The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-10 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL MEW MARKETS.

T.7.ar001.4 Ocr. & - Great Western, 69--lancsahlre and
Torbbire, 11 -London and North Western, 1104 I f -Man-
chester, Mro•Nd. and Lincolnshire, 6.31 I-Midland, 119 St--
Buffalo and lake Ram, 44-1111nois Central, 61-Grest Luxem-
bourg shares, 8$ 9-16-Bambre and Metre, 6 11-16-Cadedera4e
Loan, 17 711 7-Allianos Bank, Loads, and Liverpool (Limited),
144 14 134 p.-Zsatern Yichang. Bank (limited, 1.16 4 3-15 d.
-Liverpool Mance (Limited), 9-16 4 -Mere-suite and Rs-
change Bank (Limited), 14 1.16 4 p.-North Western Bank
(Limited), 3, 11-16 p.-Britian and Iberian Marine (limited),
24 p.-limplinr Marie. (limited). 14 11.-lancsahire Insurance,
4 p.-Liverpool and London and Globe Fire and lite, 9} p,-
Mercantile Marine (Limited). 4-16 p.-Thames and Mersey
Marina (Limited), 4 13-16 / a-Liverpool Ittehange, 19-National
Steam Navigation Company, 74 4 4 J.-West India and Pacific
Steam, 24 p.
MASCEINTI36 OCT. 6-Prices were lower, with a pretty tate
business. Great &stern. 444-Great Northern A, 137-Grand
Trunk of Canada, 191-Great Western, WI-London and North
Western, 11104-Manchester, Sheffield, and lineoinshire,694 4
Conf
f-ederate Lean, Metropolltso, 106361 } 4-Midland, 1291 4-North British, 52-
unman, Oar. a-Three per Cent, Consols, 871-New Three per
Cont. Stock, M 4 4-Dltto for account (11th Oct.), 861 1-
Ditto for new account (30th Nov.), 564-Hibernian Bank (241
paid), 86-Neelonal Bank, New (101 paid . 531 -National of I Infe-
rnal Lalled)(101. paid), 14-Royal Beak of Ireland (101. Paid).
29-illniag Company el Ire.6nd (74 paid„ 27#-Bublin, Wicklow,
and Westard, (101. paid), 94-Groat Southern and Wasca;(leool..
paid), 894-Midland Gnat Western and Royal ktOL
paid), 35-Great Southern and Western Poor per Cent. or-
moo (Mi. paid), 91i.

Buanneas AT THE BANIL—The amount of stock
tease:erred at the Beek of England in a year is larger than
maay may suppose. A return just issued allows that in
1860 it reached 196,282,526/. ; in 1861, 268,900,776/. • in
1862, 228,453,05 W., yet the number of holders of stock
varies bat alicbtly ; in 1861 it was 261,367; in 1862,
264,896 ; sad in 1883, 264,011. The number of persona
entitled to large dividends has increased. In 1861 there
were 529 payees entitled to dividends of 2,0001. a year and
upwards, io 1862 they were 569. and 1863, 585. At the
bumbler end of the list are 92,190 persons whose year's
' dividends did not exceed 101. in 1861, 92,262 in 1862, but
only 91,870 is 1863.
EXCHANGE OF ANKNITIIHIL—The Dublin Nation
is extremely Indignant at the account given in the London
sporting journals of Dublin and its people in connexion
with the late attempt at a prize-fight. It appears that they
have described the priests aa sauntering about, "fat, sly,
sod hypocritical," sod the people as the most abject and de-
graded in Europe. flackville-strest is handed of as one of the
finest streets in Europe, but the sporting editor says:—" The
houses, with only a few exceptions, are more insig-
eificant than those of •• second-rate provincial town in Eng-
land. And the populatioo ! Every fourth person is a
wretched, dirty, sad almost asked beggar, leprous-looking.
and skulking along the pavement like • starved cur."
The Nation retaliates by calling the sporting viators
" A mob of ugly rascals, pickpockets, cheats, and bullies,
who bad come over from England for the occasion, expect-
ing to reap • golden harvest among the greenhorns round
the prize ring. Baulked of this opportunity for ' raising
the wind,' it was only by great exertions the fellows con-
trived to beg and steal se mock as paid their way back to
the shores of the enlightened country whence they came.
Arrived there, almost the first act of one of the • sporting
editors' was to vilify the people of this city in terms which
show at ones his honesty, his taste, sod his temper.
This great personage was quite disgusted with the small
estimation in which the pugilistic profession was held
in Ireland. The writer above quoted makes fierce and
abusive complaint of the ' incivility' of the Dublin waiters
and carmen. He thought, probably, that they would be
all obsequiousness to himself and his companions ; but the
men knew better than to show any marks of respect
to sorb a set of rogues and rowdies. If these persons Matt
to meet with popular respect and esteem they must remain
at home among the stolid and stupid boors of England. A
people religiously educated as are the Irian —a people
trained to the ennobling ideas of patriotism—a people who
have listened to the teachings of O'Connell, Dssis. Duffy,
and Jobe Martin will not degrade themselves into attendants
of the prise-ring ; they will not take to the worship of Jem
Mace and Young Nipper, or any of the other heroes of the
Set."

---;‘ WHIPPING rite Doan."—The parish clerk was,
it need sot be observed, at least as important an
officer in thole times as sow ; but be seems to have been
very shabbily paid, his salary in this parish, at least, befog
cooly vs. iijd. per annum. Of this sums portion varyiag from
Bd. to Is. or la. 4d. a year, was allowed him for the unpx-
tant duty of " whipping the dogs out of the church." It
is quite calif** to eve with what regularity this duty is in-
sisted on and paid for. The animals in question are indeed
designated (or rather spelt) very differently by successive
churchwarden; bein variously written as dogs, doggie,
dops, doop, and dodges (the latter name, by the way,
beteg probably as well-dmerved as any); and the process to
which they were subjected is variously described as whip-
ping, wiping, and weeping (words all of them whieh pro-
bably convey some portion of the truth). But, however de-
scribed, the thing erotism. the same. AU else is dimmed
by the great revolutions of the century. The king's arms
are set up, pulled down, end set op again ; the Prayer-
Book is bikini away, and ousts mere is reinstated ; the 112 f.
plias gives plass Moho black Geneva gown, sad them again
reissue ; the Mass itself of parish dark is even lost for a
time, or shorn of its fusslirms ; but this remains 'ashamed,
sad in 1949 es is 1801. is 1861 se in 1849, we Pad is the
obarchwardene boons, "To Gassy Poker (or whoever it
may be) for whiopion the dogs for one year, le."—Prseer's
Magazine for October.