Nov. 2,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



million of francs, which has been so long expected. It 

 was expected that the ordonnance to that effect would be 

 published in the official papers of Sunday. — The Revue 

 de Paris states that the King, on quitting Windsor, had 

 given orders for a sum of 50,000 f. to be distributed 

 amongst the servants of the household, but on its being 

 observed to him that Queen Victoiia had only given 

 25,000 f. at En, His Majesty, from a sense of pro- 

 priety, ordered that the same amount should be given in 

 his name. — The National states that an Envoy of su- 

 perior rank is about to be dispatched by the Minister of 



has put himself, do not object to the proposed u reforms 

 as being bad, retrograde, or destructive of liberty, but 

 merely as being inopportune. They all concur in their 

 determination to destroy the constitution of 1837; and 

 the only question is whether it shall be done now or at 

 some more favourable opportunity. M. Isturitz, who 

 wished the reform to be postponed till after the other 

 business of the Legislature was got through, has spoken 

 very warmly in the committee in favour of a postpone- 

 ment, and has determined, it is said, to bring forward a 

 motion on the subject, which, according to the regu- 



Commerce to London, to conclude the negotiations re- lations in the Spanish Cortes, must be discussed 



lative to a treaty of commerce commenced by M. Guizot 



when at Windsor. — The long-expected promotion in the 



peerage of France has at length taken place. The number 



of new peers is 15, of whom none are members of the 



Chamber of Deputies. The names best known among 



the promotions are, the celebrated Victor Hugo ; M. 



Martel, formerly a member of the Chamber of Deputies ; 



M. Delessert, the brother of the Prefect of the Seine ; 



and Count Jaubert, a former member of the Thiers 



Ministry. The complete list of names has not yet been 



before the main question. The first important debate 

 in the Chamber will, therefore, be upon this motion. 

 The bill relative to the demand of the Government to 

 legislate freely upon matters connected with the ayunta- 

 mienlos, provincial deputations, political governments, 

 and provincial councils of administration, had been sent 

 to a committee of the Senate nominated for that pur- 

 pose. The Senate on the 25th concluded the discus- 

 sion on the Address, and adopted almost unanimously 

 all the paragraphs of the report. In the course of the 



published. It is supposed that soon after the meeting of debate, M. Martinez de la Rosu, in alluding to the case 



the Chambers a further promotion will take place, and upon 

 that occasion it will be confined to members of the Cham- 

 ber of Deputies. — Violent storms have lately produced 

 considerable ravages in the south of France. In Mar- 

 seilles the inundations were so great, that the water rose 

 above the carriage wheels in the streets. In Toulouse a 

 terrific storm visited the town on the 24th ult. At Avig- 

 non and other towns, the Rhone, the Durance, and the 

 Saone had overflowed, and committed considerable ra- 

 vages. A letter from Cette, near Montpelier, gives an 

 account of a dreadful storm and whirlwind which 

 visited that town on the 22d ult., and did a vast 

 deal of damage. The Government establishment of 

 engineers, a very large bmldiug, was utterly destroyed, 

 even the walls not being left standing. The zinc roof of 

 the building was carried into the air, and broken into 

 thousands of pieces, which fell in different parts of the 

 town, where they did a great deal of injury. Several 

 other Urge buildings were destroyed, and the place is 

 described as resembling a town which had undergone 

 the horrors of a siege. At the same time a storm pre- 

 vailed in the harbour, which wrecked and sunk six or 

 seven large merchant vessels, besides a great number of 

 fishing and other boats. The number of persons who 

 perished is calculated at about 30, but the exact number 

 was not known, and numbers were still misting whose 

 fate was uncertain. A great number besides are severely 

 wounded fiom the falling houses, and even at the time 

 when the accounts came away the people were afraid of 

 a renewal of the disasters, as the storm was not yet over. 

