The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-18 00:00:00

: The Commander in-Chief of the fie& at Pdrtarnout
and Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. Berkeley held a levee yes-
terday at the Admiralty-house, which was attended by
all: the captains of the • fleet, with' the object of finally
erraneing the movements to bieexecnted at the review by
the Queen. The fleet was joined yesterday lay the Am-
roomi. 34, Captain EL C'eatis ' the Pylaties, 21, Captain
D.F.yneourt ; and the Hader, 17,.commander Derritean,
from the Baltic; and the Archer, 14, Capt. Heathcote,
from Portsmouth harbour. The Vietor, 6, despatch gun-
vessel, Comniander'De Horsey, *as taken out of dock
yesterday. The Rodney, 90, "pivot ship," Capt. 'Wil-
son, bent sails yesterday morning, preparatory t going
out to-day or -to morrow to Spit. cad. The Vulcan, 6.
•teain troepothip, Commanner Bewyeart had her cetn-
passes adjii-ted.!eaterday. preparatory to going to Spit-
head. The weather yesterday was exceedingly fine, and
the fleet looked grand in the
.extreme. All evho desire to
view it- unbroken and deeply-strikieg proportioesshould
see it at; and steam through it.
The General Screw Company's steam traiisport
but(a sailed for the Crimea
.yesterday two.: ing with the
Governineet • paseettgere previously enumerated in The
sun., The Golden Fleece and the .Jason will sail this
morning kir :the, satoedestination. These three vessels
will be em:eloyed in the 'conveyance of • horses and
troops from the Black Sea: 'to i.EnglaMl. The prepara-
tions f tr the grand Jiayal• review at Spithead sin the 23 i
instant- are lcausing' considerable activity at South-
ampton., Nearly. the. '.whole. of • ;the accommodation
at the principal hotels is, disposed of, and the difficufty
to procure sleeping. 'apaitments is already aeperent.
The Peninsular And Oriental eurripany are preparing the.
whole of their availsble ships for the purpose of convey-
ing the directors and shareholders and their friends to
witness tha display. These vessels will inc uds the screw
steamers Alma, Sultatt,—Mithillie and Alhambra, and the
vtiii 1' shled Euxine and Ripon. The Pasha of
likoprit ihballsteatnia it MustApha 114 y,. now lyitlg at
Southatepe.n, a it: aieo leave for Spithead. The Royal
Mail Company are getting ready the Atrato and Tay to
convey their directors anti shareholders; and her Ma-
jesty's screw steam-transport Himalaya is,' under the
superintendence of Cale. Englettue, Superintendent of
the Peninsular and Oriental Company, being-provided
with sleeping accommodatiOn for 600 persons. This fine
vessel will also be present durng the review. Berths
are also made up on board many of the ships in the
docks for the use of the members of the mail com-
panies. Several announcements of the departure. for
Spithead of chartered steam-ships, at one guinea per
head, are posted throughout the town. It is expected
that between 20 and 30 steamers will leave Southamp-
ton on the day of the grand spectacle, carrying an im-
mense number of spectators. The directors of the
Southampton Dock Company have agreed that on this
occasion no tonnage dues or ether charges shall be made
on steamers coming in to embark or to land passengers.
The passengers also will be embarked and landed free of
charge. Tile company, however, require netice from all
steam-ships not belonging to the port, in order that
proper berths may be assigned to them.
The Imperatriz steam transport, Capt. Cox, arrived at
Portsmouth yesterday from the eastward, with Russian
(late) prisoners, as specified in The Sun of yesterday. She
has embarked others at Portsmouth, and will take in
more from Lewes and convey them to a port in the Baltic.
The Lancashire Witch clipper. 1,300 tons, Capt. A S.
