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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[June 17, 
and that it was neither wise nor just in the present 
state of the country to propose any grant by way of 
dowry to the Princess Augusta. Sir R. Peel justified the 
grant on the ground that the Duke of Cambridge has to 
transmit a dukedom to his successor with the means of 
keeping up its dignity, and adduced various precedents 
for the vote. A division ensued, when the motion was 
carried by 223 to 57 votes. Another division took place 
last night on the second reading of the bill,?Mr. Hume 
having moved that it be read a second time that day six 
months ; but this amendment was negatived, and the second 
reading carried by a majority of 104. On Monday, Lord 
Howick’s motion for arepeal of the coal duty imposed last 
year was negatived by a majority of 63; and on Tuesday, 
Lord J, Russell’s motion for a Committee to consider the 
present state of the Corn-laws, with a view to the adoption 
of a compromise in the form of a moderate fixed duty, 
was negatived by a majority of 99. On Thursday, Sir J. 
Graham announced the intention of Government to 
abandon the Educational clauses of the Factories’ Bill, 
and promised to explain on Monday the course which 
the Government would adopt in regard to the remaining 
clauses. The third reading of the Canada Corn Bill 
was opposed by Col, Sibthorp, who moved its third 
reading on that day six months, but the House on a 
division passed the Bill by a majority of 150 to 75. The 
Trish Arms Bill was then brought forward, and a long 
debate ensued, which has not yet come to a division. 
In the Lords, on Tuesday, Lord Aberdeen brought forward 
his Bill for regulating the affairs of the Church of Scot- 
Jand: considerable opposition was offered to its details, 
but it was ultimately read a second time, on the under- 
standing that many of its alleged defects could be remedied 
in committee. The accounts from the Provinces within 
the last few days give gratifying reports of a favourable 
change in the weather, which for some weeks past had 
given rise to great anxiety. It is now hoped that the 
occurrence of more genial weather will be lasting, and 
that the result will show that little permanent injury has 
been done to the crops by the long continuance of rain. 
From France we have accounts of renewed discussions 
in the Chambers on various measures of Finance, in which 
the Ministers have been again defeated. The interest of 
these questions is chiefly local, and the only political 
character they possess is their possible influence on the 
stability of the Ministry.—In Spain the apprehensions 
expressed last week for the tranquillity of the provinces, 
are fully confirmed; four regiments in Catalonia have 
deserted to the insurgents, and the Barcelonese Junta has 
declared itself independent of the Government of Madrid. 
An understanding is said to exist between the party of 
Queen Christina and the insurgents; and it is even 
rumonred that the Regent intends to remove the young 
Queen from Spain, and place her under British protection, 
Wome News. 
Courr.—Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of 
Wales, and the Princesses continue at Buckingham 
palace, and are quite well. The Queen held a Court and 
Privy Council on Saturday, at which Lord Dalhousie, Sir 
Edward Ryan, and Mr. Pemberton Leigh took their oaths 
and seats as Privy Councillors. In the evening, her 
Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Italian Opera 
with their presence, and on Monday went in state to the 
Theatre- Royal, Drury-lane. On Tuesday, the Queen 
held a Chapter of the Order of the Thistle, at which the 
Marquess of Bute and the Earl of Mansfield were elected 
Knights of the Order. The Queen and Prince attended 
the performances at the [talian Opera in the evening. On 
Wednesday the Queen gave a dinner and concert to the 
King of Hanover, the Queen Dowager, and other 
members of the Royal Family. Prince Albert visited 
Mr. Waterer’s exhibition of American Plants, King’s- 
road, Chelsea, on Wednesday, and was pleased to 
express his satisfaction at the ibiti The Prince 
will hold a levee on Wednesday by desire of her 
Majesty. It is expected that the Queen and Court will 
pay a visit to Walmer Castle early in the summer, and 
that her Majesty’s first trip in the royal steam-yacht will 
be to Plymouth, where the seat of the Earl of Mount 
Edgecombe will be prepared for her reception.—The 
Princess Clementine of Orleans and her consort, the Prince 
of Saxe Coburg-Kohary, at present spending the honey- 
moon with the Queen of Portugal, are expected to arrive 
in England in the early part of July, on a visit to her 
Majesty.—The King of Hanover left town on Saturday 
for Kew, and returned to St. James’s Palace on Monday, 
Previous to his departure his Majesty held a levee for the 
reception of the Foreign Diplomatic Corps. His Majesty 
occupied his seat in the House of Lords on Friday night 
as Duke of Cumberland ; he took his seat between the 
Duke of Wellington and Lord Aberdeen on the Ministerial 
venches, and was dressed in deep mourning.—The mar- 
riage of the Princess Augusta of Cambridge with the Here- 
ditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz is understood 
to be finally arranged to take place on Wednesday next, 
sforeian. 
