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. \c iy, 9 - ( e_c _ n..~_ ~. made their way t owar d s the cen. 4 , found the fire still smouldering, and aighisjaps mediately under a shaft the draughts of air which it supplied ever and anon fanned the dying embers into a flame. Then was brought into pla y the Marquis o f Salisburys powerful fire-engine from Hatfield, w or k ed by 14 sturdy navvies at a time, and supplied with water from tenders brought to the spot by cautiously -guided engines, whistling and screeching as they approached the scene of the ca lamity. 'These were d ragged up by other engines and two powerful 10 or 12ton cranes —one at eith er end. To them, by chain s an d tackling, were made would fas t such b epo h w ea e v r y les g s t o move, ponderous earas andme men without then the machinery mass was slowly d ragge d ou t o f th e tunnel. In this way, after h ours o f we ll-di recte d l a b our, the line wasat length cleared ; the engines and tenders were set upon their wheels once more ; the remains of the hundred trucks, of which, however, some 18 or 20 had fallen I ictims to the flames, were safely got out ; the remnants of springs, of bolts, of nuts, of twisted rails, of telegraph wire, of NA heels, rand screws and crowbars, and coke and coal, and baked wheat and flour were all by degrees removed, and such a collection perhaps it never fell to the lot of man to behold before. A shipbreaker's yard is not a tidy sight, nor is a marine store dealer's usually a model of neatness, but if all the marine store dealers and all the shipbreakers in London had huddled together the contents of their stores they would scarcely have presented a more motley heap the n that deposited this evening within a few yards of the Welwyn station. Pending the clearing of the line the stoppi ng trains were forwarded by Hertford, Cambridge, Royston, and Hitchin ; and the express trains by Hertford, Cambridge, March, and Peterborough. By 9 o'clock this evening the line was pronounced fit for the passage of goods trains ; but Mr. John.. son Intended to make a minute inspection of the tunnel before permitting passenger trains to traverse it. The sides and roofing of the tunnel are com posed of five rings of brickwork, and as the injury done to the bricks appears to be only superficial it is presumed that the safety of the tunnel is not en. dangered. Nevertheless, the precautions which Mr. Johnson intends to take before permitting pastlen ger trains to pass through it are very proper and necessary. Mr. Johnson has been ably seconded in his exertions by Mr. Cochobott, the superintendent of the line, who has'been unremitting in his labours. The inquest will be opened this day. ,-• _ . ,11 - 44 ... 7.- V. • • .•.. , . - ~...t . 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LIVERPOOL; and 10, MOSLEYSTREET, MAN CHESTER. two regiments, and, as each regiment contains three battalions, in a division of infantry there are 12 battalions ; to every infantry division is also at tached one regiment of cavalry, of four squadrons, and one division of artillery, of four batteries, making the total strength of the force under the command of every infantry divisional General 12 battalions, four squadrons, and four batteries. A cavalry division consists of two brigades, each containing two regiments, and as every regiment has four squadrons, the division contains 16 squa drons ; it has also two batteries of horse artillery attached to it. The reserve of artillery consists of one division of field artillery, which forms four batteries, and of two batteries of horse artillery, besides an artillery train for the supply of ammunition. This gives the strength of a corps d'armee as 24 battalions of infantry, 24 squadrons of cavalry, and 16 batteries of artillery. Besides this, however, each corps has one battalion of rifles and one battalion of engineers, besides an engineer train for the transport of materials for making bridges, and a large military train, which carries food, hospitals, medicines, fuel for cooking, bakeries, and all the other necessaries of not only life, but of the life of an army, the members of which require not only the same feeding, clothing, and warming as other members of the human race, but who will not be denied bullets, powder, shot and shells, saddlery for their horses, and who from the nature of their life are more liable to require medi cines, bandages, splints, and all hospital accessories than other men. If we do not consider the train when we are cal culating the number of combatants who actually fall in, in the line of battle, every battalion may be considered to consist of 1,024 men, except the pioneer battalion, which contains 620. Thus the force of infantry and engineers in a corps d'armee numbers over 26,000, and on account of men ab sent through sickness may in round numbers be calculated at this figure. Each squadron of cavalry may be calculated at 140 mounted men, which makes the whole cavalry force about 3,300 men. Each division of four batteries of horse artillery brings into the field 590 actual combatants, and each of field artillery the same, so that the whole artillery force