The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-16 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Jan. 11.—It has been asserted by seve-
ral German newspapers that Prussia has declared
her readiness to accede to the wish of Austria, and
mobilise her army, and it is even stated that an
army corps of observation on the complete war
footing is to be drawn up on the eastern frontiers,
to be ready to act with the Austrian corps in Galli-
cia. It is further added that this arrangement was
the object of Colonel de Manteuffel's late mission
to Vienna. I am, however, enabled to contradict
entirely these reports, as being utterly devoid of
fact or even partial foundation. If the Prussian
Government considered Austria's demand for an
immediate mobilisation to be founded on the stipu-
lations contained in the treaty of the 16th April,
of course she would not fail to fulfil her engage-
ments, but she does not think herself bound to take
such a step at the present moment.
A circular of M. Drouy n de l'Huys to the French
embassies abroad refers to the special mission of
Herr von Usedom to London. The French Go-
vernment professes to have no knowledge of its
object, and adds that if it is intended to come to
any separate understanding with England it must
result in a signal failure.
Prussia has hitherto shown a laudable desire to
emancipate herself from the trammels of the old
and exploded system of protecting duties, and to
follow in the wake of free trade, especially with
regard to corn and other articles of food. It has
therefore caused no little astonishment that she
should now suddenly swerve from the principle and
take such a directly contrary course as to propose to
the other members of the Zollverein an immediate
prohibition of the exportation of corn and potatoes
for an indefinite period, to be relaxed eventually
against an ad valorem export duty of 30 per cent.
Unless this step be looked on as a political demon-
stration in favour of Russia, it is difficult to account
for such a very extreme measure, for which there is

no plausible reason to be found, for, wit.u-ac;
local exceptions, the harvest throughout the
of the Zollverein States has been abundant, ce ino
far exceeding an averagecrop,
great export trade of Stettin, Dantzic, and t411:30
Baltic ports in a material point of view, 311—hcl;
moral degradation of Prussia's commercialzoi,l,
the eyes of her own subjects and the worldi"esio
If France and Belgium have interdicted tlle
tation of corn, it may be said in extenneti°oo.
in those countries there is a strong feeliiir)go4l:
subject, mainly owing' to the long-elleulail
dices deeply rooted alike in the people ti3o
Governments. But in both these stetthe ire"
sults have been most disastrous, ford e
flourishing trade has been crippled, end soft
have fallen, whilst they are left to their
sources, for no merchant would send thewto
plies, knowing that he must submit to reabeeroigo
at any price offered, as he would not be Pe
to take his corn to any other market. tio°'.
That Prussia has forbidden the exP°--3 001'
horses may be more easily forgiven, for itisie
great horse-breeding country, and in the P3ll°l
uncertain state of affairs she may recpur`,'nery
horses she may have for the use of the art'-
, the remount of the cavalry.
Most of the German states have foxl-11.0
course) the example of Prussia and Pll3bi,bilic's
exportation of horses. Hanover alone e"(!tio
egress, but as all the roads to the south a„reile
up by the Prussian barriers, the only avs'll
exit is the frontier of Holland.

PIEDMONT.
e
The Constitutionnet, the Independa,it :
and some of the Italian papers, mreu.6,57061
reports, more or less detailed, respeettueii
which, as they assume, Piedmont is to' 1•700
war. The Presse of Paris is informed bll
correspondent that 170
"The essential conditions of a treaty of alliaccerd
Piedmont, France, and England were filiallYrlA
the evening of the 9th inst. by the Council °`ool7l
The Duke of Guiche and Mr. Hudson, the rePr tip,
of the two last Powers, were present at the 840
the afternoon of the 10th the treaty itself w.od
Piedmont will supply 15,000 men of all arms
park of field artillery ; the expenses of trscssol,lrj
defrayed by France and England. A loan 1: Se
for each year the war lasts will supply te")
Government with the mcans absolutel3Virsvaii
keeping its army on a war footing, vibutsion'l
England both engage to render the coaellitio!Od
loan as easy as possible, both as to the el ki
the execution of the operation. The Sardilro
will join the English. The command of I,eseolj
be entrusted to General La Marnsora, the Plirity
ster of War, to whom the army is indebted"-
re-organisation." 10

