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LONDON, IVEDNESD.4} , (,CT. 24, 1866.

Those who have been congratulating themselves
upon the rapid settlement of the late war, and
fancying
.that in consequence of the undoubted
superiority of Prussia Europe would speedily regain
her tranquillity, must have found out their mistake
by this time we should think, for there seems likely
to be no end of e ' •
dal •
cultiea that arise through
the rapaciousness of the Berlin Government. The
condition of Holland is now very
serious,
and it
certainly appears as if each nation in turn was
to be the subject of general discussion, and
the theme of anxiety at home. It would
be amusing if the results were not so
serious to notice how the Prussian Government
contrived to twist and to turn everything to its cw,
purpose ; the same thing is read differently at varioua
times, in order to suit the particular end of the
moment. The fact is, that the course pursued by
BISMARCK is a scandal to the good sense and justice
of the present age ; it is, indeed, outrageous that in
these days of enlightenment weshould witness a spec-
tacle like that now taking place in Prussia. The
King of the NETIIERLANDS maintained a neutral
position when the momentous question of the mobi-
lisation of the Federal army was debated, and
hence he very naturally thought that he had escaped
danger either way, and might maintain his position
intact in his German possessions. This plain and

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straightforward course does not, however, suit the. 1
views of the grasping schemer of Prussia, and
cordingly he issues his fiat, and denies that although.
the Bund has been dissolved that the relationship
of the members to the defunct Confederation has
not ceased to exist. The end of all this juggling
is that the fortress of Luxembourg is to re—
main under Prussian control. The end of a a
this subserviency to Prussia, on the o' ae
hand, and the non-interference policy which Fral ice
seems to have adopted on the other, will be that
that ruthless Power will become so strong that a
very serious war will be the consequence. It is
most extraordinary that the statesmen of Europe
cannot see the danger of letting things go by de-

fault, as it were.
The matter has now assumed a vast importance,
and stretched far beyond the original question of
this or that duchy appertaining to any single
European Power. As the case now stands,
we may fairly say that it means neither
more nor less than that Prussia is making
every effort, and employing skill and fore-
sight worthy of a better cause in her attempts
to become the chief Power in Europe. Fraud and
force are alternately employed in this work, and as
yet an almost unexampled success has attended her
endeavours. It is not in the routine of things that
France should submit much longer to be shelved
after this fashion, and to be lowered in the eyes of
the Continental nations. For some reason, how-
ever, which we do not as yet clearly comprehend,
the French EMPEROR has restrained the natural
desire of his people to go to war, and not
permitted their just indignation against the Prus-
sians to find vent in action. This does not alter
facts, however, and we maintain that the King of
PRUSSIA is fast becoming a very dangerous Power,
to France, and an overwhelming incubus upon
smaller States. low long this state of Bismarckian
supremacy is to continue the most astute of political
prophets may be puzzled to define, but in all pro-
bability the term of his career will not be far
distant. It is against the genius and spirit of the
nations of Europe that it should long continue ; but,
in the meantime, how numerous are the sufferers
and how crushing the evil effects of its influence.
There is more, however, to distract the unfor-
tunate King of the NETHERLANDS' grief now than
the determination in which Count BISMARCK'S arbi-
trary decision has placed him. The question of
Java is a great source of anxiety, and even of
dispute, among the Dutch, and they do not
seem likely to come to a very speedy or
satisfactory solution of the problem. A strong
party advocate the cause of freedom, and
are opposed to those who are in favour of the old
regime, and would leave things as they are. It must
be confessed that the course pursued by the KING
and Government of late has been most impolitic,
and well calculated to excite indignation among the
community, whose feelings of justice and propriety
it outraged to the uttermost. The appointment of
a man to the important post of Governor-General
of the eastern portion of the KING'S domains, who
was well known for his advocacy of the strong party,
was certainly enough to incense all classes, and no
wonder that the vote of censure was passed.
The Ministers advised the KING not to be daunted
at this outburst of wrath, and accordingly the
Chamber has been dissolved.
It is not a matter of surprise that the effect of
this is expected to be the return of more Liberals
than ever to the next Parliament ; but instead of
bowing to circumstances, and making a virtue of
peopld; the GroVernmeht, 'we -rugree ttilicTar,`nAVO
resolved upon proceeding to extremities. A
sort of coup d'etat is now threatened, which
of course will upset the existing state of
things, and confuse the whole country. This
is a case in which no foreign Power can offer ad-
vice and assistance, and the matter must be settled
among the contending parties themselves. We hope,
however, that some among the enthusiasts for jus-
tice to the slave will remember prudence, and not
go to violent extremes. It will cause more mis-
chief than it will effect good if a sudden change
takes place, and perhaps this generation may not
see the end of the evil of a too hasty act on the part
of the reformers of Java labour. There can be no
reason why a gradual alteration should not take
place, and no danger thus accrue to those affected by
the change. This fortunate result would, however,
have been much more likely to have followed had
the KING and his Government showed more con-
cession to the popular demand ; but the very fac-
tious and irritating opposition they have organised
against themselves are not likely, we very much
fear, to listen to reason, or to heed the warnings of
those who have learnt by sad experience the
dangers that too often attend a too sudden and
complete change in a long-established system,

