The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-16 00:00:00

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

PRUSSIA.
POPULAR MEETING AT BERLIN.
BERLIN, APRIL 16

A crowded meeting was held here yesterday, at
which the following resolutions were unanimously
voted :

" I. A war between Prussia and Austria would
be a national misfortune.

" 2. A Liberal Prussian Ministry would alone
command the general conference required for

Federal reform

" 3. The inhabitants of Schleswig Holstein have
an absolute right to dispose of their own future.
Such a popular right forms the only moral and
legal basis of any constitutional government."

DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES.
ELECTION OF PRINCE CHARLES.
BUCHAREST, APRIL 15 (Evening).
The Plebiscite has terminated in nearly all the
towns, and Prince Charles of Hohenzollern has been
unanimously elected Hospodar.

MS EURBANCES AT JASSY.

JASSY, APRIL 15 (Evening).

A band of 200 men, led by Mourouzi and Ros-
novano, attempted yesterday a separatist movement.
They were dispersed by the police, who compelled
Mourouzi to fly. In consequence of this attempt,
the rioters, all said to be Russians, barricaded them-
selves in the house of Rosnovano,from whence they
fired upon the troops, who replied. It is said that
there were 14 killed and 16 wounded.- The riot is
now at an end.

The people have not taken any part in the move

The insurgents strove to place the Metropolitan
at their head, and he received a slight wound.

PLYMOUTH, MONDAY MORNING.

The Royal mail steamer Norseman, from the
Cape, and her Majesty's screw frigate Severn, from
the East Indies, are coming into the Sound.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, April 14, Three o'clock.—The marke
closed at the following quotations :
lit per Cents 96 25
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 67 25
Do. end month 66 90
Credit Mobilier 610
Do. end month 596 25
Unis
Do. end month....

Bank Shares 3450
Italian Loan 54 50
Do. end month 54 45
Mexican Loan 4l
Do. Bonds 270
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —

Deferred -
rAYS. .

Acct.

Orleans ...
Northern .

-- - ... 825 ---
- - ... 1005 -

Lyons and Aloditerranean
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

- - 865 -
- - ." 555 -

- - ... 535 -
- - 532 50
- - 100 -

- - ... 375 -

- - . • 385 -
- •.. 145 -
- - . . 195
-
- -- ... 87 50
- 75 -

TIIE LATE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S HALF-
PAY.- For many years before his decease the late Duke of
Northumberland had refrained from drawing his half-pay
to which he was entitled by his rank as admiral in the
navy. His executors, Earl Grosvenor, ALP., and Lord
Redesdalo have, however, applied for, and received from
the Admiralty, about £7,400 under this head. The
present Duke, considering with much generosity
of feeling, that this sum could not legitimately
bo reckoned amongst the six or seven millions of property
which he had inherited from his cousin, the late Duke,
has decided upon appropriating it for the benefit of vari-
ous naval charities. The Royal Naval Benevolent will

receive about £5,200, the Dreadnought Seaman's Hospital
will have £2,000, and the National Lifeboat Association
the remainder. It would have been difficult to select more

deserving charities, but the disproportion is rather start-
ling. 'rho merchant seamen for whom the Dreadnought
is intended deserve well of their country, and considering
that the Royal Naval Benevolent Fund is already a
wealthy charity, it might have been thought that the
two would have shared equally. The sum to be

