The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-17 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

Advices from Berlin of the 14th inst. state that
the Ministerial crisis at Berlin is not Set over. The
first Cabinet Council, under the presidency of Prince
Hohenlohe, was held on the 12th, when a pro•
gramme was to be drawn up; but there was such a
difference of opinion that Count Schwerin, M. de
Patow, and M. Auerswald offered to resign. This
is attributed to the concessions demanded on the
military question, which were opposed by M. Von
Roon, the Minister of War. The successor of M.
Bethmann-Hollweg will, it is said, be M. de Witz-
leben, actually President of the Province of Saxony.
He was for a long time attached to the King's
household when the latter was Crown Prince.

MUSKETRY INSTRUCTION AT HYTIIE.

The following report of the late class for the
musketry instruction. cf Volunteers has been re-
ceived at the War-office:—

" Hythe, Feb. 15, 1862.

•
" Sir,-1 have the honour to forward, for the information
of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief,
the enclosed practice return detailing the results of the
shooting of the class of Volunteers No. 10, which has just
completed a course of instruction at this establishment, and
have left the station, with the exception of the following
who remained for further instruction :—Captain Williams,
Ist Warwick, It. V. C. ; Sergeant Thelwall, South Middle-
sex; Sergeant Joseph, Ist Glamorgan; Sergeant Middle-
ton, 11th Norfolk ; Private Emery, 2d Northampton;
Private Wilshere, Ist Sussex; Sergeant Good, Ist Dorset;
Sergeant Barnard, 2d Hants; Corporal Worth, 2d War-
wick; Colour-Sergeant Merritt, Ist Herts; Sergeant Pun-
chard, 20th Essex; Sergeant Osborne, 20th Middlesex;
Sergeant Gittas, 20th Suffolk; Ensign Metcalf, 2d Cam-
bridge; Sergeant Cleeve, llth Berks ; and Lord Northwick,
Hereford Militia.

"The shooting is very good, particularly at the long
ranges, and this class has obtained the highest figure of
merit'—viz., 47.67—0 f any class of Volunteers yet trained
at the School of Musketry :—Captain Nightingale, 22d
Middlesex ; Ensign Browne, Ist Wilts ; Ensigu Hunt, 10th
Norfolk; Sergeant Hewitson, Bth Tower Hamlets; Sergeant
Good, Ist Dorset; Sergeant Mitchell, 2d Essex; Sergeant
Gibbs, 9th Berks ; Sergeant Pulley, 23d Essex ; Sergeant
Sparrow, Victoria Rifles ; and Private Wyatt, Ist London.
The Volunteers having obtained seven points in shooting
in the first class, and being first-class judges of distance,
were examined in the theoretical principles and cleaning
arms instruction, and found acquainted with these subjects ;
hence the non-commissioned officers and privates mentioned
are eligible to wear the marksman's badge of cross muskets
on the left arm.

" I would mention that the class judge distance in the
afternoon, and that the proficiency of the several Volunteers
in the said exercise was, on the whole, satisfactory,

" I havo the honour, &C.,
" CHARLES HIT, Inspector-General
of Musketry.
"The Adjutant -General of the Forces, Horse Guards."

" THE NOE."—On the division of Friday night,
which caused the adjournment of the house, there was a
majority of one. In the votes on Saturday morning this,
lonely member, Major Windsor Parker, figures as " the
" Noe ;" and with him are the " tellers for the noe," Mr.
Lygon and Mr. Cubitt.

MR. W. F. WINDHAM—A correspondent writ-
ing from Norwich says :—Mr. Windham has returned lo
Norfolk, where he appears to find his chief amusement in
driving a " drag." On Friday and Saturday he drove to
Norwich with a very business-like air, taking up as pas-
sengers several stray wayfarers whom ho met on the road,
so that when he reached Norwich on the latter day ho had
a tolerable coachful. Mr. Windham seems in excellent
health and spirits, and does not—at any rate so far as ex-
ternal circumstances indicate—trouble himself much in re-
gard to the endless Chancery arguments respecting himself
and his fortunes, and probably he is pretty well seasoned by
this time to the costly wordy contention. lie appears to
dispense his hospitalities in much the same liberal fashion
as at Willdsor,

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

By the overland mail we have received papers
from Calcutta to the Bth of February, from Madras
to the 15th, from Hong Kong to the Ist, from Mel-
bourne and Adelaide to the 25th of January, from
Sydney to the 21st, and from Auckland to the Bth
January.