Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-04-23

We little more than looker-on upon the various
Of this crowded but even in this isolated
character walks through the streets last Monday and
Tuesday were particularly interesting There were ev-
IDENTIFY thousands of in London who had scarcely
been immersed in that immense aggregate Of bricks
and mortar before to whom every object had novelty
and interest and was the subject of wondering inquiry
mixed however, with good deal of shrewd caution as if
they had been carefully guarded against the tricks of Lon
don There many there who had passed the prime
of m to whom the great city seemed first to display
its curiostes and its crowds persons dressed IN antique
garbs and with the air and of bygone genera
ton who will probably admit wheA ICY return g oer
quiet country homes, that day II 4osdon is aD5 thing
but holyday. We many persons who probably
scarcely live out of the effects Of London smoke who
exhibited in their dress and manner oue ensemble which,
presented the stage would have been called draugh
upon public credulity But such is the stay-athome
habits of the people of England that many thousands of
persons almost within the sound of the great bell of ST.
Paus have never stood within the shadow that splendid
edifce. We know several persons in advanced life who
have strayed forty miles from the house in which
they born and attended the ordinances of
gon in any place but the parish church of their native
village. But railways and steamboats, are rapidly di-
mnshing this class of persons and the next generation
may perhaps exhibit the people of England with many
locomotive propensities their cousins of America
Some Of your politicians know little about the people
of England when they say England does not love Ame
rcan and think they know little about their own
countrypeople when they say America does not love
England The politicians of both countries-the
restless demagogues who live only by excitement and
flourish by fostering discordmay for selfish purposes,
ncucate mutual eaouses and point out causes for disa
greement but the truly wise statesman the enlightened
legislator the virtuous public instructor, the honest
brotherhood of the press the true friend to his coun-
try the genuine phanthropist the advocate of what
LIBERAL just and ruen fact the great of the peo-
pie, both of England and America, know and feel that
they are grossly beled when they charged with
kind feelings and national anpathies toward each other
The is most decidedly the case and the good of
mankind at large the peace of the world and the cause
Of progress liberty and truth demands that it should
be so.
The returns of the Bank of England exhibit very little
novelty The specie and bullion have increased el84 1885,
and now amount to 9,163 l46 The circulation has
diminished s258, 1886, and is now Ell, AGA $40. The
public deposites E8,203,554, having increased
1886 640 and the private ones have decreased 3s
being g12 8746 $685. There is steady demand for money
but no ahsnnte push for accommodation. Business of
all kinds has been slack during the week, owing to the
holydays.
The and reviews for the next month are
volume of Humboldts i" Cosmos" will appear shortly.
The ustrious author is in the full enjoyment of health
and bodily activity rarely met with at the age of eighty
three
The Corporation of London has taken the lead in the
business of reforming itself 1t has resolution
to extend the franchise for ward and city elections to all
persons rated for premises in London to the amount of
E10 per The Corporation has also taken another
good step in the purchase Of Copenhagen House and the
adjoining land for the cattle market. This is un-
quesonably the very best position for the Smitheld
ket to be removed to-
Parliament will reassemble Monday 1t is rumored
the West End that Lord Derby has summoned his sup
porters to meeting at his house Monday, and that
very bold has been determined upon with
view to a restoration to power.
The political world abroad has been very quiet
during the week. The affairs of FRANCE appear
to be going on peaceaby and satisfactorily. A de-
putation of gentlemen, at the head of whom are
two of the city members, has been sent from Lon
don with address, signed by about four thousand
of the principal merchants bankers &C. of the city,
to the French Emperor assuring him of their desire
promote and maintain the intimate and friendly
relations between England and France The deputaton
was received courteousy the Emperor stating in
reply, his perfect agreement with the sentiments
pressed in the address, and his desire and determination
to maintain the present friendly relations between
the countries, feeling that they necessary
and conducive all the best and real interests of both
The deputation dined with the Emperor and Empress,
and attended the splendid ball given by the Legislative
body to the imperial couple A deputation from the
Darien Canal Company headed by Sir CHARLES Fox, has
also waited upon the Emperor who promised the under
taking all the support in his power The four thousand
names appended to the English peace declaration have
been printed full length together with the address, in
the Moneu and pacarded in all the cities and towns
and principal villages in France. This is really making
the business of almost suspicious Importance
1t very strange that nothing decisive is yet known
Of the state Of negotiations between Russia and Turkey
although the revival of prices both the Paris Bourse
and the English Stock Exchange warrant hope that all
WILL for the present least be amcably arranged The
French feet has certainly left Touon but the English
squadron is yet at Malta The Journal de frankfort says
there never has been any be between Russia and
Turkey and that Prince MESsoHKoFFs mission to Con-
sannople had reference to nothing but the affairs Of the
Greek Church and the Holy Shrines.
The respective naval forces Of the various Powers con-
cerned in this affair." which could in few days be con-
centrated in the Bosphorus, are
| shps-ofthe-ine. Frigates, &C. Steamers.
/ English...............
/ French.
| Turkish ..,.,....'
| Egyptian an......."
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