The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-05 00:00:00

be is in an enemy's land. The officers, who are
principally billeted upon the hotels, are entitled to
breakfast, dinner with a bottle of wine, coffee in the
afternoon, and supper with beer, for which the land-
lord receives no payment, though of course any extra
articles supplied to the officers are paid for by them.
The ration which the householder has to supply daily
to each soldier quartered upon him consists of Vb. of
meat, 41b. of potatoes, 21b. of bread, a quart of beer,
a small quantity of brandy, coffee, salt, and about
1 ioz. of tobacco, or in place of it six cigars. The
men, however, are very good-humoured and easily
pleased. This ordinary subsistence of the troops
has to be borne by the inhabitants without receiving
any payment for it, but for all extraordinary supplies
of provisions which have been called for from the
tradespeople, as well as for all carts, horses, and
other articles for which requisitions have been made
upon the inhabitants, payment has been made by
draughts which are exchangeable for cash. The
town, however, must soon begin to feel the evil
effects of such a state of things upon its trade.
Many foreign families, of whom there is so large a
number in Dresden, are beginning to leave : the mere
absence of the usual summer tourists must make some
considerable difference to the shopkeepers, and is a
very great loss to the hotels. I hear already that in
several of the larger places of business many of the
clerks have been discharged, and in the manufactur-
ing towns of Freiberg and Chemnitz the effects are
much more serious than in Dresden. There the
mines and manufactories have almost stopped work,
and numbers of people are thrown out of employ-
ment.

The works for the defence of the town are being
pushed on, numbers of ordinary country labourers
being employed upon them. As to the nature or
position of the works it would, of course, be im-
proper to say anything. It is sufficient to say that
the Prussian authorities have given an assurance
that the necessary works shall be executed with as
little injury as possible to public or private pro-
perty, and it seems to be hoped that the Grosser
Garten—the park of Dresden—may be left un-
harmed. A Saxon official has, I believe, been asso-
ciated with the Prussian authorities, in order to take
part in the arrangemente for obtaining the ground
required for the works, and private individuals will
receive compensation for the property of which they
arc dispossessed.
Some of the members of the Order of St. John
have arrived here to assist in the establishment of
hospitals, and may be recognised by a white
band worn on the left arm, with a red cross
worked upon it. They have also a steamer on
the Elbe, the only steamer to be seen on the river,
distinguished by a flag with a similar badge,
and intended for the transport of the wounded.
Some Saxon members of the same order have, I
believe, proceeded to Toplitz to establish a hospital
there. These good Samaritans are allowed a free
passage between the hostile armies, being bound in
honour not to carry letters or convey information
of any sort. The ladies of Dresden have also
formed a society to make lint and bandages for the
wounded, irrespectively of the army to which they
belong. As yet, however, no wounded have been
brought into the town, though yesterday some half-
dozen Saxon soldiers came in under escort as
prisoners.

The French and Russian Ministers have left
to join the King in Bohemia, but the English
Minister still remains here. The Queen Dowager,
sister-in-law of the King, also still has her residence
in Dresden, and is to be seen daily driving through
the town ; a Prussian guard is on duty at her palace.