The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-05 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, April 2.—Lieutenant-General von We-
dell returned here yesterday afternoon from Paris,
and proceeded at once to wait on the King at
Charlottenburg. It is, of course, too early as yet
to learn anything of what has resulted from his
mission in the French capital, or of what fresh
steps may be taken here.
The first four vessels of the flying squadron,
under the command of Commodore Watson, ar-
rived at Elsinore on Sunday afternoon.
The harbour at Kiel is stilL covered with ice; the
only point at which the water is open is at the in-
flux of the Schentine.
Prince Charles of Prussia is expected back from
Russia by Easter. The last Petersburg papers
mention the arrival there of Prince Christian of
Denmark, heir presumptive to the Danish throne,
as well as Prince Friedrich of Hessen, and Prince
Wilhelm of Baden. It is understood that the Em-
peror Alexander 11. has sent King Friedrich Wil-
helm a cast taken from the face of the deceased Em-
peror. The story of the physician, Dr. Maria, hav-
ing been obliged to quit Russia to evade popular
aversion, is stated to be without foundation.
BERLIN, April I.—Profound stillness reigns
here in political circles, as though the great
European events going on elsewhere must here
succumb to the practice of the Evangelical
Church in Prussia, which observes the coining Pas-
sion week as die stille Woche, the quiet week. The
statements current here of an approximation of the
two chief Powers of Germany I have shown you
in a former letter to be based upon very insufficient
grounds. The official announcement to this Court
of the birth of an Archduchess has, however, been
followed by a letter of congratulatiOn from the King,
to be presented to the Emperor, his nephew, by
Count Arnim, in Vienna ; but the observance of
these usual formalities has nothing to do with the
reconciliation of either king, minister, or army with
the tactics of Austria.
The Royal Family, which has been staying at
Potsdam in perfect retirement, ever since the death
of the Emperor Nicholas, has just been afflicted by
the news of the death' of the young Hereditary
Prince of Saxe Meiningen, a daughter of Prince
Albrecht of Prussia, and niece of the King and
Queen. The news arrived here late on Friday
evening from Meiningen, where the Princess had
died that same afternoon in childbed, apparently
in consequence of an attack of influenza. She was
in her 23d year.

A letter from Hamburg, of the 31st ult., says—

" According to accounts from Copenhagen of the 28th,
the nine war steamers, forming the advanced guard of
the English fleet, were daily expected there. It was
apprehended that, immediately on re-entering the Bal-
tic, the English would chase and capture the merchant-
men laden with merchandise for Russian ports. This
apprehension is the more justified, as a certain number
of those vessels are detained by the ice in different har-
bours, but particularly at Travemunde, where several
bound for 'Russia are now lying, after vain endeavours
to extricate themselves from the ice. The parties in-
terested in the trade with the north are in hopes that
the English war vessels, experiencing similar obstacles
to their progress through the Belt, which is still ob-
structed by the ice, will be sufficiently delayed to
enable the merchantmen to put to sea and reach their
de.tination without running the risk of being captured
Since the opening of the navigation, our great victualling
establishments have already shipped 5,000 tons of salt beef
and pork for the consumption of the English fleet.
You are aware that last autumn the Admiralty con-
tracted here for the supply, in spring, of a considerable
quantity of meat. The contractors have received from
England the most pressing orders to place at the d;s-
-pOSSII of the fleet, as speedily as possible, all the provi-
sions they undertook to furnish. Fresh cargoes of
wooden huts, and other materials for the establishment of
a camp have arrived from England at Heligoland, which
would seem to indicate that the English have not given
up the intention of opening in that island offices for re-
cruiting' their army. The HanoVerian Government, near
which that English possession is situate, will not oppose
those enlistments. Las last Government continues,
notwithstanding the remonstrances of the other states
of the Germanic Confederation, to allow the free
export of horses from its territory. England, in
return for those favours, raises no objection to the
collection of the Stade duty, which Hanover levies,
to the great detriment of the maritime commerce of all
nations, on vessels passing in the Elbe, near its shores.
Horses, for the remount of the cavalry and artillery, are
still in great demand in the different States of Germany.
At our last fair there were buyers from nearly every
country in Europe, who paid for cavalry horses as high
as 800 f. The breeders obtained from I,IOW, to 1,200 f.
for carriage horses."

A letter from Berlin says The death of the
Princess Charlotte of Meiningen, eldest daughter
of Prince Albert of Prussia" (which we men-
ti .ned yesterday), took place immediately after
her accouchement. She was born on the 21st
June, 1831, and married Prince George of Saxe-
Meiningen, in May, 1850. Prince Albert, who
was at Dresden at the time, immediately left for
Meiningen with the Prince and Princess, the
brother and sister of the deceased. She has had
three children, the second of which, a prince, died
a few days ago."

