The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-19 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The prosecution of the Preussische lahrbucker,
published at Berlin, for an article in a recent num-
ber of the work, on the Regency in Prussia, has
terminated in the acquittal of the editor, Dr.
Haym. The trial took place on the 15th inst. Dr.
Haym defended himself, and successfully; in a
long and able speech he convinced the judges that
the article was not intended, nor calculated, to
excite scandal, but merely as a searching examina-
tion of certain facts.

The young Princess Royal of the Two Sicilies
left the palace at Munich on the 13th, after a most
affecting parting from Duke Maximilian, her
father. Her august mother and the Dukes Theodore
and Maximilian, her brothers, accompanied the
Princess to Augsburg, and her other brother, the
Duke Louis, was to go with her to Trieste. The
royal party slept at Augsburg, and the next morn-
ing the Duchess and her party returned to Munich,
the others proceeding to Leipsic, where they
made only a short stay, proceeding on their journey
to Prague. On the occasion of the marriage, the
Duke Maximilian, the bride's father, presented
Count de Ludolf, Minister of the King of Naples
at the Court of Munich, with a gold casket of great
value, the cover bearing the Duke's miniature set
round with diamonds.

A letter from Munich, of the 15th, in the Nurem-
berg Correspondent, describes a manifestation of the
popular sentiments which occurred at a theatre of
that capital on the previous night. It says—" The
piece performed was The Will of the Great Elector
of Putlitz.' At a passage where the Elector Frede-
rick 111. of Brandenburg haughtily rejects the pro-
posals of the French and Polish envoys, and where it
is said that Prussia is the sword of Germany axd
Austria its shield, a unanimous shout of enthusiasm
burst forth from the spectators, and it was with
great difficulty that sufficient silence could be re-
stored to permit the continuation of the play."

The Opinione of Turin, in a leading article, com-
plains that, although all the intelligent classes of
Piedmont are in favour of a war, the clergy, as
usual, are against their Government on that que
tion, because they foresee that a war, instead of
causing the suppression of the constitutional sys-
tem, according to their wishes, would lead to its
consolidation. It further remarks that the two
articles on the question of the Danubian Principa-
lities published not long ago in the Piedmontese
aazette, coupled as they are with military prepara-

tions, the political state of the Lombardo-Venetia'
provinces, and the existing good understand-
ing between iedmont and France, constitute more
than a mere diplomatic manifesto : " they are anc
declaration of the hostility existing between the
two states." •

A letter from Milan of the 14th says :—" The
affair at Padua has been gre4tly exaggerated. The
facts are simply these. The police having with a
view to prevent a demonslration, caused the body to
be privately removed from the church to the cemetery'►
the students repaired to the grave, where after a
funeral speech, loud cheers were given in honour of
the professor ; a garland displaying the three Italian
colours was, after having been laid on the grave bi
way of consecration, paraded about the streets. The
procession was met by a party of mounted police,
who, after vainly summoning the rioters to disperse,
fired a few shots in the air to intimidate them, and
arrested about 15 of the ringleaders. The Univer.
sity has since been closed to prevent any further
breach of the peace."

A letter from Belgrade of the 13th states that
the Skuptschina, in the sitting of that day, Laub
with the consent of the Senate and the Provisions
Government, drawn up a petition to the Porte"
praying it, in addition to confirming the electio9
of Prince Milosch, to make the princely dignity
hereditary in his family. The letter adds that
deputation was about to wait on Osman P.acha
ask him to support the petition.

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING.

The- Royal Mail steamer Magdalena, Captaill
Baynton, has arrived with the West India and
Pacific mails.

Her dates are :—Nassau, Dec. 15; Greytov►
17th ; Colon, 24th ; Jamaica, 26th ; Demara3l4
25th; Trinidad, 25th; Barbadoes, 27th ; Grenad'
26th ; St. Thomas, Jan. 1.

She brings 35 passengers, 669,295 dollars
specie, 894 serons indigo, 155 serons cochineal,
four casks coffee, 118 bags cocoa.
From the latest accounts from the Islands the
weather was remarkably fine for the season, and
the sugar crops of Barbadoes, Trinidad, 06
Demerara most promising. The Islands had boa
unusually healthy.
Business at Jamaica rather active, but no parti-
cular advance reported. Produce quiet, and vac
little:of any kind brought to market, on account 0
the bad state of the roads in the interior.

By a special Act of the Legislature the following
additional duties were imposed from the 22d of
December :—Flour, 2s. per barrel additional ; Oa.
fish, 6d. per cwt. do. ; wheat, 3d. per bushel (I°'
Coffee was rather lower in price, 325. 6d. to 38s. Pet
100 lb. being the ruling figure.
Freights dull, and nothing offering.
Exchanges on London, 2 per cent. prem. 90 dal°
1 per cent. 60 days ; 11 per cent. 30 days ; rani
chants' bills, par ; commissariat, z per cent. preen;
The Roman Emperor had arrived at Trinid!
from Madras in 82 days, with 380 emigrants, In
eluding women and children. Only two dear!
from sickness during the voyage, and not a single
case sent to hospital. One female committ
suicide.

Her Majesty's ships Caesar and Diadem at Grel'
town on the 17th of December.
Gunboat Jasseur at St. Thomas on the Ist of
January, waiting for the Admiral's mails.

The Indus, bearing Sir Houston Stewart's fa
at Bermuda, by last accounts.
Her Majesty's sloop Atalanta and the gunhoo
Jasper were at St. Vincent when the steamer left,6
The Magdalena spoke the barque George on tb
18th, standing up channel.
Her Majesty's ship Havannah was at Valparais°
Dec. 1, with Consul-General Miller on board, frog
the Sandwich Islands, for the benefit of his heal'
The Maypu, Chilian war steamer, has arrived
from Rio de Janeiro. •
The South American Republics were generalif
quiet.
The losses by the late fire at Valparaiso amounted
to 3,000,000 dols. The burnt district was soon to be
i
rebuilt. Two more fires had subsequently occurrew
but not much damage was done.

Imports small and exports dull at Valparaiso'
Owing to unsatisfactory accounts from Europe oftli
price of copper, silver mines rather improving.
No English man-of-war at Callao on the 12th Dee'
Lima healthy, and crops flourishing.
Great hopes were entertained of the war bet WO
the Ecuadorians and Peruvians being amicablY
settled.

Her Majesty's ship Ganges, Admiral Bayne',
flag, was at Vancouver's Island on the 17th Noy''
also the Satellite and surveying ship Plumper.
Latest accounts from San Francisco, Califoro"
report a severe earthquake shock. No lives 100,
Trifling damage done.
The small cutter Royal Charlie had arrived sit
Grenada, 42 days from Southampton. She had
very tempestuous passage.