The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-27 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed steady, without change in prices. The sales were 7,000 bales, 5,000 of which were American, 1,000 for export ; 100 Pernam and Maranham, sd. to bid. ; 100 Bahia, 6d. to 6id. ; 300 Egyptian, Cid. to Bid. ; and 1,500 Surat (500 for export), at 3±d. to 41d. per The Railway Share Market was steady, at a slight decline in prices. The mails of the White Star and Oliver Lang, Post-office packets from Australia, have not yet been delivered. Last night the Kent, Captain Coleman, belong ing to Messrs. Wigram and Green, from Port Philip, landed her mails at Penzance, after an ex cellent voyage of 73 days, having left Melbourne on the 14th September. This is a fortnight later than news by the overland mail via Southampton. She is reported to have a quantity of gold on board, the amount of which is not yet ascertained. The commercial advices from New York state that during the week ending November the 10th the value of the imports exceeded that of the ex ports by 1,483,855 dollars. The exports were composed chiefly . of breadstuffs to Europe, and the cause of the great increase in the imports was the limited quantity of specie shipped. The pro spects of the Money Market were exciting considerable attention, as they presented some very unfavourable indications. Still, however, a rather more confident feeling had been created by the large arrivals of specie from California. The last weekly return of the City Banks showed a fall ing off in most departments. The bullion decreased $250,772, the discounts and loans $914,789, and the deposits $2,025,167. The great activity of the demand for money was, theiefore, apparent. Cot ton was.quiet, but steady. On the Paris Bourse yesterday the French Rentes experienced a fall in the 3 per Cents. of 10 centimes for the account and 20 c. for money. No varia tion however took place in the improved position of the 4i Stock. At one time the news that the English Funds had advanced per cent. influ enced the market favourably, but subsequent in telligence of a less favourable character caused them to recede. In the Share market there was little worthy of notice, excepting transactions in Mediterranean Railway shares, upon which the spe culators concentrated all their energies to create a rise, and in which they succeeded, making an ad vance in one week of 35 francs. The grain and flour markets were firm at the average prices of last week, the latter ranging from 102 to 110 francs per hectolitre and a half according to quality. Latest commercial accounts from Germany re port that the celebrated fair at Leipsic had com menced, and trade in all kinds of merchandise was unusually brisk. Sales of wheat to a large extent were also taking place on Prussian account, which indicated a deficiency in the national stores, and a fear of dearth in the coming spring. Purchases of grain to a considerable extent were concluded also on Russian account, which showed that there was a sensible deficiency in the late harvest, most probably in consequence of the want of hands to cultivate the soil, from the continued levies of men for the war in the agricultural provinces. The most important feature of the general business done was the large amount of manufactured goods purchased by Russian traders for immediate use in the southern provinces. These consist of indis pensable articles of clothing for troops, and are at once conveyed by the post roads to Odessa and the Crimea, the blockade of the Allied fleets having shut up the ordinary route by water. From Russia, via Berlin, we learn that the re cent ukase prohibiting the exportation of grain into Prussia has not been again published, nor has the exportation of grain by Michaelowitch and Granica been forbidden ; so that these two states are helping each other during the present dearth of provisions. Nothing has transpired concerning the conference on the Sound dues, which was announced to take place on the 20th inst. On this subject accounts from Copenhagen state that most beneficial results are likely to accrue from it, and it is not certain that there will be an adjourned meeting, because the Minister of the United States has not received instructions relative to his position in the matter. From Berlin we learn that the United States in tend to maintain their right of renewing the existing treaty upon the same basis, and which will expire on the 26th April, 1856. A further improvement took place in the English Stock Market to-day, principally owing to the large specie arrivals from Australia, which, it is expected, will to some extent relieve the money market. The pacific tone of the advices from America, and the decided decline in the corn mar ket, have not yet lost their effect, and Stocks present rather a buoyant appearance. Consols have risen to 88i to 89 for money, and to 88i to 89 for account. The New 3 per Cents. have been 881 to 88k, and the Reduced 87i to 88. Bank Stock is higher, viz., 2084 to 2094. Exchequer Bills are firmer, also being Bs. to 4s. discount. India Bonds are Bs. to ss. discount. East India Stock is heavy at 223. For the January account Consols are 89k 1. The foreign market is rather quiet, but yester day's quotations have been in most cases firmly maintained. Turkish Bonds are 801 to 801, and the New Scrip is 34 to 31 discount. Belgian 51 per Cents. are 911 to 921 ; Spanish Passive Bonds, 65 ; Buenos Ayres Bonds, 541 ; and Danish 3 per Cents., 81. Equador Bonds have risen to 55 and 51, and Grenada Deferred Bonds are 65 to 61. Dutch 21 per Cents. are 63 to 631, and the 4 per Cents. 93} to 931. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 7 ; Mexican, 191 1 ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., 51 to 53; Portuguese Four per Cents., 4i to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 94 to 96 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 88; Spanish Now Deferred, 20 to 201 ; ditto Three per Cents., 381 to 39 ; ditto Certificates, 4! to 41 ; ditto Pas sive, 6 to 61. Railway Shares are further slightly advanced, and in ono or two of the principal lines rather More business has been transacted. Great West ern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, and South-Western have all slightly improved. Antwerp and Rotterdam are rather flat, but Royal Swedish have ruled firm, and Great Western of Canada ara Ito higher. ScarCely any business has been officially recorded in Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous shares. Canada Land Shares, however, have advanced 11. to 2/. SEtITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (From the Official Liao _ _ Businesx don. Bank Stock . . 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B7O 8 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities BB4 9 84 9 84 4 N3w 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan.. 1860 Dittc. 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 3 5-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 161 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 8 5 d n. , onsolsfor Account BB,l 9 Si Omnium Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO if. ... 8 4 3 d £5OO 8 3 Small Exchequer Bonds 1858,34 per Cent.... 971 8 Ditto 1559, ~ ... 971 8 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 544 4 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Bl 24 Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 14 per Cent. Grenada Bonds, Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the account 46 Ditto Small Ditto ex. all over due Coupons ... 414 Russian Bonds, 44 per Cent BB Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bond's, 3 per Cent 334 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Passive Spaniah Committee Cert. of Coup. nDt fun 44 p c Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto for the Account B O4 i i 2 Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto for the account ntvidends on the above Payable In London. Belgian Bonds, 24 per Cent. ex. 25 fr — Ditto 44 per Cent. Ex. 25 fr batch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Gull 63 Ditto for the account 63i Ditto 4 per Ceni. Certifieates ...... .. 93i 4 i THREE O'CLOCK. 