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

dous and earnestly wish the day may pass over with
out anx serious accidents John Bulls love Of sight
seeing was strikingy exhibited We wish b,
may not grumble when he has to pay the piper Ths
"lyng- instate at Chelsea attended by hundreds
thousands of spectators The precautionary arrange
ments appear have been very imperfect the first day.
two females crushed death and many other per
seriously injured The papers of this morning
tain the programme Of the procession and orders respect
ing it, which nearly fill three closely printed columns
The election of FRANKLIN PIERCE to the Presidency OF
the United States is of gratifying to your Demo
cratic party and it also peases the English feetrade
party Trusting that Gen. PIERCE will do his best to
mote the of peace and to develop the great
and protect all the great interests of his country
we wish him Godspeed in the arduous duties of the eevat
ed position to which his owctizens have promoted him.
meeting of the United States citizens was convened
at the American Legation by Mr. ISGERsoIL Saturday
last for the purpose Of uniting tribute of respect
the memory of Mr.. WEBSTER, and of expressing their
sense OF the loss which their country has sustained in his
death About forty gentlemen attended, when suitable
resolutions were passed and the usual badge Of mourning
adopted for thirty days
The earthquake which was felt in England last week
has been succeeded by heavy gales and continuous rain
50 that the rivers and brooks have in many parts been
swollen to an unusual extent and very large amount of
damage done. The Thames higher Friday than
had done for century, flooding the Surrey side for Sc
vera miles In Herefordshire a mail coach and four
horses were swept away by the flood one passenger
lost his life The gales of wind have been from the south
east and their disastrous effect has been most severely
felt the Irish coast where several shpwrecks have
taken place. Great mischief has been done in Shrop
shire, Worcestershire, Northamponshre and Cambridge
shire, and at Birmingham Shrewsbury Wakefield North
Shields, Sc.
The volunteering for the militia has so far been sue
cessfu that less than 600 Of the So 600 wanted
have been enrolled, but only thirteen of the fty-two
counties of England and Wales have furnished their full
quota.
We have been much surprised to find from q return
compiled from official that the loss Of life in the
various military and naval actions in which British troops
engaged from 1898 to 1916 only O00 both by
and land It must be understood that this return in
cudes only British troops of the regular army the East
India Companys military force engaged in India and the
Portuguese and Spanish troops engaged in the Peninsula
not being included Nor the table furnish record of
the loss Of life and the of suffering during these
Of the greatest Of modern times for does
not include the number missing which always consider
able Nor must we forget the $4,000 human beings
wounded, of whom great many died. and many dragged
weakened and manned existence To these must be
added the great number who persisted by sickness and the
other casualties Of war This indeed makes fearful ag
gregate of human suffering and sorrow; but yet the
amount of human life directly sacrificed on the battlefield
is, think, much less than is usually imagined Nor
the pecuniary of warfare be forgotten During
the fourteen years which ended with 1874 the army ma
wy and ordnance departments of Great Britain cost the
nation 900 sterling We give few particulars
from these returns: