The Express. — London, England, 1866-07-03 00:00:00

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Cane, poor-law inspector, touching the results of the in_ quiry which he lately held into the complaints of Matilda Becton in reference to the treatment of the sick in the Strand Union Workhouse, is a document worthy of some attention. It is printed in compliance with an order of the House of Commons, on the motion of Sir John Simeon ; and as we have not very often the opportunity of seeing how circumstances so atrocious as those proved in the course of that inquiry affect the offi cial mind, we may usefully study the observations ' of Mr. Cane upon the evidence given before him. He takes as tho first heading, " Want of space and overcrowding." And here, at the outset, we are somewhat puzzled. The perusal of the evidence, as reported at the time, had left upon our minds a very distinct im_ pression that there was an average of 200 cases of sickness in the house, and that the " sick-wards '. proper held only 20 patients each, with which number they were too full, while the sick were scattered over the house in wards, some of which gave them one-half of the space of the " sick-wards" proper. Mr. Cane, however, in the paragraph in which he analyses this part of the evidence entirely omits to say that the 40 sick in these wards consti tuted only one-filth of the whole number, and that the remaining one hundred and sixty had to com_ plain moat. Dr. Rogers, however, in his evidence, as given here, states very distinctly, "My dissatis faction with the sick-wards proper was not so marked as with the rest of the house." In the second section—the insufficient nursing and attendance upon the sick—Mr. Cane makes omissions still more remarkable. In addition to the general ignorance, venality, and brutality of pauper nurses as a class, particular illustrations were given in evidence of a character so graphic as to have impressed the memory of most readers. One of these was the story of Bolaham, the pauper nurse, who, in order that ho might steal the gin which he had procured for a dying man, made a mustard plaster without orders, and clapped it on with one hand to conceal his stealing the gin bottle from under the pillow with the other. The story had reached our oars before this in quiry was held, and it appeared first in those columns. Everyone will remember that, being questioned, Dr. Rogers gave the details of this horrible example of the tender mercies of a drunken pauper placed in charge of a room-full of sick people. This part of the evidence appeared in all the papers, but, strangely enough, it has dropped through Mr. Cane's fingers altogether, and does not appear either in the depositions or in his ana lysis of them. Again, he altogether omits here that which it was, above all things, just and proper to state in analysing the evidence. Dr. Rogers deposed that he thought that the discovery that this man robbed the sick, and the confession of the master that it would be difficult to find any nurse to put in his place, afforded a good opportunity for " applying to the board for paid assistance." And the master undertook to do so. He did make that application to the visiting committee of guar dians, but they refused it ; and it was then that they appointed the now historical potboy, who, with the assistance of a consumptive patient, brought the ward into a pitiful state of confusion, and by their combined weakness and ignorance caused sonic of the worst instances of neglect. Not only does Mr. Cane entirely omit this most im portant evidence, but he deliberately ignores it, for he states elsewhere that Dr. Rogers had made no representations to the guardians as to the nursing of the sick. By what official logic he reconciles that statement with the evidence before him (p. 18), and printed as the appendix, we are unable to say ; but it certainly discloses a very strong and decided bias in favour of the guardians and against their medical officer. This bias is shown towards the end of the Report in a very remarkable and unusual way. Mr. Cane is not content with what he calls an analysis of the evidence, that is, a very elaborate and flimsy defence of the system which led to such detestable cruelties, and the men who administered it, but he suggests a series of beliefs which he thinks tend to prove their posi- r tion—beliefs which are not supported )y 4 - of thi; testimony, but which are the resultl ki; somegdssipiti has heard in quarters he seems Ito th*se nottbn name. Some of this gossip he inig/ti, :malt a little I more pains, have learnt to be extremely inaccurate. Mr. Cane is evidently no friend to the Association for Improving the London Workhouse Infirmaries, and he goes out of his way testate inthe first page that he understands Dr. Rogers to be a member of that As sociation ; he suggests that the guardians might, "if they had thought it right," have alleged that " although he had made no report to them against carpet beating they had, out of consideration, abandoned the work which had so long existed under their predecessors in office." Mr. Cane, it is seen, cannot avoid making a reflection upon the medical officer. Had he gone, however, a little deeper into the matter he would have found, what nearly all London knows, that the guardians carried on this abominable nuisance under the very windows of their sick wards for years, .in spite of the known protest of the medical officer and of the coroner for Middlesex ; that it was denounced by the Lancet Commission nearly twelve months