Dec. 21,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 





-dieted ; and eight or ten others were sent to the galleys 

 for the same crime. Col. Rengifo and his companions 

 were to be executed on the 9th, but, on that day, the 

 Queen in council, touched by the appeals made to her 

 for mercy, and especially by one from the whole press of 

 Madrid, conveyed through the editor of the Government 

 print, determined on granting them her royal pardon. 

 They were, however, to be sent to the presidios, or some 

 other protracted punishment, either as prisoners or 

 exiles. The Government at Madrid received letters from 

 Carthagena on the 9th, which stated that an attempt at 

 insurrection had been made in that place by the popu- 

 lace, but that it had been suppressed by the authorities, 

 and that the town was quiet at the departure of the 

 courier. A strange correspondence has been published 

 in the Madrid papers between Mr. Bulwer, our 

 Minister at that Court, and Mr. Cochrane, who some 

 years ago collected subscriptions for the Spanish 

 refugees, by perambulating England as a wandering min- 

 strel. Mr. Cochrane had inserted in the Spanish papers 

 laudatory paragraphs respecting himself; and in some 

 of them it was more than hinted that a cross of distinc- 

 tion should be bestowed upon him by the Government 

 for his services to the Spanish cause. The Spanish 

 Minister intimated that there would not be much diffi- 

 culty in granting the honour, if Mr. Bulwer, as British 

 Minister, recommended it. A correspondence thereupon 

 took place, in which Mr. Bulwer intimated the insuffi- 

 ciency of such documents as newspaper paragraphs to 

 give Mr. Cochrane a claim to decorations which were 

 only bestowed on persons who had served the country in 

 the field of battle, or whose excellence in science, litera- 

 ture, or the arts, had obtained for them a European ce- 

 lebrity ; and he hinted that the laudatory paragraphs re- 

 ferred to were owing to his own exertions, or to those of 

 certain partial friends, who had influence enough with 

 the press to get them inserted. Mr. Cochrane appealed 

 to the journals to declare whether he had solicited the 

 insertion of paragraphs praising himself, and several of 

 them answered in the affirmative. Mr. Cochrane then 

 published all the letters that had passed, most of which 

 were never intended by Mr. Bulwer to have seen the 

 light, and even went so far as to criticise the style of the 

 dinners, &c, of which he had, as an invited guest, par- 

 taken at the private table of our Minister. Upon these 

 facts the English public must form their own conclusions, 

 but by the Spanish the affair is universally regarded as a 

 proof of what they call " English eccentricity/' while all 

 parties express regret that Mr. Bulwer, who is deservedly 

 popular at Madrid, should have been drawn into this 

 affair at all. 



Portugal.— Accounts from Lisbon of the 10th inst., 

 state that the Chamber has been occupied in discussing 

 the beat means for establishing penitentiary asylums, 

 and also for reforming the present system of weights and 

 measures, and to reduce them to a more regular and uni- 

 form standard. The Government has likewise within 

 these few days brought before the Cortes new proposals 

 of an interesting nature, one of which is the opening of 

 savings banks throughout the kingdom on the same prin- 

 ciple as those adopted in England, France, and other 

 countries ; another for the formation of an agricultural 

 or auxiliary bank in the corn market, for the purpose of 

 assisting the farmers, and of giving a greater facility to 

 the settlement of their transactions ; and another for the 

 regulation of all cases offensive to the public morals and 

 religion of the realm ; all of which measures have been 

 submitted to the respective committees for examination 

 and approval. 



