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The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-28

A SHARP AND THREE FLATS.

A clever case of victimising occurred here a few
days ago, of rather a novel character. An individual
with the physiognomy and mein of a foreign seaman,
in the respectable garb, it may be said, of a shipmas-
ter, was seen wending his way across the Docks,
now and then stopping in an attitude of profound co-
gitation. A respectable broker happening to be stand-
ing at his office door, just in view of the apparently
perplexed subject of our notice, and sympathising
with what he supposed to be the mental obfuscation
of the stranger, kindly walked over and tendered his
services to solve the problem his brain was working
out. A friendly conversation ensued. The stranger
announced himself as the master of a Norwe-
gian ship lying at Kingroad, and not only did
he need a broker to transact the ship's busi-
ness, but he bad the cargo on board to sell.
The broker, as he afterwards said to a friend,
considered the new path of business suddenly and un-
expectedly opened before him—that of selling a cargo
—as quite a godsend. The cargo being offered on
very low terms, and the assumed owner submitting
readily to some rather stringent provisions as to its
good quality, a purchaser was easily found. All
went on swimmingly, the pseudo-captain was all
smiles and good humour. He had so readily dis-
posed of the cargo that he could now afford to cast
all care from his mind and enter enthusiastically
into the pleasures that even dull Gloucester can afford.
But he had brought little money away from the ship,
could the broker lend him five pounds ? No sooner
was the query put than the needful was offered
with a graceful bow and an offer of more ; the captain
was modest, however, and the stipulated sum would
do for the present. The theatre was next visited, not,
however, before the captain had been supplied with a new
coat, of the finest texture and first make, from a tailor
who is reputed in general to be so 'cute as to escape the
trouble of being " taken in." Lastly, an innkeeper was
patronized, and he, smitten with the appearance of the
fereigner, offered him the use of his purse, and lent a
sum similar to that which the broker had. Now the
broker, the tailor, and the innkeeper, after the labours of
the day, retire to their pillow*, and whether it was that
the tailor's dreams ran on the worn-out legend of the
"Phantom Ship," he was very restless throughout
the night. Daylight broke, and the knight of the
goose and thimble rose from his uneasy couch, sad-
dled his horse, and went away to Sharpness. Need
it be added what has been already anticipated, that
our friend of the broad cloth learnt that there was no
Norwegian ship in the Roads, nor has the knowing
captain been since heard of.— Gloucester Journal.
London, England, 1851-11-28

MINES OF PURE COPPER.

We gather from the Lake
.Superior Journal that
the copper mines there yield a produce unequalled
in the world. The distinction between these mines
and all others is that the yield is of the pure metal.
Every advancing step only demonstrates more
clearly that this pure lode is not a chance collection,
but is, in fact, increasing in purity as well
as quantity as the miners proceed. Masses
of 50 tons weight of the unalloyed metal are
found together. There is a shaft upwards of 400 feet
in depth, and a vein followed several hundred feet at
that depth, and throughout the characteristics of the
ore are the same. There are several other mines in
the neighbourhood—one at the beautiful village of
the North American Mining Company, with a shaft
335 feet, and five levels from 100 to 400 feet long.
165 men working at this mine will ship, it is said,
175 tons of copper this season. The vein is not
near so productive as that of the Cliff, but yet the
yield is splendid, and promises thevery best remu-
neration to the company. The South Cliff Mine is
only just begun, but it is anticipated that the same
vein as that of the Cliff itself will here be found,
and will yield in equal abundance. This, also, is
the property of the North American Mining Company,
and is on their grounds. They have already sunk a
shaft some 30 feet, and they expect to meet the vein
at 30 feet more. The Phcemx, another company,
have also commenced operations on a vigorous scale.
They are the owners of the well-known Eagle River
Mine ; and besides they have begun a new one. They
have sunk a shaft and run two levels. They are now
commencing the third level. They, too, have been
crowned with success. Finally, there is the Eureka
Company, who are; actively engaged, and have
already found their vein. Three of those companies
have already erected their steam-engines, and the pro-
duct is likely to be increased one hundredfold. There
is a serious drawback on the exertions of these com-
panies. It arises entirely from the isolated position
of the mines, and the imperfect and inadequate means
of conveyance and travel afforded by the shipping on
the lake. Owing to this fact, the Journal says that
thousands upon thousands who would visit the mines
are prevented from doing so. It describes the navi-
gation on the lake as utterly inadequate, and suggests
a ship canal around the rapids as indispensable to the
success of the mines and general intercommunication
with that part of the country. This canal must be
constructed.
London, England, 1851-11-28

