterprise, seeking means to better their condition in the remotest pat ts of time world, and

why should not the same thing be done by them ? (Loud cheers.) The only

thing they wanted was room to work out their own future fortune. That, he verily believed, had been found for them by the united exertions of

some of the very best economists of the present (lay. They had investi- gated the question, and were convinced that the principles on which the South Australian Colony was formed must inevitably conduce to the wel-

fare of those who errata' ked in it. They were going out as married tnen;

they would take with them the best of comforters — dime who would share in all their future joys and sortows, who would console them if misfor-

tune should await them, and who would double their pleasures by participating in them. ((iheers.) Ile had himself visited distant lands under circum- stances similar to theirs ; having. SOMI after his marriage, gone to Mexico— a country quite as wild as Austialia—accompanied by his wife; who, though accustomed to all the luxuries which England afforded, never shrank from shar- ing every fatigue, privation, and peril which lie underwent. His first child was born at sea; and lie did not think it the worst of the lot on that account. (Much cheering.) " Mr. Attwood, the friend of the winking classess," was the next toast. Mr. A ttwood admitted that he was the friend of the working classes, and he was proud that he had entitled himself to that distinct- tion— I le loved them and their children, and Ids greatest happiness was to promote

their wellbeing. Ile had watched the progress of the present colony with deep

interest ; and although he was in no way connected with mm formation, he was persuaded of its superior advantage. over any other experiment of the same sort which had come under his notice. That the new colonists would have haul-

ships to endure in the outset, it be expected; but he had no doubt these

would quickly be overcome; and hereafter they would look with honest pride to the rough and rugged road over whieh they had passed to secure honest and honourable independence. They had with them his best withes, and would ever find him ready to promote their interests. The health of Mr. Henry Bulwer was then drunk ; but that gentle- man had left the vessel, and therefore of course did not reply to the toast. The health of Colonel Torrens himself was received with hearty cheers. 6' Mr. Angus amid time South Australian Company,"-

and " Mr. Raikes Currie, and the Society for Promoting Moral and Religious Instruction in the province of South Australia," were then toasted. Colonel Torrens mentioned, that the Company had subscribed a capital of 200,000/. for investineuts in the new colony, and that the Bishop of Louden had contributed liberally to the funds of the Society or Religious Instruction. Mr. John Hutt, Superintendent of Emi- gration to the South Australian Commission, and Mr. E. G. Wake- field, one of the most active promoters of the new colony, were the concluding toasts; and both the gentlemen made interesting speeches. The scene was enlivened throughout by the music of the Royal Marine hand, who with several of their officers attended from Wool- wich ; and at the close, the etnigiatim, spontaneously, struck up a country-dance, in two sets, on the deck, and continued footing it till dark.

The Coromandel dropped down the River to Gravesend on Tues- day afternoon, and finally set sail on Thursday. Another large ship,

the " John Renwick," has been chartered by the Commissioners to sail for South A ustrulia on the 8th of October, with a mg() of young married couples ; and several others with a similar freight will, we understand, be despatched during the present year. The fittings-up and arrangements of the Coromandel were planned by Messrs. Godwin and Lee, who are also the agents for the next ship.