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no certain method; since, even if the pond were drained, some 
of their spawn might remain behind. It does not seem to be 
sary that the ice upon the pond should be 
broken, but it is perhaps as well to use that precaution. You 
will find nbject treated of more at length in preyious 
numbers. }——Monmouth.—The way gold fish are sent from 
Covent-garden Market is in eans filled with water, and made 
for the purpose. + 
MisceLtAn‘ous.—P. A, K.~You must inquire of nurserymen 
respecting the plants you mention. t+——A Constant Rea 
‘We cannot recommend any tradesman in particular. By loo! 
amongst our advertisements you will see who deals in the 
article in question,t——Lemon’s plant is Syphocdmpylus 
bicolor. t—M, W. K.—There are so many hybrid Rhododen- 
drons similar to the one sent, that it would be useless to name 
it, +——W, D, F,—-Your flowers are—1, Narcissus moschatus ; 
2, N. odorus; 3, Double Jonquil; 4, Double Daffodil, You may 
increase your stock by applying to almost any nurseryman. ¢ 
1, Cluytia pulchella; it has only a calyx. 
2, Ribes speciosum. These are all that your letter contained. 
as ut of print.——4A Subscriber's plant is Iiciam 
floridanum. +——Die.—Pyrus Aria, the Beam-tree.— Rhodon. 
—Camassia esculenta is in the Garden of the Horticultural 
Fellows can obtain it.,——P. R. W. ’ 
is; 2, Scrophuldria vernalis.— Timoth 
Li s) 2, Linaria spuria; 3, Lamium purpureum. 
—J. M.—The Tropewolum is brachyceras ; the Epacris is the 
same as one raised by Mr. Low in the same way as yours, and 
a very curious case it is. 
ReceIvep, with thanks, R. Bishop, J. Anderson. Lusor, J. R. 
Asusual, ahostof letters has arrived too late for answers this week. 
——Dee oO. 
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NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tar brief allusion in our last to the illness of the DUKE 
or Sussex, will scarcely have prepared our readers for the 
announcement of his Royal Highness’s death, which took 
place yesterday soon after 12 o’clock. The Duke of 
Sussex was the most popular and the most accomplished 
of all the sons of George the Third, and although long 
suffering under the infirmities of 70 years, the intelligence 
of his decease, at once sudden and unexpected, will be 
received by the public with sincere and respectful sorrow. 
His Royal Highness retained his consciousness to 
the last ; and expired in the presence of his 
brother the Duke of Cambridge, and of the greater 
part of his domestics who were admitted, by his own 
desire, to witness the last moments of their Royal Mas- 
ter, The Duke of Sussex was long known by his steady 
adherence to liberal opinions and by his open assertion of 
them on all occasions; he was also known as the con- 
Stant supporter of every public charity, and there are few 
institutions of benevolence in this metropolis which 
have not received substantial benefits from his patronage. 
The long-expected report of the Commission appointed 
to examine the various questions connected with the 
emancipation of the slaves in the French colonies has just 
been published. It sets out with adverting to the example 
treaty, incompatible with an honourable adjustment of 
the questions,at issue. 
Wome Webs. 
Courr.—The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of 
Wales, and the Princess Royal, remain at Buckingham 
Palace, and are quite well. Her Majesty has enjoyed her 
usual daily walk in the Palace’Gardens, and has taken 
several airings in an open carriage during the week, On 
Monday Prince Albert visited Sir R. Peel’s collection of 
pictures, and on Tuesday honoured the Reform Clu 
with a visit—The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop 
of London, Sir R. Peel, the Lord Chancellor, Lord 
Wharncliffe, andthe other Officers of State, have not been 
able to leave town for the recess, owing to the daily 
pectation of the Queen’s accouchement. 
te 
of that event, to the dif- 
ferent authorities, both in the metropolis and in the pro- 
vinces; and at the Foreign Office similar preparations are 
completed for forwarding despatches to the diplomatic re- 
presentatives of her Majesty at the European courts. 
Death of the Duke of Sussex.—Since our last 
notice of the illness of the Duke of Sussex, Dr. Cham- 
bers was called in to attend his Royal Highness, and 
met Dr. Holland and Mr. Copland, the other medical 
attendants. In the course of Saturday the following 
bulletin was issued: — ‘‘ His Royal’ Highness the 
Duke of Sussex is suffering under an attack of erysi- 
pelas, which is not attended with any unfavourable 
symptom.”’—In the beginning of the present week, the bul- 
letins were satisfactory ; but on Wednesday the symptoms 
assumed an unfavourable character, and there was much 
general oppression, whic iderably increased towards 
evening. On Thursday the bulletins announced that his 
Royal Highness had passed a restless night ; and the worst 
q e anticipated. His Royal Highness gra- 
dually became weaker, and expired yesterday, at a quarter 
past 12. Although during the last two hours of his life 
e was evidently sinking, he retained his consciousness to 
the last, and was able to articulate within a few minutes 
of his decease. His Royal Highness was the sixth son of 
King George III., and was born Jan. 27, 1773; he was 
consequently in his 71st year. 
Parliamentary M —The ion of ca 
didates for the representation of East Suffolk took place 
on Tuesday, when Lord Rendlesham was proposed on the 
Conservative, and Mr. Shafto Adair on the Whig interest. 
The show of hands was declared to have fallen upon M 
Adair, when a poll was demanded on behalf of Lord Ren- 
dlesham, and the proceedings were adjourned until yes- 
terday, when the polling commenced, and will not be con- 
cluded-until the afternoon of this day.—Two petitions 
peetbeen presented against the return of Mr. Gisborne 
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of Jamaica, as a proof that a large slave population, when 
ip , is just as as when in a state of 
slavery; and then develops a plan of emancipation, which, 
though rather long deferred, will doubtless be considered 
a great and final measure. The Commissioners propose 
that slavery shall cease in the French colonies on the Ist 
* January, 1853, and that until that period the slaves are to 
Continue in their present condition, with the enjoyment 
of certain civil rights, to be decided upon by Royal 
Ordinances. A second report contains a plan for the 
Progressive emancipation of the children of slaves born 
Since 1838; this object it proposes to effect during twenty 
Consecutive years, and by arrangements which leave the 
{uestion of compensation to be settled at a future period. 
he marriage of the Princess Clementine of Orleans, 
daughter of King Louis Philippe, to the Hereditary Prince 
of Saxe Coburg, which was to take place on Thursday, is 
the only other topic of interest in the Paris papers. —From 
Pain we learn that the Ministry sustained a signal defeat 
n the 10th inst., in a division on the validity of the 
tlections of Badajoz. The Cortes decided by a large 
Majority that the elections were illegal, and three leading 
Members of the Ministerial party have consequently lost 
their seats, A resignation of the Cabinet followed this 
‘vent, almost as a matter of course, and the Regent has 
Sent to London for Gen. Sancho, the Minister at 
this Court, to undertake the formation of a new Cabinet. 
In Portugal the final answer of the British Govern- 
ment respecting the Tariff Convention is expected 
Gas Some anxiety, and the British merchants at 
ee have petitioned against breaking off the negotia- 
ave on slight ground.—From Malta we have the parti- 
a ars of an important reduction of the quarantine, at the 
eo it appears, of the Austrian Government. ‘The 
: say of this relaxation will be highly advantageous to 
ees Mercantile shipping of this country, and will not be 
Ve vecoms to all travellers in the Levant.—The advices 
e = urkey relate chiefiy to the differences on the affairs 
Nsw but add nothing to what is already known on 
& ee question. The conferences at Erzeroum 
a w affairs of the Persian frontier have been resumed, 
the iene under more favourable auspices.—From 
Damen’ 7 ppuvek the details of a long corres- 
the eae iae Be a urton, treaty, between Gen. Cass, 
oe yean Munister at Paris, and Mr. Webster, the 
retary of State. Mr. Webster reprimands Gen. Cass 
Sforeiqn. 
Francr.—The only part of the contents of the French 
papers of this week that presents any interest has refer- 
ence to the labours of a commission entrusted with the 
examination of various questions connected with slavery 
and the political constitution of the French colonies. This 
commission, which was instituted in May, 1840, and com- 
posed of the Due de Broglie, President, and of Messrs. 
Passy, D’Audifret, Rossi, de Mackaw, de Tracy, Jubelin, 
Bignon, Wustemberg, de Tocqueville, de Sade, de Sainte- 
Hilaire, Galos, and Mestrow, has accomplished its task, 
the result of which, forming a large volume, has just been 
printed and submitted by the Government to the Cham- 
bers. Of this elaborate report, drawn up by the Due de 
Broglie, we shall notice the principal features, premising 
that nothing could be better calculated to make an impres- 
sion on the public, favourable to a great and final measure. 
The report lays the greatest stress on the point which was 
most important to England, and is still so to Spain, though 
but in a small degree so to the French. We allude to the 
proof, that a large slave population, when emancipated, is 
just as manageable, and likely to give as little trouble to 
the police, as whilst in a state of slavery. The Duc de 
Broglie dwells at length on the great example of Jamaica. 
In Guadaloupe and Martinique, however, the French need 
have little fear of order being disturbed, since the great 
act of emancipation has taken place. The report proposes 
that slavery shall cease in the French colonies on the Ist 
January, 1853. Until that period, the slaves are to 
continue in their ‘present condition, with some modifi- 
cations which are specified, and to be decided upon 
by Royal ordinances. Thus, civil rights are to be con- 
ferred on the slaves during these ten years ; but to 
exercise them in Courts of Law they must be repre- 
sented by a guardian ad hoc. 
saving or industry, and the power of redemption are to be 
secured to them. ‘The freed slaves are not to enjoy poli- 
tical rights ; but children born free are not to be included 
in this exception. The freed slaves must, during 5 years, 
engage for one or more years in the service of one or 
several planters of the colony which they inhabit, and in 
which they will be obliged to reside 5 consecutive years. 
Their rate of wages is to be regulated every year within a 
maximum and minimum, by a resolution of the Governor 
in Council. The compensation to be given to the planters 
is reckoned by the commission at 150,000,000 francs. 
The interest on this capital is to be fixed at 4 per cent., 
and to be converted every half-year into a vente of the 
same denomination, for the benefit of those entitled to it. 
On the Ist of January, 1857, the capital and the interests 
thus capitalised are to be divided among the planters, 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
who shall respectivey maintain, at their expense such 
slaves as they may haypen to possess at that period, and as 
age and infirmities may render incapable of labour. They 
will be bound to supply them with food, clothing, shelter, 
and medical assistance A second report contains a 
scheme for a partial and jrogressive emancipation, whereby 
all children born of slaves in the French colonies, since 
the Ist of January, 1838,are to be freed. ‘The compensa- 
tion suggested is to be 5t0 franes for children who shall 
have reached the age of seen. This law is to be executed 
during 20 consecutive years ; and a year before the expi- 
ration of the 20th, the alolition of slavery and amount 
of compensation to be grinted, are to be finally decided 
upon.—The marriage of the Princess Clementine was to 
take place on Thursday. The King and Queen of the 
Belgians, and the Prince of Saxe Coburg and his two 
sons, were expected at St. Cloud on Tuesday. 
Sparn.—We have advices from Madrid to the 10th 
inst., on which day the Ministry sustained a signal defeat. 
The Congress had been engaged in examining the validity 
of the elections, and those of Badajoz had given rise to a 
protracted and angry discussion, which ended in the defeat 
of the Cabinet. Those elections, whereby three conspi- 
cuous members of the Ministerial party—MM. Joseph 
Calatrava, Gonzales, and Lugan, had been returned, were 
annulled on the 10th by a majority of 80 against 55. The 
Infante Don Francisco attended the sitting, and, on vot- 
ing against the elections, was cheered from the public gal- 
leries. It was generally expected that the triumph of the 
Opposition would shortly be followed by others still more 
decisive. Subsequent advices announce that Ministers have 
tendered their resignation to the Regent, who has sent to 
London for General Sancho. The late political chief of 
Barcelona, M. Gutierrez, has been appointed Director- 
General of the Post-office at the Havannah, with a hand- 
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some salary. Dr. Daubeny and Captain Widrington were 
at Madrid on a scientific excursion. They proposed, it is 
said, to visit Estremadura, in order to investigate the na- 
tural bed of phosphate of lime in that province, with a 
view to its use as a manure. 