Molison, belonging to Messrs. Dunbar and Co., sailed
from Portemou h yesOerday for Hobart Town and Wel-
lington, New Zealand, with the following officers and
men for the above posts :--Nlaj,r Blosse, 11th Reei-
merit, in military command ; Dr. Birkett, of the 7401,
in medical charge ; 3 officers, 74 non-commissioned offi-
cers and privates, 2 women, 5 children, and 6 buglers
and drummers of the 11th Regiment, 1 officer, 85 non
commissioned officers and men, 2 women, and 6 childret,
,f the 12th Regiment ; and 1 officer, 251 men, 30 wo-
men, and 29 cutldren of the 65th Regiment.
The gun-boats Spey and Tilbury, which sailed from
' Woolwich on Wednesday evening for Portsmouth, pu
in from stress of weather, and anchr,rel during the nigh,
at Greenhithe, but left again yesterday. Two mortar
fl Nos. 112 and 113, were yesterday received at
Woolwich from Messrs. So .tt Russell's. They are to g,
int , basin to be rigged and fitted out. A new sere,
steam gun-boat, the Peacock, 2, with engines of 60-hoe,
power, has been launched at Messrs. Pitcher's of North-
fleet, and forwarded to Woolwich, where she is to be
docked and fitted for service.
A telegrapoic message was yesterday morning for•
warded to 11,-pttord and Woolwich dockyards from the
Lords of the Admiralty, giving instructi ins for the im-
mediate suspension of any further despatch of gun-boats
and vessels thence to Pertsmouth, the number intended
for the naval review being complete.
Orders have been received at Woolwich arsenal to
prepare ammunition for the use of seven regiments of
the tine about to proceed to Canada. These regiments,
it is said, are to be transported from the East to Ca-
nada, in the Duke at Wellington and ether large ves-
set, of war, immediately after the grand naval 'review
at Portoneutn. • ,
Tile order tore'rrririiiiinifthe large establishment em-
ed at Woolwich arsenal has been countermanded,
and fresh instructions have been delivered by the war
authorities, by which it is decided that a reduction in
the number of labourers working in the various depart-
ments inuA be attempted. On or about the let of May
next 50 collar makers are to be discharged from the
storekeeper's department ; 200 of different trades are to
be pensioned and discharged from the carriage factory ;
and 200 men and boys are to be discharged from the
labtiratory.
A circular has been forwarded from the Horse Guards
to the officers commanding depots at Chatham garrison,
directing that the settlement of accounts of bread, meat,
and forage fir the army be transferred from the Coin-
tniseariat to the War Department, and ordering that in
future the forms directed to be kept are to be sent to
the examiner at the War Department, and the dupli-
cates to the office of the Accountant-General.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING.
THE TIPPERARY BANK.
Yesterday a document fuil of palulul interest to a large
circle of persons connected with the unfortunate Tippe.
rary Bask, was lodged by the official assignee in the
office of Master Murphy. It not only sets forth the
names and addresses of the directors and shareholders a;
the period of the stoppage, but it gives those coutribu
tors who sold their shares within three years, and are,
according to the hard conditions of the Banking Act,
still liable for the debts due by the concern. Several
names stand in this black list of persons of wealth, who
must have coticeived they were beyond the reach of the
assignee. TLis list will be finally settled in a few days.
I:nose who may have any objections to make to it should
to e no time h. doing so.
Divectors.--Jaines Sadleir, M.P., Clonmel, 1838 shares
of 5 :1. each ; Wm. Kennedy, Clonmel, 100 shares; Vincent
Scully, M.P.,. 70.) shares.
Shareholdei s.—Simon Armstrong, Tipperary, 71 shares;
Captain W. F. Baker, Middlesex, 20 ; John B ,rnartl,
Ksscx farmer, 1 ' ; Michael Barry, Limerick, farmer, IT ;
John Bennett, Esq., Nena4h, 20; Edward Biqgs, farmer,
Leighton Buzzard, 30 ; Henry Bird, M.D., Essex, 50 ;
W. J. B.mdger, gent., Leighton Buzzard, 25; William
Boyels, tiraper, Buckinghamshire, 50 ; Charles Buck-
master, miller 11:alfordshire, 30 ; G. A. Burrell, merchant,
Essex, 60 ; T. H. Candy, Esq., Cambridgeshire, 77; W. C.
