The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-24 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

A mutiny is said to have broken out in one of the
Austrian regiments in garrison at Comm. The
Austrian Government since the conquest of Hungary
has lowered the pay of the soldiers, which has occa-
sioned much discontent in the army, and in the Houh
and Deutschmeister Infantry regiments, composed of
Viennese. This discontent broke out in murmurs
and complaints, which were con,idered a sedition.
Three men were summarily condemned to be shot.
At the hour fixed for their execution the whole
regiment broke out into mutiny. An officer of the
staff and several superior officers were killed by the
exasperated soldiers. The regiment has been ordered
into Lower Austria.

PRUSSIA.
Intelligence has been received from Berlin to the
19;h.

The Ministry had received from both Chambers
the revi,ed draft of the Constitution. There are
several points on which the two Chambers have not
been able to come to an agreement. These differ-
ences, it was believed, would be arranged by the
Government itself.

At the close of the sitting of that day the Secon d
Chamber was adjourned for the Christmas holidays
till the 4th of January.
The Rolner Zeitung of the 21st inst. contains a
lengthy dispatch, which the Prussian Cabinet ad-
dressed to the Austrian Government on the 12th
inst., in which it is stated that such is the organiza-
tion of the Prussian league that it contains the germs
of further development ; that by means of voluntary
adhesions it is calculated to embrace the whole of
Germany ; and that it would place an alliance with
the Austrian States in the place of the former federal
union. •

IRELAND.
(FRom OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.—There bas been a
fierce discussion in the corporation these two days, on
a motion of Mr. Reynolds, M.P., for the reduction of
the town .clerk's salary from 5001. to 2501. per annum
—that functionary at the same time to give up
his entire attention to the business of the
office. This would be putting on the screw
to some purpose, for Mr. Ford, the town-
clerk, who holds no less than eight situations, gets
the business of town clerkship performed for 1001. a-
year, and pockets the other 4001. The "discussion"
to day approximated very closely to a pugilistic
contest—five or six members essaying to speak
at a time, and all sorts of pugilistic gestures
exhibited by the disputants. Of course, Mr.
Reynolds' motion will be defeated for this
reason : he is a director of the Hibernian Bank,
to which establishment there are but very few of their
Honours unindebted for accommodation.

