,fftistellantous.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge will reside principally at Kew this autumn. Various alterations and im- provements are at present being made, the accommodation being wholly inadequate for the Royal establishment—Times.

The Marquis of Lansdowne is confined by indisposition at Liege, on his way to Baden-Baden.

We understand the marriage of Lord John Russell and the beautiful daughter of the Earl of Minto takes place at Minto House about the

20th of the present month. It gives us pleasure to state that our townsman, Mr. Blair, of the Italian warehouse, South Bridge, makes the bridal cake. Lord John Russell arrived on Wednesday at Minto House, Roxburghshire, on a visit to the Earl of Minto.—Edinburgh Papers.

The long-announced marriage of Viscount Villiers, the eldest son of the Earl of Jersey, and Miss Peel, the eldest daughter of Sir Robert Peel, took place on Wednesday, at St. George's Church, Hanover Square ; the Bishop of Oxford officiating. Prince George and Princess Augusta of Cambridge, with Baron Knesebeck, Lady Somerset, and a large famly circle, were present at the ceremony. A splendid entertain- ment was afterwards given by Sir Robert Peel, at his residence in Whitehall Gardens. The following are but a few of the long list of the company : Prince Esterhazy, Baron Nieumann, the Duke of Rut-

land, the Duke and Dutchess of Northumberland, the Duke anti? Dutchess of Beaufort, the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, Lord A.

Fitzclarence, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl and Countess. of Chum-

don, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, Viscount Duneannon, Sir Henry and Lady Emily Hardinge, the Marchioness of Londonderry, Mr. Samuel

Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Goulburn. The bridesmaids were Lady Frances Vane, Lady Clementine and Lady Adeliza Villiers, and Miss Eliza PeeL The newly-married pair started for Middleton Park, Oxford, the seat of the Jersey family, to pass the honeymoon. The Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge would have been present at the marriage but for the recent death of the Queen of Hanover.

It may not be uninteresting to mention, that Monday was the birthday of the Honourable Mrs. Fox, relict of the late illustrious

statesman. The lady has reached her ninety-sixth year, and is in very good health, frequently entertaining select parties of her friends at her hospitable table at St. Ann's Hill.—Times, July 13.

Colonel Hodges, the Consul-General at Syria, has just arrived in London from Constantinople. The Colonel's sojourn in town will be but short, as he is about soon to proceed to Hamburg as the British Consul there.

Mr. T. P. Courtenay, brother to the Earl of Devon, died suddenly at Torquay in Devonshire, on Thursday last. He was bathing near the shore on that day, and was either drowned in the sea upon being seized by cramp, or, as another account has it, died of apoplexy on the shore whither he directly rushed on feeling premonitory symp- toms. dr. Courtenay was formerly Vice-President of the Board of Trade and Commissioner of the Board of Control ; and for several years sat in the Commons for Totnes. He enjoyed a pension of 1,000T. a year. He was in his fifty-ninth year; and has left a wife and thirteen children.

Lord Kinnaird has addressed a letter to the Metropolitan Anti-Corn- law Association, enclosing his subscription, and promising larger contribution "after we have seen the result of the appeal to the people." The owner of land in the fertile Carse of Gowrie, he gives some good evidence on the working of the Corn-laws-

"I must state that the greater part of my property is situated in a district considered peculiarly favourable to the growth of wheat, and that owing to the great variation in the price of corn, I found it impossible either for a tenant or landlord to calculate the fair amount of rent : I therefore adopted the plan previously tried by a neighbouring proprietor, of a grain-rent, which has since been extensively resorted to in Scotland, to he calculated according to the market prices ; so that I can speak from experience as to the great fluctuations to which the farmer is subject under the present Corn-laws. I have also found during an experience of fourteen years, that the value of rich land has deteri- orated considerably, whilst that of the poorer soils, up to within the last two or three years, since when trade has been on the decline, have risen in value, and a greater quantity of that description of land has been taken into cultiva- tion—not certainly for the production of wheat, the quantity of which grown in the district I speak of being much diminished, but to be farmed on what we term in Scotland the green crop system.' Some of my tenants, who have signed a petition against the Corn-laws can give practical evidence of the fact, which seems to be overlooked by agriculturists, that the land can give a return with greater advantage to itself, and consequently to the cultivator of othes produce than grain; as when they grew wheat they were always in arrear of rent, whereas now they are able to pay punctually, deriving at least half the profit from their stock ; and consequently the cry of pour land being thrown out of cultivation is quite a fallacy.'

