The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-17 00:00:00

THE GERMAN STATES.

On January 29 the military commission of the
Germanic Diet made it. 4 report on the results of the
military inspection of the contingents, ordered by
the federal assembly. The force of the contin-
gents, active and reserve, amounts to 403,366
men, viz., Austria, Ist, 2d, and 3d corps d'armee,
126,429 men ; Prussia, 4th, sth, and 6th corps,
106,647 ; Bavaria, 7th corps, 47,476 ; Wur-
temberg, Baden, and Darmstadt, Bth corps,
40,209 ; Saxony, Cassel, Nassau, Luxembourg,
and Limburg, 9th corps, 31,889 ; Hanover, Bruns-
wick, Oldenburgh, Mecklenburg, and the Anseatic
towns, 10th corps, 36,594, division of reserve,
14,140. The siege artillery consists of 250 pieces, of
which 122 are cannons, 31 howitzers, and 97 mor-
tars. The bridge materiel is composed of 166 pon-
toons and 191 equipages (2 la Birago, for a width
of river of 5,039 feet. These forces are divided
into 387 battalions, 409 squadrons, 147 batteries,
381 being of heavy artillery, 701 of mounted ar-
tillery, and 371 of horse artillery, with 1,122
pieces.
The Lithographic Correspondence of Berlin an-
nounces that the Prussian Government has thought
right to call for explanations on the concentration
of troops and the warlike preparations which the
Cabinet of Copenhagen has recently ordered in the
different provinces of the monarchy.

THE CAPE MAILS.—The General Screw Steam Ship-
ping Company's auxiliary steamer Argo, Captain Geo
Hyde, sailed on Tuesday afternoon from Southampton for
St. Vincent's (Cape Verde), the Cape of Good Hope,
Ascension, the Mauritius. Ceylon, Madras, and Cal-
cutta, the mails for which places were embarked at Ply-
mouth on Wednesday. The Argo takes out about 70
passengers, among whom are Lieutenant Dumaresq and
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Pridham, Drs. Lamb and Graham' for Calcutta, &c.
On freight this vessel has specie value 35,0001, sterling,
and 420 tons of cargo for the various ports, besides 60
tons of baggage and 210 of fuel for the homeward
voyage.
PLYMOUTH NAVAL CLUB.—The members of this club
held their first periodical dinner for the year at Elliott's
Royal Hotel, on Tuesday last, it being commemorative
of the glorious battle fought off Cape St. Vincent. Com-
modore Seymour presided, and was ably supported in
the vice-chair by Captain Kingcome. The dinner, as
usual, was excellent, and the convivial assemblage kept
together most harmoniously until a late hour, enlivened
as it was by the attendance of the Royal Marine band,
whose superior music, which followed the introduction
by the worthy
chairman of the several loyal and na-
tional toasts, elicited bursts of enthusiastic cheers, so
characteristic of the naval service, feelings no doubt
much enhanced from reminiscences of the glorious past.
Many of the members present bore the distinctive marks
of their Sovereign's approbation.
FATHER GAVAZZI AT EXETER HALL.—Last evening
Exeter-hall was crowded wi.l an audience which had
met to hear a lecture from Father Gavani, upon Popery
in America and England. Upon the lecturer ascending
the platform, attired in a black gown, upon which was
embroidered the tricolour of Italy, the applause was most
enthusiastic. He said he had lately returned
from A me-,
rica, where he left several streets under the interdict of
Rome ; his souvenir in North America was a sad one.
The Jesuits were the cause. The lecturer then spoke of
the acts of Rome, and then denounced the various means
by which Popery was insidiously introduced into Prote-
stant families. Throughout the whole of his lecture he
was vehemently applauded.