of a corps d'armee is about 2,350 men. The actual number of combatants with a corps d'armee in this way seems to be 31,650 men, which may be stated in broad ;numbers at 31,000. The Guard corps d'armee differs chiefly from the Line corps in having one additional rifle battalion and two additional cavalry regiments, which increase its strength by about 2,150 actual combatants ; the total number of combatants in this corps may be safely assumed as 33,000 men. The whole army in the field at the present moment may be considered as representing 280,000 actual sabres and bayonets present in the ranks. If we turn, however, to the list furnished by the military authorities, we find that the army is said to consist of 335,000 men, with 106,500 horses, of which only about 70,000 belong to the cavalry and artillery, and that it is accompanied by a waggon train of 8,950 carriages, of which only 3,500; be longing to the artillery perform any service on the field of battle. What has then become of these 55,000 men, 36,500 horses, and 5,450 carriages which form the difference between the returns we find of an army on paper and the actual number of men engaged on the field of battle? This difference represents the moving power of the combat ant branches ; it is this difference that feeds the warriors when they arc well, that tends them when wounded, and nurses them when struck down with disease. Nor are these the only duties of the _ is a little wor ld o f i tse lf , an d h as all the requ irements of ordinary men moving about the world besides having an enemy in its neighbourhood, who attempts to oppose its progress in every way possible. When the line of march leads to a river, over which there is either:no bridge or where the bridge has been de stroyed, a bridge must be immediately laid down, and, accordingly, a bridge train is necessarily always present with the army. When a camp is pitched field bakeries have to be immediately established to feed the troops ; field telegraphs ',and field post offices must be established for the rapid transmis sion of intelligence. A large staff must be provided for, which is the mainspring which sets all the works going. All these are only ordinary wants, such as any large picnic party on the same scale would require. When we consider that 600 rounds of gun ammunition can easily be fired away in a general action, that every infantry soldier can on the same occasion dispose of 120 rounds of ball cartridge, and that this must be all replaced immediately ; that all this requires an enormous number of carriages, - with horses and drivers ; that outside of the line of battle there must be medical men, their assistants, and nurses ; that within it and under fire there must be ambulance waggons and men with stretchers to bear the wounded to them; and that 40 per cent. of the infantry alone in every year's campaign are carried to the rear, we may understand how the large difference between the number of actual fighting men and of men borne upon paper is accounted for. STAMPILD provinces, and the Landwehr of the Guard consists of the men who had formerly served in it. 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Monday Evening. trucks,uilrhich has resulted in the Three railway ea N d i t h ui e ln i e r nr eee tunnel g is huddlednt a Such lie s htt o a t il n gne d eabt i ie n eerrf - , midnight sdaeimtr ten ders, gee 7 hct d caiynd w dee a sn g tstem g r o wda n waggons ced,h a a n onu d cdpc death of one man, while two others are placed in such imminent peril that their lives are despaired of. Simple and obvious as are the causes of this unprecedented catastrophe, it would seem that it could not by possibility have occurred had there not been at least two or three distinct breaches of the regulations issued by the company for the guidance of their servants and the safety of the public. These regulations on the Great Northern are generally regarded as singularly clear and good, and hence in some degree is to be attributed the comparative immunity from serious accidents which this line has hitherto enjoyed. The infraction of the rules becomere ferred hasore bapepenaroebnstear:edw,eisdwesitehriobuetina which, t o , and the consequences to which it led, will to be intelli g ibl e the precise nature of the accid en t, p a ar m a a ll n el n in er the annals of railway disasters. Welwyn station is 22 miles from King's-cross, and is the nearest point for the little town from which it takes its name, where Dr. Young, the rec tor, composed his " Night Thoughts," and was buried exactly 100 years ago. Immediately beyond this station and between it and Stevenage the line enters a tunnel, or rather two tunnels in succession, called respectively the " Southern Welwyn tunnel" and the " Northern Welwyn tunnel." The former of these is a quarter of a mile long, then intervenes a quarter of a mile of open cutting, and alter this comes the other tunnel, which is three-quarters of a mile long. It was about the middle of this latter tunnel, close to a shaft, that the accident oc curred ; the line is here perfectly straight ; it is very nearly on a dead level ; the tun nel is through chalk, and above the