The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-26 00:00:00

EIktIGRATION TO CANADA.

The report of Mr. Buchanan, the chief agent for
the superintendence of emigration to Canada,
giving an account of the emigration of last year
has just been issued from the Colonial-office, where
it has been lying ever since lest February. It
states the nationality of the arrivals direct from
Europe during the year, 8,778 in number ; 2,610
were English. 1,248 Irish, 1,787 Scotch, 1,100 Ger-
mans and Poles, 1,751 Norwegians. The Nor-
wegians make the voyage in vessels of their own
country direct. Nearly all of them proceed to the
Western States. Balancing emigration against
immigration, it is calculated that Canada added
only 6,300 to its own population during the year.
A high value is attached to the emigration from
Norway, because, independently of the large
amount of money capital it introduces in
the aggregate, it is distinguished by its orderly-
and industrious character. Mr. Buchanan con-
siders that in the development of the inexhaustible
wealth which Canada possesses in her fisheries the
hardy fishermen of Norway might find large en-
couragement, and that fishing establishments in
connection with settlement would greatly conduce
to the general prosperity of the country. There
was a falling off in the Norwegian arrivals in 1859
to 1,751 in place of 2,656 (the number in 1858),
which is attributed to the difficulty they found in
realising money for their property. But the emi-
gration from the Unite 4 States to Canada has also,
we all know, greatly diminished of late. In the five
years 1850-54 56,600 arrived direct from England ;
in the five years 1855-50 40,865 ; from Scotland, in
the first period, 26,589; in the second, 13,093; from
Ireland, in the first period, so, 918 ; in the second,
only 9,380. It is not to be desired that emigration
from the United Kingdom should again be stimu-
lated by the destitution of former
years.
the year 1829 above 900,000 European
emigrants
have arrived at the port of Quebec.
Small
farmers are the men who are most wel-
come in Canada—persons with sufficient capi-
tal to enter at once upon the occupation of
land, with the view of acquirin a ome; andg
land
every
facility is given to such personsg forhobtainin.
The demand for mechanical labour is not great, and
parsons seeking situations in mercantile life find it
very difficult to get employment. But the great
mass of the emigration to Canada consists of per-
sons who go at the invitation of friends already
there, and it is stated to be rare to find persons on
arrival seeking a settlement; nearly all have a
whom
they in view, where there are those
they are anxious to join. Mr. Buchanan strongly
recommends the route to Canada direct, even for
emigrants who purpose to proceed to the United
States, and says it will save them from serious loss
by detention and imposition. The Canadian Go-
vernment maintain a staff of agents for the service'
of immigrants, require railway and st
agents to be licensed to approach them with offers of
offers
inland transport, ho were
and applied above 5,000 do's, last
year in giving direct assistance to thee
destitute, and enabling them to reachehweir desti-
nation. But Mr. Buchanan protests wtith reason
against the " export of paupers" because Canadasons sent out by their parishes, not they arc

fitted to succeed as settlers in America, but because
they are burdensome at home, and forwarded to Ca-
nada in particular, because the shipping agents in
Europe apprehend that in American ports the ship-
owners would be made responsible fur bringing
destitute persons.

STOCKING BOILER EXPLOSION.

LEEDS, DEC. 25.

Yesterday a terrible accident occurred at the
house of Mr. W. Longley, Park-street, Leeds,
about bjalf-past 1 o'clock p.m. A boiler in the
kitchen exploded, killing Mrs. Longley on the spot
and severely injuring Mr. Longley, his daughter,
and a servant girl. The boiler, which was made of
cast iron, was one of those ordinarily, known as
closed self-feeding (fire back) boilers, and was used
for domestic purposes. Until the matter has been
fully investigated it is impossible to state positively
the cause of the explosion, but it very probably
arose in consequence of the boiler having become
red hot, owing to the water having been drawn off
and the feeding pipe having become frozen, thus
preventiNg, the boiler being gradually refilled aa it
became smpty eventually- the ice in the feeding
pipe had thawed, and the cold water rushing into
the red hot boiler generated a quantity of explosive
steam, which caused the boiler to burst instantane-
ously. The noise of the explosion was very loud,
and its consequences, as already indicated, most
disastrous. The door arid window of the kitchen
were blown out, the walls were nearly destroyed
and the furniture smashed, and the window of an
adjoining room was shattered to pieces. Three of
the unfortunate sufferers who were in the kitchen
at the time were recovered with the fragments ;
Mrs. Longley's body was shockingly mutilated.
Mr. Longley's injuries include severe bruises of
the head and face, and he lies in a precarious
state. The servant girl was also much cut and
bruised. Miss Longley, who is about 25 years of
age, was in a passage adjoining the kitchen, and
was knocked down with great violence ; one of her
legs was broken in two places. Mr. Longley is a
partner in the firm of Messrs. Thomas Longley
and Sons, builders, and is a member of the Leeds
Town Council.