The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-20 00:00:00

.NG, JUNE 20, 1866.

THE WAR IN GERMANY.

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)

PARIS, June 19.
Intelligence received here shows the following to
be the situation in Germany as far as is known up
to the present :
While the Hanoverian army is concentrated in
Gottingen, southern enclave of the kingdom of
Hanover, bordering on Hesse Cassel, the north of
the kingdom and the capital, appear to be defini-
tively in the occupation of the Prussians, who have
restored the railway communications which had for
several days been interrupted between Berlin and
Magdeburg on the one hand, and Minden and
Cologne on the other. The King of Hanover and
the Prince Royal are with the troops at Gottingen,
but their exact position is not known. Indeed,
the most natural movement for the northern
army, after the evacuation of the northern
part of the kingdom, was to fall back
towards the south in order to effect a junction with
the troops of Hesse Cassel, and to rest with the
latter on the line of the Maine, which was protected
by the Federal and Austrian forces.
But the march of the Prussian troops coming from
Wetzlar and taking the direction of Gissen, had in-
tercepted the railway connecting Gottingen with
Cassel and Frankfort, and had- thereby placed the
Hanoveriani in a somewhat critical position. From
Gissen the Prussians advanced towards Marburg in
Hesse Cassel, thus threatening to surround the
army of King Georges V., while they at the same
time could engage the forces of the Elector ,of
Hesse.
The movement of the Prussians towards Frank-
fort was evidently only a reconnaisauce by detached
companies, for the Prussian troops in this quarter
are not in sufficient force to contend with the Bth
corps of the Federal army, commanded by Prince
Alexander of Hesse, which comprises the Wurtem-
berg, Baden, and Darmstadt contingents, and num-
bers about 40,000 men, all massed round Frank-
fort, and supported by the Austro-Bavarian corps
encamped at Aschaffenburg.
The natural line of defence against the Prussians

in this part is the Maine, and all the efforts of the
Ilanoverians as well as of the Hessians should be
directed towards gaining that river and subsequently
assuming the offensive, and re-occupying the terri-
tories which they have been compelled to abandon
to the Prussians.

Prince Frederick, heir presumptive to the Electo-
rate of Hesse Cassel has placed himself at the head
of the Electoral troops. This prince, who married
a Princess of Prussia, and who is therefore brother-
in-law to Prince Frederick Charleq, commander of

the Prussian army in Saxony, was by his mother's side,
heir to the throne of Denmark to which he renounced

his claim by the treaty of London, in favour of the

now reigning sovereign, in order to preserve

the integrity of the Danish monarchy. After the
violent separation of Schleswig-Holstein from Den-

mark Proper, he vainly endeavoured to retract his

renunciation which had now lost its object, and to
make good his rights to the Danish succession.
This Prince, notwithstanding the ties which unite

him to the Royal family of Prussia, appears deter-

mined not to lose another crown, and to defend

with energy the independence and sovereignty of
Hesse Cassel. The troops under his command are
endeavouring to combine with those of Prince

Alexander of Hesse Darmstadt, as is also the in-
tention of the, Nassau contingent. A formidable

combination of troops would thus be concentrated

near Frankfort-on-the-Maine.

In the direction of the kingdom of Saxony the
concentrating movement of the Prussian forces con-

tinues. At noon on the 18th they occupied Dresden.
On the eastern frontier Prince Frederick Charles'

At wing entered is a line extending from Bantzer
bo Zittan by way of Loban, Bernstudt, and Ostritz.

Bantzer is strongly garrisoned by artillery. Zittan

,o the south is the extreme front of the movement,
The extreme front of Bohemia territory pene-
trating into Saxony is on the line of march of the

Prussian corps. The latter have pushed forward
their advanced posts as far as Wurzellsdorf and

Gersdorf, quite close to the Austrian frontier, which
it is thought they may cross at any moment. A

slight skirmish had even taken place between some
Aura t rinn 1) rn ssian cavalry a short distance
from Rumburg, in Bohemia. The Prussians, not
being in large force, retreated.

The kingdom of Saxony is, therefore, to a groat
extent, in the hands of the Prussians, who have

already commenced levies for military service,
forcing all Saxons between 20 and 40 years of age

nto the Prussian ranks.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.
Mlles Opened. Receipt,
galiwaye.
1866. 1865. 1866 1865
992 2,091 2.04
49 G9O 689
6 2,e65 2,0.6
61 1,339 1,024
121.1, 7, 52 7,553
408 26,82) 25,453
)21 2,308 z. 228
3 i 4.2 416
9 365 314
20 461 474
I'3/4 202 306
531 482
655 2,216 2.119
17 3,7 516
155 1 7 ill
63 1018 1.413
73 1,793 1 981
35 2:8 233
106 3,040 3,6 6
338 537
5) 3,818 3.4 4
1.49 0,80 11, 28
6681 35 512 40,020
401 34.7:9 32,023
53 1,893 1.9 9
41 1,572 1,405
711 638 551
38;4 8.6(5 1.07
1280 73,995 76,223
13 183 170
246 3,875 3,393
145 1.571 1.7 0
103 45.484 56 54)
241 202 191
26i 151 121
461 850 778
209 456 :7.5
12731 119,525 121,919
1961 30
.182 28,5 3
2671 21,253 24,549
1254 11.087 11.1.6')
lit S 2,898 3,250
27 1,850 •,,223
421 1,563 1,788
216 20,60) 23,925
1,131 2,928
28 1,720 1,536
31 4,062 3,414
C 1331 50,19.1 50,787
2601 5,733 5 706
44 7.2 8 2,57,

