Little more than a century ago Liverpool possessed only three small docks, and the shipping belonging to the port amounted to only 236 vessels.  At present upwards of 10,000 vessels belong to the port; while the ships entered outwards and inwards number upwards of 30,000, with a burden of more than four million tons.  We went on board a training-ship for poor boys taken from the streets, to fit them for becoming seamen in the merchant service.  There is also another ship to prepare officers, conducted on the same principle as that of the Worcester in the Thames. We then pulled on board a large Australian emigrant ship about to sail. She carried three classes of passengers.  The first had very handsome cabins surrounding the saloon, which was fitted up in a luxurious style. On the deck below there were the second-class passengers, whose cabins were comfortable, but confined, and their mess-cabin was rather small for the number of people to occupy it.  The larger part of the lower deck was fitted with rough wooden berths, partitioned off for each family, one sleeping-place being above the other, and a small space in front for the people to dress in.  There was an after division occupied by the single women, who had a matron to superintend them; while the single men were also in a division by themselves.  They were all under the care of a surgeon.  There was a schoolmaster, to teach those who wished to learn during the voyage, and to act as chaplain.  Constables were selected from amongst the most respectable of the married men, whose duty it was to keep order, and to see that the rules and regulations were properly observed.  Of course, with so many people crowded together, it is highly necessary that cleanliness should be attended to.  The ship was getting under weigh, and the people who had come to see their relatives and friends off were ordered into their boats.  We witnessed many pathetic scenes.  There was much fluttering of handkerchiefs as the boats pulled away, while the women crowded the sides, and the men climbed up into the shrouds and waved their hats. The moorings were slipped, the tug began puffing and snorting, and the stout ship commenced her voyage half round the world, bearing away many who were never again to see their native shores.  Many thousands of people thus leave Liverpool for Australia, New Zealand, or the Cape, as well as for Canada, the United States, and South America, every year.