ago ; that even after this a motion by Mr. Storr, a guardian, was scornfully rejected, and that the guardians refused to hear their medical officer on the matter because they said they knew his opinions ; and that finally the abolition was reluctantly yielded a month before this in quiry was held upon a motion based upon and supported by a letter from the medical officer. It was a cruel piece of kindness on the part of the Commissioner to call up the " carpet beating'' to judgment, and to endeavour to rehabilitate the guardians in public opinion by a reference to this transaction. It is not the least paradoxical feature of this Re port, that the conclusions are strangely at variance with what the preceding text might have prepared us to expect. "Want of space, and of proper accom modation for the sick,and want of good nursing and of efficient attendance, are now the urgent re quisites of this establishment." This, of course, is official English, nevertheless we must observe that it is not " want" of these necessaries which forms the " urgent requisites of this establishment," but the things themselves ; and if the need of space, accommodation for the sick, good nursing, and medical attend ance be so urgent, then it is difficult to say what single quality of an infirmary the Strand Union possesses. It must have required no small ingenuity to frame a defence so elaborate, and con clude it with a condemnation so complete. OUR CONTENIPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE A B C RAILWAY GUIDE for JULY, Prios ad. Now ready.—W. Tweed* 337, Strand. B ENSON, J. 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SAMPSON'S, Tailors end Oullltters, 1 sad!, Princes-atreet, Leicester-square, W. muB.TLE, TURTLE, TURTLE. ,A. Clear. Mak, and Invalid =STU/ SOUPS always reedy. M ST. JA PS-RAlir SEOENTATSZST, PICCADILLY. WM. ISO%LLD. Proprietor. WIZ 11ZW MINISTRY. Lord Derby had an interview with her Majesty yesterday, and submitted a list of names which the Queen was pleased to approve. On account of the maniage of the Mimesis Helena, the council will not be held till Friday, but on that day the present ministers will resign office and Lord Derby and his colleagues will formally receive their ►ppointments. Lord Derby's arrangements as k,:vep by the Tirracs are in the main as stated by us yesterday. He will be himself First Lord of the Treasur I and leader of the government in the House of Lords. Mr. Disraeli returns to his post as Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Lord Clarendon will be succeeded by Lord Stanley. The Secretaryship of the Colonies is to be taken by Lord Carnarvun. Mr. Walpole will be again Home Secretary, Lord Cranborne probably goes to the India-office, and General l'eel will be again Secretary for War. The Great Seal will be held by Lord Chelmsford. The Duke of Buckingham will be President of the Council, Sir Stafford Northoote l'resident of the Board of Trade, and Mr. Gathorno Hardy, President of the Poor-law Huard. Sir John Pakington will probably return to the Admiralty. It is said that Lord Longford a be Under• Secretary for War. Acconling to the Times Lord John Manners is to receive a peerage and to bo sent to Ireland as Lord- Lieutenant, with Lord Naas as Secretary. Lord John Manners is brother and heir presumptive of a duke, but the Tams thinks he has no other quality which can entitle him to respect as tho successor of Lord Kim berley. The Herald, which seems less favoured than the Times with official intelligence of the movements of its party, says it is" generally understood" that the Earl of Malmes. bury will take the Privy Seal or the Dueby of Lancaster, and that the Marquis of Abercorn will be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Lord Cadogan is mentioned as the probable Under-Secretary for Foreign Affal-s in the Upper House. The Daily News regards the personnel of the new ministry as of slight importance. All that is really of public concern is the fact that the tory government of 185'2 and 18:0 is to be revived in 1866. Such changes as are suggested do not recommend themselves to a sober judg ment. Lord Stanley and Lord Cranborne are unquestion ably two of the ablest men on whom Lord Derby can count. But Lord Stanley at the Foreign-office will serve no better purpose than that of keeping Mr. Disraeli or Lord 31aluresbury out of mischief ; and if any man could be named less qualified than another to deal with the ap portionment of local taxation over different areas and kinds of property, with the relation of rich and poor, and with the other social questions which fall within the province of the Poor-law Board, It is Lord Cranborne. steeped as he is to the lips iu the bitterest prejudices of caste. The Daily al - i icy proceeds to remark that the suggestion that Lord Derby in forming his new administration ought in common prudence to have left out himself, is as unrea sonable as it is indecent. But force of character is distaste. ful to the new school, who find Lord Derby too honest and pronounced a tory for them, as Lord Russell was too honest and pronounced a liberal. A " coalition " in any proper sense is out of the question. As well might a handful of deserters claim to have formed a coalition with the army which they have joined. Lord Derby is willing, as we judge, to receive the fugitives, and to reward their apes tacy ; and, in return, they demand his degradation. The three or four perverts brought only themselves ; and their individual importance, it must be plainly said, does not justify the pretensions