The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-31 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL WARN MARKETS.

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tiviatoot. Inc. SO -Islip, today Landon and North Wed-
ern, 1084-Manchester. Bbenteld. and Lincolnshire. 51} I I
North Eastern, Berwick capital stock. 1.4-:both Easters, 960-
ht. Helen's Railway and Canal. 6 per cent., F, lid c.-lasearlse
and Carlisle, 314-Buffalo and Lake Limon, 61-Great
Lassa-
boors shares, I 2 3-16-Ditto Five per Cast. Obilgstlom,
Greek. 241 5 - Mexican Three per Cent., VI-- -'Spanish Peale's.
34-Ditto Certificates, 130-Bank of Ifrerpwl, 2n4 l-Brltait
and American Eschange Banking Company t Dogged). 0 p.-
51ereantlis and Exchange Baak Minded 4 1-10 4an p.-
National Bank of Liverpool United., 91 p.- PAW Isom(
at 6 prem., 9 p -Royal Seven per Cent., 1114-Albion Marino
United), 1 1-16 1 146 1 1.16 1 p.-British and Foreign Mariam
Llmlted), 31 5.16 t 6-Ittp.-Enapire Niarine Limited). 12-11
15.16 Y p -Loudon and Lancashire Insurance. 11-16
and London Fire aad We, 11 p.-Menantile slarioe. i 3.16 p.
-Queen !Remands., lI p-Thames and Mersey Maim I.imit4.
C 3.16 1 p.-futon Marine 'l.lmitat, 1) a --Brest Ship, 174
percent. pref.. 4s. Yd., :W.-Liverpool Exchange, Ile- Nattowel
steam Navigation Company, 1 11.16 15161 13.10 Z 1514 1 p.-
Steam Tug. al.
Bialintotime, Dry. 36.-In this market to-day Birmingham,
Wolverhampton. sOd Storm Valley shares were sold at'
land Wagon shares. et 964-9osth Staffordshire Karl. dy l
at 11 to 111-3hropatdre Hank., at 41 to 4 Itirsinsibe=
Mills, at 4to 71-Britannia Mills, at to W. to ta. dic-oral
licntz's Metal shares, at Ito 1 dia.

THE GREAT SHIP Is CHANCERY.—AII the books
and papers coooetted with the affair. of the Groat Ship
Company have been handed over to Mr. Hamra, the official
liqai&torappointed by the Court of Clut-cry to w;11(1 up
the company's grain, and that 'cadmium, seder inetroetioes
from the Court of Cheer:cry, is proceediog under the windine-
ss set to call io creditors, who. it is otatod. will Lave to b•
satisfied out of the proceeds of the sale of the 'treat vessel by
auction at Liverpool on the 14th January. The atones and
tackle of the vessel have been gold to eathify the claim,. of Mr.
Parry. The company being registered under the Limited
Liability Act. and the shareholders being ouly liable to the
extent of their sharer. which are all paid up, rendera a cell
upon them as "contributories" inipireible, and the ally
hope for the vessel is the eetabliehment of a new company,
or the purchase other by the proposed lottery.
THE COLE M WA- —The delay of the Galway mid
steamer Columbia is accounted for by the follow iug bode :
Ou her outward voyage she suffered "seemly from the
gala, which at that time visited the Irish coast and
Chancel. Her boats are said to have been carriod away,
her decks swept, and her paddleboxes stripped. Them
iLimages had to be repaired is New York, where she was •
Joy late in starting, and was engaged ie taking in cool wheat
the passengers were all going on ho.ul. :`'he was a day
late at St. John's, and was delayed 7 hour. them is
coaling again. She is mid to be a dew reset from heist
too deep in the water, which is caused Ly the weight of
Woo put Os to increase her strength.
STEAMERS FUR rue BLOCK ADE. —Not w itbAtAnding
the large number of steamers that have already been built
and sold on the Clyde for the purpose of running the
blockade, and although the Southern market is now re-
ported as glutted with goods, the demand for swift mills(
steamers still continues, and one or two vessels at present
building on the Clyde are said to have changed beads
lately for this trade. A screw steamer named the Grey-
lo end, of 500 toss, lauuched about sin weeks ago for a
towasman, was out on trial a few days ago. and
attained au excellent rate of speed, a note of which eip
in the papers, persons from Liverpool and Maerbester were
bargaining for her three days afterwarde, awl a few days
later she sailed for Liverpool. having been sold at a high
figure. She is to load at Liverpool for the West ladies.
During last week, besides the Greyhound. two paddle-
wheel steamers have left the Clyde for Names Mewl. The
new steamer Florio, of 215 tons which put hack from skis
of weather, with her peddlebox &inured, roiled on Enday,
and the Caledonian, 115 toga—well knows is the f ;Lwow
and Stranraer trade—which has had new boiler. end Beam .
sealed as Monday. The former is commanded by Ceptima
Berwick, and has a crew of 30 men, and the l►tter by Cap-
tai, Dutton, and hoe a crew of 20 men. Several other sew
mid old steamers are fitting out on the Clyde, avid will
follow soon.--•e,0r.,.,n,i.