handed over to the National Lifeboat Institution
is, however, even still more out of ' propor-
tion, especially when it is considered that the lifeboats
which have been placed on the Northumberland coast have
cost that sciety about £5,000, while the benefactors of the
Duke to the funds of his Institution during his long life
were limited to a single donation of a hundred guineas.
The only ground of consolation is that the public is the
best patron, and that in spite of the small donations of
many of the great landed proprietors from whom much
might be expected, the smaller subscriptions of a vast num-
ber of people have enabled the Institution to do a great
amount of good.—Northern Daily Express.
THE NEW ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.-SIIEERNESS,
April 13.—The preparations on board the Great Eastern
for receiving the new Atlantic telegraph have at last been
completed, and the important work of stowing away the
cable in the tanks prepared for its reception com-
menced on Saturday last. The Iris, the hulk which
was lent by the Government to the Telegraph Construc-
tion and Maintenance Company (Limited) for the purpose
of bringing down the cable from the works at Mordan-
wharf, East Greenwich, arrived alongside the Great
Eastern on Wednesday, with upwards of 200 miles of the
new telegraph on board, and the work of winding it on
board will,continue without intermission till the whole is
stowed away. At the end of June or the beginning of
July, according to present arrangements, the Great
Eastern will again commence her hazaadous enterprise of
laying the cable, which every ono connected with the work
is sanguine will this time be accomplished. The ship has
behaved herself remarkably well during her winter resi-
dence in Sheerness Harbour, and notwithstanding that
her immense broadside has been exposed to some of tho
heaviest gales ever known; it has never been necessary to
get up steam, as her anchorage has been quite sufficient
'or her security.

CIIARLES DICKENS'S DOCTOR MARIGOLD is thus

spoken of by the Atheneum, which says :—" No Le
Texier, Siddons, Kemble, or any of the accomplished
leaders who have delighted the town' in times past or at
present, over exceeded—we doubt if any equalled—the
feat performed by Mr. Dickens on Tuesday night, before
the audience that crammed St. James's;llall, when he pro-
duced Dr. Marigold'—with a distinct character, an un-
flagging spirit, a breadth of humour, and a depth of pathos
never to be forgotten by those who listened in silent at-
tention, :and wept, and laughed, and cheered a piece of
representative art as difficult as was ever set before a
public—' Dr. Marigold,' it may be remembered, being more
of a monologue) than the other condensed tales and sketches
which have so delighted us. A greater success, wader
more difficult circumstances, was never achieved." Ano-
ther of our weekly contemporaries adding—" That in this
wonderful monologue of Dr. Marigold,' Mr. Dickens acts
rather than reads the humorous and pathetic character and
story with a power equal to that of the late Mr. Robson."
FALL OF THE CHELTENHAM GRAND STAND.—

The accident at Cheltenham appears to have been
more serious than was supposed. The stand was a tem-
porary erection, constructed chiefly of timber, and when
the first race began, on Friday, was filled with about 400
people. Underneath it was a refreshment room. The acci-
dent seems to have been caused by the men rushing to the
front to see the finish of the race. As all eyes were bent
towards the horses a loud crash was heard ; the centre
gave way, and more than 300 people were precipitated to
the ground. The excitement was such that it was difficult
to keep the crowd lining the course from rushing across
as the horses came up to the winning post. Assistance
was rendered immediately, and those who were not hurt
much wore drawn out of the ruin. Several gentlemen
were found to have their legs broken, and great numbert
received injuries more or less serious. It seems almos
marvellous that no one was killed on the spot.
A VIGNETTE OF ALGIERS.—" It is all bonito, from
the snowy mole glancing in the blue, blue waters
of the port, to the great battered old Turkish fortress of
the Kasba crowing the amphitheatre in the centre-;Cresar's
loge de face, so to speak, whence he can watch the games
and receive the salutes of the gladiators. Beautiful as is
the chromatic effect of the city from a distance—an effect
that Stanfield, or Pyne, or Beverley, might revel in—l
have beard a French landscape painter say that there are
but four hues to make up the picture.. Cobalt for the sea,
zinc white for the houses, burnt umber glazed with raw
sienna for the hills, and turquoise (with the texture of
satin) for the sky. To this I may add a little Venetian red
for the tiled roofs. These hues are all frank, outspoken,
and trenchant, but they never jar between themselves or
offend you."— G. A. Sala's Trip to Barbary.
TILE SULTAN ABD-UL-AZEZ AND THE EMPEROR
NAPOLEON.—A present of eight very beautiful Arab horses,
of the famous Dioff breed, is about to lie despatched by the
Sultan to the Emperor Napoleon. They will leave by an
early steamer for Marseilles,