The following is stated to be tho text of the letter
written by Lord John Russell, wlaile at Berlin, to
Dr. Philippsen, in Magdeburg, in acknowledgment
of an address presented to his Lordship, thanking
himfor his exertions ill the calm of Jewish egQ4n-

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cipation, and soliciting his continuation of them 3t
Vienna :
"BERLIN, Marcil 1.
" Sir,—lt is with feelings of gratification that r bee
received the address you have presented to me.
Britannic Majesty's Government will be assiatiol isll
solicitous to procure that the Jewish as well as the Cl
tian subjects of his Highness the Sultan shall oh taro
the benefit of equal rights and impartial administratios.
I beg to express to you my thanks for the flatter rng
terms in which you have alluded to my endeavours if:
abolish the civil disabilities of the liraelites of the Uri*"
Kingdom. _ _

"I have the hopour to be, &c."

An order has just been published at Dresdto)
forbidding the exportation of arms and analll-
nition of every description.

Letters from Genoa announce that the Staff
the Piedmontese army has embarked for Coat"-
tinople by the Vaticaus steamer.

WEST INDIA MAILS.

The Royal West India mail packet Tyne, OW
tail Valler' and Admiralty Agent Lieutenant Jo b°
Brown, R.N., arrived at Southampton yesterdah
with the West India, Mexican, and Pacific. irlel°.
Dates of sailing :—Vera Cruz, March 6 ; Tan)P;`l
4 ; Havannah, 12 ; Greytown, 5 ; Chagre,s, 1".
Panama, 8 ; Carthagena, 12 ; Jamaica, 14 ; De-
merara, 12 ; Trinidad, 13 ; St. Kitts, 17 :
does, 14 ; St. Lucia, 15 ; Antigua, 16 ; St. Grp
' cent, 14 • Martinique, 15 ; Guadaloupe, 16 ; "ry
nada, 13; Jacmel, 15.; Porto Rico, 19 ; Dominica'
16•6; St. Thomas, 20 ; La Guayra, 15 ; Tortola)
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The 'Tyne brings 88 passengers • among wbo
are General Tories the Peruvian Minister ; Lieu;
tenant Colonel Hill, Ist West India Regimes.'
Hancock, R.N. ; Lieutenant Hower"'
R.N. ; Mr. Lynch, staff assistant surgeon ; Ori
Adams, Ordnance clerk ; Mr. Austin, clerk °II
works. Captain Stokes, a passenger, died Marc
26.
The freight on board includes specie to the
amount of $2,786,758, the largest quantity
specie hitherto brought to Southampton in one shi f
t?'
of which $90,000 tire ou account of Mexican dill"
dends.
The West India Islands are generally healthy
but the planters want rain.
Eichange at Jamaica-90 days, 1 percent. Prel
63 days, 11. per cent. prem. Merchants' Bills,
per cent. discount. On New York, 60 days) at
to 2 per cent.
The political news is unimportant. aide
The attempts to raise contributions in jal2lni,
in aid of the Patriotic Fund appear to have ge'"
rally resulted in failure.
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Governor Wodehouse had met the Comb.lo.
Court of Demerara, and stated that he would dlof
courage all further immigration at the exp_nonaenap
the colony until he found a debt of nearly 4-utvio
dols. liquidated, and the colony in a position the
or
pay for future liabilities. The public suppt n,
Governor, but the planters are organising
position, and talk of refusing the supplies o°
immigration is included in the estimates. at
Trade in Demerara is dull ;' freights continuo
fair rates. The cane fields look well, and every'
where there is the cheering indication of

crop. be
The barque Assam, Captain Fleming, fr°llll.o
Clyde for Port of Spain, was swept on the rock 5,.30
the second Bocas, on the Island of Mono, on

