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

selves said to make Of carrying their budget as
whole, against all probable opposition, by certain ma
joriy Of thirty, and think it likely that it may be near
forty The Of the Government in the House Of
Lords the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill which was
ried in spite Of Lord DERBr's strenuous opposition by
majority Of thirty nine must strengthen the Admnisra
ton in the battle of the budget in the Comuons To see
Earl of DERBY beaten in the Peers is toeraby concu
sve that Lord JOHN RUSSELL viii be stronger in the other
House If the Prime Minister finds himself ON pure
ly church question, left in minority we may be satisfied
that the political rats who, under prosperous flag
would be Derbyie tohe echo, will be just as prompt to
forsake leader who, to bad cause adds intolerance
want Of judgment and i'll luck All these characteristics
displayed in Lord DERDYs conduct during this de-
bates The Bishop of OXFORD (Wilberforce) made some
rather strong remarks, but with perfect good humor,
which very ponteiy objected to by Lord DERBY.
The Bishop replied that what he had said was said with
mdness, and with entire absence of any thing ap-
preaching personality, and with smile to which
Lord DERBY observed that ga may SMILE and SMILE
and be plaa. This brought up the Earl of CLARsx-
DON, who called Lord DERBY to order for using words
which ought to be used debate in that body even
in quotation Lord CLARENDON was rather warm in his
observations and the debate altogether Of more
spicy nature than generally exhibited in the House of
| Peers 1t ended we have stated.
The debate upon the budget commenced in the Com
mons on Monday evening, with amendment moved by
Sir Il. l.. BULwER the discussion was long and heavy
with particular novelty interest 1t was renewed
last night and contrary to expectation was again adj
journed. Mr.. CoBDEN Mr.. RICARDO Sir CHAs. WooD;
and two three Irish members supported Ministers
Mr. SERGEANT SHEE, Sir F. Barring, the Marquis of GRAN
BY and two Irish members opposed them there was no
| thing of novelty in the debate.
| On Wednesday the South Sea Annuity Commutaton
Bill passed the House Of Commons its third reading by
vote of l3i against g. The prospects of Ministers are
most decidedly looking up.
The important matter of the name Of the infant prince
is decided he is to be encountered with the long prefix of
Leopold George Duncan Albert Query, why Duncdn9 The
christening is to take place in June.
We glad to find that commission headed by the
Earl of ELLEsMERE is about to proceed to New York. on
visit to the American exhibition about be opened in
that city This is significant Of the spirit and temper of
the times, and cannot fail to aid the good of kind
international intercourse and the progress of peaceful
commerce and mechanical and scientific improvements in
agriculture and manufactures and all the real elements
of national progress and individual happiness The
mission viii consist of Lord ELLEsMEnE Sir CHAs LYELL
Mr. c. WENTWORTH dixie, and three other gentlemen not
yet nominated This visit of enlightened Englishmen to
the other great branch of the Anglo race with
view of comparing notes of the great industrial progress
which the two branches of the family made and to
celebrate their triumphs is most decided step in the
right direction, and earnest Of the spirit which ami
mates and directs the conduct of nearly every
and proper minded Englishman. The English commits
go of the nobest missions that has ever yet
been sent the Atlantic from this country and we
but trust that they will be successful in doing
something towards cementing more firmly the union be-
tween the two nations to whom confded the great
task Of civizng the world; or, least of very much
accelerating that much TO be desired condition
The operative spinners in all parts of the manufactur
ing districts are urging their claims to increase of
wages in many with Several Of the Corn
ish miners also strike, as it is termed
The statement of the Bank of England for the past week
shows the following figures:
Circulation G23 613, loo, increase e636 450
Bullion, &c......... 1872 1906, decrease 4S8 338
Private do....,........ 13,622, $685. do 1,3l0,929
Discounts and advances. l4,0S5,037, do 79o59D
There scarcely any thing literature except
first volumes of Lord JOHN RUssELLs Letters &c.
CHARLES JAMES Fox The first of the month will bring
the periodicals. and flood Of but probably not very
durable literature There great many books wanted
for daily consumption they read once and then be
come waste paper to those who have read them. How
many publications has the careful purchaser Of books
upon his shelves which he never looks into second
time? This ought not to be the case, would it be il
book makng had not become much trade as that OF
| the baker or the tailor
His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT says the Journal
ds Debat will shortly visit his native Of Gotha to
take personal part in the deliberations concerning the
domains Of the State The regning Duke of Cobourg
children and his eventual is Prince ALFRED
the second of the Queen of England and Prince
ALBERT
We find the following paragraph in the Leader Lon
don weekly journal of good reputation The subject is
important:
"a recent discovery with respect the iodine in water
and its influence the human organization is of too
great interest to be passed here the more SO as
il may lead sanitary philosophers fresh con-
sideratons The Affections Of gotre and crenism pain
fully familiar to all Alpine travellers has always been
attributed to the water drunk by the inhabitants those
districts which the homes Of these cretds Mr. Cbatn
many years ago announced, the result of his nves
cations that the absence of iodine from the water was the
predsposng cause of the disease He has recently placed
this hypothesis beyond doubt. Fully and Saion two
villages the right bank of the Rhone although almost
touching each other, have long been remarkable: one
village, Fully, being notorious cradle Of cretnis the
other Stallion, being VIGOROUSLY free from goitre or
crenism VI late years, however Stallion has in it's turn
become infected And the reason say the inhabitants
is other than the sanitary recently taken
to purify the water Formerly the Of the Salente
before reaching the village wont to mngle with the
streams OF hot spring. named de fer To bring
purer water into the village they altered its course and
turned away from the hot spring Observers declared
that the date OF the appearance of gore in Stallion coin
cdes pretty nearly with that Of their being blessed with
pure waterp M. Chatin investigated the matter he
analysed the water Of the Saene the water Of the hot
spring and the water where the two streams the
results confirmed his previous publications he found the
Saene water free from iodine and the water of the hot
spring and OF the two mingled strongly