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The gallant general travelled eia the South Eastern Railway, and on his arrival at the London ter minus he was most enthusiastically received. EfAn attempt will be made to-morrow to "resuscitate" the Metropolitan Steeplechases at Harrow, and to im prove the character of the sport which has of late years been celebrated on theUxendon Farm. To effect a consum mation so earnestly to be wished, the right man has been put in the right place, for the qualifications of Mr. Sam. Merry, for the office of Clerk of the Course and Huudi capper, are manifold and widely acknowledged. I cor dially wish him success in his new unde►taking. He has commenced his work in earnest, and the fact of Lord Chesterfield and Capt. Little having consented to act as stewards, is alone sufficient to give the stamp of popularity and respectability to the meeting. The programme is certainly attrac tive, and promises ample if not very interesting sport. Should the weather, too, be propitious, there will doubtless be an immense gathering of metropolitan and provincial Turfites. I always experience much hesitation in dealing with Steeplechases, and only on special occasions venture a hint relative to the probabi lities. Believing, however, that the squaring system will not be very extensively adopted at Harrow, I shall Within the last few days Lord Stanley has addressed a letter to Sir Willoughby Jones, of Cranmer, Hall, Nor folk, in which he propounds a scheme for facilitating rational recreation and self-culture among the humbler classes in the rural districts of the country, by means of public libraries established at central or salient points of the county, and radiating from them a series of small local reacting-rooms for every village. The letter has for its more immediate object the promotion of an edu cational project which the hon. baronet to whom it is addressed, aided by some of the nobility and gentry of Norfolk, have recently set on foot at Fakenham ; and, though having special reference to that county, his lord ship's scheme is not the less applicable to every other rural county or district in England, so far, at least, as the machinery, apart from the necessity for carrying it into execution, is concerned. The document, the more material parts of which are given below, may be assumed to embody the sentiments to which the noble lord would have given viva voce expression, had not the late negotia tions for his joining the Government cf Lord Palmerston prevented his being present at the late educational meet ing at Fakenhain. Adverting to a request made to him to put on paper a few suggestions in reference to the Fakenharn plan, his lordship says :—" I do so with great pleasure, feel ing sure that you have got hold of the right end of the education question, while politicians, both in and out of Parliament, are, for the most part, busying themselves with the "wrong one. It is idle to expect that persons who have no access to books, and who therefore seldom or never read, will take pains to see that their children acquire the power of reading. Public libraries, whether wholly free or open to subscribers at a low rate, are the most effective instruments to create a demand for more Sir James as soon as possible left the station, and went direct to the War Department, in Whitehall, but Lord Paunaure being absent he immediately left, and proceeded to his club, the United Service, in Pall-mall, where he was most cordially welcomed by the different general officers who had the good fortune to be present. During the gallant general's short stay at Paris he had the honour of an interview with the Emperor Napoleon And his Majesty Victor Emmanuel, King of Sardinia. We have much pleasure in stating that in appearance the gallant General seems to have suffered little from the effects of the climate of the Crimea ; in fact he appeared to have actually improved both in health and appearance. On leaving the United Service Club the gallant sol• dier was recognised by the few passers by, whose Bala. tations he most heartily returned. _ . depart from the rule I have laid down. The Metropo litan Handicap seems, on paper, what is popularly called i "good thing" for either Odiham or Dieppe. The former was not " wanted" at Shrewsbury ; his turn therefore may be now come. I have not selected Old British Yeoman, because I am quite ignorant as to his present form. If his powers be not greatly impaired, he would, doubtless, be capable of galloping his oppo nents to a stand-still. The last opportunity, however, which I bad of taking stock of him convinced me that he had not the "shade of a shadow " of his former abi lity. For the Hurdle Rata I shall select Nonsuch and Laura Selina. and better schools. That done, the supply will soon follow. The evil which friends of kno wleige have now to fight against is not poverty, nor prejudice, nor the want of qualified teachers (though all these obstacles operated until lately), but sheer apathy and indifference on the part of parents in the labouring class. That apathy cannot, in the nature of things, be removed un til literary culture is more diffused and more valued in the class immediately above them. Your undertaking is therefore calculated directly to benefit one set of per sons, and indirectly to operate, by the force of example, upon another. More than this—in regard to literary pro vision for the people, England is behind almost every European nation, and the rural districts of England are behind the great towns. A double obligation, there fore, lies on the inhabitants of Norfolk, as Englishmen and as agriculturists, to regain their lost ground in the competition of intellect, both with foreign nations and with a rival class in their own country ; and it behoves them, rather than any others, to take the lead in this movement ; for Norfolk claims to be in agriculture what Lancashire is in manufacturing matters—the model county—the most active, intelligent, and enterprising of all. Nowhere arelandlords more liberal; nowhere do farmers display more science and skill ; nothing is want ing to success, except that educational reforms should be pushed with the same energy which has been shown in developing the material resources of the province. " Let us consider what agency and what amount of expenditure are requisite to establish throughout Nor folk a system of public libraries, independent of one another, but so distributed as to supply:every village and parish with the means of instruction and amusement. The county contains an area of 2,116 square miles, its form compact, without straggling or outlying districts, and with easy communication to and from every part. The population (increased within 20 years by 52,000) exceeds 442,000. In this number are included, accord ing to the census returns, 413 landowners, 862 clergy of various denominations, 1,324 professional persons, exclusive of clergy, and nearly 6,500 farmers. Besides Norwich, with 70,000 inhabitants, Yarmouth with 30,000, and Lynn with something under 20,000, there are eight towns, in each of which the residents exceed 2,000, according to the estimate of 1851. No requisi site for social progress seems absent. You have no great distances or natural obstacles to overcome. You have a population not too much dispersed; an abundance of educated and wealthy men, fit and willing to act as leaders, and you have central points from which to ope rate upon and influence the whole surrounding districts. "In order to take advantage of these facilities, I should suggest the establishment of five principal or central libraries, from which smaller institutions of a similar nature might be supplied with books. Beginning from the west, Lynn occurs as the first suitable point ; and here, in fact, the work has been done. Norwich and Yarmouth should be provided with depots of the same kind ; and there, at least, neither means nor will are likely to be wanting. 'Fakenham towards the nortb, and Thetford, on our southern boundary, might, with a proper organisation, supply the intervening districts. To pronounce what number of volumes each such library ought to contain is difficult. I have often stated my belief that a collection of 5,000 volumes may be so chosen as to include nearly all that, for popular purposes, is valuable in English literature ; and that estimate I see 1.0 reason to alter. The cost of books may be taken roughly at 4s. per volume, or five to the pound, which, allowing for expenses of furniture, would imply an outlay of 1,2001. for each library, or 6,0001. for the whole. When one considers that sums are recklessly wasted by the richer classes in this country on objects of mere selfish luxury or pleasure, it is difficult to imagine that such an amount would not be forthcoming, if only the importance of the end to be gained were once duly esti mated." The noble' lord then proceeds, in some little detail, to prove that libraries of this kind, once founded, would be self-supporting, by citing examples at Hatfield, in Hertfordshire, Lynn, and places in Lancashire. " Next, it may be demanded," he continues, "by what agency the benefit of libraries such as those I describe can be extended beyond the immediate vicinity of each I answer, by the establishment in every village of small local reading-rooms, each of which may be supplied with books from the nearest central depot, paying for their use, and having also, if that be practicable, a limited stock of standard works in its own possession.