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THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



the revolt, and have even arretted Ibe leaders of the 



Oppoei' n in the capita!, on the pretext that the whole 

 perty are coacerned in a vast conspiracy, of which the 

 outbreak at Alicante ia merely a preliminary symptom. 

 Death has this week been busy among the Royal Fami- 

 lies of the Continent ; in addition to the Infanta Carlota, 

 the ambitious aunt of the Queen of Spain, our foreign 

 news records- the deaths of the Duke of Saxe Coburf 

 Gotha, the father of Prince Al .; the Grand Duchess 

 of Oldenburg, and the Archduchess Maria Carolina of 

 Austria. We hare also accounts of the alarming illness 

 of the King of Sweden, one of the oldest Sovereigns of 

 Eu le— the nature of whose malady affords but faint 



hopes of his recovery. 



At home, i he proceeding in Parliament hare been 

 aieriy confined to notices of motion and routine business 

 if we eooept the incidental discussions on Ireland and 

 other topics which have arisen iu the progress of debate. 

 On Monday, Mr. Gladstone, as President of the Board of 

 Trade, obtained leare to bring in a bill respecting railways, 

 and en esday Sir J. Graham obt lines) leave to bring in 

 s bill regulating the employment of children in fact 

 On Thursday Lord Assists brought forward his motion 

 respecting the Ameers of Seind . ch led to an inerest- 

 in< •iiflcnssion, but was negatived by a large majority. — 

 Our account of the State trials in Ireland comes down to 

 Thursday night. The case for the d tied on 



Toad iy, in.l on Wednesday the Solicitor lien. began 

 hu replj on the pari <-f the < a. The learned gentle- 

 man had not oosjfjiidcd 01 1 nursday, and as the aammtng 

 op will necessarily occupy some timi i not expected 



that tbe Jury will he able to return their verdict until 

 the middle of next week. 



which enlarge upon it with the more vehemence 

 as it would appeal to be ss animating a theme in 

 every public place and private circle of Paris. M. 

 de Salvandy was but a short time ago much more 

 an obiect of ridicule than of favour with those who 



menced. The corporation of Madrid has appointed a de- 

 putation to receive her Majesty on her return into Spain 

 which has already set out for the frontiers of Frajass* 

 The last accounts from Saragossa state that the diaaraua* 

 of the National Guard was proceeding, and that peace was 



tgornr "Nrms. 



Court. — Her Majesty and Prince Albert, acebmpanit 

 by the Pnneess Royal, left Buckingh m P»l ice on Satni 

 day afternoon for Windsor Castle. Her Majesty travelled 

 post to Windsor unattended by any escort. The equerries 

 iu waiting accompanied her .Majesty, hut the Lords and 

 Ladies of the suite proceed Windsor by the Great 



Western Railway. Intelligence reached town prior to her 

 ftlajeaty's departure of the death of the Duke of Saxe 

 Coburg. the father of Prince Aiberf. In consequence of 

 this bereavement her Majesty and the Prince have re- 

 mained in strict privacy since their return to \\ laor. 

 and tbe Cuurt on Thursday went into deep mourning. 



Parliamentary Movement* The election tor Devizes 



took place on Wednesday, when Mr. Bruges the Conaer- 

 vstivc candidate was returned by a majority of 1 I J ; the 

 numbers were for Mr. Bruges 206", for Mr. Temple the 

 Liberal candidate 64. Mr. Mart on, member for Lancaster, 

 has contradicted the run r that he is about to resign his 

 seat ; he states tliat r be report is a mere invention. 



Public In *. — A return has just been laid before 

 Parliament of the net public me of the United King- 



dom with an account of the balances of money rem lining 

 in the Exchequer on the 5th of January 1813 and 1841. 

 The total amount of revenue for the year ending January 

 5, 1844, derived from direct and indirect tuxes, was 



*l,0h9,978/. 7*., including 5*249,260/. 13*. 114 on 



account of the Income-tax, and from other receipts 

 l,:»li,839/., makiug altogether 52,58 17/. 10*. 2d.; of 

 the latter sum the money received from China forms the 

 principal it.m and amounts to 1,315,209/. 1*. 6rf. The 

 total chsrgeof the funded debt ia 28.581,070/. 4«. 2o\, 



for the erany 5.997,1 > 67., the saury 6,606,056/., the ord- 

 nance 1,910,704/., Canada insurrection _ ,300/, China 

 expedition 4 H,. :,,',/.. and opium compensati m I 15 823/. 

