The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-01 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Jan. 29. Lieutenant-General von
Adj utant-Gen eral of the King, Commander
of the Federal fortress of Luxemburg, left here
yesterday morning by the early train for Paris.
His mission to the Court of Paris relates to the
views in the late note despatched from here on the
21st inst.

BERLIN, Jan. 28.—1 t is stated that M. von der
Pfordten has renounced his proposed mediatory
visit to this pace, partly because Austria has de-
clined compromise and half-measures, and partly
because the Bavarian Chambers render the Prime
Minister's position " sour," if not hazardous. Nor
has anything occurred to indicate distinctly whe-
ther Austria will obtain a majority at the Diet,
although an impression exists that such will be the
issue, if ever German Governments can harden
their hearts to transmit decided instructions to
their envoys.
The following telegraphic despatch was received
this afternoon :

"TRIESTE, Jan. 27.—Yesterday the express train
from Yienna was stopped by the snow at Adels-
berg. The Duke and Duchess of Brabant have
gone by the Lloyd steamer Australia to Egypt.
Their Highnesses intend visiting the cataracts of
the Nile, and will return. by way of Palastrina and
Syria. Weekly report :—Little done in coffee on
account of the small quantity in the market ; sugar
firm ; pepper yielding ; Egyptian. cotton, limited
supply, sought for ; corn dull."

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of 12 months after the payment cf the first term f $O.
2!,i.,1 loan, to advance to his Majesty the Sing (1, of
dinia, in the same ro ortiors a similar P
1,00000/. sterlin P P ' ' 1..n0t
g,
"Art. 2. The interest to be paid on the said 4
loans by the Sardinian Government is to be at
MP:
of4p
fund.
ercent.per annum, of which 3 per cent. v
ri
a sinking lli6P
04
"The interest to date from the day of paY InZiol
the said loan or loans, in half-yearly palwentste ;r
04
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i°
payment to be made within one fortnight after
piration of the six months, dating from the Par
the fret term of the loan, and so succeesively ed
"Art. 3. Her Majelsty the Queen of the tiniteclPYv
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sf
transport Great
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"Art. 4. The present convention shall be rat,,.6110,
the ratifications exchanged at 'Turin as soon Popp
have
In faith of which the respective plen 0
signed the present convention, and put the'
thereto.
"Done at Turin the 26th of January,„loss.sboo,
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" PROJECT OP LAW.
"Sole Article.
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" The Government of the King is authorise
veto
full and entire execution to the military c°lloooo
stipulated this day between her Majesty the Quee,sd hi/
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland tlit
A al5O
Majesty the Emperor of the French, .w
ttitw
supplementary convention coauct d d with her e
Majesty." z

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AUSTRIA. met 10
VIENNA, Jan. 27.—The committee 0,7110
to
been aointed to watch over the affairs °I thet,
Principalities will probably meet here tag Ait
ginning of next week. It is said that vg 01
far from quiet in Servia, but reliable neativ
that Principality is very rare. By her tr—pot 9
the Porte, Austria is authorised to send trel,,,,
Servia should there be any, political dist.°lo;(lo
Prince Gortschakoff received very volutloile,
patches the evening before last, but 55' 004'
correspondent knows nothing of their 001
..i of tilel
ivi
In consequence of the eastern lAA,' notsi7o.Bl
sian empire not being able to supply req t
recruits of the regulation ao, and gas lei' e~
for the recently ordered ebxtraordinscrter.:-
Emperor has decided that younger and The OP'
than originally fixed shall be taken. faces
bringing from Asia into Europe all "" •
which ho can dispose.

old!
80,000 is the number to which it is it 41
French army for Austria is limited. thelt9 -
.li.
through Lombardy, and will prove to h
the reality of the alliance of France..t.iviii.oo°_°,l
General Schramm is spoken of as
mand under the Emperor, who, it is Ai-I'4l-01es
will take the field. General Bosquet
hear, spoken of.
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A fifth battery of the Artillery of totitAv-A,
hir
Guard is now being organised in Park'
9000 fro,
ment of that arm is to furnish 20 nouPcoooll
missioned officers, and a trumpeter, "
among the best conducted of the corps.
tliO
, 1,
The Correspondenz Bureau inforros4'loool4
Western Powers have entered into CO
gAiations with Spain for the accessiooLcrig
harp force of 25,000 men to be sent tot u°oo9
The "consideration " for this service is to Foe
be the assistance of England and Fran Get
Spain in the possession of Cuba againe
booting attack on the part of citizen
United States. ,tti

The Wanderer of Vienna says :---I„hefe'll tl;
sador of France and England receiveu: in 0.0
back despatches from their GovernlueLthellio
quence of which the conferences betwee-ntekti
Count de Buol, for some time intern he
resumed. These conferences relate to,,","the
measures to be taken in accordance Vilw-
of Dec. 2."

the 61901
t
The Moskauer Zeitung states that„il
Dukes Nicholas and Michael passed te%
city, en route for Sebastopol, on the I°ll-
The Ost Deutsche Post remarks, ~1160,,:f
headed "From the Seat of War," t111411,i-tilwo.
received lead to the supposition that lit-iplfriite
rival of Generals Pelissier and Niel 6Afte,6o. JO'
things will remain just as they are. ill I)6'9'
generals have arrived, operations V— the
menced on a new plan. It is said ill 01 441ri
camp that General Pelissier will 11316r0e be
independent command, but will of cou otilly
goners' not
ject to the resolutions of the
war, and, naturally, subordinate to Clerrioo.
robert, who served under Pelissier