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 22d have arrived.
NARVAEZ on that day took his seat in the Senate
for the first time since his return to Spain. At the
opening of the sitting he rose and said—
"I hasten to explain my voluntary withdrawal from
the Cabinet to which I had the honour to belong, and
my sudden departure from Spain, because during my
absence the most incorrect interpretations of my conduct
have been given, and it is necessary for my honour that
the truth should be established." The Marshal then
went on to explain that when he quitted the Govern-
ment he enjoyed the complete and absolute confidence
of the Crown, and also of the two Chambers, the Cabinet
having at that period a compact and imposing majority
in both houses. "Long before quitting the Government,"
added Marshal Narvatz, "I contemplated doing so,
and if, in spite of my personal wishes, I re-
tained my post, it was in compliance with the wishes of
my colleagues. What decided me to retire was that I
saw the impossibility of realising, the plan of economy
projected by M. Bravo Murillo, a plan which I always
thought could not be carried into execution. The state
of my health, moreover, did not permit me to serve my
sovereign and my country with that zeal and devotedness
of which I hope I have given proofs on more than one
occasion, and I thought it my duty to immediately quit
Madrid, after my resignation had been accepted,
in order not to be an obstacle in the way of the or-
ganisation of a new Cabinet." The Marshal, who
throughout the whole of his speech evinced the
greatest spirit of moderation and concilia-
tion, concluded by saying that he should be always
found disposed to make every possible sacrifice to sup-
port liberal institutions and the throne of her Majesty
Isabella IL, and that it was a duty to remain more than
ever united, for soon perhaps Spain might have to pass
through terrible trials and troublous days. This last
phrase was given very emphatically. The Marshal
thanked the Senate for the kind attention with which it
had listened to his explanations, and on concluding was
greeted with loud applause.
M♦DRID Boma., Nov. 22.—The following are the
prices of Stocks:—Three per Cents. 36f ; Five per
Cents. with current coupon, 16f ; Coupons, 8 1-16
to it ; Passive Debt, 6to 6_l-16. Exchange on Lon-
don, 50 50.
London, England, 1851-11-28

MANCHESTER, Nov. 27.

EXCHANGZ.—We have had an extremely active
market to-day, and prices had an upward tendency. The
transactions were as follow :—Caledonian, 17 —Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 7% Great Western, 86—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 31—Ditto, New Preference, 9-16 p.—East
Anglian, 61. Preference, 21
,E—East Lancashire, 15 9-16 n.--
North British, 7%—Shropshire Unions, 3% dis.—South-
Eastern and Dover, 20 11-16 n.—Ambergate. 2 15-16 dis.
—Midland, 57%—London and North-Western, 117—Ditto,
New Quarters, 2% n.—North Staffordshire, 7% n.—Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 581.'—Ditto, Fifths, 7T dis.—Ditto, 201.
F. 1 9-16 dis.—Eastern Counties, 6%—York and North
Midland, 22 LA—Clitheroe (A), 4% dis.
Nov. 27.
STOCK EXCHANOK—The improvement which has mani-
fested itself in the share market for the last few days was
well supported on the opening of 'Change this morning. Mid-
land, and, indeed, all descriptions of heavy railwaystocks,
are in request, but there are few sellers at existing rates.
the course of the day London and North-. Western shares
were sold at 117.

IMPRESSIONS OP FOREIGN ARCHITECTS AS TO
LONDON.-At the opening meeting of the Royal Institute
of Architects, on the 17th inst., the Foreign Secretary said—
" I am gratified in being able to state that the impression on
the minds of most of these intelligent and
experienced
architects in regard to the state of our art in this country, is
extremely satistactory. Unfostered as the English architect
is by the immediate patronage of the Government, generally
limited in the means placed at his disposal, they have found
that he has sought, and not without success, to ennoble his
conceptions, not so much by the refinements of decoration or
the concurrence of the sister arts, as by the largeness of dis-
position, by simplicity of design, and by the dimensions of
his work. The noble—the useful—the convenient—the ne-
cessaries and first wants of life have been sought in all their
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London, England, 1851-11-28

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. I
M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES of CONCERTS.
The Last Week but One.
The EXHIBITION QUADRILLE—Signor BOTTESINI.
Signor SIVORI.
M. JITLLIEN has the gratification to state that he has become
the purchaser of several of the instruments to which were awarded
the Council Medal at the Great Exhibitim, among which aro—The
Violin mannfictnred by M. Viuilanme, of Paris—several of MM.
BeSSOII and Antoine Conrtois' Wind Instruments— ant also the
Grand Pianoforte of the Messrs. Brard; this latter Instrument will
be exhibited every Evening, and will be performed upon by the oe-
-1 ebrated Piauiste, Mons. Billet.
PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING.
PAST I.

Overture, " Der Freischuta" . Weber.
Quadrille, the Indian, composed on East Indian me-
lodies, and exhibiting the peculiar characteristi t hcs of
the instruments of the native Indians, used in eir
dances, festivals, sports, wars, religions ceremo-
Jullien.
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Symphony, the Allegretto, from the Symphony in A Beethoven.
Serenade, 0, thou Gentle tiummer Air, sung by Miss
Angelina.
assano • • • • • . • •
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Fantasia, Pianoforte, on Themes from Mozart's ope
et
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" Le Nozze di Figaro," performed by
Mons. Bill
on the Grand Pianoforte of the Messrs. Erard, to
whom was awarded the Council Medal at the Great

Exhibition • • --
Valse,'La Prima Donna •• ••
8010, Contra-baaso, fantasia from Bellinre opera,
Sonnamhttla," performed by Signor Bottesinl .
Quadrille, the Great Exhibition Quadrille, founded on
the Great Exhibition of 1851 •• •• ••
Parr I._ • _
London, England, 1851-11-28

ZARAGOSSA VISITED.

