Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-07-26

They have iabored TO prove that the temporal was
always absolutely independent Of the ecclesiastical
authorty-that the Pope not infaIIible; that the
State has right 70 watch over the discipline OF
worship ana conduct in the Church, among all de-
mountainous ana 20 bring ransgress0rs (he Clergy
before the Council Of State The learned renoriers
vindcate NAPoLEoN's Concordat. which forbade the
emission in France OF any Papal bull, any foreign
Synod Council decree, without the prey;ons an
thority Of the Governments; Also all Conventions nc
| the Clergy, visits TO Rome--non-residence az pre-
lates, and establishment Of ,Monastic orders.
On the 23d the Minister Of Marine was summon
ed TO furnish some account to the Chamber OF The
success or progress of DIR. BoUcHERIE's processes
for the nduration and preservation of wood, which
were noticed early in the United States. II was
answered that the Doctor was authorized to take, in
the Crown forests, such trees as he thought proper
for his experiments but time enough had not
elapsed TO afford positive results. DIR. BoU-
CHERIE acknowledged himself that he was not like
lily TO succeed with the kinds of wood used for the
navy---such oak and certain pines. His method
was particularly efficient with the tender the iolife
woods, not sufficiently solid for naval purposes il
was highly useful, however, in other respects.
4 The Tahiti affair brought forward the occupa-
ton of that island, and of the Marquesas-ob
some Deputies--had already cost the Government
more than three millions Of francs it was dero-
Il
send royal epstle to the lady PoMARE. When a
speaker styled her that woman, the Conservatives
cried me Queen, her Maiesty! The Ministers de,
Tended the fitness and wisdom Of the autograph let
ter, and concluded with this declaration g The
Government will cause the Protectorate at Tahiti
to be duly established; and be assured that it will
be subject to no foreign influence that it will be
exclusively French, and that the power Of France
will reign alone in the islands of Oceania. The
British Cabinet seem to have been willing to allow
the miserable business at Tahiti to be carried TO any
extremity or assume any form.
The debates in the British House of Commons
on the 18th, 10Th, and goth instant on the New Zea
land question, are most instructive and impressive
exposition of British law and practice, and vindica-
ton OF the American, in regard to the Aborgnes Of
the Western hemisphere. 1t is to find speech
so able in every particular that of Mr.. G. Bull
LER, who opened the question, and may be said to
have swept the whole. What would have you
remark--in connexiou with the French pretensions
in Oceania--is the following passage Of he speech:
Considerations Of the greatest do indeed give
great political importance to the possession Of New Zealand
Our trade with the Pacific is daily increasing extent Our
relations with other Powers that getting be
very delicate France has possession OF the Friendly Islands
and the Marquesas The United States have virtual posses
sion Of the Sandwich Islands The American of this
great presents the important dominion Of Chill Peru
Mexico with the possible the very probable communication
the hmus of Daen and valuable territory of the
Oregon On the Asiatc side you have the greater com
merce Of China the Philippine Islands, and The Indian Arch
pelago British colony in New Zealand would be the
ural master of this ocean, the irresistible arter Of all its com
pcated relations and important interests Its position would
command the Pacihci It's habors would supply
shelter its vast forests materials the greatest navy IN the
world You might make it in truth the Britain Of the south
ern hemisphere there you might he of the
Pacific; and from that Of your dominion You might
give laws and manners world, uphoding subject
races, and imposing your will on the strong [Cheers"
While the anglo-Saxon race in our Union are in
cessanty accused and reviled in the British Jour-
nails for extending their settlements, Mr. BUTLER
said
1T is preposerous expect that the existence Of such
population portions Of the soil OF country ought to
exclude the rest Of mankind from turning the unoccuped soil
to account God gave the earth to to part
cuar races, to prevent all other from using Hear
He planted the principle Of increase us he limited our ex
sence particular climate gave ns the power
Of ranging the wide earth apply to the savage pr
cpe which should not apply the most civilized people Of
the world II by any unimaginabe calamity the population
Of France for instance reduced from the &c. 00O
which maintains 10 200 600, which is about the pro-
portion of the population OF New Zealand and these 200 600
almost limited to Bitanny and Normandy and cultvat
ed, as the New Zealanders do than acre in
thousand do think should allow this handful of men
todevote that fine country perpetual barenness Cheers
The American occupants Of Texas, Oregon, Ca
lifornia, are stigmatized marauders, spoilers,
brigands; yet Mr.. BUTLER was heard with unver.
sal appreciation, in the House Of Commons in these
sentiments:
Our settlers, having England TO live in country in
which no law prevailed, had formed engagement to live
under voluntarily constituted authority their own selec
ton from among themselves. Undoubtedly was unseemly
to publish this in England but when the settlers got out To
New Zealand, know nothing natural and necsssary
nothing more Innocent in the way of felton, than their
bing thus to supply the of regular government by en-
forcing English law under the nominal authority Of puni and
Warepon The House must allow assume that il goes
with in my general views of the advantages Of colonial
ton that sympahizes with what must make bold to re-
gard the general feel Of every intelligent person in this
country out of the Colonial ocewh what repeated peti
tons show he the strong and deliberate opinion of vour
most eminent merchants that is great benefit this coun
try to extend the employment Of shipping and our sea-
meno secure Of supply Cor the materials Of
our manufactures, and open markets independent Of The policy
of other nations "a provide the destitute with home where
honest labor may subsistence, augment the inlu
Of the British name and spread the arhes ends
OF the earth language, arts, and institutions
lCheers have been reading lately book by Mr. Jernpq-
ham Wakefield of the first settlers in Cooks Straits
giving plain unpreendng and therefore all the more inter
estng narrative of the first of these settlements
know nothing affecting than the accounts which he gives
Of the improvements which he saw, whenever ater
sence OF few months he visited Wellington New Ply
mouth, Nelson Incidents Of the peest character and
every day familiarity in lives, the great epochs in his
chronicle Of society Now he describes you the land
ing Of body Of emgran their first rude Shifts their cheer
full and unseish community in labor then he describes the
spot with log houses and ncpient gardens and then
with pride he conempatcs brick dwellings, gardens and the
flowers fruits vegetables, and havess Of England Every
step the progress duly chroncled II would be nposs
Bile for me- by collecting these images together to raise
minds that impression which the book without aborng
So creates by these incidental touches II Is impress
sion Of great industry great comfort above ALL Of rapid