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at large, however, are still uneasy, and apparently expect- 

 ing some extraordinary event. At Rome, the Jubilee, 

 instead of pacifying the public mind, produced the 

 contrary effect, and the inhabitants embarrassed the 

 authorities by a run upon the savings banks for 

 the amount of their deposits. — Our accounts from 

 Turkey announce the important fact that the Sultan 

 has at length acceded to the demands of France 

 and England, and has engaged in future to prevent 

 by effective means any Christian abjuring Islamism from 

 being put to death. — From Greece we learn that the Con- 

 stitutional Charter has been definitively voted by the 

 National Assembly, and adopted by his Majesty ; it was 

 expected that the King would swear to the new Consti- 

 tution on the 24th inst., after which the Chamber would 

 be dissolved — From the United States we have accounts 

 of the fresh excitement created by the Texas and Oregon 

 questions. The annexation of Texas had been again 

 brought prominently before the public by a rumour that 

 the President has actually signed a treaty for carrying it 

 nto effect ; and the Oregon question has been the sub- 

 ject of violent debates in Congress. The Senate had dis- 

 cussed a motion whether the President should give 

 notice to Great Britain that it was the desire of his 

 Government to terminate the convention by which both 

 countries hold joint possession of the Oregon territory— 

 which, if carried, would have amounted to a threat on the 

 part of the United States to seize by force the territory 

 in dispute. The debate was marked on the part of some 

 of the speakers by great acrimony towards this country, 

 and it was openly asserted that the citizens of the United 

 States were influenced by a deep-seated hostility to 

 England. The result of the division was favourable to the 

 continuance of pacific relations. Twenty-eight to eighteen 

 voted against the motion. The minority was composed 

 exclusively of the democratic party ; the majority con- 

 sisted of twenty-five Whigs, and three supporters of 

 Mr. Calhoun, the new Secretary of State, who is said 

 to have accepted office solely for the purpose of bringing 

 the Oregon and Texas questions to a conclusion. 



of success on record ; he was a leader of the foremost 



Court.— Her Majesty, the King and Queen of the 

 Belgians, the Prince of Wales and the Princesses, have 

 remained at Windsor Castle during the week. Her Ma- 

 jesty has enjoyed her usual morning walk in the grounds 

 of the Castle, and has taken daily exercise in a pony- 

 phaeton, accompanied by the Queen of the Belgians. 

 On Sunday Her Majesty and King Leopold attended 

 ■Uivine Service m the private chapel of the Palace, and the 

 Queen of the Belgians attended high ma88 at the Roman 

 Catholic Chapel at Clewer. On Wednesday afternoon 

 the King of the Belgians went to Spital to witness the 

 Garrison Steeple Chace, which had attracted a great 

 number of visitors to Windsor. In the evening of 



r .u" m T?, d . aj ' Her Ma J' ert * the King and Queen 

 of the Belgians dined with the Duchess of Kent at 



Frogmore Lodge. Prince Albert accompanied by the 

 Prince of Leinengen, and attended by Captain Seymour 

 (Groom m Waiting to his Royal Highness), and Mr. G. 

 ±-. Anson, his Treasurer, arrived at the Castle on Thurs- 

 day evening, having travelled from Paddington to Slou-h 



tVh ^rf W f te ™ Railway * His R °y al Highness 

 landed at : Dover from Ostend about half-past two, p.m., 

 and travelled to town by the Dover Railway. The Prince 



ilTS *! u C r * turned in excellent health—It is stated 

 that Eaglehurst Castle in the Southampton River has been 

 selected as the Royal Nursery during the residence of her 

 Majesty and Pnnce Albert at Osborne House in the 

 ensuing summer. The Countess of Charlemont has suc- 

 ceeded the Countess of Dunmore as the Lady in Waiting. 

 The Earl of Morton has succeeded Lord Rivers as the 

 -Lord in Waiting, the Hon. Captain Duncombe has suc- 

 ceeded Colonel Drummond as the Groom in Waiting 

 and the Honourable Misses Liddell and Paget have been 

 succeeded by the Honourable Eleanor Stanley and 

 the Honourable Clementina Hamilton as the Maids 

 of Honour m Waiting on her Majesty. The next drawing 

 room takes place, on Thursday next the 18th instant. 



Death of Lord Abinger.— As anticipated in our last, 

 the illness of Lord Abinger has terminated fatally, and he 

 expired at Bury St Edmunds on Sunday afternoon, tran- 

 quil but perfectly unconscious, in the presence of his lady 

 and two f his sons. His lordship was long known to 

 the public as Mr., and subsequently as Sir James Scarlett. 

