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selves of some exaggerated accounts of aggressions com- 
mitted by British ships of war at Newfoundland and 
Tahiti, to renew their expressions of hostility to England. 
—lIn Spain, the proceedings of the new Government have 
caused a ‘reaction at Barcelona, Valencia, and Cadiz, and 
recourse to the ‘argument of fire-arms. He could have 
seized on the delinquents, and have had them tried 
instead of firing upon them. According to the first story 
from Tahiti, the English Captain had enticed Queen 
Pomare on board, seduced her from French alliance, 
made her hoist her national flag, saluted it, and when the 
the establishment of a Central Junta is loudly d ded 
by the republicans of Barcelona. The Regent has issued 
a protest against all the acts of the new Government, and 
expressing regret that he was compelled to leave the 
kingdom without the consent of the Cortes, from whom he 
derived the powers of his Regency. 
of the same day, at which her Majesty’s speech on closing 
the sessions of Parliament was arranged and agreed upon. 
After the Council, her Majesty held a Court,’ and gave 
audience to several ministers and official personages. On 
Thursday the Queen prorogued Parliament in person with 
a speech from the throne, which will be found under our 
Parliamentary news. The Queen and Prince Albert re- 
turned to Windsor in the‘afternoon. On Monday their 
Royal Highnesses the Prince de Joinville and the Duc 
@’Aumale arrived at Windsor Castle from France, on a 
visit to her Majesty, and accompanied the Queen and 
Prince Albert on an excursion in the Park, On Tuesday 
morning her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual 
walking exercise, and in the evening visited St. George’s 
Chapel, accompanied by the French Princes. Their 
Royal Highnesses took leave of her Majesty in the 
evening, and left the Castle at an early hour on 
Wednesday morning, on their return to France. Mon- 
day next is the day at present fixed upon for her 
Majesty to leave the Castle, upon the long contemplated 
marine excursion in the Victoria and Albert yacht. It is 
not expected that her Majesty and the Prince, with the 
infant Prince and Princesses, will be absent from Windsor 
for a longer period than ten days or a fortnight. This, 
however, will depend, in a great measure, upon the state 
of the weather during her Majesty’s visit to the coast. It 
French th to bombard, the English threatened to 
cannonade the French. A different version has since 
appeared, which states that “Queen Pomare having 
hoisted her national flag, the British Commander saluted it, 
when the French Captain of the Boussole,a French corvette, 
placing his vessel between the island and the British frigate, 
signified to Queen Pomare that she must hoist the 
flag, or he would fire upon her. The French captain, at 
the same time, determined to fire on both sides, that is, 
on the English frigate at the same time, if he was not 
listened to. But Queen Pomare obeyed the French 
captain’s injunctions, and hoisted the flag.’’ The Journal 
des Débats protests against the needless venom which its 
brother journalists infuse into these events. ‘The mis- 
sion of the press,” it says, “is to enlighten the public mind, 
to correct prejudices, and calm old enmities; on the con- 
trary, it does mostly but revive, foster, and envenom both. 
We complain of having no sincere allies in the whole 
world, and how can we obtain any and keep them when 
our first care is to treat them as enemies, to construe all 
their acts into insults, and to view every accidental mis- 
fortune as a premeditated insult? ‘Let it be well under- 
stood; nothing injures us so much in the regard of 
Europe and of the world as that quarrelsome, discon- 
tented, and jealous tone which we seem to assume on every 
occasion and to seek every opportunity of exhibiting. If 
the voice of the Radical press were to be taken for the 
voice of the country, there would henceforth be no possible 
treaties, alliances, peace, or security.”’—The Tribunal 
Correctional of Valenciennes was occupied on the 1] th 
and 12th inst. with the trial of M. Petiaux, the architect 
of the town, for neglect of duty in not having taken proper 
measures to prop up the bell-tower, so as to prevent its 
falling down on the 7th of April, by which accident seven 
persons were killed. The principal witnesses were four 
architects, who had been specially appointed to examine 
the matter as a question of art. They all gave it as their 
opinion that M. Petiaux ought to have foreseen the fall 
of the and the Court condemned him to 100f. 