 This unlooked-for calamity had created the utmost dis- 

 tress and alarm.-— Paris letters express fears that the pre- 

 diction of M. Arago, that » the impending winter will be 

 me coldest known for many years," is likely to prove cor- 

 rect. The Conslitulionnel states that the mountains in the 

 neighbourhood of Chambery are covered with snow, and 

 that the same appearance was observed in the neighbour- 

 hood of the Pyrenees.— The question as to whether the 

 heart of St. Louis was really contained, as reported, in 

 the box found on the 15th of May, last year, in the Sainte 

 Chapelle, has been finally set at rest. It is decided that 

 tne remain* in that box are not those of St. Louis, and 

 they have been restored to the place from which they 

 were taken. J 



Spain-.— We have accounts from Madrid to the 26th 

 ult. Ihe Government plan for the reform of the con- 

 stitution is the sole topic of the day, and its boldness 

 appears to have taken all classes by surprise. The 

 sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of the 18th was 

 invested with much solemnity. The whole building was 

 fc..ed. Among other persons present were the Ambassa- 

 dor of France, the Ministers of England and Naples, and 

 the Charges d Affaires of Belgium and Denmark • the 

 Duke of Glucksberg (on his way to Morocco), M. de 

 Broglie, and M. Gamier Pages. The six Ministers were 

 present in costume. Before reading the new Reform 

 Bill General JN'arvaez uttered a few words, explaining 

 that in consequence of very serious reasons laid before 

 her by her Council of Ministers, the Queen had deter- 

 mined upon presenting the Bill of Reform in the Consti- 

 tution. After going over the articles of the bill he 

 eutered into a lengthy explanation of the motives which 

 had called for it, and of the spirit in which it was con- 

 ceived. After this speech the Chamber assembled in the 

 different sections in order to nominate the committee for 

 the Address. This preliminary operation produced a 

 better result than was expected. The discussion in 

 the sections was lively, and referred chiefly to the 

 fourth paragraph of the speech of the Throne rela- 

 tive to the electoral system. Of the seven Commis- 



sioners, one only, M. l.turitz, was hostile to the pro- 

 position, as inopportune His opposition, it seems/was 

 attriouted to the disappointment he experienced in seeing 

 himself unsupported by the Government in his desire to 

 obtain the Presidency of the Cortes. The sections were 

 to meet again on the next day in order to nominate the 

 committee upon the Constitutional Reform Bill. This 

 it was expected, would give a better idea of the opinions' 

 of the members of the Chamber on this important ques- 

 tion, although there is little doubt that the Government 

 will succeed. In the seven sections into which the 

 Cir-.mber is divided, all of which have to make a report 

 on the subject, the whole of the reporters are in favour 

 of the Government, and if the decision in the sections 

 could be taken as a true indication, the Government 

 will carry its measure by a majority or 2 te 1. Even the 

 opposers of the project, at the head of whom M. Istnritz 



of Don Carlos, declared that nothing could be done until 

 he had submitted to and acknowledged the present Go- 

 vernment ; but that he could never be allowed to return to 

 Spain with the airs of a conqueror. He said the Government 

 were aware of the conspiracies formed by the Carlist and 

 Exaltado party both at home and abroad, and had 

 taken every measure to prevent the intrigues of both. 

