Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-12-13

be said to have decidedly upward tendency. There
is no quotable change in the colonial and foreign
produce market
The only new feature in the Theatrical and Mu-
sca world is the commencement of the annual series
of promenade concerts at Drury Lane Theatre under
the direction of nj. Julien. These entertainments
appear to be as popular as ever. A few new books
are announced among them the Lives of the three
Devereux, Earls Of Essex" by the Hon. Captain
Devereux; the Life of Thomas Stothard, R.A., by
Mrs. Bray History Of ancient Pottery, by Samuel
Birch Handbook to the Cathedrals of England, by
Rev. G. A. Poole; Buenos Ayres and the Provinces
of La Plata by Sir Woodbine Parish; and Conside-
ratons on Steam Warfare and Naval Shell Firing,
by Gen. Sir Howard Douglas
We are glad to learn that Lord John Russell has
granted 9500 to Lieut.. PIN, from the treasury,
towards defraying his expenses to Siberia in search
of Sir John Franklin.
The electric light is about being brought into
practical operation, the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railroad Company having Arranged to illuminate
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rssv u zen years being I,09I. The births were
1926, the average Of six years being 1888. The
weather continues very cold, considering the earli
Of the season. and winter is anticipated
from the early arrival Of winter birds of passage on
their transit to the south
Our continental budget is small one; and, we
rejoice to say, it is altogether of peaceable
and quiet complexion than we anticipated,
From France the best news is that the Questor's
bill for giving the President of the Assembly con-
troll over part of the army independent of the Pres
dent Of the Republic or the War Office, has been
defeated by vote of 40S against 800. It is sup
posed that material modification of the new Cabi-
net will be necessary, some of the leading members
of it having shown great incompetency during the
late debates. M Blondel has refused the Office Of
Minister of Finance. The cause of Louis Napoleon
is once more in the ascendant the Prince of Join
ville's name is tactly withdrawn from the candi-
dateship for the Presidency and the Count de Cham
bord is never alluded to. The nephew of Napoleon
is the only candidate before the people, and he, at
present, is ineligible by the constitutions that obsta
tional means It may be safely said that political
affairs in France are looked upon with much less
alarm.
LOUIS NAPOLEON and his Cabinet have assumed
new attitude towards the National Assembly: they
have relinqushed all responsibility with regard to
the present bill before the Chamber, in place of the
electoral bill which was presented by the Govern
ment and rejected The Ministers will, it is said,
absent themselves entirely from the debates upon
the subject.
The Cabinet of Denmark is said to be too demo-
cratic for the Emperor Of RUSSIA, and he has noti-
fed that he shall not any longer continue his sup
port of the Danish view of the Schleswig- Holstein
question. 1t is said that change of Ministry is
probable and that Denmark will in future court the
advice and support Of England
A fourth Presidency is about to be established IN
British India; that of Lahore 1t will include the
Punjaub and Scinde, and the cities of Allahabad
and Benares and extend from the mountains of
Beloochstan to the plains of the Ganges.
ITALY furnishes no news but, unless all augury
nature-blessed but politically and religiously de-
pressed beautiful country.
Nor have we much from GERMANY, although
much of it's social surface is literally slumbering
volcano. The accounts of the damage done by the
inundations in Styria Croatia, Carinthia, and the
Venetian provinces are very distressing. The loss
Of crops, buildings, &c. has been enormous Let
ters from Trieste speak of the premature severity of
the weather. The communication with Vienna has
been interrupted, and snow has gathered in large
masses between Trieste and Laibach. We hear no
thing about diets congresses, assemblies to
coct plans for the organization of Universal Ger
many" from any part of that vast country. En-
perors and Kings and Field Marshals and Prime
Ministers have all tried their hands at Constitution
making, and have all failed. So long as peace is
the result, humanity is gamer; and although GER
tain political institutions in various parts of the
Fatherland are capable of great improvement, they
had better remain as they until that improve
ment can be attempted with rational prospect of
success The time for attempting it is probably,
much nearer than those who are seated in high
places imagine.