THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



N. IS,] 



of her Prime 



to form a new 



dismissed from office, and he trusted the Cabinets of the | by the troops of the latter, except that all the houses of 



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~I^1 to him to form a «* cq1 _ 





i to ^ iOp ana o T the Ministry has been marKeu 

 *i£ rontinuance of the IU * f £ a on the Prime 

 U W? "especial fa^r ^ f err ed o^^ of 

 > I, ^ C5 ."_ .u«tion to the dignity w 



Chamber of De = - £ KalIey , after 



* S^ent o^ Months in Madeira, has 



iS^«KJ?U h" been .pleased by 



Gi*** VT 



m t&m^*£°*™^*t of the Prussian 

 Of*ro 



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...nAtd m H 4l> u ? . i . ..i. „ rv»r,ar an asso- 



*** *"* me r b ^he Cbri.ti« Church. «d the object 



^f fnt workof Christian charity on a great 



jS° f of tbe.-ds^o«r a Lord- s ^ 



every 



" By their 



rt, y , .ball kn0 " ^ nd lus.ria for uniting the 



fii*, EETsiKow in a state of construction, 

 ,4ml of Ipper »»« • ,. d b mean8 of a branch- 

 loteofthEapOTrFadnijn^ 7 in Aultri a near 



^ST* ?lto Th\° line of about 32 French 

 tke Praitun frontier. i» . . the 



-•„.' y "S, Emperor Ferdinand's is to be finished. 

 P^ „r, if ths arrangement it will be possib e 

 '• ™"TZ , tl L. o go by railroad the whole 



after lome umi : iur "*'"~" "J Th - s^i^ 3fercurj> 

 , J^« ofC S tadt that M. ; de Haber 



*«J 



KSS /killed M. Sacharaga in a duel ntends to 

 Sender to take his trial at the assizes of Alrey His 

 5JL punishment if found guilty will according to law 

 be three years' imprisonment in a fortress. 



Denmark.— A letter from Copenhagen of the Jy tu ult. 

 states that the King had issued an order for the state- 

 cooncillor M. Hansen, civil governor of the Danish pos- 

 sesnoBi in the East Indies, to proceed to China and 

 obtain exact information of the modifications which the 

 tnae of that kingdom has undergone since the peace with 

 England. The ultimate object of this step is to extend 

 the commercial intercourse between China and Denmark, 

 and the merchants of Copenhagen have been invited to 

 coftunnicate any suggestions likely to facilitate M. 

 Hansen's mission. 



GaiECE.— Accounts from Athens of the 21st ult. state 

 that the address on the speech from the throne has been 

 adopted hy 179 to 11. Some amendments proposed by a 

 small opposition which demanded particular mention of 

 the 15th September were rejected by immense majorities. 

 The address, drawn up it is said by M. Zographos, seeks 

 to conciliate the monarchic and democratic parties. It 

 proclaims " the gratitude of the Greek people on that day, 

 when his .Majesty accepting the vows recently expressed, 

 proclaimed the system of a national representation as a 

 treaty between Prince and people, consecrating irrevocably 

 Jfce nghts of the one and the prerogatives of the other. 

