The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1839.

Aynba..ssp.dors that the news from Alexandria has
dcterroined it to treat directly with the PACII A
decision which is said to have given great satisfac-
tion in the Turkish capital.

SECOND EDITION.
HER IVIAJESTVS
MARRIAGE.

The Madrid Papers, of the 14th instant, repre-
sent the state of that capital as exceedingly gloomy.
Protests against the payment of taxes, should the
Cortes be dissolved, were arriving from the prinei
pal cities of Spain by every post. " A cry of in-
dignation is everywhere raised," says the Eco del
Commercto of that date, " against the inopportune
arid unconstitutional closings of the Cortes. The
Ordinance for the prorogation is everywhere re-
garded as a public calamity." Awed by such symp-
toms of impending danger, the Cabinet on the
14th had come to no resolution. What course the
Ministry will adopt, we shall not, under such cir-
cumstances, pretend to determine ; but the follow-
ing extract from the Eco, will show the extent to
which the national confidence has been shaken, by
the late intrigues of the Camarilla :
" When the decree of suspending the Cortes was
issued, the Five per Cents. fell a little in the Bourse of
Madrid ; and, if the fall was not greater, it was owing
to the efforts of the agents of the Government inter-
ested in keeping up prices, and to the hopes of a suc-
cessful attack upon the factious on the 31st of last
month. Through similar means and expectations the
funds were kept at 31 to the 11th ins'ant ; but so soon
as it was known that the Government intended to pur-
sue a system in opposition to the Congress—that the
suspension was to be prolonged, and a Ministry op-
posed to the majority to be appointed—tha fall of the
funds continued, and yesterday they were quoted at 29.
Since yesterday reports of a further suspension of the
Congress, and of the appointment of a Ministry in the
sense indicated, began to gai❑ consistency, and the first
quotation was 27k, a fall which evidently shows the
want of confidence on the part of holders of stock. The
friends of Government, alarmed by the rapidity of the
fall of prices, accordingly made every effort to raise
them again, by diffusing reports of favourable news from
Catalonia ; but notwithstanding their efforts, the Five
per Cents. Active closed at 28} for cash. Thus, since
the suspension of the Sessions of Cortes, the fall has
been full 4 per cent."

THE PRIVY COUNCIL.

Her Majesty held a Privy Council this day at
Buckingham Palace, at half-past One o'Clock,
which was attended by an usually large number
of Members—there being upwards of 100 Privy
Councillors present.
The proceedings excited unusual interest from its
being generally understood that an announcement of
her Majesty's intended Marriage with Prince
Albert of Saxe Cobourg would be made to the
Council, and as early as twelve o'clock a large
concourse of persons had assembled in front of the
Palace, and at two o'clock the number had in-
creased to several thousands—there was a very
large sprinkling of foreigners among the crowd.

The following is the communication made by
her Majesty to the Privy Council assembled at
Buckingham. Palace this day :

" I have caused you to be summoned at the pre -
sent time, in older that I may acquaint you with
my resolution in a matter which deeply concerns
the welfare of my people, and the happiness of my
future life.

" It is my intention to ally myself in marriage
with Prince Albert of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha.
" Deeply impressed with the solemnity of the
engagement which I am about to contract,

I have not come to this decision without
mature consideration, nor without feeling a
strong assurance that, with the blessing of Almighty
God, it will at once secure my domestic felicity,
and serve the interests of my country.

General ESPARTERO'S head-quarters were on
the 12th at Las Parras in Arragon. It was ex-
pected that he would choose Forcall in Valencia
for his head-quarters during the winter. The
blockade of Morella and Cantaviaja is to be strictly
enforced. No further intelligence has reached us
respecting an engagement with CABRERA.

"I have thought fit to make this resolution known
to you at the earliest period, in order that you may
be fully apprised of a matter so highly important to
me and my kingdom, and which I persuade myself
will be most acceptable to all my loving subjects."

