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y in United judicature vi! purpns responsibl- of punish.. 3ornznon by L•urrence of validity to LS the right can be re' nbers. elected by partmentf, .esentatives ditricts, e minutely It the nun f the popes 'hamber is 1 his 40th ..;a1 judicial 3, and who , is eligible oembers. rtio to the as accom ull posses ;al judicial swelled or voting tl5 om public m elector Ilatioo. 3 electors. uch a way .bd by one hamt;er is his 30th f the civil ence, and I State, is id of their of disso erto been for both le law for Chamber regularly besides, ogued by .d by him ;hambers. 1, opened, ne Charm► on of its tsiness by ice-presi ) liot re ber. BY notion In Chamber place ex° Le time be c. Each or of ten all that assing a s be pre an abso wever, of I by the If direct person- rnbers or e theme by the le of in 3tigating re3enta to their rs or in- ground )pinions period punish- he con act, or equired against 1 impri respec- neither . The e Tres y and a mot be of tho to any Des aro ing, or ly sus place,. .ovided ept for laws. ndered ribunal r paid lissible ;ulated o have 3 als of be in- )ssary. :'trade ::edure culiar office, ustice it and r, can )e an 'ality. in all Itence The nd of r law. a ad bunal s re- civil f the ity of the eo , cisions or the provinces, &c., are subjt et to a hlg/ter Goc eminent. The pr ail nt. td the provinces, dis , ricts, and circle:, sire noininatuti by the Government; tlf.;se of the Conamuniti, s by the mentberi thereo'. This dues not affect the exceutivi , power of the Str,te. 3 To the commuri.i ,, s especially b:-long the indepen dent tnan% , ,, merit of their own internal at its, including the local police. The p,rioi and conditions of the trans fer of the police administration to the communities-, will be determin e d by law. In ci ies of move 30,000 inha bitants tl7e tun,:tions of the police may be transferred to org ans of the Governm , nt. 4. The deliberati , .niolthe &legates cf the provinces, districts, circles, awl c, 111111111thies are regularly The excep , ion to the rule will Le determined by law. A statement of income and expenditure must be published at feat once year. GENERA:. PrtovlsP‘Ns. Laws and orditvees are only obligatr , ry when AtlbitshNi in the form prrtcri'oed by law. When the Chambers are not assembled, ordinances on urgent ce easions, ard on the reernsihility of the whole May be publt-hed wit't a,ll the fore, of law; but these ate to be laid 'Wore th., Chambers for apFroval at the nearest s 4 ssion. 106. The Co: . .sittition can be altered in the regular legislative wP,y, and for this purpose the tuual majority tn each Chr.mb, , r will he st.fficit nt. 107. T',. o Members 4T the two Chambers, and all the public r.fficers, aie to swear fidelity and obedience to the I( i'ig, and Constitution. '.OB. The existing t.xes arid impost 3 are continued, and all the provisb•rs of existing co:les, sir.nle laws, and decrees, which are not reimgnant to the present Consti tution, remain in free :ill they are altered by a law. 109. All the authorities appointed by the existing laws remain ire actility till the organic laws affecting them are cartiA out. 110. In the event of a war or insurrection Articles 5, Gt 7 24., 26, 27, and 28, of the Constitution are sus pended with ie.pct to the particular time and district. More accurate pruvisions on this snhjrct are reserved for a special law. Till then the existing regulations remain ltt force, PROVISIONAL A RTICLES 111. If by the Constitution which is to be settled for Germany, altermiotis of the present constitutional law are rendered ueces.iary, the King will order these altera tious, and communicate his orders to the Chambers during their nearest s..ssion. 112. Immediately after the first meeting of the Cham bers the present Constitution shall be subject to a re iu the legislative way (Arts. 60 and 106). The oath of the King, mentioned in Art. 52, as well as those pres , ;:ribed for the two Chambers, are immediately to fol low thin revi,ion (Art. 107.) Given under our signature and Royal seal, FREDERICK WILLIAM. Count von BRANDENBURG, Von LADENBERG, Von MANTEITITEL, Von tiTROTHA, RINTELEN, Von der HEYDT. Potsdam, Dec. 5. PATENT ON THE MEETING OF THE 11E1'11E- SENTATIVES. We, Frederic William, by the grace of God, King of Prussia., &c , have, by our decree of this date, dissolved the Assembly called to agree upon a Constitution. At the same time, wishing to la our faithful people partici ate in,the desired blessing of the promised constitutional iberty, we have not thought fit to let this depend on the remote prospect of an agreement with another repro. sentative body, but have snured it by a Constitution Which we have this day completed. In laying down this fundamental principle of the State. the plan pro- Posed by the Government, which has been modified ac cording to the proposals of the Constitutional Committee of l'Ae Assembly, and their other preliminaries, and 141 F,0 with respect to the decrees of the German National Assembly at Frank'ort—has been taken as the basis. We trust, therefore, that we may hope with confidence that this Constitution will suit the wiihes of our faith ful 'people. Moreover, in Art. 110, provision is made for a revisal on the next representation of the people. bumediately after this revisal has taken place we will cause the army to take the oath to the Constitution, as We have promised. By reserving this right of revision, we allow a possibility of making the Prussian State har raonise with the German Constitution now in process of formation. We now decree that the Chambers which are to be Called into existenee according to this Constitution, shall meet on the 26th of February, 1849, in our capital city of Berlin. To this end, all the voters in the first in stance are to meet on the 22d of January next for the Choice of the electors; all the electors are to meet on the sth of February, for the election of the members of the Second Chamber; all who have a right to choose elec tors for the First Chamber are to meet on the 29th of January, to elect the electors; and finally, these electors are to meet on the 12th of February next, to elect the members of the First Chamber. A. regard to the circumstance that we have commis sioned our Minister to prepare the projects of law which are so to be laid before the Chambers, being reserved in the Constitution, and urgent in other respects, and more over, the expenditure of time which is required by the elections, do not allow us to have earlier intercourse with the representatives of our people. Moreover we expect with confidence that until the period of assetnblir ' - the Chambers the majesty of the aw will be restored in our capital city by the goodwill of its citizens, and that nothing will impede the tree de liberations of the representatives. Iloweverovedo not intend lola that advancement of the Prosperity of our rutal populations, which is esp,cially 719 xt our hear, nor the satisfaction of those other wishes of our faithful people, which admit of no procrastina tion, suffer by reason of this necessary delay. Hence, W e shah publish, as soon as p.7)ssib'.e, several laws, pro visionally-, on the approval of the approaching session of th e Chambers, and among others: 1. A decree on the provisions regulations of the ma /twist rights in the province of Silesia. 2. A decree on the introduction of oral and public proceedings with juries in cases of examination. 3. A decree on the abolilion of the peasant law of sue cession in Westphalia. 4. A decree on the itholiticn of private jurisdiction, and pri v il eged exempt i on f rom t h e l aw tr ib una l s , and on tt furth er organization of the courts. 5 A decr ee on the abolition of the circular-order of the 26 t h of February, 1799, and the alteration of the punishment for wrongs. At the next session will be submitted for approval 1. A law touching the right of parents in deciding on the religion of their children. 2 . A lsw to regulate the mill taxer. 3 . A law on binding communities to indemnification f o r turnul. s. 4 . A Lw for tho abolition of exemptions from class d land -tax, aid for the introduction of a general lead -tax. 5 . Alaw for an income•tax. 6. A Lew decree of remission, and a law touching the gratuitous abolition of various taxes and burdens. 7. A decree for the communities. 8 . A decree for the provinces, districts, and circles. 9 - A decree tuuchiug the removal of certain obstacles '0 marriage. 