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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
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little doubt that the steamer from Bombay has been com- 
pelled to put back by the monsoon or by some accident to 
her machinery. 
Wome News. 
Covrt.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert left Brighton 
on Tuesday for Ostend, on a visit to the King and Queen 
of the Belgians. The particulars of the excursion will be 
found in another part of our Paper. During her Majesty’s 
absence, the Prince of Wales and the Princesses will 
remain at the Pavilion. The Duchess of Kent returned | 
from Brighton to Frogmore Lodge on Wednesday. The 
Prince de Joinville left for Portsmouth on Saturday, and 
proceeded to France in the steamer Pluton on the same 
day. Orders have been received at Windsor Castle to 
prepare for her Majesty’s reception on Wednesday next. 
Should the weather prove fine, it is expected that her 
Majesty, on her return from Ostend, will land at Brighton ; 
otherwise, the Queen will proceed to Woolwich, and from 
thence to Windsor. 
Parliamentary Movements.—The election of a member 
for the county of Argyll, in the room of Alex. Campbell, 
Esq., of Monzie, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, 
took place at Inverary on Friday, when the Lord Advocate 
was returned without opposition. It is now understood 
that there will be no immediate vacancy for Sheffield, and 
that both Mr. Ward and Mr. Parker will retain their seats. 
Health of Sir R. Peel.—In reference to the statements 
of the Irish journals, noticed in our last, the Times and 
other Ministerial papers declare that there is not the 
slightest foundation for the gloomy announcements they 
contained. The Right Hon. Baronet, they state, certainly 
appeared much harassed by the great physical and mental 
labour which he must have endured during the late session 
of Parliament, but beyond that, from which a little relaxation 
would soon restore him, his health was in no degree 
affected. 
Church Preferment.—The following appointments 
have been made to benefices in the Church of Scotland, 
vacant by the late secession:—Rev. R. Fairweather to 
the parish of Nigg, Kincardine, in the room of the Rev. 
Alex. Thorn. Rev. W. Simpson, M.A., to the parish of 
Barry, Forfar, in the room of the Rev. J. Lumsden. 
The Rey. John Campbell to the parish of Reay, Caith- 
ness, in the room of the Rev. Finly Cook. 
Jyoreiqn. 
France.—The Ministerial journals contain a series of 
Royal ordinances, granting promotion and decorations to 
a number of officers of the navy and army who were pre- 
sent at the reception of Queen Victoria at Tréport and 
Eu. The King intends founding a new picture gallery at 
Eu, to be called the Victoria Gallery, In it will be placed 
a.series of pictures connected with the proceedings of the 
Queen’s visit. Itis at present intended that the number 
shall be about 30, of which six will be of a large size, 9 
feet by 6, and fourteen of smaller dimensions, the remain- 
ing ten being portraits, A special building is to be 
erected at the Chateau for this collection in the course 
of the ensuing spring. The King of the French has con- 
ferred on Prince Albert the grand cordon of the Legion of 
Honour. Previously to her departure from France, her 
Majesty presented to General Baron Athalin, first aide- 
de-camp of the King, a gold snuff-box, with her Majesty’s 
cipher in brilliants {on the cover, and on leaving the 
Chateau, her Majesty left 1,000/. to be distributed amongst 
the household. A Havre journal{states that it is contem- 
lated to erect at Tréport a column commemorative of 
the landing of Queen Victoria, with two allegorical figures, 
representing England and France holding each other by 
the hand. On Saturday evening a steamer, despatched by 
the Queen from Brighton, brought news of the safe arrival 
of her Majesty at that port. A letter from her Majesty, 
addressed to the Queen of the French, was delivered to her 
Majesty by the Captain of the steamer. The Patrie 
announces that apartments are fitting up in the Palais 
Royal, for the reception, it was believed, of the King of 
Naples. The transatlantic steamer Darien, of 450 horse 
power, was launched at Cherbourg on the 3d. Sheis one of 
14 steamers of 1000 tons burden, and 450 horse power, which 
are now nearly completed. They are fitted up in the most 
commodious manner for passengers and commerce, and 
armed with four carronades and two swivels fore and aft. 
