The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1866.

been ordered strengthening medicine had been waiting
for it three days. A miserable little passage-room had
been converted into a ward, in which a decent old man,
himself suffering from a cruelly neglected wound,
shared the society of two filthy lunatics. One of these
had been suffered at night to wander into the adjacent
wards and disturb all the other patients. Most of the
patients were hungry—one or two seemed half
starved. Only one had milk allowed him, and none had
beer ; and two or three ounces of gin for a dropsical
patient represented all the stimulants allowed throughout
the wards. The medicines seemed as a rule indiscrimi-
nately dispensed by the nurse from three large uncorked
bottles to suit Um taste, not the necessities, of the patients.
In short, not a -,:ugle element in sick treatment, neither
cleanliness, nor food, nor medicine, nor rest, nor air, was
provided for the unhappy inmates of this so-calleil infir-
mary. The Timis .:annot but conclude that the metropo-
litan inspectors have grossly neglected their duty, and that
these tardy revelations are as great a scandal to the Poor-
law Board and its officers as to the subordinate autho-
rities.

LATES'

;FENCE.

THE WAR.
The most complete mystery hangs over the
movements of General Benedek. The Os Deutsche

Post says :
General Benedek has given express orders that all his
should be
preparations and the movements of his troops
kept in profound secrecy. Wo have been po-
sitively assured that no foreign officer has been
admitted within headquarters. Even the French
military representatives, Colonels Follet and Merlin, have
been politely refused admission. Colonel Merlin is said to
have admitted that this refusal was justifiable, based, as
it was on the ground that if officers of one European power
were admitted to headquarters the representatives of
other powers would be equally entitled to admission, in
which case he could not depend on the discretion of so
many officers.
The Prussian army of Silesia, commanded by
the Prince Royal, aro effecting a concentration at
Neisac, not far from which the first great battle
will probably be delivered. The King has arrived,
and is likely to assume the supreme com-
mand. The Austrian headquarters was still
at Olmutz on the 16th, and it was only on the
evening of the 17th that Benedck left Vienna.
The Austrian army of Bohemia communicates with
the Bavarian forces by Eger, and with the Saxon
by Bodenbach.

(REUTERS TELEGRAMS.)
THE WAR IN GERMANY.
BERLIN, JUNE 22.

A Prussian corps, coming from Saxony, has been
sent to prevent the junction of the Hanoverian
with the Federal army, and has orders to join the
troops of Saxe Coburg Gotha, commanded by the
Duke of Coburg.
The Prussians continue to fortify themselves
before Dresden.
The movements of General Benedek are kept
very secret. Up to the present nothing more than
reconnaissances appear to have been made by the
Austrians in Upper Silesia.

PRAGUE. JUNE 22.
The Prussians entered Austrian territory last
night near Oderberg.

GOTTINGEN, it'NE 20.

The Austrian Ambassador has followed the King
of Hanover to the camp. Tho other members of
the Diplomatic Corps are expected here from
Hanover.

FRANKFORT, JCKE: 22..

Sir Alexander Malet has been instructed by the
British government to take under his protection
the Prussian subjects, and to take charge of the
Prussian archives in this town.

THE PRUSSIANS IN SAXONY.
VIENNA, JUNE 22.

The Vienna papers of to-day assert that the
Prussians have set fire to the Saxon town of
Zittau, because the inhabitants refused to pay the
war contributions imposed Upon them. The Prus-
sians are said to have then evacuated the town.

THE SAXON ARMY.
• FRAGIM., JUNE 22, 3 A.M.

The Saxon army completed its junction
with the Austrian army in the presence of the
King.
His Majesty, who is now at Prague, is calm and
firm. The spirit of the army is excellent.

AUSTRIA AND ITALY.
GARIBALDI'S VOLUNTEERS.-THE FIRST

SHOT.

TRENT, JUNE 22.

Yesterday morning the Austrian outposts al
Apaiso Bruffiono were attacked by Italian volun.
toers. Several shots were exchanged.

FRANCE.

PARIS, Jr:re 22.

The Menitcur of this morning says :—" Certain
persons seek to shake public credit by spreading
false news respecting the events of the war or the
imminent failure of some credit or industrial com-
panies. Some journals do not hesitate to receive
and propagate these inaccurate assertions without
taking the trouble to verify them. The Govern-
ment is observant of such acts, and will not hesi-
tate to institute legal proceedings against the
authors of false intelligence."

DENMARK AND FRANCE.
COPENHAGEN, JrNE 19.

The letter of the Emperor Napoleon delivered
to the King of Denmark on the 15th inst. had no
political character, but merely referred in congra-
tulatory terms to the visit of the Crown Prince of
Denmark to Paris. The delivery of this letter was
accidentally delayed.

PESTII, JUNII 22.