Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-05-25

have at last the wise resolution of taking care OF
themselves, by attending to the cultivation Of cotton
&C., and making the most of their resources 4rRALIAs
papers tell that meeting held Ade the 2lst
Of December consider the constutop proposed Tor
that colony by the BrsN overnmea Resolu ions in favor
Of its essential provisions adopted with much
cheering.
Prince KAmEHAsEHA and Prince LrHoLAHo, accompanied
by the Commissioner Of the Queen the Sandwich Islands,
Mr. JUpp are now in London. They have visited our pub
lie places and were large party Of the nobility, foreign
&c. at Lady PALaERsross the other evening
May Sd.
Nothing Of importance in either House of Par
lament Last evening the Duke of RICHMOND
presented more than hundred petitions IN the
Lords, complaining of agricultural distress, and ask
ing for protection His Grace endeavored to for
tfy the views of the petitioners by the production
of Northumberland newspaper in which were sixty adver-
isements from farmers of the sale of their live and dead
stock Earl GREY met this argument by the production ofa
Sussex newspaper dated 25th September 1914 in the pamy
days Of projections in which fewer than seventy
advertisements for the sale of farming Stock showing that
these sales quite period the other
Ministers defeated in the Commons by vote OF l55 to
1885, on motion to bring in bill abolishng the attorneys
certificate tax, which bill Ministers opposed on the ground
that would necessarily lead to the abolition Of other licenses
the annual produce Of which than FL O0O O00 and
the state of the revenue would allow the repeal Of
taxes at present.
The difficulties of Pope Plus Rome increased by
the dread of exhausted treasury and exploded oan
The explanations Of the latter circumstance detailed in the
morning papers they are long extract and will bear
abdgment The result will probably be, that out of the
nominal of the loan OF sixty millions Of francs, not
more than forty forty five millions will reach the Papa trea-
suy This is owing any decaton on the part OF the
contractors, Mess RoTHscHLD, but from the effect which
the affairs Of Rome have upon the terms Of the contract The
Republic of CHIL has to the Pope specimen OF her
metallic riches mass of silver worth from thirty to forty
thousand dollars The Holy Father is said to have lately met
an application for mercy political offender with stern
negative and the words Let my subjects feel the con-
sequences Of their black ngratitude"
The Parliament at Erfur prorogued the 29th ui
mo- shaving rendered that cooperation in the work OF con-
stuting the German Union which is prescribed by the
fourth article of the BUND statute the object OF its meet
sing" The PRUssIAN administration secures to itself the
right Of assembling this Parliament at It's pleasure Much
attention awakened Berlin order to thearmy directing
the soldiers Immediately lay aside the German cocade,
which previously been side by side with the Prs
sian one Twelve months ago the soldiers punished for
not wearing the German coors they now threatened with
three days imprisonment they do wea The
ders are said havead aside the black yellow and red cock
ade with great joy This order being given after the
CATION of the Eurt Parliament regarded significant
omenbut Of what nobody apesent preumes even to guess
The from FRANKFORT that AUSTRIA seeks TO restore
the old German Diet, strengthening herself with taking two
from the smaller States and defraudng Germany of all
the results Of the last two years warfare and disque
little bit of home gossip is that the name of the infant
prince is the express desire Of her Majesty to be ARTHUR
in compliment to the Duke Of WELLISaToS, to whom the
intention Of her Majesty very appropriately communicated
by Prince Albert on the Dukes birthday the lst instant
This the Of the year when nearly all our great
religious associations and societies hold their annual meetings.
EXETER HALL the great of action and crowds attend
every day listen the speeches and hear the details OF
proceedings for the past year. The Church Missionary So
cety held its meeting yesterday reported its income to be
for the last year 904273, of which nearly had
been raised in India. The missions employ l74 clergy
men, &C.; the attendants on Christian worship in the So
cieys missions throughout the world estimated at
lO7 600 the communicates, at $4,000; the number Of
children receiving Christian education, 000 the number
Of bapisms in the past year 1884, and the increase Of
communcans 543 More than 1900 persons attended the
meeting The British and Foreign Bible Society held its
annual meeting yesterday well attended, and its affairs
represented prosperous. Mr.. ABBoTT LAWRENCE
the platform, and seconded resolution which was
moved by the Bishop NoRwlcH, in short but appro
pirate Speech which he said, swith reference to the
nexion between Church and State that had been said in
England religion supported by the state he venured
say that was the State that supported by religion
and he knew that the great Republic of the West would not
stand an hour without the sanction of the Bible"
Mr. HENLEYs motion, last night, respecting salaries and
emolumens Of Office, gave rise to very interesting debate
during which much statistical information evolved
Mr.. HENLEY said that although fewer than 24s,000
persons emgated in s4s, and considerably larger number
last year. there still great difficulty every where in the
country getting In every the tradesman with
large capital squeezing out the small radesman where
any place. however humble, vacant the number Of per-
good character and excellent qualifications rushing to
seek it almost exceeded belief" Mr. Henley to
show that consequence Of the decrease price of almost
every article Of consumption, salaries and pequisies
Of Office should xperience similar reduction.
The declared value of exports of millinery and haber
dashery in ls4s49 less than G927 900. At the
last census, the population employed in cotton linen, wool
len, and silk manufactures 49s 24l The shoemaker
dressmakers mine seamstresses, saymakers and aors
amounted 4s2 599 The declared value of the exports of
haberdashery and millinery about times the official
value in s4344, but in ls4s49 had become little
than double; showing depreciation of four hundred per
There must have been work during the
laet three four years for this Mr. Henley made
the following the depreciation in prices be-
tween 1928 and ls49
Beef and mutton had fallen II per cent.
Bread (at present m0re) 20 !"