The Protection movement is still reacting. At a
meeting called for Tuesday by the landlords of Long-
ford, and presided over by the High Sheriff, a son of
Baron Lefroy, one of the judges, the assembled mag-
nates were completely foiled by an amendment pro-
posed by a gentleman named Fleming, to the follow-
ing effect :
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Resolved,—That the first and mo;t important step
towards enabling all classes of the community to meet
the difficulty of the present times rests with the landlords
of the country, who, by a promptand sufficient reduction
of their rents, combined with the privilege to their te-
nants of a long and secure tenure, can at once promote
the improvement of their own estates, the employment
of the labouring population, and the welfare of all."
This amendment, which was received with im
mense cheering, was seconded by the Rev. Mr
M'Gaver; and the alternative being given to Mr
Lefroy to put it or leave the chair, he adopted the
latter course, when it was carried with tremendous
acclamation, all the Protectionist landlords quitting
the Court-house. The truth of the matter is, the
farmers of Ireland are willing enough to go with the
landlords in an attempt to re-impose a tribute on the
manufacturing industry of England ; but they must
have a rid pro quo, and that to such an extent as
would involve the loss of many landlords' rights of
reversion. Thus selfishness combats with selfishness ;
and the bitterness between both parties is becoming
daily more intense. The tone of some Liberal
journals: which had been wavering has become far
more firm against any food- tax, from the events of
the past week ; and even those which had declared for
" some protection," give it up as hopeless, and revert
to the only other mode of relieving Ireland a
sweeping reduction of the rack-rents.
Amongst the reverses of fortune which improvidence
and bad times have proluced, there is scarcely one
more striking than the cast of a western peer whose
ancestor came to this country under William the
Third, and whose magnificent mansion, built at an
expense of some one hundred and twenty thousand
pounds, now stands tenantless, except by the keepers of
a receiver. The late owner is about to emi-
grate to Australia ; and I understand so
reduced is this once princely family, that the
young ladies have been compelled to enter other
houses as governesses, &c. Another instance is that
of a baronet, ostensible owner of a large property,
being a poor-law collector on his own (formerly)
estate, and another baronet is acting, at this moment,
as turnkey in Cork gaol.
THE FUNDS, DEc. 21.—Three per Cent. Consols,
for opening, 1164 * ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent.
Stock, 96i; Hibernian Bank, 25; Dublin and Belfast
Junction Railway, si; Great Southern and Western,
30; Mining Company of Ireland, 5; Dublin and Belfast
Junction, si; Midland Great Western Railway and
Royal Canal, 23g.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
H. Solomon, J. Smith, and J. D. Galer, Birmingham,
grocers and tea dealers, Dec. 19, H. Solomon, a certifi•
cate of the first class, and J. Smith and J. D. Galer, a
certificate of the third class, three months from this date
—T. V. Bowater, Birmingham, factor, Dec. 19, certifi
cate of the second class—H. Green, Liverpool, iron-
monger, Dec. 13, certificate of the first class, after 21
days from Dec. 15—G. Smith, Liverpool, merchant,
Dec. 20, certificate of the first class, atter 21 days—J.
Ashworth, Bury, Lancashire, gardener, Dec. 18, certi
ficate of the first class—J. Parr, Manchester, cotten and
woollen card manufacturer, Dec. 18, certificate of the
first class—W. Maude, Bolton-10-Moors, innkeeper,
Dec. 18, certificate of the first class—W. Amos,
Whitstable, coal merchant, Dec. 19—L. Guilleaume,
Berners-street, Oxford-street, manufacturer of arti-
ficial flowers, Dec. 17, certificate of the second
class—H. Paterson, Notting.bill, livery stable keeper,
Dec. 13, certificate of the third class—C. Abbott,
Lower Edmonton, market gardener, Dec. 19, after six
month;—J. Ford, Richmond, victualler, Dec. 18, certifi
cafe of the third class—J. Delf, Drury-lane, linendraper,
Dec. 18, certificate of the third class—H. Regless, St.
Martin's-lane, Charing -cross, woollendraper, Dec 18,
after 2l days—J. Mallett, Tiverton, Devonshire, grocer,
Dec. 20, certificate of the second class—J. J. Cartwright,
Wakefield, Yorkshire, corn merchant, Dec. 18, certificate
of the first class, after 21 days—R. Raby, Preston, Lan-
cashire, hatter, Jan. 11.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. Hyde and R. Holdsworth, Liverpool, shipbrokers
—J. W. Browne, H. Williams, and S. Branscombe,
Liverpool, bide factors—Mary Bessell and E. L. Allder,
Chertsey, Surrey, linendrapers—J. Fiora and I).
Christie, Manchester, merchants—A. Alker and S.
Alker, Wigan, Lancashire, linendrapers—W. P. Mar-
getson and E. Phillips, London-street and Wapping wall,
Middlesex, provision merchants—E. Busby, Susanna
Clack and Mary Clack, Oxford-street, ladies' ready made
and child-bed linen warehouse keepers—Mary Ann
Bates, Margaret Bates, and D. A.'Cooper, Huddersfield,
Yorkshire, watchmakers—S. Stewart and A. B. Wilson,
Clement's-lane, engineers—W. Porter and C. Porter,
Stone, Staffordshire; joiners and builders—Mary Anne
Gaskill and T. H. Scales, Sunderland, milliners —J.
Griffiths and W. Griffiths, Bristol, carpenters—J. Brooks
and T. Birch, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire,
common brewers—R. H. Right and J. S. Benifold.
Brunswick-place, City-road, schoolmasters—J. Rice and
Mary Ann Thompson, Brighton, child-bed linen and
juvenile clothing makers—A. Luck, J. Bouch, and
T. Coath, Bread-street, Cheapside, Manchester ware-
housemen (so far as regards A. Luck.)
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Thomas Worington, Burbage, Leicestershire, grocer.
William Cooper, Barnard Castle, Durham, cabinetmaker.
John Ridehalgh, Halifax, woolcomber.
Joseph Itidehalgh, Halifax, coal merchant.
Joseph Mallinson, My tholm, Yorkshire, butcher.
John Thacker, North Kyrne, Lincolnshire, farmer.
James Griffiths, Hereford, milkman.
Wm. Henry Maddocks, Weymouth, theatrical manager.
Thomas Ramsden, Oldham, hairdresser.
William Smallridge, Bristol, beer rt tailer.
Simon Jones, St. Alban's.

William Moore, Brislington, Somersetshire, keeper in
attendance on insane persons.
James Hamer, St. Thomas-the-Apostle, Devonshire,
tinman.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Findlay, Coatbridge, grocer, to meet Dec. 28 and
Jan. 18, at one, within Drummond 's Hotel, Airdrie.
P. Buchan, Peterhead, printer, to meet Dec. 27 and
Jan. 17, at one, within Hendry's Star Inn, Stirling.
11. Gair, Tullich, Ross-shire, former, to meet Dec. 27
and Jan. 24, at twelve, within Munlochy Inn, Munlochy.
A. Smith, Dumbrockfield, StrattibLne, Stirlingshire,
bleacher, to meet Dec. 27 and Jan. 17, at three, within
the Red Lion Inn, Falkirk.
P. Hughes, Newton Stewart, draper, to meet Dec. 26
and Jan. 16, at twelve, within the Galloway Arms Inn,
Newton Stewart.

A. Burnes, Montrose, writer, to meet Dec. 27 and
Jan. 21, at two, within the Dritieh Hotel, Dundee,