The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-02 00:00:00

DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCE AND
PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM.

This morning the Prince and Princess Frederick Wil-
liam of Prussia took their departure for the home of the
former amidst the acclamations and fervent prayers for
their happiness of thousands of epectatore, who bad con-
gregated along the line of procession and thronged the
windows of the houses to bid them adieu, and at the
same time express their love and admiration for the
eldest daughter of our Queen, whose many estimable
qualities, us a Qaeen, a wife, and a mother, have endeared
her to the hearts of the English people.
The separation of parents from children, brothers
from sisters, relatives from relatives, and friends
from friends, when it "may be for years, and it
may be for ever," is at all times a painful and
trying ordeal for the respective individuals ; and
there can be no doubt that the same maternal feel-
ings exist in the breast of a Royal mother, and the same
devotion and love to a parent in the breast of a princess,
as in those of lees illustrious personages. Without in-
vading the sanctity of private life, or laying open to the
public eye the conduct and feelings of every individual
closely connected by the strongest ties to the illustrious
pair who this day left our shores, we may state that
the separation has been keenly felt on both sides, and
with the recurrence of each eventful day since the con-
summation of the nuptials, and as the period of depar-
ture drew nigh, the reality of the severance of one
beloved by all, has increased and added a bitterness to
the pang which this day has been inflicted on
the Royal circle by the necessities of State. There can
be nu doubt whe❑ the day of departure arrived, and the
period of separation was counted by minutes, that it was
painfully and acutely felt by all. The love of home, the
associations of youth, and the remembrance of past
happiness could not fail to present themselves to the
mind of the illustrious Princess, blended with the hope
that the support and comfort, the love and affection, she
relied on from him whom she had vowed to "love,
honour, and obey," would compensate for the loss she
was about to sustain, and procure for her a happy home
in the country of her adoption ; whilst to the Royal
Family the reminiscences of the past and the anticipa-
tions for the future must have equally, if not more in-

tensely, occupied their minds. It was not, therefore,
surpri.sing that her Majesty should have put slide the
pomp and ceremony of State to give free vent to her
noble womanly and motherly feelings in bidding adieu to
her first-born, whose amiability of temper and disposi-
tion and corteous bearing has secured the love, the
affection, and the devoted attachment of all who have
come within the circle of her acquaintance—to one who,
like the delicate tendril, had clung to her for support,
and, when about to burst into bloom and beauty, to be
taken from her to be transplanted in a foreign soil,
there to " blossom as the rose," and diffuse happiness
around her.

The morning wasintensely cold, the sky was lowering
and heavy, and the wkola effect was one of depression
and sadness, in harmony with the thoughts of thousands
at one so young being torn, by the requirements of state
policy► from her happy home ere she ripened into woman-
hood. But as the decree had gone forth and the fiat
had been sealed, the inhabitants of the metropolis con-
gregated in thousands at an early hour, to cheer her,
at the outset of life's arduous and difficult journey.

Punctual at 12 o'clock, amidst a heavy fall of snow,
fit emblem of purity, the Royal cortege emerged from
Buckingham Palace, escorted by a detachment of Horse
Guards. In the first open carriage (to gratify the
people and to return with greater ease and freedom
their salutationt), rode her Royal Highness, the Prin-
cess on theiright hand side of her husband ; his Ropi
Highness the Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales
sitting opposite. The Princers wore a grey travelling cloak
and dark blue velvet bonnet and veil, with white feathers.
Her swoollen eyes, suffused cheeks, and flushed coup.
tenacce told plainly the cost of the separation to that
young and hitherto joyous and affectionate heart,
presenting a narked contrast to that of the Prince
Consort, who evidently felt proud of the alliance with a
Prussian house, an hmour highly coveted by the small
German States.

In the soclnd carriage rode Prince Alfred, the Duke
of Cambridge, and two of the ladies of her R )yal High-
nesses suite. Then followed four other carriages all
open, coLtaining his Royal Highnesses suite, Lord
Alfred Paget, and several gentleman of her Majasty's
household.