Her Majesty looked in excellent health, and
delivered the Address with great composure.
The Council broke up shortly before three
o'clock ; and on leaving the Palace her Majesty's
Ministers and other leading political characters were
received with the usual popular marks of applause
or disapprobation. Lord Melbourne, who was
nearly the last that quitted the Palace, was loudly
cheered by the majority of those present, but there
was some vehement hooting from a mob of per-
sons who followed his carriage round the entire
front of the Palace. His Lordship smiled and
bowed good-humouredly to his assailants. The
Marquis of Normanby and Lord J. Russell were
in the same carriage, and came in for a pretty equal
share of applause and disapprobation. The Duke
of Wellington, who was locking extremely thin and
pale, but in good spirits, was most enthusiastically
cheered. Lord Montcagle (Mr. Spring Rice) was
greeted with a hearty groan. There was a sorry at-
tempt at a cheer for Sir Robert Peel, from the same
knot to whom we have before alluded. Mr. Goal-
burn, Mr. Wilson Croker, and others of that
party, were allowed to pass almost unnoticed.
The reception of his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge was of the same lukewarm character.
Lord Palmerston's reception was by no means
flattering, but it would be impossible to parti-
cularize all the various shades of shouting, cheer-
ing, hooting, and hissing, which alternately prevailed.
We observed among the crowd a certain Noble
Marquis who has lately ratted from the Whigs, and
a Baronet of some celebrity in East India affairs
who were signalling the populace as to what par-
ties they should cheer or groan. These two gen-
tlemen appeared to enjoy the fun amazingly, and
remained on the ground till the last carriage had left
the Palace.

There is very little news of any moment in the
French Journals of Thursday. M. BEItENGER,
the lawyer and deputy, has declined the honour of
the Peerage. He does not think himself sufficiently
useless fora seat in that assembly. Another of the
new Peers, M. VIENNET, a poetaster by profes-
sion, has publicly announced that he only learned
he was created a Peer by the newspapers, and that
he accepts the honour in the same spirit of Christian
resignation that he would any other calamity with
which it might please Providence in its inscrutable
wisdom to visit him. At this rate, promotion to
the Peerage will soon be as terrible to public men
in France, as promotion to the pillory was formerly
to rogues and vagabonds in England. The Minister
of Justice should avail himself of this new and
most effectual mode of repressing the turbulence of
democratic deputies. Let him only commence the
new Session with threatening all who oppose
Om Ministerial will with seats in the Upper
Chamber, and he will at once silence the noisy
Members of the Left and Left Centre.
The Moniteur of Thursday contains the returns of
the foreign imports into France during the first ten
months of 1839, from which it appears that the quan-
tity of colonial and foreign sugars imported during that
interval amounted to 84,474,380 kilogrammes (84,474
tons), 54,792,618 (54,792 tons) of which were sold
for consumption, the duties on which amounted to
23,661,969 f. (nearly 93,0001.) The next articles in
point of importance were coffee and olive oil, which
respectively brought to the Treasury upwards of
9,000,000 f., (360,0001.), and cotton 7,200,000 f.: wool,
6,100,000 f., and coal, 2,262,000 f. The quantity of the
latter imported in that period was above 1,000,000,000
of kilogrammes (1,000,000 tons), 949,000,000 of which
were disposed of for consumption.
M. de Konneritz, the Saxon Ambassador in Paris,
had lately an interview with King Leopold at Wisba-
den, thereby virtually reopening diplomatic relations
between Belgium and Saxony.
The Diario di Roma of the 9th inst. announces the
death of Cardinal Gregorio on the 7th, in the 81st
year of his age. The Constitutionnel states, on the
authority of its correspondence from Rome, that the
health of the Pope was undermined by a slow fever,
which would shortly bring him to the tomb.
Hitherto, England has not admitted French Consuls
in its Colonies, and France on the other hand has not
received English Consuls in its colonies. It is an-
nounced that negotiations recently opened with the Ca-
binet of London has led, or will shortly have the effect
of putting an end to this anomalous state of things,
and several French consular agents who are to reside in
some of the English colonies arc on the point of receiv-
ing their cxequatur. The concession is reciprocal as the
exclusion has been.—Le Commerce.
We learn that Don Manuel Belilia has received the
command of a force which is to protect the road from
Calanda to Aleaniz, in order to prevent the incursions of
the bands of the insurgents at this point. One of these
bands is composed of the insurgents who came from Cas-
tello on the invitation of Cabanero. The Carlist offi-
cer Mario, who was surprised at Oliette, with a detach-
ment of the same insurgents, by the garrison of Segrera,
passed, three days ago, through Montalban, with thirty
of his companions, on his way to the head quarters of the
rebels. The head-quarters of the Duke of Victory were
still at Los Parras and the divisions of the army occupied
the same positions that we mentioned in our last num-
ber. The last letters from Catalonia are of the 12th.
They do not speak of the Count d'Espagne ; it is not
known what has become of him. A Christino column of
5,000 men has entered Catalonia by way of Senda, and
will shortly join the army of Valdez, who will then be
able to act with vigour. In Navarre all is tranquil, and
the disarming proceeds without meeting with any
obstacles.

