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LE. (Serr. 2, 
several branches of artand decoration applicable to the 
embellishment of ths Palace have been considered has 
en, and must cortinue to be, determined by the time 
Tequisite for the preparation of the works, the study 
required by the etists in modes of execution which are 
new to them, ard by the progress of particular portions 
of the building They conclude by stating, with reference 
to the architett’s report, that they are not yet prepared 
to lay any specific recommendation before her Majesty, 
both in consequence of the building not being sufficiently 
advanced, and because the result of the inquiries and 
experimeats made and making by and under their direc- 
tions is not sufficiently ascertained to justify them in 
coming to any final conclusion in this respect. And with 
reference to that part of the architect’s report which 
relates to local improvements in the neighbourhood of the 
Palace, the commissioners consider that, however deserv- 
ing of attention the improvements in question may be, 
they do not come within the inquiry with which they are 
entrusted. 
Religious Worship—aA Parliamentary return has just 
been printed, entitled “ A return of the amount applied by 
Parliament during each year since 1800, in aid of the reli- 
gious worship of the Church of England, of the Church of 
Scotland, of the Church of Rome, and of the Protestant Dis- 
senters in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, 
whether by way of augmentation of the income of the minis- 
ters of each religious persuasion, or for the erection and 
endowment of churches and chapels, or for any other pur- 
poses connected with the religious instruction of each such 
section of the population of the United Kingdom, with a 
summary of the whole amount applied during the above 
period in aid of the religious worship of each of the above 
classes.” The abstract of sums paid to the Established 
Church shows that the total was 5,207,546/., which is 
divided in the following manner :—Church of England, 
2,935,646/.; Church of Scotland, 522,082; Church of. 
Treland, 1,749,818/. The total sum paid to the Church of 
Rome is set forth at 365,607/. 1s. 2d., comprised in the 
following two items :—Augmentation of incomes (including 
Maynooth College), 362,893/. 8s. 1d. ; erection and repairs 
of chapels, 2,113/, 13s. 1d. The total sum paid to Pro- 
testant Dissenters is 1,019,647/. 13s. 11d. in England and 
Ireland. The recapitulation shows the following three 
sums :—Established Church, 5,207,546; Church of 
Rome, 365,607Z.; and Protestant Dissenters, 1,019,647/. 
The sums were advanced from 1800 to 1842. 
Sporetan. 
Francr.—The promised visit of Queen Victoria to the 
French Court, at Hu, excites the attention of the whole 
French press, and is the theme of many a grave leading 
article. The ministerial Journal des Débats confines 
itself to the expression of a sincere desire that “ so noble 
a spectacle may be given to Europe,”’ and affirms that the 
immense majority of the French nation would associate 
itself on this occasion with the feelings of the King, and 
would be happy and proud to receive the Sovereign of 
Great Britain in the territory of France. The Presse 
declares its satisfaction at the event as a li to 
which they suppose to have no other motive in the kind 
reception of Espartero than a determination to oppose the 
new government in Spain, and insult that of France. The 
visit of Marshal Sebastiani to England is also commented 
upon with much gravity. All the Opposition journals 
concur in stating that this visit is of a political character, 
and of a nature to compromise the dignity of France, but 
they are not at all agreed as to the precise object of the 
mission. According to some, he is gone to apologise for 
the energetic conduct of the Captain of the Boussole, at 
Otaheite ; others say that he is charged to fish out the 
designs of England asto Spain ; and some suppose that his 
mission has for its object to prevent Sir R. Peel from 
taking offence at the violent language of French journals 
respecting the affair at Newfoundland; so that in the 
midst of these surmises, M. Guizot and his colleagues 
have again to sustain the imputation of sacrificing the 
dignity and honour of France to the pleasure of this 
country.—A serious accident happened to the King and 
Royal family on Monday. His Majesty, the Queen, the 
Queen of the Belgians, the Comte de Paris, and other 
members of the Royal family, left Hu in a char-a-bane, 
drawn by six horses, on an excursion to Tréport by the 
new road of Mers. On arriving at the bridge of the Lock 
of Assas, at the head of the canal, which goes from thence 
to the sea, four of the horses, when entering on the bridge, 
took fright, either at the noise of the cannon, which were 
firing at the fort of Tréport, or from that of the water 
rushing into the lock ; one of the leaders threw himself on 
the slender chains which were placed to protect foot- 
passengers, which instantly broke, and he fell into the 
canal, dragging with him in his descent two of the other 
horses. Fortunately the traces snapped, and the postilion 
who was riding one of the wheelers, with great presence of 
mind and strength of arm, turned his horses’ heads, so as 
to bring the pole of the carriage against one of the posts at 
the entrance of the bridge, and thus checked its progress. 
