The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-21 00:00:00

prized as English beasts, and a man buying for
profit would as soon bring home a cross between a
shorthorn and an Irish beast, for storing purposes
for the Irish market, as any other beast. I hope
you will not be led away by the argument, that by
sending away cattle from Ireland y are destroy-
ing the capital of the country, for I apprehend when
you send those animals away you receive something
in return. At the same time, every one must be
perfectly aware that owing to the very bad seasons
which followed one another during the three years
before 1864 there was a considerable and marked
diminution in the stock in possession of the Irish far-
mers. In fact, in order to meet this difficulty our
farmers were obliged to trench on their capital.
Without saying that one or two more favourable
seasons can replace losses so considerable as this
country has experienced, yet we have seen that
these losses are in process of being replaced. You
have seen in the show to-day the large number of
yearling animals, promising a fair season. I infer
from this, which fact has been used for other pur-
poses, a different state of things. The railway
companies have not carried as much cattle to our
ports for exportation as formerly, and I infer this,
that more cattle having been in the country there
is an increase of stock, and I account for the circum-
stance of a less number of cattle being exported by
the fact that during the last year there has been in
England an extraordinary deficiency of " keep."
It has afforded me great pleasure to attend your
show this day and your meeting this evening, and I
think when we look for the proofs that Ireland is
improving, and is likely to improve, the best thing
we can do is to look to the results of the practical
exertions made by practical men, working for profit,
and showing that profit can be obtained as the result
of that exertion. (Applause.) That you have
shown, and I think you have a right to be congra-
tulated upon it. (Great applause.)
The proceedings then terminated.

The Duppel Monument.

BERLIN, April 18.
The ceremony of laying the first stone of the
—e,„,,vnent intended to commemnra to „,,filre of
the D“..2......i.Lcueninents at Duppel took place to-
day, as the first anniversary of the exploit. At
eleven o'clock three cannon-shots gave the sign to
the troops and deputations from regiments who had
been present at the theatre of war, with the visi-
tors invited to view the ceremony, to take up the
positions assigned to them. Inside the square
formed by the troops, and opposite the pavilion,
were the clergy invited to take part in the ceremo-
nial. Behind them stood the band of the 2d regi-
ment of the Guard, the cathedral choir, and on
both sides of the latter deputations from invalided
veterans and such invalids from last year's cam-
paign as were able to be present. To the left of
the pavilion were stationed the State ministers,
the privy councillors, the presidents of both
Chambers, the deputies from the city of Berlin,
and the Austrian Ambassador, Count Karolyi,
with the staff of his embassy. To the right of the
pavilion were ranged, according to seniority, all
officers who had been invited. As soon as
the troops had taken up the above posi-
tions the flags and standards were brought
forward to the foundation stone. They were fol-
lowed by the Generals among the deputations, the
Knights of the Order pour le Alerite, and the Gene-
rals of the troops in garrison.
At half-past eleven, the King, Queen, and Queen
Dowager, their Royal Highnesses, the Crown Prince
and Princess, with the Princes and Princesses of the
Royal family, followed by their respective suites,
entered the square. As soon as the King was per-
ceived the troops immediately presented arms. The
King rode round the lines, while the Queen and the
Princesses entered the pavilion, and the Queen
Dowager drove to the right side of the pavilion,
whence she viewed the solemnity from her carriage.
When his Majesty had made the circuit of the lines
and approached the pavilion, the President of the
Council, Herr von Bismarck, gave the signal for
the commencement of the ceremony, which began
with a chant from the cathedral choir. When this
was completed Count von Itzenplitz, the Minister
for Commerce and Public Works, advanced to the
stone and read the following document :
" We, William, by God's grace, King of Prussia,
&c., hereby proclaim that, for the lasting memory
of the exploits of our army in the war waged
against Denmark during the past year, we have de-
termined to cause a monument to be erected out of
the trophies of that campaign in our capital city of
Berlin. We undertook that war in conjunction
with our illustrious ally the Emperor of Austria,
mindful of our mission to protect German right
and German honour. God has graciously assisted
us in the fulfilment of our duty ; He has aroused
the spirit of our people to remembrance of their
fathers' heroic deeds. Through the victories of our
army the northern marches of Germany have again
become German, and guarantee the future of our
young fleet, which has honourably sustained its
baptism of fire. That which Prussia's sword has
freed, Prussia's sword will, with God's help, also
protect. We render thanks to God in common
with our people to-day, and lay our vows before
the Most High this 18th of April in the year
of salvation 1865, upon the day and at the
hour when a year ago, under the chief command o

our trusty and valiant General Field-Marshal Count
von Wrangel, and under the immediate conduct of
the commanding general, Cavalry General Prince
Frederick Charles of Prussia, and in presence of the
princes of our royal house, our army carried by
courageous storm the last ramparts of the enemy on
the German continent, and Prussia's sons, follow-
ing the summons of their King, sealed their fidelity
with their blood. We shall have memorials of their
heroism erected to the fallen upon the theatre of
their fame, upon the ground they helped to conquer
with their blood ; but here to-day, in conjunetion
with the Queen our consort, surrounded by our nu-
merous royal house, by our generals who led the
army and set it the example of bravery, by officers
and men of all divisions of the troops who took part
in the war, and by the advisers of our crown, we
lay the foundation stone of a monument which shall
testify to future generations how, even after long
peace, the spirit of their fathers lived among our
people ; how our army—the people in arms—cou-
rageous and well disciplined, preserving its inherited
warlike excellence in training and order, overcame
the brave resistance of the enemy, and the hostility
of the elements on land and by sea, retaining fide-
lity to its sovereign even unto death. The present
document has been executed in duplicate, with our
royal signature, and furnished with our chief royal
seal, and we order that one copy shall be deposited
in the foundation-stone, and the other preserved
among our state archives.

" Given at our capital city of Berlin, this 18th
day of April, 1865. (Signed) WILLIAM."
Accompanied by a copy of the treaty of peace of
Oct. 30, 1864, the war medals for 1864, the Dup-
pel storm cross, the Alsen cross, the coinage of 1865
and 1864, and military reports and documents, the
paper just read was placed in a casket and depo-
sited in the cavity of the foundation-stone, which
his Majesty immediately closed with mortar. The
stone was then lowered into its appointed place by
the pioneers and master masons, while the cathe-
dral choir sang, " Christ is the resurrection and
the life," " I know that my Redeemer liveth,"
&c. After the chant was ended, Herr von Roon, the
Minister of War, handed his Majesty the hammer,
and the customary three strokes were given, the
King exclaiming, "To the memory of the fallen,
the recognition of the living, and for the emulation
of future generations !" Meanwhile the troops
presented arms, the bands played the National An-
them, " Heil Dir im Siegerkranz," and the batteries
of the field artillery of the Guard, which had taken
part in the campaign, fired salvoes. The hammer
was next handed in succession to the Queen, the
Crown Prince, and the' other Royal Princes and
Princesses, Field-Marshal Count von Wrangel,
Prince Schwarzenberg, the Austrian General of
Cavalry, Count Karolyi, the Austrian Ambassador,
General of Infantry Herwarth von Bittenfeld, the
other generals of the active army, the Ministers, the
Presidents of both Chambers, the chief burgomaster
of Berlin, and other persons of the mobile army
specially appointed by the King, particularly the
Knights of the Order pour le
rite, and one man