Her Majesty and her attendants, escorted by a
party of the Lancers, left Buckingham Palace
shortly afterwards for Windsor, and was greeted on
her route towards Hyde-park with loud and
general cheering by the assembled multitude.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

!ROM THE EVE NING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
(From the Courier.)
The singular fortunes of the family of Saxe Coburg,
are the extraordinary and wonderful incidents of this
age. The domain of Cobourg, the patrimonial estate of
the preseut:Duke, thy, eldest of the family, and brother of
Leopold, was a very small principality ; the net revenue
did not exceed 7001. per annum. Of course, upon such
an income, the family pride was difficult to support, and
the means of educatii )n for the younger branches extreme-
ly restricted. On ace ount of the smallness of means, none
of the family could venture an appearance at Court, at
Vienna, save the Du ke, and he rarely. The portion of
the inheritance of Gotha-Aitenbourg, which came to
him, greatly improved his standing and extended
his possessions, an inheritance, which perhaps would
not so readily ha ve been conceded to him hut
from the powerful alliance and countenance of this
country through Li :opold. The territory of Cobourg
and Gotha may 1.. e estimated to contain together
160,000 souls. T he revenue is stated at 100,0001.
per. annum, from wt Lich has to be deducted the interest
of the debt or mort gage upon the property amounting
to 464,000/., which , taking the rate at 6 per cent., not
a high rate for Ger many, will be an annual charge of
27,840/. The Dui ;by is rated to furnish a contingent
of 800 men to the Germanic Confederation. At the

A letter from Odessa of the Ist November says—
" The abundant harvest in the Ukraine, and Moldavia
and Wallachia has caused a fall of one-eighth in the
prices. The merchants of Leghorn have made large
purchases of wheat and oats in our magazines, chiefly
for Gibraltar, Valencia, and Marseilles."—Le Consti-
tutionnel.

time of his select ion by the Princess Charlotte,
Leopold was a simple Major in the Austrian ser-
vice, and his whole means and prospective expectations
centered in his prof ession. His rise led to and was the
prelude of that of the whole family. His sister be-
came Duchess of E Sent, adopted, like himself, into the
Royal Family of E ngland, and in course, if not Queen
Mother, Mother of the Queen. Leopold himself is
King of Belgium ; one nephew, Ferdinand, King Con-
sort of Portugal ; ; ind a third about to become Prince
Consort of the S; ivereign Queen of Great Britain.
Never before, perhaps, in so short a space of time, did
a family attain fort/ ones so magnificent, without deeds of
arms or special sery ices of any public nature.
( From the Globe.)
MARRIA GE OF THE QUEEN.

