Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-03-06
FOREIGN ITEMS.

The scale upon which the militia force Of ENGLAND is TO
be revived will be to the extent Of eighty thousand
but the ballot is to include only between the ages
20 and instead of between lS and 30 former
times The period of service is to be four years, with
twenty days training in the first and fourteen
days in each subsequent year. In the position OF
the country bill is pass far its essential
concerned, with little opposition, although
the reformers naturally complain that with an expendi
Of Ell 900 per for the army and navy 1T
is bad that defences should be still insufficient
The British Experimental Squadron under Commodore
MARTIN had left the Tagus for the British Channel having
been recalled by the Home Government from its position
of continual uselessness and inactivity the Of
Portugal The ships Of this squadron will form part of
the powerful British feet which Is cruise in Channel
and which it said would comprise fifteen ships of the
line frgaes, and fifteen to twenty steam-frgaes of
various classes; in all about forty sail.
| In FRANCE decree has been published providing
that the only day celebrated national ete shall be
the Emperors birthday, August 10 Aso decree regu-
latng the emigration Of wokmen to the colonies and
their engagements there. Also ordering that all OBJ
jects having belonged French Sovereigns shall
be collected from the provincial museums and form d
vision of the Louvre.
One hundred and fifty of the pupils of the College
Lous-e- Grand have been expelled in consequence Of
revolt which recently broke out among them the sub
ect of punishment inflicted after the banquet of St.
Charemagne.
letter from Paris in the Independence of Brussels
SAYS: Gen de st. Arnaud is about leave for Africa
to put himself the head of expedition which is to
take place in the spring against Kabylia. He will still
retain his post Minister of War; Marshal Valiant act
ing for him ad interim"
1t is affirmed that LOUIS has made per-
emptory demands Switzerland; against which the Swiss
Government has claimed the Intervention of Great Britain
The French Minister had demanded the suppression of all
clubs and political associations and strict surveillance
the newspapers and had requested the banshment
of all refugees from the Swiss territory The Federal
Council had determined stand upon the defensive.
The immensely rich Prince of Conde father of the
fortunate Prince ESGHErM found morning early
in the reign Of LOUIS PHILIPPE hanged to the window in
his bedroom, dead He had just made his will in favor
of the Duke D'AUMALE, Of Louis Philippe. Suspi-
cons were the time entertained and freely expressed
that he had committed suicide pretended but
that he murdered No satisfactory judicial investi
cations were completed, though regularly commenced
We in the Paris Pays the following ausion to this
subject
THE Duke de Rohan has, it is said, appealed to the
Minister Of Justice obtain inquiry into the facts
connected with death Of the Prince de Conde for the
purpose of showing that he could not have committed
suicide The application grounded the fact that the
trial took place at period when was impossible to
arrive at a knowledge of the truth"
The census of 1S49 makes the resident population of
Paris within the walls, 945721. The foreigners and
floating population would keep the number continually
above million. Out Of this Million 100000 earn more
than they want well use, and $4,000 earn less
than they need The average length of life among the
latter is 30 years 10000 in the hospitals receive
aid from the city and benevolent societies at home In
the third ward, there INDECENT person out Of every
81 and in the twelfth, Latn quarter, &C. there is one
to every a. The average INDECENT population in the
whole city Is one TO every 49, There 800 900 work.
men and so 900 servants in Paris Half of the latter
ny aside something each year for deposte in the Savings
Bank.
The catastrophe from the food at Homhrth near Man
chester still occupies attention IL that more than
one hundred lives were lost and that the destruction Of
property was to the Of f2D000 sterling Meet
nrs are being held in London and elsewhere TO raise sub
scriptons for the sufferers.
The engineers strike appears likely to be failure At
Manchester about 5000 had returned to their en-
ployment after signing declaration that they had aoan-
doned the combination.
The quantity of money seeking employment in England
increases daily and the question of further reduction
the rate of discount again under discussion at the Bank
Of England Their charge since the lst OIL January mas
been % per cent but this is considerably above the r
the open market and consequently they get no suhcene
amount Of business,
singular circumstance occurred in the House OF Lorus
on the evening of February H. The barl Oh 1ancHS
and the Earl Bradford both Protesants have LOT so
time declined to take their peers some techn
cal objection to the oath Of supremacy which declares that
the Pope has no jurisdiction, power, or authority wtn
the British realms" The Earl OF Clancarty niilnuns
that the Irish charitable bequests act and local sc To-
the maintenance of certain cemeteries IN Duohn aeAo
ledge the establishment of branch oil the eh"on -
Rome in Ireland and papal spiritual jurisdcuoe ~ ,n
diocese of Dublin He, therefore being desirous 2,
his seat in the House Of Lords, presented n9o -
sworn as though protesting the Roman tathov ,cis,
The House after vainy reasoning with the noble earl
III 80; 80 convince him that the Protestant oath sim
l eont that the Pope had legal power or suthort
+ Great Britain refused the application, and the Earl
retired