Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-04-25
Pans. ApRrL l, 1915.

Gus contrast which M. THIERs drew between the
intervention Of the French King in government and
the abstraction OF the British Sovereign. An intel
lgent survey Of the reign OF George iii. begets a
parallel less unfavorable 10 LOUIS PmLIPpE l.. We
cannot deny" adds the Debats, /" that it would be
dangerous nowadays TO push royal prerogative
10 the extreme TO which il was carried by George:
when history is cited, let this be done with truth"
The passage Of the Thiers-manilesto most enjoyed
and quoted is this I" You know that England has
gone through the same revolutions as ourselves
I Parliament that inundated King then po-
tent general who domineered over the Parliament !;
then, Restoration, and, finally, Revolution of
= 1888, resembling ours Of 1890. William, Of Hol-
Z land, mounted the throne Of England and from
this era, not earlier, dates true representative gov
eminent in England. Well, William wished to
be master he, also, (i,a-auss,) is that surprs-
: ingi William desired what all princes seek !;
: and say, bockhead he who wonders al this and
: weak, very weak, the citizen who submits to it."
The LEI c9sSi, universally applied it was direct
ed, stares apart in all the Opposition sheets. Most
Of the recent debates Of the British Parliament are
margined for your paper; | find, however, that the
passages selected and my notes would demand more
Of your space and my leisure than can be conceded.
Nearly all the discussions OF the Tariff and the
Corn Laws contain statistics and references to Ame-
rican matters which claim American attention. In
the sitting Of the Commons on the 18th ultmo,
you may remark the new enthusiasm Of Sir JAMES
GRAHAME:
He reminded the House that the Government OF this
country vested mainly in land. Such Government
maintain ITSELF must be impartial in its Legislation and when
they considered the concentration the growing intelligence,
and the increasing population Of the manufacturing districts
and reflected that the population Of those districts entertained
deep settled opinion that the operation Of the corn laws
ha 49, tta
Of wages they that il they refused this bill that the
population will longer place confidence the mparaly
Of their legislation. Afer showing snce fore at great length
that the amount Of crime and Of mortality always increased
the price OF bread increased he concluded by declaring that
after looking at this matter dspasonately and gave, he
could not that the opinions Of the manufacturing popua
ton unsound and unue and believing to be sound
and true, and believing also that the spread Of il was
dangerous to the rights property end the peace Of the
try unless practical remedy applied in ime the
sponsby OF Office, with safe and unhesitat
ing Judgment he gave his unqualified support to the measure
under consideration Checrs. 1t was necessary per-
hap that he should say, with reference domestic peace
that no time should be lost. Hear, hear And with re-
spect to our foreign relations he also Of opinion this
decidedly necessary Nations
trading with each other bound in heavy recognzances
to keep the public peace The Of trade suffered
to free, always deepened its channels and extended its
ranlcatons There few lines in Pope's Windsor
Forest which appeared to him beautifully applicable this
subject of the extension Of trade that he could refrain from
quoting them Looking forward the poet did the hap
py days when London should become free pert he opos
hrophzed that noble river which was the channel to this me-
roPolls OF the commerce Of the world, in these lines
The time will come, when, free wind,
Unboundcd Thames shall flow for all mankind.
While nations with each swelling tide,
And seas but join the regions they divide,
Earth's distant ends glory shall behold,
And hew world launch forth to seek the DID,
On the same occasion, Lord PALMERsToN spoke
like an oracle of Westinghouse. You will see in
Al Il
French operations in Rio de la Plata, that Sir Ro-
BERT PEEL denied the existence of sDar with pre-
cedents and arguments that smacked of hoax and
mockery. Sir ROBERT INGLIs struck the true chord
in this way:
About centuries ago ferries Of hear hear and laugh
teri the Dutch sailed up the Midway much in the
nc in which her Majesys fleet sailed up the River Plate.
Hear, hear He would ask whether that considered
war Hear hear. Subsequently another feet being the
combined squadrons of Russia France and England bocka
dcd another fort entered another harbor and destroyed
ther eetnamcy the feet Of Turkey. Was that consider
ed war He could distinction between these
Would satisfy the friends Of peace say that
at war, when ships taken and many lives lost in the gal
liant achievements of Captain Hoham and his friend Captain
Hope Would the Quakers be satisfied that were not at
war, when surrounded by all the incidents Of
Hear hear What if the loss Of human
lives the capture of ships and the destruction of whole
fleet If these things could be done in time Of peace, he
thought they had yet to learn what [Hcar.]"
In my former communications mentioned to
you that the political horizon at Madrid was deep
ly overcast. The storm burst in the middle of last
month. 1t is sufficiently described follows:
'The Constitutional Government is suspended in Spain
the Cortes indefinitely proogued the liberty Of the press
Professionally abolished decree obids the journals under
pain Of absolute temporary suppression, attack only
the Queen the royal family, and the constitution, but also
foreign soveregns and their families the invioably
extended to all funcionares, their official acts and all
the measures of the Government 1t is the Council Of Min
listers that is to pronounce the penalties stated above against
the journals. The Ministry publishes the same time
manifesto in which declares itself to be dolarous ado
OF the Throne, the ancient institution of Spain
menaces the Constitution with attacks under petext of
restoring the equilibrium destroyed amongst the public powers
announces its intention to give full satisfaction the
gy declares that will rccoi before any measure
it way appear, accomplish its designs it in
forms functonares that they shall be Immediately dismissed
and punished, if they oppose the plans of the Cabinet
places in fine, the execution Of the projects which has
dltated under the protection Of the army. II is
vouton for the profit Of absolute royalty and of clerical power
effected by soldiers intoxicated with PRIDE under the
command Of a woman"
Quidnuncs awaited the Journal des Debafs 10
Judge how the French Court and Cabinet would
deem it expedient to express themselves about the
new Spanish whirl. From this meridian, MAR
vAEz had been set on EsPARTERo; melted and abet-
ted in all his and designs after the expul-
sion of the honest Regent see how the Debas
now complains