The practical science of agriculture must be ad-
mitted on all hands to be a matter of great import-
ance, but there is some reason to fear that it is likely
to be underrated among the host of improvements
and inventions of a more exciting nature. The
dwellers in towns and cities are generally the origi-
nators of improvements, or at least they discuss and
criticise them in every form. In the rural districts,
on the contrary, the population are naturally averse
to changes, and a suggestion which interferes with
established customs is not likely to meet with
much favour. The agriculturists are inclined to
think their own practical experience of more
value than the theoretical knowledge of their in-
structors, while perhaps the theorists have not
always gone wisely to work by depreciating the ex-
perience of the practical cultivator. By slow
degrees, however, a better state of things has
been brought about, and the steam plough
and a host of other mechanical appliances
have been brought to assist the farmer in his ope-
rations, while the rapid increase and development
of chemical knowledge have proved most valuable
when applied to the cultivation of the soil. The
establishment of Agricultural Associations, with
their exhibitions and matters of various kinds,
has also been very beneficial in diffusing a know..
roafisainggrictihiletusrteanthdraorudgohfolnitietrhiet
rural
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among those who formerly had no one to measure
themselves against.
Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE made soineseantsitbhlee
observations on this topic a day or two ago
annual meeting of the Witheridge Agricultural
Association. Ile said he had come into Devonshire
with some doubt on his mind as to the benefits of
ploughing matches, but, after having watched the
proceedings of the day, he had decided in their
favour. The spirit of emulation created among
their young men by the All England prize, which
brought distinguished ploughmen from all parts of
the country,
hnttry would, he thought, tend very much to
e specialpwoourgkhtinhgey had in hand, and the
done a great deal towards
elevating
establishment of matches
the hadsta
standard
already
f
that kind of work. These meetings had also, in his
opinion, many
indirect advantages.interested
in
"They
caused large bodies of men the prac-
ticalhey work of agriculture to assemble—not as
mere theorists, but as men who were conscious
of the worthlessness of theoretical knowledge
simply, and as men who were fully alive to the

irr iportance of conducting their business so as to
nake a living out of it." They assembled to watch

