Aug. 17,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



guion, left their apartments in the Lancaster Tower on 

 Wednesday for town. ramci Clark, Her Majesty's 



First Physician in Ordinary, will be in occasional attend- 

 ance for some time longer. The Queen, we rejoice to 

 state, is now going on so favourably as to be able to sit up 

 two or three hours during the day. Prince Albert, the 

 Prind of Wales, and the Princesses, are quite well, and 

 have tjflten their usual airings during the week. On 

 Sunday, <^jnnt Nesselrode, accompanied by his son, 

 armed at the Castle from town, and had an audience of 

 His Royal Highness. On Wednesday, H. EL H. the 

 Prince of Prussia paid a viait to the Prince, and partook 

 of a dejeuner previous to his departure for Busby Park. 

 On Thursday Prince Albert came to town by a special 

 train of the Great Western Railway, and visited the 

 Prince of Prussia at the residence of Chev. Bunsen. 

 H. R. H. then inspected the new summer temple in the 

 gardens of Buckingham Palace, and afterwards returned 

 to Windsor Castle. Tuesday, being the birthday of the 

 Queen Dowager, the different members of the Royal 

 family paid visits of congratulation to Her Majesty, 

 and several of the public buildings in London were 

 illuminated in the evening. 



Arriw of the Crowv Prince of Prussia. — 

 His Royal Highness Prince William, the brother of the 

 King of Pruss : a, and heir-apparent to the throne, 

 arrived at Woolwich on Tuesday evening from Ostend, 

 and was received with the usual honours by the authori- 

 ties of the Dockyard. The Prince immediately pro- 

 ceeded to town, and took up his residence at the mansion 

 of Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, in Carlton 

 Terrace. On Wednesday his Royal Highness proceeded 

 to Windsor Castle on a visit to Prince Albert, and after- 

 wards visited the Queen Dowager at Bushy Park, and 

 the DuI.e and Duchess of Cambridge at Kew. On 

 Thursday the Prince visited the Duke of Wellington at 

 Apsley House, and afterwards inspected Westminster 

 Abbey, the collection of frescoes in Westminster Hal), 

 and the establishment of Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt in 

 Bond-street. II. R. II. afterwards drove through Regent- 

 street and round the Regent's Park. In consequence of 

 the Prince having nppointed to go to the Itolian Opera 

 House, the circle at dinner was limited, Prince Edward 

 of Saxe Weimar, the Earl and Coun'ess of Westmoreland, 

 and Lady Hall being the only personages present exclusive 

 of the noblemen in the retinue of the Prince, and the 

 gentlemen connected with the Prussian Legation. 

 After dinner the whole party left for Her Majesty's 

 Theatre. Last evening a grand entertainment was given 

 at the embassy, at which the Duke and Duchess of Cam- 

 bridge, Duchess of Gloucester, the Hereditary Grand 

 Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh S:relitz, and the 

 Duke of Wellington were present to meet the Prince. 

 This morning, his Royal Highness, attended by ihe 

 Prussian Minister and his suit?, will visit Woolwich, and 

 in the evening the Prince will dine with the Duke of 

 Wellington. It is rumoured that II.R.II. will pay a 

 visit to Portsmouth on Monday next, in company with 

 the Duke of Wellington, and that on the 20th his Royal 

 Highness will leave torxn to make a tour in the provinces, 

 during which he will pay visits to several of the nobility. 

 The Prince's tour will, however, be of short duration, as 

 his Royal Highness is compelled to be in town again on 

 the 28th, in order to pay a visit to IJer Majesty prior to 

 his departure for the Continent, which cannot be de- 

 layed Depend the 1st or 2d of next month, the Prince 

 having to attend a grand review on the 5th in Prussia. 

 The Duke of Wellington as Commander-in-Chief has 

 made arrangements for a review upon a large scale during 

 his Royal Highness's stay in this countrv. 



