THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



M rj ect. The 



E -4,000,000 acres, 



scientific men having demonstrated that this phenome- 

 non has no other ciuse than the devastations made in 

 the forests, the Minister of the Imperial domains is at 

 this moment occupied in regulating the annual consump- 

 tion of the woods. — The Journal des Debats publishes 

 the following extract from the Silesian Gazette, which, 

 it observes, would be incredible if it referred to any other 

 country but unfortunate Poland: — "Some days since 

 there were arrested at Warsaw more than 20 collegians, 

 accused of having formed part of a secret society. The 

 young men, of from 13 to 14 ye^rs of age, were trans- 

 ported into the interior of Russia, and the more aged 

 were marched towards the frontiers of Caucasus, to serve 

 as private soldiers in the Russian army." 



Turkey. — It is stated that the Porte has seriously 

 come to the resolution to fortify and place in a state of 

 defence the entrances of the Bosphorus and the Darda- 

 nelles. Several officers of engineers have declared that 

 the present fortifications are insufficient to prevent an 

 enemy's fleet from effecting its passage, as it could com- 

 pass its object by landing artillery to destroy the Turkish 

 batteries. Artillerymen, to the number of 3000, will 

 therefore be sent to the Dardanelles, and 2000 to the 

 forts at the entrance of the Bosphorus. — The Augsburg 

 Gazette of the 14th inst. state?, that a fresh attempt at 

 revolt had taken place in Servia, but had been defeated 

 by the energy of the Government. The object of the 

 attempted insurrection was to restore to power theObre- 

 nowitsch family. It is asserted, that during the last two 

 months preparations had been made on the frontier to 

 accomplish this object. Flags and uniforms had been 

 completed, and a quantity of arms and ammunition was 

 collected. The attempt was made by a person named 

 Jounovitsh, at the head of a band of pretended emi- 

 grants, clad iu a uniform resembling that of the Servian 

 regiments. 



Greece. — Letters from Athens of the 6th state that 

 the King and Queen of Greece had left Athens on the 

 previous day, ou a trip of pleasure to Roumelia. Their 

 Majesties were expected back on the 17th or 18th. The 

 whole of the journey was to be made on horseback. The 

 King's fete was celebrated on the 30th September, with 

 the usual rejoicings. On that occasion, the Grand Cross 

 of the Order of the Saviour was conferred upon M. 

 Metaxa. The discussions in the Chambers, though of 

 no peculiar public importance, have been very warm. 

 No regular trial of party strength had taken place, and 

 hitherto the Ministry have been in the majority. Gen. 

 Grivas, who was banished from Greece by the last Mi- 

 nistry, finished his quarantine on the 5th, and had landed 

 at the Pirseus. 



United States — By the picket-ship Cambridge, we 

 have accounts from New York to the 4th inst. The 

 threatened crusade for the extermination of the Mor- 

 raonites had assumed an aspect of immediate danger, and 

 the anti-Mormon party of Hancock county, Illinois, had 

 called an armed assembly, to meet at that place on the 

 27th ult. Prompted by this movement, and in pur- 



i i'he pupils of suance of his announced resolution, Governor Ford had 



the Academy of Fine Arts, with their standard, attended ordered out 2.500 of the State militia for the preservation 

 by the committee and a band of music, accompanied the of the public peace, and to prevent the violation of the 

 statue t o the site on which it is to be erected. The very constitution and laws of the State. The result has not 



vehicle which had brought this masterpiece from Munich reached us, but it is highly probable that, finding Go- 

 was saluted with loud fl<ttlamafinn« The ,'n Q „rr. ..-«*,•«« ro-™.. GV-J — j-j *x** r . ., ■.. ? . 5 . 



land which is offered to them is 

 Jfhe price only 1,000,000 dollars.— 

 rom Vienna we learn that Count Maurice Dietrichstein 

 is officially appointed Ambassador to the Court of St. 

