The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-12-08
FOREIGN.
lrELEGRArHED FOR THE BALTIMORE suS-DEcEMBER o.
ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA.
Seven Days Later from Europe.


Of Siege-dfdirS IA Franoe.-NGpOeon probably elect
sd-Decine an JreddStu6s-B Improvement IN cotton, &c.
AT O'Clock last evening the following despatch with
the by the Britannia, reached us from our Boston
correspondent having been delayed during the afternoon,
from some cause or other, between New York and Bos
ton:
BosroN, Dec. 6-6 p m.
The Cunard steamer Britannia was teegraphed off
Boston this morning. al 10 o'clock after Protacted voy-
age of more than IS days She sailed from Liverpool
the 18th umo and encountered heavy stress OF wea-
Their. To the day of her sailing, commercial confidence
prevailed throughout Great Britain STILL transactions In
produce were not extensive
BREADsTuFFs Grain dull and declining. The supply
fully equal to the demand, and there no special
ton OF moment.
AT Mark Lane on Monday week previous to the 18th,
wheat fell two shillings per quarter On the next day
Is Cd per 10 lbs for red Flour the last dates PRIOR
the steamers departure sold (bes Baltimore and west
ern) at 27s 10 80 Cd per Dbl On the 18th, trade was
languid, and prices IN favor OF buyers
PRovIsIoNs.-Pork has advanced two shlhngs per
cwt Beef was quiet Sales OF bacon but limited New
53s Considerable sales OF lard and the mar ket
steady. Cheese quie-a prime Article found ready sale
CoTToN.-At the departure OF the Britannia there was
somewhat more confidence in the cotton market; and
middling qualities had improved a shade they being
most in demand In the lower, higher and fair grades;
there change Fair upland and Mobile 80, and
Orleans do. a.. The sales OF the week amounted to
80 900 bales being considerably lower than those OF the
ably 1alr business was DONG
PoLrrIcAL INTERCHANGEABLE advices from the con-
nent are important and alaming and seem 10 threatens
total subvcrsion OF things.
In Austria the sublise and sangunary Emperor, Fer
dinanI characterized his in Vienna by atfocity
and cold blooded cruelty far exceeding that of the popu
lace in moments of their greatest excitement The de-
tails OF his barbary too numerous to be given by
themselves Suffice ii 10 say that delcnccless citizens
have been shot dead in the streets under the eyes OF their
rled and plundered houses; even women and children
have been indiscrlmnaely massacred The students OF
the University, who were distinguished above others IN
the defence of their city, by almost superh human exer
tons, hunted down like like beasts and, when cap
tnred executed on the spot
This brutal and vindicve policy is raising flame oil
extinguisb, and, il is believed, will make the reaction
much more formidable than the late outbreak.
Prussia.
The latest advices from Berlin that the King and
the Assembly still at issue. No new cabinet has yet
been formed The King adheres to his resolution OF ex
GLIDING members OF the Chamber from the administration
and the court.
On the OH General Brandenberg whom the King has
selected president of his ministry, arrived at the Assem-
bly, with the Kings decree, Transferring the sessions oil
the Assembly from Berlin to Brandenburg The Assem-
bly, decided at to declare itself in permanence aud,
in attempts made to dslodge them from their
present place of meeting they empowered the president
to select another place in the city.
The Assembly further deceed that all resolutions thus
passed should have the same validity rs if the Chamber
had not been prorogued
Large detachmens of the I5urgher guards upon being
advised of the critical state OF affairs occupied the build
ing to protect the members
The president of the ministry then informed the Assem-
null and the police ordered the Burg guards TO prevent
the sitting Of the Assembly, and 10 allow one TO pass
except il be TO leave the building.
The Burgher guards refused to do his calculated to
endangcr the liberties of the people, which they held
themselves bound TO project
Upon this refusal, the chief of police issued procla-
nation stating that the King had resolved to call IN the
troops of the line to dissolve the Assembly Immediately
upon this being known, the alarm sounded, calling
the citizens to arms In the afternoon, fifteen thousand
infantry and gunnery with large park of artillery
tered the city, and were posted chiefly around the AS
sembly.
the Assembly, to communicate TO them that his orders
to close the hail. and TO cause 1t To be evacuated
This finally done, under protest from the Assem-
bly, On the It'll, the King issued proclamation dissolv
ing the Burgher guard, and placing the city in state of
siege also prohibiting all gatherings pacads, and clubs
In the afternoon the Assembly met at private house
and elected their officers The Burgher guard resolved
not yield their position surrender their In
the meanwhile, the period for delivering arms and dis
solving the guard extended TO sunset on the 18th,
when measures to be taken by the King to compel
compliance.
Wrangel had taken headquarters at the palace The
gates closed, and the streets leading TO the SchuZn
House, where the Assembly sat, was occupied by the
army No collision occurred that night, which is the
date of the last advices.
Rumors from Bresau state that that city had revoted,
and that the palace of Count Broadenward burnt
down.
The council of Cologne sent an address to the
Berlin Assembly dec arng that the King had power to
dissolve the Diet without its In Berlin all the
pacards torn down by the troops except one which
was address urging the citizens to wait patiently the
decision OF the PROVINCES and not to risk the blood and
property of 10000 inhabitants for 900 ungratcfn pro-
vncalsts General Wrange has 900 troops and sixty
four cannon
In Vienna there 900 killed during the SIEGE the
inhabitants suffering the largest loss. Marshal Weldon
appointed governor of Umetz Prince Wndischgralz
is 10 coNmand against Hungary.
Several military executions have taken place. The
Poet Roiser will be hung. Rupert Blum, deputy TO the
Franklor Diet, has been summarly tried by court mar
ila and shot profound gloom cast the city
The Emperor had taken up his residence at Prague. A
decree had been issued for the reconstruction of the cab
net under WelsembeTg, president Prince Schw
berg, foreign affairs; kraus, finances Mover, industry
Breda, Instce Onack, commerce. General Burkner, edu
cation; and General Burk, interior
This cabinet submitted its programme to the Emperor
containing liberal conditions the terms on which they
would accept office.
The lmperalists under General Scmonck experienced
check from the llungarians Turnay, and were com
PEELED TO retreat back TO Gedng The Hungarian army
was large and formidable, and all the troops be spared
from Vienna were 10 be sent to oppose them
General Purkner, commander of Hermanstadt had de-
cared himself commissioner OF TansylvaUia, and had
placed The country under martial law He called upon
the inhabitants not to yield obedience the HUNGARIAN
government, it being illegal
The accounts from Hungary OF most warlike
character Prince Wndischgraiz estimates its combined
force at nearly 900 They have already crossed
the Austrian frontier in three divisions.
The presidential question absorbs all others The
London press continues to believe that Louis Napoleon
stands The hest chance Tor elections but from the num-
Der OF deputies who had obtained leave of absence noto
ously to canvass the departments in favor of Cayagnac
the result appears doubtful.
A CARD-Airs. BEMAN most respectfully informs men,