The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-25 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The Princess Frederick William is understood
to have entirely recovered from her indisposi-
tion, which app. ars, in fact, to have been little
more than a not very severe cold. She was
prudent enough at, once to abstain from attend-
ing any further amusements, and, by reuiaie-
ing at home, to take all means at her disposal
for obviating any further ill consequences.
While the young Princess was thus compelled to
remain within doors the' Princess of Prussia, her
mother-in-law, has been most kind in her frequent
and lengthy visits to her, often giving up other
engagements to stay and dine or sup en fanatic with
the young couple.
The Prince of Prussia is recovering rapidly from
the effects of his fall and his sprained ankle ; 12
leeches were promptly applied the same evening
(Saturday) that the accident happened, and in the.
course of Sunday the pain began to diminish, so
that his Royal Highness slept at intervals during
the night from Sunday to Monday, and since then
has been enabled to attend to the routine of busi-
ness. In about a week it is expected that the Prince
will be enabled to walk out agsin.

THE LATE Hua MILLEII'H MIISEIIII.—At the meeting
of the Edinburgh Town Council on Tuesday the Lord
Provost reported the steps that bad been taken to secure
for the country the valuable geological museum of the
late Hugh Miller. He stated that very recently alter
Mr. Miller's death he entered into communication with
Government with a view to induce them to purchase that
museum. The Government remitted it to certain
gentlemen in Edinburgh to examine it, and report on if s
value, and these gentlemen recommended that an offer
of 5001, Should be made for the Collection, that sum
being.. to their opinion, its value. Since then, however,
a nobleman had offered 1,0001., for it, and an off-.:r of
1,000 guineas had come from America. He had urged
on Government to amend their offer, but had not suc-
ceeded in inducing them to do so. It bad, however,
been resolved by gentlemen taking an interest in. the
matter to organise a subscription to raiee 6001. to
supplement the offer of the Governtnent assuming
that any Ministry who might sacc,ed the present
would be at least willing to give 500/. Sir R.
Morcbieon hat written to his I,niship, offering
10 guineas towards the object, and an,,ther gentle•
man had that morning off!red 251 These large con-
tributions, how( r, would not tie accepted, it itvilg
been resolved to limit the subscriptions to 1/., so as t
allow t, a larger nun:o,er the opportunity of thus sie w-
ing their regard fir the memory of they decea,ed. The
museum, when acquired, would belong to the nation, and
form part of the present Natural History Museum in
the ITniversLy of Edinburgh.
theueuer, &Anoint OF Ice IN AiiERIOA.—The pro-
, spects of the ice business fir the pr ...lit year are very
gloomy. Tnoueb no less than 300,000 tons will .
needed to supply the demand that will be made in tin-
city for this invaluable luxury euring the c .ming summer
and fall, not a block hes been cut by either the Ns w
York or Knickerbocker Ice Companies, the only emu-
panies which supply the city. Last year all the ice-
houses of these companies were full befera the eed o
January, and contained 350,C00 tons. Of this unmet), e
quantity only about 65 000 tone remain, cqualiy
between the two companies. • Rockland Lake st,l
I open, tnere being only a li.tle skim of ice near its shores,
and at Catskill the river is.frozen for a short distarice,
but the ice being only four inches thick is not efficientiy
Istrong to bear the weight of a horse and a loaded cart.
The ice dealers are sad in expectation of the advent of
a " cdld term" before the winter is °vote—Neve York
Courier and Inquirer.
RICHARD CoDDEN.—If Richard Cobden will return to
his disconsolate friend. at Manchester all past errors
I will be forgiven, and no questions asked. More than this,
I in handsome commemoration of the happy reconciliation,
the electors, to the number of some 8,000, pledge them-
selves to secure his return at the fcirthc)ining election
free of expense. This will be cheerfully accomplished
under the strong conviction that Mr. Cobden, as niece-
' ber for Manchester (the 'scene of his former triumphs),
will be in every sense the right man in the right place.
i A Free-trade Parliament without the great champion of
free trade is a vulgar unconstitutional anomaly. N.B.
No time should he lost, as the Tories are already
in a
state of the most blundering despair at the prospect of
Ile C.'a return.—Puna.