The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-25 00:00:00

JE WS IN PRUSSIA.

Count de Lowenjelm, the Swedish Ambassador at
Vienna, says a letter from that city, May 11, has
definitively quitted his post, having been recalled at
his own request. The same letter states that Akif
Effendi, the new Ottoman Ambassador, is accom-
panied by a Dervish, who attracts much attention by
his original habits.

A letter from Berlin, May 9, in the Augsburg Ga-
zette, states that the heads of almost all the Israelite
communities in Prussia having presented addresses
to the King, praying him not to allow the Bill to
be made law, which separates them from the
other inhabitants of the kingdom, giving them
particular political corporations, and granting
them, in consequence, certain privileges, and
exempting them from military service, they have re-
ceived a letter from M. De Rochow, the Prussian
Minister of the Interior, dated May 5, and in which,
in the name of the King, the Minister says :—" it is
the intention of his Majesty to:take measures, by means
of which the restrictions pressing upon Jews shall be
taken off. Those measures shall secure their interests on
the same basis as those of Christians, and shall give them
greater independence and influence with regard to their
own affairs, by establishing corporations, and by offering
a wider opportunity of employing their talents and
their capacities in their own favour, as well as in
favour of the Christians amongst whom they live.
But his -Majesty considers it to be necessary that the
realisation of these prerogatives should be ac-
companied by the conditions which form the
basis of a Christian State, and according to
which it is not admissable for Jews to exercise
the duties of magistrates over Christians, and be pos-
sessed of privileges which might compromiSe the inte-
rests of the Christian community. As to. the suppres-
sion of military duties now imposed upon Jews, this
measure cannot do them any injury, since it leaves
them. at full liberty to enter the service as volunteers.
But, under all .ci,rcumstances, the Jews ought to wait
for the. result of the deliberations ordered on this sub-
ject;. anti to ,be. convinced that all the reforms necessary
for the amelioration' of their situation, and compati-
ble with the 'general interest, shall be accorded them."

