The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-23 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL BHARI MARAPPS.

LiviaPoot., Attetter ft-Sales to.day:-Oreat Western stock,
654 4. 1-Laneashire and Yorkihire, 1074-11bitiami new eL 45.
shares. 1 prem.-North British. 614-Soot h SaiMars, Of-Buffalo
and Take Huron, 5 516-Treat Western of Camas. In -Kambre
and Meuse, 10 616-(Treat Ship, M. Id. to ga. 011.-Dltto, 174 per
cent. preference, 24a. ed.
ssegiumM, Acucar 22-110 market was quiet. but priors
steady. Great Luxembourg. 144-Great Stdp, 9.. IL-Ditto
prefarenoe, 1&-Great Western of Canada, 111-Great Western,
651, 6-London and North Western, saj-lhaebester, rzheriteld.
and Lincolnshire, 39-South Eastern, 66-Ditto, S per mut.
pref., all paid. p.-Rast An 7 per cent.. 147.
BIIIMINGHAN, Armin V.-Business was quiet to this
market. to-day. Of Midland Railway new shares there were
buyers at II prem.--ftbrombire Union Stock at SS-Routh
Stafford., at 104 164. 24-Wellikiftou and SC.' to Junction shares
closed 91 to 101-Birmingham Joint Stock Bank (Limited! were
dealt In at 10 p.-Town and District Bank, at ISI-end Britannia
Mills, at 4 Ms-Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Bank were
quoted at 94 to 94-and Birmingham Saw Mills, at 54 to 4 916
per share.

Maine REcittrrtt. —The traffic returns of rail-
ways in the United Kingdom published for the week ending
the 16th of August, amounted, on 10,421 miles, to 836,1571.,
and for the oorrapooding week of 1861, on 10,103
to 506,2911. shone( ea menses of 318 miles, and of
39,8661. in the receipts. The gram receipt. oc 14 of the
principal railways in the Mated 11. inaJom amounted for
the week on 7.111 miles, to 503,5541. ; and for the
oorrespoadieg weak of Let year, on 6,883 miles, to
474,0771.; showing an increase in the mileage of
226 miles, and 29,4771. in the receipts. The in-
crease on the Caledonian amounted to 1,006/4 on the
Eastern fount es to 7301. ; on the Great Northers
to 4,639/4 on the Great Western to 10,126/. ; 'on the
London and North-Western to 8.9991. ; on the
Brighton. and South Coast. to 936/. ; co the London
South Western to 4,8921. ; Kidland. 2.23914 on the North
British to 4719. ; and on the South Beaters to 3,2381.—
total, 37,2881. But from this must be deducted 1191., tie
decrease on the Great Southern and Western t
_• 8,8681. on
the Lancashire and Yorkshire ; 7261. on the Nanaheseer,
Sheffield, and LlDeolardrire ; awl 998/. on the North Seaters,
together 7.8111., leering the increase, a. above, 29,4771.
The receipts on 64 other Hoes to the United King-
dom amounted on 3,310 miles to 1316011. ; and for the cor-
responding week of last year, no 3,218 miles, to 1242141.,
sho wing an increase of 92 miles, and of 10,3891. in the reoripla.
The goods traffic no the 14 lines above-mentioned areosated
for the week to 203,8431. against 203,7481., etteerinp
a decrease of 2,0831. The passengers. parcels, atalls,_ha.,
traffic on those lines amounted to 297,7111. againstMlNK
for the correepondier period of 1861, as imam
in the passenger traffic of 27,3821. Time limn draw ea
increase in the passenger traffic at ems 49 the pdmiged
Base, which appears to bare arisen heft the hittestiesmit
Ka•ihitierr, and also in the goods belie free a eye{ In•
prorement in trade. The total receipt' fee the p. Ilea
show a decrease of 7,3&11. as C4)::114 with those of the
preceding week, cowling the 9th '