10. A decree on the form of oaths. . As the election of the First Chamber by the repre sentatives of the provinces, districts, and circles, as de fined in the Constitution, cannot yet be carried out, in „ e "scluence of the non-appearance of the order of the vr°vinces, &c., we have completed a provisional election !an' for t h e f orma ti on o f t h e Fi rs t Ch a mber, which is to 'set during the first year of the approaching Legislature. \Ye now resign ourselves to the hope, that the Consti tution we have granted will, with God's blessing, con tribute to the greater glory of our country, and will Innre firmly tie that knot of mutual attachment between our Royal house and our faithful people which is founded _on the history of ages, while it places the prosperity 44 (1 . freedom of our people on a lasting foundation. Given at Potsdam, Dec. 5, 1848. FREDERIC WILLIAM. (Countersigned as above.) AUSTRIA. The f o ll ow i ng i s a re p or t o f the proceedings of the fourth sitting of the Austrian Diet at Kremsier, on the 84 December, on which occasion an official commu nication was made by the Ministry of the abdication of the Emperor FERDINAND, and of the accession of th e - FRANCIS JOSEPH : Pr esident—Smolka. Present on the Ministerial bench—Bach, Cordon, kraut, Stadion, Schwartzenburg, and Thumfield. The President—This morning, at eight o'clock, I re -I;ived a t e l egrap hi c di s p atc h f rom t h e P res id en t Mi nis t er , rince of Schwartzenburg, which therein mentioned that re Ministry of the Diet had a most important statement ° tn alte, and for which purpose the President required 1 0 to c a ll a general sitting. About half-past one &clock, rc 'eeived a second telegraphic dispatch that the Minis- Lehre hi mself had left °lima'z at eleven o'clock. Under theirse Particular circumstances, they beg you will accept 4 P °lo gy fur their late arrival. Tho Nlinister President, Prince Schwartzenburg, as rded the t r ib une , and stated that an act of the hest hi s t or i ca l importance had taken place that majesty Ile th en delivered the protocol whereby his ""Latiesty the Emperor Ferdinand the First in the Co l'hnation-liall of the Prince Bishop's Palace, at 011miitz, With the assent of the members present of the Impe rial House, as also in the presence of his Excellency the Field -M ars h a l P r i nce W i nd i sc h gratz , an d of the b ll of Croatia, th e B aron J e ll ac hi c h, in council assem- Zed, and at which council also appeared her Highness "Is consort, accompanied by the Prince Lobkowitz, gave n otice that, i n constquence of weighty motives him thereto mov i ng, h e had abdicated the Crown in favour of his nephew Franci t Joseph, after having declared him of full age ; and that his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Francis Charles had resigned the Crown in favour of his son. Tice Minister President hereupon delivered the Act, :.hereby his Moisty the Emperor Francis I. declared is ne phew Francis Jes"pti as le4ving attained his fall age, and further proclaimed the renunciation of his Im periAl Highness the Grand Duke Francis Charles in favour of his eldest son and successo^. Af er this fol lowed the deed of abdicaion of his Majesty the Em peror in favour of his nephew Francis Joseph, which the Minister President delivered with a falter:ng voice. After these acts hail taken place, the same were undersigned by all the persons taking part in this illus trious assembly ; were countersigned by the Ministers ; ld a u n u dFranci s J o s ep h I. was proof:timed Emperor amid chefrring. The Minister President then di livered the farewell na.aunifesto of his Majesty the Emperor to the people of stria ; also the manifesto of the Emperor Francis eph to the Austrian people on the occasion of his ac cession to the throne. A similar manifesto announced the Imperial greeting to the Aug Aug COnatztute4 Diet, cad indicated the wigh that the work of the Executive Power should soon be brought to a conehtsior, and further expressed a hope that the rq)resentativQi of tie Austrian people should give their most strenuous co oi. , eration to this ad. At this period a not from his Majesty to the Prosi dent Minister was lead, whereby the existing Ministry were reinstated to their offices. A eccond rote annouLced to the President Minister the appointment of Baron Gulmer as a Minister es ithout any portfolio, but wi;ho a seat end vote in the Council of Ministers. Both these rescripts were received with the greatest approbation. The Pre,ident proposed that the Members assembled should greet such important measures with a cheer for our cens:itutional Emperor, Francis Jof4 ph. (The whole Assembly rose and gave the Emperor three cheers ) Nemnano (from the tritiunp)—At this moment when the House has received news of such high hist( rieal porance, news whose importance no one in the House could deny, I conceive it to be our first duty to appoint from the general body of this Diet, which has been so handsomely greeted by his Majesty, a deputation for the purpose of expressing the deepest respect for the young Monarch; and also to express the thanks of millions to Fe rdinand the Good, the creator of our frr dor:P. I pro pose, therefore, that this High House may name a de putation which, if possible, to-day, or in any circum stances, to-morrow, may wait upon his Majesty at 011rnutz. This proposition was universally supported, and passed. Brauner—l also propose that from each Government three members be chosen for this deputation. Mayer—The importance of the moment must certainly strike all in this Assembly in a double point of view. On the one side by the joyful settlement of the Throne on the Emperor Francis Joseph; on the other side i: is alleged by a fueling of sorrow that his Majesty, the Emperor Ferdinand the Good, whom they had to thank for the freedom of the people, should have determined to retire into private life. I conceive, therefore, that there should be attached to the proposition of the previous speakers an address of con gratulation to his Majesty Francis Joseph 1., and I con ceive also that we are bound to forward another one ex pressive of our gratitude to our former good Emperor. This proposition was also numerously supported and carried. The President asked the Assembly to point cut how the deputation was to be arranged. A Member called out, " Let us go in a body." This proposition met with opposition, and Brauner's proposal was supported and carried. Klaudy—We have joyfully hailed our new Emperor with a hearty cheer; but every Auetrian heart also beats when he hears the name of the Emperor Ferdinand; therefore, let us give him a hearty cheer.—(Lively cheering.) The President asked the Chamber to say by whom the address should be drawn up. Brauner proposed that the President should name five members or the Assembly, who should have the task of drawing up the address. This project was carried, and the President pointed out the following members:—Mayer, Neumann, Schu zelka, Brauner, and Ziemialkowski, to whom, at four o'clock, he announced that they were chosen as a depu• tation to the Government, and pointed out to them, for their individual government, the localities which had been determined on. Upon the question whether the address of approba tion of the Diet should be entertained, a debate arose. Stranuach thought that only the deputation should take notice of it. The address should contain the ex pressions of their heart, but no political principles; any thing of the latter description would only compromise the Diet, and bring about some delay. Mayer—The object of the address is not political. A debate would weaken the importance of rapid action. However, it might be better to go on with the debate than to have to lay the subject before a committee. Tragam—Those who drew up the address should know best. Verkowski—The terms of the address may hardly be political; but it should bear the expression of the feel ings of the Chamber. If it be not laid before the whole Chamber, then it can be only the expression of the feeling of the deputation, which it ought not to be. Neumann—lt seems that the foregoing speaker re quires that the address and deputation should have a constitutional importance. Another wishes for an ad dress to the constitutional Emperor, when he takes the oath before the Executive Power. Another requires an address, which, as a duty of courtesy, shall bear the im press of the people's representatives. If they did not re ply to the Monarch who had handsomely addressed the Diet, they would ill fulfil the desires of the people. Goldmark was therefore for sending off the address as it was drawn up by the committee.; Mayer—lt would only be saying the Diet congratu lates your Majesty on your ascension to the throne. This is still the wish of the Chamber, and to give it its proper expression is the duty of the Chamber, but it does not belong to a deputation. The Chamber, however, resolved that the address drawn up by the commission should be sent off without further revision, whereon the sitting was closed at three o'clock. The Cologne Gazette says— exhibiting a passport signed by Cardinal SoGma. and the Ambassador of Austria, showing he was directed to proceed to Milan by the Venetian tStates, declared himself to be JOSEPH ANTONELLI, a Yell-known pulitical character ; upon which he was dismissed. But he had hardly set out again at full gallop, when the Governor, recollecting himself, exclaimed he was certain the stranger was no other than JOSEPH MASTAS, brother of of Pius IX. The surprise was such, that no one thought at the moment of sending after him. Many conjectures were afloat as to the object of this mysterious mission. The Genoa Gazette, of the Ist inst. quotes a letter from Venice, stating that the whole of Dalmatia is in a state of insurrection, and that some companies of the Italian Regiment Wimpfen have fraternized with the people at Spalatro, and seized upon the Austrian steamer Count Mettrowsky. Accounts from Turin state that it is perfectly true that an attempt had been made to poison CHARLES ALBERT, but that fortunately he did not become a victim to this criminal attempt. The physicians de clare that they can answer for the life of the patient ; but, unfortunately, it is to be feared that his health will be seriously injured by the effects of the poison. A change of Ministry took place in Turin on the 4th inst. The war party would, it was expected, be called to office. