28 NOVEMBER 1846, Page 7

The Morning Post of Tuesday made a very prominent statement

that the Queen of Portugal is expected in this country as a place of refuge- " Orders were given, before the departure of the Court for the Isle of Wight, for the immediate preparation of apartments in Windsor Castle, in case the Queen of Portugal and the King-Consort--first cousin of his Royal Highness the Prince Field-Marshal—should find it advisable to avail themselves of British hospitality. Arrangements are also made for the reception of their Majesties' four sons and two daughters, who may naturally be expected to accompany their royal parents in this involuntary visit. It is added, that the mysterious mission of Colonel Wylde, about which people have wearied themselves with conjectures, had refer- ence simply to the offer of this asylum to the Royal Family of Portugal."

The Count de Montemoliu, or, as he is called by his adherents," his Majesty Charles Luis King de jure of Spain," arrived in London on Sunday night. He travelled under the strictest incognito, and was accompanied only by General Montenegro, and his Private Secretary, Don Romualdo Mon. The Marquis di Villa Franca, Duke de Medina Sidonia, arrived in London a few days since.

According tea letter in the Augsburg Gazette from Bruck in Styria, the marriage of the Duke de Bordeaux with the Princess Theresa of Modena was solemnized in that city on the evening of the 16th instant. The il- lustrious couple quitted the town immediately after the ceremony. The church received a present of 1,000 francs, and a donation of 2,500 francs was made to the indigent of the town.

Letters from Berlin state that the Emperor of Russia has given his consent to the marriage of the Grand Doke Constantine with Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg, but that the marriage is not to take place for two years. The Princess has not yet been confirmed, and is to be received into the Greek Church. [Having waited to choose the most convenient path to heaven!] A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office on Saturday at noon: most of the Ministers were present. The Council sat three hours.

A deputation from the Health of Towns Association, headed by Lord Ashley, and including Dr. Southwood Smith, the Honourable F. Byng, Mr. Grainger, and Mr. Toynbee, had an interview with Sir George Grey and Lord Morpeth on Friday the 20th. The business commenced by the presentation of a memorial embodying the views of the Association on Lord Lincoln's Bill. Several members of the deputation urged the neces- sity of adopting general legislative measures in the next session of Parlia- ment for the sanatory improvement of the towns and populous districts of the United. Kingdom. Sir George Grey intimated that a general measure would be brought forward early in the session. In reply to an observa- tion made by Lord Ashley, the Home Secretary said—" It was not to be supposed that because the Metropolis, and Scotland and Ireland, were omitted from the general measure proposed by Lord Lincoln, that they were intended to be passed over; but that the different cases requiring different machinery, they should be the subject of separate acts." Mr. F. Byng having referred to the condition of the grave-yards, Lord Morpeth expressed his opinion that this question ought not to be included in the general measure, but should form the subject of a separate act.

A deputation of East India merchants, belonging to Liverpool, had an interview on Saturday with Lord John Russell and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Their object was to protest against the late imposition of a higher duty than 14s. per hundredweight on Bengal sugar of the soft Benares quality, which up to the 30th of September last was exempt from the duty levied on White Clayed Sugar; also against the stoppage of the trade pending the settlement of the question. The Chancellor of the Ex- chequer promised that as little delay as possible should occur, and that the merchants should have the benefit of a doubt in the decision of the Govern- ment.

No fewer than nine memorials have been forwarded to the Indian au- thorities against the salt monopoly. They emanate from commercial bodies in Chester, Worcester, Blackburn, Manchester, and LiverpooL Deputations from four public meetings held in the course of the last week had an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday, for the purpose of presenting memorials to the Treasury calling on the Government to open the ports for the admission of foreign corn duty-free. The several memorials having been read, a conversation ensued. Mr. Cochrane observed, that since his last interview on the subject, the " pro- bability of the rise of prices" then referred to by Lord John had become a positive: rise of 6d. from the week's average on the 7th Instant. He urged this as an ad- ditional reason for the immediate removal of the duties.

