Aistellantous.

The Windsor correspondent of the Morning Herald says that Prince Albert enjoys so much better health at Windsor than in town, that the -Queen will take the earliest opportunity of removing thither. It is even debated whether Prince Albert will not return to Germany for a time, for the benefit of his health. The medical attendants of the Princess Royal, it is added, recommend that the Royal infant should make a lengthened stay at Windsor.

Several Cabinet Councils have been held during the week—on Satur- day, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most of the Ministers were present on Thursday ; all on the other days.

The Bishop of Worcester, Dr. James Robert Carr, died at the city of his diocese on Saturday. He was made Bishop of Chichester in 1824, and translated to Worcester in 1831.

M. Dedel, the Minister of the Netherlands, left town for Holland on Saturday. He will return by the middle of May.

We understand, that in acknowledgment of the eminent public ser- vices rendered by Major-General Sir George Arthur during his administration of the government of Upper Canada, he is about to be raised to the dignity of a Baronet.—Globe, April 30.

The Morning Chronicle of Monday asserted that the Conservative party had broken out into an open act of rebellion against their leader, Sir Robert Peel- " The explosion to which we allude took place, we are given to understand, on Friday last; on which day it was formally announced to Sir Robert Peel, that if he did not speak out' on the impending debate on the Irish Regis- tration Bill, a numerous and influential division of his nominal adherents had determined to separate, at least on that occasion from their temporizing leader, and to support an intended modification of the qualification, said to be in the contemplation of Lord Howick, namely, to substitute a twenty-pound tenant-at-will clause in room of the proposed test by rating. "The malecontents," adds the Chronicle, " were canvassed indivi- dually and collectively ; but the result was eminently unsatisfactory." Summonses were then issued for a meeting at Sir Robert's, on Monday, to decide upon the course to be adopted on Lord Morpeth's bill ; and the leaders of "the refractories" promised to attend. The meeting took place accordingly ; and there was a very numerous attendance, almost every Conservative Member of the House of Com- mons being present. Instead of the division anticipated by the Whig journal, the Tory papers describe nothing but unanimity : "all the propositions of the Right Honourable Baronet," says a correspondent of the Standard, "were most cordially and enthusiastically responded to. There was not a dissentient voice." Sir Robert urged his followers to -oppose, not the details, but the principle of Lord Morpeth's measure.

The steam-ship British Queen arrived at Liverpool early on Tuesday morning. She left New York on the 11th April ; having made the passage in sixteen days and eighteen hours. No intelligence of the President steamer had been received at New York up to mid-day on the 11th.

The most important news brought by the British Queen is the in- telligence of the death of the President Harrison, at Washington, on the morning of the 4th. The immediate cause of his death was an attack of pleurisy, with violent diarrheas, which baffled the skill of the eminent medical men by whom he was attended. He was in the sixty-ninth year of his age. He died within one month of his inaugu- ration, and is the first President who has died in office. On the 5th April, the public were admitted to view the remains of the late Presi- dent. His corpse was placed in a leaden coffin, with a roofed lid and a glass cover over it ; the lead coffin, enclosed in a mahogany one' having also a roofed lid. The whole was covered with a black velvet pall, trimmed with silver lace. The funeral took place on Wednesday the .7th. The corpse was borne from the President's house, and was depo- sited in the Congressional Cemetery. The order of the procession was very imposing : it extended over two miles of space, and was the longest ever witnessed in Washington. By the constitution of the country, in the event of the President's

death, the Vice-President becomes President for the unexpired term. To provide for this contingency, it has been the practice for the Vice- President, a few days before the termination of each session of Con-

gress, to retire from the chair of the Senate ; thus affording an oppor- tunity to that body to elect a President over themselves pro tempore. At the late session, Mr. Tyler, the Vice-President, having left the chair, Mr. Southard, a senator from New Jersey, was chosen President pro tempore. Mr. Southard becomes Vice-President of the United States until the 4th March 1845.

Mr. Tyler arrived at Washington on the 5th, and was sworn into office. He retains the Cabinet which General Harrison had selected. lie issued the following address on the 8th- " Fellow-citizens—Before my arrival at the seat of government, the painful communication was made to you by the officers presiding over the several de-

partments, of the deeply-regretted death of William H. Harrison, late President of the United States. Upon him you bad conferred 3 our suffrages for the first office in your gift, and had selected him as your chosen instrument to correct

and reform all such errors and abuses as had manifested themselves from time to time in the practical operation of government. W bile standing at the threshold of this great work, he has, by the dispensation of an All-wise Providence, been

removed from amongst us ; and by the provisions of the constitution the efforts to be directed to the accomplishment of this vitally important task have devolved upon myself. This same occurrence has subjected the wisdom and sufficiency

of our institutions to a new test. For the first time in our history, the person elected to the Vice-Presidency of the United States, by the happening of a contingency provided for in the constitution, has had devolved upon him the Presidential office. The spirit of faction, which is directly opposed to the spirit of a lofty patriotism, may find in this occasion for assaults on my administration. And in succeeding, under circumstances so sudden and unexpected, and re- sponsibilities so greatly augmented, to the administration of public affairs, I

