The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-27 00:00:00

POREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.

The Neufchatel question imparts some interest
to the following details, taken from a Paris
military journal, on the organisation of the Prussian
military
force :—The elements of that force, it
says, consists of,-Ist, the permanent or standing
prmy, properly so called, and in which enter,
Independently of volunteers, the young men raised
by
conscription, according to a proportion fixed by
the necessities of the service : 2nd, the Landwehr
: • of the first ban, in which enter all young men from
the age of 20 to 25 years who do not form part of
the active army, the soldiers who have served
the
_three years prescribed by the law, and able-
bodied men from 20. to 30 years ; 3rd, the
Landwehr of the second • ban, which is consi-
. ljevecl as a reserve.; this comprises the elite
of all able-bodied men to 40 years of age, who have
served in the active army or in the first ban ; its-
staff is not permanent, and it is this body which
In war time furnishes the garrisons in fortified
Places.
n,
Ir=dependently of those elements, there is the
a.andsturm
er.,the levy en masse of all men from the
hoof 17. t:peso, but which exists only in name.
Landwehr of the first ban is, like the active
1-btruST, destined to serve in war time at home and
,4 road. In time of peace the staff and a small
.c.eieton from each battalion, are only permanent ;
• aIJ the others forming part of the first ban, remain
at
.their occupations, and only receive pay and sub-
sistence during the period of manoeuvres, which is
never very long.
Voluntary engagements form a considerable
71erneut of the standing army The time of service
8 for th_ree.yeara.,_ancl, they can only bP—.contracted
f
r°lll the age of 17 to 20, so that the Prussian
the
are generally regarded as too young. At
expiration of their service, the volunteers form
during two years part of the reserve, and conse-
' then
depend on the active army. They are
the
drafted for seven years into the Landwehr of
vu
• e first ban, and again for seven years more in that
of
.the second ban.
The recruiting for the active army is effected by
4,n
elne of a Commission established in each district,
(ill" p
comosed of civil d s. The
of the districts ins suchtary as, in prmembopoerrtion to
(he Population, to furnish at the same time the ment
r the regiments of the line and those destined to
b: rcf-liments of the Landwehr who bear the same
The —lllloers.
Prussian army, consisting in time of peace of
,t;:),)ut 80,000 men, comprises the Guard and the
• of the line. The Guard is composed of two
• .fo,4s'°llB. The troops of the line are divided into
Tp-r sections, each subdivided into two corps
eirnee. Each corps d'armee comprises two divi•
tennis' and each division three brigades. The
Bll_"`roents do not consist of more than two or three
attalions. The effective strength of the divisions
T"sequently inferior to that of the French.
• of-irt war time the ordinary active army consists
150162,000 men ; the first ban gives a total of
•• fo?" men. The grand total of the military
Ihe'e of which Prussia can dispose, including all
g .resources of the active army, special corps,
ar
• . I.4thr,lison troops, the first and second ban of the
wehr, exclusive of the Landsturm, amounts to
men and 93,850 horses.
• the owes to the mechanism which regulates
taalte organization of her army the rank she has
Sufn.arnong the great military powers of Europe.
this organization,
has been said of her special aptitude, but
°rganization, which bears no resemblance to
hat •
°f other armies was, perhaps, deserving of
else Val notice.
,%I•
fo Casirnirsky, a Pole, who has been employed
r", me time in the Archives Department of the
-wb
re-sign office,and who is said to be well acquainted
sent
the Persian language and customs, is to be
IC' to Marseilles to meet and accompany to Paris
fro Persian Ambassador, who is soon expected
Constantino le, M. Casimirsky was employed
In the mission sent to Persia by the French Go.
"rlament in 1839.
despatch received here last night from Naples
Irl;!,eletions that the explosion of the powder maga-
-111(-)1t. near the King's palace was the result of a
ihA letter from Rome of the 16th inst. announces
lat the state of siege has been removed in the
egations and the Marc s, with the exception of
hileo two
provinces of Bologna and Ancona. It
Lot ween that a serious difference is said to have
on arisen
the
`
s
Cardinals Alfieri and Antonelli,
ch,,,ent high price of provisions. The former
• „,
the latter with permitting corn to be
exportedbig tally from Terraoina for the benefit of
,oeived
:following
T'.aern_ilY who reside th.
privateere despatches have been re-

GRAND CAIRO, DEC. 11.
Iviol.,rd,ers have been given to collect on the banks of the
fie-7 411 the materials necessary for the execution of the
,zirater canal.
~tentie Works are to commence when the waters are anffi-
zi:b /- I°w to permit them, that is, towards tha month of
Nary.

4 The nn DRESDEN, DEC. 21.
p, .
Crui journey of the Grand Duke Constantine
on spoken of.. This journey will be performed
visitlB re,turn from Nice, where he is to escort his wife on a
1° tne Empress Mother.
stated that the
/l projected expedition to IC_a-
Pro has been postponed for another year by the
A ela Government.
Contract has been signed between an eminent
I,ier,-sia,,tl Publisher and M. Arthur de la Guerron-
'of th2"°rnter editor sf the Pays, and now member
.Ivorlt Council of State, for the production of a
-Parl4l Bil Volumes, to be entitled History of the
1g52/anzentary Monarchy of France front 18150 to
„, The sum to be paid to the writer is 13,00
f.
'ft-tlie volume.
tbe "0" -Prefect of the Seine has, with the advice of
all Persons of State, published a decree by which
3tit-078Tc'ne entering the stock exchange from the
'er t "anuary next will pay lf. during the hours
thehours
sale of public securities, and 50a. during
4,111 becllri for the sale of merchandise. Ticketsf
t, issued to annual subscribers at 1.50 f.
mercantile
15kela "e 4 exchange, and 75f. for the mercan
• an rte
'
'4("id,-fieil of ministers, at which the
.Emperor
Pre —' was held yesterday at the Tuileries.
re-
Riden Parations are making at the hotel of the. p _
entitite3inf the legislative body for the reception of
ec)turr; Morny, who is expected in Paris at the
A °fleet/lent of the new year.
tietw4ecree
+, in the Moniteur container tome further
the nations and promotions in the upper ranks of
Th-agietra
cY•
-4° "ing Christmas Day, the Bourse and all
Pilblic offices are closed,