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!===^r^^Tthe Times newspaper, containing 

 removed wne Emperor was expected in 



the annonncemen 1 t train F reac hed Vauxhall, 77± 



L0 , nd ° n in 1 hour « 5 nd 42 minutes. His Majesty was 

 ^ ' J ./the station by Prince Albert, by whom he was 

 W St welcomed, and'tbe Royal party reached Buck- 

 ° him Palace shortly before 6 o'clock. On Sunday 

 1Dg •« fheKine visited the Queen Dowager and other 

 Sfs o thrioyal Family, and called on the Emperor 

 S RnSa at Ashburnham-house. On Monday morning 

 v M.V«tv visited Caen Wood, the house and grounds, 

 hlS , £. rUakin* of a Atf^/ier proceeded to the Zoo- 

 ^gJSS After viewing tlfe collection, the King 



♦ ^ to the Palace and accompanied her Majesty and 

 P ince Albert to Windsor Castle. On Tuesday his 

 Etv accompanied Prince Albert and the Emperor of 

 B to Ascot Races, and on Wednesday was present 

 ft the review in Windsor Park. On Thursday morning 

 hi. M.iestv attended by his Minister, attended mass at 

 the Roman Catholic chapel at Clewer His Majesty 

 afterwards accompanied Prince Albert on a visit of 

 inspection to his Royal Highnesses farm, and honoured 

 A wot Races with his presence in company with the 

 Queen and the Emperor of Russia The King arrived 

 in town yesterday with the rest of the Royal party, and 

 accompanied the Emperor of Russia to the new Houses 

 of Parliament and Westminster Hall. Shortly before 

 € o'clock, his Majesty entered the House of Commons 

 and sat in the chair usually occupied by the Serjeant-at- 

 Arms. Sir Robert Peel was in close conversation with his 

 Majesty during his stay, evidently pointing out to the King 

 the construction of the house and the principal mem- 

 bers on both sides. His Majesty appeared to take great 

 interest in the proceedings. It is said that his Majesty 

 will leave town in a few days and make a tour, for three 

 weeks or a month, through the provinces, which it is 

 not improbable may be extended to the mining districts 

 in the Welsh counties, and also to a portion of the more 

 southern Scotch counties, including the cities of Glasgow 

 and Edinburgh. 



Arrival of the Crown Prince of Denmark.-— 

 On Friday, his Danish Majesty's frigate Gafien, 48 guns, 

 arrived in Leith Roads, having on board the Crown 

 Prince of Denmark. Count Reventlow, the Danish 

 Minister, embarked at Granton in a steamer to receive 

 his Royal Highness, who landed soon afterwards under 

 royal salutes from the forts and shipping. His Royal 

 Highness landed at Granton-pier, where he was received 

 by Sir W. Bain, pier-master, the Lord Provost of 

 Edinburgh, and the Collector of Customs. His Royal 

 Highness took up his residence at Douglas's Hotel, and 

 afterwards took a short walk through the city in com- 

 pany with the Danish Minister. His stay in Edinburgh 

 is limited to a few days, when he starts on a short tour 

 through the Highlands. He afterwards proceeds to the 

 Faroe Islands upon a geological tour. 



Parliamentary Movements. — A vacancy bas occurred 

 in the representation of Enniskillen, the Hon. A. Cole 

 having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. 



THE NiEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



Jporrfp. 



France.— The visit of the Emperor of Russia to this 

 country has caused the utmost astonishment in Paris. 

 The Opposition papers are filled with conjectures on the 

 object of the visit. Some regard it as a proof of a hos^ 

 tile alliance against France, others as an intentional 

 insult to the French Cabinet, and as a plea for further 

 concessions, while others even go so far as to predict 

 «ome extensive scheme against the liberties of Europe ! 

