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Departure of English Members of the Peace Congress for Frankfort, 1850. 'The friends of peace, from various countries in Europe, and from the United States of America, are about to hold their third Congress at Frankfort-on-the-Maine [in Germany]. A large party of delegates and visitors, upwards of 500 in number, have proceeded from this country, special trains and steamers having been engaged to convey the company direct from London to Frankfort, via Dover, Calais, Malines, and Cologne...420 left the London-bridge station in a train of 24 carriages, specially engaged...Resolutions were submitted to the. Congress, and fully discussed, affirming the impolicy and immorality of all war, and suggesting certain practical measures, tending to establish the peaceful relations of nations, and to provide efficient substitutes for war in the settlement of international disputes'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.