Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-07-17

poLEoNs rule great victory has been obtained by the
Council of State having given way to the Budget Commit
tee two points that rejected by the House. by
which the Senator'S salaries to be permanently
charged the Of the State but to be voted
annually
We cannot further alude to M. GoUIS's report upon
the finances Of France than say that it exercise
vast influence not only upon the political condition of that
country but also upon the monetary system Of Europe
There is floating debt Of less than hundred aud
seventy millions of francs of which hundred and fifty
millions is held by the savings banks. The balance
against the State for the year 64 millions but
the whole of the sinking fund is diverted from the pur
pose to which it is legally pledged and appropriated to
the ways and it has been for several years the
amount Of this fund upwards of milions
be added to the deficiency for the year. making it nearly
hundred and thirty millions Of francs upwards Of
five millions sterling The Tines thus comments upon
this business:
Setting apart all political considerations, predilec
tons for this Ihat fOrn Of Government these facts
which NJ GoUN has ssd and placed before the country
clear language 60 far to account for all French revou
items, past present. and to come Achievement which,
in period Of great prosperity and profound peace goes
on continually augmentng the burdens and the debts of
nation deserves to forfeit its confidence whether it be
called monarchy, republic empire for this
ravagance only crafty its vanity supply
the of corruption We have question that this
the powerful which detached the French
nation from the government of Louis PHLIPPE though
its operation mpefecy understood by the Minister'S
Of that sovereign and by the people at large The revo
luton came, the republic proclaimed; but 1t only
aggravated these evils and the last change Of Govern
men which has placed the resources OF the country in
the hands of men still needy rapacious and inca
pable, viii aggrayate them still 1t is character
stc of the of Catines old the Roman histo
ran to be covetous Of other mems property and prod
gal Of their own On this point there other
ground of dstrust we confidently await heavy day of
reckoning with Louis Napoeons government There is,
indeed, line of policy before him, which he has the
power and he might have the sagacity to adopt II he
had the resolution to reduce the French army by
half and the military estimates in the proportion,
he would give real pledge Of peace to Europe; he
would restore large mass of men in all countries to
their natural productive occupations, and he would re-
duce the expenditure Of the State within the limits of the
1t is hardly necessary add that such
would give more solid and rational basis to the
stability of his Government both abroad and at home,
than army which alarms Europe without intmidatng
it, and debt which drains deeply, year by year.
the internal of France. But such measure
would be wholly inconsistent with all know of his
policy, his personal habits, and his ambition The
ngs of legislative bodies these questions of financial
extravaganza always lost those for whom they
chiefly intended and the nation will continue to expiate
by increasing taxes and eventual catastrophe the
incorrigible mprovidence of its rulers"
1t is again rumored that NM. FoULD, DE MoRSEy,
and earlier about to the Ministry Accounts
of unfavorabe nature have been received from Age-
Insurrection is said to have spread all Kabya
and part Of the province of Constantine.
4 No news whatever from SPAIN PoRTuGAL. 1t has
been confirmed by Ministers in both Houses Of Parliament
that Sir H. BuLwER has satisfactorily arranged all diff
cues with Tuscany and that Tuscany had done all that
England could wish far the Mather misunderstood
ing between the countries is concerned having made
most ample acknowledgment Of regret to every thing
that has occurred with respect to Mr. Mather and also
an unequivocal acknowledgment Of her responsibility
an independent State to protect all British Subjects whe
ther travelling resident in the country. Under these
circumstances the very sentiments subsis between
the Government of her Majesty and that of the Grand
Duke"
Agents Of the Papal Government have been ensting
Hamburg for the service of the Pope who
ing foreign regiments; above four hundred men
have been obtained in about eight days.
The only news from AUSTRIA is that the young Empe-
is yet engaged his in Hungary and that the
Ministers busy settling the affairs of the Austrian
Customs Union The Ministers Buol and Bach have left
Vienna to meet the Emperor at Pesth
/ The committee the revision Of the HAsovERIAN
Constitution have decided that the article which declares
that the exercise of political rights is Independent Of
Gous belief" shall not be changed This is good
beginning.
The PRUssL,N Government is devising measures d-
minsh the amount Of foreign paper money which is find
ing its way into the Of the country. Matters
OF hnance and commerce seem at 10 engage the
entire attention Of Prussia U.r pe3
| july 2.-The great event Of yesterday was of
course the propagation Of Parliament, which took
place with its usual pageantry and ceremonies
The Ministerial speech which her Majesty was gra-
cously pleased to repeat upon the occasion has no
harm and very little Of any thing else in it, In
literary point Of view, and as the coup Tessai of
the literary member, Mr.. D'IsRAEII it is respecta-
be Thus has the dropscene fallen upon the third Par
lament Of Queen VIcTomA, and Ministers "go to the
country" upon what principle policy nobody tell
Throughout the four months that have elapsed since
their accession to Office, they have kept this with
thatas in the case Of another great mystical
assocation-suggests suspicion that they have
cret they could let out The grounds upon which Minis
ters claim the confidence and support Of the nation
only be guessed The London Gazette Of last night
contained the Queens proclamation for dissolvng the
present Parliament and calling new
The domestic news is Of distressing nature; in the
first place. alarming and serious riot has taken place
at Stockport near Manchester, town with population
of about eghty-fve thousand persons. The potco-re-
gous feeling was, doubt, the origin Of this fearful
breach Of the peace The Irish, and consequently Ca
thoc population amounts to about fourteen thousand
and full share Of the keen sud turbulent spirit
of their class in their country There is also nu-
population Of English, equally uncultivated less
excitable perhaps, but probably resoute and re
when reused We have yet any clear account
of the origin of this Disturbance but we are Inclined
from what is known believe that the English were the