The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-10 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort has the fol-
lowing from Berlin, 6th :—" The retirement of
General de Bonin, the Minister of War, has pro-
d.uted th.e most unfavourable impression here.
The day before yesterday he did not know
that his removal had been decided on, for
on that day he had an invitation to dine with
the King, when his Majesty announced to him
that he had been appointed to the command of
the 12th division of the army in Silesia. At
10 o'clock in the evening, Field-Marshal Count de
Dohna putid a visit to the General. To-day, he
took leave of all the functionaries of the War
Department. Yesterday the decree replacing
General (le Bonin by the Count de Vartersee was
Signed by the King at CharlottenbUrg. (Count de
Varterseis made himself remarked in 1849 by the
'manner inwhich he commanded the Prussian troops
at Dresdlen, and by a work which he published on
the insm7rection of Dresden.) General Reizenstein
appointed to the command of the Prussian
troops at Frankfort, in the room of the new Mi-
nister of War. What consoles the friends of M.
de Bonin is that the division of which he is about
to take the command will be the first to be put in
)31ovement to support the operations of the Aus-
trian. troops. It is, in fact, positively stated that so
noon as the latter shall have advanced that division
will occupy Cracow. The new Minister of War is
not a man of any party. The Prince of Prussia,
Who left to-day on a short journey, gave General
de Bonin striking marks of his esteem, and it is
Well known that the Prince has a high opinion of
the talents of that officer. It is said that the Feld-
243ugmes tre Hesse will return to Berlin, to regulate
ertain military points connected with the execu-
tion of the Austro-Prussian treaty." It may be
tecollec ted that M. de Bonin powerfully contri-
buted b y his straightforward speech to the adoption
of the 'bilLon the loan of 30 millions of thalers.
to the sitting of the Diet at Frankfort on the
'Vh, the affairs of the fortresses and of the army
Was tht 3 order of the day. The question of the East
.7,2•8 gp ()ken of, the Diet having received official
ratonsiaication of the Russian manifesto of the 23rd
lilt.,iveto the w
a: wellaasr.of other Russian declarations .rela-
tive

THE SUGAR DUTlES.—Upwards of 10,0001. was paid
at the Custom-house, Bristol, 'on Monday, in anticipa-
tion of a rise in the sugar duties.
CONTINENTAL RAILWAYS.—A letter from Augsburg,
of the Ist inst., states that on that day the railway was
opened to the public as far as Ulm, so that an uninter-
rupted line now exists between Munich and Paris,
Calais and Havre.
FRANCE. THE TILBURY RAILWAY V. THE SOUTH-EASTERN
Prinoo Napoleon arrived at Gallipoli on the RAILWAY.—Ever since the Tilbury linehas been opened,
the South-eastern traffic has risen higher than ever,
tight oif the 30th of April.
IioNOURARLE CONDUCT OF THE FRENCH Go- while the Tilbury line has been taking a good traffic.
We believe one of the worthy aldermen of the city of
N-PaNINIIINT.—" The Russian Government," says the
A •
ontte.tur, "thought fit to withdraw its exequatur London gave it as his opinion that the Tilbury line,l
when opened would utterly ruin the South-eastern ; yet
from th consuls of France and England at St. the better part of the Tilbury line is opened, and the
-retersb urg. In communicating that determine- South-eastern traffic rises, showing that the opinion we
tion to the consul of her Britannic Majesty, Count expressed some time ago was sound. We are happy to
de Nef tselrode offered that agent his passports, say Mr. Peto's line is, like himself, innocent of mis-
Wherea. she announced to M. de Castillon that the chief, while it is calculated to do much good, since it
1311nperior Nicholas authorised him to continue to will serve the public and be, we trust, profitable to its
;reside at St. Petersburg. The. French Government shareholders.—Herapatles Journal.
ties reSuised to accept the benefit of the difference STRIKES IN LIVERPOOL.—LIVERPOOL, May 9.—
cif treatment which tile Russian Cabinet has en- Yesterday morning a general strike took place among
cleavc.nxed to establish between the consuls of the the dock labourers, on the refusal of the masters and
two raided. powers, and has ordered M. deCastillon the dock company, who work the Albert dock ware-
to qu:ib his post." houses, to advance the wages 6d. a day (from 3s. 6d. to
The following extract from a report addressed to 45.). The business of the port was almost wholly sus-
-the II lb:lister of Marine by Admiral Bruat, cow:- d d but a number of the masters having signed the
pen e , ,
mane lei-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, i
.s published agreement, their labourers returned to their duties.
by the Moniteur : These, however, are a comparatively small number.
