Glasgow Courier. — 1850-11-28 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

FOR,EIGN AND COIDIERCIAL.  The intelligence from the Continent has not been generally deemed of so pacific a character AB that heretofore received, and has exercised a decided influence on the market here. A considerable degree of importance is attached to the decline in the French and other foreign funds on the Continental Bourses, although the correspondence from the chief cities does not disclose any more bellicose features in the state of the public mind. Here the opinion entertained by the great majority is, that the whole question will be pacifically settled at the free conferences which are about to take place at Dresden; and although the faith of the same parties is not strong as to a long continued state of peace in Germany, the conviction is, that there will be no immediate war.  Great sensation has been caused in the department of the Charente, by the arrest last week of the Countess du S— and of the cure of the commune of Saint Germain, on the charge of having poisoned the servant of the latter in order to prevent her from revealing the adulterous connexion which existed between them. The body of the servant, which the cure had caused to be buried with great haste, has been dug up, and poison discovered in it. WWII the Count du S—, a highly honourable man, heard of the horrible accusation against his wife, he proposed to her that they should both commit suicide, and should make their child, aged eight, die with them. The Countess consented. A pan of charcoal was lighted, and the three fastened themselves in a close room. When, however, the father saw his son struggling in the agonies of death, his courage failed him, and he broke the window for air. Medical assistance having been promptly afforded, all three recovered. The Countess and her clerical paramour were lodged in the jail of A ngouleme, to await their trial for the alleged murder. —Galignani.  The intelligence received on Tuesday from Berlin and Vienna has renewed in some degree the fear of an European war, and con firms the impression entertained by many persons, that in the present unsettled state of affairs and excited feeling in Germ& ny, a peaceful solution of the question at stake is impossible.—Giebe.  Alleged Poisoning of the Sultan.—A telegraphic despatch received at Vienna on the 20th from Constantinople states that the Sultan Abdul Medjid had been poisoned. Little credit, however, was given to the report. Mr. D'hiraeli is writing the life of Lord George Bentinck. He has undertaken this literary task at the reqqest of the Duke of Portland.  Foreign Office, Nov. 26 —The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George Simpson as Vice-Consul at Liverpool for the Emperor of Hayti. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M. Nicholas Vitali& as Consul at Malta for his Majesty the King of Greece. Windsor, Monday.—The Queen, with her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, drove out this morning in apony phreton in Windsor Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting, attended by the Earl of Morley, LieutenantColonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon. The Duke of Wellington, Lord aod Lady Charles Wellesley, and Sir George and Lady Grey, arrived at the Castle to-day on a visit to the Queen and the Prince.  The Cape of Good Hope papers received on Tuesday come down to the beginning of October_ A strong movement was being made for drawing up a new constitution for the Cape, and parties were to come forward to England with it, with the view of getting the sanction of our Government. It is said the draft of this document meets the wishes of the great majority. There was no material alteration in the aspect of trade. From the frontier no news of interest had arrived.  Manchester, Tuesday.—The continued uncertainty of German politics operates, as might be expected it would, on this market, by inducing all the principal German firms to cease their purchases except for the most pressing wants, whether in goods or yarns; nor has the demand for other markets been by any means so active as usual; all of which combined has caused a general tendency to lower rates, excepting, of course, the demand and prices for tine yarns. This article continues in undiminished demand, and at still hardening rates. There are literally no stocks. The manufacture of all kinds of domestics is still supposed to be a losing game; indeed, the cessation by first-rate parties in some cases, and in most others a large curtailment in the production, is the strongest proof of the extreme depression. Jaconets are in request at full rates. The printers very slack.  mininlG OF THE RANKERS, MERCHANTS, AND re,