The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-04 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, DECEMBER 3. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 32; Highest, 43; Noon, 40, BARCMETEB, 29.87. WIND S.W.; fine weather all day—changed to rain in the evening. DECEMBER 4. TEIRRMnMETER, Lowest, 40; Highest, 47; Noon, 51 BAROMETER, 29.20—fe1l nearly three quarters of an inch since last night. WlrtD S.W.; strong gales with heavy rain and stormy dirty weather. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., DIAMOND and the PEARL A NOVEL. By MRS. GORE. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW WORK. Immediately, in 3 vols. post Bvo., T HE LANCASHIRE WITCHES A ROMANCE OF PENDLE FOREST. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborou,gh-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. Manager, Mr. BUNN. GENERAL REDUCTION OF PRICES. The repeated representations that have been made to the manage ment respecting a reduction of prices, in order t o meet the exigencies of the times, have led to its present adoption. In complying with so general an expression of public feeling, it is only ■e',essary to state that precisely the same character of performance will be given, sup ported by the same artistes, and aided by all the gorgeous parapher nalia of the establishment, presenting a series of attractions on a scale of admission suitable to all classes, with gut, any precedent in so splendid a Theatre. SCALE OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle in the Grand Tier Six Shillings. First Circle .................. Five Shillings. Upper Boxes . .............. Four Shillings. Pit Half-a-Crow". Lower Gallery .............. One Shilling nail Sixpence. Upper Gallery .............. One Shilling. Private Boxes, One and Two Guineas ; Stalls, Seven Shillings. Half-price at Nine o'clock. Dress Circle, 2s. ; First Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pi 2s. 6d.; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. - - THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence with a Grand Opera, entitled HAYDEE! or, the Secret. Loredano, Mr. Sims Reeves ; Malgenio, Mr. W Jit .:girth ; Andrea Donate, Mr. Herberte: Playdea, Miss Lucombe. After which, the First Act of THII AMAZONS. Josith, Mdlle. Louise; Nisida, Mdlle. Phuakett ; Don Ethur, M. Petipa ; Don Oscar, Mr. W. H. Payne ; supported by 3ddlles. Celeste Stephan, Moncelet, Arnal, Annie Payne, Therese Cushnie, Horne, Sophie, Annie Cushaie, Le Tete, Lowe, and Fenton ; Messrs. Paul Znd Jules. To conclude with DlMln's popular Farce of THE WATERMAN. Doors open at Half-past Six, performance to commence at Seven. The Box-office is open from Ten till Five, ander the direction of Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, ELVIMARKIII 2. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Oal Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alteration and the whole re-decorated. TIIIS EVENING. Will be performed THE HUNCHBACK. Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. Charles Kean ; Julia, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled THR KNIGHT OF ARVA.. The Knight of Area, Mr. Hudson ; the Princess Marina. Miss Reynolds. To conclude with the comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. Tilbury, Braid, Hudson, J. Bland, W. Santer, A. Brindal ; Mrs. Humby, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss Would s THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. tinder the direction of Madame Celeste. ..•-•••••-••• During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq. , executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and handelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed ST. MARY'S EVE. A Story of the Solway. Tom Baggs, Mr. Wright; Madeline, Madame Celeste. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith; Ante, Madame Celeste. After which a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with JOHN JONES. Guy Geedluck, Mr. Lambert ; Eliza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. itoYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma' he Na. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Cha racters by Messrs. Granby, F. Matthews, C. Mathews, Cooper, Bel- Ingham, Meadows, Selby, Hall, Binge, Minix... F. Cooke, Charles, Ilia Marshall, Madame Vestris, Mrs. Yates, Mils N. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Macnamara. To conclude with an APPEAL TO THE I' CBLIC. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, Is. ; Pit, 2 . ; Gallery, ls. No half-price to any part of the house. The Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellin - gton-stn cid, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATiZE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-deer rated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner by Mr llurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arm.; meats have been made for the clue Ventilation of the Theatre, and tha coui,ort and convenience of the audience. THIS ETENING, Will be performed LA SONNA.AIBULA. To be followed by a New DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with a new Romantic Opera, entitled LEOLINE. Count Adeltnar, Mr. Charles Braham; the Seneschal, Mr. H. Here castle ; Frantz, Mr. eiss ; Matilda, Mrs Weisz; Leoline, Miss Rafter. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to upiess authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot bo returned. •• nvrr rs 11 - 17 Morning .. 10 mba after 7 l Evening .. 42 min. after /11 tr t! trat 111,' LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1848. Grand preparations were at length being made for the definitive settlement of affairs in the Punjaub, ac cording to the last intelligence received from our Oriental possessions. The lethargy of our civil au thorities in Hindostan had at length been dissipated by the appreciation of a tremendous emergency. At length the military forces in British India were being summoned from the different provinces, and concen trated in overwhelming numbers upon the seat of war. The cause of this sudden transformation of in dolence into activity is attributable not only to the alarming energies which have been gradually accu mulated within the fortifications of Moultan, but to a knowledge also of the universality of the Seikh rebellion, and to a conviction that the troops of those treacherous Asiatics were pressing forward to a combine.] attack upon the capital. A variety of rumours had recently transpired, which ultimately compelled even the most lethargic and in credulous to arouse themselves to a consciousness of these gigantic difficulties. By some extraordinary concatenation of circumstances the arch-rebel SHERE SINGH had been permitted to escape with his fol lowers, on the night of the 9th of October, from the walls of Moultan ; and in consequence of this lenity on the part of General Waist (a lenity which certainly appears, at this mo ment, to have been very doubtfully judicious), the troops of SHERE SINGH had already advanced to Sirdarpore, for the purpose of coalescing with the soldiers under CHUTTUR SINGH, if those two formid able bands of insurgents had not actually, before the departure of the overland mail from Bombay, united togethe r i n the neighbourhood of Wuzeerabad. Such, indeed, appeared to be the imminence of affairs at Lahore, that Sir FREDERICK CURRIE himself had earnestly demanded reinforcements from Feroze pore, while recalling the brigades which had already marched under the orders o f Colonel ECKTORD to the assistance of Major ED-WerARD.ES and his companions. Fortunately these en dangers of the great insugrrtitehtin exertions to meet the the Seikh terri tories were not restricted toa Residentr and his mi litary colleagues, but had raised nsive enthu siasmlath, in the chiefs of the British Indiana Government. Orders, dated Simla, October the had been th issued by the Commander - in - Chief, anno unc i n g e formation of another army of the. Punjaub, which would amount to upwards of 88,000 men in the ag gregate, to be led into battle by Lord GOUGH him. self in person. After proclaiming this decree of the authorities, the distinguished veteran pushed onward from Simla to Loodianah, on his road to Ferozepore, and that, moreover, with so much celerity of movement . , that it was scarcely anticipated that the brave old Captain would find leisure to have an inter view with the Governor-General previous to the time when he bad established his head-quarters in the land of rebellion, and had opened under his own imme diate direction a campaign of extermination to the Seikhs, and of annexation to the Punjaub. The Earl of DALHOUSIE, in the midst of these momentous pre parations, has afforded the most brilliant testimony of his capacities for the exercise of the high functions of the government. Before leaving the chief city of our empire on his journey to Allahabad, his Excellency, on the occasion of a farewell banquet at Calcutta, revealed in some measure the intentions of his Administration towards the rebel leaders of the Seikh population ; and in doing so the Governor-General spoke with a bluntness worthy of CLIVE and a decision worthy of HASTINGS. Declaring in the first instance that his ambition on assuming the reins of government in Hindostan had been the maintenance of peace, he acknowledged that that am bition had been thwarted by recent events in the Pun jaub. " War," said his Excellency, " war has come upon us, and that people and that country, unwarned by precedent and uninfluenced by example, have called for war, and, on my word, sirs, war they e0: 4 ? 