The King and Queen, and Queen of the Belgians alighted, 
and their Majesties, having satisfied themselves that no 
one was hurt, went on foot to Tréport, amidst cries of 
“ Vive le Roi,” from the crowd assembled. The alarm of 
the whole party in such fearful circumstances was very 
great. The Queen was much affected, and wept bitterly 
after the danger was over. The King himself acted with 
great presence of mind; he held the young Count of Paris 
in his arms, and refused to leave the carriage till every 
member of his family was safe. 
Spain.—The Madrid papers have at length published 
the protest of Espartero, noticed in our last, in which he 
solemnly protests against all that has been done or should 
be done by the new Government contrary to the consti- 
tution of the monarchy ; and also the decree issued not in 
the Queen’s name, but by the new Government in its own 
name, depriving the Regent of the title of Duke of 
Victory and of all grades and emoluments. The journals 
of the 2lst ult. state, that a numerous meeting of the 
friends of Espartero was held in the hall of the Spanish 
Institute on the previous day. The President, the former 
deputy, M. Rodriguez Leal, opened the discussion by 
reading the programme adopted by the committee, which 
ied by a speech on the present situation of 
the monarchy, but does not intend to forget the many 
grievances which the English Navy has inflicted upon 
France. The Constitutionnel adopts the same tone, but 
accepts the visit as a proof of the good understanding 
between the two Governments. Another Opposition print, 
Le Siécle, expresses great distrust about the interview 
between the Queen and Louis Philippe, and dreads its 
result, because the English Cabinet can authorise such a 
step only for some interested purpose. The republican 
National declares that when Henry VIII. shook hands 
with Francis I. on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, he was 
already meditating that perfidious aggression which so 
greatly injured France, and that though Queen Victoria is 
not of the blood of Henry, and Louis Philippe resembles 
Francis little enough, the character of the English 
Government is unchanged. Yet it is not a declaration of 
war that the National apprehends ; what it dreads most 
is the possibility that the Queen has a treaty of commerce 
in her pocket, by which all the cotton-spinners, and 
founders, and silk s, and artisans of France 
are to be sacrificed. The French people, however, are 
delighted at the prospect of the Queen’s visit, and even 
the Paris Bourse has partaken of the general feeling on 
the occasion, The impression is so strong that her 
Majesty will also visit Paris, and that the British Embassy 
is preparing in great haste for her reception, that a number 
of boxes have been hired at the Grand Opera for several 
days to come, in hopes of the Queen honouring that 
theatre with her presence. It is also said that M. Paul 
Delaroche has been directed to proceed to Eu, to make a 
drawing of the interview, for the Royal Palace at 
Versailles.—After this exciting topic the speech of 
her Majesty on closing the Session of Parliament, 
and the simultaneous manifesto of Mr. O’Connell, are 
the principal matters referred to in the Paris journals. 
Each paper finds great fault with the party which it pecu- 
Tiarly favours. Thus the Dédats finds Sir R. Peel want- 
ing in decision, whilst the loyalty expressed by Mr. 
