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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
(Mar. 11, 
is expected to arrive at Cambridge-house from the Conti- 
nent at the close of the ensuing week. — The Earl of 
Ripon was able to leave his room on Monday for the first 
time since his illness. 
Parliamentary Movements. — Viscount O’Neill_has 
been elected one of the representative Peers of Ireland in 
the place of the late Viscount Gort. Mr. Matheson has 
een elected Member for} Ashburton in the room of the 
late Mr. Jardine; the numbers at the close of the poll 
were, for Mr. Matheson (Liberal), 141 ; for Mr. Horsley 
Palmer (Conservative), 96. A vacancy has occurred in 
the representation of Tavistock by the retirement of Mr. 
Randle; Mr. J. S. Trelawny has announced himself a can- 
didate on the Liberal interest—Mr. Newdegate has been 
elected Member for N. Warwickshire without opposition. 
Gazetie Announcements.—The Queen has been pleased 
to appoint Commander H. W. Hill, R.N., to be Lieut.- 
Governor of her Majesty’s Settlements on the Gold Coast. 
Post-office Money Orders. —The following are the 
numbers of money-orders issued at some of the principal 
Post-offices during the last three months. At the General 
Post-office, in round numbers, 15,000 ; Dublin, 11,000 ; 
Edinburgh, 7,000; Liverpool, 18,000 5 Manchester, 13,000; 
8,000; Birmingham, 8,000; Charing-cross, 
8,000 ; 7,000; Bath, 5,000; Brighton, 6,000 ; 
Lombard-street, 7,000 5 Cavendish-street, 5,000. Some 
idea may be formed of the immense sums paid into the 
yarious Post-offices in the kingdom by the fact that above 
a quarter of a million of pounds sterling were paid into 
the few offices just mentioned, in small sums, varying 
from 1s. to 5/., during the space of three months. The 
commission on such asum must have amounted to between 
2,000/, and 3,0007. The money-order department in- 
creases in extent at a rapid rate, and there are already 
upwards of 100 clerks in the Post-office order department 
in the General Post-office. 
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Fnawce.—The great debate in the Chamber of Deputies 
on the Secret Service Bill has been carried by Ministers 
by a triumphant majority, after a struggle of four days. 
The papers of all parties concur in representing the closing 
debate of Thursday as the most brilliant that had yet oc- 
curred. Only three speeches of any note were delivered— 
yiz., those of M. de Tocqueville, of M. de Lamartine, and of 
M.Guizot. The oration of M. de Lamartine is praised by 
the journals of his party, and indeed generally by all 
those of the Opposition; but even his own paper feels 
obliged to confess that the discourse of M. Guizot sur- 
passed it in a manner the most remarkable. That journal 
states that ‘‘the immense effect produced by the truly 
gigantic contest between M. de Lamartine and M. Guizot, 
orators of such dissimilar, although equal, talent and un- 
derstanding—the one so diffuse, the other 50 concise— 
the one enthusiastic and generous, like poetry—the other 
cool and inexorable, like history—cannot be described.” | 
The Journal des Debats describes it asa masterpiece. 
‘We bear witness that the emotion it occasioned was 
universal. Shouts of admiration burst from all mouths. 
No eloquence ever clothed in finer forms the austere lan- 
guage of reason and of patriotism, and talent never gained 
@ more remarkable or a more just triumph. Injustice 
itself has its limit; but this fire of improvisation, this 
admirable well-timed reply, and the immense emotion of 
a numerous audience, cannot be reproduced by even the 
most faithful report.” At the close of the debate on 
Friday, the Chamber divided, when there were—for the 
amendment 197, against it 242—majority for Ministers 45. 