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool this week has been very firm, and perhaps even rather higher owing to the favourable state of affairs at Manchester. Yesterday's sales were 5,000 bales, and besides the qusntity taken by the trade, 7,500 bales have been bought on specula tion. The Railway Share Market was rather better, and rather more business was done. The Bank statement, made up to Saturday last, is of the character anticipated. The amount of the precious metals continues to increase, but as yet there is no fuller employment for the funds at command. We shall probably find a little alteration in this respect before the dividends are paid. The decrease in the private balances will go on, while a steady addition to the public lodg ments will be made. As to the loan operation the con clusion to be drawn is, that it was not completed at the period of this return. The following are the principal changes compared with the previous balance sheet:— Notes issued 27,415.840 Increase 29,285 Rest Decrease Public Deposits 6,210,515 Increase Other Deposits 9,815,127 Decrease Seven Day and other Bills Decrease Government Securities Decrease Other Securities Decrease Notes 10,088,095 Increase Bullion Increase Active circulation Decrease The foreign news to-day is chiefly of political interest, but exercises no material influence. The Bank returns are favourable, and there being no further sales for im mediate delivery, Consols are firmer at 87f *. There has been a good deal of silver exported again this week, but very little gold. The New Three-and- a-Quarter per Cents. are 862,i, and the Three per Cents. 86* 1. Bank Stock has been firm at 189 to 194. Exchequer-bills have been 375. to 41s. premium, for those dated June. The Foreign Securities are quiet. Spanish Five per Cents., 114, and the Three per Cents., 241 Portu guese Four per Cents., 241 to 4. M.xican Bonds have beer done at 22. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 47i A good business is doing in Railway Shares, and, for a Saturday, prices are buoyant. ONE l' , ( ICI S OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK Bank Stock l9O 189 190% 3 per Cent. Reduced Arms 8 6% l ia 1 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities-- 87,6% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna....... 8 6 5 i 14 India Bonds, 1,0001. South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account B7l %% Exchequer Bills. 24d. & 2d. 1,0001. March ... 43 p 1,0001. June 4l 37 p Small, March... .. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE 1 O'CLOCK. Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. l2 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 22 Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent 24 t 4 LA Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account — Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account ...... ... ..... Dividends on the above payable in London. cLosnsTo PRICES. 190% 864 87 86% 38 p " Austria will not grieve when she receives this intel ligence. The storms of an European crisis demanded a chief of more energy. happy is it for Austria that the Archduke Francis Charles does not inherit the crown of his brother. The names of Francis Charles and Sophia are the s)rnbols of ; reaction to every Austrian. Francis Joseph has not yet been named in history; he therefore ascends the throne clear of all antecedents. The Em peror seemai much to feel parting with his faithful ser vant Count Wessenberg, and after his *a ithdrawal from otlice paid him a personal visit, a vary unusual conde scension. The Count has spent 55 years of his life in the service 01 his country. He has addressed a note to all the ambassadors, in which he assigns as the reason for resigning his ministerial functions, his inability con scientiously to discharge his arduous duties in these cr,tical times, by reason of his advanced age and growing infirmities." Vienna continued tranquil, and WINDISCHGRATZ, scared from his fei•st of blood by the execrations of Europe, has transferred the trials of the remaining insurgent 3 from the court-martial to the ordinary tribunals, and has been compelled by public opinion to make some sort of public apology for his former ferocious conduct. On this subject the Allgemeine Zeitung, the official organ of Austria, says— " Numerous are the complaints and murmurs against Prince Windischgratz for the executions which have taken place by his commands. In order to exculpate hiffuselt and place matters in a right light, he has issued the following proclamation; or, as it may perhaps be more justly designated, vindication, in which he abolishes future trial by martial-law:— " After the occupation of the city by the Imperial troops, I carried out the measure which I announced in my proclamation of the 20th and 23d of October — namely, that of proclaiming martial-law. " In doing this I was compelled by the most ur gent necessity to give a severe example to all those per sons who had hitherto imagined that they might with impunity preach open insurrection, keep up a constant state of fermentation amid the population of a large city by means of meetings and revolutionary acts, whereby they completely annihilated the credit and commerce of the capital, spread general poverty, and, in a word, over whelmed it with the horrors of anarchy. " I flatter myself that the great object has been at tained; and while the sentences pronounced by the council of war are executed on the persons of those in surgents who were most deeply implicated, those par ties, on the other hand, who had been led astray, or who were found less guilty, either received full par don, or the scntence was commuted into a milder term of punishment. " Henceforth, however, all persons who shall be liable to legal inquiry for participation in the insur rection shall not be brought before the court-martial for trial, but beforet he ordinary military commissioners, who, if the accused be a: civilian, shall be joined by the judicial civil authorities—a mode of proceeding which admits of more lenity than by military law is admissible in a court-martial. " All the other dispositions fixed by my proclama tion of the Ist November for the term of the state of siege remain in full vigour.' " 83% 87 43p - 37 p 41 p CLOSES 0 PRICES. 22 1 4 22% 37% 24 1 ,4 1114 12 24% 243/4 Dutch 2 1 ,4 per Cent., 12 Guild.... 4714 th 47 1 ,4 I'ItIC ES OF PAID BUSINESS DONE CLOSING . ' , AMWAY MARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. A berdeen . .. 5O Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 41 4 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 71 4 — t'elfast & County Down 19 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 . Birrning, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 Do. withoutguarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 145... .. ......... ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ... .. Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto. '1 birds .... ..... 27 1 h tuckinghamshire... 141. 4s Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. e t ...... 14 l4 Do. New 101. Pref..... 5 ...... 4% Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 - Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 - ••. ............ Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- — - mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 35 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 ...... East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 Do~ 34 10s. Eastern Counties........ 20 ..... 11% ll% Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. ..... ..... 10 ...... Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 64 13s. 4d.... IA p ......... ...... I% p Ditto ditto, No. 264 13s. 4d... % dis par Do. North. & Eastern 50 - Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters ..».... 12% — ...... ...... . Do. New 34 — Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto, Class B (L & and B.) 2O — Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . .... Do. crip (6 percent.) 10 Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent.... 2%,..... East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 ...... _.. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 k ...... - - East Lincolnshire ...... 25 - .. 24% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .— Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 2% ...... Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ..81. 6 g , 8d.... ... ......... ... ... Glasgow,Kilmar , & Ayr b 0 Do. Preference Consol. - - . ..... .• . ••• ...i. Great Northern Do., A. Deferred ... 12%...... 