Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-22 00:00:00

EMIGRATION.

The Seventeenth General Report of the Emigratioo,
Oommisioners, being for the year 1856, has been assuetdt
The emigration during the forty-two years between "„
January, 1815_ and 31st December, 1856, amounted to
4,473,319 souls ; but of this large number more tit°
2,798,163 emigrated in the last ten years. During tit,
years 1855 and 1856 the emigration r ached oolY4'
176,807 and 176,551 respec ively, less than half vg.'"
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they had been in 1852, and less than three-fifths of tae
average of the eight years ending with 1854. The dealt
in the emigration in 1855 and 1356 was the result ntir,t„'t
of abundance of employment in ordinary pursuits' "",,
mainly of the demand occaioned by the war in all dePat
ments connected with the army and navy. While t;
whole emigration was, in 1856, 52.55 par cent. of 56
whole emigration of 1851, the Irish emigration of 18
of
was but 28.17 per cent. of the Irish emigrationi.i
1851 ; and the regular progress, as well as the rapielt;
of th decrease, shows that it must be owing t°4
permanent improvement in the position of the
people, and to no momentary or accidental cause. The 00
gration of 1856 was almost almost exactly the satleeno
that of 18.55, the only difference being a decrease of `"o,
on a total of upwards of 176,000. But in the distributieri
of the emigrants the difference is somewhat greater, theto
being an increase to the United States of 8,423, wh.lle
Auvralia there is a dccreaae of 7,725, and to British ilertf,
America of 1,588. The great bulk of the emigratitia
consisted of those classes of labourers and mechanics
would be most likely to succeed in the country to vvil`to
they have proceeded. The mortality in the emigration 0.
North America has again been most extraordinarily steapt
A return procured from the shipowners and agents of
Liverpool, which appears to show that in the ships rt
which reports have been received, carrying from that P,°7
57,802 emigrants to New York, the mortality was only 14
or •13 per cent. ; in 17 ships, carrying 7,664 en3igranti
Boston, only 7, or .09 per cent. ; and in 25 ships, carrYill
5,904 emigrants to Philadelphia, only 10, or •17 per C 011;
And the morality appears to have been scarcely greater q,
large than in small ships. The explanation is probse
to he found in the fact that the emigrants who have P;
ceeded to the United States during the last few 31;0
have been of a superior class, and in much bettor condit',
than these who emigrated in former years. The pro Pr.,
tion of English has been larger, and the Irish have beesii
generally speaking able-bodied people, with few Oda
children. Even the Germans who have passed thrett,eoo
this country to America are said to have been a much ,ev,
destitute class than formerly. Nor must the effeeteo
forgotten of the Passengers' Act of 1855'. The emigr%36s,
to Australia shows a decrease, as compared with l',„1,0
which was itself far below the emigration of 1854•
numbers during the years have been :-1854, asssiste;
41,065; unassisted, 42,172: total, 83,237. 1855,4
sisted, 25,016 ; unassisted, 24,293 : total, 52,309. 184,
assisted, 20,385 ; unassisted, 24,199 : total, 44'.7„0
In the emigration to Victoria, from which alone ego
only returns, the mortality during the year 1856 '..gs
only 64 on a total of 14,077, or .45 per cent., and of tlwit
deaths 20 were of children between twelve and one est
of age, and 15 of infants under one year. Of the 44, o;
Victoria got 24,314; New South Wales, nearly 10'4,
South Australia, 1,512 ; New Z2aland, 4,004 ; Tasmap
1,815 ; and Western Australia, 129. The report 00%0
There is still, we apprehend, a deficien"y of well-teat eot
domestic female servants among our emigrants, and re,
as is the demandfor them in the colonies, we have n01):111
of being able to supply it. As we have before rePe9t.,4o
stated, the position of respectable and competent fed it
servants in this country is too advantageous to 1113ke400
probable that many of them will incur the disrupt
of family ties, and the risks of an unknown country, to
the chance of the prospects which emigration holds oat
them."

ANOTISER ACCIDENT IN SIIETL.tND.—One of OUT 1)5
wick correspondents, writing on Monday, informs
another calamity by sea in Shetland, resulting in the 101
of two lives. He says :—" Again it becomes my Paiii•oe
duty to apprise you of the loss of another South if
;
boat, returning from the had lock fishing on the luorticotlf,
of Monday last, during a sudden gust of wind.
tunately the greater part of th 3 crew have escaped'
eg
two poor fellows have unfortunately peddled. Their nau't.,
are Gilbert Tulloch and Thomas Johnson." It is lame°,
able to think that since last autumn upwards of fifty
have been sacrificed in Shetland by sea-storms.
Ensign.
IN FAVOUR OF THE HOG."—John Smith wast 'eel
in Alabama for stealing a hog worth one dollar and a bait,
The theft was proved beyond the shadow of a dotop
—Nor/At
The jury retired to an adj)iniog grove of trees to mike tipd
their verdict., and were not long out before they rellirri",t
with a verdict of- "-Guilty of hog ste-din in fast degree't
The judge told them that he verdict was proper, exeeP
that they had omitted to ass,s3 the value of the proper
and that there was no degree of hog stealing, and to tetqa
again and bring in their verdict in proper " form." Aga
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retired with pen, ink, and paper, but rather DO':
plussed with regard to the " form." Tney pondered 101 l
and deeply over what be meant by form. At last °'l
Turner, who had been a justice of thb peace in GOr,ne
wrote the verdict and returned to the court-house t'to
after another they filed in ; old Jim handed the verdictl
the clerk with anxious pomposity, and sat down. iit1(1....
of the laughter when the clerk read the following
" We, the jiry, unanimously find the defendant
the sum of one dollar and a half in favour of the hog'

