The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-06 00:00:00

NOTICE. A SECOND EDITION OF LETTICE AR L By the Author of " EMILIA WYNDHAM," IS N , )W READY, in 2 volA. kre cordially recommend ;his admirahle and beautiful story to o , lr readers. It is a oeulthy moral to • truthful and practical—told In a most chariaiog manner." ~ Vee',ly Chronicle. Henry Colbnrn, Publisher, 13, Great Marltnrough-street. _... __ Now reaoy at all the Libraries, in '). Tots., post gyo., I L W 0 0 I) __ _ • _ A NOVEL " The author, we ere con - ;rinced. is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fres h and enthusiastic sympathy in be half or his heroes and heroines. He is a w riter of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religi.n, an 3 by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan g ein which he expresses his fee li ngs , sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays matters that are the prima niobilia of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraeli", Man nem", and Smythes."—Observer. ". Silweed' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and Is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It Is one of the most interesting and en gag'ng novels which the present season has proauced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we nave given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have .3aid. The other ladies who play co , ispicuons parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and impulsive genial, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, TILE GRAND NATION ‘l" f CONCERTS. THIS EVENING. The Pastoral Symphonie, Beethoven—Ov(rture to Midsummer Night'A Dream, Mendel-sohn—Grand March, from The Camp of 74i lesia, Meyerbeer—Grand election from Donizetti's Opera, La Figlia del Reggimento, L. Angri, Frank Bodda, 3liss Poole, Molique, Piatti, Baumann, Arban, Barret, Richardson, Angtois, Davies and Zeiss. Musical Director, Composer, And Conductor—M. Ballo. Conductor of La Musique de Dame—Herr Labitzky. Spohr's New Grand Descriptive Symphony," The Seasons." Promenade (admitting to the tia 1-Circles, .allery 2 1 6 and Pit Stalls) .. .. . . The Doors open at half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence at Eight, and terminate ',bout Eleven. Boxes and Stalls to to bad at the Box-office, where Programmes of the performance n • y be obtained. Mr. Thomas Mute. s of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum, and Royal itotanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh ments and Wines, &c., &c. IthA TRE ROYAL, iIA Y MA ItKE t Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. After which A RADICAL CURE. To conclude with SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Billy Lack , aday, Mr. H. Bedford ; Lanra, Miss P. Horton. 'THEATRE ROYAL, &DELPHI. Under the direction or Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JEST IE GRAY. Characters by .Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed ford. Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kitellyer, Mr. Boyce ; :Major Stiff, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright; Alexander Pa:iels, Miss Chaplin. To be followed by a new and original Farce, in the vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GitEEN ; or, Hints on - ti quette. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEA ['RE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C, Kean and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVEY. ING, Will be performed an entirely new Play called THE TEMPLAR. Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Fisher, Belton, Addison, Vining, Cath cart, Everett, C. Kean ; and Mrs. C. Kean. After which BETSY BAKER; or, "Too Attentive by Half." Characters by Messrs. J. Vining, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Murray. To conclude with TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massiugham ; of whom also places may t.e taken at the Box-office, Oxford . ..street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. • ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will he performed A PRACTICAL MAN. To be followed by A DAY 3F RECKONING. After which THE RINGDOVES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE LADY of LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr, G. V. Brooke ; Pauline, Miss Itclen Faucit. To conclude with ITN F C lAMPAGNE. A.M rti I T tiE A UHF. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Another week of great and glorious success. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. First week of the Revival of TUR PI x'S RIDE to YORK. THIS EVENING, The Grand new spectacle of THE ESCHANTED PALFREY; or, The Wa& ior of the Crescent. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle, introducing the Magniflemat Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes. The whole concluding with the Equestrian Drama (for the first time these five years) of TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. Box-etfice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. [1144H waTElt Al LO N iroN BRIDOE Tata Day —Nforning 18 min. after 3 I Evening 36 min. after 3 To-Moaiow Morning St min. after 3 I Evening 12 fun. after 4 THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, DECEMBER 6. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'42. WIND S.W.—thick fog. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. Stat• of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KINGSTOWN (DuBLIN) —Wind W.S.W., gentle breeze— overcast. PLYMOUTH—Wind S.E. calm—partially cloudy. PoßTSMOcuir—Wind S.E., calm—overcast. BRIGHTON—Win d S.E., calm—foggy. f. 4 ounr.AmproN—Wind S., calm—foggy. FOLKESTONE — Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE--Wind N.E., gentle breeze—foggy. BASINGSTOKE Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. BRISTOL —Wind S., calm—partially cloudy. READING— W ind S., gentle breeze—rain, fog. GREENWICH—Wind S, gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON— Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. OXFORD— Wind S.E., calm—rain. COLCHESTER—\ ind S.W., gentle breeze—foggy. CAM - BRIDGE - Wind S , gentle breeze—cloudy. Ruc,ny— W ind W., gentle breeze—fuggy. PETERBOROUGH ind S. W., calm—foggy. YARMOUTH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—foggy. CREWE —Wind S., light breeze partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—Wind S, hard wind—rain. SHEFFIELD—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. MANCHESTER—Wind S. E.. gentle breeze— overcast. LEEDS - Wind S.W., calm - foggy. YORK Wind S.E., gentle breeze - overcast. LANCASTER—Wind E., calm—partially cloudy. DARLINGTON—Wind S., str,,ng breeze—rain, fog. SHAY—Wind S., calm—scud, rain. SUNDERLAND—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. CARLISLE—W ind S., gentle breeze—overcast. BEATTOCK—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. BEnwick.Wind W. —calm partially cloudy. EDINBURGH - Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock : CORK—Wind S., calm—foggy. CAaLow—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. ULLINOAR vv ind S.E., calm—hazy. DUNDALK—Wind N., gentle breeze—clear. POOLE--Wind S., strong breeze—scud, rain. LEIGHTON • Wind &W., strong tar& ze—rain. Mak—Wind gentle breeze—rain. WHITEHAVEN ind S., gentle breeze foggy. CARLISLE —Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudy. 131-trrocx—Wind N.W., gentle breeze— foggy. EDLNBURGH— Wind N.W., gentle breeze-- partially cloudy. .... ~..4 c 1........), ~,,,,A 4-re 0,, 50 ,i cut• wa . _ . < ~ A. A t , , , 77) ~, 7 , -.4. \ \ O" -,.