on which they appear to have in sisted. The Telegraph says the Adullamites expected that the new premier would not be Lord Loei by, but, the tones being true to their old leader, the conspiracy is completely broken up, and the cave seems to be undecided whether it shall give the new ministry even general support. The spectacle is certainly the reverse of flatterin3 t.i dishonesty. THE REFORM GATHERING IN TRAFALGAR-SQUARE. The Times gives a very different account in its leading article columns of the reform demonstration last night from that which appears in its own report of the pro ceedings. In the editorial comments the assemblage is said to have been composed of boys and " roughs"—there being only a few self-constituted representatives of the working-classes. It should be understood, the Times adds, that the police acted solely on principles of expediency and that any attempt made to repeat such an exhibition must be forcibly prevented. A public meeting ie such a place at such a time constitutes in itself a breach of the peace. It is an annoyance to peaceful people and a dis turbance of the public convenience. Moreover, by their professed character, such meetings are acts of intimidation. The men who raise these mock agitations have no real in/10.nm with the working classes, who know very well that they may trust the legislature to do them justice. The Herald speaks pityingly of the men who do not I know that these meetings and hootings are unlawful and criminal. All this excitement against conservatism is got up by a series of falsehoods ; a very short experience of conservative rule will suffice to convince the nation that it is quite as pacific and quite as favourable to freedom as that of Lord Russell. The Tekgrrsph gives a sketch of various attempts which have been made in our history to abrogate or abridge the constitutional privilege of public meetings. The Act of 1817 prohibits certain political meetings of more than fifty persons "in any street, square, or open place in the city or liberties of Westminster, or county of :Esgt EXPRESS, TUESDAY EV 1 ,7- ` er., l witkin the ; ablianCe one mile (mei did gate of _Westminster Hall" while parliament or x . the super ir courts d law tie sidirig. It ill o .llllltial awerve that die statute . faeitriesly come fined to means held " fir the purpose or ft thir preterit of considering or of preparing any petition, susiplaint, re monstrance, declaration, or other address to the King, or to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, or to both houses or either house of par:iament, for alteration of matters of church or state." It therefore seems clear that a meeting at which a petition or address is not proposed or considered, is not within the operation of the statute. The police are, however, empowered to prevent disorder or obstruction in public thoroughfares, and every i.recaution should be taken against giving a tory government a legal handle by any infraction of the statute. The people are now about to come under a riginse which will regard their manifestations in a very different spirit from that of the outgoing government. The Star looks with pride on the overwhelming mani festation of last night, and considers the scene of good augury for the future. Let Trafalgar-square become the Champ de Mars of the people. Let them continue to wage their war as peacefully and as trenchantly as they have commenced it, and the day will soon be their own. Tint WAR. The Times refers to recent incidents in Berlin as proving the fact that for the present the government and the people of Prussia are at one, and indeed, as Count Bismarck iv the only man in all Germany who knows what he is about, and what be wants, and what everybody in Germany wants, our contemporary will by no means be surprised if he is soon a demigod, not only in the eyes of the Prussians., but of all patriotic Germans. Count Bismarck is, indeed, a singular and rather forbidding type of a liberal patriot ; but all the unpopularity of Charles Albert between 1831 and 1846 did not pre vent Piedmont being the focus of Italian aspirations from 1848 to 1859. What Piedmont was to Italy, Prussia, and Prussia alone, can be to Germany ; and in Hanover, in Hesse, in Saxony, the past is blotted out as thoroughly and rapidly as it was in Tuscany, Modena, or Parma. From this time there would be no great rashness in the assertion that the formation of a kingdom, at least, of NoWiern Germany, has become a necesvity. _ . . - . The Daily News agrees that it would be a bleating to all Europe, as well as to the moo and countries imme diately interested, to see Germany, north at least of the Bohemian hills, concentrated into one kingdom. This alone could enable its government to dispense with the present system of universal soldiering, and per haps might wean even the Prussian court from its aiguikttea. To see such an empire vested in the hands of a Bismarck, or lorded over by the squirearchy of the Kreuz, would seem indeed to be a change from bad to worse. But a large and self-sufficing empire would take from such men or their employers that excuse by which they live. Austria stands up for the old state of things, above all, for the rights of the many princelings ; yet there prevails in Germany the conviction that the victory of Austria and her allies would lead to more illiberal and regretable re salts than the triumph of a Bismarck. In the late events ' the Diet has been altogether wanting to its position, and under such circumstances the ►ubversion of the old state of things