The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-12
The Tide Of Emigration fron Liverpool to
Australia.


From the Liverpool Courier, June SOL
The rapid increase of emigration from this port to
tiaa and her gold regions is perfectly amazing Scarcely
day elopses without additional line of packet ships
steam vessels being announced, the berth for
Melbourne. Port Philip. Sydney, and the gold regions
and amongst others the well known steamship Sarah
Sands was Monday added to the list To the
werds of her in the official first is
sued ON Monday this noble steamship sails under ar
rangements with the Melbourne Gold and Mining Asso
citation and has been placed on the berth for Australia
by the Melbourne association.
The Sarah Sands IL Of the largest steamships aoa
and has accommodation for upwards Of 600 first second
and third class cabin passengers From the unprecedented
demand Tor berths in every vessel now leaving this
port, there can be doubt whatever that in a
few days every berth will be secured and in proof Of
the correctness Of this suppoton 1t Is eniy necessary
to observe that 0lmost every berth Ia the Great
Britain steamship has already been taken, although it
is only fortnight since she first announced leave
this port for Melbourne on the 2s of August next This
magnificent eyathan ship Is calculated to carry between
000 aud coo passengers; and we except few berths
in the after saloon first cabin, have TO be-
eve that all the available places have been secured IL Is
therefore amost beyond doubt that the Sarah Sands will
also take out full complement Of passengers The Sarah
Sands will be the pioneer Of the steamships between this
port and Australia ehe h announced to leave the
1tn of August.
The number Of emgants of all Glasses who now weekly
leave the port Is almost incredible. Lest week upwards
1000 le and from tholargc number ofyosscs at pre-
sent on the station IL may fairly be estimated that the
average number Of emgrans for seyeI weeks to come
will considerably exceed that number.
Ii may he interesting here TO enumerae the different
lines Of packet ships the station between this port
Eagle line the Liverpool Australian line the White Star
Line, the Liverpool limo of packets TO Austrslia the
Black Ball line, the Golden line and the Thistle line,
comprising feet of between fifty and sixty ships whose
united tonnage s between 10000 and $4,000 tons. Be
sides these there a present several other first claee
ships the station all advertised TO sail within the next
two three weeks, viz splendid frigate built
yacht the julia 1000 tons just built BY Mesrs fall
Co. Of Aberdeen; the clipper shin RNmr 900 tons the
Archer 500 ons the clipper Uted Slates frgate built
ship Rip Van Wrinkle 1000 tons the aggregate being up
wards Of 100 900 tonnage in vessels engaged In the
trade independently the large steamships present
the station, and others which will shortly be placed on
the station Mt Panama by the Australian Pacific Steam
Navigation Company in connection with the Cunsrd mai
steamships between this port and New York.
On Monday the writer Of this notice paid visit 70 The
various docks In which the different vessels for Ausrt
lying and was much struck with the large number O
carpenters and others who busy employedin ttne
up the second and third class cabins and berhs Th
accommodation in the berths both In the second anc
third class cabins Ia much superior TO that afforded b.
the ordinary class Of emgant ships and in the genera
arrangements the comfort and convenience Of the passen
gers Is evidently not overlooked Although in several o
the ships which the writer inspected the berths and 9th
er fittings far from complete yet suoL IL the nu
OF passengers that in many nearly all the berhs
announced to sail In the of the present wecl
will be uniformly full freightei with human beings Th
vse thus advertised TO eavs The port the seranpore
Ac0 tons FOR Melbourne, carrying 500 passengers; thu
Arche 6oV TONS Tor meAoorne carrying sO passenger