‘. ~ ... -' - 0- s-- ' ' 4 T • • i o'+ D R " • • 0 '" o! t u w ' s 1— Olteninti wiL LONDON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1850. Five resolutions, according admirably with the arguments advanced by ourselves, the other evening, in reference to the anomalous and unprotected posi tion of inventors in the United Kingdom, were passed on Wednesday at the third meeting of the_Committee appointed by the Society of Arts. Gladly do we re cognize this indication of sympathy for a body of men whose interests are entitled to very peculiar con silieration, but who have been hitherto abandoned to the precarious chances of speculation. As we have already intimated, we look forward confidently to a reform in the laws relating to them, a reform in the patent laws of the United Kingdom, as one of the many admirable advantages likely to accrue from the approaching Exhibition of Industry. The reflection recently provoked upon this, among a variety of similar grievances, cannot fail to force the necessity for innovation upon the conviction of the Legislature. Preparatory to this change in the depressing sys tem adopted towards scientific inventors, resolutions such as those passed on Wednesday by the Committee of the Society of Arts must act as admirable incite ments. The suggestion thrown out in the very fir s t of them, to the effect " that a collection of all the specifications be made, calendared, and indexed, and be deposited for public inspection in the British Museum," is of itself one entitled to the fullest com mendation—calculated as it is to simplify a depart ment iseretofore so inextricably complex, and to pre serve what b:.5 hitherto been so lamentably perish able. Another hint tallying in importance with the foregoing is embodied in the second resolution, which asserzs " that it is highly desirable that such a Collection should be printed and published." As far as the pr blic themselves are concerned such an arranges s .nt must prove one fraught with extraor disary co; weniencea, and i n :its re:ation to the in ventors sj wcifying, we cam ee that it could be fo4nd in any way injuriert.s. ft On the contrary, the publitaticr n of their own authentic specification must tend rails, z to forward the interests of their scheme, nQ matte c what its application. In the third resolu- THE SUN, LONDON, tion, completing the proposal thrown out in the two recedinv, it ~u ggested " thlt an annual report of specifications regis4rvd, with proper indexes and calendars, he laid before Parii , :inent"—by hat means securing a legislative autentication of the other mis cellaneous and unofficial documents. A yet more admirable field fur improvement in re "erence to the laws affecting the interests cf scientia ►nen, is comprised in the fourth resolution, " that it should be permitted to commence actions for the in fringement of the rights of inventors in the County Courts." By alloeing inventors this inexpensive method of obtaining for themselves reparation, and fur their inventions protection, the Parliament would be mitigating a very large amount of unalleviated suffering, and preventing thereby a monstrous system of piracy from passing altogether with impunity. The little annoyance that could possibly result from such reforms as have been traced out by the op ponents of the existing laws relating to patents, is referred to explicitly in the fifth and concluding re solution, " that inasmuch as, contrary to expectation, very little litigation has been created by the rights conferred by the Designs Acts, 1842 and 1843 the Committee is of opinion that a fair trial should be given to the working of the proposed system of re gistration of inventions, before any special tribunal, to determine inventive rights, be substituted fur tt.e existing tribunals." Nothing could be more excel lently accordant with the whole of the ideas expressed in the columns of this journal, in one of its recent impressions, than those incorporated in the resolutions here particularised—resolutions which prove that the aspirants for improvement in the patent laws are prac tical as well as sanguine, resolved to point out the machinery as well as its application. Whether or not the Exposition of 1851 turn out successfully in advancing the interests of science in other departments, we are confident that it will tend immediately to secure - advantages until now denied to those who have genius in mechanical invention. By securing them from piracies, the Legislature will best enable them to employ their peculiar faculties for the public benefit, the pecuniary good resulting to them selves from their first efforts proving the happiest stimulant for their ingenuity, and the most direct en couragement to them under disappointment. We mean, of course, the disappointment arising out of the errors of the theorist when tested by experiment ; and such disappointments as these the inventor is peculiarly liable to, suffering in this manner most grievously from that " hope deferred which maketh , the heart sick." Foremost among the advantages capable of being conferred on the class of scientific inventors is that of placing within their reach, at a moderate charge, the securities afforded by the bene • licence of the law. In this particular we allude not so much to the carrying out of the proposal of the Committee appointed by the Society of Arts in regard to the County Courts, as already specified, as we do to the diminution of the great cost at present weighing down the purchasers of all letters patent. Upon this part of the subject we have already been sufficiently explicit, having mentioned in detail the intolerable fees required from the unfortunate inven tor in the procurement of his specification ; neverthe less, we could not but revert to them yet again, how ever incidentally, actuated in so doing by our solicitude to witness the diminution of the burdens hitherto im posed upon men who, from the peculiar school in which they are educated, are usually either im poverished or improvident. With this solicitude ever before us, we shall persist at all available opportuni ties in enforcing the necessity for the proposed im provement. A case was trial yesterday before Lord CAMPBELL, which, although of no public interest per se, becomes of considerable importance when taken in connexion with the recent alterations in the law, and the more than probable extension of the principle of allowing parties to be witnesses in suits in which they are themselves personally concerned, at no very distant period. Considerable controversy bas already taken place, and there is a great diversity of opi nion with respect to this point. Some contend that it will lead to very serious results, holding oat a direct inducement to wilful and corrupt perjury . ; while othera declare that it will provide an additional and most valuable mode of arriving at the truth, and preventing decisions from being *made contrary to equity and good conscience, merely through the failure or scarcity of legal evidence. They also rely with much apparent reason on the fact, that such testimony is admissible in courts of Equity and indeed in almost every civil proceeding, except in trials at nisi prius in the superior courts, and that on the whole the balance of advan tages is greatly in favour of the principle, which con stitutes an important element in the attainment of full and substantial justice, and is calculated to pre vent litigation from being carried to any undue de gree, when the parties are aware that they may have to pledge their own solemn oaths in favour of the accuracy of their statements, and the merits of their claims or defence, as the case may be . There is much to be said on both sides of the question, and we believe that, as in most other cases, the wisest and most politic course will be found to lie between the extremes on either side—that the evidence should be rendered admissible, but subject to certain conditions and modifications, to prevent its being resorted to on light and trivial grounds. Tne facts in the case to which we have alluded lie within a very narrow compass. It appeared that a widow named ANNE LAVEY was plaintiff in the Whitechapel County Court, and a man named HAN NAH, defendant. The plaintiff was examined as a witness, in pursuance of the 83d section of the County Courts Act (9 and 10 Victoria, c. 95). After giving her evidence in chief she was suhj cted to a severe cross-examination by the defendant's attorney as to her previous character, and among other questions was asked " whether she had ever appeared at the bar of the Central Criminal Court on a charge of forgery, or any other charge, or had been ever locked up in e Thames Police, or, any other station ?" which questions she answered in the negative. An indictment for perjury was subsequently preferred against her, and on the trial yesterday it was proved that she had been committed from the Thames Police court on the charge of having forged a seaman's ad vance ticket, and that she had been tried at the Central Criminal Court on that charge, although she had been acquitted, as it was alleged, on a technical flaw in the indictment. After a patient investigation, the juty returned a verdict of guilty, accompanied, however, with a recommendation to mercy, and the defendant was thereupon sentenced to imprisonment in the House of Correction, in Westminster, for twelve calendar months. Although we do not, in any degree, dissent from ,he verdict or sentence in the foregoing case—the woman richly deserving the punishment to shich she has been subjected--there are points in the case worthy of notice ; and first, it will be seen that the perjury assigned was not in any degree connected with the real question at issue, whether Mrs. LAVEY had a right to recover her demand from the prosecutor? If there was no evidence to sustain that demand beyond her own testimony, then unquestionably her previous character became a matter of considerable importance in enabling the judge to decide upon the weight that should be