Oct. 19,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



welfare of Spain, but declining to identify himself with 

 any f arty. — Monsignor Capaccini, the Papal Nuncio, 

 has returned to Rome by way of London, after complet- 

 ing successfully his difficult mission for the settlement of 

 the Church in Spain. Monsignor Capaccini is a distin- 

 guished astronomer, and was formerly director of the 

 Observatory at Naples. His visit to London is said to 

 be chiefly for the purpose of selecting some mathematical 

 instruments and chronometers, being still unwilling to 

 relinquish his scientific pursuits amidst the arduous duties 



of diplomacy. 



Gr.itM any.— A letter from Berlin of the 2d states that 

 the King of Prussia does not intend quitting that capital 

 this winter, and that his journey to Denmark is there- 

 fore postponed. It also stares that Lord Palmerston 

 had dined with the King, and had received the visit of 

 all the Ministers, and the diplomatic corps.— A treaty 

 of commerce has been entered into between Hanover and 

 Denmark, which is to be immediately ratified. It gives 

 mutual advantages to the shipping of both countries.— 

 The Mannheim Journal o( the 6th states, that not only 

 will the treaty of commerce between Belgium and the 

 Zollverein be ratified in a few days, but that it will be 

 still further extended, and that negotiations have been 

 already commenced for that purpose — The Rhenish 

 papers state that it has been ascertained from undoubted 

 authority that the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh is about 

 to give a constitution to his dominions. They also con- 

 tain a letter from Vienna of the 30th ult, which states 

 that the otTer made by Baron de Rothschild to give 

 40,000 florins (120,000f.) for the establishment of a 

 Polytechnic School at Brunn, the capital of Moravia, has 

 been rejected by the States of that country by 22 votes 

 to 16. It is said that this rejection has caused a consi- 

 derable sensation. — The Augsburgh Gazette of the 8th 

 announces that the Emperor of Austria will proceed to 

 Presbur^h to close the Diet on the 26th in person. 



Italy. — A letter from Rome of tbe 20th ult. states, 

 that several new Cardinals were shortly to be appointed 

 by the Pope, and that the Archbishop of Cologne, who 

 had been received with the greatest distinction by His 

 Holiness, would be among the number. There are now, 

 throughout the world, 147 Catholic archbishops, 584 

 bishops, 71 vicars apostolical, 9 prefects, 3 apostolicals, 

 and 32G7 missionaries. In the course of the present 

 century (from 1800 to 1842), 40 new episcopal sees 

 have been created. — The Augsburg Gazette publishes a 

 letter from Naples of the 27th ult., which states that 



of the royal family, went through the streets in an open 

 carriage, amidst loud acclamations. 



Turkey and Egypt. — Letters from Constantinople 

 of the 27th ult. state that fresh disorders have broken 

 out in Albania. It had been hoped, from the successful 

 termination of the campaign of last spring, and the sub- 

 sequent measures adopted by the Porte for repairing the 

 effects of the revolt, that something like a permanent 

 tranquillity would have been established in that province. 

 The Seraskier had even succeeded in enforcing the con- 

 scription in several districts, having raised three batta- 

 lions of infantry in Calkan-delen,Prestineah, andUscup. 

 Letters, however, received at Constantinople show that all 

 that had been done during the past eight months for the 

 pacification of Albania has proved without effect, and 

 that a fresh revolt has begun in that province, equal in 

 extent and gravity to that of last spring.— A fire broke 

 out at Constantinople in the night of the 19th, about 

 11 o'clock, in the quarter of the horse market. It spread 

 with great rapidity, the wind blowing fresh from the 

 north-west at the time, and in a short period it had com- 

 municated to a great extent of building. At the first 

 alarm, the Ministers, ihe Pachas, the Grand Seraskier, 

 and the authorities, hastened to the spot ; but though 

 every exertion was made, it was not until five in the 

 morning that the flames could be got under. Not less 

 than 300 shops and stables we're destroyed, end about 

 150 house*, some of which were fine ones. The high 

 functionaries did not withdraw until they had taken 

 measures to afford assistance to such persons as the con- 

 flagration left destitute. It has been ascertained that 

 the fire commenced in a kitchen-chimney.— Accounts 

 from Alexandria of 26th ult. state, that Mehemet AH had 

 not yet returned any answer to the proposal of Mr. 

