Nov. 2,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



that neither party can agree on the 



Mr. Bourne had been up to Cairo 



and expected to have this affair 



by the 20th, for the return of the 



The French Consulate is earnestly 



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^isfactorily, and 

 principal points, 

 for a few days, 

 finally terminated 

 English steamer, 

 watching Mr. Bourne's proceedings, and there is no doubt 

 that they are acquainted with all the details. The 

 scientific Prussian mission, under Dr. Lepsius. was on 

 the 20th September at the Island of Phile. Dr. Lepsius 

 has terminated his travels in Ethiopia, and was on his 

 wa v to Thebes, where he intends to spend the winter, and 

 expects to return to Cairo in the spring. Everything is 

 quiet in Egypt. Mehemet Ali is still at Cairo, where he 

 at present enjoys excellent health. 



United States. — The mail steamer Caledonia ar- 

 rived at Liverpool on Wednesday, with news from Boston 

 to the 16th, and from Halifax to the 18th ult. The 

 elections in the various States entirely engross the 

 papers ; those of New Jersey and Ohio had resulted in 

 the return of Whigs, and in Pennsylvania the majority 

 for the democratic governor was so small, that on the 

 whole, the return of Mr. Clay as President was all but 



certain. The third Mormon war is ended without 



bloodshed ; and at the last accounts the troops were on 

 their way home. On the 30th Sept. the Governor held 

 a treaty with the individuals against whom writs had 

 been issued for being engaged in the killing of the Smiths, 

 and after considerable negotiation, the matter was finally 

 settled to the satisfaction of all concerned. — The election 

 ■of Mr. Anson Jones as President for Texas, in place of 

 Gen. Houston, the friend of annexation, and in opposition 

 to Gen. Burleson, also the advocate of that measure, had 

 excited some surprise and, amongst a certain party in the 

 United States, a good deal of vexation. The new Pre- 

 sident is opposed to the annexation movement, and 

 friendly to what is termed the British interest. — The 

 affairs of Mexico wear an unsettled appearance. Santa 

 Anna has had some misunderstanding with the Chamber 

 of Representatives, and has solicited leave to retire for a 

 time. General Canligo was spoken of as his successor 

 ad interim. Brazil was busily engaged in fitting up 

 some war ships for the relief, it is believed, of Montevideo, 

 and to prevent it falling into the hands of the Buenos 

 Ayreans. — Canada is the scene of considerable excite- 

 ment, arising out of the elections, and the junction of the 

 Irish and the French parties in the province, both op- 

 posed, of course, to the government of Sir C. Metcalfe. 

 Rumours prevail that Papineau, who is now in France, 

 was about to return. Quebec exhibited some disturb- 

 ance on the occasion of the Repeal party celebrating the 

 triumph of O'Connell ; they burned tar barrels in honour 

 of the event, and smashed the windows of several houses 

 which did not exhibit lights in commemoration of it. — 

 The dates from Rio Janeiro are two days in advance of 

 those which have come direct by the government packet. 

 The Journal do Commercio contains an account of a 

 rupture between the commander of the British brig of 

 war Alert, Capt. Bosanquet, and Capt. Dumas, of the 

 brig Cyrus, of New Orleans. It appears that when 

 lying off Calinda, on the coast of Africa, the British 

 captain came alongside of the Cyrus, and suspect- 

 ing her to be a slaver, demanded to see the brig's 

 papers. This the American captain refused, and at 

 length the box or chest containing them was broken open, 

 and the documents were examined by the captain of the 

 English vessel, the master of the suspected brig protest- 

 ing against the proceeding in loud and indignant terms. 

 It is added that after the British captain had left the 

 Cyrus she was sold to the Portuguese, and immediately 

 filled with slaves. During the altercation, and before 

 the sale, the British captain is reported to have said to 

 the American, "The reason you cannot show me the 

 papers is, because you have sold your vessel — I was told 

 so.'' The American captain's version of the affair is 

 evidently exaggerated, and contains a great deal of bom- 

 bast, such as the " American flag trampled upon by the 

 British," *' our flag is insulted, it will cost the English 

 nation dear," &c, and he accuses the English captain of 

 being a coward and turning pale 1 His letter is pub- 

 lished in the American papers, with imposing capitals 

 and notes of admiration. The writer evidently calcu- 

 lated on the morbid jealousy of his countrymen respect- 

 ing the right to search suspected slavers carrying the 

 American flag, and the language in which he indulges, 

 however ridiculous it may appear on this side the 

 Atlantic, has made, and will continue to make, some 

 stir on the other side. 



