Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-06-10
NIrIoMLNTBkLIGAcER
FROM OUR EUROPEAN conESP oNDENE
LoNpoN, May IS, 1913.


sur.s than Lord JoHS RUSSELL. Since that date
public rumor has more than echoed my opinion.
The HINTS .fdreriiser, highly respectable coun-
trv iournal saws, " What was mere rumor has now
taken more definite form, and we believe we are
insti6ed in stating that from arrangements made al
Osborne during late visit of Sir RoBERT PEEL
10 her Majesty, change of Ministry will result,
.with Sir RoBERr PEEL Al the head of the Govern
men sweeping financial reform in every de-
parlment Of the State, extension OF the fran
chise and a shortening of the duration of Parlia-
mens."
Now, this may be very improbable, or at least
very premature but il is not the more either the
one or the other, because the Times aud the Horn
ing Chronicle ridicule and .po0h-po0h' the state
ment and every thing connected with it, AID the
Tory and Conservative parties are warning their
adherents against any conmlttal to or frdieni-a-
ton with " the turncoat and traitor PEEL" The
division in the House OF Commons upon Mr.
HuME's reform motion will reveal some of the Sc
crets OF our political leaders.
The commerce of Great Britain is now said to
be fourishng, thing scarcely 10 be expected IN
the present state of continental Europe, and with
the mpedments thrown in the way of so many of
our markets The Greenland seal fishery is stated
to have completely failed owing 10 the greater part
of the ships employed therein having been locked
up in the ice and the prevalence OF strong easery
winds during the season. The greatest quantity Of
ice was found in lat. II deg. 40 min. north.
The newspapers will inform you of the death of
Lord AsHBURToN who will be well remembered III
Washington. His character, as man and states
man, received the highest possible praise from men
of all parties in the House of Lords. II is re-
markable that his death should soon have sue
ceeded those of two OF his brothers.
We are calm aud tranquil throughout our land,
and peace and reasonable share OF prosperity APP
pear TO extend 10 all our borders. The sun looks
down upon from an almost cioudless sky, and
the earth reflects his rays from bright surface of
the greenest verdure England is now in her best
array, and deserves all that her admirers have said
of her. The month Of May is again for once the
May of the poet, and all the external Influences of
Nature are cheering and the promises of the future
encouraging. But rather too much Of this; more
serious matters claim our attention.
There has no. been much business of importance
in Parliament during the last week. Mr.. Hons
MAN, NJ. p for CQckermouth, has brought forward
one of his searching motions in respect to church
patronage and abuse, and has aayed string OF figures and
statistics in support Of his charges which well be got
viii only mention fleets stated by him, which
will abundanty prove the necessity for his motion that
inquiry be made the OF cathedral and collegiate
churches, with Of ascertainng whether they may
be rendered conducive the services Of the church and
the spiritual instruction Of the people In the first place,
Mr. HoRsaAS offered 10 prove Ihat wherever these veher
able cathedral establishments raise their
heads there dissent would be found 10 be most active
and most rife" He prepared to take the House from
diocese diocese and show from end the country
the other that they in every instance tend the weak
ening than the promotion Of Christianity. This is,
indeed strong statement but ii is made good in the
instance which ne quoted that Of Lincoln. In that city there
thirteen churches belonging the establishment Of which
nine open for morning service three for afternoon, and
for evening service. The population u Lincoln is
about or these there present the
ing services I0l3 the afternoon l, and the evening
I,O75 making total Of . 263 On the day the at
tendances the dissenting chapes wee the morning
2,5G and in the evening 3, l02 making total Of ,667
The greatest number attending the churches O75
attending the chapes 3,l02, nearly three Mr.
HoHsNASs statements produced great effect upon the
House the necessity for the inquiry almost generally
admitted and, upon Lord JouS RrssELLs stating that he
ready 90 into the inquiry, be withdrew his notion and
the impression is that the Administration VIII bring forward
in other equally effective shape There viii be serious
and long discussions week upon the subject Of the nav
CATION laws, and probably sharper trial Of strength between
political pOrties than has hitherto been displayed.
In IRELAND all appears be settling down in quiet
MrrcarLL has been committed prison under the new
law for sedition oBRIEx and MEAsHKR have had their
trials and been acquitted owing want Of agreement By
the ues in their erc Both these gentlemen are thought
TO be sufficiently oiced in their escape keep within proper
and discreet bounds for the future.
FRANCE is yet the centre Of attraction, and il IN.
fortunately still continues the chief point of action
Another demonstration has taken place in Paris,
which for time threatened the most serious con-
sequences, but it has been suhdued and happily
almost without bloodshed. The more violent of
the democrats got up, on Monday last, sort of
procession in favor OF the Poles at least, under
that preiext, they marched in considerably body
to the legislative chamber, and found il from the
treason, it is feared, Of Gen. CoURTAIs, who COM
manded the national guard ineficienly protected.
The mob broke into the chamber, mounted the tri-
bune, invaded the Presidents chair, harangued,
made motions for the dissolution of the existing
temporary Government and of course carried every
thing by reclamation. They then marched of to
the Hotel de Vile to constitute new Provisional
Government, TO consist of BARBEs, ALBERT, LOUIS
BLANC, fLocoN, BLANoUI, RAsPAnL, and CADET.
LEDRb RoLLIS proposed, but rejected as " a
traitor to the cause Of the people," The national
guard, however, very mustered for the protec-
ton Of the chamber, the members resumed their sitting and
ordered the arrest Of the sedous The Hotel de Vile
forthwith cleared Of the anarchists In very short time the
leaders all arrested and Barbes Albert Thore Cour-
ta, Banqu, CADET and Raspa and several oilers convey
cd prisoners 10 Nncenne SoBgIER and nearly the whole