, —* London, Saturday.—I have learned, with the deepest 
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Legations, driven along by the military, have entered 
Tuscany; and have caused so great an alarm in the 
Grand-Duchy that all the watering-places are deserted. 
The Tuscan troops have been put in motion in all 
directions; and the Austrian reinforcements are ready 
to cross the Frontier.—The news from the Levant 
contains some interesting particulars of the massacre 
of the Nestorian Christians by the Turkish Pacha, and of 
the renewed disturbances at Jerusalem.—The delay in 
the arrival of the India Mail, which was expected at 
Marseilles on Friday last, has excited much surprise. 
Telegraphic despatches were received by the French 
Government on Wednesday, announcing that the steamer 
which usually brings the despatches from Alexandria had 
returned to Malta, haying waited six days at Alexandria 
without procuring any tidings of the mail. The conclu- 
sion drawn from this fact is, that some accident has 
occurred to the steamer between Bombay and Suez, or 
that she has been delayed in consequence of a new route 
having been attempted, and without due regard to the 
probable state of influence of the winds at the period of 
crossing to Suez. 
Bome News. 
Court.—The Queen and Prince Albert, after visiting 
Plymouth and Falmouth, took their departure for the 
French coast on Friday, and landed at Tréport, on a visit 
to the King of the French, on Saturday afternoon. Her 
Majesty remained at the Chateau d’Eu until Thursday, 
when she left France, and landed at Brighton in the after- 
noon of that day, accompanied by the Prince de Joinville. 
The Court will remain at Brighton until Monday, when 
the Queen is expected to embark for Ostend, on a visit to 
the King of the Belgians. ‘The details of her Majesty’s 
visit and reception by the French Court will be foun 
in the general account of the .Marine Excursion, in 
another part of our Paper. “During her Majesty’s absence, 
the Prince of Wales and the Princesses remained at 
Brighton.—The King of Hanover left Kew on Saturday 
to return to his own dominions, after a sojourn of 
three months in this country, his Majesty having 
arrived on the 2d of June. His Majesty was loudly 
cheered on his departure from Kew. The Admiralty 
barge, having on board Lord Bloomfield, Sir F. Coilier, 
and Admiral Brace, had previously arrived from Wool- 
wich at the Brunswick-pier, Blackwall, to attend his 
Majesty on his embarkation. His Majesty went on board 
the Admiralty steam-yacht, Dover, at a quarter-past 
eleven, and immediately left for Antwerp, under the usual 
salutes from the field-battery at Woolwich.—The Duchess 
of Kent has returned from Witley Court, the residence of 
the Queen Dowager; on Tuesday she accompanied her 
Majesty on a visit to Malvern, and on Thursday arrived in 
town on her way to join the Queen at Brighton. 
Health of Sir Robert Peel.—The Dublin Evening 
Post gives the following from its Londonjcorrespondent : 
in, that the fatigues and anxieties of office have again 
impaired the health of the Premier. About three years 
since there had been symptoms of internal disease, which, 
fortunately, yielded to judicious treatment and a vigorous 
constitution. Latterly, however, similar symptoms have 
reappeared, and it is feared that Sir R. Peel, ere long, 
will find it necessary to relieve himself from the cares and 
turmoils of public life. There is, | am happy to learn 
no cause for serious apprehension at present. The Queen 
I understand, had expressed a desire that the Premier 
should accompany the Royal party to France; but the 
right honourable gentleman urged the necessity, on 
account of delicate health, of some relaxation amongst 
his family circle, and Her Majesty kindly dispensed with 
his attendance.”’ 
Illness of Lord Western.—We regret to state that this 
venerable nobleman and well-known agriculturist, while 
looking over some of the improvements which he is making 
on his estates, was taken suddenly ill a few days ago. The 
accounts received in town from Felix-hall, Essex, during 
the week, state that his Lordship is better. 
Military Pensions.—The following General Officers 
have been added by the Commander-in-Chief to the list of 
those already in receipt of pensions for distinguished 
services :—Major-Generals Sir Henry Watson, Sir Dudley 
St. Leger Hill, Sir Richard Armstrong, James Ferguson, 
Thomas William Brotherton, and Alured Faunce. 
Post-office.—Her Majesty’s Government having decided 
that Southampton shall be made the port of arrival and 
departure for the Peninsular, Mediterranean, Oriental, 
and West India mails, instead of Falmouth, notice thas 
been issued that the following arrangements will come 
into operation on and from the 18th inst., on which day 
the next West India packet will be despatched. The 
respective mails to be forwarded by the packets from 
Southampton will be made up in London, and transmitted 
from London to Southampton by the morning, instead of 
the evening mail, as at present, upon the undermentioned 
days :—Peninsular mail, viz., Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, | 
and Gibraltar, every Thursday. Mediterranean, viz., | 
Malta, Greece, and the Ionian Islands, Ist of the month, 
and the Thursday nearest the 15th of the month—except 
the Ist of the month falls on a Sunday, when the Medi- 
terranean and East India mails will be made up in Lon- 
lon, and despatched on the previous morning. Egypt and 
India, Ist of the month, West Indies, 2d and 17th of 
the month—except the 2d or 17th of the month falls on a 
Sunday, when the West India mail will be made up and 
despatched on the following morning. The Brazilian 
‘packet will continue to be despatched from Falmouth ag 
’ 
at present. Letters to and from the Mediterranean and 
the East Indies, &c., intended to be forwarded by the 
direct packet, instead of vid Marseilles, should hencefor- 
ward be addressed vid Southampton. 
Parliamentary Returns.—It is stated as a proof of the 
expense of these returns that during the last session, one 
return connected with one of the metropolitan prisons, 
moved for in the House of Commons, occupied three 
clerks upwards of thirty days, and contained, amongst 
other particulars, upwards of 13,000 names. It was also 
so weighty that it was almost more than a man could 
carry, and the printing of it cost about 2,000/. 
National Society.—The subscription in aid of the new 
movement of the National School Society, in behalf of 
education in the mining and manufacturing districts, 
already exceeds 90,0007. Of this sum 630 individuals 
have contributed no less than 70,0001. 
Church Preferment.—The Queen has been pleased to 
make the following appointments to benefices in the 
Church of Scotland, vacant in consequence of the late 
secession. Rev. R. H. Whyte to the parish of Dryfes- 
dale, Dumfries, in the room of the Rev. D. B. Douie ; 
Rev. J. L. Rose to the parish of Markinch, Fife, in the 
room of the Rev. J. Sieveright; Rev. R. Stewart to the 
parish of Lochs, Ross, in the room of the Rev. R. Fin- 
layson; Rev. G. Greig to the parish of Kirkpatrick- 
Durham, Kirkcudbright, in the room of the Rev. G. J 
Duncan ; Rev. W. F. Burtt to the parish of Ferry-Port 
on Craig, Fife, in the room of the Rev. W. Nicolson; 
Rev. G. Addison to the parish of Arbirlot, Forfar, in the 
room of the Rev. J. Kirke; Rev. W. Hunter to the parish 
of Baldernock, Stirling, in the room of the Rev. J. Pollock. 
Foreign. 
France.—The visit of her Majesty to King Louis 
Philippe is of course the exclusive topic of the Paris 
journals. Of the landing of the Queen at Tréport, and 
her arrival at the Chiteau d’Eu, abundant details will be 
found in another part of our Paper. The columns of our 
Parisian contemporaries are chiefly filled with accounts of 
the visit, and with speculations on its consequences, but 
they almost unanimously greet the arrival of the Queen 
with courteousness, though they express regret’ that the 
visit has not been extended to Paris and Versailles. The 
Journal des Débats, the Ministerial organ, does not 
underrate the importance generally bestowed by the 
French press on her Majesty’s visit. “ In accepting the 
King’s hospitality,’’ it says, ‘* Queen Victoria has wished 
to prove her confidence in and her personal attachment to 
her august ally and his royal family. She has also wished, 
as Queen of England, to give to the constitutional King 
of France a pledge of political sympathy and good under- 
standing. It is for this two-fold object, and we thank her 
for it, that the Queen of England has come to France ; 
and it is as being a pledge of peace, and the most sig- 
nificant one, perhaps, given to our country for thirteen 
years past, that we salute the arrival on the French shores 
of this young Queen, who bears with so much graceful- 
ness, and with so serene and charming a brow, the weight 
of a great nation’s destinies.” In a subsequent paper it 
says, “ France will not be indifferent to the courteous 
visit of the Queen of England. Whatever may be said or 
done to the contrary, public satisfaction is expressed on 
all sides. Everywhere one meets, on the occasion, 
but with the most sympathetic dispositions, and the 
utmost good-will., We are happy for the sake of our country 
that these feelings are manifested. They prove that, 
despite of all, and even after the terrible vicissitudes of our 
history, a King or a Queen is still a great deal with us. 