crown of the arch at this point there is about 50 feet of chalk. A train of empty coal waggons had been despatched at a little after 11 o'clock from King's cross for Hitchin, and it had proceeded with due regularity until it reached the scene of this extra ordinary catastrophe when a tube in the engine burst and rendered it incapable of proceeding on its journey. Now, it was evidently the first duty of the guard on this accident occurring, to hasten back with his lamp and prevent the approach of any other train on the same line of rails. As the body of this un fortunate man—Joseph Ray —was found close to his break, at the rear of the train, it is pretty clear that this regulation, which is common to all railways alike, was neglected by him, and dearly did he pay for his neglect, for he now lies a mangled corpse at the Railway Arms Inn, near the station. Not long after the "empties" had been started, a Midland goods train was despatched from Kkg-eress in the between the two trains has not yet been stated ; but, doubtless, it would have been ample for all purposes of safety had no casualty occurred to the train in front. As it was, its proximity to the other train, coupled with the neglect of the ordinary regulations by servants of the company, was the cause of the sad calamity. On it came, unconscious of danger, on the same line of rails as the unlucky train of empties which had broken down. 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R 7. l'-`zelt of Courrrnv and FOREIGN Berms, whether )1 1: 4 tN - ' c ' e k or Private, is undertaken by the Bank. , n it s °P CREDIT, payable at any of the Chief Corn "wris and Cities of the World, are granted. Credit s are also granted b y the Bank. 'th and . lt Noms are issued by the Bank, addressed to here he Pa Yable at any, of the places on the Continent .p lt ank has an Agent. Z t iefc t z : Ar l/ 8 1 &c., on Government and other Stocks, t in e - Ot vi ;-, &c., are received for Customers a toci !a a, 10, A h ro • the purchase and o S TtZ 4 l l Securities are also undertakenand every de ttiß i h e og' Banking business is transacted. - %o ;veers d Clerks of the Bank are pledged not to SCustomers. '`4o tran a sa n diens of any of 't C. J. WORTH, Secretary. Cheap Reissue of LECTURES by the Rev. HUGH STOWELL BROWN. Vol. 1, containing "Five Shillings and Costs," and eleven other Lectures, price 10d. Vol. 2, containing Twelve Lectures, price 10d. Vols. 1 and 2, bound to;ether in cloth, price 2s. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager. Great Northern Railway, General Manager's De partment, King's-cross Station, London, June 11. THE CULTIVATION of TEA in the East Indies is an important feature, and the EAST INDIA. TEA COMPANY have, on account of its great strength and exquisite flavour, promoted its sale by every means. The Company are now selling Assam, Cachar, Darjeeling*, &c., at the reduced duty—viz., from 2s. Bd. to 3s. Bd. per lb, and China Teas as usual at Is. 4d. per lb. and upwards.—Ware houses, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate. For the efficacy, utility, and success of this system, vide " Lancet" Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS, 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand, Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station. Daily attendance at 13, Whltefriargate, Hull; 10, Norfolk street, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeds ; 14, St. Nicholas street, Scarbro' ; and 33, Coney-street, York. Established 1830. No connection with any one of the same name. The Austrian Reply to Count Bismack's Circular. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office : Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. VIENNA, June 11 (Evening). Count Mensdorff, Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has addressed a declaration to Count Karolyi, dated the 9th, replying to the statements in the Prussian circular despatch of the 4th inst. The Austrian Minister says: SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CA NTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, 55 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High If olborn, London, and all Chemists. The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uni form rate of Is. 6d. per cent. per annum. No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Asiuracce may be. FARMING -STOCK.—No extra charge is made for the use of Stearn Thrashing Machines. THE PRUSSIAN ARMY. (From the Times' Military Correspondent.) WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIRON:). This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s; sent by post for 60 stamps. —2lB, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. JUNE 8. The whole of the troops with which, in the event of hostilities, Prussia intends to take the field are now spread in cantonments along the Saxon and Bohemian frontiers. These, together v ith the detachment in Schleswig, constitute the entire force with which this kingdom can, without extraordinary exertions, open a campaign. From Erfurt on the right to Kolsor on the left, Prus sian advanced posts are pushed close up to the frontier line, and in rear of the curtain which these afford the supports are congregated at. those yv reasons render their presence most desirable. " Count Bismarck has considered himself allowed to attack the truth of the words we have spoken in the Federal Diet. This attempt will not succeed for the proofs of what we have said are but too well remembered by all. They weigh heavily against the Cabinet of Berlin ; and not only in Austria, but also in non-Prussian Germany, the voice of the public conscience is universally in unison with our own. Even in Prussia there are many truthful independent minds to whose judgment we could appeal with full confidence." The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption, under Royal Charter, from the liabilities of partnership. 