PorTUGAL.—We have Lisbon news to the 10th inst. 
The final answer of the British Government respecting 
the Tariff Convention was expected with some anxiety at 
Lisbon. It was known that among the further offers pro- 
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posed on the part of the Portuguese to our Government, 
in place of the ultimatum sent from England, a reduction 
of duties to the amount of two fifths was proposed on 
brass manufactured goods. The British merchants at 
Oporto had _ petitioned against breaking off the negotia- 
tions on slight grounds. The Douro Wine Company Bill 
had passed the Peers without alteration, but it was ex- 
pected that the Royal sanction would be deferred until the 
final result of the tariff negotiation was known.—Two Bri- 
tish vessels were lost recently on or near the coast of Por- 
tugal. In one case, the Feronea, from Bristol to Palermo, 
was wrecked off Algarve on the | 9th ult., and all the crew 
were drowned except three. The other case was that of 
the barque Dale, from Liverpool to New Orleans, which 
went down on the night of the 7th inst., while making for 
Lisbon, about an hour after she had been abandoned by 
her captain and crew, who were picked up by a Portu- 
guese schooner from Terceira to Lisbon, where they ar- 
rived on the 8th, having been treated with great kindness 
by the Portuguese captain and his crew. 
Brrerum.— The trial of M. Caumartin before the 
izes, for the murder of M. Sirey, noticed in 
this Paper at the time, commenced on the 12th. The 
Courier Belge gives the proceedings of the first two days, 
which occupy several columns in small print. On the 
first day after the indictment was read, M. Caumartin 
was interrogated at great length by the President. He 
persisted in declaring that M. Sirey had attacked him, 
and that he had no intention of killing him. The first 
witness for the prosecution was then called. This was 
M. Milard de Lavilette, a friend of M. Sirey, who was 
present on the unfortunate occasion. He declared that he 
did not see the blow struck, though he acknowledged the 
succeeding dispute, and had seen M. Sirey walk towards 
M. Caumartin, and threaten to throw him out of the 
window if he did not immediately withdraw. The second 
witness was Madlle. Heinefetter, the actress (22 years of 
age). On the 13th, ten other witnesses were examined. 
The trial continued during the whole of the 14th, and 
concluded on the 15th inst. in an acquittal. The Court, 
however, considering that M. Caumartin had carried 
prohibited arms, condemned him to all the expenses of 
the process. 
Horranp.—The Dutch provincial papers contain a 
variety of details respecting some smart shocks of an 
earthquake which were very generally felt in the beginning 
of the present month, chiefly on the 6th. From the 
numerous notices of the event, it appears to have excited 
much alarm, but has not caused any very serious damage. 
Grrmany.—The 5th inst. being the fiftieth anniversary 
of the Archduke Charles having received the Grand Cross 
of the Military Order of Maria Theresa, the whole gar- 
rison, to which two regiments bearing “the name of the 
venerable Prince had been added, were reviewed by the 
Emperor in person; after which his Majesty decorated 
the Archduke with the Cross of Maria Theresa, amidst 
the acclamations of an immense concourse of spectators. 
—A volcano of a novel kind has broken out in the neigh- 
bourhood of Koenigshatte, in Silesia. For twenty years 
a slow fire, which occasioned no alarm, has burnt in the 
coal-mines of that district; but recently it has shot out 
immense volumes of flames, which threaten destruction to 
the surrounding buildings, and to the vast forests of the 
country. A steam-engine has been established for the 
purpose of discharging water into the mines; but this 
machine had been in action, at the last accounts, for 72 
hours, without producing any effect. 
