Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-12-11

Ely and Cambridge for this article
The Literary world presents little novelty with the ex
cepon OF the Laureaes Ode the death of the Duke
OF WELLINGTON, which the Times describes having
more beauty than force, more sweetness and feeling
than dignity or magnifcence"
Lord EGLIs0ros has been been elected rector of the
University Of Glasgow, by very tring majority over
the Duke Of ARGYLL
The fate Of that interesting monument, Cleopatra
needle has at last been decided through the exerons Of
the Crystal Palace Company. letter from Lord DERBY
permits the removal Of the column and its erection in
the Sydenham grounds upon condition that the Govern
men may hereafter reclaim it, payment of all
incurred in its transit from Egypt to London
The patent law, which into operation ON the
1st of October furnishes pertinent illustration Of the
nvigoratng influence of practical reform Under the
old regime she average number of English patents taken
out during he year five hundred about ten each
week. In she three first weeks of October 1851 there
only twenty patents sealed During this year the
number provisional registrations and completed spec
catons amounts to no less than four hundred and sixty
one may perhaps be supposed shat out of large
number great proportion of the applications patents
must be Of trivial Importance and for very ring inven
tons Solar however opinion can be formed from
the titles, the inventions full large in scope and of
great value the average of patents under the old
laws for example, the improvements relating to the
spinning and weaving Of textile fabrics 38 inventions
relating to shpbuildng 10; in agricultural implements
5 in steam engines Is; relating to motive powers 10
in railway locomotives 10. There improvements in
lighting and ventilation, in refining sugar in dyeng in
mining operations in printing in gavanc batteries and
voltaic engines, &C. The alteration in this law also
affords an additional proof of the important fact that
reduction of restrictive taxes not only tends increase
production, but to augment revenue The cost Of an
L,rl,al, - II. -ecL- - II a. "A
91OO The annual revenue derived by the Government
from that source therefore, the FIVE hundred
patents 100000 The patent law, Of g5 for regis
tration $25 for patent for three years. $50 for
years. and 800 for fourteen years. will yield more than
quadrupe increase to the revenue upon the superstition
that threequarters of the Professionally registered
lions are protected for three years only.
The foreign news Of the week is very uninteresting
LOUIS NAPOLEON is all bat severy inch" an Emperor
and now only wants the plcisce of the people to make
him entirely Great exertions will be used to make
the vote large possibe the only apprehension is
that the people will be careless about voting not regard
ing it Of any Importance. Great exerons are making
by the Lgmists to reduce the number of much
as possible The clergy however working hard for
Louis NAPOLEON, and there growing opinion in Paris
that the official return will be larger than that given for
the ten years Presidency.
nenal nations with respect the of things in
France The Ministerial Assan Gazette states that the
Government of AUSTRIA win acknowledge the new forms
about to be established in France but in recognising
compshed facts AUSTRIA has intention of placing
self in opposition to the principles of legitimacy At the
conclusion of the article it is suggested that LOUIS NApo
will do well not to ask for recognition by foreign
Powers of any titles and designations which do not
tally belong to the imperial dignity applicable to
France but which neither to be reconced with his
tory nor European international law
We have nothing from PRUSSIA any other part of
GERMANY from the Baltic nations excepting that the
King of SWEDEN is slowly recoverng but it is feared his
disease is not entirely subdued.
Late from TURKEY leads to the hope that friendly
relations completely restored between the PORTE and
FRANCE. The Turkish Government continues to send
funds to France account Of the payment made on the
repudiated loan Pacific arrangements have also been
concluded through the good Offices Of the Russian and
English Charges dAfaires at Constantinople between
the PERSIAN and TURKISH Government Thus AS far as
we know there is not speck OF war visible on the
entire surface Of Europe The GRAND SULTAN has also
evidenced feeling Of strength and security in the am
nesy which he has granted to the fourteen hundred fam
lies Of nsurrectionary Bosnans who fed some months
since into Austria The AkhJar Of ALaIERs says Infor
nation which think proceeds from good source
points out Prince NAPOLEON BoSAPARrE son of King JE
RonE, about to be invested with the vce-royalty Of
our African possessions"
There is from CHINA Of battles between the Gov
eminent and nsurgent forces-sanguinary but unpro-
ductve Of apparent result The main body insurgents
to have every thing pretty much in their own way
and steadily working their march towards Marking
The only from INDIA relates to the marching and
countermarchng Of troops There had not been any more
fighting There is nothing new from the Cape Of Good
Hope.
NOVEMBER 10.
The great pageant Of yesterday has passed off
well, and without any accident, according to the
morning papers, except the fall Of gentleman from
the top Of house Charng Cross by which he frac
tured his skull, and died shortly afterwards The day
fortunately very fine the arrangements seem to have
been very complete and every thing of quietly or
derly, and satisfactorily The details occupy twelve
closeyprnted columns in the morning papers SO great
the influx OF persons into London that there was alb
solutey Wednesday evening scarcity Of provisions
which was however very speedily remeded The police
arrangements admirable they seem TO have been
adopted the principle that by consulting the conve
nence OF the spectators the business OF the day would
best facilitated But had those arrangements been less
effective the spirit by which the people animated
would have prevented any thing like disturbance All
seemed to feel the imprcssveness Of the The 81
ence intense the solemnty Of the music most af
fecng The Dead March in Saul and the roll Of the
mufied drums produced solemnizing effect
The greater part OF the spectators not only in the win