Count Nfs lp.ode.— On Thursday Count Nessel- 

 rode visited the new Houses of Parliament and Bucking- 

 ham Palace. In the afternoon he left town for Rosebank 

 to attend the Marquis of Londonderry's file, and after- 

 wards went to the Opera. On Friday he visited the 

 Thames Tunnel and the Bank of England, and dined 

 with Lord Aberdeen. On S-iturday the Count honoured 

 Mrs. Lawrence with a visit at her residence, Ealing. 

 park. His Excellency is a great admirer of floriculture, 

 and the inspection cf the extraordinary collection of 

 rare flowers and plants contained in this lady's con- 

 servatory afforded him the highest gratification. Upon 

 taking leave, the Count proceeded to the Star and 

 Garter at Richmond, for the purpose of enjoying the 

 beautiful scenery of that locality. He returned to the 

 Embassy to dine, and went to the Opera in the 

 evening. On Sunday the Count paid a visit to 

 Prince Albert at Windsor Castle, and afterwards in- 

 spected St. George's Chapel. On Monday His Excellency 

 paid a series of visits to the nobility, including Lord 

 Melbourne, the Earl of Westmoreland, and Lord Stuart 



*cJ£ J' T , he Count subi *quent!y called at the 

 2? fic 5' wh Ve ^ was joined by the Earl of West- 



toTn earlv 3ST Tu^ Coil,lt ^sselrode returned 

 6 o'clock T w uh hu at thC 5™ baM * and ™ shortly after 



Hotel. Sfis Ex,e!leneVv: d ? th E^L* *" T° rk 

 on Tuesday and Wednesday morning L f ? T\ h T 

 waters; and on Wednesday proceeJ e | t ; toJT ^ 



way to meet his son-in-law and daughte? thTp Y ™ l \ 

 Rnrnnncc c OD wu _u • ., . *"S"*tr, the Baron and 



month or six weeks. 



Army and Xavtj.^The Ministerial papers mention 

 that, during last week, the principals of the different de 

 partmen's of tfte. Horse Guards, Admiraltv, and Ord" 



of the land, it may be interesting to 

 tary return published prior to the ad- 

 journment, on the motion of Mr. Hume, showing the 

 number of persons whose debts, without costs, were 

 under the sums of U., 5/, 10/., 50/., 100/., 500/., and 

 above the last-mentioned amount, — stating, also, the 

 average term of imprisonment of each of these classes of 

 debtors, the name, amount of debt, and the amount of 

 each person s expenses who had been imprisoned more 

 than five years. These returns cover a space of no less 

 than 06 pages. It appears from them that the total 



nance had repeated communications with Sir R. Peel. J 

 There is reason to believe, from the confident rumours 

 in circulation, that there will be an extended promotion | 

 in the Army and Navy this autumn. 



Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster. — An account of 

 the gross and net revenue of the Duchy of Cornwall for 

 1813, and of the Duchy of Lancaster for the year ending 

 Michaelmas 1043, was laid before Parliament shortly be- 

 fore the adjournment, by command of Her Majesty. It 

 has since been printed and published. The gross total 

 income of the Duchy of Cornwall for 1843 amounted to 

 40,100/. 18^. llrf. Of this sum, 14,069/. was derived 

 from rents and arrears of rents received up to the 31st 

 December, 3882/. from fines on new grants of leases, 

 15,741 A from compensation in lieu of the tin coinage 

 duties, 2690/. from the produce of Royalties of the coal 

 mines in Somerset, and 2842/. from Royalties and re- 

 servation of dues of mines in Cornwall and Devon. 

 18,579/. constitutes the total amount of payments made 

 out of the above revenue to the use of his Royal High- 

 ness ; the balance due to the receiver-general on the 31st 

 Dec, 1842 (including arrears) amounted to 2585/. ; the 

 outstanding arrears due to his Royal Highness on the 

 31st Dec, 1843, amounted to 1904/. ; and the balance 

 in the hands of the receiver-general to 3996/. The 

 general expenses amounted altogether to about 13,020/. 

 From the accounts of the Duchy of Lancaster, it ap- 

 pears that the cross total income for the year ending 

 Michaelmas, 1843, amounted to 33,037/. 185., including 

 the balances remaining on account of the receiver- 

 general at the expiration of the preceding year. 13,000/. 

 constitutes the total amount of payments made out of 

 this revenue^to Her Majesty's keeper of the privy purse, 

 and a balance of 4941/. remained on the account of the 

 receiver-general to Michaelmas, 1843. The general ex- 

 penses were about 15,030/. 