LOSS OF THE ST.Eitg-
sE DER
tee
°
Pr.Yscollram
WjgrO 100
worth, of the screw etemagj -ap ercurif F¢
WhO landed from the steam-ship Mauritins
on Tuesday, arrived here te-day. ,
At 10'A,
The Mercury left Bordeaux on. the 1v,.-11,40-.1301
cargo of cloverseed, wine. brandy, ttc• I 141:0 b 1
at half-past 9 the next evening was run ."whiellatat
outward-bound bark, apparently French,. 10 011101
the vessel amidships, stopped her engine! Tr 111°rg
and caused her to sink within half Al 2 P°.-b.OOl ord
kept her course. The crew, 22, in two tiptiertit;
were kept afloat with great difficulty, eu°llr3t-iliffole:v`e
Bay of Biscay 20 hours without water
the bark Johanna, of Hartlepool, which, Vh° eta:di V
to Gibraltar ; the master, four men, an" "AgJilje'
took passage in the Mauritius. Three hnu"'" -
crew, and 13 were left at Gibraltar.

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THE LATE SIR GEORGE COv---„,
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AND THE ADMIR-41-u- ov,
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In
,our columns of this day will be 0tin,.,,0r iri
all respect for the great name of the ansitir,
)
worthy and gallant admiral who has sentvistis
ment, we roust regard as a most hapPi 1 sif ' ,
the natural tendencies of all departments. j'00,4.91)
Cockburn, we need not say, seas A in°" 1r.‘"0,1
Admiral, and had almost unprecedented B"rirbilely)
Lard of the Admiralty. The docuniteot
sad fci
behind 114:n as the fruits of his experience sa ea o,r,
of his life, and to which he evidently att°l3 4,(1,5"
value, is a plan for the reconstruction of t,11,0101,J
on the olosect possible resemblance with t`r-t il i
ing establishment. Doubtless the g,311,9111,,,,V,1
worried at his Board, snubbed by politic e, Poly
Ey surveyors of the navy, and with sori,c-„,,iiii
patronage, often bad need to envy the ".;#lO,ll
Chief. But it was no vulgar envy that clic"; f "AI
will and testament. Here we have the la beer f /
the whole soul of the man whose life's ITO/
idea bad been to create a great navy. 1",-00,4,0,)
great navy ? What object of ambition Raatijir
1
and useful ? We reply, that even a gres"" or
only be instrumental to a great countil 4;
great navy too much left to professiont!'e Aid
will degenerate into fleets of huge ships °'',,,° Kiri
able kind, ancient admirals, innumerab'",,r9
customs for grandeur, not for use, while :fo'. ot 9
comes in grim earnest than the very thing' rosti
are found never to have been thought of, 0. il
geatlo, elle
mon saying what happens when a
himself to be too much in the hands °f vita 4?Ii01
each one of them will only be too haPP,f 14,
whole of his income for him, and, after A''',..ol
be served. As it is, notwithstanding th°,j 4
of Mr. Osborne, it can hardly be said tress 10f,
navy has done what was expected of it ,'/ItPliej
war. Something smaller and less cost 4 dle3'
ships might have done us more service:o4'
with less glory to First Lords and shipbn"

NO. I
ARMY BEQUIREMS— a 7
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What the army requires is a better PO S ;pe',
cialities. There should be various corPs f°fot,',o 11
cial and peculiar duties. For camp dutise,,, of„'',/,,
or what may be tericed the interior seretAtsoo!
in the field, a distinct body of men is ree for :op,
for the better discharge of such service,ipt.liptet
of the regular troops or fighting men. '''',„—lfrifie i
)
duties of escorts, orderlies, messengers', e7,011,4,,i;
&c., are performed by soldiers takell,,....,liPiefor
mental ranks, who often discharge them u";poi'voil
and are always liable tc, the ternptationVosee
irregular service, while the regiments it.i.,-e't,s
weakened by those draughts upon ,"-bler'u ti);
Some special, lightly-equipped corps '!a el'°s7,
needed. That the transport sers"i9je Vrt.,
organised on a footing of its own is ton r„ 0000ele
proof. It would be out of the question -0 oroti
permanence such a waggon train as
~.;°°;tilish ;eel
moment's notice for the wants of the Pr t
he ,t f
iiii
the necessity of a distinct serviee shoula,o3°C;ool/,
from the first opening of hostilities, and 'lr-s nle 11,
be desirable to enrol a small corps of dic"„- 010-00/4,
departments of the army. The engineer,— 011°-(j, if
their own means of. transport. SaP,Pe; , rty•
their " drivers," exactly as gunners usi',,e'el,„4l
dering the peculiar nature and itnportsliff-ivr; -
we think the charge of conveying and `',,,',3 o,;re fi
serve musket ammunition should be assier",ol3_,,'',lll",
men with the designation and position a` otlievmprof
have seen it asserted, indeed, upon 13413,,:0rie' 0/(1.04
the men of the waggon train, forming tr",jeclfr:itifi
general transport service, should be regre'rdie.jor f
position rather above than below that °' °- c011°,10614
and that they should be treated with A,te5,",;,,e,14
proportioned to the peculiar intelligencP - Tqicy,
trustworthiness expected at their ban°. oe ll'of vir,
ever, appear to be the leading princiPlee ition:ofj.,
tart' reform should proc:ed—the recaglln'tion'tifir,
irrespective of actual combat, the nssgi-ct thecillil.
duties to bodies of well-quklified men, ech e,,ef l',f'
aaee of all the auxiliary departments in .1. prt)!,.40.01`
may enable the fighting men to pia,' tbe,ir 54- JOT
without nee,llP,, cli,,traetion. rriration, oelits'o
have Ephlndid soLiitr and admirable reqi k.,,ife
step or two in the way of organization el/
mirable an army.—Times.