The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-21 00:00:00

THE QUEEN IN GERMANY.

FROM THE COURT NEWSMAN.

POTSDAM, AUG. 17.

Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort,
with the Prince and Princess of Prussia, came to
Potsdam from Babelsberg yesterday morning at ten
o'clock, and proceeded to the railway station, when
the whole of the suite of her Majesty and the Prince,
as well as cf the Prince and Princess of Prussia,
were in waiting to receive them. The Royal party
then travelled by special train to Berlin, where her
Majesty was welcomed by the military and other
authorities of the town.

Several of the Royal carriages were in attend-
ance, and her Majesty, with the Prince Consort,
drove immediately to the Palace of the Prince of
Prussia, and here the Prince and Princess Frederick
William, who had preceded her Majesty in their
carriage to Berlin, awaited the arrival of their Royal
parents.

A considerable time was occupied in viewing the
apartments and various works of art and vertu
of this sumptuous Palace, and then the Royal party
proceeded to inspect the still unfinished Palace des-

tined for the residence of the Prince and Princess
Frederick William. This Palace, which is far
advanced towards completion, combines, in an emi-
nent degree, comfort with the usual grandeur of a
Palace, and promises to be a remarkably agreeable
residence. Every part of it was minutely examined,
and in most of the rooms specimens of the intended
furniture were exhibited, so that the Queen and
Prince might form a correct idea of all the details of
the future residence of their daughter and son-in-

From hence the Prince and Princess of Prussia
conducted their Royal guests to the King's Palace,
where, after the splendid apartments had been
visited, a collation was served to a large and dis-
tinguished party.
The weather in the afternoon was, unfortunately.
very unfavourable, the rain falling heavily ; and
from the King's Palace the Royal party returned by
railway to Potsdam, and thence to Babelsberg,
arriving at the latter place a little after six o'clock.
There was no party either to dinner or in the
evening at Babelsberg yesterday.

AUGUST 18.

The whole of the troops quartered in Potsdam
were reviewed yesterday morning by her Majesty
the Queen in front of the Palace.
The division was commanded by his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Prussia, Prince Frederick William
of Prussia leading the Ist Brigade of the Infantry of
the Guards. _ .

The regiments reviewed were the Regiment of
Gardes du Corps, the Regiment of Hussars of the
Guards, and one of Lancers of the Guards, the Ist
Regiment of Foot Guards. Several other battalions
of infantry (Chasseurs of the GuardQ, Lehr Bataillon
Schulabtheilung), and a battery of Artillery.
Her Majesty the Queen arrived at a little after 10
o'clock from Babelsberg in an open carriage, accom-
panied by her Royal Highness the Princess of Prus-
sia, and in a second carriage were the Princess
Frederick William and Princess Charles of Prussia.

Her Majesty was received by the Prince of
Prussia and the Prince Consort, on horseback.
There were likewise present Prince Charles of
Prussia (Master-General of the Ordnance), Prince
Albert of Prussia (father), Prince Albert of Prussia
(son), Prince Frederick Charles, Prince Adalbert,
the Admiral, the Count of Flanders, Field Marshal
Wrangel, Prince Radzivil, Commander of the 3d
Corps d'ArmCe, and the Prince of Wurtemberg,
Commander of the Guards.

Her Majesty with the Royal Princesses drove
down the line, attended by Princes and General Offi-
cers on horseback, and returning, took up a position
opposite the centre of the line.
The troops then marched past her Majesty, the
Prince of Prussia leading- them. The Infantry
marched first in open column of companies, and then
in column of grand divisions. The Cavalry walked
and trotted past.

The appearance of the men and the extraordinary
precision of their movements was the subject of
universal admiration.

As soon as the troops had left the ground the

Queen entered the Palace of Potsdam, and was co -

ducted by the Prince and Princess of Prussia to view
the rooms formerly occupied by Frederick the Great,
and in which no alteration has been permitted to be
made since the death of that celebrated Monarch.
On her Majesty returning to the Grand Hall the
whole of the Generals and Field-Officers who had
taken part in the review had the honour of being
presented to her Majesty. Her Majesty then went
to see the tomb of Frederick the Great at the Garni-
son Kirche.

In the evening there was a grand dinner party at
Babelsberg, after which Madlle. Meyer and Mr. Sab-
bath had the honour of singing before the Royal
party. Mr. Taubert accompanied them on the piano,
and also played several pieces of music.
ller Majesty and the Princess Frederick William
appear to be in the enjoyment of excellent health.

