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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —At Windsor , the health of her Majesty and her family continues good . The Queen on Saturdayinspected Sandhurst College , on which occasion she was accompanied by the Prince Consort . Her Majesty on Tuesday gave a grand dinner party at the Castle , at which the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge assisted . An evening party followed , numerously attended . The Queen -with her children walks daily in . the Home Park . The Prince of Wales . —Tuesday ' s Gazette contains a notice of the appointment of the Prince of Wales as Colonel in the Army . The Princess Auce . —The Court Journal informs us that " next season will probably witness the entrance of the Princess Alice into the Court circle . The Princess bids fair to be tall , her figure is elegant , and she is like the Queen .

      Mr . Leslie , R . A . ^ This gentleman is understood to be engaged in writing a life of Sir Joshua Reynolds . " Mr . Leslie , " says the Illustrated London News , " will make the fourth Royal Academician who has tried his hand at Sir Joshua ' s life . We have memoirs of the Knight of Plympton , by Northcote , E . A ., his pupil ; by Faririgtan , R . A ., his friend ; and by Phillips , R . A ., who set up his easel within a very few years of Sir Joshua ' s death , and live " d in habits of intimacy with many who knew the great painter well . " An Attempt is being made to secure a site for a memorial to Caxton . The Westminster Palace Hotel ( says the Athenaeum ) will cover the proper site for such a testimonial , but it is hoped that a favourable spot may be found in the neighbourhood .

      Sporgbon and his Tabernacle . —This popular entertainer is so far recovered from his severe indisposition that it is expected he -will make his reappearance at the Surrey Music Hall ou Sunday next . Olney and Winsor , the " treasurers of the fund for the erection of a large tabernacle for Mr . Spurgeon , after having paid 5400 / . for a piece of ground opposite the Elephant and Castle , have between 3000 Z and 40007 . left . To complete the building they want some thousands of pounds more than they have , and , to remind their friends , they have erected a large board on the site , soliciting donations . .

      Submarine Telegraph .- —The fractured portion of the cable between Dover and Calais has at length been discovered , and will be replaced by a new piece , which will be " spliced" on as soon as the weather becomes more favourable . The operation is not expected to occupy more than half a day , so that telegraphic communication between this country and Paris , via Calais , will doubtless be speedily resumed . The portion of the cable which has been damaged is now lying at the offices of the company in Cornhill , and presents a sufficiently remarkable appearance . The accident occurred about five miles from Calais , through a ship ' s anchor catching hold of the cable .

      The London Crystal FaijAce . —Working from the designs of Mr . Owen Jones , Messrs . Kcnnard have produced an elegant interior . The site of the new edifice is within a few doors of Eegent-circus , Oxford-street , the chief entrance being in Great Portland-street . . The pillars , shafts , and framework of the roof are of iron , the ceiling filled in and interlaced with mouldings . The roof is the most original portion , of the building . By day the hall is illumined by variegated stars . By an ingenious uso of ground glass , placed without , so as to

      soften the light , the brilliancy of the stars is so far neutralised as to leave tho Various objects on the stalls below in their true colours , aiul free from shadows . The roo f by night is lit up by jets of gas , depending from the ceiling- Mr . Owen Jones ' s system of decoration has been carried out with success in other portions of the palace . The stalls and counters are compact , the passages convenient , and the floor noiseless to tho tread . The mode of ventilation adopted promises to fulfil the object in view ; and tho rooms for refreshment ore designed for real comfort . ci of

      Puulio SrnuT . ^ -A tizon Melbourne has offered tho sum of 1000 / . towards tho exploration of the interior , provided 20007 . bo raised by public subscription for tho samo purpose . Tho wliolo of the Australian colonies 6 ecm to huvo taken up the question with

      enthusiasm . General Toussoun Pasha . —Amongst tho distinguished foreigners at tho Guildhu . il on the 9 th , was tho son o f SaM Pasha , n general of division of tho ripe ago of four and a half years , who seemed quite at homo in his little uniform , including a sword valued at 2000 / ., umid tho stares and blandishments of the .. wholo of the female portion of tho company . Ilia young highness was attended by his physician , who supervised the quality and quantity of his sweetmeats , but tho llttio fellow was quite a paragon of moderation compared to what an English boy of that < igo would bo umlor such tempting circumstances . Having fully oojoyce himself nt the table . hl « -highness ordered JUs boota to bo ti on off , and then graciously por « . I «« rl Wm-oH to bei carried to the balcony , whore ho aniusod himself apparently Id listening to tho apoechos t t