O’Connell for the Queen is an abomination to the 
National. The Débats would have the Government 
adopt measures forthwith against the Irish agitation, and 
the National would have Mr. O’Connell fling off all 
allegiance at once to a Saxon Queen. The hospitable 
reception given to the Regent of Spain, and particularly 
the visit of the Duke of Wellington, who, in addition to 
the compliment of the call, has committed the grave 
offence in the eyes of our Paris contemporaries of leaving 
a card on which one of his Spanish titles was inscribed, 
has produced a tirade against the English Government, 
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affairs, which the ‘Coalition denounced as most insolent. 
The basis of the programme was,—1. The faithful execu- 
tion of the Constitution of 1837; 2. The Queen’s 
minority, until the 10th October, 1844 ; and, 3. National 
independence. A letter has been published by the Pay- 
master-General of the army, completely disproving the 
assertion that the Regent carried off with him from the 
Puerto de Santa Maria the military chest of the army. 
The Members of the Juntas who have arrived at 
Madrid have come to an understanding with the 
Government, and it is probable that the submission 
to the present rulers of the nation will soon be general. 
The Queen and her sister arrived at Segovia in the morn- 
ing of the 18th, and were to visit on the next day the 
citadel, the Mint, and the Alcazar, an old historical edifice, 
in which Isabel I. was crowned Queen of Castile. It 
having been reported that the excursion of her Majesty 
was the commencement of a system adopted by the mili- 
tary party to keep her in their own hands, and that they 
would eventually carry her to Pampeluna, the Ministry 
had been obliged to contradict the report in the Gazetle 
of the 19th, declaring it calumnious and unfounded. 
Letters from Barcelona of the 20th and 21st ult., describe 
that city, and indeed the whole of the province, as in a 
state of complete anarchy. It would appear that Col. 
Prim, had, to a certain extent, acquiesced in the wishes 
of the Supreme Junta, with regard to the formation ofa 
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frontier in order to arrive at Lisbon, an escort of honour 
was proposed, but refused, when it is well known that this 
lady experienced every possible attention and respect from 
the conquerors of her husband. An extraordinary courier 
was despatched to Madrid with every particular relative to 
the impediments placed in the way of the Regent’s Jand- 
ing, ‘This express was accompanied with the most posi- 
tive orders that the Portuguese Minister at that Court 
should follow precisely the conduct adopted by Mr. Aston. 
The recognition, therefore, of the Provisional Government 
has not yet taken place in Lisbon. 
Gurmany.—The Berlin papers give long details of the 
alarming fire which took place on the 19th ult., which 
reduced the Opera-house to aheap of ashes. It was one 
of the most magnificent theatres in the world, and one of 
the greatest ornaments of the Prussian capital, built under 
Frederick the Great. The two buildings on one side, the 
invaluable Royal library, and the palace of the Hereditary 
Prince of Prussia, were alarmingly threatened—so muc 
so that the most valuable manuscripts and works in the 
library had already been packed up for removal, but through 
the exertions of the fire brigade, both buildings escaped 
with only slight injury. The Hereditary Prince has 
addressed an autograph letter to the magistrates of the 
city, requesting them to express his gratitude to all the 
citizens who had assisted in preserving his palace from 
the threatened conflagrati The i igation into the 
origin of another fire, which a few months ago reduced to 
ashes one of the largest and most frequented places of 
t—the Col has assumed a very serious 
appearance. The owner of the establishment, who was 
known as a very enterprising and wealthy man, has been 
arrested in q of i igati — The 
Duke of Cambridge arrived at Cologne on the 18th ult., 
and after having inspected the Cathedral, proceeded by 
land to Coblentz.—The papers announce that the Duke of 
Bordeaux is on the point of resuming his project of tra- 
velling abroad, which he had been obliged to postpone in 
consequence of the accident that he experienced two years 
ago. The Prince will travel under the name of Comte 
de Chambord, and will first visit England and the north 
of Germany.—Professor Ranke, of Berlin, one of the most 
celebrated historians of the age, has arrived in London for 
the purpose of extending his learned researches to the 
State-Paper Office, and various important archives, for 
which every facility has been granted him.—According to 
a circular just published, the new sect of the Jews formed 
at Frankfort has agreed to the following points :—‘ We 
recognise in Mosaism the possibility of an unbounded 
progressive improvement. The collection called the 
‘Talmud,’ and all Rabbinical writings and assumptions 
founded on it, have no binding power for us, either dog- 
matically or practically. A Messiah, who shall conduct 
the Israelites back to this land, Palestine, is neither ex- 
pected nor wished for by us; we recognise as our native 
land that alone to which we belong by birth and civil rela- 
tions.” The members of the reform association are to 
sign the declaration which expresses those principles. 