Lord John Russell—" I do not feel called on to make any observations on the matter to which the memorials which have just been presented relate. With regard to the observations which have fallen from Mr. Cochrane, as to what he represents me to have said on meeting a deputation a short time ago, I am not sure whether his recollection of the words which I then used be quite correct. My meaning on that occasion was, that if I saw an extraordinary necessity,' I would at once resort to the use of extraordinary powers to meet that necessity; and afterwards would vindicate, at the troper time and in the proper place, the course which I felt it my duty to pursue.

Mr. Cochrane pressed for an explanation of what in his Lordship's opinion eons: stituted an "extraordinary necessity." His Lordship evidently viewed the cal- gencies of the country as of no " ordinary " description when he formally an- nounced his views this time last year. Neither had Sir Robert Peel, when about the same time he declared his opinion in favour of opening the ports, or when he brought forward the modified Corn-law of last session considered the occasion

an" ordinary" one. Corn was then 10s. a quarter cheaper than at the present time.

Lord John Russell immediately rose from his seat, and briefly said, "he had no further explanation to offer." Mr. Knighton, as the representative of many fellow-creatures in Southwark who were starving, called on the Government to interfere; not to slightly pan over the deputation; and to redress the grievances of the people. Mr. Lee Stevens also dwelt on the distress in Southwark. The cost of food in 1845 for a family of nine persons was now equalled by that for six. Lord John Russell replied, that the object of the memorial was distinct front general suffering; for which he felt deeply, and he regretted that he was not able to remedy it.

The deputations then bowed and withdrew.

It is announced, as if on authority, that the Queen has presented to tlie Dutehess of Inverness a pension on the privy purse; and there thus will be no addition to the pension-list, as some of the newspapers had errone- ously asserted.

Archdeacon Shirley has been appointed to the Bishopric of Soder and Man. It is said that the dignity was declined by Dr. Graham, Master of Christchurch College, Cambridge. [" Noluit episcopari " in all sincerity.] We have been informed, on good authority, that the question of the Welsh Bishoprics is satisfactorily arranged; that the two Welsh sees are to be preserved; and that the see of Manchester is, nevertheless, to be erected immediately.— Guardian.

Mr. Charles Buller, M.P. and Judge-Advocate-General, has been ap- pointed Queen's counsel.

Captain Joshua Coddington, of the Royal Engineers, Deputy Inspector- General of Railways, has been appointed Government Inspector-General of Railways, vi :e Major-General Charles William Paeley, C.B., resigned. It is further stated, that Captain Donates O'Brien has been removed: also, that Mr. Estcotut has resigned his post as Chairman of the Standing Or- ders Committee, and will probably be succeeded by Sir William Heathcote or Mr. Bernal.

Captain Hutton R.N., has been appointed Governor of Ascension Island; and proceeds thither in the Grappler, a war-steam-ship. Mr. Henry Hook, one of the Assistant Slave Commissioners for the coast of Africa, is also a passenger in the same vessel, for Ascension.

It has been officially stated in Paris, that the Austrian Government de- clines to revoke the decree confiscating the property of the Prince and Princess Czartoryski in Gallia& Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Ambassador, underwent a difficult but successful operation of lithotrity on Monday last.

The Paris papers announce the death of the popular historian bfichelet.

Mr. Cobden's progress through Spain has been marked by another tri- umph. On the 10th instant, the Free-trade apostle was entertained at a grand banquet in Cadiz, at which he sat down with the leading gentlemen and merchants of that city. His after-dinner speech told well; many of his hearers understanding English.

The gross amount contributed to the Cobden Tribute Fund, as reported on Tuesday last, was 77,473E Her Majesty the Queen of Spain has been pleased to confer on Don Pedro Juan de Zulueta, the eminent Spanish merchant in the City, the hereditary rank and title of Count de Torre Diaz.—Morning Post.

A statement "erroneously made in several of the morning papers," that the French Ambassador had been recalled by his Government, has been formally contradicted. The Count de St. Aulaire is shortly expected at Hertford House, to resume his diplomatic functions.