Chills, gent., Essex, 2 ; John Cleary, gout., Goldon, 1 ;
Patrick and Cleary, farmers, Golden, 101; Win.
Condon, farmer, Tipperary, 9 ; J. Cook, farmer, Bedford-
shire 30; S. Cook, Bedfordshire, 15 • R. Daily, Esq.,fiaon-
dou, 10; Rev. E. Docker, Hants, 40; J. H. Doyle,f,euG.,
London, 44 ; Major-General H. Dwyer, Ballyquirls*Castle,
4; J. Elliott, gent., Hertfordshire, .0; J. Hessen' i.u,
merchant, H attordshire, 5; Mrs. T. Flint, Leighton Buz-
zard, 3; C. Gadsden, Buckinghamshire, 5 ; Mrs. Gadsden,
Buckinghamshire, 10 ; R. dardner, gent., Torquay, 50; J.
Gauger, fartee.., lia upwead, 40; T. Ginger, farmer, Buck-
inghamshire, 20 ; fir. Girliug, surgeon, Huntingdonshire,
10; C • Good, gent., Pimlico, 10; H. Gregory, farmer,
Hertfordshire, 10; R. Gregory, farmer, Hertfordshire, 23;
G. Grace, farmer, Buckinghamshire, 20 • C
Dromore, 401 ; J. Hainmersley, farmer, Tipperary, 9 ; J.
Harkness, Hertfordshire, gent., 40; IL Holland, gent.,
Hauts, 20; G. Horn, Bedfordshire, 10 ; J. Horn, Hert-
fordshii e, gent., 5; L Keatiuge, Cashel, Esq., 10; It.
Keatiuge, L%l P., Cashel, 700; f. S. Kennedy, Dublin, so-
licitor, 5 ; T. J. Kennedy,deceased, Dublin, 21; H. Lacy,
Eugland, banker, 3; Rev. S Langston, Tunbridge Wells,
England, 80; J. F. L tw, banker, Lond,n, 50; T. Suinell,
tarmer, Bedfordshire, 20; J. Linton, Uxoridge, gent , 10;
C. A. Swerwore, Essex, 8 ; Rev. T. Ludlow, Buckiugham-
shire, 10 ; B. M.`Key, Carriek-on-Suir, merchant, sd; Rev.
Mahoney, P.P., Paliasgreen (deceased), 3; Mr. Major,
Essex, gent., 10 ; S. Muuford, farmer, Essex, 10 ; C. Mur-
name, Tipperary, 9 ; J. Osborne, merchant, Leighton
Buzzard, 100; S. Parnell, SUrrey, gent.,, 80; W. Patmore,
Essex, 2 ; W. D. Pallison, King's County, gent., 4; J.
Pepper, Lismore House, gent., 20; J. G. Pierson, solicitor,
Hertfordshire, 5 ; T. Price, Suceingliamshire, gent., 10;
J. Proctor, England-, farmer, 50 ; T. Proctor, England,-
gent 40; E. Quillinan, Tipperary, 8 ; D. Rafferty, Tip-
perary, farmer, 15 ; E. T. Reader, Kent, banker, 40 ; W.
Redviell, baker, London, 10; J. Ryan, J. T. ruff, 35 ;
P. Ryan, Tipperary, farmer, 4; J. Sadleir, London, de-
ceased, 150 ; It. Sampson, Tipperary, farmer, 18 ; Sir M.