Belfast and N. Counties Ol
Belfast and County Down 49
Blyth and Tyne • 36
Brecon and Merthyr
Bristol and Exeter 1214
Caledonian, Scottish Central 4175
Cambrian
Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 31/
Cockermouth and Workia
Cork and Bandon 2O
Cork, Blackrook. & Passage 6l
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall
Deeside , 17
Do Extension
Dublin & Belfast J unction ... • 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and IVextd lO6
Forth and Cl) de Junction ~ 30
Furness, Ste 5O
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&lll.Union
Great Northern 422
Great North of Scotland 6B
Do Branches .......... .
Gt. Norttin. & Westu. (Irel.) B2l
GLSoutlin. & Weatn.(lrlnd.) 3871
Great Wegtern ..............
II u'l & Hornsea
Highland .. . ............
[nail North-iVestern 145
...diteablure at Y ()mature 4,3
Limerick and Ennis... 241
Limerick and Foynes 261
Llanelly 461
Llynvi Valley ' 20}
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &3. Coast 2931
London, Chatham, & Dover; f 135 k
1
all Metropolitan Extension 125
Do. Kent coast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Ilan.,Sheihetoi,& Lincolnsh
Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham.. 91
liaryport and Carlisle 2B
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6776
Ilidiand Gt. Wes tn. of I r lnd 2601
Ifonmouthsh. Hail. & Canal 44
North British, lain., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock.. 45z Dart. '12071
North London IL
North Staffordshire 258
Pembroke and Tenby ll4
ithyttmey 195
Scottish North-Eastern ll3
Somerset and Dorset 6O

707 i 26,573 24.212
1171 i 72.255 7',208

I/► 4 853 SA
258 8,'84 8.753
11i 130 162
103 1,281 987
138 6;180 5,t.57
G 3 1,3151 1,010
794 4.599 4 714
308 21;:53 29 78
0,13 9 4,974
1054 2,721 2.668
10 MO 253
81 389 302
77 1,318 1,339
10 796 6%3

South 'Devon
South-Eastern 315
Taff Vale 6i
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd
Waterford and Kilkenny Si
Waterford and Limerick 77
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern J unction 214
Bombay, Baroda, & Cm. India 308
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France.
Eastern Bengal
East Indian
Wand Trunk of Canada 1377
Great Centrai of Belgium 285
Great Indian Peninsula 6961

823 46.0 31,224

761 462 598
26 314 398
306 1',954 4.•'53
189 6,878 6.193
118} 5,349 6,830
155 73,938 07,800
110 2,352 2,840
11051 46,44. 34,376
1077 23, 74 1.4,115
2.5 6,764 6,250
590 45,0137 2 • ,314
131 6,73.3 5,167

Great Luxembourg 134
()mat Southern of tndla
.3,reat Western of Canada 34,i
Iladraa. ........ ...• 9ll

79 7;5 735
3+5 12,115 11.750
671 8.8 4 8,536
713 19,901 19,758
91 2,195 2,56.
724 8 ,607 81,235
44 1,2t0 793

Iladrid, Saragossa JtAlicant 778
Northern of Canada 94
Northern of France 764
Norwegian Trunk
Ottomen

Paris, Lyons, & Medlterrn 2006
l'ar!s and Orleans lB2l
Recife and San Francisco. &a 774
Sc.nd.
Do. Punjab, &c 253
South Austrian, .tc .... 1798
Southern of France 9, 0
Victoria
Welland
West & N-Wn. of France

20 6. 112,712 1254,233
1618 78.402 71,210
774 4,5u3 1,357
)05 2,549 1,144
45 2,348
1616 84, iB7 57,192
823 36,110 2i,572
251 11,016 10,990
25
1046 59,701 50,410

INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS.—On certain rare
occasions the sun assumes a distinctly blue or green colour.
This has been noted at times when the air has been un-
usually clear, and just before the sun has disappeared
below the horizon, and has been attributed to the atmo-
sphere decomposing the light as a prism does, and the
earth acting as a &mem. Professor Rosco has experi-
mented with a view to testing this theory by demonstrating
the chemical properties of the light after passing through
such medium as opal glass, solutions of sulphur, tte.,by
means of glass globes of an extremely thin kind containing
a mixture of hydrogen and chlorine gases. He found that
where the light was not deprived of its chemical power
the gases united and exploded with a loud report, of
course bursting the bulbs. This seems to support the
above theory very clearly.—Enylish Mechanic and Mirror
Science.