 p e . Effi peror's visit has caused the more surprise as the 

 rans papers have lately been describing some deep-laid 

 pian by which Russia had arranged the downfal of our 

 Indian Empire ! M. Horace Vernet, the celebrated 

 trench painter, left Paris for London, on Monday, to 

 pay m s respects to his Imperial Majesty, " one of the 

 .fVfoJT 3 patron8 of that distinguished artist." It is 

 hi 1 r CTer that M. Vernet's visit has not merely 

 confiS , mer \ tary ob i ect « but that h e is charged with a 

 den«t? * qUasi P oliti cal mission of an exceedingly 

 takinl 5 , * ure \ namel * " to second the rumoured under- 

 about « a Ma i C8t 7 the Queen of England to bring 

 Rn«.L . g i 0< 2 u T nders tanding between the Emperor of 

 fit the Ki "£ of the French."-Important news 

 adTicV, VT VCd frora A1 S eria - According to these 

 Maimed a » u mper( ? r °/ Morocco has preached and pro- 

 able Fren l, f ^ ar " against France, and a consider- 

 wbich a 1 had moved t0 tbe frontiers of Morocco, 



These nr* * C -° rpS ° f Moors had likewise approached, 

 that FrW*- Were considered in Paris to denote 



will Brnhaw 18 ° n )e eTe of a war * ith Morocco, which 

 and it* ann ?. 8ult in the subjugation of that empire, 



According ? ot h 10 r? t0 the Frencb col °^ of A1 S iers " 

 that white Ma«!h i? Ch account of the affair ' ifc a PP ears 

 expedition again , t ., g * Md was b " sv carrying out his 

 vered th J !? tbe Ka M 



part against him in his dispute with Spain. — We stated 

 in our last that the debate on the supplementary credits 

 still occupied the Chamber, and that M. Thiers had at- 

 tacked the Government on their conduct at Monte 

 Video, and on the manner in which the safety and inte- 

 rests of the French inhabitants in that region were ne- 

 glected. The speech of M. Thiers appears to have made 

 a deep impression on the Chamber, and M. Guizot 

 declared that the question was put in so serious a 

 light, and implicated so deeply the principles of the 

 foreign policy of the Government, that it required a 

 complete development. He accordingly moved the 

 adjournment of the debate till the following day, which 

 was at once agreed to. M. Odillon Barrot, however, 

 having remarked that Thursday was the day fixed for 

 the funeral of M. Laffitte, it was resolved unanimously 

 that, as a mark of respect to " one of the founders of the 

 Government," the Chamber should abstain from all 

 public business upon that day, and the debate was 

 accordingly adjourned till Friday, when M. Guizot 

 replied to M. Thiers, making a long and able defence of 

 the Government against the charges brought against it, 

 after which M. Thiers replied, but declined pressing the 

 question to a division, on the ground that he was un- 

 willing to make the safety of the French subjects at 

 Monte Video depend upon anything so uncertain as the 

 result of a vote of the Chamber. The vote for the 

 supplementary credits demanded by the Minister of 

 Foreign Affairs, upon which the Monte Video debate 

 was hung, was accordingly passed without a division. 

 On Saturday the supplementary credits of the Home and 

 Commerce departments were voted, with very little discus- 

 sion worth noticing. M. Guizot, in reply to M. de St. Marc 

 Girardin, said that formal instructions had been sent to 

 the French Ambassador at Constantinople to interfere 

 in behalf of the Christians of Albania, and put an end to 

 the dreadful disturbances which have of late occurred in 

 that quarter. The subsequent proceedings in the 

 Chamber were of no particular interest, the debate upon 

 the navy having been postponed till the navy estimates 

 should come regularly before the Chamber. — The funeral 

 of M. Laffitte took place on Thursday with almost royal 

 honours. As a spectacle it must have been most 

 imposing. The shops were closed; three members of 

 the Cabinet, nearly the whole Chamber of Deputies, and 

 a great number of the Peers attended the funeral. The 

 hearse was guarded by the grenadiers of the National 

 Guard, and several regiments of cavalry and infantry | 

 were in the procession. The pall was borne by the 

 President of the Chamber of Deputies, M. Arago, 

 M. Odillon Barrot, and a Regent of the Bank of France. 

 The Prince of Moskowa, son of Marshal Ney, was the 

 chief mourner. These were followed by a deputation of 

 the electors of Rouen, of the schools of medicine 

 and law, and of the mechanics, in uniform. Then 

 followed the friends of the deceased to the number of 

 ten thousand, the procession on foot alone extend- 

 ing for more than a mile. The carriages followed. 