The mark of gracious deference given by a Queen—by a 
woman in all the splendour of youth, beauty, and power 
—to a Prince subjected to such cruel trials, and at the same 
time, so visibly protected by Heaven, will not be an in- 
different or unperceived occurrence in history. That 
meeting of the two first crowned heads on the globe must 
not be viewed by us asa mere vain ceremony. It is more 
than that; it is a grand act, it is a blessing, because it is 
another guarantee given to the security of the world. We 
do not mean to say that the dreams of philanthropists are 
thus realised, and that universal peace is henceforth esta- 
blished in the world. No, certainly. France and England 
will continue to follow their various, and often rival for- 
tunes ; touching one another at all points of the globe, they 
are exposed to meeting one another everywhere ; they must 
bear the consequences of their greatness, as they bear the 
glory of it; but it will still be’ a great deal to know that, 
above all those hazards, the good-will of the two Govern- 
ments and mutual sympathies of the great bulk of the two 
nations predominate.’’ The other papers, with few excep- 
tions, express themselves on the subject with much polite- 
ness ; several that are habitually opposed to the Admi- 
nistration evince the utmost courtesy towards our 
Sovereign, and regard her visit not merely as a compliment, 
but as an event which will hereafter figure conspicuously 
in history. The Commerce, however, persists in believ- 
ing that the treaty of commerce is already settled, and that 
the Queen has had nothing to do but to request the signa- 
ture of Louis Philippe! Another exception is the 
National, the principal organ of the Republicans, which 
is unable to drop for a few days the catalogue of griev- 
ances it has so long been urging against this country and 
ungraciously reminds the Queen of England that, amidst 
the honours and festivities that surround her, national 
resentment slumbers not for a moment. It bewails the 
expense to which the brief sojourn of her Majesty may 
put the nation, and foretells that there will bea chapter in 
the next budget under the head of ‘Voyage de la Reine 
a’Angleterre.”” Another cause of dissatisfaction to the 
Republican party is the expression used by her Majesty 
on meeting M. Guizot—“I am delighted to meet you 
again.” 
On this point the National contends that 
M. Guizot has been thus affably noticed solely 
because he has ever eagerly sacrificed the honour and 
interests of his country to the will and pleasure of England. 
A melancholy accident has happened at Villequier, on the 
banks of the Seine, by which the daughter of M. Victor 
Hugo and her husband were drowned. They had accom- 
panied their uncle, M. Vacquerie, and his son, to Caude- 
bec, in his boat, which unfortunately upset upon a sand- 
bank, and all the party perished. 
Spain.—Accounts from Madrid to the 30th ult., 
announce that, on the night of the 29th, a battalion of the 
regiment del Principe revolted in the capital. The men 
demanded their discharge, which had been promised to 
them. This battalion was immediately disarmed. Five 
sergeants, two corporals, and one private were shot on the 
morning of the 30th, in presence of the garrison, which 
appeared to be devoted to the Government. It appears 
that the soldiers made no political demand, but merely 
asked for the fulfilment of the promises made by Gens. 
Narvaez and Concha, viz., that every non-commissioned 
officer who deserted the Regent should be raised a grade, 
and that the soldier who wished it should, if he had served 
a certain number of years, be dismissed to hishome. The 
Juntas forced the military chiefs to keep their promises 
in the provinces ; but in Madrid Gens. Narvaez and Ser- 
rano refused. A disturbance consequently ensued which 
terminated, as above stated, in a public execution, without 
even the forms of a court-martial. The Queen and Infanta 
returned to Madrid on the evening of the 30th. They 
were received with the warmest enthusiasm. Madrid was 
then perfectly tranquil, but the troops were kept under 
arms, and several generals whose adhesion was suspected 
had been ordered to leave the city. Mr. Aston, Minister 
Plenipotentiary of England, announced, on the 28th, to 
the Minister for Foreign Affairs, at an audience which 
he had asked for that purpose, that his Government had 
acknowledged the Provisional Government of Spain, and 
that the relations of good harmony and friendship which 
had hitherto prevailed between the two countries would 
continue as heretofore. The Duke de Glucksberg, the 
Chargé d’Affaires of France, had also presented his cre- 
dentials to the Provisional Government. Barcelona was 
still much agitated on the 29th ult. The lists of electors 
had been torn off the doors of the provincial deputation, 
and the arrival of the long-expected troops was anxiously 
looked for. The fortress of the Atarrazanas was still 
occupied by the Patulea, who refused to surrender it to 
the regular troops. General Ametler, who had quitted 
Saragossa with several battalions for the purpose of rein- 
forcing the Governor of Barcelona, had not advanced 
further than Lerida, being fearful of an insurrection at 
Saragossa. The committee instituted at Seville for the 
purpose of ascertaining the extent of the devastation sus- 
tained during Gen. Espartero and Van Halen’s bombard- 
ment, commenced their labours on the 12th. Above three 
hundred buildings are stated to have been destroyed, and 
the lossis estimated at 4,000,000 reals. 
PorruGat.—Letters from Lisbon of the 28th ult. state 
that the unfavourable reception which the Duke of Pal- 
mella met with from the Earl of Aberdeen has been the 
subject of a good deal of political speculation and surmise 
respecting the probable issue of the treaty. Petitions, 
tat plai and representations have been 
made to Government, pointing out the impropriety of 
giving the final blow to the lingering industry of the 
country. It is generally stated that Lord Aberdeen will 
not depart from his previous w/timatum, and that the Duke 
of Palmella will be obliged to give way. 
Grrmany.—Accounts from Munich mention an inter- 
view which has just taken place in the Castle of Aschaffen- 
burg between King Leopold of Belgium and the King of 
Bavaria, The cause of the visit is said to be the anxiety 
of the King of the Belgians to have the iron and woollen 
manufactures of his kingdom allowed more advantageous 
entrance into the German Union.—From Berlin we learn 
that his Majesty has already issued a cabinet order for the 
rebuilding of the Opera-ho for which purpose he has 
appropriated 800,000 dollars, and that it is to be finished 
within thirteen months. Their Royal Highnesses the 
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have arrived at Rum- 
penheim, on a visit to the Landgrave. Letters from 
Cologne state that sentence has been passed on Lieute- 
nant Von Pelzer, of the 28th Foot, who had killed a M. 
Hein in a duel, and that he is condemned to death, and 
his second, a Lieutenant in the same regiment, to hard 
labour in a fortress for ten years. Itis expected, how- 
ever, that his Majesty will commute Lieut. Von Pelzer’s 
sentence, and that the punishment of the second will be 
abridged. It is remarkable t it cannot be discovered 
who was the second of M. Hein.—Accounts from Carles- 
ruhe state that a nobleman who shot bis servant last 
week in the neighbourhood. of Mannheim, has, not- 
withstanding all the exertions of the police, not been 
brought to justice, and it is supposed that he has 
made his escape to England. Meanwhile, the affair is 
the topic of the day, and even his best friends do not 
attempt to speak a word in his defence. The cause of 
the murder is now ascertained to be that the servant 
returned a blow which the master inflicted on account 0! 
ill-treatment of his horses.—M. de Lindenau, the Prime 
Minister of Saxony, has resigned his office, on account 0 
ill-health._— From Hamburgh we have a report that 
Gen. Espartero has demanded, through the English 
Chargé d’Affaires, whether, in the event of his wishing a 
go there, he would be permitted to reside. The reply © 
the Senate is not known, but there is little doubt that 
permission will be granted.—The company of SG ne 
under the management of Mr. Hillier, who succeeded to 
late 
the management of the company on the death of the 
Mr, Ducrow, after having performed in the various towns 
