The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-07 00:00:00

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PARCUS CULTUR.

The Breslau papers publish a proclamation to
the Prussian people, drawn up by Field-Marshal Benedek,
and captured among the papers of the Austrian General
Fragner, who fell in the engagement at Skalitz, upon the
28th ult. It bears no date, and was evidently intended to
be issued when the Austrians had advanced into Prussian
territory. After stating the punishment that would be in-
flicted for various acts of disobedience, it concludes as
follows :—" I trust that the people of Prussia will be care.
ful, with calm reason and noble attitude, not to aggravate
the fate of their country, and I readily and loudly admit
that no one will more sincerely rejoice than I if I should
not be forced to let my hand weigh upon it with iron
force.—(Signed) BENSDEE, Commander-in-Chief of the
Imperial Austrian Northern Army."

The Earl of Shaftesbury has just become a Vice-
President of the Working-men's Club and Institute Union.
Earl Russell has written a letter in reply to an
address from the Plymouth Reform League, in which he
says :—" I feel, in common with Mr. Gladstone, very much
gratified at this mark of the confidence reposed in us. But
while ministers of the crown we did not think it expedient
to advise the Queen to dissolve parliament, a measure
which might have added to the number of the supporters
of the ministry, but not in our opinion to such an extent
as to have enabled us to carry the Reform Bill. In such
circumstances, the recourse to a dissolution, entailing ex-
pense and bitter contests, wsuld not have been justified."
TRAFFIC RecElPrs.—The traffic receipts of rail-
ways in the United Kingdom, amounted for the week
ending the 30th of June, on 12,343 miles to 757,2251.,
and tor the corresponding week of last year on 12,075
miles, to 709,4201., showing an increase of 268 miles,
and of 47,805/. The gross receipts on the following
14 railways amounted, in the aggregate, on 8,858 miles,
to 630,1731., and for the corresponding week of 1865, on
8,710 miles, to 591,6791., showing an increase of 148 miles,
and of 38,494/. The increase on the Caledonian amounted
to 2,540/. ; on the Great Northern, to 2,011/. ; on the
Great Southern and Western, to 1,23://.; on the Great
Western, to 5,0551.; on the Lancashireand Yorkshire,
to 5,254. ; on the London and North Western, to
7,4091. ; on the London and Brighton, to 401/. ; on the
London and South Western, to 4901.. on the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, to 3,0641. • on the Midland, to
59971. • on the North British, to 20791., ; and on the
North kastern, to 4,1321.—t0ta1, 39,669/.; but from this
must be deducted 4741., the decrease es the Great Eastern ;
and 701/. on the South-Eastern, lea the increase
as above 38,4941. The goods and mineral c on those
lines amounted to 313,8251., and for the corresponding
week of 1865 to 289,7878., showing an increase of 24,0381.
The receipts for passengers, parcels, &c., amounted to
316,348/., against 301,8921., showing an increase of
14,4561. The traffic receipts on 52 other IMes eniennted, on
3,485 miles, to 127,0521., and for the corresponding week of
last year, on 3,365 miles, to 117,7411., showing an increase
of 120 miles and of 9,3111. in the receipts. The total
receipts for ON past week show an increase of 22,0551. as
compared with those of the preceding week ending tha
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