- Such a reading-room may be easily established wherever a school exists. All that is required is that some one person should make himself responsible for the due payment of the annual subscription and for the safe custody of the volumes issued. In the district immediately surround ing Lynn many parishes and villages are thus assisted, and there is no reason why the system should not be ex tended over the entire county. Taking its area in square miles (in round numbers, 2,100), it will be seen that 42 institutions such as I describe would give one to every 50 square miles, or, in other words, nearly one to every square of seven miles each way. If the number were doubled, we should have one to every 25 square miles, or one to every square of 5 miles each way. The latter number might probably be considered as sufficient for all purposes. But with these branch or affiliated in stitutions we need have no present concern ; local efforts will create them in every place, when once the central establishments are formed, on which their effi ciency must in a great degree depend. " I regard, therefore, the work on which you are engaged at Fakeuham, not as an isolated enterprise (in that case it might be fitly left to those who are to derive immediate benefit from it), but as falling into and forming part of a larger scheme, as does also the kindred institution al ready existing at Lynn." " As to seising the capital required, it is generally found advisable to invite contributions only on condition of success ; that is, to undertake that no donation promised shall be called for unless a certain minimum amount shall have been raised, sufficient to carry out the design in a satisfactory man ner. A manifold advantage is thus gained. First, the fear of entire failure, and of the consequent abandon. went of the project, acts as a stronger stimulus than the mere apprehension of an inadequate result. Next, in the unfortunate event of such failure, you have at least the ground clear for a fresh attempt, and not encumbered with the ruins of an abortive enterprise. Thirdly (and this is most important) many persons are more willing to assist in a good work than sanguine of the issue. Such persons are apt to hold back, not out of apathy, but because they think success impossible ; their objec tions are met by a form of promise which, if their fears prove well-grounded, binds them to nothing." After noticing several other points of detail his lord ship concludes by stating : "It only remains for me to express the pleasure I feel in being associated with you, however slightly, in the good and useful work which you have taken in hand. That neither political rivalry, nor sectarian difference, nor apathy among the wealthy, nor ignorance in the poor class, may interfere with its speedy success is the earnest wish of many. Obstacles to such an undertaking vanish on approach. Little more is needed than the will to overcome them and the confidence which a good cause ought to inspire." I intended to watch the proceedings at Waltham last week, but circumstances interfered with my design. I have, however, received many communications respecting them ; but really the doings seem to me to have been too contemptible and clumsy to require comment. The attempt to get up another gathering in that locality will not, I trust, be repeated. From a letter which was for warded to me last week I make the following extract, which sets forth the modus operandi of the "getters up" of the Waltham Steeplechases : "Massaroni was sold by auction, after winning the Selling Steeplechase, for 23 guineas, to Mr. Webb, who paid the auctioneer a deposit of one sovereign, agreeing to meet him at the New Inn in the evening and pay him the remainder. Early in the evening Mr. Webb was at the place appointed, and Mr. Brayley offered to give him 301. for his horse. This proposition was accepted, and Mr. Brayley paid over the stipulated sum to Mr. Webb, who wrote him a re ceipt. Mr. Brayley, accompanied by Mr. Stinton, then went to the stable, expecting to find the horse, but, to their surprise, they discovered that the changes had been rang, and that another animal called Firebrand had been substituted for Massaroni. On inquiry it was ascertained that the promoter of the meeting had induced the auc tioneer to deliver Massaroni to him, and he had caused the horse's removal. He was applied to, and it then ap peared that, to give a colour to his claim, although he had not bought the horse from the auctioneer, he had paid twenty-three guineas in addition to the stakes to Yates, the jockey, under whose charge the horse was sent to Waltham. Mr. Stinton expostulated with the getter-up of the meeting, who coolly informed him that if he (Mr. Stinton) went to law about the matter he might be able to obtain possession of the horse. To arrange matters, however, Mr. Stinton was compelled to write a " tenner" off an old account. Mr. Newcome Mason, who took some interest in the affair, and at whose instance Massaroni was sent to Waltham, expressed him self pretty warmly on the matter, and even made a threat of bringing the case before certain " turf authorities." Such is the round, unvarnished tale of my correspon dent. I was much pained to hear of the death of Mr. Pell, the owner of Pole Star. He died suddenly about a week ago. A FRESH MAN. Nov. 27. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COMMON PLEAS. (Before Mr. Justice Crowder and a Common Jury.) DITCHAM V. HOWSE- FALSE IMPRISONMENT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a solici tor's clerk, residing at Haverstock-hill, against the de fendant, a lieutenant in the King's Own Light Infantry Militia, of Hackney, for false imprisonment. It appeared from the evidence that en the 15th June last Mrs. Alexander and her daughter, two " unprotected females," entered an empty first class carriage at the Fenchurch-street station to proceed to Camden-town. Shortly after the plaintiff came in and behaved in a rude manner towards them, and continued to do so after the train had started. He was intoxicated, and the " srce'l was awful." The defendant got into the carriage at Hackney, and from the plaintiff's conduct and the complaint of the ladies he interfered and spoke to the guard of the train. At the Caledonian station the defendant was taken from the carriage and conveyed to the Islington-green police-station at the re ' quest of, and followed by, the defendant, when the Inspec tor refused to take the charge, the ladies not being pre sent, and the defendant declined to charge the plaintiff for his gross conduct twards him. The plaintiff, who described himself as a solicitor, then left. The evidence of the police and the defendant went to prove that the plaintiff was "drunk," " very drunk," and " offensively drunk." The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff. Damages one farthing. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Morris Nash., 17, a genteel-looking lad, pleaded guilty to au indictment, charging him with forgery, and utter ing an order for 1/. 17s. 6d. with intent to defraud. Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecution, and stated the circurnbtances under which the prisoner had com mitted toe offence. A written statement was handed in by the prisoner, urging, in mitigation of his offence, that he gave the whole of his salary (1/. per week) to his mother. She confirmed the statement he had made, adding that she allowed the prisoner is. 6d. per week for pocket money. Sentence postponed. Henry Simpson, 21, and Henry Mitchell, 28, were charged with a burglary in the dwelling-house of Thos. Roberts, Brunswick terrace, Old Kent-road, and stealing a quantity of silk, so me plate, and other property, valued at 800/., his property. They were both found guilty. Simpson, who had been before transported, was again transported for 14 years, and Mitchell to four years' penal servitude. THE CHARGE AGAINST DR. J. VAUGHAN. The Grand Jury were this morning engaged for seve ral hours in investigating the charges preferred against this rev. gentleman, and shortly after two o'clock re turned three true bills for felony. Subsequently, upon the application of Mr. Ballantine in the New Court, before Mr. Russell Gurney, the trial was postponed till next session, the same amount and same bail as that entered into beft.re the police magi strate being put in for defendant's appearance. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) SOUTHWARK.. BRUTAL ASSAULT UPON A FEMALE.— WaIter Scott, a short, thick-set, powerful-looking man, described in the charge-sheet as a conper, residing at 12, Star-court, Mint-street, was brought up in custody charged with committing a very brutal assault on Sarah Fabyer. The complainant, a meanly-clad female, about thirty years of age, who exhibited a lacerated wound on the side of the left temple, which was breeding very much, stated that she had lived with the pris.)ner upwards of seven years as his wife, and had always acted faithfully to him during that time, keeping him while out of work with her hard labour, and attending to all his wants. Notwithstanding that he had latterly been in the con st int habit of ill-asing her and neglecting his work. A short time ago he enlisted in the Medical Staff Corps and went to Chatham. He then sent to her, and she proceeded to that place and got him his liberty. on his promising on his return home to behave kind to her. However, he had not been home many days before he commenced knocking her about again. Yesterday after noon he came home just as she was going to her work and ejected her from the house. She endeavoured to get in again, and as she was about to open the shutters to gain admission, he rushed out and struck her a violent blow on the side of her head which nearly stunned her. He was about to repeat the blow, when a constable came and took him into custody. The blow that he inflicted on her tore the skin and hurt her very severely. In answer to - the• charge the prisoner said the com plainant was of a bad temper, and would not leave him. She was always abusing him, and to get out of her way he enlisted, but she came after him, and induced him to come back and live with her. Yesterday afternoon, when he went home to dinner, he found no fire in the place, and nothing prepared for dinner, when they Lad a few words, and he certainly did strike her, but not so as to cause that wound. Sue must have fallen against something. The female denied his assertions. He might have had his dinner if he pleased, but he turned her into the streets. The neighbours could come forward to prove his brutality towards her. The magistrate said that a very brutal assault bad been committed, and as other evidence was forthcoming he should remand him for a week. The prisoner asked whether be could be admitted to bail. The magistrate said, certainly not ; he had nearly murdered the woman, and he must go to prison until the time. MARYLEBONE. DESPERATE ASSAULT BY A FEMALE ON TWO POLICE MEN.