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sonorous and mild voice, the following oath :—‘‘I swear 
before God and on the holy Evangelists that I will ob- 
Serve, and cause to be observed, the Constitution of the 
Spanish monarchy promulgated at Madrid on the 28th 
of June, 1837, and that I will respect the laws and cause 
them to be respected, without having any other view than 
the national welfare, If I should act contrary to what I 
ave sworn or to any part of it I ought not to be obeyed, 
and my acts should be null and void. Thus may God 
assist me, as otherwise I should be accountable to Him 
for my conduct.’? Her Majesty concluded amidst the 
most enthusiastic acclamations. On leaving the Palace, 
her Majesty reviewed the troops of the garrison on the 
Prado. At the reception of the deputations of both houses 
on the 9th the Queen also evinced singular self-possession 
and dignity of manners. It is expected that one of her 
Majesty’s first acts will be an amnesty for past offences. 
The Ministry had tendered their resignations to the 
Queen, but her Majesty, as was expected, had refused to 
accept them. In the sitting of the Congress on the 11th 
a decree was read by which the Queen confirmed for the 
Present the existing Ministry. A resolution was then 
carried unanimously declaring that the Provisional 
Government had deserved well of their country and en- 
joyed the confidence of the Chamber, for which M. Lopez 
Teturned thanks. A change of Ministry is however 
certain, and M. Olozaga has undertaken to form the 
new cabinet. On the 14th General Narvaez pro- 
ceeded to the palace, and presented to the Queen his 
Tesignation of the post of Captain-General of New Castile. 
‘he motives for this resolution were not exactly known, 
but it was rumoured that he had taken offence at the 
ayuntamiento of Madrid not having uttered a word about 
the attempt on his life and the death of his aide-de-camp, 
whilst it had made great noise about an insult offered by 
an officer of the garrison to a drummer of the National 
Guard, who was the bearer of some order from that muni- 
cipal body. It was also believed that he was rather jealous 
of General Serrano, and felt hurt at some censure passed 
on his conduct on the 12th, when, after inviting the Ofi- 
cers of the garrison to dine with him, he conducted his 
Suests to the palace, and presented them to the Queen. 
His friends however were strenuously exerting themselves 
to persuade him to recall his resignation, and it was 
believed that they would succeed. Several arrests took place 
In the evening of the 14th. A coffee-house keeper impli- 
cated in the murder of General Quesada, in 1836, was 
among the individuals against whom arrest warrants had 
been issued, as compromised in the attempt against the 
life of General Narvaez. Three writers of the Hco del 
Comercio and the principal editors of the Espectador 
Opposition journals, M. Palmo, former der of 
son.—Letters from Hanover state that his Majesty the 
King intends leaving his capital and country again for the 
greater part of the winter, and that Berlin, in particular, 
is to be honoured with a prolonged visit from him.—It 
would appear by accounts from Vienna that the appoint- 
ment of his Imperial Highness the Archduke Stephen to 
the Governorship of Bohemia meets with unforeseen 
difficulties. The Archduke wishes for very extended 
powers, which the Aulic Chamber does not feel disposed 
to grant, as it would materially diminish its own authority 
over that important part of the empire.—A Berlin letter 
of the 12th states that Messrs. Clegg and Samuda, 
inventors gf the Atmospheric Railway, have made proposals 
to the Prussian Government for the construction, upon 
their system, of the road for Lower Silesia, about to be 
laid at the expense of the State. But before taking this 
Proposal into consideration the Government resolved on 
witnessing a trial of the principle, and therefore has 
engaged Messrs. Clegg and Samuda to form one from 
Berlin to Charlottenberg, the works for which will be 
commenced in the spring and be quickly executed, as the 
ground is very favourable. Letters from Leipsic mention 
that on the Ist, the subscription for the Saxo-Silesian 
Railroad was opened at the Bourse. The estimated cost 
Would be 25,000,000 thalers in shares of 100 thalers each. 
