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

reigns for Alexandria, 600 sovereigns for Gal* is
9,5421. in dollars and bar silver for Hong gong si
Shanghae.

BOMBAY HEAVY MAILS.

GIBRALTAR, Jon 1.
The Ceylon leaves at 1 p.m. to day. All •e.
She may be expected at Southampton tatty oohs
24th instant.

THE WAR 1N GERMANY.

PARIS, Jon X
Intelligence received here shows the followiao
be the situation in Germany as far as is knowa
to the present :

(IZMIR'S ZIPItiBB.)

While the Hanoverian army is concentrated to Gm
tingen, the southern enclave of the kingdom of &saw
bordering on Hems Cassel, the north of the hat
dom, and the capital appear to be dika.
tively in the occupation of the Prumiam,
have restored the railway communications, idah
had for several days been interrupted between Buhl and
Magdeburg on the one hand, and Minden and edam,
the other. The Bing of Hanover and the Prism Zvi
are with the troops at Gottingen, but their mot pink
is not known. Indeed, the most natural mda,
meat for the Hanoverian army, after the mama
of the northern pert of the kingdom, was to fig bak
towards the south in order to effect a junctice
troops of Hesse Cassel, and to rest with the latter mg,
line of the Maine, which was protected by the yaisi
and Austrian forces. But the march al 0,
Prussian troops ooming from Wetelar and Minos
direction of Giessen had intercepted the railways,
ing Gottingen with Cassel ant: Frsukfort, and led magy
placed the Hanoverian in a somewhat oiliest puma.
From Giessen the Prussians advanced towards Weiretam
Hesse Cassel, thus threatening to surround no mmtd
King George V., while they at the same fins amide,
I gage the forces of the Elector of Hesse.
The movement of the Prussians towards Enakfetm,
evidently only a reconnaissance by detached coop*
for the Prussian troops in this quarter are sot it ad
ficient force to contend with the Bth cogs al as

Federal army, commanded by Prim* Alexander el 111;k-
-which comprises the Wurtemberg, Baden, and Deur*
contingents, and numbers about 40,000 men, ell nisei
round Frankfort, and supported by the Aura-Buda
corps encamped at Aschaffenburg.
The natural line of defence against the Prudent is
part is the Mains, and all the efforts of the Hanoureas,o
well as of the Hessians,should be directed towards pisig
that river, and subsequently assuming the offensive er
re-occupying the territories which they have bra em
pelled to abandon to the Prussians.
Prince Frederick, heir presumptive to the Mere* It
Hesse Cassel, has placed himself at the head ef ke
Electoraltroops. This Prince, who married a Prated
Prussia, and who is, therefore brother-indur to Pan
Frederick Charles, commander of the Pnsia
army in Saxony, was, by his mother. rd., kit
to the throne of Denmark, to which he renounced M
claim by the treaty of London in favour of ths we
reigning sovereign Christian IX., in order to Fru
the integrity of the Danish monarchy. Ake
the violent separation of Schleswig Rearm,
from Denmark Proper he vainly endeavoured to Muth.
renunciation which had now lost its object, and to mks
good his rights to the Danish succession. This Prism,
notwithstanding the ties which unite him to the rill
family of Prussia, appears determined not to In
another crown and to defend with early
the independence and sovereignty of Reese Cue Ike
troops under his comn.and are endeavouring to cairn
with those of Prince Alexander of Hesse Darmstadt, ris
also the intention of the Nassau contingent. A hark
able combination of troops would thus be orsoestnri
round Frankfort-on-the-klaine.
In the direction of the kingdom of Saxony the sower
toting movement of the Prussian forces continuos. At
noon on the Dith they occupied Dresden. On the edam
frontier Prince Frederick Charles' left wing entered in a
line extending from Bautzen to Zittiu by way of Lobes,
Benuitadt, and Oetritz. Bautzen is strongly garrisoned by
artillery. Zittau, to the south, is the extreme point of
the movement.
The extreme point of Bohemian territory, penetrate(
into Saxony, is on the line of march of the PfUlliill cap.
The latter have pushed forward their advanced pouts r
far as Wurzellsdorf and Gersdorf, quite close to ths
Austrian frontier, which, it is thought, they may crass it
any moment. A slight skirmish hod eventakenplusbetwer
some Austrian and Prussian cavalry, a short distance km
Rumburg, in Bohemia. The Prussians, not being in lugs
force, retreated.
The Kingdom of Saxony is therefore, to a great saW,
in the hands of the Prussians, who bare already**
menced levies for military service, forcing all SUN
between 20 and 40 years of age into the Prussian rah

SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY COMP,
(THIS DAY.)

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A special general meeting of shareholders in 1111
company, was held to-day at the Bridge-house Hotel, to
the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, of mew*
the following bills now landing in parliament, namely: k
bill for conferring further powers upon the Wei
Eastern Railway Company for the eat
of works and the acquisition of lands and ober
wise in relation to their undertaking • PI
for other purposes. A bill for authorising, ;our
menu between the North Western and Charing. No
Railway Company and the London and North
Weirs
Railway Company, and the South Eastern Railway**
pany ; and for other purposes. A bill for authoring tho
construction of a railway in the county of Kent to ki
called the New Romney Railway. A bill foe silk
railways from the South Eastern soil Loudon. Chadds.
and Dover Railways to various districts and places il
Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, and to the towns of LAWN la
Brighton ; and for other purposes. The chair instals
b TheE. W. W chairman of tbe catoresl;
CHAIRMAN,ATKIN in opening, the proceedings. sugflora
that the first business taken should be the New Rocro
Railway bill, and the bill confirming further powen oe di
South Eastern Company, as they were points upon villa.
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opposition was expected. Resolutions approving of Mgt
bills were then put and agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN next put the bill for the new 11/4101.,
line, and explained that the meeting was willed at 0.
present date because Friday next was the latest day RPa
which a private bill could he reada vecond time in ti
House of Lords. The opposition to the bill in tote
had been so pertinacious as
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to protract
to 04
stage for 20 days ; but he wos happy el
that an arrangement had been made with
Brighton Company for the temporary use by the B
awl•
riglet
Company of the St. Leonanl's and Hastings •Modica,
hoped there would be an end to internecine conflict,
song
that the continental war was likely to do themtsrl
enough. Only on Monday last they hail received 11/ g*"
motion from their allies, the Great Northern FOS
that the heavy Rhenish traffic hail been stopped.of
[The meeting was proceeding when our report leftl
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