India and China. — By the Hindostan, which left 

 Calcutta on the 18th September, we have news from that 

 presidency to that date ; and from China to the 29th 

 ■July. The country at that period of the year being 

 usually quiet, the intelligence by this arrival is not of 

 much interest. The new Governor-General has com- 

 menced his reign by availing himself of the opportunity 

 afforded him by the peaceful state of the country, to be- 

 come thoroughly acquainted with all the details of his 

 office, and to master the great political questions which 

 he knows will have, sooner or later, to be actively dealt 

 with. The excitement occasioned by the recall and de- 

 parture of Lord Ellenborough has subsided ; but the 

 teehngs of the army are still strongly in his favour, and 

 the subscription for the testimonial to him is going on 

 increasing. The state of the Punjaub is, on the whole, 

 satisfactory, as regards its relations with the British 

 government ; but it is still a prey to internal commo- 

 ion. \\ itli respect to the mutinous state of certain 

 j-egiments of the native army, it appears that al- 

 inouirii the mutinous spirit may not yet be eradi- 



is certainly much abated even in them. Mr. Bird, 

 deputy-governor of Bengal, being about to return to 

 England, it is supposed to be the intention of the Gover- 

 nor-General to abolish that office, and to take the 

 government of Bengal upon himself. A numerous meet- 

 ing of the native gentry and inhabitants of Calcutta and 

 its neighbourhood had been held, for the purpose of 

 expressing the sentiments of the native community to- 

 wards Mr. Bird, on the occasion of his retirement from 

 office and India, at which very complimentary resolu- 

 tions were passed. In Scinde there has been again some 

 fighting with the Beloochees, and the advantage was with 

 Captain Mackenzie and the English. Advices from 

 Cabul mention that an engagement had taken place on 

 2d August, between Ackbar Khan and Aubdool Sum- 

 mund, in which, after a good fight, the former came off 

 the victor. Lieut. Mackintosh, late Aide-de-Camp to 

 Lord Ellenborough, and subsequently in charge of the 

 Mysore princes, has died from the effects of fever. Capt. 

 M'Lean succeeds him in charge of the Mysore princes. 

 — From the Chinese papers we learn that disturb- 

 ances had again taken place at Canton. The Eng- 

 lish last year repaired the walls of the Company's 

 garden, which had been broken down at the fire in 

 1842. They put on a gate, and were in the habit of 

 walking, playing at quoits, and otherwise amusing them- 

 selves. On the 15th July the Chinese endeavoured to 

 force themselves into the garden, but were opposed. 

 Upon this they threw brickbats, and broke down the 

 gate, compelling the Englishmen to take refuge in a 

 boat, in which they made their escape to the Consulate. 

 On the following evening a party of Chinese went armed 

 with brickbats, and attempted to take possession of the 

 other garden. Resistance being offered, they commenced 

 an indiscriminate attack upon all the foreigners who 

 came within their reach. ' Several American gentlemen 

 immediately armed themselves, and drove them from the 

 front of the factories. Still continuing to throw brick- 

 bats, they were fired upon, and one man killed and 

 another wounded in the arm, which ended the affair for 

 the day. The English and American Consuls applied to 

 the Chinese authorities for a sufficient force to protect 

 the factories, and a message was sent to the American 

 man-of-war at the Bogue, to request assistance. Intel- 

 ligence of the 21st informs us that no further rioting had 

 taken place, nor was any likely to occur at present, 

 though it was quite certain that the authorities at Can- 

 ton were either unable or unwilling to adopt measures 

 sufficiently vigorous to check the riotous disposition 

 of the commonalty. 



CITY. 



Money Market, Friday. — This day was observed 

 as a holiday at the Bank and Stock Exchange, being the 

 1st of November, one of the two days appointed in the 

 year for making up the transfer books of the English 

 Stocks. On Tnursday Consols left off 100 buyers for 

 Money, and 100£ sellers for account; Bank Stock 203 

 to 204; India Stock, 23/ to 289; Red. Three per 

 Cents., 9D§ to \ ; New Three and a quarter per 

 Cents., 102 to J ; India Bonds, 92 to 94 pm. ; Exche- 

 quer Bills, 67 to 69 prem. 



GAZETTE OF THE WEEK— BANKRUPTS.— B. B. and B. G. 