Yesterday, afternoon was signed, at the Foreign Office, by the Pleni- potentiaries of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, and Turkey, the Convention about the Straits of the Dardanelles and Bos- phorus, which has so long been agreed on and initialed, but the signa- ture of which had been delayed till it should be known that Mehemet Ali had accepted the firman of the Sultan. The signature of this con- vention puts an end to that schism between France and the Four Powers which had arisen out of the different views which France and those Four Powers bad taken as to the practical measures best adapted to carry into effect the general principles which France and the Four Powers equally maintained in theory ; and thus an additional security has been obtained for the continuance of that state of peace which every European power is so deeply interested in preserving. The ratifications of the convention will be exchanged as soon as they can be received from the respective Courts. The object of the convention is to render general to all the Five Powers the engagement which subsists between Great Britain and Turkey by the eleventh article of the treaty of 1809, and by which the Sultan declares his intention of closing the two Straits against ships of war of all nations as long as Turkey is at peace.— Morning Chronicle, July 14.

The Halifax mail-steamer brings news from Canada to the 26th June, and completer accounts of some matters of which we had before received intelligence. The proceedings in the new Parliament had been interesting.

The mode in which M. Cuvillier was elected Speaker of the House of Assembly is now distinctly stated. Mr. Morin, trusting that all for- mer differences would be buried, proposed Mr. Cuvillier, "because he knew him to be a tried British subject, and a gentleman well versed in Parliamentary business." Mr. Merritt seconded the proposition, be- cause Mr. Cuvillier was an advocate for "responsible government," and

Colonel Prince supported it, because Mr. Cuvillier was, "like himself, a moderate Reformer ; and be conceived that by voting for that gentle-

man he was paying his own constituents a compliment, many of them being Lower Canadians." Mr. Hincks, the editor of the Toronto Ex- aminer, supported M. Cuvillier, as the most competent person to fill the chair, and as an opponent of the Civil List and the present Administra- tion. This avowal drew forth Mr. Cartwright, who had not meant to oppose the original motion but who now proposed as an amendment,

that Sir Allan M•Nab be motion, Other Members doubted whether

Mr. Cuvillier entertained the opinions attributed to him by Mr. Hincks ; but any attempt to call for a declaration of opinions from Mr. Cuvillier himself was generally deprecated. One member averred .that "Mr. Cuvillier was a supporter of Lord Durham's policy, which was not carried out by the present Administration "; another approved of the selection, because the Speaker should understand both the French and English language ; a third, Mr. Aylwin, thought the Speaker should possess the confidence of the whole House. The At- torney-General for Upper Canada "highly approved of Mr. Cuvillier as Speaker, on account of his speaking the French language, and his high Parliamentary qualifications." Sir Allan M•Nab requested Mr.

Cartwright to withdraw his amendment ; and Mr. Cuvillier was elected -without opposition. Sir Allan M`Nab then moved the adjournment of the House ; which was opposed on a point of form, but supported by the Government members, and carried.

The speech with which Lord Sydenham opened the session on the 15th June, was published in the last Spectator. The Legislative Council, after some slight attempts to modify the address in answer to the

speech,—on the ground that it ought to express hope rather than con- fulence in the results of the Union Act, and because the Union Act did not give Lower Canada an adequate share of the representation, while

the French language was to be discontinued in certain cases,—agreed to reecho the speech ; and their address was presented to the Governor on the 19th.

The House of Assembly were longer in arriving at a conclusion. On the 18th, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the whole ; and Mr. Cameron moved an address, which was an echo of the speech. A long discussion followed, which was adjourned from day to day. It turned mainly on the question of "responsible government"; several members requiring a more distinct declaration on the subject than the Government had yet given. Mr. Buchanan, one of the members for Toronto, began it, by putting the question point-blank-

" Do the members of the Executive Government acknowledge their respon- sibility to Canadian public opinion, as expressed by a majority of this House,

for the advice which they give to the head of the Government, so far as not to remain connected with an Administration against which a vote of want of iconfidence has passed in the Assembly, unless in case of an immediate dissolu-

tion of Parliament ? Will the Ministry in this province recognize the principle of retaining office when they cannot maintain a majority in the House of Assembly?"

