The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-03 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

!Yenning, Dna tales to-day :-lAncedrher and Yorkshire,
106# 1-Lendon and North Weil, 106 1 4 4 4- - Manche.-
ter, 9hsmeld. and Lineanshire, 474-Metropolitan, 110, -South
Eastern, 951. # §-Great Luxembourg shares, 121 12-Mexican
Three per Cents., X 361-Britielt and American Exchange Bask-
ing Company (Limited:, 5 p.-Diecount Corporates, d p. -Mer-
mtte and Exchanitt Bank (limited), X 15-14 I 11 16 Lr:;;-
National Rank of Lemnos.' (Limited), 61 p.-Ditto, new.
at 5 prem., 61 ix-Albion Marine, ,LMriteal), 1 p.-MercaoUte
Marine, 4 p.-Queer Insuranle. It p.-Uniou Marine I,...inited),
2j p.-Great Ship, la-Ditto, 171 per cent. pref., 4s. fid.
Doc. 2. -The burs transacted in this market
to-day was confined a/moirt exclusively to shares of a misc.:a-
nemia description. Imperial Continental Gas changed hand. X
914-British and Foreign Railway Mot at I prene.-Staffordebir•
Joint Block Bank at 2) jpreni.-and Monti. ]fetal at i ills.
JiIABORINTRI. Dgc. 2.-A good business was done ut steady
prices. Buffalo and Lake Hume. 6 546-Great Eastern, 494 1 -
West Lusendnairg, 12) 12-Great Northern A, MI-Great
lc-Grand Trunk of Canada, 201—Lancashire and Yorkshire. 106!
1 f 1-Lenedon and North Western, 1044 4 1-Manchester rod
Nancy Bask, 4 9-16 p-Manchester, Ifte, and Lincoln-
shire, 471 41 4 1-Metrepolitan.ll6lll4l 101 114-North Britis
524 4 •-South Engem 1 1 it-imes and Money
>lathe Insorance, 4 9169 -Duna Bank. 54 p.-Mexican. 1611
-Greeks, 261 71-Great Ship prof , 41. 9d.-District Bank, s'4
p. -Ashbury Carriage Company. 100 p.-Mereantile Bank. S 4 p -
National Steam, 4 31 4 1.14 4 11.10 11# p. --Coefederete Loan, slt.
DUBLIN, Dee. 1.-Three per Cent. Coesois, 901-New Three
per Cent. Stock, 99-Ditto for account ,Dec. 161, 00-Ditto foe
new account (lam 12). 904 1-liibessim Banking Corayony .25f.
paid:, XX -Nattsmal Bank of Ireland ;JOB paid), account. 784-
Union Bank (Limited, 191-Dublin, Wicklow. and
Wexford (all paid), for account, 9 PI-Great Southern and Wint-
er/I 1001, pal', 984-Midland Great Western (all paid'. 48 474-
Ditto half shares, for account ,251. 15) -Dublin and
Drogheda. 5 per cent. perp. debenture stock. redeemable In 1669.
end convertible prior to that year, of which No. 7,401 to 8,000
are a subsequent charge. 2517-Dublin. Wicklow, and Wexford, 6
per cent. pen,. paid), 114-Ditto 'paid In full:, On.

IrMILTON Rscsvmlro PIIOIIIIIITiD I 7.4 TN g
UNITILDSTAItr. —The followil despatch has recently issue
from the State Department :—•'Department of State, Wash-
ingtoo, October 29,1P63. To Sir,—Your letter of the
26th instant. asking permission to raise twenty thousand
volunteers for the service of the Juarez government in
Mexico, has beep received. In reply I have to inform voa
that no such permission can be given, as the orneeedieg
would be in violation of a law of the Ueited Mates. If it
should be attempted, any one winged therein will be prose-
cuted with all p_racticable dilicenos.—l am, air, your
obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD."

A .NEW tati-au.—lnteresting experi-
ment. were made last week on the intre-Sunlire4it-Mente
letsilway. ia Belgium. between the stations of Frarre and
Waleourt, to test the efficacy of • new bra sk, which is the
more interesting ae it is the invention of • lady, Millie.
The principle of the invention consist. in the sodden
application of • sort of wooden skate, or 'padre, to the
wheel, whereby it is raised a millimetre or too. From that
moment the rapidity of the train is checked, and a few
seconds ere gained, which, se may be imagined, are of im-
mense value in case of danger. The Action upon the break is
transmitted by • single man pressing upon n rod eon-
meted with the wedge, end without the aid of •
screw. hi. Gobert, the engineer of the government railways
in Belgium. directed the experimeeta, aed many other Bel-
gian and foreign civil engineers were presort. A train,
weighing 1.J3,000 kilogrammes. was allowed to descend •
gradient of 14 millimetres per metre by its own weight, and
without the aid of an enghe. Two breaks being used, the
train was stopped in • spare of 300 metres, while going at a
speed of 36 kilometres (22t tulles). lo another ezp-riment
a train was drawn by a lti-iech mike, with four coupled
wheels, along • level railway, and At the fall speed of Xi ki-
lometres (3.1 miles) per b•nu. A single break stopped the
train within the apace of 400 metres. With two breaks
the stoppage was obtained within the space of 177. metres •
and at a speed of 60 kilometres 438 mile.) per hour. tit;
stoppage was effected within a spans of 16.1 usetres only ;
results far superior to those obtained with the common
breaks now in uns.--Cal:yoaai.

" MILKING " ON THE TCRY.—" Milking " is AU
expressive term for getting as much aa possible out of •
home_; and as it io well tocertaisied that a peat deal more
mey be made by losing than by winning, the operation is
conducted in the following manner. Is every ea., of any
size, and more especially in the great haadicaps, tbei • are
certain horses, known beforehand by their owes?. and their
friends, to have no more chan.m of winning tii.ar if they
were dead. As far as that race is concerned they are
dead, and are honoured, in racing language, by lb*
happy sobriquet of the '• stiff us." These homes, how-
ever. are backed for • sum of money in the mari.st, by the
owner or his Moods, which indices to keep their heads
shove water, and even puts them is • prominent place for
e time. Meanwhile certain " crienrniwineers" are employed
by the same parties to lay against the heroes ; and when
the happy day approaches on which their merits ore to be
tested, we need hardly inform the patient reader, who has
followed no thus far, that the babble bunts, and the favo-
rite is nowhere." ]Snob commiseratioe is impressed for
the disappniotment, and with the sympathy of the unini-
tiated in the one pocket, &Mahout I.Mit. is the other, the
uhfortanato loser applauds himself • home." This is.
we regret to *ay, no uncommon caae.—Prmser'a Moon:int
for Decenilmr.