Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-10-16


The progress Of the President Of FRANCS is yet m ost
triumphant and huiastic although there is rumor
OF internal machine and conspiracy against his
life having been discovered at Marseles The scheme Of
LOUIS NAPOLEON is evidently collect as many proofs az
possible Of the popular enth usiasm and Of the desire
the nation to become an empire He will then declare
that he yields to the pressure of public opinion The
question will then be introduced INTO the Senate and az
forwards to the Comto, both Of which viii, doubt
confirm the, so-called popular voice. He will then
swer the foreign Powers who may lok askance at the
change, that he obliged to accept title which
bestowed upon him by o whole nation but which, by
contradiction, hs will accept Napoleon ILL; for if the
succession be his by hereditary right what occasion for
all this mummery Of election? His first step En-
peror will be- It is said, in wenformed quarAers
duce the French army to extent which will an
annual saving Of thirty millions of francs This measure
is designed however to have another effect that quiet
ing the foreign Powers who may entertain suspicious Of
his ambitious designs.
The principal news from Spain is the death of an old
companion in arms of the Duke Of WELLINGTON General
CAsTANos at the age of 95 Castanos was free from the
Jeaouses entertained by several of the Spanish COM
manders towards their foreign allies he was the ablest
Of all the Spanish generals and much esteemed by We'll
lingon and the British army. His funeral win be con-
Quoted with all possible magncence at the expense Of
the State The Spanish Government has issued decree
directing that all contracts with the State SHALL in future
be put up at auction
ITALY furnishes very little news the ROWAN budget
shows the annual receipts of the Papal States to be
g., 100000, their expenditures amount to So 800 O0O
Sir H. BULwER the British Ambassador at FLORENCE is
again at ROME, treating with the poncal court respect
ing concordat for Ireland This is of consde
rabe importance to England whose wish is to put an
end to the troubles of Catholic Ireland without severity
and without delay The diplomatic dexterity of Sir
HENRY BULwER relied upon to bring about this sou
ton The only news from NAPLES is good the King has
pardoned great number of persons who had con-
demned DEATH the galeys &c. The Duke of PARMA
at Vienna his neighbour the Duke of MoDEN at Naples
These two little sovereigns of Central Italy to fol-
low opposite lines of policy, but neither of them appear
to be overstocked either with sound Judgment or its
tain concomitant, liberal opinions.
The Emperor Of AUSTRIA is, through his Minister at
Rome endeavorng to establish concordat between the
Austrian Government and the Pope. General HAYNAu
has been summoned to Vienna the Emperor considering
that the demonstration which the Generals presence
cited in certain places calculated compromise the
honor of the Austrian army and uniform This intend
ed as reproof to BELGIUM The Vienna Presse of the
22d instant contains montory article addressed to the
same country, in the following words:
The youngest sof European States is reminded that
it is not entitled play the moderator in European poll
tics but bound conform itself the order policy of
the greater States. Belgium is not in the number of
those States whose existence is guaranteed in the treaties
OF 1915 Its later independence is only indulgence
granted by the great Powers and one of the
tia conditions of the prolongaton of that indulgence is
the removal of all persons whose presence the soil
may be preudicial to Belgiums neghbors."
This is toerably explicit; but Belgium need not fear
that either the existing Emperor Of Austria or the en-
bryo of France viii proceed any further than the
of big words and the PRONUNCIATION of high sounding
DEGREES King LEOPOLD has sincere and powerful friends
in NICHOLAS of Russia, and VICTORIA of Great Britain
We have little from PRUSSIA; the best item is
that although the cholera has reached Berlin and about
forty have been reported it is of comparatively
mild type and yields to prompt and vigorous treatment
the disorder is said be already the decline that
city. The zo-veren question between Austria and
Prussia is yet undecided. Hanover is said hold the
casting the question and her decision is anxious
ly awaited for.
No news from INDIA the Cape Of Coon HOPE
curious instance of the combined effects Of weari-
of military life and the desire Of emigration has
painfully exhibited itself in the 30th regiment Of foot in
the British army stationed at Cephalona, and the 4lst
regiment stationed at Zante. plot had been formed
among the to strike their officers with the express
purpose Of being transported for term of years and
thus obtaining their discharge from the army and free
passage to Australia No less than eight of these cases
occurred in month and the were taken to Corfu
to be tried by garrison court-maral The result was
very different from what the poor fellows expected They
were all found guilty and sentenced to death Seven
however, we're let off with transportation for life to
penal settlement the eighth suffered the sentence of death
Much interest excited for the sufferer and many
petitions sent to the General but he returned them
with the endorsement mistaken humanity"