The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA-EMIGRATION

Tat port of Liverpool is still entitled to make theproud
boast of being one of the first emigration ports -in the
world, if not the very first ; and she is without dcrahtione
of the grand outlets for the yet rising tide of Australian
emigration., This is greatly owing, no doubt, to the faci-
lities possessed by Liverpool as a general seaport,; but
more particularly to theligh character deservedly- attained
by-her noble fleet of emigrant ships, which in 'point of
saf6ty and comfort cannot be surpassed; and-which for
celerity of voyaging 'defy competition. Several of these
splendid vessels took -their departure last week for Aus-
tralia and America, and they will be speedily-followed by
others of equal reputation and desert. Among the
Australian departures, the JOHN KNOX, Captain Killea,
one of the " Thistle" line of packets. belonging to Mr.
Duncan Gibb, sailed on Wednesday afternoon for Mel-
'bourne, with a large complement of emigrants and an
•extensive and vklusible cargo of general merchandise on
board. On Friday, the MixooaA, Captain Crowell, of th f.
"Golden" line, bblonging to Messrs. Millers and Thompson ,
-weighed anchor, •-and stood down stream on her voyage to
Melbourne, with •.270 passengers, and upwards of 1400
tons of cargo, •-consisting of manufactured and other
goods. The BEE, Captain. Raisbeck, one of Messrs.
Gibbs, Bright, as U Co.'s " Eagle" line of packets, with
300 passengers onboard, proceeded to sea early this morn-
ing, on her way. to Melbourne. The Mkaco.PoLo, Capt.
Wyld, the most-celebrated of the celebrated "Black Ball"
line, belonging to Messrs. James Baines and Co., went
into the river on Saturday and mustered her passengers,
numbering in 01 613, making, when added:to her crew,
700 individuals on board. Besides her -passengers she
-carries a large and valuable cargo of fine., iand generally
light goods. She -will take her departure on Thursday. •
• The immediately succeeding ships to those above-named,
in the respective 'lines, are,—in the "Golden" line, the
new clipper HEReLD OF THE MORNING, mhieh is adver-
tised to leave on the 10th of next month, and..on or about
that period she will depart, many of her berths being
already engaged. The passengers by this line are limited
to from 280 to 300 per ship, hence their accommodations
are of a high class. In the "Black Bali" line, the famous
Marco Polo will lie succeeded by the CLAMERDEN, a fine
ship of 1787 tons. •• Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson, pro-
prietors of the "White Star" line, will,. it is expected,
'despatch the ship EMMA, Captain Underwood. in course
of the present wet& ; as will also Mr. Fox, of :the " Fox"
line, despatch the DELGANY, of 1350 tons ; and Mr.
,Walthew, of -the''' Liverpool" line, will send out the
Pamax —all of Which are raßidlyfilling with passengers.
The Emigration Commissioners are also _aetive, and
have, during the past fortnight, chartered the ship
MARION to sail from Birkenhead for Adelaide on the 15th
of next month. They have also advertised for -vessels to
carry emigrants—one, for Sydney, is to be ready on the
22d, and one for Adelaide and one for Portland Bay on
the 2ilth of August next.

It zis thus manifest that the emigration ~celebrity of
Liverpool is fully nmintained up to the present time, and,
so far -as existing indications warrant, the ceneksion is
obvious, that the prestige is on the increase. Prosperity
unchequered in so important and extensive a kranch of
traffic is not to be loolied for, and during the past. eek it
has received a shock kn the unhappy cir. cumstanees at-
tending -the return of -.the Dirigo. The alarmieg and
fatal outbreak of the Asiatic pestilence on board that ship
is-deeply to be deplored; but, like other mysterious and
afflictive Sisitations of Providence, although baalog the
precautions adopted by human prudence, it has been one,
so totally independent of local connexion or cotrtrohas not
in any degree to be chargeable against the emigration
arrangements of Liverpool. ' On the contrary, the
elaborated precautions adopted by the owners for securing
the safety of 4he passengers, prior to their embarkation,
nave proved te be of the most judicious kind; and. Since
the return of the vessel their anxiety for promoting she
health and comfort of the uniteeoted, and for securing the
convalescence of the sick, has eseeeded'all praise; geeo,u4ed
by-the efforts of the emigration officers, nothing has been'
left undone which humanity cora prompt or science nig-
gest to assuage the sufferings of the one and insure The
safety and comfort of the other.-class. The outbreak of:
the -epidemic has 'been clearly traced to sufferers who;
ha4iag forsaken another emigration port and come to
Liverpool, have unconsciously brought with them the
seexis,of disease and death, and disseminated these among
their ihapless fellow-passengers. Under the luckless eir-'
cumetauces which have hung upon th.eir fate, it is credit-
able for Liverpool, and satisfactory in every point of view
to know that no suggeAion of benevolence, and no effort
of skill, has been wanting to avert the calamity, or to
alleviate like sorrows of-tto sufferers.