Owsk, Pall mall, tailors— T. Bknsow, 12, North place, Gray'a -Inn-road, and 

 of 108, Gray's Inn-lane, »tationer— J. Minnaix, Montague-street, Mon- 

 tague-square, liveryatable keeper— K. Elliott, Durham, draper— J C. 

 Ross, Savage Gardens, City, merchant— R. Morgan, 13, Ampton-street, 

 Gray's Inn-road, earpenter— P. Fkbnch, Worthing, Sussex, carpenter— M. 

 Martin, Bristol, upholsterer— T. Pkktty, Bilston, Staffordshire, grocer— 

 J. Johnson, Liverpool, merchant— W. CHAwrr.Ka, Minories, chen.iit— T. 

 Goiri-uoRTHV, Cliiton Villas, Maida Vale, merchant— W. Brookk, Mincing- 

 lane, city, coffee dealer— C. Pitt, Bristol, victualler— A. Robbbtson and L. 

 H. Folger, High-street, Shoredit.-h, upholsterer— R. Owrn, Manchester, 

 provision dealer — W. B Briddick, Durham, dealez in iron. 



BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.— J. Harlino, lately of Middop, York- 



shire, farmer. 

 SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.— J. Towart. Rothesay, grocer— R. 



D: >n, late of Annan, but now of Glasgow, nurseryman— J. Grahams, 



Edinburgh, wine- merchant. 



«ated , it has been sufficiently checked to be pre- 

 sented from spreading beyond the infected corps, and 



i^Utropolis anli its ITmnitg* 



Opening of the New Royal Exchange — The 

 opening of the new Royal Exchange by Her Majesty 

 Queen Victoria, an event so important in the annals of 

 the City of London, has been accomplished under the 

 most favourable auspices, without any accident to mar 

 the solemnity and pleasure of the day. The weather was 

 most propitious, and the sun during the whole day shone 

 brightly on the pageant. At an early hour the streets 

 were thronged with carriages and groups of pedestrians 

 hastening to the places they had secured to witness the 

 procession, while those who were more favoured pro- 

 ceeded to take their positions within the Royal Exchange. 

 In the suburbs were seen crowded omnibuses and 

 coaches adding to the stream that was pouring from all 

 directions towards the line of streets through which Her 

 Majesty would pass. Detachments from nearly every 

 division of the metropolitan and city police mustered in 

 the streets, and formed in lines on each side of the road, 

 about nine feet apart. Nearly every shop was fitted up 

 with seats, and before 9 o'clock many of them were 

 occupied. In those parts of the town distant from the 

 line «f procession the shops were generally closed, it 

 being the determination to make the event of the open- 

 ing of the new Exchange the occasion of a general holiday. 

 Before 8 o'clock numbers of persons had assembled round 

 the Palace and in the Park, to occupy the best positions 

 for seeing Her Majesty pass. Files of soldiers and police- 

 men were placed along the Mall to Buckingham Palace, and 

 a wide open space was kept clear without much difficulty, 

 for the people, though more numerous probably than 

 on any former occasion of the Queen's going in state, 

 were generally very good-humoured and well-conducted, 

 and stood back when remonstrated with by the police 

 without opposition. A quarter before 11 was the 

 hour stated in the official programme for the procession [ 



to leave the Palace, but more time had been allowed for 

 reaching the Exchange than was afterwards found neces- 

 sary. Eleven o'clock struck without an indication of 

 movement, when a herald's trumpet sounded within the 

 Court, and Lord C. Wellesley, Clerk Marshal ; Major- 

 General Wemyss, and Lieut-Colonel Bouverie, who had 

 the management of the procession, and had been waiting 

 on horseback without the marble arch, rode within it to 

 await the approach of the Queen. At this moment the 

 anxiety became intense, and the police had the greatest 

 difficulty in keeping the crowd from pressing forward. 

 Another ten minutes, however, elapsed before the pro- 

 cession moved. First came six of the royal carriages, 

 conveying the principal members of the royal household, 

 each carriage drawn by six horses richly caparisoned, 

 with two grooms in scarlet liveries walking on each side. 

