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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Oct. 7, 
Gidates. From Canada we learn that the prosecution of 
Messrs. Papineau, O'Callaghan, and Brown, who were 
-implicated in the late insurrection, has been abandoned 
by order of the Home Government. 
Wome News. 
Covurt.—The Queen and Prince Albert arrived at 
Buckingham Palace on Saturday morning from Windsor 
Castle. Prince Albert went to Somerset House, and pre- 
sided at a meeting of the Duchy of Cornwall. The Prince 
returned to Buckingham Palace about one o’clock, when 
her Majesty and his Royal Highness left town by the 
Great Western Railway for Windsor. On Sunday, the 
Queen and Prince, with the Prince and Princess of 
Hohenlohe Langenbourg, attended divine service in St. 
George’s Chapel. On Monday, her Majesty held a Privy 
Council, which was attended by nearly the whole Cabinet. 
The Ministers returned to town at the breaking up of the 
Council, with the exception of Sir R. Peel, who remained 
on a visit to her Majesty. The Prince of Wales arrived 
at the Castle from Brighton on Monday afternoon, 
under the charge of Lady Lyttelton, Capt. Duncombe, 
and the Hon. C. A. Murray. His Royal Highness’s 
health has greatly improved during his visit to Brighton. 
On Tuesday the Queen and Prince Albert paid a visit to 
the Duchess of Gloucester at Kew, and afterwards in- 
spected the Botanic Garden, attended by Sir W. 
Hooker. His Imperial Highness, the Grand Duke 
Michael, only brother of the Emperor of Russia, arrived 
on Tuesday, on a visit to her Majesty, and returned yes- 
terday to town. The Hon. Col. Grey and Col. Bouverie 
have resumed their duties ; the former as the Equerry in 
Waiting on the Queen, the latter as Equerry in Waiting on 
Prince Albert. 
Imperial Parliament.—At the Privy Council on Mon- 
day, it was ordered that the present Parliament, which 
stands prorogued until Thursday the 19th inst., be further 
prorogued until Tuesday the 14th November. 
The Army.—The Queen has been pleased to declare 
H.R.H. Prince Albert Captain General and Colonel of the 
Artillery Company, in the room of the late Duke of 
Sussex. 
Order of the Bath..—The Queen has been pleased to 
appoint Major-General Sir C. F. Smith, C.P., and Colonel 
R. England, with local rank of Major-General in India, to 
be Knights Commanders of the Bath. Lieut.-Colonels 
Gore Browne and J. Simmons, of the 41st Foot ; Majors 
A. P. S. Wilkinson and H. Wade, of the 13th Light 
Infantry ; Major G. Hogarth, of the 26th Foot; and Lieut.- 
Colonel G. Huish, of the 26th Bengal Native Infantry, to 
be Companions of the Bath. 
Earl Grey.—Favourable accounts have been received in 
town of the health of Earl Grey, who has rallied, and is 
now able to take carriage airings at Howick. Sir Stephen 
Hammick, his Lordship’s medical attendant, has returned 
to town in f hi a 
Church Preferment.— The Queen has made the fol- 
lowing appointments to benefices in the Church of Scot- 
land, void by the late secession: Rev. W. Menzies to 
the parish of Maybole, Ayr, in the room of the Rev. A. 
Thomson; Rev. P. Bell to the parish of Carmylie, Forfar, 
in the room of the Rev. W. Wilson; Rev. J. Crosbie to 
the parish of Westruther, Berwick, in the room of the 
Rev. W. da; Rev. R. Williamson to the parish of 
Knockbain, Ross, in the room of the Rev. J. M‘Rae ; 
ev. P, M‘Intyre to the parish of Edderschillis, Suther- 
land, in the room of the Rev. G. Tulloch; Rev. 
Robertson to the parish of St. Fergus, Aberdeen, in the 
room of the Rev. J. Anderson. 
Ecclesiastical Commission.—Sir Robert Peel has, within 
these few days, forwarded a cheque of 4000/. to the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners, in aid of the fund for the build- 
ing of new churches. The gift was accompanied by a 
letter, in which the Premier spoke of it as a debt due from 
him in consideration of the large fortune he had derived 
from trade. It will be remembered that Sir R. Peel was 
the first who subscribed 1000/7. to the special fund of the 
National Society. 
