Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-05-06
FURTHER BY THE PACIFIC.

The New York mail brings us details of the
news from Europe, received by the steamer
Pacific which sailed from Liverpool on the 21st
ult.
| 1t appears by advices received from South Aus
traia, to the 9th January last, that the discovery
| of gold in the colonies of Victoria, Port Philip
and Sydney, New South Wales) has resulted in
an immediate emigration from Adelaide, the city
of which is described as almost entirely deserted,
the inhabitants having left for Melbourne, in order
to proceed to the gold dggings in that district.
1t is remarked as somewhat singular, that not
withstanding the favorable news from the Austria
lian Gold-felds the demands for passages by the
ships now up for that colony, are quite limited
| forming quite contrast with the rush from the
Atlantic cities to California.
IRELAND.
The Galway Mercury states that so great is
the anxiety felt by the poor laborng classes in
that part of Connaught to escape from the Gland
! that bore them," that such of them as have been
fortunate enough to obtain employment on
| drainage works, have adopted the following novel
and extraordinary mode of enabling themselves
to emigrate: Itappears they are paid fortnightly,
and when the pay nj ht arrives, about three hun
| dred of them assemble and pay ON6 each to
| general fund. A number of tickets correspon-
ding with the number of persons present, are
then placed in a hat, and on one of these the
word "America" is written, all the rest being
blank A ballot then takes place, and the lucky
drawer OF the prize ticket has his passage to
America paid for him. and receives small sum
to subsist him for some time after his landing
there During the week no less than vessels have
set sail for Queenstown, laden with emigrants
bound respectively for Boston, Quebec, New
York and st. Johns. The gross number amour
ted to S77 souls.
The drought, now long prevalent, begins
to excite no small alarm among the farmers re-
garding its effect upon the crops. They are begin
ming to feel exceedingly the want of rain; for the
\last 20 years such continued drought is recoec-
Jed at this season. 1t is much apprehended that
protracted continuance of it will seriously affect
vegetation. In other respect farming prospects
appear most promising. There is large compile
ment OF land under potato planting, considerably
moro than that oflast year. In some places it
has been found impossible to continue sowing the
oats, from the hardness of the s,il.
The Moore Testimonial Committee ha We pub
lished supplemental list of subscriptions, but
complaints are heard that the general public are
not coming forward as readily as was expected
The fund for the testimonial to the late Arch
bishop Murray now amounts to about 81 100.
Correspondence of N. Commercial Advertiser.
LONDON, April 20, 1852.
Affairs OF all kinds are going on quietly but as
Parliament has now again met, we may look for
some political announcements of interest either
this evening or in the course of the week. Last
night was the first meeting since the Easter recess,
and the discussion was confined to the question of
appointing select committee to consider the
terms which the charter of the East India
Company, which expires in lS45, shall be renew
ed. An attempt was made to get commission
appointed to proceed to the country to take evil
dence from all classes of the people; but it was
negatived, and the proposed committee was nom-
mated in the usual way.
The case of Alderman Salomons which has
for many months excited great interest, was de-
cided yesterday, in the Court of Exchequer, the
judgment being that by emitting the words ION
the true faith of Christain," he had failed to
comply with the strict requirements of the act of
Parliament regarding the form of oath to be taken
by the members of the House of Commons
The verdict however, was not unanimous, one
out of the four judges having come to the conclu-
sion that the oath had been taken in accordance
with law, and that the words omitted were to be
| regarded as mere surplusage. The subject will,
| therefore, continue to be forced upon Parliament
with the additional weight derived from the fact
that judicial authorities are divided as to the
actual legality of the question, to say nothing of
the moral aspect of the case in a country priding
itself on Christian tolerance. Notwithstanding,
however, the large annual majorities in favor ola
more liberal policy by the House of Commons,
the Lords may perhaps still continue to refuse re-
lief until they have provoked, upon this and other
| measures, accumulation of popular wrath
such as to bring them to their fayorite course of
conceding to terror what they refuse to reason
and Justice.
In the Berlin correspondence of the Times to-
day, curious illustration is given of the ignorance
of the peasantry in Polish Prussia. For a long
time it has been popular beliefamong them that
Kossuth has received enormous grants of land from
the liking of America and they are doubtless
looking to the same potentate for some early
lief from their own wretchedness. Meanwhile
they grasp at any occasional advantages that may
be presented them in other ways, and rumor of
"Rothschd lottery has atterly furnished a
most extraordinary temptation. The great Roths
child, it has been represented to them, is under
sentence of decapitation; but, on account of his
past services to the monarchs of Europe, they
have consented to accepta substitute provided he
can find one. To accomplish this he has got up
grand lottery to consist of many thousand tick
cts, the whole OF which will be prizes with one
fatal exception. Whoever draws that number will
have to be beheaded in his place. Notwithstand-
ing this contingency the applications for the tick
cts have been so numerous as to cause the Govern
ment officials considerable trouble, and the papers
have apparently fornd it desirable to lend their
aid to dsabuse the people of their folly. A some
what similar hoax practised year or two
since in of the agricultural districts of France
and on that occasion it was also sufficiently sue
cessful to give the authorities annoyance from
the inquiries of anxious candidates.
The money market has not been so buoyant
since the departure of the last packet. The fact
of the three per cent consuls having reached 100
brought good many sellers into the market and
there has consequently been a reaction. No 9TH
er cause exists for the decline The closing quo
tatlon this afternoon was 991.
In the grain market there has been rather more
firmness, and prices are a shade higher, In cotton
also quotations have been well maintained.
The next packet from this side will be the Eu-
ropa on the 24th. SPECTATOR
Latest Markets-Advance im Cotton.
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, P. M.-There is fair demand