La teaihingg rian 
1843.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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Governor, announcing that the Address in answer to 
the speech from the Throne had been carried, almost 
without discussion, by a majority of 69 to 21 votes. 
When former debates on the Address have occupied 
several weeks, this very speedy settlement of the 
question is calculated to convey a favourable impres- 
sion of the strength of Government. The Finance 
Minister will immediately bring forward his budget, 
which is said to be of a most satisfactory charac- 
ter. It embodies all the economies lately effected, im- 
poses no general items of taxation except on hemp, flax, 
iron, and fresh fish ; recites an increase in the revenue of 
200 contos by the improved assessment of the decima, and 
of 100 contos by giving an increased extension to the 
Lisbon ociroi ; and it further shows the deficit to have 
already substantially disappeared. A decree will be like- 
wise made public, empowering all foreign bondholders to 
receive their dividends in Lisbon, by which they will save 
the 3 percent. deducted in London for income-tax, and 
the Government will likewise save the 2 per cent. com- 
mission. The negotiations for the tariff convention re- 
main in the same state. 
Hotranv.—Accounts from the Hague state that his 
Majesty has been suffering from indisposition, but is so 
much better that no further bulletins will be issued. They 
also state that the members of the Second Chamber of 
the States-General have received the preliminary re- 
port of the central section to the Chamber on the project 
of law relative to the treaty between the Netherlands and 
Belgium ; and an answer of the Government to the objec- 
tions made in the Chamber, both against the project of 
law, and the treaty itself. It is affirmed that these docu- 
ments were communicated to the Chambers with a request 
to keep them secret. In the sitting of the Chambers on 
the 19th, a long address of the merchants of Amsterdam 
was presented, stating their objections to the treaty now 
under discussion. 
Gprruany.—The Frankfort papers announce that the 
Diet of the Confederation held its first sitting for the year 
on the 19th inst., and that Count Von Drutsorff, the re- 
presentative of Prussia, presided. The Leipsic papers an- 
nounce that the King of Prussia has apprised the directors 
of the Cologne Railroad that His Majesty, in order to en- 
courage their enterprise, has decided that the indemnity, 
which, by the 38th section of the Railroad Act, was to be 
paid by the company to the administration of the post- 
office, should be remitted—The Editor of the Leipsic 
Allgemeine Zeitung, in a recent Number, gives the readers 
of that paper the solemn assurance, 1, That the poet 
Hervegh never intimated to him (the Editor) a wish that 
the letter to the King of Prussia {should not be printed ; 
and 2, That the publication in that paper did not take 
place till after the letter had been in extensive circulation 
for some time previously in a manuscript form. The 
measures against the paper are now published in all the 
official journals of Berlin, and are so strictly enforced that 
it is quite unlikely that the proprietors will be able to ob- 
tain a modification or revocation of the prohibition. The 
directors of the Anhalt railway have received orders to see 
that the journal is not clandestinely introduced by their 
officers, and the booksellers know that they are'closely 
looked after, and that the penalty will be infallibly in- 
flicted on any disregard of the prohibitions; accord- 
ingly, hardly a copy of that journal has reached Berlin, 
The Cologne papers, and other journals of the Rhenish 
provinces, have receiyed notice from the Censors, that 
conformably to strict directions from superior authority, 
they are not to insert in their columns in future any 
article from the Leipsic Aligemeine Zeitung, which may 
have been copied into other journals, either wholly or in 
part, or in an abstract. The same regulation applies to 
all articles, whether of German or Foreign journals, in 
which the prohibition of that journal is blamed; articles 
in favour of the probibition are not yet forbidden. From 
this rigorous prohibition, which will doubtless be extended 
to all the journals in the Prussian dominions, it is evident 
that it is intended to prevent the public in Prussia from 
learning anything of.the contents of the paper. These 
severe means seem to do away with the hope that the pro- 
hibition would be revoked,—Letters from Berlin state 
that the King of Hanover appears everywhere in the uni- 
form of the Prussian regiment of Hussars, of which he is 
the Colonel, and that it is considered very complimentary 
by the Prussians, as such an uniform is generally incon- 
venient to a man of his advanced age. It seems that the 
marriage of the Crown Prince is to take place in the 
pane week of February, but the day does not appear to be 
xed. 
