The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-23 00:00:00

PREFERENCE SHARES.

Greet Northern 44 paroest.rea;;ra7, at 10 per cent. pm.,
104 in.
Great Western, original irredeemable 4 per omit., 884.
North Eastern, G.N. E. 4 per cent. pre.. 98i.

FOREIGN RAILWAY.
Antwerp sod Rotterdam, 94.
Bahia and San Franciseo(Limited), intr. 7 per oat.,
t)t,
Great Luxembourg, 104,
Recite sal San Fran. (Pernambuco) guaranteed 7 per amt.
(Limited), Itii.
flambe sod Meuse, RC
San Paulo (Lim.), guarsoteed 7 par osot. raid), 74,
South Austrian and Lombardo-Veoetian,

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.
MA/IMMIX, APRIL 24.—Plices have been fine, with a fair
amount of busigess.—Huttaio and Lae Mr.ron, 6 1.16--Orest
Eastern, 4h Grand Trunk of Canada. :351—tireat Western, 0.33
E—Lmicashire and Yorkshire, 1101 - Ditto New 41 par Cent.
all pawl par—Manchester and County Bank. 4 15-I6 p.—Man-
chester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 54/ I—Metropolitan, 1161
I 1 .1 110 151 ej 1 I—ldeaboas,4st 616 SI t—Midland, 1301
—Noith Eastern, Bmnick, 101—South Eastern, 316. J—Thames
and Mersey Marine Inaurance, 4 13-16 p.—Union Plate Glass.
311—Mercantile Bank. UJ je p.—General Credit, 6 1.16
6 p.—luteribitionals, 61 p.—Aahbury Carriage, 90 p
haven and Furness, 06-4baring-erom, 3 per lent., t p.—Turkish
Consolidfs, 52J j—Confederate Loan. 55—Fairbairn Company,
1111%

F-OcIETY FOR SUPPLYINO TEACHER.S, AND BOOKS
FOR Toe BLOW IN MOON'S TTPL —The annual meeting
of this society was held yesterday, at Willis Rooms, St.
James's, Captain Trotter in the chair. Mr. Moore, the
secretary, read the report detainee the operations of the
society for the past year, which had been of •
highly successful character. There were now seven
teachers employed by the society sad about 800
Wind persons had been taught to read the Scrip-
tures through their agency. Lady Portman and one or two
other benevolent persons also maintained teachers at their
own expense, to instruct the blind in their districts, on the
pnociple set forth by this society. The auxiliaries of the
society were all in good working order. The report then
gave details of many interesting eases of the benefits ex-
perienced by the blind through the operations of the
society. which could be largely and usefully extended were
more funds placed at its command. The gross receipts for
the year had been 31St. :la. l Id. and the expenditure 277/.
rm. lid., leaving a balance of 4,0 f. Si. Is connexion with
the society industrial chosen were now being formed for the
instruction of the blind in the use of sewing machine., and
other industrial occupancies, to (wash them with employ.
meat, and obtain a market for their industry. The adoP.
two of the report was moved by the Rev. J. B. Owen,
seconded by the Rev. M. Goodbart, supported by Mr. Colqu.
houo, and agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman
concluded the proceedings.
THE OUTBREAK AT THE CASTLE HOWARD
REFoRNATORT.—On Thursday night the nine inmates
who escaped from the Castle Howard Reformatory daring
Sooday night but, were placed in custody at the Melton
police-station. The lad Heston, the last of those at large,
and fur whine apprehension • reward bad been hawed,
was taken at Leeds on Thursday. It appears that he had
previously beer an inmate of the Leeds Reformatory, sod
that he was the instigator of a similar outbreak there.
He was recognised in the street by the schoolmaster, whom
he knocked down, and subsequently escaped from two other
men, but was at length seized by the police. He hats sold his
"hoes. and had purchased • pair of clogs and so old Boat. Of
the 12 ',obi implicated as ringleaders in the riot throe had
been sent to the Reformatory by order of the Secretary of
State, because they had caused outbreaks at other reformat°.
rise. Four had only very recently arrived, and are therefore
strangers. Mrs. Fist, the wife of the principal, seems to bare
acted with much bravery. She was at tea with her family when
the outbreak occurred, and she at 000 e west to the scene of
riot. and was the mesas of rescuing the schoolmaster, who
was bleeding, and faint from the attack made upon him.
The rioters instantly desisted ou her appearance, and be.
hared most revectfully towards her. The second attack
was made during her temporary absence to obtain stimulants
for the schoolmaster, and the lads then made their escape.
Ma achoder Unardian.

TRAFFIC Rei-Eirrs.—The traffic receipts of mil-
-1 ways in lb. United Kingdom amounted for the week ending
I the 16th of April, on 11,198 miles, to 596.1621., and for
the corresponding week of last year, on 10.805 miles, to
554.09/4/., showing an increase of 393 miles, and of
064/. io the receipts. The gross receipts os the follow.
iog 14 rmilways arnouoted in the aggregate, on 7,744 miles,
to 474,1334, and for the corresponding week of 1863, on
7,565 miles, to 441.105/., showing so league of 179 miles,
sal 3•47:28/. in the receipts. The morose oti the Caledocian
amonnted to 2,004/.; on the Great Eastern to 2.1161.; on
the Great Northern to 2,5271. ; on the Great Southern
and Western to :1181. ; on the Great Western to 2.065/. •
no the Lancashire end Yorkshire to 5,0671.; on th;
London and North-Western to 9,189/. : on the Mao.
cheater. Sheffield, end Liocoloshire to 1.0111. ; ea the
Midland to 3,998/. ; on the North British to 898/.;
on the North Eastern to 5,885/. • and oo the South
F.aatern to 408/. —total, 35,486 L But from this most be
deducted 09N., the decrease on the Loodoo sod Brighter),
and 1.8r..-il. on the Landon end Booth Western —to-
gether 2.7381., leaving the increase Se above 32,7281. The
goods and mineral traffic on those lines amounted to
268 884/., and for the earre•pedine week of 1863, to
2?9,112/., showing an ie.:mese of 39.47 V. The mosipte
for parsengere, parcels, Ac.. amounted to 295,549!., sgainat
212,2931., showing a decrees, of 11.7441. The trials re•
ceipts on 63 other lises amounted, on 3,454 miles, to
122.029/.. sod for the corresenedieg week of last year, on
:1.240 miles. to 112.6931., showing an lamas' of 214
miles sod of 9,336/. in the receipts. The total receipts of
the pest week show a increase of 8 row. as compared with
those of the preceding week sodium the 9th of April, sod as
compared with the oorrespooditag week of last year ea in-
crease in the traffic of the coustrr.

AN ENGLISH The following memo-
randum of the somber of letters and pipets received by
the Alexandra hits been obligingly handed to us :—Eag-
bah, 7,591 letters. 19,000 papers ; Indian aid Mediterra-
nean ports, ke., 571 letters, 441 papers—making a total of
PI 162 letters and 19,441 papers, cootained in 84 boxes and
16 bags and packeta.—South Anstrafian Register, Jam. 18.
CRlffftAL PALACR.—OIin SHILLING DAT.
FRIDAT, APRIL 22.—Adraiasione no mutant, 3,423;
ditto by swanne tickets. 1.386 ; total. 2,811.
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