TIER PATAGONIAN /kEissrox. —ln klie Liverpool
Standard of •tile 20th ultimo we alluded to the progress
of a ship to be named the Alien Gardiner, ten in process
of being built•at Dartmouth, for the purposes of the mis-
sion to Patagonia. We also alluded to the thortness of
funds which the -society experienced in having the ship
completed and properly furnished. Since then the vessel
has been completed. "Under the dark sky of Noyember,"
says a report of the proceedings on the interesting occa-
sion, " with fervent prayer, her keel was laid: ;n the
bright sun of summer, and with praise and joyous Accla-
mation, her construction was accomplished. With few to
witness, the first part of her -frame was laid on the blo_cks
with many witnesSes on the 11th of July, the perfected
vessel glided swiftly off those blocks into the sea, amidst
the acclamations of about 1,500 spectators."—A sale of
useful and ornamental work was held in the Assembly
Rooms, Old Button-walk, Dartmouth, on the morning of
the came day, for the benefit of the Patagonian Mission,
at which not less than £7.0 was collected to assist in
fitting out the vessel. We have much pleasure in adding
that The ensign and other flags, to the nunaber of eighteen,
were procided for the Allen Gardiner by the liberality of
certain -members of St. Bride's congregation, in this
town ; and by the display of these the decoration of the
missionary ship was much increased, while she lay for the
last hour on the stocks, and as she glided into the water.
Contributions in aid of the mission will be received by Mr.
A. T. Ritchie, g 3, Oxford-street.
SITICIDF OF -4. LADY IN LIVFRPOOL.-011 Friday, Mrs.
Bagnall, aged thirty-four, widow, residing at No. 5, Mom],
ment-place, London-road, committed suicide by cutting
her throat with a razor. She appears to have contern,
plated the rash act for some time ; for, about a week ago,
she sent her three children, the eldest of whom is not
more than sixteen, and her servant, into Wales, having
no one with herself but a boy, occasionally, to clean the
shoes and knives, and go of errands. She was last seen
alive on Friday morning, about eleven o'clock, when a
charwoman called upon her for the purpose of ascertaining
when her services would be required. After paying the
woman a shilling, which she owed her, Mrs. Bagnall said,

" I shall not want you any more this 'week ; but, if I do,
I will send Johnny (the errand-boy) for you." The lad
was in her house on Saturday morning, but did not see
his mistress, having to leave at an early hour to assist his
father. He returned to Monument-place in the afternoon,
about half-past five o'clock ; and, not finding Mrs. Bagnall
in the lower rooms, he went up stairs. After calling and
knocking at the door of her bedroom without receiving an
answer, he went in. On the side of the ',bed lay the dead
body of the unfortunate lady. There were three gashes
in her throat, extending across the windpipe to .the right
ear, which had evidently been inflicted by some sharp in-
strument held in the deceased's right hand. In a pool of
blood, near the bedside, he found an open razor, and the
deceased's garters. An alarm was raised, and surgical
aid obtained, but life had been extinct about twenty-four
houro. On a table in the bedroom were found some pow-
de/s and bottles of medicine. Some very painful suppo-
sitions, we have heard, will form a subject of inquiry at
the inquest, which is appointed for to-day (Tuesday),