The Times has seen cause to put forth a denial that Lord Palmerstelt contributes to its columns- " At no time within the last ten years has Lord Palmerston had any species of communication, direct or indirect, with this journal; at no time has he exercised the slightest influence over the views we have expressed on foreign affairs, or on any other subject; and we think ourselves called upon, once for all, wholly and unreservedly to contradict and deny all the assertions which have been made to the contrary." * • "We see nothing in these transactions at present (what- ever may be their eventual effect on our policy and the peace of the world) to alter our firm adherence to those temperate and pacific views of foreign policy to which we have inflexibly adhered under several successive Administrations. It is indif- ferent to us whether people choose to impute them to Lord Aberdeen or to Lord Palmerston. We know them to be our own, and are not ambitious to decorate them with any other name."

A letter from Odessa in the Univers states that the Emperor Nicholas has given orders to assemble au army of 160,000 men in Wolhynia. The officers absent on leave are recalled, and the regiments made up to their full complement. The destination of this army is matter of much curiosity.

Several statements have appeared this week respecting the three ships seized in the Thames as part of the Flores expedition against Ecuador; but the last reports stand thus. The ships were purchased some months ago, by a Captain Charretie, formerly in the East India Company's service, and consigned to him to be taken to Corunna. Having received protests against the expedition, Government caused the vessels to be watched: their prepa- rations looked very warble, and they were boarded. The ship Glenelg was ostensibly an " emigrant " ship, with some 250 young men on board: the was really a transport, with recruits; the steamers were fitted to carry large guns. If these suspicions appearances be confirmed, the ships will be forfeited to the Crown.

- Government have under consideration a plan for connecting the Royal Palaces' Government offices, garrisons, fortresses, and dockyards, through- out the kingdom, by electric telegraph.

At the last meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, it was announced by Sir John Pelly, that the Hudson's Bay Company had fitted out a well- equipped expedition for the purpose of surveying the unexplored portion of the coast of the North-east angle of the American continent. The expe- dition, consisting of eleven persons and two Esquimanx guides, started in two boats, on the 5th July, under favourable circumstances; the ice having cleared away from the shores of the bay at an earlier period of the season than usual.

• The British and Foreign School Society has resolved to establish four more Normal Schools, in the Cotton district, the Cloth district, the West of England, and the East of England.

Several directors of Prussian railways have held a meeting with the laudable object of obtaining greater uniformity in respect to the construc- tion of all the Prussian railways.

A letter from Bremen, published by the Augsburg Gazette, announces, as a matter about to be forthwith undertaken, the organization of a service of Steam-vessels between New York and Bremen.

The King of Denmark has published an edict, declaring the trade be- tween his dominions and China to be free. This abolishes the monopoly of the Danish Asiatic Company, which has hitherto paid large sums to the King for the privilege.

A subscription is talked of for the purpose of raising a monument in Canada to the memory of Lord Metcalfe.

• A petition to Government has been laid down for signature at the Royal Ex- change, Glasgow, for a pension to Mr. Sheridan Knowles.

The Magistrates of the thirteen Police Courts in the Metropolis are paid 1,0001. a year, and the Chief Magistrate 1,2001. There are twenty-two at 1,0001. a year, and one at 1,2001., making 23,200/. a year paid in the salaries of Magistrates.

The Duke of Lucca has suppressed all games of hazard in his dukedom; and has directed that the casino erected at the Baths of Lucca, for the convenience of strangers, be converted into a reading. room, &c., as well as that at Viareggio. The workmen at the tunnel at Mossgiel, near Elauchline, have within the last few days discovered a rich vein of copper ore.—Ayr Advertiser.

The statement made by "Mademoiselle Malvina Florentine de Saumarez," who was recently committed to prison for robbery at Andover, that she was related to the family of Lord de Sanmarez, has been formally contradicted.

