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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
Elliot in command of the Chinese Expedition, and that 
the port of Sir C. Ad 4, ppoi e: <i - 
quired be or 1840, was ado jopted on Friday in t 
Depu 
e Chamber of that the opening g of the | estas took place on on the “19th 
y a large majority—176 against 7 One item | inst. The Duke de Victoria was not present, and there 
dation of 000f awarded by M. Thiers to M. Capo de Feuillide, was no Roy eech. Madri was perfectly tranqui 
ene Ne ET It is stated that Mr, Nicholls, PortuGat.—The Chamber of Deputies have for some 
f the Poor Law C issi , has resigned his ap- | to _— been an emissary, sent to the French colonies, to | time been occupied in discus a project of the Com- 
pointment te the return of M. Granier de Cas: aC, a erie | mittee on Wines, which seems to have excited consider. 
The Navy —Sixteen wat-steamiers ordered to be 
built, : six of the first class and ten of the 1 second, : all to be 
pree assagn: 
opposed to. the abolition of players, was Tejected by the | 
i ms 
| able | interest. The pr ‘angel iti is eho hs is prgeard less than 
how: 
leged Dow ¢ com mpan 
+t Ys 
aM - Guizot the Minister of Forcien Affairs, if i 
fthe 
ade, 
converte: ‘ pase dy so as to 5 — by the time the 
engines are prepared. 
From ramer lately laid 
€ ai 
the of ti that the 
amounts issued for the service of the » Navy, 
Ordnance, r vely, from April 1838 to March 1840 
(both hee have been—for the Army, 13,598,3977. ; 
for the Na e Ordnance, 
10,150. 
making 
was a probably of a division - arising between Great Bri- 
tain and _ ussia, 
and d capertation “of raps ang “Estromadur and all pres 
he Fou in arranging the Eastern question, the 
Minister fieclined entering into any explanations on that 
poin 
Armameni: 
PP ts while pee. of the 
rth were generally in favour of i vernment 
had dictated itself rhe ae It was, seater Phar that 
1 ted. The report of the War 
credits of 1841 is rep no means ere to to én state a 
the French yeah nges. It ere. psd the van it in 1842 
— 1.158,974,8966, for which no effective resources 
mittee, denveniczbesy, fully maintains M. 
— Effect 
th viet “a the Govern ment wit! 
spect to rie continuance 
been published. The majo 
Phe continuance of ie 
ows 8531. ; Navy, Thiers’ 8 eeneimet ts, which stand thus ctive, | until the whole oars force i is Aefnitely organised.—Pri- 
5,824,074¢. ; Ordnance, 1,893,358/. ; Canada, 354,746. 493,671; Cavalry, 112,774 horses ; ray essels, 225; e letters announce the arrival Rome of the Portu- 
China, 173 ; Se Hane Seamen, 46, men; Artillerymen, 19,910; Cannon, | guese envoy, with t nistliica— ar to on Mig 
estima’ ant of ands outstan 2 batteries, and ae field-pieces. The committee | to renou title of King of Portugal, and with it all 
curred, stands thus pee Wt 53,0002. ; Nir 1. 421 *068/.: further recommends an increase of 5 ships of war in the | claim to the sovereignty of that country, and next to re- 
Ordnance, 61 2. ; Canada, 154,4972. ; a, 23,442/.; | naval force, and gives permission oa — steamers. concile the differences which n acum the 
and Miscellaneous, 1,314,769/. And fee a of the sum | De, - ule sation of a ary i —-M, _ Leon Crown of Portugal and the Holy See. appears that 
of 1,700,2491. voted for the ins’ _— in Canada Z ly | th ar ill part of his shia, 
1838, 1839, an Reem be 454,966/. was ysed for A ited in hi dis, | Don Miguel being well inclined to resign both title and 
services, val site kee and 200,753/. for | was a member of the Counel General of the Seine. inh certain conditions; a disposition towards 
Ordnance services. re remains unissued out of t sensation which, the Councils a Austria and Rome have greatly 
grant of 1840 the rg of ae Pee Paris. He is believed to be a defaulter ‘to the _, The cond difficulty, it was thought, would 