Post Ofice.—The following notice is put up at the 
General Post Office :—‘* With reference to the notice 
issued from this department in May last respecting the 
new postage communication with France, as it would 
appear that some misapprehension exists respecting the 
uniform rates on Jetters between that country and the 
United Kingdom, it must be understood that the French 
uniform rate of 5d. single, and so on in proportion, has 
reference to those letters only the postage of which is 
paid, whether on despatch or delivery, in the United King- 
dom ; but that if the French rate be paid in France, it 
then varies according to the distance, in conformity with 
the laws of France. The British rate of 5d. single, &c. 
is the same, whether paid in the United Kingdom or in 
France.”’ 
Light Gold.—A proclamation was agreed to at the 
Privy Council on Monday, ordering that, as a great quan- 
tity of light gold is still in circulation, no gold sovereign of 
less weight than five pennyweights two grains and a half, 
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and no gold half-sovereign of less weight than two penny- | 
weights thirteen grains and one eighth, be allowed to be 
current or pass in any payment whatsoever. And the 
officers, collectors, and receivers of revenue, are required, 
deraigatis oe: the Ist day of January next, to cut, break, 
and deface such pieces of gold coin as shall be found defi- 
cient in weight. 
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oreign. 
France.—The fortification question is still the princi- 
pal theme of the Paris papers ; but though a subject of 
much discussion and discord between them, it affords 
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little interest to the English reader. Some attention is 
also bestowed by the Opposition prints upon the satisfac- 
tion obtained from the Porte for the insult offered to the 
French flag at Jerusalem, by which the Pacha is to be 
dismissed, and his successor is to make an apology to the 
French Consul, besides saluting the French flag at Bey- 
rout. This severe reparation is pronounced by some of 
them a fresh insult to France, because the flag is to be 
hoisted and saluted at Beyrout instead of Jerusalem. The 
Ministerial Journal des Débats dwells at great length on 
the disturbances in Wales, and expresses surprise that no 
really energetic measures have been adopted to quell them. | 
“The Reformers of Wales,” it says, ‘* have taken the law 
into their own hands, and executed it according to their 
own views. It is in vain to say that this strange state of 
things has nothing to do with politics; it constitutes, 
nevertheless, an extraordinary anomaly in a civilised state 
subject to regular laws. The insurgents of Wales have 
before them the example of Ireland and Mr. O'Connell. 
We may fully expect to see them establishing, in like 
manner, courts of arbitration, demanding their own local 
Parliament, denouncing the Saxon, and swearing that 
Wales shall. be a nation. Without doubt, the English 
Government is strong enough to repress these disorders, 
both in Ireland and Wales, as soon as it pleases to do so. 
If it does not do this at once, it is because it finds it more 
prudent to wait and let things take their course ; but it is 
an unsatisfactory position for a Government to submit, 
as a necessary and inevitable evil, to permanent insurrec- 
tions in two of the principal portions of the empire.’”’ The 
papers of Monday, of all shades of politics, express their 
amazement at Mr. O’Connell’s threat at one of his recent 
meetings, that he would send an army of Jrishmen to 
place the Duc de Bordeaux on the throne of France, as 
Henry V. The banquet given at the Mansion-house, in 
honour of General Mspartero, is noticed by the papers; 
but, owing to the absence of the Members of our Cabi- 
net, and the very few persons of political note who at- 
tended it, it is but briefly commented upon. It is stated 
that five of the persons arrested as participators in the 
Communist plot of the Rue Pastourelle have been set at 
liberty. Other warrants, however, had been issued by 
the Attorney-General, but the charges against the accused 
were not of avery serious nature, A treaty of commerce 
has been concluded between France and Sardinia, to which 
M. Guizot has annexed a special convention, protecting 
the rights of French authors residing in Sardinia as if they 
continued in France. Literary property thus guaran- 
teed, extends not only to books, but to drawings, engray- 
ings, and music.—The Journal du Loiret states that on 
the 29th ult., M. Bruitte, formerly parish priest of the 
diocese of Montaubon, and Knight of the Legion of 
Honour, abjured the Catholic religion in the Protestant 
Church of Orleans, in presence of a numerous assemblage. 