 Three of the King's carriages and the carriages of the 

 Duchess of Orleans and Duke of Nemours attended, be- 

 sides 24 mourning! carriages,' and between 300 and 400 

 private carriages. The carriages of the Royal family were 

 escorted by a squadron of the Municipal Guard and the 

 70th and 71st Regiments of the Line. The whole of this 

 immense'.procession wa* closed by a battalion of infantry, 

 two battalions of the National Guards, and a regiment of 

 Hussars. The funeral service was performed by the 

 Archbishop of Paris. Six orations were delivered over 



the 

 the 



aeigbbourhoodnro e the French territ0T T in the 

 r<*or of MaL n ; and ifc is added that the Em- 



corned a y° CC0 » M ««y Abd-er-Rhaman 

 !? n Mtthe K--j Wa r ?? amst France, and that 



E 



an 



has pro- 

 one of his 



,n *>atthe hp a «i t ,£ amst trance, and that one ot nis 

 m »r Abd^l-K , ° 1 '° 00 men ' has alr « ad y J° med the 

 ** formidable?' • being P re P*red to make a joint 

 accounts gi Ven nva9l °n of the French territory. In the 



? U8e of qoarrii 1 • , , Paris W ers of this affair, the 

 ** k had it, nr" • doublful > one account stating 

 l hat theErnn P rn, c,l nadis P uted boundary; another, 

 Fre ach becau J I °u ?* orocco h *d taken umbrage at the 



SC he belleved that they intended to take a 



grave— the" first by his brother, M. Pierre Laffitte ; 



second by M. Arago ; the third by M. Visinet, in the 



name of the electors of Rouen, of which M. Laffitte had 

 been the representative in the Chamber of Deputies ; the 

 fourth by M. Gamier Pages, one of the leaders of the 

 Republican party ; the fifth by M. Gouache, in the 

 names of the students ; and the 6th by M. Dupm. It 

 was calculated that between those who took part in the 

 procession and the spectators there could not have been 

 much less than half a million of persons assembled. The 

 weather was beautiful, and the whole ceremony passed 

 off without any disturbance or confusion beyond what 

 must necessarily take place when the whole population 

 of a great capital assemble. There is a national subscrip- 

 tion to be opened immediately to raise a monument to 

 the memory of M. Laffitte.— The papers state that the 

 celebrated Madame Lamotte, who was concerned in the 

 affair of the diamond necklace of Queen .Marie Antoi- 

 nette, and was sentenced to be branded on both shoulders, 

 flozged through the streets of Paris, and be confined for 

 life in the Saltpetriere, from which place she made her 

 escape, lately died in one of the hotels of the Faubourg 

 St. Germain, in the 80th year of her age. During 

 upwards of 30 years the Countess contrived to escape 

 unnoticed, and was only recognised after her death. 



SPAIN. — We have accounts from Madrid to] the 28th 

 ult. In the absence of the Queen, the Progresistas were 

 busy spreading alarming reports, such as that her 

 Majesty had fallen seriously ill on her journey. The 

 last accounts, however, state that her Majesty entered 

 Barcelona on the 2d, after making a short stay at Tarra- 

 gona and Valencia, at all which places she was received 

 with great enthusiasm. The Moderado party had finally 

 prevailed in the Madrid elections. The Barcelona 

 papers state that 12 more Carlists were shot at Morelia 

 on the 19th, among whom were two officers, a captain, 

 and a lieutenant, who had served under Cabrera, bince 

 the 15th of April 120 Carlists had been shot in Catalonia. 

 A Madrid letter states that an important communication 

 had just been made by the Finance Minister to the 

 Tobacco Company. It was to the effect that he had re- 

 solved to rescind their contract. This notification and 



breach of faith were expected to create a deep sensation 

 in the capital. 



Portugal. — Accounts from Lisbon of the 18th state 

 that the term of the suspension of the freedom of the 

 press expired on the 23d ult. The said freedom was in 

 being two days, wheD, on the plea of the absence, flight, 

 or imprisonment of some of the persons who were gua- 

 rantees for the editors, the publication of the papers was 

 again stopped, and the distributors of the papers already 

 published were arrested and imprisoned. Two of the 

 papers re-appeared on the 28th.— A Portuguese woman, 

 in the island of Madeira, named Maria Joaquina, was 

 recently condemned to suffer death solely on account of 

 her having embraced the doctrines of the Protestant faith, 

 nothing else having been brought against her than her 

 denial of worship to images, and of the doctrine of tran- 

 substantiation. The circumstance has caused great ex- 

 citement among the British Protestants, and Lord Aber- 

 deen has called upon the Portuguese Cabinet to prevent 

 such a sentence from being carried into effect. 



Switzerland.— We learn by a Geneva journal of 

 the 28th that the disturbance of the Valais is regarded 

 as effectually quelled. The Grand Council has resumed 

 its sittings, and issned a decree for the immediate disso- 

 lution of the armed society of La Jeune Suisse, to which 

 it attributes all the recent disasters. The members of 

 this Society who should refuse to obey the injunctions of 

 the Council are to be regarded as rebels. 



