The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-18 00:00:00

LOCAL SAAR)? MARKETS.

Livuarom., MARCH 17.—The share market has been
dull all day, and closed without animation. Quotations
were as follows:—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
(221. shares), sit d.—Caledonian, 32i I—Eastern Counties,
13 1-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 76 `—Leeds Northern,
16—London and North Western, 1191 19 }—Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 291—Midland, 74—North
British, 9—St. Helen's Railway and Canal, 65—Ditto (i
shares, issued at 40 dia.), 32I—South Eastern and Dover.
231 I I—York, Newcastle and Berwick, 17I—Midland
I (Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.), 147 c.—Dutch
Rhenish, 2 d.
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BIRMIVOHAIt. MARCH 17.—There Wan more bearing
done here to•day. than ordinary. Stock was more in-
quired after, and pries TAM firm. In local stocks Old Bir-
mingham Canal were ice at 1041, Birmingham and Dis-
trict Banking Company shares at 16, and Midland Six per
Cent. at 146.

LEEDS. MARCH 17.—We have had a weaker market this
morning for all kinds of stock. Lancashire and Yorkshires
declined to 761 ex div., and were done during the meeting
at 76f. Midlands fell to 761. North Westerns were done
at 81. 3s. 9d. In other lines there were no operations.
MANCHESTER, MARCH 17.—Prices opened much lower,
and though they have Suctuated have not regained yes-
terday's currency. There has been but a limited business.
I.ede 761. Sheffield. 29/, Midlands 751, Dowers 231, Lon-
don Fifths, 21 p., gut Anglian 6 per cent. 31, North
Union A 262. North Union B 176, North Stafford. 41 d.,
Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 61; London Stock, 1191.

AN ACCIDENT occurred to the newspaper express
train yesterday morning. The engine ran off the rails in
the neighbourhood of Crick; the road became entirely
blocked up in consequence, but we are happy to learn that
confusion, delay, and the fright of the passengers were the
only evils arising onto( this casualty. The pauengers were
sent on by another train, but the newspapers did not reach
Birmingham until two hours after the usual time. j
Maur.—Yesterday a return procured by Sir W.
Molesworth was printed by order of parliament, showing
that in the year ended the 10th of October last, there were
6,088,768 quarters of malt made in the United Kingdom.
THE NEW PATENT LAw.—A bill has been laid
before the House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor, which
has just been printed, to repeal certain provisions in the
Patent Law Amendment Act of lest year in respect of the
transmission of copies of letters patent and specifications to
the offices in Edinburgh and Dublin.
A NOVEL MOUSETRAP.—On Saturday last a per-
son named Jerome, in St. Martin's, Ilavcrfordwest, pur-
chased a small quantity of oysters, which he placed in a
back room ; in the course of a quarter of an hour be went
into the aprrtment, and there discovered that two mice had
been actually caught by one oyster, and their heads broken
by the shells when attempting to purloin the fivh.—Car-
saarthen Journal.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 17.—The Australian and the
Sydney sailed for London this morning.
THE Kon-I-Noon diamond (that looked in the
Great Exhibition like a dingy chandelier drop) has now--
after en expenditure of 2,0001. in bringing it to light—been
finally set in an exquisite circle of small diamonds' and
made the " Mountain of Light" on a most graceful tiara
of diamonds for the brow of Queen Victoria. To show a
jewel of this character to numbers, and to due advantage,
is impossible ; but by the kind invitation of Mr. Garrard,
of the Haymarket, we had the opportunity of examining
and admiring it before it was sent on Friday week in its
new setting to Buckingham Palace. The old setting, as
worn by Runjeet Singh, has been preserved, with beautiful
3ounterfeits of the stones as they were seen on the arm of
the Lion of Lihore. The large rubies surrendered to Great
Britain on the same occaaion remain with their Persian in-
scripting untouched, as we hope, indeed, they will long
reamis.—Athenessoi.