The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-30 00:00:00

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13 1;1 la '9 7 lisuntsus a and them , „ sacs. se . . mos. It .stit
.1. Petursbarg per ruke „ 37i Dente ... 37i penes
,arle per t Short 25rr. 074 e. ... 25f0. 124 e.
Ditto - . „ S Slonths2str. 274 e. ... ISt. ;2 e.
Marsellia--
~ 25fr. 274 e. ... raft. 324 e.
Frankfort-no-the-Maim „ per tlO „ 1209. kr. ... 120111. kr
Vienna (effective) pert ~ 111. lisr. .v. lit. 4ar.
Trieste
Madrid per dllar : 50/ pence ,_ SO pence
Galas so ~ 51,4 3enee ... 504 pence
Bilbao
Barcelona . „ 494 pence ... 493 pence
Malaga . . 14 peace ... 4,i pence
Smile
( alentitar . ~ 50 pence ... 494 pence
`Leghorn
omen
Naples par (lust „ 411 pence ... 414 pence
Palermo per ounce " 124 pence ... 124 pease
Messina ..... .. „ 125 peace ... 124 pesos
Whoa .......pee iare:9o days date penes .. 33 pews
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.- ... ..... ..... ~ pence ... 34 woes
Nerdork ...... ..... .... 64 ear eight 48j pence ... 40 pea

SOUTH EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic receipts for
the week ending March 26,1853 :—£12,269 15s. lld.; ditto,
week ending March 27, 1852, £10,441 193. 2d. laggaase
in 1853, £1,827 16s. 9d.
THE GooD OLD WINTERS.—ID 404, the Black Sea
was entirely frozen over. In 763, not only the Black Sea,
but the Straits of Dardanelles were frozen over, the snow
in tome places rose tiny feet high. In 822, the great rivers
of Europe, the Danube, the Elbe, &c., were so hard frozen
as to bear heavy waggons for a month. In 860, the Adriatic
was frozen. In 991, everything was frozen; the crops
te:ally failed, and famine and pestilence closed the year.
In 1067, most of the travellers in Germany were frozen to
death on the roads. In 1133 the Po was frozen from Cre-
mona to the sea the wine casks were burst, and the trees
split by the action of the frost, with immense noise. In
1236 the Danube was frozen to the bottom, and remained
long in that state. In 1316 the crops wholly failed in Ger-
many ; wheat, which some years before sold in England
at 6s. the quarter, rose to 21. In 1339 the crops tailed in
Scotland, and such a famine ensued that the poor were
reduced to teed on grass, and many perished miserably in
the fields. The successive winters of 1432-3-4 were uncom-
monly severe. It once snowed forty days without inter-
ruption. in 1468, the wine distributed to the soldiers in
Flanders:was cut with hatchets. In 1653, the whiter was
excessively cold. Most of the bullies were killed. Coaches
drove ',long the Thames, the ice of which was eleven inches
thick. In 1709 occurred the cold winter. The frost pene-
trated three yards into the ground. In 1716, booths were
erected and fairs held on the Thames. In 1744 and 1745,
the strongest ale in England, exposed to the air, was covered
in less than fifteen minutes with ice the eighth of an inch
thick. In 1809, and again in 1812, the winters were remark.
ably cold. In 1814 there was a lair on the frozen Thames.
FENNO( RAILWAY Tltarne.—the following are the last
return. of the gross receipts of the principal French railways :
NOUTHIDIM.—Fruat Mardi 12 to March IS: Paseenetre, 331,87424
epode, Sho,ll2f. ; total, 391,9e6r.
March 13 to March 19: Passenger% 76,073; goofs,
110,0792; total, 180,1522
HATUD.—From March 13 to March 19: Paaaengera,27,33l2; goads,
49,3201.; total, 78,4512
OILCANS AND BRANCH LINV4—Prom March 13 to March 19: Pas.
eengere, 231,9,31.; goods, 408,7261.; total 610,6691.
SILASIAWIIO.—From Match S to March 11: Passengers, 146,341 f.;
10011 S 241,0602 ; 'out, '82,3412
Rata.—Fromalereh 7 to March 19 : Passeagers,l9,2:of.; goods,
27,8;36.; total, 47,11332
Mom 1.10,....—Fr0m March 12 to March 18: rummers, 9,981 f.;
goods, 14,0112 ; toul. 24,0292
LTONA.—yawn March 13 to March 19 : Passengers, 180,9113 t.; good;
178,4101.; total, 332,3'72
Vfarriam.—Prom March 14 to March 20: Passengers, 63,30,i.;
goods, 25,801 E; total, wow.
LYON@ re MEDIIIIMILDILAN.—From March 5 to March lie-Feats.
gas, 94,2432; goods, 82,734 f. ; total, 136,9172