Sausse, judge, Bombay, 88; F. Scully, DI.P., London, 175 ;
J. Scully, Golden, il7 ; John Scully, Galway, 58 ; R.
Scully, Tipperary, merchant, 8 ; Robt. Sear, Buckingham-
shire, farmer, 10 ; 0. Swannell, Hortfordshre, gent., 20 ;
C. Smith, Bedfordshire, gent., 10; H. Smith, Bedford-
shire, farmer, 20; W. Stormer, Bedfordshire, trader, 11 ;
Mr. Strange, Bedfordshire, farmer, 8; Sophia A. Smith,
Bedfordshire, 5 • S. Tavener, Buckinghamshire, gent., 20;
C. Tunes, Hertfordshire, solicitor, 20; C. Tyler, Essex,
merchant, 50; It. Turner, Buckinghamshire, merchant,(
5 ; S. Waldron, Berkshire, Esq., 20; J. White, Eng
il lani ,
Wson,
farmerEsaex, gl,gent.,liiz2a;bestahsa Willes,vroo Eds,seito Roxburgh, 9 • Thomas S. A.
Buckinghamshire, farmer, 10.
Contributors who 'sold their shares inn
in ee y tears
past—F. Goodyear, merchant., London, 10,t Iran fdrred 31st
Dec., 1853, to It. Dally ; P. Connell, Tipperary, farmer,
18, transferred 27th Dec., 1855, to Jas. Sadleir ; E f.
tarty, Tipperary, farmer, 13, transferred 25th 185!),
to Jas. Sadleir ; W. Thorpe, M.D., Manchester, 10, trans-
ferred sth Nov., 1855, to David Rafferty ; &V. J. B
Whitley, Rosearbery4 and , C J. Whitley, Cork, 35, trans-.
ferred 24th Oft., 1850, to David Rafferty ; T. Edwards,
Dublin, Gent., 44, transferred from T. Hone to T. Ed-
wards, -819, and 6th July, 1855, to J. H. Doyle ;
B. Waugh, Oct.,'Dromore Esq , 401, transferred 21st of April,
1855. to Charlotte 11:11iday ; Ellen Bery, Cork, 17, trans-
ferred 17th Jan., 1855 ; to Michael Barry ; C. Sadleir,
ZEN- CuriokrouEtuiri 70, tautened 30th -Dem, 1,1154, 'to'

Last, eight the Right Hen. the Lord Mayor and the
Laly Mayoress entertained his Excellency ,Mr. bal!aQ
the new American Minister, at dinner at-the Mansiori-
houevin honour of his..arrival in this country as the as
representative of the great Transatlantic Ree
public., A numerous and distinguished company; were.
invited An theeoccasi; in, including, among many others,_
Mrs. and Miss Dallas, Mr. P. Della% Miss .Nicklin,
Lord &ankle?, M.P.,. Mr. Walpole, M.P., kr. M.-
emi, MX., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Capt. Scebell,
the Hon. 4. Byng,.gr. W. Miles, Mr. Roebuck,
M.P., Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. Stafford, M.P- Mr,
•7
Cowan, M.P.,,Mr. Heywood, M.P., and Mrs. Heywood,
Mr. Meviatte M.P., Mr. Bowyer, M.P., Mi. Cheethain,
:Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Horsfall, M.Pe, Mr,
M.P• , ,Mr. C. Ewalt, M.P.,. Mr. Adam
IRAN;M. P;-,-,Sir CharleseandeLadereeltwat,l2,let
Provost of Edinburgh, Mr. W. C. Wentworth, Sir
James Duke, Bart., M.P., and Mrs. Hill, and Alder-
man Cubitt, M.P.
On the removal of the cloth the usual loyal and con.
stitutional toasts were drunk and responded to, that of
•‘ The Army and Navy" by Mr. Miles, M.P., and Cap-
taiu-Sc 'bell, M.P., respectively.
The LORD MAYOR then sail he rose to propose the
health of one of his honour, d guests that' evening; his
Excellency the representative of the United States.
