The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-06 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

PRUSS lA.
-BERLIN, JAN. 1.
The bands of all the regi.r cents of the Guards
assembled this morning and treated the Prince of
Prussia to a morning conue rt in honour of his
jubilee.
Shortly after 9 o'clock the Prince and Princess
of Prussia, with their famil• y, drove out to Char-
lottenburg to present their N ew Year's congratula-
tions to the King and Queen, with whom also they
attended Divine service in th e chapel of the palace
there.
Long before the Royal party returned from
Divine service at Charlotten I burg the open space in
front-of the Prince of Prussia .'s palace, began to be
thickly covered with anxiously interested spec-
tators. Shortly before one c ,'clock the representa-
tives of the Prussian army is 'gan to stream into the
Music-hall. It was here tb a the main act of con-
gratulation on the part of t h .e army took place.
At the time when the Rc e Tel party entered the
Music-hall after their arrive 1 from Charlottenburg,
the company assembled, the r i consisting entirely of
officers, presented a brillian t tableau vivant of the
entire Prussian army.
The Rotunda was devoi;e d exclusively to the
officers of the Prussian ariny , but the foreign mi-
litary deputations—the Engfii ;h, the Austrian, and
the Russian—were admitted to be spectators from
a wide opening that leads into it from the Conser-
vatory, corresponding in its -v, .osition to the door
leading from the central hal') of our Houses of
Parliament to the waiting Ilan and committee
rooms. Here our Minister, Lc trd Bloomfield, stood
, conspicuous, the more so frot a his diplomatic cos-
tume being the only non-militi txy uniform present,
flanked by Sir Colin Campbell ; tad supported by his
suite ; next to them the Austrir al deputation, from
the 34th Regiment of Foot, of which the Princo
is chief, resplendent in their v rhite, round coats,
which we call tunics, and bright red trousers ; and
at a convenient distance from both of these, but
more advanced into the room, t' he deputation from
the Prince's Russian (Kaluga, th line) Regiment
consisting of but two officers, whose dark green
uniforms and deficient decorati on formed an ad-
vantaged foil to the more brilliat it colouring of the
English and Austrian groups.
The indefatigable exertions of the Prince's Cham-
berlain, Count Puckler, succeec led in getting the
groups of the Prussian army formed into three
segments of a circle occupyire g three quarters
of the periphery of the Mu sic-hall, with the
two Field Marshals, Count D. alma and General
Wrangel, in the centre, when the arrival of the
Royal party was announced. ' rhe King entered
first, followed by the Prince of Prussia, led in by
the Queen. They were succeed. 3CI by the Princess
of Prussia and the ladies in wail i ng, Prince Fred-
erick Wilhelm, and all the mei n hers of the Royal
family now present in Berlin. 'While these latter
and the many illustrious visit° s were taking up
the stations assigned them, the t r vo Field Marshals
fetched the silver shield which the officers of the
army present to the Prince. V he King and the
Queen hereupon gave them tie. a benefit of their
assistance in holding this work of art, while the
King addressed the Prince in the name of the army.
The King's address was short, but though spoken
with great emphasis and warn ith not distinctly
audible at a distance ;it was clearly observable,
however, that he made use of t he familiar form of
address used to near relati ons, "thou' arid
" thee ;" and the sense of wha ,t he said was, after
pointing to the shield before t./ tem, that not only
he and his whole family—not o nly the officers pre-
sent, but the whole army, se ught' to express by
their offering their hearty desid •e for many a happy
return of the day to him.
The Prince was evidently at fected, more by the
heartiness of the address than by the offering thus
made him, and he evidently exi .erienced difficulty in
finding due expression for his feelings—a difficulty
that, doubtless, was enhanced b y the consciousness of
the present critical position ofa ffairs with regard to
the peace of central Europe. 13 e said he had already
that morning received from h im (his brother) so
many marks of affection and. favour that this fur.
ther token of the approbatia na of his King and
Commander, in the name of t' he army, quite over-
powered him ; if this was in deed to be looked on
as a mark of recognition for past services, at least
he was conscious of having a, 'ways had the firmest
and truest goodwill to servo him ; if he had suc-
ceeded in doing so to his satisfaction he was in-
debted for the moans to tho 3e who- stood around
them ; they had placed confii fence in him, and he
had endeavoured to deserve t hat confidence. And
he then begged the officers .resent to join him in
expressing their common fee lings of affection and
ThoughdevtAio muchn to the
the Prince'seKingin .1
a hearty "Hoch "
at a distance one thing was
an English ear, that, t'while there was no allusion
at least observablewasinaudible
e-
made to "glory," stress w: as laid upon the con-
scientious endeavour to fulfil duty during a length.
ened period of years.
After the Prince bad c occluded his speech of
thanks by calling on all his brother officers to join
him is a cheer for the King, which was given
thrice, General Wrangel • roceeded to express the
feeling of the army towards the Prince with refer-
ence to the anniversary they were then celebrating,
and closed with proposing a cheer for the whole
Royal Family.r
6lh
p
As an instance of the unaffected cor-
diality
jnirt,
gio e
ad rx.4h ,:auity the fleet of
been of the
sold Gene.
to a
new company. it appeals that Itle 'sig. Crawford and
pervading this cerem o ny may be mentioned
that, as the cheers that Gene a al Wrangel bad called
y
forth died away, the King f. aid aloud, " Come, all ScrewraiW
We have
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now let us give another .el leer for my beloved Screw Company, have offered 181. per ton for the ships
brother, Wilhelm," a proposition that was re- and that the offer was formally acc.Tted by the directors,
plied to with a hearty good'xi, il. The Prince then on Saturday last.