3%.... ....... •-• 3% Do., % B 6 per Cent. guaranteed ... ..... 6% ...... 3 Do. Extension 2% — ••• '--- ;rest South. and West. (Ireland) - ... F. 32% Great North of England 100 ...... Ditto, New, 40/ 40 Ditto, ditto 25 — Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New, 151 l4 .. .. •.„....M••... Great Western 9O ...... 74 73 Ditto, ih Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... Ditto, New 171........ 13 ... .. .... .... Huddersfield and blanch. 30 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Ditto, k Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares ...-. 43 ... - ---- ---- • Do. Quarter Shares... 17% lO ... lO Do. Fifths.... ........ ... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6k Do. Thirds (Reg.) l3 ..... ......... -.....— Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct 5 ...... Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... -. Ditto 1 ,4 (late Hud dersfield and Shetf.) 43 - •• Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. (W. Riding Union) 7 ..... ... „» l% Do. (Preston & W '25 Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining C0m... 14 Australian 2% ............... Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... British Iron . ......... 12 ...... . .............. Brazilian Imperial ...... 24% — .... ........ ... BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 .... ..... .. .... Cobra Copper .. 40 General Mining Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debenthres Do. Red Ditto ... Santiago de Cuba lO - •••••. ...... •• United .11exican 2liN ...... .•........ ... Do. % Shares (A) 9%...... "- - Leeds and Bradfo r d Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 . Du., Half Shares 25 ...... ..... Do., (blue) Scrip...... 2%...,.. Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Ditto, New ...... ..„... 35 •• ••••• ... Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3%...... ...... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport 34,2 — ... Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2% ...... - London & Blackwall...l3/. 6s. 8d.... Do. Extension ..... ... 2214...,...._ ... — THE SUN', LONDON, SATURDAY EVE , DECEMBER 0, 1848 London, Brighton, and South Coast SO •Do Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 _ _ Do. Pref. Con. 6 per et. 50 D.tto, 1852 50 Ditto, New 57., guar. 6 per cent. .. 5 London and Greenwich 1 2 / 1 5s 4d — .•• Ditto, l'mferenee... 18/ 17s 2d... London and N. Western 100 ......118% 3.17% 1)0 Quarters (L.& B.) 22 Ditto, New Duto, Fifth 9 ..... .. 2 Do. 4''/.Sliaree( L. M.) 25 Do. 101. (Sr. & B.) A. 9 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 9 DO. 101. (51. & B.) C. 1 Lon'. & t,. Wo,tern 5O N 501. Do. New 40/ . 84 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 •• •••• „.... Ditto ditto .... 40 Ditto. Thirds.. .....131. 6s. 8d — Do.. New Scrip, 1848, "ref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls _l4 13s. 4d — ••• ondon. Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry&Coleraino 28 3 / 4 ...... Londonderry and Ennis kill .n 28 1 / 2 19% 1171/2 7% 10 104 . _ Lowe Loft (4 per ct.) ... 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) Maniitar,littxton,and t! a tlock. . M Inchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire... 100 Di. Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 1114 Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 40 Ditto ditto . ... —... 13 ...... ....... Ditto ditto Bt h • •.... ........»,,,, Ditte Sheffield and Lincolnshire l5 . ••• Do., Grimsby Dock... 20 Do. Blanchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. Midland ... 100 .. ... 78% 76% Do. Consolidated Pref.loo ...... Do., do., SO/. Shares... 20 ... .. 9% 9A, Do. Birm., and Derbyloo D.. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 38 ...... „••••••••• ... Ditto, ditto ...... ...... 141. 165.... Ditto,Leieest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish siiddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastleandearlis T ...100 ...... .......« Do. Quarters 25 Nuwmarket ........ . .. 20 - ..... -- Do. Extension •••• Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 •••••• .............. •••• Newry and Enniskillen 7 ...... ..... -- Newry, W arrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. 20 Norfolk ..... Do. New 201. .. lO ...... -- . ..... ......... Do. Guaranteed spct 20 ...... ........ ........ Do. Guaranteed s%pc 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Nrrthern Counties Union 4 •••-•• ......•........ North British ........ ... 25 Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters - ............... Ditto, Extension O% • • ••• • Ditto, Thirds .... .... 84 .... 8 % ............... North & South-Western 2 NorthiStaffordshire l5 ...... B‘, North Wales . 3%...... ............... North-Western . Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 ...... 21% ......... ..... 21% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate lO ..... ..... .... ..... Royston and Hitchin Scottishigentral ' Scottish Midland 25 ...... ..• .......... Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, Goole (Nor. Div.) - Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 Shrewsbury and Birm... 9 Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 Newcastle (with salt), came on shore on the mainland, cppnsite this place, 34 inst., afterwards took fire and sunk; crew, masts, rigging, and some sails saved. The Dasller, Moyse, I rcfn Terceira to Cork, put into Kilrml 4th inst., with sr.ihi :alit, and loss of anchor in Brandon Bay. I :'UBLIN, DEc. 7 —The Queen Victoria, Nixon, of and for Ph mouth, to Quebec, was towed in hereto-day with loss of rudder. 14% '6 3 26 Ditto, New Guaranteed 6 ...... ... ....... ••• Shrewsbury and Herefd 2 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 1 , x .....• .. .... ........ Ditto Oswestry ..... 17 3 4 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 ...... .. ..... .• ,„. Shropshire Union touth Devcn 5O .••••• Do. Preference Routh Staffordshire...... 6% — ••••.....,,, M -- South Eastern uo.. No. 1 24 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 25 __ 14 Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10 South Wales ....... ........ 28 Siuth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 - ••• •• Taw Vale Extension ... 8 ..... ... ... ..... ••• Thames Haven Dock and Railway ........... 17%...... Vale of Neath ... .. 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 17%. Waterford and Limerick 471 Waterld,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed . .. LO 55 Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 10 „„, .„ ..... ... ,• “,' est Cornwall ...... ..... 6 _ „ West London ...... ... 20 ...... Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20 Do. Do. 2d Class ... 20 'rl l hitehaven & Furness 13 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 9% ...... W ilt •;, Somerset, & Wey mouth 4O York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ... .. 25 ..... ... — Do. Extension No. 1. 15 . ..... ........ Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... l b ..... 11% 1 1 5.4 /5 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ...... 6% 6 14 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 ......... U:.. East and W est Rid- ing Extension • ••• FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ...... Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... _ Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 17 ...... Ceylon Demerara .... ......... ....• 15 ..„.. _ "'Dendre Valley. 4 ..... -- Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish ..... ...• 7 1 4.•• .. ,„ ...... „„ East Indian 3 14 ...... ...... •• •••• • Great Indian Peninsular 4 ...... Louvain ala Sambre ... 7% ...... Luxembourg 7 ...... Ditto ....—... ........... 10 •••••• Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege .....• 20 .. _ .. Northern of France l2 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux 7 l'aris and Lyons .......• 11 ... _ ... Do. Do. . Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ......... 20 ...... _ Paris and Strasbourg ... 9 ...... ..... .. Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ...... _ .....--- Sambre and Meuse 2O Strasbourg and Basle ••• 14 • ...... , Tours and Nantes .. 9 ...... .... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan.. den, and Hasselt •••••• 20 ...... West Flanders ..... .... 8 3 4.. „.. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 — Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock lO London & Westminster. 20 ...... 20% National Prov. England. 35 Ditto,New ...... .. ..... 10 National of Ireland 22%......• -... ........ ••• Provincial of Ireland Ditto New... ..... Union of Australia Ditto,New.... ..... ..... 2%...... . ..... ........ Union of L0nd0n......... 10 ..... .............. Union of Madrid ••• 40 ...... .... ........ ...• MINES. 14 6% FALMOUTH, DEC. B.—lt is blowing a gale from the S.W., and squally. The Sea Gull packet, for the Bra.. zils, is still detained by the violence of the winds. WATERFORD, DEC. s.—Arrd. Helen and Frances, New York; 6th, Brothers, Nortelk, United Stites. PELFAST, DEc. 7.