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

public being destroyed year or 50 which we have
been accustomed to hear Of all our liyes." k e+tl
The writer after continuing in this strain for some
time, goes
present state Of the diplomatic function Of the Govern
ment they organized :" n nAlready we look
in vain for any such in the seats Of Government
there in the early days Of the republic and
already we read and hear daily aspirations and proposals
which American would have dared to breathe within
reach Of Jeferson's sarcasm or Westinghouse frown"
The most pressing Of the real republicans Of
the States Is to look to their diplomatic corps"
The Editor then continues in strain Of strong nvec
tive to upon the appointment of Mr. SouLE
occupy the post which had been filed by WAsHISGTos
IRvISG:"
They must send no more Soules or Sanderses to thrust
themselves instructors into the political affairs Of for
eign countries." \ {" 1t remains for b0ththese
men to settle accounts with their countrymsn and
it remains for their counrymsn to be very strict in
acting that account"
The Americans "must remember that dgnifed, en-
lightened, and honorable diplomatic representative is
fore sufficient set-of against unworthy We
welcome at our Court at the present time genuine re-
publican and enlightened and honorable gentleman
but Buchanan In London cannot neutraze the mischief
OF Soule ut Madrid, nor buchanan as Minister
wipe of the disgrace of Sanders Consul II will
take many years of yiruous foreign policy and long
succession OF honorable ENJOYS the apprehen
ons of the Liberal party throughout Europe that the
retrograde institution in Americas undermining the prn
cpe of progress and fatally vtatng the nobest polit
cal system that the world ever saw"
In this article is much that is true and lust and with
which no one reasonably find fault; but there is
tone Of cation strain Of bitterness running through
the whole which in bad taste, offensive, and, in every
Of the word impotc and uncalledfor We do not
submit these observations your notice the opinions
and the feelings Of the people Of England exhibit
ing the temper Of the English press, but only phase
of the moment of portion Of it, produced by unfor-
Of circumstance evanescent we
hope, as the wind, as temporary passing cloud.
As respects the there is little to communicate and
that little consoatory The French ships have passed
through the Belt their way home with the French troops
Of whom 1000 have died of cholera There are no
tidngs Of Admiral NAPIERs movements He cannot leave
the Baltic yet his departure would set the Russian eec
at liberty We do not know what mischief they could
do if they at berty but certainly all the expense
Of life and money which the Allies have sustained would
be very inderenty repaid by the barren capture Of Boz
marsund the forresses Of which destroyed the
SOth and Slst Of August and I'd of September If Ad-
miral NAPIER blockade the Russian ports until the
Russian fleets frozen up, and then get away before
his feet is In the position, he will do all that
be expected at this time. As respects the princpa
ties there certain that the navigation of the Da
nube has been re-opened from Vienna to Galatz and
bra 1t is therefore inferred that the Russians have
evacuated the two latter places The Ausrians have
tered Bucharest and the commander has presented ONER
PAcHA with formal demand, calling upon him to with
draw the Turkish army from the princpalities To this
the latter replied by note stating at length his
refusal to compy giving amongst other reasons for SO
doing that he had entered Waachia by force of
that the Russians had yet evacuated the country in
their outposs ct two leagues from Bouzeo
that he would be wanting in his duty to the Porte if he
dessted from pressing the enemy so long he
pied the Sutans territory SO. Upon receipt of this
ply the Austrian commissioner withdrew his note and
asked to have restored to him. which OMER PAcHA
acceded receiving receipt. This the position Of
affairs the I'd instant AS respects the expedition to
the Crmea, there is from Paris that the French and
Turks left varna on the 9Th, and that they would be
joined by the English fleet at the Isle of Sepens Fat the
mouth Of the Danube and opposite Sebastopd y the
Their favorable 1t is said that the Sebastopo
expedition opposed by Prince NAPOLEON and the Duke
of CAMBRIDGE being rash and dangerous. However,
both the Prince and the Duke although they neither
of them in good health have Joined their respective d.
visions. Reports plentiful as b,ackberies with
regard the immediate object Of the expedition and the
mode Of accomplishing it, One thing very consolatory
there not single case Of cholera on board any of
| the ships when they left Varna
The news from Vienna is that the Russians at Sebasto
pol intend to make vigorous resistance Forts
building along the at distance of four leagues
from Sebastopo and Of freshps is being prepared
to be sent into the enemys fleets In addition to the
usual garrison there 600 men encamped the
town. and reinforcemens constantly arriving. The
Russian feet armed and is to remain inactive dur
ing the operations the best pilots distributed among
the vessels Prince MRSscHIEoFT directs in person all
the measures of defence.
The produce of the crop of wheat viii be, it is
supposed, very large; but, the quantity of old wheat
remaining on hand is unusually SMALL the price will pro-
baby not fall SO low expected it would.
ght reaction has taken place, and good wheat weigh
ing sixyhree pounds per bushe is worth from 49,
to 52s per quarter The Mark Lane Express thinks the
ruling price for the season will be from Sos to 55s
The Bank Of England returns show the following state
ments
Circulation s51 665 Decrease $50
Public depostes 3996,427 Increase........ q, 1858
Private do. 10 400, 859 Do............ 427, S26
Dis'ts & adv's...I5, l7s0l3 Do......... III, 204
Coin and bullion Is, 36S,371 Decrease 267 053
The population of London exceeds 1852, 236, aud in
the week which ended last Saturday there died S4ls
persons or 2le5 than average have died in
the corresponding week of former years but then
very nearly the amount of the excess have dur
ing that week died of cholera The deaths from cholera
during the last nine weeks have been s. g. I33, $685.
644 T2 S47 287, and 1850; in the aggregate 100
persons In lS49 the deaths by choera during the
responding week in proportion to the popula
ton than they were this year.
The Emperor of France and France altogether appear
to have of great quieness since the royal
receptions Of last week II is not expected that the Bel