THE THEATRES.

DRURY-LANE.

The continued absence of Mr. Charles Mathews, occa-
sioned by the accident he r:cently rt.et with at Man.
cheater, has compelled Mr. E. T. Smith to engage Mr.
Leigh Murray, and this popular c3median appeared last
night in the clever and ingenious comedy entitled the
" Ladies' Battle." Mr. Murray experienced a warm
welcome from a crowded house. Ile played with his
usual ability ; and the comedy which was further sup.
ported by Mrs. Leigh Murray, who personated the
Countess, passed off well. It is announced every night
during the week, as a preliminary to the pantomime, the
attraction of which is immense.

HAYM...4.RKET.
Mr. Murdoch appeared last Light in the " Wonder,"
the character of Don Felix being one of those which
come especially within the elas3 of personation which he
has chosen to adopt, and in which he has achieved his
fame both here and in the United States. Like all his
other efforts in plays of the same kiwi, his acting
betrayed considerable spirit and vivacity, an excellent
knowledge of the points that have been handed down to
us, and the most perfect ;ease and familiarity with the
stage. The drawback of an inelastic and unmanage-
able voice still of course remained, a defect somewhat
fatal to gracefulnc,ss and suavity of effect. The per-
formance, however, possessed many coincident merits,
and was frequently applauded. The Violante of Miss
Reynolds lacked neither sprightliness nor gaiety, the
refined judgment and esprit of this pleasing actress
having here a most eligible vehicle for their development.
The comedy, as regards the other parts, was amusingly
sustained, particularly the Lissardo by Mr. Buckstone,
and the Flora by Mrs. E. Fitz william.

VIENNA, Jan. 2.—His Eminence the Cardinal
Archbishop of Vienna has established an ecclesias-
tical censure. An " Index" will be published--
as is the case at Rome—and all good Catholics
will have to refrain from rea,iing the books con-
tained in it. It is believed that the Arch-
bishop is about to publish a pastoral letter, recom-
mending the new marriage laws to the faithful.
Some judicious changes have recently-been made in.
the Austrian passport system, as travellers in Italy
will have cause to remark. The journey by railroad
from Venice to Padua is usually accomplished in
about two hours, and formerly the passports were
examined five times. At present they need only be
shown twice ; that is, when the trains leave Venice
and when they arrive at Padua. There has been a
small coup d'etat in Montenegro. Prince Daniel
has sequestered the property of all the monasteries
in his little State, and the revenue of the same is
now paid into the public Treasury. The clergy are
paid by the State, but the Archimandrite of Os-
trog, whose salary has been fixed at 100 dollars per
lannum, is gone to St. Petersburg to complain of
the conduct of the Prince. The persons suspected
of having murdered Count Lovatelli have been
taken to Bologna, where they will be tried by an
Austrian court-martial. On the 19th of Decem-
ber 19 persons were tried for burglary and highway
robbery at Ancona. The court-martial condemned
seven of the offenders to death, and the others to
imprisonment for periods varying between twenty
and five years. Five of the men condemned
to death were shot, and the other two were sent to
the galleys.
According to reliable information received
from Venice, the Empress is note well. Her
Majesty took a violent cold when on her way back
from Pola, and is confined to her apartments.
Prince Thurn and Taxis, her Lord Steward, is
dangerously ill, having taken cold while looking
at pictures in the churches of Venice. His Majesty
has become quite popular at Venice.