Emigration With State Aid

State-aided emigrabon froiu Irelactl will be conduoted on a reduced scale juring the ensuing twelvc months. The Bouse of Commons lias agreed to the Uovernrnent proposal that $500,000 of the surplus and of the Irish Church hall be applied to draining oft' the population oL cougressional distriots. This is as large a grant as was maile a year ago in the Arreara Aot for the same object, bnt only f260,000 will be dircotly available for emigration purposes. The remaïnder will be devoted to the promotion of migration as distiuguished from emigration, Mr. Trevelyan having accepted a practical suggestion from Mr. Parnell to the effect that the overcrowded centers can be most readily relieved by the systematic removal of families to thiuly populated districts. This is a temporary expedieutfor equalizing population, and it is an open question whether any permanent relief will be effeeted by it. Districts where the pressurc of over-crowding is not feit at present will be rapidly lilfed up and in a short time will lie as populóos as the seclions which are moojeutarily relieved. It is the entire island that has a surplus population for which there is neither land nor em ploywent, and the pressure can be per manently diminished only by emigration conducted on a largo scale. A redistrbutkm of population in the island itself will not b-3 worth whatit will cost. The Government, however, has deemed it expedient to accept Mr. Parnell's suggestion and at the same time to in1 roduce a measure providiug lor a guarantee of $5,000,000 for openiDg the western districts of lreland bv means of light steam tramways. The construction of these railroads will furnish employmcnt for laborers in the most destilutc quarter of the island. The grant for emigration purposes will practically be reduced one-hal; dunng the next year. The details of the work will undoubiedly be left mainly to' the discretion of Mr. Tuke's committee, which has been so successful in its operations in the West of lreland The "principies on which that committee has aeted may be briefly stated. ï'ami lies rathcr than individuals are assisted emigrants are not sent to the Unitet States unlcss they can produce recen letters from friends who are willing anc anxious to reeeive them; emigrants who cannot present such letters are sent on ly to Government agents or organized associations in Canada; cach family is supplied at the start with a proper outat and with a small amount of rnoney on arrival at its destination. These fire principies to whioh no reasonable objection can be raised by the American, authorities. Mr. ïuke's committee was npt responsible for the Irish paupers who were ianded at this point a few weeks ago. ïhere was carelessness on the part of the Poor Guardians in certain Iooalitieï, and the British Government has apparently spared no pains to avoid the recurrente of so giossan abuse of thehospitality acconl ed to emigrants in America. It wil be a conanion advantage tr lreland am to the United States if the committee which disposed of $125,000,or onefouithofthe grant under the; Arrears Act, be allowed to contrul the whole amount which will now be available for emigration purposes. Mr. ïuke's agenta have, acquired experknee and do their work with thoroughness and intelligcnce, so as to leave little ground for complaint either in the island or in the countries to whicli the emigrants are transplantecK