The Privy Cow tell, convened by special command I
of her Majesty, met . at Buckingham Palace this day, to
receive a communi cation from her Majesty, second in
importance to none which could possibly come within its
range of privilege t ,o receive, or of duty to advise on.
We need hardly add that the commuunication to
which we have adverted relates to the highly interesting
and impo 'tant eve 3t of her Majesty having selected
from among the Pro testant Princes of Europe the indi- 1
vidual who, as her i ifture Consort, is now placed in a
position which rend( !TS him an object of deep interest to
the nation, and of e :nvy to the world. Prince Albert of
Saxe Coburg Gotha„ thus signally honoured above his
i
fel-
lows, is, we are asst. tred by those who have had opportu-
nities of being i•i s company, and of observing his bear-
ing both towarn. ~i s equals and inferiors, worthy of the
proud distinction s lich awaits him. Report assigns
him accomplishmen is such as qualify him to adorn
a Court, and justify the hope that his intimate relation
to our beloved Sov( ;reign, will, under the blessing of a
gracious Providence , confer on her the pure and refined
enjoyments of don testis life, without which even the
splendors of a C ourt, the power of a throne, and
even the affection ate loyalty of an empire, leave
an aching void i n the heart. That void will,
we trust, be oci cupied fully and enduringly by
the contemplated , anion of which the Privy Coun-
cillors of the Sovereign will have this day official in-
formation. Prince Albert is the second son of Ernest,
reigning Duke of S laxe Cobourg Gotha, and derives his
birth from a long unbroken line of Protestant ancestors ;
to one of whom Lt fther was indebted for protection, and
probably preservati on from death, when after the Diet of
Worms the Pope e mployed his powerful influence with
the Princes of Continental Europe to effect his destruc-
tion. Thus wa43 the Reformation instrumentally
indebted for the protection and preservation of its
i s
consequently Royal
great author to Ito illustrious member of the fa-
mily about to become connected by marriage with the
Queen of England ; of all the other countries of Europe
most benefited in its religion, laws, arts, and literature,
Hist'andHighness was born
the junior of
by that g2r6e,ati.sevie;,
her Majesty, wh,o was born on the 24th of May pre-
' 1 vious, about thre e months.

Lord and Lady Vaux returned to Kiddington
Park, their seat, in Oxfordshire, yesterday, from a tour
of several weeks in Ireland.

► THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) I CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT GARDEN.
Vegetable productions are beginning to fall off. Our supply
was good, btst it was confined mostly to the primary descrip-
tions. There not a brisk trade, but prices were much as last
week. Dutch Grapes 10d. to Is. per lb. Pine Apples
were is. to 21s. each ; Plants Is. 6d. per dozen ;
Celery, 4d. to Is. 3d. per bundle. Onions, ls. Gd.
per sieve ; Carrots, 4s. per dozen ; Btocoli, 4d. to Is.
per bundle ; Turnips, lid. per bunch ; Oranges, ss. to 10s.
per 100 ; Lemons, 4s. to 9s. per 100 ; Apples, 3s. 6d. to 10s.
per bushel ; Cucumbers, 4s. per sieve; Cabbages, 9d, per doz. ;
Currants, Is. per sieve.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

JONES V. GOODERICII-JUDGMENT.

The supply of Meat was very large, and trade was lively.
Prices looking up. Beef, 2s. Sd. to3s. 6d. ; Mutton, 2s. 10d.
to 3s. 6rl. ; Veal, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Pork, 3s. to 4s. Sd.
Geese, 4s. 6d. to Gs. 6d.; Rabbits, 9d. to Is. 6d. ; Ducks,
Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Wild Geese, Is. to Is. 6d. ; Snipes, 6d. to
; Pigeons, 6d. to Is. ; Hares, 2s. 6d. to3s. 6d. ; Pheasants,
25.16 d. to 3s. 6d. ; Chickens, ls.:Gd.:to 2s. ; Gold Plovers, 6d
to ls. ; Teal, 6d. to Is. ; Grouse, 2s. to 3s. ; Turkeys, 4s. 6d
to 12s. Eggs, is. 6d. to 10s. per 120.
BILLINGSGATE MARKET.

The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in
this case, altering the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor,
granting a receiver of certain leasehold houses in Cam-
den-town, in so far as it affected the leasehold premises
held by the defendant under an assignment.

The supplies were good,and prices were much as last quoted.
Trade was lively. Turbot, 7s. to 20s. ; Cod, 2s. 6d. to 12s. ;
Lobsters, 10d. to 4s. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Oysters,
Its: to 40s. per bushel; Whitings, 4d. to 10d. ; and Had-
do I s. to 2s.