is not to be regretted. If, however, the court of Berlin has purchased foreign aid by the contingent sac' lice of ►ny portion of Germany, we should regard Prussia and its dynasty as doomed. Not even the memory of the great Frederick would save them from the jolt vengeance of the German people. The Herald begs its readers to suspend their judgment for a while, as it may turn out ere long, though contrary to the'r expectations, that the success so confidently claimed may be found to rest with the Austrian General Ilenedek, and not with Prince Frederick Charles and the Crown Pi:nce of Pi assia. The Post th'nks it but reasonable to suppose that Rene dek would not have afforded to the army of the Elbe the opportunity of enteaing Bohemia from Saxony if he o'3 not see a mode of turning to his osta advantage their ap parently triumphant invasion. All the movements of his troops are enveloped in the closest secrecy. We shall probably have but a short time to wait fur one of those terrible, but at the same time decisive, engagements which practically determine the issue of a catupaibr V ISCELL A NZI WS TOPICS, The Times draws a humorous picture of the ianalistic innovations which are exhibited in so many parts of the kingdom, and of the committee's reports, amendments, and " riders" which they have ocz..sioned in convocation. The final report on the subject is described as singularly' feeble and he: itating, though the practical inference from the document is not the less impoiLant. If this is all that can be said or done, of course the ;onovatura, who cannot he burnt, as some one said in convocation, who cannot be expelled or even cheated, but only entreated to go humbly to their bishops and to consult their con _regations, will only take courage, and see how much further they can go There is nothing in the doctrine of the Church of Eng land to stop the partisans of the new school when they have cc:red to sympathise with the sprit and to respect the practices of the church, short of the last fatal plunge. It is mainly a question of spirit and of practice, and they who inculcate a new spirit and establish a new practice will inevitably land their disciples one day within the gates of the now hostile communion. The Church of England, as a body, will never go so far as that, and the time v. ..11 come when it will recoil more violently, perhaps, than could now be thought possible. Some such recoil will be the consummation of this move ment. The Daily Netra reminds the Mexican bondholders who are crying out against the Emperor Maximilian for the non-payment of some dividends that became due yester day, that the expedition which was sent out to over• throw the republic and set up an imperial monarchy in it, place was applauded by ninety-nine out of ever/ hundrd European creditors of Mexico. But the result of the whole expedition is flagrant bankruptcy. Sensible men, however, must see that nothing is to be gained by re proaching the Emperor Maximilian with his helplessness. It is in vain to call for the application of pressure to Mexico. It is in the cause of the bondholders that the Emperor has failed. the Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, JUTS ?. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice, drove out this morning. Princess Louise and Prince Leopold also went out driving. The Earl of Derby had an audience of the Queen. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Queen of the Belgians, rode out on horseback yesterday forenoon, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield and Major Grey. The Princess of Wales drove out in the afternoon, accompanied by the Queen of the Belgians. In the evening the Prince of Wales, attended by Earl Spencer, Lieutenant-General Knollys, and Major Grey, dined with his Royal Highness the Master and the Corpo- ration of the Trinity Board, at the Trinity-house, Tower. bill. The Prince and Princess of Wales afterwards went to the ball given by the Turkish Ambassador and Madame Musurus at the Turkish Embassy, in Bryanston-square. Major Grey has succeeded Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel as Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales. . . Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, attended by Count Rontzau, disembarked at Dover at 10 minutes be. fore 10 o'clock yestenlay morning, and was received by Major-General Francis Seymour, C. 8., who had been ooni migsioned by the Queen to meet him at Dover. His royal highness landed under a salute from the heights, and was received by Major Ellis, the commandant of the garrison, and a guard of honour. After partaking of breakfast at the Lord Warden Hotel, the Prince left Dover by the 12 o'clock train for London, and arrived at Buckingham Palace at 3 o'clock. His royal highness afterwards paid visits to their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians at Cla ridge's hotel, to the Duke of Cambridge at Gloucester house, and to the Prince and Princess of \Vales at Marl borough-house. Last night his Excellency the Turkish Ambas sador and Madame Musurus gave a grand ball at the Turkish Embassy, in Bryanston-square, expressly to meet their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. The preparations were on a very princely scale. The com• pany invited was confined to the whole of the diplomatic corps and about 300 of the principal members of the nobi lity, so that there was no crowd and no discomfort. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, attended by the Hon. Eliot Yorke, arrived at half•past 12 from the Trinity House. :f-'= 14' Ir' ITI MLIGENC 4 OIf , . ---t WAR. si - The telegrams which arrived within the last few hours from Berlin have dissipated all doubt as to the success of the Prussian arms in Bohemia. Both of the Prussian armies— that under Prince Frederick and that under the Prince Royal—have been completely victorious ; and though in the battle, or rather in the series of battles fought only partial corps were engaged, the losses, especially on the Austrian side, appear to be tremendous. The decided superiority of the Prussians seems to be due to their needle-gun, the effect of which is said to be astonishing. The Austrian troops would appear to be dispirited, and if, as is stated, the Austrian army is in a state of demora lisation and dissolution, it must be owing to the knowledge that with such an inequality of weapons, the battle is not fought on anything like equal terms. By the latest accounts the Austrian army was concentrating around Konigsgratz and Josephstadt, where perhaps at the moment we are writing these lines a fierce battle is raging. At Vienna fear preponde rates. Soldiers have been forwarded from the garrison at Vienna in all haste towards the scene of action. The people there are irritated at the dearth of news, and the worst apprehensions are entertained. Should the Aus trians be defeated in the expected battle, the roads to Vienna and Munich will be opened to the victorious Prussians, for it is not to be sup posed that either the Bavarian or Federal armie s can offer any serious resistance to the triumphal legions who are carrying out the policy of Von Bismarck. If, on the other hand, the Austrians should win the great battle, the united armies of Austria, Bavaria, and the Federation will converge upon Berlin. The following is Marshal Benedok's second re port of the battle of the 27th : TO COUNT VON CRENNEVILLZ, PIRNT_ATTIE-DIC•CAMP TO NIB .... • JULY 3, 180. 41.414.4"-"a"' :between 30,000 aweil 40,00 Austrians are placed Uri* combat. About 16,000 prisoners have been lamb at the battles of jftachin, Galitz, Nachod, 'and is the engagement; at Henerwasser, Miinchen meets, and Turnae. The number of killed and pynded is more than 20,000. Several battalions have been completely annihilated. The Saxon corps, the Kalik brigade, the Clam-Gallas corps, and the Gablentz corps are completely broken up and, for the present, not in condition to fight. The Austrian army has retired to a strong posi tion betweenJosephstadt and Konigsgraetz, on the other side of the Elbe, and according to the state ment of some captured officers, the soldiers are discouraged, and the army partly in a state of dissolution. THE POLICY OF FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 3. The Constitictionnel of this morning publishes an article, signed by M. Boniface, with the object, as stated by the writer, of tranquillising the public mind, and placing the policy of the Emperor in a better light. France had no reason, he continues, to associate herself with the passions that demanded war, but she cannot, on the other hand, remain unconcerned if a great struggle commences and be indifferent to its results. The French government has well informed all of its double resolution. It has not sought, and does not even seize an opportunity of war, but neither does it admit that one of the belligerent parties should in consequence of the success it might obtain, seek to secure advantages of a nature to modify the state of Europe, thus creating fresh causes of disturbance. If the Emperor desired war' in order to obtain satisfaction or advantage, he would have intervened at the oommenoement, and would not have allowed his allies to become weakened in order not to have to restore their cause. It would be necessary then for the grave circumstances to arise, such as those pointed out by the imperial letter, to determine the Emperor to interfere. A war has now commenced re quiring very great efforts and sacrifices on both sides. Whoever may be the victor will come out of the contest sufficiently tried to fear to ex pose himself to a fresh struggle, and will not wish, in the conditions of peace, to re-establish any of those grievances which would excite tho just sus ceptibilities of France. THE PRLNCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, JULY L Scenes of violence took place in this town yester day, being directed against the Jews. The popu law destroyed their synagogue. Many Jews took refuge at the Austrian Consulate. THE RUSSIANS IN BOKHARA. ST. PETERSBURG, JULY 3. The Emir of Bokhara has sent back the Russian Plenipotentiary whom he had kept a prisoner. He has also promised to liberate the Russian merchanta whom he holds prisoners, and has asked for a peace conference at Or NAJWITT 7111 IMPUtOIt. Headquarters, Josephstadt, June 28.. To complete my telegraphic report made on the evening of the 27th respecting the combats of Podoll and Skalicz, I have the honour to inform your excellency of the events which took place at Trautenau on the 27th. The report of the 10th corps-dm-IAM only reached me at half past 1 in the morning. At Gin the morning of the 27th the brigade of Colonel Mondel forming the advance guard of the army which was marching on the side of Schurz, made an attack upon Trautenau, which was in possession of the enemy. The fight was sharp, and by degrees all the troops of our corps d'arnek were engaged in it. According to the prisoners the enemy brought successively into action three brigades of the first corps Warm& to hold his position. After a fierce and