 Bourne to grant a privilege for the transit of passengers 

 and merchandise through Egypt. It was said that the 

 Pacha has regarded as a mirk of disrespect the sending a 

 simple employe of the Post-office to negotiate the mat- 

 ter, instead of an officer holding a commission from Her 

 Majesty's Government.— It is said that at the time of the 

 Pacha's flight, and the probability of Ibrahim's taking 

 the reins of government, a powerful faction had formed 

 itself in favour of Abbas Pacha ; so that Ibrahim stands 

 little chsnee at the death of Mehemet Ali. Said Pacha 

 only looks to the Porte to back him in case of any serious 

 disturbance breaking out. The fellahs have no affection 

 for either of them, siding with none, and it is said that 

 the troops would disperse of themselves. 



South Australia.— In a file of papers from Ade- 



independence, or annexation to the United States. The 

 election it is expected will be the most important and 

 exciting ever held in the province. — We learn, via Havan- 

 nah, that Gen. Woll has actually commenced operations 

 against Texas on the Rio Bravo, and that Gen. Houston, 

 President of Texas, had sent overtures to S mta Anna 

 for peace, the character of which has not transpired. 

 General Houston and his troops, however, have captured 

 the ringleaders of the "Regulator" and " Moderator," 

 bands of brigands that infest Northern Te\as. Mata- 

 moros, in Mexico, has been nearly destroyed by a hurri- 

 cane, and several people killed. The town of Basseterre, 

 Guadaloupe, has been destroyed by fire. Mr. Wolf, 

 agent of the American Mining Company in Cuba, and 

 several English and American miners have been arrested, 

 charged with a participation in the recent slave insurrec- 

 tion. The governor of Cuba has offered premiums for 

 the settlement of white families in that islaud. There 

 has been a new revolution at Lima, in which Domingo 

 Elias, a private citizen, has been proclaimed president. 



Guano from the coast of Labrador is abundantly imported 

 into the British provinces. Trinidad was visited by an 

 earthquake on the 30th of August, but no material damage 

 was sustained. Mr. Macready took his farewell of the 

 American stage at New York, in the character of King 

 Lear. The Park Theatre was densely crowded on the 

 occasion. It is said that Mr. Macready Ins realised a 

 profit of 35,000 dollars by his visit, a part of which he 

 has invested in Ohio 6 per Cents. 



CITY. 



Money Market. Friday. — Consols closed at 100 J 

 for money, nnd 100.} to J for account ; Bank Stock, 

 105 to G; Red. Three per Cents., 99$- to (; Three 

 and a quarter per Cent. New, 102 § to \ ; India 

 Stock, 287 to 8 ; Exchequer Bills, 73 to 75 pm. 



GAZKTTEOF THE WEEK— BANK UUPTS.—W. RfiHTS*, Cokhener, 

 Essex, builder— T. B. Halt,, Cofn-ershall, Ea»ex, growe— Af. and B. !•■«, 



Bermondsey, wool stapler— W. Chequer, Blackfriars-roid, saddler— L. 

 lUtiKKS, BishopsRate-street Within, saddlei— R. Footnkr. Lymirujton, 

 Hampshire, upholsterer_W. Hit-i., Woolwich, builder-W. Richardwn, 



Newcastle-upon-Tyne, glass manufacturer 



the disturbances in Calabria no longer excite any appre- 



heusion in the minds of the Government, of which the laide, South Australia, lately received, the result of a 



King has given proof by sending a telegraphic despatch 

 to order the liberation of the political prisoners in cus- 

 tody throughout the kingdom of Naples. — We learn 

 from Parma that the theatre of the ancient city has juit 

 been discovered at a considerable depth in the earth, and 

 in a remarkable state of preservation. The Government 

 has ordered researches to be made, and has purchased 

 several houses which stand in the way of the operation. 



RussrA. — Letters from St. Petersburgh of the 27th 

 nit. announce the death of Count de Benkendortf, first 

 Aide-de-camp of the Emperor, and former Minister of 

 Police, on beard the war-steamer Hercules, on his way 

 back from Germany. — The Russian journals state that 

 on the 27th June, in the district of Osselinsky and the 

 government of Georgia, a mountain, being nearly three 

 wersts in extent from the base to the summit, and covered 

 with trees, slipped, and did not cease to move until it 

 reached the hamlet of Scheleour, covering a space of 24 

 acres of cultivated land. The hamlet, composed of five 

 houses and three mills, was driven, together with its in- 

 habitants,half a werst further, but no lives were lost. — The 

 committee sitting at St. Petersburgh to dispose of the 

 funds allotted by Prince Frederick of Hesse, being the 

 dowry the Prince received with the late Grand Duchess 

 Alexandria, has, by permission of the Emperor, resolved 

 to erect an hospital for persons afflicted with affections of 

 the chest, the malady of which Her Imperial Highness 

 died. A fine open space has been selected for that pur- 

 pose, and the first stone is to be laid early next spring. 