 After the sixth carriage had passed, came the Yeomen of 

 the Guard, with their nalberds and frills, and rich-looking 

 antique costume ; then twelve of the Queen's footmen, 

 four and four, dressed in their cloth-of-gold liveries, and 

 after them the state coach, drawn by eight cream-coloured 

 horses, with their splendid trappings. The Queen sat 

 with her face to the horses on the right hand side, hav- 

 ing Prince Albert on her left. As soon as the state cijach 

 passed the line of Horse Guards, so that the people 

 could see the Queen, they cheered most heartily, and as the 

 procession passed along Pall Mall towards Charing Cross, 

 the crowds of persons assembled in the windows and balco- 

 nies of the shops and club-houses welcomed Her Majesty 

 with renewed demonstrations of loyalty. Her Majesty and 

 Prince Albert continued to acknowledge these mark s of po- 

 pular attachment, bowing on both sides the carriage as 

 it moved slowly along. The state carriages of the Am- 

 bassadors fell into the line at the bottom of St. James's 

 Street. The Ambassadors were dressed in their official 

 costumes, wearing their several orders and decoraiions. 

 The carriages thus added to the royal cortege were those 

 of the Russian, Turkish, and French Ambassadors, and 

 of the Belgian, Bavarian, Portuguese, Danish, Prussian, 

 Saxon, and Mexican Ministers ; and thus enlarged, the 

 procession moved on towards the City. It was stated in 

 the programme that the carriages of the Cabinet Minis- 

 ters would form in the same manner as those of the 

 Ambassadors, but the Duke of Wellington, Sir R. Peel, 

 and other Ministers went to the Exchange previously, 

 and did not join the procession. As the royal cortege 

 passed round Trafalgar-square, and entered Charing-cross 

 and the Strand, the general effect was splendid in the 

 extreme. The area of the square and the steps of the 

 Nelson column were crowded with spectators, and along 

 the whole length of the Strand, as far as the eye could 

 reach, a vista of waving flags, decorated balconies, and 

 myriads of spectators were visible. The appearance of 

 the state carriage was hailed as it passed by the enthusi- 

 astic multitudes. Nothing occurred to impede the royal 

 progress for an instant through the entire length of the 

 Strand. From the Church of St. Mary-le-Strand, where 

 there were a number of seats fitted up for the occasion, 

 a loud cheer burst forth, and when Her Majesty appeared 

 at St. Clement Danes, the bells of that church rung out 

 their peals. Temple-bar, in consequence of its being 

 the junction of the royal and civic processions, and also 

 of the ceremonial of demanding admittance into the 

 City, was the point of the greatest attraction. The 

 seats in the houses in the immediate vicinity were let at 

 the highest prices, and the crowd throughout the day 

 was very dense. About 11 o'clock, the city procession, 

 including the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs in their state 

 carriages, with the Aldermen and Common Councilmen in 

 their robes, arrived at Temple-bar. The Lord Mayor 

 and Aldermen alighted at Childs' Bank and remained 

 there until they received notice of the Queen's approach. 

 They then proceeded on foot to the outer Temple gates, 

 within which they were admitted, whilst two troopers 

 mounted guard at the entrance. Within this inclosure 

 the City dignitaries mounted their horses, a ceremony 

 far too solemn, as some of the wags in the neighbour- 

 hood ventured to say, to be performed in public view. 

 In the meantime the carriages which had conveyed the 

 members of the civic procession, proceeded through 

 Temple-bar, round St. Clement's Church, turning to- 

 wards the City, and again passing through Temple-bar 

 in the prescribed order for preceding Her Majesty. All 

 the arrangements in reference to the City procession 

 as described by us last week, were carried out with one 

 exception, that of Mr. Alderman Gibbs, who did not join 

 the procession or appear at Temple-bar. The aldermen 

 sat their horses far better than wat previously imagined 

 by those who had prepared themselves for some laugh- 

 able occurrences. At 25 minutes to 12, the shouts of the 

 multitude announced the approach of the royal pro- 

 cession, and the gates of Temple-bar were immediately 

 closed. The required entrance having been demanded, 

 they were, within a few minutes, re-opened, and the pro- 

 cession entered in the usual order observed on state 

 occasions, the Queen being preceded by the six royal 

 carriages drawn by 6 horses each, and containing the 

 priucipal officers and ladies of the suite. After these 

 carriages had passed a short pause ensued, and expecta- 

 tion was brought to the utmost when the four first horses 

 of the eight which drew the state carriage of Her Majesty 

 drew up within the City, leaving Her Majesty exactly 

 under the centre of the arch of Temple-bar. A body of 

 the Yeomen of the Guard, preceded by 12 footmen, four 

 and four, had already indicated that the carriage con- 

 tained the Queen. Her Majesty was dressed in white satin, 

 with a stomacher, tiara, and crown of diamonds. She also 

 wore the blue ribbon and star of the Order of the Garter. 

 On her left sat Prince Albert, attired (out of compliment 

 to the city of London) in the uniform of Captain-General 