—This day a female named Sullivan, a po Nodally made woman, was charged before Mr. Broughton with assaulting Policeman Campion, A division, and Milton, D 165. It appeared that about 6 o'clock last night as Police Constable Campion was on duty in Cato-street he was called to by the prisoner's husband, whose face was covered with blood, who requested him to take his wife into custody. He went to a house in a locality called Cato Bay, where the prisoner resided, when as he was ascending the stair he heard her smashing the crokery, turning over the tables, and upon entering the room he found the debris of cups, saucers, plates, &c.. scattered over the floor of the room, and the prisoner was in the midst of them. She was under the influence of liquor and appeared like a mad woman. As it was useless to think to take her into custody by himself he procured assistance, when she was with some diffi culty secured and conveyed to the station-house. There, while in the dock, and the charge was being taken, she gave Campion a violent blow upon his head, which nearly knocked Lim down, and as policeman Milton was pass ing with her clenched fist she struck him upon his head and sent his hat to the further extremity of the station. The prisoner was sent for two months to the House of Correction for each assault on the cfficers. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 4/ 4s to 6/ 6s ; clover ditto, 4/ 15s to 71 Os ; and straw, 11 4s Od to 1/ 93 Od per 161 ,, Trade steady. CUMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, 41 Os to 6/ 63; clover do.. 5' Os to 6/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 53 to 1! 103 per load. A fair average supply and a steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—IIIea , dow hay, 41 Os to 6/ Gs; clover do., 4! 10s to 71 Os ; and straw. 11 4s to 1/ 9a per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at late rates. COLONIAL. TEA.—The trade having been occupied with the samples of the sales to-day but little business had been transacted. Good common congou sold at 9d out of importers' hands. SUGAR.—No transaction of any importance has taken place in this article. COFFEE.—The market has been rather dull, and towards the elm() prices were heavy. Good ordinary native Cey lon, 54s 6d to 55s per cwt. RICE.—No sales to report, the market having been ex tremely inactive. Pus.—The market has been quiet, and prices may be quoted the same as last week. TALLOW.—The market at the commencement yesterday exhibited considerable firmness, and a largo business was transacted; it has since, however, experienced a reaction, and prices have declined fully 3s per cwt. New Y.C. on the spot 67s to 68s 6d, old 68s 6d to 683 3d all the year, 68s 6d per cwt sellers. PROVISIONS.—Owing to the ',excited advices from Ire land prices of butter have advanced is to 2s per cwt on last Monday's quotations, which has checked business, the trade being unwilling to give the prices asked. Foreign in good idemand, and finer descriptions dearer. The market for,bacon is dull, and may be quoted fully is lower. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LoNpox, Nov. 27.—Wind this day at noon, N. ; light breeze and fine. PLYMOUTH, Nov. E.N.E.— Arrived—John and George, from Moulmein, for Dundee; Marion and Glen Manna, Callao ; Challenger, from Callao for Dun dee ; Victoria, Trinidad, for Bremen ; Port-Glasgow, Quebec, for Poole. Sailed—Retriever (e.s.), for Africa. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 25.—Wind E., strong.—Arrived— Macduff, from Callao, and sailed for Invergordon. Off the p or t—Gl a ucus, from Bahia. MARGATE, Nov. 26.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed--Hermanus Francescus, for New York. Pon rsmouTn, Nov. 26.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived— Kaap Stoom, from Batavia, for .Rotterdam. Sailed—Ja maica, for Antigua. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 26.—Wind E.—Arrived—Reward, from Callao, for Montrose. (PER ELROTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday 19 orning. Arrived.—Matthew Thompson and Clyde, from New port • Leonora, Padstow ; Despatch (s.), Jersey ; Empe ror, Leven ; Eleanor, Portland ; Duchess of Northumber land, Australia ; Atalanta (s ), erseHavre. Sailed—Wonder (s.), for J y; Alliance (s.), Havre. (BY SUBMARINE ANL) BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.54 a.m. Wind N.; tide, low water; weather fine. Arrived, Nov. 26. —Triumph, from Uddewalla ; Ad miral, Antwerp ; Elizabeth, Nieuport ; Frow Marti, Goree. Arrived, Nov. 27.—William, from Stega; Major, Dan zig. Sailed— Aquilles, for Santander. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.21 a.m. Wind N.N.W., light. Passed, 26th—Julia, from London, for Malaga; Sultana and Selina, Yarmouth, for Cork; Byron, London, for Malta. THE MISSION OF GENERAL CAN.ROBERT. We felt bound, a few days ago, to contradict an as sertion which appeared in the columns of the Times, that "a military convention" had been concluded with Swe den— of which " convention" even the details were sketched. We perceive, that the Paris correspondent of our contemporary "confines himself" now to the declara tion that "a most satisfactory arrangement with regard to the eventualities of the war has been concluded." This is a very different statement and of a vague charac ter. He backs it up, however, by quotations from those great circulators of canards—the Belgian papers—which do not hesitate to speak of "signatures affixed and docu ments signed." We repeat that these stories about signatures and treaties and alliances are all an invention. General Canrobert had no mission of the nature attributed to him. The General's mission is of the most friendly and com plimentary character, and has had the important result expected from it—viz , that of obtaining the full weight of the moral support and sympathy of the Swedes, and their cordial verdict in our favour. Whether this most satisfactory state of affairs shall lead hereafter to more intimate relations, and to an alliance in war, is a matter for the Cabinets of London and Paris to decide. For on England and France would fall the cost and burden, whilst they would, justly, be obliged to guarantee to Sweden every advantage she could gain. Such a mea sure would open new and difficult questions in the war, and is not to be entered upon in any rash manner. Such an alliance may hereafter prove to be desirable, but, as yet, no alliance is in existence, nor is any engagement effected. The Swedes are a gallant and noble people. They are with us in heart. We shall see whether the requirements of war, and the force and obstinacy of Russia, will oblige us to invite the aid of their sworde.—Morning Post. OFFIMS' WIDOWS. It is difficult to conceive a more painful position than that in which the relatives of officers serving in the Crimea are placed by the sudden removal of those near and dear to them by sickness oi, the sword. This is a truism and something more. It is unhappily only too true that there are now many widows and orphans of officers who have been deprived, at one blow, in a mo ment of time, of all that comfort, assistance, and support in life on which, in the ordinary course of nature, they might have reckoned for years to come. These are wounds which no surgeon can heal, no medicine assuage. The surviving wife or child is in this respect beyond hope of complete care. All we can do is to mitigate the pangs of a separation so sudden and so tragic. We are not now speaking of money ; the blood thus shed is beyond price to those who best know how to value it. What they desire is the recogpition, by some of s o y u n t p r a y t h b y y , ot those otshee whose services loss t well hey r en tod g e ra re e d efulac thet de plore. It is therefore with great satisfaction that we have been informed of her Majesty's gracious. in tention to bestow some mark of favour on the widows of several distinguished officers who have fallen before Sebastopol or met their death in consequence of wounds received during the siege. Thus, two sets 3f apartments, which have recently become vacant, in Hampton Court Palace, have been assigned, the one to Mrs. Shadforth, widow of Colonel Shadforth, who was killed at the first unsuccessful attack on the Redan on the 18th of June ; the other to Lady Torrens, widow of Sir Arthur Torrens, who died at Paris a short time ago from the effect of the wounds which he received at the battle of Inkerman. Again, we are informed that the only appointment in the Royal household which has been recently vacated has been given by her Majesty to Lady Chewton, whose husband died after receiving no less than seven wounds at Inkerman, having conducted himself with the utmost bravery during that eventful day. These are appointments which speak for themselves, and will carry the conviction of the kindliness of feeling and honesty of purpose which dictated them to every English heart. Let all Court appointrnentsbe similarly bestowed and we shall hear no more of Court intrigue or Palace j obbe ry. Times. TOBACCO FOB THE ARMY IN THE EAST. A public subscription having been opened in the department of the Gironde, the amount of which is to be laid out in tobacco to be sent to the Eng lish army in the East, Count de Persigny, the French ambassador in London, has just received the following letter from Lord Clarendon, in reply to the announcement of that fact : " Foreign-office, Nov. 19. " Monsieur l'Ambassadeur—l have communicated to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the War Depart• ment the copy of a note which I had the honour to receive from your Excellency, dated the 12th inst., on the sub ject of the subscription opened in the department of the Gironde for the English army and navy in the East. I have now the honour of requesting your Excellency to express to the subscribers the sincere thanks of her Ma jesty's Government, and the lively satisfaction with which it has received this public testimony of sympathy and esteem on the part of the French people for the Eng lish army and navy in the East. I have the honour at the same time to request that this money may be sent to my department, to be transmitted to Lord Panmure, who will take on himself to see that the intentions of the subscribers are completely carried out.