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Show liuiuJxrullou Iroui I-tirope. New York. 30. Statistics iusl nub- lished ahow a noleworty iucrtaao and i-.haracier of European emigration now setting steadily towards Am- rica. Those for April absw tho increnee from the Mersey is enormous, sixly-1 five vessels, carrying 10,917 immigrant i passengers, leaving the Merseyk5,318j of whom were Eugliah, and only 1 ,540 1 Irish. Eight thousand nine hundred I and thirty-one of the immigrants wme destined fur the Uui'.ed tiiates, and only 1,723 lor Canada. Commentiug on the above the Times says: Australia Aus-tralia used to be tho favorite field for Engtieb emigrants, but lately the ntiws received in England Irom that quarter has not been encouraging, imd may possibly account fur tho small number that started for there during April. Recent advicea from Sydney state that large numbers of Dion have been thrown outof employment employ-ment in that city, owing to a disputo about civic contracts, und that even previous to this a great many peoplo, mostly immigrants there, were walk iog about the streets idlo. The trouble in Australian colonics seems to be that immiuranta who arrive there aro not of the proper clasa. Laborers flnJ those who have been uccuetomed to agriculturist pursuits are chiefly wanted, but unioriunately, personB woo have followed other ' voeatiooB at home find their way to a market where there is no demand for their service. |