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• _lase lines, as shown upon the map of " the
.elitan Districts Railways," do not stand
They are to be part and parcel of an
ndr ()intl., which will carry the Metropolitan
Ractive) round from Paddington, through Ken-
• NI. I tromptou, and Pimlico, to Westminster,
and th.u...e, by the Thames Embankment and New
Cannon-street, to Tower-hill, where the circle will
be made complete.
The Inner Circle thus proposed is a very
important one, and it is very desirable to consider,
in the interests of the railway companies and the
public, how far it is likely to answer the objects of
metropolitan railway communication.
The great object being to clear the streets of the
traffic now carried by carts and vans from one
railway station to another, the first point to be
considered is how far this line will effect the object.
It can scarcely be said that it accomplishes it. The
new line pence the stations of the North London,
the Great Eastern, the South Eastern in Cannon
street, the Loudon, Chatham, and Dover at Black-
friars, the Charing-crow Railway at Ilnugerford,
and the Brighton and other railways at the Victoria
station, without forming junctions with any one of
them. lhe only junctions which are formed iu the
whole course of the uew Inner Circle line are
with the Blackwell Railway on the east, and with
the Outer Circle Railway on the west. It appears,
in fact, to be a part of the project that everyone
who wishes to reach any other line from the Inner
Circle should do so through the means of the Outer
Circle, and that all passengers who want to be brought
to stations iu the heart of London should be compelled
to leave the lines by which they arrive at the jtuic-
tions of those lines with the Outer Circle.

The inconvenience of this arrangement may,
however, be very easily illustrated. A passenger
from Birmingham who wishes to reach Finsbury-
circus direct will have to joie the Outer Circle at
Kilburn, to pass round by Hampstead, Kentish-
town, Stamford-hill, and Upper Claptou, to Hack-
ney-wiek and Bow. Them he will join the Black-
well line, which will bring him on the Inner
Circle at Feuchurch-street, from which he will'
reach his destination at Finsbury after making a
detour of thirteen miles. Even if the London and
North Western were to work into the Outer Circle
it is scarcely reasonable to suppose that any pas-
senger would prefer such a journey round the me-
tropolis to going direct to Huston-square, and get_
ling on as he does at present.
The inconvenience attending the want of direct
communication with the southern railways would
be quite as great. To join the South Western from
the Finsbury-circus Station, it would be necessary
for the traveller to perform a journey by way of
Tower-hill and Cannou-street to the Thames
Embankment. Passing, with a sigh, under the
arches of Waterloo and Hungerford Bridges, from
either of which he might join the South Western at
the cost of a halfpenny, he would be carried through
Westnnulter and Pimlico to the Brampton Juuc-
ten of the Inner with the Outer Circle. From
this be would be passed on through Chelsea across
the Thames to Battersea, where he would join the
South Western at the Clapham Junction, after
travelling nearly eight miles and stopping at ten
different stations. It is impossible to imagine any
one undertaking such an expedition. Who would
not prefer "a cab to the Waterloo Station"