 He was a native of Jamaica, where his family had been 

 long resident, and held considerable property, his brother 

 hV wL -'I m ;°3T years the Chief Justice of the island. 



mnJtL f l V 6th year ' and had been f ° r considerably 

 more than half a century before the public eve He was 



Tt S J e^ 110 " ^T^ ° fT ™* Allege Cambridge 

 at the early age of nfteen, and took the degrees of li.\ 



t\ D e bar »nH that J?]?™'* U Wl heS " ^d t 



the bar, and m 1819 was returned to Parliament as 

 Member for Peterborough. He was appointed Attorney 

 General in April, 1827, resigned the 'office in iS, 

 1828, was again nominated to it in March, 1829, and 

 finally resigned it in ^vember, 1830. In 1832 he was 

 elected M. P. for Norwich, and in December, 1 83 1, was raised 



class, both in Westminster Hall and on the Northern 

 Circuit, and was unrivalled in his power over the feelings 

 and judgments of a jury. He was, however, by no means 

 so successful in Parliament — confirming the proverbial 

 incompatibility of forensic and Parliamentary eminence. 

 As a Judge, he has been the subject of a variety of criti- 

 cisms, all of which, though differing on some other points, 

 agree in regarding his conduct on the bench as unequal to 

 his high reputation at the bar. He commenced political 

 life as a Whig, but joined the Conservatives in 1829, under 

 the Duke of Wellington, at the time when the Roman 

 Catholic question created such a division in the ranks of 

 the Tory party. His Lordship was married on the 22d 

 August, 1792. to Louise Henrietta, third daughter of 

 Peter Campbell, Esq., of Kilmorey, in Argvleshire, by 

 whom he had six children. Within the last'few months 

 Lord Abinger was married a second time, and the lady is 

 now his widow. The noble Lord is succeeded in his title 

 by his eldest son, Robert Campbell Scarlett, M.P. for 

 Horsham, now Lord Abinger, who was married on the 

 19th July, 1824, to Sarah, daughter of George Smith, 

 Esq., late Chief Justice of Mauritius, and has several 

 children. His eldest daughter married Lord Campbell, and 

 was created Baroness Stratheden, of Cupar, Fife, in 1836. 



Parliamentary Movements — A vacancy has occurred 

 in the representation of Horsham, by the accession of 

 the Hon. Mr. Scarlett to the Peerage, for which Mr. 

 Hurst, the former Whig candidate, has come forward. The 

 approaching law appointments will cause further vacancies 

 in the boroughs represented by the learned gentlemen. 



Law Appointments.— It is believed that Sir Frederick 

 Pollock, Attorney-General, will accept the office of Chief 

 Baron of the Exchequer, vacant by the death of Lord 

 Abinger, and that Sir William Follett will be the Attor- 

 ney-General. The names of three Queen's Counsel have 

 been mentioned as claimants for the post of Solicitor- 

 General, which Sir W. Follett would thus vacate, viz., 

 Mr. Kelly, Mr. Godson, and Mr. Thesiger. 



Lord- Lieutenancies.— The two vacant Lord-Lieutenan- 

 cies of Westmoreland and Cumberland have both been 

 conferred on Lord Lonsdale. 



Public Petitions.— The last report of public petitions 

 to the House of Commons gives altogether 738,139 

 petitioners for a repeal of the Irish union; 5592 peti- 

 tioners against the union of the dioceses of Bangor and 

 St. Asaph; 42,659 petitioners against any repeal of the 

 existing corn laws ; 6820 petitioners in favour of a ten 

 hours factory bill ; 54,779 petitioners for a reduction of 

 the tobacco duties; 10,197 against the New Factories 

 Bill, and 1632 petitioners in favour thereof; 2237 for the 

 establishment of local courts ; and 827,428 for an inquiry 

 into the late Irish State Trials. 