7 he advantages of modern`practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the'.ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. pirc,;llslit(cidlYa l ta i dairal3 , okirtissd On ap- ROTAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. rrAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.--ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and lOs Od ; sent free for 51, 81, drid 144 stamps --Hai of all Chemists. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALMS. nittn, 1.7 1•2 - Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and r perfectly na tural in MI - OA. Price 38 Cci, 5s ed, and Ws ed ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. Count Mensdorff goes on to mention the recent proceedings of Prussia in Holstein, and enters - bz or - htttTrptk"iti dernixtsfivit&Ma g t. Ile declines, on the part of the Austrian Government, all and every responsibility for the serious consequences of the Prussian decision by which the conflict is henceforth consigned to the domain of facts, and proceeds to prove that, since its despatch of the 26th January, 1866, the Prussian Government has, both by word and deed and without lawful ground, taken up a position in the Duchies which has rendered utterly precarious the condition of possession settled by the Gastein Convention. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—AL EX. ROSS'S DE PILArro RY removes superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, Ss 6d, and lOs lid; sent for 51, ,1, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemis.s. SECOND-lIAND FIRE-PROOF SAFES and IRON DOORS. Call and inspect the Largest Assortment in the World, by Maier, slarr, Leadbeater, Nlordan, Thos. Perry and Son. and Geo. Price, at half the cost of new. Sketches and prices free. GRIFFITHS, Cannon-street, West. Whether active war will actually break out, or, if it does, where the first blow will be struck, are questions which no one can . pretend to answer, and which time alone can decide. The utmost secrecy is justly preserved by the Prussian military authorities as to their opinion of either the course or conduct of the possible campaign, and so carefully has their counsel been kept that not a single hint of their plans has come out. Rumours have, of course, been afloat which have pointed out alternately every road leading southwards as that by which an offensive movement will be made PIMPLE REMOVER.---All diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VESETABLE SUN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, 4t(, 9d and 7s ed •or post for 40 mid WO stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248. High Holborn, London, and all Cue mk•ts. CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH. CHOCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast. lIAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifull3 -perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by a n occasional using'. 109 Cd ; sent f or stamps.—ALEX: ROSS, z 4s, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. CHOCOLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and delicious. POPULAR DWELLINGS in POPULOUS and SUBURBAN DISTRICTS. Mr. JAMES MORTIMER invites attention to his patented Plans for Improved Separate Dwellings for all classes, which embrace an increase of street paving f ors each storey, publio staircases, promenades, gardens, schol, reading, lectur e , dining, d warerooms, baths, Ste.; also workshops, with or without steam power, and perfect separation of tenants, to realise upwards of 12 per cent.—Further information of Mr. J. Mortimer, 68, Queen's -road, Ralston, N.E.; or of Mr. J. Dunbar, 4, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street, West minster, S.W. MENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE, Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Sold everywhere. into Austrian territory. None of these, however, bears the slightest semblance of truth. All that can be confidently stated is that those who have charge of the rnilitarymovements are too discreet to breathe the faintest whisper of their intentions to the out side world. was, of course, tremendous. Joseph Ray, the guard, was doubtless killed on the spot ; John Rawlings, a man who was with him in his break, was so mangled and mutilated that he now lies in a hopeless state at the same inn as his dead com panion ; and the engine of the second train with several of