28th Feb. and lost.
From Mexico we learn the President, Stilt6of
Anna, left the city of Mexico on the %t
oil
February, but his projects were net ;to
known. It was thought that he had g°l3"der
the southern part of the republic, as comor.:f of
of his troops, to fight General Alvarez, the eDI
the revolution in the state of Acapulco. tel last news received in Vera Cruz, by et
graphic despatch, says that Santa Anna bau
the general Moreno (of the party of Alvarer;
Santa Anna, it is affirmed, made 1,500 prisene;n:
,
amongst whom was Moreno himself, whom
stantly shot. But all this requires confirmatioa•
Business was very dull.
evert'
At Valparaiso, the political world is quiet, bs,
thing going on as it has for the last few molivro,
The railroad from Valparaiso to Santiago P,iji
gresses but slowly. Trade is rather slack. Br''
coal sold at 11 dols. per ton on board. Thew eo
English admiral, Bruce, arrived from Englanby
the United States of America on the 6th inst.
the steamer Lima. He was to leave Valparais°
again in the President on the 24th inst., for Calla
and the Sandwich Islands, where he will meet the
remaining ships of his squadron and the French
ships, which are to accompany him to reduce t'"
h
Russian ports of the North Pacific.
General Castilla is now in full possession eI
power throughout the whole republic of Peru, and
is already actively employed in making great
changes. The country throughout is quiet. Gear
ral Echenique had left for the United States.
In Costa Rica everything is quiet. The gather'
ing of the coffee crop has been retarded by hea-cl
rains, which have caused much injury to the °roll%
In Nicaragua, the President (Chamorro) ba'
gained decisive advantages over the insurgent'
headed by Castillion ; the attack took p'acet'abeti„,
the 17th February:outside Granada, and the revrve
lutionists were driven back to Massaya, whi,eot
they attempted to make good their pot-ition,,:' ir
were entirely routed, and pursued as far as t',enic
head-quarters at the city of Leon. What qi
place there is not known.. The Government Pars
captured a considerable number of small trfloo'.
three or four guns, and a quantity of ammulliv",,,-0
The loss of the men on the part of Castilla
about 700—on the Government side cornparativ.ein
none. Of the 700, 150 had their throats 01'4
one of the churches in Massaya. The revolutions"
leaders are at loggerheads. .0-ar
It is said that the English consul at Rea4,.-,.00
manded possession of Dr. Davis (an Awe—
Filibuster), and that he was given up to blol'o.
will be remembered be is the murderer of Mr. locer
Higman, an Englishman, formerly an ° ale
of R.M.S.P.C., and a member of the mss the
fraternity. Davis shot him in the forehead Inpr
presence of his wife, and while pretending tO ce he
brace him, making the remark at the, time, gr•
would as soon shoot his own father as Ned." on
Higman was keeping a hotel at Virgin 8a35
Lake Nicaragua. • itiag
In Greytown the people are anxiously Nya jog
the action of the British Government regaiti
tha
their claims. There is no business doing, au ill'
little money they had has been absorbed in. ft,.
ing temporary houses of the poorest descriPtl°oo
A fire broke out at St. Thomas's on tke,tibit.
ult., and consumed property is the stores of 4 of
more and Co., Main-street, to the 030
80,000 dollars.
Her Majesty's ship Boscawen (flag) .and Modem
at Antigua Vestal, Espiegle, 4rab, Argilavrer
zard, north-coast of Cuba ; Devastation/
town ; Eurydice, Calypso, at Bermuda ;
Bahama Channel ; Imaum, Port Royal ;. 'dwata
rine, Windward Channel ; Mariner, Wila
Islands ; Daring, San Domingo.

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On the 29th ult., the liner Tage arrived at - Afrom Constantinople, to take on board the 14th batteo6
of foot Chasseurs, and convey it to the Crimea- for
7th battalion of the same arm was also to en,,rber lace"
the East, in the steam corvette Phlegeton and l'el:001es
and the commercial steamer Byzantin was loading
for the army. 0011;
A letter from Cherbourg, of the Ist inst., aetlon ~,
that the screw liner Austerlitz would put to so
2d or 3d. to pf
Two battalions of the 2d Regiment of Grenatide
the Imperial Guard arrived at Marseilles on the
left the next morning for Toulon. 20/3'
The latest advices from the Crimea are of the r the
The operations against the. new Russian works eAe-ftb°
Mato khoff Tower wore continued. Nothing is 6111147:L4bl
destruction of the French works on the 23d, a"'„-o°0,11)
the affair is mentioned. The Fremden Platt lear,„l" ploy'
" the commander of the French cavalry division, u-
d'Allonville, is lying in a state of delirium."
The Phare de la Loire announces that the o","ibet"
tion of the six gun-boats, in the dockyard of 14.":10154,
at Nantes, wah proceeding with all possible a" lor",„‘""
The swell in the river had somewhat retarded the
but it was expected that one of the boats wetiother
launched in the course of a fortnight, and the five
shortly afterwards. BS
An immense nun ter of merchant vessels cbartere.ollll
the French Government are now loading NW° sirtNA
materiel of war, horses, mules, and troops for the d
in the Crimea. The sailing frigate Constitutioviroefi:
transport corvette Caravane have also arri"-1014e.
from Toulon for the same object. The steal:01%100
of the Levant line, the France, Normandie, -48°" tn
&c., have been put into requisition, and are er-Til
sail with ammunition and horses for the .351 v(ee.j
large English steamer. Colombo, which reached lae, 11,1)f
from Malta, is now loading for the same destinatiV,
the packet Euphrate left Marseilles, on the .000'
Constantinople, with a detachment of 250 11;gion,
a company of the 32d of the line, and ammu,uhtiotri
THE MILITARY 1103PITAL AT SDITRNA.."'" t",.."6 harm
tial, of Smyrna, of the 22d ult , says : —" Wei/. of 'ff
to be able to announce that ult.,
sanitary state•ire",
or
English military hospital established in this eitYhere
satisfactory. The fever which bad prevailed t of eeo,
some time past has much diminished. The nuMbSrthe
diem in it is 900, of whom 586 are still unwell, an 0041
tnainder convalescent. The deaths since the fireel 016
have been 104. The medical staff is cemPfi of
slab
2d 3 physicians of the Ist and od elPio
2d class, 5 surgeons of the let and 11 of the 'lea too
and 4 apothecaries. We have before see°l4. 0:01
arrival from England of several Dame de Char' eh 00
ladies, to the number of 20, as well as 26 13111101
under the direction of a Mrs. Coote. There are
men to wait on the biek and wounded...".

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