The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-12-16

The Prince Of HoheDzollcrn, who IS men.
toned by telegraph despatch from Berlin
M having been called by the Prince Regent
Of Prussia to form new administration, Is
the father Of the young Queen OF Portugal.
He abdicated his petty sovereignty about
two years ago IN favor Of the King Of Prus-
STA, the head Of the house Of Hohcnz0llern,
and obtained by the Kings order the title
Of Highness with the prerogative Of o junior
prince Of the royal family Of Prussia. He
y Lieutenant General in the P.uasian ser.
vice, and commandant Of the Dusseldorf mil
i,ary division. file is understood to BIO q
member Of the moderate liberal party.
II really does seem that the change Of go.
vernmenl Of Prussia is likely to be produc-
tive Of fairer and freer trial Of the consti.
tutionsl system in that country. With re-
ference 10 the coming elections, Won Flott.
vile, the interim Minister Of the Interior, has
intimated to the whole Of the functionaries
in the department, that they had better alb.
stain altogether from presenting themselves
M candidates, and leave the field open TO
private persons. Now. as these function
aries were the principal parties who tam
pered with the elections, the Prussians peo-
pie will have chance Of getting fair re-
presentation in the Landtsg.
The Cabinet OF Vienna has refused to au.
thorize the Lombards who fought In the ar.
mics Of the first Napoleon to wear the st.
Helena modal.
The last return OF the army shows that
Austria can bring into the field about AT.
900 men.
Considerable alarm has been caused In the
commercial world by the discovery that
notes Of the Bank OF Vienna, for one hun
died forms each, have been reproduced by
means Of photography, with such cxactneS
that II was very difficult to detect the false
from the true.
The departure Of the Russian Ecclcsias-
tical Mission oil kaitka 10 Pekin has this
year taken place with more than ordinary
ceremony. The Chinese Governor Of the
nearest province was present. The mission
was escorted on starting by q number Of
Mongolian functionaries.
From q return about 10 be published by
tho Minister Of the Interior at Rome II up.
pears that the number OF political offenders
pardoned or recalled from exile since 1850
Is ,258, and that the number now in custo-
dy Ia 268. OF these, however, oil, except
seventy, have been condemned for civil
crimes or Offences as well a. political ones.
A despatch has been received by the Pa.
pal Nuncio In Paris, informing him that tho
Pope has addressed memorial" TO oil the
European Courts, setting forth the facts Of
the MOrtara business, ~ represented from o
Holy lnquisition point Of view, and stating
II to he his Holinesss deliberate conclusion
that a. the blessed child has received the
grace OF baptism, no authority, even OF tho
Pope himself, can DO sufficient to neutralze
its effect; ergo, the child must still be with
held from his mother and father in order to
receive Christian education.
The Morning Poa's Paris correspondent
says that the Portuguese Government ia
said to be contemplating an address to the
great Powers, complaining Of France refus
ing mediation 10 the Charles Georges affair
The French Government did not consider
the seizure OF the Charles Georges in any
other light than All insult to the French
flag, and therefore not subject for media
ton as understood by the treaty Of Paris.
The railroad from Alexandria to Suez is
expected to be finished by the LIST of Deccm-
Der, when all the difficulties of crossing
the Desert will bc avoided, and the route
to India, China, and Australia rendered as
complete and comfortable as travelling by
sea and land can bc made.
The Hong Kongitcs are greatly taken up
with Albert Smith. who arrived by the sec.
ond August mail. lie lost his note book
with full description OF his overland route
contained in il ; but luckily it was rogained
for him the day after, by ono of the police.
A Chinese pawnshop seems to have been its
destination