Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-08-27

mpaueuce the ruler details which SOON
reach the nature and OF the which
Russia gives her assent Until they known ard acted
upon cannot regard this period suspense entire
ly at an end but from the tenor of the *legrapha
despatch which has been already received believe that
the FIRST and most important step has been AIKEN that the
Cabinet Of ST. Petersburgb hos against the
united determination of Europe, and mat II the most
ordinary good faith be observed by the Emperor IN the
subsequent stages this transaction be win escape the
disgrace and the danger Of nhctg the horrors OF war
upon the world"
Such is the present Of this aepgrossng ques-
ton Hope at present, most certainly strongly predomi-
mates. The Partisan public say the French papers -
satisfied that the Eastern question is settled Those
who raise doubts in very small minority, ana can
not obtain hearing" We cannot say the same OF the
London public but thnk very large majority are
sanguine to pacific result We cannot hope to have
final report to make this week.
The harvest is the most engrossing home subject.
The weather has been fine, warm, and genial during
the last ten days, and the upward movement IN
prices has received check. Reaping hascommenced
in the earliest DISTRICTS the general impression still
remains that the wheat crop will be materially be-
low anayerage. "The opinion of competent judges,
says the Mark Lane Ere that the produce viii prove
the smallest that has been harvested since 1885, Tho
potato disease exists but does not spread rapidly The
Marx Lane Express adds:
Present prices, though about los per Or hgherthan
the average since the abolition Of the laws mode
rate under existing circumstances, which may be thus
enumerated deficient wheat harvest in Great Britain
and France failure Of that crop in several of the south
countries of Europe short stocks where except
in America ana last, though not least imminent danger
in which England and France may become Involved
Such being the position Of Affairs scarcely expect
that the anguor by which the grain trade has been char
acterized the last few days viii be of long duration
The Liverpool Mercury says:
From Ireland have cheering Of the condi
ton of all the crops especially of the potato but 1t is
admitted that in parts Of Cork Kerry and Clare the
disease has attacked the stalks although nbers
as yet perfectly sound Ireland's main difficulty ia
now want OF labor. The high wages Of England have
attracted the Irish peasantry hther in such large
bers that it is said to be difficult to day aborer
on any terms in parts of the sister island and the
want, it is feared will be much severely felt when
harvest time comes"
Letters from abroad state that the wheat crop in the
neghborhood of Dantzc affected BY blight and mldew
and that the result Of the harvest is expected to be h
vorable Kongsberg letters say that the growing grain
crops not progressing voraby and that potatoes had
been rather extensively attacked by disease Stocks Of
wheat very much reduced of settin and Rostock
the quantity hand was very trihing. In the Dutch
market the tendency oprces continues upwards there
similar accounts from Belgium. The statements from
the south of France that the average
In districts the deficiency estimated oneourth
and in others still more The accounts from the south Of
Europe speak most deporaby of the harvest and in the
Italian States the value of wheat has risen to almost
famine prices The export of grain has been prohibited
from Naples and Sicily and from the Papal States. From
the distant ports the Black Sea- learn that
lively demand has been experienced for wheat French
and Italian account; and at Gaatz Odessa, &c. both
wheat and Indian had considerably advanced price
We shall offer Apologize this long of the
prospect of the harvest and the market II is Of
equal consequence the consumers in Europe and the
Of in Au,ar
must the nations this side of the Atlantic look for such
supplies may be necessary. We gather informa
ton from the best printed statements and from expe
renced persons in of the principal agricultural dis
ricts n England We are much surprised to find, from
Canada paper that the wheat exported from that
try has increased from 296 020 bushels 1888 to
bushels in 1852 very nearly half much as was ex
ported from the United States in 1851.
The camp at Chobham has been the resort Of the hov
day seeker lately The naval review takes place to-day
and glorious day it is. The Queen and Prince and ali
the elite of London and the fashionable world. will be
there Both Houses Of Parliament have adjourned over
to-day and the Government has provided two large war
steamers for the conveyance Of the Lords and Commons
of England to the grand of the nations naval dis
play at Spthead.
Many new books published about Turkey and the.
Prncpates, the coming Greek empire and other asso
cate subjects The greater part of these books have
been written curente camo, to supply the market and
very few Of them will long survive the circumstance
which called them into existence The Lres Poets
Laureate by w A. AUSTIN, jr, does meet with great
favor from the critics. The Literary Gazette however
speaks well of it. The Frontier Lands Of the Cirisfon
and e Turk, by British resident of twenty years in
the East must be exception from general opinion
Of works upon the subject. We do knew where else
good account Of the Prnopaltes can be obtained
The writer holds that the present Sclayonc race really
o remnant of the ancient Assyrian nation
society has been formed in London " for exploring
the ruins Of Assyra and Babylonia with especial refe
to Biblical illustration, under the patronage Of
Prince ALBERT. The plan is to raise e10 000 and COM
operations at in various parts of Mesopo-
tamia and to sustain necessary activity during three
years. $4,000 is to be expended the first year. COM
mittee Of twentyegh noblemen and literat has beeu
formed to carry the design into execution and there a
pears to be doubt of its success.
lit may be mentioned associated with many literary
and historical recoections that this week. for the fret
tme the mode Of taking the tried in the
House Of Commons Members longer 60 into the lob
bes and strangers not excludedfr from the galleries.
The ayes md divide to the benches the right
left Of the Speakers chair the telers reporting the
table, ns formerly as.A -
The resignation Of Archbishop wHArELEr, Baron
GREENE, and Mr.. BLAcKBuRy is heavy blow and dis
couragement the of education in Ireland. The
national board is in fact broken up by this withdrawal OF
n,ost lbera1 and efficient