Oa the Royal cortege coming from the Palace, a loud
and hearty shout of acclamation rent the air which con-
tinued an the procession advanced, accompanied with
the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, which was cour-
teously ackn mledged by the Royal personages.
At the corner of the garden of Stafford Souse the
Duchess of Sutherland and various members of her
Grace's family, despite the inclemency of the weather,
were waiting on a platform erected expressly for the
occasion to bid adieu to their Royal Highnesses, As
!;ietrimidchit
started,
the carriage turned the corner to enter Cleve:and-row,
the Princess Royal caught sight of the party, heartily
bo wed, and waved her handkerchief most affectionately,
the slow and even tenour
turning as the carriage moved on and returning the
Falutatians till the Duchess was out of sight, evidently
mush pleased with this marked attention from an old
friend, and probably surprised at meeting on the route
aehndthfaesytetrraayselrede
so farad ar a face.
butt the descendaact e
and her Royal Highness braved
The
notwithstanding,snrved
the cold and the driving snow to gatify the assembled
ocwoiritithtc:
thousands, an act of condescension and kindness on her
begann ,
part at the expense of her comfort, which the delighted
concourse highly appreciated and testified by their loud
and continued cheers.
The procession passed through Pall-mall, the Strand,
Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, St. Paul'e Churchyard, Cannon
street, King William-street, over London-bridge, through
High-street, Borough, and Dover-road, to the Brick-
layer's-nuns-Station in the Kent-road.
The Lord Mayor met the procession at Temple-bar,
and coadneted it to the railway station. His lordship
accompanied the Royal couple to Gravesend, and was
present at their departure.
At the station the Royal party were received by the
Chairman and Directors of the South Eastern Railway
Company, the Secretary, and the principal officials
connected with the line, who were highly compli-
mented by the illustrious personages for the admirable
arrangements they bad made for the conveyance of the
Royal Party at Gravesend. All being in readiness they
left the station amidst loud and enthusiastic cheers,
waving of handkerchiefs, &c.,
of the persons who had
been favoured with seats erected near the departure

platform.
Oa the line of railway numbers of persons bad con•
gregated wherever a glimpse of the train could be got as
it shot along with its illustrious occupants.
Shortly after two o'clock the arrival of the train was
signalled. On its drawing np to the platform their
Royal Highnesses were received by Viscount Sydn3y, as
Lord Lieutenant of the county, and colonel of the \Vett
Kent Yeomanry Cavalry, the Cobham troop of which
regiment, under their captain, the Earl of Darnley, were
on duty. Tne guard of honour consisted of 100 men of
the East Kent ALlitia, with their baud and colours ;
600 men from Chatham, and a draught from Woolwich
kept the line.

The procession to conduct the illustrious personages
to the pier was then formed, and proceeded down
Windmill ,tweet,
alcng King-street and Milton-road,
and down Harmer-street, to the Terraee-pier, a distance
of about half a mile, in the progress of which their Royal
Highnesses were received with the same enthusiasm as
greeted them in their progress through the metropolis,
with the addition of several vollies known as
the
" Kentish fire."
A triumphal arch was erected in Windmill-street, and
another at the entrance to the Terrace-pier, each of
which were prettily and appropriately
deconted.
On reaching the pier the royal visitors alighted, and
proceeded on foot to the place of embarkation. At the
entrance of the structure the mayor and corporat'on were
assembled, and
an address was presented to Prince
Frederick Wiliam, which he graciously accepted- A
very pretty sight nee here afforded ; seats were erected
on each side filed by hundreds of the fair maids and
matrons of Kent, and lining the pathway over which the
royal visitors procecded, sere stationed on either side
2ilsluysotriunougs personages as they Pl'sed*
ladies, who strewed flowers at the feet of the
Salutes were fired from Tilbury Fort and by the
Town battery at New Tavern Fort, as their Royal
Highnesses embarked and sped their way t )wards the
channel, with the hearty prayer and
good wishes of the
assembled thousands for their futare happiness.
Irt the evening a public ball will be given, and in
addition to a general illumination, there will be fir 3•
works and-an enormous bonfire on if the
weather will permit.
It is a singular circumstance that the first snow we
have had this winter fell on the day of Her Royal
Ilighnese's departure.

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has not been repealed it is not at present his intention
to return to France.

LATEST NEWS.

FRANCE.

PAR IS, TUESDAY EVENING.