About twenty years since a surgeon of his late Ma-
jesty's household sent an inmate of the Palace to get fitted with
a ball and socket truss, and very soon after to Mr. Coles for
one of his patent. Mr. Coles made him two ; he never after
put a stitch or screw into either. They cured him of that
malady. Mr. Coles likewise presented him gratuitously with a
band for rheumatism in the ankle; for which complaint he de-
clared the surgeons could do him no good. That band was one
which Mr. Coles had finished up in the most costly manner,
and had previously presented it to his Majesty George the
Fourth, who had himself suffered from rheumatism, or
weakness in his knee, and was unable .to take walking
exercise. The King, however, whether counselled to do so
not, returned it to Mr. Coles without having soiled it. The
same surgeon has since beeu called upon by his late Majesty,
William the Fourth, to give him a report upon Coles's Patent
Truss, his Majesty being then a sufferer from the some corn-
plaint that the aforesaid gentleman had once- been, and wear-
ing the same kind of truss which the aforesaid gentle Man would
not wear. It was nevertheless quite good enough for his Ma-
jesty. Thus a servant under the Royal roof now lives a
monument of Mr. Coles's skill—was positively cured of these
two most distressing comp'aints which had brought the two
monarchs prematurely to their grave. Supposing his Majesty
had called his medical friend to his bed-side and told him that
his sufferings had been coceasioned from the use of imperfect
trusses, which he had been wearing for the last twenty
years, his Mgjesty's last bours would probably have been
the most valuable part of his life, for thousands, if not mil-
lions of human beings would avail themselves of the hint thus
thrown out by his Majesty ; and his surgeon might take shame
to himself for the indifference which he manifested on that oc-
casion. One thing is worthy of remark, for at one of the in-
terviews which he and Mr. Coles had, he told Mr.Coles that the
Hon. East India Company once called upon him to give them
a report on his truss, and he reported (thus.) "He never
saw a truss that would stop all ruptures; he did not think he
ever should." If Mr. Coles bad inquired who was the Go-
vernor-General at that time, he would have answered (" the
Marquis of Hastings.") Mr. Coles could have told him, when
that Nobleman was dying of strangulated hernia, his trusses
were on their way to Malta. Mr. Coles observed, " I may
thank you that I never made a truss for the Hon. East India
Company," and two days afterwards he declared, the more I said
about my trusses the further he was from recommending them
tohis Majesty.
THE DIVISION or MONDAY NIGHT.—The number
of Tories who voted in the majority on Monday night was 218, of
Liberals 162. The number of Tories in the minority was 97,
of Liberals 26. Had the Liberals voted against Sir Robert
Peel, he would have been defeated b; a majority of 67
THE SEASON AND THE CROPS.—The abundant
and Most seasonable rain of the last and the present week hive
clothed the whole country with beauty and richness, and give
reason to hope that the present year will be one of great
plenty for man and beast. The country never jlooked more
lovely or more promising at this season. The spring crops of
every kind have been got into the ground early, and from die
high condition of the soil, and the seasonable supply of moisture,
they have germinated immediately, arid are now springing up
with the greatest luxuriance. The rain has come precisely at
the right time, that is; not too early for the cleaning of the land,
and yet in sufficient time for the nourishing of vegetation, and
there is at present every prospect of one of those delightful
" old-fashioned " seasons, in which abundant showers early in
the months of May and June give vigour to the growing crops, and
freed the clouds from any excess of moisture before the time
for the ripening of the harveSt. Such a season would do more
for the revival of trade than all that the wisdom of man can
devise, as it would give all classes food at reasonable prices, and
would leave something to spend on the comforts of life, after its
necessities had been supplied, which has not been the case for a
considerable time. The present seasonable weather has already
covered the meadows and pastUres With abundance of herbage;
it is bringing the potatoe and turnip crops rapidly through the
most critical part of their growth,; it has caused the oats and
barley to spring up with unexampled luxuriance ; it has im-
proved the colour and encouraged the growth of the wheat
wonderfully, and has covered the fruit trees with the promise
of abundance. It is years since the face of the country has
been.so verdant at this season, or the whole aspect of nature so
delightful either to the eye or the mind.—Liverpool Times.
The preliminaries for the nuptials of Viscount
Emln, son of the Earl of Cawdor, and Miss Sarah Cavendish,
daughter of the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, were completed on
Thursday last. The ceremony is to take place early in the en-
suing month.

Some years ago there was an ancient manuscript in
the library of the University of Cambridge, which was in a
foreign language, and was pronounced to be invaluable by the
person who had charge of the library at the time, because no
person could be found " that could read it, or tell what it was
about."

WoaTnlNG.—ln consequence of the encroachments
of the sea, a public meeting of the inhabitants was held last
week, when it was determined to expend 1,100/. in improving
the defences against the sea. The sum is to be levied by a
town rate.
The Earl of Durham and the Ladies Mary, Emily,
amu-Alio Lacabton, arrived in town on Monday from Fal-
mouth, where they landed on Saturday morning from Lisbon.
The lion. Colonel Grey, equerry to the Queen. and Mr. Grey,
accompanied the youthful Earl and his sisters from Portugal.
The approaching second centenary of the Church
of Scotland in Ireland is to be observed as a day of general
prayer and thanksgiving. Friday, the 10th of June, 1642,
the first Irish Presbytery Nias held in Carrickfergus. The
Rev. Dr, H. Cooke suggests that each of the presbyteries do
hold a special meeting upon Friday, the 10th of June next,
and that a collection or subscription be commenced for building
churches in the principal toiAhs in the south and west of the
kingdom.—Limerick Chronicle.
THE DUTIES oN SToNE.----We have reason -to be-
lieve that the labours of the deputation from Portland and Wey-
mouth, respecting the importation of foreign stone, assisted by
the influence and exertions of our county Members, have mot
with such attention and consideration as to induce the Govern-
ment to make an alteration in the tariff, which will most' mie-
terially benefit and protect the Portland stone trade.—Dorset`
County Chronicle,