Poor Law Returns. — A Parliamentary return has 

 just been printed, showing the number of orphan and 

 deserted children under 14 years of age, at present in the 

 Poor Law Union workhouses of England and Wales, and 

 of the number of widows receiving out-door relief, with 

 the number of children under 14 years dependent on 

 them for subsistence. By the summary it appears that 

 there are 50S unions in England, and with the unions in 

 Wales and others under local Acts, &c, the total was 

 580. The total number of children in England and 

 Wales, having lost one or both parents, under 14 years 

 of age, in March last, in union workhouses, numbered 

 18,261, of which number 8846 are boys, and 6959 girls. 

 The number of children under 14 deserted by their 

 parents at the same period, was 7152, making 25,413 

 children in union workhouses in March last in England 

 and Wales, under 14. It further appears that in March 

 last there were in England and Wales, 85,285 widows 

 receiving out-door relief, and the number of children 

 depending ^ on them, 119,310. In England alone there 

 are 15,805 orphan children in union workhouses, and 

 6408 ' "" 



there 

 have 1 



From another return, moved for by Mr. Bindley, of all 

 children removed from union houses into the army and 

 into the Navy, &c, it appears that, in England, the 

 total number of children removed into the Army amounts 

 to 132, and the total number removed into the Navy to 

 139; making altogether 271. Of these children, 137 

 were from 10 to 15, and 134 from 15 to 20 years of a^e. 

 Imprisonment for Debt.— The Act fcr abolishing im- 

 prisonment for debts under 20/. except in cases of fraud, 

 being now the law of 

 notice a Parliamen 



number of convictions in England and ^vTuTT"^^ 

 past year, amounted to 4529, of whom as manya^ 

 were convicted at courts of quarter and petty-sessio 



JForcfgn. 



France.— Telegraphic despatches reached p. ri . 

 Monday from Tangiers and Gibraltar, announcing * 

 pension of hostilities between France'and Morocco T^ 

 stated that at the moment when the Prince deL. 7 

 was about to commence the bombardment of Tan? 

 letter from the Emperor was received <,\v\ n „ t i. ' * 



to 



iperor was received, eivine full i*2 

 the ?*^! Jl ar ! die . t0 *«* for p Lc" P The 



ce do 

 s that 



nrisnnpr* n,- uro / , --early one-half of the 



pr soners oi 1.09, were (exclusive of costs) confined for 

 debts under 10' and one prisoner is mentioned as bavin* 

 been imprisoned within the Queen's Prison for 32 years' 

 at an annual expense to the county of 9/. 2s. 6d 7 ' 

 The Game Lav>s.-\ Parliamentary return of all 

 inquests held by the coroners of England and Wales 

 since the jear 1833 upon the bodies of gamekeepers and 

 the number of persons convicted of offences a g S the 

 game-laws during the year 134*, &*, has been printed 



?n y r°Mr e M ^ °l £~ns-having been™ ed 



for Mr Mainwar.ng and Mr. Bright. The summary of 



e latter branch of the return states that the total num- 



riL*. M C ,T ed -° f \ UCh ° ffenCeS in the ™ iou « 

 counties ot England during the year 1843 amounted to 



4- H'n/Jl° m 1 "T C0D - ,Cted at the ^izes, and 

 42o8 at petty and ejuarter-sessions. I n Wales 127 wer- 



eonvicted-namely, 8 at the assizes, and 119 a quarter 

 and petty-sessions. It follows therefore that the Total 



Emperor, besides, was to write a letter to the Pri n 

 Jomville, in which he assured his Royal Hiehne« * h > 

 peace would be re-established. Mr. Hay the H Tl 

 Consul, was mainly instrumental in effecting this arrTn 

 ment, and it was said that he would accompany £ 

 Emperor on his way to Alkazar, which is within a J. 

 and a half's journey from Tangiers. It was even rumoured 

 in Pans on Saturday that an embassy was to be ZZ 

 forthwith to Morocco, and the Duke of Glucksbenr whn 

 is at present Secretary of the Embassy at Madrid »« 

 mentioned as the probable Minister. Although this new 

 was on the whole satisfactory, the Paris journals did not 

 found upon it any very sanguine anticipations of pea,* 

 They doubted not the desire of Muley Abderrachman to" 