its waggons was thrown across the up line, so as to block that which had previously been unimpeded. Scarcely had this second mishap oc curred when a Great Northern up goods train arrived, and, dashing into the engine and waggons of the Midland which were lying across its line, completed the catastrophe and produced the extra ordinary results which were narrated, with as much accuracy as the hurry in which the report was ne- " Austria," continues Count Mensdorff, " re spected, nevertheless, the settlement of the posses sion of the Duchies. She did not give notice of withdrawal from the Gastein Convention, and would have allowed the provvisorium established by that convention to remain undisturbed until the Diet should have given its decision. Prussia, by marching troops into Holstein, completes de facto on her side the violation of the Gastein Convention, and our protest is grounded upon the fact of Prussia having proceeded to acts of self redress and of her having violated, by the occupation of Holstein, not only her treaty relations with Austria, but also Article 11 of the German Federal Pact. She has, moreover, thereby brought about the state of things things contemplated by Article 19 of the final Act of Vienna." j DE AFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER, and Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits into the ear, not perceptible ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief to deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at church and public assemblies. Every other kind of hear ing instrument. Messrs. SOLOMON, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. H. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. G LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL. 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &O. &o. IVOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most mei ul nvention of the day, AQUA A MAR E LLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the publics this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month 'will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. DO you wish to SING, or have, beautiful and powerful VOICE ? If so, the " GISTERED EUPHONIC NOTES " are truly wonderful in their action, and sre unanimously pronounced the "Marvel of Science." They a e lava , uarde to all. and are,gua*anteed as a protective agent i i ell weathers. No:anger or Speak r should be withouc them. (See opinion of the press and testimonials.) The Euphonic Note, post nee 14 stamps, in boxes 26 stamps, direct from the sole inventor, SEAGRAVE ALGEN, 1, Dorcas-terrace, Hammersmith -road, London, W. cessarily written permitted, in neSun of this morning. By this crash a third man—Lacey, guard of the up-train—sustained severe and dangerous in- juries. !o h ,, ASCRIPTIONS for the WillOW and le t ;ge, rh.I2IREN of the late Captain R. 11. GRONOW, N 8 104 or the G rena di er G uar d s, an d A ut h or of '•Recol )."„tl Anecdotes," " Celebrities of London and tku2eft - ,: -. • Captain Gronow, who lately died in Paris, .c'ildow and four young children, by his second ViAte utterly destitute, without means to defray his , 1 11 ° It i iv e l ) anses, or even to purchase bread. Captain 4 :eroth /P aa disinherited by his father, in favour . of tsreriv,, , cle an , and the- small income which tr o lte 4 , lroni thee nterek of a sum charged on the family tit oc ted with his life while the sums he received time for his " Recollections" were ea ended tflt.ll°. Ong for the increasing expenses of his young 1 4 4` 4 , , 1an,:,..,e / er these distressing circumstances the friends t o — "Touew in Paris came to her aid, and the y now . '" the liberality of her late husband's friends in . 4t pi; 4 „ Ni,, t euia l ud also to the readers of his Reminiscences, for '`tte °4 B to enable her to maintain and educate her ttO t tb ; 15 Barnhill , rece i ve d b y Messrs. SMITIr, ELDER, and lit,lgta r uhill, and 45, Pall-mall ; and by Messrs. Cox 1 / 6 t. - ' II WOOO, Army Agents, Craig's-court, Parliament- titjt •*.ORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. dal Pb. RRY's delicious health-restori ng I nva lid s ' f 4 i nfants' Food, THE REVALENTA ARABICA, 1 14„714. 4 ` ) ,:ee times P 9 much assimilating and strengthening kI A : 4 I fib:gent as the best meat, and r es t ores p er f ec t diges y., 4 •, - °11.:,. nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, ref r eshi ng 'ILN o‘ m e`ional regularity, and energy to the most disor it~tioa speedily and effectually in % (dyspepsia), (dys • cough, asthma, consumption, ha t asti irh o . 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Vii:, l ,l B , e t a. few out ot! 62,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 •' e t'leness ue Brehan, of seven years' liver cora ?4l2l,lt nesting away, debility, nervousness,. irritability, ORkt e, elle palpitation all over, bad digestion, con icetepli?asner,ct and the most intolerable . nervous %` B i 'ure N. 7L ot7 dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. 9`tete art de Decie Lord Lieutenant of the county ttltt i b ' l lat . f ° , o lll j-1 have derived . much benefit from your 1 7 9 . ,,q.