Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-04-17
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.


ting, from London whence she sailed on the 10Th
of March, and the Southerner, Palmer, from Liver
pool, sailed on the 18th of the same month. The
chief items of intelligence by these arrivals, apart
from the commercial the political condition OF Ire
land the civil war in Portugal and the existence of popular
connections in Belgium resulting from the scarcity Of food
Touching the FIRST singular change appears to have been
wrought by the illness and absence of Mr. OConne the
suerngs of the country and the split in the ranks of the
peaers themselves, inducing the formation OF the " Young
Ireland party The principal features in this change are an
almost total cessation of the repeal rent and an entire absence
of that unanmy which used attend the meetings at Con-
citation Hail. In fact the repeal movement, such-that
is as the repeal movement which effect the assembling
of Irish Parliament in College Green before july 1916
appears to be almost extinct, at least entirely Ineffective
The place occupied before the public eye is now assumed
extent by the Young Ireland party whose creed
physical force the strength of this has hitherto been
and likely to be- expended rather IN words than IN
deeds Its principal demonstrations take the form OF loud
and angry complaints against the present Wig Government
of England for not preventing completely remedyng the
distress Of the people, and imputaon more guarded and
moderate against o Council himself What the Young Ire
land pealers actually propose hope accomplish is i'm
possible to determine.
OF Mr. O'Connel himself the latest account have is in
letter from his John, which read the meeting OF
the Repeal Association held the 9Th of March, The old
gentleman then about leaving London for Hastings, to
try change OF cir The letter conveyed other norma
ton of moment From other however, learn that
Mr. OConnel is greatly distressed by the suerngs of his
and by the unpromising aspect of the repeal
these indeed having contributed much perhaps
age and exerion, the eneebed condition of his health
The debate the factories bi-proposng regulate the
hours of laborwas still under discussion in Parliament.
Mr. Ewarts motion for leave bring in a bill to do away
with death punishment for crime had been negaved by
a majority of forty.
The debate on Mr.. Humes motion to cut off the subsidy
paid Russia had yet terminated but had attracted much
attention and Times March says, the speeches
which have been delivered will command the attention of Eu
rope The of the press to be uniform as to the
point that the obligation pay is cancelled by the affair
Of Cacow of the journals further, and contend that
the payment ought but Others and the Times among
hem advocate the continued payment merely the Of
chvalrous honor.
On the 18th OF March the House of Commons began the
important debate the condition Of Ireland and the
rendered necessary thereby Lord John Russell developed
his views at LENGTH and his speech is of important char
acter that shall give synopsis of it, The immediate SUBJ
the introduction of poor law into Ireland but
remarkable and opinions introduced colatealy
indicating the approach Of crisis in British legislation.
London paper March 9th gives the following Paris
The statement made by the French Minister Of Finance
the report that considerable loan would be
ued for the Of the year. has been the leading topic
4 discussion the Stock Exchange.
'The statement made by the Minister is generally
eded here, peoples minds having been biased by the
terasd of the French Opposition press respecting
he deficiency OF the treasury for the expenditure
not at all PROBABLE, however that any Minister either in
rance or England would positively commit himself in the
Legislative Assembly to specific fact unless he his way
of he
ore, we think, be safely taken for granted that there will be
10 loan made by the French Government present. that
his incubus Is removed from the money market"
The accounts from Portugal down the end of
February The royalists and insurgents still in force
'ut there had been fighting of any moment in fact
he Queens genera chief complained Of for nacon and
haged with letting valuable opportunities slip by unimproyed
So far make from the accounts the position Of
he insurgents had rather improved than otherwise One
he Queens passenger boat which had been
harered and fitted up for purpoes-had been carried
ver to the insurgents by muny of the The insur
ens said to have four in their
he Queen We find no mention of Don Miguel whose
vasion from Italy, with view try his fortune once more
n Portugal, was announced time ago.
Letters from Rome of the 25th Of February calculated
raise still higher the reputation of Pope Plus TX for wisdom
nd benevolence On the 22d of February Mr. Golden was
IGNORED with private audience by his Holiness and retired
it filed with respect aud admgation In the evening of
he 5tha deputaon from Bologna admitted the Pope
and presented 10 him ag-an offering Of love and
espect-om that city. On the oath the Turkish ambassa
or had another private audience of the Pope the coc
ion Of which his Holiness again warmly recommended to his
ixcelIency the Catholics of the East.
DESTRUCTION THEATRE At CAaLsRuHE.-The
karlsruhe Gazette Of the Cd February gives the following
arcuars of the late dreadful fire Grand Duca theatre
II not in Of the boxes of the second gallery that
he fire first broke out, but in of the boxes inne
lately after the gas lighted The inquest not yet ter
minated but is already known that was no assure
he gasppe, and that the ames driven by current of air
aught the hangngs The rapdy with which the fire spread
easily accounted for by the interior arrangements and deco
atoms OF this building, with all old theatres As
Don the audience part of the house beginning be
He'd with the volumes of smoke, the alarm became general
nd frghtfu Many persons the third floor of galleries
we're sthed. The number Of dead and missing amounts ac-
odng TO the police returns to seventy. letter from Cars
uhe IN the Mannheim Journal among the victims the
blowing brother OF NJ Homburg, the of letters
on OF NJ Wabe, the promper whole family who had
ls arrived from ludwgsberg, and English family who
ot lost IN the Corridors besides many and children
iost OF the bodies completely reduced ashes and Of
many Others nothing left unconsumed but the limbs,
which have been carried to the cemetery. Some threw them
elves out Of the windows Of the fourth attempt
ng To do so withheld by young woman, whom he
vas aianced and thus remained suspended till the building
ave way, when they both sank into the flames"
Letters from Vienna state that England France and Aus
ma have concluded treaty with the Porte for piercing the
sthmus Of Suez BY virtue of the treaty Austria under