Traty.—Accounts from Naples, dated the 12th inst. 
State, that a gloom has been suddenly cast over the gaieties 
of that city, by the death of Prince Antonio, fourth brother 
Of the King. His Royal Highness had during last autumn 
one or two apoplectic fits, and was seized by typhus fever 
lately, and died on the 12th. It was the! King’s birthday, 
ut all the Court commands had been countermanded, 
and, for the first time for many years, no gala would be 
given at St. Carlo, in honour of the occasion. These let- 
ters announce that the Neapolitan Government has deter- 
Suned on establishing steam-packets between Messina, Pa- 
lermo and Naples three times a week, for the conveyance 
Of letters and passengers, at very low rates. The days of 
departure from Naples are Fridays for Messina, and 
Mondays and Thursdays ‘for Palermo. The Mediter- 
Tanean appears to have been severely visited by the storms 
that caused so many calamities last week in the Channel ; 
Merchant-vessels have been lost on all parts of the coast. 
e wind raged with such violence at Genoa during 
Several days, that the inhabitants residing near the pier 
had been obliged to abandon their houses, where their 
ves were in danger. A letter from that city dated the 
18th inst., states that the agitation of the sea continued 
and even increased during the 13th, 14th, and 15th, and 
caused considerable damage in the port and neighbour- 
hood. ‘Two French vessels were lost in the waters of 
Spezzia, and much injury was done to the new mole and 
the ramparts of Mala Paga, where the foundations of the 
barracks appropriated to the Custom-house troops were 
considerably shaken. On the evening of the 15th the 
Archbishop, together with the Chapter, and accompanied 
by all the clergy of the place, the municipal authorities, 
and a great concourse of people, blessed the sea, from 
the heights of the mole. 
REEcK.—Letters from Athens confirm our previous 
accounts of the disastrous condition of the country, and 
state that an explosion is almost inevitable. After the 
melancholy seizuye of the Finance Minister with insanity, 
he was succeeded by M. Ralli, Minister of Justice, who is 
now Minister of both these departments. As general 
poverty has begun to be felt, Government have resolved to 
make some economy in the public expenses, by abolishing 
the two embassies in London and Paris, the salaries of the 
civil engineers, and the pensions of all veteran military 
men, by giving them a certain portion of the public land. 
Many other economical measures have been adopted, as 
the former prodigality of Government had exhausted the 
public money, and it was impossible to impose any more 
taxes on the already impoverished people; The King of 
Greece has forwarded to Mr. Emerson Tennent the star 
and other insignia of a Knight of the Redeemer, of which 
Order his Majesty has created him a Grand Commander, in 
recognition of his early services, military and literary, in 
behalf of that country. Mr. Tennent is said to be the 
only commoner on whom this distinction has been 
conferred. 