Sweden. — A letter from Stockholm states that the 

 coronation of their Majesties was celebrated on the 

 20th ult. in the cathedral of that city. The morning 

 having been rainy, the procession could not proceed to 

 the church in the order prescribed. Their Majesties, 

 not wishing to delay the ceremony, went there in their 

 carriages, and were greeted with loud expressions of joy. 

 After divine service the coronation took place. When 

 it was concluded, the Prince Royal and his brothers, the 

 Dukes of Upland and Ostrogothie, took the oaths of 

 fidelity to the King, who embraced them both. The 

 act of homage of the States-General also offered an 

 imposing spectacle, and after they had taken the oath 

 the vault of the church rung with cries of * Long live 

 King Oscar ! ' The weather having cleared up, their 

 Majesties returned to the Palace on foot, in the order 

 prescribed by the ceremonial. An immense crowd was 

 assembled along their passage, and the windows, roofs, 

 and stands erected for the occasion were filled with spec- 

 tators, who threw flowers in the line of the procession, 

 and greeted the King with shouts of approbation. The 

 Queen Dowager could not, on account of her mourning, 

 be present at the august ceremony, but on the return of 

 their Majesties to the Palace, they proceeded to her 

 apartment to pay her their respects. The diplomatic 

 corps and the foreigners of distinction, on leaving the 

 church, proceeded to the inner court of the Palace to 

 present their homage to their Majesties as they passed. 

 The King the same day gave a grand dinner of GOO 

 covers. In the evening the city was illuminated, and 

 their Majesties, accompanied by the youthful branches 



Government census of that colony is given, exhibiting a 

 total of 17,196 souls as the population in February, 

 1844, exclusive of the aborigines, estimated in round 

 numbers at 650 more :— The numbers of each age under 

 two years are, 1724 ; two and under seven, 2893 ; seven 

 and under fourteen, 2563 ; fourteen and under twenty- 

 one, 1788 ; twenty-one and under forty-five, 7428 ; forty- 

 five and under sixty, 738; sixty and upwards, 62 ; total, 

 17,196. In these numbers are not comprised 70 

 persons reckoned for Kangaroo Island, and 100 for the 

 distant locality of Mount Gambier, which, if % added, 

 will make the grand total of colonists 17,366. The 

 census taken by Mr. M'Laren of the survey, in Fe- 

 bruary, 1841, with less assistance, but which has always 

 been considered sufficiently accurate for general data, 

 makes the population at that period little short of 15,000. 

 With the increase of population it is satisfactory 

 to observe there has been a decrease of crim% the 

 number of convictions in 1840 being 47 ; in 1841 

 enly 37 ; in 1842, 36; and in 1843, only 31. In 1840 

 there were 70 public houses in Adelaide ; in 1841, 67 ; 

 in 1842, 44 ; and in 1843, only 34. The religious dis- 

 tinctions stated among the results presented by the dili- 

 gent inquirers under the Census Act are too interesting 

 to omit. They are as follow : — Church of England, 

 9418; Church of Scotland, 1691 ; Wesleyan Method- 

 ists, 1669 ; other Protestant Dissenters, 3309 ; Roman 

 Catholics, 1055 ; Jews, 25 ; Mahommedansand Pagans, 

 32. There are 16 flour mills in South Australia, and 29 

 manufactories. The number of acres under cultivation 

 in 1843 was 28,690. The value of exports of colonial 

 produce, which in 1840 amounted to 15,650/., in 1843 

 reached 66,160/. 17s. 2d. The amount of Government 

 expenditure in 1840 was 169,966/. 195. 5tf., and the re- 

 venue 30,199/. 145. lid. ; in 1841, the expenditure was 

 reduced to 104,471/. 125. Zd. ; and the revenue 

 amounted to 26,720/. 155. lid. ; in 1842, the expendi- 

 ture was further reduced to 54,444/. 75. 3d. f with a re- 

 venue of 22,074/. 45. Gd. ; and in 1843, the expenditure 

 was 29,842/. I65. Gd. only, and the receipts 

 24,142/. 155. 2d.; whilst the first quarter of the present 

 year shows an excess of receipts above expenditure, the 

 total receipts for the quarter ending March 31, being 

 7928/. 1.55. 8d., and the total expenditure 6887/. 85. Id. 



