Miscellaneous.

The ceremonies incidental to the death of the Duke of Sussex con- tinue to occupy a good deal of attention. A Supplement to Friday's Gazette, published on Saturday, contained an order from the Lord

Chamberlain's Office for a Court mourning ; to commence on Sunday last, the 23d April ; to change to half-mourning on Sunday the 7th

May; and to terminate on Sunday the 14th May. The Earl Marshal issued an order for a general mourning : " It is expected that all per- sons do put themselves into decent mourning, for ten days, to com-

mence on Sunday the 23d instant." Tuesday's Gazette stated that officers of the Army and Navy would not be required to wear other mourning than a crape round the left arm with their uniforms.

The executors of the will of the Duke of Sussex, Lord Dinorben, Colonel Tynte, and Mr. Walker, Comptroller of the Duke's House- hold, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel, in Whitehall Gardens, on Tuesday. The Duke's will desires that his body should be buried in Kensal Green Cemetery ; and the Queen has given her permission that the wish of her uncle should be fulfilled.

The day for the funeral is not fixed : Wednesday and Thursday have been named—with the balance of probability, apparently, in favour of Thursday. The following are items of the gossip on the subject- " The public will be allowed only one day to visit the lying-in-state, [at Kensington Palace,) between the hours of ten in the forenoon and four in the afternoon ; but whether the day fixed on will be Tuesday or Wednesday next, has not yet been positively decided on. Admission will not be by tickets; but all persons dressed in decent mourning will be permitted to enter." " The route by which the mournful procession will proceed from Kensing- ton Palace to the Cemetery at Kemal Green will be—down the Palace avenue along High Street, Kensington, as far as Kensington Old Church, up Church Street and Church Lane, into the Uxbridge Road at Kensington Gravel-pits, when, turning to the right towards Bayswater, it will proceed as far as the Queen's Road, (Black Lion Lane,) up which it will turn, and, passing over the Great Western Railway at Westborne Green, enter the Harrow Road, about a mile from its commencement in the Edgware Road."

1LReport of the post mortem examination of the body-

" April 23. " In the head there were no signs of disease, except that a serous fluid was effused between the membranes by which the brain is immediately invested. " The mucous membrane lining the throat and windpipe was of a dark colour, in consequence of its vessels being unusually turgid with blood. In other re- spects these parts were in a perfectly healthy state. " In the chest.—The lungs presented no appearance of disease. " The heart was of rather a small size, and the muscular structure was thin and flaccid. On the right side of the heart there was no other morbid appear- ance; but the valves on the left side, both those between the auricle and ven- tricle and those at the origin of the aorta, were ossified to a considerable extent. The coronary arteries were considerably ossified also. " In the abdomen, the liver was in a state of disease, presenting a granular appearance throughout its whole substance. "In the lower bowels there were some internal hwroorrhoids ; but there were no other marks of disease either in this or any other of the viscera.

" WILLIAM FREDERICK CHAMBERS, M.D. " HENRY HOLLAND, M.D.

" BENJAMIN C. BRODIE, Sergeant-Surgeon. " ROBERT KEATE, Sergeant-Surgeon. " JOHN DORATT.

JOHN RUSSET."

The Duke of Sussex, when appointed Colonel of the Royal Artillery Company, measured 6 feet 3.1 inches in his shoes: the body measured 6 feet 6 inches.

The last name inscribed in the visiting-book at Kensington Palace, when it was closed on the Duke's death, was that of " Thomas Moore."

The Dutchess of Inverness has been indisposed. Her Grace has been visited by the Queen Dowager, the Duke, Dutchess, and Princess Augusta of Cambridge; and the Queen and other members of the Royal Family have sent to make inquiries.

It is understood that the Dutchess will remain at Kensington Palace-

" We understand," says the Times, " that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to signify to the Dutchess of Inverness that her Grace will have the permission of the Crown to continue to occupy the apartments in the Palace so long inhabited by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex ; but it is ex- pected that as the Dutchess will keep up a more limited establishment than his late Royal Highness, her Grace will select a suite in the wing for her house- hold, leaving the other rooms at the disposal of Government."

The Liverpool Times revives some gossip about the effect of the Duke of Sussex's marriage on the succession-

" It is very doubtful whether Sir Augustus d'Este is not the next lawful heir to the throne of Ireland after the descendants of the late of Duke of Kent and the present King of Hanover, and to the throne of Hanover after the present Royal Family. Mr. O'Connell, whose opinion as an Irish lawyer is entitled to great respect, has given it as his opinion that Sir Augustus d'Este is legitimate in Ireland, the Royal Marriage Act having never received the assent of the Irish Parliament ; and there is every rear on to believe that he is equally so in Hanover."