Ivaty.—A letter from Bologna of the 6th inst. states 
that M. Barretti, of Ravenna, had been arrested for the 
part he took in the late disturbances. He had been for 
some time settled at Bologna. A quantity of arms and 
ammunition were found in his house. A barber who 
was accused of putting upa treasonable placard at a café was 
also arrested. The disturbances were still far from being 
put down, and the people were in a state of great excite- 
ment. Several of the insurgents had taken refuge in 
Malta and Corsica, and it was said that the Italian states 
had applied to have them removed. I¢ is by no means 
likely that the English Government will accede to this 
request, but the French Government has already so far 
complied with it as to remove all Italians from Corsica to 
the interiay of France. The two brothers Muratori, the 
Counts Biancoli and Righi, the Marquess of Melara, and 
several other refugees have been ordered to Chateau 
Rouge. It was reported in Paris on Saturday that the 
French Government had received accounts from Naples 
of a serious nature. Disturbances were said to have 
broken out in the neighbourhood of Naples and in 
Calabria. The particulars were not published’; but it 
was known that the Neapolitan Government was making 
preparations to send reinforcements to Sicily, and that 
some demonstrations were apprehended in Calabria and 
the Abruzzi, where the events of Bologna had produced a 
a battalion of Luchana, and M. Savita, an officer of the 
Sarrison, had also been arrested as participators in the 
attempt on the life of General Narvaez. The funeral of 
Commander Baseti, his aide-de-camp, who died of the 
wounds received in this attack, took place on the 11th 
amidst an immense concourse of people. Gen. Mazaredo 
paida brief tribute to his memory, after which the cortege 
moved to the tomb of Diego Leon, where the Political Chief 
also mourned over that unfortunate Officer, and the 
clergy sang a ‘‘ De profundis.””—The Government. have 
Yeceived satisfactory accounts from Galicia. In the 
An Italian paper printed in Paris, La 
Jeune Italie, chiefly for circulation among the Italian 
refugees, states that the late attempt at insurrection in 
Romagna failed, not because that disaffection was not 
general throughout the Peninsula, but because the 
ultra or real Democratic party refused to concur in it. 
The reason given for this is that the Republicans would 
not aid in a movement openly said to have been suggested 
by Russia. Everything iwas, \it seems, prepared for a 
general Italian insurrection. he movement was to 
commence in Naples, where it was expected a portion of 
the army would lead or immediately enter into it. Upon 
€vening of the 6th General Iriarte, p by a 
number of Officers and soldiers, entered Portugal, on the 
Side of San Gregorio, On receipt of this intelligence, 
the Government despatched Colonel Salazar to Portugal, 
to demand the arrest and extradition of the rebels. A 
letter from Barcelona, of the 18th, states that the capitu- 
lation of that city was signed on that day, and that 
Several detachments of troops were to enter the town in 
the course of the same evening. The news of the Queen’s 
Majority had been received, and the civil governor had 
taken the opportunity of exhorting the people to peace 
and order. A suspension of arms took place,on the 12th, 
the day before the capitulation. The few people remain- 
ing in the town immediately availed themselves of the 
change in affairs, and showed themselves in the 
Streets, and they were even allowed to mount the ram- 
Parts. The insurgents at Figueras, however, had made 
the most active preparations for placing that town in a 
formidable state of defence. General Prim on arriving 
at Figueras had summoned the castle to surrender, but 
is demand had been met by a peremptory refusal, and the 
batteries had opened a fire upon his quarters by way of 
defiance, The castle was supplied with provisions for 12 
months. On the 11th the insurgents of Vigo made their 
Submission without conditi The submission of that 
town and the declaration of the Queen’s majority have 
Produced the most lively satisfaction at Corunna. 
z ORTUGAL.—The Queen returned to Lisbon from her 
sve in the Alemtejo on the 31st. As stated in our 
ees news, General Iriarte and his staff had arrived in 
: e Portuguese territory, which they entered at Melgaco 
- the province of Minho. The Civil Governor of Viana 
oe been made acquainted with the arrival of these 
Spanish officers and troops, and with their request that 
ea should be given them, immediately communi- 
e ed by telegraph with the Government at Lisbon, which 
Eel Braga, 40 miles north of Oporto, as their resi- 
nee. At Lisbon all was quiet and the Cortes were 
pened as the packet left. 