Post Office.— Some voluminous statistical returns have 

 recently been presented to the House of Commons, on 

 the motion of Lord Ebrington, Sir H. Douglas, Bart., 

 Dr. Bownng, and Mr. Hutt. The following results are 

 obtained .—-The total number of letters alleged to be mis- 

 sing amounted, in October and November, 1839, to 588, 

 of which 224 were found ; in October and November, 

 1842, to 2058, of which 592 were found ; and in the two 

 months ending July 5, 1843, to 1800, of which 520 were 

 found. The number of applications as to delay of letters 

 amounted, at the above-mentioned periods, to 175, 316, 

 .and 260, respectively. The number of letters delivered 

 in the United Kingdom amounted, in one week of 1839, 

 to 1,585,973 ; in one week of 1842, to 4,202,546 ; in one 

 week of 1843, to 4,020,246 ; and in the week ended May 

 21, 1843, to 4,2 12,658; showing that the recent reduction 

 in the rates of postage has nearly trebled the number of 

 letters despatched through the Post-oflice. The total 

 number of persons employed in the post-offices of the 

 ii in« Kln S dom in Mav > 18 ^3, amounted altogether to 

 JiVT Knl^ om 8398were employed in England and 

 Wales, 1399 in Scotland, and 1505 in Ireland. This 

 return, however, only relates to such situations as the 

 Postmaster-General appoints to. The total number of 

 letters forwarded through France to the East Indies via 





quarter ended the 5th Jan., m™ fe* *** 



nrHoro + n +U« * *^* u i and 





5,608,934/. In 1841 the expenditure was sS w * 

 1842, 4,438,660/. ; and in 1643, ^679 495/' ^f'^ 



hear! nt e„,*„A;t .• i , •"*><" *&*M. lnderth» 



head of expenditure are included' the cofu of ml, * 

 put-door relief, establishment charts with «1 "i'f^ 



478,479/. 216,585 ioney "rderf - L ^ * WJ . * 

 l 6 ^ 98/ :'_ ™ re , i8su 5 d ««■ Paid in L^ '£« « 



''•''"moon 

 England and Wales during" he^m^ "^V*^* 



mr 8 Tir ually registered in !-£• »2V55 



Poor Law. — From returns !n*f nra i n 

 respecting the amount 'S:t&>. 

 tenunceof the poor, &e., it appears that . ? mi *>*- 

 unions in £„ e land and Wales.of "hich th. e **» 

 was 13,993,967. The average annual « D e n L P ° PU , Utto1 



£K £*•*■»*•■ A X «o p the ltute for *• 



liture was 4,2 

 . 4,679,495/. 

 the costs of i 



house and emigration l„Tn7 rtpXnfo^^ 

 immediately eounected with the relief of the p 7^°*' 

 International Copt/right Act.— The new BUI £ . . 

 the law relating to international copyrlht pll?^ 

 brought in by Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Greene^ * \£ 

 ham Baring, proposes to enact that her Majesty, t Stt 

 in Council, may direct that authors of books, pri,T 

 erbelee of sculpture, first published in foreign couS 

 shall have a copyright in such books within her M.u3, 

 dominion.. That authors and composer, of £S 

 piece, and musical compositions first publicly repre.eX 



ri D /ht , ' er tt rme V D orei r r ntries ' 8haU «* !»£££ 



rights, the particulars to be entered in the register-bwk 



It I0De k ■ I ?- aI1 - A i' copies of book8 » h «™ « 



right is subsisting under the Act, printed in foreS, 

 countries other than those wherein the book was fi£ 

 published, are prohibited to be imported ; and the officer! 

 of the Stationers Company are to deposit books, tern 

 the British Museum within one month after receiving " 



_ , w . .Abingei, 



of Abinger, in the county of Surrey. Lord Abinger'a 

 career at the bar was one of the most remarkable instances 



Egypt, amounted in 1839 to 20,827 ; in 1840, to 72.516 • 



"ll -no ' '° k 45 ' 536 ' in 1842 - to 44,079; and in 1843, to 

 14,D09. 1 he amount of money paid to France for the said 



Ail? ™' '."o.'P 9 ' H47i ; in 1840 ' 44S ". ; in 1841, 

 3341/.; in 1842, 3549/. ; and in 1843, 1307/. The 

 number o. letters received from India in the above five 

 ye»« amounted respectively to 31,123, 122,396, 108,027 



mined / V V 7 ' m v The " Umber 0f »™ S papers t™ns- 

 "'""i l " dl T JT 06 amounted d »ring the past year 



Sr' C th 4 Sam of W - W88 V^ to 'the 



S. I f ( , 0vern l m ™ t - The n «">ber of outward letter, not 



fhrn ,/h F r ° ag f F - aDCe * / or ™ ded "J English steamers 



OT?n£n ?yP i « .*? ° aa nl - in 1841 (in round n «»b'™) to 



225,000 ; in 1842, to 287,000 ; and in 1843, to 216,890. 