(Cheers.) Mr. Dallas had kindly honoured him
_with
his company, and he rejoiced to see him at his table, be-
cause he was the representative of that great kindred
cation on ihe other side of the Atlantic. (Cheers.) Ever
-ince he (the Lord Mayor) had the honour of being con-
nected with the corporation of London he had always
found the American Minister ene of the most honoured
guests at the banquets at the Mansion-house. He re-
membered how often he had had the pleasure of meeting
Ate Abbott Lawrence, a former American Minister,
on such occasions. There the American Minister, who-
ever he might be, was always welcomed, and it had
In-
variably afforded the greatest pleasure to the citizens of
London who were invited to meet him there, inasmuch
to it afforded them an opportunity of reciprocating those
kindly feelings which it was the interest as well as the
luty of E7•glishrnen to cultivate towards their fellow-
etizens and national kinsmen on the' opposite side of the
Atlantic. (Cheers.) There was lid reason whatever
why they should be jealous of the Americans ; but, on
the contrary, there was every reason why they should
he proud of them. He was sure he rightly interpreted
the feelings of the people of this country when he said
• hat all they desired a ith respect to the American peo-
.le was that the most intimate social relations should
ever exist between the two countries, (Cheers.) They
spoke the same language, and possessed a c immon lite-
rature, and he could hardly understand how any quest-
; ion could arise the settlement of which could render it
n cessary to have rec urse to the dreadful alternative of
var. (Hear.) He presided there on behalf of his fellow-
etizene, who entertained no other feelings than those et
the most cordial friendship towards the American pen-
tile, which feelings they desired to perpetuate, and had
,nvited Mr. Dallas to par: ake of his hospitality because
his Excellency was the representative of a kindred na
ion, ta whom the people of Great Britain were united by
eonsiderations of a common origin and a common lan-
guage. He begged to propose "The health of Mr. Dal-
las, and Prosperity to the great Republic to which he had
the honour to belong." (Cheers.)
The toast was drunk with enthusiasm, the band play-
ing "Hail Columbia" and " Yank, e Doodle."
Mr. DALLAS, on rising to respond to the compliment,
was greeted with enthusiastic cheers. He said—My •
Lord Mayor, lathes, and gentlemen, the very kind and
complimentary language with which your lordship has
prefaced the last toast, and the cordial manner in which
it has been received by thie distinguished assembly, are
entitled. and I hope will receive, my return of gratitude.
In truth, lam almost bankrupt in the language of teanks ;
for ever since I lanoed in the dominion.; of your illustrious
Queen, as the representative ot the American Government
and people, I have met with nothing but a series of the
most flattering demonstrations of welcome and hospita-
lity. (Cheers.) I perfectly well know that these inanifes
tations are not addressed to an individual so utterly un-
worthy as myself, and that they are the profuse and gene-
rous tribute to a nation whose messenger I am. But on
its behalf, with a sensibility that I know it would unani-
mously feel, I beg this distinguished company to accept
the assurance of my profound acknowledgments. There
are some sulejects on which it would he ill-timed, and more
enterprising than wise, for me to touch on this occasion
and in this presence. Indeed my arrival is so re-
cent that I scarcely can pretend to know the subjects
which would be most acceptable to you. I dare say,
however, I shall incur hut little hazard it I venture, ac-
cording to a provincialism natural to a western tongue,
to "guess" that the spirit and purpose of a new coiner
may have exited at least some little curiosty. (A laugh.)
Well, my lord, let me say that I am not authorised to
feel, and do not feel, any desire other than that of giving
my exertions and energies unreservedly to the restora-
tion of he most harmonious sentiments and friendly re-
lati ns. (Cheers.) Animated by this spirit, and aim
log at such purp• se, if I fail—and I may fail—it will be
because of some inexorable, overruling State ?they, or
some foregone conclusion not to be undone by uniform,
steady, persevering. frank, and honourable conciliation.
(Renewed doer .) My lord, permit rue, in conclusion—
fir my object is to be exceedinily brief—to tender to
your lordship and the guests a sem tiled here my congra-
tuktions on the gre..t event consummated since my
arrival among you—the restoration of peace to Europe.