 The representatives," it says,"" altogether participating 

 Hi the desires of his Majesty and his wishes for the 

 national happiness will not be sparing of the just conces- 



A^ffTT 7 t0 attaia this end ' The ? wiU «ert all 

 uwir efforts to put the fundamental laws of the Constitu- 

 tion in harmony with the true necessities of the Greek 

 peop e and render it worthy of the hopes of the civilised 



ronndedhv^ 88 1 ° pre ; ent monarch y » all its force, Biir- 

 Se2lu rCSpeCt due t0 U > in reser ™g for the throne 

 * the ^nlY eS8ary t0 protect the J' ust i Qter est of each 



* CS^L v T^ ty of the nation -" The rumours 



•«horir o f a M u ? CnS n ° ticed ia 0Ur last on the 



ftwftfed n P r r > a PP ear t0 have been wel1 



■^eonthelhw « np , apers state that an attempt was 

 ■ «d the office = of thVpl^^i 1 ^ the 1 Nat . i0nal AsSemb1 ^ 



^Vpers U andll!! e F ° r L eign Affairs has been burnt with 



^•rian Envov' J \ al '° said that the ^dy of the 

 G ^an pairs L!^ attacked in her carriage. The 

 J^A^eT/i J T° nnCcd that th « Emperor of 

 ?«•» until hose Itn rV eVer renew his relations "** 

 24 Septembe r° >Kuli°°A ^ ia the revolution of the 

 *^iCS' of Tr Nati -al Assembly, to 

 *"a«aoui vote ». " 1 thls men ace, have passed a 

 **o were in »l!'. grant . 1D g to all the OiU* a „d men 



ovement, 

 ^ f Patriot1, m " w'X ?' , ' uni " es ' wl,i, ' h the 7. in 



»*« Turkish colours ^ °"° W ' n S "tide :-•■ A ship 



IT, 1 "*; 0n board ther! ^""mber in the harbour 

 » ba, ing ZlJT , lhree Mahometan mer- 

 &', '""Med g to' nn Sed f aves in toe market of 

 feel ^ ^ b tL then J t0 •*«' P^ces in 

 of &". **» inforeSd „ t , , . nhu / man traffic - The 



*SrtS T" U b 7 Act 11 nf ',1 f8Ct ' llaS ' by virtue 

 to cheTnTv ? ,Tes to bV W I ^ Second Parliament, 



*E£S!g&2& as given up lhe shi p 



^"pei* 1 •*?»& o c f °;f *f a °^ state that °° 



Mi «i«er for p Were »Ced to . d " S r a . nS ° f tbe five 

 •rplanat' Fore, m »*-= - an lnt erview witl, .1,. 



KWjik, 



.°, re '8n Aff a 



noticed 



•rpUnitinn. ".'■"K 11 Affair. f,„ — .*"" •"«"» witn tne 



* >e to Th' l° m " b0m 'bey demanded 



*** °»r 1 st T C , Utl ° n of the G «el< 

 "f Pa *a, „h n ; They were T «y well 



» ". a,, ''V 6 ^ t re sr e e ? re f 9Sed 1 . °» the part of 



Ktrtrt d Bred thei » " w! ,' ^ what h ^ taken pi, 



tted 

 the 



0r registrar. 



ace, 

 pre- 



fc G " the «"**« "f 

 Uat ^nctionary had been 



friendly Powers would feel satisfied with this proof of the 

 Porte's sincere desire to cultivate a good understanding 

 with them." The question of the re- union of the Patri- 

 archate of the Fanar with the Hellenic Church has been 

 submitted to the Porte with a view of obtaining its con- 

 currence to that important measure. The Turks, under 

 the belief that they might through this channel exercise a 

 salutary influence over Greek policy, are described as being 

 at present disposed to encourage these views. — From the 

 Danube we learn that the government of Moldavia, wish- 

 ing to reduce the number of Jews residing in the country, 

 has just adopted severe measures against persons of that 

 persuasion. For the future no Israelite is to be admitted 

 into the country without a regular passport, and in case 

 of contravention the offender is to be sent to the salt- 

 mines of Okna. The names of all Jewsarriving each day 

 in a town are to be sent to the authorities. Perraiss on 

 will be required to enable a Jew to reside, and any per- 

 son of that body not sending in regularly the address of 

 his place of residence will be punished as a vagabond. 

 This order has been communicated to the various consuls, 

 to be by them forwarded to their governments. 



West Indies. — The Clyde packet has arrived, bring- 

 ing with her the West Indian and Mexican mails. She 

 has a large amount of specie on board and 72,000/. on 

 account of the Mexican April dividend. The latest dates 

 are Jamaica 9th December, Trinidad and Demerara 5th, 

 and St. Thomas's 17th. Bills had passed the House of 

 Assembly of Jamaica for making a railroad between King- 

 ston and Spanish-town, for allowing a specific salary to 

 the Attorney-General of that island, and for taking a 

 census of the population, which has never been taken, it is 

 said, before ; the extent of the free population being all 

 conjecture, and the increase not ascertained since the 

 termination of slavery. Alluding to the late speech of 

 Sir R. Peel to the agriculturists of Tamworth, the Jamaica 

 Morning Journal, a Conservative paper, says that the 

 advice given to the farmers of Great Britain might be 

 given with equal propriety to the sugar-growers in the 

 West Indies. " To them we might say, depend upon 

 yourselves alone — study agricultural chemistry so as to 

 defy competition." The same paper tells its readers that 

 they may depend upon it, "notwithstanding the pecu- 

 liarity of their position as regards negro emancipation 

 they must soon submit to the free-trade doctrines which 

 at present are so fashionable and so much in the 

 ascendant." The Governor, Lord Elgin, continued to 

 exhort the planters on the subject of agricultural improve- 

 ment, and with good success. His Excellency has again 

 offered prizes for the best essays on the cultivation of the 

 cane and for a scheme of industrial education. u With 

 steam and machinery," says the Jamaica Dispatch, "there 

 is no telling to what extent the rich resources of the island 

 might be developed, and ploughs and a steamboat are 

 already in action." In Barbadoes the same complaint of 

 dry weather and want of rain is expressed, and at St. 