at tached to her statements. But every uncorroborated assertion of a party to a suit will ever be regarded with considerable suspicion, and if unfounded, the oath of the other party may be received as an equiva lent or set-off, so that much mischief could not unde r any circumstances be occasioned by refusing to permit any cross • ex,mination of plaintiff or defendant either as to their general character, or as to particular trans actions unconnected with the subject-matter under investigation. If the practice be at all sanction( dor tolerated it may give rise to serious abuses. A vin dictive or malevolent person, although having no real case, either as plaintiff or defendant, may go into court merely for the purpose of being enabled to bring .hit opponent to shame and disgrace, to convict him out of his own mouth, and blast his character among t,is neighbours and friends fur acts long since forgotten ~ which had been sincerely and truly re pented. A fearful instrument of moral torture would thus be p laced in the hands of ill-disposed persons, who woe id be thereby enabled to persecute their enemies, or to extort a recognition of unjust demands. ry prin. lege be i tug granted 9 W e think not! A nd we Is there, then, necessity for this extraordina r y . • therefore would strongly urge on legal reformers the propriety of a provision being intro duced forbidding the crozs• examination of parties to the suit respecting previous cha racters, at least on matters unconnected with the subject, of the inquiry. If, as we have already sta►ed, the party comes forward voluntarily, his evidence can be contradicted by his opponent, and unless cor roborated in some material points, the judge cannot with safety act on it. 'there can therefore be no adequate reason for endeavouring to make him crimi nate himself. But if, on the other hand, he is com pelled to come forward, by his adversary, he thereby becomes his witness, and according to the well-known rules of evidence, his testimony cannot be impeached or contradicted ; the inquiry will, therefore, become a perfectly gratuitous and unwarrantable piece of im pertinence. In whatever way, theref ire, the matter be regarded, it cannot be justified, and, if strenuously insisted on, it will only damage a valuable amelio ration of the law from the palpable evils that may arise through the undue extension of the principle. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday The semi-official Patrie has the following an• nouucement:— " The bill relative to the extraordinary levy of 40.000 men will not be adjourned, es was yesterday reported at the Assembly. This determination has been come to between the Minister of the Interior and the Com mittee, from the reason that the levy has already com menced. It is merely thought that the discussion will be concluded in one sitting." 111. FEANCISQUE BOUVET, representative of the people, and an active member of the Peace Congress, has given notice of his intention to move the following resolution in the course of the discussion on the vote for the new levy of 40,000 men. " The National Assembly., considering that the ques tions which agitate Germany at the present moment cannot be equitably settled by arms: 4 . That wee is generally a source of misery and slavery for the people that are led into it; at the same time. that it is a source of anxiety and scandal for the neighbour ing states: "Desiruus of being able, without loss cf dignity, to confine itself to a policy of peace—desiring a general peace, and that an institution of a positive enactment of common law m4y one day assure it permanently, and deliver tUti people from the impositions of war, the As sembly passes to the discussiign of the articles." The Ministry have resolved not to oppose M. Sou VET ' S proposition. . . The Constitutionnel has the following on the pro posed increase in the army !- 4. Everything leads to the belief that the soldiers who have just been called out will not have to be spectators of any struggle, much less required to be actors in a eatn paign. Should the interview between M. de Manteuffel and Princ. Schwartzebburg produce the expected con sequences, so that the affairs o Hesse and Schleswig shall be settled in a pacific manner, and should the re organizstion of the Germanic body not awaken rivaliiies and suspicious. peace will become consolidated. Then the German Governments will no doubt reduce those armies which exhaust their finances and entail so gre sacrifices. The motives of prudence which induced the French Government to it crease the army at the moment they were disposed, on the contrary, to reduce it, will have lost their power. Econcmy will resume its sway, and it is probable that the presence of the soldiers now called out will enable the Government to dismiss others at an earlier period than they would otherwise have been entitled to return to their homes." The illoniteur publishes en official account commu nicated by the Minister fur Foreign Affairs on the re cent disturbances at Alepp9, in which the Tuikish authorities are warmly eulogised for their firmness and energy. The political dinners of the Breton representatives have been resumed at the Trois Freres Provenqiux. The Assembly yesterday voted the required ore dI for the addition to the army of 40,000 men by a ma jority of 466 to 213. At the, commencement of the discussion General Lahitte made the following com munication to th,-, Assembly : " Gentlemen, I think my duty at the commence meat of this discussion to infirm the Assembly rf the last news which the Government has remived from Germany. The Prince de 6chwartzuberg and M. de Manteuttel met on the 28th of last month at Olmutz. These Ministers have sgrced on the following arrangements :—There shall be a co-operation of Prus sian and Federal troops in Hesse. As to the question of Holstein, a Prussian Commissioner is to proceed with a Federal one to the Duchies, and each to address to the Regent a summons to lay down their arms; the sutamons from ets , :h Commissioner being in the same terms. In case this summons should not lead to the result expect.-d, a Prussian corps should with the Federal troops take such coercive measures as might become necessary.— (Long interruption, and ironical laughter on the Left.) " These two points have been the object of a cm:- vention on the 29:h of November by the two nego tiators. The principle of free conferences for ti:e riconsii (mien of Uri-mail has been admitted. The meeting is to take plt.ce It Dresd.n on the 15th December. " the King of Prussia accepted on Dececnbßr 1 the arrangement agreed w sit Olmuiz. Europe must rejoice to see the dangers set aside which threatened a rupture between the two great Ger man Powers. But the difficulty resulting from the principle of the German question remains precisely as it was.—(Fresh intfrruption, and laugnter on the Left.) " I now pass to the Bill submitted to your d-libera tiuns." The Bourse was crowded, but there was not busi ness transacti-d. The Five per Cents. opened ,at 95f, fill to 94f. 60c., and closed at 94 , '. 65c ; the Three per Cents. closed at 58f. 70c.; Orleans Rail road Shares, 805''. ; Rouen, 612 f. 50e. ; Havre, 240 f. ; Great Northern,46sf.; Avignon, 190!.; Vierzon, 285 f. Basle, 133 f. 75c.; Bourdeaux, 385 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 343 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 241 t. 25c. 1311804,.5S rsORI4:I44N RAILWAY:I Al TrIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 5. Anglo-Italian (late Italian and Austrian), 2 1 4 Namur and Liege, 7 , 2 —Northern of France, 14%—Orleans and Bourdeaux, 2X—Paris and Strasburg, B%—Sambre and Meuse, 2:741. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 30 . h ult. have arrived. Ali the Ministers bad on the previous day tendered their resignations to the QUEEN, in consequence of the resignation of the Finance Minister, BRAVO MURILLO. Her MAJESTY, however, refused to accept any of the resignations except that of Senor BRAVO MURILLO. On the 30th thre was another Cabinet Council. Senor MoN, who is at Paris, has been sent fir, and he will probiibly be the ;successor to BRAVO MURILLO. Lord llownEN has addressed a strong note to the Ministers on the subject of the debt, recommending the adoption of the proposal made at the last meeting of the bondholders; the Prussian, Dutch, and Belgian Ministers had follow , -d the example of Lord How- DEN, but the French Minister had refused to in terfere. MAD RID BOLSA, Nov. 30.—The Three per Cents. 34 9.16 ; Five per Cents., 13. Exchange on London 50 35. PORTUGAL. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the Ist December. The difference between the Ministry and the Bank continued unarranged, and the English claims re maked unsettled. Commodore MARTIN'S squadron Ind returned to the Tagus. The - Italian Opera at Lisbon op.ned on the 29th, with Clara Novell° as prima donna. Her debiit was most successful. GERMANY. LADENBERG tendered his resignation to the Kim? of PRUSSIA on the 3d ; it was accepted. This leaves MANTEUFFEL and the peace party twisters of the Ca binet. On the same day MANTEUFFEL announced to the Parliament the arrangement of Oimutz, and de clared his determination to maintain peace and to con tinue in office. After this communication, VON Vri‘sis proposed an amendment to the Address, calling on the KING to di)iniss his Ministers. The Committee adopted VON Virixes proposition, which had been signed by 110 Members, by a majority of 18 to 4. A Cabinet Council was immediately held, and on the opening of the Chambers on the 4th they were pro rogued to the 3d JanuNry. Tho following telegraphic dispatch is the latest intelligence that has been received from Berlin; it is dated the 4th : "The Lower House had assumed a hostile attitude. "Irs Commi.tee on the Address had agreed on a new draught condemnatory of ;Le Olmuiz art augen;ents. "Ot the committee 18 voted fur iLe Opposition. The Cabinet had four votes. "A Cabinet Council has been held. " The King has adjourned the Parliament to the 3d of January, 1851." The Cologne Gazette of the 24 says—" The stipu lations akrci-d upot: b,twetn Prince :CLIWARTZti , .- BURG and Bann VON MANTEUFFEL have betn SclllC tionfd by the Curt of Vienna and Berlin. Peace is secured." The Lloyd -tates that numerous telegraphic dis patches has arrived at, and been transmitted frcm Vienna in the course of the day ; they were corn munic.ited cyphers, end were invariably submitted to his MAJESTY immediately. It is generally con sidered that the free conferences determined upon will not only settle the differences between Vienna and Berlin, hut likewise secure the peace of Ilt sse Cissel, and en4ble the ELECTOR to return to his dOlniniol e. No change had taken place in the position of Ladirs in lies,te Cassel up to the 3l inst. THE TREATY OF OLMUTZ BETWEEN • AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. • The treaty ot• Oluiiiz is stated to comprise the fol lowing six paragraphs : "1. The pacification of Holstein by Austrian troops will not take place. A Prussian tittd an Atitriati Corn- .! missioner will trivet t C , 413ureii ,, 11,,:•:• ectivly by Derarla:k LAO H ,, 04ei , -, IT the purposo of effecting a peac., between Dcurn,ak and the Tkie , first prieciides of ttis r e ice ars—thu! t!!e gut hority of the Sovereign shad he re,t4r.rd ; tlortt shed remain tart Of th, - . Cl,,rinanic Genf. (krati,,i ; thW - Schles4ig bhall net be Loorp,rated aith 1), r m ale. bu that, on th e contrary, it shr.ll reluein to i's termer union with lio:stent. Ali other poirt4 are left to Fr( e It' the 1 'err should refuse , to make peace on these terms, Holstein will be occupied by a cores of Au , trian troops, acting in the name, not of the Frankfort Diet, but of Austria and Pru•sta. 2. The Hessian question will be settled by the eva cuation of Heste by both the Austrian and Prus troitps. It will be lett to the Elkctor to come to terms with the Assembly of Estates, and thus to restore the legal state of his country. If an understanding cannot be effected in this way the country will b•a occupied by Austrian troops, acting as the Elect tr's auxiltari , -is (that is to say, not as Fei'ei al troops) in the same manner as Prussian forces at one time acted for the Grand lluke• of Baden, and in this cs•e the mediation will be underzatten by a Prussian and an Atutrian Commissioner. " 3. In the TO scion of the German Constitivion it has been agretd that Austria arid Prussia sl.all act on a footing of perfect equAity (paritilt). Tho Free Con tern-noes will create a central organ, which is to be corn po:ei of the former 17 votes of the le,ser ConleYeration, (engere Band), and the Federal part shall te subjected to a revision. The Executive Power in this Con,edera tion will belong to Austria and Prussia alone Au .tri:a ri serves its declaration as to a hich of its provinces will enter this new Confederation, in which there will he no popular representation. With respect to Art. XI. of the Federal Pact, which pmvides that for such purposes the assent of the Central Power shall be indispensable, the States will be authorised to form separate leagues. " 4. All the German States are to take part in the Free Conferences, which will be opened at Dresden is the course of this very month. " 5. The Prussian army, as well as the Federal troops, will for the present rel, ain on a war footing. " 6. The transactions of the Federal Diet will cease. The Federal Diet has no vote on any of the abnve questions." Rail w ay s, .Aberdeen .. • • •• I 1)0. Preference • • • • Airier ate, Nottingham, Boston, & E..; uncion A:,•rshire and Gallow•ty Belfast and County Down Perks cud Hants Exten. (Great Is ester:, rer pet ual 5 per cent ) Birmingham and Oxford Junction, ca'ls duly paid, pt with a guar... Do. without a guar... Binning., Wolverhamp ton. and Dudley, calls un!y paid, or with a .•ttrantee • • • .. Do. without a guar. -. WoiNcrhamp., and Stour Valley • Birkenhead, Lancas., and Cheshire Junction .. Bristol and Exeter.. . Buckinghamshire • • • • Calc.doniati .- • • • . ll 1,./. Preference .. Do. Clydesdale J unc... Chester and Holyhead .. Do. l'reterence Clarence .. Do. Ist Class, 6 per et.' 1)0. 2d de., 5 per cent., 1)0. Gov. Loan, 4 pr. ct.l Direct Lond. and Portsm.i Dublin and Belfast Junct.l Dundalk and Enniskillen, East Anglian (25, L. & E. and L. & D.) •• •• ' Do (18/. E. & II.) Do. (3/. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference Do. (5/.) 7 pr. et. Pref. Do. (7 s. 175.) 7 p.c.Pref. Eastern Counties .. Do. Exten., 5 per cent. .No. 1 Do. No. *2 .. Do New Preference, 6 per cent. .. Da. North. and East., 6 per • - :ent. •• • I Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New .. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares Do. do. du. .. Do. do., 11 & C snares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. .. East Lancast.ire Do. New quarters • Do. 6 per cent. pref.l quarter shares.. .. East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent • • • . • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edit' , Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgew and South- West, Do. pref. cons lidatedi Do. do. G.ll. & C. stock, Gloucester & Dean Forest Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred . . Do. halves, B, 6 per et. Do. 5 per cent. pref... Great Southern and Western, Ireland Do. eighths .. Great North of England . Do. new 4W. Do. new 301. .. . Do. new 151. . Great Western .. Do. Naw, 171. .. • • and Selby Do. halt shares .. Do. quarter shares Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds Lancaster and Preston .. Lance:.hire an,l Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. 1)0. filth» .. • • • 1)0. F. 20/. .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. .„ • Do. ?Bidders. & Sheff. Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Bradford .. Leeds and Thirsk Do. pref. e p et., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p et., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 . p et., z?i co. Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Live'pi)°, Crosby, and Southport .. . London and Blackw•all London, Brighton, and south Coast .. Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds..' Do. preference, 5 p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent. .. London and Greenwich _ Do. preference London and .N.-Western' Do do new quarters Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., 31.& B (c) London and S.-11 esters Do. new 50/. „. Do. new 401. Do. new preference .• Londonderry & Coleraine Do. halt ;hares Lowestoft, roar. 4 per ct. D. do. 6 per rent. •• Londonderry and Ennis killen. •• Do. halt shares • • Manchester, Buxton, and, Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. quarters, No. 1 llo.new, 101. preference Do. Manchester nod FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1850. liE SHAKE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Paid. 50 8 6 8 Nominal Prices. IM 4 to 10 1% 1i dis. 2A i - 3 )6 --1 p. 27 - 29% 26 - 26% -851 p 6 ,4 - 7 p 13 14 0 10 -11 100 17% 72 -73 17% - 17% 10% - 10% 5% -5% 17% - 1614 12% - 12% '7B 6 8 2 . 3 ; -3 % 2% -2% IN -1% 1 -1% % - 1 6i7,, 3 4 dis. par 114 11 x.d. 55 - 55% 56% - 56 5 - 4%p 7% -7% . . 5 - 471, 19% - 19% 10% - 10% -2% 304 - 30% 25 -26 2% 1 1 0 14 -1% 4 - % $ 1 GI too 11 13 47y 2 100 23% 11% 15% - 15 14 5 -4% 10% - 106 12% - 124 38 1 4 - 39 %- li P• 1242 - 245 73% - 73% 9% - 10 9,414 - 99 49 - 48% 21% - 22 6EI -1,6% 3 - 31414 p. 51 —524 13 54 13 (Us. 3% 4 B,f t 8 dl& 12% - 13 4% —4% 95 —94% 12% 1 3% 2% 3% as 3 3 dia. % % dis. chs % p 74 - • 7% 85 -85 10U - 11 58 - 583 58 -60 136 —l3B 11 11% 23 —24 119% —119;4 3 Vs 234 p. 4 —3% p. 2 —2% p. 71 —70% 27 273% 14 —13 dis. 2% —2% p. 100 42% .. .. 