Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-10 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, SEPT. 7.

The affection of the eyes which has lately exhibited
itself in s 3 virulent a form among the troops in garrison
here is stated by medical men to be the Egyptian opthale
mia ; it manifests itself in a number of small white vesi-
cles beneath the lower eyelid, which, if not promptly
removed by a solution of lunar caustic, increase very
rapidly, aril, soon extend in the form of a white crust .Or
;cab over the whole eye and dry up its fluids. Although
some entire regiments have hitherto escaped this infliction,
others have had snch considerable minibers of their men
rendered unfit for duty, that the men OF the reserve have
been obliged to be called out in order to keep the regiments
even at their peace complement. Tile exertions of the
regimental surgeons have, for the present, succeeded in
mastering the epidemic; and, if no no s outbreak ocears,
it may be looked on already as in a fair way to disappear.
The same seems to be the case with the sickness which
has affected the horses of the cavalry in Petsism. Very
shortly after they were distributed threagheut the sur-
rounding villages it became apparent that they w >re re-
covering so rapidly that they will soon be able to be
brought bank to their own stables and de duty. What
the nature of this affection of the horses has been I have
not been able to learn.

Ia Denmark also the same causes, viz., lengthened
drought and excessive heat, bringing in their train
vitiated air and want of water, have produced the same
results, and the King has found it necessary to postpone
the usual military exercises of his troops sine Clic, and to
send back td their homes all the man of the reserve, &a.,
who had been called out for the purpose of these autumn
manceuvres. The cholera is also showing itself in
considerable force in Holstein and in Sweden, as it has
also done nearly all this year in St. Potersbargh ; this,
together with the very unsatisfactory sanitary state of
Copenhagen, which is becoming rapidly worse, gives rise
to very anxious apprehensions. The Danish public is
even dissatisfied with the above-mentioned 'wise measure
of preventing the aggregation of troops in confined
districts, by dispersing those already in barracks, on tho
ground that in this way the v:ros of disease will be most
rapidly spread from its foci to tho utmost limits of the
kingdom.

The Danish Flyreposten sta`es that our Gov.ermcnt has
inquired of the Danish War-office if there is any number
of Danish military officers of various areas who could just
now be spared, and who would be willing to take service
in India on advantageous terms, and filr a fixed period of
five years. To Ftyveposten must, of course, be left the
entire responsibility of the statement ; in its preseneshape
its correctness is very questionable.
A report now in circulation, that the Emperor of Russia
would arrive at Halle on the Bth inst., to be present at the
manmuvres of the Prussian 4th armee corps in the province
of Saxony, and whither the King and Qieen set off yes
terday afternoon, is without foundation. We know by
means of the telegraph that the Emperor left St. Peters.
I burgh last Thursday for Warsaw, accompanied by Prince

Gortschakoff, and that it was his intention to spend
several days in the Polish capital before arriving here on
the 14th inst.

ITALY.

The Corriere Mercantile tstates from Florence that tho
investigation into the late insurrection at Leghorn is
terminated, and that 27 prisoners are to be tried for the
murder or maiming of soldiers, and the remainder for
high treason.