The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-03-14

raE foaElaN news.

really little news of intcset rom S"'
The dullness in business when pfesa"s W
great extent here, - precisely me same w
England. Money is plenty. but there 70 no
demand for tho spirit or animation 10 trade
calling for investments. Cotton, II any thing,
is depressed In prices; the supply, however,
was limited, and -four somewhat cheaper.
Cotton spinners are beginning TO break the
demand from this side of the water Is very
trinng and in France all kinds Of msnufac-
lures are exceedingly dull. There are many
circumstances combining to render trade and
commerce dull throughout Europe. Ministers
are declining in popularity. Sir John Buffers
motion, expressive Of an entire want OF comb
dence in ministers, was only negaiived by II
majority. We publish a long letter from
our Liverpool correspondent respecting the
Queens Marriage. which seems to be the alb
sorbng question.
FSom our Liverpool Correspondent
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 10, 1910.
Well the Queen is married. and the mat
ter, which was a nine days wonder, before
and after, has lost its gloss, and people mar
vel how they made such fuss about il. But
aQueen's wedding is a novelty in England,
and century may elapse before any thing Of
the sort again occurs. You can have no idea
Of the ferment Of loyalty" which has agiiated
England, Ireland and Scotland on the recent
"happy occason.' From London, the mo-
dern Babylon, to the pettiest village, Monday,
the 10Th Of February, was kept as a general
holiday. For the British people are exceed
ingly "loyal"-io The latest occupant Of the
throne.
The preliminaries Of the marriage ran thus:
the original design was to celebrate The mar
rage on May "a, when the Queen would be-
twenty-one years old. But, it is said, at her
own special desire, the marriage was hasten
ed, aud would have taken place on February
3. but for the death Of the Queens aunt, the
Landgravine Of Hesse Homberg, which caused
the Court to 60 into mourning Directions
were given to lit up the Chapel Royal at ST.
James's Palace, and the Queen went almost
daily to see how her orders were executed
Meanwhile, the Prince was in Germany, aud
his arrival was fixed not to take place until the
eve Of the marriage. The Queens private
intimation to the Premier was, that as the
Court would 60 cut Of mourning on the 9th,
she was determined to be married the next
day. Two acts Of Parliament, however,
were requisite before that event could take
place. One was to nat,lralze the Prince as a
British subject, and the other to fix an annual
allowance on him. Mr.. Hume moved that the
allowance be R2l 900 year, ami the MINIS
tiers asked 100000 Hume's motion was de-
feated, and then came on olonel Sibthorpe's
motion to cut the 900 down to 100000.
The Court party made great fight for the
larger sum, but, in the present financial diff
culties of the country, it was really too much,
and The reduced sum of R30, 900 was carried
by the Tories, with majority Of l04. The
London tables of mortality say that a man Of
twenty and a half years has fair chance of
living thirty-three and half years longer.
Therefore, the probable length of time that
Prince Albert may receive his pension is
thirty-three and half years. the Queen
asked for her husband a sum equal to
Rl ,675 900 the tories gave him e 100000,
and thus saved the sum Of G675 900. You
will admit that this is no trfe to save, and
certainly no trae for the Wings to have asked,
the Wings who talk so much of economy.
When the Queen heard of the reduction she
flew into fine passion, because she had ex-
pressly told Prince Albert that he should have
100000 per annum, and the Civil List is so
much in debt that she cannot make up the de-
fcient 100000 year Of her Privy Purse.
When the Prince heard Of what had been
granted him he was at Brussels, and is re-
ported to have said that he thought the sum
askeda great deal too much, and that the sum
granted was most liberal.
The Naturalization Bill was delayed week,
because clause was struggled in, at the end
Of it, giving precedence to the Prince before
all the Royal Family Of England. Ministers
prayed that this clause might pass, but the
Duke Of Wellington said that il was so un-
Just to give this precedence, that he, for one,
would not agree to it. So, with very bad
grace, ministers passed the bill with the pre-
cedent clause omitted. This has wofully an
noyed the Queen, who, however, can grant
her husband precedence next herself while
she lives.
These things done, the arrival Of the Prince
came next He landed at Dover, and ar
rived at Buckingham Palace on Saturday. the
9Th. On this occasion, the newspapers took
pains to tell US, the gates Of the Grand Arch
were thrown open to receive the Prince, and
when his carriage drove through, were imme-
'diately shut! These large gates, il seems,
are never opened but for the entry or exit Of
the sovereign. A party Of the l4th Dragons
escorted the Prince to the Palace, and we
learn that for this service, Captain Stephens,
who commanded them, is to be advanced TO
the rank of major. Now, mark the fitne $ of
things in England. The officer who, at the
head of 80 men, routed Frost and the 5000
Chartists at Newport, raised from the
rank of captain TO that of major, and this was
spoken oil as a sufficient and liberal reward
for his galantry. Again, the officer who con.
Quoted the storming of Ghuznee, and took in
"a hours fortress which it was said might
bear a siege of four months, was Captain