Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-12-25

den principle Of contract The last bill relates to the
tenant right subject and viii occasion much debate and
upon which Mr.. NAPIER invites the widest discussion
The Administration is certainly evncng very audable
desirs to promote the welfare of Ireland AID will un
doubtedly strengthen themselves by SO doing The Eng
ish Attorney General (Sir f. THEsIoER has given no.
ce Of bill to amend the law relating TO the stamp duty
newspapers This notice has excited much attention
supposton is that the amendment is to make DICK
ENss Household NavatiUe and similar publications liable
to the duty whilst other persons suppose that it is the
commencement Of crusade against the liberty Of the
press at the insgaton of France We sorry to say
that BELGIUM and PEpMoST-thel last places the Cont
nent of Europe where the forms of constitutional govern
ment suryiyedhaye thought it prudent to bow to the
mandate of France in this respect 1t may be said that
at the present moment, every press in Europe except
that Of England, is under censorship, melancholy fea
ture Of the of the Imperial sway Of NApo
ILL., which dates from this day. Exile or the dun
geon has disposed of the troublesome classes by tens of
thousands Popery is aggressive and triumphant the
priests have got education wholly into their hands
where in Italy the Bible be read the Jesuts are
masters every where and last France announces herself
satisfied This state of things however, will be sub
mitted to in England. Whatever may take place else
where" said Chief Justice CAMPBELL, few days ago.
trust that this country viii be able to continue
boast Of free press and that questions Of history
dern and ancient may be freely discussed by any body
without any apprehension of legal interference. The
authorities in the old books when the law of libel not
settled when it tyrannicay and vexatiousy
tied which laid it down that mpute any high officer
Of the Crown any ncompetency for his Office belous
on the Government ITSELF have long ago been exploded
There be improperly in calling in question the
competency of any public functonary for the due and
fcient discharge of his duty"
These remarks which fix the law of libel in England,
made by Lord CAMPBELL the occasion of refusing
criminal information against the Quarterly Revew, ap
piled for by Sir CHARLES NAPIER the ground of libel
in reference to his administration Of Scnde There is
proof the condition of the French press in the fact
that journal is not allowed to change its principal ed
tor or to be sod without the authorization Of the Gov
eminent lie Constitutional, lie Prssss, and than
twenty provincial papers, which have already received
two warnings may be suppressed without ceremony
if they publish article which may be looked upon IS
offensive, and the effect of these warnings does cease
at any certain period The papers to which they have
been given may be after three years
well as after two months
The returns of the Bank of England do not show any
material alteration from those of last week the circu
ton has diminishe E57s 9S7, the public deposes in
creased to 1857 and the bullion increased e46 242
We expect the returns will exhibit large increasen
and the of discount has advanced to two per
The demand is entirely for business purposes The Lon
don market is the cheapest in the world for money
and persons who money in Paris at per cent,
in Brussels at A. in Odessa g. come here borrow
ers The vast amount of gold which has arrived and is
announced being the way to England has caused
the estimate to be made in tons, and the question is
eagerly asked where and how is all this to end? Every
arrival too brings of fresh discoveries The supply
from California also appears to be large ever and
although there is evident increase Of business every
where, and numerous channels for trade con-
stany opening they do not solyehe question to the
result of this apparently endless golden harvest The
total amount of gold received from the date of the first
discovery of Australian gold to the 31st of july is stated
1t l,265640 ounces about G5 900 900 from Victo-
ria whilst from New South Wales the 14th August Il
about E2 800 900 in actual value The following
items Of information may help to give idea Of Aus
tralian affairs The Eagle, which brought 10000
ounces Of gold, made her passage from Port Philip in
days, being days shorter than the short
est before known, ws che quantity gold brought
than double what any other vessel has ever brough
from eco to eco was paid to every for the run.
party Of four from Adelaide turned up one morning
between breakfast and dinner $50 lbs weight Of pure
gold. Seven tons Of gold lying at Adelaide Gully
for Of horses to bring Melbourne and more was
daily accumulating The government assayer at Mel
bourne has been directed to prepare for coming If that
measure should appear desirable. No less than 9488
Of gold we're deposited for assay morning
August 18th.
The following statements, made by the Marquis Of
CRANKY during the late debate in the House of Commons
have bearing upon this question: and almost induce us
join in the inquiry what has become Of the gold His
Lordshp states that the quantity Of gold received in
England from Australia, California and by the West India
steamers between june and September ell 00O
the gold in the Bank Of England the 9Th June was
e20 the I'd Of October was G2l sl1 $780,
Therefore, great quantity Of the imported gold had
gone there Surely that showed that gold had gone out
Of the country pay for the articles they had imported
and that if it had not been for this large importation Of
the precious metals they would have had recurrence
Of the panic Of 1847. This observation was received
by his Lordshps party with loud cheers but we have
yet to learn that the imports for the last nine months
have exceeded the exports and If they have they did SO
because the vast amount Of idle capital urged specula
ton, and the extra purchases III msde would not have
been made had not this increased capital existed and
therefore they would have caused any crisis If we
recollect right Of your political economists say
that much of the gold which you have received has
England to pay for Of imports. Well If the
balance Of trade with England be against America II is
quite clear that England has had occasion 10 send her
Australian gold to the United States to pay her debts
We beg to ask Lord CRANKY what fortunate country or
countries has got the missing He answers
the question partly by finding another outlet for It. The
average emigration for the last FIVE years from the British
Isles has been, he says $4,000 persons The average
outfit he says Of each person e5 los, and there