4 GlC.:ft. 41, 1;r)" , ' % • ).• ,‘ 4 : • (is ,ti a THE SUN, shall have, and with a vengeance !" In that gallant exclamation, an exclamation so idiomatic in its expression of English bravery, spoke out all the indignation which is felt at the faithlessness of the revolted race. There can, of course, be no question whatever but that the approaching contest will prove one of a most desperate character. The unanimous rebellion of the Seikh chieftains, not even, we fear, excepting the wily and enigmatical GuooLAB SINGH, is enough of itself to assure us that the struggle will be of more than ordinary ferocity, especially as the insur gents must be now sufficiently conscious that their new and unparalleled treacheries have been their virtual outlawry, and that, over come by the English, they are overcome once and for ever—their power being annihilated, and their territories annexed to the already enormous dominions of Great Britain. Considering that the crippled and obsolete Native Government which was attempted to be perpetuated at Lahore by the mistaken treaties of 1846, must under any circumstances have fallen in the end, by reason of its own inherent rottenness, it is satisfactory to a certain extent that the buccaneer ing inhabitants of the Punjaub have revealed their treacheries, again, betimes ; that, in short, they have, by that means, afforded us an honourable pre text for the destruction of a dangerous political anomaly—the anomaly of a decrepit Dewan and an infant Maharajah. When the perils of the advancing campaign have been surmounted, and the Seikh terri tories have been permanently united to the other provinces under the sway of the British Government, the Administration of his Excellency the Earl of DALHOUSIE will be afforded the additional glory of extending the influences of civilization far to the north of the Hydaspes, to the extremest frontiers of Caubul, to the fertile precincts of Cashmere, and to the very base of the great mountainous chain of the Indian Caucasus. Our readers cannot possibly have forgotten a case tried at the last Spring Assizes for the county of Devon, in which Mr. THOMAS LATIMER, the editor of the Western Times, was indicted for publishing a malicious libel respecting the Bishop of EXETER. It is not necessary that we should now advert to the charges brought forward against the Right Reverend Prosecutor... They were perfectly familiar to the community in general at the time, and it is due to the defendant to state, that he com mented upon the various facts with a freedom and independence deserving of the highest praise. Lie felt that his duty as a public journalist demanded that he should. enter his indignant protest against the conduct ascribed to the Right Rev. Prelate; and in the discharge of that duty, he cast aside every private and personal consideration—he disregarded the vari ous kinds of persecution to which those connected with the periodical press are so liable. Criminal informations, actions for damages, or indictments, had no terrors for him when weighed in the balance against that which in his conscience he deemed to be right. He knew that he might be exposed to severe penalties if a conviction should take place— that he might be incarcerated as a malefactor, and condemned to pay a heavy pecuniary fine ; and that, even under the most favourable circumstances, a heavy expenditure in the shape of costs would be in curred. He did not calculate upon any for bearance on the part of the Bishop. He was convinced that every engine of the law would be directed against him, but strong in con scious rectitude, and confident in the accuracy of his information, he despised the consequences, and without hesitation gave his statements to the world. An extraordinary sensation was excited, and much curiosity existed as to the course that would be adopted by the party inculpated, and that curicsity was speedily set at rest. There are three methods by which a party ag grieved may proceed against a libeller for the vindi cation of his character, viz., either by criminal in formation, by civil action, or by indictment. In the first case, the leave of the Court of Queen's Bench must be obtained before the information is filed, but the prosecutor must come into court with clean ..---• V. (pronto,' .nti if n direct charge is preferred, he must file an affidavit distinctly, clearly, and explicitly denying the truth of that charge. Men who are anxious to clear them , selves from unjust and unfounded imputations, who desire to show themselves perfectly free from blame, and who have no fear of the revelations that may be made in the answering affidavits, usually adopt this course, which is generally considered by far the most satisfactory, as the judgment of the Court is founded upon many collateral cir cumstances that could not be given in evidence before a jury. The Bishop of EXETER, however, for reasons best known to himself, did not appeal to that tribunal. If a civil action should be instituted, the libel must not only be scandalous, but also false, for if the charges be true the plaintiff has no ground to demand compensation for himself, whatever offence it may be against the public peace. A plea of justification may therefore be put upon the file, in which the truth of the allegations contained in the supposed libel may be put in issue, and if the jury find for the defendant on that issue, the ♦erdict will be recorded in his favour, And he will, as a matter of course, be entitled to his costs in the action as between party and party. Here, Again, the truth of the charge constitutes an essential element in the case, and the Bishop of EXETER, no doubt upon sufficient grounds, also declined to avail himself of that mode of proceeding. An indictment, however, was formerly a proceeding of a very different character. According to the old law it signified nothing whether the charges were true or false, well founded or ill founded ; if calculated to bring any individual into public odium or disrepute, they were punishable by law. And " the greater the truth the greater the libel " was a well known adage that was constantly acted on to restrict the legitimate liberty of the press. If an indictment was preferred, the truth could not be put in issue, it could not even be alleged in mitigation of punishment. Neither could costs be given against the defeated party; for the proceedings are nominally instituted in the name of the Sovereign, and it is considered be neath the dignity of the Crown to pay or receive costs. A bill of indictment was sent up by the Bishop, who selected the course, at the same time, most oppressive to the defendant, and least conclu sive as to the innocence of the complainant. His Lordship had, doubtless, sufficient reasons for his de cision. In accordance with the present system the defendant could not be heard before the grand jury, and a true bill was accordingly found on the ex parte statement of the prosecutor. ' A. recent Act (6 and 7 Vic., c. 96, commonly called " Lord Campbell's Act") had, however, made a great change in the proceedings upon indictments for libel ; according to that Act the truth of the allegations might be inquired into, but it would not amount to a defence unless it was for the public benefit that the matters charged should be published. et is ed; And to entitle the defendant t o such a tiuth o f the necessary that he should allege the matte rs charged i n th e manner requ i re d in pleadi ng .iciustmetat he ion to an a c ti on f or d e f amat i on, and further, to allege particular fact or reason public establishing the thebenefittheprosecutor is at liberty to reply, generally denying resulting from th e publication; to whic h plea whole, an d if a f ter such plea the defendant is convic te d, it is c ompetent for the Court, in pronouncing sen t e nce , is to consid er w hether the guilt of the defendan t aggravated or mitigated by his plea, and by the evidence give n t o judgm ent i s iu prove or disprove the same ; and if • d given for the defendant, he sha l l be entitled to reco ver the prosecutor the costs i nc u rred, and upon a from special plea of justification, if the issue be found for the pro secutor, he shall be entitled to recover from the de fendant the costs incurred. Mr. LATIMER availed himself of this privilege; he pleaded the truth of the matters charged, and that the publication was for the public benefit, and the jury found in his favour on both points. The weapon resorted to by the Bishop thus recoiled upon himself. At length a rule has been obtained by the defendant to obtain the benefit of the provision in the statute, and to recover his costs from the prose cutor. The Bishop, however, not satisfied with the defeat he has already sustained, it appears, is en deavouring to deprive him of all those costs—to cast upon his shoulders all the heavy expenditure occa sioned by the unfounded charge. 