bag EMANY.—Letters from the Rhine state that orders 
ahs been received from Berlin to employ double the 
a apt Number of workmen on the repairs and improve- 
ine of the Royal Palace at Coblentz during the whole 
ath er, so that the works may be completed in the begin- 
as of May next, when his Majesty is expected for the 
thee: of receiving there and at the Castle of Stolzenfels 
Promised visit from Queen Victoria and his royal god- 
the | ledge of that revolt, Lombardy, Piedmont, and 
the Romagna would rise, and form an Italian empire, the 
ruler over which would be the Duke de Leuchtenberg, 
son of Eugene Beauharnais and son-in-law of the Emperor 
Nicholas. The Italian democrats would not promote the 
monarchical yiews of any man, and consequently the 
revolt in Italy miscarried. According to the same paper 
the revolution in Greece was connected with the move- 
ment in Italy, and equally instigated by Russia.—A Nea- 
politan steamer arrived at Toulon on the 12th with 
despatches from the Court of Naples and the Duc 
@Aumale, which were immediately forwarded to St, 
Cloud by express. 1t appears that the marriage of 
the Duke d’Aumale with the sister of the King of 
Naples, the object of the Prince’s journey, had been 
agreed upon. Letters from Naples of the Gth state 
that a difference has arisen between the Government 
and the British cabinet on account of their having taken 
possession of the island of Lampedosa. The English 
minister contends that by that act the honour of the 
British name has been wounded, and he demands repara- 
tion. Although the island belongs to Naples the British 
Government is said to require that it should be evacuated, 
and that the British flag be restored. The minister has 
declared that more prompt measures have not been taken 
merely on account of the friendly relations which pre. 
viously existed between the two Governments. From 
Sicily we learn that Mount Etna was at the close of last 
month throwing out volumes of flames. 
ALTA.—It is announced in Tuesday’s Gavette that 
the Government have appointed Mr. W. H. Butt to be 
rector of the University of Malta. It had been previously 
stated that the office had been conferred on the Rey. F, 
Mahony, better known as Father Prout, but it now 
appears from the Globe that a layman has been selected 
on account of the clerical squabbles in the island, which 
have obliged the Home Government, for the sake of peace, 
to resort to this step. The new rector is of course a 
Roman Catholic. 
Gresce.—Letters from Athens of the 30th ult. 
announce the arrival of General Coletti at the Pireus on 
that day. He received a salute of 175 guns from the 
different ships of war—Greek, French, British, Russian, 
an@ Austrian—in the harbour. At the landing-place, 
where a vast multitude was assembled, the cries of “ Long 
live Coletti! long live the good patriot !’’ resounded on 
all sides. When his carriage drove off it was accompanied 
by a number.of women and children repeating with enthu- 
siasm similar exclamations. The following is the result 
of the elections of 225 Members of the Assembly there 
are nearly 90 Napists, and 135 Constitutionalists, of whom 
80 acknowledge Coletti as their chiefi—The German 
papers state that the Emperor of Russia is not content 
with refusing his sanction to the new state of affairs in 
Greece, but that he proposes to address an energetic pro- 
test against the revolution to all the European Powers. 
SwrpENn.—The town of Wexée, which was scarcely yet 
rebuilt after the dreadful conflagration of 1838, has again 
been completely destroyed by fire. 1400 families have lost 
everything and are without shelter. The King, upon 
being informed of the disaster, had immediately despatched 
one of his Aides-de-Camp with 30,000 dollars from his 
private purse and promises of further relief. 
TURKEY.—Accounts from Constantinople of the 31st 
ult. state that the offices of the Porte and most of the 
public administrations had remained closed during the 
preceding ten days in consequence of the solemnity of the 
Bairam. It was believed for a moment that the revolution 
in Greece might lead to new complications ; this anticipa- 
tion, however, had not been realised. The Porte, after 
adopting measures commanded by prudence to guard 
Thessaly and Epirus from all attempt on the part of the 
Greek revolutionists, had declared that in its relations 
with the Hellenic Government it would be guided by the 
conduct of the Powers which protected the new kingdom, 
The Persian question still remained in statu quo. The 
last letters from Erzeroum, dated the 17th, merely mention 
that the Turkish and Persian plenipotentiaries having 
received fresh instructions from their Governments had 
resumed the negotiations, and that Mr. Curzon, one of 
the British © issi s, was dang: ly ill. The 
French Envoy had taken up seriously the affair of the 
Armenian decapitated for his relapse to Christianity. 
