The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-24 00:00:00

THE JAPANESE
BERLIN. AMSSADORS Al
LATEST NEWS.' BA

AMERICA.

We, Times, have received the following from our
correspondent at Cork :

(PER THE BALTIMORE.)

"NEW YORK, JULY 12.
" General M'Clellan has not been largely rein-
forced:

if The Government cannot spare him any men
from the existing divisions of the army.
" The bombardment of Vicksburg still continues,
and has now lasted for ten days. The city has been
several times on fire.

"By order of Commodore Farragut, 2,000
negroes are daily employed in digging a broad canal
through the swamp on the opposite banks of the
Mississippi, in order to turn the channel of the
river. If the operation be successful, of which there
is no doubt, Vicksburg will be left inland three
miles from the new bed of the river.

" The excitement in Wall-street continues un-
abated."

PARIS, JULY 24.

The official bulletin issued this morning an-
nounces that the state of the Princess Clotilde yes-
terday evening was very satisfactory.

TURIN, JULY 24.

The journals of this city announce the departure
of bodies of young men from several Italian towns
for Genoa.

It is believed they intend embarking for Palermo.
The Prussian Ambassador continues to fulfil the
duties of Charge d'Affaires for Austria.

PARIS, JULY 23.

The Pays of this evening announces that General
Forey will embark at Cherbourg on Monday next
for Mexico.

The Pays also states that the principal conditions
of the French Treaty with Cochin China are the
cession to France of three provinces, together with
an indemnity of 20,000,000 f., and liberty of worship
for Christians.

BERLIN, JULY 23.

In the Chamber of Deputies to-day a debate took
place apon the treaty of commerce with France.
Count Bernstorff strongly recommended its unani-
mous adoption.

A Prussian despatch was delivered yesterday at
Vienna, in which the proposal of Austria to join the
Zollverein was rejected, mainly because Prussia is
resolved to hold fast to the engagements into
which she has entered, and because the present
tariff is out of date.

LISBON, JULY 22.

Before the Lisbon Bank advertisement of the
Portuguese Loan, contracted for by Messrs. Knowles
and Foster, was published, applications were made
here in excess of the £500,000 sterling reserved for
Portugal.

BERLIN, July 21.—This has been a bustling day
in Berlin. The Japanese have been to Court.
They arrived here late on Friday night, and took
up their quarters at the Brandenburg Hotel,
situated on the Gensdarmen-Market, one of the I
largest squares and market-places in Berlin. Be-
fore their arrival and ever since, the house has been
besieged by a curious and admiring mob. The
Japanese seem by no means displeased at the curie
osity manifested by the permanent crowd before
their residence. It happens that the fish-marketfish
(where, according to the Berlin custom, the
for sale is exposed alive in tubs of water)
is held twice a week on the Gensdarmen-
Market, and the report was spread: that raw
fish was a favourite 'delicacy with these distin-
guished strangers, which had led to that particular
hotel being selected for them. It has not trans-
pired, however, that they have been detected lunch-
ing at the tubs. At a quarter to 12' five of the
royal state carriages, two with six horses and three
with a pair, fetched the embassy and.the Prussian
officials appointed to attend them during their stay.
For some time before carriages full of uniforms and
full dresses had been driving from all parts of the
town to the Palace, where, assembled in the great
White Hall, the royal family, the ministers, the
diplomatic corps, Field-Marshal Wrangel and a
host of generals, the great officers of the Court,
aides-de-camp, chamberlains, and gentlemen-
in-waiting on the Princes, the Presidents and
Vice-Presidents of the two Chambers, commanding
officers of regiments, staff municipal and academi-
cal dignitaries, real privy-councillors and privy-
councillors undistinguished by that prefix, and who,
therefore, are exposed to the unpleasant suspicion of
being mere shams, and such other functionaries as
had received invitatious to the solemnity. Count
Eulenburg, late Envoy to Japan, received the Em-
bassy at the Palace entrance. Further on Count
Puckler came to meet them. Beyond that the
Over-ceremony-master, Count Stillfried of Alcan-
tara, interposed his ministry. There was a move
from the Swiss Saloon to the Knights' Saloon, and
his Majesty was pleased to transfer himself from
the Red Velvet Chamber to the White Hall. Here
things came to a climax. With many elaborate
ceremonies the presentation took place. The King
ascended the throne. The Crown Prince was to
have taken his place on the second step thereof,
and on his Majesty's right, but, for some reason
as yet unknown, he did not appear. The Queen
was present in the gallery, with the Princesses and
their respective suites—all very brilliant, with
many diamonds and in gorgeous array, as, imme-
diately after the Japanese had been presented to
the King, her Majesty was to accord them a spe-
cial reception at her own Palace. The Ambassa-
dor and his double, on approaching the Throne,
did but bow their heads ; the secretaries, who fol-
lowed, ducked considerably lower; those who came
in the next line, the paid attaches, converted their
bodies into right angles and drooped their hands
till they nearly touchedtheir toes, while the unpaid,
in the fourth rank, bent till their foreheads almost
touched the ground, and gave one the idea that they
were near-sighted attaches, looking about to see if
they could find the £l5O per annum they were to ar-
rive at after 4 years'service. What passed in the way
of conversation between Prince von Simodske, as
the chief Ambassador is here styled, and his Ma-
jesty is unknown ; but the Count Bernstorff and
a dragoman went to the assistance of the King,
and between the Japanese tongue and Dutch
and German it is to be hoped that all parties
came to a good understanding. Finally, the
aforesaid Von Simodske handed his credentials
to the King, who was graciously pleased to
hand them to Count Bernstorff, and to intimate
to the Ambassador permission to leave the pre-
sence. Simodske bowed, and went about, and
walked out of the hall, not turning again at the
door to bow, which some people present thought
rather strange, but presume it is Jeddo etiquette.
The rest of the embassy backed out in a most defer-
ential manner, leaving nothing to be desired by the
most punctilious. The whole business lasted but a
short time. Lord A. Loftus and most of the prin-
cipal members of the diplomatic corps now in Ber-
lin were present. Also some English Artillery
officers, now passing through Berlin on a profes-
sional tour and on their way to St. Petersburg.
Their Crimean and Indian medals, honourable re-
cords of active service and famous campaigns,
seemed to attract not a little attention.