The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-15 00:00:00

EMIGRATION.

The State of Emigration from England, may be judged
of by the return from Liverpool. NI, e annex an abstract
from a return from the 7th May, 1833, to the 30th De-
cember, 1837, of all emigrants who have left the port
of London to settle in our colonies, and in the United
States ; from the whole return it appears that there were
1,416 ships, with a tonnage or 636,336 tons, and 26,495
seamen, employed in carrying from the shores of Bri-
tain 113,172 persons, of all ages and sexes. It will
strike the most indifferent observer, that out of that
large number from one port, only 8,379 have gone to
the Canadas and British colonies in North America,
whilst the large number of 99,635 have gone to the
United States of America. At this time, in particu-
lar,. when the Canadas are in revolt, and when thou-
sands of our troops arc to be sent out to bring under
subjection and keep in a state of military occupation
these free provinces, what advantage, as a place for
our emigrants to go to, can he expected ? What will
the other advantages of commerce, &c., be with
colony under such circumstances ?
Although thea number of emigramts to the Canadas are small, we
know, from Sir FRANCIS HEAD'S answer to the
address from Toronto, that the settlers were then fly-
ing from the province of Upper Canada, as from a
pestilence, to settle in the United States—a proof that,
although there he light taxation in the Canadas, there
are other evils which induce them to prefer the United
States to the British Province,. It is natural for
English, Scotch, and Irish to go to join their brethren
in Upper Canada, if the state of the province, and
the disputes so long existing in the colony, did not
prevent them. In the settling the present unhappy
state of both the Canadas, we hope that Ministers
will, by a general amnesty, do their best to allay the
excitement, which all persons allow, have had strong
and long-continued causes to produce.
The accounts received from Liverpool gives a Table of the
number of emigrants from that port during the past year, of
which '.he following is an abstract :
'British Colonies in North America 2,264
United States of America 28,737
Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius
51
Australian Colonies
202
West Indies
45
East Indies
South America and Brazils 9777
Gibraltar and Spain
158

Grand Total of Persons
In 1836 the total number of persons who had emigrated
under the supervision of Lieut. How, was 32,831, showing a
decrease in the past year of 808 persons, mainly attributable
to the commercial embarrassments of the United States of
America, and the unsettled state of affairs in Lower Canada.
Of 3,760 complaints lodged at Lieut. How's office by emi-
grant's against passengers' brokers, only 894 had been re-
dressed, owing to the defective state of the passengers' Act.
These results sufficiently indicate the utility of Captain How's
appointment, though there is not a doubt but that if he were
applied to in the first instance by the passengers, much loss
and inconvenience might be spared to the poorer emigrants,
and an end be very shortly put to the disgraceful system hi-
therto carried on by the emigration agents.