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[JunE 3, 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
Wome News. 
Courr.—The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied 
by the Princess Royal, arrived in town on Tuesday after- 
noon, from Claremont. The Prince of Wales and the 
infant Princess, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyt- 
telton, followed in another carriage, On Wednesday and 
Thursday her Majesty and Prince Albert took a drive in 
an open carriage and four. A grand dinner was given on 
Wednesday evening at Buckingham Palace, to the Queen 
Dowager, the Royal Family, and the directors of the 
Concerts of Ancient Music, of which Prince Albert had 
undertaken the. direction, for the Earl of Westmore- 
land. After the dinner her Majesty and the Royal party 
attended the performance of the Concert; and on 
Thursday evening her Majesty and the Prince honoured 
the Italian Opera with their presence. On the same 
day Prince Albert laid the foundation stone of the Royal 
Naval School at Counter-hill, near Deptford. Her 
Majesty will leave town this day for Claremont, and 
remain there during the Whitsun holidays—It is 
rumoured that, previous to the nuptials of the Princess 
Augusta of Cambridge with the Grand Duke of Mecklen- 
burgh, an application will be made to Parliament, by 
Ministers, to settle an annuity on that princess of 3,000. 
per annum. The ceremony is now understood to be fixed 
for the first week in July.—His Majesty the King of 
Hanover arrived in town yesterday, having finally deter- 
mined to pay his long-expected visit to England, on the 
occasion of the Christening of the infant princess.—Their 
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, 
Prince George and the Princess Augusta, and the Here- 
ditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, honoured 
the Duke of Devonshire with their company on Tuesday, 
at the public breakfast given by his Grace, at his residence, 
at Chiswick.—Colonel Buckley has relieved Colonel the 
Hon. Charles Grey in the duties of Equerry in Waiting on 
her Majesty, and Major-General Sir E, Bowater has 
relieved Colonel Wylde as Equerry in Waiting on 
Prince Albert. 
Christening of the Infant Princess.—The second 
daughter “of her Majesty and Prince Albert was yesterday 
admitted into the pale of the church. The Ambassadors, 
Cabinet Ministers, and others, who had been invited to 
the solemnity, assembled in the Old Dining-room at 
Buckingham Palace, at twelve o’clock, and upon their 
arrival were conducted to seats provided for them in the 
chapel. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the 
Bishops of London and Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the 
Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay, Archdeacon Wilberforce, 
and Lord Wriothesley Russell, Canon of Windsor, were the 
officiating clergy. The King of Hanover had not arrived ata 
quarter past 2 o’clock, consequently his Majesty, who was 
to have stood sponsor for the Royal infant, was represented 
by proxy. The Duchess of Kent appeared as proxy for 
the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenberg, and the Grand 
Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz appeared as proxy for the 
Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha; who, with 
the Princess Sophia Matilda, were the sponsors. Her 
Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, 
and other Royal personages, took their seats in the 
Chapel Royal shortly after 12 o’clock, attended by the 
Great Officers of the Household, and the attendants 
forming the suites of the members of the Royal Family 
and visitors, who arranged themselves on cither side of the 
chapel. The service commenced with the performance of 
sacred music. When the music had ceased the Lord Cham- 
berlain, accompanied by the Groom of the Stole to his 
Royal Highness Prince Albert, conducted the infant 
Princess into the chapel; her Royal Highness was carried 
by the head nurse, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttel- 
ton. Upon the conclusion of the Baptismal Service, her 
Royal Highness was reconducted from the chapel in 
the same way. As soon as the ceremony was concluded, 
her Majesty and Prince Albert, her Majesty the Queen 
Dowager, the Archbishops, the sponsors, and the other 
Royal personages, returned to the Queen’s apartments in 
the same order as they entered the chapel. The visitors 
proceeded to the Long Gallery, to partake of a collation 
with her Majesty and the Royal Family. The Baptismal 
ceremony was performed by the Archbishop of Canter- 
bury, and the Royal infant received the names of Alice 
Maud Mary. 