—Arrd. Aligo, Frazier, New York. SW. Ferezepore, New Orleans. MARKET NEWS —( THIS DAY.) C OVMNT-G.E.RXIIZAT. For the time of year, our market was well supplied with both fruit and vegetables, the demand f, r shich was tolerably steady, at last week's prices. Fruit: —Pine-apples, 2s Gd to 4s ; and Providence 2s 6d to 3s Gd per Ib; Apples, is 6d to 33; and Pears, 3s to 5s per half sieve; Black Hamburgh Grapes, is 9d to 2s 6d, and Muscat of Alexandria, 3s 6J to 43 per lb; Foreign Grapes (white and black) 8d to Is per lb ; Walnuts, 8d to Is, new Lemons, 12s to 16s, and New Orat.gcs, 103 to 15s per 100; Filberts, 903 to 1003 per 100Ios; Chesnuts, 4s to 6s per peck. Vegetables:— Red Cabbages, Is 9d to 3s per dozen; Spinach, Is 4d to 2s per junk ; Horseradish, 2s to 3s per bundle; Tur nips, is to Is 6d; Carrots, 2s 6d to 3s per dcz2n buiAlies; Onions, Is 6d to 23 3d per bushel; Ash-leaved kidney Potatoes, 4s to 6s per bushel; Celery, 9d to is '2d per bundle ; Cape Brocoli, 8s to 12s per dozen bundles; Mushrooms, Gd to 9d per Pottle; Spanish Onions, 10d to 12s per box; Endive, Gd to Sd per d , zen; Savoy Cab bages, 6d to 8d per dozen; Brussels Sprouts, 9d to is per sieve; Greens, is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches. MINGERWORD. Our market to-day was heavy for most articles. In prices, however, we have no material alteration to notice. Supplies generally were good. BrEiIvGATE .B.rirD MEADE AT7311.317.. Each kind of Prime Meat commanded a steady sale, at full prices. In the middling and inferior kinds only a limited business was doing.—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase.—Geese, 4s to 10s; Fowls, Is 3d to 3s 6d; Capons, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Chickens, is to 2s 6d; Ducks, is 9d to 2s 6d; Rabbits, 6d to Is 7d; Hares, 2s 3d to 3s 3d; Grouse, is to is 9d; Partridges, Is to Is 6d; Pheasants, 3s to 3s 6d; Wild Ducks, is 3d to is 6d; and Pigeons, 5d to 9d each. Ostend Fresh Butter, 10s 6d to Ils 6d, and English ditto, Its to 13s per dozen pounds. Irish Eggs, 5s 4d to 6s 9d; Ostend ditto, 6s 9d to 7s 3d; Honfleur ditto, 7s 2d to 8s; and English ditto, 7s 3d to 8s 6d per 100. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 49 to 9s; Cod Fish, 3s to 7s; Whitings, 34 to sd; Lobsters, 8d to 25; Crabs, 8d to 2s each; Soles, 6d to 2s per pair; Eels, 4d to 10d, and Salmon, is to Is 2d per lb; Haddocks, 3d to Gd each; Crimped Skate, 3d to 4d; and Salt Fish, 2d to 4d per lb; Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen; Oysters, 9s to 22s per bushel; Fresh Herrings, 3d to 6d per dozen. NEWPORT. Bed, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; ➢Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs, VIIIITECHALPEL. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Bibs. 13i a BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from lid to ad; of Household ditto, sid to 7d per 4lbs boat: BIDE MARKET. Market bides, 661 b to 641 b, lid to —d: ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to ltd; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 14d to 2d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2d to 2d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 2d to 3d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 3id; ditto, 104Ib to 1121b.3id to 4d; Calf Skins, 2s to 63 6d; Horse Hides, 8s 6d to Os; Polled Sheep, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Kent and half-breds, 3s to 3s 10d; Downs, 2s 2d to 3s. ELAY 21111.11tliETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 218 s to 31 13s; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 13s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 93 per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 10s to 4/ 103; aad Straw, 11 4s to 11 103 per load. Trade dull, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Meathow Hay, 21 8s to 31 13s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 15s; and Straw, 112 s to 11 9s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. 20% 10% LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LoNDoN, DEc. 9.—Wind S.S.W., light breeze, and fine clear weather. PLYMOUTH, DEC. B.—All last night it blew a gale from S.W.; the vessels in the harbour still ride in safety. YARMOUTH, DEC. 7.—The Earl of Errol, Paterson, from Sunderland to London, has been towed into the roads leaky, having been in contact with the Harvest Home, of Aberdeen, yesterday, in the Cockle. OFF MARCATH, DEC. S.—City of Nona); New South Wales. DEAL, DEC. B.—Wind S.W.— Arrd. Seringap +tam, Beckett, Calcutta ; Barnard Castle, Calcutta ; Nile, Miller, Callao; Clio, Mules, Demerara; British Isles, Berbice; Baracon, Owens, Jamaica. Arrived from the River, Alexander, Boston. LIYERPOOI„ DEC. 8. Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. 7, Sir Henry Potth ger, Quebec. 8. Bootle, Nelson, Jamaica, having shipped a heavy sea 3d inst. in lat. 14, which car ried av, ay bulwarks, stanchions, water casks, and da maged the boats, &c.; Sappho, Easton , Buenos Ay res; Suffolk, Merchant, New Orleans; Monument, Charleston. Sld. 7th, Clyde, Charleston; Bth, Lydia, Havannah ; J. H. Shepherd, New York. Put back, 7th, Elizabeth Moffatt, for New Orleans. Off port, Bth, William Penn. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. B.—Wind S.W., squally.—Arrd. Gifion, Holingren, Rio Janeiro. ISLE ORNSAY (SKYE, N. 8.), DEC. s.—The City of Limerick, Maxwell, of Londonderry, from Liverpool to portant of which were that the London address of the compapy had been altered from Thayer -street to Bland ford-street in the books of the company, and that there was no evidence to show by whose authority the erasure %, as rnaile in the books of the company; and that one of the calls was improperly made, since it was not made in conformity with the Act of PArliatnent, which required that 21 days' notice should be given. The CHIEF JUSTICE took a note of the objections. A verdict was ultimately taken for the plaintiffs, with leave to the defendants to move to reduce the verdict on account of the call said to be improperly made, or for a special case with respect to them. CRIMINAL APPEAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. TORE. The prisoner in this case IN as it.dicted at the North ampton sessions for stealing a gold watch, but the cvi deuce made out rather a case of finding than stealing, and the jury returned a verdict to this effeet:—" Not guilty of stealing the watch, but guilty of keepirg un lawful possession of the watch from the first time he found it." The Court of Quarter Sessions held this to bc a special verdict of Guilty, and sentenced the priso ner accordingly. Mr. MACAULEY was now heard against the ruling of the Court of Sessions, and The COURT decided that the finding of the jury was tantamount to an Acquittal. CLERKEN IYELL.-.(THIS DAY.) Thomas Ingham, lately keeper of a public-house near BlrEsnury-terrace, Islington, was charged before Jr. Tyrw hitt with stealing a pier glass, the property of MeSsrs. Kempster, of Mortl a k e - roa d , b rewers. The prisoner held the houye at Barn:bury-terrace from the prosecutors, from whom he took it with furni ture valued in the inventory at 901. For some time the landlords could get no money from him for rent or for the beer with which they supplied the prisoner, and at length they put in a brok er , w h en i t was found that a great quantity of the furniture had been removed from the premises. The only part of the missing property that has been traced is the pier glass in question. - A solicitor, who attended for the prisoner, argued that, in consequence of the house and furniture being held under an agreement, he could only be indicted under the statute for illegally pawning. Mr. Ballantine (for the prosecutor) said that the judges had taken such cases out of that statute, and had laid it down, that pawning under such circumstances was stealing. lie added, that though he must press the charge of felony, and ask for a remand, in order to pro duce evidence as to other) property, his clients did not wish to deal very severely with the prisoner. The prisoner was ultimately remanded. ITALY. It was rumoured in Rome on the 28th ult. that the POPE, instead of going to Naples as it was supposed he would, had taken up his residence at Benevento. The Minister of the Interior of Rome has published a circular to the commandants of the garrisons of the provinces, informing them of the departure of the POPE,_ and of the note which his HOLINESS had left for Marquis SACCIIETTI, and in which M. GALETTI states he recognises the legality of the Ministry, and confides to it the maintenance of public order. Ano ther circular, addressed to the diplomatic body, is as follows : " Excellency,—The Neapolitan journal 11 Tempo has published a protest, alleged to have been made in the presence of the corps diplomatique, against the acts of the actual Government. Without at present wishing to examine the truth of this protest, it is my duty to com municate to your Excellency the copy of an autograph letter of his Holiness, which the Ministry consider of the highest importance, on account of the recognition of the same which it contains. (Here follows the Pope's letter.) " I am happy to declare myself, " With the highest