Turkry AND Syrta.—The French steam-ship which 
was the bearer of the Levant mail due at Marseilles on 
the 11th, had not reached Malta on the 9th, and serious 
pprehensi are ined that she perished in the 
tempest which appears to have extended from the British 
Channel to the coast of Egypt. We have, however, a mail 
from Malta, bringing dates from Beyrout of Dec. 15, 
and Malta of the 8th inst. The letters from Beyrout 
of the 15th ult. state that the account of the appoint- 
ment of a Christian Prince over the Christian part of the 
mountains had produced a most tranquillizing effect 
among all classes of the population. The Sheikh 
Shibley-el-Arian had made his submission to Ahmed 
Pasha of Damascus, who had presented him with a shawl 
and pelisse. The ding parties, who i pted for 
some time the communications between Beyrout and 
Damascus, had returned to their homes, and the mail 
from the latter arrived on the 15th without accident. A 
large council of Pashas has been held at Beyrout, in which 
the subject of discussion was whether or not an amnesty 
should be granted to the Christians, and which the diffe- 
rent Consuls were of course anxious to obtain. The dis- 
cussion was of a boisterous nature, and terminated in a 
resolution not to grant the amnesty. From the Danube 
we learn that Prince Metternich is still concentrating 
troops on the eastern frontier of the empire, for the pur- 
pose of watching the progress of affairs in Servia. There 
seems to be no doubt that Austria has joined Russia in 
remonstrating against the deposition of the Ob i 
family. It is said, however, that although this policy is 
apparently in accord with that of Russia, the design of 
the Russian Cabinet in remonstrating on the result of a 
revolution in which it had taken no inconsiderable part, 
was merely a feint, intended to induce the other Euro- 
pean Powers to support Prince Alexander against Russia, 
though he was in reality the object of her choice. The 
present course of Austria is therefore entirely opposed to 
the expectations of Russia.—Accounts from Bucharest 
state that M. Vaillant, a Frenchman, who wrote a pam- 
phlet against the Russian Government, and who had in 
consequence been banished from Wallachia, had again 
returned in disguise, but, having been discovered, was 
marched to the frontier under the charge of a detachment 
of gendarmerie. The French Consul at Bucharest, who 
was appealed to by M. Vaillant, refused to interfere, as 
the latter had not deposited his passport at the Consulate. 
Eayrt.—We have accounts from Alexandria to the 
16th ult. The Pacha is making extraordinary efforts to 
repair the losses occasioned among the cattle by the recent 
murrain. His’ frigates and smaller vessels have been em- 
ployed in bringing cargoes of cattle from Tarsus, and have 
been despatched again as soon as they have landed their 
cargoes. To facilitate the importation the Pacha has 
granted leave to every sailor on board to purchase one 
sheep each on his own account, which they are allowed to 
sell on arrival; several Greek vessels from Anatolia have 
also arrived with cargoes of bullocks consigned to French 
merchants. A Sardinian war-steamer had arrived, an- 
nouneing the intention of the Sardinian Government to 
send to Jerusalem a Consul and a Vice-Consul. 
Unitep Srates and CaNnapa.—The packet-ship 
Cambridge, which sailed from New York on the 3rd inst., 
arrived off Liverpool on Tuesday night. She has brought 
news four days later than the advices received by the mail 
steamer. The proceedings in Congress possess some 
interest for [the English reader. The Oregon territory 
question, which now that the north-eastern boundary one 
is settled, is likely to become a prominent topic in the 
United States, had engaged the attention of the Senate. 
That assembly was entirely occupied on the 30th ult. 
with the consideration of a bill for the occupation and 
settlement of the territory of Oregon, and extending 
certain portions of the laws of the United States over the 
same. The bill assumes that ‘the title of the United 
States to the territory of Oregon is certain, and will not 
beabandoned.’”? The President had sent a communication 
to the House of Rep i ing negotia- 
tions to be entered into with the Chinese Government, to 
secure for the commerce of the United States the same 
advantages as would be enjoyed by Great Britain by the 
ceding of the four ports and the possession of Hong- 
Kong. It was referred to the committee on foreign 
affairs. The inquiry into the mutiny and execution of 
Mr. Spencer and others on board the Somers was still in 
progress, but no new facts of importance were elicited. 
We regret to find, by the Montreal papers received by 
the Cambridge, that the health of Sir C. Bagot was de- 
scribed by his medical advisers as “in a most precarious 
state.” ‘The rumoured appointment of Lord Eliot as his 
successor was not correct, and it is now announced that 
Sir Charles Metcalfe, late Governor of Jamaica, has been 
appointed the new Governor-General of Canada. 
CITY. 
Money Market, Friday.— Consols closed at 943 for 
the Account, and 943 to Z for money ; Three perf Cents. 
Reduced, 954 to $; ‘Three-and-half per Cents. Reduced, 
1012 to 2; New Three-and-half per Cents., 101 to 1012, 
Exchequer Bills, 638. to 65s. prem. _ 
Metropolis and its Hicinitp. 
Death of Mr. Drummond.—The favourable opinion 
given by the surgeons on Friday night led to the impres= 
sion that the life of this unfortunate gentleman was not in 
danger. Our readers will learn with great regret that 
this belief has unhappily not been realised, and that Mr. 