Tne Universal Gazette of Judaism declares energetically 
against these proceedings.—A joyful excitement prevails 
at Baden, among the inhabitants as well as visitors, because 
the pharao-bank has suffered immense losses, and has 
actually been broke twice within two days. When it took 
place the second time a universal ‘bravo’? sounded 
through the saloon, and the musicians were called from 
their beds to celebrate the misfortune of the professional 
gamblers. 
Iraty.—We have accounts from the Roman States of 
the agitation and troubles which have arisen there. It 
seems that an insurrection was prepared for the month of 
August, in Sicily and Naples, as well as in the legations- 
The King of Naples had, however, taken every precaution. 
He had sent a number of troops to Sicily, and taken steps 
to fortify Messina and Syracuse. It was on the rumour 
of some troubles in Naples that the Liberals of Ravenna 
thought the time was come to make a demonstration. 
Accordingly an engagement took place on the 15th, at 
Savigno, between a detachment of carabineers and the 
insurgents of Bologna, who had made an irruption into 
the rural districts. The latter were in number between 
40 and 50, the bi 1 were from 
25 to 30. The captain of the carabineers and four of his 
soldiers were killed ; the remainder, having no ammuni- 
tion, made their escape. The insurgents then entered 
Savigno and caused the Secretary of the Commune, and 
two volunteers who were carrying despatches, to be shot- 
The Cardinal Legate of Bologna adopted precautionary 
measures, recalled the troops from Ferrara and Romagna, 
and d hed against the i ts several detachments 
Central Junta, and accepted the post of Capt 
of Catalonia, held by General Arbuthnot, in the name of 
the Madrid Government. The latter had no means of 
enforcing respect for his authority, and still continued in 
the citadel with a few battalions, on whose devotedness he 
could not rely. Brigadier Echalecu had been confirmed 
in the command of Montjuich by the Junta, which had 
appointed Gen. Pajol governor of the citadel, and Col. 
Milans, who had been the first to raise the standard at 
Reuss with Brigadier Prim, governor of the Attarazanas, 
which was still occupied by the volunteers. The Captain- 
General of Seville had issued a decree, appointing Courts- 
martial at Cadiz, and condemning to death all who 
should have any relation with the partisans of General 
Espartero. 
Portucau.—The Lisbon papers are filled with discus- 
sions on the late conduct of the Portuguese Government 
towards Espartero. During the stay of the Malabar in 
the river, the Duke of Terceira sent on board one of his 
courtesy was severely censured in Council, and when it 
Adjutants to offer his services to the Regent. This act of 
was expected that the Duchess of Victory would pass the 
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who were familiar with the country about the mountains 
Most of those suspected were seized, but many escaped 0 
the coast. It is said that the Austrian garrison of Ferrara 
has been augmented. The Duke of Modena’s Police Min 
ter, Ricci, has not only been dismissed in disgrace, but ted 
thought it necessary to fly and hide himself, as implic™ 
in these troubles. 
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which did considerable damage. 
glass were destroyed, the iron plates on 
houses were torn off, and also many 
others. Much damage was done to 
many of which were torn up by the 
storm, with hail, which took place oP. th 
remarkable on account of the extent 0 
visited ; for its ravages extended over #! 