is understood that her Majesty will embark at S } 
ton, and that the Royal infants will remain at Brighton 
until her Majesty’s return. It is also rumoured that the 
Queen, in this preliminary excursion, will cross over to 
Eau, near Dieppe, so as either to visit King Louis Philippe 
or let him visit her Majesty on board the yacht.—The 
King of Hanover left town on Saturday for Kew, where 
his Majesty had a dinner party on Sunday, at which the 
Duchess of Gloucester, Prince George, &c., were present. 
His Majesty came to town on Tuesday, and was visited by 
the French Princes at St. James’s Palace. In the evening 
the King dined with Viscount Lowther, and on Thursday 
returned to Kew. 
Church Preferment.—The Queen has made the follow- 
ing appointments to benefices in the Church of Scotland, 
vacant by the late secession :—The Rev. W. C. Rose to 
the parish of Cargill, Perth, in the room of the Rev. M. 
Stirling ; the Rev. W. Elder to the parish of Tealling, 
Forfar, in the room of the Rev. D. B. Mellis; the Rev. J. 
Mann to the parish of Kiltearn, Ross, in the room of the 
Rev. D. Campbell; the Rev. P. M‘Kenzie to the parish of 
Tongue, Sutherland, in the room of the Rev. H. M. 
M‘Kenzie ; the Rev. T. M‘Kie to the parish of Monikie, 
Forfar, in the room of the Rev. J. Millar ; the Rev. T. David- 
son to the parish of Abbey St. Bathans, Berwick, in the 
room of the Rev. J. Wallace; the Rev. A. Hall to the 
parish of Cromarty, in the room of the Rev. A. Stewart 5 
the Rev. M. J. Bryden to the parish of Kirkaldy, Fife, 
in the room of the Rev. J. Alexander.—The Quéen has 
also been pleased to nominate the Rev. George Pocock 
to the perpetual curacy of St. Paul’s Chapel, Marylebone, 
void by the resignation of the Rev. J. H. Caunter. 
The Army.—Her Majesty having been pleased to 
appoint H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge to the staff 
in the Ionian Islands, Major-General Brotherton has 
issued a district order at York, expressing the sense he 
entertains of the services of His Royal Highness during 
the time he has been in the north-eastern district. The 
Major-General states that His Royal Highness was in 
command of the troops at the breaking out of the disturb- 
ances last year, and performed this difficult duty with 
judgment and discretion. Since that period the Major- 
General has always found His Royal Highness most 
zealous and attentive, and he considers it a particular 
advantage to the service that an officer of the exalted 
station of His Royal Highness should have shown 80 
laudable an example. The Major-General regrets that 
His Royal Highness is leaving the district under his 
command, but states that; wherever his services may be 
required he will be followed by the good wishes of all who 
have had the honour to serve with him. 
Sforeigqn. 
Francr.—The Paris papers, with few exceptions, have 
been occupied this week in denouncing the aggressions of 
England in the affair of Newfoundland, which we noticed 
and in another alleged di 
the English and French ships at Tahit rhe Opposition 
was killed by the fire of an English 
tutionnel Bie ore Sea 
ermen were within English limits, and that warnings had 
Siven and disregarded, the English corvette had other 
rights than by having 
fine and costs. M. Petiaux immediately lodged an appeal. 
Spain.—From Madrid we learn that Espartero, 
besides his manifesto already known, had drawn up, on 
the 30th ult., on board the Betis, a protest, signed by 
him and those who accompanied him, against all that had 
been done and might be done contrary to the constitu- 
tion, and expressing regret that he could not obtain 
the permission of the Cortes to leave the kingdom. 