The following is the form of prayer and thanksgiving for the safe delivery of the Queen, appointed to be read in the churches tomorrow, April 30th-

" 0 Merciful Lord and Heavenly Father, by whose gracious gift mankind is increased, we most humbly offer unto Thee our hearty thanks for Thy great goodness vouchsafed to Thy people, in delivering Thy servant our Sovereign Lady the Queen from the perils of childbirth, and giving her the blessing of a daughter. Continue, we beech Thee, Thy fatherly care over her ; support and comfort her in the hours of weakness, and day by day renew her strength. Preserve the infant Princess from whatever is hurtful either to body or soul, and adorn her, as she advances in years, with every Christian virtue. Regard with thine especial favour our Queen and her Royal Consort, that they may long live together in the enjoyment of all earthly happiness, and may finally be made partakers of everlasting glory. Implant in the hearts of Thy people a deep sense of Thy manifold mercies; and give us grace to show forth our thank- fulness by dutiful affection to our Sovereign, by brotherly love one towards another, and by constant obedience to Thy commandments; so that, passing through this life in Thy faith and fear, we may in the life to come be received into Thy heavenly kingdom, through the merits and mediation of Thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."

The following gentlemen of the Common Law bar have received silk gowns as Queen's counsel—Sir Gregory Lewin, Mr. Roebuck, M.P. for Bath, Mr. Watson, M.P., Mr. Martin, and Mr. Talbot. Mr. Ser- geant Wrangham receives a patent of precedence.

The marriage of the Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg to the French Princess Clementine, took place on Thursday the 20th, at the Palace of St. Cloud. The civil marriage was performed in the gallery of Apollo ; the Princess being led to the gallery by her father, Louis Philippe, the Queen by Prince Augustus. There were present, other members of the Royal Family in France, (not, however, the Dutchess of Orleans,) Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg, the Hereditary Prince and Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha, the King and Queen of the Belgians, Duke Alexander of Wurtemberg, and se- veral noble and official persons. The civil marriage having been per- formed by Baron Pasquer, the Chancellor of France, the whole assem- blage repaired to the chapel ; where the religious marriage was per- formed by the Bishop of Versailles.

The Moniteur announces that the French Court will go into mourning on the 2d of May for eleven days, for the Duke of Sussex.

In the Chamber of Deputies, on Saturday, M. Mauguin made a pro- position on the subject of the wine-duties ; his introductory speech touching upon more extensive topics. We borrow the concise summary of the Morning Chronicle- " The revenue raised annually in France is 1,580,000,000 francs. The landed proprietors paid of this 450,000,000 francs of direct taxation, and 221,000,000 francs of taxes on consumption, in 1837; which, calculated on the SC de of 1842, makes 728,000,000 francs, out of the 1,580 millions. In addition to this, landed property in France is mortgaged; to the amount of thirteen milliards ; the interest of which is 650,000,0J0 francs a year. This makes 1,328,000,000 francs paid by the French landed proprietors, out of a net animal income of 1,800,000,000 francs. What remains is, according to M. Mauguin, not suffi- cient to keep the landed interest above water. And the proof is, that the amount of mortgage increases yearly. In the eight years from 1832 to 1840, it increased by a capital of which the interest is 154,000,000 francs a year. Lauded property was continually splitting and dispersing. In twenty years, two-thirds of the landed property in BYROM changed not only bands but families. The tendency of fortunes was not to exceed 3,000 francs (1200 a year. What kind of education could fathers of families of such fortunes give to their children ? Would such people go to the expense and luxury of a Parliamentary Government ? No; it would infallibly prefer the government of the sword. The population of France, continued M. Mauguin, increased more in times of disaster than in times of prosperity and peace. The twenty- five millions of Frenchmen in 1789 were twenty-nine millions in 1815. From 1801 to 1805, the augmentation was 414,000 souls ; from 1806 to 1810, 781,000. It was about a million in four years up to 1825. From that year the tendency was in an opposite direction, every four years being but an in- crease of 600,000. M. Mauguin laid this at the door of faulty taxation, which weighed principally on landed proprietors; and yet an agricultural population gave less trouble to government, was more tranquil, more pacific, and more desirable. After having laid down these premises, M. Mauguin proceeded to treat of wine-property. This had flourished under the Republic, when there was no octroi and no excise. Napoleon imposed these, and injured the wine- districts : therefore did the population dislike him. The elder Bourbons fa- voured the wine-districts and restored them the facility of exportation: but, falling soon into the prohibitive system, the wines of the South no longer found markets, and the freedom of export became useless. Wine-land in France had increased one-fourth since 1789 ; but the population had increased by one-half. It could not be said, therefore, that too much wine was grown ; and yet the value of wine-land had so fallen that it could not find purchaser or mortgagee."