Ecyrt.—The accounts from Alexandria come down to 
the 26th ult. They state that Mehemet Ali had aban- 
doned all hope of the return of the Pacha of Soudan to 
his allegiance, and that he was consequently re-organizing 
his fleet, and placing his land forces on the war establish- 
ment. Lieutenant Agar and Miss Dalzell passengers, 
with the remainder of the crew of the ill-fated Memnon, 
arrived safely at Aden on the 9th Sept. A letter from 
Lieutenant Agar, dated Aden, Sept. 13, after describing 
their dreadful sufferings from thirst and the burning heat 
of the sun, &c., states that on the 2d, at noon, the Com- 
pany’s brig of war Tigris was seen rounding the Hulloolla 
point, with the preconcerted signal flying. About sunset 
she anchored ; the unfortunate sufferers were speedily on 
board, and in a few days safely landed at Aden. 
Carr or Goop Hopz.—Accounts have been received 
from the Cape to Sept. 23d, and from Natal to the 10th 
Sept. : The latter announce the entire settlement of 
affairs in that part of the Colony, the leaders of the Boer 
conspiracy, Prinsep, Rodeloff, Pretorius, and others, 
having as it was affirmed submitted to her Majesty’s 
authority and to the terms of the late Government pro- 
clamation. Accounts from Port Elizabeth dated August 
28th give some details of a dreadful storm in that quarter. 
The ships Delhi, Elizabeth Rowell, Laura, and Sea-gull 
were driven ashore, and all but the second seemed to have 
suffered total destruction. Many lives too were unfor- 
tunately lost. Including the amount of damage done to 
the jetty the total loss sustained is estimated at nearly 
30,0002. Rains had again fallen in copious quantities in 
the eastern provinces, which had suffered so much from 
drought, and the rising crops were therefore becoming 
more promising. There was a rumour at Cape Town of 
a new Governor being appointed to succeed Sir George 
Napier, who is about to cometo England. The Frontier 
papers are, as usual, filled with complaints of the ravages 
of the Caffres. 
Unirep Srates AND Canapa.—By the arrival of 
two sailing packets we have accounts from New York to 
the 3d inst. The news is not important. The papers 
contain much speculation on the coming elections. The 
friends of Mr. Clay had held a meeting in New York, and 
each party were loud in the praises of their respective 
candidates.—By an arrival at Charleston of a vessel from 
Havannah we have news to the 19th. The newl: ~ap= 
pointed Governor-General O*Donnell had arrived at Ha- 
vannah, and was to have been installed the day the vessel 
sailed,—In Canada the Provincial Parliament was very 
active. A bill for the suppression of secret societies had 
passed in committee of the whole house. Another for the 
prevention of party processions, said to be aimed at the 
Orange societies, had excited very great discussion. A 
bill had also been introduced for the regulation of steam- 
boats in the province, which forbids the use of high- 
pressure engines. 
Mexico.—It is rumoured that Lord Aberdeen has 
declined to enter into any negotiation with the Mexican 
minister Mr. Murphy on the subject of the affront lately 
offered to the British flag, and that he intends sending out 
a new minister to Mexico in a frigate which will call at 
Jamaica, whence the minister will take a squadron down, 
with him to the Mexican coast, and require an apolo, y 
for the affront before landing. By the packet before the 
last, advice was received that Mr. Doyle had made a re- 
monstrance to the Mexican Government on the subject of a 
breach of contract between it and a British house in 
Mexico, in such strong terms that the Government objected 
to the expressions. Mr. Doyle refused to retract a word, 
and the} consequence was that the Mexican Government 
sent a special messenger with despatches to Mr.“Murphy 
in London, requesting him to complain to Lord Aberdeen 
of the language in which it had been addressed. This 
grievance preceded the affair of the flag, and it seems that 
Lord Aberdeen will not admit that the Mexican Govern- 