To join the Brighton Railway the same journey
would have to be performed, and with all the ob-
structions on London-bridge we fancy travellers
would prefer creasing it direct to the Brighton
Station on the other side of it. To go from Bishops-
gate to the South Eastern the route would be by
way of Tower-hill and the Blackwell Railway down
to Bow, where there would be a junction with the
Outer Circle, and the traveller would be carried
&crow the High Level Bridge at Limehouse, through
Rotherhithe and Deptford, to New-cresa. It would
be seven miles by this route from Biehopagate to
the South Eastern Junction, whilst from Bishops-
gate to Cannon-street it is about 1,300 yards.
So much for this project as respects junctions
with other communications. If the line is looked
at in some other points of view its utility appears
equally ,lnbiona. It is no doubt a desirable thing
to get from the West-end to the City by a rapid
communication. The line from Charing-cruel to
Cannon-street has been constructed ou the south
aide of the Thames to effect that object, at a cost of
no leas than a million per mile. The Inner Circle
proposes to accomplish the same object on the north
side of the Thames. But with what advantage 1
It will have its station at Westminster•bridge,
instead of Charing-cross. The distance to Cannon-
street is precisely the same from the one point as
from the other. Which is the best point for a sta-
tion 1 Obviously Charing-cross, " the great centre
of human existence." Which is the most agreeable
travelling—underground or overground 1 Few
passengers would doubt which to choose. The
levels of the stations are also against under-
ground communication. No one who could go
from Charing-cross on a level to Cannon-street on
a level, would choose to go down a flight of stairs
to a station to have to mount a second flight at
another station. On all these considerations it
appears that for a short distance, as, for example,
between the West-end and the City, the line from
Charing-croas to Cannon-street over the Thames is
likely to be more popular than a line from West-
= isster-bridge to Cannon-street, under the Thames.
In point et time, there are equal reasons to doubt
how far such a railway as that laid out would be
ituoceseful The Metropolitan Railway from Far.
ingdon-street to Paddington, 31 miles in length,
and with five intermediate stations, is worked from
end to end in 20 minutes. This, as was observed
by the Select Committee of the House of Lord's is
a wonderfully quick speed, considering that each
station requires at least three-quarters of a minute
to approach, one minute for detention, and three-
qiarters of a minute for departure—equal to two
and a half adman in the whole for stoppage. One-
half the time occupied over the Metropolitan hoe
is, therefore, occupied in station stoppages. The

War LITICHATURE —The following (according
to the inquirer) are the titles of some of the Wes
now in cosine at publication in the penny and han-
som, weekly journals :—"Red-Han&d Hugh, or the
Heir of Cawood Hall;" "The Mao in Gray, by the
anther of 'The Woman in Black ; " "Se Drift, or
the Wreckers of the Chasm! ;" "The Basilisk's Eve"
"Deeds of Darkoms, or • Fight orlon Fate;" "Tie
Smuggler Chieftain, or the Witch of Emission Moor"
" The Gypiey Buccaneer, or Secret of the Sim ;" "Mode
Daval, or the Dashing Highwaymen ;" "The Hunted
Feloo, or a Mother's ", ergethee. by the author of 'The
Murdered Wife " "Oscar Bertraod, by the author of
• The Black Baud " " Certouche, or the Noble Highway-
man ;" "The Queen of Night, or the Secret of the Red
Lodge Label's Vengemme, a Romance of London Life r
" The Mystery of Merlia's Cave, by e author of 'Leo-
nora, or Crime of the Deepest Dye;" " The Daughter of
ifkleight, by the author of 'Ruth the Betrayer, or the
Fissile Spy'" "Mexeme, or Use Dwarfs Revenge;'
" Revenge, • Story of • Loos blood ;" "Sixteen
Stringed Jack, or the Daring Highwayman ;" "The New
Mrterms of Lando. ," "The Women of London ;" "Jenny
Darer, or the Lady Ifighweysian ;" " Nan Barrel, or the
Highwaymais's Daughter" "The Red Chamber ; "Con-
fessions of • Ticket-of• Leave Man ;" " Black Bess, ar the
Knight of the Road ;" "Jessie, the Mormon's Daughter
" The Ghost's Secret, a Tale of Terror ;" " Blue Skin the
only Romance giving the full adventures of Jonathan Wild
and Jerk Shepperd."