Judges’ Circuits.—The Judges sat on Thursday in the 
Exchequer Chamber, and selected their circuits during 
the approaching summer Agsizes. The following is the 
arrangement :—Norfolk Circuit, Lord Denman and Baron 
Alderson ; Home Cireuit, Lord Chief Justice Tindal and 
Baron Parke ; Midland Circuit, Lord Abinger and Justice 
Pattison; North Wales, Baron Gurney; South Wales, 
Baron Rolfe ; Oxford Circuit, Justice Williams and 
Tustice Maule ; Western Circuit, Justice Coleridge and 
Justice Erskine; Northern Circuit, Justice Wightman and 
Justice Cresswell. Justice Coltman remains in town. 
= Post Office.—The Post-office convention with France 
came into operation on Thursday. In the new regulations 
the former principle that the English charge a single rate 
for letters under half an ounce, while the French limit 
themselves to a single rate only when the letter is under 
one quarter of an ounce, is still preserved, but the English 
rate to France is reduced from 10d. to 5d., the French 
rate being reduced to 5d. also; and the payment of these 
two rates will be all that is required for the conveyance of 
a letter to any part of France or Algeria. These letters 
must be left unpaid, or else they must be paid the whole 
rate to their destination. The transit-rate through France 
to other countries is likewise reduced to 5d., a rate on 
letters under a quarter of an ounce; the other foreign 
‘rates varying according to the limit to which the letter 
is paid. To Turkey, the Levant, the Archipelago, Greece, 
the Ionian Islands, Austria, Venetian Lombardy, Switzer- 
land, Belgium, Germany, and Holland, letters may be sent 
by paying only the British rate of postage, if they are spe- 
cially addressed vid France ; but to Spain and Portugal, 
Sardinia and Southern Italy, the French rates must be 
paid. To Alexandria, Constantinople, the Dardanelles, 
Greece, Malta, the States of the Church, the Sicilies, 
Smyrna, and Tuscany, the letters, when not sent by 
French packets viz Marseilles, may be unpaid or paid to 
destination. English newspapers sent to France by packet 
will go free of postage, or by private ship on payment of 
a penny, while French newspapers sent here will pay a 
halfpenny. To and from other countries vit France, the 
rates on newspapers will be a halfpenny from Spain, 1d. 
from Greece (by the French packets), 3d. from Malta, or 
any other place in the Mediterranean and the Hast Indies 
by the monthly mail), and 2d. from other countries. It 
must be distinctly recollected, that on all letters a foreign 
rate is added to the lowest postage for every quarter of an 
ounce, while an English rate is only added for the half- 
ounce. The departure of the mail to India vid Marseilles 
is postponed to Tuesday next, the 6th inst. 
spoveiqn. 
Francr.—There is little news this week in the Paris 
papers. The Constitutionel states that the Government 
has received communications from China, announcing that 
the Emperor has decided upon immediately giving the 
French free access to his dominions upon the same foot- 
ing as the English, and that in consequence of this intel- 
ligence a naval division is about to be sent into the Chinese 
Seas, under the command of a Rear-Admiral, and con- 
sequently it will be composed of several frigates and other 
ships-of-war.—The committee appointed by the Chamber 
of Deputies to examine the bill relative to foreign refugees 
in France, have terminated their labours. According to 
their report, the number of refugees amounts to about 
16,000, of which 10,339 are Spaniards, 4,981 Poles, 
790 Italians, and 333 Germans. The following telegraphic 
despatch from Gen. De Bar was received in Paris on 
Sunday :—“ Algiers, May 23.—The Duc d’Aumale 
writes to me on the 20th May, from his camp at Cha- 
bounia:—‘ The smala of Abdel-Kader is captured, his 
treasure pillaged, and his regular infantry killed or dis- 
persed. Four flags, a cannon, two ordnance carriages, 
immense booty, large tribes and flocks have fallen into 
our hands,’ The Prince must have arrived on the 22d at 
Boghar. His column will conduct the prizes into the 
Metidjah. The mother and sister of Abdel-Kader 
have——.,’’ The night interrupted the despatch at this 
important point, and the Siécle states that a ludicrous 
disappointment was experienced at the Tuileries when the 
result was known. ‘The darkness having interrupted the 
communication, which ended with the words, “The mother 
and sister of Abdel-Kader have——” hopes were indulged 
till sunrise that the remainder of the despatch would 
announce the capture of the two. Princesses. The 
anxiously-expected conclusion of the despatch did come 
up, but it was as follows:—‘t The mother and sister of 
Abdel-Kader have escaped.’ The Journal des Débats 
states that smala is the name given by the Arabs to the 
tents, family, domestics, and riches of a chieftain, and 
that this coup de main has probably been executed in the 
direction of Gougilat, an oasis of the minor desert, which 
Abdel-Kader had for some time past made his depot. The 
other despatches, though representing affairs as every- 
where prosperous, detail but unimportant movements and 
skirmishes, amidst which we find Abdel-Kader still 
harassing his foes and escaping their grasp, and the 
French perpetrating raszias on such tribes as favour 
him. Another of these predatory expeditions is reported, 
which has yielded near two thousand captives of both 
sexes, three or four hundred horses, and twelve thousand 
head of cattle. 
