The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-28 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The Prussian officers who had entered. the Tur-
kish service as instructors have returned to Berlin,
having been compelled to definitively renounce the
employments which they held in Turkey.
A letter of Berlin, of the 23d, in the Lithographed
Correspondence, says :—" Little hope is now enter-
tained of re-establishing the treaty of commerce be-
tween Belgium and the Zollverein. The commercial
relations between the tv. o countries have not ceased
to increase even since the treaty has expired. Ac-
cording to a report of the Prussian consul-general
at Antwerp, these relations will -meet with no
I interruption so long as the tr:.nsit of the merchan-
dise of the Zollverein th:ough Belgium shall remain
free, and the vessel: of the Zollverein be not sub-
jected to highe:i port dues than those of Belgium.
Several BCAgian commercial journals have declared
that Iff,elgium has no interest in the re-establish-
EC.ent of the treaty."
A letter from Berlin, of the 24th, says :—" M.
von der ileydt, the Prussian Minister of Commerce,
has just sent an order from Paris to organise plea-
sure trains, at reduced prices, for the French
capital."

The Empress Dowager of Russia will, it is said,
accompany the Prince of Prussia on his return to
Berlin.

The Hanover Gazette states, in a letter from Ber-
lin of the 24th, that it was probable that the Diet,
at its next sitting, would definitively terminate the
affair relative to the Austrian declaration. The
difficulty raised by the representative of Bavaria
has been Lremoved by instructions which he has
received to accede to the resolution of the Diet, to
which the other members of that assembly had al-
read y agreed,

THE PARIS EXHIBITION AND THB
SOCIETY OF ARTS.

His Royal Highness prince Albert has suggested, in
the following letter to the council of the Society of Arts,
the propriety of their visiting the Paris Exhibition, ac-
companied by the associated institutions, now, we be-
lieve, amounting to nearly 400

" Osborne, July 23, 1855.
"My dear Sir,—ilis Royal Highness the Prince having
considered the subject, which seems to have been under
discussion in the council of the Society of Arts—namely,
that of the society visiting the Paris Exhibition in
a body, and, if possible, together with the delegates from
the 400 associated institutions—has commanded me to
express to you his conviction that much benefit would
arise from the execution of this plan to the many impor-
tant and useful objects which the society is constituted to
promote.

" The prominent part taken by the society in originating
the Great Exhibition of 1851, naturally suggests the wish
that its members should visit together its sequel at Paris.
" The point, however, to which his Royal Highness
would attach most importance would be their being en-
abled by a close inspection of that vast collection of the
products of all nations, and a conscientious comparison of
them with those of the Exhibition of 1851, advantageously
to discuss together with the members of the affiliated so-
cieties the question by what means the progress of science
and art would best be promoted in this country.
"The visit would also afford an opportunity of testing
the principles upon which the acknowledged great improve-
ments lately made in the French metropolis have been car-
ried on, and considering how far they may with advantage
be applied to our circumstances at home.
" Sincerely yours,
" P. Le Neve Foster, Esq." "C. B. PHIPPS.
The council of the Society of Arts are now making
arrangements to carry out the plans recommended to
them by his Royal Highness the Prince President of the
society. We are informed the visit will take place early
in September, and that facilities for the trip to Paris and
back will be afforded by the railway companies.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT GARDEN.

Very large supplies of both fruit and vegetables were on
sale to-day, and a steady business was transacted, as
follows :

FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 3s to Gs per lb; colonial
do., is to 3s each ; hot-house grapes, 3s Od to 6s Od per lb ;
foreign ditto, Od to Os Od ; Irelons, 2s Od to 5s each
peaches, 8s Od to 20s ; nectarines, Os Od to 15s per dozen ;
apples, Os Od to Os Ocl per bushel ; pears, Os Od to
Os Od per dozen ; Orleans plums and green gages Os to
Os Od per punnet ; ditto, Os to 01 Od, and common plums,
Os 0.1 to Os per half sieve ' • cherries, 2d to 8d per pound ;
lemons, 4s to 8s Od per 100; oranges, 4s to 10s per 100; fil-
berts, Os per 100 lbs ; cobnuts, Os to Os ; almonds,
Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to Od per 100; figs, is Od
to 2s Gd per lb. ; strawberries, 2d to 6d per pottle ; goose-
berries, is 9d to 3s Od per half sieve ; currants, 3s Od to
5s Od per half solve ; raspberries, 2d to 6d per pottle.
VEGETABLE.—Whits cabbagei, 6d to 10(1 per dozen;
red ditto, Os to Os Od per dozen ; French beans, 4s Od
to 5s per half sieve ; brocoli, Od to Os Od per bundle ;
potatoes, 80s to 140 s per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od each ;
peas, is 9d to 3s 6d per sieve ; broad beans, is 3d to 2s per half
sieve ; turnips, 2(1 to 8d per bunch ; carrots, 6d to 8d per
bunch ; cucumbers, Os 2d to Os Od each ; garlic, Od to
Os 8d per pcund ; spinach, is Od to 2s Od per sieve ;
old onions, Os Od to 8s Od per bushel ; Spring ditto, 1(1 to
8d per bunch; leeks, 2d to 6d per bunch • shallots„
4d to 6d ; horse-raddish, is Gd to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley,
2d to Od per bunch ; celery, Os 8d to 1s 6d per
bunch ; endive, is 3d to 2s 3d per score ; beet, is to is 6d
per doz. ; parsnips, Os 6(1 to is Od per dozen ; small
salad, 2d to Od per punnet ; mushrooms, 8d to 10(1 per
pottle ; artichokes, 4s to Os per doz. ; cabbage lettuces,
6d to 8d per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ;
radishes 4d to 6d per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s Od to 4s
Od per half sieve ' • chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels
sprouts, is Od to 2s Od per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s
per 100. ; rhubarb, 2d to Gd per bundle ; sea kail, 6d to
is Od per punnet ; asparagus, is 9d to 4s Od per bundle ;
new potatoes, id to 2d per lb. ; cauliflowers, is to 3s per
dozen ; walnuts for pickling, Gd to is per 100.
_ NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

Turkeys, Os Od to 3s 0(1; Goslings, 5s Od to 68 Gd each;
Ducks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; tame Rabbits, Os Od. to Os Od;
wild do., is to is 6cl. each; Pigeons, 6d to 10c1 each;
large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, 2s Od to
3s Od ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s 6d
to 4s 6d ; Hares Os Od to Os Od AGrouse, Os Od to Os Od each
Guinea Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s Ocl each. Ostend fresh butter, U s
6d to 12s 6d, and English lls 6cl to 14s Od per dozen lbs.
English Eggs, 8s Od to 9s Od ; French ditto, 5s Od to 6s Gd
per 120.

NEWPORT.
Beef from 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s Od ;
lamb, 5s Od to 5s 10d ; veal, 3s 161 to 5s Od ; pork, 3s id
to 4s Gd. per 81bs.