Mr. Draper, Attorney-General "for the West," or Upper Canada, replied at considerable length— In the first place, he would declare for the information both of those who act with him and those who act against, that so long only as he could give a

conscientious support to those measures which the head of the Government

might deem it his duty to submit to that House, so long only would he con- tinue to hold office under theeGovernment And he desired to be understood as explaining the views in which every one of his colleagues in office entirely concurred. They were such as had been discussed and determined on among themselves without reference to any other in whatever, for they had felt it to be due to themselves and the country, m the first place to understand each other.

Towards the end of the discussion, Mr. Baldwin's explanation of his reasons for resigning became its chief feature. He premised that the

views on "responsible government," developed by Lord Durham and Lord John Russell, had been in practical application since he took office- " The public were aware that, having accepted office, he had formed no con- dition with those gentlemen who then composed the Council of his Excellency; he had always acted with a party which was entirely opposed to them. When, the union of the Provinces having been declared, he was called on to take his peat in the Executive Conncil, he bad reiterated to those gentlemen his express reservation of his original opinions, and that he had not changed his opinion which he held in respect to them. At this time there was no Parliament of Canada which might give expression to the confidence of the people ; but when the result of the elections became kuown—when it was ascertained of what materials the House of Assembly was composed—it then became his duty to inform the head of the Government that the Administration would not possess the confidence of the House of Assembly, and' to tender to the representative of his Sovereign the resignation of the office which he held ; having first, as according to the duties of his office he was bound to do, offered his advice to his Excellency that the administration of the country should be reconstructed. This advice not having been adopted, his resignation followed, and was accepted. They had seen a gentleman proposed to fill the Speaker's chair whose opinions with respect to the Administration they heard denounced because he had no confidence in the Administration ; but the Administration dared not propose another."

Mr. Day, Solicitor-General for Lower Canada, while he made light of Mr. Bildwin's defection, attacked him bitterly with implications of inconsistency, if not of treachery. He argued, that it was Mr. Bald- win's duty to have decided upon the merits of his colleagues when be accepted office, or to have acquired further data for a decision after- wards— "The Parliament was called together under extraordinary circumstances; entering as we did upon a new sra, which will be the cominencemeat of a chain of events, the nature of which will materially depend on the fiiSt steps which are taken. Under these circumstances, this man, who had accepted office, and who had no reason to trust his colleagues when he did accept it, then told his Excellency that he must break up his Administration. Two days before the meeting of Parliament, a communication is made to the Go- vernor-General, that he would retire from office—in consequence of what ? Not that he had discovered a difference of opinion between himself and his col- leagues, for he had not taken the trouble to ascertain their opinions; no, but because he had found by secret inquiry, by attending secret meetings, that he could form a party to overturn the Government. Instead of bringing ht. party to the support of that Government whose servant he was, he endeavours to make it the instrument of his own purposes." Mr. Merritt, however' declared that Mr. Baldwin's resignation was of far greater moment than Mr. Day pretended : his consistent advocacy of responsible government had secured him great influence with the country ; his appointment had been regarded as a test of the Governor- General's sincerity on that point, and had had considerable effect on the elections. His persevering consistency would add to the weight of his influence. His resignation, Mr. Buchanan believed, had been mainly instrumental in bringing the Executive Council to declare them- selves as they had done on responsible government. The debate closed on the 22d. An address moved by Mr. Neilson as an amendment, condemning the Union, was withdrawn, in favour of another amendment by Mr. Baldwin, stating that neither .province had been consulted upon the Union Act. This amend- ment was rejected. Mr. Merritt moved a third, to the effect that, should experience prove to the House that the Union Act is defective, it should be amended. With this alteration, Mr. Cameron's address was affirmed. On the 24th it was carried up to the Governor by the Speaker and Clerk and nearly all the members. They proceeded on foot to the Governor's residence, Alwinton House, about a mile west of the House of Assembly ; where they were received in state. The Governor made the following reply— "1 thank you for your address; and I assure you of my entire reliance upon your wisdom and prudence to assist me in whatever may tend to augment the prosperity of the people of Canada." It is observed that Lord Sydenham seemed in very feeble health. The new Parliament have made one great step in advance : the cor- respondent of the Quebec Mercury says- " There is one good feature prevalent here in the Legislature—no personal hostility, or at least it does not show itself; and this may lead to some sincere efforts to place the rights of all on a just and sure basis, and thus really pro- mote the peace, welfare, and good government of the country as a dependency of the British Crown."

