Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-11-27
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
FROM OUR Z oND ON ooRRESPoNDENT
LoNpoN, NovEMBER 5, 1852.


The new Parliament was opened yesterday ny
ROYAL Commission No business was done in the
Lords In the Commons nearly all the Cabinet at
tended, and full muster on the Ministerial benches
Lord JOHN RUSSELL took his place as leader of the
Opnosition. Baron RoTHscHIID took his place on
the Onpositon benches The question Of his elgi-
bil;tv viii not occur until the taking the oaths Mr.
ROBERT PALMER (Ministerialist) proposed, and
Lord R. GaosvEsoR (Opposton) seconded the appoint
ment Of Mr. SHAW LErrvRE (Whg) as Speaker and he
was unanimously elected and took the chair Sir Ro-
BERT IscIs made observations respecting the labor
which deyoives upon the Speaker, and said:
hundred years ago there not above three de-
bates and fifteen divisions in sessions last year there
were two hundred and forytwo divisions The present
Speaker whom he congratulated his reelection had
sat- lin the of his occupancy of the chair less
than $4,000 hours and had compressed into the period
Of his service labor more attention, and
cessfu energy than any Of his predecessors notwth
standing Speaker occupied the chair during the
tire reign of George l. and another during the whole of
the reign Of George H.
The CHASoELLoR Of the Exchequer and Lord JOHN Rus
strongly eulogIed the character and conduct Of the
Speaker and congratulated the House his elections
and the House adjourned So ended the first day of the
session.
1t has long been admitted by men Of all parties that
Protection is impossible Even the ultra Editor
of Blackwoods Magazine admits this and in the number
for this month"; article headed The Holydays which
may be fairly regardedas "the EDITORIAL for the num-
ber says the re-mposon Of duties upon is aban-
doned" To make amends however, for this deseron Of
maintained and most skfuy advocated principle,
the Editor inserts article extending through twenty
two pages from correspondent, entitled The Restrc
tive Tariffs Of Foreign Countries" The object of this
article is to show that Sir ROBERT PEEL has completely
failed in his prediction that other nations must good
fall xbo in
materially reducing the duties upon foreign products
The only countries which have sBritish liberalty
by altering their tariffs since 843 Parma Tuscany
the Roman States Sardinia, and the Two Sicies. The
important countries which have not responded to
the example of Great Britain, but the contraysome
oithem at leas-have made their tariffs stringent
are the Germanic League Zol- Verein France Bel
GUM, SPAIN Russia Holland Sweden various other Eu-
ropean Continental Powers and the United States The
latter however, is said to be the nearest to recpro-
eating country which be named !; and the tariff OF
lS46is pronounced to be "a great improvement upon
that of 1922 although the average protection which the
former affords is said be equal to % per cent In
nexon with this suect may be noted that the English
ultra freetrade Journals are rejoicing in the anticipated
success Of the Freetfade candidate General Pierce
and prophesying that the world will speedily witness
the downfall Of that miserable system of protection
which the American Wings have devotedly clung
The advocates Of freetrade increasing very rapid
ly, told, in Germany The Kreuz Zeitung lately
pointed out the great of this interest but from
the different positions in which the party is placed in the
various German countries it be combined to
advocate and carry out the same The Free
traders for the Ausro-Germanic union in Austria
and against it in the of Germany in Prussia they
for dividing the Verein, in the southern States
for preservngit In spite of this divergence of policy
do
vicons of the Germans and its influence in all
leading questions.
great freetrade banquet has lately taken place
Manchester in the Free-trade Hail. About three thou
sand persons present. including seyenty-nine
bers Of the present House Of Commons Apologies for
non-attendance received from upwards of eighty
other members Mr. GOLDEN proposed, if the Queens
speech did not contain distinct avowa of determine
ton to adhere to the feerade policy and to carry it
in every practical way that the freetrade members of
the House of Commons should amendment to the
address declaring that Government will have the conf
dence of the House which does not make that avowal
Sir W. CLAY said every large constituency in the king
dom, with the exception of Liverpool had returned
least one free-trade member Mr. BnIoHr made very
powerful speech and Mr. KEoGn, NJ P. for Athlone
reand said three fourths Of the representatives of Ire
land pledged to support free-rade in grain The
Irish members he said, sympathized with tyranny
abroad, and obeyed tyranny at home" Twenty two
Irish members were the dinner. The Hon. T. BERKE-
Ley M p for Bath Mr. WILMER GIBsoS, and Lord GooDE
RICH NJ. P. for Hull addressed the meeting similar
topics.
The general public attention. respects home subjects
is fixed upon the business Of Parliament and the funeral
of the Duke Of WILMINGTON The arrangements for the
funeral are making upon great and costly scale Three
officers two noncommissoned officers and six privates
- ttood
the funeral The pabearers win be Lord Combermere
the Marqusof Londonderry, Lord Hardnge, Lord Sea-
ton, and Lord Gough-an Generals in the army-and
Lieutenant Generals Sir Charles Napier Sir j. L. Lush
ington, Sir @. Pollock, and Major General Sir Harry
Smith Parliament win be applied to- it is said for
appropriation Of E100 900 to the expenses pro-
grame Of the procession has been published filing more
than column Of the largest daily journal Mere than
twenty thousand persons viii be assembled within St.
Paus Cathedral Unheard- of prcesare paying for win
dovs 60. from which to view the spectacle Every foot
of ground round the churches in the Strand win be filed
with seats, and occuped'at high prces-a appca-
ton of church property The house of Mr. Dakns the
tea dealer the Of St. Pauls Church yard will
realize 000 1t is said by the occupany of its windows
and Mr.. Etherington the shawl merchant In Ludgate
street. expects rent his for 800 This is certainly
doing good business.
Abroad the political horizon is clouded and ominous.
Lov NAroLEoSs attitude is too mysterious not to be
subject Of anxiety The other great Continental Powers
are ono and all, engaged in acrusade against liberty at
bornc and t,a 10 If