Zaragossa is a rum, old, dirty, Italian-like town on the
Ebro. In the immediate neighbourhood is some pretty
good vegetation, stretching away into the most arid
barrenness. Dust hangs about like a fog. Tho streets
are narrow, many half ruined during the war of inde•
pendence, and roughly laid with large round stones,
most painful to the pedestrian. The houses are old,
dirty, and sombre : negligence and dilapidation are
around you: palaces are workshops, and animals wander
through the streets where no masters are seen. It
seems like a ruined Babylon in the desert, and on the
banks of the broad sluggish Ebro you half expect to see
crocodiles sunning themselves. Tho most striking fea-
tures of Zaragossa are the court-yards or patios of the
palaces, and the general street architecture: of the
former there are examples in almost every style: the
latter is of a Ferrarese character, with grand bracketted
wooden cornice, sometimes double, very projecting; be-
neath this a range of double arched openings with a
dado; the rest of the building, very plain, mere brick,
no stone dressings or rustics, with a large single-arched
doorway leading into a court, often of the most romantic
and grotesque character: one of the best is a Moorish
Gothic building, now a carpenter's shop, and another,
the Casa Zaporta (of which an illustration, by Mr.
M.Quoid, appeared the other day), is now a diligence
°Mee and iron foundry—" Sic transit (Muria mundi.”—
Builder.

A LITERARY MAGDALEN.—DaiIy, about noon, the
loungers under the " Linden " at Berlin are startled by the
extraordinary appearance of a tall, lanky woman, whose
thin limbs are wrapped up in a long black robe or coarse
cloth. An old crumpled bonnet covers her head, which con-
tinually moving turns restlessly in all direcions. Her
hollow cheeks are flushed with a morbid, coppery glow; one
of her eyes is immovable, for it is of glass, but her other
eye shines with a feverish brilliancy, and a strange and
almost awful smile hovers constantly about her thin lips.
This woman moves with an unsteady, quick step, and when
ever her black mantilla is flung back by the violence of her
movements a small rope of hair, with a crucifix at the end,
is plainly seen to bind her waist. This black, ungainly
woman 13 the quondam authoress, Countess Ida Hahn-
E, for
pilgrimage to Rome, pe s absolution for
Halm, who has turned a tCoatchraovliec,
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a
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her literary trespmes.—
London, England, 1851-11-28

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending Nov. 25,
1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British possessions in America 21s. 2id. per cwt
From the Mauritius ... ... 19s. lid. „

From the East Indies 20s. 41d. „
Average price of the three foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 20s. „
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, Nov. 28.
London, England, 1851-11-28

YOUNG NERO'S LAST!

The Emperor of Austria was known to be an enemy
of progress, but until he sent the police, the other day,
to regulate the money market, few could lave imagined
the lengths he was prepared to go in opposition to
'Change. By this manoeuvre he has driven the Bears
out of his kingdom bodily, as if they were actual qua-
drupeds; a proceeding which, however, he might have
improved upon by setting a price upon their heads.
Some may be surprised to find thia monarch displaying
such hostility to the Bears, considering the obligations
he is under to one of the family. But the Bear that
lowers the money market, and the Bear that tramples
down liberty, are two different animals; and his Majesty
knows the difference between Bear and Bear, if nut
between man and brute.
In attacking the Bears by physical force, the Em-
peror has shown a measure of wisdom for which he is
not likoly to get much credit, as it is little calculated to
inspire confidence in the stability of his throne, or in-
deed of his senses. With a view to show that he can
control the exchanges by violence, he will next, perhaps,
be sending policemen to regulate the weathercock, or to
repeat Canute's experiment upon t:- e tido. Canute,
though,
or anybody connected with England, may be
out of his good hooks just now; as, after the reception
this country has given to Kossuth, he doubtless hates a
Bull as much as he does a Bear.—Punch.

- - -
" THE DEATH-PLAG ; OR, THE IRISH Buc-
cANEEits."—This 'new Romance by the well-known and
highly-gifted authoress of "Geraldine of Desmond" is at
length published, and there can be little doubt that every
true lover of historic fiction will be impatient to read a work
from the pen of one whose writings have already excited the
admiration of the highest literary characters of our time, in-
' eluding the poet Campbell, Professor Napier, the late Editor
of the Edinburgh Review and the author of "Brambletye
House." With such testimonials in Miss Crumpe's favour,
the reader may look forward with certainty, to no ordinary
I degree of gratification during the winters' evening
n thet 1 perusal of the thrilling events narrated in "'1 he. Lea .
Flag," which we are sure the public voice will unanimously
I hail 53 a amt medal aud priginal work.—Evening 1301110*
London, England, 1851-11-28

