The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-12-09
EnoLrsn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the thou

ENeLIsH EMIeAATroN.-Among the thou
sand social questions which have engaged
the attention of Statesmen, none have been
deemed more worthy their consideration
than the discovery of some measure which
might prevent an excess Of population in the
British Isles. Just now, the fears are turn
ed in another direction. After stating that
the population Of Great Britain and Ireland,
judging irom the statistics Of the last quar-
ter, is decreasing at the rate of over 20O,O oo
souls annually, attracted by the gold in Aus
tralia on the one hand, and freedom in A
merica on the other, the London Times
says
"The great question is, how long this drain
will be continued! We can only say, that
there appears, as yet, no sign whatever OF
cessation or abatement. There is no doubt
but that more people left the country in Dc
tober than left it in September, and as little
that more are departing in this present
month than departed in October. Only the
other day we published a notification that
the Government Emigration Commissioners,
having fixed on Southampton as a depot,had
stipulated for the construction Of a species
of barracoon at each terminus Of the South
Western Railway, capable OF containing
1000 emigrants, who were to be cleared off
with extraordinary facility and quickDess,
and replaced by fresh claimants for apassage.
The opening of a new year., according to the
announcement, was expected TO commune
cate q strong additional impulse TO the traf-
- - A,.tro1;a mil NJ lanai take all we
can send, it Is bard to fix any limit to the
displacement. The effects, indeed, are al
ready felt in almost every branch oil every
day business, and the experience of another
year under these strange conditions will go
far to teach us how soon what is now relief
may assume the character of exhaustion
AS many men are not employed in the army,
navy, and militia, all taken together, as are
now leaving England every six months.
"a remarkable feature Of the event is the
division of the %emigrating stream from the
westward to the southwark. The popula-
ton of the A American Union is likely to suf-
fer in proportion as what may be some day a
New Union is likely to gain. AS yet the at.
fractions, principally no doubt, through fam
lily ties, ofthe United States, still preponder,
ate, and they received 62,579 emigrants on
of the lO9, 236. These, however, were main
ly from the port Of Liverpool, and the expor'
~tations from this quarter consist chiefly o.
Irish. When we turn to London, which
sent forth 2I,7S8, it appears that Australia
was the destination of no fewer than l4,95G
of the number, and we may reckon, perhaps
on at least a corresponding proportion of the
3,l25 who sailed from Plymouth. The eff
feet Of the diversion will tell also upon our
selves in the difference of the classes which
will be allurcd by the difference Of attract
ton. The rush to Australia is not consti
tuted by the impulses of famine, wretched
ness, or despair. 1t arises from a deliberate
preference of one field to another, and W.
should probably not be wrong in concluding
that at least one-half of the $4,000 persons
who, last quarter left London for the gold
fields had already q position more or less set
tied Of their own. Many large establish,
ments are now, in fact, like regiments afteI
a battle. with young hands Unexpectedly
promoted to the duties Of seniors, and vacan
cies in abundance still. No man can pre-
tend to conjecture where this will end. A
every turn and in every department Of life W.
shall encounter tho results of n revolution
which is almost converting an old %countr,
into q young one, which tends To depres
capital and to elevate labor, which will pu
prizes at n discount and candidates a, a pre-
MUM, which will abolish the burden of pau
perism, extinguish the springs Of Socialism
and open fair avenues Of advancement to al
the middle classes Of society. Even il tn
!, stream should continue running but Tor tw
years longer it will probably deprive Grea
Britain of ut least a million grown up men
and will create u chasm in the populatio
which ten years ofsubseqneh progress woul
not ILL.,"
SINGULAR FATE o r AUsrRALIA.-Fo
three or four generations the Dutch nlon