The announcement of the numbers appeared to overwhelm 
the Opposition, while it elicited shouts of triumph from 
the friends of Government. The discussion on the bill 
was concluded on Saturday. Previous to the ballot, 
M. de Labourdonnaie asked M. Guizot if a Frenchman 
named Lefevre, who had been ill-treated at Gerona by 
had obtained satisfaction for that 
sustained by M. Lefevre; 
pending between the two Governments. After a few 
words more from the Minister, relative to the capture of 
a French vessel by a Spanish cruiser, the discussion was 
closed. The grant of 1,000,000f. for secret service pur- 
poses was then put to the vote, and carried by 244 
against 155, giving Ministers a majority of 89 votes.—A 
proposition submitted to the Deputies by M. Jaubert, for 
granting 13,000,000f. towards finishing the Louvre, and 
connecting that building with the Palace of the Tuileries, 
has been rejected by a large majority. 
Sparn.—Our accounts from Madrid are of the 27th 
ult, The preparatory elections commenced on that day, 
and in 11 of the 12 colleges the candidates returned to 
constitute the respective committees were favourable to 
the Ministry. Few electors, however, came forward ; in 
several colleges composed of 500, not more than 65 took 
part in the operations. The Government has been de- 
feated in Biscay ; the Opposition having returned members 
for Bilboa, Portugalete, Durango, and other places. The 
Opposition were expected to prevail also in Guipuscoa, 
and had already been successful in the province of Burgos. 
From Barcelona we learn that the municipal elections 
were to take place on the 5th inst., the Government having 
approved of the annulling of the late ones. 
PorruGcaL.—Letters from Lisbon of the Ist inst. 
announce that the Portuguese Government have at last 
on learning the rejection of their former proposals, and 
the intention of the British Government to suspend nego- 
tiations, resolved to propose further reductions on woollen 
cloths and galt fish, which they had hitherto resisted. It 
columns, a detailed account of the brilliant 
on Shrove Tuesday, in the Royal Palace. 
was 3,500—not 7,000, as previous reports had stated ; 
modated at the side tables. 
was thought at Lisbon that the present offers, if not ac- 
cepted, would be met by proposals that would bring the 
question to a settlement. 
at last passed the bill of indemnity ; and the deputies 
had voted the authority to raise 900 contos of reis on the 
tobacco revenues. 
further changes in the Ministry were likely to take place. 
Much 
caused by the heavy rains. 
Tagus, had suffered great losses in seed destroyed and 
cattle drowned, and some wine-stores had also been da- 
maged. At Oporto and St. Ubes serious losses had also 
been sustained from the same cause. 
In the Cortes, the peers had 
There were, however, reports that 
damage had been sustained by the inundations 
Many farmers, near the 
Gurmany.—The Berlin official papers give, in several 
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the injury has been most serious to churches and other 
public buildings, poth civil and military, to dwelling- 
houses, sugar-milis, &c., more particularly at Antigua, 
where the largest amount—eight lives, were lost 3 at 
Montserrat, five, and at St. Christopher, two. At St. 
Thomas arid Nevis, it appears no lives were lost. When 
the Actwon took her departure no positive news had been 
obtained either from Guadaloupe, Dominica, St. Eustatia, 
Martinique, or St. Lucia, though it was thought they 
must have shared in the calamity. The Dee man-of-war 
steamer, which {left Antigua on the llth Feb. for Ber- 
muda, will most probably be the next arrival from the West 
Indies, but she is not likely to bring more detailed intelli- 
gence. The Governors, Members of Council, and prin- 
cipal inhabitants of the different islands were actively 
The number 
1,000 persons sat down to supper, and 2,500 were accom~ 
x They also publish the 
instructions to the censors of the public press announced 
in the Cabinet order of the King of Prussia. They are of 
too great length for the general reader, but they are chiefly 
directed against anti-religious works. ‘The censors are to 
forbid all works ‘ the tendency of which is in opposition 
to the fundamental principles of religion in general, and 
the Christian faith in particular.’’ In politics, the censors 
must forbid any works ‘‘ developing theories tending to 
shake the constitution of the monarchy, or any constitu. 
tion in existence in the German states.” They must also 
forbid anything to be printed of a nature to wound the 
reputation and honour of individuals.—Accounts from 
Vienna state that the weather has been so mild in that 
city, that the fruit-trees in. the neighbourhood are already 
in full blossom. The Government, taking advantage of 
the weather, have put 30,000 workmen on the railroads to 
be constructed, 6,000 of whom will be employed on the 
line between Vienna and Prague. 
