460 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. (Jory. g, 
ship Inconstant, had arrived there, and proceeded to 
Maia It was oe that Mehe met Ali had offered to 
the Por 7 regiments of the cot a “ in dis- 
etining the Syrian spinels . This ur seems to 
ve origi military jeapecesiona retin fot 
aro where a few aie ents wi organising for an un- 
Badwa destination. Ibrahim Pacha left Cairo on the 9th 
pt, to siperintend the erection of sugar 
tna Mer ted eaildivg for his ee The Ni 
steamer was fitting out at “Alexandria to convey the Pacha ' 
#p Hames Mr. Brook, an English r esident, had died 
of the plague; and the case had ne considerable 
Py rn the English i in apa ndri 
.—We gave in our last the leading ene a fe 
bl ieencs brought by the Overland 
cated by the telegraphic fro Mere " 
following are th ulars derived from the papers and 
ved he dates of ou 
intelligence are fr y, May 23, and Calcutta, 
May 13. From -Affghanistan the news is of a favourable 
character. Gen. Pollock ‘had arrived at Jellalabad, eer 
ing Sir R. Sal Eyre of that fortress, o 
Apri e had cs i little opposition on eee 
om some roving tribes, who h c- 
e 3 stem of cocbatas 
tabave. Wontdentl The vanieed forces would, it was 
Cabal, the ‘eport 0 f whose parser, rough feet the as 
mail, i confirmed, Gen. Poll changed hi 
i) Ps “f t 
Soojah, who enceceded dnbetar 
long retain possession 
rdered by he Dee part 0 
» Canter bob 2P Os el ing obo i id to hav wea 
always friend; sas dustenune carmen! 
his Prince, i Seg ill holds the reins of government, 
looking out eagerly for the aiinie of 
army, with | iors of are assisted by us in 
keeping possession of the throne. The h stages, — rs, 
and sick and wounded (between 300 "rt 400 in number), 
who were left in Cabul at the time of the oapitalation, are 
the whole party were addled together at night in close 
Yi t 
spied relate Tesi thee captivity had 8 Soe all in 
co 
Ss 
“ 
y 
nanny a general order, expressing his high 
ah | perseverance, and, enteereiee, evinced by ate pect 
‘the: Jellala’ 
es ane tiie that ie pera co rps Sent: 
oss 
ee contemplated ~ ale on Chast, for 
collec 
written in good spirit ae sae made li ght ‘of the or 
ivati 1 all the captives were subjected 
en by Lady Sale during the journey, it 
ffered extreme privations, and that 
ver was a uta and dettate of 
be a state 
of aaly yrisxtam poe that it was expected they would shortly 
whol 
disban selves. The e of the operations above 
em rade appears to hay 
usual, but, with the exception of cotton, not updn remu- 
popes gens Barter was the only means of comm ial 
inter 
Van EN’ s Lanp.—Accounts have been received 
from Van ‘Diem men’s Land and Novel alanulete pe 26 th 
apt. Maconochie has been 
eon. 
spite of the abittoctes thrown in his way, and the pratiiee 
he has had to co eee with, he has succeeded in abolish. 
ing flogging and all kinds of vindictive punishment, and 
as, by moral i nieabe util kindness, effected a complete 
eolestion: in men who e before regarded as the mo 
h 
~ 
=— 
= 
o 
or 
nary; and it may, pe of 
beneficial influence that the system is Pepa! oppose 
by all those pasrai te ities at Van Diemen’s Land w 
Island may induce "home ee th wee out his 
ments.— The “ Ta i 
un 
of Mr. estern 
Australia. ie left Fawler’s Bay on the 25th Feb. of last 
year, and arrived at the head of the Great Australian 
Bight “ the 3rd March. The priyations mbich: he a 
ountered were so severe that his horses peris 
the native boys who. accompanied him deserted; h 
rived at King George’s Sound on the 7th July, after po 
ing travelled over an atan ite  eisege hom which, from sinuo- 
sities of the coa sphnateaeenert exceeded © 
upwards of 1040 miles i in tistaniée from Fowler’s Bay ; and 
for the last 590 miles he was accompanie 2 no. one but 
i i rge’s Sound 
maticmers 
HOUSE OF LORDS. 
Monday,—Lord Brovanam presented a petition from. 8, a pant 
Prin cue fi in hoe a representing eleven BONES sn n that 
try, again he Regium donum, and all similar gran 
The Duke o} orn ICHMOND asked the Secretary for oreign nag 
whether the reports that had been circulated were true, of an 
attempt having been made on her Majesty’s life. He could as- 
curiosity, egged of him not ve an an if there 
wi y objection to give it; but he thaught the house, meeting 
that day, i geo arenes without ask ang whet r pare was 
orts.—The Earl of As reply, 
could only aay that he ie, entirely JippE eed ip in the feeling: bb 
his noble friend 
versally by t ae Hou cide = wt ‘ 
mn that the individual referred to had beerfWfrested, but as he 
under examination, he prematare 
or him to express any opinion or to make any statement on = 
aan at presen! ait 
d Brovenam put a question to the President of the Board of 
Trade, respecting a matter which he said had given some alarm 
th arti . ng conn 
perati 
Seoperiy levied only upe on a a moiety of these dividends.—Th 
— PON said he wo uiry on the subjet 
and) open 
trade—had y ass “One object of the pre- 
sent meas’ ems in rate Simone aif inteveute agreed, was the re- 
moval of all positive prohibitions ; but he — that although 
the scale ~ a sane tion now proposed was er than that 
suggested by Mr. Huskisson, it was still abundantly sufiicient- 
; = 
cultural interest had little ground for~ appreh ess 
scarcity of cattle in foreign coun’ : and the increase of value 
opening 
| serious injury to any interest. 
inj 
Lord Srannors, in moving, amendment, that the bill be 
read a ected tiene than coumaamant variety of 
details respecting the cost of growth and fattening 
different countries; to the inexpediency of admitting the™ 
upon the proposed rate of duty. He euutended at the same UAE 
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