 James's, and The Minister ad interim, the Baron de 

 Nieumann, who is about to marry the eldest daughter 

 of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, is appointed 

 to the Legation de Faraille at Florence. Count 

 Dietrichstein will come to England as soon as 

 the necessary arrangements can be effected, and a resi- 

 dence found, the Duke of Buckingham intending 

 himself to occupy Chandos-house, the present abode of 

 the Austrian Embassy in London. — The investigation 

 respecting the officers of the Austrian navy at Venice, in 

 consequence of the treasonable conduct of the brothers 

 Bandiera, is not yet terminated, but seems on the con- 

 trary to become more extensive. More witnesses, and 

 persons inculpated, are summoned and examined. The 

 captain of the ship-of-the-line who succeeded Admiral 

 Bandiera in the command of the squadron in the Levant 

 is also recalled. — A letter from Vienna of the 11th inst. 

 states, that the Jesuits were making constant progress in 

 the Austrian territories. Their order had been established 

 with great pomp and solemnity at Venice, in addition to the 

 Jesuits' seminaries at Lemberg, Tannopol, Monsbruck, 

 Gratz.anl Linz. The same letter complains of the creation 

 of so many new nobles : as little store as may be set upon 

 nobility in V r ienna, this rank confers upon numerous in- 

 dividuals privileges, especially in matters of jurisdiction, 

 and in the conscription, which prove detrimental to the 

 lower an I middling classes. — Letters from Clausthal, a 

 mining town in the Hartz Forest, in Hanover, give ac- 

 cov i of a dreadful conflagration, which broke out in 

 that place on the night of the lGth ult., and in the short 

 space of a few hours destroyed a church and several pub- 

 lic ffiice*, swept away "213 dwelling houses and a j^reat 

 number of stables and barns, and left 3000 of the in- 

 habit ints without a root to shelter them from the rigour 

 of a northern winter, to which the town of Clausthal, 

 owing to its situ-Uion on the top of a mountain, is par- 

 ticularly exposed.— It is stated that a paragraph which 

 has lately gone the round of the newspapers with respect 

 to Prince Leiningen, is totally devoid of foundation, so 

 far as Prince Leiningen, the son of Her Royal Highness 

 the Duchess of Kent, and his family are concerned. At 

 the period when the occurrence in question is reported 

 to have taken place at Mentz, His Serene Highness was 

 residing on his estates at Hohenburg, in Bavaria. — The 

 Rhenish Observer states, that the inhabitants of Cob- 

 lentz and the neighbouring towns had opened a subscrip- 

 tion to collect the funds necessary for the purchase of a 

 cargo of Rhenish wine of the first quality, which they 

 propose to send as a present to Mr. O'Connell. — A letter 

 from Frankfort, dated the 17th inst., states that the 

 statue of Goethe arrived the day before on the frontiers 

 of that territory on its triumphal procession through 

 Germany, and made its entry into the city, decorated 

 with flowers and fligs of every description. Frankfort- 

 on-Maine was the birthplace of Goethe. 



was saluted with loud acclamations. The inauguration 

 of the monument of this celebrated man will take place, 

 it was said, this week. 



Belgium.— The opening of the Belgian Chambers 



vernor Ford so determined to quell disturbance, the 

 meeting would not proceed to extremities. Great com- 

 plaints had been made of the delay in bringing the mur- 

 derers of Joe Smith to justice. The Governor had inti- 



PriL« h t Tuesday, the Queen and two infant mated that he is ready to sustain the proper authorities 

 1 nnces beins: present at the cprpmnnr. Rl« Mo; oc t w \ n ^^ oa A: :*u Zi .. X 



Princes being present at the ceremony. His Majesty, 

 King Leopold, delivered a speech on the occasion, which 

 is devoid of public interest, being devoted for the most 

 part to local affairs, and containing no information which 

 could interest our readers. A treaty of commerce be- 

 tween Belgium and the Zollverein has just been ratified, 

 and a very serious increase had been made by the Belgian 

 Government in the duties upon silk and cotton manu- 

 factures, and also upon machines imported into that 

 country. As regards England, the measure is a most 

 injurious one, as the duties on English cotton and silk 

 manufactures are greatly increased, while the produc- 

 tions of France and the Zollverein are admitted at the 

 present duties. The effect will be to drive the manu- 

 factures of Manchester out of the Belgian markets, and 

 to have them replaced by the manufactures of Rouen and 

 Mulhausen. The whole measure is one of the utmost 

 hostility to England. 