Italy Letters from Leghorn of the 23d ult. state 



that the arrest of two Tuscans, Messrs. Malenchini and 

 Montecchini, at Rome, had caused the liveliest sensation 

 throughout Tuscany. The Grand Duke was on the 

 point of remonstrating, when he received a note from the 

 Austrian Government, ordering him to institute inquiries 

 and to apprehend a number of persons in Leghorn and 

 other towns. A similar injunction had been addressed 

 to the Duke of Lucca. Considerable agitation still pre- 

 vailed in the Legations. M. Maffioli, jun., a distin- 

 guished lawyer and literary man, had been arrested at 

 Bologna.— Letters from Naples state that the prisons of 

 that capital are so crowded with political prisoners, that 

 orders have been given to clear them as much as possible 

 by sending those confined on ordinary charges at once to 

 trial. The military commission sent into Calabria has 

 powers to judge summarily, and to execute criminals 

 without appeal, notwithstanding which the insurgents 

 were still unrepressed. At Naples it is forbidden even to 

 speak of the Calabrian disturbances. 



Turkey.— Accounts from Constantinople state that, 

 owing to the representations of the ambassadors of the 

 principal European powers, the Porte has of late shown 

 a little more energy in its efforts to put down the insur- 

 rection in Albania. Both Sir S. Canning and Baron de 

 Bourqueney have had long interviews with the Grand 

 Vizier and Minister of Foreign Affairs upon this subject. 

 Emir Pasha, member of the supreme Board of War, 

 who had been sent to Albania to inquire into the situation 

 of that province, has returned to Constantinople. His 

 report stated that the insurrection was fast subsiding 

 since the recent successes obtained by the imperial troops. 

 This, however, is disbelieved, as letters have come by the 

 same steamer as that which brought the Pasha, mention- 

 ing, amongst other atrocities committed by the Alba- 

 nians, the massacre of the Hodgia Bashi and his entire 

 family, in the village of Youdjedes, which is but a few 

 miles distant from Salonica. Private letters from Adn- 

 anoplegive the same discouraging account of the con- 

 dition of that district. In the neighbourhood of Tzirpan 

 and Philipopolis the most horrible cruelties have been 

 committed upon the defenceless Rayahs by the insur- 

 gents.— Admiral Walker is about to leave without ob- 

 taining the pension due to him. The Protestant church 

 makes proselytes in Syria. At Trebisonde a large por- 

 tion of Armenians passed to the reformed church. I heir 

 archbishop pronounced against them excessively severe 

 penalties, which produced an effect totally opposed to 



his expectations. ,. , 



India and CniNA.-The accounts from India and 



China come down to the 1st of May and 10th o March, 

 the only thing they contain worth noticing is tbe murder 

 of Soochet Singh, who had come to Lahore on the invi- 

 tation of his uncle Heerah Singh and at the earnest 



was 



request of the seditious troops. He *m »et ° » * ■ 

 arrival by Heerah Singh, at the head of 20 ,000, while 

 he had only about 500 under his command. He 

 instantly overpowered, and, along with other chiefs, felL 

 SVereo wUh wounds. Ninety-five of the female portion 

 rhis household are stated ^V^^^^ 

 nn hearinz of bis death ; and his sons have left their 

 homes no g o°ne knows whither, but of course, for the 

 purpose of increasing present mischief, which has caused 

 Heerah Sin*h great uneasiness. Goolaub Singh, the 

 remaining uncle of Heerah and brother of Soochet, 

 who, according to latest accounts, was meditating a 

 march on Lahore, in company with Kashmeira bmgh. 

 and Peshord Singh, whose pretensions he seems noyf i 

 to have warmly espoused, is stated to be highly irri- 

 tated at the death of his brother, and has demanded 

 the delivery up of Pundit Jellar, the favourite coun- 

 sellor of Heerah Singh, under whose advice be seems 

 to have acted in this affair. The wife and children 

 of this personage are, however, stated to be in his power, 

 and there can be little doubt as to their probable fate, 

 from the murdering propensities of this P owe £ ful J££ t # 





rrom me rauruenng propeuaiucs vi v..— r -• - ^ m<ys t 

 Heerah Singh appears to be in a state of ^ e ° ht 

 trepidation from the position into which he ms a 

 himself; and the troops within the capita^ wer^g ^ 



more insubordinate every day. *" e . con spiracy 

 Gwalior are rather serious— an extensi 



having been lately detected for the isfassmation 