Turxny.—The Levant mail has brought accounts from 
Constantinople to the 27th February. They state that 
the Sultan’s autograph letter, in reply to that of the 
Emperor, was delivered to the Russian Minister on the 
13th ult. This letter contains a positive refusal on the 
part of the Sultan to consent to the revocation of his acts. 
Tt is also announced that Tahir, the Captain Pacha, has 
been dismissed, and replaced by Halil Pacha, son-in-law 
of the late Sultan. 
Unirep Srarzs any Canapa. — The packet-ship 
United States, which sailed from New York on the 16th 
ult., arrived off Belfast on Wednesday morning. The 
papers received by her are nineteen days later than those 
brought by the last steamer. The only proceeding in 
Congress interesting to the English reader was the progress 
of the Oregon Territory Bill in the Senate. The bill, it 
will be recollected, is for the protection of American set- 
tlers in the territory of Oregon, and for the enforcement 
of the right of sovereignty and jurisdiction of the United 
States Government over the said territory. It had given 
rise to long and animated debates. Mr. Calhoun made 
a long speech against the bill. He showed conclusively 
that the course recommended by the bill is contrary to 
existing treaties, and that, if attempted to be carried into 
effect, it would, in all probability, lead to a war with Eng- 
land ; a war in which, as far as the occupancy of that 
territory is concerned, she would have decided and irre- 
sistible advantages over the United States. The immense 
armies now in India, he said, are free to be directed to 
any other point that is necessary to sustain her power, 
and on the first moment of a demonstration on the part 
of the United States to violate the treaty, she would 
transfer those forces across the Pacific, and take posses- 
sion of the territory. This she could do in 40 days, while, 
had the United States sufficient troops and a navy neces- 
sary to their transportation, they could not reach the Co- 
Jumbia river in less than six months ; and to send troops 
thither overland would take nearly as long by uninter- 
rupted marches. He also demanded where the means 
were to be provided to sustain these fleets and armies. 
On the final yote, however, ‘‘ that the bill do pass,’” the 
numbers were 24 to 22 ; majority in favour of the passage 
of the bill 2. The voters were indiscriminately senators 
of both political parties. The bill has been submitted to 
the Representatives, who are expected to reject it. The 
Court of Inquiry into the late mutiny on board the Somers 
has given its verdict, acquitting Commander M‘Kenzie 
of all blame.—The news from Canada comes down to the 
9th ult. The last bulletin issued by Sir C. Bagot’s medical 
attendants, stated that his health has, during the last few 
days, undergone a change for the worse; and he was 
rapidly approaching his end. Dropsy had made its @p- 
pearance, and he was not expected to survive many days. 
West Inpres.—The mail-steamer Forth arrived on 
Saturday evening at Falmouth, with Mexican, West India, 
and other mails, having left St. Thomas’s on the 9th ult. 
She brings the tidings of a dreadful earthquake, which oc- 
curred at St. Thomas’s on the 8th ult., and extended, as we 
learn, by later advices, to Montserrat and ot her islands. 
The Thames steamer, when abreast of English Harbour, 
Antigua, felt the shock so severely, that all hands thought 
the vessel had struck. ‘The land was suddenly enveloped 
in clouds of dust, and the effect on the crew is said by 
the captain to have been indescribable. ‘The mail- 
steamer Acton, which arrived at Falmouth on Tuesday, 
has brought additional particulars of this melancholy 
intelligence. It appears, as was too truly feared, that it 
had extended to other portions of the West India Islands, 
and that in order to ascertain the particulars, the Acteon 
was despatched to visit them successively, prior to taking 
home the information. Distressing as the accounts are 
from the different islands, it is satisfactory to know that 
the sacrifice of life has been comparatively trifling, though 
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applying all their exertions to meet the exigencies occa- 
sioned by the catastrophe, but it was much feared the 
crops, which were promising and abundant before its 
occurrence, would, for the most part, perish, from the 
sugar-houses, mills, and machinery being destroyed 
to so great an extent, By the mail from St. Domingo 
we have advices from Port-au-Prince, to the 28th Jan., 
which state that a fire on the 9th of that month had 
destroyed upwards of four hundred houses, and among 
them the shops and stocks on hand of the principal 
merchants. The loss was estimated at six million 
dollars currency, At Trinidad some apprehension was 
entertained that the crops might possibly be injured. 