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FRANCE.
A new amendment has just been presented by M.
Laurent (de l'Ardeche) on the Bill regulating the
responsibility of the President of the Republic and
others.' It is as follows :•
" Art. 1. Any obstacles thrown in the way by the
Executive Power of the exercise of the rights which
Art. 32 of the Constitution confers on the Legislative
Power is an act of high treason, and shall give rise to
the immediate application of the provisions of Art. 68.
" Art. 2. Any holder of civil authority or agent of the
public force who shall refuse obedience, in the event
of direct requisitions being made by the National
Assembly, shall be considered as an accomplice in the
crime of high treason, and be brought before the
High Court of Justice.
" Art. 3 Generals and officers of all ranks, who,
when called to a command by the Legislative Power,
shall use it for the purpose of exercising oa its deli-
berations an iefiuence subversive of the Constitution,
or shall attempt to excite the troops by speeches or
acts to contempt or overthrow of the Republican
regime, shell be considered as guilty of high treason,
and be brought before the High-National Court. The
provisions of the present article shall be applicable to
the Ministers and to all public functionaries, repre•
sentatives of the people, or others who shall be vested
with the executive power, in the cases provided for
by Art. 68.
" Art. 4. When the refusal to obey the orders of
the National Assembly shall be followed by acts of
violence and armed sedition, the heads of the Admi-
nistration and the military commandants, declared in
a state of high treason, according to the terms of the
preceding article, shall be, besides, civilly and jointly
and severally responsible for attacks on property or
persons which their disobedience may have provoked
or facilitated."
London, England, 1851-11-28

URAMPTON's PILL of HEALTH.
The following testimonial is another proof of the
great efficacy
of this medicine : _

Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, April IG, 1851.
" Sir.—ln consideration of the great benefit I have derived from
taking Frampton's Pill of Health, I feel it a duty that I owe to you
and the public to send .
you the following statement. For upwards of
nine years I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine.
I had long previously been afflicted with headache and indigestion,
but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills,
I now inform you that a few.doses gave me great relief; and during
this long period of time I have taken them in preference to any other
medicine ; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a
better state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg
further to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and
we know of nothing to equal it.
" I am, Sir,

es pectfully,
THOMAS PROVINCE.
" To Mr. T. Prout, 229, Strand, London.
This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for
correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, and are a
pleasant, safe, easy apperient, they unite the recommendation of a
mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no re-
straint of diet or confinement during their use.
Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the
name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229 Strand, London,"on the
Government Stamp,

Trice Is, aid. and 24, 9d. per box.
London, England, 1851-11-28

FRIDAY

The Akhbar of Algiers of the 18th publishes the

following details relative to the recent movements of
the expeditionary column in Kabylia :—" A part of the
confederation of the Guechtoulas, composed of eight
tribes, and having a force of about 3,000 men, had
decided on making their submission after they bad
seen their villages burnt. The Beni Kouffis how-
ever, not having followed the example of their
allies, the Governor-General encamped on the
12th inst., and, on the 14th, made an irruption
amongst these Kabyles, and burnt five of their vil-
lages, which led to their immediate submission, and
the payment of their tax. The Maatkas, situated to
the northward of, the Beni Kouffis, followed their
example. After concluding these operations, the
Governor-General was preparing to march against
the Flissas, when a deputation from their tribe came
to the French camp, and begged for forgiveness. A
heavy fine was inflicted on them. It is said the sums
paid by these revolted tribes will more than cover all
the expenses of the expedition. Bou BAGHLA. has
quitted the Beni Mellikeucb, and taken refuge among
the Mchedalas. The most perfect tranquillity pre-
vails to the south of the aurjuru, in the valley of
the Oued Sahel. The Governor-General was ex-
pected to return to Algiers in a few days."
The Committee on the Bill for the responsibility of
the PRESIDENT of the Republic and other depositories
of public authority has decided—first, by a majo-
rity of 14 to 1, that the violation of the 4.5 th Article
of the Constitution, providing that the PRESIDENT
was not re-eligible, at the expiration of his functions,
was a case of responsibility ; and second, by 12 to 3,
that the provocation to violate the article was another.
The Committee afterwards adjourned.
The trial of the members of the " Committee of
Resistance" was brought to a close on Wednesday
evening. Two were acquitted : one was sentenced
to imprisonment for five years, and 3,000 f. fine; a
second to three years, and 2,000 f.; and the remaining
two to two years, and I,ooof.
The Bourse was animated, and a considerable
amount of business was transacted. The Five per
Cents. opened at 91f. 40c., rose to 911. 75c., tell
subsequently to 91f. 40c., and closed at 91f. 40c.
for the end of the month ; the Three per Cents.
closed at 56f. 40c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 880 f
Rouen, 577 f. 50c.; Havre, 212 f. 50c.; Great Northern
467 f. 50c.; Avignon, 210 f.; Vierzon, 440 f.; Basle, 153 f
75c. • Paris and Strasburg, 370 f. ; Tours and Nantes
206 f.; Amiens to Boulogne, 265 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 27.
Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 1714:—Dutch
Rhenish, 3% —Paris and Orleans, 34%—Paris and Rouen,
231,(—Sambre and Meuse, 31A.
London, England, 1851-11-28

HACKNEY AND WANSTEAD.