Nantes, Bordeaux, and Marseilles are to be the ports from 
which they will sail for the French possessions in the 
West Indies and the foreign ports in the New World. 
Spain,—Barcelona is again the scene of anarchy and 
bloodshed. On the evening of the 3d, the Government 
steamer, which was despatched to Tarragona by General 
Arbuthnot for reinforcements, arrived at the quay with 
some companies of the line. The terrace and parapet 
above the quay was lined with volunteers, who warned 
the troops that they would fire upon them if an attempt 
to land was made. Unintimidated by this threat, the 
commanding officer on board the steamer ordered his 
men to disembark, which they did under aheavy fire from 
above. The engagement then became general, and the 
citadel fired several well-directed rounds of grape and 
canister into the insurgents. This checked them, and 
enabled the troops to effect their entrance into the citadel, 
but not without experiencing a heavy loss. Among the 
slain was Gen. Baiges, president of the Junta. The 
firing continued during the whole of the 4th, and at 7 
.M. the artillery of Atarazanas was playing on the 
soldiers of Col. Prim, who were endeavouring to get up a 
battery at the Mole. M. Degollada, the new president 
of the Junta, showed himself everywhere, in order to 
refute the report of his having left Barcelona. The 
leta, which had compelled the forces of Prim to retrograde. 
On the 5th, the three battalions of volunteers who were 
lately at Saragossa, under the command of Brigadier 
Ametler, were expected from Lerida. The garrison, 
which consisted only of 2,500 men, occupied the citadel 
and the harbour. The revolters were in possession of the 
city; the National Guards remained neutral. Emigration 
had recommenced, and upwards of 50,000 inhabitants had 
quitted the city. On the evening of the 7th the fort of 
Montjuich opened its fire on the Atarazanas, Col. Sayas 
having superseded Gen. Echaleca in the command of that 
fortress. A brigade of artillery from Molino del Rey, and 
400 militia men of Igualada, had arrived at Gracia, and 
the militia of Vic, Villafranca, Manresa, and Berga, 
had marched to support the operations of the Captain- 
General against the insurgents. On the 8th the state of 
things at Barcelona was nearly the same. In the evening 
the fortress of Montjuich recommenced the fire on the 
Atarazanas. The fire had dismounted the batteries directed 
on Barcelonetta, and the citadel, and the Capt.-Gen. had 
caused the canals to be cut which supplied the fountains ; 
but there werea great many wells in Barcelona, which had 
rendered this measure abortive. Col. Prim had done 
serious damage with his artillery, and three 24-pound 
shots had traversed the drawing-room of M. Penleaze, the 
British Consul. The Exchange had also been much 
damaged.—Our accounts from Madrid are of the 4th inst. 
Division among the members of the Lopez Cabinet was 
becoming daily more serious, and it was doubted whether 
they would hold together until the meeting of the Cortes. 
The summary justice done by General Narvaez on the 
occasion of the mutiny of the Princesa regiment had dis- 
pleased two of the Ministers ; another motive of dissen- 
sion in the Administration was their political programme, 
which some would maintain, and others set aside ; a third 
cause of strife was the appointment to places and com- 
mands, each wanting to promote his favourites. Although 
the news of the sanguinary struggle at Barcelona had not 
reached Madrid, the accounts from Catalonia created great 
anxiety, and it was said that the Minister of War had 
determined to act with vigour against the Barcelonese. 
Much uneasiness was also felt regarding Seville, where 
the partisans of Espartero and the Infante Don Francisco 
de Paula have combined with a portion of the Exaltados, 
in order to excite a movement in favour of the convoca- 
tion of a Central Junta. The Andalusian prints of the 
30th and 3lst concur in representing the authorities of 
Seville as adopting extraordinary precautions. Notwith- 
standing these causes of alarm, and the many other diffi- 
culties that beset the new Government, it was thought 
that the elections would take place, and that the 
Cortes would be enabled to meet on the 15th October. 
