The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-18 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The fourth part of "An Attack on the Left Bank
of the Rhine and its Contingencies," is contained in
the Augsburg Gazette of the Bth. The impression
which it produces is that Germany is wofully afraid
of its Gallic neighbour. The writer is of opinion
that " the French might bring together 300,000 or
350,000 men and 900 cannon for the invasion of
Germany, while the Confederation could certainly
dispose of 455,000 men and 1,160 guns. Radetzky,
the Prince of Prussia, Wrangel, Hess, Schlick, &c.,
are regularly pitted against Castellano, Magnan,
d'Hautpoul, and even Changarnier and Lamori -
ciere." To say the least of it, the article is a highly
imprudent one. An order has been issued by the
War Department here that all officers who have
leave of absence and are abroad, must keep the
Austrian Legation well informed of their where-
abouts.

Much ado is made about the paper currency of
the Bank having been reduced from 199,000,0005.
to 195,000,000f1. during the last month, while the
amount of specie was only 112,0001 less than in
November. The amount of bank-notes is not too
great for such an empire as Austria, but every one
is curious to know when something will be done to-
wards increasing the stock of hard cash.
A Mr. Wiett is gone as French Consul to Bosna
Serai, in the Herzegovina, and Mr. Longworth will
represent England there.

PRUSSIA.
The first of a series of four wee kly fetes has been
given at the Palace in Berlin in a style of splendour
unknown in the annals of the simple Court of Ber-
lin, at any rate since the commencement of the
present reign. It closed with a concert, at which
Fraulein Wagner and Formes, the basso, so well
known at her Majesty's Theatre, sang, assisted by
the notabilities of the Opera here. The day pre-
vious there was a grand dinner party, followed by
a concert ' • and stag-hunts and coursing were ar-
ranged in the Grunwald, with dinner afterwards
at the Palace in Charlottenburg. The Court will
remain in Berlin only four weeks.

SINGULAR INClDENT.—About—About 21 years ago, a young
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man named Wickam, of Great Oakley, lived fellow-
servant with a young woman named Reed, at Mr. J.
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intimate terms, Wickam enlisted into the Rifle Brigade,
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where he subsequently rose to the rank of a sergeant.
It turned out that the scandalous rumour respecting the
young woman was false and unfounded, and she after-
wards married to a young man named Deer, of Ramsey,
where they carried on a good grocery and drapery busi-
ness a few years, till the husband died, leaving no
children. In about 12 months she married again to a
young man named Henry Morley, from the Castle Inn,
Ramsey, but a short time after she was again left a
widow, with no children. About a month ago Wickam
received his discharge with a good pension and came
home to Great Oakley, when he sought and found his
"lady love" in the business above spoken of, and strange
to say, this renewal of " old acquaintance" resulted in
his marrying her by licence at Ramsey church. Thus
the old soldier, " tired of war's alarms,"
left the service
of Mars to enlist in the more peaceful, corps of Hymen,
and assist his partner thrice wooed and thrice won in
the grocery line.
HOSTILE MEETING. BOULOGNE, JAN. 16. Une
affaire d'honneur, which took place here during the past
week, has caused no small sensation in the fashionable
circles of this locality. The belligerents were an Hon.
Captain C— of the C— Guards, and a Major
also holding her Majesty's commission. The
cause of quarrel was very trifling, arising out of a few
words spoken at a public dinner table, which not being
able to be satisfactorily explained on the spot, "a meet-
ing " was determined on for the next day ; but, strange
to say, on the arrival of the parties at the field of battle,
they were unprovided with pistols. The matter was,
therefore, adjourned until Saturday morning, when the
major received the fire of his adversary (happily without
effect) without returning it, and immediately afterwards
acknowledged himself in the wrong. The seconds in
the matter were Mr. A— B—, formerly of the
Madras Cavalry, and brother of a distinguished M.P.,
and Lieutenant A—, R.N., son of a gallant admiral.
LAUNCH OF THE GRANITE CITY.—One of the finest
clippers yet built was launched from the building-yard of
Messrs. Walter Hood and Co., Aberdeen, last week.
She was named the Granite City, and is intended for the
India and China trade. The Granite City is of the fol-
lowing dimensions :—Lenth of keel, 155 feet ; rake for-
ward, 18 feet ; rake on sternpost, 8 feet ; length over all,
from taffrail to figure-head, 193 feet ; extreme-breadth,
31 feet ; depth of hold, 19 feet, and measures 806 tons
by the old rule, or 771 tons by the new rule of measure-
ment, and is estimated to carry 1,400 tons.