M. Bruitte had published a pamphlet, entitled ‘My 
Farewell to Rome,” in which he explained the reasons 
which had induced him to abandon the Church of Rome. 
—The Courier Frangais says, that a young Englishwoman 
who is yet unmarried, purchased for 50f., at the auction 
of Glandier, the glass in which Madame Laffarge gave 
her husband his drink. 
Spain.—Accounts from Madrid to the 26th ult. state 
that the capital had just been visited with another alarm. 
On the 25th, at midnight, all the troops of the garrison 
were summoned to arms, and various parts of the town, 
which had not hitherto been guarded, were occupied by 
picquets of cavalry. The military were placed in the 
churches, and great care was taken to prevent the bells 
from being rung under any pretence. General Concha 
stationed himself at the Puerta del Sol, whilst General 
Narvaez visited in succession every quarter of the town. 
It appears that the movement was to have taken place on 
expected shortly to have a force of 34 battalions at his 
disposal. There was no change at Saragossa on the 27th. 
The insurgents were beginning to quarrel among them- 
selves, and General Canedo had assumed the command of 
the Government forces. The blockade is extremely strict, 
and the city has consumed its provisions. The Junta has 
levied an extraordinary contribution on the inhabitants. 
sen. Zurbano, one of the followers of Gen. Espartero, 
has written from the castle of Foz in Portugal to declare 
his adhesion to the Provisional Government, and has been 
authorised to return to Spain and take up his residence 
at Palencia.—Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer has left London 
for France, to wind up his private affairs in that country, 
preparatory to his departure for Madrid, to succeed Sir 
Arthur Aston, as Minister at that court. 
Grermany.—Letters from Berlin of the 24th ult. state 
that the King of Prussia had given to the Duke de Bor- 
deaux an exceedingly warm reception. The young Prince 
is to proceed from Berlin to Hamburgh, thence to the 
Hague, on a visit to the King of the Netherlands, and will 
embark at Rotterdam for London. He intends to remain 
in that city for some time, and receive a great number of 
his partisans, amongst others M. de Chateaubriand, who 
had hitherto refused to undertake the journey to Goritz, 
in order not to meet Prince Metternich. His Royal 
Highness will visit Scotland before his return to Austria. 
A matrimonial alliance is talked ofin Berlin between Prince 
Adelbert, of Prussia, second son of the heir apparent to the 
Prussian throne, and Princess Eugenia, the eldest daughter 
of Oscar, Crown Prince of Sweden; and it is mentioned 
that the Emperor of Russia, during his late visit at Berlin, 
was particularly anxious to forward this plan. The 
henish papers contain a formal protest against the suc- 
cession of Hesse Cassel being exchanged for that of the 
Duchy of Holstein in favour of the Duke of Holstein 
Augustenburgh, next heir to that important part of the 
Danish dominions. The same paper states that Prince 
Frederick of Hesse, heir presumptive to the Danish throne, 
and heir apparent of Hesse Cassel, had, during his late 
visit at Cassel, obtained a formal consent from the reigning 
Landgrave to his alliance with the daughter of the Emperor 
of Russia.—Letters from Cologne state that M. Peitzer, a 
lieutenant in the army, who, as will be recollected, killed 
M. Hains last winter in a duel, in consequence of a 
quarrel at a ball, and was condemned to death by a court- 
martial, has received a commutation of his punishment 
into confinement ina fortress for fifteen years. M. Peitzer 
and his second, who is sentenced to the same punishment 
for ten years, have arrived at Ehrenbreitstein, where they 
are to be confined. ‘The two other persons implicated in 
the duel have been condemned to imprisonment, the one 
for five and the other for two years.—The following is an 
extract of a letter from Dresden, dated Sept. 21 :—‘‘ The 
recent discovery of the ‘ Venus,’ by Titian, now excellently 
restored, excites the greatest interest. The picture is an 
object of the greatest admiration with all amateurs. This 
nagnificent work has been more than 100 years concealed 
under a mass of unimportant paintings and different kinds 
of rubbish. For the discovery of this treasure we have to 
thank the Director Mathai and the Academy Council. It 
is the most perfect picture that can be looked upon. 
