Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-12-21


follows ..,,.
-. u.s.. ..,. Increase.
Woollen goods, pieces. .......... 97s,34
WooIen goods yards. 26, $3.50, 934
Stockings, dozens Of pairs. 1892
Woollen yarn, cwts. ............ 44,672
Thus it is manifest that without the large supplies Of
material which the Colonies have afforded the wooen trade
of this country would have been in very awkward position
is fortunate that receive from Australia the most
couagng accounts respects the increase of productions
which appears be proceeding greater rate than at
any previous time Under all circumstances there is every
suppose that the present price Of wool will be
nued for some time come, if increased Some Of
journals (the Morning Herald for nstance) calculating
upon great rise in cotton The crop Of the United States
which is gathering may come up to 2,OOO 600 bales
says this paper but that the bales each being
made from forty pounds sixty pounds lighter than those Of
last year" It further that with the exception of
the produce of heavy Soils called bottoms, the staple is
little better than that of India cotton" These results are
attributed "bad seed and very early osts." We must
look your side Of the for the ver6caon or the re-
verse of these untowad They Of the greatest
Importance cotton manufacturers and operatives
The business of the Great Exhibition is advancing every
way satisfactorily The building daily giving fuller evidence
that will be completed in time The tremendous gale Of last
Sunday tested its strength and mness Il stood the perfect
hurricane which blew for several hours, without any injury
arrangement whatever, excepting the blowing away Of
loose panks and the destruction Of about e0 worth Of
glass; which had been properly secured Saturday night
The principal event in the Literary world is the appointment
ALFRED TESSrsoN to the post Of Poet Laureate DcK-
EMS has completed his Coppeed and Pendennis will be
terminated by the next number The monthly flip of these
serials will be missed by the public CRAIKs Romance
the Peerage is completed by the publication of the fourth
II
ton Of biography and history with the excitement of
nance. Dr. BEKscAsrIEs Voyage to China is amusing
and valuable work upon subject which appears be almost
little do yet know of this singular peo
pie. Dr. PooIE's volumes Sierra Leone and the Sape
Coast represent that country scenic paradise its moral
aspect very much the The catalogue of the great
book fair Lepsc contains the titles Of 5O23 works which
have been published in Germany since last Easter the
Der exceeds between twelve hundred and thirteen hundred
that of any fair since ls4s Surely war will not interrupt
this increasing cultivation Of literature and science Sir JOIN
HERscHEL will succeed Mr.. SHIEL Master of the Mint
The salary will be reduced Ell 500 year, and the office
need no longer be filled by member of Parliament. Sir
JOHN worthy Office which held by Sir
ISAAC NEWTON. s...... ~. ....r .,.
Nothing in Theatricas except the amateur perform
Sir EDWARD BuLwER LrrroNs seat in Hertford
shire, by Mesrs Charles Dickens, Douglas Jerold, Mark
Lemon, &c. &c the principal piece performed "Erery
Man his Humor which is said to have been admirably
sustaned-Mr. Dickens playing BobadA and Mr. Jerrold
Master Stephen. ...
There is very little news from FRANCE. Rumor
is strong respecting a change of Ministry. Gen.
ScHRAMM, the new Minister at War, has made him
self very unpopular among people of all parties by
his uneeling speech in the Assembly upon the case
of ABD-EL-KADER; in which he unblushingly assert
ed that it was right to destroy pernicious enemy
by any means whatever. An overwhelming burst
Of indignation from all sides greeted this abomina-
BILE position. Gen. CAvAIGNAc has contradicted the
statement that he would support the prolongaton
of the power of LOUIS NAPOLEON, or his re-elec-
ton contrary to the provisions of the Constitution.
The Conservative speakers in the Assembly con-
denim the warlike tone of the King of Prussia's
speech, and require fresh guarantees from the
French Government for the maintenance of the
strict neutrality which is promised in the Presi-
dents message. M. DE GIRARDIN's hoax upon the
public in the false Presidential message bears hard
upon the editor of La Presse, M. NEFFzER, who
was entirely ignorant of it, the imposition having
been fabricated and inserted by M. Girardin him
self. However, the latter will be reached through
the falling off OF more than 1000 of the subscri-
bers to his journal. The subscription had pre-
viously declined from 10000, which existed in
April and May, l845, to 81 900, and now it barely
reaches $1,000. Each of the fifty shares of the
fresse was worth $4,000 francs year ago, and
there is one to be sold at this moment for l4,OOO
francs. The total amount of customs levied on
imports for the first ten months of 1850 is lO4,-
sO6,3O4 francs. The corresponding amount of
lS49 was log, 1893, 1858 francs, and that for lS4S
7l,9l5,s03 francs. ..
The news from the CAPE of Coon HOPE is ex-
,remely important. Our relations with that Colony
are evidently approaching crisis which will de-
msnd the most temperate, judicious, and delicate
handling on the part Of the Home Government
In little time we shall have two sets of agents
from the Cape Colony in London each presenting
the draught ola Colonial constitution for the adoption
| of the Government--one prepared under the sane
ton of the Governor, Sir HARRY SMITH and tn,
other by four members of the Council who seeded
therefrom, and who, with the addition of othe
members elected by the people, framed constitu
ton more agreeable to the popular desire.
We certainly perceive in more than one of on
Colonies strong disposition to try their hands a
seJ.gouernment and we unhesitatingly say, AM
we believe majority of the people of Englan
would say the same, if they are able to maintain
themselves independently, the mother country a
we'll as themselves will be benefited by their doin
so. We think our North American Provinces
, some portion of Australia, and the Cape of Goo
Hope are fast placing themselves in this position.
D NOVEMBER 20.
The only news from FRANCE this morning is
that motion of General GRAMMoNT to remove tn
il seat OF government from Paris was negatived i
o The Assembly by vote of 437 against 1874.