—l have the honour, ecc., " CLARENDON." 'FIE HOUSE OF SAVOY. The House of Savoy, of which King Victor Emmanuel is now the bead, descends from the old Counts of Sar dinia. Although it is one of the most ancient and most illustrious in Europe, there are few reigning families in existence, on the origin of whom so many contradictory versions have been given. All authors agree in carrying back its genealogy to the 9th or 10th century, but while some of them, with much appearance of probability, de rive it from the ancient kings of Arles, the Princes of the House of Savoy themselves appear to accredit a state ment, according to which the famous Saxon chief, Witi kind, who is also mentioned as the head of the Capetian branch of France, is the founder of the Royal House of Sardinia. However this may be, Bertold and his son, Humbert, the white-handed, were Counts of Savoy in the first half of the 11th century. One branch possessed the Principality of Piedmont. It became extinct in 1418, and that principality was reunited by Amedee VIII., chief of the second branch, whom the Emperor Sigismond created Duke of Savoy. In 1631 the House acquired the Duchy of Montferrat. Victor Amedee IL, Duke of Savoy, was in 1713 made King of Sicily ; he exchanged that kingdom for that of Sardinia in 1720. His son Charles Emmanuel 111. acquired a considerable part of the Milauaise. In 1815 the territory of the ancient republic of Genoa was united to the Sardinian monarchy, which is now composed as follows :—The Island of Sardinia, 430 geographical miles in extent ; Duchy of Savoy, 176 ; Principality of Piedmont, 369 ; Duchy of Montferrat, 491 ; part of the Duchy of Milan, 147 ; Duchy of Genoa, 110. In all, 1,277 geographical miles, with a population, according to the last census, of 4,300,000 inhabitants. The House of Savoy has con tracted several alliances with the Royal House of France; Louis XVIII. and Charles X. married the two daugh ters of Victor Amedee 111., King of Sardinia ; but both these Princesses died before their husbands ascended the throne of France. King Victor Emmanuel is son of Charles Amedee, Albert of Savoy, Carignan, arid the Princess Maria Theresa, daughter of Ferdinand, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He was born on the 14th March, 1820, and is consequently in his 36th year. DISCONTENT 1N RUSSIA. We find the following in the Moniteur : FRANKFORT, Nov. 20.—The letters received here by Russian or Polish families from the interior of Russia all agree in affirming the existence in Poland and Russia of a profound discontent, provoked by the war, and the endless miseries which it has caused throughout the length and breadth of the empire. The militia were as sembled under the promise that they should not quit their provinces ; nevertheless, they are sent away far from their firesides, and accordingly they appear re solved to avenge themselves for the extra fatigue and privation imposed upon them, by committing all sorts of disorders in the various places through which they pass. The insurrectional movements which have taken place upon many points of the Ukraine are of a more serious character than has been generally supposed. It has been found necessary to despatch artillery and troops against the mal-contents. The Gazette de Kcenigsberg of the 17th contains a letter in which it is said— The recruiting for the Russian army meets with great difficulties, the peculiar maladies of the summer having carried offmany young people and enfeebled others, and several having either taken refuge in Prussia or con. cealed themselves in the interior. The proprietors and authorities of the cities, who are compelled to supply recruits, take much trouble to dis coverthe hiding places of the young men who have dis appeared. The men enrolled are sent off as speedily as possible to the places of muster, in order to avoid new dosortiono, THE SPANISH TARIFF. The Madrid Gazette publishes the draught of M. Bruil's Bill on the reformation of the Customs Tariff. The number of articles of import, the rates of which it is proposed to reduce, is about 300. M. Bruil proposes to do away with the protection hitherto imposed on large classes of cotton goods, which are to be admitted at a duty which he estimates at from 45 to 50 per cent. ad valorem, the prohibition to import the remaining arti cles being continued till January, 1861, when all cottons are to be admitted on payment of a duty to be after wards fixed. The present measure proposes to admit all kinds of cotton twist from No. 40 inclusive at a uni form duty of 3 60-100 rea's under the Spanish, and 3 70-100 reels under a foreign flag. Plain cotton goods, which were prohibited before if not containing 26 threads to the quarter inch, are to be admitted from 20 threads inclusive, and the duties, which on the classes admitted are from 5 8 5 reals and 8 2-5 reals per pound weight under the Spanish flag, and from 6 7-10 reals to 10 1-10 reals under a foreign flag, according as they are classed as crude, white, dyed, printed, kc., are in future to be 4, 5, and 6 reals per pound weight under the Spanish flag, and 1.10 of a real more under a foreign flag. Muslins were prohibited up to 14 threads to the quarter inch, and those between 15 and 26 threads paid 14 reels and 16 4-5 reals per lb., according to the flag, and those from 26 threads and upwards 21 and 25 1-5 reals ; the prohibition on the coarser kinds is now to be taken off altogether, and those up to 25 threads to pay 10i reals per lb. weight under the Spanish, and 1-10 of a real mare under a foreign flag ; also those from 26 threads and upwards to pay 14 and 14 1.10 reals, according to the flag. Similar reductions are propo s ed to be made on a great number of other articles of cotton goods, in cluding lace velvets, piques, &c ; and the differential duties for the protection of the Spanish flag are to be reduced from the present surcharge of 20 per cent. on the duties payable under the Spanish flag to a uniform surcharge of one-tenth of a real per lb. weight, which will not exceed from 2 to 3 per cent. All made-up clothes, as stockings, drawers, &c., are to be ad mitted at a duty of 30 and 40 per cent. ad valorem, according to the flag, and articles not specially included 35 per cent. ad valot em, with one-tenth of a real more under a foreign flag. The minister calculates the duties to be imposed on woollen goods, as cloth, flannel, baize, &c., amounting to 30 per cent. ad valorem, and those on silk goods of most gene ral use at 20 to 25 per cent. ad valorem. Earthen ware, instead of 40 and 48 reale, is to pay 25 and 27 reals per aroba; plain or coloured porcelain, instead of 65 and 78 reels, is to pay 30 and 32 reels ; and superior porcelain, instead of 65 and 78 reals, is to pay SO and 32 reale; and superior porcelain, gilt or plated with ornaments of dif ferent kinds, instead of 15 and 20 per cent. ad valorem, to pay 50 to 52 reals per aroba. The finer kinds of iron tools, which now pay 1 20.100 and 1 45-100 reals per pound weight, are to pay 85-100 and 95-160 reals. The duty on cast iron in bars is fixed at 6 and 10 reals per quintal, instead of 8 and 9 2-3 reels ; that on iron cables remains at 6 reals per quintal under the national flag, and is increased from 8 to 16 reals under a foreign flag ; and on iron chains from 181 and 25 reals to 20 and 30 reals. The duty on coal imported in Spanish vessels is to bo reduced from 1 reals to three-fifths of a real per quintal ; and that imported under a foreign flag, on the other hand, to be increased from 2 to 2 10 reale per quintal. It is proposed to restore the duties on salt codfish to the rates prevailing before 1851, namely, 35 reals per quintal under the Spanish flag on importation direct, from the fisheries, and 56 reale from other foreign parts. The differential duties on those classes were, before the reduction of 1851, 49 reals and 74 reals ; they are now to be 43 reals and 64 reals. The other articles on which an increase is proposed are unworked steel, in bars and pieties, which is to pay 46 and 58 reels per quintal, instead of 30 and 40 reels ; guano, from 2-5 and 1 1-5 reals, is to pay 1 real and 5 reals per quintal, according to tie flag. Wood