--Stuart de Deems, Dromana, 'Cappoquin, t•kk ' lll hb e 'rford Cure No. 54,816, from the Rev. James oit • r fi • • 14 Li a le .-Iderstone Rectory, near Fakenham, Nor -101 v et eases of indigestion, and particularly when , lu ure than usually affected, I consider it the 4 . 11 e,,,_ e lzedies. It regulates the bile, and. makes it "" 8 Which would not admit of mercury in any N Ort, a healthy flow of the bile is ono of the c , tVeSt symptoms. Yon can make what use you coMmunication.—l entlemen, James Vti t ,^uirr• • Cure No. -8ridge52,422. House, Prim- N 1 tioP hirty-three years' diseased . lung . s, 1 4 t1 g1 ) C „ e u, d, liver derangement, deafness, singing in lekt', ll rtv,LtiPation, debility, shortness of breath, and 7 2 r 1 removed by your Revalenta Arabica. My t reet ',,'" ) rnach, head, and ears are all right, my hear fift';ol„aly recovery is a marvel to all my acquaint -04, 4 Yea r s ; e .-Koberts, Timber Merchant. Cure No. 49,832.. Zhu I ndescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervous -1111,;:17 v,;',,T'ilegh, constipation, flatulency, spasms, ing Maria Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk. ousn ure ,22 8 E . lizabethJacohs, of extremen e er n v s fancies , erings, low spirits, and e 6 e sd~ T h _ Mr : Sarni. Laxton . ,Leices n ter rv , of two ears ; 1 . , 6. 121b food is sold in canisters, 11b. 2s 9d T2lb., 12E? 2 I , s • 241 b., 40s. Super-refined quality, 11b., Wh., 225. ; 191 b., 335. The 101 b., 121 b., and I, fr 1) - 0 ? I.),'"•barriaga free on receipt of Post-office Order, h at ,7illi - .,arLy and Co , 77. Regent-street, London ; rt t . 4 l. e,4 6s :ti rac lA Dealers; 3, William-street ; like tlceet urcb-street ;4, Oxford 49, ;330, to 4 .1 1 "ula 63, 150 and 298, -street ; 330, tft b`' , ,PPer Baker -street ; 163, :Tottenham-court theNie;fcre, tiCZ -B ,treet, Islington N.; Harvey, Notting-hill ; 44 t e , l , ° 5 High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen'fl kici ° "a:e-vrood, London ; and all respectable — Doran of spurious imitations. X l2. of RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a Feted spring, so ottea hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft banuage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Main Pad and l'atent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular way be had, aid the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Sinzle Truss, Us., 2ls , 26s 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling o.' the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 165. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Plocadilly.l SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, eonsisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks. Ink - atands, peautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, dro. Imported and manufactured by JAMES T ENANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C. London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROC KS ' KIN KRAUS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facilitate the interesting study of M INERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can he had at 2. 5, 10. 20, 50. to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL 1148TRUCTION In GEOLOGY and MENE RALOGY is given by Mr.TENNANT,F.G.S.. at 149. Strand. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, whohave been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, r. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen 'street. Cheapside ; or by Messrs Barclay and Co., Lombard-street OYAL FREE ITOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE S. K.G President—ll is Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G.. - - This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 8,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Has Lerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. • Hurries a. d Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, G ro t e, and Co'. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co t ; W ithants, Deacon, and Co. ; O v erend, Gur ney, and Co. ; /fiebet and Co.. Berners-street I. Barned and Co., Liverpool; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. BTANFPBX =ITU. Secretary, HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS SHIP, are earnestly for fitting up the TRAINING _ WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON TRIBUTIONSLA_ are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY HOME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £6,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, El igh Holborn ; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.c. SUBSCRIPTION TESTIMONIAL TO GEORGE CRIIIKSHANK. PRESIDENT. JOHN RUSKIN, Esq., M.A. VICE-PRESIDENT. Sir W. C. TREVELYAN, Bart. TREASURER. Louis Huth, Esq, BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, E.C. " Before the century was actually in its teens. we believe that George Cruikshank was amusing the public. Is there no way in which the country could acknowledge the long services and brave career of such a friend and benefactor ?" THACICERAY. The public in general is invi`ed to co-operate is this move ment. Subscriptions receivable as above, or by the tinder signed as honorary secretary, CHARLES A. HOWELL. 