The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-10 00:00:00

EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL, 1859.

The official returns of the emigration from Liver-
pool during the year just closed have now been
completed at the Government office ; and, although
on comparison with the year preceding, the num-
bers in the aggregate do not appear to vary very
materially, the variation in the tide of emigration
to the different countries has been most marked.
The total number of passengers " under the Act"
who have taken their departure from the Mersey
during the twelve months just elapsed have num-
bered (inclusive of cabin passengers) 68,035, against
70,466 in 1858, being a decrease of 2,441. During
the past year, to the United States, 168 ships, of
286,960 tons, sailed, with 1,561 cabin and 47,137
steerage passengers, " under the Act," against, in
1858, 167 ships, of 256,556 tons, with 1,446 cabin
and 43,180 steerage passengers, being a falling off
of about 300. In " short ships," not " under the
Act," or submitted to Government inspection, 143
vessels sailed in 1859, with 5,203 cabin and 2,283
steerage passengers. These " short ships" include
all travellers by the Cunard, Canadian, and African
mail steamers, &c. To Canada the departures num-
' bered only three vessels " under the Act," of 2,359
tons, with 544 steerage passengers, against, in 1858,
7 ships, of 8,027 tons, with 12 cabin and 1,934 steer-
age passengers. However, in 1859, " short ships"
carried to the Canadian provinces 1,958 cabin and
2,118 steerage passengers. To the Australian colonies
the greatest falling off has been exhibited, scarcely
more than two-thirds the number of emigrants hav-
in.. left the Mersey during the past year. 52 ships, of
72,189' tons, sailed to Victoria, with 508 cabin and
9,883 steerage passengers, against, in 1858, 66
ships of 90,888 tons, with 690 cabin and 15,662
steerage passengers. To Melbourne 18 " short
ships" took their departure, with 32 cabin and 333
steerage passengers. To New South Wales 9 ships,
of 10,154 tons, sailed with 4 cabin and 3,476 steer-
age passengers,-the great proportion being Go-
vernment emigrants (despatched by the Colonial
Land and Emigration Commissioners), against 9
vessels, of 9,579 tons, with a like number of cabin
and 3,455 steerage passengers-being a slight im-
provement over 1858. Only 8 cabin passengers
were conveyed in " short ships" during the year.
To South Australia 3 ships, of 2,443 tons, were en-
gaged in the conveyance of 1,052 Government
emigrants, against, in 1858, 5 vessels, of 5861 tons,
with 1,991 passengers, also at the expense of the
Emigration Commissioners. None carried out in
" short ships." A feature which distinguishes last
year's Liverpool emigration has been the despatch
of 6 vessels, of 6,704 tons, which carried out 104
cabin and 1,317 steerage passengers, against, in
1858, 6 ships, of 5,420 tons, with 10 cabin and 2,059
steerage passengers-the latter in bothyears being
sent out at the colonial expense-the selections of
the commissioner in London, the Hon. William
Field ; 10 cabin passengers were, in addition, " short
shipped" to the Cape of Good Hope. To the East
Indies three ships " under the Act" were de-
spatched during the second half of the past year,
with 1,544 steerage passengers, all soldiers' wives
and children (which can hardly be classed as pas-
sengers), and 13 "short ships" sailed with 96 cabin
and 20 steerage passengers ; the unfortunate
Accrington, which has put into the Brazils with 65
deaths among the passengers, and captain and mate
poisoned, was one of the former class. In addition
to the foregoing, the following " short ships" have
sailed during the year :-To America, 25 ships, with
230 cabin and 38 steerage passengers; to Africa,
12 mail steamshi ,s, carried 296 cabin passengers ;
to the West Indies, 5 vessels, with 39 cabin pas-
sengers; to New Brunswick, 3 ships, with 31
cabin and 3 steerage passengers ; to Nova
Scotia, 1 cabin and 4 steerage passengers ; to
Prince Edward Island 9 cabin passengers : and
to China, 4 cabin passengers-making a grand
total " under the act" and " not under the act" of
10,103 cabin and 71,652 steerage-81,755 passen-
gers, or an overage of nearly 7,000 souls per month
sailing from Liverpool. With the exceptions of the
melancholy losses of the Royal Charter, Pomona,
Indian, &e., there have been no features calling for
particular notice in glancing at the emigration for
the year, which 'closes, as usual at this season, at
almost its dullest point.-Liverpool Albion.