Drummond expired on Wednesday morning. In the 
course of Saturday afternoon unfavourable symptoms began 
to manifest themselves, and great apprehensions were 
entertained by Mr. Bransby Cooper and Mr. Guthrie for 
his life. It at length became necessary to open the tem- 
poral artery, inflammation of an alarming character having 
occurred. The copious bleeding somewhat relieved the 
most urgent symptoms, and Mr. Drummond went on 
tolerably well until Sunday night, when the inflammation 
returned. At 3 o’clock on Sunday the whole case had 
assumed a more unfavourable aspect, the difficulty of 
breathing was very great, and Dr. Chambers and Dr. 
Hume were called in. An improvement took place 
in the evening, but it was of short duration, and on 
Monday morning it was evident that recovery was 
very doubtful; during the whole day the case main- 
tained the same serious character, and on Tuesday 
morning the inflammation and difficulty of breathing 
had become so urgent, that a repetition of the bleeding 
was indispensable. Towards night the symptoms were 
mtich aggravated, and the medical attendants gave up 
all hope. At 2.on Wednesday morning the unfortunate 
gentleman still survived, although his dissolution was 
momentarily expected ; he was then suffering from great 
oppression, but retained his consciousness and was per- 
fectly resigned. He continued for some hours in the same 
calm state as from the first ; and although no mitigation 
of the unfavourable symptoms took place, he did not 
appear to be afflicted by any acute pain ; but the difficulty 
of breathing continued to increase, and it now became 
manifest that the period of dissolution was rapidly 
approaching. At half-past 10 on Wednesday morning 
Mr. Drummond breathed his last, and died without a 
struggle, in the presence of Mr. Guthrie, his three brothers, 
and his sister, Miss Drummond, {who remained by his 
side to the last moment of his existence. It is understood 
that Mr. Drummond appeared to suffer little pain in his 
last moments. The mournful intelligence was quickly 
disseminated at the west-end of the Metropolis, messengers 
having been constantly sent’ to inquire the state of the 
patient from all the public offices. A messenger was 
also despatched to the Queen at Windsor Castle, her 
Majesty having taken great interest by frequent inquiries 
after the unfortunate gentl The melancholy intel- 
ligence was the all-absorbing topic of conversation at 
the west-end of the town in the beginning of the week. 
Sir J. Graham and several Cabinet Ministers, shortly after 
it was known that Mr. Drummond had breathed his last, 
went to the residence of Sir R. Peelin Whitehall-gardens. 
Upon the Premier being informed of the fatal termination 
of the assassin’s attack, it is said that he was greatly 
affected, and immediately directed that his condolence 
should be forwarded to the afflicted relatives. Mr. Drum- 
mond, we understand, was in his 50th year, universally 
respected by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance, 
and, in the transaction of official duties, he was courteous 
and obliging to every one who had occasion to apply to 
him on business of a public nature, however trifling it 
might be. He had been private Secretary to Lord Ripon 
when Chancellor of the Exchequer, and was afterwards 
attached, by the same confidential duties, to Mr. Canning, 
the Duke of Wellington, and Sir Robert Peel. The Duke 
of Wellington had such confidence in his integrity, that 
on one occasion he publicly stated in the House of Lords 
his great satisfaction that Mr. Drummond had done him 
the honour to become his private secretary. There has 
seldom been an instance in which the life of an individual 
has been sacrificed by the hands of a murderer that has 
created so painful an interest amongst all classes of the 
community. In regard to the assassin M’Naghten, very 
little of an authentic character has yet transpired. On 
Saturday, he was examined at Bow-street. After several 
witnesses had deposed to the main facts, the prisoner at 
first refused to say anything, but was afterwards brought 
back at his own request, and said, “I wish to say that it 
is the Tories of my native city who have driven me to this 
act. They follow and persecute me wherever I go; and 
they have, by their treatment of me,~already ruined my 
health and disordered my mind. I can’t sleep at nights, 
and have no rest night nor day. They have followed me. 