The Gazette officially announces the recognition of the 
new Government by the English Cabinet. According to 
the same journal, the Lopez Ministry had accepted the 
offer of a loan of 400,000,000 of reals, to be applied to the 
construction of roads, canals, bridges, lighthouses, and 
telegraphs, made to it by Don Jose Salamanca, The 
following are the roads which the contractor will have to 
execute within the delay of twenty months :—The road 
called De las Cabrillas, from Madrid to Valencia. A branch 
from La Minglanilla to Cuenca, and from thence to 
Guadalajara, on the roads of Barcelona by Saragossa, and 
of France by Soria and Lagrono, A road from Madrid 
to Lugo and Corunna, with various branches. From 
Madrid to Badajoz, the whole line not yet finished. From 
Madrid to Barcelona, the line not yet made between Sara- 
gossa and Lerida. From Bailen to Mengibar, from 
Grenada to Malaga, from Cordova and Andujar to Luceda, 
and from that bridge to Malaga. From Albacete to 
Murcia and Carthagena. From Madrid to Toledo. These 
works, if the state of the country allows them to be 
undertaken, would give employment to 80,000 men. 
PortuGAL.—We have accounts from Lisbon to the 4th 
inst. The past week has been destitute of any political 
event, the mission of the Duke of Palmella being the talk 
of the day. Sir R. Peel having declared in Parliament 
that the Cabinet of Great Britain had not solicited in the 
slightest way a renewal of the question regarding the 
treaty, the issue is anxiously looked for, the united wish of 
the nation being, with the exception of the Douro wine- 
growers, that it may again fall to the ground. The Royal 
Family has returned to Cintra, the palace at Lisbon being 
about to undergo al i and imp 3 an 
everything is in a state of perfect tranquillity. 
Gipratrar.—Accounts have been received of the total 
loss of the steam frigate, Missouri, one of the finest vessels 
in the United States Navy, which was destroyed by fire 
in the Bay of Gibraltar, on the 28th ult. She was found 
to be on fire about 8 p.m., and the discovery was imme- 
diately followed by flames issuing from the engineers’ 
store-room, where it is supposed it originated amongst the 
combustible spirits and oils. The large pumps were put 
into operation without a moment’s delay, but the nature 
of the ignited articles rendered it impossible to stop the 
progress of the flames. The moment the fire was dis- 
covered, Captain Sir G. Sartorius, of the Malabar, 72, 
then in the bay, afforded assistance under his own imme- 
diate superintendence, and the Locust, steam-vessel, 
Lieutenant Lunn, got up her steam, andon coming along- 
side "the Missouri, endeavoured to tow her into deeper 
water, but she had unfortunately already grounded, and 
could not be moved from her position. Finding it im- 
possible to scuttle the vessel, and great danger and loss 
of life being apprehended, should the fire, which was 
making rapid progress all over the vessel, have communi- 
cated with the powder magazines, it was resolved to flood 
them, which was done, and only a trifling explosion took 
place about 3 o’clock on Sunday morning, Sir R, T. 
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insurgents had planted a battery at the breach of Cana- 
Wilson, the governor of the fort, on the fire breaking out, 
proceeded personally to the wharf, and despatched two 
fire-engines, under the charge of the Sappers and Miners, 
but their united efforts with others and the crew of the 
vessel, proved unavailing to check the progress of the 
flames, and it was only when all hopes were given up of 
further assistance being useful, that Captain Newton 
of the Missouri could be induced to abandon her, which 
he did, with his crew, by the assistance of the boats of 
the Malabar and other vessels in the harbour, without 
saving anything except the clothes they had on. Mr. 
Cushing, the American Minister, appointed to proceed 
to Canton, was on board at the time the fire broke 
out, and fortunately secured his papers, and conveyed 
them safe on shore. When this was accomplished, 
he returned to the vessel and united with his countrymen 
in their exertions to save the vessel. The sight was one 
which will not soon be forgotten; the dark lines of the 
masts, spars, and rigging for a long time forming an 
imposing spectacle amidst the brilliant flames, relieved by 
the dark sky. The rock was completely illuminated, and 
surrounding objects were as clear and distinct as at noon- 
day; a sight of a similar description has not been 
witnessed since the memorable conflagration of the float- 
ing batteries in the celebrated siege of Gibraltar. The 
whole of the line of wall immediately fronting the bay 
was crowded, until an early hour on Sunday morning, 
with spectators, anxiously watching the progress of the 
flames; but it was not until eleven a. M., that Capt. 