Gold, Silver, a ‘oppe’ —From a several million francs. I rcome, as the Holy See Pago that 
moved for by Mr. Paterson, it pra ‘teat the fete 8 confided t o hii im the sum of 1 ,200 ,000F. The papers stated all the bishop “who were nomin ed on Mig ye 
of the moneys coined at the Mint ras 1837 to 1840, both | that h acknowle by tl 
inelusive, was as fo! lo lows, viz.» go old ¢ oinage, 4 2612, 7621. 5 for a similar offence, who had succeeded i in —s their propysel which was absolutely rejected. — e Pope, hen 
Gl 840, however, t i r, had resolved to s a Lega ate to o Portugal, in the 
silver Forse 847,9 copper coinage, 14 13360. ; 
and 
making al “ie cee sum a 5,475, a 
_ Convi official 
aie Eastern Question.—A French Ministerial pap 
— ne ae ae Pp nye connected with the depart 
had arrived in Lon 
—We learn by pea letters published in the 
recent 2 don with dei Fre ei pecans that ee Tye ear 4 Queen Christina 
total number of con cts received on board the patches be Baro a ry vgek eney, the French Chargé of Sp pair es nt to the Pau hapel at he ratican, and 
huiks in England, during the year 1840, res ted t e Pope. His Holivess mene ae thither, 
3773, of whom 1209 were under twenty years of age. The eo “Mj esty declared, that wishing to unburden h 
of the viet hulk establishment in Englai ~ or - the sae rr ted to - cc relative to =a troubled conscience, she came to throw herself at his feet 
swe an. 1 to June 30, 1840, to 29,320/.; and | Ra stern question. M. di de Bo ourqueney was to make | to al abjure any errors, and sol icit dis _pardo: _ the 
from July 1 to Dee. 31, 1840, to 30,2337; ma vei tion t t to t The Pope, 
on sf the sind year 59.5580. hs the fa ‘ we | His mission is to declare that Fran lremain isolated | it is said, pr not suppress his tears ; he fhe ee his 
ent at Bermuda, from the Ist ? resence t two cardinals and si x di itaries of the Vatican, 
193 839, to a the 30¢b hae 1840, amounted ¢ t 8, 758i. ¥> | until the influence and 6 pesoail of th the > Powers whose sig- p ae od having 
ies—It appears fro urn moved for Porte to guarantee to Mehem IL th she had ‘incurred, ex- 
pater Hume, that the of. espits ore: which the | in a direct line. On the pre ne gs on oo part, srs ah his pon that the Rg wy he had made 
rates of legacy duty were paid in ritain in | mat oy onto fe anticipated this desire. Her represent- | should be written and signed with the Queen’ s own hand. 
Teo was no less than 40,441,678/. socane amount of > Sag | at Constantinople had received instructions to ) PrO- This Ss wa s done, and the document sdepeated in the archives. 
hich the duties were paid in Ireland for yo raat offically againat the last hatti-sherriff 
same peri 87,233/.; the amount of duty o a ish G me ‘ide, I ful infl over her 
ies received Sse 26,3941, and that on probates & eo iiwkilaé representations. Tete ae ntly, | ius roger 
nistrations 40,5810, The total amoun revenu this paper pt “every reason to think that th the stacles es | _ Ger —The | papers received this week are desti- 
received in the United Kingdom during the year 1840, a f importance. The public proppneet 
fot stamp * , administrations, | removed . sian Provincial Estates have been as yet very 
and was 2,192,0107. The 
“y 
total duty received fi year 1797 to the Sth Jan. 
1841, in the United Ringtone ray sue arta # ligt pee to 
immediate cen pia dieraints from 
33,400,1047. ; and aga YT TOM a and testa- | of the e buildings, w ith the number of t thei: ir doors and the threat of exclusion from Court of 
‘o 70 dows. d if 
—The Minister of Finance has sent a 
circular to al ‘pefets of the departments, prescribing an 
nv all the communes of t' ne ee mi 
oft flee 
a and without interest to an English pot ler.—A 
theatrical ye S.. of aken place at Berlin, which had 
drawn down the King, and 
re dae 
Sforeign. 
