90 “THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE 
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Nankin, the Chinese Commissioners gave an entertain- 
ment to the British officers, during which the most 
friendly feelings were manifested on both sides. The 
Emperor had issued various decrees remarkable for 
the absence of the usual expression of dislike to 
foreigners, and for the acknowledged wish to main- 
tain an ‘‘ everlasting peace.” Negotiations are to be 
commenced for the purpose of settling the details of 
our future commercial arrangements, and it is said to be 
the opinion of the Viceroy, that the Americans and other 
foreigners will henceforth be admitted to the same privi- 
leges as those conferred upon the British by the recent 
treaty.—From France we have the important intelligence 
that the debate on the Address in the Chamber of Depu- 
ties has terminated in favour of Ministers by a large ma- 
jority. In the discussion of the paragraph on the Right 
of Search, M. Guizot repeated the declaration he had pre- 
viously made to the Chamber of Peers, that he would not 
negotiate for the abolition of the existing treaties with 
Great Britain; and in spite of all the clamour raised 
against the treaties by the press, no amendment was 
moved, and the Address was consequently passed without 
modification.—The accounts from Spain are by no means 
satisfactory; the dispute with France respecting the 
conduct of the Consul at Barcelona is still. unsettled, 
and the affairs of that city have again become so 
threatening, that it has required extraordinary pre- 
cautions on the part of the Captain-General to pre- 
vent another outbreak. — Few circumstances in our 
Foreign News have occasioned more surprise than the 
announcement of a fact'in relation to the late treaty with 
the United States, which the daily papers of all shades of 
politics, denounce as a dipl ic fraud pied in 
modern history. It appears that a map was discovered at 
Paris about two years since, on which the boundary so 
long in dispute between this country and the United 
States was marked by no less a person than the celebrated 
Dr. Franklin. This document proves that the United 
States never had the slightest shadow of a right to any 
part of the territory in question, and that the line of 
boundary claimed by Great Britain actually fell short of 
that which Dr. Franklin laid down as the limits of the 
two countries, as settled by the Plenipotentiaries of 1793. 
It appears also that Mr. Webster, during the negotiations 
with Lord Ashburton, had this map in his possession, un- 
known, of course, to the British Ambassador, while he 
solemnly assured his Lordship of his conviction that the 
framers of the original treaty intended that the-line-should 
be carried to the north of the St. John. 
At home, the proceedings in Parliament have hitherto 
been confined chiefly to notices of motions, and to inci- 
dental conversations on topics which will hereafter be- 
come the objects of more formal discussion, Among the 
Ministerial announcements, the most important have 
been the declarations of Sir R. Peel that no further change 
in the existing Corn- Law is contemplated at present, and 
that it is the intention of Government to propose a mea- 
sure for Church Extension. For the details of these pro- 
ceedings, and for the particulars of a debate on Lord 
Ellenborough’s Proclamation, we must refer our readers to 
our Parliamentary Report. 
— 
Wome News. 
Courr.—Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of 
Wales, and the Princess Royal, continue at Windsor 
Castle. Her Majesty and the Prince have taken their 
usual daily promenade in the Home Park, ‘and the Prince 
has occasionally hunted with his pack of harriers, Yes- 
terday being the third anniversary of Her Majesty’s mar- 
riage, Her Majesty gave a diuner party and concert at 
Windsor Castle iu honor of the event. It is understood 
that early in the approaching season it isthe intention of 
the Duke de Montpensie-, son of the King of the French, 
to visit this country, and stay about three weeks. The 
Lord Chsmberlain has appointed Mr. G. Marton, M.P. 
for Lancaster, and Mr. Neeld, M.P. for Cricklade, to be 
gentlemen of the Privy Chamber in ordinary, 
Church Preferment.—The Bishop of London has ap- 
ointed the Rev, Thomas Dale, vicar of St, Bride’s; the 
v. Lancelot Sharpe, rector of Allhallows Staining ; and 
the Rev. Henry Soames, to prebendal stalls in St. Paul’s 
Cathedral. 
"Foreign. 