shall place in the intelligence and patriotism of the people my only sure re- liance. My earnest prayer shall be constantly addressed to the All-wise and All-powerful Being who made me, and by whose dispensation I am called to the high office of President of this confederacy, understandingly to carry out the principles of that constitution which I have sworn ' to protect, preserve, and defend.' The usual opportunity which is afforded to a Chief Magistrate upon his induction to office, of presenting to his countrymen an exposition of the policy which would guide his administration, in the form of an inaugural ad-

dress, not having, under the peculiar circumstances which have brought me to the discharge of the high duties of President of the United States, been afforded to me, a brief exposition of the principles which will govern me in the general course of my administration of public affairs would seem to be due as well to myself as to you. "in regard to foreign nations, the groundwork of my policy will be, justice on our part to all, submitting to injustice to none. " While I shall sedulously cultivate the relations of peace and amity with one and all, it will be my most imperative duty to see that the honour of the

country shall sustain no blemish. With a view to this, the condition of our

military defences will become a matter of anxious solicitude. The army, which has in other days covered itself with renown, and the navy, not inappropriately termed the right arm of the public defence, which has spread a light of glory over the American standard in all the waters of the earth, should be rendered replete with efficiency. " In view of the tact, well avouched by history, that the tendency of all human institutions is to concentrate favour in the hands of a single man, and

that their ultimate downfal has proceeded from this cause, I deem it of the

most essential importance that a complete separation should take place between the sword and the purse. No matter where or how the public monies shall be deposited, so long as the President can exert the power of appointing and removing at his pleasure the agents selected for their custody. The com- mander-in-chief of the army and navy is, in fact, the treasurer. A permanent and radical change should, therefore, be decreed. The patronage incident to the Presidential office, already great, is constantly increasing. Such increase is destined to keep pace with the growth of our population, until, without a figure of speech, an army of office-holders may be spread over the land. The unrestrained power exerted by a selfishly-ambitious man, in order either to perpetuate his authority or to hand it over to some favourite as his successor, may lead to the employment of all the means within his control to accomplish his object.

" The right to remove from office, while subjected to no just restraint, is in- evitably destined to produce a spirit of crouching servility with the official corps, which, in order to uphold the hand which feeds them, would lead to direct and active interference in the elections both State and Federal, thereby subjecting the course of State legislation to the dictation of the chief executive officer, and making the will of that officer absolute and supreme.

" I will at a proper time invoke the action of Congress upon this subject ; and shall readily acquiesce in the adoption of all proper measures which are

calculated to arrest these evils, so full of danger in then tendency. I will re- move no incumbent from office who has faithfully and honestly acquitted him- self of the duties of his office, except in such cases where such officer has been guilty of an active partisanship, or by secret means—the less manly, and there- fore the more objectionable—has given his official influence to the purposes of party, thereby bringing the patronage of Government in conflict with the

freedom of elections. Numerous removals may become necessary under this

rule. These will be made by me through no acerbity of feeling. I have no cause to cherish or indulge unkind feelings towards any ; but my conduct will be re- gulated by a profound sense of what is due to the country and institutions; nor shall I neglect to apply the same unbending rule to those of my own ap- pointment. Freedom of opinion will be tolerated, the full enjoyment of the right of suffrage will be maintained as the birthright of American citizens ; but I say emphatically to the official corps, Thus far and no further.' I have dwelt the longer upon this subject, because removals from office are likely

to arise, and I would have my countrymen to understand the principle of the executive action. In all the public expenditures the most rigid. 3onomy should be resorted to ; and, as one of its results, a public debt, in time of peace, be

sedulously avoided. A wise and patriotic constituency will never object to the

imposition of necessary burdens for useful ends; and true wisdom dictates the resort to such means in order to supply deficiencies in the revenue, rather than

to those doubtful expedients which, ultirnating in a public debt, serve to em-

barrass the resources of the country and to lessen its ability to meet any great emergency which may arise. All sinecures should be abolished. The appro- priations should be direct and explicit, so as to leave as limited a share of dis- cretion to the disbursing agents as may be found compatible with the public service. A strict responsibility on the part of all agents of the Government should be maintained, and peculation or defalcation visited with immediate ex- pubion from office, and the most condign punishment. "The institutions in which we live, my countrymen, secure each person in the perfect enjoyment of all his rights—the spectacle exhibited to the world of a government deriving its powers from the consent of the governed, and having imparted to it only so much power as is necessary for its successful operation. Those who are charged with its administration should carefully abstain from all attempts to enlarge the range of powers thus granted to the several depart- ments of the Government, other than by an appeal to the people for additional Vents, lest by so doing they disturb that balance which the patriots and states wen ell framed the constitution designed to establish between the Federal Government and the States composing the Union. The observance of these rides is enjoined upon us by that feeling of reverence and affection which finds *place in the heart of every patriot for the preservation of union and the blessings of union, for the good of our children and our children's children through countless generations. An opposite course could not fail to produce factions intent upon their selfish ends; to give birth to local and sectional jealousie ; and to ultimate either in breaking asunder the bonds of union, or of building up a central system, which would ultimately end in a bloody and an Iron crown.

