The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-26 00:00:00

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

lavaarooL, JULY 24.—We have had only a dull and
inactive share market today; there has been very little
i businessgoing forward, and prices are depress. d. The transac-
tions are as follows :—Caledonian I'ref. shares, 101— esters
Counties, 111—Lancashire mid Yorkshire, 841—Ditto. (fifth
shares), al, 6-18 d.—London end North Western, 132
Ditto (new shares), 321, 1, I—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln (preference shares),l3l—Midland, 771, 2, 2—North
Staffordshire,s d.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (91.12 i. 3d,
B.), 81—South Eutern and Dover, 22I—York, Newcastle,
and Berwick, 181—York and North Midland, 261—Dutch
Rhenish, 21 d.
MANCHESTER, JULY 24.—We have not much business'
but a slight improvement in prices:—East Lancashire, 201
—Lancashire end Yorkshire Fifths, 3 5-16 d.—Lancashire
and Yorkshire West Riding Union, 21 d.—Menchester
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 341—Midland ltailwsy Consols,
78—Shropshire Union, 22 d.— So uth Eastern and Dover, 221.
BIBVINORAX, JULY 24.—Thia market was steady today
with a fair inquiry for local stocks. London sod North
Westerns were quoted at 132. 3 ; Midlands, at 77/. ; and
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Preference Shares, at 111, I.
Leans, JULY 24.—Business actually done this morning
has been chiefly limited to Midland Stuck, which was done
at ni, closing at 771. North Westerns were done at 9;
Leeds Northern Quarters, 21 prem.

LONDON HOUSES OF TILE ELIZABETHAN ERA.—Thu
style of architecture known broadly as " Elizabethan " ex-
tends over the reigns of Queen ?dory, Queen Elizabeth,
James I. and Charles I. and 11. The decoration, extent,
and peculiarities of domestic buildings at this time are re-
markable, and in London embrace various phases of this
architecture from as early even as the reign of Henry VIII.
till that of Charles 11. Amongst the earliest examples is
the house formerly in Grubb-street (now Milton-street). In
thisbuilding many of the mouldings and other embellish-
ments retain the characteristics of the erections of the period
of gothic architecture. Elizabethan architecture in London
advanced in refinement during the reigns of QueenElizabetk
and James L Thorp, an architect, exteesively employed
during the reigns of Elizabeth, James I. and Charles I. re-
built Holland House in 1606, where it now stands, at
Kensington. Various designs by the architect are preserved
in Sir John Soanc's Museum. Some of the best have been
engraved in Mr. Richardson's work. The houses of the
London citizens in the time of Elizabeth were more re-
markable for the comfort, &e., of their interior arrangement
than for their exterior adornment. During the reign of
James I. many of the London houses were composed of
slight work, covered on the outside with painted planks, and
plastered inside, similar to the top story of a house in
Gray's-inn-lane. A square court, formed of buildings of
this description, still remains up a passage in Bell-yard;
this is a place worthy of a visit, in order to form some con-
' ception of the inflammable nature of London before the tiro
of 1666. Some other buildings of this je.cription may said
be seen near Cripplegate Church, but which are probably
somewhat older than those mentioned. The houses at pre-
sent remaining in London of the time of James I. arelmore
varied than, perhaps, those of any oilier similar space of
English history. We meet with the following peculiarities:
Houses with flat fronts, decorated with panel., similar to
that wrongly ascribed to the time of Cardinal Wolsey, ad-
joining the principal entrance to the Temple. The Prince
of W ales's feathers and other devices clearly show
it to be of the time of James 1., the feathers most
probably having reference to Prince Henry. Inside this
house is a very fine ceiling, which, for several years, was
covered with a flat coat of plaster, part of which falling by
accident showed the ornament beneath, and so led to its re-
storation. It is possible that many ceilings in the old houses
of London are covered in • similar manner. In the centre
of this ceiling are the letters I'. H., the initials of Prince
Henry, the eldest son of James 1. Houses with projecting
windows, greatly enriched with pauels, brackets, and other
carvings, like Sir Paul Pinder's house. Houma with heavy
projecting roofs and massive work of brick and stone, plas-
tered like the front of Staple's-inn, Holborn, and in Cloth-
fair, Smithfield. These and several other houses still re-
maining in London resemble (allowing for difference of ma-
terials) the French style of buildings at that time in use to
some extent in Edinhureh.-7 he Builder.
Tnr ltrcv.NT POLITICAL FRACAS.—The Gates-
head Observer adds to its account of this extraordinary affair
the following statement : " Mr. Seymour has of course nn
other mode lefehim of obtaining satisfaction than to resort
to a legal tribunal ; and we are informed that the honour-
able and learned member has accordingly placed the mat-
ter in the hands of a leading firm of solicitors in York."
DEPARTURE OF TIIE NtAOAnt.—On Saturday af-
ternoon, at half-past one, the British and North American
royal mail steam-ship Niagara, Capt. Stone, left the Mersey
for Halifax and Boston, with upwards of eighty passengers,
• good general cargo, and the usual mails for the United
States, Canada, Newfoundland, &I.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION RAIL-
STAIi.—On Friday the case, on the part of the direeton,
showing cause why they should not be called on to account
for the 30,0001. deposits, was closed, the Master intimating
that he would adjourn his judgment.
NEW ROMANIST COLLEGE:A wealthy Romaniat
in the south of England is about to parches' the Herlihy
Grange estate, near Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, for the pur-
pose of converting the 'parlous mansion into a popish col-
lege, and the park into pleasure grounds for the students.—
Sunderland News.