_ France.—The debate on the Address which was carried 
on with so much party animosity in the Chamber of 
Deputies at the date of our last accounts, closed on Friday, 
by a majority of 278 votes in its’ favour over 101 dis- 
sentients. — Notwithstanding the numerous amendments 
moved for the purpose of compelling M. Guizot to nego- 
in refusing to nego- 
tiate was completely successful. ‘The paragraph, as drawn 
up by the Commission, passed the Chanzher unanimously 
on Thursday evening. There have been few instances in 
the modern history of France in which a Minister has 
been more distinguished by his frank and manly position 
on a question of serious consequence to Europe, than 
M. Guizot has been during the. whole of this debate. 
Though standing almost alone, he declared not only that 
he would not negotiate, would not promise or pretend to 
negotiate, but that he considered a good understanding 
with England indispensable to the welfare of France. He 
declared that the animosity created by the treaty of July 
was not so universal or profound; and that, in despite of 
journalism and party rancour, there still existed abund- 
ance of amicable sentiment on both sides of the Channel, 
which might re-cement the alliance between the two 
nations. He contended that there existed no chance 
that a new negotiation with England for the revision of 
those treaties would be attended with success, and that 
such a negotiation would, as he had already stated in the 
House of Peers, end in an act of weakness or folly. For 
his part, he should not take the initiative of such a 
proposition, until he believed with sincerity and with a 
deep conviction that a negotiation of the kind might 
obtain a favourable result. He afterwards vindicated 
himself against the charge of having made too many 
concessions to England, and mentioned several instances 
in which he had resisted her pretensions. He admitted, 
however, having done a great deal to maintain his 
country on good terms with England, because he was 
intimately convinced that the Government of Great 
Britain, the Parliament, and the whole nation, bore no 
ill-will to France ; that, on the contrary, they professed the 
highest esteem for her, and were animated with a sincere 
desire of continuing at peace with her, and that it would 
require real events, and not mere newspaper articles, 
to impair that good feeling of England towards France. 
France, besides, was particularly interested in maintaining 
those good relations, if she wished to avert the formation 
of anew coalition against her. Such a friend and ally 
was indispensable for France. England required no sacri- 
fice as the price of her amity. (M. Garnier Pages, a 
deputy of the Opposition, here stood up, and exclaimed, 
‘This is an English speech! ’’ A great tumult ensued. 
The Conservative members loudly demanded that M: 
Garnier Pages be called to order, but the President took 
no notice of the clamorous invitation.) M. Guizot con- 
tinued.—I think that I have said nothing that cannot be 
avowed by the best Frenchman. He then proceeded to 
show that his endeavours to re-establish the good relations 
between the two countries had been crowned with success. 
Thus he had concluded conventions on matters which had 
ever presented insuperable difficulties. He had adjusted 
the long-pending affair of Portendic, and signed with Eng- 
land a Post-office convention, another convention relative 
to extradition, and a fourth concerning the fisheries on 
the French coast. The British Ministry, he would say, 
had evinced throughout a spirit of moderation, good-will, 
and equity, which had greatly facilitated the issue of the 
negotiations. M. Guizot then concluded by declaring 
that the Government would not consent to open any im- 
mediate negotiation for the revision of the treaties of 
1831 and 1833, nor accept a mission which he considered 
contrary to the honour and-well-understood interests of 
the country.—The address having been carried, it was 
presented to the King in the usual course; His Majesty, 
in his reply, took no notice of the paragraph respecting 
the Right of Search, nor of any point which had been the 
subject of so much angry discussion ; but simply thanked 
the deputies for their sympathy in his late bereavement, 
and for their concurrence in strengthening the public 
institutions, and expressed his hope for their support in 
insuring to the country. the enjoyment of all the blessings 
of peace and order.—The Minister of Marine, Admiral 
Duperre, has resigned his office on account of ill health, 
and has been succeeded by Admiral Roussin.—Rumours 
of a fresh misunderstanding with Spain were current in 
Paris, and the Funds fell in consequence, in the beginning 
of the week. Many of them, however, have proved to be 
pure inventions. The state of the relations between 
France and Spain at this. moment is not satisfactory, but 
there exists nothing that would justify an expectation 
that the difference which has unbappily arisen will termi- 
nate in hostilities; There is no miscellaneous news, if we 
except the announcement that our countryman Mr. M‘Cul- 
loch has been elected a foreign associate of the Academy 
of Sciences, in the room of M. de Sismondi, the historian, 
The accounts from Algiers state that Abd el Kader hag 
again made his appearance, and is exciting the Kabyle 
population to revolt. 
Sparn.—We learn from Madrid that a great effort wag 
being made to effect a union of Absolutists, Moderados, 
and Republicans, to turn out the present Ministry, and 
thereby prevent the consummation of a treaty of com- 
merce with England. A letter of the 28th states that 
Don Francisco de Paula would offer himself as a candidate 
at the ensuing election at Saragossa with every chance of 
snecess. The dispute with France in regard to the affair 
of M. Lesseps has assumed a more serious aspect, and it 
is said that the Regent has received such strong proof of 
the Consul’s connexion with the late insurrection that he 
refuses to comply with the demand of France for satisfac. 
tion. The accounts from Barcelona are of the 28th ult. 
They state that great irritation prevailed in that city, and 
but for the precautionary measures adopted by General 
Seoane, another and more desperate revolt would have taken 
place. The last delay fixed for the payment of the extra- 
ordinary contribution having expired, and little more than 
one third of it having been actually paid in, the Captain 
General, as our readers are aware, had recourse to rigorons 
means to conquer the obstinacy of the inhabitants, but 
which equally failed to produce the desired effect. 
On the 26th, the General, apprehending an explosion, 
issued a bando, denouncing death against every individual 
who, by their speeches, writings, or even by songs, should 
excite the people to revolt. Notwithstanding the menacing 
attitude of the military authorities, the agitation continued 
to increase. The soldiers quartered on the 200 weaithiest 
inhabitants were hooted wherever they appeared, and the 
people had in several instances removed the numbers from 
the fronts of the houses in order to annoy the military. 