His Excellency the Bavarian Minister and the
Baroness de Coto left the Basarian Legation yesterday,
accompanied by their family, for Brighton.

The Duchess (Dow.) of Somerset entertained his
Excellency the Ambassador of France and a select circle ut
dinner, last evening, at her grace's residence in Park-lane.

The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton will leave
Hamilton Palace early next week for Brodeick Castle, in
the Isle of Arran, where the noble duke intends to receive a
shooting party.
The Duke of Richmond's party have had excel-
lent sport since the commencement of grouse shcoting on
his Scottish moors. The circle assembled there comprise
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Eat! of March, the
Earl of Coventry, Lord A. Gordon Lennox, Col. Jebb, Col.
Napier, and Mr. Cox.
A PECULIARITY IN TILE WORKING or THE
ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—T'tere will be one peculiar fea-
ture in the working of the Atlantic telegraph to which we
think sufficient attention has not even yet been drawn, not-
withstanding our own special nllusion to it on a former
occasion—that is, the alternate transmission of positive
and negative electricity along the wire. Positive and nega-
tive electricity are doubtless a, complete counteractives to
each other's influence as are cold and heat. We have re-
peatedly pointed attention to the probability that positive
electricity is more analogous to cold, negative electricity
to heat. In noticing some time before this peculiar mode
of vvorking the Atlantic telegraph was thought of the phe-
nomena exhibited by a small portion of the old submarine
wire removed from one of the British Channel lines,
which was exhibited at the Society et Arts, we
pointed out the curious fact that the copper wire
was sublivided or cut, as it were, into small
morsels in the midst of the gu,ta percha, each morsel being
entirely separate from the others, and thickened at both
ends, as if some condensing or hammering procsss bad been
effected on each separate pitce. This we attributed to the
perpetual aed uncounteracted Operation of the positive elec-
tricity upon the wire, our purpose being to induce consi-
deration as to how such disintegration should be obviated.
The alternate transmittal of the negative by terns with the
positive was an obviu-ly probable weer of counteracting or
preventing. such disintegration; and we ore persuaded that
the purposes of the
it will prevent it in the case of the Atlantic teleg,aph, and
that other advantages will be found to flow from this mode
of working the line. Yet we are net aware whether any
such advantage as that indicated has been thought of in this
A SPANISH BANDIT.—A letter from Seville says :
case;
resolution
ict: slnotoektso to.—The ;7f Lc Builder.
• bandit then sprang upon one of the guards with his dagger
and severely wounded him • after which the brigand himself
—" The famous Andalusian bandit, known by the nickname
of Muselina, of whose exploits every traveller in the south of
Spain has heard, has just terminated his career in a very cha-
racteristic manner. Daring the last month the police and
soldiers have been upon his trail, but his wonderful power of
disguising himself; and his numberless hiding-places,
afforded him the means of eluding them and corn-
witting fresh crimes. But his time had come. He was
in;fideero.ne of
recently traced to his birthplace at Estepa, where he
had retired with the booty he had collected in the neigh-
Inuring province of Cordova. On the morning of the
7th, a detachment of the civil guard, the gendarmerie of
Spain, sEa, ched the bandit's and several te her houses in that
village, but without SUCCESS. A spy of his who bad been
bought over by the authorities insisted, hevvever, that he
must be in the place, and accordinAly the i tficer in cotunraed
ef the guard, Don Francisco Lasema, sent away all his men
except four, aed resolved to make II new search of the
bandit'e house from garret to cellar. Leaving two of his
guards at tie front door and two in the yard,. the officer
entered, and finding a female who
he requested her to show him through the house, which
she did with a politeeess that boded nothing good. On
resided with Muselina
erriviug, at a low windowless room on the ground floor
he went in alone. The door was immedietely shut
from within, and a pistol discharged at him. Fortunately,
his face was merely singed, and he fired in his turn, but
wie.-iut effect. A desperete fight then took place in the
dark, the otliner and his victim striking at each other at
random. In the meantime the guards outside made violent
efforts to break down the door, which they did very oppor-
tunely, Don Francisco having already been wounded. The
was killed. The news of '•
\
I no small
joy, as he has been long the terror of the province
of Cordova." . this bandit's death has occasioned