Exquisite as are some of the paintings of Venus’ we 
already possess, they are far behind this master-piece, par- 
ticularly in the handling of the flesh and background.” 
taLy.—The latest accounts from Bologna are of the 
24th, They state that although the Government 
announces that the province is restored to order, the 
troubles continue, although the failure of the attempt on 
Imola has certainly discouraged the band. The prisoners 
had been brought to Fort St. Leo, near Rimini, not being 
secure at Bologna. Austria has offered armed succor, 
but, at the same time, Prince Metternich has sent the 
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the following morning. ‘The design of the conspirators 
was to take possession of some of the churches, spread 
alarm by ringing the bells, set fire at the same time 
to several houses in opposite directions, and whilst the 
troops were moving thither to afford assistance, to set fire 
to their barracks. Owing to the precautions immediately 
adopted by the Government, no such attempt had been 
made, but a number of persons had been arrested, and a 
depot of fire-arms had been discovered. The garrison was 
still kept ready to act, and the posts were doubled when 
these advices left, and it was probable that the troops 
would continue under arms on the night ‘of the 26th. 
General Narvaez appears to have assumed the exclusive 
command without consulting his colleagues on his policy. 
Among other proceedings he had sent a passport to 
Colonel Bristow, an English gentleman, who repaired to 
Madrid last year to make arrangements for the establish- 
ment of an Anglo-Hispanic bank. The Colonel protested 
against this measure, which was to be carried into effect 
within 24 hours. ‘The British Chargé d’Affaires had 
expostulated with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, who, 
it appears, had not been consulted on the subject. 
General Mazaredo, the military governor of Madrid, has 
been appointed to the post of political chief, as a 
concession by the Ministry to General Narvaez, 
in order to save the capital from being declared 
in a state of siege. The liberty of the inhabitants 
is thereby entirely placed at the mercy of the latter. The 
inquiry into the cause of the explosion of the gunpowder 
magazine was still in progress; most of the individuals 
arrested were kept in solitary confinement.—From Bar- 
celona our accounts state that on the 25th the new Cap- 
tain-General, Laureano Sanz, notified to the consuls that 
he had thought proper to declare the province in a state 
of siege, and that he was about to lay the strictest block- 
ade to that city. The French residents had accordingly 
retired on board the vessels of war, where they were fed 
at the expense of the state. The Captain-General 
Aulie councillor, Sek to Rome, who, in concert 
with Count Latour Maubray, will examine what modifica- 
tions ought to be made in the Roman Goyernment, to 
prevent such di i and i i It is said 
that an Englishman is among the insurgents, and that an 
Englich and a French Colonel quitted Spain to join them, 
but withdrew from Romagna on learning the true state © 
affairs. There ,is no doubt, however, that most of the 
Italians who served in Spain under Borso di Carminatl, 
and who were active in the troubles of afew weeks back 
in Catalonia, have returned: and joined the bands of 
Romagna, whom they thus render more formidable parti- 
sans than otherwise they would have been. Letters from 
Milan of the 22d ult. state that a number of persons had 
been committed to prison on different points of the Lom- 
bardo-Venetian territory. The Governor of Lombardy 
had been directed to hold a few battalions of infantry and 
a brigade of light cavalry in readiness to march into 
Bologna, should the authorities of that city require theif 
co-operation. The insurgents have extended their excul 
sions to the north as far as Piedmont. These bands 
appear to act according to orders from a superior autho- 
rity, and are well supplied with money. A propaganda Js 
said to exist, which has ramifications, not only throughout 
Italy, but likewise in Switzerland, Malta, and even France 
A Jewish paper announces from an authentic source, 
that the decree of the Roman Inquisition, first issued 
under the authority of Leo XII., and recently put in force 
by the Inquisitor-General of Ancona, has been again aa 
pended. ‘The utmost consternation had been produce’ 
not only throughout Ttaly, but everywhere in the Medl: 
terranean, both among the Jews, and among Protes' 
ant Christians, either subject to Catholic governments 
or surrounded by Catholic populations, at this revival Ms 
the Inquisition.” Some misapprehension has existed as 
the genuineness of the decree 3 but the same paper ee 
that certain of its clauses had already begun to be acte 
uponi—The two bandits who, about three years ago, 
