Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-10-07

INTELLIGENCE FROM ABROAD. u
In addition to the budgets Of our own London
and Paris correspondents, ample and vaious, we
give the annexed items, selected from the Paris
correspondence Of the New York Commercial Ad-
vsrtiser and the Journal Of Commerce:
PARIS SrprRnDEB IL 1854.
We are officially informed by the Monteur ofthis morn
ing that the French and Turkish parts Of the Cnmea eA
petition left yarna on the 9th instant tina, the BRUSH
fleet was to join them at the Ise Of Serpes oppos'e
the mouth Of the Danube and that the westner was
week elapse before We can have posliSe
information Of descent the Rassan coast Inc poPu
aion Of the peninsula s about two hundred tnousanu
and Of various origin. II is said by the historians tna
since Herodotus, the country invaded or conquered
by seventy different nations This believe, is the hrst
attempt from the Of Europe The Crimea was held
by the Mongols in the thirteenth century subugated by
the Turks in l745 and ceded to Russia in 1888. It is
affirmed that the Tartar inhabitants dsaected to the
present rule; mere on dit which carries weight
Recently at banquet given at Bordeaux to the Minis
ter of the Marine his ExOelency delivered speech end
ing as follows Our feets faithfully united with those
of Great Britain traverse the sovereign ar
mics have shown again the eagles OF Austertz and Fried
land soon-to-morrow win shake the granite Of
Croastadt and Sebastopo" We must presume that the
Minister really expected an attack on Cronstadt.
A grand banquet took place at Glasgow, on the otn
instant in honor Of the erection Of statue o. queen VIC
tors. Mr. BUCHANAN, the Minister Of the United States
vas nreseut and delivered short and felicous speech
certainly the best Of the three four addresses on the
occasion Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON the historian PAID nus
tribute of LOYALTY in terms becoming his reputation
Ii is mentioned in the Irish papers that the streets OF
Dublin were crowded with strangers and the hotels Win
tourists in that capital the summer OF the year
1909, and lodged in the Eel MORA hotel An American
gentleman of Norfolk, Virginia. happened to be fellow
odger we were the only foreigners in the hotel then the
largest and of most repute We inquired Of mine host
whether he knew Of any other tourists he that
there was only one in the whole city valetudnary Eng
ish gentleman We were informed by the banking firm
from whom we took some money that English travel
sr or mere observer indeed very rare bird 1t re-
oices me to read Of the contrast at the present rail
roads and navigation the chief cause Ireland
when seen with liberal spirit the Irish when known
at home, win lasting affection. The electrical tele-
graph is now completed between the two islands by way
of Holyhead and Houth According to the official re-
ports the population Of Ireland in 1846 1885, 940
in 1851 $751; $40. Famine, pestenee, and emigration
occasioned this extraordinary decrease 1t is believed
however to have very beneficial effects Without 1t that
prosperity which has dawned and is counted upon would
have been impossible.
the midst OF almost He8iect VI tnoI
duties by American officials abroad their undipo-
matte behavior it is gratifying to be able to cite an ex-
ceptien like the following Mr. HoDdE, American Consul
at Marseilles publishes circular in the Courier de
Marsees to the effect that the authorities Of that city
have consented not to demand and after the LIST Of
October next the United States Consuls wise upon the
passports Of his countrymen. This Formally t1snand
in travelling one such formaity less is great boonwl
no longer be necessary In return for hisconcession
the French authorities will insist that the passport Of
every American be granted directly from Washing
ton or by some American Minister in Europe. AS Mr.
Hodge, in abandoning the privilege OF passport vses'
voluntarily yenounces the principal revenue OF his ONCE
is evident that his motive must be strong ONE From
private source learn that his object is to prevent the
thousand and one such little American Consus in Europe
as are foreigners from INDUCING any longer in that u
crave business known in their particular slang as ma
nufacurng Americans" This business is carried on to
large extent and indeed certain statistics that have
been laid before me the subject within the last Few
DAYS convince that the whole thing is secret even
to the Government at Washington. There is fixed Ia
riff for clubbing man an American and the operation is
performed weekly upon persons who never crossed the
Atlantic by all the Italians and Germans whom the Uni
ted States have been ashamed to appoint their
mercaf agents abroad The price varies from fifteen to
thirty dollars in Central and Southern Europe 1t less
in Turkey and less still in Egypt as would appear from
the remark of English officer not long ago at dinner
table in Malta Fifteen dollars for manufacturing
American in Leghorn Why, that's very dear At Cairo
it's only two and sixpencel" Mr. Hodge hopes to cut
up this business by rendering passports thus granted
useless to their owners they pass through Marsess
He hopes his example win be followed by other American
Consus Europe and he has laid the whole matter in
extenso before the Government ct Washington, in the
expectation Of obtaining central aid from that quar-
Mr. Hodge has been for many years at Marseies,
and is in position to know the full enormity Of the
practices which his action in regard to passports is
designed to put an end.