bloody battle Trautenan was in our possession at 8.45, though at 9 o'clock, when the repot: was sent to me, there was Ain sonic slight firing going on. The 10th corm d'artaie established its position at Trautman, but Field-Marshal-Lieutenant von Gablenz, basing been confidentially informed that the enemy detached • strong brigade, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, towards Eipel to threaten his flank and rear, left a single baigade at Trautenan, and, with a view of meeting the enemy on that side, occupied, with the remainder of his troops, the heights situated directly to the south of 'rrantenau, which the enemy did not dare to attack. THE BATTLE OF CI7STOZZA. THE ARCHDUKE ALBRECHT'S REPORT. The Vienna Gazette publishes the report of the Archduke Albrecht on the battle of Custozza. After describing the various operations of the day and the final success of the Austrian troops, he says : I must bear my testimony to the obstinacy and bravery with which the enemy fought. His first attacks especially were impetuous, and the officers gave a good example to their men. The enemy, brought into lino under the eyes of the King, and under the orders of the princes, Humbert and Amadeus, the latter of whom was wounded, the entire corps of Durando and Della Rocca, together with, as the prisoners relate, a large portion of the corps of Cucchiari, and .everal regiments of c-valry—ln all, some 11 divisions of infantry, amounting to about 100,000 men, and almost all his reset vu artillery. But he found himself unable to resist the tried and firm brave!' and devotion of the imperial troops. Our loss in killed and wound-A is not small, owing to the impetuosity of the troops. Until I receive the detailed reports I am unable to give the precise figures. We have taken about 3,000 prisoners as well as I can make out, ' amongst whom are several officers. We have also taken some guns, but I am unable to give the number at present. I believe that the noble victory of Custozza will have the more result from the circumstance that symptoms of de moralisation and discouragement in the Italian army were manifested in the evening, after the taking of Custozza, by numerous prisoners who had not eaten any food for 48 hours. In re-crossing the Mincio, the enemy burned the handsome bridge of Valeggio, where he left: 00 wounded. In the night they also abandoned Villafranca, where they also left a large number of wounded. On the evening of the battle the Archduke tele graphed to the old Austrian genera? Field-Marshal Von Hess as follows: The grateful pupil informs his master that he has this day been victorious at Custozza. The Pungola hae the following from Lonato, dated June 28 : Garibaldi is studying day and night all the positions of this province. His activity is wonderful. He has ad dressed the following letter to Cella, one of his officers : " Lonato, June V. " My dear Cella,—You will ever be, under all circum stances, the bravest of the brave. You have been so at Cafaro—a new glory for the Italian arms. I urgently beg of you to be careful of your health for we shall soon want you.—Yours ever, G. GARIBALDI." CONCENTRATION OF RUSSIAN TROOPS. The Europe has the following : Prince Gortch►koff has addressed to the diplomatic agents of Russia abroad a circular despatch, in which he explains to them the purport and meaning of the concen tration of Russian troops on the Austrian and Prussian frontiers. Russia, he informs them, intends to observe the strictest neutrality towards all parties, but the Russian government felt bound to concentrate a corps of observa. tion both on the Austro-Russian and Prusso-Russian fron tiers for the security of the inhabitant; if the frontier might eventually become the theatre of war,and to prevent the contest from being carried into Russian territory. The reasons assigned for the concentration of an army on the Pruth are remarkably brief. The object of this army, having regard to the armaments of the Porte and the move ment of Turkish troops towards the Danube, is to prevent the entry of these troops into the Principalities. (REtTER'IS TELEGRAMS.) THE BATTLES IN BOHEMIA. GITSCHIN, Jun' 2. The total loss of the Austrians in their battles with the army of the Crown Prince was 25,000 men ; and with the army of Prince Frederick Charles 15,000. The desertion of Italian soldiers from the Austrian army is increasing. The retreat of the Austrians was very precipitate. (ornerAt.) BERLIN, Jrty 3. Authentic intelligence from Bohemia states that Field-Marshal Benedek has found himself com pelled, in consequence of the dissolution of the corps of General von Gablenz and the retreat of the Austrian and Saxon troops, to abandon the operations that he had commenced near Gitschin, and to concentrate his army in a more distant position. (OFFICIAL DESPATCH.) GITSCHIN, JULY 2, 3.25 p.m. THE LATE BATTLES IN BOHEMIA. The Times publishes letters from its military correspondent at the headquarters of the First Prussian Army, changing from place to place, the latest date being the 27th ult. The correspondent speaks highly of the conduct of the Prussian soldiers on their march into Bohemia. As in the British service, everything that a soldier wishes to buy must be scrupulously paid for, and there seems to be no desire among the men that it should be otherwise ; in faA, the troops are much morc plundered than plunderers. The corps, too, march magnificently. After a wet day and a long journey they came up the hill of Reichenberg on the 24th ult. with ranks closed up, with as perfect a step