Germany. — The Paris Siecle of Sunday says that a 

 report is very current, which it believes to be derived 

 from good sources of information, that the King of 

 Prussia has determined definitively to give a constitution 

 to his kingdom. M Not only," says the Steele, " is this 

 resolution taken, but it has been communicated to the 

 different chancelleries of Europe. The work is not only 

 • project, but it is already finished. The bases of the 

 constitution are settled. All that now is to be done is to 

 promulgate it, and to put it in operation." The Siecle, 

 in giving this piece of information, which is very impor- 

 tant if true, says, " Before publishing it, and in order not 

 to delude a great number of people who have already 

 been once disappointed in their hopes, we have made 

 minute inquiries, and we believe we can guarantee our 

 information in the terms in which we give it, and with 

 the reserves, which it will be convenient not to lose sight 

 of." — The chapter of canons of the cathedral of Breslau, 

 on the 3d inst., excommunicated M. Ronge, a Catholic 

 priest, in consequence of a letter written by him, attack- 

 ing the Bishop of Treves, concerning the recent expo- 

 sition of the supposed shirt of our Saviour. — An alarm- 

 ing fire broke out at Ehingen in Wirtemberg on the night 

 of the 8th inst., which destroyed 48 houses. 



Holland. — A Frankfort paper states that, whilst the 

 Emperor of Russia is prohibiting temperance societies, 

 on the ground of the injury which they do to the revenue, 

 by diminishing the consumption of liquors which pay a 

 tax, his brother-in-law, the King of Holland, is doing 

 everything in his power to encourage them. He has 

 ordered that a copy of the rules and regulations of these 

 societies shall be given to every labouring person, in 

 order that he may learn the advantages of temperance. 



Switzerland. — Accounts from Switzerland state 

 that the movement in Lucerne is completely put down, 

 but that the country is in a state of the greatest excite- 

 ment ; the exultation of the Jesuit party and the exas- 

 peration of the Liberals making the reconciliation of the 

 two parties and the pacification of the cantons every day 

 more difficult. Letters from Lucerne and Berne state 

 that, before tranquillity was restored, two different 



attacks had taken place— the one in the town of Lu- 

 cerne, on the part of the Lucerne Liberals, and the other 

 in the neighbourhood of Willisau, made by a body of 

 volunteers from Argau, who had come to assist their 

 friends against the Lucerne Government and the Jesuits. 

 Both attacks, however, failed, and were repulsed with 

 loss by the Government troops, who took 10 or 12 pri- 

 soners. The spirit of religious animosity, however, is 

 not que led, and, as each party is powerfully supported, 

 it is believed that no effectual reconciliation can take 

 place without an extraordinary convocation of the cantons. 

 Russia.— Letters from St Petersburgh of the 30th 

 ult., state that the young Prince Dolgorouki, who was 

 sentenced to exile two years ago for having published two 

 pamphlets, one on the reigning dynasty, the other on the 

 genealogy of the.Ru 8 sian nobility, has been amnestied, 

 but on condition that he shall not reside in either of the 

 capitals of the empire. The Government has made 

 great efforts to induce the two young nobles, Golowin 

 and Baturin, to return to their country. They have been 

 residing for some years in France, where they have pub- 

 lished articles against the Russian Government ; but as 

 they have declared their determination to remain abroad, 

 their property in Russia has been confiscated. The 

 funeral of the Russian poet, Kryloff, took place on the 

 26th ult., with great pomp, the Emperor defraying all the 

 expenses of the funeral — A treaty has been concluded 

 between Russia and Portugal, to abolish the alien duty 

 on the property held by their respective subjects. The 

 Emperor has established several decrees to promote the 

 study of the Russian tongue. 