the proceedings of the competitors, to compare
ideas and experiences, and to talk over subjects of
which they all had a practical knowledge. Such a
gathering at least prevents men's minds from rust-
ing by disuse ; it quickens their faculties and en-
larges their experience by showing what different
views and opinions may be held by men of the
same profession and standing in different parts of
the country. Local prejudice is a great enemy
to agricultural science, though local knowledge
is a valuable supplement to it ; and in fact, as Sir
STAFFORD NORTIICOTE says, it is necessary for a
practical agriculturist to bear in mind two points :
one, the study of general principles ; the other, the
local conditions of the estate which he farmed.
He ought to know not only what land in general
would do, but what his own land in particular
would do ; not only the mode of cultivation em-
ployed in other places, but the mode and the im-
plements best suited to his particular farm. Sir
STAFFORD NORTHCOTE turned this point to
good account by seizing the opportunity of
impressing upon his hearers the importance
and advantage of a systematic compilation of agri-
cultural statistics. Sir S. NORTHCOTE took some
pains to correct the impression, unfortunately so
prevalent in the agricultural districts, that these
inquiries were only made in an inquisitorial and
prying spirit. The statistics of one year might be
said to tell us very little, but it was obvious that
the information thus collected would, in a series of
years, be of great practical utility. Thus, when the
question of feeding cattle on root crops was raised,
these statistics would have enabled the farmer to
trace the effect of the increased cultivation of these
crops upon the number of the cattle. Then when
artificial manures began to be largely employed it
would have been very useful to know their effect
upon particular systems of husbandry. Farmers,
urged the speaker, were interested in the statistics
of every other trade, with the exports and imports
of their own country and of other parts of the world,
and surely they should not be anxious to withhold
the information relating to their own trade from
others whom it might affect. Sir S. NORTIICOTE
did not insist upon any particular mode of collecting
these statistics. lle simply contented himself with
showing that every means which had been suggested
had been objected to, and, in the name of the Go-
vernment, he asked the agriculturists to suggest the
best way of obtaining the desired information, or,
if they were determined to withhold it, at least to
give their reasons for so doing. But on this point,
as on many others, we may hope that prejudice is
dying out with the dispersion of the ignorance in
which it originated ; and, as in every other depart-
ment of trade and industry, fair competition and
free communication have always resulted in the
benefit of all concerned, so it may shortly prove
with agricultural science.
Sir STAFFORD NORTIICOTE touched on some other
topics of interest, more especially with regard to the
increased demand for labour; and his remarks,
which were throughout characterised by good sense
and straightforwardness, were listened to with well-
merited attention.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Pains, Tuesday Evening.

The Moniteur gives the following particulars re-
specting tat affairs
of Germany :—" According to
King of Prussia, the territorial limits of the two
countries have been modified in this way :—The
Grand Duke gives up to the King of Prussia the
principality of Biskeufeld, situated at a consider-
able distance from the remainder of his States, and
intermixed with the Rhenish provinces of the Prus-
sian monarchy; the principality of Eutin, near
Lubeck, and some portions of territory necessary
to complete the defences of the military post
recently created at Jahoe. On the other hand,
Oldenburg receives two portions of the former
kingdom of Hanover, situated on the left bank of
the Weser. By this treaty the Grand Duchy of
Oldenburg is increased to .the extent of 30,000
square miles, and some thousands of inhabitants.
It also derives the advantage of being a compact
' State. As to Prussia, she will by the present ar-
rangement have the means of rectifying her fron-
tiers and removing foreign possessions which existed
in the midst of her States."

A letter from Vienna explains the real reason of
the adjournment of the meeting of the Hungarian
Diet. It was not the cholera which was the cause
of the delay. That was only a pretext. The real
motive arises out of the continued opposition of the
Cabinet of Vienna to the principle of the demands
made by the National party of Hungary. The
most moderate fraction of the patriots of Hun-
gary admit no other basis of conciliation than
the full and entire restitution of the rights
which the people of Hungary possessed in 1848.
The Austrian Government, which at first seemed
disposed to agree to these legitimate wishes, still
hesitates to confirm them and appears disposed to
abide by its traditional policy."
Favoured by splendid weather, the steeplechases
at La Marche, on Sunday, went off very satisfac-
torily. There were but three prizes contested, but
the races excited interest from the number of horses
engaged. The Prix d'Automne, 2,500 f., was won
by Mr. Kent's Bon-Espoir ; Sinite, 2 ; Lausquenet,
3. 14 horses ran. Amount of the prize, 4,925 f.,
500 f. to the second.