(Cheers.) Wet., although undoubtedly accompanied by
its moral ben,.fits or alleviations, is at best an evil ; and
the vast powers of this empire, although for a time, and
however gallantly, enlisted and ably dire eted, will find
more genial and more fruitful employment in those
channels. agriculture, commercial, and manufacturing,
and those pursuits which have hitherto so signally
illustrated the exertions of her people. (Loud cheers.)
My lord, I again thank you.
The LORD MAYOR then gave "The House of Lords,"
aeseciatene with it the name of Lord Stanley.
Lord STANLEY, M P., briefly acknowledged the com-
pliment. It was a bold thing, he said, to undertake in
any company, still more in their presence, to be the
spokesman of Parliament. But there was one idea
which predominated in all their minds, and on that sub-
ject he thought he might venture without presumption
to say that be could express the unanimous feeling net
only of the Legislature, but—what was quite as impor-
tent—of those for whom the laws were wade. (Hear.)
He thanked the Lord Mayer ter having given him that
opportueity—an opportunity of which' others hail
availed themselves—of expressieg aloud that which was
in the thoughts of their deep, earnest, and
almost passienate desire that, be the chalices an ,
changes of political events what they might, &Tim d
might retain inviolate that national alliance of which
they had among them at that moment the living repre-
sentative—an affiance which, tied its root in considera-
tion of temporary or political expediency, but which
rested on the surer basis of the common origin, the com-
mon language, the common laws, the common energies,
and the common aspirations of the two mighty empires,
and even in that which they must a'l acknowledge—a
cnintnon family likeness in common faults and failings.
(Cheers, and a laugh.) Upon the union of these two
nations depended the hop-s of mankind and the peace
; and it rested
of the world ; and if they went on as the had done for a
long time past, within a century from Vie present tilt), e
the earth would be inhabited by 300,000,000 of trice,
Anglo-Saxon race—the most energetic, industrious, and
enterprising people.that ever tided its toil. It was upon
the cordial union of that vast multitude of men, our
mankind of
ld beh rei ordered
exot freedom,
enedBe etci,
nd
s
in acknowledging
Commons, proposed proposed by the Lord
—a
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f his
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with England and the United States to act on that prin•
Commons of England would
the toast of
cnM‘a‘i:PiTaMdit eyl
er:a:3,ri, JIC,(-11s,tCyAa:eRhi rdduneesevi .jahEle blessing of a common Christianity.which had
e
been expressed by the American Minister on behalf of a
people who with ourselves spoke a common language
could not forget that free institutions, whether here or
th,re, rested on that firm basis of common law which
we and they alike inherited from our Anglo-Saxon an-
cestors, and that they now had the privilege to be
entertaieed by the first of those municipalities which
constituted an integral and important_ part in the great
hierarchy of free institutions. (Hear.) The bon: mem-
ber concluded by proposing "The Health of the Lord.
Mayor."
The LORD MAYOR briefly acknowledged the compli-
ment.
Mr. DALLAS then, in graceful terms, save " The
Health of the Lady Mayorese," which was drunk with
acclamation.
The LORD MAYOR, in responding to the toast, told
Mr. Dallas that if his diPlomaCY was equal to his gal-
lantry be should have no fear of the success of his mis-
sion. (A. laugh.)
Several other appropriate toasts were drunk in the
course of the. evening, and the company separated about
11 o'clock. , •
Mr. iiarlcer ofaciated aw taitraintet

" Do you really believe that a few scandalous and san-
guinary incidents are only passing here You are in
error if you do so. I know the country well, and I can
clearly see the plagtie spots 'which are spreading gradu-
ally, but surely, over the whole body politic.' I find it
difficult to explain to myself the sort of indifference
which exists in France and England on what passes.