 This speech seems to have excited considerable sensa- 

 tion. The Minister of Finance, it was expected, 

 would present his budget to the Cortes in a few 

 days, with the announcement of several important 

 measures of financial reform. Some of the papers 

 give a most alarming account of the revolutionary pro- 

 jects in various parts of Spain, and especially in Catalo- 

 nia ; but it is represented as the general tactic of the 

 revolutionists to say in the provinces that all is ripe for 

 a movement in Madrid, and in Madrid that all is ripe for 

 a movement in the provinces. It would appear, how- 

 ever, from the correspondence intercepted upon General 

 Ametler, that a revolution menaces the country, for the 

 purpose of re-establishing Espartero, and overthrowing 

 the Queen. A letter from Perpignan of the 19th 

 states that orders were given on that day for the forma- 

 tion of a cordon upon the frontiers. This measure, it was 

 supposed, was connected with the movement and subse- 

 quent arrest of several Spanish refugees upon the frontiers 

 of Catalonia. It appears that the news of the arrest 

 which had taken place upon the frontiers of Catalonia of 

 several influential persons attached to the Progresista 

 party, had produced considerable sensation in Madrid, 

 inasmuch as it gave a certain weight to the reports of the 

 expected movement. Letters from Valladolid state that 

 a vast conspiracy has been detected there, the object of 

 which was to proclaim the constitution of 1812, and to 

 protract the Queen's minority four years more. The 

 conspirators, most of them military men, are stated to 

 have been seized and thrown into prison, and General 

 Lemerich, ex-Governor of Madrid, who was in that city 

 under surveillance, has effected his escape. — The jury 

 summoned to try the Espectador paper for an article 

 published in it on the 15th August last, have declared, 

 amidst much applause in the court, that there was no 

 reason to proceed against the paper. The palace of 

 Buen Vista, which it appears has been given up to Don 

 Manuel Godoy, Prince of Peace, has been sold by him 

 to Senor Salamanca for four millions of reals, being pur- 

 chased on account of Queen Christina, who will reside 

 there with M. Munoz, after the acknowledgment of their 

 marriage. It is said that the Government engages to 

 bring in a bill to secure her dotation as Queen Dowager 

 with the title of Majesty. Even in the capital, however, 

 much dissatisfaction is expressed at the marriage of the 

 Queen-Mother, which is also viewed with disapproba- 

 tion by her daughter, Queen Isabella. It would seem, 

 in fact, from all that has appeared on the subject from 



Madrid, Paris, and other quarters, that the influence of 

 Queen Christina is at an end. 



Germany.— Accounts from Berlin of the 21st ult. 

 state that the Prince of Prussia was then in so satisfactory 

 a state that no more bulletins would be issued. The 

 Berlin journals of the 19th publish a ministerial order 

 abolishing the granting of licences for marriages within 

 any of the degrees of consanguinity forbidden by the law. 

 They say also that during his recent stay at Berlin, Lord 

 Palmerstou had openly and forcibly expressed how much 

 the invading tendencies of Prussia were contrary to the 

 English interests, and that the Prussian papers had all 

 combined in accusing him of a want of delicacy in the 

 mariner m which he had uttered his opinions. They 

 aiso mention a report that the King of Prussia is 

 about to emancipate the Jews. A lettsr of the 21st 

 states that " The King has just granted permission 

 to M. Gneist, one of the professors of the royal univer- 

 sity of Berlin, to open a course of lectures on the nature 

 and operation of trial by jury. This measure has given 

 great satisfaction to the public, as it looks like the 

 announcemeut of an intention to introduce, at no distant 

 period, into western Prussia, the institution of the jury, 

 which exists in the Rhenish provinces." A Frankfort 

 journal announces th«t M. Pezyluski, Administrator- 

 general of the diocese of Gnesen, has been elected Arch- 

 bishop of Posen.— The Revue de Paris states that the 

 invitation given by the Court of Austria to His Royal 

 Highness the Due d'Aumale extends also to his brothers. 

 —The pipers state that the clergy of Treves, not content 

 with the devotion excited by the holy garment in their 

 possession, are now endeavouring to recover one of the 



nails which is said to have traninxeTInTSeT^T^ 

 of our Saviour. It appears that this nail .£ u ,* 

 merly belonged to the Treasury of Tev CS 'has S ^ 

 is not known how, into the ha/ds of ^^1 

 The Bishop of Treves consequently i s now in negotS 



the Austrian-Minister.— A letter from D ? 

 the 13th states, that the remains of Carl M^ri * 

 Weber, who died at London in 1826, had been mtUS 

 in the Catholic cemetery of thatcity.-A royal ordinal 

 in Bavaria has again reduced the price of beer in T 

 Royal breweries, and thus once more contrived to eal 

 the public mind, which was already in a state of «£ 

 siderable excitement. ^° 



Holland.— The ordinary Session of the States Ge 

 neral was opened on the 21st ult. by the King in person* 

 The speech from the throne alluded with satisfaction 

 to the political relations of the country, and to the sacri 

 rices made by the people for the reduction of the public 

 debt, by which a considerable saving had been effectei 

 Improvements in commercial legislation, and the reform 

 of the monetary system, were mentioned as subjects for 

 the consideration of the States. The King afterwardi 

 nominated the President of the first Chamber, and the 

 second Chamber commenced its proceedings by examin. 

 ing the validity of elections. 



Belgium. — The German papers state that objectioni 

 have been made by England to the treaty of Belgium with 

 the Zollverein, and that the British Minister at Brussels 

 had declared to the Belgian Government, that every new 

 concession of the kind would be looked upon by ths 

 British Cabinet as a formal act of hostility to England. 

 — The Minister of Finances has just presented to the 

 Chamber of Representatives the budget of receipts and 

 expenditure for 1845. The receipts are estimated at 

 111,198,170 francs, and the expenditure at 109,961,790 

 francs, showing a surplus revenue of 1,236,380 francs. 