consideration, " The Minister of the Interior, GALLETTL" The Iligh Council of Rome has published the following address to the people of the Pontifical States : "In the midst of the sorrow with which the absence of the common prince and father has filled our hearts, the High Council unite their voice to that of the Coun cil of Deputies and of the Ministry to recommend the people to hope, and confirm them iu the desire of main taining public order. The concord among the orders constituted in the state is the salvation of the state itself in time of commotion, and such concord will certainly not be wanting on the part of the High Council, who will resolutely co-operate in all measures that may be proposed for the benefit and security of the country. The people will remember that the tranquill ty of the Pontifical States is not only necessary to maintain the reputation for civic wisdom and goodness which it en joys, but it is also necessary to preserve and promote the cause of Italian greatness and !independence, and the peace of the world." A letter from Rimini, of the 26th ultimo, states that an unknown individual having arrived at Cesena, on the 23d, with a courier, the people conceived some suspicions, and the carabineers arrested him, and took him to the Governor. The stranger, after 0 b trb Wbition CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE LONDON ♦ND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal oc cupied his Lordship the whole morning. The case comes before the Court upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, Knight Bruce, allowing a demurrer put in by the defendant to the bill filed by the plaintiffs. The question turns on the validity of an agreement be tween the Blackburn and Preston and the North Union which is amalgamated pith the North- Western. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) Motions, short causes, and consent petitions of no in terest. except to the parties concerned, occupied the Court the thole morning. VICE-CHAN UERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His lioNouß heard motions to-day, it being the Seal, but nothing of interest occurred up to the period of our reporter leaving.___ (More the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) THE ROYAL ETCHINGS.-TILE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT V. STRANGE AND OTHERS. In conscquetee of this morning being appointed to hear the motion for dissolving the injunction granted in this case, the Court was crowded at an early hour by a large array of niembfrs of the bar, reporters, and stran gers, anxious to hear this very interesting and important cat e. They were doomed, however, to disappoin►ment. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, and Mr. W. M. James, appeared for her Majesty and Prince Albert, and Mr. J. Russell, Q.C., Mr. Warren, and Mr. Sydney Smith, for Mr. Strange. Upon his Honour's taking his seat the SOLICITOR-GE. NERAL applied for a postponement of the case on the ground that two affidavits had been filed by the defen dants only that morning in answer to one filed the pre ceding day on the part of her Majesty and Prince Albert. Mr. RussELL offered to withdraw them if the affidavit filed on the other side was also withdrawn, which was not assented to, and the case, after tome discussion, when every one present was on the tip-toe of expecta tion, was appointed ftr Wednesday morning, at the sitting of the Court, at ten o'clock. It was rumoured in curt that the object on the part of her Majesty's advisers in insisting on the postpone ment was to secure the attendance of the Attorney- General, who is at present engaged at the Special Com mission at Chester. The Court then proceeded to hear motions. (Before the Vice Chancellor WIGRAM.) THORNTON V. THE PORTSMOUTH AND ARUNDEL NAVIGA- TION COMPANY.- JUDGMENT. His Honour gave judgment to-day on this case, which was argued before him a few days since. The defendants in this case were a company incorporated in 1817, by Act of Parliament 57 Geo. 111., c. 63, for making and maintaining a navigable canal from the river Arun to Chichester Harbour, and from thence to Langstone and Portsmouth Harbours. The plaintiff had been contrac tor for works done for the company, and the object of the present suit was to establish three several mortgages for 1,0301., 1,0004, and 1,000/. of the tolls and dues of the undertaking executed to him by the committee of management of the company as security for his claim for works executed by him for the company. It ap peared that, as early as 1824, disputes had arisen be tween the plaintiff and the committee of management with reference to the way in which the works had been executed, in consequence of which a meeting of the pro prietors of the undertaking was called in February, 1824, At this meeting a resolution was passed that the disputes between the committee of management and the con tractor should be made the subject of arbitration. This was accordingly done, and by the award of the arbitrators made in 1826, the demand of the plaintiff against the company was fixed at 7,697/. Several payments were afterwards made on account, till the claim was reduced to 3,0301. For this balance the three mortgages in ques tion, which were dated in September, 1836, bad been executed under the common seal of the company. The claim was resisted by the company on the ground that the powers of mortgaging given to them by their Acts could not properly be exercised (according to the true construction of those Acts) by the committee of management, but that for the purpose of binding the company by the mortgages the sanction of a general meeting of proprietors called specially for the purpose should have been first obtained. His Honour, after going at some length into the case, said Le could not do otherwise than send the case to law. There must, therefore, be a case to the Court of Common Pleas, for the purpose of trying the ques tion whether tho mortgages were binding on the com pany. The matter was then ordered to be referred to the Master, to settle a caso for the opinion of the Court of Common Pleas. QUEEN'S BENCH , -(THIS D ' A'Y.) (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and a Special Jury.) PATENT SAWMILL.-THE QUEEN V. SMITH. Evidence was adduced during the whole of the morn ing in support of the case of the plaintiff. Sir F. TuEswErt addressed the jury on behalf of the defendants, after which the lurther hearing of the case was adjourned until Monday. Thu Court will sit at Westminster on Monday, in order to proceed a ith this case. One of the Learned Judges will sit on Monday at Guildhall to try causes. The other Courts will also sit there. COMMON PLEAS.-(TIIIS DAY.) (Before Chief Justice WILDE and Common Juries.) THE CORR AND BANDON RAILWAY V. CONNOLLY. This was au action brought by the Cork and Bandon Railway to recover 165 L, the amount o f cal l s upon e l eve n shares, for which the defendant had signed the subscribers' deed. Evidence was adduced to show that the defendant took up the shares , th a t h e h a d paid upon them, and that he had failed to pay the remainder, for which this action was brought. Mr. Sergeant Channell appeared for the company. Mr. Sergeant ByLEs, on the part of the defendant, raised several technical objections in contradiction of the validity of the claims of the company, the most ins- PRUSSIA. The Provisional Election Law, under which the new Chambers are to be chosen, contains what the draft of the Constitution did not—the property qua lification required in a Member of the Upper Cham ber. It is very moderate indeed. It is fixed at the payment of a yearly class (or direct) tax of 8 thalers (11. 45.); real property to the amount of 8,000 thalers (1,200/.) ; or a clear yearly income of 500 thalers (751.) For tile Lower Chamber no proper qualifica tion is required. AUSTRIA. The Archduke Charles and his wife (the father and mother of the Emperor Francis Joseph) have gone to Munich. This Princess was the head of the reactionary party, and was the soul of the Camarillo, which, by its dishonesty and intrigues, caused the destruction of the Emperor Ferdinand. This lady was the Princess Sophia of Bavaria before her union with the Archduke. It is to be hoped that neither of them will ever again set foot in the Austrian do minions. The following are additional official documents relating to the abdication of the Emperor Ferdinand : PROTOCOL. IN THE NAME OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY. This is to certify that on the 2d day of the month of De. camber, of the year 1848, by the order of his reigning Ma jesty, the Most Serene Emperor and King Ferdinand 1., in the Coronation Hall of the Archducal residence of the Royal capital Olmiitz, the Ministers of the Most Serene Archducal house of Austria, then actually residing in the said Royal capital of Olmiitz, were present, viz. : His Imperial Highness the Archduke Francis Charles ; and Her Imperial Highness the Archduchess the Lady Sophia; His Imperial Highness the Archduke Francis Joseph ; Their Imperial Highnesses the Archdukes Ferdinand Maximilian, Charles, Charles Ferdinand, Charles William, and Joseph ; Her Imperial