The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-08 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

Tarria.ool., Fax. today: Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1101-London and North Western. 1071 - Mancheati r. Sheffield.
and Lincolnshire, 6114, id.-Itstropoll Wm 1.11 2-Midland. 1291
- South Eastern, 9t Birkenhead. 90-Buffalo end Lake Buren,
01-Bpanish Passives, 111-Mereantile and Irchange Rank, 7
7 1-16 1 lin 1.16-Albion Marine, 11 1-16 p.-Brilish and Foreign
Marine, 1 16-16 p.-Mereasule Marino, 11-16 1 v.-Liverpool
Isclusoms Buildings, 16-National Steam Navigation company,
par op. Mir 1-16 i 116 1 i p.-West India and Piscine Steam
Company, 11 1 9-16 1 11-16 111-16 14 It p.
Ittiognagnan, Pia h.-There was a sale et Annie's; Metal
shares at 16a. 9d. db. : then were sellers of Binniaghwa Canal
*gaga at 961: Birmingham Ga. New Ordinary at 514. and
StaffeedMilre Gus at 96 ; °lowest& Wagon new quoted 11 t. 11
p. sad south Staffordshire Waterworks, 7 15-16 to n 1-16. There
were Wyse. of Great Western Birmingham Guaranteed stock at
761 of South Stafford. at 11 : of Worcester and Birmingham
Saul. at 111, of Birmingham Bank. Est Stourbridge and
Kidderminster Bank, 101: and Birmingham Ars-office Wares
at 100.
lisigmiffign, TO. 6.-The market has been quiet, with bat
little business, and rather lower prices. London and Nodal
Western, 1471-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 514-
Metropolitan, 1011 1 1 2-blades, 361-Midland, 1211-Narth
ataffnedelaire, 761.-1 names and Mersey Marine Insurance, G 114
pp National Maus, 1 d.-British and Yore*. Marine, 3 2 15-16 p.
New °wades, 111-London and South Western.
rata Lean, t/1-Stavely Iron and Coal, 15 p.-Australian Steam,

A RCIIKRY. —lt is expected that the Leamington
and Midland trusties will ores the sex* campaign in June;
that it will be followed by the Naomi about the middle
of July ; and by the Grand Wolters, at Suter, early is
Auinet.
Tits &war or AIAILMAN LION HUNTERS.
The fare may have been commonplace, het the coovereatioa
was remarkable. Its subject was what might have bees
expected from the circumstances sad the compaey, for
even mine host was something of a lioeolayer, and often of
as evening strolled out into the forest behind the house is
• quiet unpretending way, to look for a shot, WI a mu
might who had a rabbit-wanes handy. But what chiefly
struck me was that they appeared to be on terms of inti-
mate acquaintaoce with all the lions of the neighbourhood.
It seemed as though there waa not a lion within a radios of
fifty miles that was not personally known to some one of the
trio. His appearance, his habita, his consort, his family,
and the period at which the next little additiee to it might
be expected—all these were detailed with • freedom and
minntesem that would have mode the Lusatia wires-
modest of • country newspaper jealous. I noticed, toe,
that thin intimacy with the king of besets produced
familiarity of expression in speekiag of him. calculated to
upset notions derived from "Pets Parley's Tales about
Lime," and other scientific works ma the subject. It wag
always as "Ice riser coquin de Pestbiivre." or "Go
&role quo j'ai blame I'annre dernikre i Ain Nokia," or
by some similar playfal. if not cootraptaceis title that he
was referred to. The anecdotes also that were related, did
Dot, upon the whole, increase one's respect for the animal ;
sad some of them attributed to him • low sort of humour,
net hitherto acitioed by naturalist., and a taste for practi-
cal joking, quite inoompatible with true dignity. It is, it
would appear, a pleasant multi°, of the lion to present
himself suddenly to timid travellers is his dominions, and
accompany them for some distance, growling and showing
his teeth, until they are reduced to • state of extreme
terror, which end &Poised, be leaves them uninjured.
Stories of this cart are very commie in the Algerian news-
papers. and my immunities mistimed several Odious
of the mine kind, but always on hearsay evidence. I could
see that they placed little faith in such yarns, which I
suspect are merely expansions of what is almost an every-
day occurrence in these parte—that of simply meeting a
lion on the high road. It is tree that he does show • pre-
foreuce for bates roads and pothe—not so much, I
Imagine, from "s mkpria tied profane poor l'homme,"
es Graull says ; but became be Ands them easier and
mare tioudertable walking than the howled thickete at
each side of him. It may be easy well for the panther, a
slini,easke-like creature, but for the law a burly, brood-
dusted beast, with • career like • bullock's, It can be se
easy matter to beta a passage through the dense junks
that covers the of the Atha ; sad no doubt, like
the earmadrisker is the ballad, " he blesses the genereas
Freedman" for incoming his combat so mater alb.
' Some of the roads is north-seaters Algeria have bestow
celebrated for than " rencoatres ;" that between Bona
rod Guano so much so. that I could not earnest • better
plan for a tourist who is anxious to ass are of these aid-
male is his eaters' elate, than to travel bask sod forwards
for a weak is the basqutte of the sight diligence, which
plies between these towns. But I sever beard any one
who ban actually met • lion in the path charge his with
say greater breech of politeriess than staring bard, *lda.
after all, is a ptivilege that her been long ago emended to
the sat tribe, eves O the premium of royalty.—Froser's
Alva:int for February.