 — A letter from Frankfort of the 22d mentions a report 

 that the Emperor of Russia is about to recognise the 

 independence of Belgium, and to establish diplomatic 

 relations with that country. 



Switzerland. — The Grand Council of Lucerne, on 

 the 24th ult., after a warm debate, which lasted from 8 

 in the morning till 7 in the evening, resolved to recall 

 the Jesuits, and intrust them with the education of the 

 people, by a majority of 70 votes to 24. 



Sweden. — The affairs of Sweden begin to create a 

 sensation in the political world. The four Estates have 

 in the present Diet, and partially in the late one, sepa- 

 rated into two bitterly adverse parties, the nobles and 

 the priesthood being in opposition to the citizens and the 

 peasantry ; and the result has been a conflict to which it 

 is not easy to foresee an end, except through the inter- 

 position of the King. — Letters from Stockholm state 

 that the King of Sweden has demanded the authorisation 

 to concede to a foreign Power, which is not named, and 

 under most disadvantageous conditions, the island of St 

 Bartholomew. In making this demand the King re- 

 marked that this colony was onerous rather than useful 

 to the resources of the country, and proposed that until 

 the Diet should have decided upon this point, the island 

 should be administered by the Department of the 

 Finances instead of bv the Crown. St. Bartholomew u 

 one of the small Antilles Islands, situated to the north 

 of Guadaloupe. It has a population of 5000 inhabitants, 

 and its capital is Gustavia. Its port, which is open to 

 lar*e vessels, is excellent. It has belonged to b«reden 

 since 1784, when it was ceded to that country by * ranee. 



Russia.— Letters from St. Petersburgh state that the 

 Emperor has been so violently affected by his gner, oc ' 

 casioned by the loss of the Grand Duchess A^ara, 

 that his health has been greatly shaken since that even. 

 Leeches have been applied three several time*. * 

 Emperor lives in a state of complete isolation, ana ,p; 

 no attention whatever to public affairs. His temj e 

 been also much embittered. His state ™ nea " Q . ia 

 rally produces a very deep and painful i*P* BS t 

 St. Petersburgh.— Steam navigation is dai y mswob = 

 progress in the Russian empire. The Baltic fleet n ^ 

 bers 17 steamers ; the Black Sea 13, and 5 tor ^^ 

 vice of the ports ; on the Caspian there are . ^ 

 are likewise steam-boats on the Neva, the w o wo . ^ 

 Duna, the Dnieper, the lake of Peipus* and in ^ 



Even in Siberia there exists a steamer, upon L.^ Con- 



Turkey and Egypt.— We have accounts ro ^ 

 stantinople to the 7th ult., and from AteMna* 

 6th. In the night of the 2d, Pera, which has ■ ^ 

 suffered by fire, was again visited by a com j d 

 It broke out in the quarter built of wood, ana ^ 



It broke out in the quarter built oi * u ~J' tiu j t hsd 

 towards the north-west, and was not got * na Qwes its 

 raged for eight hours. The great street ot i e ^.^ 

 safety chiefly to the long stone wall oM ^.^ 

 belonging to the Russian Legation. X ne w ^ ^ 

 makes the number of houses reduced to asne ~ ^ 

 highest 400. We need not wonder at the owe ^.^ 

 streets and lanes, with few exceptions, Dei ^ he jOnf 

 names, and all the houses without numbe ^ # l0 D 00f.. w 

 of the French has sent a splendid doll, worm > gU a 

 the Sultan Abdul Medjid, as a present tor n jde 



Maime, now four years old.-We learn fro ^ 

 that the Minister of Foreign Affairs in ae r ievf j C b, 



in his resignation, and been succeeded by r &n ^ 

 Who filled the post before his exile — hrott i ^ ^^ 

 we learn that Mr. Bourne, who has been se ^^ 

 by the London Post-office authorities t0 ", d isB»» 

 ments with Mehemet Ali for the transit ot we ^ fa ^ 

 through Egypt, has had several conference. t0 Cairo 

 Bev, the Prime Minister. Artin Bey went _> lgob j<?ct, 

 Li._ : *u- D™»u«»«.;«ofri'n/»tinnsconcernii— __ naX e& 



to receive the Pasha's instructions concerns h je H 



and, although the nature of the arrangement e 0i 



is not known, it is said that they are not P 