France (it is a German who writes) may well rejoice at
it, for Prussia cherishes undying rancour against her,
v.:A the Rhenish provinces were only given her in order
to p,,rpetuate it. But England has two powerful reagent
to interest herself in the future of Prussia. One is, as
you are aware, recent. The.eltiest daughter of Queen
Victoria is destined to be one*, QuetAcde Prussia, it
spares her, life. ant uthiC
6-E iAufvrasste4tettortuM
rnil aintlettrat'

the Continent which, as Protestant and possessing a
constitutional Government, offers an alliance to England

amid the hatreds which have been on all sides niched

against her. The petty Protestant States offer her no re-
sources—not even Saxony ; for if the Saxons are Protest-
ants their Sovereign is Catholic. If it be true that such
is Prussia—if it be true that she plays such a part in the

equilibrium of Europe that, at the commencement of the
conflict which the treaty of peace has just terminated,
she could by a single word addressed to Russia, have saved

treasures and armies buried in the Crimea—what now

passes here is very grave indeed. You may rely upon it
the King, is engaged in an implacable warfare with his
own brother, and the efforts made to keep up appear-

awes to the contrary, only convince those who are in
the secret of the depth of their hatred. The noblesse in

its feudal frenzy driams of nothing but the regime of the
word and of the bludgeon ; the restoration of their

seignorial rights, pit and gallows included, in the pro-
vinces, and in the capital outrage and insult. In the
'neantime the people coalesce with the middle classes,
and, all of them having served in the Landwehr, they
receive fr )m the members of colleges and of the liberal
professions counsels the more formidable tbat they are
justified, and provoked by necessity. To compete the
general confusion, the great employes are constantly at
loggerheads ; they insult each other without taking the
trouble to conceal their quarrels.
"All that occurs is attril'utabie to the Kirg, who
alternately encourage to extreme lll3WillreS the liberals
and the aristocracy. He abounds in theory, and ever
pushes it to its extreme limit, and exhaust♦ either system
by turns. You are surprised, I suppose, when you
Iwo that a favourite counsellor perishes by his own
hand ; when another, seeking in vain the protection of
his honour in the authority of the Sovereign, finds no
other resource than in the open violation of the primary
rules which govern the magistracy, and, unable to live
dishonoured, flings himself on death. Then you have
'he King following his fineral, and weeping for Min
whose life and dignity in the State he hesitated to save.
Does all this real►y astonish you ? But such things will
henceforth become more formidable, and more frequent.

Who does not know, for instance, that this worthy
S-igneur, this p,!rfectly honest man, de Maltzan,
Minister for Foreign Affairs, died mad ? He had a sue-
cessol whose ability, whose fine intellect, and whose at-
tentive msnners were known and appreciated by Europe.
That Minister, who was a soldier as well as a writer,
would not long survive, the petty but implacable warfare
waged against him. The hietory of the career of M. de 8.,
one of the rivals the King cinstantly opposed to bun
in all his opinions and in all his plans, is quite character-
istic of the Monarch. When his Majesty was Prince
Royal, while he was still enthusiastic for abstruse
science and hollow philosophy, he paid a visit to
Rome, whence be brought back the Catholic branch
which he subsequently tried to engraft on the stern of
Prwestantism ; the branch soon decayed because it was
too old, and the tree too young. On his arrival at Rome
the King sought a cicerone to guide him, and he was
given the renowned historian of Rome, Niebuhr. They
went together to Mount Aventine, and then the pedant
Prince asked his guide for explanations of all he saw
around him. Niebuhr, as unyielding as the Fates them-
selves, cut short the thread of the Prince's discourse' and
provei to his Royal Highness that he was utterly in

error. The Prince returned in a rage to the Prussian
Embassy and demanded tor the-following day M. de 8.,
another, but less eminent, antiquarian, attached to the
Prussian ini,,sion, in order to continue hi.; researches.
Tuis savant, who was a better courtier than the other,
made a complete conquest of the Prince, who, ac soon
as he mounted the throne, drew him tram his Carter-
laires and his Pa/impsestes, and transtortned him into a
statesman. He rose to the summit ; but soon shared
the fate of all who have had the misfortune to be the
King's favourite—he fell. Believe me, we are all
telling !"
