The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-02 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARI HAMM.

mu.. OCT. 31.—New Three per Cent. Block, 8711—Ditto
foe account, loth Nov.. 671—Ditto for New Account, 67f—liank
of Ir6land p.tid , •1-17 •'—"6—National Bank :XL paid:, 7V
—Ditto New I.sued at 26 prem.: W. paid„ for account, 62
National of Liverpool (Limited!, 'lOl paid', for account, lei :
Ditto New unued at 5 poem.; !IL paid'. 6.—Hopi Bank (101.
paldb I—Ditto, for account, 301--tition Bank (Limited!,
.221. paid 161—Cork, Blackrock, and Partewre (all paid:. 7i—
Uublio
and Drogheda (IRA paidi, 7l Wicklow, and
Wrrford All pail , dj—Great Southern and Western ilea paid ,
frlt—/:rout southern and Western, I per rent prop. loot. paid.,
Ull-Ir.eli Nerth W.:stern. 5 per!cent perp., Clam A 'ell paid), 3i.

TAE SArRAMINTO.—The Federal war steamer
Sacramento left Southampton this morning.
Tun Loan or THE Osraxto.—A Board of Trade
enquiry into the loss of the above vessel will commence in
Liverpool on Friday next at St. Georges-halL
TIIE EXODUS FROM LlVERPUOL.—Yesterday (rum-
dfty) the government emigration officials at Liverpool fur-
nished our cot respondents at Liverpool with the emigration
revues for the month of October. These figures show •
large falling off le the number of passengers sailing from
the Mersey during October, when compared with the re-
turns of previous months. To the United States there
sailed 12 ships under the act, with 5,7h1 pareengen, 1,576
of whom were English, 2,789 Irish, 241 Scotch, and 833
foreigners ; to Canada there were 4 ships, with 44/1
passengers; of whom 203 were English, 87 Irish, 5
Scotch, and 2.4 foreigners ; to Victoria there were 2
ships, with 664 parsengere, of whom 238 were Eaglish, 348
Irish, 41 Scotch, and 20 foreigoers. Of ships sailing free from
government supervision, 8 were to the Coifed States, with
107 passengers ; 1 ship to Victoria, with 36 passengers ; 2
ships to the West Indies, with 14 passengers; 4 ships to
South America, with 85 passengers; 2 ships to Eut
India, with 11 passengers ; 1 steamer to Africa, with 36
insesegers. Its the correspooding month of last year there
sailed 12,083 pusengers.
FRENCH MARRIM:64.—The French are fond of
representing themselves in the newspapers as the most
I chivalrous sad generous people in the world—the only
satins who will make war for en idea. The English, on the
contrary, are treated as a lace of shopkeepers, who
set upon any motive but sordid self.interest. No doubt
COMMOtell and manufactures are the principal support of oar
country, and these are best carried on on the principle of
profit and loss ; but an English shopkeeper when he goes
upon his wooing is very rarely so calculating and odd-
hearted as • Frenchman who has made up his mind to marry.
Frenchmen are generous to none but their mistresses. The
dowry is, if not the main attraction, at least a necemary
adornment to the bride. Is evert- rank and walk of life above
• mere day labourer's, the pro,rident father tries to ley some•
thing by for his daughter. The sharp-eyed damsel. on her
side, expects her suitor to table at lead an equal slim, and
(Ail insists loon • marriage settlement. which will ware
herself and her family from all risk of losing sight of their
little hoard. French marriages are often poor affairs, plenty
of quarrelling, little love, and occasionally something worse.
At the same time natural affection and (WOO generally
assert their rights between married people, so the:o,u::
who are coaled by their relations into chumming .
end by heartily joining in the cares and pleasures of bringing
up a family.—Presur's Magazine for November.