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SOUTHWARK WORKING MIN'S CLUB. —The first
Christmas tea party of the members of this club took place in
the Albert Institute, Gravel-lane, where this operations of
the club are temporarily carried on until more suitable pre-
mises are obtained for its permanent establishmeot. About
100 persons sat down to tea, including members, their wives
and children. The room was metefolly dercireted, premonit-
ion a very gay and animated appearance. After tea an in-
teresting eatertaioment, with pianoforte accompanintem,
was given, interspersed with speeches short and sweet. Mr.
Kremer aoly presid d at the pianoforte, and nearly an the
recitations, solos, and part songs were well reedited by the
members of the club. Altogether the meeting won a ascot
homely aspect, and afforded more the appearance of some
two or three families joining in an evening party than a
public entertainment. A vote of thanks to Mr. Carbines
for presiding brought the intonation proceedings to a close.

RAILWAV BENEVOLENT INBTITOTIOIe. The
widows' and orphans' day of this society affords an oppor-
tunity to those who are in the habit of travelling, for
remembering and aiding the distress which must always
exist amongat so large and useful a body of public servants.
New Year's-day is always set apart for making collections
in aid of the funds of this institution, which is the mesas
of mitigating the sufferings of many deserving families.
Nod men are indebted to railway officer for many little
acts of attaining which have added to their comfort, and
will be glad of an opportunity to return • donation to the
, funds of this institution in acknowledgment of their kW-
DOM. The various station-musters are authorised by the
institution to receive any contribution which may be
tendered for the heart of this valuable charity.
The Hospital fur Women, Soho-square, founded
is 1842, and designed exclusively for the treatment of those
peculiar ailments from which neither age, rank, nor charm-
ter exempts the female sex, was re-opeued on Wednesdal,
when a number of addressee were given in the wards by
several noblemen and gentlemen. From the statement
issued it appears that as the building required extrudes
repairs, and the committee were desirous of providing fur-
ther accommodation for in-patients, it was determined to
add another story ; hut the walla being unequal to sustain
the additional weight had to be taken down and rebuilt.
Prior to the alterations only 25 in-patients could be received
at once, with • )early average of 13.5 ; now 50 in-patients
can be accommodated. The average attendance of out-
petiolate annually is 14,000. The committee are earnestly
appealing for foods to enable them to discharge their liabi-
lities, and provide for the occupation of all the new wards.
PATTERN Post TO ITALY.—TO-RIOITOW (Jan. 1),
and thseceforward, patterns of merchandise, similar to
those already transmissible by post between any places
in the United Kingdom at reduced rates, may be trans-
mitted by poet from England to Italy, at the following rates
of postage, which must in all cases be prepaid by means of
poetsge ramps, :—Not exceeding 4 or , 4d, ; above
4 or. and sot exceeding t lb., Bd. ; above t lb. and not
exceeding 1 lb., is. 4d. ; above 1 lb. and not exceeding it lb.,
2s. above It lb. sod sot exceeding 2 lbs., 2s. Bd. ; every
additional lb., Bd. Special attention is directed to the
following rules and regulations, which will be strictly en-
forced :-1. No packet of patterns mast exceed 2 feet in
length, breadth, or width ; exceeding those dimensions, it
cannot he forwarded through the part. S. The patterns
mint not be of intrinsic value. This rule excludes
all articles of • saleable nature, and. indeed,
whatever may have a value of its own, apart
from its mere nee as a pattern ; and the quantity of arty
material, sent ostensibly as a pattern, must not be ex great
that it OM fairly be considered r having, on this prod,
an ietriasic value. 3. There moat be so writing or marks
other than the address of the person for whom the packet
is intended, a trade mark and numbers, and the prices of
thearticles, other win, the packet w ill be detai fled or forwarded
charged us an unpaid letter. 4. The patterns must be sect
ia covers open at the ends, so us to be easy of examination.
Samples, however, of reds, drugs, and so forth, which can-
not be sent is open coven, may be inclosed is bags of lire,
or other material, tied at the neck ; bags so closed that they
cannot be readily creed, even although they be trans.
parent, moat not be need for this purpose. Non-compliance
with this rule will also subject the packet to be detained, or
forwarded charged as an unpaid letter. 5. Is all
other respects the regulations of the book post to
Italy will apply to the pattern post. Under thus
regulations, in order to prevent any interruption
to the regular transmission of letters, • packet of patterns
may, when it is necessary be kept back for 24 hours beyond
the time when. in the ordinary course, it would be for-
warded. N.B.—The rnletehicli forbid, the transmission
through the poet of any article likely to fujure the contents
of the mail begs or the person of any officer of the Postoffice
is, of coarse, applicable to the pattern post ; and • packet
containing anything of the kind will he stopped, and not
sent to its deatioation. Artiolim such as the following have
been occasionally posted as patterns, and have been detained
as uaflt for the post, : metal boxes, porcelain and chive,
fruit, vegetables, bunches of flowers, cuttings of plants,
spore, knives, scissors, seedier, piss, piece. of machinery,
watch esschioery, sharp.pointed instruments, sanip:es of
metals, samples of ore, samples in glees bottles, pieces of
glass, acids of varier kinds, currycombs, copper add steel
engraving plates, and confectionery of various kinds. It
must be understood that the foregoing arrangement is or.
fined to packets of patterns addressed to the kisgdom of
Italy, sad dose not apply to packer addressed to the Lapel
States et to Venetia.—By command of the Partnere,.
Genial.—Kowtani BILL, Secretary.
Hourrmares Tar, is choice and strong, moderate
in rice, sad wholesome to am Tome advantages have aseare4
611811
fee Ws Te
06-AereartkiaraLl
a paw& preference. It is gold In packets by IMO