_Franou.—The papers are for the most part taken up 
With the debates in the Chambers on the French settle. 
ments in the Pacific, and the repeated defeats experienced 
by Ministers on this and other financial measures, 
although not directly of a political character, had induced 
some misgiving respecting the power to maintain them- 
selves in office. A trifling decline in the funds took 
place on Monday, solely caused by this impression. The 
discussion on the credit of 5,987,000 francs, required for 
the establishment of the colonies in Oceania, recom- 
menced on Monday. M. Billault moved a reduction of 
243,500 francs in the first item, which led to a long 
discussion, after which M. Guizot proposed a reduction 
of 678,000f. He offered to reduce the money on the 
effective of troops by 397,000f.,' instead of $25,000f., 
taking from the pay of marines at home that destined to 
the force employed abroad. In addition to this, M. 
Guizot proposed a further reduction, striking off 100,000F, 
from the 300,000f. left at the disposal of the Government, 
The Chamber was satisfied with the proposal, and passed 
the grant by 220 to 140 votes. In the course of his 
speech, M. Guizot declared that the opening of a canal 
through the isthmus of Panama was perfectly practicable, 
that a company had been formed for the purpose, and 
that the expense would not be so great as imagined by 
the adversaries of the project.—The papers publish some 
particulars of a banquet given at Macon to M. de TLamar- 
tine, and a report of his very remarkable speech on the 
occasion, in which he exhorts the people to ‘‘ endeavour to 
recall the Government to the principles which placed the 
present king on the throne; but that, should the Govern- 
ment persist obstinately in the course it has hitherto 
pursued, the people must not accompany them in it.’” 
According to the figurative reasoning of M. de Lamar- 
tine, “the monarchy imagined and decreed in 1830, and 
which it was then understood was to be that of King 
Louis Philippe, was the work of reason and of necessity, 
—a monarchy not enveloped in the mysteries of English 
metaphysics, concealing its origin in heaven, but the 
monarchy of broad daylight, examined by everybody, 
agreed to by everybody, belonging to everybody. Less 
than that would be the ancien régime—more than that 
would be the republic.” He concluded by giving as a 
toast—' The regular and peaceable accomplishment of 
the destinies of democracy.’’ In a word, M. de Lamar- 
tine shows that the two monarchies tried by France since 
1789—the military monarchy of Napoleon and the divine- 
right monarchy of the restoration, endured for only 15 
years each ; that the present experiment of the monarchy 
has existed for now nearly 13 years, and may be expected 
to expire in a couple more; that then the existing 
monarchy having been, though a work of necessity, a mas- 
terpiece of reason, and having failed in its object, France 
should have no more to do with monarchies of any kind 
or description.—The official journals announce that the 
Prince de Joinville, on his arrival at Rio de Janeiro, 
demanded of the Emperor of the Brazils, with the con- 
sent of the King his father, the hand of her Imperial 
Highness the Princess Frances of Braganza, which was 
accorded to him. The marriage was to be celebrated at 
Rio on the Ist May. The Prince de Joinville is now on 
his way back to France, in the frigate Belle Poule, with 
his young bride, and is expected to arrive in the course 
of next month.—The weather had begun to improve 
in Paris. The journals of the departments of Saone and 
Loire, of the Aine and of the Rhone, announced that the 
Saone had overflowed its banks, and caused much injury. 