      . tnnmtmr - Tu ic IIkVlth-- The return of tho Kogistrnr-Gonoril for tbe Jill week exhibits a rather high r » to of inortaSty ? tlc d « ntlw amounting to 1217 , being an In-

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      Royal Highness the Prince Regent , and countersigned by " those present . " Supreme Edict touching the organisation of the Ministry about to be formed . " Agreeing with the proposals laid before me by your Highness- respecting 'the organisation of the Ministry to be formed under your Presidency , I have appointed : — ' ? 1 . The Minister of State Flottwell , hitherto Minister ad interim of the Interior , to be Minister of the Interior . . " 2 . President von Auerswald , to be Minister of State and a Member of the Cabinet . " 3 . Privy Councillor Baron von Schleinitz to be Minister of Foreign Affairs .

      " 4 . General Commanding the Seventh Division of the Army , Lieutenant-General von Bonin , to be Minister of the War Department . " 5 . The Councillor of Legation Baron von Patow to be Minister of Finance . " 6 . Present Count von Piickler to be Minister of Agricultural Affairs . " 7 . Privy Councillor Dr . Bethmann Hollweg to be Minister of Spiritual , Educational , and Medicinal Affairs . " I have likewise confirmed in their offices the Minister of State and Minister for Trade , Handicrafts , and Public Works , Von der Heydt , and the Minister of State and Justice , Dr . Simons . "In the name of his Majesty the King , . " WlLHELM , P . P . R .

      ( Countersigned ) " Prince of Hohenzollekn . " Berlin Nov . 6 , 1858 . " The Prince of Prussia , af the last moment , as it would appear , resolved not to charge the whole of the Ministry , contrary to the expectations of the public , or rather the journals , and greatly to the disappointment of the free-traders and true Liberals . It is difficult to guess at the motives of the Prince in retaining Messrs . Simons and Von der Hej-dt . It can hardly be supposed that among the numerous persons who were mentioned as candidates for the places of these gentlemen , not one could be found with talent sufficient to occupy them . M . Von der Heydt would , I have good grounds to believe , gladly have resigned , for he is growing old and longs for the retirement of the domestic circle . And I am quite certain the free ^ trade and Liberal party would

      have hailed his retirement with delight . He is one of the most ardent supporters of the centralising system * of monopolies of all kinds—guilds , and every check upon private enterprise . Not a bank , not a railway , not a telegraph would he permit to be called into action by private efforts . Government and public servants is M . Von der Heydt's notion . The retention of this gentleman in office affords but little encouragement to the patriotic exertions of the Congress of Political Economy of Gotha , and shows that the true interests of Prussia are little understood at head-quarters . In fact , they seem to be little understood anywhere , for in not one election address do you find a . word about freedom of trade or freedom of labour ; the Constitution and religious liberty are the chief , if not the only , points mooted . It is remarkable that the Prince should have

      " Supreme Edict of 5 th November , 1858 , touching the transfer of the Presidency of the Ministry of State to his Highness tlie Prince Ilohenzollcrn Sigmaringen : — " Serenest Prince and dear Kinsman , —Your Highness , to my great consolation , having promised your advice and assistance in the organisation of a new Ministry , which I have resolved upon , and you , with your welltried , kinsmanliko devotion , having further declared your readiness to place yourself at the head of the same , I hereby transfer to you the Presidency of tho Ministry of State , requesting your Highness , at the same time , to lay before me , > vith all possible despatch , your proposals as to the organisation of the new Ministry . 44 I remain , with ' particular-esteem , "Your Highness ' s friendly Kinsman , " WlLHELM , P . P . R . "

      Berlin , Nov . 5 . —His Highness Prince Hohenzollern Sigraaringcn , after his appointment , under this date , to the Presidency o f tho Royal Ministry o f State , proceeded to the Regent ' s palace to take the oath in presence of his Royal Highness , as prescribed by Article 108 of the Constitutional Charter of January 31 st , 1850 . At the samo time , tho two following Ministers attended , at the command of his Royal Highness , to witness the-ceremony of adjuration , the Minister of tho Interior ad interim Flottwell , and the Privy Councillor lllaire . The wording of tho oath was duly road to his Highness , and ran thus : — 44 Your Highnoss swears to God , the Almighty and Allwise , that you will bo faithful and obedient to tho King , and conscientiously observe tho Constitution . "