The last attempt to save the Great Britain steamer is abandoned. A letter from Dundrum, written on Sunday last and published in the Newry Telegraph, says—" Thursday's work has finished her. Mr. Bremner has failed, as I antici- pated, in his breakwater, which was entirely washed away. • * " Mr. Bremner has given her up; and they are at length going to take the masts out of her, together with her engines."

Mr. Charles John Coney, a young gentleman, the son of the Vicar of Puckle- church, Gloucestershire, has died of hydrophobia, after thirty-six hours' intense suffering. A favourite dog had bitten him in the lip, while he was caressing it, about two months previously.

There was a very violent storm on Friday last week. At Liverpool, it lasted for many hours, but was terrific about noon. A good deal of damage was done: some small vessels sank, and others went ashore in Bootle Bay. A poor Irish- man was blown into a dock and drowned. A newly-built house at Birkenhead was blown down.

The storm was very fierce at North Shields. Several vessels went ashore. The coaLship Sceptre struck against the Briton, which was on shore; the crew got on board the latter vessel, but the master fell into the sea and was drowned an attempting to leap from his own ship; the Sceptre was dashed to pieces against some rocks. At night when the tide receded, a number of robbers pillaged the stranded vessels of everything they could lay their hands on—even the clothes of the crews; the Preventive men, who interfered, were overpowered, and their lights put out. On the following morning, when the mischief bad been done, soldiers were sent to protect the vessels. In the North Sea generally i many disasters oc- curred. Many losses of colliers are reported. A sloop sank n Leith Roads; all hands perished. Off Milford, the wrecks were frequent; BO also on other parts of the Welsh coast: two schooners struck near Llanelly Harbour, and all the men were lost. Many damaged vessels have put into Plymouth since the storm.

The tempest occurred during a spring-tide, and the two causes combined did much mischief in the neighbourhood of Dublin. The sea broke violently on the shore, flooding low parts, and putting the dwellers in periL The Kingstown Railway was considerably damaged. "The breaking of the sea over the Eastern pier was magnificent, and several adventurous spirits dared to go to the end and view it. One young man, the son of a pilot, was amongst them; he unfortunately suffered for his temerity, having been carried away by a wave." There have also been destructive floods in Waterford, Newry, Cork, and other places. Three bodies have been washed ashore at Tramore, probably part of the crew of some wrecked ship. Many small vessels on the coast have fotavieved or gone ashore. At Clo- nackelly, the Jessie Torrance, a large Quebec ship, was lost; and out of a crew of twenty or thirty only nine are supposed to have escaped. Another vessel pe- rished here, and all the crew were drowned. The steamers plying between Eng- land and Ireland were in great peril: two went ashore, and others had to throw their live stock overboard. A Belfast bark struck on a rock near the Mull of Galloway; broke up; and all hands, supposed to amount to fourteen, were drowned.

Three ships were driven on shore on the French coast between Etaples and Boulogne. The American vessel Allen became a total wreck: the master and ten of the crew were drowned. Six others escaped by swimming to land. A few days back, a billiard-table, that bad been carried away by the late inun- dation of the Loire, was found in a field near BLis. It belonged to a caf4 in a little commune near Orleans, fifteen or twenty leagues from the spot where it was found.—Galignani.

Humber of Autumn Annual deaths. average. average. Symotie (or Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious) Diseases 157 206 Dropsy, Cancer, and other d iseases of uncertain or variable scat 100 101 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Kt ryes, and Senses 117 ... 151 Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Itespiration 320 ... 318 Discaws of the Heart and Blood-vessels 39 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 74 Divases of the Kidneys, fie 9 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, fie 22 ithc Limn, diseases of the Bones, Joints, de 13 Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, Sc.

Old Age Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Total (including unspecified Causes)

Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last—

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28 ... 27 966 ... 1,000 104 157 264 27 72 7 10 7 67 26 668

The temperature of the thermometer ranged from 69.8° in the sun to 39.0° in the shade; the mean temperature by day being warmer than the average mem) temperature by 5.30. The mean direction of the wind for the week was South.