Prix a Reclamer, 1,000 f., added to 100 f. entry .
R. M. D., 1 ; Pine Apple, 2. Free Handicap, 1,000 f.,
Coloquinte, 1; Roger Bontaups, 2.
The Versailles races will take place on Sunday
next.

A short time ago an original letter, addressed by
the Empress to M. Berger, then Prefect of Police,
on the 26th of January, 1853, was advertised for
sale. It is now announced that it was only a fac-
simile, and that the original letter has not been
found.

At the funeral ceremony over the remains of the
late M. Thouvenel yesterday the funeral car was
drawn from the Luxembourg to the church of St.
Sulpice by six horses. The four cordons were held
by M. Rouher, Minister of State ; the Marquis de
Moustier, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; M. de Royer,
Vice-President of the Senate ; and Count de
Walewski, President of the Legitimate Body.
The Emperor was represented by General Tros-
sard, one of his aides-de-camp ; and the Duke de
Trebise, one of his Chamberlains. The Empress
was represented by Count de Cossd Brissac, one
of her Chamberlains. Prince Napoleon and the
Princess Mathilde were represented by officers of
their Household.

Immediately after the car were the members of
the family of the deceased, the Ministers in full cos-
tume, as well as the members of the Privy Council,
and all the marshals and admirals now in Paris.
Two officers, with the livery of the deceased, bore
his insignia, covered with crape, upon cushions of
black velvet. Numerous deputations from the
Senate, and various official and municipal bodies
followed. Detachments of troops preceded and fol-
lowed the procession, and a company of Dragoons
kept the Place St. Sulpice. The church was beau-
tifully draped, lighted, and ornamented. After the
ceremony the body was deposited in a vault of the
church, from whence it is to be taken to Metz, to
be interred in the family vault. The Archbishop of
Paris officiated.

On the 15th inst. the perforation of Mount Cenis
had been finished to the extent of 6,110 metres, that
is to say, half of the total length of the grand
gallery, which is to be 12,220 metres long. The
Felt Railway will be terminated between Modaue
and Lans-le-Bourg in the course o the present year,

and from Lans-le-Bourg to Suse in the month of
May next. _ _ _

A frightful murder, followed by suicide, has been
committed at Strasburg. About 8 o'clock on Satur-
day evening the lodgers in a house in the Rue
Clement were alarmed by cries of distress. The
door of the room from whence the cries preceded
was broken open. On the floor was a man whose
throat was horribly cut, and he was wounded in
several places. Near the bed was the body of a
woman, on the floor, whose head had been nearly
severed from the body. She was quite dead. There
was no doubt that the man had murdered her, and
that she had made a desperate resistance, for the
bed was bloody and the walls bore traces of blood,
and it was running on the floor. These persons
lived together, but were both married, but the man
was separated from his wife, and the woman from
her husband. The murderer was employed on the
Strasburg Railway. his wounds are so serious that
he can hardly survive. The Courrier du Bas Rhin,
which gives this account, says that nothing had been
ascertained in regard to the motive of the crime.
One of the Paris papers gives the following crino-.
line statistics :—A manufactory in Saxony has made
during the last twelve years no less than 9,507,600
crinolines. For the fabrication of each of these
crinolines there were required about 55 metres of
springs, which gives for the total manufacture
863,784,000 yards. This length would be sufficient
to go round the world thirteen times and a half, as
its circumference measures 71,982 yards.