The correspondent of the _Montreal Gazette gives a little piece of gossip about the disposition of the House in its sittings- " The French members of the House sit on the left of the Speaker, with their brethren, the Out-and-out Reformers of Upper Canada. The Extreme Gauche is occupied by a cluster of congenial spirits ; namely, Messrs. Neilson, Viger, Baldwin, Morin, Hincks, Aylwin, Price, Small, Durand, &c. The other members sit on the right of the Speaker ; the Proche Droit, being what the member for Portneuf [Mr. Aylwin] is fond of terming the Treasury Benches, are occupied by gentlemen connected with and friendly to the Government. The new Speaker performs his duties in a delicate and dignified manner."

The date of the advices from New York is July 1st. Their contents are not important.

According to the Maine Republican Journal—" It is said that Mr. Tyler is very much worn down by the cares of State; and unless he takes better care of his health, he may share the fate of his illustrious predecessor. He complains that his steps are haunted by remorseless and voracious office-hunters. They give him little time for recreation, and his pillow is disturbed by the recollections of their importunate applications."

A bill for the relief of Mrs. Harrison, widow of the late President, has passed the Senate by a vote of 28 to 16. It provides that she shall receive a sum equal to the salary of the President of the United States for one year. The remains of General Harrison had been re- moved, under the superintendence of Committees from both Houses of the Legislature, from the Congress burying-ground, and sent, under a military escort, to his own residence at North Bend. General Macomb, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the United States, had died at Washington. His remains were afterwards interred with military honours.

The Legislature had under consideration four bills to establish a "fiscal agent." Mr. Clay had introduced one into the Senate, resem- bling the Government bill ; differing chiefly in allowing branches of the proposed National Bank to be established in the several States with- out their consent. Some law on the subject is fully expected to pass.

The House of Representatives had closed the debate on a resolution moved by Mr. Floyd, requesting the President to inform the House, "whether any officer of the army, or the Attorney-General of the United States, has since the 4th March last been directed to visit the State of New York for any purpose connected with the imprisonment or trial of Alexander M`Leod ; and whether, by any Executive measures or cor- respondence, the British Government has been given to understand that Mr. Di•Leod will be released or surrendered ; and if so, to communicate to this House copies of the instructions to, and report of, such officer." The motion that the resolution do lie on the table was negatived, by

105 to 51. .

A resolution was proposed by Mr. Wood in the House, requesting the President to communicate "the correspondence, if any, between the Government of the United States and that of Great Britain, relating to American citizens now British prisoners of state in Van Diemen's Land." This resolution was adopted. It was also resolved, on the motion of Mr. Adams, that the portion of the President's message relating to the African slave-trade should be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and that measures consistent with honour and humanity should be adopted for the suppression of that infamous traffic.

The Moniteur of Sunday published the law of the Budget of 1842, in which the expenditures are fixed at 1,276,338,076 francs, and the re- ceipts are valued at 1,160,683,143 francs. The same official journal contains another law, appropriating 75,000,000 francs to the execution of extraordinary works in 1842, to be taken from the proceeds of the projected loan of 450,000,000 francs. The Paris journals have begun to withdraw their attention from the English elections to matters a little nearer home. The Journal du Commerce has some strong remarks upon the progress of the fortifica- tions surrounding Paris : it complains that while but four thousand labourers are employed on the "enceinte," three times the number are hurrying forward the detached forts; ten of which are to be fortresses of the first order, such as the citadel of Antwerp, Strasburg, and Lille ; and all within gunshot of the city.

The appointment of M. Mahul, a personage long unpopular, to the Prefecture of the Upper Garonne, led to an unpleasant emeute at Tou- louse on the 7th. In Toulouse the upper classes, and of course those who depend upon them, are Carlists : this is sufficient to push the Liberals to Republicanism. M. Mahal, therefore, a red-hot Juste- milieu, is equally unacceptable to both parties. In addition to the unpopular Prefect, there was another cause of discontent with the Toulousians—the fiscal severities of the Finance Minister in extorting the last levy of taxes and newly-registering houses and patents for that purpose. M. Humann's name was, therefore, coupled in execration with that of Mahal. The troops were brought out ; the Mayor and authori- ties harangued the mob ; but all in vain ; and at length orders were given for the cavalry to charge. The crowd dispersed, but not without breaking lamps, and trying to throw obstacles in the way of the horses. The disturbances were renewed on the 8th ; but next day they seemed to be suppressed.