11'106
Tunny, Jan.ll.---To-day, at the oPe-..A
ness, Count Cavour announced the rot'',
Dabormida, Minister of War. This ann°,ol
occasioned a great sensation. Sonie,.rbi,
the minister had resigned on account 01,1's
he
bill, but the better opinion was tuiti;spciu
not satisfied with the terms of the new ,°'''tioir
the Western Powers. It was reporteaueo
quired, as a condition for the alliance, the
of the sequestration on the property c!latbe
bard emigrants. M. Valerio (Left) sal if ill
went made by the Minister would deePiiit
the country, and he trusted Governtare,
fix a day to give explanations as to thee
M. Dabormida's retirement. Count t•l;
replied that Government would very 5h
hie)
to submit to the house a proposition 1°
call forth the explanations demanded.
Yesterday the debate on the Convent
sion Bill was continued with great •
was again adjourned.

MALTA.
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MALTA, Oho
The Army and Navy steamer, long elPseleie
made her appearance early this morning• a
board stores for the army and navy-
account.
The Levant mail has-just arrived. itet, 651
A correspondent, writing from the Rec--ir,
49
Eupatoria, on the 11th of December, annongol°
l
tore of two Greek priests, on one of whom ftititire
proclamation from Prince Menscbikoff,
habitants of Eupatoria to set fire to the tow" ifr,,f
to the Russians, by whom they would beg; Pr'
open arms. He concludes by saying, "A
to be shot."
tstbb
Since my letter, per Tamar on Sat00:11,1;ei
have the arrival of her Majesty's steam frig:oo
o,
tion from the Levant ; but she brings noaad
interest. The frigate is in a deplorable lid,
heavy repairs, but left last night for Bof thig P'
The Adelaide screw steamer reacheuratightgo
Sunday the 7th. She has on boardeder 4330
19th, 34th, 38th,. 88th, and Rifle Pr;
all, and the following officers 70 Ilf,B-ggBne%;ll
eirnent, in command • 19th 01-3 allo"---6t00
Lieutenants Campbell, 'Boyce „se
30142;°' ts Tres
38tb, Captain Hackett - 88th, Liell,.-41nrge0n.,,,,i
Kenny - Surgeon 13att,'aed t
ington, '34th Foot ; Rifle Brigade, Liente-400r
Dr. Dwyer, medical staff; and Assistant'''.
Day and Flint. 111,11
The Sydney Hall transport, No. 148, 11:jgo
materials, is also among the arrivals ;
fly, No. 153. She has on board D1r...; 1P
Government storekeeper. The 0 icar,_
stores, and the Arthur the Great, No. 23,
oval
have arrived, and left for England ; the 111wi
No. 164, arrived from England on the St
&c., for the army, and two men of the 11(40'
and Miners and the Sovereign screw ElT''
Constantinople—all of which have left. ineg
The Laplace, a French corvette, from
t.
Constantinople, reached port on the Bth itssi,o3
on board 59 Russian prisoners, with
leave to-night for Toulon. tioak
Rear-Admiral Stewart is Making prePrpa,oo4l,
departure. He goes to the Black Sea as
mand, and will be relieved here by Rear'''.
ford, expected daily per Sanspareil. , fseir
Jan. 10.—The closing of the mail to °'
ferred to 11 a.m. this morning
Lieutenant Cator of the 68th,. who
suffering from his wounded arm, has neartl o_
li
and left the island by the Retribution, for riv
i!
the same opportunity left Captain 'Br°d-dteilliv,
pointed to the command of the Sampson °

-
and 49 military invalids. P''
for
The Sultana transport, No. 32, bas le.- .0304
having on board Captain Lodder, 47th Reg 201"
ant-surgeon ; W. J. Fyffe, 30th Regiment'
invalids and four women.
Cl
is Royal Highness the Duke of 4-0 to
his arrival in Malta, has been too unwell
roger Her Majesty's 14th Regiment, played t° ts'

b
the 72d Highlanders, and loudlyheered d
has just embarked for the Crimea, by

transport.