3, York-villas, Brixton, S. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FO HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager & c receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made byNthe Poor Houses, ea c h night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, and h ave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the, work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor tamilies in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf • SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the Rev. D. UXLBEItT D.D., No. 22, Finsbury-circus, E.O. Some facts, however, are well known and beyond doubt. The whole army, divided into two wings, will in the event of war be commanded by the King in person. The right wing, or, as from its present position it might be termed, the Army of Saxony, is under the command of the Archduke Frederic Carl, to whom General Moltke is attached as chief of the Staff. The left wing, or Army of Silesia, has the Crown Prince as its Commander, with General Blumenthals in a similar capacity. Each of these two great divisions consists of a certain number of corps d'armee, and it may be pre sumed, from the geographical position of the pro vinces whence the various corps receive their re cruits, that the first, fifth, and si x th cor p s d' armee are with the Crown Prince, and the second, third, fourth, seventh, and eighth with the Archduke. The Crown Prince, with his right resting on the fortress of Torgau, on the Elbe, and his left on that of Mosel, covers the passes from Bohemia and Mo ravia into Silesia, and is supported by the fortresses of Glatz and Neisze. The Archduke, resting his right on the fortress of Erfurt, joins his left to the Crown Prince's right on the Elbe. In rear of this point of junction the Guard, which of itself forms a corps d'armee, is held in reserve. Such is a gene ral sketch of what may be presumed to be the present distribution of the Prussian forces along the southern frontier ; to enter into more minute details at the present moment would be injudicious, and perhaps prejudicial to their cause. Every realising d fromnite the definite one who has read the history of a war must have accountsexperiencedof most historians thediffihcisutlotyonf sany idea of the actual number of combatants engaged in particular battles or sent . on particular duties. Indeed, it is a common cha r ge against military writers that corps and brigades are often mentioned as if every reader were intuitively conversant with the number of soldiers who co m pose them, not only atcampaign,a but even a ft er di sease ranks and s en t many andbe ts a o tt u les e of have thinned the t of the early combatants into hospital or the enemy's war prisons. At the present moment, when, as we have seen above, the Prussians are ranged along a frontier on the further side of which are drawn up troops whom the incidents of a few hours may make their enemies—yhen the personal quarrel ar c Y ollis li i n o e n bbyet an unwitting of two advanced sentries or the transgression of i a ) l a l tro h l na m g between the two great German Powers, and necessitate the descrip tioniignharty causebounda of another European war—it may be inte resting to glance over the organisation of the Prussian army, and, from a general examination of the system on which it is based, to deduce rules which will be of service for computing broadly the numbers of troops engaged on different occa sions, in case of such a lamentable necessity. The Prussian army which takes the field in time of war consists of eight corps d'arme e of troops of the Line, and of the corps d'armee of the Guard. Each corps d'armee is organised with the intention of being a perfectly complete little army of itself, so that without inconvenience it can be detached from the main army atany time. Each corps d'armee of the Line in time of war consists of two &visions of infantry, one division of cavalry, areserve of artil lery, and a military train. Each division of infantry is composed of two brigades, each of which has We.have seen that each corps d'arnzee may be safely estimated at 30,000 combatants and that of the guard at 33,000, without taking into considera tion those large artillery and engineer trains which would be requisite were the army to undertake the siege of any considerable fortress. It only remains now to consider whether this strength may always be reckoned upon as constant ; and it appears that this may be done in consequence of the admirable system of Prussian organisation. By this system, as soon as a corps d'arznee is put on a war footing, there is a depot battalion formed for each regiment, a depot company for each battalion of rifles, a depot squadron for each cavalry regiment, a depot corn- I pany for the artillery of each corps d'armee, a depot company for each engineer battalion, and a depot for the military train. These depots remain in their barracks, and supply all vacancies made in the ranks of the corps to which they belong. Nor is it all difficult for them to do so, because in conse quence of the system of recruiting pursued in this country