12 -14 1% -1% 2i - 24% 8% - 9 - 936 1% -1% 44% - 43% 1 , 4! - 14 24S - 22 - 126% 23( 3 aji 22% -- 22 15 —l4 Ms. 16 15% 3% -- 44, 8% - 8 - 9 -8% 17% - 18 42 - 41% 7%- 7 IL 18% - 18% 7% -7% % - 1 p. 12N, -12% 6% —6% dls. 5% 54 die. 9% —9% 10 -- 5 6 8 9 I % db. l 4 —14% 3 —2% 113 i 12% 11%--11 2 6 21 20% 23% 23 4% —4% dia. .. _ .. 9 7 dIX. 3 -3% 4 - 4 14 -14% 41 - 4054 18% - 19 8 -8% 42% - 43 17% - 173 12% - 12% 5 - 5 1 4 1414 - 15 !4 3 -33 i 23% - 23% 8% -8% ;IGN. 2 -23( 734 -8 15% - 151( 54 6 dis. % % Pm. 11 - % S 4 Pm dis 56 pm. 1 - 1 3, 6 - 7% —7li 13% —14% 4% —4% die. ii 14 21% - 24% 8 % t 4 9 % - 9 14 2q-23 .. .. 10% 10% dis. •• •-• •• 1% -1 % K BANKS. 27% -28 M 42% -42 i 25 —25 U 18 3 4 18% 27Ya —27 X 224 I 17% —lB% 25 42 —4334 10 15% -- 16 25 1 347 a —35% Business done to-day. 10% 10 14 dis, 12%-13 2% 3 17% ”i % % 12 % 11 x.d. 15% M 4% 5 4% IN % 12% 7 3 % II 34 io% 65% 4%► p bV,li 16 53;i 4 3% 4!‘ 13%34 %34 85 li 1f9% 120 197 k 433 % 2 % ',4 23 22% 8 7% 4% 9 8% 17% % 7 % 7 6% dig, 6% 6 Ws. 14% 13% [20% 20% % 21 Anglo.Mexlcan(is. 5/. p.) Asturian .......... Australian .....• •• .. Itarossa Range ...• Blaemirvor, Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip British 1 ron.. Brazilian Imp (is. 5/. p.) Do. Comas and Culaba Do. St. John dcl Rey.. Cobre Copper ..... .• • Copiapo .. General. Real Del Monte, nireg. Do. Black Debentures raid, 1 13 0 13 5 21 30 Do. Red Debentures Santiago de Cuba .. lO Tin Croft .. • • • • • • .... • • 7 United Mexican.. •••••• 28 2 8•34 MISCELL. Canada ........ 3234 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 & Oriental Steam. 50 Royal li ail Steam .. • • .. CO 1734 % % 2334 % 8% 14% 2% % 31% ex. d Consols Ditto Account W beat . English •• -• •• Barley. Sc.ach • ..... • • bIrN s. .Norainal Irices. busiTeess don 1 to-day. 3 - 3IA 3 Yz - ',)3 - 14% - 15 32 -33 - 5 % 13% - 13% - 9 - 94 10% - 11 - , ANEOUS. 41N - 42% 26Y, - 27 79N, - 81 66% - 68 SO Sl MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, 7'11 7 0 O'CLOCK'. The cotton Market at Liverpool ) esterday was quiet but firm. The sales were estimated at from 5,000 to 6 000 t'ales, of which 1,000 Amy r:can and 1,000 Surat were taken on speculatien. The sales comprised about 4.000 American, 200 1), rnam and Marabham at Bd. to Sid., 200 Egyptian at 84d. to BV., and 200 Surat at sd. to s:ld. per lb.—ln Railway Shares a fair business was done, and hut little change in prices. The Corn market is rather dull In the Produce markets this week, prices have been rather looking up as regards Sugar, Coffee, and some of the leading staples, and holders are firm. Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewesbury, summing up the transactions of the month, state that the produce markets during the pest month have been more or less aft cted by the accounts received from the Continent; the unsettled stare of affairs there has pre vented much business, and consequently prices of most articles have given way; the home trade have bought but sparingly, and sueculative operations for the present are checked. The markets have been freely supplied, and holders are more willing sellers at a small reduction upon previous rates, the importations of produce have been moderate, the deliveries continue good for hcme consumption, and for export there is at present no material falling off; the stocks generally are 1 ss, and piers highs r than last 3 ear. For dyes arid dyein , !. mate rials the demand has not been q u it e so goo d ; Cochlrit al is lower in price, and holders or . Indigo are more willing sellers; the better qualities of S.fii.ewer are rather higher, other articles ere much the same. The iirpor zations have been considerable, and the stocks generally with the exception of Indigo, are in excess of those at ibis time last year. From the Frankfort Bourse (in the 3d instant Austrian Met , slhcs come quoted 70i 4, and Spanish Three per Cents. 321 to 33. The English St ielt Market has been quieter, and not quite so high. Consols have bten quoted 97i a for Trats!er, and with a " continu..tion" of 4 to 5-16 to January. The New Title,: atid-a-Quarter per Cents. base been marked 98+ to i; and the Three per Cents. 961 to i,Wink Stock has been firm at 213. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 64g. to 675. premium. The political news from the Continent rends scarcely so well, but there is no relying upon it with anything like certainty until we hear of a positive settlement. The Foreign Securities have Leen rather heavier also, and there is no news to act upon their value. Spanish Five per Cents. have been nominally 18 to i; and the Three per Cents. 39/ to being about previous rates. Mexican ale 324 Grenada have been marked 174 to 18i, and Peruvian have been at 791 for the Four-ani,-a-Ha►t per Cents. Russian Four-and a-Half per Cents. have been 96, and Dutch Fuur per Ceuta. 87k to Railway Shares are flatter, and there is less doing. QUARTER TO THItE&. •• 97t ONE PRICES OF BRITIsiI rUNI O'CLOCK. alum auk, gemmed • 9 04 1 / 2 3 / 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities... 97 A, New 3 per Cent. Anna......... • 965, L A U% ' ong Anne. to 432 S 1)11,7 Jan. iBCO ...... India Bonds, ,000 t Ditto under 1,000,..... •• Scut. Sea Stock CLOSING YKICE 213 6 97% 98 7:34 ••• ..-.. Ditto Old Annuities Consols tor Account-- . . ... ~. ~.. xcbequel dill,. i l A 7 d. & 2c, 1,0001. June ..... ... 5001. June Small, June 64 67 p ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK, Grenada Bonds, 1 1 / 2 per Cent l B l /i 17 3 / 4 M Licictul, : par ceu t. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons , Ditto Account .. Pe uviail Bonds, 4 1 A, per Cent-- Ditto, Account ... Ditto, Deferred 3536 PO: Ugileme 0 per (Arita. .. Vitro. 4 per Cent. Ditto. Account Rissian Bowie, .... Ditto, 41,4 par Cent S,.nicn ') per i....wit. 184' • Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezueia Bonds, ' 2 per Cent Ditto Deferred ivideinis on the above payable in Loonik: %.;,tct, ',elk, per gent.. 12 Guild. .. ..-itt., , , 4 :.uT ' : ' ; r. ; ~,•r ft.., i llre, 8714 /`2 83 p 106% trwcie itiled excessivcly heavy, and Monday's V 4 '• re with dia:ulty supported. A lar.z_o portion of the Here itse,.tec.-ip , s was kept lack. With 'SheeP " ~uplied; nevertheless the demand ter that de ,er.iption of stock was very inactive at barely stationary quotation P; is The extreme value of the best old Downs " 6 4s2d per 81bs. The number cf both Eng lish and O• reign Calves was considerablv on the increase, owing to which the Veal trade was dull at a decline o f quite 2a LAI, 81bs. For Pigs the demand ruled heavy at barely. late rates. Mdch Cows were nominal at from 14/ to ISt 5s each, inlcuding their tmull Oalf. For olbs. to Oak the o=4 0• d. to B.d: r. d. to 2. d. e,ntS.. •• 2 4 2 6 Inferior Sheep .. 210 3 2 Second lnferior B , quality •..• 2 8 210 S , cend qual. Sheep 3 4 36 „ 10 Primo large Oxen•• 3 0 3 4 C ;ars' e-wool l e ddlito3 8 ° Prime Scots ° - Large coarse Calves 2 6 3 4 DIVA) out of the woo l 0 0 0 3 Prime small ditto Lambsiucklini7; Calves .._ lO 0 8 0 20 0 Qmu4 0 S artar olted Pigs •. 16 0 21 all Porrs •• •• 0 ....... TOTAL SURPLY AT MARKET. I Shc,r. Calves. 4,123 I 362 SCOT -- Sheep. 50 FOREIGN 97% Beasts. 751 67 p 67 p 67 p CLO>IN PRICES. 17N Beasts. 20 327 2 34% Calves. SUPPLY. 1 rigs, r o vy. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. 191 1,2 , 4 205 - .., zu - 381ITGATM .B.ND MEADENNALm• , The g-neral trade rated heavy to-day, and pri ces ha d a down war d ten d enc y. At per stone by the Carcase. a. d • to a• 11 e. d. B to ee f,inforior...... 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior •• 2 . 6 ; middling .. •• 2 6 2 8 1 --- middling. • 3 ; 3 1 primelarge —2 10 3 0 ! ---- 3 prime •• •• ; g prime small .• 3 2 3 4 : fork ' large— •••• • • 2 : 4 V eal •• ••••••• • • • • • 2 6 3 s ! small .. ..... . 3 a - zortouGa uOP DIA.BILET. w Our market c ont i nues to b e h e avily supplied with ne Hops. Fine par ce l s are i n mo d era te request, at previa: quotations. In ott e r ki n d s so little is doing that Pr i°e , are almost nominal. Factors prices, viz., ready rneli e Y o f New East Kent pockets, 80s to 140 s; New e t a of Kent ditto, 63s to 84s; New Hid Kent ditto, 5511 ,, s 130-; New Sussex ditt o , 54 s t o 75 5; New Farnhar at4 9v to 145 s per cwt. 7 91 ,¢ COLONIAL SUGAR. —The market f or British Plantation 11.° been rather brisker, and prices have been be tter Poll ; tained. Barbadoes, by auction, has realised 42104 43s for good yellow, 403 to 41s 6d for rai d g° and 39s 6d for ord. Refined, being ply, has been .a shade dearer, grocery I p li b °3 o P at realising 49s 6d to 51s 6d per cwt. Maurifiv a a, 5,000 bags offered publicly sent at full rates; il e d toe low, 40s 6d to 421, and low, 37s to 395 6d; g ° "" efi ano brown, l4,- to 36s 6d. Bengal—rather over 5,. -- ro b pi 34s sold publicly, at 45s to 46s 6d for good and D eg .4. 