      It was likewise notified that tho oath was to bo taken with the oath fingers , i . e . the foro and middle lingers of tho right hand , uplifted , and by saying at the same time , " I ( Christina and surname ) ewoar it , so help mo God , " leaving it to his discretion to add at the conclusion tho form of asseveration that his religious confession proscribes . The Pi'inco of Ilohonzollofn Sigmaringen hereupon took tho oath , raising tho oath fingers of lilu right hand , and pronouncing the won . ln of the oath : — - ' 1 , Carl Anton , Prince of Hoheiifeollorn Sigmaringen , swear it , so help mo God , and his holy Gospel . " The Record of tho solemn act has boon signed by his

      dismissed all the aristocrats , and retained the only two persons appertaining to the middle and commercial class . Were they retained to please the Rhine Provinces , of which both gentlemen are natives 1 believe—at least they are settled there—or was it because they are middleclass practical men with aristocratic tendencies ? The retention of Messrs . Von der Heydt and Simons , and the appointment of the Roman Catholic Prince Hohensollern Sigmaringen to the Presidency , I think must be considered as a sop for the Rhine Provinces . Notwithstanding the change of Government tho confiscation of

      journals has not ceased in Prussia . In other parts of Germany , of course , the police are as severe as over / . The celebrated popular poet Ernest Morits Arndt has beon summoned before tho Assizes of ZweibrUcken for having asserted in his book entitled " Rambllngs with Baron von Stein , " that the Bavarian officers , during Niipoleon ' o occupation of Germany , treated the Germans with tho samo cruelty as did tho French . This must be a hard blow f or tho old patriot—not ft very wise patriot truly , but at any rate a sincere one . He helped , and mostly helped , to rid his country of one groat tyrant to deliver her up to thirty-two petty onos .

      It is reported thut tho Prince Regent , on rolcasing Baron von Mnntcuflcl , tho President , from his functions , thanked him very graciously , and offered to raise him to tlio hereditary peerage , which , however , Von Manteuffel most respectfully declined , saying , that it might appear ns if ho had been guided by a feeling of solf-hitoreat in hid endeavours to be useful to his country , inatcaU of byaimplo fuithful patriotism . Tho reception ho now received from tho Prince was his best reward . Ho begged , however , that his Royal Highness would bo graciously pleased to show favour to some old and deserving officials , who had merited his approbation during his period of ofilcd .

      An official inquiry has boon held as to tho origin of the fire which destroyed tho steamer Hudson , but no ovldouco was adduced tending to show that tbo ( Ire was otherwise than accidental .

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      No . 451 , November 13 , 1858 . 1 TH E LEAD E R . 1217

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      GERMANY . ( From our own Correspondent . } November 10 . The hoped-for consequence of the establishment of the Regency has now been in part permitted to take place . I say permitted , because it is pretty evident that the Prince Regent of Prussia does not feel that disgust with the late Ministry -which the people displayed , and dismisses them with reluctance . For those of your readers who are curious to know how matters constitutional are managed in nations where political liberty is budding in spite of the nipping blasts of aristocratic pride , and the chill , murky fogs of ignorance , I give a translation of the official documents upon the reconstruction of the Prussian Cabinet . The Government Gazette of Saturday last publishes the following edicts : — -

      41 It has pleased his Royal Highness the Prince Regent to relieve of their functions—44 1 . Baron von Manteuffel , hitherto Minister of Foreign Affairs ; 44 2 . Minister of State Von Raumer , hitherto Minister of Spiritual , Educational , and Medicinal Affairs ; " 3 . Minister of State Von Bodelschwingh , hitherto Minister of Finance ; 44 4 . Lieutenant-General Count Waldersee , hitherto Minister of State for the War Department ; and 44 5 . Baron von Manteuffel II ., hitherto Chief of the Department for Agricultural Affairs .

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      mitted during the revolution , and which were mostly the deeds of criminals . They are careless of the future , and prone to fits of idleness . They are liable to sudden bursts of anger and to violence . They are intemperate , so that on Mondays outside the barrieres there may be seen more drunkenness than in London , and almost as much as in Glasgow . But in spite of all this , they are in the great majority honest , proud of being confided in and faithful to their trust , grateful for kindness , and devoted when treated by a superior with brotherly affection and respect for their manly dignity . They are truly kind one to another , although brusque , and heartily sympathise with human suffering . Their means are more easily exhausted than their charitable inclination . In short , they are neither better nor worse than their brethren in England . If France is to be regenerated and society purified , it must be by the action and influence of the working classes , who are sound to the corehealthy in mind and body . The upper classes are the mere scum that has settled to the surface during the

      ebullitions Francs has undergone . The slaves of the Golden Calf cannot float after due time has been allowed for repose . Their very affinity for the yellow dross must , in the ordinary course of nature , sink them to the lees , where may they rest in peace while the mass of Frenchmen , like their own generous wines , acquire more body , virtue , and purity as ages roll on .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 13, 1858, page 1217, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2268/page/9/