through the unwelcome and unusual presence of ‘fa 
shower of caterpillars.”’ Parts of the city had been 
visited for upwards of a fortnight by these insects, in 
numbers sufficient to take complete possession of the 
trees, and to destroy not merely the leaves but every ap- 
pearance of vitality, and it was feared that their migra- 
tions might be extended to the cane-fields, cocoa 
plantations, &c. 
gw ZHALAND.—The New Zealand Gazette of the 
st October brings the melancholy intelligence of the death 
of Capt. Hobson, the first Governor of this settlement. 
He died at Auckland, on Friday, the 10th Sept., from a 
severe attack of paralysis, which from his youth appears 
to have made great inroads upon his constitution. His 
burial was attended by a vast concourse of natives, who, 
on the morning of that ceremony, performed the “ uhunga,” 
or funeral dirge, as if for one of their own most valued 
chiefs, and in their general behaviour on the occasion 
evinced the respect they entertained for the deceased. 
Mr, Willoughby Shortland, the colonial secretary, was 
filling the post of Governor, in addition to the discharge 
of his own duties. 
§Barltament. 
HOUSE OF LORDS. 
Monday.—Lord BrovcHam said that, unless his noble and 
Jearned friend on the woolsack, or his noble and learned friend 
the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen’s Bench, intended to bring 
jn any measure, or to make some proposal for the purpose of 
calling the attention of their Lordships to the state of the law 
relative to persons who committed crimes whilst labouring 
under partial insanity, he should feel it his bounden duty to give 
their Lordships an opportunity of taking that most important 
subject into their serious consideration. He begged leave to add 
that, in his opinion, such a measure would have a much better 
effect, and would be much better introduced to the consideration 
arise under the present state of the law. He wi 
himself in communication with persons likely to possess correct 
information on the subject, and if that information would lead to 
any practical result, he would communicate it to their Lord- 
ships. He must add that he was lad to have the assistance of 
his noble and learned friend in furtherance of an object which 
everybody must have in view. 
Lord BrovenAm said he was satisfied that nothing could be 
more satisfactory to the country atlarge than the declaration of 
his noble and learned friend. 
rd Diwan said that he had not at all turned his mind to the 
consideration of the subject ; but he had opinions arising out 0} 
late events which induced him to think that it was highly proper 
that the matter should form the subject of grave consideration 
in Parliament. He thought that the more his noble and learned 
friend (Lord Brougham) considered the subject, the more firmly 
he would be impressed with the opinion that the measure should 
e was glad that the subject would be 
brought under the consideration of Par liament by her Majesty’s 
His noble and learned friend (Lord Brougham) 
had made use of one expression which he was afraid would lead 
to some misconception. Hisnobleand learned friend had spoken 
of “partial insanity.” 
a person labouring under partial insanity was not accountable 
for his actions : whereas, the fact was, that, unless the person 
was insane when he committed the act, there was no immunity 
from punishment. He hoped that some measure would be 
speedily introduced, for it was monstrous that society should be 
exposed to the dangers to which itwas at present exposed from 
persons in this state being allowed to go about. 
aid that he made use 
ity,” instead of using the m 
of the expression 
Lord Monrsacn postponed his motion on the Corn-laws till 
next Tuesday.—The committee on the Townshend Peerage Tee 
ported that they had searched in vain for precedents 5 and that 
no relief could be given to the petitioners in this case except by 
means ofa private Bill. © 
Tuesday.—Lord Te¥NHAM brought forward the subject of the 
Poor-law, with the view of obtaining an abrogation of the power 
of separating husband and wife in workhouses- ‘The Ecclesias- 
tical and Civil Courts did not grant a divorce, except onthe 
score of cruelty or adultery, Yet the Poor-law separated mare 
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