 Vincent's and St. Thomas's the small-pox had made its 

 appearance. An affair of the Roman Catholic Bishop 

 Clancy occupied. the attention of the public at Demerara, 

 and at Trinidad an endeavour was being made to assi- 

 milate the bankruptcy and insolvency laws to those now 

 in force ia England.— The news from Mexico is somewhat 

 important and interesting, inasmuch as it appears that 

 Santa Anna is re-elected President for a term of five years. 

 On the 13th of November he visited Vera Cruz, had the 

 troops drawn up in the square and harangued them. He 

 stated that he had arrived for the purpose of inspecting the 

 fortifications, that war with England was inevitable, that 

 he was determined to support the honour of his country 

 to the fullest extent, and would defend the Castle of St. 

 Juand'Ulloa in person and would resign it only with his 

 life. As soon however as he was re-elected President, he 

 took his departure without any further notice of the troops 

 and the whole affair was regarded as an electionee.ir.g 

 manoeuvre. — A paragraph has appeared in the Mexican 

 papers, stating that President Santa Anna had 

 directed suitable buildings to be erected to accommodate 

 the State prisoners, whose labour he proposed to employ 

 in the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of 

 Tehuautcpec. The isthmus is in Mexico, partly in the 

 province of Oaxaca and partly in that of Vera Cruz. The 

 river Guassacualco empties into the Atlantic at that point, 

 and it is supposed may be rendered navigable for large 

 ships to such a distance from its mouth as to leave only 

 about 45 miles of intervening land between the head of 

 ship navigation and the Pacific Ocean. Santa Anna's 

 project is nothing less than to cut a canal across this 

 isthmus, and thus open the path to commerce from one 

 ocean to the other. — Some remarkable ancient ruins have 

 been recently discovered in the department of Oajaca. In 

 reconnoitring the district of Teotitlan, in order to ascer- 

 tain the best route for a road, the surveyor, Rafael "V ilia 

 Gomez, came upon n the ruins of a great town " (ptbla- 

 cion). It had been only partially explored at the date of 

 these advices, but the ruins of more than 100 houses had 

 already been observed, and the guide said the principal 

 edifices were still beyond. These ruins are called " The 

 Palaces of Mitla." They are said to exhibit a style of 

 architecture altogether unlike the styles known in art 

 either ancient or modern ; yet they are not wanting in just 

 proportions, symmetry and beauty, which give splendour 

 and grace to the whole, as well as to the parts. This 

 ruined town must have been built by a race which preceded 

 the Mexicans, either by the Indians or a people still more 

 remote. 



Brazils.— The Crane packet has arrived with news 

 from Rio to the 23d Nov., from Montevideo to the 28th, 

 and from Buenos Ayres to the 1 3th Oct. Nothing material 



j ____j._ — r g- — 



business were closed, and great excitement still prevailed. 

 The Dolphin schooner, Lieut. Hoare, had captured a large 

 brig slaver with 570 slaves on board, and the Curlew was 

 about to proceed with her to Demerara. Their Imperial 

 Majesties and the Princess Januaria had made an excur- 

 sion into the interior for the benefit of the latter's health, 

 which had improved considerably from the change of air. 

 New Zealand. — A correspondence has appeared in 

 the daily papers between Col. Wakefield, principal agent 

 of the New Zealand Company at Wellington, and Mr. 

 M'Donough, the police magistrate, which rectifies an 

 important error committed by Mr. M'Donough in his 

 address noticed in this Paper last week. Col. Wakefield 

 in his letter, dated July 13, 1343, says— " My attention 

 has only this moment been called to an address published 

 by you to the British settlers in Cook's Strait, relative to 

 the late affair at Wairau, in which you declare your con- 

 viction that the affray was not the result of premedi- 

 tated design on the part of the natives, but that 

 on the contrary they sought by every means to avert 

 it, and did not fire a shot till five of their party had 

 fallen, including the wife of Rangiaiata, who at the 

 moment bore his own son in her arms. As you have now 

 received authentic information from the depositions taken 

 by the magistrates at Cloudy Bay in corroboration of Mr. 