Notices have been given of an intended application
to Parliament for a line from Hackney to Wanstead,
in Essex, cornmencing in junction with the East and
West India Dock Railway, :end passing through
Leyton and Walthamstow to Epping Forest.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. —Traffic for the week
ending Nov. 16 :
Passengers ... ... ... £2,212 2 1
Goods ... ... ... .. 1,178 10 1
Parcels ... ... ... ... 156 11 5
Mails ... ... ... ... 223 4 2

Total ... Z 3,770 7 9
LONDON AND BLACK WALL RAILWAL—Amount of revenue
for the week ending Nov. 23:
Passengers (75,793) ... £719 16 5
Goods ... 30 10 0

Total ... ZMO 6 5
Corresponding week last year ... 656 7 9
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY.•—Trafc receipts
for the week ending Nov. 23 :
Passengers £51817 10
Parcels, horses, &c. 33 7 0
Merchandise, minerals, &c. ... 848 6 7

Total .. ... ... £1,400 11 5
Corresponding week last year ... 1,371 3 11

MANCHESTER, BURTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNO.
TION RAILWAL—Return of traffic for the week ending
Nov. 23 :
Passengers, &c. £4l 13 7
Merchandise ... 75 12 6

Total ... ... ... £ll7 6 1
Corresponding week last year ... 106 7 7
GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (IRELAND) RAILWAY
188 miles). Return of for the week ending Nov. 22:
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £3,089 1 1
Merchandise and cattle ... 1,108 19 7

Total ... ... £4,198 0 8
Corresponding week last year ... 3,944 3 3
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—(I69I miles opened. ) Return 01
traffic for the week ending Nov. 16 :
Passengers, &c. £3,302 2 1
Goods, &e. ... 5,284 19 10

Total .. £8,587 1 11
Corresponding week last year ... 7,775 4 11i
Scorristi CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week
ending Nov. 23, 1851 :
Passengers (7,918), parcels, horses,
and carriages .£792 19 7
Goods, cattle, &c. ... 851 11 2

Total .. 1,641 10 9
Corresponding week in last year... 1,426 18 11
Perth, Nov. 26, 1851.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Nov. 27.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market has been firm
again to-day, and the principal transactions were in the
Great Western Stock, which closed at 8534.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 27.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was an improved feeling ex-
hibited in the share market to-day, and a good business
has been done at advanced prices. The transactions were as
follow :—Caledonian, 171,4 —East Lancashire, 1534—Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 5814—London and North-Western,
New Quarters, 3% p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire,34—Midland, 57% —North British, 7% —South-Eastern
and Dover, 21%—Whitehaven and Furness, 71/B—York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference (unpaid-up), 3 clis.—
York and North Midland, 23%—Dutch Rhenish, 4% dis.—
Blackburn (late Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West York
shire), 4%.
London, England, 1851-11-28

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 27.
;Nisi Prius Sittings for Middlesex, before Lord Chief

Justice JERvis.)
SCHREGER U. CHALLIS AND ANOTHER.

This was an action of trespass brought by the plain-
tiff, a German, who is a dealer in fancy articles, against
the defendants, who were the Sheriffs of Middlesex, for
seizing a carved ivory cup cover, valued by the plaintiff
at 351., under a writ of execution against the goods of
another person. The defendants paid 101. into court,
and pleaded that the plaintiff had not sustained greater
injury.
Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Robinson were Coun-
sel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., and Mr.
Quoin, for the defendants.
From the evidence it appeared that the articles in
question included a cup cover, which consisted of a
group of six deer carved, with the exception of the cen-
tral stag, and one of the loins of another stag, out of a
solid piece of ivory, by Schultz, a German artist of
great reputation. These articles belonged to the plain-
tiff, and were deposited by him for sale with a person
named Brooks, in Regent-street, and were seized some
time ago by Sloman, the defendants' officer, under a
writ of fi. fa. against Brooks. Upon application for
them, and proof that they were plaintiff's property,
Sloman was willing to give them up; but some of the
deer bad been broken by the rough handling of the
sheriffs' officers, and thereupon the plaintiff refused to
take them back, or to receive the compensation tendered
him, and brought the present action. Mr. Rogers, an
ivory carver, and Mr. Thomas, a sculptor, employed in
the new Houses of Parliament, deposed that, in their
judgment, the carving was a rare work of art, and waa
welt worth 301. Mr. Straight, a dealer in such articles,
deposed that he thought it was worth from 151. to 201.
At the close of the plaintiff's case,
Mr. BRAMWELL submitted that the plaintiff must be
❑on-suited, it not having been proved that Sloman was
the officer of the defendants, or that the cup produced
had been seized by him uedcr the execution. Ile cited
and relied on the case of Story v. Challis, 9 Exchequer,
and 20 Law Journal Reports.
Mr. Sergeant Wiums, on the other hand, submitted
that by the payment of money into court the defendants
admitted that Slowman was their officer, and further
that there was sufficient evidence to go to the jury of the
identity of the article.
Tho LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, however, decided that
the objection was a valid one.—Plaintiff nonsuited.
London, England, 1851-11-28

LAURENT'S CASINO.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
St. James's, is OPEN every Evening for the Winter Season.
Laurent's well-known and celebrated Band, principal Cornet-i-
Piston. M. Boulcourt.
During the recess the Rooms have been re-decorated. and many
improvements made, under the sole direction of Mr. G. F. Bryer.
Doors open at Half-past Eight, to commence at Nine o'clock.
Admission—ONE SHILLING.
London, England, 1851-11-28

GERMANY.

OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS.
The Prussian Chambers were opened yesterday. The
KING was not present, having gone to Hanover to
attend the funeral of King ERNEST ; the opening
speech was, therefore, read by the Prime Minister,
MANTEUEFBL. No allusion was made in it
to the foreign relations of Prussia. The
speech describes the financial condition of
Prussia as satisfactory, declares an increase in the
army to be indispensable, and expresses a hope that
the treaty, by which Hanover accedes to the Zollve-
rein, would be confirmed.
Lieutenant Pin arrived at Berlin on Sunday. He
dined with the KING at Potsdam, who gave him letters
to the Emperor of RUSSIA.
Letters from Hanover state that the occasion of the
resignation of the MUNCHAUSEN Ministry was as fol-
lows :—M. MUNCHAUSEN inquired of the KING
whether the " new organization" should not be carried
into execution as soon as possible. The KING gave
him no reply ; whereupon the Ministry tendered their
resignation, which was at once accepted.
The Hanover Gazettr of the 24th contains an offi-
cial article, in which it is stated that the new Minis-
try and the KING have no intention of violating the
Constitution or abandoning the laws respecting the
organization of the country. The article states also
that the new Cabinet has no idea of adopting, more
than has hitherto been done, the foreign policy of
Austria.
Notwithstanding this article the new Ministry is
considered as of a decided reactionary and Austrian
tendency, and their nomination is a triumph of the
aristocratical and priviledged orders.
The visit of the King of PRUSSIA is understood to
be of a political character.
The new Austrian tariff is to come into operation
on the lit February.
London, England, 1851-11-28

FRAN CE.

The Committee on the Bill for defining the respon-
sibility of the President of the Republic and his
Ministers resolved, on the motion of M. Pradie, that
they would reserve the question of urgency, and
proceed immediately to the discussion of the clauses
of the Bill. A debate then ensued, and, after
several of the Members had delivered their opi-
nions, it was resolved to introduce the 68th article
of the Constitution on high treason into the
first clause of the Bill, as far as that article
refers to the right of the Assembly, as mentioned in
the amendment of M. Pradi6. The Commission then
discussed the case of high responsibility provided for
by the second section of the first article relating to
the provocation of the violation of the Constitution.
The Commission adjourned without coming to any
decision on that proposition.
London, England, 1851-11-28

THE SISTERHOOD OF MERCY AT
BERMONDSEY.

Yesterday Miss Watkins and Miss Hutton, both
respectably connected, and neither of them much
above twenty years of age, publicly assumed the
white veil, and were received into the Sisterhood of
the Order of Mercy at the Roman Catholic Church,
Parker's-row, Bermondsey. The clergymen who
officiated on the occasion were the Rev. Dr Grant and
the three ministers of the chapel—the Rev. Messrs.
Collinridge, Bowman, and Ainsworth. Shortly after
twelve o'clock the whole sisterhood of the adjacent
convent, to the number of twenty-six, each of them
dressed in the habit of their order, and bearing a
lighted candle, entered the church in procession, fol-
lowed by Miss Ellis, the superioress, and her as-
sistants, and the two postulants. They were dressed
precisely alike, in white, of rich materials, and with
each a wreath of white flowers and evergreens
circling her head. Arriving before the altar each
made her genuflection, and then the whole sister-
hood arranged themselves within the rails, the pos-
tulants kneeling, and the choir chanting " Glories a
Virginuw." This done, the Rev. Dr. Grant
invoked the prayers of the Virgin in behalf of the
postulants. He then presented each of them with
a lighted candle, " as a corporal emblem of inward
light." The reverend gentleman afterwards ad-
dressed a few words of encouragement and consola-
tion to them. The superioress and her assistant then
conducted the postulants towards the celebrant,
kneeling before whom they were interrogated by
him whether they bad been induced by their own free
will to enter the order, and whether it was "their
firm intention to persevere in religion to the end of
their lives ?" Having answered these questions sa-
tisfactorily they retired with the superioress to put off
" their secular dress." They returncd after a short
interval, wearing the sombre habit of the order, which
they had exchanged for the kind of bridal attire in
which they first appeared. The superioress then pro-
ceeded to gird them severally with the cincture ; after
which the celebrant, holding a white veil over the
head of each, requested her acceptance of it as " the
emblem of purity." They were subequently habited
with " the cloak of the Church," and retiring back a
few steps from the altar, each of the two novices sang,
"My heart bath uttered a good word ; I speak my
works to the King. I have chosen to be an abject in
the house of my Lord Jesus Christ, whom I have
seen, loved, and believed, and towards whom my heart
inclineth." The ceremony concluded by the novices,
one after the other, embracing the superioress and
each member of the sisterhood. They then left the
church in the order in which they entered, the sister-
hood at one door and the clergy at another.
London, England, 1851-11-28