2 Last week he LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1848. attempted to set aside the rule for the allowance of costs; Judge PATTESON, however, very properly re fused to make any decision on the subject, leaving the discomfited Prelate to bring the matter before the full Court if he should think proper. We shall await the conclusion of the matter with some curiosity, to see whether those costs will be enforced, or whether the salutary provisions of the statute, which, for the first time, afforded some slight protection to public journalists from the attacks to which they were exposed, is to be frittered away and disregarded on some frivolous technical grounds. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday. At the close of the sitting of the Assembly on Friday the following Ministerial communication was made on the subject of the arrival in France of the POPE : The President—The tribune is to M. Vivien, for a communication from the Government. The Minister of Public Works—l wish to state to the Assembly that the Minister of Public Worship has been ordered by the Government to proceed to Mar seilles, to receive, in a fitting manner, the Sovereign Pon tiff, and give him a welcome worthy of himself and of the Republic.—(Hear, hear.) The Abbe Parisis, Bishop of Langres—l make myself the organ of all true believers, when I give every com mendation to the Government for the manner in which it has acted in this matter. The language of the As sembly yesterday, and the demonstration which re sponded to it, will, I doubt not, draw down the blessing of God on our labour.—(Hear, hear.) At the sitting of the National Assembly on Satur day, the President read the following letter addressed to the National Assembly by the Apostolical Nuncio in Paris:— " Paris, Dec. 1. " M. le President,—The noble sentiments manifested in so signal a manner by the National Assembly, at the sitting of this day, towards the person of the Most Holy Father have affected me to the bottom of my soul. I hasten to convey immediately to the Assembly, through your medium, the expression of all the gratitude I feel for the Government of the Republic, and for the worthy representatives of France—of that nation which can never forget its generous instinct and traditional de- votedness. Accept, M. le President, with my thanks, the assurance of my most distinguished consideration. " The Archbishop of NICEA, Apostolical Nuncio." M. Marrast, President of the Assembly, returned the following reply to the Pope's Nuncio:—... " Paris, Dec. 2. "M. le Nonce—l will lose no time in communicating to the National Assembly the letter you have done me the honour to address to me. " The Assembly, the organ of the sovereignty of the people, has responded to the sentiments of the entire na tion by spontaneously expressing its lively and deep sympathy for the Holy Father. _ _ _ - " The Republic, which has a right to choose amongst past traditions, will ever remain faithful to those which made France the hospitable asylum of all great misfor tunes, and full of veneration and devotedness for the noblest virtues. " The vote of the National Assembly approving the initiative assumed by the Executive Government must have convinced you beforehand, M. le Nonce, that the illustrious Pontiff on arriving in Republican and Catholic France will be surrounded with all the marks of respect due to his exalted station, and those homages of the heart will be as affecting and sincere as all those inspired by faith and liberty. " The President of the National Assembly. " ARMAND MAanAST." M. FRESLON, the Minister of Public Works, left Paris on Friday night, and proceeded to Marseilles, to meet the POPE. The business of the department of public works will, during the absence of M. FRES LON, be conducted by M. MAain. The Patrie of Friday evening says— " The Council of Ministers assembled this evening at five o'clock, to regulate the order of the reception to be given to the Pope at Marseilles. It is said that the National Assembly will make this an occasion for taking a week's adjournment, and that a great many of the Members will go to meet the Holy Father. It is be lieved that his Holiness will have assigned to him a re sidence in one of the Southern towns of France, unless he should prefer sojourning in Paris, in which case the Tuileries would be assigned to him and his suite." The press of Paris, with the exception of the Red Republican and Socialist journals, are almost unani mous in their expressions of approbation of the conduct of General CATAIGNAC in offering the Pops an asylum in France, and the glory which has in consequence been acquired by the French Republic. The Report drawn up in the name of the Com mittee of Justice, and at the suggestion of M. CREI&IZUX, on the responsibility of the President of tbs. Ro.niihlir end hie Saturday. The grounds of accusation against a President of the Republic are treason, exaction, collusion, and the crimes which now come under the penal law. The crimes and offences affecting the Ministers are, proceedings with a view to overthrow the constitution, crimes touching the safety of the State, the violation of the articles of the constitution which forbids the President commanding an armed force ; the making war ; the introduction of foreign troops into the French territory; the refusing to execute the orders of the President of the Republic relative to the:safety of the State; intervention in elections; and, lastly, the participation in any of the deeds which constitute high treason on the part of the President of the Republic. The &odeives the following as a communica tion :—" The Independent de Toulouse publishes a letter said to have been written by General LAMORI CIERS in July last to Marshal BUGEAUD, and the Marshal's answer. These two letters have been in vented by the person who has made them public. Since the Revolution of February, General LAMOZI.• CIERE has not written any letter to Marshal By- GEAUD, nor received one from him." The Electoral Congress of Red Republicans and Socialists of Paris have nominated M. LEDRU Romari as their candidate for the Presidency, in preference to M. RASPAIL, by a majority of 800 to 4. A telegraphic dispatch has been received by the French Government announcing the arrival at Marseilles of the steam-frigates which had been or dered there from Toulon, and the embarkation of the troops. The Corsaire says that it has been reported that M. EMILE nn GIRARDIN had been poisoned ' • the re port, it says, originated i n hi s h av i ng bitten his own tongue at dinner. SIM. FELIX PYAT and PROUDRON have at length succeeded in fighting their oft -postponed duel. They met on Friday, and exchanged two shots each. Neither was wounded. Intelligence has been received in Paris confirming the rumours of the death of IBRAHIM PACHi, and adding that Ans.ts PACHA had peaceably succeeded to the Government of Egypt. Prince Louts NAPOLEON BONAPARTE published a letter yesterday, blaming the expedition ,to Civita Vecchia. It was to be expected that Prince Louts NAPOLEON would disapprove of an expedition, the object of which was to put down the anarchical at tempts of his brother the Prince of CANINO. COURS ATITHENTIQUE.--PARIS, DEC. 2.-French Five per Cents., 66f. 20c. 15c. 20c. 30c. 40,3. 350. 30c. 66f. 25c. 20c. 10c. 05e. 66t. 65f. 95f. 65f. 90e. 80e. 85c. 90c. 95c. G6f. 651. 90e. ; New Loan, 66f. 20c. 10c. 651. 85c. 80c. 651. Four per Cents., 52f. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 43f. 10c. 15c. 25c. 20c. 25c. 20c. 15c. 431. 