of diffe rent kinds will have to pay 30 per cent. higher than at present ; and the duties on tea, coffee, sugar, and cocoa, and other articles of colonial produce, are also to be in creased. DEATH OF COUAT MOLE. Count Mole, we regret to state, died at his resi dence at Champlatreux, on Saturday, f rom an attack of apoplexy, which seized him when at din ner. The Count was in his 75th year. The fol lowing are some detail; of the Count's latter moments :-- " M. Mold took his place at table with his family a t his customary hour, and r4relY did his conversation dis play more elegance or lue'dity. Towards the middle of the dinner, M. Mold became very pale, and h a d t w i ce a sort of convulsive hiccup, which was followed by &marked change in his features, noticed by every one at table. No one, however, ventured to make any remark to him ou the subject, and all aL once his head inclined slightly on his breast. Then all she persons present, seized with fears, arose ; but the Count, by a strong effort of the will, recovered his energy, and, in a very distinct voice, begged his guests to resume their places, and told them that there was no cause for alarm. He then left the room, leaning on the a rm of his son-in-law, the Marquis de Lafertd. As soon as he had entered his own apart ment, M. Mold, who entertained no illusion as to the gravity of his state, requested that the curd of his vil lage might be sent fcr, and summoned to his side Mme. de Lafertd, his daughter, and the Duchess d'Ayen, his granddaughter, to vbom he gave his blessing in a per fectly clear voice. )1. Nicolas, his physician for many years, who was by chance at the chateau, employed all the resources of science, and for a moment had hopes of preserving his life. He went into an adjacent room to write a prescriptior, and whilst there the Count had a slight convulsion—it was the last, and the moment after be expired. The Count had a few days before received the sacrament front the hands of the Bishop of Orleans." SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE PRESS. The two members for Tamworth had an opportunity of meeting their constituents on Tuesday last at a public dinner given to the retiring Mayor of the town. The toast of " Her Majesty's Ministers" was spoken to by Sir R. Peel, who said—This war was not a matter of choice to them ; it was a necessity—(hear)—and tit() best way of concluding it was by a hearty and deter mined prosecution of it, and an untiring perseverance in carrying out the object we had in view. (Cheers.) But, however determined the Government and the people were to carry on the war with vigour, it would be perfectly useless unless they had fitting agents abroad to answer to the policy of Lord Palmerston. What they wanted were men 8,000 miles away with energy and vigour to carry out the policy of the Administration at home. He could not help saying that the press had rendered the most incalculable benefits to the country. Far from crying down the press, as some others were inclined to do, he thought that the press had done infinite good by placing before the public, with great temper, judg• !Dent, and determination, the circumstances which had occurred in connection with the war, and which other wise might have been concealed both from the Parlia ment and the country, and which had led to the adop tion of measures which, but for the press, might not have been undertaken. Having touched on the cost of the war, which be set down at 100,000,0001., Sir Robert wont on to say that during the last year the fleet in the Baltic had cost the country between 8,000,0001. and 9,000,0001. sterling, and he thought he was expressing the opinion of many in the country—when he said that the 8,000,000/., or 9,000,0001. spent in the Baltic had not answered the expectations of the people. The hon. baronet expriissed a similar opinion as to the fleet in the Black Sea, and referred with high praise to Lord Palmerston's late speech at Guildhall. Capt. Town shend followed, controverting Sir Robert's views as to the fleets, pointing out that all that could be done was done. Other toasts and speeches followed. The new range of huts for 1,000 men at Hobb's Point, Chatham, have not yet been occupied, nor will they be for some little time, as the fittings are not ready. THE POPE AND THE AUSTRIAN CONCORDAT. The following allocution of Pope Pius IX. was read in the Secret Consistory of the 3d of Novem ter : " Venerable Brothers,—ln our apostolic solicitude for the universal flock of the Lord and in our paternal love for all the faithful nations under the s way of the imperial and royal house of Austria, since the commencement of our supreme pontificate we have directed, venerable bro thers, all our cares and most ardent desires to the regu lation of the affairs and interests of religion in that vast empire. Thanks to the infinite bounty of God and to the piety of our most dear son in Jesus Christ, Francis Joseph, Emperor and Apostolic King of Austria, what we desired has come to pass, and it is for us the subject of the greatest joy. Scarcely had this religious prince taken the reins of government i n th e em pire of his fa thers than, earnestlyresponciing to the just wishes express ed by us and our predecessors, well knowing also that our holy religion and its salutary doctrine are the sources of peace, security, and true honour to nations, he saw no thing more urgent and glorious than to merit the bless inge of good men by confirming and protecting the free dom of the Catholic Church throughout the extent of his dominions. Daily increasing in zeal and filial devotion to correspond to our solicitude, he earnestly requested of us to conclude with him a Concordat which, in virtue of apostolic authority, should regulate ecclesiastical affairs in his empire, and afford increased facilities for meeting the spiritual wants of his people. You easily understand of yourselves, venerable brothers, with what joy we re ceived these solicitations from His Imperial and Apos tolic Majesty —solicitations so laudable, and which, cor responding so' perfectly with our own desires and those of our predeeessors, are a striking proof of the love which this eminent prince bears to religion. Accordingly, we employed without delay our care and solicitude to con duct to a happy issue an affair of so much importance ; and, with God's aid, we have concluded with our most dear son in Jesus Christ this desired Concordat, which has been signed by the plenipotentiaries chosen on both sides —that is to say, in our name, by our dear son, Michael Viale Prela, Cardinal Priest of the Holy Roman Church, sent by us and by the Apostolic See as Pro-Nuncio to his Imperial and Apostolic Majesty, and recently named by us Archbishop of Bologna ; and, in the name of the illustrious Emperor and King, by our venerable brother, ' Joseph Othmar, Archbishop of Vienna. This Concordat, stow ratified by us and by the Emperor and King, will be, according to the orders which we have given, laid before you, with the apostolic letters by which we have regularly and solemnly confirmed it. But for the moment we could not avoid communi cating to you, openly and publicly in this august assem bly, the extreme joy caused us by this happy event, since we have been enabled to regulate what in this vast empire concerns the dignity, authority, doctrine, and protec tion of the rights of the Catheln Church and of the Holy See, as also what can establish and daily increase more and more the spiritual welfare of those nations. In short, venerable brothers, in this Concordat it has been before all provided ti at the Catholic Apostolic Roman religion shall be preserved and protected hereafter in all the empire of Austria, and in each of the States which constitute it, and that it there shall possess and enjoy all the rights and prerogatives whisk belong to it in virtue of its Divine institution and of the canonical constitu tions. And as the Roman Pontiff, Vicar ofJesus Christ on earth, and Successor of the Blessed Prince of the Apostles, has of Divine right a priority of honour and juris diction throughout the entire Church, this Catholic dogma has been expressed in most precise terms in the act itself, and the plenipotentiaries have discarded from it, radically eliminated and banished the opinion —false, perverse, fatal, and entirely contrary to this Divine prio rity of its rights—an opinion always condemned and pro scribed by the Apostolic See—according to which the placeat or the exequatur of the civil Government should be obtained for what concerns spiritual things and eccle siastical affairs. Therefore it has bean ruled, that the mutual relations of the bishops of the Austrian States, and those of their clergy, and of the faithful population with our Apostolic See, in all that regards spiritual mat ters and ecclesiastical affairs, should be perfectly free, without ever being subjected to any royal authority of any kind whatever. Equal care has been taken to pro vide for what the sacred pontiffs should enjoy of full and entire liberty in the exercise of their episcopal functions, aid that they may thus daily devote them selves better for what the salvation of their flocks demands of them—for it has been agreed, among other points, that the archbishops and bishops may communi cate, without restraint, not only with their clergy and the faithful people, but., moreover, publish pastoral let ters, instructions, and mandates touching