The Albert dock warehouses, when in full operation,
"T. have not quitted the anchorage of Gallipoli, my employ about 1,000 men, but they have recently been
presealextremely
ce there is still useful • it is the crews considerably short of that number. 219 men only were
and boats of our men-of-war that
unloading of the numerous vesselswhichl
thewest the
The dock committee, it is understood, will not accede
has brought to this port. Our carpenters have been to the demand, and if the strike should continue the
placed at the orders of the general-in-chief who s empl y goods will be removed from the Albert to other
(looks.
. them in various works of absolute necessity. From A numerously attended open-air meeting of the labourers
morning; to evening, and oft„ during. a part of the was held this morning at 7 o'clock, in front of the Cus-
night, 'three or four hundred men of the squadron are tom-house, when resolutions were adopted, expressing a
occupied in landing troops or horses, in unloading determination not to return to work until they had ob-
trading-vessels, or in substituting for their cargo, ballast, tained the additional 6d. a day. On Friday the whole
generally consisting of stones. I will not attet to of the porters employed at the joint termini of the Lan-
give you news from the theatre of war. Admiral Hame- cashire and Yorkshire and East -Lancashire Railways
lin is on the spot, and, no doubt, keeps you, Mon- were discharged from the companies' service, in copse-
sieur le Ministre, well informed of all that passes. quence of having made a demand for increased wages,
The impression here appears to me to be exceedingly to which the company would not accede. The work-
favourable to the measures adopted by his Majesty's ing of the line has gone on smoothly since the change
Government. The troops arrive at Gallipoli at the of hands. '
periods fixed on beforehand, the weather is favourable, ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN.—The general
and the slow advance of the Russians, and the attitude monthly meeting of this institution was held on Monday,
of Ompr paella, allow them to know each other and May 8, 1854 William Wilberforce Bird, Esq., vice-
provide for their organisation. The war is opening president, in the chair. John Laing, Esq. ; 'William
under happy auspices, and at the sight of our troops Nicol, Esq. ; Joseph Skey, M.D. ; and Matthew Wil-
encamped on the heights of Gallipoli no one can doubt Liam Thompson, Esq., M.A., were duly elected mern-
that it will be glorious. We should be exceedingly hers of the Royal Institution. Matthew Noble, Esq.,
Culpable. if the spectacle of activity displayed by the was admitted a member of the Royal Institution.
generals, officers, and soldiers, encamped on the Thanks were voted to the Rev. John Barlow, Professor
heights 'of GailiPoli did not excite our emulation. Edward Forbes, Dr. H. M. Noad, and Dr. Faraday, for
There reigns among this little army a gaiety and theiourses on the evenings of April 7, 28, and May
enthusiasm which remind one of the best days of 6.. The_ presents received since the last meeting were
the
D.C.L., F.R.S. L. and E
empire. The site of the camp has been hap- laid before the members. The following professors were
pily selected. The troops have wood and water unanimously re-elected : William Thomas Brande,
close at hand, and the ground is favourable for Esq., ~ as honorary pro-
their exercises. The arrivals which have been 1 fessor of chemistry in the Royal Institution ; John Tyn-
dall,place Esq„ Ph.D., F.R.S., as professor of natural phi-
robert's task more easy. The first moments were, as
speaks sportively of
was to be expected, moments of trial, as it was neces- whose
RarY to provide with very insufficient means for the 1 " those bards fancy owes all its illumination to
establishinent and subsistence of the troops. It appears the grape, like. that painted porcelain, so curious and so
lesjohoYD inCothri
whose images are only visible when liquor is poured
to me that these difficulties have been very happily sur- rare, . . .
mounted by the experience and activity of the general- into it." Wine may perhaps quicken the fancy of the
, of course, of
cank unfetter the
la-chief. I know that the English officers have testified poet, but nothing but great intlkinreacy
on several occasions their admiration at the excellent fancy of the converse.
appearance and industrious energy of our troops. My conversationists who have that delicacypea of mental or-
personal relations with the general officers of the French gani,ation which endows a man with high talent, ad
and English armies were established from the v r out- inflicts upon him great sensitivdeness. Good conversa-
tet on the best possible footing. I aid them as emyuch as tion, like good cookery, depends more_ upon a sustained
. I can, without, however, sacrificing in
atten • ton which I owe to the instruction of my crews ; view.,
any way the tone than upon startling effects. New Quarterly Re.