Russia.— A letter from St. Petersburgh, of the 27th 

 nit, states " that the Imperial family continued to re- 

 side at Peterhoff, in great seclusion. Time has not vet 

 diminished the grief that the death of the august daughter 

 of the Emperor has excited in the hearts of all the 

 members of the family."— A considerable portion of the 

 St. letersburgh and Warsaw railroad is finished, and 

 will be shortly opened. An experimental trip took place 

 over the completed portion on the 29th ult. Prince and 

 Princess Paskewitsch were in one of the carriages. 

 Count Nesselrode embarked at Lubeck on the 12th inst. 

 for St. Petersburgh.— A letter from Warsaw of the 4th 

 inst. states that MM. Tymenzezki and Kaczynski, en- 

 gineers of this city, had just invented a reaping-machine, 

 which was tried in the presence of the Governor, the 

 Prince de Paskiewitz, and several engineers. The ma- 

 chine worked admirably, and in less than an hour had 

 cut down an acre of oats, and piled up the straw with as 

 much regularity as if it had been done by the hand. Such 

 a machine, of the largest dimensions, would cost about 

 5000 florins of Poland, or 300/ — The Presse states, that 

 for more than ten years past there has been remarked a 

 successive diminution of the waters in the north of 

 Russia. The investigations made on this subject by 



in proceeding with the prosecutions.— The papers are 

 chiefly occupied with electioneering speeches and intelli- 

 gence, and contain little of interest to the European 

 reader. We extract the following from a letter published 

 by Mr. Clay :— « I am decidedly opposed to the immediate 

 annexation of Texas to the United States. I think it 

 would be dishonourable, might involve them in war, 

 would be dangerous to the integrity and harmony of the 

 Union, and, if all these objections were removed, could 

 not be effected, according to any information I possess, 

 upon just and admissible conditions."— At a meeting of 

 the Whig party at Boston, on the 19th ult., Mr. Web- 

 ster made a long and eloquent speech. Alluding to 

 lexas, he advised that she should continue to be an inde- 

 pendent nation, and repudiated the idea that England 

 will seek to acquire any special connection with Texas. 

 He spoke of the fixed determination of the British Go- 

 vernment to discountenance slavery, on which a voice in 



m c ^ w k d . exclaimed ' " They are all slaves in England." 

 Mr. Webster turned quickly on the speaker, and with a 

 flashing eye and indignant voice, asked what blood they, 

 the citizens of the United States, inherited ; from whence 

 were the first guarantees of the liberty of the subject de- 

 rived ? He proceeded to say that Mexico had a right to 

 regain Texas if she could do so speedily and promptly : 

 but otherwise a war of petty depredation must be put a 

 stop to by the great Powers. His course on the subject 

 of protection would be the principle, - If you will trade 

 with me, I will trade with you." He would, however, 

 have the hand-labour of America protected against the 

 cheap labour of the operatives of Europe. 



CITY. 



Money Market, Friday. — Consols for account 

 closed at 100; Red. Three per Cents., 99; New 

 and a quarter per Cents., 102 ; Bank Stock, 

 India Bonds, 91 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 71 to 73 



Three 

 202*; 

 prem. 



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The Opening of the New Exchange.— The prepara- 

 tions which the Gresham Committee and Corporation 

 are making for the reception of Her Majesty on the 

 opening ot the New Exchange on Monday next, are 

 upon the most extensive scale. Her Majesty will arrive 

 at Temple-bar at 12 o'clock. A speech will be delivered 

 according to custom, upon the visit of the Sovereign to 

 the City, at St. Paul's, by a scholar of Christ's Hos- 

 pital ; and it is believed, if Her Majesty has time to hear 

 it, another will be spoken at St. Paul's School by one of 

 the youths on Dean Colet's foundation, of which place 

 of education the Mercers' Company are trustees. The 

 procession from Temple-bar to the Exchange will be led 

 by a certain number of the Corporation, aldermen and 

 commoners, in full costume, on horseback, in accordance 

 with ancient custom ; and it is said that there is to 

 be a procession of the Livery, in dresses of the age of 

 Queen Elizabeth. It is supposed that Her Majesty will 

 arrive at the Exchange about 1 o'clock, and leave the 

 building on her return to Windsor at 3. Her Majesty 

 will appear in state and in the state carriage, accom- 

 panied by her Ministers and suite. Most of the distin- 

 guished Members of both Houses of Parliament, and all 

 the leading merchants and bankers have been invited. 

