The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-22 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

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ort Con-
A letter from Berlin, dated the 17th inst., in
the Augsbarg Gazette, says :—" The ministry are
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gress. Prussia will persist in the views which she
has already announced on this• subject. It will be
declared that Prussia is willing to enter into a die•
in
cussion upon German reform ministerial
conferences, but on the condition that an
absolute veto shall be reserved to Prussia
in the questions of war and foreign policy. The
documents relative to this debate shall be submitted
to the Prussian Chamber, and it is not doubtful that
the latter will pronounce itself in favour of a
National Assembly, charged to concert the work of
Federal reform with the Government. This path
also appears to the Government to be the one most
likely to obtain the assent of the individual Parlia-
ments to the proposed refornm. The passing of an
electoral law for the National Assembly would offer
to those Parliaments an opportunity for expressing
their consent to the arrangement concluded."
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The channel Fleet at Liverpool.

I About 6,000 people visited the Channel fleet on Sunday,
notwithstanding that it
was not generally known that the
vessels would be open for inspection. In addition to the
Channel fleet, the Great -Eastern, the Cunard Royal Mail
steamship Persia, and several other leviathans were moored
in the Sloyno, and the Mersey generally presented a scene
which has never perhaps
been equalled. The ferry boats
were crowded to exceß
-8) Sod although the water almost
ac res andi n
Mercantile touched the gunwale of some of the craft, no accident took
place,
anumber
Training
icpe r s
yester-
day visited tho Conway,
dexpressed
the most complimentary terms
with regard to
the school, and the smartness of tho lads
who
Admiral
are
rece themselves
i vin
g their education in it.
Marine
"Poor Jack" has
not been forgotten. To-day the non-
commissioned officers and men will walk in promssion
through the town, and will be regaled with roast beef; glum
pudding, beer, grog, and tobacco in St. George's Hall.
we understand that the fleet will remain in the Mersey
until Thursday. Yesterday the minor vessels of the fleet
only were open to the public, but notwithstanding the
drenching rain, immense crowds of people thronged the
stages and the steamers employed to carry visitors to the
fleet.

A grand banquet was given last night by the Commodore
and members of the Mersey Yacht Club to Admiral Dacres
and the officers of the fleet. The entertainment was one of
the most magnificent which ever took place in Liverpool,
the tickets being sold at £3 3s. each.
The guests
numbered altogether 480, and of these 144
were the commanders and officers of the Channel fleet. Mr.
S, It. Graves, chairman of the Mersey Yacht Club, pre-
sided, and was surrounded by Lord Stanley, M.P., Gen. Sir
Geo. Wetherall, Col. Sir J. Jones, Admiral Dacres, Capt.
Inglefield, ft T.
-'T
--.• Vice-Admiral Grenfell, Rear-Admiral
Evans, the Mayor of Liverpool, C. Turner, Esq., M.P., J.
Laird,m
Esq,, --.P., and other gentlemen either connected
with the army and navy
or of considerable local position.

EARL ST. VINCENT'S MEMORIAL OF HIS LATE
T:lu
week of Lord Clifden's brilliant success—is to be named
lordship's son—born only last week, the
SLe3grisil.-11
Leger.

OLD ABE'S LAST JOKE.—A GHASTLY ONE.—
Our readers will be pleased to learn that General Gilmore
has no less than 30 Parrot guns mounted that will throw
shells P;ulnP into Charleston. The use of Greek fire shells
to bombard that rebel stronghold was personally ordered by
President Lincoln, The Greek fire burns for 20 minutes.
It will burn on the water as well as on land, and each shell
covers a surface of 100 square feet with flame. The shell
bursts into about 120 pieces, or ten times as many as the
ordinary shell. Of course the effect of these shells will be
to set Charleston in flames, which nothing can subdue.—
Boston Journal.

QUEER TlTLE.—Amongst the swarm of pamphlets
directed against M. Renan's " Vie de Jesus" is one by M.
Delaporto, Professor of Dogmatic Theology to the Faculty
of Bordeaux, 7,,,ith tb.e odd title, "Le I)!ablc—existe.t-il, et
pie WW1?"