The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-07
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1857.


when the important trial of force quIesceut between
the Mexican and the Spaniard will Terminated Since
my last letter the two plenipoteptiaries have done
absolutely nothing but smoke Havana segsrs toge-
Their, in the most courteous and cozy manner con
ceivable. One circumstance only would seem 10 in
dicate any advantage on either side-the Sc
CARS were out of Senior Lafraguas box, not
Pidal's. Will the Mexican treasury be able to
hold out long enough under the expense OF
this negotiation? But nOtw outstanding this disad-
vantage there certa indications that the seren
" of the Spaniard will give way first. Pidal threat
ems t0 break out somewhere, wits Lafragua Sill
continues perfectly pla I'D and commonplace. 8. ,s
the Correspondence is tool of the government
For some since Lafragus the Envoy Of Next
co. To satisfy appease the just indignation OF Span
shows hmre remarkably backward In biz official proceed
As justification OF this he alleges, we have heard,
hat be lacks powers to accept what the Spanish govern
ment exacts satisfaction Tor the ourages
which nave been put upon u.s.
the point appears be positive that the Cabinet
resolved rot TO yield dfce; but demands satisfaction
for the past rigorous ulamept OF the treaes and guaran
tees for the future.
1t would be thing strange, it the Instructions and au
tborzsion which L1ragua looks for 40 not arrive
quickly that the Spanish government should demonstrate
by Of energy that although ID has exhausted all the
of CONSULTATION, ii has not renounced sustaining the
nor the Spanish flag and the ice and interests OF
our fslloH country men In America
Didn't tell you that Senior Pidal was getting i'm
patient-he, the incarnation of laziness? Never
mind Lafragua will find means to sit him out and
sit him down yet, or he IS not the Mexican take
him 10 be. Pidal will fall from his place OF Minis
er of State and then the whole business will have
be gone thoroughly and leisurelv again with
biz successor and then new incident will make
other reference to Mexico necessary; and the sum-
mer will pass and the autuma will pass, and Senior
Latragua will continue to smoke assurngy,
and should not even be surprised II BY
some skilful and perfectly courteous manGuvre he
chOu matt ho nj nj IN
the Spanish box before the revolution, which will at
last conclude the whole business.
There is great war between the Credit Mo oiler
and the Credit Mercantil about making the great
Northern railway from Madrid to Bayonne; mean.
time nothing is done on the work.
The directors Of the Madrid newspapers have
signed and sent circular letter to all the members
Of the COrtes who have been public writer's, to in
dQce them to their influence sg inst the minis
tefial bill about printing. send you the letter
nexed The absOutist newspapers are camoring
for a new Concordat with the Pope in favor of the
clergy. Their modest and opportune desires are
summed up in the Regeneration in the slip enclose.
The weather continues of the finest description
and the crops will be immense. Prices are already
beginning to decline, though slowly, rs there really
is and will continue to be pressing scarcity OF
grain 10 be had at any price till the new wheat be-
gins to enter the market. Nothing new about the
e1pediente Of the Havana and New York submarine
telegraph. The thing is precisely where it was last
week. PacieHcid.
Our Berlin Correspondence.
BERLIN, June l6, 1857.
Dizziness in the City-Royaity out Of iotcn--7He
Palace of Sans Souei- Scenery in the Neighbor
hbod-Ihe New Palace and its Grounds.
All the world are out of town. The King
and Queen have gone to Teplitz, the old
Prince OF Prussia to the Rhine the young
one to England, Prince Charles and his sposa
to meet the Empress of Russia at Weldbad; poll
tics are quite at q stand.still, and of the whole
Cabinet Council not single individual is left here,
but the Minister of Finance, N. de Bodelshwing.
who remains like Marius seated on the ruins of his
saline Carthage. To make up for the absence Of our
haute voee, We have quite rush of vsiters from all
quarters Of the globs-shoals Of Russians and Poles
with crackjaw names, good many English, q few
Americans, and even some Turks. The principal
attraction for strangers is Potsdam with the belt Of
palaces surrounding IT, including Sans Souci and Its
magnificent grounds, which have been greatly i'm
proved and beautaed recently, and now form one Of
the most elegant residences in Europe.
The palace Of Sans-Souci was erected and the gar.
dens laid out by Frederick the Great. Il stands on
plateau Of sixty feet in height, sloping gradually
upwards from the gardens The corps de iogis con-
ssts of only floor with two wings and the rising
ground is formed into terraces, adorned with ave-
nues Of magnificent orange trees, the finest marble
steps leading up to 1t, and supported by the most
splendid columns Of Carrara marble. In this pa
lace Of European fame Frederick the Great used
10 entertain the first Of the time, Voltaire,
Maupertius, dArgens. &C.; generals, statesmen and
scademicians were invited ~ his pefits soupers;
here be lived and died in company with his flute and
dogs, (severa Of whom he had buried near it), aud
from IL he derived che name OF e phiosope de Sans
Souci. Nothing can be moredeghtful than the pros
pest that opens from its terraces over hill and dale
and the river Hsvl, which expands here INTO lake,
dark, massey woods forming the background Of the
picturesque lands ape. The in eror of the palace
ana the apartments mostly in the same state as
they we're left by Frederick. The present king,
whose taste for building and the arrangement Of
gardens Is well known, has been constantly making
additions TO the plantations, executed by first rate
horticultnrists and the new creations In Sans Sou .,
have excited general interest by their rich display
Of ornamental gardening The grand parterre Of
flowers In front OF marDe balustrade IL divided into
three compartments The centre OF this, the ron
deau, Is separated by walks Of lofty birch trees from
the two sides, and adorned with small terraces of
granite rising gradually one above the other, In the
midst Of which Is bowling green surrounded by fine
healthy palms and date trees raised in the hot houses
of the Paverinsel, or Isle of Peacocks, which are
again encrced by groups of TROPICAL plants aloes,
bena roses and other flowers symmetricaly arranged
and spreading the most delicious perfume. flight
of steps leads from tie bsustrade to the fountains,
which are only just finished aud which throw their
refreshing jets into basins OF cement and mosaic.
below tnere ~ grove OF Expresses magnolias ana
palms beyond which stretches an extensive park,
with avenues OF fine large old trees whose thick
spreading foliage affords the most grateful shade,
and afOrdDg altogether suitable encourage 10 tnis
picturesque abode.
Adjoining the Sans Souci garoens is the New Pa
lace built by Frederick the Great after the peace Of
Hobertsburg at a cost Of nearly three millions OF
thalers. The interior IL most magniicently decorat-
ed, and contains the finest pictures, sculptures,
vases. tables nlsid with antique mosaic, &c, &c.
Opposite the palace there two fine cha
teaux called the CommuDes built In the renaissance
style, and connected by semi-circuar colonnade.
These we're used formerly for accom- nodatng dis
tingushed visiters. The grounds adjoining them
laid out In park in the English style, from the
designs Of NJ. Lerue, the head gardener. The sue
cession Of palaces excites the admiration Of stran-
gers from every part OF the world and will scarcely
lose even by comparison with the spendors OF