American paper.
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MELA.NCIIOLZ OCCURRENCF.--It is our painful ea-J
lay before our readers the melancholy particulars of ot"f
death by drowning of Master Alexander Russell, soil
Robert Russell, Esq., J.P., Salthill, near Mountcharle7
and Mr. Frizelle, clerk to that gentleman, which sad
occurred on Thursday, the 9th instant. Master Ruled
about ten years of age, and his cousin, Master Lyn°
Barrett, of equally youthful years, went down to the Pte
to fish—Mr. Frizelle accompanying them as their P.d
r.,
tector. They had been fishing for some time, dam;
which Mr. Friz3lle was seated on the bank reading, whey
Master Russell, in throwing out his liae, unfortntla`4
overbalanced, and was at once precipitated into the Ot
Mr. Frizelle, actuated by that manly and noble fee'ii'ge
which is deserving of the highest commendation at 011,,t
plunged in, so that he might rescue the drowning child, rd
all his attempts were unavailing, and whilst endeavoun;
to save his friend he became the sharer of his watery gra,gbe
Some parties in the immediate locality were attracted by "be
cries of Master Barrett, and one matr swam in so that e
might rescue the perishing victims, bat from some cath'o,
that we have not learned his efforts, too, were fruitless,
After a little time a boat arrived, the crew of which
covered the bodies ; but, alas ! in both cases the VP;
spark had fled. On Saturday their remains were c°„-;
veyed to their last resting place, attended by a nucnerve
concourse of mourning friends, and were placed in the sails
grave.—Ball,yshannon Herald.

SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.—RUNAWAY ST,A" 0,50
-The Oincinnatli Commercial, of June 21, says—
Sunday last, three slaves, two belonging to Mr. SO;
ford, and one to Mr. J. Berry, made tracks from 110:4
Counly, Kentucky. They were traced across the 01:',1
river, and on Monday discovered hidden in the brush °7O.
behind logs, about four miles back from the river, s.
Kane's Branch. The negroes, being armed, made a lieff,
perate resistance, and one of them, belonging to co,
Berry, while in the act of shooting Mr. Jae. Ilumphrplie
one of his pursuers, was shot, anti instantly killed. 'L„O
second escaped, while the third was arrested and Os>
back to Kentucky." In the Fallon Telegraph we read '
" The slaveibelongiog to the estate of Reuben Cliasel:
deceased, were sold on Monday last to the highest bidde,
in the southern part of the county, at the following utiPtf.
cedented prices :—Winston, 23 years old, 1,580 dollat!
Daniel, 19, 1,540 dollars; Abner, 25, 1,395 dollai°,4
Ralph, 27, 1,205 dollars ; woman and child, 28, 1,1"
dollars ; Sarah, 25, 930 dollars.; Jack, 9, 975 dollal
Caroline, 7, 585 dollars;' Francis, 6,500 dollars ; oraagi
and Vica, 60, 500 dollars, Jane, 4, 405 dollars; E leo, 1 1
blind in one eye, 315 dollars; Nancy, 2, 310 dollarSi
Vina, 50, 280 dollars ; Roda, 65, 25 dollars—total, 11,64 g
dollars." These slaves were not bought by his heirs, re
were purchased by citizens of this county. This, ,
believe, is the largest lot of slaves ever sold in the count'
and the prices are higher than ever before paid.
Tire SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.—The yearly epistle of 019
religious body " To the Quarterly and Monthly Meeting:
of Friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere,
just been published. The greater portion of the addre
is devoted to spiritual subjects, but there are one or VII
points referred to, which will not be out of place, even t
the columns of a newspaper. The epistle remarks th!
the yearly meeting "has been brought under deep coneevo:
in view of the fearful amount of sin and misery existilil;
in our land through the prevailing use of intoxicatiact
liquor. We regard with cordial satisfaction the efforts
many of our members in different parts of the count_,l•7;
to stay the progress of the desolating scourge ; and "
take comfort in believing that, under the divine blessiDo
their labour has not been in vain." On the subject
distraints upon members of the body for refusals to PlO
demands for ecclesiastical or military purposes, the epic ht
has the following remarks :—" Accounts have been broug;
up to this meeting, in usual course, of the distraints ordt
our members in connection with the support of 11(79
Christian testimony against the payment o( &oath°
of an ecclesiastical and military nature. It is at of
present time especially incumbent upon the membera ise
our society to be very careful, in nowise to comPoilijoire
their testimonies as to these important objects. We" ati-
to encourage our friends everywhere to the faithful alii:do
tenance of them in the patience and firmne.is that
"
highly become our Christian profession."