A pleasant dialogue was heard by many persons
on Sunday afternoon on the Boulevard des Italiens.
Temporarily established there at a wooden shop is a
clever individual who sells all sorts of things for the
toilette, and among other things a wonderful oint-
ment to make the hair grow in a ridiculously short
space of time. A gentleman who had bought some
of this ointment advanced to the dealer and said,
" You sold me some ointment the other day to make
my hair grow, and (taking off his hat) look, my
head is still as bald as varnished leather." " Sir,"
replied the ointment dealer, "it would be very
wrong of you to blame me. There is land where it
would be quite useless to sow corn, it will not grow.
It is not the corn which is bad, it is the soil."
There is a recent and authentic illustration of
the embarras de richesses. The municipality of a
provincial French town, in the interest of the public
health, ordered the proprietors of the houses to
have them all well cleaned and whitewashed. "It
is very hard upon us," said one of the house pro-
prietors, " to be compelled to go to this expense. If
I had only one house I should not mind, but I have
sixteen."

Orders have been sent to the war ports for the
arming as transports next month ten screw vessels
and the same number of steamers. They will be
sent to Vera Cruz to bring home the French troops
from Mexico.

This afternoon at three o'clock the Emperor, Em-
press, and the young Prince left St. Cloud for a
carriage drive. The Princess Clotilde was in one
of the carriages. The health of the Emperor is
quite restored.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

BADEN.
CARLSRUHE, Oct. 24.

In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies
a debate took place upon the entry of Baden into
the North German Confederation. Herr von Frey-
dorf, the President of the Council of Ministers,
said :--" For as the adhesion of Baden to the
Northern Union is a question of existence, and
moreover it is the sole way leading to the unity of
Germany, Prussia and the North of Germany can
exist without us, and would then perhaps even oc-
cupy a stronger position for defence."

FRANCE.

PARIS, Oct. 24.

The Emperor and Empress took a drive yesterday
in the Bois de Boulogne, on the Boulevards, and
during the whole drive their Majesties were warmly
cheered by large crowds.
The Moniteur of this morning announces that
during the recent hurricane at St. Pierre dc Meq.ue-
ton (Canada), on the 22d September last, eleven
vessels and a considerable number of boats were
lost, 60 to 80 seamen were drowned, and consider-
able damage was done to property.

BOURSE, Oct. 23, Two o'clock.—The upward ten-
dency continues, and all Securities are dealt in at
higher rates, which necessitates the buying in of a
certain amount of oversold Stock and Sharei.
French Threes are doing at 68f. 90c., an advance of
-alto. Italian Fives have attained and passed the
price of 56f., and are now at 56f. 30c., with an ad-
vance of 45c. Credit Foncier gain 5f., Credit Mo-
biher 6f. 25c., and Spanish Mobilier if. 25c. higher.
Comptoir d'Escoinpte are quoted 890 f., 6f. 25c.
higher. Railway Shares are likewise in request with
improved quotations. English Consols continue to
be quoted in London at 89k. _ _ _

Three o'clock.—The market has closed 'as fol-

lows :

per Cents 97
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 6B 90
Do. end month 6B 90
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Credit Foncier —
Do. end month.., 1375
RUT,

Bank Shares 3600
Italian Loan 5O 40
Do. end month 56 50
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish` Throes
Home Debt
Deferred
'AM

For Account.
Orleans
Northern llBO
Lyons and Mediterranean 922 50
Southern 5Bl 25
_ _

Western 557 50

Eastern
Sardinian ... —
Austrian
Lombard 4lB 75
North of Spain lO7 50
Saragossa —
Ditto to Barcelona —
Roman —

AMERICA.
NEW YORK, OCt. 11.
The Philadelphia Ledger contains the following :
" The President has just sent in to the Attorney
General the following questions, and requested that
a response might be returned in writing.

" ' First. Is the present Congress composed of
members from the Northern States, such a Congress
as the Constitution requires, or is it an illegal and
unconstitutional assemblage.
Second. Would existing circumstances justify the
President in sending his next annual message to an
illegal and unconstitutional assemblage pretending
to be the Congress of the United States.