20c. 15c. 43f. 10c. 05c., 43F. ; Bank of France, 1,400 f. 1,4101. 1,4051., 1,400f.1,395f. 1,3901.1,387 f. 50c.; Obligations of the City, 1,1251.; Roman, 571. 53f. 52if.; Belgian Five per Cents., 1840, 78i- if. ; Ditto, 1842, 78if. ; Ditto, Four- an ii- a - Half per Cents., 711 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 25. Exchange on London, one month, money, 25f. 421 c. ; three months' money, 25f. 35c. BOURSE-P.lms, SATURDAY, DEC. 2. The market opened pretty firm at about the closing quotations of yesterday, but some considerable sales having been made to realize profits prices gave way, and at the close Rentes were generally marked lower. Threes at 43f.; Fives at 65f. 90c.; and New Loan, 65f. 65c. The market closed as follows:--Thrves, for cash, 43f.; for account, 43f.; Fives, for cash, 65f. 90c.; for account, 65f. 75c.; New Loan, for cash, 65f. 65c.; for account, 65f. 65c.; Bank of France shares, 1,387 f. 50c.; Spanish Threes, 25f.; Spanish Fives and Neapolitans not quoted. RAILWAYS.-The Share Market has been rather heavy to-day, but prices have not undergone any material alteration in prices. Orleans closed at 600 t.; Rouen, 3521. 50c.; Avignon, 1621. 500.; Vierzon, 215 f.; Stras burgh and Bale, 76f. 25c.; Nantes, 310 f.; Northern, 341 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 3631. 75e.; Paris and Strasburg, 3261". 25c.; tlontereau, 100 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Disc. 2. Luxeatbourg (101.), 1 1 ,4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 13/4. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 26th ult. ha ve a rr i ve d. General CORDOVA is to be placed under arrest and tried by court martial for his recent conduct in Catalonia. General MANUAL CONCHA :left Madrid for Cata lonia on the evening of the 26th. He had a long interview with NARVAEZ in the course of the morn ing, who promised to place at his disposal all the men sand money he might require. The army in Catalonia is to be reinforced by 20 battalions. ConcuA. was accompanied by General MATA. 7 ALos as chief of his staff. There was no Bolsa on the 26th. THE CHARTIST LAND SCHEME.—We hear that " The People's Estate" at Mathon, purchased by Mr. Feargu3 *O'Connor, is about to be brought again to the hammer, in consequence of that gentleman declining to complete the purchase. The reason assigned is the " annihilation " (Mr. O'Connor's own term) of the in come derived from subscription to the Land Company since the publication of the evidence taken respecting its affairs by the select committee of the House of Com mons.— Worcester Herald. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. HADERSLEVEN, Nov. 27.—The following address to the National Parliament has been resolved " To the High National German Parliament." " The Hamburgh Borsenhalle,:of the 21st instant, contains a report of the Committee for Domestic Economy of the National Parliament on the proposal of the Minister of Trade, in which the prohibitive system, in regard to the German navigation, is de cidedly approved. Tt cannot indeed be denied that, by adopting the system of the said Committee, very great advantages %could be derived by some of the largest mercantile :places, especially those in the North Sea ; but it is equally true that this would be effected at the expense of all the rest, espe cially those along the East Sea harbours, whose interest would be most materially injured thereby. The greatest possible freedom for navigation and trade can alone be advantageous to the whole, and only a system founded on this principle would be able to equalise the various interests, and to do equal justice to all. "Guided by this conviction, the Commercial Union of the City of Hadersleven most respectfully makes the following request :-- "That the High National Parliament, while re jecting the proposal made by the Committee for Do mestic Economy in regard to the German Naviga• tion, will grant their assent to that system only which shall include the greatest possible freedom of navigation and trade. (Signed) "The Commercial Union of Hadersleven. "Hadersleven, Nov. 27, 1848." A protest has been made to the Government by the inhabitants of Hadersleven against the separation of a portion of the duchy of Schleswig and Holstein, as included in the negotiations for peace between Germany and Den►nark.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, Nov. 30. Mr. Venedy, the reporter of the minority, made a most violent attack on the present Imperial Ministry, for their policy in the Austrian question. He blamed par ticularly M. Schmerling, President of the Council, who, in his opinion, had served, not Germany, but the Aus trian Government, and ought therefore to be not an Im perial Minister, but Minister to Prince Windischgratz. " That Minister," said he, "who has acted here for Austria, send him to Austria." "To support monarchy by reaction," continued he, "will unavoidably cause the Re-public and anarchy to pass over you (the As sembly) like the sirocco over the desert." After the Austrian affair had been again referred to the committee, a discussion took place on a motion of the committee appointed to report on an electioneering circular, issued by the Provincial Government of Mo ravia at Bruenn, Oct. 20th, to the magistracy at Tes chen, in Austrian Silesia. The committee disapproved the step taken on the part of the Moravian authorities.l Count Deym (of Austria) proposed the simple order of the day. He observed that the German Assembly, particularly in its present provisional existence, could not control Austrian Government measures, nor indeed should it interfere with the measures of any other indi vidual Government. " Austria," said the speaker, " cannot, and will not, appertain to Germany. If you will have it, you must send an army and conquer it." Raveaux (of Cologne) asked why the Austrians, hav ing such ideas, put themselves at the head of the Ger man movement since March? The most culpable in trigues, he believed, have been formed against the German liberty and unity since the preparatory Ger man Parliament. He supported the motion of the com mittee. Dr. Berger (of Vienna) followed in support of the mo tion of the Committee. Austria, he said, will soon recall its Deputies from the Assembly, and of course they will be then obliged to leave, Austrian Deputies have already decided in their clubs at Kremsier not to ac knowledge the German Parliament. After few remarks from the reporter of the Committee against Count Deym, the Assembly agreed by a large majority to the motion proposed. served as an ensign in Sicily in 1812), has joined the Sicilian service as a colonel, and Captain FoauEs, of the Royal Artillery, has joined as a colonel in the same branch of the Sicilian service, with his son, who have all three reached Palermo, and entered upon their duties. Captain MoTT, of the Engineers, in the service of the United States of America, has also joined the Sicilian service at Catania. The Alba, Florence journal, of the 24th ult., con tains the following:— " We have every reason to believe that the Prince of Partanna, Neapolitan Ambassador in Tuscany, has to day received his passports, and the Minister Lenz mi and the Ambassador Griffoli have been recalled from Naples. It would appear that the Neapolitan Government had required the Tuscan Cabinet to retract the declarations it had published in the Tuscan Monitor, rdative to Sicily, and complained of the Sicilian Commissary having been authorised to hoist his flag over his gate. The Tuscan Government having returned no reply, the diplomatic relations between the two states have been interrupted. The Tuscan Government could not in that circumstance act with more straightforwardness and firmness. It conformed to the principles inscribed in its programme, and to the wishes expressed by tho Tuscan Parliament." The Semaphore de Marseilles of the 28th ult. announces that the Neapolitan Government, consider ing the suppression at Genoa and Marseilles of all regular measures with regard to the countries in which cholera prevailed, had resolved that vessels comirg from the south of France, Genoa, Leghorn, and Civita Vecchia, should be furnished with a certi ficate from the Neapolitan consular agent, residing in those harbours, stating that no goods susceptible of infection, proceeding from countries where the epidemic rages, existed on board. As respected the passengers, the same agent was to certify that each of them had left England or Malta since ten days. In case one of those conditions should be omitted in the certificate, the vessel is not to be admitted to free pratique, and a special decision shall be adopted in respect of them. That formality was to be required, after the 24th ult. from all vessels arriving at Naples. AMERICA. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, 11 A.nr. The America, steamer, from New York has jus arrived off Liverpool. BISHOP PHILPOTTS v. THOMAS LATI MER, LABOURER. There has been a question of costs left standing over in this case, which will bring the matter again before the Courts. Our readers will remember the case. The defendant, the editor of the Western 7 imes, was indicted by Bishop Phillpotts for libel. To this indictment he pleaded a justification under the statute of the 6th and 7th Victoria, chapter 96, commonly known as Lord Campbell's Act. By this Act a defendant is allowed, for the first time in the annals of our laws, to plead a justification to an indictment for libel, according to the following section : " And be it enacted that iu the case of any indict ment or information by a private prosecutor for the publication of any defamatory libel, if judgment shall be given for the defendant, he shall he entitled to re cover from the prosecutor the costs sustained by the said defendant, by reason of such indictment or infor mation: —and that upon a special plea of justification to such indictment or information, if the issue be found for the prosecutor, he shall be entitled to recover from the defendant the costs sustained by the prosecutor by reason of such plea, such costs so to be recovered by the defendant or prosecutor respectively, to be taxed by the proper officer of the court, betore which the said in dictment or information is tried." B this it will be seen that if a defendant fail to sus tain-his justification, the prosecutor will receive all the costs which he has boen put to in rebutting the attempt to justify, anti the plea of justification may go in aggra vation of the libel ; and be visited with extra punish ment. on the other hand, the plea of justification be established by the verdict of the jury, then the prosecutor is held liable to pay the costs of the defendant. Now in this case, which was tried at the Devon Assizes, in March last, the jury decided by their verdict that the defen dant, Mr. Latimer, had proved his plea of justification —namely, that the matter of which the Right Rev. prosecutor complained, was true. The defendant having the verdict entered in his favour, bad, at length, obtained the ordinary rule for the allowance of his costs. Upon this, the Right Rev. prosecutor took out a sum mons, returnable before Mr. Justice Patteson, to show cause why the rule so obtained should not be set aside. The defendant, therefore, appeared through his Learned Counsel, Mr. Kingdon, before the Learned Justice Patteson, at the Judges' Chambers, on Wednes day last, but The LEARNED JUDGE said he should forbear to ex press an opinion on the application. This being the first case where a special plea of justification had been found for a defendant under this Act of Parliament, he conceived the case to be one of that importance, that it ought to be dealt with by the full court in term. He, therefore, referred the right reverend prosecutor to the Court of Queen's Bench, declining himself to make the order which the prosecutor ask/A tor_— Western 7'imor, COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, SATURDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual walk this morning about the grounds at Osborne. The younger branches of the Royal Family took their accustomed exercise. Colonel Bouverie arrived yesterday afternoon, to attend on the Prince as Equerry in Waiting. SUNDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the younger branches of the Royal Family, walked in the gardens this morning. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Countess of Gainsborough, Lord and Lady John Russell, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, and Colonel Bourerie, attended Divine service at Whippingham Church. Colonel the Hon. Charles Phipps had the honour of joining the royal dinner party at Osborne yesterday. Sir Robert Kane and the Rev. Dr. P. Shuldham Henry had an interview with Sir G. Grey on Satur day, at the Home-office. Mr. Brickwood (South Sea House) and Mr. Barnes had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street _ Earl Grey had a dinner party on Friday at his residence in Belgrave-square. The company included the Solicitor General, Mr. Wilson, M.P., the Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Mr. and Mrs. William Grey, Captain Moody, lion. Mr. and Mrs. H. Brand, and Mr. and Mrs. P. Elliott. Mr. Adair had an interview on Saturday with Sir George Grey. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Fred. Trench attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's—the Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated. At the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. W. Thomas, and the lessons by the Rev. T. Helmore. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The anthem was " Prepare ye the Way" (Wise). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. A pamphlet of a very benevolent character has recently been penned by a Mr. Henry Nicholls, en titled " Proposal for forming an Institution to grant Annuities and provide Homes for the Working Classes in Old Age." The first edition has already received the commendation of some amongst our weekly contemporaries, and the second edition, which has just found its way into our hands, demands from us some brief allusion to its philanthropic intentions. The writer has herein developed a plan, by the adop tion of which the poorer classes would be enabled to lay by for themselves a provision for those years when work is rendered impossible by decrepitude. So much happiness and so much misery are dependent upon the adoption or rejection of the scheme, that we earnestly commend the benevolent proposition of Mr. Nicholls to the attention of his labouring fellow-countrymen. , REATUM.—In our notice of the performance of the Messiah, at Exeter Hall, on Friday evening, which ap peared in The Sun, of Saturday, the heading of the article should have been " London Sacred Harmonic Society." THE HON. AND REP. BAPTIST W. NOEL.—The public announcement that Mr. Noel would yesterday take leave of his congregation caused an enormous crowd to assemble on the occasion, in and about St. John's Chapel, Bedford row ; in fact, in the morning but few of the seatholders were able at all to make their way into the chapel, and it was during the early part of the service a scene of much confusion and excitement, but in the evening more adequate arrangements for securing order were ,made. Mr. Noel preached twice—in the morning from Epliesians iii. 14-19, in the evening from John xvii. 24, but said that he should not waste the time of the congregation by any explanation respecting him self; that a statement of his views would shortly be pub lished, and would sufficiently explain his position. He announced that his post would, for some time at least, be occupied by Archdeacon Dealtry, who has recently come to this country from India; and Mr. Noel added, —" I know not to whom I should more willingly have transferred the office which I now unworthily fill." At the close of the evening discourse he urged those who might differ from the conclusion to which he had come, and those who should agree in it, to " learn to manifest to the world how believers in the same Saviour ought to tolerate one another;" and after enforcing his well known views respecting the unity of the Church, be af fectionately bade the congregation farewell. There SeEins to be considerable uncertainty with regard to Mr. Baptist Noel's intentions, it is said that he means to re tire into private life " for the present," and that ho and his family will attend divine service at church " for the present" in the neighbourhood of his residence. There appears to be no doubt entertained that he will tike some further step after a short time, but it is said that he does not as yet see his way clearly to anything further than relinquishing his offi c e of minister in the Established Church. This he does on the ground of objection to the union of the Church with the State; his volume on that subject will be published in two or three weeks. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examin a ti on i n the science and practice of medicine, and received cer tificates to practise, on Thursday, Nov. 30:—Edward Ilott, Bromley, Kent ; John Edward Elam, Leed s , Yorkshire. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a steady market for most descriptions of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday, and previous prices were fully supported. The sales were estimated at 4,500 bales, and comprised about 3,500 bales American at 9 - 7 d. to 54d. ; 100 P ernams an d bl arat h ams at 4 1d . to - - 1! 4 01. ; and 300 Surats at 20. to 3P.—The Railway Share Market was steady at previous quotations. The Overland Mail from India brings late and in teresting intelligence. The opinion entertained of the political state of affairs is certainly not very favourable, a great deal of trouble being yet expected in the Pun jaub, and no doubt at a severe cost of life and treasure, though no fear is entertained of the issue. The com mercial news is satisfactory, for although there was no great activity in the markets, they were in a healthy condition, and business was expected to be soon resumed with more spirit, holidays haring checked it. The West India advices are of much the same tenor as for some time past. The weather was favourable, and the wages of the ,laFourers had in many instances been reduced, without murmuring on their part, but the want of capital and supplies from home, for carrying on the estates, was severely felt. Reduction of the Govern ment expenditure was strenuously and most reasonably urged. The stormy weather of last night has delayed the ar rival of the Belgian mail. The following is a very interesting report upon the state of Manchester trade, sent to us, by Mr. G. F. Mendley, of the late firm of Ferguson, Taylor, and Co.:— " Although the present period of the year is a time when business in this market usually experiences a lull,yet the transactions of the month just closed have been on a sufficiently large scale to give a satisfactory activity to sellers. The extremely low prices which were current when I addressed you with my last report, and the readiness with which stocks were submitted at those rates by the holders, afforded, as I expected they would, strong inducements to merchants to invest, and the consequence has been a very considerable business, by which stocks, even previously moderate, have been considerably lightened, and the market left bare of some varieties of fabrics. Spinners and manufacturers have, in many instances, entered in to contracts which will forestal their production for several weeks to come, and, in this condition of the market, they have been emboldened to demand ad vances of such importance as to check further opera tions. The rise in the value of the raw staple, it must, however, be admitted, rendered this movement impe rative, on the part of producers. Since Tues day last there has been rather less doing, but the advanced prices are yet firmly demanded, and it remains to be seen whether business is to be resumed at these quotations, or whether a relaxation in the rates of Cotton, and a limitation of demand for goods, will induce manufacturers to accept engage ments at the former currency. It appears to be quite certain that the condition of Foreign and our Colonial Markets affords no encouragement for ship ments of goods laid in at much above the ruling prices of to- day, and the only hope for running off the large production of our mills is to be found in the present low value of our textile fabrics, forcing markets for their vend. The probability of an abundant supply of Cotton, of which more than the usual proportion is likely to find its way to this country, is against the supposition that a material advance can be obtained." The English Stock Market is exceedingly quiet this morning, with an appearance of firmness notwithstand ing. Consols have been 8711 for transfer, and 67 for account. The accounts from France still keep alive the feeling of uncertainty in respect to the issue of the Presidential election. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 861 I, and the Three per Cents., 86* 4. Bank Stock is about 188 to 190, and India Stock has improved to 239. Ex chequer-bills (March) are 41s. to 445. premium, and India Bonds, 38s. premium. The Foreign Securities are as dull as the English investments. Spanish Fire per Cents. have been 1 It, and the Three per Cents. 241. Portuguese Four per Cents. have realised 24 to Brazilian Stock is worth 74; Mexican has been done at 21i, mid Peruvian at 36 to 37. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt pia Cents. are no minally 47 to 48. _ _ _ Railway Share Market is very inactive, but the quotations generally are firm. ONE cLosnca E. -:1, ~,::, 010 ~ KITIS I i FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 por Cent. Reduced A-..ns 8 6 1, 4 1% 86 1 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 8 7 14%% 87% New 3 1 % per Cent. Ann 5...... India Stock 239 239 i }ldle Bondif, 1,0001. ..... . .. 38 p 88 p Ditto under 1,0001... ...... 38 p 38p South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities ... 84% 84 1 ,4 i Consols for Account 87% 87% exchequer Bills. 2%d. & 2d. 1,0001. March ...... 1,0001. June 3B p 38 p Small, March ..... .. 41 p 41 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 21% Ditto, Account 21% 21% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 36% 36 37 37 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 214 per Cent — Ditto Defqrred 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. =Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild — Ditto, Account — 24% 11 3 4 24 4 47 1 4 47% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O - Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 4IA ...... - Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 . Belfast & County Down 19 - Birmingham and Ox ford Janet., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 . ... . Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly ;pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... Do. without guarantee 10 Binning., Wolverh'pt on , and Stour Valley 134 145... ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter 9O ..., Ditto, Thirds ... 2 71 tiuckinghamshire... 14/. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 8 3i...••. Do. New 10/. Pref..... 5 ...,.. _,.. Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 ... Chester and Ilolyhead... 50 ... ...... — —. Ditto, Preference l5 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. - OP. Direct London & Ports- mouth Dublin and Belfast Ju ne . 35 ...... . Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 East Anglia, 254, L. & E. and L. and D.— ... 25 ...... —_ .„ ...... _ -- Do., 18/., E. & H.... 13 ..... ........ ..... —* Do., 31.10 x. Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 11 %%...... I I IA Do. New Guaranteed. 6 per Cent. .... ...... 10 ...... 10:47f, x d....,.. 10%2Ld Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 6/.135. 4d.... . ..... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent,. Do. Quarters ... ...... 12% — ............ . Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class B (I. & .. and B.) Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 Ditto, ditto ... 2O ..... • •• ••••• —••..— ........ Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent...—. . ..... ... .....• Ditto, New ...... ...... 21 ..... ... .. Ditto, New Quarters 6 14 - ... . Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 4 East Lincolnshire ...... 25 „ — ... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 38 . Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. Edinburgh and North ern 25 Ditto, Newport l6 Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... —Si. 6s. 8d.... ... ......... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ..... . Do. Preference Consol. , .... . Do.,A Deferred ... 12% — .... ....... .... Do., 1 %8 6 per Cent. guaranteed ... ..... 6 1 ,E 3 274 Do. Extension 2 l /,', ...... 1414 134 ..... 2t~ ... 4% 16% 38 141,14 — Oa 4 1 A; 2% 22 1 A 222 Great South. and West (Ireland) Great North of England.loo ......222 Ditto, New, 40/ 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 30/ 3O Ditto, New, 151 Great Western 9O Ditto, 4 Shares Ditto, % Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New 171........ 13 ... Huddersfield and Manch. 30 ......... •••....• Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .• ...... 50 ...... 96 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ....„ Ditto,' Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares Do. Quarter Shares l7l, — .... Do. Fifths... ......... ... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6l 4 Do. Thirds (Re,...)..... 13 ..... 4 Do. N ew, Gua. 4er ct. 5 - - Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 43 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. (W. Riding Union) 7 - Do. (Preston &W y ..--. ....re) 25 - -.• Do. % Shares (A)... 9%.... Leeds and Bradford 5O —. • Leads, ...