 The excess of income over expenditure ia 1,443,302/. 

 18j. 8J«f. The hai mce in the Exchequer on the 5th Jun. 

 1343 was 1,390,059/., and at the same period in 1814 it 

 amounted to L 7 Hi .0 19/. Is. 4tf. 



Death of th: Earl of li<-ssbor(mgh.—Th\% venerable 

 nobleman died on Saturday at the seat of his second sou, 

 Lord de Mauley, at Canfonl-houaa Dorsetshire, where 

 his Lord-hip had arrived from Bright >n and sunk under 

 the prevalent influenza at the advanced age of 86. it is 

 Lordship is succeeded iu his titles and estates by his el it 

 sen Viscount Duneannon who was called to the House of 

 Lords in J 



jForcrau. 



Francs. — The result of the extraordinary debate on 

 the Address, of which we gave a summary in our last, is 

 said to have endangered the stability of the Cabinet. No 

 less than 40 of their ordinary supporters voted against 

 Ministers, and among them was M. de Salvandy, the 

 Ambassador at Turin, who anted against the Government 

 three times in one day. His conduct excited the notice 

 of the King, and when the Ambassador subsequently ap- 

 peared at Court with the Deputation on the Address, 

 His Majesty approached the spot where M. de Salvandy 

 was standing, and taking hold of the red ribbon of the 

 Legion of Honour recently presented to him, and which 

 M. de Salvandy wore on his breast, he said, in a loud 

 voice, " 1 did not give you that, sir, in order that you might 

 vote in favour of those whom my tiovernmeut brands." 

 After this, M. de Salvandy hud no alternative but to re 

 tire, and the following morning he sent his resignation 

 of the Embassy a' Turin to M. Oolsot. As might have j 

 been apprehended, these proceedings have greatly in- 

 creased the excitement and irritation prod iced by the 

 debate on the Address. The resignation of M. de Sal- 

 vandy is the leading topic oi all the Opposition papers, 



now" extol hi* conduct, snd when he left Madrid re-established. It appears however that out of 6000 

 in consequence of his contention with Espartero be ex- National Guard only GOO had given up their arms at the 

 posed himself to the utmost Uughter ; and even in the time the latest accounts left. In consequence of General 

 ,ery debate the conclusion of which baa yielded him so D - : -'" -*— * "' fK - ~" f " f ««——- «* >r_^: , „ 

 much admiration, the Ministry were derided for having 

 employed such a diplomatist. He has now become a 

 popular personage, and the treatment he has been sub- 

 ject -d to is pronounced another iniquitous attack upon 

 the inde id e nee of the representatives of France. Ru- 

 moura of an impending dissolution of the Chamber or of 

 a change in the C oet are mentioned MB moat of tbe 

 papers and would appear to be very generally current at 

 Paris. It is not denied in an J irter that M. de Salvandy 

 is a firm adherent of Count MolC — a circumstance which 

 was held to impart consistency to the rumours in circula- 

 tion for some t e that ere long Count Mole would 

 appear at the head of a new Cabinet It is said however 

 that M. Guiaot is determined not to be forced out of 

 • ffice by anything abort of an unequivocal vote of the 

 Chambers against i ., an event which at the lost sitting 

 appeared more remote and unlikely than on any day since 

 the ( -mmencemenr of the session. The Moniteur an- 

 nounces that M. d dvandy has been succeeded in the em- 

 bassy at Turin by l> i Mertisr, who is to be replaced 



term Switzerland by Count Pontefc the nominal 



vmbassodor at nstantin -pie. Next to this affair of 



1. Salvandy, the leading ti .e of the papers is her 



M-ijeaty'i speech on the opening of Parliament, which 



with the c moots upon it, occupies a large portion of 

 their columns. To the passage referring to her Majesty' 

 friendly relations with the King of the French, and the 



ood understanding happily established between the two 

 tents their attention is of course directed, and 

 with the exception of the Ministerial papers they all com- 

 plain that the terma adopted by her Majesty are le 

 cordial and complimentary than they had a right to expect 

 after the strong expressions of the King of the French — 

 The death of Geneial Bertrand, the friend of Napoleon and 

 his companion in exile, which took place on the 1st inst. 