" ' Third. Does that clause in section five of the
first article of the Constitution, which makes each
house the judge of the election returns and quali-
fications of its own members, give to the present
Congress the right to exclude the members from
ten States, or to impose dishonourable or uncon-
stitutional terms upon their admission.
" Fourth. Does the President's oath of office
require roil {IV ,LJ1,1",... Y4VJ\ rlUYlalUuli lli^tllll con-
stitution which give to each State an equal right
of representation in Congress. Article first, sec-
tion second, section third, article fifth, last clause.
Fifth. What steps do the Constitution and
his oath of office require the President to take iu
order to secure the assemblage of a constitutional
Congress ?
The Philadelphia Ledger adds :

" Upon the reply that may be made by the
Attorney-General to the above, the President, there
is reason to believe, has determined to take his
stand. The questions put to the Attorney are all
the more important when taken in connection with
the bold utterances of the President at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, declaring that the present
' was only an assumed Congress,' and not
the Congress the constitution called for ;' and also
in connection with similar declarations, though less
pointed, that fell from his lips prior to his return to
the capital. From these utterances it is clear that
the Executive has fully made up his own mind the
39th Congress was not a loyal body. He now
asks the opinion of the Attorney-General upon
the grave and deeply-momentous subject, and when
it is given he will govern himself accordingly.
It is not difficult to foreshadow what the response
of Mr. Stanberry will be ; and that he will chime
in fully with the opinions of the Executive, as al-
ready expressed, there is no doubt.
A Washington despatch, dated 1 lth inst., gives
a positive denial to the statement of the Ledger, and
says that the President, upon reading it, declared
it to be false from beginning to end.

Our Soldiers, How We Kill Them.

(From the British Medical Journal.)

The report of a serious outbreak of yellow fever
in the island of St. Thomas gives us an occasion to
publish a summary of one of these fearful inflictions
to show how our great army managers at the Horse
Guards provide for these things: how they antici-
pate the evil, and how they meet it when it comes.
Deputy Inspector-General Barrow, in the fifth
volume of the " Statistical, Sanitary, and Medical
Reports," has published a report of the epidemic of
yellow fever which occurred last year in Bermuda.
This report is published by authority, and presented
to Parliament, and, as Professor Maclean of Netley
(who last year made it the special subject of a clini-
cal lecture) remarks, was " written for our learn-

ing."

The scene of the epidemic in Bermuda was St.
George's Town, a hotbed of filth and cesspools, lying
in a basin, undrained, cut off from all winds, and
densely populated—the very place for yellow fever
to " rim riot in," as Dr. Barrow says. Yet here,
in this focus, where corruption invites the direst of
fevers, our Government quarters its valuable and
costly soldiers. And in what kind of barracks ?
Sanitary and barrack commissioners have laid down,
in their minute detail, rigid rules for the construc-
tion of barracks. How these rules are carried out in
the yellow fever zone, Dr. Barrow explains for us.
" The barracks are intolerably hot in summer, as
the prevail* south-west wind is completely cut
off by a lofty inn within a few feet of the rear of
the building." Their " ventilation is bad, and the
men's rooms scarcely raised above the level of the
ground, low ceilings, small windows, crowded out-
buildings, privies placed to windward, and water-
tanks close to the dwellings ; the whole area enclosed
by a wall, which obstructs the sea view, and keeps
off the southerly winds." The hospital is " intended
for 48 patients, but is fit for only 24 ; and the wards
are fitted with water-closets a demi—i.e., without
water. To make the picture complete there is a
burial-ground a few hundred yards off, " quite full
of graves." Did the Lancet Commissioners ever
meet, in Metropolitan workhouses, such a combina-
tion of health-destroying elements as these ? How
is it, then, that public indignation, which has been
so excited in reference to union workhouse evils,
should have silently let pass such a frightful condi-
tion of things as here described, and which culmi-
nated in so fearful a mortality ? _ _ _

Speaking of this inviting condition for the advent
of the yellow fever offered by St. George's Professor
Maclean remarks :—" is it too much tc say that it
is a disgrace to our civilisation that such a state of
matters should be found in a town under British

