AllisrEllantous.

" The present made by Queen Victoria," says the Journal de Frank- fort, " to the Prince Royal of Hanover on his marriage, will probably

be the richest of any presented on the occasion : it is a silver service for a dinner, of six courses, for thirty-six persons." It appears strange that the London papers, so indefatigable in purveying for news of the Court, had no notice of this magnificent gift.—Gatignani.

Sir Charles Metcalfe, with his suite, left London on Thursday, to embark in the mail-steamer at Liverpool for his new Government in Canada.

The Earl of Ripon has been ill at Putney, with severe cold and inflammation of the chest ; but the most unfavourable symptoms have been subdued.

The Speaker is prevented from giving his usual Parliamentary dinner today, by the loss of a near relative. To the same reason, and the de- sire of Members to release their chief from his duties, is attributed the failure in making " a House " on Thursday.

Mr. Charles Kean, we regret to say, is detained in Bath, in conse- quence of the alarming illness of his wife, who is at present utterly unable to fulfil her professional engagements. Morning Post.

Lord Robert Grosvernor has subscribed to the Anti-Corn-law League fend, for the dissemination of tracts, though not concurring in all the views of the League, and especially in their objections to a fixed duty.

The Times contradicts a statement of the Manchester Guardian, that Lord Abinger himself reported his charges to, the Grand Juries at Chester and Liverpool for the Times.

Tuesday's Gazette contained an Order in Council, which, after reciting the authority of the Act 3 and 4 Will. IV. "to regulate the trade to China and India," makes this declaration- " Now, therefore, her Majesty in Council is pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to prohibit, and doth hereby prohibit, her subjects from resorting, for the purposes of trade and commerce, to any other ports in the dominions of the Emperor of China than those of Canton, Amoy, Foo-chow- foo, Ningpo, and Shanghae, or than may be in the occupation of her Majesty's forces; and her Majesty is pleased to order, that any of her subjects commit- ting a breach or violation of this direction shall, upon conviction thereof in any of her Majesty's Courts of Record or Vice-Admiralty, be, for every such offence, liable to a penalty not exceeding 101.4., or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, at the discretion of the Court before which the conviction shall take place.

A transaction in the corn-trade was announced today, the nature of which was such as to cause very general observation among merchants. It appears that a cargo of wheat, just arrived from Wolgast, was cleared for consumption at the duty now payable, which is the highest that can be imposed under the new law, namely 20s. per quarter. The effect of this unlooked-for movement has been that of producing a depression in the market, the understanding being that other cargoes are on their

way which will also come into immediate consumption. It should be mentioned, that the quality of the cargo cleared today, consisting of about 700 quarters, was fine, and that it was sold at the price of 56s. per quarter duty paid.—Morning Post, Thursday, City Article.

Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the 21st February. Lord Howard de Walden had, it would appear, received instructions from Eng- land to break off the negotiations for the Tariff convention ; the British Government not being disposed to accept the last Portuguese proposals, nor to lose further time in the matter. The Portuguese seem to have anticipated this result ; and, while keeping up high duties to protect their manufactures, they were striving to pacify and bolster up the Douro interests by grants of public money : a bill endowing a privileged company with one-half the present export-duties on port wine had passed the Chamber of Deputies almost unanimously. This company will have an income of 150 contos, or about 35,0001. a year, which it is to spend among the Douro wine-growers, taking 20,000 pipes of their inferior wine at higher prices than they now get, and disposing of them as it best can.

The Times has discovered a most extraordinary source of obstruction in Portugal to a commercial treaty with England-

" We understand, upon good authority, that a very influential member of the Cabinet of Lisbon is engaged in a speculation for having low woollen cloths manufactured at Paisley with Portuguese marks, in order to be smuggled into Portugal. Thus, that illustrious personage hopes to accomplish at the same time a twofold purpose, by securing to himself the advantages of a foreign trade which be denies to his country, and by making it appear that Portugal really has valuable manufactures, which justify the Government in demanding

further concessions of the British Minister."

The Augsburg Gazette of the 20th Febrgary states, that in conse- quence of the conspiracy in favour of ;t;rince Michael, discovered at Belgrade, twenty persons had been arrested and brought to trial by court-martial, and condemned, one to death, the others to imprison- ment for different periods, Advices have been received from the Cape of Good Hope to the 24th December. The Anglo-Dutch on the border, beyond the Orange River, were in open defiance of British authority. They had moved under, their leader, Adam Kok, to attack a village of the Griquas, (a 'tribe under British " protection,") called Philipolis, and had commit- ted other acts of overt rebellion. Colonel Hare, the Lieutenant-Governor of the Eastern Province, had accordingly mitave4 towards Philipolis, with a force about 1,200 strong ; and hewhad reached Somerset on his way on the 13th. The drought which prevailed in Caffreland, and which had reduced the Natives to the greatest distress, was expected to create difficulties in the sustenance of the troops and their baggage- oxen. A spirit of 'disaffection is said to prevail among the Dutch 'within the colohy : handbills had been discovered among'tliem, signed by resident colonists, inviting their countrymen Akin the rebels ;

and a body of them had actually done so. .

At Natal, Captain, now Major Ankle the Commandant, was in safety ; but the Emigrants were as obstinately hostile as ever. A Mr. Boedolph had succeeded Mr. Bischoff as Chief Magistrate of Pieter- niauritzberg, and is said to be more Anti-English than his predecessor.