The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-17 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE NAM=

LIVIMPOot, Dr.o. 16.—Great Eastern, !S4—Great Western, 794
, I—lotto. West Midland, Oxford, 63—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1171 17—London ant Netth Western, 1204 4 4 11-11etropcs
1 titan, 122 14—Midland, 139 vi 91—South Eastern, 86 L
ru i I 6
1 Illinois Central, Si i—Great Lusebourgahitre.,l2 1;16 exican
1 3 per cent, Pauives, 311—Eastern Exchange Bank
(Limited,. d.—Land 01. Hank of India 'Limited% 10-16 p.
Lierrpool Finance ;Limited,, 4 d.-11ercantlie and Exchange
Bank Limited , 4 4 $l,lB d.—National Bank 4.4 Liverpool
,Llmited,. 8 9-16 p. —North Western Bank ,Limited), ei p.—
Itntish and Foreign Marine Limited ~ 34 p. —Empire Marine
Limited', 11 p.—Liverpool and London and Glebe Fire and
Life, 10 yr —queen licmratice. 4 618 4 n —Royal Insurance, al
p —Union Marine ;Limited', 3i p.—Mersey Steel and Iron
Limited., p,.—National Steam (ted), 74 i 71111 4 4 d.—West
hula
and Pacific steam, j p.
If Ancligirnut, Bac. 16.—A fair Twines* done, and pliers
closed steady. Great. Eastern. aai 14--Great Luxemhourg..l2 1.18
—crest Northern A, 157—Grand Trunk of Canada, 214—Great
Western of Canada, 9 I;l6—Great Western, 794—Hudsona Bay,
16 s.l6—LaNcashire and Yorkshire, 1174 117 i f London and
North Western. 1204 4—Manchester, ShedieLL and Lincolnshire,
651—Metropolitan. Clll 4—Midland. Ist4 i—tiouth Eastern. 664
I_6—Alliance Bank, lei' p.—Mercantile Bank, 11-164 d.—London,
New, 1164 4—West Hartlepool. 7U—Union Bank, p.—Contede-
rate Loan, C 2, 2—National Steam, 7 13104 d. 461 d.
tintelneritLin. DEC 14. —Great Western West Midland Stoek was
sold at 100 s Birmingham nod istaffonishire Osa, 241. shares, at
ei prem.. and itinningham Waterworks, 32 for money, and sli
for account. London and North Western New were quoted at
15} to 154 prem. ; Bristol and Binningham 6 per cent, Stork,
sellers, at 1.13 i smth statfordah re Railway, at 104 to 101 ;
Birmingham Financial, at li to 1i prem., Alliance ?Ire, par to
prem.: Britannia Mills Guaranteed. to 5-16 din; South Stafford-
shire Waterworks, at 7 I.' i . fhtutr a Metal, at j tog ills.; and
Patent Shaft and Asletree, 51 ef to 6 prem.

FIRE AND LOSS OF LI 1' —(THIS DAY.)—TbjB
morning, between 3 and 4 o'clock, • fire, attended with
fatal results, broke out ma the premises, No. V, Lorrimore-
street, Walwortb. The house was occupied by Mr. Benson,
his wife, and three children, and an elderly lady, • Mrs.
Durham. It appeared that Mrs. Durham was an invalid,
69 yews of age, and powwowd of some property. On
yesterday a daughter was with her until midnight, being
then urged to go by her mother. At the above mentioned
time the police-constable on duty disoovered that the house
was on fire, when he gave an alarm, but some time *lapped
before the inmates could be aroused. Mr. Benson and
family were fortunately rescued, but Mrs. Durham fell a
victim to the flames. Every vestige of furniture was
destroyed and the blackened remains of the deceased were
subsequently found with her arms and legs burnt off and
the body presenting a frightful appearance. Several
engines attended, but the fire bad so far extended that it
I wu utterly impossible to save the contents of the house.
The adjoining premises, however, were asset The body
of deceased wee removed in a shell to await an inquest.
EXTRAORDINARY RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT
FrOwDEN.—Oa Tuesday, a man named Deightos, farm
bailiff to Mr. R. Scholaeld, bad attended the cattle
market at Howden, sod left the Wellington Inn, on horse-
back, to return boom. shortly before 10 p.m. On arriving
at the Bowden station the gates were closed. He
opened the first gate and craned over the line. '
On reaching the second gate be opened it, and
his horse backed, and he fell off—mast providentially
—es at that moment the down express, due about 10.30
p.m., earns up at full speed, caught the home on its hind
quarter, forcing it against the gate, and killing it instantly.
Leighton was taken up by the night porter 4 the statice,
who wee in the waitiag.room, and who got assistance. and
be was conveyed home is • cab. Dr. Baker and Dr. Grieve
are in attendance upon him, and it is hoped his injuries are
ant of a dangerous character. —Yorkshire Gazette.
The whole of the passengers who were wrecked
in the lowa, off Cherbourg, left Southampton for New
York in the Sarnia on Waneaday. Natty of them were
much distressed on account of the damage to or loud their
hypo owing to the wreck.