The tint &winos transacted was the appointment of the
chairmen se governor of the company, in the room of Mr.
Franks, resigned, a record of whom services was, by retain-
Soo of the directors and proprietors, placed= the minutes
of the company.
The Cumin's/4 mid it appeared from the statement sent
out that the Luida disposed of up to the 31st of October
were not quite equal to thane of the reading year up to
dame time. The price also was not no large, but that was
easily easily amounted for, because they bad parted with a
greet deal more of the crown reserves than woad, which
were inferior in quality to the land of the Huron district.
The receipts for the year were not so large as in any pre-
, omdleg year, which was pertly to be amounted for, became
they had not so much leased land which bad to be re-
, deemed in 1963. Of the land which ought to be converted
into freehold in 1863, 10,000 acres reverted to the com-
pany, and for the mat part bad been resumed by them.
Not more than 8,000 acme had been converted into freehold.
Therefore they lied lost—not property, but the receipt of
money this year. The land would be offered for sale again
this year. Since the statement was sent out to the pro-
prietors later amounts bad been received, from which it
appeared that 50 acres of land in addition had been sold at
12s. 6d. ; 1,075 leaned, at 40s. Bd. ; and 200 tourtriM4 at
62a. 6d. In 1864 a coulderaide quantity of land would be
falling dm, which must be converted or forfeited. Some
19,576 acres would have to be converted in 1864, which
would produce 37,58.'1. currency. Stringent letters had
been sent to the agoras in Canada to get in some of the
large arrears of rental due. These arrears amounted to
53,8364, and their annual rental was 30,0004 Mr. Strick-
land visited the lands, and found on them 930 squatters.
Them persons might have given them trouble, but
they all signed an acknowledgment that they were
squatters, and that the land did not belong to
them. The tenants promised to reduce the arrears of
rant after the sale of the crops of last harvest.
Some specimens of each ore—copper, iron, and plumbago—
lad been found, and the land no which it was found was
withdrawn tram male, and in all leases • reservation of the
minerals, with the exception of gold and silver, which
were reserved for the crown, was made. 1,920
acres ware reserved in the township of Ramey, where, ,es
they were aware, mining overshoes were tamed .oe. In
Ave other towlehips 21,469 acres were reserved. With re-
gard to the dividend, they bed scarcely money enough to
pay I 4 per share, but with 53,000/. of arrears of rent due,
and 30,0001. which would come to hand in February next,
he thought they might borrow a small sum of 1,0004 to
make up the deficiency, in order to pay the dividend. He
did not say they would have to do so, but that they might.
The recommendation of the directors, therefore, was that •
dividend of V. per share. free of income tax, be made, pay-
able on the 11th of January, on 8,913 shares.
A motion having been made to this effect, it was adopted.
There were two candidates for the *Moe of director, in
the room of Mr. Gillespie, deceased—viz., Mr. Gaumen and
Sir W. Gore-Oueeley —and • poll was taken. A vote of
thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings.