CLE. 
(Mar. 4, 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONI 
Germany.—The marriage of the Prince George of Cum- | 
perland to the Princess Mary of Oldenburgh, which took 
place on the 18th ult., is the chief topic in the German 
papers. The King of Prussia was present on the occasion, 
and it is remarked as a singular fact, that no member of 
‘the Royal family of England took any part in the fes- 
tivities. Among the twenty-three sovereigns and princes 
present at the marriage, there were seven reigning sove- 
reigns, viz. :—the Kings of Hanover and Prussia, the 
Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin, the Dukes of 
Saxe Altenbargh, Brunswick, Nassau, and Anhault Dessau, 
and the Hereditary Princes of Prussia, and Mecklenburg. 
—The King of Prussia returned from Hanover to Berlin 
on the 22d ult. His Majesty gave a grand fete to the 
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millions of crowns. According to another account, the 
Prince Royal will not ascend the throne after the death 
of the King of Denmark, but abdicate in favour of the 
Prince of Oldenburg on the above conditions. 
Russia.—A joint-stock company has been formed, for 
the purpose 0 blishi ication by steam- 
boats along the south coast of Lake Ladoga, between 
Schliisselburg and Sermar, at the mouth of the Swir, and 
along the coast of Friedland, between Schliisselburg and 
Sestobol ; the boat to touch at Kexholm and the coasts of 
Kennowetz and Walgamm. At present 800 vessels from 
Sermar annually navigate that lake. It is expected that 
the profits of towing these, and of conveying 30,000 pil- 
grims every year to the two monasteries, will make the 
city of Berlin, on Shrove Tuesday, in the state ap 
of the Royal Palace. All the Princes, Ministers, foreign 
Ambassadors, the principal authorities, and, above all, 
the respectable citizens of Berlin, were invited. Accord- 
jng to some accounts, the number of guests were not less 
than 10,000. The féte was a round of balls. The bands 
of all the regiments, and those of the theatres, and of the 
Royal Chapel, performed. There was supper for the 
ladies and a cold collation for the gentlemen. The 
festival, as might have been expected, has caused a great 
sensation 3 the citizens were delighted at His Majesty’s 
invitation, and no pains nor expense were spared to 
appear in a manner suitable to such an honour.— 
The King has revived the Order of the Swan, created by 
Joachim I., Elector of Brandenburg, in 1440, in honour of 
the Virgin, and as a reward to persons eminent for their 
Christian virtues. The order was abolished by Joachim 
TI., 1539, when he had embraced the doctrines of Luther. 
The first person on whom the King has bestowed the 
order is the Queen, on whose neck his Majesty recently 
placed the image of the Virgin, which is the principal 
ornament of the order, in presence of the whole Court. 
—The Leipsig papers state that the health of Prince Met- 
ternich had become impaired within the last few days, and 
the departure of the Austrian ambassador for Frankfort 
had been in consequence postponed. The Prince’s relapse 
is attributed to the fatigue and uneasiness which the situa- 
tion of the provinces of the Danube and the negotiations 
commenced on that subject had caused him.—Letters from 
Prague mention that a great number of labourers in Bo- 
hemia, being in considerable distress for want of employ- 
ment, and the partial failure of the haryest, the Emperor 
has given orders that public works, to the amount of 
300,000 florins, shall be immediately commenced at the 
public expense. A pamphlet, entitled “ Austria, and her 
future Prospects,” has just appeared, and has made a 
considerable sensation in Germany. It is understood to 
be from the pen of the Baron Von Reden, who is known 
as the author of a work on Hanover, and has since filled 
an important post in the Imperial Chancery of Austria, 
under Prince Metternich. In the opinion of this writer, 
the prospects of the Austrian Empire are all but hopeless. 
During 25 years of peace, while other Governments have 
effected large reductions in taxation, and in their public 
debts, Austria has more than doubled her incumbrances. 
In 1815, the nominal amount of the Austrian debt was 
500,000,000 of florins; in 1840, it was 1,021,000,000 ; 
and at this time the annual charge of the state debt (in- 
cluding the payments to the Sinking Fund) is equal to 
5,000,000. sterling annually. The entire Austrian re- 
yenue, in 1839, was about 16,000,000/. , sterling ; jthe 
public expenditure exceeded that“amount, and there has 
been an annual deficit for many years past. The commerce 
of the country has not been developed in proportion to 
the increase of ,the public burdens, ani tly 
P ‘Ov 
Trary.—a letter from Rome states that, on the 8th 
ult., the Tiber overflowed its banks, and invaded a third 
of the city. In the Corso and its environs, and more par- 
ticularly the quarter inhabited by the Jews, the inhabitants 
had been compelled to abandon the ground-floors, and 
their provisions were brought to them in boats. 