"In conclusion, I beg you to be tenured, that I shall exert myself to carry the foregoing principles into practice during my administration of the Govern- ment; and, confiding in the protecting care of an ever-watching and overruling Providence, it shall be my first and highest duty to preserve unimpaired the free institutions under which we live, and transmit them to those who shall succeed me in their full force and vigour. JOHN TYLER." "Washington, 9th April 1841."

Mr. Tyler is described as an intelligent man, of cultivated mind; moderate in his political sentiments, but firm and independent. He is opposed to a Union Bank ; but it is expected that he will be merely passive, without reversing or indeed making any marked change in the policy of his immediate predecessor. Like General Harrison's, his foreign policy is expected to be eminently pacific. Nothing had occurred in the M`Leod affair.

The transactions in foreign exchange for the British Queen had been large, and the market closed very firmly. The sales of sterling bills had been at 71 to 7+ premium ; Southern bills, 61 to 7. On France the rates were 5 francs 281 centimes to 5 francs 30 centimes.

The news from Canada by the British Queen is not of importance.

The Paris papers of Wednesday contain the report of the Committee of Deputies on the Budget for 1842. The Committee report a defi- ciency o1170 millions of francs in 1840, of 242 millions in 1841, and of 114 millions in 1S42; besides 534 millions required for extraordinary works. The Committee recommend all economy compatible with na- tional honour, and specially recommend a reduction of 37 millions in the war estimate of 1842; besides absolutely striking out 3f millions for engineering and fortifications, chiefly in Algeria. The Courrier Francais states that the Legitimist party, to the number of 150, held a meeting on the 22d, at the residence of the Duke de Levis, for the purpose of receiving a communication from the Duke de Bordeaux. M. de Villele, the chairman on the occasion, read a letter from the young Prince ; in which he desired to consult his friends in France upon the expediency of publishing a manifesto similiar to the declaration made by the Marquis de Dream Brae' in the Chamber of Peers, that the Duke never would attempt to gain the crown by the help of foreign intervention, but would rely solely on the French for his restoration. The assembly was of opinion that the moment was not yet arrived for such a declaration. It was resolved, at the same time, that one of their body should proceed to Goritz, and express to the young Prince the enthusiasm with which his communication was received. The Courrier Francais observes upon this meeting, that if the Legitimists are not strong, the Government is weak ; and that every weak government inspires its enemies with hope.

The case of the forged letters attributed to Louis Philippe was tried by the Court of Assizes of Paris on Saturday. M. Montour, the editor of the France, who was the first to publish them, appeared in court, assisted by M. Berryer, his counsel, and accompanied by a number of his political friends. In the defence, M. Berryer argued that there was nothing offensive to the King in the letters ; that they merely repeated what had been said and published for the last ten years on the affairs of the country ; that the letters, besides, had been printed in England in 1835 and 1839; and that the Ambassador had not thought proper to take notice of them, although he could have prosecuted their author before the English tribunals—it was his duty to do so, and the Ambas- sador would not have suffered them to pass unnoticed had they been forged and calumnious. M. Berryer then laid before the Court and Jury fac- similes of the letters, attested by Madame de St. Elme, a person of some notoriety, who passes by the name of La amtemporaine. The Jury acquitted the prisoner, amidst the applause of the spectators in court.

The Gazette de France has been prosecuted for having published a garbled report of the trial of the France.

Intelligence has been received from Constantinople to the 7th instant.

The Sultan was indisposed ; and it was rumoured that an attempt had been made to poison him. Another report stated that the Cir- cassians had stormed two Russian fortresses on the Abasian coast.

Advices from Candia of the 1st state, that the insurgents were in such force at Sphakia that they were able to keep in check 3,500 Turks lately landed from Constantinople. The foreign Consuls were about to embark in an English vessel, lest their presence should encourage the revolters.

Letters from Alexandria to the 7th contain no news, except that the plague was on the increase throughout Egypt. Mehemet Ali had retreated to a country-house, and Ibrahim Pasha had shut himself up in his palace at Cairo.

The Lyra Packet arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday, with the se • cond March West India mail, bringing papers from Jamaica to the 23d; but no news of the President. The steamer, however, if it made for Bermuda and missed it, could not have reached the West Indies at the time the packet sailed. Copious rains had fallen in Jamaica, to the great relief of the sufferers from drought.

Quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, from the 2d February 1841 to the 27th April 1841—

ASSETS.

Circulation £16,587,000 Securities £22,082,000 Deposits 7,225,000 Bullion 4,638,000

£23,812,000

£26,720,000