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 22d have arrived.
NeuvaEz on that day took his seat in the Senate
for the first time since his return to Spain. At the
opening of the sitting he rose and said—
" I hasten to explain my voluntary withdrawal from
the Cabinet to vrhich I had the honour to belong, and
my sudden departure from Spain, because during my
absence the most incorrect interpretations of my conduct
have been given, and it is necessary for my honour that
the truth should be established." The Marshal then
went on to explain that when he quitted the Govern-
ment be enjoyed the complete and absolute confidence
of the Crown, and also of the two Chambers, the Cabinet
having at that period a compact and imposing majority
in both houses. "Long before quitting the Government,"
added Marshal Narvaea, "I contemplated doing so,
and if, in spite of my personal wishes, I re-
tained my post, it was in compliance with the wishes of
my colleagues. What decided me to retire was that I
saw the impossibility of realisingl the plan of economy
projected by M. Bravo Murillo, a plan which I always
thought 'could not be carried into execution. The stave
of my health, moreover, did not permit me to serve my
sovereign and my, country with that zeal and devotedness
of which I hope I have given proofs on more than one
occasion, and I thought it my duty to immediately quit
Madrid, after my resignation had been accepted,
in order not to be an obstacle in the way of the or-
ganisation of a new Cabinet." Tho Marshal, who
throughout the whole of his speech evinced the
greatest spirit of moderation and concilia-
tion, concluded by saying that he should be always
found disposed to make every possible sacrifice to sup-
port liberal institutions and the throne of her Majesty
Isabella 11., and that it was a duty to remain more than
ever united, for soon perhaps Spain might have to pass
through terrible trials and troublous days. This last
phrase was given very emphatically. The Marshal
thanked the Senate for the kind attention with which it
had listened to his explanations, and on concluding was
greeted with loud applause.
MADRID BoLss, Nov. 22.—The following are the
prices of Stocks:—Three per Cents. 86i ; Five per
Cents. with current coupon, 16k; Coupons, 8 1-16
to * ; Passive Debt, 6to 6_l-16. Exchange on Lou-
don, 50 50.
London, England, 1851-11-28

GERMANY.

OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS.
The Prussian Chambers were opened yesterday. The
KING was not present, having gone to Hanover to
attend the funeral of King ERNEST ; the opening
speech was, therefore, read by the Prime Minister,
MANTEUFFEL. No allusion was made in it
to the foreign relations of Prussia. The
speech describes the financial condition of
Prussia as satisfactory, declares an increase in the
army to be indispensable, and expresses a hope that
the treaty, by which Hanover accedes to the Zollve-
rein would be confirmed.
Lieutenant Pal arrived at Berlin on Sunday. He
dined with the KING at Potsdam, who gave him letters
to the Emperor of Russ's.
Letters from Hanover state that the occasion of the
resignation of the MUNCHAUSEN Ministry was as fol-
lows :—M. MIINCRALISEN inquired of the KING
whether the " new organisation" should not be carried
into execution as soon as possible. The KING gave
him no reply ; whereupon the Ministry tendered their
:resignation, which was at once accepted.
The Hanover Gazette of the 24th contains an offi-
cial article, in which it is stated that the new Minis-
try and the KING have no intention of violating the
Constitution or abandoning the laws respecting the
organization of the country. The article states also
that the new Cabinet has no idea of adopting, more
than has hitherto been done, the foreign policy of
Austria.
Notwithstanding this article the new Ministry is
considered as of a decided reactionary and Austrian
tendency, and their nomination is a triumph of the
aristocratical and priviledged orders.
The visit of the King of PRUSSIA is understood to
be of a political character.
The new: Austrian tariff is to come into operation
on the let February.
London, England, 1851-11-28

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

The peaceful county of Hereford has been dis-
turbed to an unwonted degree during the past three
or four weeks by acts of violence committed within
its boundaries. First, there was the outrageous at-
tack upon the police-officers of Leominster on their
apprehending theltwo men, Moss and Rock, charged
with various burglaries in different parts of the
country ; then followed the burglary, with violence,
at Weston Beggard, within a short distance of Here-
ford, and we have now to report a case of highway
robbery under rather unusual circumstances, the al-
leged robber having been taken before the Hereford
magistrates on Wednesday last, and remanded for
further examination. It appears that on Saturday
night last Mr. William Lloyd, of Bishon, a few miles
from Hereford, a farmer of some repute in the county,
was returning home in his gig from Hereford market,
when just as be left Hereford a man, named Thomas
Chamberlain, a mason by trade, asked him to give him
a ride for some distance, as he was going the same road
as Mr. Lloyd. Mr. Lloyd assented, and they proceeded
on their journey. Having arrived at a distance of
about five miles from Hereford, and about a mile from
Chamberlain's house, Mr. Lloyd descended from his
gig for a certain purpose, but in so doing he fell on
the road. Chamberlain immediately jumped out of
the gig, and before Mr. Lloyd could recover himself
began kicking him in a violent manner in the side, so
that Mr. Lloyd became insensible, and so remained
in the road for some time. On recovering his senses
he found himself alone, his horse and gig had va-
nished, and so had his travelling companion, and in
great fear he made the best of his way home. At
the time when he fell he had in his pocket a 51. note
and five sovereigns, but on searching his pockets he
now discovered that the Si. note was gone ; the gold
had workcd down into a corner of his waistcoat
pocket, so that it probably escaped the notice of the
supposed thief. The horse and gig were discovered
in the course of the night overturned in a ditch,
about a quarter of a mile from the place where the
robbery was effected. In the course of Sunday the
accused was apprehended in bed at his lodgings and
locked up. His defence is an alibi, and he strongly
denies that he was the person who rode with Mr.
Lloyd from Hereford on the Saturday night. Mr.
Lloyd, however, persists in the correctness of his ver-
sion of the story as given above, and the prisoner has
acoordingly been remanded for the present.
London, England, 1851-11-28

THE SISTERHOOD OF MERCY AT
BERMONDSEY.

