Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-07-16


deal of the problematca large proportion Of what
and dash of the historical The Professors leading OBJ
ect have been to reue the principal objections
Of NIEBuHR and urge that since there proof at
all of the faseness Of the early history Of Rome il had
right restored its former authority by the gene
raj which make any other history credible To
reject the authenticity of the early annals Of Rome was
in certain manner to decaptae the history of mankind
Although the Professor listened to with great atten
ton and evident sympathy, and was warmly applauded,
we do not think he made many converts to his opinions
or in any material degree weakened the conclusions Of
Niebuhr
biting but very clever satire upon the divisions and
disensons in what termed the Established Church has
been lately published, under the title of Trapsls in
Search Of the Church Of England" Another pamphlet,
and which has already reached third edition, suggests
certain improvements in the construction of steam vessels
by which the United States may be reached in
hours and voyage to India and back performed in
fortnight The mode of transit proposed is by water
by fight through the air. by the agency of steam
much more important announcement, and which is ex-
citing great attention is development of principles
in iron metaurgy The general opinion of those who
competent to judge, says the Mining Journal is that the
inventions and discoveries referred to will open an
trely new era in the manufacture of iron not only with
regard its various manipuations but the
ton and arrangement of apparatus also. Some very
startling announcements also made in regard the
quantity and quality of the iron which be produced
from given weight of by certain novel processes
Immense quantities of very valuable iron have lately
been discovered in Northamptonshire also in Yorkshire,
and the west of England within easy reach of the iron
masters of Monmouthshre and South Wales If half
these be correct the iron trade will indeed be
voutionzed.
An alarming number of fires have lately occurred in
London and some of them attended with melancholy
loss of human e and the attention of the citizens and
the municipal authorities has been called to the subject
There appears to be terrible deficiency somewhere
If it were not for the dispute between TURKEY and
RUSSIA should be scarcely able to make single pa
ragraph of continental news The Emperor and Empress
of FRANCE rustcatng ut OF their country palaces
and every thing goes on seems to go on very quietly
The French exceedingly pleased at finding that the
anniversary of the battle of Waterloo has not been cele
brated this year. 1t indeed time and more than
time that this annual feast Of blood should be dscon
nued probably nothing bat the continued life of the
Duke of WELLINGTON caused it to be celebrated long
We sincerely glad is done with its annual festivities
were disgrace to Christian nation.
The foreign Of the morning is not pacific, but
the political pendulum was at the pacific point yesterday
braon We would hazard opinion that it through
its arc and is at peace again morrow morning. for
thing really is known than forty eight hours
ago. except that have caused prices descend
both the Paris Bourse and the London Stock Exchange
The united naval forces at Besika Bay within very
few hours of the Turkish capital French Is vessels
and S44 guns British, IS vessels and 776 guns. The
Turkish fleet at the northern extremity of the Bophorus
consists of IS vessels two of them being
three twodeckers gates four corvettes eight briggs
and eight steamers, four of which of large dimen
sions.
In Paris g fusion of the two branches Of the Bour-
bons is again spoken Of probably for the feth time
London Stock Exchange, 8 o'cocE.-Consos, for cash.
90 7l6 for account, 10th July, 9S! bank stock 22S2
Paris Bourse latest yssterday-3 per cents, 76f 30c
A per cents, l0lf. 05c. bank stock, 1878.
The railroad returns for the month, compared with
those of June, 1852 show very great increase Last
year they averaged e55 9s Cd per mile this year they
average eel 3s Sd.
The market for American stocks this week has partici
pated in the general dizziness.