The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-29 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL WARR MARKET&

EJFKIteOrd., Der. 28.-Caledonian, 133-Great Western, SO-
London awl North W.A... 122.1 I{3—London and smith Western,
/GI-Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 1244-Midland,
141: 1 -South Easton., ..rol-Duteh Rhenish, 44 7.16 p--Urealt
Luxembourg 121 7.16 4-Confederate Loan, 614 60 691 9 II
84-Mercantile and Eschange Bank , Limited, p. par 3.141
National Bank, 9 p.-North and South Wake, 29-North Western
Bank • Limited 81 p. -Royal 20/. shares, 14-British and Foreign,
3 3-16 p.-Fifitplet, p.-Lancashire Insurance. Ip. - Liverpool
sod London. p -queen Insurance, 13-16 a p.- Thames and
Mersey, 61 p.—National Steam, 6 J.-West India and Pacific, ap,
Xaificitinifign, DEC.tr.-Priors were very firm, but a fair bust-
nem was done. (treat Luxunlifiurg. 121 7-16 {-Great Northers
A, 1371 7-Great Western of Canada. 81-Great Western. 861 KO
-Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1171 -London and Nortk
Western, 1221 212-Manchester. Sheifieltk and Lincolnahlre.644
in,‘ 4 I-Metropolitan. 1244 1-Midland, 1414 1 1-Thames
Mersey Marine Insurance, n. Ix-Confederate Loan, GO
59-Turkish Coutolnl/.. 46 c.-Alliance Bank. 11 p.
BIIMINGIUM. DEC 25. -In this market to-day, transactions
were on a moderate wale, prices stationary. Birmingham and
Stour Valley. were quoted at 10 to 101: Birmingham Banking
Company shares, at 344 to 36 Birmingham Joint Mock Banks,
at 36. sellers ; Birosio.ifiarn town and District Banks. at 18:
stailotaistilre Joist Sto. I: Basks, buyers. at 11 ; Mustas Metals,
at Ito dos.: Itirtnin.th im Fire Odice shares, sellers, at 102,
DUMAN, Dar. 77.-New Then, per Cent. stock, 871 L-Ditto
for account. 10th January. 871-Ditto for new account. 884 4-
Indian a per Cent stun, 'transferable at Bank of Ireland', 1094
-Hibernian Banking Company (Est paid , WI-National Beak
'3.2. paid. 961971-Ditto New, Issued at 25 prem. tifil. IMtld,, ag
-National of Liverpool Limited! ;101 paid!. 19191-Ditto New
;lames' &as prem., sf. paid', 121-Royal Bank I la paid,, 311 t-
Great Southern and Western (1001, pakl), blie 1-Midland Grub
We halves all pall 171.

Yesterday, at the Wakefield Court-house Mary
Ann Atkinson was committed for trial fur unlawfully
wounding a man panted Job Child. During the precding
week her husband was, at the West Riding assizes, ass
to six years' penal servitude for attempting to murder her.
TRUE HEituisa. —The Berlin journals relate the
following incident which bee just taken place in Prussia :
"A pointsman was at the junction of two hoes of railway.
his lever in band, for • train was signalled. The sopae
was within a few seconds of reaching the embankment.
when the man, on turning bin heed, perceived his little
boy playing on the rails of the hue the train was to peep
over. With au heroic devoteduu to his duty the unfor-
tunate man adopted a sublime resolution. • Lie down !'
he shouted out to the child, but as to hilliest( he remained
at his post. The train passed along on its way, and the
lives of a hundred passengers were perhaps saved. But the
poor child ! The father rushed forward expecting to take
up
only a corpse, but what was his joy on finding that the
boy bad at ooce obeyed his order—he had lain down, sad
the whole train had Passed over him without injury. The
next day the King sent for the man, and attached to hi
bread the medal for civil courage."

ROBBERY BY CHLOROFORM. A letter from
Visalia ineetieee the following rather singular robbery :
" A Itch widow lady, residing with an old eirt=at
BeJeam-Gyarmath, Lately visited Professor :•ikoda to
him for an affection of the chest from which she was suffer-
isg, and after getting his advice again left Vienna. Is the
evening. a well-dressed man oohed at her house and said
that be had been sent by H. Skoda to add a few words to
the prescription given her in the morning, and be was ad-
mitted without hesitation. The moment be MU alone with
the lady lie drew from his pocket a handkerchief stonier
impregnated with chloroform, and dexterously planing it to
her nose produced indent inseasibility. Ile then opened a
secretary from which he took some bank-notes and Jewellery,
and immediately left without exciting any suspicion. About
a quarter of an hour after the lady recovered animatioe,
and the robbery was discovered."
THE POET THOMAS MOORE.—Hie children were
all hernias, and educated members of the church of
England. He attended the parish church, and 'mord-
lag to the ritual of that church he was buried. It
was not any outward change of religion, but homage
to a purer and holier faith, that induced him
to have his children baptised and brought up se
members of the Engliah church. - For myself," ho
&eye, "my having married a protestant wife gave me op-
portunity of choosing a religion, at least fur my children ;
sod if my tuarria.ie Lad no other advantage, I should think
this quite sufficient to be grateful for." Moore wee the
nest advocate of his country when it was oppressed,
ed, and socially enthralled; but when time and ea-
?
• booed policy removed all distinctions between the Irish-
mu and the Englishman—between the protestant and the
Roman catholic—his muse was silent, beelines contest; nay.
he protested in impressive verse against a manacled agar.
tics, that retarded her progrem, when her claims were
admitted, her rights seksowledged, and her wrongs re,
dressed.-11r. sod bl re. & C. Hall. in the eirt-areereni.
THE SIZGE OF CHAYLISTON.—Ae yet tbere hays
sot been marry mushier on the Confederate side slam Hie
liege of Charleston has commenced ; sad Gomm* erode&
tells me he has calculated that it takes the 'dashes MOW
pounds weight of iron to kill or wound aConfedsrate wadi*.
Still the inosesant, tremendous, deofeeieg, anoint ersibbor
of the enormous goes affects the serves of the men, and
they are thorougly knocked up at the sod of their gee days'
service ; and the worthy ntimieesries, who lei& revisal est
prayer meetings at the different camp, reap a ism harvest
of repentant converts each time the rareness is relieved.—
Blackieond's Mugs:, at for January.