ecclesiastical matters—receive clerics, in order to educate them accord ing to the rubs laid down by the holy canons, admit them to holy orders, and remove from among them those whom they shall judge unworthy ; also, that they may create minor benefices, found and organise parishes, prescribe and indicate prayers and publications, assemble synods, whether provincial or diocesan, and impose censures, and interdict to the faithful bad hooks, contrary to religion and good morals. And as it is of the highest interest for civil and religious society that youth should be early formed in piety and sound doctrine, it has been provided that, in all pubiic and private schools, instruction be given to ail Catholic youth in a manner perfectly conformable to the doctrine of the Church. Thus the bishops will have in virtue of their charge, not only to direct in every locality the religious instruc tion of youth, but also to watch with the greatest care that in no part whatsoever of education there enter any thing contrary to the Catholic religion and good morels; and, therefore, all the primary schools shall be subjected to an ecclesiastical inspector. It has been likewise pre scribed that the bishops shall have, as the holy canon,: desire, the direction, government, and achninistration of the clerical seminaries ; and that the establishment and choice of superiors, professors, and masters of belles lettres and sciences, and the admission of pupiis, shall be left to their prudence and discretion. But it will never be permitted, without the authority of the bishops, to teach any part either of theological science, the science o canon law, or catechism. "AU ecclesiastical cases, those especially which concern faith, the sacraments, and the rights of the sacred ministry, and regard only the ecclesiastical court, shall be submitted to ecclesiastical judges, who will pronounce according to the laws of the sacred canons and the prescriptions of the Council of Trent, even in cases of marriage, leaving to the lay judges to take cognisance only of the matter pertaining to the civil relations of the marriage. It will pertain to the same ecclesiastical autho rity to pronounce on the existence of the acts of betro thal and on the consequences of the prevention of mar riage, observing with the greats zt care the prudent and wise dispositions of the same Council of Trent, and the letters aspotolic of our predecessor Pius VI., of happy memory, commencing with those words, "Auctorern The bishops shall enjoy their full right to inflict on clerics who shall merit them the penalties established by the canonical laws, or such others as they shall judge appropriate, and they shall be en tirely free to impose censures ou all the faithful who shall dare to violate and transgress the ecclesiastical laws and the canonical prescriptions. Much, however, as the right of patronage ought to be submitted to the eccle siastical judge, we have consented that the questions of simple lay patronage be submitted to the civil tribunals. We have also granted, in consideration of the circum stance 3 of the times, that the lay tribunals may take cognLance of cases purely civil concerning cleric,, and we have agreed to permit the cases of crimes and of ences committed by them, and which fall under the ju risdiction of the laws of the empire, to be referred to the same tribunals ; but the bishop shall be immediately in formed of all particulars respecting such matters, and all the deference which the clerical state exacts shall be observed. _ _ _ _ " As the house of God should be honoured by all with a pious and respectful zeal, all possible measures have been taken to preserve securely the respect and immu nity of places of worship. The religious Emperor and King himself will never permit that the Catholic Church, its faith, its Liturgy, and its holy institutions be damaged or disrespected in any manner, whether by word, writing, or act ; or that the bishops and sacred ministers bo prevented from fulfilling their charge and their duty, especially when they have to defend faith and morals, and to maintain ecclesiastical discipline. Be sides, he will lead his powerful assistance in the execu tion of the sentences pronounced by the bishop against the clerics, and regard with solicitude the honour dee to the sacred ministers ; not only will he not permit any thing to their prejudice, but, still more, he will direct all the magistrates of his empire to render to the archbishops, the bishops, and the clergy, the honour due to them. " Among the other points agreed upon, the Aposto lic See has guarded intact and inviolable its right of erecting new dioceses and assigning to them new limits when it shall perceive their utility for the faithful ; and his Imperial and Royal Majesty, in the exercise of the privilege conceded to him by the Holy See of presenting and naming bishops, will take hereafter and before all the advice of the prelates of the ecclesiastical province. The first dignity of a metropolitan church, ercbiepisco pal and episcopal, shall be conferred by us and by our successors, unless it belong to a private lay patronage, in which ease the second will be substituted. His Im perial Majesty shall continue to nominate to the other dignities and canonical prebends, with the exception, however, of those which belong to the free collation of bishops and of the right of patronage legitimately ac. quired. These canonical prebends shall be granted to the priests who, invested with the qualifications required by the canons, have disti nguished themselves i n the exercise of the sacred m i nistry, in • ie management of ecclesiastical affairs, or in the professorship of th e sacred sciences. It has been also agreed that in the me tropolitan and episcopal churches where a canon peni tentiary and a canon theologist are required, and in col leges a canon theologist, according to the prescriptions of the Council of Trout, they shall be named as soon as possible ; and that these offices shall b e con f erre d accord ing to the prescriptions of the same Council, and the pontifical decrees. As the choice of worthy and efficient priests is of great importance t o th e sa l va ti on o f sou l s , it has been agreed that all parishes shall be conferred as the result of a public concursus, and strictly conformable to the prescriptions of the Council of Trent; and, as re gards the parishes under ecclesiastical patronage, the patrons will be bound to present one out of three pro posed by the bishop at his pleasure. Anxiously desiring to give to the illustrious Emperor and King an enduring testimony of our goodwill, we have most freely conceded to him and his Catholic successors in the Austrian empire the nomination to all canonries and parishes, subject to the right of patronage arising out of a religious or scien tific foundation, with this condition, however, that one of three, designated by the bishop as most worthy, after a public concursiss, shall be chosen. It has not been omit ted to provide a suitable dotation for poor parishes in ac cordance with the circumstances of things and times. But as the canonical institution gives right over ecclesiastical property only, it has been decreed that all those who shall be nominated to any benefice whatever, great or small, , shall not assume the administration of the estates per. • taining thereunto without havin g obtained in d u• f ortn the canonical appointment. It has likewise beta agreed that, iu o r de r to ente r i n t o possession of cathe dral churches and th e ir estates, it will b e necessary to observe scrupulously the prescriptions of the holy canonil and especially of the pontifical and Roman ceremonial, all usage and custom notwithstanding, " As to the religious communities, which, when well administered, are always most useful to the State and to the Church, and are th e i r noblest ornaments, it has been agreed that they shall be governed according to the rules of their own institution, by their Superiers-General, re• siding at the holy Apostolic See, considering always, of course, the authority of the bishops, conformably to the prescriptions of the sacred canons, and of the Council of Trent ; that these Superiors-General shall have right to communicate freely with those religious communities that are confided to them, and to visit them at their plea. sure ; and that all the regular orders shall have right, without any obstacle, to observe the rules of their insti tution or congregation, to receive novices, and admit to the religious profecsion. The bishops shall have the right to establish in their dioceses orders or cengrege tions of both sexes, observing wh a t th e h o l y canons have with so much wisdom prescribed. " Nor has it been forgotten to confirm and protect, with all the care and attention possible, the natural right belonging to the church of possessing all sorts of property ; for in this same Concordat it has been estab lished that the church can of itself acquire freely HOW possessions by every legitimate title, and that the pro perty of the estates which it now possesses, or may acquire hereafter, ought to be altogether intact and in• violable. Therefore the religious foundations, as wel old as new, can never, without the permission of this Apostolic See, be abolished or united, the faculties con ceded in this respect by the Council of Trent 'remaining, nevertheless, entire and intact. The ecclesiastical estates