The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-03 00:00:00

THE ARMY OF THE GERMAN CON-
FEDERATION.

A general view of the force forming the army of
the German confederation will not be without inte-
rest at the present moment. Its actual strength,
according to the returns for 1853 laid before the
military committee of the Diet, amounts to 525,037
men, and is divided as follows:—The Ist, 2nd, and
3rd army corps (Austria) make 163,295; the 4th, 6th,
and 6th army corps (Prussia), 170,509 ; the 7th army
corps (Bavaria), 50,236; and Bth corps (Wartem-
berg, Baden, and Hessen Darmstadt), 47,657 ; the
9th corps (Saxony, Electoral Hestia, Nassau, Luxem-
burg, Limburg), 35,338; the 10th corps (Hanover,
Brunswick, Oldenburg, the Hann Towns, Meck-
lenburg), 49,918 ; the infantry division of
reserve, 18,186. Among them 3,371 are on
the stff ; the infantry amount to 404,592
men, of whom 28,621 are chin/wars and
riflemen; the cavalry are 71,149, with 42,032 horses
doing work. The artillery consists of 40,270 men,
with 7,424 hones; the so called technical troops
amount to 6,745 men, to whom are to be added
1,470 army surgeons and 16,838 men attached to the
transport service. The siege-park contains 250 pieces
of ordnance, 122 of which are cannon, 31 howttaera,
and 97 mortars. According to its tactical distribu-
tion the federal army consists of 387 battalions, 409
squadrons, and 147 batteries, with 1,122 guns.

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Two severe shocks of earthquake were experienced I '
BainownrEll.—The following articles have been at Turin at about 8 a.m. of the 29tla ult. rAily were nada-
sect to the Crimean Fuad :-71 blankets, 62 counterpanes, lototY, in the dintliou of 24-11,---8.W.,, sr.al preceded and
196 wonted flannel or ootton shirts, 109 pair of hose, 77 accompanied by a rambling noise and violent wind. The
worsted cravats or comforters, 1 dressing gown, 1 waistcoat, shocks succeeded close upon
each other,, and lasted several
8 pair of drawers, 8 cuffs, 8 pair mittens, 42 pair of gloves, seconds each. It appears that they 'sere felt much more
24 pair of brans, 96 dozen buttons, 1,460 needles, 8 dons severely to the environs of Turin tban in the city itself,
tape, 6 dozen cotton, 61bs. thread, 100 bottles Heard's amp since in. the former they sassed sucdi terror among the In-
nun, 108th.. sago, 281bs. arrowroot, 6 bottles good old habit-,nts that they ran out of their dwellings, which was
port, 2 cheeses, 1 tongue, 1 chap, and a lot of rice, 6 damn not generally the cam in Turin.,
clasp knives, 6 dozen iron spoons, 16 saucepans, 87 grid-
ns, 47 sundry tin articles, 1 paaker• l • Pitussuie Maxllll.-7Cielays are anything but
irons, 14 frying pa
shoemaker's tools, 1 coffee mill, 16 bookdangerone.—Never do to-day what can be done as well to
leather, 1 ditto e, 6 morrow.—The kettle that's boiled too quickly boils over.—
Tax PLATA. n4hioh left Boutham
doses amp kettles, 1 gold sovereign.—Flying Pah The line of beauty is a cork- serew.—Distanoe lends en-
Ptctr..terday, eheatmeat to the view—especially of a field of battle.—
sock a." 7 t'•oor7 mall for the
, 7,11 .. es, Central Champagne a 'discretion is the better part of valour.—The
......,---el__.""a .00, the Spanish Male, ad ". '.acillo. The man who does not fight, has his bands free to hold the scat.
to convict of nearly 150 bags. Ths •v of was so large of those who do, and to ran away with them if he pleases.
en,,,,Yronos of there baring bean ll° Wat India mall on If your neighbour's 11,Juse en each side of you is on fire,
the ', ,'' 44 The Plata took OM SW nearly one hundred what mat's!? it's 11l the easier for you to make the pot
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