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 across the atlantic, will first engage the Emigrant's attention. He would do well in the first instance to direct a letter, containing all queries which he might wish to have answered, to some of the ship owners or their agents, and he will either receive a written reply, or a printed pamphlet comprising the necessary amount of information.* He must not however suppose that the rates of passage given in these documents, are set down at the lowest figures; and hence he must not be in two great a hurry to close with these terms. He should defer this, until his arrival at the seaport, from which he intends to embark.

There are certain laws bearing on Emigration, and provision made for its regulation, by the Parliament of Great Britain, the Congress of the United States, and the several Legislatures of the maratime States. These provisions are enforced under heavy penalties, and a complaint made by the Emigrant to the proper authorities in case of violation, will, if supported by sufficient evidence, meet with redress, or the infliction of the penalty. It will not be necessary to give the various requirements of these provisions but we think it necessary to furnish the following extract from the Passenger Laws of England. Sec. 6, cap. 107, declares: —

"That on board every ship carrying passengers on any such voyage as aforesaid, there shall be issued to the Passengers a supply of water, at the rate of at least three quarts for


 * A. very useful pamphlet can be had gratuitously, by applying to the office of W. TAPSCOTT & Co, St. George's Buildings, Regent's Road, Liverpool, or 86 South st, New York. It contains much information, and valuable hints in preparing for a Transatlantic Voyage.