M. Mauguin proposed to exempt from duty alcohol when rendered unfit for drinking, and to punish the falsification of wine. Both propo- sitions were referred to a Committee.

The Lisbon mail of the 17th instant brings intelligence that the nego- tiations with this country have been interrupted. The fact is thus an- nounced by the Diario do Governo-

" We are authorized by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to an- nounce, that in consequence of communications received from London by the last packet, the negotiation between the Governments of Portugal and of Great Britain, for the reduction of the duties on articles of the produce or ma- nufacture of the two countries, compatible with their respective interests, is now broken off."

The Universal German Gazette of the 21st instant states, that the European Powers had agreed upon the restoration of Prince Milosch to the Principality of Servia. The only difficulty appeared at present to arise, not from Turkey, but from the existing Government in Servia, which was advised from several quarters not to resign. The Francfort Gazette however says, that a reaction has been produced in Servia, by the efforts of Russian agents in concert with Prince Milosch.

A Hamburg vessel, which arrived off Falmouth on Wednesday, brings intelligence from Port-au-Prince to the 27th March. Perfect tranquillity existed in that city up to that period. The Patriot army, consisting of about 14,000 men, in two divisions, and under the command of Generals Riviere and Lazarre, had entered Port-an-Prince ; and the inhabitants had not only appointed a committee of public safety, for the maintenance of order and protection of property during the Presidential vacancy, but all parties were emulating each other in their endeavours to promote harmony and good feeling. When President Boyer to* his departure in the British war-brig Scylla, he had with him but 50,000 dollars in money.

The packet-ship Independence has arrived at Liverpool from New York, withintelligence to the 7th instant. The papers teem with official docu- ments relative to matters in dispute between Great Britain and the United States. Foremost in importance is a letter from Mr. Webster to Mr. Ever- ett, the United States Minister in England, on the question of the right of

visitiktion. After recapitulating the words in the President's message of which Lord Aberdeen had complained, Mr. Webster allows that " Lord Aberdeen is entirely correct in saying that the claim of a right of search was not discussed during the late negotiation, and that neither was any concession required by this Government nor made by that of her Britannic Majesty." The treaty, he says, neither asserts the claim

in terms, nor denies the claims in terms ; but he proceeds to argue at great length against the admissibility of the right, on general grounds. Some correspondence had also taken place between Mr Fox and Mr. Webster respecting some bonds or securities which were given for lam-

bercut in that part of the disputed territory which was to be surrendered by Great Britain according to the Ashburton treaty, but on which legal proceedings had been taken in New Brunswick. Mr. Fox states that those proceedings had been stopped.

By the Columbia, we learned that there had been some troubles on the new border : the Bangor Whig gives further particulars-

" We have just been able to obtain the particulars of the arrest and rescue of an American citizen by a British officer. It seems that a Deputy Sheriff of New Brunswick, by the name of John C. Craven, held a precept on a civil suit

against Daniel Savage, living in Arostook county, with which he proceeded up the river, and made Savage his prisoner, and then returned to Madawasca,

where he remained during the night in a house near the British Blockhouse.

The Americans on Fish River thought it their duty promptly to rebuke such jurisdiction in their territory. A small but brave number of them, under the command of a constable with a warrant, started in pursuit, for the purpose of

releasing Savage, and arresting Craven if they could catch him upon the Ame- rican side of the river. The company proceeded down the river about twenty miles to Joseph Hebert's, and there awaited the movements of Craven. In a short time Savage appeared among them, having made his escape; and in a little while Craven also appeared in pursuit. He was arrested, brought before Jus- tice Wheelock, and bound over for his appearance at the District Court, to be holden in this city in May next." A diplomatic correspondence had also taken place on the arrest of Savage. Mr. Fox assured Mr. Webster, that, " if it shall have been found that any indiscretion or irregularity has been committed by per- sons serving under the authority of the British Provincial Government, he has no doubt that the matter will have been already set to rights by the Lieutenant-Governor."

The reports from Canada, of Sir Charles Bagot's health, have again changed, and represent it as improving. Sir Charles Metcalfe had ar- rived at Kingston.

Quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and England, from the 28th January to the 221 April

LIABILITIES. ASSETS.

Circulation £20,239,000 Securities. £23,587,000 Deposits 11,634,000 Bullion 11,190,000

£31,873,000

.634,777,000 assets of the Bank of 1843—.

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