Spain.—A. telegraphic despatch announces that the 
Spanish Cortes were dissolved on the 26th ult., and the 
new Cortes were summoned to assemble on the 27th of 
August. All was tranquil in the capital, but travellers 
from Saragossa and Barcelona state that a movement had 
broken out in those cities, and that the Municipal, 
National Guard, and troops had agreed to demand the 
restoration cf the Lopez ministry. In Arragon and Cata- 
lonia it is said to be the intention to proclaim, with the 
aid of the Deputies who have quitted Madrid, the imme- 
diate suspension of the Regency, and the declaration of 
the Queen’s majority. All the chief towns are agreed, 
and Saragossa, with the garrison, has already made a 
declaration of its intention. The Barcelona municipality 
is disposed to follow the movement, but will not com- 
mence. The sittings of the Cortes previous to the dis- 
solution were very stormy. No sooner was it known that 
Sef. Lopez had finally resigned, than a message was sent 
to the Regent by the Chamber, praying him, indeed, to 
continue Regent till October, 1844, but on condition of 
his acting constitutionally. The Regent replied that his 
acceptance of Lopez’s resignation was constitutional, and 
that he would act in the manner he deemed the most 
advantageous to the welfare of the country. On leaving 
the hall the new President of the Council, Gomez Becerra, 
and his colleague of the War Department, Gen. THoyos, 
were insulted. A stone was thrown at the former, which, 
fortunately did not strike him, and an ill-dressed indivi- 
dual was arrested who had attempted to stab him. The 
two ministers succeeded in entering a carriage, and 
drove off amidst cries of ‘‘Fuera! Fuera!” “Down 
with the ministers and Anglo Ayacuchos !’’  ‘* Viva 
Ja libertad!” The glass of M. Mendizabel’s carriage 
was smashed on the same day, and it was believed 
that he would have incurred some personal danger had he 
not prudently avoided attending the sitting of the Depu- 
ties. That of the Senate was far more pacific; the depu- 
tation entrusted with the presentation of the Address in 
reply to the speech from the throne succeeded in moving 
safely to and from the Regent’s palace, though it included 
General Linage among its members. The troops were 
still kept in their barracks, and a part of the garrison 
was to remain under arms during the following night. 
The coalition journals published a number of most violent 
and almost revolutionary articles; one of them, in which 
the people were told that they were deceived, sacrificed, 
insulted, and sold, was believed to have been penned by 
M. Lopez himself. They failed, however, in creating the 
slightest agitation, and a bull-fight which took place on 
the next day passed off quietly. On the 21st, the nine 
regiments of the National Guards, to show how little they 
approved of the movement, ordered their bands to unite 
and give a serenade to the Regent... Most of the Guards 
themselves attended, as well as a multitude of people. 
After some music, the crowd shouted, ‘ Long live the 
Regent,” to which the latter replied by appearing on the 
balcony. He thus addressed those present—‘‘ Nationals ! 
None have more than you comprehended my wishes, 
which are no other than your wishes, viz., defence of the 
constitution, of the throne of your innocent and young - 
Queen, and the maintenance of national independence. 
