The New York herald., 1870-03-14

pooh stands ftcs p,jnteDs This Is the great head
quarters or the sten~shp interest and OF the lines
OF steam ana sailing packets plying 10 American
ports Inaeed American trade has made Liverpool
what she Is to.cay-tbe largest port In The Kingdom.
By means or the admirable system OF agencies estab
lshed throughous treat iIrisain and tne Continent
she may be said 10 almost mon0pollze the emiErant
carrying trade Of the United states. Oi ihe !o5 eS2
souls leaving the United Kingdom for She United
States IN IssS lowing to an iniormaity IN making up
tho returns for 1859 | am unable TO furnish the
figures for that year, l09. o00 or upwards OF two
thirds sailed from Liverpool alone; Il ts hamnsf hand
properly be credited 10 LIVERPOOL, are added, we
have tota Of l34.62a more than foar-ifths Of the
entire emigration. shipped from this port. glasgow
stands next. sending 7,f60 Londonderry 1857, ana
London S.6lG Aggregated according 10 the threc
divisions OF the Kingdom. they stand thus:--
From England, including Queenstown ,... ll2. .7ol
From ireland 53,osl
From scotand. Sioo
Total. .............. 1855, $50
srEAM AND SAILING VESSELS coNrRAsrED
IT is well known that for obvlons reasons during
the past hve years steam transit TO the UnteusSaeS
has risen rapidly In pubc,iavo Few Of your read
crs will De prepared to learn that OF the i76 69l who
shipped across the Atlantic 10 1885, l6+ 5l3 or nearly
nnetylonr per cent took passage IN steamships and
only i2oSl IN sailing craft Less than ten,years a2o Q
the case stood very differently Even a. late as 1888
majority OF the emigrants went IN sailing vessels
Since that date, however, the number Of those mas
rapidly dscreased, and the popularity Of the more r.
safe and speedy Of transit cOrrespOndln0y In
creased, as IL shown by the following
TABLE.
IN 1868 " WA9 5000 per cent
In 1864 II was 1855 per cent
In 1855 It was. 1880 per cent
In 1860 It was 81 10 per cent
In 1887 II o. SO per cent
In 1868 1t was 90. 10 per cent
Al loov ~ Wss .Va'Ao pci oSns
The shorter voyage. better discipline, greater ac-
cOmmodaton aud increased comfort OF the steam
lines will In great degree account for this wonder
iul change: But as the price OF passage - from
thirty to nifty per cent more by them than by the
sailing packet lines the almost universal resort TO
them proves that the great bulk OF the egrants are
Iar from beng In extreme poverty.
THK STEAMSHIPS E3fPtOYED.
Having recently visited the respective emigrant
bureaus belonging to the different steamship and
packet lines, am enabled 10 furnish yOu,with cor
rect list OF all engaged IN the carrying trade with
the number OF einVrans carried by each line last
year. There now twelve regular steamship lines
engaged In the passenger tragic between the United
Kingdom and the United states aud Canada OF
these four run between Liverpool aud New York;
one between Liverpool and Boston via Halifax; one
between Liverpool and Portland, Quebec and Mon
treal one between London and New York via Ha-
pre: two between southampton and New York, ana
one from Glasgow to New York. Owing to the warm
competition existing among the respective compa-
MES, especially between those running from Liver
pool the following returns OF the business done by
each during the past year furnished me exclusively
for the HERALD VIII tie read with interest.
The 2I6 900 souls who lett the Uniyed Kingdom for
United States ports tn 1863 were carried as follows