PRANcE. Third as tee —Ss 
Leong duties, wit th the amount of their rents. “The Mi- 
order 
of the fe! had been likewise addressed to the sees it 
ister urges As peop of these returns 
culation continues that eve nent tk P f had since been formally contra- 
rife in Paris as to the result of the hie ig _ as the St vaciue fi dicted, "the ic on ing, not having been eee 
: On whtea enced in the Chamber of Pee m | freing the fag Lieve a im te taxes and imp —The levies effected this year 
iy. In the Mi rn jority oe “neo mt to 94, gen = 14,000 
still confi Spatn. Madrid J in "Germiny, 1 000 in Italy, and 38, 000 for Hunga 
deaty alien atin th oer cess of the amend-"| almost cehanics with the Tapeey oe que: ‘Nothin Lette: m the Rhine state that the berich affair had 
the committee was equally anticipated. had been yet decided on the subject, but it is s stated that been coergical y ee p by the authorities at Frank- 
rest was alleged that the spirit of economy was the per- fort, the Hess’ were in consequence busily em- 
vading feeling of the Peers, and that the great majority e of opinion that the supreme authority should be ployed i in demolishing their -work. A guard hi 
of the old & considerable portion of that divided ae three Sonne A Cabinet Council had — stationed upon the bridge 5 
assembly, were strongly opposed in a strategetical point of in yon ty without the Snag of the commandant 
view to the embastioned, casemated ramparts. The veteran 1 The v f the stones thrown into 
ph niiary joi in the oaen of Marshal Soult, peel and others +E acsrerie the onet a triple regency | th 40002. 
pr everents le. The Minister of the Interior bi jy SWITZERLAND. —The € xtraordina ary 5 
fe er Bete on the Toth 3 int, * 
eae at teste: ent ae pen at St. Beni, connected oy be the Minister the President, who for | first , it is stated, i 
Strong position Soceg ne suffice tages presented b i+ triple contain. pti he inaugural s in Preeche 
mre hed ‘client defence of the capital, the securi lent ae sid a Sry 2 “nee | fter specifying ~ “sopra of their convocation, which 
was an able partie of de Victoria was under the i interposing his au- | was to costes the objections raised by several cantons 
setenqusiiion s as far rem wed ak from Paris. No | th ity to put an end to a discussion which might have ppression of the convents of , he 
doubts seem to be entertained that the bill would be ma min ited in the i of the Cabinet. A podiaeane tee the article of the federal compact on 
terially amended by the Peers, if the eertainty ci hody of troops was expected in » and it was ecaleu- | which Soneuan grounded ; and in concl 
po po that the Deputies ee ot the pvc lated that on the day of the opening “of the Cortes the | directed the attention of the assembly to the importance 
ore tren the Dep Soon they weal Melee alte wggncaan on a “e 
wn t puties they wou iw it out al 60,000 inf: 6,000 y: pieces : i eches from 
nae on Poly en A was opened by the Duke | lery, .A Panis pao atest oa : - =. eon Jie tates. “The deputies of bal Uri ; ced 
de Broglie, w who contended that the principle had been ge-| the real object of this assemblage of troops. Reports | vernment of Argovia ed. The deputies of 
oe approved es ‘a committee to cte in circulation of a demonstration on the part of the | Schwytz, Un 5 alles ge Friburg, followed. 
fan ony son upon that the differences amongst its mem- | troops to proclaim the Duke sole regent.—By accounts | Neufchatel was the only Protestant deputy who spoke; 
arose: the B. it b deput: ke al inst Argovia for impugning 
sire into execution. He was, he said, a partisan of the she fares sare obsatsiie Tees majorities in the octal e fact. On the the following d day, Argovia re} and 
plan og tenn because he considered | 7 patton societies of Catalonia had not dissolved pole that the reven saris were spent 
it preferable for the ital. The Duke then | themselves, er name into that | political Sg The result is that a ma- 
examined the question in ert gel of view, and | of reading-ro j ag decine tke. cilner wag. unet 
thought that universal peace was a dream, and that France | of Sore and had "ondared the foie 3 of ser Zavalia, procured. 
pons ee at every moment to fall ith her to march Ecypt.—We have no recent advices ‘from Alexandria 
— to neglect no means of providing he race which has taken place in the | of any The last intelligence states i 
> ae cae ; proceeded to show the tage | Spanish capital w nthe ares inst. The se = d Oran, Ibrahim Pacha at Gaza on the 9th. alle 
ame by bastions and exterior ke San e grandees of Spain, and Mr. | confined to bis bed, sufering from jaundi re 
works, over the system developed Soca a in aaa of the E ori Enabasnys had horses nt The | He had so much worse that he been © 
name of the majority of co — ‘concluded by ‘s wou the | to. apply to the commander of the Ringhsh ip Benbow, 
baer ericymetbains gem Meee (pes oil che thine of but for a surgeon, who had been seat 
‘or Supplementary oy Calls —The prone attri hak, hohe been pur- 
om io the supplementary and extraordinary credits. 
of we atl gua ee to him. The Tuscan 
a telegraphic despatch ! chased 
fe-| the preceding news, we learn by 
had 
chased by Mehemet Ali, had been sent to Gaza to bring back 
aioli 