 Tuckett's evidence, which you then had ' that after an acci- 

 dental shot from a white man a volley was discharged from 

 each party,' I trust you will see fit to correct the statement 

 in your address. Sanctioned by your official character 

 it is calculated to have weight with the public in England, 

 and to greatly distress the relatives of our unfortunate coun- 

 trymen who have fallen, and who it is distinctly proved 

 had no intention of commanding an unprovoked attack 

 upon the natives, as implied in the passage of your address 

 which I have quoted." Mr. M'Donough in reply says: — 

 " At the time I published the address it was my firm belief 

 from all information 1 had then been able to collect that 

 everything therein contained were facts. However, from the 

 depositions taken by the magistrates on the spot, which 

 documents have since been placed in my charge, I find 

 from a more careful perusal of them that I had been mis- 

 informed on the following points, namely— that five of the 

 natives had not fallen previous to their returning the tire ; 

 neither does it appear at what period of the conflict Ran- 

 giaiata's wife was accidentally shot, who it is proved had 

 not at the time an infant in her arms. I likewise find by 

 those documents that no order was given by the Europeans 

 to fire on the natives, but that the general conflict 

 originated from an accidental shot of one of the Euro- 

 pean party." 



United States —The New York packet-ship Liver- 

 pool arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday night, bringing 

 New York papers to the 22d ult. She made her passage 

 in 18 days. In Canada it is the intention of the Gover- 

 nor-General to form merely a provisional and temporary 

 council, to be composed of Messrs. Daly, Diaper, Viger, 

 and one or two other gentlemen unconnected with politics, 

 until more permanent arrangements can be made. 

 Messrs. Lafontaine, Aylwin and Morris have already 

 returned to their homes. It is expected that the official 

 papers of the former will be handed over to some confi- 

 dential member of the Lower Canada bar — and that Mr. 

 Draper, as Queen's Counsel, will take charge of Mr. Bald- 

 win's papers, so that the late ministry may be said to be 

 relieved of the seals of office. It has been decided that 

 no salary shall in future be attached to the office of Execu- 

 tive Councillor. The news from the United States 

 is chiefly commercial and would have but little interest 

 for the general reader. 



CITY. 

 Money Market, Friday.— Consols for the opening 

 closed at 964 ; Three per Cents. Red., 97| to | ; Three. 

 and-Half per Cents., Red., 102J to J ; New Three- 

 and-a-Half per Cents. 101-| to 2; Bank Stock, 186; 

 Exchequer Bills, 65 to 67 pin. 



jBiUtropol.* an6 its Ficininj. 



The Parks, &C. — The Report of the Commissioners of 

 Woods and Forests just published contains the following 

 under this head:— M It having been deemed expedient 

 that the Crown should possess the freehold of the property 

 to a certain distance immediately eastward and westward 

 of the new entrance from the Knightsbridge-road into 

 Hyde Park (now called the Albert Gate), for the purpose 

 of obtaining and exercising a controlling power as to the 

 style and character of the buildings to be erected on the 

 ground adjacent to that new entrance, we have to report 

 that agreements have been entered into for such intended 

 purchases, and for letting to Mr.T. Cubitt the disposable 

 building-ground eastward and westward of the new en- 

 trance. We have also to report that, under the powers 

 given by the same act, we have agreed for the purchase 

 of the three houses in the High-street at Kensington re- 

 quired for the opening of the intended new communication 

 between Kensington and layswater; which not only 

 forms an essential part of the plan for letting for villas 

 the site of the late Royal kitchen-garden at Kensington, 

 but will be a great accommodation to the rapidly-increas- 

 ing population in that district. In furtherance of that 

 plan, a new sewer for the drainage of the intended houses 

 has been nearly completed ; but owing probably to a very 

 great suspension of building speculations which has existed 

 during the past year, we have as yet agreed to let only two 

 out of the 33 sites designed for new buildings to be 

 erected on this ground. It was mentioned in our 

 last renort, that the value of this ground to be let on 



! 



■uuirom uuenos Ayres to trie leJtnuci. muiag swumm i building leases would be sufficient to form a fund for 

 had occurred as to the blockade or siege of Monte Video I acquiring and establishing a new kitchen garden, to 