 St Chuteuurojx, was communicated to the Chamber on 



riday by M. de Briqueville, who suggested that his ashes 

 should be placed along with those of the Emperor, and 

 stated that he would draw up a regular resolution to that 

 effect which he would at the proper time propose to the 

 Chamber. The suggestion was well received by the Cham- 

 ber and is expected to be adopted. — There was no public- 

 sitting of that assembly on Saturday, nor was any to take 

 place until the President convoked tbe Members — a delay 

 which the A nal accuses him of affording the Ministry 

 in order to enable them to adopt their measures, let their 

 dispersed majority unite again, and suffer time to cool the 

 irritation ami resentment which the la lebate has kindled, 

 i'he (..nzette of Thur.sday annoum vs that in the morning 

 of that day 500 students of the various schools waited on 

 M. de Chateaubriand and presented to him an address 

 expressive of their admiration and sympathy. Letters 

 from Toulon and Marseilles speak of terrific gales in the 

 Mediterranean, which had retarded the arrival of the 

 Indian mail at Marseilles till Saturday. The Levant mail 

 due on Sunday iu Paris had not arrived on Tuesday. 

 Immense quantities of snow had fallen throughout France, 

 and the mails from every quarter were in arrear. 



Spain. — By extraordinary express from Paris we have 

 accounts from Madrid, which state that a revolution had 

 broken out at Alicante on the 28th Jan. of the most for- 

 midable nature. The Provincial Regiment of Valencia 

 stationed in the town joined in the insuirection, which 

 was directed against the Government. The cry of the 

 insurgents was, " Long live the constitutional Queen- 

 down with the Ministers." The military commander and 

 political chief were surprised and arrested by the Custom- 

 house Carabineers. The Council of Ministers at Madrid 

 on receiving this news immediately gave orders for the 

 arrest of the leaders of the Progresisra party, and among 

 others of Messrs. Cortina, Lopez, Madoz, Garnica, Ors, 

 and Benedicto, most of whom were taken. It was said 

 that Generals Serrano and Concha had also been put under 

 arrest. The pretexts for these arrests is, thut the whole 

 Pi resista party have entered into a vast conspiracy, of 

 which the breaking out at Alicante is the first symptom. 

 The Gazette is full of the most severe decrees directed 

 against the insurgents. The Minister of the Interior has 

 forbidden the publication of the proclamations of the 

 revolted, under pain of being shot as conspirators. 

 Madrid is placed under martial law, as well as the pro-* 

 vinera of Alicante. Murcia, Albaeetta. Valencia, Almeira 

 Castilone de la Plana, which are all placed in a state 

 of siege. Three steam-vessels have been despatched to 



Alicante to blockade the place, and a large body of troops 

 under Brigadier Cordova have been directed to leave 

 Madrid for the disturbed districts. It wax reported that 

 Carthagena had joined in the revolt. The National 

 Guai are to be suppressed, and the liberty of the press 

 abolished — Intelligei has been received of the death of 

 the Infanta Carlota, consort of Don Francisco de Paula 

 and sister of the King of Naplea, of Queen Christina, the* 

 Duchess de Berry, flte., which took place on the 29th ult 



at Madrid. This event derives great importance from 



the p.ospect it opens of the marriage of the sou of this 

 ambitious princess with Queen Isabella, and the conse- 

 quent settlement of the affairs of Spain. One of the 

 duughters of her Royal Highness is dangerously ill with 

 small-pox. It is said to be the intention of Queen 

 Christina to leave Paris for Madrid in the course of next 

 week ; and the preparations for her departure have com- 



Prim's refusal of the post of Governor of Madrid, General 

 Schelly tbe political chief of Barcelona has been appointed 

 to that office, and General Pezuela has accepted t!,e I a . 

 spector Generalship of Cavalry which was refused bv 

 General Serrano. — A royal decree has been published 

 organizing a bank in Madrid with a capital of 100,000,00s, 

 reals. *' Having taken into consideration," it says, ''tag 

 reasons exposed to me by the Minister of Finance, and 

 the advice of the Council of Ministers, I have decreed 

 that a discount, loan, and deposit bank be established in 

 Madrid, under the name of the Bank of Isabel IT." 



Portugal.— The news from Lisbon is confined to the 

 proceedings of the Cortes, which present however no topics 

 of general interest, and to thu intrigues of the Opposition for 



the purpose of overthrowing the present Ministry From 



Madeira we learn that Dr. Kally was liberated from prison 

 at Funchal on New Year's Day, in consequence of the 

 remonstrances made by our Government. 



