Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-10-09

These nsw vessels stsamers are e the sane time aoat
ling citades and locomotives While towing feetsn
lwAke they will be engaged in fight They will conduct
large sailing ships to their positions FOR the fight and
remove from danger and into port those that have
been disabled in the conflict. 4 But it is for
the operation of descens upon the enemys coasts the
passage Of channels beset with that steam nay
CATION will have its most important role to play The
points Of departure and arrival marked 1t will only
be necessary to advance in straight line There will be
no tackngs to be operated opposing winds
to be feared BY deceying the vigilance of the enemy
the deharkment may be surely effected With yes
sells the fota of Boulogne would have landed upon the
English coast hundred thousand men, and the CONQUEST
would have been accomplished and there then would no
longer be occasion to say, with Virgil
:" 'Penitus toto diyisos orbe Britannos'"
The Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON is evidently paying special
attention to the restoration Of the French power
The activity in the navy yards the frequent decrees
touching the navy the tes at Cherbourg last year. the
recent experiments with the Napoleon in the Medterra
mean, the immense blowing of trumpets which has been
made touching the results of those experiments The re-
peated naval fetes which to sgnalze Princes
tual visit to the southern seaboard all prove it. Eng
land should closely watch the development of the French
naval power and proportion accordingly the efforts made
for the perfection Of her feet she may find
herself all at in presence of formidable rival
The eye of this Government is her for evil that she
may be assured Of Our own Government, too, should
for unscrupulous Unsuitable ambition is be the
ing principle of the French empire No hesitation in
presence of questions of right and national law and
justice will prevent the accomplishment Of any scheme
within the compass of the military and naval power of the
French for the extension Of French domination material
and moral There is nothing in embryo yet indi
eating hostile intention toward the United States They
counting upon involving their side in the great
contest for supremacy with England And there, trust
they counting without their host for persuaded
that all the great interests of humanity the of uni
yersa liberty, and all peculiar national interests
would be much with England the head of
maritime Powers than if France position
In FIVE years after the destruction of English supremacy
the united power of France and the United States
would find ourselves engaged in conflict with France for
our naval existence should have fears for the
ultimate result of such contest 1t would be- after q
few years. another Trqfagar and the AngloSaxon would
again become master Of the and Of the
of the world.
The budget for 1863 approprates the service Of the
Ministry Of the Marine 49, 1871 900 f, 1922 1885, 847)
OF this sum, S449735 applied to the completion of
the works for the defence of Cherbourg the op
poste England The budget provides for 168 vessels in
service of which $50 armed and 38 in port commits
sion. They present total Of 452 cannons and
the of 23 440 horsepower The effective person
mel force of the French navy the Aonr reports be
composed of ,874 officers comprising
| admrals (pay $500
IL vice admiras, (pay 81, ,805.)
| 20 counter admiras, (pay S1,S70)
llO captains of lst and I'd classes pay from ss41 to
| S935)
| 230 captains Of frigate, (pay $656.50)
$50 eutenants of ls and I'd casses ay from 1874 to
s5o .ns;ao. s4o.'1O9 ~ $3.50 20,
800 mdshipmen, (stoss) pay from Sll2.2o to $lS7)
1874
The above pay gives aggregate Of $685. 1880. AS
for the general service the pay with the accessories
amounts $6,S ss69o This last thus subdi-
vided-
Officers, military and civil 81 4s8, 1872 21
Boatswains guards surveillance 383578 10
Pay and clothing Of sailors and marines 4,649266 90
The marine infantry in France and the French colonies
is composed Of
4S3 officers
1858 non-commissoned officers privates aad eafdn de
troupe
The artillery comprises
| 154 officers
! 2,97l privates, SC.
| The maritime gendarmery-
IL officers.
3O5 sub officers brigadiers, and gendarmes
The navy hospitals cost S319, 21
Stores 1850, ,268. 90 |
Pay Of day laborers .2,15S, 354 90 |
The last accounts that have received from Greece
that Minister Ar MARsH) has left Athens for
Constantnople without the intention TO return the diff
Guilty growing Of the King affair being quite arranged
1t supposed a few weeks ago that the matters in
dispute between this Government and Belgium we're ami
caby arranged but the papers Of both countries Cover
mental and Opposition agreed that serious difficulties
are again arising growing out Of the unacceptable de-
Of this touching the entrance into Bel
gum upon more favorable terms Of French silks and
wines The purpose Of the Government Of LOUIS NAPo-
LEON TO exact hard from his weak neighbor and
finally to drive him quarrel and open resistance or
der to get the pretext for that is for annexation to
France is becoming every day evident predict
that unless Europe reforms the Holy Alliance for the
maintenance Of the treaties of 1915 and Of the map of Eu
rope as it is Belgium win be annexed in less than two
years if Louis NAPoLEoS lives. LEOPOLD had best be
placing funds in England the chances in favor Of his
being compelled to join there his Queens family Clare
That annexation, the seizure Of Piedmont will
probably afford the first excmp6caton Of the aggressive
character Of the empire. doubt for men
toned in former letters, If the Holy Alliance be safely
and efficiently reformed to prevent the incorporation Of
Belgium with France.
The electric telegraph is daily receiving extensive
application in all directions over Western Europe de-
Of the Prince Louis NAPOLEON has just ordered