Highness the Dowager Archduchess Maria Dorothea, her Imperial Highness the Archduchess the Lady Elizabeth and her husband, his Royal Highness the Arch duke Victor, and moreover:— His Serene Highness Field-Marshal the Prince of Win discbgratz, Field-Marshal Lieutenant the Baron Jellachich, Ban of Croatia, and Major-General the Count Griinne, Lord Chamberlain of his Imperial Highness the Archduke Francis Joseph, and the members of the Cabinet, viz. : The Prince of Schwarzenberg, Field-Marshal Lieutenant, President of the Cabinet and Minister of Foreign Affairs and of the Imperial House. The Count Francis Stadion, Minister of Home Affairs and of Public Instruction. Dr. Alexander Bach, Minieter of Justice. Major-General, the Baron Francis Cordon, Secretary al War. Baron Philipp Kraus, Minister of Finance. The Chevalier Bruck, Minister of Trade and of Public Works. Ferdinand Thienfeid, Knight, Minister of Agriculture : and, after his Imperi.,l Mhjesty the Most S•rene Emperor and King Ferdinand 1., accompanied by his illustrious con sort, Ler Majesty the Empress, and Queen Maria Anna, and preceded by his. Adjutant-General the Prince Joseph Lobkowitz, and followed by the Lord Chamberlain, the Landgrave of Fiirstenberg, and the Lady-in-Waiting the. Landgravine of ifirstenberg, had entered the hall, the per sons aforesaid then and there assembled, were witnesses to a certain act and deed, as shall appear hereafter, in the which, by the order of the Miuister o f th e Imperial houses the oll:e of Secretary was discharged by the Counsellor of Legation, Mr. Alexander Hubner. His Majesty, the Emperor and King, vouchsafed to inform the Assembly, that f,..r important reasons, he had taken the irrevocable resolution of resigning the Imperial Crown in favour of his beloved nephew, the Most Serene Archduke Francis Joseph, whom he declared to have come to age; his beloved brother, the most Serene Archduke Francis Charles, father of the aforesaid, having likewise resolved irrevocably to resign his rights of succession in favour of his son afore said. His Majesty next ordered that the President of the Cabinet should read to the Assembly the acts and deeds re lative to the resignation aforesaid, viz : We, Ferdinand the First, by the Grace of God Emperor of Austria, &c., make known and proclaim to all whom it may concern, that having been repeatedly convinced of our be loved nephew the Most Serene Archduke Francis Joseph, having arrived at full maturity of his intellect, we, acting in our legal capacity as Sovereign and head of the family, do declare and certify the fact of our beloved nephew aforesaid having attained the age of majority, for which purpose we have signed this present document with our own hand, and ordered the signature of the Minister of our House to be likewise affixed to it. Dated in our royal capital of 011mutz, on the Ist of December, 1848, in tbe 14th year of our reign. FERDINAND. - SC/kl WARTZENBERG. I, Francis Charles, Imperial Prince and Archduke of Aus tria, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, declare— Whereas his Majesty, our most gracious Emperor and Lord, my beloved brother, informed me that he was moved by important reasons to resign the crown of the empire of Austria, and of all the crown lands belonging to the same, that is to say, in favour of his . legitimate successor; and, although according to the established order of succession, I ought to succeed to the Imperial Crown of Austria, yet, after mature deliberation, I have resolved and declare that 1 resign my legitimate rights of succession irrevocably in favour of my first-born son and legitimate successor, the Most Serene Archduke Francis Joseph, and his legitimate successors and heirs; and I consent, .in case of the resigna tion of his Majesty, the reigning Emperor to the crown of the empire of Austria and of the kingdoms and crown lands united under it, being transferred to my beloved son, afore said. Given in the royal capital of 011mutz, in the year of grace 848, this day, the lst of December, FRANCIS CHARLES. SCH WA RZR NBERG. We, Ferdinand the First, Emperor of Austria, &c. Declare hereby, and proclaim that important reasons here, after mature deliberation, moved us to this irrevocable reso lution of resigning the imperial crown. And in virtue of these presents we do resign the said crown of the empire of Austria, and of all the empires united under it, and of all other crown lands, whatever their name or de nomination may be, in favour of our beloved nephew the Most Serene Archduke Francis Joseph and his legitimate heirs and suceessors, after the voluntary resignation of our beloved brother the Most Serene Archduke Francis Charles, who resigned his legitimate rights to the succession, in certi fication whereof he has not only signed an act of resignation, but has also added his signature to this present document, our own act of resignation. In solemn certification of which we have signed this do cument with our own hand, in the presence of the members of our Imperial family assembled at Court, and in the pre sence of the Council of our Cabinet, and we have ordered the Minister of our House to add his counter-signature to the same, and affix the great seal of the empire to the same. " Given in our Royal capital of 011miitz, on this the 2d day of the month of December, in the year 1848, and in the 14th of our reign. " FIRDIX AND. "FRANCIS CHARLES. " BERG The aforesaid documett having been SCHWARZEN read his Maje . sty's by act of resignation wa s s i gne d b y his Majesty and his Im perial Highness th e A rc hd uke Francis Charles, and by the Minister of the House, into whose hands the whole of the do cuments were deposed, for him to act according to the tenor of the same. His Imperial Highness the Archduke Francis Joseph re ceived next the solemn congratulations of his Majesty the most Serene Emperor Ferdinand I. as his legitimate succes sor, whereupon he was proclaimed Emperor and King under the name of Frederick Joseph I. This was done in the Coronation-hall of the Archiepiscopal Palace, in the royal capital of 011miitz, on the day and in the year as stated above— In the presence of Maria Anna; Francis Charles; Sophia; Ferdinand Maximilian ; Charles ; Charles Ferdinand ; Charles William ; Joseph ; Maria Dorothea Elizabeth ; Ferdinand Este ; A Itred, Prince Windischgratz ; Baron Jellachich ; Felix, Prince Schwarzenberg ; Francis, I:cunt Stadion ; Frederic, Landgrave of Fiirstenherg ; the Landgravine Fiirstenberg ; Joseph, Prince Lobkowitz ; Charles, Count Grunne ; Alex ander Bach ; Phillipp, Baron Krauss; Francis, Baron Cor don; Chevalier Bruck; Frederick Thienfield, Knight; Alexander Hubner. " We, Francis Joseph 1., by the Grace of God Emperor of Austria; King of Hungary and Bohemia; King of Lombardy and Venetia; of Dalmatia, Croatia, Sclavonia, Galicia, Lodomiria, and Illyria ; King of Jerusalem. &c.; Archduke of Austria , Grand Duke of Tuscany, Duke of Lorraine, of Salsburg, Steyer, Karnthen, the Ukraine ; Grand Prince of Siebenbiirgen ; Margrave of Moravia; Duke of Upper and Lower Silesia, of Modena, Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, of Auschwitz and Zator, of Tee chen, Frioul, Ragusa, and Zara; Prince and Count of Hapsburg, of Tyrol, of Kyburg, Gorz, and Gradiska ; Prince , of Trent and Brixen ; Margrave, of the Upper. And' Loiwer Lausitz, and i n I s t r i a; Count Of Hohenembs, F'etdkirch, Bregerz Sonnenberg; Lord of T r ieste, of Catlin**, and -upon the Wendisch:Mark " To the Constituent Diet at Kremsier assembled ottr Im perial greeting. Whereas our [most Serene Unc1e44.114- jesty the Emperor Ferdinand I. has resigned ,the throtiij,.and our most Serene Father, his Imperialilighness the Archduke Francis Charles, has resigned his" light of sticcis:Sitel ; 'we have taken possession of the throne of our fathers. It is our earnest desire to see the constitution finished with all possible dispatch, in which we rely upon the assistance and the pa triotic zeal of the Diet. " The Ministers, whom our Most Serene Uncle had ap pointed, have been confirmed in their offices by us, and we have instructed them to submit to the Diet the documents which refer to our advent to the Government, and we assure the Diet of our Imperial grace and affection. "Given in our royal capital of 011miitz on the 2d Dec., 1848. " FRANcis JOSIPTI. " SCHWA EZENIIERG." " My Dear Prince Schwarzenberg,—l confirm the present Ministers in their office, and trust they will do their duty equally actively and faithfully as formerly, arid desire you to communicate this to the Ministers. " FRANCIS JOSEPH. " °lint uz, Dec. 2. " SCHWA itzmirs ERG." " My Dear Prince Schwarzenberg,—l appoint the Baron liulmer to act as a Minister without a portfeuille, with a seat and a vote in the Council of the Cabinet. " FRANCIS JOSEPH. " SCHWA RZENBERG." " 011miltz, Dec. 2. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) The Colenelcy a the 55th, vacant by the death of Lieu tenant-General _Wardlaw, has been, we hear, conferred on Lieutenant-General Hamilton. This gallant officer served i the West Indies in 1795-6, and was preent at the capture of St. Lucia. In 1801 he served the campaign in Egypt, commanded the Ist battalion of the 44th Regiment in Spain, and the 2d battalion in the Netherlands and France in 1815. At the battle of Waterloo, being then a Lieutenant-Colonal, he received a wound. UNATTACHED PAY.