Germany. — Advices reached town on Saturday an- 

 nouncing the unexpected death of the Duke of Saxe 

 Coburg and Gotha, uncle and father-in-law of Her 

 Majesty, futher of Prince Albert, and eldest brother of 

 the Duchess of Kent and the King of the Belgians. [\\% 

 Royal Highness had just attained his GOth year, and wat 

 universally beloved by his subjects. He succeeded his 

 father Duke Francis in the year 180(5, but was precluded 

 from taking possession by his adherence to the g of 

 Prussia until 1813. In that year he commanded the 5th 

 Corps d'Armee, and Mentz was delivered up to hitn by 

 the French. After the Congress of Vienna he bestow 

 his whole attention to the welfare of his people, and in 

 1819 gave them of his own accord a representative consti- 

 tution. After the extinction of the House of Gotha he 

 shared in the division of it with Saxe Meiningen and Saxe 

 llilburghausen, giving up Saalfeld to the Duke of Saie 

 Meiningen, and receiving the principality of Gotha, subse- 

 quent to which the title of the house was changed into 

 that of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. He was a great lover of 

 the arts and sciences, and his active energy is evinced by 

 the creation of the Palace of Coburg, the restoration of 

 the old Castle, the erection of the chateaux of Rosenam 

 (Prince Albert's birth-place) and Calenberg, and Reiu- 

 hoodsbrunn, the High School at Gotha, and the two 

 splendid theatres at Coburg and Gotha. He was mar- 

 ried to Louisa, only daughter of Augustus Duke of Saxe 

 Gotha and Altenburg, by whom he had issue, Ernest, now 

 the reigning Duke, and Prince Albert, whose education he 

 personally superintended with the utmost solicitude and 

 care. He was married a second time to Antoinette 

 daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburg, by whom he has 

 left no issue. — Accounts have been received from Olden- 

 burg, announcing the death of the Grand Duchess Cecilia 

 on the 27th ult. after giving birth to a Prince. The Grand 

 Duchess was the eldest daughter of the late King Gustavus 

 Adolphus IV. of Sweden, was born June 22, 1807, and 

 married to the reigning Grand Duke May the 5th, 1831. 

 From Vienna we learn that the Imperial Family was 

 visited by a severe affliction on the 24th ult., by the sud- 

 den death of her Imperial Highness the Archduchess 

 Maria Carolina Augusta, eldest daughter of the Archduke 

 Rainier, Viceroy of Lombardy. Her Imperial Highness 

 was twenty-three years of age. This bereavement is the 

 more melancholy, as the Archduchess was to have been 

 married next month to the Prince of Savoy Carignan. 

 The French papers announce that the Due de Bordeaux 

 arrived atGoritz on the 24th ult. and had the satisfaction 

 of finding the health of the Due d'Angouleme so much 

 improved J that he was able to join the family dinner 

 given to celebrate his return. Several obstacles from the 

 snow delayed the Prince's progress, and in passing the 

 Tyrol, one of his carnages was overturned, which obliged 

 him to leave behind two of the persons of his suite. 



Sweden.— By the Hamburgh mail we have account? 

 from Stockholm, stating that the King of Sweden who 

 completed his 81st year on the 26th ult. has been attacked 

 with alarming illness. The State Gazelle publishes the 



following bulletins :— •« Jan. 26, 10 a.m The King.wuo 



retired to rest yesterday evening without any appearance 

 of indisposition and slept well during the night, was seized 

 at half-past 6 this raoruing with vomiting and determina- 

 tion of blood to the head, which still continues, but 

 appears however to diminish. 2 p.m.— His Majesty is 

 easier, and seems to be better than when the last bulletin 

 was issued. 5 p.m.— His Majesty has experienced no 

 change since 2 o'clock." The Aftonblad adds to the 

 second bulletin that the appearance of improvement was 

 produced by bleeding ; that the King had never before 

 consented to be bled, but that the physician having now* 

 declared that nothing else could save his life, it has been 

 done by order of the Crown Prince. The vomiting was a 

 spitting of blood. The blood from the arm had no un- 

 favourable appearance, and the patient fell into a state of 

 lethargy. Between 10 and 11 in the forenoon he asked 

 for coffee, and drank some, then vomited again and went 

 to sleep. Between 12 and 1, he drank a glass of water, 

 which he took from the hand of an attendant. Private 

 letters add that very little hope is entertained of bis 

 Majesty's recovery. 



Italy.— The official Gazette of Naples formally an- 

 nounces the recognition of Queen Isabella II- of Spain 

 by the Court of Naples. A private letter from Forh in 

 the Papal States says that a collision had taken place 

 between the inhabitants of Castel Bolognese aud the 