 Her Majesty will be received, upon her arrival, at the 

 platform in front of the portico, at the west end of the 

 Exchange, by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Recorder, 

 and the members of the Gresham Committee. The pro- 

 cession will proceed through the west entrance, along 

 the south side, and round the ambulatory to the west end 

 again ; then crossing the open area from west to east, 

 continuing to the entrance of Lloyd's rooms, in the eastern 

 area of the great staircase and into the lobby. The Sheriffs, 

 Aldermen , and Com mittee will here fall back right and left, 

 to allow Her Majesty to pass down the commercial rooms, 

 attended by the Lord Mayor, the Chairman and Master 

 of the Mercers' Company. The procession on the 

 return of the Queen into the lobby, will precede Her 

 Majesty into the reading-room to the throne prepared 

 there. Upon Her Majesty taking her seat, the Recorder 

 will deliver to Her Majesty on the part of the Corporation 

 of London and the Mercers' Company, as joint trustees 

 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham, a suitable address. 

 And in order that Her Majesty may not be inconve- 

 nienced, the deputation will not consist of more than 50 

 persons. After Her Majesty's answer to the address 

 the Lord Mayor will present to Her Majesty the Chair- 

 man of the Gresham Committee, Master of the Mercers' 

 Companv, the Architect, and the seconder of the address 

 in the Court of Common Council. The whole deputa- 

 tion will then retire to their seats, and the Queen and 

 suite to her private apartments. At the dejeuner the 

 Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, the Chairman of the Gresham 

 Committee, and the Master of the Mercers' Company 

 will precede Her Majesty to the royal table, and. the 

 Lord Mayor only will attend Her Majesty at the dejeiiner. 

 The Bishop of London will say grace. At the close of 

 the dejeiiner Her Majesty will be preceded in the same 

 way down stairs across the open area to her carriage at 

 the great western entrance. The Lord Mayor will then 

 request that Her Majesty will be graciously pleased to 

 allow the New Exchange to be called the New Royal 

 Exchange by the proclamation of heralds in the Mer- 

 chants' area. The whole line from Temple-bar to Corn- 

 hill is to be laid over with gravel. No public vehicle 

 will be allowed to pass through any part of the line after 

 7 o'clock in the morning; while, to prevent a rash by the 

 people, barricades are to be placed in different parts, 

 through which no one will be allowed to pass except on 

 business. The Lord Mayor on Thursday issued the 

 followTng order on this subject:-!. That the several 

 streets between Bishopsgate-street and Temple-bar be 

 closed at 7 in the morning ; and that no cart, waggon, or 

 other carriage be allowed to remain therein, under any 

 pretence whatever, after 8 o'clock. 2 That nocarnag 



be admitted into any of the ^^ between ^ e " p1 ^" 

 and Bishopsgate-street after 7 o'clock except those going 

 to the Exchange (who must produce their tickets of invi- 

 tation) or who come within regulation No. 4. 6. 1 hat 

 no person be allowed to pass or remain in the Poultry, 

 Mansion-house-street, Cornhil, Bartholomew-lane or 

 Threadneedle-street, after 7 o'clock, except inhabitants 

 and others going to the houses in those s *'f ^ h ° ™ 

 be permitted to pass for that purpose nnti 19, after *hich 

 time no person whatever will be admitted into those 

 streets. 4. No carriages will be ^allowed £ enter the hne 

 of procession between Temple-bar and the Poultry after 

 10 o'clock, nor to remain after having set down the 

 company, under any pretence whatever except with an 

 invitation to the Exchange. 5 That the only ^barnen 

 for the admission of company be Temple-bar Newgate 

 street, Queen-streetCheaps.de (coming over Southwark 

 bridge), and Moorgate-street. 6. That the clerk of the 

 (itv Works do take proper measures for stopping up cue 

 side streets throughout the whole line of procession, 

 under the directions of the Commissioner of Ponce. 

 7 That the barriers for the admission of company oe 

 closed at 11 o'clock, and not opened upon any P retenc ^ 

 the admission of company going to the Exchange, except 

 the members of the Royal Family, the Cabinet Ministers, 

 and officers of State, and those engaged in the procession, 