A IA st!„,r,
FATAL A CCIDENT.—On Monday, and -,-,in-Ar
on Wednesday, at the White Hart, Aire''„"-alroi
Mr. Grimshaw, borough coroner, held an '",-'1)
body of Patrick Forester, labourer, of Pibei'd/
01)
Scholes. It appeared that on Saturday week oefoll
was working on the brow of the Arley -w-i-oef 44
Hall Colliery, and was pushing a wagg°l4o,
a tramway, so as to empty it into some ra•',';oh rpi,,'
below. Two or three other waggons, Wis","os,Z
drawn by a horse, but from which the P-9;
been detached, continued to run along theopt I:
rails by their own momentum, and forced Plaorie,
violence against his waggon as to cause hied
occurred in about a quarter of an hour afterforo ,
he was being conveyed home. The jury tel'ogly
dict of accidental death.—Manchester Guar; 0.?
REDUCTION OF WINE DUTIES.--CADIZ,-bte°,
Oliveira, the member for Pontefract, haed
I)
some time here for the purpose of obtainii3filsil
formation upon the subject of the wines 0.11, 04
Spain. He has visited many of the large °, SO 6°
at Feres and Port St. Mary's and the Pr 4
merchants have shown every disposition tl2),
the object of his inquiries by furnishing 13"-,,iiv
information relating to the stock of wines "le)
annual produce, and the probable increas* e.f di
It is understood that on the re-assembling °oo' y
Mr. Oliveira will immediately bring on his - 91
reduction of the duty. 0.
W. 0.,
THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. —Mr. r• • J. , r
M.P., when addressing a meeting of (rice
mouth the other day, observed that with the 1
management of matters connected with I'4,
service France was greatly in advance of Is,
men of the first ability at the Adniira3loo,
hardly find a more able man than Sir .Thiljeteel)
but, when he told them that the same sred frAd
in operation which was pursued a hundr ity
they would not be surprised at the 06° cli I)
fusion which prevailed. The form of tilt. 110,0
was verbatim the same as in the days of tP;ii, r
whereas the French adopted a simpler Ortilt.ell
used in the merchant service, being is 1111
therefore, a great step in advance of 1111'. to te/
facts the recital of which might give offenc" to tils"
be thought it his duty to the country to oll'ope
publicly. Then, again, France had a rag/ 1,,,a of
to whom all might appeal. If a merchant . ,ter ee
to send a message by telegraph to the gie„1,010
requesting to know, for instance, what g°'4oo9,
shipped in a certain vessel, there was an ~11,00°..?
same rapid medium by 4 o'clock in the al'''',.) tri
if you wrote to the Admiralty (much nrare.; 0 1,
bility was you would not get an answer net',
009,
sometimes five weeks elapsed before an sl' leos I
turned. This was not the fault of the :spoliei
system ; there was no responsible head, r tbety
the House of Commons, and through it t° to cif
Messages were sent from the Admiralty jr, id,
office, from the Ministry of War to the Or b??
the Ordnance to Deptford, and then eallilejl ii.jeff,
source from which they originally proceed Drat prw'
therefore, must be made in this respect be Theitiol
reasonably hope matters would improve: 0 eli'
excellent men as subordinates, but the st;l44
creased. At Deptford they had the saine 'OB
peace, which rendered it impossible for the 014 tf
through the work ; and he ventured tc:be c°,oli
10,0001. had been disbursed in clerks at afifr
ment of the war, some hundreds of thoue"
been saved to the country.

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