The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-30 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARI MARKATS.

LerEltrted., Dec. 29.—Sales to-day s—Loodon and North
Wester; 97—South limiters and Dover, 811-11/11ance Bank, 8 p.
—Themes and Mersey insurance, 21 D.
Mammon*. Dec. 29.—The market wile active and rather
deem Great Luxembourg, 141—Great Ship, 75., Ti. 3d..
—Great Western. 681 i—Lancashire and Torlohfre, 1001 —Lon-
don and North Western, 971 I—Manehester, libefileld, and
Lincolnshire, 401—North leftish, 621—South Postern, 921!---
Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance, 2 9-16 pm—Sambre and
Meuse, 10 9-16 Virginia Bonds. 45—Chester and Holyhead 5 per
cent.. 114 ax div.—Metropolitan, 9 c.
fliannnuttig, Dec. 23. - The transactions reported to-day
were as follows :—BorthStaffordshire at ill—Wellington and
Severn Junction at 10 1-16 ex div.—and Britannia Mills at 1 die.
The general =stet closed arm.

Foor Ram—Despite the unpropitious state of
the weather a good attendance of the lovers of fool-racing
mustered at the Hackney Wick running ground yesterday
afternoon, to whores the contest between Fdward Mills, of
London (Young Revised), and John Marsh, of Brighton.
The race was for 501., and the distance five miles, Mills
allowing his opponent a start of 350 yards. To complete
the dietenos Mills had to make the circuit of the course 35
times, and Marsh 34 times, leas 150 yards. Shortly after 3
o'clock the men appeared on the ground, and the mosseary
preliminaries haying been amumged, the ward was given for
them to start, which they did at • rattling pace, Mills on
the first mile gaining something like 60 yards, at which
position they motioned until they had traversed two miles
and a half, when Mills, finding that he scald not gain
another yard upon his opponent, gave up, sad left Marsh to
ran the rernanung distance by himself. Odds were laid on
Mills previous to the start, bet when they had run a mile
2 sad 3to 1 was laid on Marsh. The toss for choice of
ground la the hour's race between Deerfoot and Mills was
woe by the beaker of the latter. and the race takes pLice at
Hackney Wick on Monday, Jsa. 12.
°soon Simon/RE—A correspondent of the /n-
-evem Courier. writing from the parish of Dothil, tells the
following story :—" Having on former occasions given place
Moos or two characteristic anecdotes of the swiftness of foot
end deadly aim of obi Duman MACINISD, Garcbor, in this
parh, permit me to add the following :—Some years moan
English sportsman who had bees unsuccessful in making •
bag called at Duome's house, and inquired if he could tell
him where he could tied grouse? Duncan replied in the
affirmative, and the gentleman offered a gratuity if he would
accompany him to the place. Duncan complied, arming
himself with his usual weapons—two short sticks! The
sportsman was soon led to the haunts of the grouse, and
firing commenced in earnest, but the success was not com-
mensurate with the number of shots. Damao. irritated
and annoyed at seeing the gentleman incessantly firing and
not bringing down • single bird, at last exclaimed, ' Tut,
tut, man, she'll fire better nor that hereof,' and a fine
covey having opportunely taken wing at the moment, the
two beton* were let fly right and left, and two birds were
brought down, while a third was wounded ! Duncan with
pardonable pride, asking, • Das the shentelman see the +w
Loa; or LITE IN THE HIBRIDTS —A. moat fearful
catastrophe occurred at the island of Lewis daring &dread-
. ful hurricane on the 18th Mat. Seven boats, manned by
forty-two man, have been driven from the district of Ness
(west side of the island), where they were employed in the
hog fishing, and from the peat violence of the gale are all
supposed to be last with their crews. Betides this, there
has been • great destruction of boats oo the island, which
were washed off the beach by an extraordinary high tide
during the night. All this will check the sprit of the
fisherman, and prevent them from going to see. The curers
who have supplied the fishermen with their yearly outfits
will be oonsiable sufferers.— Greenock /dentine..
An inquest was held at Bradford, yesterday, on
the body of a woman 72 years of age, who had died of
starvation. She used to receive parochial relief, bat the re-
lieving officer stopped it two months since, because she bad
• lodger in her house. The coroner administered • heavy
rebuke to the Farah official.
The following produce was in afore at Montreal
en the let inst.. via. :-70,718 barrels of flour, 170,839
bushel' of wheat, 12,750 bushels of peas, 88,246 bushels of
ooeo, end 17,000 barrels of pork.—Mowhivel
A telegraphic despatch, dated the Bth December,
front Titusville, states that 400.000 galloon of petroleum
oil were lost by the ice Getting through the baste on the
river anther way to Pittehurg.—Toronto Weekly Globe.