Government, and in a station where British soldiers
are quartered ?" Forewarning has been no forearm-
ing here. Again and again have epidemics raged,
to the destruction of our soldiers ; but still has the
lesson been taught in vain. In 1843 15 officers,
297 men, 29 women, and 30 children were slaugh-
tered by the fever ; and even this last deadly lesson
of 1865, Professor Maclean anticipates, will be as
unheeded as the preceding lessons have been.
The tale, as told by authority, is this. Yellow
fever appeared in Bermuda towards the end of June,
1865. On July 15 part of the 2d Regiment, 756
strong, arrived from Gibraltar. Seven companies
were encamped at Bowz Island ; and three " at the
Navy Tanks, within half a mile of St. George's,
now known to be a tainted district." On the very
same day a sergeant of the 39th Regiment (which
the 2d Regiment came to relieve) was. smitten with
yellow fever ; and on the next day Dr. Hunter,
health officer, called on the commanding officer
of the 2d Regiment and urged him instantly to move
his men away from the infected spot. But doctors'
advice in matters sanitary is usually not favourably
received, and was here once again fatally unheeded.
The 39th Regiment happily sailed for England. On
the 23d of July appeared the first case in the fated
2d Regiment, and from that day forwards the men
fell thickly ; and then only, and too late, when the
regiment had become " thoroughly tainted," was it
moved to Ferry Point ; and yet only half moved,
for six officers and 56 men were left behind. More-
over, incredible as it may appear, in defiance of all
warnings, the head-quarters, the commissariat, the
civil departments, and thezeneral hospital establish-
ments, where the sick were treated, were all left
behind, in the very focus of disease. Fast as the
orderlies in attendance on the sick were struck
down fresh men were sent in from the camp, until
at last such was the drain of life that " there seemed
a probability of the whole force being expended."
At this period it was that Doctor Barrow ap-
peared upon the scene. On the 23d and 25th of
August, two medical officers arrived from Halifax,
and seven (including Dr. Barrow) from Canada.
Dr. Barrow at once took the position of principal
medical officer. He found all the medical men of the
force prostrated and worn out. There had been 238
cases of fever and 65 deaths, of which 53 had
occurred at St. George's. There were 100 sick in
the general hospital, and 13 were admitted on the
day of his arrival. His first act was to remove from
St. George's every man " he could induce the mili-
tary authorities to send into camp, and to hire
blacks to carry on the service lately performed by
soldiers." He was met with "difficulties," and there
had been all along " difficulties ;" happily, they not
not stop him. His description of the state of the
general hospital is fearful. Seventy men were thrust
into a place fit only to hold 35. And this is what he
tells us :—" The sick were not only lying around the
wards, but may be said to have covered the entire
floor. Professor Maclean, in his lecture referred to,
thus sums up the matter There lay these un-
happy men on the floor of this pesthouse, ejecting
black vomit over one another." Dr. Barrow went at
once into this scene of horrors with his brother offi-
cers. They pitched tents and brought the sick into
them; yet still did the epidemic rage and the sick pour
in. All the medical officers who had come from Cana-
da, including Dr. Barrow, were struck down, and four
of them died. At St. George's 290 cases were
treated and 107 died. Of the officers who were left
there 30 took the disease and 14 died.
Professor Maclean, commenting on these facts,
says that " it would be difficult, even in the lament-
able history of Crimean blunders and disasters, to
find anything more painful than this ;" but what is
still worse, his " experience leads him to fear that
the lesson will have yet to be taught again and
again"—in fact, that the ignorant stubbornness
which resists the teachings of sanitary science will
still continue to direct the health department of our
army. Assuredly it will do so, so long as the medi-
cal officers of the army are looked upon only as men
of the " Civil Department"--so long as they are
permitted to have no command even in matters
touching the health of the soldier. We have had