Turkey. — We have accounts from Constantinople to 

 the 27th ult., confirming a report which has appeared in 

 the Augsburg Gazette t that Sir Stratford Canning had 

 left Constantinople after having given in his ultimatum 

 in the matter of the gross outrage committed by the 

 Pacha of Trebizond on the Greek subject placed under 

 the protection of the British Consul, and the insult offered 

 to the Consul himself, it appears that Sir S. Canning gave 

 in his ultimatum to the Porte ; and, in order to pre- 

 clude all hope that his terms would be altered, he took 

 the opportunity of leaving Constantinople for some days 

 to allow the Divan time to consider the course it will 

 take. The departure of Sir S. Canning gave rise to a 

 rumour that the Porte had refused the satisfaction re- 

 quired, but it is now said that his departure was chiefly 

 for purposes of pleasure, and that the Porte will make 

 ample reparation for the outrage of the Pacha. The 

 whole affair was discussed by Sir S. Canning and the 

 Grand Vizier in their conference, and the Ambassador 

 is also said to have availed himself of the opportunity 

 to remonstrate with the Grand Vizier on the general 

 policy of the Government, of which, it was but too 

 apparent, general corruption and cruelty of its subor- 

 dinates were the fruits. It is also understood that 

 Sir S. Canning has received instructions from his Go- 

 vernment to press the settlement of the outstanding claims 

 of British subjects. A vizerial letter on the application 

 of Sir S. Canning, was last week despatched to Rodosto, 

 commanding the immediate transportation to Constanti- 

 nople of certain Turks, who, without provocation, had 

 beat and dangerously wounded a British subject, but who 

 had been subsequently screened by the local authorities. 

 —Most of the ships of war of the Turkish fleet stationed 

 in the Bosphorus had entered the arsenal, where they 

 were to be disarmed, and remain during the winter. The 

 north wind had set in, and cold and rain had succeeded 

 the mild temperature enjoyed at Constantinople until the 

 middle of November. Frightful weather prevailed in the 

 Black Sea, and the last steamer from Trebizond had had 

 two men frozen on board. The Turkish and Persian 

 Commissioners assembled at Erzeroum for the last year 

 to adjust the differences which had arisen between the 

 two countries, had as yet come to no definitive resolution. 

 — The affairs of Lebanon continue in the same unsettled 

 condition. Two battalions of regular troops entered Je- 

 rusalem on the 7 th. The presence of those troops had 

 reassured the population of that city, which had been 

 greatly alarmed by the murder of the Governors of Jaffa 

 and Lidda. The English frigate Warspitehad arrived at 

 the Dardanelles. 



United States. — By the Britannia steam-ship from 

 Boston and Halifax, we have news from New York to 

 the 30th ult. The final result of the Presidential election 

 shows that Mr. Polk had 170 votes, and Mr. Clay 105, 

 so that the former had a majority of 65. The second 

 session of the 28th Congress was to commence on the 

 2d inst., and the President's Message would probably be 

 delivered on the following day. It was expected to reach 

 New York about the 4tli inst., in which case we may look 

 for it by the next steamer, which will arrive about the 

 29th. Speculation was busy as to the manner in which it 

 would touch upon the questions before the country,. The 

 New York papers say that attention will be turned chiefly 

 to the topic of Texas, of which the annexation will, it is 

 expected, be urgently pressed. As to the expediency of 

 occupying the Oregon territory, it is supposed there will 

 be very decisive language ; and these t«ro topics, con- 

 nected with the obnoxious proceedings of some British 

 crui<ers towards American vessels on the coast of Africa, 

 constitute matter which an unfriendly tone might exagge- 

 rate into serious discords. It appears that the new 

 President is of Scottish lineage, and his curious looking 

 name an abridgment of a good old Scotch one. Mr. 

 Polk's father or grandfather is said to have been a 

 Lanarkshire man, of the name of Pollock. In the some- 

 what peculiar dialect of the upper ward of this county 

 that name is pronounced Poke, and hence, probably, 

 the orthography adopted by the Transatlantic branch of 

 the family. In private life Mr. Polk is said to be highly [ 



respected ; he is a slaveholder indeed, but not, as has been 

 stated in the papers, one of the richest and most exten- 



^nonTT 16 ™ in the t St * te - he maybe worth some 

 -o,000 dollars, a part only of which property is invested 

 in slaves. Mr. £olk ha. no children. His lady is a 

 consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. It is 

 also stated that though different opinions are honestly 

 entertained as to hi. fitness for the Presidency, on ac- 

 count of his political creed, yet, so far as his private life 

 is concerned, he will do honour to the station to which 

 he has since been called.— From Mexico, we learn that 

 the loan for carrying on the war with Texas had been 

 finally rejected by the Congress. The Preaident asked 

 1U million dollars, referred the matter to a committee, 

 who cut the amount down to six ; earned it to another 

 committee, who cut the sum down to three ; presented 

 it to Congress, and by 44 to 17 it was rejected alto- 

 gether. New Orleans papers contain a paragraph from 

 a Texan paper, in which it is said that President Hous- 

 ton has received another communication from Santa 

 Anna, which is said to be of a pacific character. It is 

 further stated that the contemplated invasion of Texas 

 by Mexico is abandoned, and it is added that England 

 and France have offered to obtain an acknowledgment of 

 Texas independence, on condition that Mexico shall have 

 the right to renew the war whenever Texas offers herself 

 to the United States. 