- Dewsbury, &c.... 50 ...... Do., Half Sh ares 25 "".. . Do., (blue) scrip ..... .2% •• • 0 .. 11.... .-. ... .... 42% 16!‘ ..-9 - ;9, AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 27.—Within the last few days guns of considerable calibre have been placed on the inner bastions which command the principal gates. Palli sades have also been erected in various places. Divi sions of troops are continually leaving the city for Hungary, whither Prince WINDISCUGRATZ and Baron JELLACHICH will also proceed in the course of a few days. Yesterday those Generals received a deputa tion from the resident merchants, who afterwards pro ceeded to the G overnor , Field-Marshal WELDEN. Our Ministers are expected to return from Krem sir to-morrow. It is said that they have prayed the EMPEROR to grant an amnesty to all those who were involved in the October excesses, of course excluding the murderers of Count LATOUR. The report that has been current here for some days, that General RADBTZKY has had a fit of a p o plexy, nay, that h e h a d even died, has happily proved incorrect. Our last accounts from Transylvania are melan choly, nay, they are terrific. Murder, conflagrations, plunder, and devastation prevail everywhere between all. The unholy combat is no party combat, it is no war, it is slaughter and extirpatiou. General Bum- NER is now approaching.—Hamburgh Borsenkalle, Nov. 30th The Wiener Zeitung of the 26th says :—" The Communal Council of the city, considering that his Serene Highness Field-Marshal ALFRED Prince of Windischgratz will probably leave for the army in Hungary in the course of a few days, did in its sit ting of the 24th November unanimously resolve to present the illustrious person with the following ad• dress : " Your Serene Highness,—The Communal Council of the city of Vienna, in the arduous task which since the moment of its constitution it was compelled to adopt, deeply moved by the tremendous events, and forcibly agitated by the spectacle of the most virulent passions and the complet.) subversion of legal order, was in this painful position able thankfully to recognise the mild ness and humaiity which your Highness never failed to exercise. " ' Though called upon to restore by force of arms that order which had been shaken to its foundation; though compelled by the continuation of a manifestly fruitless opposition, by the infringement of a sacred agreement, to the adoption of extreme measures, your Serene Highness nevertheless, with singular forbearance, granted the request of the Communal Council, and the good citizens represented by it, to give repeated respites, for the purpose, if possible of bringing the passionately excited multitude to a sense of reflection; with profound insight and refined feeling you have known how to dis- criminate between those who were led astray or terrified and the authors of the evil. " Your Highness has executed with humanity the severe commands of a mild Monarch, and you have thus entitle vouro..le in his vraa bfml tl •or all right minded persons. _ _ " • The new proof of considerate forbearance which has been shown to the inhabitants of Vienna during their extreme remissness in delivering up their weapons, in duces the Communal Council most respectfully to take advantage of the occasion of your Highness's approach ing departure to tender you their most sincere thanks, and to add their request that your Highness will Pe st as sured that the Communal Council deems it its highest and most important duty energetically to support the maintenance of peace and order. " The Communal Council of the City. " Vienna, No►ember 24." This address was very graciously received by the Field-Marshal, and he replied that it was indispen sably necessary that loyalty should be spread through out all classes. The rumour that Prince WINDISCHGRA.TZ has been shot is without foundation. PRUSSIA. The Assembly met at Brandenburg on the 29th and 30th, but on neither day were there a sufficient number of Deputies present t o ma k e a H ouse ; b u t as there was some hope entertained that there would be a fuller attendance on the following day, the motion of M. StmoN, for summoning the absent Deputies, was postponed. Berlin remained tranquil en the 27th ult. FRANKFORT. The German Parliament, in its sittings of the 29th and 30th, was occupied in the discussion of the -re port of the Committee on Austrian affairs. The ma jority of the committee moved-- "In consideration that the Imperial Ministry has already been requested by the resolution of the As sembly of the 3d instant to obtain the full acknowledg ment of the central power in Austria to watch over German interests in every part of Austria, and to pro tect the rights and liberties guaranteed to the Austro- German people against every attack, but the measures hitherto taken for this purpose having proved insuffi cient, the National Assembly calls again upon the Im perial Ministry— " 1. To take energetic measures that the resolution of the 3d instant may be executed, and that the excep tional state of things at Vienna cease as soon as order and tranquillity is established there. "2. To obtain through the Imperial commissary for Austria, without delay, the open and decided acknow ledgment from Austria of the Central Power, as also the carrying out of the resolutions of the German Na tional Assenibly in the German provinces of Austria." The following is the motion of the minority : " Considering that the Imperial Commissaries, Welcker and Mosl4, were not able to succeed in obtain ing that esteem in their relation with the Austrian authorities, which is due to the Central Power and its agents; and considering, further, that besides the steps taken by the Commissaries (which the Assembly cannot approve), it has become evident the Imperial Ministry has not been able to secure to the Central Power, in re- lation to Austria, that position which the Central Power should occupy in relation to every individual State— " The Assembly calls upon the Central Government to obtain at last that the laws and resolutions decreed by the National Assembly be carried into execution in Ger man Austria, in accordance with the honour and dignity of Germany." Giskra, of Muhrisch-Trubau (Austria) blamed the conduct of the Commissaries (Welcker and Mosld), and considered the Imperial Ministry answerable for the con sequences of their ill-management in the Austrian ques tion, in which they showed, in his opinion, utter inca pacity. He supported the motion of the minority. Weleker, the late Commissary, obtained the word to defend the conduct of the Commissaries during their late mission in Austria. At the conclusion of his speech, Mr. Welcker ob served that in his opinion Austria must keep together all its memb ers , and that German Austria must bo con nected with Germany; at all events, Austria must not be severed. Von Schmerlin,„o. Minister of the Interior, answered to the attacks of Giskra against the Imperial Ministry. lie thought it not strange that United Germany was not acknowledged at London and Paris, since civil war raged in different parts of this unhappy country, and the Central Power and the National Assembly itself were slandered and mocked in the German newpapers and in public places. Vogt, of Giessen, asserted that the Ministry took a different course from that of the majority of the House. The Ministry did not suit the Assembly. The German people now well know that the measures taken by the majority for their interest more, or less were spoiled in their execution by the Ministry. After Mr. Vogt's speech the Assembly pronounced the conclusion of the debate, but adjourned the vote. On the 30th the question was put to the vote, but neither the motion or the majority of the committee, nor that of the minority, nor any one of the amendments proposed by the Members, could be carried. The simple order of the day, and the order of the day motive, which were both proposed, were supported only by a small fraction of the Right. The motion of the majority was declined, by a vote of 220 against 219; that of the mi nority by 270 against 185. An amendment by Wagner was declined by a majority of merely three votes, 224 against 221. In consequence of this strange voting. the Assembly decided to refer again to the same committee the different motions and amendments for reconsidera tion and a new report. Previous to voting, the reporters, both of the mi minority and majority of the committee, recommended their respective motions. HUNGARY. The preparations made by the Magyars to defend their country against the Imperialists are of the most formidable character. Pesth will be, in all proba ' bility, the Moscow of WINDISCHGRATZ. We extract the following from the Breslau Zeitung : HUNGARY, NOV. 24. FROM THE CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS.— We hear from Hungary that the rebel lion is everywhere in our hills completely organized, and that money which was required for the purpose has not been spared. The want of food and the difficulties arising therefrom have been lightened, a considerable number of yoang men have joined the revolters. In the meantime, though many diffe rences of opinion exist among them, still very many of the Hungarian magnates who have possession in these mountains have sent orders to their managers to favour the Hungarian cause, so that of this class many have enrolled themselves. From the Ruthenes, of whom a great number are constantly coming down from the Carpathians to Lower Hungary, the greater number have taken service because they thereby get good pay. Szolnock on the Theiz most particularly supplies recruits. In Upper Hungary, and cheifly on the neighbourhood between Pres burg, Tirnan, and Raab, not only is every eligible point fortified, but care has also been taken to make the roads (which are always bad) perfectly impassable. In all the country—that is to say, so far as the Hun garian army occupies and operates, measures are taken, in the event of a retreat, to burn the villages, and either to carry off or destroy all food whatever ; also to remove the inhabitants, so that the enemy who enters may find a desert. Most certainly the entrench ments between this and Pesth are most formidable. Everything is provided for carrying on a war of destruc tion. What the country suffers, and how it is to be restored when till these troubles are over, is not so clear. Trade and industry are prostrate, and bands are formed which, under the title of war parties, are already carrying on a system of open robbery. The army of Windisch gratz has already arrived between Presburg and Tirnan. The right wing, it is said, will take Presburg, while the left will operate on the Donan, and will protect the rail way. Jellachich's army stands between Presburg and Bruck, on the Leitha, on the right bank of the Donan. Serious events must soon take place. FROM THE HUNGARIAN BORDERS. The address which Kossuth made before his departure from Pres burg has reached all hearts, and has diffused a greater contempt of death amongst all classes. He has held up the wooden cup and the wooden spoon in the high places, by which he not only has kept his eye upon his business, but he has also shown the people what Hungary would have to expect in the event of any Austrian rcl• action succeeding. Presburg will be at tacked by the Imperial troops on the 26th or 27th, and seems determined to hold out as long as possible. Prince Palffy in Vienna, who has completely separated himself from the ruling party in Hungary, has given orders to his stewards rather to destroy the horses of his splendid stud than permit them to be given to the requisitions of the National Guard. Only a very few of the aristocrats have followed his example, and not gone back to Hungary, as the Imeperial Diet required. Many of the old people have done so, who dread the miseries which would be inflicted upon them at home, anal !mu-4, F-nm thp as the Imperialists. RUSSIA. The IColniche Zeitung gives the following letter from Posen, dated 25th November:-- "A traveller, who has just arrived from Warsaw, as sures us that the strength of the Russian army, which is already assembled on this side the Weischel, amounts to nearly 400,000 men. The head-quarters of their artillery, which numbers some 300 pieces of cannon, is at Kresniewise, thirteen miles from the Prussian boundary, on the high road from Kalisch to Warsaw, and which is the connecting point of the roads to Thorn, Posen, and Breslau. Warsaw and the sur rounding places are also full of troops. Up to the de parture of ourinformant, the guards had not arrived from St. Petersburgh, as had been reported fur several days; neither had any commander-in-chief been yet named. The arrival and appointment of one was expected when war should be declared. Upon the affairs of Germany generally the most complete ignorance prevailed at War• saw and nearly throughout the whole kiagdom of Poland. The official papers give in their reports the most fright ful accounts of the prevailing anarchy, of the desecration of churches and murders; and, in short, they state that the struggle is not one for the political freedom of the people, but a purely religious fight, in which a parcel of wild, hot• headed pagans and blasphemers were striving against the believers in Christ. These assertions are not generally credited by well-informed people; but it is considered that they are put forth for the purpose of exciting the common soldiery, in whom they have created the wildest fanaticism. The strictest observation is kept on foreigners. Every one must, On his arrival, declare the object of his journey; and if he is a workman, he must at once go to the person by whom he is engaged, and even then the strictest surveillance is exercised towards him. My informant himself had per fect experience on this point; because he had, immedi ately on his arrival, changed some foreign money for Russian silver coin, before ho had reported himself to the police-office for foreigners, he was compelled to undergo the strictest examination, which lasted for eight days; and, as long as he remained, he was compelled to report himself daily to the police, and to give an account of his doings. "But if the foreigner is merely travelling for amuse ment he is immediately regarded with suspicion, and everybody is more or less suspected, and he is conducted back over the border, unless he is provided with the recommendation of some influential party. If that is the case, he is allowed, with the greatest precautions and civilities, to proceed to Warsaw with a companion, who appears in the character of a friend, but who makes a daily written report of all circumstances and people to whom he may speak, which report is, daily forwarded to the highest authority in the district, and his companion never leaves him night er day, but eats, drinks, and sleeps in the same apartment with him until he takes his departure. From such policy towards strangers, and from the prohibition of all Ger man papers, it is only natural that the grossest igno rance should prevail as to occurrences in the other parts of the world. Nevertheless there are several amongst the higher classes who are perfectly well-informed of what is going forward here and in Germany. Thoy ob tain news personally and at great risk even to the greatest and most important personages. We know of a Magnate from the neighbourhood of Sandomierz, who has been no less than six times here, to inform himself of what is going on." ITALY. Intelligence has been received from Rome to the 25th ult. On that day the following proclamati on , signed by the Ministry, was issued : " The Pope, ceding to fatal counsels, quitted Rome this night. In a moment so solemn the Ministers are alive to the duty imposed on them in the interest of the safety of the state, and the confidence the country has reposed in them. 6' The necessary measures have been tak en f or the preserva tion of order and tranquillity, and th e secur i ty of the lives and interests of the cicitizens. " A commission will be immediately named to punish with the utmost rigour of the law all those who shall dare to do anything against public tranquillity or the lives of the citizens. "All the troops of the line and National Guard will remain under arms in their respective barracks, ready to act. " The Ministers, conjointly with the Chamber of Re presentatives and the Roman Sen a t e , w ill henceforth t a ke such measures as the circumstanc es may require. "Romans, rely on us! Remain wort h y of the great name you bear, and answer by the magnanimity of your soul the calumnies of your enemies." Previous to leaving Rome the POPE sent for the Marquis SACAELLI, and placed in his hands a letter which he had written to M. GALETTI, :the Minister of the Interior, announcing his intention to quit the Papal States. His Holiness was accompanied in his flight by the French, the Spanish, and the Portu guese Ambassadors. He escaped in the carriage of the French Ambassador to Ostia, where be embarked on board the French steam-frigate Tonnerre. The widow and children of Count Rossi left Rome some time previously. They have arrived at Marseilles. The POPE had not arrived at Marseilles on the 30th ult. Accounts have been received from Palermo to the 24th November. 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