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tary inquiry into the state of the health of our army,
and we have our Netley, and our sanitary science,
and our sanitary officers, and in this lamentable case
we have a specimen of the progress actually made
by us in this direction ! Our army medical men are
taught at, Netley special sanitary knowledge, for
very purpose of saving our soldiers from visitations
of this kind. They are fully possessed of the re-
quisite preventive knowledge, but they are power-
less in its practical application. Stubborn
and unknowing officialdom steps in, and
thwarts and ignores them and their science.
The report will be presented to Parliament ; people
in office will shake their heads at the details, and,
unless public opinion steps in, the same terrible
tragedy, under the rigid rule of redtapeism, will in
due course of time, be acted over again.
We know not what may be the value attached to
the lives of our soldiers, as human beings and as
defenders of the country, by Horse Guards' people.
But 'if officialism be dull to the teachings of
humanity and science it may ,perhaps open its eyes
to another view of the matter. We would suggest
that even the money transaction in this proceeding
is a very bad one. If a made-up soldier be worth
£l5O as an article of commercial value, it follows
that the loss of 500 men is a sheer loss of £75,000
to the country ; and we need not tell our brethren
that death and destruction of the kind we are now
dealing with are completely unnecessary ; that they
result not from the will of Providence, but from the
wilfulness of those in office who refuse to use the
means—the scientific knowledge—which Providence
has placed at our disposal for their prevention and
anticipation.

We cannot conclude without again asking, How
comes it that public indignation has not been stirred
up by the press at large to anticipate the recurrence
of such outrages to science and sanitary laws as
those here described ? How is it that public monitors,
who have so furiously raged together against work-
house management, have strained their gullets at a
gnat, and yet quietly swallowed this enormous
camel of official misrule ?

. ANNALS OF A QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD. By
George Mac Donald, M.A., ,Author of " Alec
Forbes," &c. 3 Vuls. Mr. Mac bonald is a true poet. The
"Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood" are as full of music as
was Prospero's Island ; rich' in strains that take the ear
captive when they are first heard, and afterwards linger
long upon it. Many of the scenes Mr. Mac Donald has
painted are very beautiful in themselves, besides being
thoroughly in keeping with the characters with which he
peoples them. And some of these characters are pleasantly
sketched, testifying by the purity of their outline, and the
harmony of their colouring, to the refinement of tho mind
of the artist who drew them."—Saturday Review.

A FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE. —Though this
season is dull, it is not so dull as to exclude the announce-
ment of "marriages in high life," and one has been lately
promulgated which will materially narrow the &11l for the
"curious in heiresses." The betrothal is just declared of
perhaps our very wealthiest marriageable lady (for Miss
Burdett Coutts I look upon as already wedded to her good
works), and Dame Fortune, in her blindest mood, has
decreed that she shall find a bridegroom nearly as wealthy
as herself. Such will be the case in the marriage of Earl
Beauchamp with Miss Dundas-Christopher-Hamilton-
Nisbett, in whom each patronymic is understood to imply
a fortune. Lord Beauchamp, well known in the House of
Commons as the stanch Conservative member for Worces-
tershire, succeeded last year, by the death of his brother,
to the title and estates, estimated at over £40,000 a-year.
But his bride is even more richly endowed, for it is ad-
mitted that she will ultimately succeed to an income of
more than £60,000 a-year, to say nothing of an immense
and increasing amount of ready money. How came the
band of fascinating younger brothers to let slip such a
prize.—Correspondent of Saunders' News.
THE MANNING OF THE NAVY.---It has recently
been stated that it was difficult, if not impossible, to find
crews for her Majesty's ships when placed in commission.
So far from this being the case, we find from recent returns
that the seamen, marines, and boys in the fleet aro practi
cally in excess of the number that were voted in the last
session of Parliament. _ _

PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD.—The Admiralty have
accepted the tender of the eminent firm of George Smith
and Co. for the extension of Portsmouth dockyard. This
contract, under the provisions of an act of Parliament, in
volves an expenditure of upwards of a million in the next'
four years. It is worthy of remark that hitherto the en
gagements of the Government in works of a similar nature
have been restricted to the financial year. This new sys-
tem loads to groat economy in the execution of public
works.

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