By a decree of the 16th, the Government declared Don 
Baldomero Espartero, and those who signed his pro- 
test, deprived of their titles, ranks, employments, and 
decorations. The elections are now the great source of 
interest. The convocations are already made, and a 
numerous body will very soon assemble. The Govern- 
ment has sent orders into the provinces that the National 
Guard should be everywhere and forthwith organised. A 
grand electoral meeting has been held, at which various 
political p incul i ili and union, 
A directing committee was appointed, and the representa~ 
tives of several provinces, such as Alicante, Murcia, 
Valencia, &c., who happened to. be at Madrid, had also 
assembled for the same purpose. Several public dinners 
had likewise been given in celebration of the fall of Espar- 
tero. The banquet on tke 11th, at the Pardo, concluded 
with a dance, in which General Serrano danced with the 
young Queen, and General Narvaez with the Infanta, 
her sister. On the 15th, high mass was celebrated, 
and a ‘Te Deum”’ sung in the Royal Chapel, in honour 
of the triumph of the ‘national cause.’”” The Queen 
sat on the throne which had not been occupied since 
the days of Isabella the Catholic, no Princess having 
reigned over Spain since that period. At this solemnity 
all the high dignitaries of the State, a number of Generals 
and the élite of the society of Madrid, were present. The 
last accounts from Barcelona represent that city as being 
still in avery agitated state. Although the Junta had 
resigned its powers as a supreme Junta, it was still 
striving to retain much more authority than the Govern- 
ment of Madrid was willing to leave it. It had not, how- 
ever, succeeded in arming above 200 National Guards. 
The emigration of the inhabitants is stated to be consi- 
derable. General Arbuthnot, the new Captain-General, 
had refused to recognise the Junta, and had shut himself 
up in the citadel, waiting till the column marching from 
Madrid to Barcelona should arrive before that town. The 
Union, a democratic paper, founded to overthrow Espar- 
tero, has turned its opposition as furiously against the 
new Chief, Narvaez. On the evening of the 13th, it 
says, the Liberals mustered on the Rambla, and paraded 
a banner, to the ery of “Long live the Central Junta, 
Death to the Moderados, and down with the Queen’s 
majority.” The fortress of Monjuich, so long and 
gallantly held for Espartero, by Brigadier Echaleca, has at 
length submitted to the new Government, finding it 
hopeless to hold out further, but it does not appear that 
the Government troops have yet taken possession. The 
Junta of Saragossa, following the example of that of Bar- 
celona, have addressed a representation to the Govern- 
ment for the purpose of demanding the re-union of aCentral 
Junta. Some of the Regent's friends have made a demon- 
stration at Cadiz, which has been declared in a state of 
siege. 
Porrucan.—The only news from Lisbon relates to 
the arrival of the Regent of Spain, and to the refusal of 
the Portuguese Government to allow him to land. No 
new facts are stated, except that the Spanish Minister at 
Lisbon, Sefior Aguilar, who owed his elevation to Espar- 
tero, protested against his reception by the Portuguese 
Cabinet. The conduct of the Government is generally 
condemned at Lisbon as weak and irresolute. On the 
10th, the Regent dined on board the Formidable with 
Commander Sir C. Sullivan, His departure from the one 
ship, and arrival at the other, were attended with the 
usual honours from the English ships; but the French 
brig-of-war, anchored abreast, took no notice. The 
Bishop of Gibraltar had arrived at Lisbon, on a visit to his 
diocese, and consecrated the British Chapel of St. George, 
and the adjoining burial-ground. The Queen is now 
perfectly restored in health, and drives out daily. The 
health of the young Princess is proceeding favourably. 
Her baptism took place on Thursday ; the sponsors being 
the Emperor and Empress of Austria ; the former repre- 
sented by the resident Austrian Minister, the latter by the 
Infanta Donna Isabel Maria. The name of the Infant 
Princess is Maria Anna. 