The disturbances, however, were renewed on Friday night, and more troops were sent to the place. A despatch, dated the 10th, made an announcement that the revolt was finally suppressed ; but the disor- ders broke out a third time on Monday, in a more serious form, assuming the appearance of a regularly-organized emeute. The secret Societies are said to have taken part in exciting the people to rebel ; and, on Tuesday, barricades were thrown up. The revolters, however, were met by the troops, and the outbreak was again considered as quelled. A report spread abroad in Paris, on Wednesday, that M. Mahal was killed ; but it appears that he escaped from the city at the moment the agitation was at its liveliest, and surrendered the adminis- tration to the senior member of the Council of Prefecture. The Ministry, on being apprized of the shameful flight of the Magistrate, recalled him, and directed the most energetic measures to be adopted to insure the execution of the law.

A similar revolt, arising from the new fiscal measures of Government, has been reported at Montauban, and denied.

A small pamphlet has just been published in Paris, by Count Dal Pozzo of Castellino, under the title of Manuscrit de la Main de Napo- leon Bonaparte. It consists of a report made by Napoleon in 1793 to the French Government of the day, on the military and political state of Corsica. The Times gives an account of it- * The times were critical. Paoli, who had years before been pronounced by Frederick the Great a general of the highest talent, (though certainly not so spoken of in the manuscript,) was at the head of a party in Corsica desirous of making that island an independent ally, not a dependent province of a powerful state. Associated with him in this enterprise were men, of one of whom at least (Count Pozzo di Borgo) Europe has for years been accustomed to hear praises spoken. The manuscript gives a sketch of the state of the country, of the parties into which it was divided, of the men who sided with Paoli, and of the means possessed by them to carry their plans into execution. It would of course be vain to expect that an officer of the French Republic should speak with favour of the men against whom it was most likely his talents were about to be employed. But favour here seems to be entirely out of the question. Their characters are handled in a way as vigorously hostile as would have been their forces in the field of battle. The pen of the reporter here shadows forth the sword of the soldier. There is no formality of address; the writer's object is to explain clearly his views, and to give his confident pre- dictions of victory ; and one of the main grounds of his confidence is, the un- disguised contempt be feels for most of the leaders of the opposite party. The report IS highly characteristic. A clearness of view, a closeness and brevity of statement, and a fixed and resolute purpose of action, are discoverable in every page."

Advices have been received from Madrid to the 7th instant. On the 3d, the Senate finally declared the Guardianship of the young Queen -vacant.

On the same day, the discussion on the Budget commenced in the Chamber of Deputies. After some opposition, the Budget proposed by Ministers was carried. Some changes have been made in the " House- hold" expenditure : the twelve millions of reels (120,000/.) formerly enjoyed by Queen Christina as Regent are discontinued, and she has now only the matrimonial allowance insured to her by Ferdinand on her marriage. The new Regent, Espartero, is allowed two millions (20,0001.) as salary for the office. Several amendments proposing a smaller sum were made, but unanimously rejected by the Chamber.

Letters from Portugal are dated July 5th. By the Andorinha war- cotter, which arrived here on the 2d. from the island of Terceira, touch- ing at St. Michael's, we learn, that owing to successive severe shocks of an earthquake, which commenced on the 12th June and continued up to the departure of the vessel on the 24th, nearly the whole of the Villa da Praya, in the former island, had been destroyed. Upwards of five hundred houses and habitations had been shaken down. Fortunately, however, from the warning which preceded the visitation, the inhabit- ants, without exception, were enabled to save their lives by flight to the mountains and city of Angra. A subscription, by the example of the corporation of the capital, was being raised for their immediate re- lief, The Don Joao the First corvette was to leave St. Michael's on the 26th June, with the sum of eight contos de reis, (1,8401. sterling,) to be distributed amongst the sufferers ; and a vessel was also being laden with maize, to proceed thither on the same charitable errand.

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]

GREENWICH Porsca-oerzca.—On Wednesday last, Mr. Williams, a Com- mon Councilman of the City, was charged, at this office with disorderly con- duct ; and was, after haying been liberated in the first place, fined 5s, because he refused to bow to the Police. Several gentlemen who were present, and who heard all the evidence, state that this 'decision was pronounced in con- sequence of Mr. Williams's determination to represent the conduct of the Police at Scotland Yard. It thus appears, that he who has determination enough to represent the misconduct of the Police, is on that account to be made a victim to judicial severity.