The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-15 00:00:00

NEUCHATEL.

BERLIN, DEC. 11.
The Neuchatel affair progresses very slowly; and,
, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along."
Eferr von Sydow, the representative of Prussia,
has received orders to withdraw to Sigmaringen,
Is here he occupies a post in connection with the ad-
ministratiOn of the Principality of Hohenzollern.
T his withdrawal of the Prussian Representative is,
la, mover, not a diplomatic recall, but serves only to
al low to Switzerland that as long as the prisoners are
!tot released Prussia cannot treat ; the personnel of
tLe Prussian mission at Berne are still there. About
a -week back the Representatives of France and
Russia, in conformity with the example of those of
Austria, Bavaria, and Baden, made fresh represen.
tat ions to the Federal Government of the danger
and. impolicy of the course it had adopted, and
renewed their remonstrances for the liberation of
the: prisoners. The Federal Council refused again
to listen to these well-meant representations of the
foreign Governments, and in so doing was backed
and encouraged by our diplomatic representative
thi ire. •

`The next step that this Government will take is
to present a report to the German Band, showing
wl,at little effect its cumulative representations have
ha d in Berne, and this report, backed with similar
and corroborative reports from the Governments of
Austria, Bavaria, and Baden, will then probably
be referred to a committee to consider what further
steps the Band may find it expedient to take in
the matter.

The .Nord contains the following :—" Russia
being thus far the only power which has a resident
minister at Pekin,
.France, England, and the
United States also wish to have representatives
there. With that view, the French, English, and
American governments have combined an expedi-
tion. A flotilla, composed of some of the flat-
bottomed French vessels from the Black Sea, is
about to join the French squadron in the China
Seas, and to penetrate into the interior of China.
Ministers will be established by fair means or by
foul at Pekin. The Emperor of China has such
need of protection against the insurgents who for
some years past have been threatening his throne,.
E 0 that he will perhaps be glad to place himself
under the protection of the maritime powers of
Europe and America. This
.will be a new step

towards opniN
tion."

modora eix.riF,za

The Blare de la asecite of Cherbourg state
that the Russian squadron will shortly leavet hat
port for the Mediterranean, and after stoppingso me
time at Genoa, will disperse for the service of the
Russian legations at Naples, Athens, Constanti-
nople, and Alexandria. It is said that the Grand
Duke Constantine, who is to join his mother at
Nice, will visit the coast of Italy in the screw line
of battle ship, the Tiborg. The French officers
who gave the ball to the Russian )11i,ers having a
sum of 600 fr. left after all expenses had been paid
divided it among the different charitable institutions
of the town. During the last few days a heavy
gale from the S.S.E. had been blowing, and from
70 to b 0 vessels bound to the westward had put
in at Cherbourg from stress of weather.