Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-04-25

few sounding sentences with the exclamation, Yes,
have faith in the power Of right and Of Polish nation
atty. The London oracles express the same faith.
Unquestonably Austria has something 70 fear from
the animosties of race and religion in Gallicia and
Hungary. Prussia is exposed 10 the same 10 d.
rect political discontents and TO mixed seditious
theological polemics. acknowledgements
has not been successful in the German dominions,
any more than in Switzerland, where even the De-
mocratic cantons prescribe il by severe edcts. A
Panscavonic league has been, for several years
past SO industriously, stimulatively, and widely
preached, that it seems to be no longer a delusye
phantasm or wild conceit. The National raves al
the lukewarmness or tfeachery of the French Gov
eminent it consoles itself with the persuasion that
the revolutionary and Democratic cause will right
and revenge itself at no distant day q the whole
OF old Europe," it proclaims, "is in ferment and
dislocauon; commissions are inevitable, north and
south. As yet however, the Russian, Austrian,
and Prussian Nominations are too strong, in many
respects, to be materially shaken; they are, per-
haps, rendered stronger, as well as more wa,chfil
and despoic, by outbreaks like those they are now
suppressing with common concern and spirit
All the European monarchies are reused and set ON
the alert for their domestic safety. We hear of a
Fictitious agitation in Italy from the Polish furry
The National of this morning tells us that the
most suspicious advices of the progress of the in-
surrection were received yesterday afternoon !,
" bands had entered the Carpathan mountains, and
: guerilla war commenced the movement extends
certainly to Volhynia, Podolia, the Ukraine, and
part Of Samogta; perturbation pervaded Hun
gary; the three Powers took the utmost pains to
prevent the real working and aspect Of affairs from
: becoming known beyond their own frontiers"
The National !" adds that the Marseilles and Var
sovienne hymns were sung together, with incredible
enthusiasm, in the provincial cities of France; and
it publishes, in really good English, passionate
exhortatons TO the BritOns in this realm to open
their purses to the Polish cause.
Admit the following extract and admire the phi
lanthropy and Christianity that have been every
where abroad and nowhere at home:
EpUcArIos WALEs.-Mr. WILLIAMS moved an ad-
dress her Majesty the institution an inquiry into the
state of education in the pncipay Of Walea especially into
the afforded the laboting classes Of acquiring
knowledge of the English language. The language of the
educated classes throughout Wales and of the inhabitants Of
the towns, English but the language of tue labong
classes especially in the rural districts, Welsh. The
Rev. Mr. Grihs, the president of Dissenting college in
Wales and person well acquainted with its condition,
ported that there 900 children who ought receive
educaonha there only TO- 900 of them who received
any education at athat of this number Of 70000 great
portion received education inferior be only nom
nal; and that there $50, 900 children whose immortal
spirits totally left without that guide which all men
rehgious education.
As proof of the prevalent desire Of the population of Wales
TO obtain educaon he mentioned that there 80 Sunday
schools in Wales which well attended by adults males
well females, who had undergone the labor
during six days of the week. He then qsoted length
the report of the Commissioners of Education Wales and
especially of Mr. Tremenhee to show the amcntabc def
cheney of education in the principally of Wales and Inferred
from the extracts which he read that the of the benefit
which would be conferred its Inhabitants by giving them
sound, moral and religious education would be ncacuable
He could multiply such extracts hundredod, but he would
confne himself only to few