shall be administered by those in whom the holy canons recognise the right of administration. But as the most pious Emperor grants from the public treasury a subsidy to the poor churches, and will not cease to grant it, these same goods can neither be sold, nos sub mitted to a notable change, without the consent of this Apostolic See and of his Majesty, or of those to whom they should think the duty of imposing this charge per tains. Besides, as there are in the empire estates called funds of religion and study, and which in virtue of their origin are the property of the church, these estates shall be administered in the rattle of the church itself, end the bishops shall supervise them according to the dis positions determined by this Apostolic See and his Ma jesty. As to the revenues of the religious foundations, they will be employed for the Divine worship ; the churches, seminaries, and all works pertaining to the ecclesiastical ministry, even to the funds themselves, after a previous concert between this Apostolic See and the Imperial Government, may be divided into permanent ecclesiastical donations. But the revenues of the fends of study shall be employed only for the advantage of Catholic instruction, according to the pions intentions of the founders. "The emoluments of the vacant benefices shall also belong to the funds of religion, and in the provinces of the Austrian empire where these funds do not exist, mixed councils or commissions shall be instituted, by which shall be administered the property as well of the episcopal income as of all the benefices during their va cancy, according to the form and rules prescribed by the Apostolic See and his Imperial Majesty. But as because of the sad condition of the times, in most part of the countries under Austrian rule the ecclesiastical tithes have been suppressed by the civil law, and that, in consequence of particular circumstances, they cannot be re-established throughout the whoks empire, deferring to the request of his Majesty, and taking into consideration the public tranquillity—which interests religion so much—we have granted and decreed that— the right of exacting the tithes remaining intact and se cure wherever it actually exists—in other localities, in place of those tithes or as a compensation, dotations may be assigned by the Imperial Government in property and in permanent funds, or in State rents, for the pur pose of being distributed to all those who had the right to exact tithes. And these dotations, as his Majesty has also declared, shall be assigned without any kind of change, and received and possessed by the same title as the titles which they replace. " Finally, it has been ruled that all the other ques tions; relative to persons and things belonging to the church, and which are not mentioned in the articles of this Concordat, shall be treated and resolved according to the doctrine of the Catholic Church, and the usage and discipline approved by the Apostolic See ; and at the same time it has been established that the laws, ordinances, and decrees, in whatever way they may up to this time have been expressed in the Austrian em pire, and in each of the countries subjected to it, and which are contrary to the present Concordat, are legally abolished and abrogated ; and that this Concordat is in vigour and is regarded as the law of the State through out the entire extent of the Austrian dominiom. " Such are the principal points of this last Concordat, which we have briefly communicated to you, venerable brothers, to the end that we may offer up together great thanksgivings to the Father of Mercies and God of all Consolation, who has given a wise and enlightened heart to our most dear son in Jesus Christ, Francis Joseph, Emperor and Apostolic King of Austria. Let us hum bly supplicate this all-powerful God, by the merits of Mary, his Most Holy Mother, preserved from all spot of original sin, and of all the blessed in heaven, whose festival we are after celebrating in the joy of one common solemnity, to remove from the dominion of the church all errors and calamities, and to grant, in His clemency to the Christian people who serve it, a great increase of graces." OPENING OE THE TICTOILIA DOCKS. These new docks, which have been excavated and formed on the western division of Plaistow _Marshes, near Elackwall, and which are the largest of our metro politan docks for expanse of water, were publicly opened for the reception ef shipping yesterday afternoon with the entrance of the Enterpe, an American clipper of 2,000 tons, with a full cargo, from Calcutta. The size and draught of this chip, it is said, would have prevented her admittance into any oth:r dock in London. The entrance locks are of enormous proportions ; they are upwards of 325 feet long and 80 in width, with wrought iron gates worked by hydraulic power, the depth of water at the entrance being 28 feet at high water— four feet more than the East India Docks, three feet above the London Docks, five feet above the West India Docks, and 12 feet that of the Grand Surrey Docks. The water area of the first dock is very nearly 100 acres, while on the south side there is nearly a mile of water frontage. There is a tidal basin, accessible by night as well as by day, for mail steamers and other vessels re quiring despatch. The basin occupies 16 acres, and varies in depth from 27ft. 6in. to 24ft. ; that of the main basin is 28ft. There are four substantial ware houses for the storing of goods, on the nortn side ; as also vaults for wines and spirits. All the cranes, cap stans, and sluices throughout the establishment are worked by hydraulic power. The City depot of the com pany Is at the Steel-yard, in Upper Thames-street, where large warehouses and stores are to be formed. It is in contemplation to extend the docks to the opposite side of Plaistow Marshes, with an entrance from the Gal leons, the necessary powers by act of Parliament being in the possession of the company. There was no cere mony of any kind, and no dinner, without which, it is frequently supposed, a great public undertaking such as this cannot succeed. THE BIBLE BURNING AT KINGSTOWN. DUBLIN, Monday Evening. The Redemptionist Father Pecherini appeared this morning, at the Kings town Police-court, to answer the complaint of the Right Hon. Wm. Keogh, her Majesty's Attorney-General, for blasphemously burning and treating w ith contempt the Holy Scriptures, thereby tending to bring religion into contempt, at Kingstown, in the county of Dublin , on sth Nov. inst. Defendant is of foreign appearance, about 45 years of age, end of low stature. On teing asked his name, he replied, in a defiant manner , "My name is Vladimir Pecherini, the name of the Russian saint !" A Mr. Kernan, an attorney, applied for a post ponement, as the summons had been served only On Sa turday last, at Mitchelstown, county Cork. Mr. Cor- Q.C., on the part of the Crown, having consented, the case stands over until Wednesday next, the rev. father having entered into recognisances, hi mse lf i n 501., and two sureties of 251. each. His sureties were a Mr. Carrington, and Mr. John Quinlan, of the Dublin Even. ing Post. Mr. Corballis then tendered informations of George Brown against John Hamilton, for tearing a Testament and throwing it into the fire on the same oc casion, and summonses were issued against defendant for Wednesday next. The greatest excitement prevails. A strong body of police are on the spot. A large snob are assembled round the court, and several arrests have been made. The Government have adopted the most effectual measures for the preservation of the public peace. RAILWAY TRAFFIC BETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.-- Traffic return for the week ending Nov. 24, 1855 £ 11,300 5 11 Corresponding week last year 11,296 14 10 Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 346,103 18 g Total of the half-year to thi s d a t e , 1854 334,765 13 LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RATLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Nov. 24, 1855 V. 6,1 45 12 7 14,497 4 9 Corresponding week last year . £i,C4g 7 10 Increase in 1855 ....... THE ACCIDENT AT THE PLYMOUTH THEATRE,..—.ir e Te• gret to learn that Mdlle. Julie, who unfortunately got burnt while performing in the Good Woman of the Wood on Tuesday, is much worse then was at first thought, and is not yet out of danger. She is quite young, not more than 19, and was the principal means of supporting her mother and two young sisters. She was starring it, had just been playing at Exeter, and, after a short en gagement at Plymouth, had intendel to have gone to Dublin. STRIKE of TAILORS AT SUNDERLAND.—It appears from the local papers that the journeymen tailors cf Sun derland, to the number of 100, are at present on strike. Their weekly wage has hitherto been 245., but in conse quence of the high price of provisions they requested an advance of 6d. per day, which the masters agreed to " give, and th e di spute h as ar i sen th roug h a diff eren ce in the "log g i ng of the time by which the pay is regu lated. The masters wish to adopt the Newcastle "log," which the men repudiate, as it would virtually, they s ay , reduce their wages 3s. per week, since their fellow unionists in that town only make one guinea per week, and would have to work about 80 hours to reach the 27e. •ian e of low doh Nab y of r, of seen ply , AC mch last 5 - d 50 ) - D ' - 50 DTEfeb and I