Such are my aims. As Regent, as soldier, and as citizen, I 
will with you defend the constitution, national independ-~ 
ence, and liberty.”” The Regent added, ‘‘ Long live the 
vivas for the Regent, Serenades were given by the same 
bands to the Ministers, Becerra and Mendizabal.—The 
official Gazette contains two important documents. 
one of them, the Minister of Finance, Sefior Mendizabal, 
orders that the extraordinary contribution of 3,000,000 
reals, raised at Barcelona in consequence of the late 
insurrection, shall be restored to that city. The other 
document is a circular letter of the Minister of the Inte- 
rior, containing the promise of a general amnesty, by 
which all Spaniards sentenced for political crimes commit- 
ted since Sept. 1, 1840, are set free, whether in prison, 
exiled, or transported. This excludes from the amnesty 
all the emigrants who have not undergone trial. 
PorruGal.—We have accounts from Lisbon to the 
22d ult. The arrival of the Princes of the Cobourg 
family, and the Princess Clementine, was daily expected 
at Lisbon. The Cortes were expected to remain opeD 
some weeks longer. The budget and other financial mea- 
sures were coming under discussion. The ministerial 
Bill, reducing duties on foreign goods imported into 
Madeira to one-half, had passed the Deputies. Coal is 
admitted free, and the privilege was ordered to be extended 
to the Azores. The question of extending the whole Bill 
to those islands had been referred to a committee. A 
Lisbon business was generally complained of; but the 
export of wine from Oporto, and the amount of Customs 
duties received at the principal Custom-houses, had in- 
creased during the month of April, owing to negotiation 
having ceased, though some uncertainty still prevailed 08 
the subject. 
Grrmany.—The first debate in the Diet of the Prus- 
sian Rhenish provinces, opened at Dusseldorf on the 14th 
ult., was on the subject of giving complete and yerbal 
publicity to the transactions of the Diet. The result was 
a petition to his Majesty, for the purpose of appointing 
official reporter, whose notes should be published.— Phe 
Emperor of Austria opened the Hungarian Diet at Pres 
burg on the 20th ult., by a Latin speech. Eight Royal 
propositions were afterwards submitted to the Assembly. 
One of them referred to the respective positions of the 
different religious worships, to the right of individuals not 
belonging to the nobility to purchase landed property> to, 
the means of promoting trade, &c. ‘The papers announce 
the death of the son of Count Sandor, and grandson ol 
Prince Metternich, at Vienna, on the 14th ult., the day 
of the 70th anniversary of Prince Metternich’s birth.— 
We learn from Munich, that a site has been selected for 
the house which the King of Bavaria has ordered to e 
built after the model of the ancient Romans, and for pa 
purpose an architect and a painter have been sent ‘ 
Naples to examine and to study all the particulars of HY 
best preserved private buildings at Pompeii and Hereulo 
neum. The extensive collection of ancient utensils ee 
furniture which his Majesty at various times received is 
presents from the King of Naples will be sufficient 
furnish the House. ‘ i 
Iraty.—The Pope’s journey through the ‘southert 
provinces of his dominions is described as @ perfer™ 
triumph. The populations of the most distant MS 
meet him on hig road, to offer him presents, and to receive 
his benediction. In one small town the corporation Die 
sented him with an equestrian statue of their patron FD 
cast of solid silver, and would almost with main forte 
have placed this mark of their affection in the Pope 
carriage, if he had not, with some difficulty, cone 
them that its weight would break down the vehicle, 4! 6 
that it would be better for the saint to remain where 
h Pa nturles. 
pag pees fk Homers in the French papers 
a few days ago, on the authority of a letter from Cope) 
Ys #g0) on Tt of that city, charged with libel, 
hagen, that a journalist ©! Y> charge: into 
had, in virtue of some obsolete law, been UO es 
a dungeon, and kept on bread and water. By an Been 
letter, of the 17th ult-, we. learn that he has since een 
brought to trial and peated, and the crown has 
o the costs of the suit. 5 
pondemmeray m the 8th ult., the Emperor of Bae 
addressed a ukase to the Minister of Finance, ordé f 
db d £ 8,000,000 > 
that a loan should be made for the sum of ©,¥¥by 
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