The Government of France has submitted a
projet for the constitution of a Council of Regency
The Empress is to be Regent, of right ; she failing,
two French Princes, in the order of primogeniture.
The members of the Council of Regency will be the
two French Princes in their owu right, Cardinal
Morlot, Marshal Pelissier, Count Pers'gny, M.
Fould, and the Presidents of the Senate, theb Corps
Legislatif, and the Council of State.
The Times' Paris corresi,ondent, in a letter dated
yesterday (Monday), 6 p.m., says :
"M. Billault's Penal Bill, which was warmly
discussed on Friday last in the Council of State, is
this day laid on the table of the Legislative Corps.
As I mentioned yesterday, the principal clause, the
one which produced so much uneasiness and even
alarm among the public, is that which gives so
much power to the Government over the liberty
of the subject. That clause provides that any
person accused of making use of words implying
hatred or insult to the Emperor or the Im-
perial faultily shall be proceeded against in the
Correctional Police Court, and, if convicted,
shall, after having undergone his punishment,
be still liable (as a measure of public security) to
be sent out of the country—in other words, ho
shall continue to be for an unlimited period at
the disposal and mercy of the authorities. You are
aware that in the Correctional Police Court there is
no intervention of the jury. This, even in a mild
form, is a considerable innovation. They are not
overt acts only that are now punished, but words.
A similar change in Roman law is noticed by
Tacitus (Annals, Lib. 1, cap. 72), who describes the
old practice with his usual brevity—"facta argue-
bantur, dicta impulse erant"—so different from that.
which prevailed at the period to which his annals
refer.

" I have said that the discussion was most ani-
mated, and that M. Billault'is law met with the
strongest opposition. If lam informed correctly,
M. Vuitry, President of the Section of Finance in
the Council of State, called upon the Minister to
explain what were the circumstances in which the
"paroles de ham= et injurieuseN" of the clause
should be uttered in order to justify a prosecution.
The Minister is said to have replied th t the words
should be spoken " with a certain publicity." M.
Vuitry thereupon proposed that the word " pub-
liquement" should be inserted in the clause, as it
bears a very liberal interpretation in the language
of the French Penal law. M. Billault declined.
He was reminded that such an omission would leave
a door open to informers, and that the personal
liberty of the subject would be constantly exposed
to danger. The Minister resisted any such amend-
ment, on the plea that the " words" should be
proved so that the character of publicity would
necessarily be
implied.

M. Boin- villiers, Pi esident of the Section of the
Interior in the Council of State, and who, I believe,
was, in the time of the Restoration, as under the
Government of Louis Philippe, one of the raoit
eminent members of the Liberal party, and still
preserves the same sentiments in the present func-
tions, displayed on this occasion the spirit of his
younger days, and strongly oppoed a law which
seemed to regard France as a hostile country,
whereas, he said, no Government was ever so
popular, or deserved to be so.

- "During the long speech of M. Billault in support
of his obnoxious measure, M. Chaix d'Est Ange,
the distingui,hed advocate, now Proctueur-General
at the Imperial Courb of Paris, and Councillor of
Sate on extraordinary service, more than once
showed by the abruptness of his movements and the
expression of his features his fe,:ding with regard to
the law. The President of the Council of State, M.
Baroche' who is said to have done his utmost to (Us-
suade 111. Billault from bringing forward the mea-
sure, remarked the movements of M. Chaim d'Est.
Ange, and requested him to address the Council,
who were impatient to hear his opinion on a matter
of such gravity, and on which no one was more
competent than-he wag. M. Chaix cl'Est Ange ob-
served that, whatever his opinion was on the bill,
he, as a functionary, was bound to full iw his official
superiors. M. Baroche persisted, and M. Chaix
d'Est Ange, will the indep( n fence and god sense
which have earned for him so high a position in the
country, observed that he was unable to comprehend
the arsenal of new laws which the Council cf. State
was called upon to fabricate ; that the Government
had at its disposal all she arms necessary for com-
bat or defence without forging more ; and that be
feared it was only men were wanted able to employ
them.

