The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

A letter from Munich states that the Bavarian
Government intends to reduce the charges for the
transmission of dispatches by the electric telegraph
within the limits of its own territory.
A letter from Berlin contradicts a report of an
increase in the effective strength of the federal
German army. The Diet has not, it says, resolved
on an extraordinary levy of 50,000 men, and the
states have not been called on to increase their con-

tingents. One circumstance alone may, it is added,
have given rise to these inventions. The Diet has
started the question as to whether the contingents
should be raised from one per cent. to ono and a
half per cent. of the population. The Plenipoten-
tiaries wait for instructions from their Governments
on this subject. It is stated that the Prussian
Minister has received orders to vote against this
contemplated augmentation, and to propose as the
basis of the division of the forces the census of 1852
instead of that of 1846, the numbers of which do
not respond to the increase of the 'population.

AUSTRIA.
The Austrian authorities at Pesth published,
eight days ago, a notification that men guilty of
murder, brigandage, or carrying forbidden arms,
are 'to be tried by courts-martial, and other offences
by the civil tribunals. In consequence of this, a
Jew who, four years ago, was condemned to death
by court-martial for robbery, was given up to the
civil tribunals to be tried by them.
According to the Berlin journals, a division of
infantry of the Russian army has taken up its
winter quarters on the frontiers of Poland.
It is commanded by General Dreschernn, and he
and his staff are in the town of Kielce. General
Chinszejew, with another division, is at the fron-
tier of Czenstochan, and there are also numerous
detachments of Cossacks on the frontier.

LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The annual general
meeting of the governors and subscribers to this chari-
table institution was held yesterday morning, at the
London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of
receiving the annual report, for the appointment of the
officers for the year ensuing, and for electing 30 children
(8 girls and 22 boys), from a list of 133 candidates, into
the asylum ; Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., in the
chair. The report for the past year stated, that since
the general meeting of 1852, 71 children had completed
their term, 8 had died, and 67 had been admitted. At
that present time, therefore, with the 30 to be elected
that day, there would be 408, making a total number
benefited by the charity of 2,039. The board had
peculiar reason for lamenting the loss sustained by the
nation in the death of the late Duke of Wellington,
for he had been a liberal patron of the institution, and
had had presided no less than five times at its anni-
versaries. They had, however, much gratification in
announcing that the present duke had consented to act
as a vice-president. During the past year the following
legacies had been received :-1,0001. Consols from the
late Mrs. Sibbon ; 2001. from the executors of the late
Mrs. Anastasia Ogle ; 2101. Consols from the executors of
the late Mrs. A. Dunlop ; 1,0001. from the late Mr.
Thomas Dickenson ; and 336/. 6s. Bd. from the execu-
tors of the late Earl .of Oxford ; making altogether a
total of 2,8031. 6s. Bd. The report, after calling atten-
tion to the health of the children after their recovery
from scarlatina, paid a high eulogium to the late head
master of the school, the Rev. R. Heath, and concluded
by stating that the Rev. H. Beattie, late vice-president
of the national school, had been appointed to the
mastership. The balance-sheet showed the total re-
ceipts (including a balance in hand of 1891. 18s. 6d.) for
the past year to have been 10,6911. 17s. 4d. ; and after
all the nepessary expenses had been defrayed, there was
left a balance in hand of 4501. Os. Bd. The report
having been moved and adopted, the Rev. Robert
Heath,
M.A., moved that his Royal Highness the Duke
vho t e institution,o th aek e w
awehpi which, e
d beingt o t
he seconded,
ehaichairman,
a ow,
of Cambridge, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and
thee Right Hon. Lord Hardinge be elected presidents of
Hens. con. The election having been proceeded with, a
:iiaolnleklitinillerj will be short y added to the
eluded the business o '
L DEFENCES
I f the day.
OF DOVER.—Two awsthwi ccoharrnc con-
`mare companies of the
this garrison, and 240 guns will be mounted.
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