Yesterday Miss Watkins and Miss Hutton, both
respectably connected, and neither of them much
above twenty years of age, publicly assumed the
white veil, and were received into the Sisterbocd of
the Order of Mercy at the Roman Catholic Church,
Parker's-row, Bermondsey. The clergymen who
officiated on the occasion were the Rev. Dr Grant and
the three ministers of the chapel—the Rev. Messrs.
Collinridge, Bowman, and Ainsworth. Shortly after
twelve o'clock the whole sisterhood of the adjacent
convent, to the number of twenty-six, each of them
dressed in the habit of their order, and bearing a
lighted candle, entered the church in procession, fol-
lowed by Miss Ellis, the superioress, and her as-
sistants, and the two postulants. They were dressed
precisely alike, in white, of rich materials, and with
each a wreath of white flowers and evergreens
circling her head. Arriving before the altar each
made her genuflection, and then the whole sister•
hood arranged themselves within the rails, the pos-
tulants kneeling, and the choir chanting " Gloriosa
Virginuru." This done, the Rev. Dr. Grant
invoked the prayers of the Virgin in behalf of the
postulants. He then presented each of them with
a lighted candle, " es a corporal emblem of inward
light." The reverend gentleman afterwards ad-
dressed a few words of encouragement and consola-
tion to them. The superioress and ber assistant then
conducted the postulants towards the celebrant,
kneeling before whom they were interrogated by
him whether they had been induced by their own free
will to enter the order, and whether it was " their
firm intention to persevere in religion to the end of
their lives ?" Having answered these questions sa-
tisfactorily they retired with the superioress to put off
" their secular dress." They returned after a short
interval, wearing the sombre habit of the order, which
they had exchanged for the kind of bridal attire in
which they first appeared. The superioress the❑ pro-
ceeded to gird them severally with the cincture ; after
which the celebrant, holding a white veil over the
head of each, requested her acceptance of it as " the
emblem of purity." They were subsequently habited
with " the cloak of the Church," and retiring back a
few steps from the altar, each of the two novices sang,
" My heart bath uttered a good word ; I speak my
works to the King. I have chosen to be an abject in
the house of my Lord Jesus Christ, whom I have
seen, loved, and believed, and towards whom my heart
inclineth." The ceremony concluded by the novices,
one atter the other, embracing the superioress and
each member of the sisterhood. They then left the
church in the order in which they entered, the sler-
hood at one door and the clergy at another.
London, England, 1851-11-28

LAURENT'S CASINO.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
St. James's, is OPEN every Evening for the Winter Season.

Lturent's well-known and celebrates Band, principal Cornet- a-
Piston, M. Boulcourt.
During the recess the Rooms hive been re-decorated, and many
Improvements made, under the sole direction of Mr. 11 F. Bryer.
Doors open at half-past Eight, to commence at Nine o'clock.
Admission—ONE SIIILLING.
London, England, 1851-11-28

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LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28,. 185

On Wednesday we took occasion to congratulate
the authors and artists not merely of the United
Kingdom, but of France in like manner, upon the
propitious future opened to them by the treaty about
to be ratified at Paris and at London in regard to the
important question of international copyright. In
order to demonstrate as clearly as possible that in
those felicitations we were not counting merely upon
the chances of a dim possibility, but upon the basis of
a substantial fact, we referred, and not without feel-
ings of peculiar pl..aAurc, to the document negotiated
between the two Governments. After the remarks

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,- . - contained in a former impression, we consider it to he
f 4-5.. littl' less than superfluous to enlarge upon the ad-
-, • vanta. •s certain to accrue therefrom, both to the
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and English promoters of Art and Literature.
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,; .74,
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' din a ry circumstances, therefore, we should
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4-I"ll°Thj 00 ''..11.1: rained from reverting so speedily to the 'natter
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. .ev consideration, but that another grievance forces
ait upon our notice—a grievance sufficiently serious
sc* ♦r to productive of very considerable injury, and yet
London, England, 1851-04-01

BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 31.

STOCK EXCHAXGE.—The share market was very quiet
to-day, and prices of stock were generally about the same
as last quotations. The only transactions reported were—
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A),-. 3 dis. —Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 11.
London, England, 1851-04-01

PETITIONS.

Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from
Brentford in favour of financial county boards.
Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from Kings-
ton, and another from Cork against Papal aggression.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS presented a petition to the same
effect from Lambeth.

Mr. FARBER presented a petition from Roman
Catholics in Northumberland against the Ecclesiastical
Titles Bill. The Hon. Member also presented a petition
against Papal aggression.
Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Dunbar pray-
ing that the duty on fire insurances might be diminished;
also a petition from the same place against the Prisons
Bill.

Lord J. MANNERS presented a petition from Col-
chester, praying that a more efficient Bill against Papal
aggression might be passed.
Mr. J. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Kings-
town, Ireland, against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill; also
a petition from distillers of spirits in the county of Li-
merick for a reduction of the duty on bonded spirits.
Mr. KEOGH presented a petition from Athlone in
favour of an equalisation of the duty on home-made
spirits.
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented several peti-
tions from Appleby and other places in Westmoreland
against Papal aggression.
Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from Somers-
town against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, which the
petitioners alleged would interfere with civil and reli-
gious liberty.
Mr. P. HOWARD presented several petitions to the
same effect.