Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-09-17

FRoMoUR Observation-Disclosures.
BosroN, ENeLAND,) Auausr 25, 1858. .


been broken up the Fleet lately at Spthead is out
on sailing cruise; her Majesty has departed or is
about to depart for Ireland; London has emptied
itself into the country and we too have obeyed the
general impulse, and have left metropolitan smoke
and fog for few days sojourn under bright skies
and in pure air; to take short rambles, and be-
hold the sickle--or rather the scythe which has
usurped the sickle's pace-appled to the ripening
grain. Our communication will this week be
short one. We-arc out of the buz of political ru-
NOR, and we are not sentimental enough to babble
about green fields" But independent of ourselves
our position there is literally nothing new political
literary theatrical artistica social The Parliament
ary sttngs of Friday and Saturday crowded with
business of routine nature and only interesting locally
and partially. Parliament was prorogued on Saturday
by commission. Her Majesty's speech Of the
omary character, announcing prosperity and promising
peace. The public journals summing up what
session has produced and what has been left undone
Siftcd from the usual Of cha the yield of good
may upon the whole be taken to amount to fair average
CROP although it is impossible forget that blight has
fallen upon many field Of promise, and that in more
quarters than spontaneous tares have cupaby been
suffered spring up and choke what otherwise might
have yielded good fruit.
The clear gains Of the session may be said to be two
fold namely the extension Of the Tax SUGGESTIONS
Bill The latter though unwarrantably mutiated in
pliance with the demand Of Cardinal Wiseman, that he
and certain other Catholic Trustees should enjoy special
and peculiar exemption from accountability is still
great and positive good nsurng it does to all other
that which processes eay to Rome protection
and redress against the peculaton of hypocrtes and
knayes As for the extension of the Tax on
to all kinds of property without distinction, its justice
and its value have already TO be acknowledged by
all classes and degrees of men, and the Minister who has
had the courage propose and measure OF social
equity so long delayed and which is certain to
yield yearly increasing the public Treasury
unquestonaby entitled to the cordial thanks OF the
people at large"
The repeal of the advertisement duty although
in the right direction is regarded as small measure
The newspapers express thankulness for the repeal of
the soap tax the reduction of the duty tea, and the
almost total termination of the transportation of conycts
to British colonies The new bill for India, although
avowedy only of temporary nature and open consider
able objections is regarded as in the MAN, udicous
measure and one which required great labor and good
management to carry through We think the great
ory of the nation satisfied with the product of the
session and abde with confidence the fulfment of the
promises for the future.
The Times takes curious but highly interesting
vey of the probable future conduct Of RUSSIA with respect
to China and in great slences the apprehension
that had began to prevail among the timd of our pot
cians that RUSSIA being compelled to let TURKEY
alone for season. would find vent for her desire of
tended empire in Chinese Tarary and Thbet, and thus
become dangerously proxmae to the Eastern possessions
Of Great Britain. This journal says:
Among other questions that have suggested them
selves to countymen as arising out Of the probable
issue of affairs in China is the bearing OF that change
our Indian Empire The Tartar dynasty extnguished in
China there will remain tie between that country and
the immense territories hitherto called Chinese Tartary
and Thibet These territories thnly inhabited by Tartar
triha and ayi
any other Of political unity, viii be likely TO fall
under the influence if the dominion Of Russia the
paramount authority Of northern and central Asia They
are however, immediate neghbors in India, and are
only separated by the Himalaya range by On
insuperablc obstacle either dplomasts TO armies
AT point that mighty range opens sufficiently for the
passage Of great river and at others is crossed by
merchants and travellers. The fear, however is little
than imaginary for Russia is very old bugbear,
and little than bugbear in the East. 1t must first
make conquest Of tribes that have hitherto been con-
ouerors rather than conquered 1t effect the per-
occupation of territories considerably larger than
its European domnion 1t must create immense armies
with all the apparatus of at points where arms
and provisions present hardly be said to exist 1t
must do all this distance to oil practical purposes
greater than that between London and the supposed
seat Of war With the class Of ships actually pre-
pairing for the route may expect to be able to
transport armies the feet of the Himalayas in two
months the least yet it is out of the question that
Russia can march army from any civilized part of her
dominons to the passes OF the Hmalayas in less than
new fear rs hardly worth moments attention to US,
whatever its import to distant posterity The only
ground Of alarm that suggests itself is the possible neces
sy or what comes the thing the possible ina
pnaton of necessity for British interference with the
countries now about be separated from China Proper
What if lust Of territory and desire Of promotion dis
gused in the form of patriotic alarm, should inspire
expedition into Tbibet policy towards that country
certain to result in collision What If should
the happily difficult barrier that bounds ambition
northward and enables Governor General see, with
sl,n -
conouosts from his residence at Simla To pass north
ward to possess Thibet form political relations with
the Tarars ore steps conceivable enough but they place
us rtd-p to Russia for know not how many thousand
miles NAV that contamination be far from day afl
least Let us have balance Of power in Asia well as
in Europe and there well here, let trust its
to the preservation Of many independent
rather than TO the creation three gigantic
Powers"
Another subject which has excited the attention Of the
public during the week the report that Sir WILLIAM
ALEXANDER, alias the EARL STIRLING, had sold his
claim TO the North American fisheries TO a company in the
United States and that the agitation of this question
might produce serious difficulties between the United
States and England We find the following observations
in morning paper upon this subject They the echo
OF the opinions Of the British press
alt is not the FIRST time that claims derived from the
first Earl Of Stirling have been attempted to be made the
basis of joint-sock company The pretcnsons Of the
former speculation WERE however modest in comparison
with this which proposes to set nations together by the
ears 1t was merely attempt 10 wrest from the colo
nsts of Nova Scotia waste lands which il proposed
to confer on the redhanded barones who derive their