42 - i 6(1 yellow, and at 45s 6d to 46s for white Benareth - e a in shorter SO; el Porto g 1 ea 43s 6 , 1 for mid, and 34s to 36s 6d for or • gs 6d sold at 38s to 40s for low and mid, and at 408 to 4 fur good and fine, ale COFkEE.—A better inqui r y h as prevailed, and LIIIS. quotations have b e en o bt a i ne d f or m ost descriPv.-0, The improvement is 2s to 3s per cwt in CeY lac ' a s a P4 ard lators being in the market, and pri c es having a n - . w het too etidency still. G oo d or d N at i ve C e ylon bas p at id 54s and 555. Plantation good and fine ord has be 51s to 565, fine and ti ne fi ne or d a t 57 s to 594 gr ant and mid at 59s 6d t o 63 5 , tr i age at 44 3 up to 5614 re pea-berry at 57, 6d t o 64 5. M a d ras go od ord " fig 4511 damagedlized 485 6d, St. D..mingo brought 425 i ° per cwt, African g oo d or d pa l e went a t 455 6d to 4616 Cocoa.—St. Domingo has been taken in at 3 05 ' 1053 SPlcaa.—Cassia Lignea has been sold at 965 10 tn for mouldy to mid. White Pepper has been i d i roi p , er lb cheaper ; or d an d l ow reckoning si-cl to s r h llicherry, 84d to Sid. Penang low light gre„Y`,'-e. at taken in at 34d. Cloves sold at Sid to 61d. s od 2s 3d to 2s 6d; and N u t megs, i nc l u di n g the vor in i sound, at 9d to 35 9d per lb. fine Dor SALTPETRE.—HuIders are firm and for 3- cent. retraction, 29d per cwt. has been paid. doge COTToN.—The demand has increased, and s a $ of to ad per lb. has Wen paid. `1 EA.—A moderate business has been done. , n the TALLOW.—P.Y.C. h as b een 37 s 6d per cwt. -- spot, and looking rath, r firmer. A ett GREEN FRUIT.—The d eman d con tinues go ci— ,,ket trary wind s h a ve pr even t e d arrivals, and the n"catr tieing cleared of sto c k. A cargo of Oraogestgayal• sir tug o , 1,500 b o x e s o f " Pomona," by th e - a: rived at Bristol, 800 o f w hich. fen by , London per rail, awl-0 sold at public li ale ti litY Keeling and B un t, a t a mo d erate figure, ,t e alyt and condi , ion b e i ng i n d i ff erent. Ch e snuts se ll the low pric e a s si s ti ng the c.rridumption. Bl ack— 0 01 -u•taiii the advance obtai ne d o f l a n e . Messina 1-to are held fitly!) by the importers, the crop being 34 34 s 6 yt,. - 39 I/2 ..... 87 ji LLOYU'd SHIPPING.—( THLSDA Y.) LONDON, DEC. at noon S.W., light airs and f. g g ) . CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 20:—The Three Brothers, !bradu to the United Kingdom, got on shore in GrAli pole B,y, cone tiff atter parsiy discharging-, appar,=nsly without damage. The Watal,Ter, Odessa to the Uotted Kingdom, also ran on shore there same day, g.t off, abd supposed not to nave received any damage. The Emanuel Tugbiderro, Odessa to the United Kingdom, w,s disms,sted iu t< gale near the B sphorus, and assisted in her . LITTLEHAIIPToN, DEC. s.—The Nancy and the Mit chel Grote, witch drove on shore 24th ult., have been got off; the latie-r inuce. datnagid. Die Peacock is uu toe B.er, but expected uff. PwLmitiaa, DEC. s.—The Mary Jones, Barrow, to Newca,ile, Which got on shore at Crigun Beach 19. h has been got .:fl' aft r discharging, with apparently nut trifling damage. 1 oBEII3IORY, DEC. 4.—The Victoria, South Uist to Giasgow, tie, been - u rr On the be arta, very leaky. LEETWooD DEC. s.—Arrd, t o S.S.W.—Std. Un a rl o r te , Quebec. lIIELDS. DEC. s,—w Ind S. melts, Calcutta; Aspasia, CQquimbo. SWANSEA, l)Lc. 5, Wind S. Arrd. President, Que bee. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. s.—The Orion, of and from Hull for Newcastle, which got on the rucks at Flamburough Head, Nov. 3, has been assisted off with much damage. HARWICH, DEC. 5.—A boat marked " Verein," has been picked up, also some- gin arid oil, and a quantity of wreckage, supposed from the Verein, Hamburgh to Buetioa Ayres, which was lost Nov. 26, on the ntish LISBON, Nov. 30.—The Avengeur, sailed hence. 20th instsur, for Liver pool, tint put back next day very leaky, and with damage from contact with a vessel supposed to be the Leau, port brigantine, has transhipped her cargo to repair. W ATERFORD, DEC. 4.—The Lord Elgin, of and for Liverpool frm Bonny has been towed in with loss or tore- and mainmasts. BLYTH, DEC 4.—A cask of tallow marked "34 0•3•12 A (in a diamond) 735. J. Gagen," has teen picket] up in the Kent coast. A black haul, apparently treats built, has been picked up in the Channel of Dieppe. OFF DOVER, DEC. s.—Centurion, Calcutta. OFF FOLKESTONE.—Jane Price, Calcutta. GLOUCESTER, DEC. s.—Arrd. Solway, Quebec; Col lina, Quebec. POOLE, DEC. s.—The Victoria, barque, from Quebec, grounded on the Bar in entering, has received con siderable damage, and is very leaky. DEAL, DEC. s.—Wind S. W., toggy.—Arrd. Bendicar, ruticorren ; City of Manchester, Bombay. LIVERPooL, DEC. s.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Molly Bawl), Islay; Empire Queen, New Orleans; Scotia, Baltimore; Coresteliation, New York. Sld. Cour.inro, Moulmein; Lavinia, St. Lucia; David, Curs core; Mary WIISOD, ditto; Fergus, Honduras; T. B. Wales New Orleans; Ottourco, ditto; Austria, Charles ton; Suffelk, Boston; Laurel, Charente, and New York; Eliza Cirri:!, Buinbay. Off port, Specimen, Btanbay; Gard) to-, Bahia. Put bat-k, Season, New Orleans. The Cornelia, for New York, has put back with stem injured, bowsprit sprung, tr. m contact cif Holyheai stilt the Speedy packet, hence to Malta, witch was cut down to the water's edge, and went down with five of crew imme lately after clearing the ship, the captain and one man only bring saved. The weather was very thick at the time and blowing heavy from S.W. The Cornelia was on the starboard tack under two reefed topsails and ' reefed foresail. MARKET W 5.-('T 11 IS DA Y.) CORN GE-FRIDA Y S r, ) COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS J i n A flo p) (Before Lord Chief J us ti ce J ERVIS an d a Spec" - CROSS V. oAsKELL. 0 600 This was an actii.n to recover damages fo r - 513 prosecution for p e rj ur y. Mr. Sergeant Ch a d w i c k J ones an d Mr. Lush Sp eer'" i for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Serg eant Wilkins 013 t if Atkinson conducted the defence. Both parties reside at Ch e l sea, an d the d the owner of a plot of ground which Of g rents from him. In Mlirch, 1849' : tu tl e gl tiff being behind with his rent, a "3- b e o 6 cveL " put in by the defendant, but which w a t a ds I °,; (i conducted irregularly, entry having been 7 1 - by Cr: sur , s,t. On this proceedin;.zs were comme l ,' ec h - sc e° l -‘ for ilfe c ;al Autry, and on the 15th of JulY to panted by a process-server named Spicer. ° h ., sed h house of Mr. Gasket! tnserve a writ uP° ll „ -' 'e ' g e. was from the circumstance attending his "i o rli be the present proceedings arose. Ace' t rdieg,: t 41 0 ' . 2 3 ,:t went of the plaintiff, on going to the hour d it fen"; dour open bnd went in, and having met th e . laow el , e h " presented him with a copy of the writ. 11 13 s y '''h e r Of diately thrust out at the door by the f t t' n - t defendant, aLd obliged to depart, not vvit" °- ,, i - ho ' 1 74 , 4 previously shown tie original t o th e d e feridan t ;„died standing on the steps. The s e f acts were ew"meocev him in an affidavit, and further proceedings COW for P ei : Upon OW. affidavit being sworn an indictie er e als o " jury was pr e fer re d aga i ns t b ot h parties by the o'oo whose acc,.uut diff ere d materia ll y from die, offs tt i o t fPb.. Witnesses were called on ' th e tr i a l, w h o proved or'; plaintiff entered the h ouse , an d that on , gins! writ bein g d eman d e d he admitttu with' he had not got one, and left the house wr it. out any further attempt to serve th e ,. prey Both prisoners w e re h owever acqu itt e d, and tu ° tke sent trial was brought to recover damages I ° l ' prosecution, which it w a s a ll ege d was ma licious Isf' d ' r uuded.eeti. Witnesses were called on both sides to prove the d fl.eling statement s , b u t b e f ore th e case was teretifea te i el The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE snid he thought th e d h i e lt must be perf.et:y satisfi e d, from the evidence " had bee n produced, that the defendant had fait 1 13 0 , reasonable ground of probability for preferring el l dictment for perjury. The jury said they were perfectly satisfied of the truth of the statements may by the defendant's witnesS e His LORDSHIP then ortterei the plaintiff to be e °r suited. The present week's arrival of English Wheat up to our m a rk e t coastw i se h as b een very moderate, viz., 2,220 quart ers , mostly from Essex and Kent. By laud cartiagv and taasple the reccip - s lit 5Pt lip this 111 . 