 remain on good terms with France, or even his earneit 

 wish to be, by the aid of the French army, relieved from 

 the dangerous presence'of Abd-el-Kader . But they were 

 apprehensive that the indomitable Emir would not beer, 

 pelled the Morocco territory without a struggle, and that 

 the exasperation of the Moors would not allow the Em- 

 peror to pursue his pacific intentions. These opinions 

 have, unfortunately, been confirmed by a telegraphic 

 despatch which reached Paris on Wednesday night, an- 

 nouncing that the reply to the ultimatum of the Piince 

 de Jomville was not considered satisfactory, and that 

 II.R.H. gave orders to bombard the advanced worki 

 which defended Tangiers. All these works were ac- 

 cordingly destroyed, but the European quarter was 

 spared, Mr. Play, our Consul, having previously 

 taken refuge on board the Prince's ship. This news 

 reached London yesterday, and the next advices are 

 looked for with great anxiety. — Another expedition 

 of the French navy has been organised with secrecy 

 and despatch, the destination of which was supposed 

 to be Tangiers. It appears however from the Paris 

 Globe that the squadron is destined for Tunis, to 

 which place the Turkish squadron, which left the Darda- 

 nelles a month ago, is supposed to be directing its 

 course. From this it would appear that the orders given 

 to the French Admiral are to fire upon the Turkish Meet, 

 should the Capitan-Pacha attempt to land any of his 

 troops at Tunis. — The Paris papers of Sunday are prin- 

 cipally occupied with the conversation that arose in our 

 House of Commons on Wednesday. week, on the foreign 

 policy of this country, between Lord Palmerston and Sir 

 R. Peel. These journals persisting in the belief that 

 Mr. Pritchard had been guilty of endeavouring to create 

 a revolt in Tahiti against the French, arc indignant at 

 the language used in the British Parliament in charac- 

 terising the conduct of M. d'Aubigny ; but it is evident, 

 from certain expressions of the DibntB, that the possi- 

 bility that M. d'Aubigny had been in the wrong began 

 to be admitted. That the affair would terminate ami- 

 cably, was the belief in all well-informed quarters ; al- 

 though various rumours were afloat, which, whether true 

 or not, had the effect of greatly depressing the funds. 

 Morocco, Tahiti, the visit of Count Nesselrode to London, 

 were each in their turn spoken of as offering sombre 

 prospects for the future, and a change of the rrenca 

 Ministry was also spoken of as not an improbable event. 

 These rumours, though not generally believed, had me 

 effect of creating a considerable degree of uneasiness. 

 A letter from the Gambier Islands, published in the r renc. 

 papers, states that the chiefs of that group have .p ucea 

 themselves under the protection of France, and tbanje 

 tricoloured flag was floating upon them on the Zotn re. 

 —The Due de Nemours is at present on a tour ot inspec- 

 tion of the army in the provinces. He has « celTeu 

 addresses from the authorities of Besancon, and aunos 

 every other town he has passed through. The aiurew 

 are all very loyal, but have not taken a politi cal turn , 

 they did last year.— The journals announce that iar 

 telegraphs are now constructing in Pans, which ; are 

 erected on as many vessels stationed in the Channel wi 

 Dover and Calais, during the stay of King Louis- wuiw 

 in England. By that means the London tel ^ ra P u f tfac 

 be placed.in direct communication with that o 

 Ministry of the Interior at Paris, for the transmission 

 news.— A paragraph, which has been running tne : ru 

 of the journals for some days past, stating that me : e. 

 sister of the Due de Bordeaux had contracted a * ^ 

 ganatic marriage with one of the sons of the \v 

 Blacas, has been contradicted in the most positive 

 ner by the Legitimist journal.-On Wednesday norm g 

 the birth-day of the Prince, the Princess de Jom • 

 was safely delivered of a daughter.-M. de L*martinee 

 barked at Marseilles on the 7th for Naples, whence 

 proceeds to the baths of Ischia. o.i„«nnunce 



SrAiN-.-Accounts from Madrid of the 8th annour.^ 



the return of the Ministers of Finance and J ustl< * tbc ' 

 Barcelona. Eleven officers of the regiment o 

 Princess had been dismissed. Several additional ^ ^ 

 had taken place during the preceding night, tan{ 



tranquillity of the capital had not been [ or an ' d to 

 disturbed. The bank of San Fernando had a ^ 

 advance 50,000,000 to the Treasury, for ^J^Supreme 

 Government during the month of August. ine ^ a 