GerMany.—Considerable importance is attached by 
the German papers to the journey of the agent of Don 
Carlos at Vienna, to Ischel, for the purpose of conferring 
with Prince Metternich. M. de Flaber, who, it is said, is 
his most confidential councillor, has at the same time 
left Frankfort for Baden Baden, where the Grand Duke 
Michael of Russia resides at present. A letter from the 
Italian frontiers asserts also that Don Carlos had sent 
his abdication to Vienna, on condition that Queen Isabella 
should be married to either of his sons. Sir R. Gordon, 
the British ambassador at the court of Vienna, had also 
proceeded to Ischel, to confer with Prince Metternich on 
the affairs of Spain, and on the unfavourable condition 
imposed on British manufactures by the tariff about to be 
published.—From Berlin we learn that Prince Albert of 
Prussia returned on the 9th, in perfect health, from his 
remarkable journey in the East, and that the Princess 
his wife left Berlin for Italy on the next day. The 
Minister from the city of Hamburgh had arrived for the 
purpose of presenting to his Majesty the address of 
thanks, which has been unanimously voted by the Senate 
of that ancient city for the timely and generous assistance 
which the King yielded on occasion of the late conflagra- 
tion. The address, written, or rather painted on parch- 
ment in ancient Gothic letters highly coloured with gold, 
azure, and red, is set in a richly carved, Gothic double, 
or winged frame, made of the scorched oak timber of the 
destroyed Town-hall, and ornamented with castings out 
of the bells of the different churches, which fell a sacrifice 
to the fire. The Opera-house at Berlin was destroye: 
by fire, on the 18th, after having stood exactly 100 
years.—The commission appointed by the King of Han- 
over for the purpose of examining the expediency of 
Hanover joining the Customs Union has unanimously 
declared against such a step, and at the same time the 
Bavarian Diet has passed a resolution to petition the 
King to use his efforts for the purpose of persuading the 
King of Hanover and the Hanse towns to join the Union- 
Irany.—The Inquisition of Ancona and the neighbour- 
ing districts along the shores of the Adriatic, have issue! 
an Edict against the Jews in that portion of the Pap' 
States. The terms of this decree are so severe that they 
have attracted great attention on the Continent, Th 
following provisions are enjoined under the penaltie# 
prescribed in the Edicts of the Supreme Inquisition i, 
Rome :—‘‘]. From the interval of two months after # a 
date of this day (24th June), all Gipsy and Chrisie 
domestics, male and female, whether employed by day tit 
by night, must be dismissed from service in the ic 
(Jewries) ; and all Jews residing within our jared 
are expressly prohibited from employing any Cn He: 
nurse, or availing themselves of the service of any in 0} 
tian in any domestic occupation whatever, under prfical 
being immediately punished according to the po” may 
decrees and constitutions. 2, That all Jews whe 
possess property, either in town or country, perm 
movable, or rents or interest, or any right 3” atid 
shares in funded property or leased landed propettYs 
within the term of three months from this day 
it by a positive and real, and not by any iar the 
factitious, contract. Should this not be done ane y 
time specified, the Holy Office is to sell the *! 
public auction, on proof of the annual harves 
in. 3, That no Hebrew nurses, and still less 8: aye 
family, shall inhabit the city, or reside in, oT ™ no Ghetto 
property into any town or district where one as may 
(place of residence for Jews); and that Bae rel 
actually be there in contumacy to the laws ty period of 
their respective Ghetto within the pere™P eeded against 
six months, otherwise they will be Piet especially in 
according to the tenor of the law. 4- That, 
any city where there is a Ghetto, no Heb ‘ther in public- 
to associate at table with Christians: ©". mat ij 
houses or ordinaries, out of the Ghetto. Get out of the 
city which has a Ghetto no Hebrew shall sleor 
Israelite quarter, nor make free 
conversation in a Christian house. seer) 
shall take the liberty, under any De feral Christians, 
induce male Christians, and se helt. 7. ue a 
the day, 
even eee no Hebrew, 
hatever, to 
men and women. e 
respecting the decorum to be observed Bas to travel 
who may absent themselves from their 1 Hebrews are 
in other parts of the State. 10, That red ornaments, 
expressly prohibited from trafficking in sa°"0" aie or 
or books of any kind, and from purchasing, 