as on a holiday parade, and wont swinging along as if they could not know fatigue ; yet they were heavily encum bered, for every man carried his knapsack, the weight of which tells severely against a soldier's mivehing, and might, in a country whore trans port is apparently so plentiful, be carried for him. The headquarters at Reichenberg were in the Schloss or Castle, which stands on a hill, overlook ing the picturesque town, and commanding a beautiful view of the plains and mountains be yond it. On the night of the 25th the Prussian advanced posts were pushed forward to the tops of the range of hills which bound the valley of Liebenau on the north, and the next morning General von Horne, who with the Bth division held the outposts, ad vanced early to occupy Liebenau. As his advanced guard entered the village the Austrian rearguard were discovered tearing up the pavement, in order to form a barricade scrota the narrow street through which the high road runs. On the approach of the advanced guard they retired to the hill over which the road to Tiirnau passes south of the village. Here the Austrians took up position, but after some sharp firing had to retire, making for the hills of Dauba. It is evident that the Austrian com mander had not calculated on the rapid advance of General von Horne, a; his dispositions for the defence of the Liebenau position were quite incom plete. On the evening of the 26th, Prince Frederick Charles threw a light 'pontoon bridge over the river a little below the broken bridge of Tdrnau, and occupied the town with a small force without opposition. Home's division marched at the same time by the country road on the east, occupied the village of Swierzin, and pushed its advanced guard towards Podoll. The Jagers, who were leading, got to within three-quarters of a m;le of Podoll bridge before they came into collision with Aus trian outposts, but here they found the enemy, and a sharp action ensued, for the Austrians had six battalions in the village, and meant to hold the place and cover the passage of the river. It was about 8 o'clock, and the dusk of the even ing was rapidly closing in, when the Jagers first felt their enemy. Tho Austrians were defending the first house in the village, a large square farm house with windows without glass, but with heavy gratings ; but after obstinate fighting they were borne back to where the cottages of the village closed on each side of the road, and where the de fenders had hastily thrown some hewn down willow trees as a barricade across the way. ♦ TIGHT IN A VILLAGE. Then the tumult of the fight increased. Darkness had completely closed in, and the moon had not yet risen; the Prussians pressed up to the barricade, the Austrians stoutly stood their ground behind it, and, three paces dis. tent, assailants and defenders poured their fire into each other's breasts. Little could be seen, though the flashes of the discharges cast a fitful light over the surg ing masses; bat in the pauses of the firing the voices of the officers were heard encouraging their men, and half-stifled shrieks or gurgling cries told that the bullets were truly shwa This was too severe to enclave. The Prussians, firing much more quickly, and in the narrow street, where neither side could show their whole strength, not feeling the inferi ority of numbers, succeeded in tearing away the barricade, and slowly pressed their adversaries hack along the It is estimated that in consequence of all the village street: Yet the Austrians fought bravely, and combats and battles since the 26th of last month I their plans foe the defence of the houses bad bola ski!. fully though hastily made ; from every window numb * dashed out fire, and sent bulleta into the o ak ranks of the advancing Prussians, while ce „ di balcony behind a wooden barricade Jager' er eee k s4 to take their deadly aim ; but in the street th soldiers, huddled together and encumbered with ch um , ramrods, were unable to load with ease, and could reten so adequate fro to the! of the Prussians., while these, fe t the advantage of a better arm, poured their quick rag es into an almost defenceless crowd. As the Nettle a g as street was pushed inch by inch towards the lairob e Austrians, in every house which the foremost rads e f the Pruuians peeved, were cut off from their res eek and were sooner or later made prisoners, for the Im m o of the village do net join on to each other, but ate tached by spaces of a few yards, and there is DO art munication from one home to the other except by t h open street. The whole of the Prussian force was now, end, extending between the houses which the first ask batants had passed by, cut off the escape of their gamma and exchanged shots with the defenders. With AA* and shouts, amid the crashing of broken windows, is m heavy sounds of falling beams, and the perpet ua l „ gut of the fire-arms, the battle was heavily pressed down h the narrow street, and about half-past 11 the w as came up clear and full to show the Austrian ru m most ranks turning viciously to bar the Promise from the bridge. The moonlight reflected is 0 stream, told the assailants that they were near the AM of their labour, and showed the Austrians that new et never the enemy must be hurled back. Both sides thre e out skirmishers along the river bank, and the moon gul l them light to direct their aim across the strew ; while on the first plank of the bridge the &, trians turned to bay, and the Prussians pausing sewed* paces from them, the combatants gazed at sub other for a few momenta. Then they