—The following officers have suc ceeded to the Unattached Pay of twenty-five shillings per diem :—Major-General J. M‘Donald, Major- General G. W. Paty, and Major-General Lord James Hay. Having so re cently had occasion to speak of the services of these officers, we need do no -more in this place than congratulate them on a well-earned addition to their respective incomes. GOOD SERVICE PENSIONS.—DIajor-General Edward Par kinson and Major-General Philip Bainbridge, have respec tively succeeded to the pension of 100/. per annum. The Admiralty have at length determined to complete the steam guard frigate to be propelled by the screw. DOCKYARD BRIGADICS. —A return is being made to the Admiralty of all stores belonging to the Royal Dockyard Brigades. Their Lordships are evidently "taking stock." The Government have still further evinced their sympathy and desire for the permanent establishment of the Republic of Liberia on the coast of Africa by emancipated American slaves, by ordering her Majesty's schooner Lark, at Sheer ness, to be fitted out to be navigated to Liberia, and to be appropriated as a tender to Mr. Roberts, the worthy President of the Republic. The encouragement of these Li beriaists in their laudable designs of regenerating Africa will have more effect in suppressing the slave trade than the em ployment of half-a-dozen cruisers. THE ASSISTANT-SURGEONS OF THZ NAVY. is re ported that the Admiralty have offered to compound the grievances of the Assistant-Surgeons of the Royal Navy, by granting them separate cabins, but denying them the privi leges of messing in the ward-room. We trust, however, that the Assistant-Surgeons will reject this paltry composition, which is neither gracious on the part of the Admiralty to offer, and could only be accepted by the junior medical °fa cers at a sacrifice of their position and profession. BUILDING MEN-OF-WAR IN INDIA. —ln the Navy List a ship is given as the " Malacca, 26, Bombay, building." This ship is not now to be proceeded with ; and, instead of building at Bombay, the Surveyor of the Navy has recom mended the Admiralty to build a steam-vessel, Ito be called the Malacca, at Moulmein, of teak, and their Lordships have ordered accordingly. THE FALKLAND 'ISLANDS.—We stated some time simte that, for the better protection of these islands, the Admiralty had ordered a man-of-war to visit the island occasionally. A body of military pensioners are about to be sent there to form the police of the island; but, in the meanwhile, it has been deemed advisable to order a man-of-war with some marines from Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert's squa dron at Monte Video, to take care of the island until their arrival. In such remote places as the Falkland, the absence of a British pendant is too often the excuse for the indulgence of lawless conduct on the part of the discon tented and ill-disposed, as it affords also an opportunity for reckless and insolent merchantmen of all nations to break through the rules and regulations of the island with im punity. No islands of the extent of the Falkland Islands, in any part of the British dominions, should be without a man-of-war pendant occasionally flying in one! or other of their ports. Mr.. Blake, late Master-Shipwright of Portsmouth Dock yard, who always devoted much time and thought to the armament of ships, has projected an improved plan for fitting ships' ports, and the Admiralty have ordered it to be ap plied to one of the ports of the Excellent, gunnery ship, at Portsmouth. RAIL WA Y RE T URNS Rattwav TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rate ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the seine week in the previous year: Week ending a aka 0 tc Last week. NAME OF RAILWAY. Dec Nov. 30 Dec. 5 Nov. 25 Dec. 3 Aberdeen .. •• • ... ..... • •• —•— •• Amiens and Boulogne . .. •• .. .• •• •. Belfast and Ballymena •• •• • - •• •• •• •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Chester and Holyhead. • ............. Cockermouth and Workington—. Dublin and Drogheda•- •. •—••— Dublin and Klugswwn .. .• •• .. •• Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen-- .... East Anglian.— ... .............. Edinburgh and Glaszow . •• . •• •• Edinburgh and Northern.... .. •• •. Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire .................... Eastern Union...—. .... ...... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... Glasgow and Greenock••••••••• .. Great Southern and Western ...... Great Western, Sic • . .. .. .. .. .. Kendal and Windennerc......... .. Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ Lancaster and Car1i51e.............. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... Londonderry and . nniskillen ........ London and North Western, &c. ..... London and 81ackwa11...... • . • • .... London and Brighton ..... • • • • • . • • London and South Western . • • . • • • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle ............ Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) •• .. 31 onklands ..• Newcastle and Carlisle— ........ North British ...................... Paris and Rotten . .......... .... _ Rouen and Havre .................. Scottish Central .................. . Shrewsbury and Chester • ..... • • .... South Eastern and Branches ........ South Devon .....• .. . • ..... ........ Taff Vale •• • • . • Waterford and Limerick............. Whitehaven Junction ..... .. Wishaw and C01tne55............. •. York and Newcastle . .............. York and North Midland ........... 1,066 40;6 1,166 928 1,004 657 3,006 1,579 12,668 1,569 1,237 2,420 853 3,018 17,316 111 9,749 1,813 58 105 35,599 548 7,266 7,652 2,617 20,060 1,119 833 2,273 5,227 2,109 903 1,315 7,074 1,072 1,755 729 270 170 550 2,738 537 11,7G9 810 1,100 2,038 9:•2 1,b92 15,146 :8,63i 1,089 100 85,122 13,827 7,028 717 6,37(1 6,804 1,957 18,377 SO 1,809 6,283 2,228 863 7,121 584 1,709 672 183 10,216 7,147 COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, FRIDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked about the grounds as usual this morning. The younger branches of the Roy al Family took their accustomed exercise. Viscountess Canning, Lady in waiting to her Ma jesty, arrived yesterday evening Earl de Grey left Osborne this afternoon for London. Colonel the Hon. and Mrs. Charles Phipps had the honour of joining the royal dinner party yesterday evening. The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Saturday next, the 16th inst., at her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations had a meeting yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade, on the subject of Vancouver's Island. The Lords present were the Right Hon. Henry Labou chere (President of the Board of Trade), Earl Grey (Secretary of State for the Colonies), Lord Camp bell (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster), and Sir Edward Ryan. Their Lordships assembled at twelve o'clock, and sat one hour and a half. Lieutenant Symonds had an interview with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Coonial-office. A deputation, consisting of th e L or d M ayor , M r Masterman, M.P., Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. John Wood, Mr. T. H. Hall, Mr. R. Taylor, the Town- Clerk, and the City Remembrancer, had an inter view with L or d J o h n R usse ll yesterday. Mr. Peto, M.P. for Norwich, had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home office. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—FRIDAY.: WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLE CHASE.-20 to 6 eget Jerry (taken)-90 to 15 agst Prince George (taken)- 80 to 10 agst Richard the First (taken)-80 to 10 eget Victim (taken)-6 to 1 offered eget Profligate. CHESTER CUP.-500 to 7i agst Eagle's Plume (t)- 100 to 3 agst Sir Tatton Sykes (t). . _ Dzanv . .-500 to 100 on the field-300 to 10 eget Escalade (t)-200 to 5 agst The Knout (0-1,000 to 15 agst Magician (offers to take). THE NEW MARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEET I NG.—FRIDAY. Chippenham Field. All-aged Stakes.—Third Ties. Amine. beat Bramble—Roulette beat Magician. The Puppy Stakes.—Third Ties. Turquoise beat Approbation—Locomotive beat Wicked Eye. The Exiling Stakes for Puppies.—Second Tier. Fairtues beat Glentilt—Drift beat Agnes. Butti,hain All Aged Sthlces,—First Tics. Mr. Lcder's Cztr beat Mr. Dob,ie's Daphne. Alr. Tyson's Fancy Boy beat Mr. Miller's Merry Lad. The Chippenhain Stakes for Puppies.—First To Mr. W. Etwall's Old Harry beat Mr. Miller's Matri mony. Sir C. George Gore's Queen Mab beat Mr. Dobede's Dacia. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, DEC. B.—About 100 hhds. West India have found buyers this week, at again rather easier rates, and the market is still extremely dull, both for raw and manufactured sugars. Rum is in better demand, but at ruinously low rates.—Bristol Mercury. leers icing :Ems, ainst e es :nted tate Tied 7 by y be a cial in and ions I by s to es, on all he ch of 7st a