Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-05-07

The strikes of lsborers and workmen have ben 30 suc-
cessfu in the North that they becoming faionabls
in the South and West The carpenters struck Sr rise
in wages at Torquay, Darnstaple, Exeter &c., nd on
quiet with their employers the later have
| generally agreed to an advance
| FRANCE is perfect blank in the way of rolitical
news or in fact news of any kind SPAIN only
furnishes a report of want of confidence in the
new Ministry, and feeling that it viii not conduct
to favorable crisis the condition into whichroya
cravings and royal jobbing in public affairs has
| brought the State. Almost all the leading polti-
clans in whom the people had confidence refused to con-
meet themselves with the Lersund Administration Nor
ITALY furnish any except symptoms of an APP
preaching quarrel between Piedmont and Austria ac
count Of the conscaton Of the Of the Lombards
who have become citizens Of Piedmont which Austria
insists upon and which Piedmont appears determined
not to submit to- The soldier and the priest seem now
to be closer united than in working the entire op
preston and degradation Of Italy, and whilst it is me-
anchoy witness the hordes Of the former who are kept
in Naples particularly to the ruin of the liberty and the
finances of the country it is ridiculous as it is melan-
cho to consider the adopted by the latter to en-
slave the public mind Bleeding horns and the memory
of bygone days revived in the capitals Of Italy in the
middle of the nineteenth century This is surely afy
thing rather than progress.
The Ambassadors Of FRANCE and ENGLAND for whole
arrival the Turkish Government has been waiting haze
reached Constantnope Lord STRATFoRD assembled the
British residents at his house the day after arry
and assured them of the maintenance of peace and AZ
yised them to carry their commercial operations wiz
the utmost confidence. The French squadron remain
stationary at Salamis, and the British one at Malta Thu
terms proposed by Russia to the Porte are variousy stat
ed; nothing is known certainly about them GERMANY
furnishes no news beyond whatarses from the affairs
Anufrs avd D,alr Hi
hatters of Munich have pettioned the municipal counc
to decide what sort of hats they may SELL since all hat
of an unusual shape constantly seized by the police
After some discussion the council declared itself incom
petent to answer the question.
1t is quite treat to have item of political news from
HOLLAND The Pope has lately desired to establish Ro
man Catholic hierarchy in Holland and the subject has
been laid before the Second Chamber Of the
ra where it has occasoned long and stormy discussions
which has terminated in the resignation of the Dutch
cabinet.
The Representative Chambers at COPENHAGEN have |
been dissolved, and new elections appointed The mes
sage from the King respecting the succession Of the
throne of Denmark has been rejected by the Diet which
thus refuses acknowledge the treaty completed by Lord
MALMEsBuRY which aside the legal succession of thea
realm and constituted Russia heir-general of the mon
archy The First and Second Chambers of the Prussan
Legislature are in state of serious opposition.
The character of the Ministry of the NETHERLANDS
is stated to be decidedly aa-Protestant The Herado
of MADRID says the Spanish Ministry is of the mod
crate constitutional party.
Paris Bourse latest prices yesterddyThree per-cents
oOf lOc.; Four anda-haf per 103f 30c. Bank
shares 2,730.
London Stock Exchange oclocE-Three per cent Con-
soils, cash, 1909; Do. on account 1909.
There have been considerable shipments of gold coin
during the week, and equally large arrival of gold
The Bank returns will probably exhibit slight dimnu-
ton Of bullion, SC.
United States stocks and the leading American railroad
debentures continue in steady demand