began a thr ew g g i A than ever. The discharges were more frequent, and ha the narrower way the bullets told with more severe effect, Herr von Drygalski, leading the fusilier battalion of the 31st, a lieutenant-colonel of only two days' standing, we i down with two bullets in kis forehead, and a squi ll r his side was shot in both legs ; many men fell, and ' grey horse of a Prussian field officer, with a ball is heart, fell heavily against the wall, kicking u m the ranks, but he was soon quieted for ever, sit at that moment wen regarded but little such weak as could be inflicted by an iron-shod hoof, even in agonies of death. The Austrians stood gallantly, made an attempt to set fire to the bridge ; but the M k mnce of their armanent again told upon them hen; it said that, galled by their hard fortune, they chirp with the bayonet, but that the Prussians also took king to the steel, and this charge caused no change in the fr tune of the fight ; certain it is that the defenders ultimately obliged to retire across the bridge. 'While this combat was proceeding slowlyalong street, another fight was carried on upon the: way almost with an equal progress, and with almost similar result, the Austrians ultimaisly drawing sullenly off to the main road to Muncie's. gr.itz. The contest, says the correspondent, resulted in a clear victory for the Prussians. The next day the road to Podoll was crown with hospital waggons and ambulance cars bring* in the wounded ; every cottage in the way was oas. vented into a temporary hospital, and the Ws village of Swierzin was entirely filled with strict. men. AFTER MI BATTLE. In the village the utmost disorder gave evidence of l severity of the contest. Austrian knapsacks, shako, clothes, and arms were scattered about in wild confusist Dead horses lay in the ditches by the roadside. Wb coats and cloaks, which had been thrown -- the hurry of the fight, lay scattered along road ; the trees which had formed the • train barricade were still on the side of the street, held many a bullet. The cottages had been sacked of their furniture, and their beams and roof had been torn down to form defences for the doors windows ; while along the street and upon the bankst the river lay objects which in the distance look We bundles of untidy uniform, but which, on nearer apprzed6 are seen to be the bodies of slain soldiers. Sometime: they lie in groups of twos or threes, twisted tootle! as if they had gripped ono another in their mad agony, and sometimes single figures lie on their staring with livid countenance and half-closed hazy straight up against the hot morning sun. The dark. uniform with red facings of Prussia and the white light-blue of Austria lie side by side, but the number§ the latter much preponderate, and on one put of the , way three Prussian corpses opposite 19 Austrian ft grisly trophy of the superiority of the needle-gun. Throughout these interesting letters the corm spondent stops repeatedly to note the deadly ( f the twine gun. At the fight at the lamb( the Prussian riflemen had tired about three ' before the Austrians, armed only with muds loading rifles, were able to reply. At the fight the road crossed by the railway, alluded to above, the needle-gun, we are told, " showed its advr• tags over the old-fashioned weapons of the trians, for the latter fell in the proportion of one Prussian." In another place we read : There was no artillery engager' on either side ; it purely an infantry action, anal the Prusaisns derived great advantage from the superiority of their enlist that of their opponents, not only in the rapidity, bat the direction of their fire, for a man with an arm I the nipple of which he has to place a cap natural . raises the muzzle in the air, and in the bum excitement of action often forvta to lower it, only sends his bullet over the heads of the opposite while the soldier armed with a breech•loading mr keeps his muzzle down, and if in haste he fires without raising the butt to his shoulder, his shot takes effect, though often low, and a proof of this very many of the Austrian prisoners are wounded legs. To this we may add, that the medical oi have officially reported that the proportii wounded Austrians to wounded Prussians five to one. Thus has the needle-gun told both the battle-field and in the hospital. _ . Two or three " institutions" in the Prussia army are thus described : THE BICE-BEARERS. The sick bearers, one of the most useful corps which . army possesses, were at work from the very beginsill of the action. Al the combatants passed on these minded men, regardless of the bullets and careless sonal danger, removed with equal hand both frieno enemy who were left writhing on the road and rani them carefully to the rear, where the medical seemed to make no distinction in their care fur both trian and Prussian. Not only was it those whose duty is the care of the wounded who alone were their best to ease the sufferings of those who had gni in the combat ; soldiers not on d ity might be seer rying water for prisoners of both sides alike, and affording any comfort which it was in their to give to those who overnight had been firing 1 6 116 their own helrts ! Nor is this wonderful, for after • flash of the battle is over, and the din of the male"! has died away, the men of this army cannot forget that' common language links them to their adversaries, & that, after all, it is probably Germ en blood which, Beal from an Austrian, trickles over the white livery House of Hapsburg. 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