CITY. 



Money Market, Friday. —Con*o\n for the open- 

 ing closed lOOf ex. div.; Red. Three per Cents., 1 

 Three and a Quarter per Cents., 103J ; Bank Stock, 

 208, Exchequer Bills, 58 60 ; India Bonds, pm. 



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Visit of Her Majesty and the Court to the Cattle 

 Show. — The forty-seventh Exhibition of Prize Cattle 

 annually brought together under the auspices of the 

 Smithfield Club will possess an interest beyond that of 

 any preceding year since the formation of the S niety, in 

 having been honoured with the presence of her Majesty 

 and the Prince Consort, together with the royal visitors 

 who have been staying at Windsor Castle. Saturday 

 last having been the day appointed for this purpose, Earl 

 Spencer the President, the Duke of Richmond, and Mr , 

 Pusey were in attendance to receive Her Majesty, who 

 arrived about half-past 10. Her Majesty was handed 

 from the carriage by the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, 

 and graciously acknowledged the attention of the mem- 

 bers of the Club assembled to receive her. Prince 

 Albert offered his arm to the Duchess of Saxe Coburg 

 and Gotha, and the other visitors following in succession, 

 the royal party entered the Exhibition, preceded by the 

 President, Vice-President, and Stewards, who, with 

 the Honorary Secretary, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, 

 and Mr. H. Gibbs, the late Honoiary Secretary 

 alone had the honour of conducting them. On 

 entering the inclosure the first animal which attracted 

 attention was the ox fed by Prince Albert. Its symme- 

 try was greatly admired, and Her Mnjesty having been 

 informed that it had been purchased by Mr. Bannister, 

 the butcher of Threadneedle-street, expressed to Earl 

 Spencer her desire to re-purchase it, and allow it to 

 enjoy the remainder of its days in Windsor Park. This 

 request has of course been complied with. The royal 

 party visited successively the compartments devoted to 

 the cattle, sheep, and swine, remarking particularly 

 those to which prizes had been awarded. The Duke 

 of Richmond's, the Marquess of Exeter's, and the 

 Duke of Bedford's pens of sheep came in for a full 

 share of observation, and the pigs fed by Mr. Fisher 

 Hobbs, the well-known Essex agriculturist, which carried 

 off the first prize, beating Prince Albert, were not 

 overlooked. In the implement department the royal 

 visitors spent a considerable period, and with some of 

 the machines Her Majesty was much interested, seek- 

 ing an explanation of their construction from the noble 

 personages who surrounded her. Her Majesty ap- 

 peared greatly interested with the whole Exhibition, and 

 made numerous inquiries as to the probable weight of 

 certain animals to which her attention was called, and 

 the purposes to which many of the newly-invented im- 

 plements were devoted. Her Majesty remained in the 

 Exhibition three quarters of an hour, and left the Bazaar 



at 11 o'clock. 



The Weather.— Another change took place in*he 

 weather on Sunday night, a thaw having taken place 

 with a fall of rain, so that the snow and frost rapidly 

 disappeared. The increased moisture of the atmosphere 

 has been accompanied by another visitation of the dense 

 fogs which make London so miserable at this season. 

 During the whole of Tuesday the metropolis was visited 

 by a thick fog, which caused much inconvenience to the 

 shopkeepers and merchants, some of whom were com- 

 pelled to light up their shops and places of business for 

 several hours during the day. The parks presented a 

 melancholy appearance, beinx completely deserted 

 through the sudden change in the weather. The navi- 

 gation of the river was much impeded by the fog, which 