1 nug . were and of very middling quality. Owing to the small number of both lowa anti country buyers in uttetutaue,, end the lurge imp-rt of Forkigu Flour. 10.850 sack. and n,,rren-, (he dc.inand. tor alt kinds tit - ri- a t, of home proouce, wa, in a sluggiz.h mate, at. barely Monday's prices. Nearly 7,000 qua; ters of Forcign Wheat have coin , to hand. Selected qua. li•ivs were bald at previous currenoieb. In the m•ddltvg atri inferior kids so little was doing that their value was almost nominal. The total supply of Barley was on the 4:14. ereue. Good coshing pare, is changed han&, at full quotations; .but oth,r kinds were very dull. We laud a +air inquiry for Malt, ai d l a t e r at -s were well maintained. Vy it h O ats we were scantily supplied; the demand for that gram ruled ste:.d), at full paces. Beaus, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour commanded very little attention. kItRIVALS THIS WEEK SECONDARIES:—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) BlooHE AND OTHERS v. MANSFIELD. 8104 The plaintiffs in tins action are bankers at Ba. - f w e. sought to recover the sum of 1111. 15s. Id. on tw o ° ,er t due bills of exchange, of which defendant was the and a balance due on the banking account. D. fendant allowed judgment to go by default. only question was whether plaintiffs we re entitled to terest from the time the balance was struck. a for The Learned SECONDARY directed the jury to los the amount which they accordingly did. ritV ° QUESTION UNDER THE AMENDED SMALL DE , •"," . liIONIG, NERY AND ANuTHER V. HEBREW .. so oty The piatittifi's are spirit merchants in Thw er n -s iclge' City, and defendant is a licensed victualler in ' r o od street, Westminster. The action was brought the sum of 8/. Iss. for spirits supplied to the def ep ea tlf Defendant had pleaded to the action, but subsequ admitted the debt under a judge's order. The jury gave a verdict for the amount. r wo od- The plaintiff's attorney then requested the .u t, rec all Secondary to give a certificate on the back of Lb coa l " p e rio: he c o that it was a tit case to be tried in the su He based the application on the ground thf 4 d jade Lad been sect down to this Court by the Ltea rlle la the at chambers, and plaintiffs carried on business 60 City. w itnes s to re_ d ' jt, Defendant's attorney elicited from one of the ~,,,y SO that Mr. Montgomery was frequently at the l' eg ber Navy Ciub-house, h but he could not s a g Al bany t lived there. Mr. Rosenburg resides in he c aBV ° li g " Defendant's attorney then s u b m itted thet t " to have been brought in the Co u nty Cuti r, 7, o9 in t•hA sW i'laii,tiff'A attorney said that the Il .°C , Lic h 9 C : aS k e. be perior c.urts was quicker and cheaper a3 .,.1 - n ot hin - 0. The Learned SECONDARY said be di " creti °ll.l' ought to interfere. Hi s p ower , if a ny, W 2S ail The verdict was then recorded. Al BO W-STREET-(THIS D' 4 ' d b i t This morning Adolphe de 14' 'ask/ wil ° ; re Pr e himstlf as a Polish count find refuge'; w •ii s tre staa ' examined , before Mr. Jardine charged with 1 ' a girl named Mary Ann Richards, ' aged 15 S ell t . e ; al 0 Ali% JARDINE said he should treat the ~.:A l aggravate . d assault, and send the prisoner for " The prisoner was accordingly committed. Oats. Flour COLLISION ON THE CROYDON - ' accede AND solo o ß t A a lL i N e V a A r Y i I TDIS DAY.— This (Friday) morning 1° 0 :_ 13 . 1. 0 ,1 1 e 1 0 2 : what h . u characttr, b which several perons Wer%:t of till,h,eel: elart;lisiil)(l.lis ij ig u d r o e n d, R o a cc il t w ic a ed y. near F r t o h m e Lornetolninbgriadrgiees t ra er a l3: ;_ ed i v t 5. the Cr, train having been got re;,deto from l the teinunus tor Croydon. It liacl , nd h° teacl e o r i started i at the A m. e tl a i c e . den ' s c. i h other non tyearefd 1 the station when a spare engine 0: - one ,-,, to the South-Eastern Company, carne t w in% - c i of metAl, aporently to take up a train. ercejve, ttil.leitf,ovga,snteoiothleartedrtioverproefvtehneteanginee pop ailu the engine of the Croydon train ran with greatc;oiricieiilto°wthliel tender of the South-Eastern Company. The concusio.grao so great that the tender was broken . to pieces , an d , A n ifell i t uintier of the persons who were going to CroYu ° l i t aseu °mei.' from their seats, and eight or nine were inucli or otherwise injured, but no limbs were broken. i . or PA S - di MAILS FOR MADEIRA AND WESTERN - - , lie 9th AFRlCA.—flails will be made up on the evening T r .' bo la* i st. for Madeira, St. Vincent (Cape Verde), San l' 4l° „ r ded the Island of Ascension, Sierra Leone, &c., to be for,f7 r oel- by her Majesty's sloop Harlequin, appointed to sail • 0 , 1,11; . Devoipurt on the lOth inst. Letters for Madeira, a'c'.o . o4/0 1 ' be liable to a postage of Is. 10d. per ball-Ounce; 1 1,4 wqP 4 ikproil l T. oat, ~ le 21 each, which must be prepaid. For ,Pi9.0.,'-'e---',, 0 4 , letters, Is. ; newspapera, tree. ,„ „ ft • A,. 0, • • b in 4„ klieg ge,,,dil Q rs . I Qrs. I Qrs. Qrs. I Sacks 2,220 2,090 1,960 310 1,030 ~..,, _ " 11 ••• • 1 6 770 I 1 i 8 - 00 i Foreign •••• • • i , 1,220 of Beasts in to-day's market - 5,340 10,850 ?0J The Pavilion Committee have let the ri edo g n t i c ,' 1, , modation ttrr.,,. ~, 131 VIITIECI'ilELD. to Mr. Cook for a circus, which , is - to be 'oPen o lii , night. In addition to the usual acnoill _ le i s ,to p, s l °-Io i very moderate, and mostly Of inferior quality, the Beef Although the supply to amusements of this description, the 1 1, 7 ,,,,, was rounded by a promenade.—Bnyhtou &ze ta " - ITALY An edict of the Pro-Secretary of State, dated Rome, 224 ult., contains a law, comprising four chapters and 98 paragraphs, regulating the govern intnt of the provinces and the provincial atiministra• tion. By this - law, the territory of the State i 4 divided into five parts:-Ist, Rome and its districts, know n by the name of La C tnarca ; 2.11 y, the legwions of Bo logna, Ferrara, Forli, and Ravenna; 311 y, those of Urbino, Pesaro, Macerata. Loreto, Ancona, Ferraro, A , coli, and Camerino; elt.tAy, those of Perugia, Spekto, and Rieti ; 5 hiy, Velletri, Frosi none, and Benevento. Each division is to be.- governed by a Carditid Legate, who is in every respect the vicegerent of the Sovereign, his alter ego; he is to maintain public order by every efficient measure both of high and low police. His residence is to he fixed by the HOLY FATHER ; he is named by a brief, in which the duration of his office is fixed. He has f ur councillors named by the SOVEREIGN, au(' forming the Council of Legation, a reuretary, a director of police, and other officers. The provinces remain as they were hitherto ; they are governed by delegates named by a Papal brief, and subject to the authority of the CArdinal Legate, under whom they govern and administer the laws. Etch delegate has four councillors, named by the POPE, and forming the Council of Delegation. The governments remain as they were ; the governors are under the control of the delegates, and exercise as before judicial power in civil and criminal cases, but 11,.ve no administrative power. .1 he provincial administration is regulated by a provincial council, and conducted by an adminis trative commission. The provincial councillors are named by the S•WEREIGN from a list of three names propo , ed by the municipal councils, after this list has been purified, first by the delegate, and to-xt by the legate. The, provincial council can only di,cuss matters of administration ; if it discusses any other subject its sitting is considered as an illegal riotous meeting, and punished as such upon the members. The HOLY FATHER may dissolve the provincial council at pleasure. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin of the 29 h ult., Signor SIOTTO PINTOR addressed a question to Ministers on the state of the island of Sardinia, and the recent disturbances that had taken place there. The Ministers of War and of Agricul ture and Commerce answered that the last informa tion received from that quarter was satisfactory, that matters were not so bad as had been repre sented by the Hon. Deputy, that the Government knew the wants of Sardinia, and would take prompt measures to satisfy them ; that in the meantime the number of troops in the island had been raked to 4,000 men, that the tirailleurs and light-horse had been increased, and that 20 commissaries of police had been sent there with instructions to the Advocates- Royal to take immediate and severe measures for the putd.hment of the offenders. These explanations were declared satisfactory by the imrnen'e majority of the Cnamber, which afterwards proceeded to the elec tion of a new vice-president, in consequence of the resignation of Signor DEMARCHI. Advocate Bowan obtained the majority of votes. The Risorgimento of Turin quotes letters from its correspondent at Rome of the 24 , h ult., mentioning a rumour of disturbances which were said to have taken place at Perugia after the departure of the Aus trian troops. AMERICAN NE WS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MIDNIGHT. The United States mail steamer Washington, Cao tain Roy d, arrived off Cowes at e - gtit o' clock this evening, and has sent her mails for ,England and France to this port. She will proceed to Bremen at daylight. IL he Washington left New York at 3 p tit. on the 20th ult., three houre) before the British and North American mail steamer Africa. Her inteliiwune is therefore anticipated by that vessel. She brings about forty-five passengers, and specie value 5,000 d.,118 , for Havre. She ha on freight for Bre men, 60 tons tohacco, 20 tons skins and tors, 35 tuns whalebone, 500 packages sundry merchandise, and 8 packages specie, value 5.600 dolls. During the voy age the Washington has experienced very heavy gales from the southward. On the 211 ult., 11.45, A.M., she spoke the Royal Mail steamer Niagara, bound to New Y or k , S andy Hook hear i ng W. VV, 184 miles distant, and on the Ist Dec., in lat 49.31 N., long. 25.10, the British brogue Elm . London, bound to the eastward. The Washington proceeds on her voyage to Bremen at da) break. THE FOG.—During the whole of this morning the metropolis %d i .a counting-housesr hasl d nenvelopedhavgin a thick fog, and in all the p has be en li g ht e d a ll th e morn il as occurred ecurred and the log is increas smihg e o t . r sa s l eac h c e i e ents increas ing in density every hour. NORTH AMERICAN AND UNITED STATES' MAlLS.—Notice was issued yesterday at the General Post office that the following mails for British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, will be made up during the current month : —This evening, t h e 6th inst , to New York direct, by the British mail steatn.packet, via Liverpool; on the evening of the 13th inst, by the United States' packet, eitto; on the morning of the 20th inst., by ditto, via South : ampton ;on the evening of the 20th inst.. by the British packet, via Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston ; and on the even ing of the 27th inst., to New York direct, via Liverpool, by the o h n t instant, tie23d in from st., ti overland the United States' packet. Next p ac k ets due at Liverpool on New the York;l l th and n the2sth inst., front o Boston; on ins!., from Bost o n. For Fo rthe Mediterranean, Egypt, India, &c.: —To-m orrow even i ng, t h e c i l t ( h )se in i s m t., ail a s r viatshleart4itihiesinstN., byNext m the fortnightly due 9t for and on the morning of the 20th inst., via Southampton; next packet due on the 28th. Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon. Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on the mornings of the 7th,l7th, and 27th inst., by their packets from Southampton, due on the 7th, 16th, and ,1-111 inst. For the British and foreign colonies in the West Indies. &,c , on the morning of the 17th inst., via South ampton ; next packet due on the 20th inst. THE MAIL PACKETS —The Brazilian and Buenos Ayres mails, which leave Falmouth to-day, in her Majesty's brig Seagull, are, there is every reason to believe, the last mails that w ill be: sent fr m Falmouth. The next mail for the Brazils will, it is expected, be made up in the General Post -office on the morning of the 9th of January, and will be conveyed from Southampton by the Royal West. India Mail Steam-packet Company's steamer Teviot. The steamer Severn is intended, at. present, to take out the Brazilian mails on the 9th of February. Her Majesty's brig Crane will bring home th e B raz ili an mail this month; her Majesty' s brig Linnet in J anuary; h er Majesty's brig Peri el in Febru ary; and en the 12th M arc h the return of the Teviot will b e expected, and th e fi rs t h o meward mail by the West Indi a Company's steam er s w ill be due. After that period Fal mouth, which tOr a l o n g s e r ies of years was the p mail-packet station in the countr3, will cease to be so for a single vessel. This event will consummate the triumph of steam naVigaticu, for steamers will then have completely su perseded sailing vessels in the mail-packet service. S ,, RIOUS ACCIDENT Ti) B. B. WILLIAMS, ESQ OF BL'SCOT PARE, IN THE COUNTY OF BERKS.—The lovers of the cha'e in particular will be sorry to hear of an accident which occurred to Mr. Williams on Monday last. Since Mr. Williams has taken the mansion, domain, and far-famed f, x covers of Buscot, he has preserved to such an extent that, at the last meeting of the Old Berkshire hounds, no less than ten foxes were driven out of one of the large covers, and dis persed over the adjacent country. Mr. Williams, yho very rarely joins the hounds, was ilduced to do so on Alonday last, and bad taken several fences in pretty good st 3 ; but, on coming to a high hedge, wi•h a ditch on the o . her side, and riding with very long stirrup, his feet were thr wn out, and before he could get them replaced another wide ditch had to be crossed, but as he could not regain his seat he was thrown off, and in falling received a violent blow from the hind hoof of the horse, which rendered him insensible. His horse fol - lowed the hounds; but being well known, Mr. Gould, of Thrupp. very kindly came back in search of the rider, whom lie tomid in a field, 13 h)g prostrate and unable to stand. Ile was with great difficulty removed to Buscot Park. Mr. I Maskill, surgeon, of Fatrittgdon, was fortunately on the spot, and accompanied Mr. Williams home, rendering every possible service in his power: 1 1 The Eatl .m'and the Ladiei Wentworth Fitzwilliam arrived at Milton Park; near Peterborough, at the dos.° of last week, from Wentworth House, Yorkshire, where the Noble Earl and family are expected tc. reside Until the end of January. Lincoln Union A! idland Do. consolidated pref. Do. 50/. shares .. 1)o. DI ming & Derby Do. Consul. Dristol Binning., 6 per cent. DO. Bristol & Glouces.l Do. do. do. .. Do. Erewash Val. pref. Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. ..1 .Midland Gt. West. (Ire.)! Middlesbro' and ltedcar,' per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. „Newmarket Do. extension scrip .. Newport, Abergavenny, and ilereford Newry & Enniskillen .• Newry, A , arrenpoint, & Rostrevor • Norfolk .. - - i)n. Sew 201. shares • -. Extension .. .;•.). guar. 5 per cent. Do. Waveney wthern CGuiities Union .orth Do. 'reference .. North Staffordshire .. North-Western axford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) .. •. rtectdlng, Guildford, and eigate.. tto , stun and Ilitchin Shepreth Exten.• • Sc• dish Central .. ScAl.sh Midland .. new .. S irewsbury & Birming. Dr... - )lass 8.. .. • • Dr. New Guarantee.. • hrew shury & Hereford htewsbury and Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) •• Do. /tithes •• •• Do. Oswestry •• Di, New.. .. „ . Do. 8 p , r cent. Pref. . Shrophire Union • • •• South Devon • • .. Do. Preference .. South Staffordshire .• South-Eastern Do. do 4% per cent,.. South Wales.. .. .„ South Yorksh. and River Dun • • . Sheft., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar.s p cent. Do. do. South Div. .. Swansea & Loughor, &c. Taw Vale Extension .. Thames haven Dock and Itaaway V ale Qf eath Waterford and Kilkenny Watertord and Limerick Witer:wd, `Vex., Wick., and Dublin Wear Valley, 6 per cent, f; ustanteed .. . do. .. do. .. West !ontwall White•,aven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western Wilts. Somerset, & Wey• mouth York, \ ewcastle, & wick Ditto and Newcastle' Extension , Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference .. Do. .. ~ ~ Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. ' York and North Midland Do. Preference .. Anglo-Italian (late Ita• Ilan and Austrian) Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Demerara. Dutch Rhenish • • • •. East Indian .. Do. do. do . • Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto •• Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg .. .. Ditto - M ad, id and V alentia Namur and L'ege .. • • Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans • • .. Paris and Rouen • • •. Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse .. Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours one Nantes • • .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- 1 den, and Ilasselt West Flanders Australasia Britiih North America. Colonial ..... . •.... Commercial of London.: London Joint Stock .... Lone!on and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New ...... •• ~ National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland.... DO. New .. Union of Australia .. • • Unlint of London. •• • • Union of Madrid .... 4 2 0 i 29 16 0 100 47% 2 12 0 13 5 3 9 12 3, FORE. [NT STI 6 13 4 6 13 4 15 11 6 100 12 15 4 6 13 4 i 20