Mr. Gladstone on Thursday received a deputation from the Colonial
Emigration League, which laid before him evidence of the existing distress, and asked him to bring the subject before Parliament, with a view to resolutions sanctioning loans to work- men anxious to emigrate, and providing cheap passages across the ocean. "We want," said Mr. Mc.0 ullagh Torrens, a Parliamentary train across the ocean,"—a happy expression, which it might be possible to accept, only that the League seems to want so very much more. Mr. Gladstone thanked the deputation, expressed his very great interest in their plan, promised to lay it before his colleagues, but added that he must consult Lord Granville and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, both of whom are known to be opposed to the principle of the project. Mr. Gladstone's reply left the impression that he was not altogether unfavourable to the scheme.
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