United States. — By the Britannia steamer we have 

 advices from New York to the 30th ult. Mr. Calhoun, 

 Secretary of State, has been busily engaged in investigat- 

 ing all the questions at issue between England and the 

 United States, and it is anticipated that he will be pre- 

 pared with new measures on the subject in the coming 

 Congress. The only statement from a high source is the 

 remark, that u the difficulties between England and the 

 United States are so arranged that the claims of the 

 United States are placed on a satisfactory and honour- 

 able basis.'' The next session of Congress will be im- 

 portant. — The Canadian Parliament has been dissolved, 

 and anew election ordered, the new Parliament to meet 



J^Utropolts ant* its Ftrimtjn 



Court of Aldermen.— A Court was held on Tuesday 

 for the purpose of swearing in Mr. David Salomons, as 

 Alderman of Portsoken Ward. The town clerk called 

 upon Mr. Salomons to make the usual declaration, the 

 omission to subscribe which was fatal to his election for 

 tbe ward of Aldgate nine years ago. After an ineffectual 

 attempt to obtain an adjournment for the purpose or 

 consulting high legal authorities on the subject, Mr. 

 Salomons addressed the meeting at great length, stat ng 

 that as a Jew, he could not conscientiously make the 

 declaration, and contending that it was an unnecessary 



He had served the office of high 



and illegal form. 



sheriff of Kent, to which he had been appointed bvHer 

 Majesty ; he had also served the offi^osknl 

 London and Middlesex on the appo.ntmen of hu feUo * 

 ni.i,™,. • he was a deoutv-lieutenant for the county ot 



held on 



Kent, and a magistrate of two o ther count.es He pro 

 tested therefore against his exclusion by the Lo»« o 

 Aldermen, and said that although he m «" ent «™ % 

 Court under the cloak of being a Separat,,^ he d ..clanx tt 

 inv subterfuee, and would only enter the Cour„ conscien 

 "oLly and 7s a man of honouV After some d.jcus. on 

 and several divisions, the Court resolved by m.jor.ty 

 of 10 to 6, that Mr. Salomons elec oat "«& ™ 

 the lord mayor was requested to hold a new el^tioo. 



?H5 % ass "s^SH 



contest, as it is his intention to petition against the 

 sion of the Court of Aldermen. 



Court of Common Council.-k Court was 

 Thursday/when the Lord Mayor annou need that the 

 deputation appointed by «-e.corpo„uo»tad had 



honour of waiting «P°VW nR A«l been graciously 

 city address, and that Hi, Majesty had been gr ^ 



pleased to give an a "r er,Wh ' C '" accordingly read 



read to the Court. The *™«™^Z\™*<- » 

 and each paragraph received with vocferous appla ^ 

 was then resolved that the address of ^th ^rf 01 and 



ornamentally written, properly embl«o, ed, £am 

 s la Z ed, and transmitted to H.s Majesty the K m ^ 



French. It was also ^"'"^VJulu £ \ e \ ns erted 

 answer of the King of the F rench »*»«£ ^h b e 

 ■R» ^-f^li'^^mhirzontndoKsererord 



taken by the comm.ttee to embl. z ed copy 



the answer of the King, and that an eng {( 



should be transmitted to every member of he Co ^ 

 was also resolved that « »""" * K to the ei* 

 Queen on the occasion of her auspicious visit 

 to onen the Roval Exchange. «utbo- 



and from the progress made y> th ' n '^f r „ oms will * 

 i9 the general opinion that the ^"^""paration 

 almost finished, so as to require but right p V 

 and temporary decoration on the an p.co ^ 

 The grand entertainment is to ^ ' a "! ° d oa a raised 



on the 12th November. Letters from Canada say that ine gram. =■"««■• ■"" t i3 t0 be placed on a ..» 

 the two chief parties are monarchical and republican, one room. Across tarn. ^ lor ^ Majesty, rr""' 



strenuous for British connection, the other anxious for] flooring at its soutn ena, 