these depots do not consist entirely of raw recruits, but partly of men who have served for some time in the army, and who have, after leaving the regular ranks, been annually put through a course of training. It is here requisite to say a few words on the system of recruiting in Prussia. With the exception of clergymen and a few others, every man in the year in which he becomes 20 years old is liable to military service for five years, three of which he spends in the regular army and two in the reserve. On completion of this service he is placed in the first Logy of the Landwehr for seven years, and afterwards in the second levy of the Landwehr for seven years more. When it is necessary to raise the regular army to a war footing the reserve is first draughted into the ranks, then the first levy of the Landwehr, and afterwards, if necessary, the second levy. At the present time the three first years of the second levy have already been called to arms. If the Landwehr is exhausted the Land sturm is called out, and in this case every man be tween 16 and 50 is liable for service. Each corps d'armee of the Line in time of peace is quartered in one of the eight provinces of the kingdom ; its recruits are obtained from that pro vince, and its Landwehr are the men in the pro vince who have served five years and who have been dismissed from actual service, but are subjected to an annual course of training. The provinces to which the different corps d'armee belong are :- 1, Prussia Proper ; 2, Pomerania ; 3, Brandenburg; 4, Prussian Saxony ; 5, Posen ; 6, Silesia ; 7, West phalia ; 8, Rhine Provinces. The Guards are re cruited' from men of a certain stature from all the In order that all these events should have occurred in this tunnel there must have been sad neglect somewhere. A man is stationed at the south end of the south tunnel, and another at the north (or Knebworth) end of the north tunnel. It is the duty of these men to signal to each other the entrance and departure of every train into and from the tunnel, and to allow no other train to enter until the departure of the preceding train has been duly signalled. It is evident there must have been some neglect or misunderstanding of these signals, and their import cn the occasion in question ; for not only was the Midland down train not warned that the " empties" had not emerged from the tunnel, but the Great Northern up train was left unwarned that there were at the moment of its approach two trains in the tunnel. Either the drivers of these trains were unwarned, or they disregarded the warn ing. Those are questions which the Board of Trade and the coroner's jury will doubtless have to solve. It is even said that the perfection of the system, in theory, of this signalling at either end of a tunnel was an excuse to the guard Ray for not going back to stop any advancing train because he felt such confidence in the signalling that he had no appre hension whatever of a train entering the tunnel until his train had got out of it. However perfect in theory, this system seems to have failed in this par ticular emergency. The state of the engine at tached to the first train may also form a subject of investigation. I With each of the goods trains were a driver and stotcer and two pards, and with the empties a driver, stoker, one guard, and his friend Rawlings, whom he was conveying on his way to Peterbo rough ; so that there were in all 12 persons travel ling with these three trains. It seems a miracle that all were not killed on the spot, instead of one only being instantaneously killed and the lives of two others jeopardised. In The Sun,of yesterday evening we stated some of the measures that had been had recourse to to clear ren der it fit for the resumpticoantaof traffic.- and i rtions were continued t o -d ay t h e These li n e, with una b a t e d vigour, and with such success that a t 9 o'clock this eveni n g the entire wr eck of the s t ro phe had been removed. These o perations were carried on under the direction of 11Ir. Johnson, the engineer of the line, with a force of about 450 navvies and fitters, and labourers worki ng in relays. The entire scene of ruin was confined to a space of about 100 yards in the centre of the northern tun nel. The men attacked this at either end, working away with picks, and crowbars, and trolleys, and wheeling off large portions of the ruins as they se parated them from the general wreck. - As they In conclusion, Count Mensdorff reserves to the Imperial Government the right of taking such steps and resolutions as may be found necessary, since since nothing remains for Austria but to take steps for defending her honour and guarding her rights rights from being treated with contempt. THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE.—TO THE EDITOR O SUN.—Sir,—The following p aragrap h appears in Mr. Reuter's telegrams, published in The Sun of Saturday last :—" The analysis of the Austrian despatch published by the M orn i ng H erald and the Morning Post on Friday last, and reproduced by the Independance Beige, i s declared by the C o l ogne Gazette to be apocryphal." 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