Turkny AND SyR1A.—We have accounts from Con- 
stantinople of the 7th ult., confirming the report that the 
city of Kerbelah had been taken by storm on the 13th of 
Jan. by the Pacha of Bagdad, after a gallant resistance 
on the part of the inhabitants and pilgrims, aided by a few 
irregular Persian Kurds, who chanced to be there for de- 
votional purposes. It is feared, at Constantinople, that 
this impolitic act of Nezib Pacha, will produce such ex- 
citement at the court of Teheran, and throughout Persia, 
as will frustrate all the attempts on the part of the mixed 
commission to arrange the differences between the Porte 
and the Persian Government. Much interest had been 
excited by the death of Saliha Sultana, sister to the Sul- 
tan, and wife of Halil Pacha, It appears that the seraglio 
law, which dooms to death all male issue of the Imperial 
collateral branches, and which Sultan Mahmoud sus- 
pended in a moment of agony, at the death of his 
favourite daughter, who poisoned herself in order to anti- 
cipate the terrible mandate, was recently revived, and that 
the infant son of Saliha Sultana, after being allowed to 
live forty-eight hours, was strangled almost in the mother’s 
arms. This cruelty produced the most violent. effects 
upon the princess, who had flattered herself that her 
child’s life would be saved. Hysterics, fever, and deli- 
rium ensued, and, after lingering about two months, she 
expired on the 4th, and was buried with great pomp on 
the same day in the late Sultan’s mausoleum near the 
Burnt Column.—The accounts from Syria state that on 
the 14th ult. Izzet, Pacha of Jerusalem, forwarded ames- 
sage by one of his effendis to Mr. Nicolayson, the 
chaplain of Bishop Alexander, enjoining him, as he had 
no authority for building a Protestant church at Jerusalem, 
to cause the works to be suspended, Mr. Nicolayson 
having vainly remonstrated with the Pacha, it was resolved 
that the Bishop should. repair to Beyrout, to take the 
advice of the British and Prussian Consuls-General, and 
his Lordship accordingly started from Jerusalem on the 
90th for Jaffa, where he embarked for Beyrout. On the 
23d he reached the latter city, and laid the case before 
those functionaries, who thought proper to refer it to their 
respective Ambassadors at Constantinople. Assad Pacha, 
to whom they applied in the meantime for an explanation 
of the motives of this prohibition, pleaded total ignorance 
of the affair. 
Cape or Goop Horr.—By Her Majesty’s ship Andro- 
mache, papers to the 18th December have been received 
from the Cape. ‘The rebellious spirit of the Boers at Port 
Natal had increased, and they had declared, that as soon 
: “ 
some immediate and effectual changes are considered 
necessary for the stability of the empire.—The marriage 
of the Princess Maria of Baden, daughter of the Dowager 
Grand Duchess Stephanie, with the Marquess of Douglas, 
son of the Duke of Hamilton, was solemnized on the 23d 
ult., in the chapel of the Grand Ducal Palace at Mann- 
heim, according to the Lutheran rites. Immediately 
afterwards the ceremony was again performed according to 
the Anglican rites, in the apartments of the Palace in- 
habited by Mr. Wellesley, the British Chargé d’Affaires at 
the Court of Carlsruhe. 
Hotranp.—The Dutch papers mention that his Ma- 
jesty King William Frederick, Count of Nassau, has been 
suffering for several days from severe cold and shortness 
of breath. The bulletin of the 17th stated that 
The early part of the night was restless ; in the latter 
part his Majesty slept at intervals. The symptoms of the 
disorder remain the same.” Subsequent accounts mention 
that “the changes observed in the convalescence of his 
Majesty are so inconsiderable, that no more bulletins will 
be issued for the present.’” 
= Betcium.—The Louisa Maria will very soon sail from 
Ostend for the new colony of St. Thomas. M. Simons, 
director of the expedition, will be on board with the 
persons under his order. The expense of this first step 
taken by the company exceeds, it is said, 300,000 francs. 
M. Simons takes with him 80,000 francs in money and 
pills. He likewise takes the presents intended for the 
chief persons and generals of Guatemala, consisting of 
uniforms and arms, The Antwerp papers state that the 
English ship Orissa has brought a quantity of rats from 
Manilla. ‘They are of the size of a common cat ; several 
escaped, and have been killed on the quay. They are 
so numerous that if a workman leaves any part of his 
clothes in a corner they are immediately devoured. 
Dexmanx.—lt is reported in Germany that the Prince 
Royal of Denmark intends to adopt the hereditary Prince 
of Oldenburg, who would thus unite under his sceptre all 
the dominions of the King of Denmark. The Jbranch of 
Augustenburg would obtain as a compensation the Grand 
Duchy of Oldenburg, and the Prince of Hesse receive two 
as the truce was at an end they would proceed “ to drive 
the English out of their territories, and would invade 
our if we pted to interfere between 
them and the natives.” They had also laid claim to the 
whole of the lands, and stated that they considered the 
chiefs as holding their own possessions merely as vassals 
of the Dutch republic. Invitations to immigrants ha 
still been continued, and as an inducement for parties to 
join them, titles to property were offered to be given. 
