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The Berlin Government will, we have no doubt,
find themselves in the position of those who suffer
from embarras de richesses. They have insisted on
appropriating so many things to themselves, and
forcibly taken possession of so many places, that
they will be puzzled to know what to do with them
or how to consolidate their acquisitions. Great
confusion has prevailed on the subject of Hanover,
and it has been found almost impossible to recon-
cile the old with the new regime, or to make
people contented with the very strange state
of things put before them. Of course it is
one thing to lord it over men when things
are all in a state of unsettlement, and
another to ignore completely the wishes and set at
naught the opinions of the inhabitants of the newly-
acquired States. It was stated yesterday that whe-
ther the ex-King of HANovEu absolved the officers
formerly belonging to the Hanoverian Army or not
that they would be permitted to enter the military
service of Prussia. It is, however, semi-officially
declared that the Prussian Government will at " all
times respect the conscientious and religious scruples
of the inhabitants of all the newly-acquired States."
Can anything be more absurd than this, as if the
Berlin authorities ever troubled themselves about
scruples of conscience either on their own
parts or on that of others. The last
intimation is that the Government intends to ask
the Hanoverian officers to declare whether or not
they will be willing to enter the Prussian service.
The reason given for this extraordinary step is that
it is considered desirable to ascertain their position
in a very clear manner. It is not very difficult for
experienced persons to divine pretty accurately the
reason for this meddlesome inquiry being made. Of
course Herr BISMARCK is very anxious that all the
military forces of these States just annexed should
be added to that of Prussia, and thus secure the
double purpose of augmenting the military power
of Prussia, and of preventing the strength of the
said places from being consolidated. It is a daring
move on the part of the wily Minister thus to seek
to lay the foundation of native strength in these
places ; but it is to be seen if the manoeuvre will
answer, even if for the moment it prove successful.
We have an instance of the manner in which these
newly annexed States of King WILLIAM will benefit
by the blessings of freedom and unity, so lately
bestowed upon them in the matter of the
Frankfort conscription. Upon 6th and 7th
proximo the military conscription for Frankfort
and its environs will, we hear, take place. Those
who rave about the great result that the greatest
man of the day has achieved contrive to forget
completely the feelings which must be excited in
the minds of those most immediately concerned in
the changes. How can it be a gain to the German
people when their privileges are sequestrated and
their rights trampled under foot in the most bare-
faced manner ? The Saxon Chambers were opened
on Wednesday by the KING, who declared it to
be his intention to keep faithful to the North
German Confederation, and that he would let
no obstacle stand in the way of carrying out
the engagements he had entered into. The session
of the Prussian Diet, which was adjourned from
September to November, will be resumed next
Monday. It is not anticipated that any very
striking occurrence will celebrate the resumption of
senatorial labours. This session will not last much
over the month of January, because the new Ger-
man Parliament must be convoked in the early part
of the New Year, and the two assemblies will not
deliberate at once.

The last year or two has brought us a sad cat a-
logue of disasters. We have ourselves but partially
recovered from the long prevailing plague among
our herds, and the cholera still lingers in the midst
of our cities, while the effects of the financial panic
in the spring are painfully perceptible. But while
yet suffering from these several disasters we con-
tinueto receive the news of exceptional misfortunes
from our dependencies. First, we had the famine
in India, which, although unhappily by no means
without precedent, has been very severe in its na-
ture and wide-spread in its influence. While we
were lamenting over the melancholy details of the
want and starvation in Orissa came the news of a
misfortune of a different character, which had be-
fallen our North American subjects. The fire at
Quebec had thrown thousands houseless on the
world to face the terrors of a Canadian winter, and
the appeal for help called forth a ready response
from all classes. The liberality and promptitude of
the subscriptions have enabled the managers of the
relief fund to authorise a large expenditure on the
part of the Mayor of Quebec ; but no sooner do we
begin to congratulate ourselves that the worst is over
than a fresh call upon our sympathies is made from
another quarter. The recent hurricane at the
Bahamas has done a fearful amount of mischief,
and so far from the previous accounts which have
reached us having exaggerated the disaster, the
detailed account sent by Governor RAWSON to the
ijorae-office a still more painful picture. Happily
the loss of life was by no means commensurate
with the destruction of property, which has been
very great, but the distress occasioned by the hur-
ricane is very severe. It was evidently a
cyclone, whose centre passedovteerrriaNc.e w
Pro-
vidence, where the damage was
It is,
of course, by no means the first time that
these islands have suffered from such a visitation ;
and only last year a violent hurricane passed south-
ward without much injury, but the cyclone of this
year has been one of the most severe within the
memory of man. In 1813 there was a terrible tem-
pest, but it was not nearly so destructive as this
one, partly no doubt owing to the rapid increase of
property. In 1796 there was also a hurricane, which
it is said most nearly approached that of 1866 in
violence of any on record.

On Sunday evening, September 30, a north-cast
wind was blowing freshly at Nassau. During
the night it rose, and by ten the next
morning it was blowing with fearful violence. From
noon till 6 p.m. the hurricane raged unintermittingly
with a deluge of rain. At 7 o'clock the rain ceased
and the wind moderated. The wind then shifted
to south, and by 9 o'clock in the evening it had
risen again and the rain was pouring in torrents.
The Commander of H.M.S. Nimble is preparing a
chart of the course of this hurricane, which will
no doubt prove very valuable to our meteorologists.
It swept towards the north-west, 'using felt on
the coast of the United States at Key West and