I venture to make a remark or two on the
preceding letter, which very probably presents a
faithful description of the internal state of Prussia.
I am aware that an attempt will be made, and,
perhaps, is now making, in Prussia and elsewhere,
to induce forgetfulness and pardon for the short-
comings of that Government, to damage the French
alliance with this country, and to substitute for it
that of Prussia. Yet it is doubtful whether a
similar theology and similar political institutions
will be accepted in satisfaction for bad faith. It is
very well to speak of Prussia's influence at St.
Petersburg, and to say that a single word from
Berlin could have prevented the war. If so, why
was not that word spoken ? Why, when war was
rtging, did not the mighty magician wave his wand
and stay the tempest ? Was the philosophic King
of Prussia so absorbed in theory as to have no
thought of humanity ? The modern history of
Prussia offers little to recommend her as an
ally to auy nation. She has been perfidious to
friend and foe alike, and has not hesitated to
accept from the hand of the -COIIIIOII enemy
the spoils of her own allies. While accepting the
subsidies of England she proposed, after the victory
of Austerlitz, a treaty, of which the basis was the
annexing Hanover to the Prussian dominions. Her
perfidy to her friend, her servility to her enemy,
and her rapacity towards all, did not even secure
her the confidence of him to gain whose favour she
was ready to descend to the lowest point of degra-
dation. "From the moment," says Biguon, "that
the Treaty of the 15th of February (1806) was
signed, Napoleon did more than hate Prussia—he
conceived for her the most profound contempt. All
his views from that day were based on considera-
tions foreign to her alliance ; be conceived new
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question whether the moon can be
THE MOON'S MOTION.—A. controversy is on foot in
said to have a motion round its axis. It the
tact were, as one of the parties assumes, that the moon
always kept the same face towards the earth, like an
apple turned round our heads at the endof a pole, the
question might, in acme points of view, be what Ben-
tham would call a logo h • mac y , but the fact is, that the
moon does not so turn. It does not always show the
same face to the earth, but sometimes shows a little
more on one side, and sometimes on the other. And
this exactly corresponds, as it ought, with the fact of
the velocity of the moon in its passage round the earth,
pthreocTeriryes, on the
being sometimes a little more and sometimes a little less.
The evidence of the facts then is, that the moon turns
round on its axis with a velocity perfectly uniform, and
such as, on the whole, turns round once exactly in the
time that is taken to make the passage round the earth.
This showing a little more on one side than on the other,
is called the moon's libration in longitude, and is to be
seen depicted in maps of the moon, in the shape of two
little subsidiary territories, in addition to what is visible
at other times. It is worthy of remark, that all the
motions of planetary bodies round their axes, so far as
known, are perfectly uniform. Nobody ever suspected
an alteration in the time of the earth's performing its
diurnal rotation, nor surmised a reason why there should
be one.—Front the Manchester Examiner•
plying to this from the above port,
THE EGG TEAFFIO.—In this department of imports t •
the Clyde from Londonderry; we have noticed tha
with,ip these few years past a great increase has bee
going on. To give our readers an idea of its amount
rerschannels, there have been imported
during the past two months, we may sta' e that by the
nine-tenths of which were
sold in Glasgow niarketsr,,--Allowing that in each ton
diAposed of in sixty days,
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ons of eggs,
there would be 2%40"W, wihl find that there have
of,6lasgow as at 400,000,
to each indivisl,nal in the city for the
i.ixtY days, being.. ? two eggs daily to each. To
atidence, boWeverf itt en afore hoiv much the egg trade
is. prosecuted in the Londonderry•siistrict, we may state
that the steamers plying to Liverpool, Scc., therefrom,
taknover very heavy cargoes of the earns useful cow
modify.—Ctiospo Daily Dial.
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