Newton and his crew left her, burned to the water’s-edge 
and converted into one mass of charred wood and cinders, 
which sunk soon afterwards in four fathoms water. The 
Missouri was nearly 2000 tons and 600 horse power. 
She mounted 28 guns, and was pierced for 44, 
Grrmany.—It is stated in some of the continental 
papers that a meeting between the Emperor of Russia, the 
King of Prussia, and the King of Denmark, at Luneberg, 
has been arranged for the purpose of conferring on the 
possibility of exchanging the right of succession of the 
duchies of Sleswick and Holstein, for the sanie hereditary 
rights, to Hesse Cassel. The Emperor arrived at Berlin 
on the 6th inst., where the Grand Duke Michael, the Duke 
of Leuchtenberg, andthe Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, 
had also assembled.—In consequence of the permission 
granted by the King of Wurtemburg to Prince Napoleon 
Bonaparte, his nephew, to fight a duel in his dominions, 
the Prince and Count de Laroche Pouchin met on the 
morning of the 5th inst. near the village of Dhelboan. 
After a combat which Jasted ten minutes, the seconds 
separated the combatants; Prince Napoleon received a 
sword wound in his right arm, which opened a vein, and 
Count Pouchin two wounds, one through the hand.—The 
Fronkfort papers announce that M. de Haber, who was 
the cause of the fatal duel at Baden (the particulars of 
which were published in our Paper last week), has been 
arrested, and an inquiry into the facts instituted by order 
of the Government. On hearing of the death of the last 
surviving combatant, M. de Goeler, the populace assem- 
bled before the house of M. de Haber at Carlsruhe, and 
proceeded to break and demolish his furniture, but before 
the work of destruction was complete a strong body of 
troops was called out, and the people were dispersed. 
From the same authority we learn that those opposed to 
the reform in the Jewish religion, which makes rapid 
progress in Frankfort, had considered the refusal of the 
learned Rabbi, Dr. Reisser, to join themas a signal 
triumph, But now it is understood from the Jews 
Gazette that he hesitates to join the new sect, merely 
because, in his opinion, the doctrines of it do not extend 
so far as to cause a thorough reform, particularly as to 
circumcision, which he, as a mere Talmud doctrine, 
wants to have abolished altogether. The Senate ° 
Frankfort has authorized a loan of two millions of 
florins, at an interest of three per cent, towards the 
expense of the railroads from the Mein to the Necker, and 
from Frankfort to Offenbach. We mentioned in our las 
the retirement of M. Von Lindenau, Prime Minister © 
Saxony, after an official service of forty-five years. 
This venerable statesman has announced his intention to 
apply his state pension of 3,083 rix dollars in the follow- 
ing manner :—‘‘ The principal and 700 rix dollars me 
nually to purchase a historical picture by a Saxon artist, 
to remain the public property ; 300 dollars , 
guished pupil of the Technical Institution, who intends 
to qualify himself as a civil engineer, to ena i " 
travel for two years; 400 dollars to eight Evange 
clergymen, whose income does not exceed 400 dollars, 
at the rate of 25 dollars to each.”’—We learn from ©" 
ined in 
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ing reports 
lating rep: ‘ie 
of persons had been arrested, who were to dope the 
military commission. On the 26th, Cardinal Spinola, 
Apostolical Legate, proclaimed Bologna in a§ ding the 
in virtue of an order from Rome. : 
display of numerous forces, some arme a tele 
One was commanded by 4 Lutte Ce 
Bolognese, in the district of ane ut 
things does injury to trade and business ‘ ds 
qian and Holt of the depositors have withdrawn their fun 
from the savings’ banks. A ©! 
to all the mayors oe pr a 
eight persons, for the arres Ci 
300 crowns is offered... They are the, Counts Zane 
