The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-25 00:00:00

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The Prince President on the occo,ion of the Pee
of the 15 of August grouted pardons to several
political prisoners of the Haute-Marne, who had peti-
tionod the President, and expressed sentiments of
devotedness and gratitude towards him. During his
stay at Nevers the Prince granted six full pardons
and twenty-one commutations to political offenders in
the Nievre. _ _

The Prefect of the Loire has addressed to the
Sub-Prefects, Mayors, Officers of Gendarmerie, and
Commissaries of Police of the department, the fol-
lowicg circular, having for its object the prohibition
of cruel games :
" In a great number of districts of this departments,"
says the Prefect, !` the game commonly called tir oie,
tir au mouton is still practised. It consists in suspending
a living or other domestic animals, and walking
blindfolded, armed with sticks or swords, towards them,
and striking at them until they are killed or have their
heads severed from their bodies. Now that sort of
amusement has ceased to be in accord with our state of
civilization, and can only inspire ideas of cruelty. I
invite you, gentlemen, to prevent by all pos-
siblethe inhabitants of your respective districts
acco rdminegalnys,
from indulging in such games, and request you to cause
the delinquents to be tried by the competent tribunals."
The squadron of evolution, so anxiously expected
at Toulon, arrived there on the morning of the 19th,
coming from Ajaccio, which it had left on the 17th.
It consisted of the ships of the line Ville de Paris,
bearing the flag of Admiral de la Susse; Bayard,
Ilenry IV., Jena, and Jupiter, and the steam-
frigates Gomer and Sane. " Our roadsteads," says
the Sentinelle, " offer a splendid coup d'ceil, for, in
addition to the above, they contain the ship of the line
the screw ships Napoleon and Charlemagne,
Uranie, and a number of other frigates,
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It announced that Louis Napoleon is to make hia
triumphal entry into Toulon on the 27th inst. on
board the screw-ship of the line Napoleon, escorted by
120 guns, bearing the flag of Admiral La Susse ;
Valmy, of 120 guns, bearing the flag of Admiral
ja tCliarlemagne, 90 ; steam-frigates Gomer,
screw-ship Montebello, of 120 guns;
Henryh I
guns ; Jena, 90 guns ; Bayard, 90;
Jupiter,Henryoov
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86;., 1: ships of war :—The Ville de Paris, of
w;
Sane, Orenoque, Labrador, of 450-horse power; cor-
vette, Refine Hortense, 400-horse power ; Prony, 320 ;
Caton, 260; Pluton and Chaptal, 220; with the
steam-sl
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Chacal, Pingouin.
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GERMANY.
Duke of Wellington was the senior Field-
MarshalPrlut
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Field-Marshal now is Prince Paskiewitch,
to this rank took place upon the 17th
not be irrelevant to mention,
whilst speaking
of military rank, that the Prussian
army now numbers :-1 field-marshal ; 14 generals,
of wham Prince Frederick is the senior ; 50 lieute-
nants-general, of whom the Duke of Parma is the first ;
58 majors.genere, the oldest of whom is the Com-
mandant of ena, the veteran Lupinski ; 129 colonels,
of whom the gallant Prince Frederick Charles is the
youngest; , 56 lieutenant-colonels, and 473 majors ;
gest
in all 772 general and field officers, including those
commanding
Landwehr. This number is little more
than adequate to the demand, when it is considered
that the Prussian army consists of 152 battalions of
Guards and Line, 108 battalions first-class Landwehr,
40 regiments of Guards and Line, and 32 regiments
of Landwehr cavalry, 9 regiments of artillery, and 9
demi-battalions of sappers and miners—giving, ex-
of cavalry,
elusive of engineers, 260 battalions, and 72 regiments
on the war footing.
with 135 field batteries of 8 guns each,