Letters from Grenoble mention that the country in that 
direction had_been inundated by the overflow of the Isere. 
The journals of Macon state that the floods caused by the 
continued rains had occasioned serious disasters, and 
reat fears are entertained for the crops. Letters from 
the south of France announce the all but total failure of the 
vintage in that quarter. Early in the season the vine 
gave promise of a harvest equal to that of 1834, but, so 
great isthe damage caused by hailstorms of unusual vio- 
lence, that what is made will, it is stated, be converted 
almost entirely into spirit.—The Cour Royale of Orleans 
was occupied during the whole of the 5th, 6th, and 7th 
of this month in considering the appeal lodged by our 
countryman, Mr. Conaty, against the judgments which had 
been pronounced against him by the Tribunal of Tours 
and the Cour Royale of Blois for playing with marked 
cards. After hearing the pleadings on both sides, the 
Court fully acquitted Mr. Conaty, and ordered him to be 
immediately discharged. It is said, however, that the dis- 
charge has been opposed by the Advocate-General, on the 
ground of his having lodged an appeal against the judg- 
ment of the court. 
Sparn.—The accounts from Spain received by the 
French telegraph are very unsatisfactory, and are con- 
sidered to be the forerunners of the downfall of the 
Regent, unless some decided change should speedily take 
place. They announce the passing over of four regiments 
in Catalonia from the Regent to the insurgent force orga~ 
nized by Colonel Prim, and state that an understanding 
exists between the Christinos and the party now in oppo- 
sition to the Regent. This union will not be avowed until 
the downfall of lspartero, which the movement calculates 
on effecting. No doubt exists as to the violence of the 
excitement which prevails in many parts of Catalonia, and 
it is said that the crew and captain of the Government 
steamer at Barcelona have been bought over by the insur- 
gents. Colonel Prim is master of the south of the pro- 
vince, and intercepts all the Government despatches. 
The vanguard of General Zurbano, who was marching 
against the Colonel, deserted, and the General was obliged 
to retreat. The Barcelonese Junta at Sabadell, which 
suddenly found itself in possession of sufficient funds to 
corrupt the whole province, has declared its separation 
from the Government at Madrid. Previous to these 
events, General Zurbano, who had marched towards Tar- 
Yragona, had returned to Barcelona for his baggage. He 
was discovered in the streets, hustled, and with difficulty 
escaped to his hotel. ‘The crowd gathered round the 
hotel, and he was obliged to get.an escort. This escort 
refused to attack the people, but the General dealt about 
some sabre strokes, and some of the horse police fired, and 
wounded two persons. The baggage was flung into the 
sea. The Captain-General then was about to proclaim 
martial law, but the provincial deputation and the civic 
authorities begged him not, and he recalled his decree. 
From Bayonne we learn that Ciudad Rodrigo had revolted, 
and that Valladolid and Valencia were disposed to follow 
its example. Much excitement prevailed at Burgos on 
the 8th, and it was said that a battalion of the provincial 
regiment of Lerida, which had marched for Ciudad Rod- 
rigo a few days before had deserted to the insurgents. 
Fears were also entertained for Santander. Navarre and 
the Basque Provinces were quiet. It was not known 
what resolve the Regent would take, but it was feared 
that it was too late for him even to accept a Lopez cabinet. 
Tt was currently reported in the Opposition circles of 
Madrid that the Regent intends to quit Spain with the 
oung Queen, to proceed to Lisbon, and place her 
Majesty under British protection. This is, however, in- 
dignantly denied by the official journals, and the tran- 
quillity of the capital has not been disturbed. 
PortuGAL.—We have Lisbon news to the 5th instant, 
The Duke of Saxe Coburg and his family had arrived at 
Lisbon on the 30th ult., in the French steamer Pluton. 
The Duke had been waited upon by the diplomatic corps, 
and the officers of the garrison, at the palace of Necessi- 
dades. The court was expected to leave shortly for Cintra. 
The Duchess of Braganza was expected to leave on the 
8th, in the Duke of Cambridge steamer, for Holland. 
The session of the Chambers had been again continued for 
another month, and the financial projects were under 
debate. A Dill imposing an increased legacy duty had 
passed the Chamber of Deputies, after a prolonged dis- 
cussion. The Ministry had been left in a minority on 
two clauses, which led to reports of their retiring ; but, 
at a subsequent meeting of their supporters, it was appa- 
rent that the great majority of the Chamber was staunch to 
the Government, and a motion of Costa Cabral’s, the next 
day, was carried by 62 against 29 votes. 
GeRMANY.—The King of Prussia has returned an 
answer to the Diet now in session at Dusseldorf, with 
respect to giving full publicity to the debates and transac- 
tions of that body, from which it appears that his Majesty 
intends to make some modifications in the law concerning 
the regulations of the press. The King had appointed 
M. Grube Prussian Consul-General to China, who is 
immediately to proceed there by land for the purpose of 
informing himself, on his way, in what manner the interests 
of Prussian commerce may best be promoted. Theupper 
part of the spire of the cathedral at Kénigsberg fell down 
last week, and crushed several of the surrounding houses. 
No life was lost, but a considerable number of persons 
were severely injured, and as it was feared that the 
remainder of the structure, 160 feet high, would give way, 
all the inhabi of that neighbourhood had deserted 
their houses. The Cologne papers announce that the long- 
pending negotiations between Belgium and Prussia rela- 
tive to a reduction in the tariffs are on the point of being 
concluded in a satisfactory manner.—The Journal de 
Frankfort states, from Vienna, that the steam-boat 
Vienna, which plied between that city and Presburg, had 
run ona bank and beensunk. Several of the passengers 
were drowned, anda large quantity of merchandize was lost. 
Irany.--The Augsburg Gazette quotes aletter from Rome, 
stating that swarms of grasshoppers had suddenly made 
their appearance in the country adjoining Palo, and on 
the western coast, and laid the fields completely waste. 
Thence they extended their ravages to the plains of the 
Campagna. The means adopted for their destruction 
having proved unavailable, the Pope ordered processions 
and prayers in all the churches to implore Divine protec: 
tion against the scourge.—The foundation of the Lom- 
bardo-Vevetian railroad, a work of great importance for 
the commerce of Austria and the Italian States, was laid 
on the Ist inst. by the Archduke Viceroy in front of the 
Porta Tosa. An immense multitude witnessed the 
ceremony.—The marriage of the Princess Terese with the 
Emperor of Brazils was solemnised by proxy at Naples 02 
the 31st ult. 
ussta.—The Emperor has taken active measures to 
build an Imperial residence on an extensive scale in the 
southern part of the Crimea, called the ‘* Italy of Russia. 
This was a favourite plan of the late Emperor Alexanders 
who purchased for that purpose, a short time before his 
death, a large estate not far from Taganrok, and which a 
said to be one of the most beautiful and picturesque La 
in the empire. ‘The celebrated Bavarian architer 
M. von Klenze; had arrived at St. Petersburgh, by oie 
invitation of the Emperor, who is anxious t eo at 
him about the designs of several new public buildings 
corre his collection of pictures and ma: at 
of the public at Copenhagen. ‘The pictures, p® 
are said to be of great value, and he has declared his 
ae to leave the whole after his death, upon °° 
conditions, to the city. 
aT er Balteis. from Constantinople of one 
ult., state that the appointment of Redschid Pas ae ie 
government of Adrianople was considered to be a of the 
exile, Being no longer in the diplomatic service sitary 
Porte, he had, by accepting an office in the ih 
department, become ineligible for ever from ho! nnd that 
place of Minister for Foreign Affairs. ‘It was ba from 
the Turkish Government had received intelligen' 
