Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-09-25

oil the Morning Post says: MY Preseh' Pio-
phecy is, that in the year lS4S the loud blast Oh
war will be heard throughout Europe. Mean
WHILE the cruelties exercised towards the Carllst
prisoners dsgraceful to human nature
If we look for consolation to Portugal shall we
find it? Alas. mol There the fathlessness oi the
Queen, in delaying to fulfil the conditions OF the
Protocol which caused the termination OF the civil
strife lead to the fear that the horrors OF intestine
commoion will shortly recommence In that unior-
tunate country. Every possible man9uvre, now.
ever fnsy and unworthy, is resored to to procras-
innate the performance of the Queens most sacred
promises If it were not for the known political
and commercial predictions OF England Tor portr-
gal il would be doubtful if she could MAINTAIN her
existence as an independent nation much longer.
Should Louis Philippe succeed in his plans upon
the sovereignty of Spain, the next step IN French
diplomacy will be the union of Portugal with that
monarchy. England will not be passive specta-
tor, because she is tied by treaties to Portugal. But
this is looking too far into the future. One thing
is ccrain, there is nothing about the present con-
dition Of either Spain or Portugal which renders
them, in national point of view, worth England s
care at all events, they not acorh going TO war
about
Austria presents varied aspect. Determined as
her Emperor and his advisers are that the people
shall not be blinded by the light of too much know
ledge or rendered licentious by too much liberty,
both knowledge and liberty rapidly increasing
the mind of man is on its march in that important
portion of continental Europe, and neither Empe-
rors nor Ministers of State stay its progress.
Commerce, and with it that intercourse with the
world which always liberalizes and improves peo-
pie, are rapidly the increase in the Adriac pos
sessions of Austria and will greatly tend to the pre-
valence OF better state of things in that Empire
At present the measures of the Government are di-
rected against free political institutions wherever it
can interfere with them. This is no less manifest
in Switzerland than is in Italy. Austria, which
was just on the point of protesting against Louis
Philppe's course respecting Spain, has been induc
ed to withhold that protest, upon condition that the
French Cabinet will not look unfavorably upon her
conduct in Italy Thus are the liberties of nations
made the stakes with which Emperors and Kings
play their royal games The Cardinal Legate at
Ferrara has protested against the violation of the
Papal rights in that city but, Notwithstanding this
remonstrance the conduct Of the Austrans has been
most outrageous, which has led to second and still
stronger protest the part of the Legate. The
greatest attachment is evinced towards the Pope by
the people of the invaded territory; the Frars Of
Perugia have issued most patriotic manifesto in
favor of the Pope, and in defence of his rights.
The best spirit generally pervades Italy. England
will give at least, her moral support to the Pope,
and Austria will not find it an easy task to stop the
improvements in the political, social, and religious
condition of the people of Italy, which aimed at
by the enlightened Pontiff.
Meanwhile, another source of jealousy is arising
between Austria and France, in the rapid increase
OF the Mediterranean commerce OF the former, SO
fatal to the desire of the latter to convert that vast
inland sea into French iake-a desire, by the by,
which could not have been accomplished SO long as
England kept possession of the Ionian Islands,
Malta, and Gibraltar, and was upon good terms with
Turkey and Egypt. The undsturbed possession
OF Algeria would not aid much in the project; but
the rapidly extending commerce of Trieste and other
Austrian towns on the Adriatic, and the establish
ment of the overland mail from India, in its Euro
pean transit from Trieste instead of Marseilles are
fatal blows at French commercial supremacy in the
Mediterranean. Austria is rapidly rising in value
as commercial ally, and her importance is fully
appreciated by England but it will not, it is hoped
blind the latter nation to any political obliquty on
the part of the Court of Vienna Take the follow.
ing few items Of the present state of Austrian com.
merce. These are gathered from recent publica.
ton OF Ernest Won Schwartger, one of the ables
writers on political economy:
The imports for home consumption in 1891,
were. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. &c, $50, 94E
The exports OF home produce were. 7,949,0Sa
Total value Of commerce. .......... Gl4, 800 02s
In the year 1914 the former Ell, ,44s SOC
The latter were. .-................... l096l, SOC
Total value OF commerce ............ G22, 2,4lO, 900
These statements do not include the transit OF
coasting trade; they show that the total value o
Austrian commerce has increased 55 per cent in
fourteen years, or about per cent. per annum. In
the same period the aggregate amount of English
exports and imports increased from 4S2, 1852 ,96s
to 9l34,025,S47; about 62 per cent, or Al per
cent. annually. In the year lS4l, %, l46 vessels
of $4,000 tons burden, entered the ports Of Aus
tra; in 1914, 29,094 vessels of zoos, 900 tons
burden arrived-being an increase of Is per cent
on the number of vessels and 5 per cent. on the
amount of tonnage. In 1914 the whole traffic oil
foreign and sea-going vessels in the Austrian ports
amounted to $1,000 arrivals of ,O25O27 tons bur.
den; this shows an average burden of 49, tons
The average tonnage of vessels arriving in the En-
gllsh ports is 173 tons. The importance of the
Austrian naval traffic can best be appreciated by re-
collecting that the entire extent of her seacoast is
only about sixty geographical miles, each of which
miles is interested TO the amount of 1904 tons
burden and g222 ,S45 value; while Great Britain
and Ireland with more than 1000 geographical
miles Of seacoast, would not obtain greater parti-
cpaton in the foreign trade than s47 tons burden
and el3f,060 in value per mile. The trading fleet
OF Austria amounted, in 1874 TO 2lO,792 tons.
The English merchant navy then amounted 10
3'763,ooO tons. The energy of the natives of the