Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-05-21
LATER FROM EUROPE.

The United States mail steamship Aaantic, from
Liverpool the Sd instant, arrived at New York on
Saturday, after passage of nine days and twenty
two hours.
She brings but little in the way of news Cotton at
Liverpool remained quiet but steady previous quota
items Breadstus dull, with partial decline, in
view of thin attendance of buyers and favorable
| weather for agriculture.
The EARL of ABERDEEN in the House of Lords on Friday
evening, Goth utimo moved the second reading of the
bill for removal of Jewish disabilities and strongly urged
the removal of this most ntoerant restriction the civil
liberties of section of British subjects The EARL of
SHAFTEsBURY opposed the BILL and moved be read that
day six months. He trembed at the consequences to
Christianity if Jews admitted on a civil equality
with Christians Such would not expel Chris
tanity from the EARTH but they might destroy in Great
Britain The EARL of ALBEMARLE, the ARCHBISHOP of
DUBLIN, and the BsHoP of ST. DAvIDs supported the BILL
while the BISHOP of SALISBURY, EARL of DARSLEY, EARL
of HARRowBY and others opposed religious grounds
division took place, when there appeared for the bill
ll5, against it l64 the bill therefore lost by 40
majority
The financial budget had been debated for four nights
| in the House Of Commons in Committee of Ways and
Means On Monday night, I'd instant Sir E. B. LYrToS
moved an amendment to the proposed continuance of the
income tax for years. condemnng the continuance
Of the tax for years. and its extension classes
hitherto exempt, as unjust and impotic. After Ions
debate this amendment negatved by 323 against 252
| q majority of III in favor of the Government
On the evening of the ID Instant the Lord Mayor o.
London entertained at dinner the Judges and other ega
dgntaries, and few literary men Mr. IyGERsoLL was
present and made speech.
i Lundy, Foote & Co., the celebrated snuff manufactu
rers have addressed remonstrance to the Chancellor
the Exchequer against the proposed reduction the duty
on foreign manufactured tobacco from S. Cd per h. to
3s Cd They say the measure if carried into effect will
totally ruin those engaged in the tobacco manufacture
/ Britain.
| Two Roman Catholic Bishops, Dr. wEArHoRSE and DR.
MOORE of Birmingham have been arrested for debt and
lodged in Warwick Jail Their pecuniary embarrassment,
from the failure Of the Monmouthshre and Ga-
morganshre Bank, in which they somehow entan-
gled with respect to trust funds The Rev. Bishops in
1 tend to pass through the Insolvent Court.
| new Joint Stock Company appears in the London
market under the of The Electric Power and Color
Company its object being to apply electricity the
purposes Of illumination, according newly discovered
system Of working the batteries which stated to
the materials employed into pigments having marketa
| BILE value.
Tweny-seven thousand emigrants embarked at the port
of Liverpool for America and Australia during the past
month of April being larger number than any preceding
| month the increase being mostly Irish, German and
Dutch America owing to the less favorable accounts
by recent arrivals from Melbourne.
The Paris Monteur contains the pardon Of sixty mine
more political ofenders-none of them Of note
The first Prussan Chamber lately voted the exclusion
of Jews from all public employments. On the 26th utimo
petition the subject, bearing the names of thousand
influential citizens presented to the Second Chamber
The petitioners, conspicuous among whom the vete
ran philosopher Alexander Won Humboldt, demand full
freedom of religious opinion and the admission of Jews
to civil Offices The reading of the petition was strenu
ously opposed by the Cavalier party but the majority Of
the Chamber decided that it should be entertained
In its sttings Of the 18th ultmo the Swiss Federal
Council received the Of the Government Of Tcno
and the Grsons respecting the concessions be made to
Austria Both cantons refuse in the positive terms
abandon the right Of asylum and insist that the Fede
ratve Government has power deprive them Of that
right Tcino further denies all participation in the
Milan plot
Advices from Berne state that the Federal Council had
received telegraphic despatch from Lieut. Col Burnant
announcing that the Ausrians had established military
post near Stabbo territory which is considered as be-
longing to Switzerland On receipt Of this intelligence
the Federal Council Immediately assembled to inquire
into the affair.
Letters from Consantinople Of April 18th state that
the Russian negotiations still enveoped in mystery
1t however known that the united efforts of the
personalities Of France and England were directed to-
wards peaceful solution Of the difficulty and tended
towards final settlement of the Holy Places protectorate
by joint treaty between Russia France England and the
Porte There had been riot massacre Of Christians
at Brousa.
The advices from the Cape Of Good Hope were to the
9th OF March. The pac6caton Of the colony was pro-
crossing. The Gaika chiefs had agreed to oil General
Cathcarts conditions, and tie formal proclamation OF
peace was expected by the next post
The Madrid papers say that SANTA ANNA has sought
aid from Spain to repe anticipated lbuser expedi
ton from the United States.
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