Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-02-14

the letter o that promise VIC observe by carrying them In
the first instance to Van Demans Land but as soon as
they have arrived there take measures winch we know
must and shall, have the erect OK transferring
criminals whom we will not suffer TO contamnate the air
of England into the very bosom of these rising societies.
without supplying any trace OF their sgn or any haK
TO guard the unwry against their haoaal ana
deprayity. Thus, by union OF scihshness, tyranny,
and bad faith do we rob colonies Of that smpeity
and innocence which naturally attends on the r9ral life
Of yoNng communities and transfer to them because they
are weak burden which do not choose to bear be-
cause we are strong. This rs question between the
mother country and penal colonies 1t IS the deliberately
extracting body polite the most destructive
ana noxous elements and nocuatng with them the vens
Of communities whose rights sacred and whose fee
ings entitled 70 respect as eur own.
The Daily News corroborGtes this assertion by citing
the of the Nile convict ship which reached Van Die
mans Land ON the Sd October, $780, the conyicts on
board this vessel received pardon Immediately on their
rival and mixed up and absorbed in the free Austria
Ian communities forming each the centre of little circle
for using corruption and contamination The statistics
of these colonies show of the crimes
mitted there by persons originally transported from
this country and doubt considerable portion of the
remaining enth is the result of their persuasion and
ample Need wonder that an honest and hard-work-
ing Englishman should prefer four thousand miles re-
mova from home with good land at five shings per acre,
free political institutions, and honest neighbors, to
with Indifferent land twenty shngs per since that
is the minimum price the society ofconyicted feons
The question put by the English journalist lie abundanty
answered.
The last returns Of the Bank of England show in
crease in circulation Of E759Oi4
Private deposites S9,726
Discounts 460 402
Bullion. 237 ,997
decrease. of public deposites 172,63O
The Bank has nor an unemployed fund of 12,27500O
The Importation of gold into Europe during the last
three years is estimated at The results of
the trade and navigation returns for the past month
very satisfactory showing increase of $497 05S
the corresponding month of 1849 although falling
STA 1O3 below that of 1850 For the eleven months
ending 9th December 1851, the exports amounted to
s63 272 against ESQ., 525 in 1850 and f54
in 1S49 The imports of the year have been upon scale
without any parallel and large the consumption has
been Of all the leading articles it has not increased in
the proportion the imporations While there
fore, the actual demand for consumption has exceeded
that of any former year. it is undoubtedly that the
speculative importatons have been much larger that
large losses have been incurred upon the extensive bust
that has been done.
The deaths in London last week were ILL., the aver
age of the corresponding week for the preceding years
1852 Three Of the deaths of last week from
that singular disease, car6cte The births ,542
the average of the precedingye beng 1868
There is nothing in Theatricas. Among books
may be mentioned "a Personal Narrative of English
man, resident in Abyssinia," by M. PARKYs, Esq;
History of Gustavus Vasa " The Handbook for the
Environs of London, by A. CUSSINGHAM and "a Hand
book of Familiar Quotations" A candidate for the
authorship of Jus has been started in the person of
Thomas (second) Lord LYrTLEToS-the Lord Lytteton
respecting whom the miraculous tale of his death being
foretold and absolutely occurring related book has
been published under thee g Who was Junius 7" " The
Speeches and Letters of THOMAS Lord LYrTLEroS with
introduction and notes connecting Lord L. with Ju
MUS The Quarterly Re,aew has article of seventy
pages upon the subject endeavorng to refute the
claims of Sir PHILIP FRANCIS and to substanate those of
Lord LYTTLEToS. This number of the Quarterly Re
contains its usual quantity of talent and vituperaton
almost every article evidences the former and review of
Notes by Sir RoBERr HERos Bart, is heavily charged
with the latter. 1t is evidently written by the caustc
and Grabbed JOHN WILSON CROKER.
The stamp for 1850 give the following the
circulation of some of the London papers for that wear