These allurements had had the effect of causing many 
farmers to accept the terms, and others were preparing 
to join the rebels, though notice had been given by the 
British officers that all persons who should engage 1) 
such transactions would be held liable to the penalties 
for treason and sedition. At the earlier stage of this 
outbreak, some circumstances transpired which Jed to the 
suspicion that it was chiefly caused by foreign interfe- 
rence. This opinion was strengthened by a Dutch vessel 
having entered and left the port clandestinely, and it has 
been since ascertained that she must have sailed directly 
from Natal to Batavia, at which place her arrival has 
been announced, A further confirmation has been found 
in a current report that a Batavian officer had appeared 
among the Volksraad, dressed in full uniform, and deco- 
yated with an order, and had promised them assistance 
from that place by the middle of January, Meanwhile, 
the Government had not been idle ; the Lieutenant-Go- 
yernor had marched against the Boers with all the dis- 
posable force that could be collected, which would aug- 
ment the army to about 1,200 men. This, it was @X- 
pected, would be sufficient to overcome the rebels, though 
it was feared a serious loss of life would result. The ac- 
counts from the Frontier are extremely distressing. The 
drought had not been relieved by rain, and the loss of 
cattle from the want of food and water had heen of serious 
moment. The Caffres suffered most severely, and, their 
principal sustenance being milk, many had died from 
want, Instructions had been sent to the Government 
agents to furnish them with food at the public expense. 
Sour AmEricA.—Lhe Danish, schooner Randers 
arrived at Falmouth, on Wednesday, from Monte Video, 
from whence she sailed on the 20th December, and brings 
intelligence of an action having been fought on the 11th, 
between the allied forces of the republic of Monte Video, 
under the command of General Rivera and the army of 
Buenos Ayres, in which the former were defeated with 
considerable loss. She also brings decrees and procla- 
mations issued by the Monte Videan Government, and a 
memorial from the Senate and Chamber of Representatives 
of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay to the Executive 
Government for the immediate abolition of Slavery. 
The able-bodied men who have been slaves, colonists, or 
wards, whatever may be their denomination, will be ap~ 
pointed to the service of arms, for such time as the 
Government shall consider necessary, and those who are 
unfit for military service, and women, are to remain as 
pupils in the service of their masters, subject for the 
present to the constitutional law in regard to pupils or 
African colonists. 
S. 
Monday.—Lord Camrpuni moved for copies of Lord Elienbo- 
rough’s proclamations, and gave notice, on the part of the Mar- 
quess of Clanricarde, of a motion on the subject on the 9th inst. 
_— MonTEAGLE, at the request of the Duke of Wellington, 
postponed his motion on the Corn Laws, on account of the indis-~ 
during the last 20 years to the slave-cruisers, and the several 
treaties into which we had entered on the subject of the slave 
employed had been diminished within the last four years from 4 
generous conduct of General Valdez, and Lord Br 
Lord HaAppiNGTon expressed their satisfaction at Lord (Aber-~ 
deen’s statement, 
Thursday.—Lord BROUGHAM brought under consideration the 
constitution, condition, an t of the C ti 
of the City of London, and moved an Address to her Majesty om 
the subject. In the great measure for the reform of the Muni- 
cipal Corporations of England and Wales, the Corporation off 
London had been expressly omitted, on account of the magnitude 
and importance of theinterests involved. But Le 
on the part of the late Government, had distinctly pledged him- 
self to bring in a separate bill, which would deal exclusively with 
the Metropolitan Corporation. ‘oO measure, however, made its 
appearance ; and in 1839 light was thrown on the causes of the 
A Metropolitan Police Bill had heen introduced in that. 
it a great deal more. Its vast importance, from the numbers off 
the population over whom i 
which it partly distributed, and partly misapplied, and partly 
prevented from being accumulated—the i 
rived fromits ancient fame, and i 
dered to the State, at all times—from. the power it possessed over 
tl i d all the other corporations 
monopolies possessed by ff it companies, 
powers enjoyed by the administrators of the affairs of the corpo- 
perversion of terms, was called the administration of justice im 
i He accused the Aldermen of general unfitness, princi- 
a number of instances in which parties had been thus shamed or 
Dullied into a compromise ; but trusted that, after this warning, 
i xcusable ignorance or 
‘© court false popularity, or with a spurious 
ORD CHANCELLOR 
after a few 
aM drawn. 
Lord Trywuam then gave notice of the following resolutions 
to the House on Tuesday next :—‘* 1. That it is 
Townsend complaint 
Leicester by an individual who had.ne connesion with his family. 