 The number of homeward letters transmitted from India 

 by the same channel was, in 1843 (including eight months 

 ot hat year) 70,814. The number of cha°rgetble leUer 

 wh eh passed through the London gener.,1 post (inwards 

 and outwards) dunng the fi.st four week.V the year 

 1K43 was as follows, viz. :-unpaid, 312 839- ifaid 

 2,431,231 5 stamped 2,072,828 ; t'otal,' 5 716 898. ^he 

 number of letters which passed through the London dis- 

 trict post (exclusive of all general post letters) during the 

 same period was, unpaid, 112,293; paid, 837 W 

 stamped 1 020,091; total, 1,971,008. W estimtted 

 average for four weeks m the year 1839 was, for general 

 post letters, as follows, viz. :— unpaid, 1,358,651 • naid 

 263,496; total, 1,622,147 The net reve'nue of the Vo t 

 office establishment of the United Kingdom (exclusive of 

 charges in the Government departments) amounted in 

 j 1839 to 1,614,353/.; in 1840, to 1,539,486/.; in 1841, lo 



iFcmp. 



France.— A variety of rumours prevailed on Friday of 

 the Duchess of Orleans having been insulted or attacked 

 on coming out of chapel. It appears that this arose from 

 the fact of a German of disordered intellect being arrested 

 m a church during divine service, when her Royal High- 

 ness was present. The following is the account of the 

 affair given in the Debats .—« This morning (Friday), at 

 the Church of Chauchat, a man, who was in the gallery, 

 in front of that occupied by her Royal Highness the 

 Duchess of Orleans, made some gestures which drew upon 

 him the attention of the persons placed in the church to 

 keep order. At the moment that they were ordering the 

 individual to quit the church, he drew a very small dagger 

 from his pocket, without, however, appearing to have any 

 intention of using it. He was taken out of the chapel, 

 and recognised as a German by birth, who in feneral 

 resides in Hanover, and whose mental faculties are 

 deranged." The Patrie gives a different account of the 

 affair : — " The commencement of the Bourse it says was 

 greatly agitated to-day. People who pretended to be well 

 informed, stated that the Duchess of Orleans bad escaped 

 becoming the victim of an assassin in going to pay her 

 devotions at the new Evangelical church in the Rne 

 Chauchat — that a man, armed with a poignard, had rushed 

 upon her, and that an officer in the service had wardel off 

 the blow by receiving it himself. The rumour of suck an 

 attempt made against a princess so justly popular as her 

 Royal Highness created an immense sensation. Tbe 

 rumour at first lowered the Three per Cents. 25 cents., but 

 fortunately the Bourse is not far from the Rue Chauchat, 

 and as soon as the real truth was known, the funds rose again 

 to 83. The following is the truth, according to information 

 taken on the spot : — A man of about 50 years of age, pretty 

 well dressed, had been pointed out to the police as being 

 furiously deranged. A peace officer seeing him enter the 

 church where the Duchess of Orleans was, rushed to swp 

 him. A struggle ensued, and the officer received on M 

 hand a blow from a poignard. He, however, overc *J 

 the man, who was carried to a place in the neighbourhood 

 and searched, when another knife was found upon him- 

 The affair, as may be conceived, made u great sensation in 

 the church, and the princess, who was in a raised gallery, 

 having asked what was the matter, was informed thati 

 thief had been made prisoner. . But the rumour in trai- 

 ling increased and improved, and we know what it beca* 

 by the time it reached the Bourse, when it so | ,a l ) P en J! 

 that they had no other rumours of any kind to talk about 

 —On Thursday the Chamber of Deputies decided m ™ V0 T 

 of taking into consideration the proposition of 31. 

 Montlaville, for the repeal of the stamp duty on new 

 papers. The motion was strongly opposed by the Min . ,s 

 of Finance on the part of the Cabinet, but the Opposing 

 carried the question by a majority of six— the memoo> 

 voting 146 in favour of the motion, and 140 against u. 

 The bureaux of the Chamber of Deputies on ^ aR S£ 

 took into consideration the New Customs Bill, 

 principle of the Bill, viz., a moderate protecting sysi » 

 met with but little opposition. Objections were m ^ 

 only on the amount of protection necessary 

 granted to national industry. Several members sp 

 strongly in favour of linen and hemp threads and cw ^ 

 for which the Bill merely sanctions the au S menta "^ ther 

 duty promulgated last year by ordinance. The tw -^ 

 questions which most occupied the attention o I ^ 

 reaux, were machinery and oleaginous grains. ^ 



nister showed that the free exportation of hn5 ' I? FrenC b 

 chinery rendered protection more necessary for ^ 



makers. As to the oil seeds, he thought th at ia ^ 

 mous increase of the quantity imported ha l fe j[j oB . 

 attacked the interests of French cultivators. 