On the 27th the 25 alcades who had been summoned by the 
Governor to accompany the soldiers to the houses, having 
declined performing that duty, had been arrested and 
confined in the citadel. But, after detaining them for two 
hours, General Seoane, dreading the consequences of this 
act of violence, ordered them to be set at liberty. The 
provisional deputation, on the other hand, positively re- 
fused to assess the ordinary taxes, grounding their objec- 
tion on their not having been voted by the Cortes. ‘That 
body even intended to leave Barcelona, to settle at San 
Felin de Llobregat. M. Kock, a rich and influential 
citizen, who had soldiers billetted on him for eight days, 
was arrested on the 27th and conveyed to Montjouich for 
refusing to pay his quota of the contribution. The journ- 
alists, reassuredj by the declaration of the military com- 
mission, which declared itself incompetent to try offences 
of the press, commented in the most hostile manner on 
all the acts of the Captain-General, and even openly at- 
tacked the Regent himself. The Papayayo, one of the 
most violent organs of the Opposition, having reappeared 
on the 25th, the police notified to its Hditor that he would 
be shot if he published another Number. Extreme mea- 
sures were likewise in contemplation against the Consti- 
tutional and Impartial; and General Seoane, it was said, 
had threatened to seal up their presses. The last accounts 
add, that the exasperation of the public at the forced con- 
tribution, and the manner in which it was levied, was 
nearly at its crisis, and that deplorable occurrences were 
expected to take place. Some persons imprisoned for 
non-payment of their proportions of the contribution were 
set at liberty as a measure of precaution. 
Porruegar,.—We have accounts from Lisbon to the 
30th ult. The Minister of Finance read the annual re- 
port to the Chamber on the 28th, which was accompanied 
by several projects of law, one of which is a loan of 900 
contos on the tobacco revenues of the next three years ; 
with which he states that he shall be able to pay off all 
the engagements due on the revenue and customs duties 
for the current year. The Portuguese government, it is 
Stated, had not been consulted upon the last offers sent 
home on the tariff question, and it is therefore considered 
still possible, that some arrangement may be made, should 
the views of our government, in some degree, be approxi- 
mated to those of the Portuguese. 
Brie1um.—Letters from Brussels state that the Louisa 
Maria, which is to carry the first settlers to Central 
America, on account of the Belgian Colonisation Com- 
pany, will leave Ostend between the 10th and 15th of this 
th. The last census of the population of Brussels 
makes the total amount 110,760, not including the garri- 
son, the military school, and the patients in the hospite 
—The Chamber of Representatives on the Ist inst, sanc- 
tioned the treaty with Holland by a majority of 77 to 8. 
Germany.—The Austrian Observer announces the 
arrival at Trieste on the 22d ult., in good health, of the 
Archduke Frederick of Austria on board the frigate 
Bellona, which sailed from Spithead on the Ist ult. 
—Letters from Berlin state, with great satisfaction, that 
the Leipzic Allgemeine Zeitung will be again allowed to 
circulate in Prussia after Easter. Itis said that the Editor 
will be more cautious in fature, and that satisfactory pro- 
mises to this effect have been made. 
Irary.—A letter from Rome of Jan. 23 informs us 
that the cold is continually increasing, and water was then 
freezing not only in the streets, but even in the interior of 
the houses. It alludes also to the late eruption of Mount 
Etna, and states that it has been constantly observed that 
severe winters at Rome have been coincident with volcanic 
eruptions at Naples or in Sicily. The members of the 
Academy of St. Luke, at Rome, elected at their last 
meeting Mr. Barry, the architect of the new Houses of 
Parliament, as one of their members. Rome is crowded 
with English; lodgings are enormously dear, and the 
Protestant chapel is not sufficiently large to accommodate 
its numerous congregation. It is expected that when the 
influx of strangers arrive for the forthcoming carnival, 
they will meet with the fate of some recent travellers 
to Naples, who were compelled to drive out to the Cam- 
pagna for apartments. Our countrywoman, Miss Clara 
Novello, is the prima donna of the Tordinona theatre this 
season ; she was not altogether successful on her first ap- 
pearance, but she has since so completely captivated the 
Roman audience, that on her benefit night they escorted 
her to her lodgings by torchlight, and continued in the 
street cheering her with vivas until daybreak.—A pack of 
fox-hounds, belonging to Lord Chesterfield, is daily ex- 
pected in Rome, from England, to hunt the Campagna. 
Horses are expected {rom Florence; and his lordship, it 
is said, is determined to show the Roman citizens the 
sports of English country gentlemen ! 
Russta.—The treaty of commerce between Great 
Britain and Russia, alluded to in the Queen’s Speech 
last week, has just been published. The general purport 
of the articles (which are 16 in number) is to secure for 
the vessels of both nations reciprocal privileges and im- 
munities. Thus the ships of Great Britain, on entering 
or departing from any Russian port, will not be subjected 
to higher duties than those imposed on Russian ships ; 
whilst in return, the latter, on entering our ports, will be 
treated as if they were British. Also, British and Russian 
vessels arriving from other countries than those of the 
contracting parties are to be admitted on payment of the 
same duties as would be required of them by their 
respective nations. And, generally, the vessels and sub- 