This difference of views b.-twoen the Pro•

cureur-General of the Imperial Court of Paris and
the Minister of the Inteti )r protticel a marked
effect on the Council of State ; and though the law
was adopted by a majority of 4 only, yet M. Cbaix
d'Est Ange indicted a Blow on it from which it will
not recover In order that you may form an opinion
as to the real value of that majority., I may mention
that four or five Ministers who a•e ex officio mem-
bers of the Council of State, and a'l the Secretaries
General of the Ministerial departments, not merely
extraordinary members, were convoked to take
part in the deliberations, and vote. It wa4 pre
salted to-day to the Legislative Corps. Public
opinion, which has already given to this the name
of Loi des Suspecti, will find a support in the mi-
nute majority which has voted it in the Council of
State. What the fate of the bill will be in the Leg's.
lative Chamber is another question. Alter the divi-
sion just noticed the project passed in its totality as
a mere form. M. Billault i-pike at considerable
length in support of his measure, and appeared to
demand the vote of the Council 'as one of con-
fidence in the Government
" I have just heard that the word " publique-
ment" refused to be introduced in the clause of the
Bill on the "paroles de liable uttered against the
Emperor, will nevertheless be insetted at the ex-
press desire of his Majesty, and indeed that
through the same intervention some of the worst
features of M. Billault'a project will be otherwise
modified. This is what every one expected.
t• The propositiori from the Sena tus-Consultunt
on the regulation and completion of the Regency is
before the Senate. The Regency will ba as exten-
sive as is consistent with the existing institutions
of the Empire.
"I understand that the papers discovered by
the English police at Pierri s house in 'Birming-
ham are now in the hands of the authorities,
in Paris. Lord Clarendon has given every facility
in the affair. Ile offered to the French Govern-
ment to send the papers hither by a person of con-
fidence, or, if they preferred, to send to London
their own agents to examine them. I presume
this latter step is the one that has been followed,
as the papers are now in Paris. I cannot yet .say
whether they have led to any further disclosures
touching accomplices. It is certain that the
prisoners confess all that is imputed to them
—at least, Orsini' and Pierri—but whether they
implicate others I cannot say. Their murderous
designs were, it appears, not conLned to the
Emperor of the French ; other Sovereigns were to
be included in the assassination, and especially the
Pope, the King of Naples, and the King of Sardinia.
" The following address from the English resi-
dents at Cannes was presented to-day by Lord
Brougham to the Emperor of the Menet), through
the Duke of Balsam)
‘" We, the English residents in the district of

Cannes, respectfully present to your Majesty and
the Empress our hearty congratulations on your
providential preserva•ien from the execrahle
assassins who had laid a plan of wholesale murder
in order to obtain the chance of subverting the
Government and plunging the country into a civil
war.

" It adds grsatly to our satisfaction that your
Majesty, with equal justice and wisdom, leaves the
trial of the offenders and the punishment of their
offence to the ordinary course of the existing laws
which have been so scandalously broken.'
• "Permission has been refused to the evening
journal La Presse to be sold in the streets. It is
thought that the same prohibition will be extended
to the other evening papers, though they are the
papers of the Government.

- PrinceCittajaice, Envoy Extraordinary from
the King of Naples, arrived in Paris this morning,
with an address of congratulation to the Emperor
of the French on his late escape from assassination.
"A. letter from Toulon, dated y ester day, informs
us that the screw transport Saone is ready for sea,
and that to-rnorrew she is to receive the troops for
China. She is to sail for Canton on Frid iy next.
"It is reported that Aali Pasha, who has air ady
manifested his intention of resigning the functions
of Grand Vizier, is Lobe appoint. d Arulaisador-to.
the Court of Francs., tad that Mehamed Remil
13-2 y will be appointed to another situation.
"I am informed that tie physicians of.M. de
Rayneval, having declared he canno', with safety
to his life, support a• northern clitnat will not
proceed as ambassador to St. Vett rabuig.
"The plan presented to the Council of State for
creating a reserved list for the Conimissary-Gene-
rals and Inspectors-General of Marine, has ladeu
favourably received, and an Imper►al decree will
shortly appear on the subject.
" The Empe: or granted a private audience this
morning to Admiral Lia Roque Ch'irnf►ay, who has
lately arrived in France. from Rio Janeiro, on
board the Po ureuivante. The Ad u iral commanded
the naval station of La Plata.
"M. Gautier, Senator and Deputy-Governor of