Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-05-13

improvements only enhances and increases plea
sures but puries them and the world owes science
and art not only incalculabe augmentation Of riches
but wonderful progress In all the innocent pleasures
and moral qualifications Of life.
But from these Of innocent
ton and salutary relaxation TO the s.erner realities OF
fe to the and the councils Of statesmen
and politicians where the business is not to promote
human happiness but to cause human destruction not to
improve and adorn the fair face OF nature but to spread
ruined Cities desoatsd villages and barren sorlity
the earhs surfaces devise modes Of destruction and
to render the old ones more efficient; make widows
and orphans by thousands to numbers Of fresides
be desolated and hosts CT parents chidless We in
England inclined believe that the upon which
the nation is entering is unavoidable that il is forced
upon the Government, commenced unwlingy, and car
rcd only from the pressure Of circumstances and for
the sake of producing greater good 1t may be
think it is but woe to him them who the
cessy, and who thus compes nations to incur the fright
full responsibility Of doing absolute wrong that profile
NAUTICAL good may ensue
Another week has passed without adding any other
facts far know the history Of the war; beyond
the capture Of six Russian merchant ships In the Baltic
laden with SALT OIL fruits wine, Sc. We also safely
report the certain arrival of British and French troops
at Gaipo, and the daily shipment of for the
destinations and also the departure Of the French and
English generasinchief for Turkey the certainty that
the Crcassians under their prophetgenera ScHAMYL,
have gained victory over the Russians and that the
Greek insurrection has been very nearly quelled So
far as any fighting has yet taken place in Turkey,
either tide of the Danube the advantage has been greatly
in favor Of the Turks Omer Pacha has taken command
Of the Turkish army opposed to the Russians in the Do
brudscha and the allied fleets acting in with
him. There rumor, however, that portion of this
feet has gone Odessa blockade that port and to
off supplies from thence the 55 900 Russians who are
the right bank Of the Danube Admiral Parseval Des
chenes has sailed from Brest with the French feet join
Admiral Napier in the Baltic and the latter has moved
up with his squadron above Bornhom The Grand Duke
Constantine has assumed the command Of the Russian
feet at Helsingfors and important from the Baltic
is hourly expected This is literally oil that is knon
of the position of the belgerens Rumors are as rife
ever and discordant possible. Nothing known
of the intentions Of Austria and Prussia 1t is not
tanned whether either the Russians the Ausrans have
entered Serya confidently it was reported ten days
that both had done So 1t was announced last night
in town that both the Austrian and the Prussan ambas-
sadors about to Withdraw from London and that
the Austrian Ambassador at Constantinople had or
dersd all Austrian vessels leave that harbor To show
the direct contradictions which the press daily pours
FORTH may state that the Times of this morning. the
strength Of news from Vienna, says: "The Russians oc
cupy Kostendje; whilst the Daily Ne,cs just as CURLY
and decidedly asserts "Kostende is still held by the
Turks This last report is undoubtedly from the best
source-Bucharest. In fact, it is sufficient to throw
doubt upon any news to say it from Vienna The
perpetual assertions and contradictions of the Times
respondent from that city has brought about this result
The changes in the statement of the Bank Of England
are this week, numerically considered, very heavy The
statement shows
Circulation e22 410S50 Increase s726 610
Public deposites 2,623754 Decrease l. 762 034
Private do..13, S19, 983 Increase 49, S35
Disc'ts &c...... Is, 720,27 Decrease s02 ASS
Coin bullion IA, 14O, $780, Ditto. 309, 119
These great changes chiefly owing to the heavy
Government payments, which included the paying of of
s20S5,000 South Sea Old Annuites and the Dividends
decrease in the amount Of discounts and advances is
usual at the dividend periods The decrease in the coin
and bullion is considerable and though partly caused by
the Government payments is still feature of consider
able Importance in connection with the continued foreign
demand The monthly return of the Bank of France as
made up to Thursday last presents the following change
Tin round numbers and sterng:)
Coin and bullion, increase. s3, OSaeO0
Discounts, increase. f,o2o
advances public securities, decrease. 127,O 9O
Notes in circulation, decrease. 5000
Treasury deposites, increase 6t4, 90o
Private deposites, increase l,'ol,ooO
The increase of upwards of three millions sterling in the
coin and bullion is very striking feature in this return
and exces surprise Gold has for some months past been
drawn from England and apparently fer the present. at
least is retained in France The French national loan
may have affected this item to considerable extent. At
the time evidence is afforded Of the stagnaton of
business caused by the The position Of the bank
however, has become considerably stronger Of late
The money market is easy, and the stock market firm
and steady, and not easily affected BY Geographic
mors as it was week ago.
We do not hear of any thing in literature during
the week Dickens and CHAMBERS are running week
" contest in Household Words and the Edinburgh
Journal" Dickenss Hard Times is very racy and taking
but there is not yet enough of it before the public
berss WedrUoo Common contains excellent sketches
Of character very graphic in their first outline, and well
and consistently supported and filed up the work pro-
Thackerays Neco6s is deserved favorite and
bids fair be the most popular of his works Among
the novelties of the day. doggerel rhyme called pro-
pkey and said to have been written in the 10Th century,
is being handed about Certainly alliance between
France and England would have been regarded cock
bull story years ago, but this pretended prophecy
treats the alliance it is really formed story
about o cock and . bull:
In twice two hundred years the Bear
The Crescent will assail
But if the Cock and Bull unite
The Bear viii not prevail.