The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-02 00:00:00

TIM SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENTING, JANUARY 2, 1864

The Year's Exodus from Liverpool,

LIVERPOOL, Friday.

The Government Emigration Officers at this port
issued to-day their usual annual return of the num-
ber of emigrants which left Liverpool during the
year 1863. According to these returns, the emigra-
gration from Liverpool, when compared with 1862,
is enormous in its increase. The following are the
returns of the exodus to the United States, for the
quartersending March, June, September, and Decem-
ber. In the March quarter there sailed to the United
States " under the act" 51 ships, with 339 cabin and
16,630 steerage passengers, of which 3,023 were
English, 403 Scotch. 12,798 Irish, and 406 foreigners.
In the June quarter there sailed 87 ships, with
1,875 cabin and 30,902 steerage passengers, of which
9,511 were English, 1,004 Scotch, 27,115 Irish, and
2,214 foreigners. In the September quarter there
sailed 83 ships, with 1,018 cabin, and 23,539
steerage passengers, of which 8,891 were English,
934 Scotch, 12,439 Irish, and 1,275 other countries.
In the December quarter there sailed 76 ships, with
743 cabin and 18,397 steerage passengers, of which
7,063 were English, 835 Scotch, 8,390 Irish, and
1,529 foreigners.

There was no emigration to Canada for the quar-
ter ending March; but in the June quarter there
sailed four ships, with 42 cabin passengers and 938
steerage, of which 727 were English, 159 Irish, and
52 other countries. In the September quarter there
sailed 7 ships, with 137 cabin and 933 steerage, of
which 723 were English, 21 Scotch, 96 Irish, and
93 other countries. In the December quarter there
sailed 5 ships, with 99 cabin and 606 steerage pas-
sengers, 399 of which were English, 2 Scotch, 66
Irish, and 139 other countries. To New South Wales
there was no emigration in the March quarter. In the
June quarter there sailed 762 steerage passengers, of
which 297 were English, 99 Scotch, and 366 Irish.
In the September quarter there was likewise no emi-
gration, but in December there sailed 3 ships with 1
cabiu.l,3l9 steerage passengers, 177 of which were
English, 94 Scotch, 741 Irish, and 4 other countries.
To Queensland, in the March quarter, there sailed
4 ships, with 24 cabin and 1,271 steerage passen-
gers, of which 850 were English, 110 Scotch, 309
Irish, and 2 other countries ; in the January quar-
ter there sailed 3 ships, with 19 cabin and 1,318
steerage passengers, of which 492 were English,
269 Scotch, and 557 Irish ; in the September quar-
ters there sailed 1 ship with 80 steerage passengers,
of which 48 were English, 2 Scotch, and 30 Irish ;
in the December quarter there sailed 1 ship, with
275 steerage passengers, of which 82 were English,
50 Scotch, 143 Irish. To Victoria there sailed in
the March quarter 10 ships, with 155 cabin and
3,583 steerage passengers, of which 1,369 were
English, 335 Scotch, 1,788 Irish, and 96 other coun-
tries ; in the June quarter there were 9 ships, with
56 cabin and 3,947 steerage passengers, of which
1,467 were English, 304 Scotch, 2,015 Irish, and 161
other countries; in the September quarter there
sailed 9 ships, with 88 cabin and 3,392 steerage
passengers, of which 1,374 were English,
466 Scotch, 1,571 Irish, and 81 other coun-
tries; in the December quarter there sailed
8 ships, with 147 cabin and 2,582 steerage passen-
gers, of whom 1,162 were English, 231 Scotch,
1,053 Irish, and 136 other countries. Only one
ship sailed during the year to New Zealand, and
that was in June. This vessel carried out 406
steerage passengers, of whom 353 were English,
11 Scotch, and 42 Irish, all being distressed cotton
operatives. To South America there sailed in the
March quarter 1 ship, with 11 cabin and 76 steerage
passengers, all of whom were Irish. In the June
quarter there sailed 1 ship, with 37 steerage pas-
sengers, 36 of wham were Irish, and 1 Scotch.
There were no sailings in the September quarter,
but in the December one there was one ship with
11 cabin and 84 steerage passengers, 5 of whom
were English, and the remaining 79 Irish. The
ships sailing not under the act were —To
the United States, 108 with 5,822 cabin and
2,041 steerage passengers; and to Canada 19
ships, with 950 cabin, and 4,025 steerage pas-
sengers, to New Brunswick, 7 ships with 32 cabin
and 51 steerage ; to Nova Scotia, 9 ships, with 25
cabin and 23 steerage passengers ; to Newfound-
land, 2 ships and 6 passengers; to Prince Edward's
Island, 3 ships and 17 passengers ; to Vancouver's
Island, 2 ships, 6 cabin and 23 steerage passengers ;
to New South Wales, 11 ships, with 21 cabin and
168 steerage passengers; to Victoria, 11 ships, with
52 cabin and 301 steerage passengers ; to West
Indies, 17 ships and 103 cabin passgers ; to South
America, 40 ships, with 201 cabin and 213 steerage
passengers; to Africa, 12 ships and 293 cabin passen-
gers; to Cape of Good Hope, 1 ship and 6 passengers;
to East Indies, 7 ships and 38 passengers; to Hong
Kong, 1 ship and 4 passengers; to Mexico, 4 ships
and 15 passengers; to Sandwich Islands, 1 ship
and 10 passengers, making a total of ships of 255
ships sailing " not under the Act," 7,595 cabin and
6,850 steerage passengers. The total number of
steerage passengers sailing under the act was
119,772, and of cabin passengers 3,765, making a
total of 123,537. Added to this there are the
passengers carried out in the short ships, which
number 14,445, making a grand total of 137,982.
When compared with last year there is an increase
of 76,668. The immigration was 236 ships, with
10,442 steerage:passengers and 3,149 cabin. The
above figures will show—and, indeed, the immi-
gration officers assert it—that the tide of emigra-
tion is principally accelerated by the enormous
Irish emigration, which appears to increase daily,
monthly, and quarterly. It is also a fact that the
Irish emigrants are much better clothed, more use-
fully equipped, and apparently we ilthier than the
emigrants whose homes havg been in England or
Scotland. This is generally Jttributed to the high
pay now being given tat all sorts of labourers in the
United States.