Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-11-23
FOREIGN.
FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.
LONDON. OcroRER aI. Is50

LONDON, OCTOBER 81, 1850.
The fogs and the gloom of November came this
year before their time, and the three last days
have been of the most spirit depressing description.
Rumors of continental war, and religious discussion
Of an angry nature at home, have not assisted the
mind to bear up against the body's depression.
Philosophers tell US, and every ones own expe-
rience confirms the assertion that mind and body
reciprocally act and react upon each other; and
we are willing to hope that the dark view Of poll
teal affairs which the British public seems at pre-
sent to entertain is in some degree to be attributed
to the damp and dreary state Of our atmosphere,
and the depressed tone of our bodily feelings. We
hope this will prove TO be the case but we feel the
crisis to be an important one.
We have nothing further of positive nature to
communicate relating to the disagreement of France
and Russia with Prussia. Rumor is, however,
busily using her hundred tongues, magnifying diff
cultles, and darkening the prospect. The substan-
tial fact seems to be that Russia and France at
variance with Prussia, and threaten, should the
latter not assent to their requrements-th first to
seize upon Silesia, and the second upon the Prus-
sian Rhenish provinces. Public attention is fixed
on the possibility, the alarming probability even,
OF this course being entered upon, and OF Europe
becoming the seat of most disastrous and nniver-
sal turmoil. All parties are agreed that the con-
tinuance Of the war between Denmark and Schles-
wig Hosten is disgrace to the age, and scandalous
to the great Powers of Europe who have assumed
to be the mediators between the combatants. II
Europe be wrapped in war through the ambition of
Princes, the people of the nineteenth century will
better know how to to themselves for the fu
ure the blessings of peace. Much as dislike ultra
ism Of all sorts, we are ultra upon this point, and
have an abiding trust in the wisdom and justice of
Provdence,and the increasing knowledge of the peo-
pie with regard to their rights and the proper ends
and objects of all Government
We are happy to believe that from this ultra
policy Of France and Russia, (concurred in by
Austria,) England stands most decidedly aloof
She would lose all the good which she fought for
at Waterloo and acquired by the treaty Of Vienna,
should she countenance movement that would
dismember Prussia, give to France the control of
the Rhine, and plant Russia in Germany with the
command of the Oder and the northern provinces
of Prussia. Nor can France, we think, if she be
true to her own interests and position in Europe,
consent to this southern progress Of Russia. There
is yet large, and it is probably now again a
growing party there, who would look upon such a
movement as an advance of despotism against
liberty, and this party would seize the opportunity
of again hosting the dark red flag of ultra Repub-
licansm, and cause France to pay for the dynastic
ambition of its President with the horrors of inter
nal revolution. This revolutionary spirit has lately
been sumbering. Signs of an awakening spirit
are, however, beginning to be visible. Meetings
have been held in London and other places to count
up members, and concert plans. To these unquiet
persons the news of Russia and France being about
to attack Prussia has not been unwelcome. The
/" National Italian Committee" sitting in London,
consisting of MAzzINI SAFF1, and four others, has
promulgated plan for raising loan of lO,0OO,0 900
francs, to be subscribed for in small shares, and
the money to be deposited in London bank. This
loan is to be devoted to the service of the national
cause, in the inevitable struggle" which is repre-
scented to be coming. The, names of persons who
do not wish to be known to be kept secret,
though note is to be taken of them to prove here
after, if necessary. their sympathy for the cause.
This is one proof, among many which might be
quoted, of the increasing activity Of the revolution
| airy spirit, the supporters Of which are known to
have affiliated agents and societies in every capital
in Europe. Our unalterable love of liberty does
not blind us to the atrocities which have been too
often committed under her holy name, and we
tremble to think that the first reverberaon Of the
tramp of hostile armies on the continent would be
the signal of the destruction of the hopes of all the
peaceful and prosperous people of Europe. Anar-
chists and destructonists would be reused into
dreadful activity every where, and they would in
calculably increase the evil they have already done
in making mankind prefer even dull and leaden
despotism to their sangunary disorder. called lber-
y. II is to this abuse Of liberty that we owe the
ascendency which the old and stupid tyrannes Of
the Continent have already recovered, and the
backward movement in all the great interests Of
mankind which we have had lately TO record. But
we shudder at the very apprehension Of the yet
more terrible results of such war as many Of
our farthest seeing politicians appear to think in
evitable.
In the pride of his heart at the temporary sue
cess which he has achieved through the prostituted
assistance of French bayonets, the Infallible Man
at Rome" as our journals call him, has been re-
Gently employing himself in mapping out England
and Wales into Catholic Bishop Sees The Eng
lish Church. as interpreted by some of its dignifed
sons, is represented teaching nearly all the doc
trines on which the Pope Pounds his power. He
therefore is unwilling to suppose that it will resist
his arrogant pretensons, and therefore ne issues
his bull, creates his Cardinal Archbshops, and
elects his Bishops to come and rule and govern
among u.s. These proceedings of His Holiness
have excited much stir in England Addresses from
both clergy and laity are pouring in upon our
Bishops and the Bishop Of London, although of
Puseyite tendencies, has returned very energetic
and able reply to the address Of his clergy. The
Government, it is said, will not take any steps in
the matter until the meeting of Parliament, when
its course will be determined by the expression Of
the public feeling, which, we have no doubt, will
be shown in thousands Of petitions before that
time. Some of our public writers argue that the