The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-20 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARI MARKETS.

Lre9ieooL, JUgg 19.—lancashire and Yorkshire, 1071 7 1—
London and North Western, 9411—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 391 9 13/—Berenck capital stock, 961—BuHalo and
Lake Huron. 0 1-16—Great Luxembourg shares, 14 131 15-16
Sambre and Meuse, 1011-16 946 1 1 110 1-16 101 p.
BULIEUNRAII.JUNEI9.—The sales to-day sere—of Great Western
44 per oent. Debenture Bonds, 991. 19s. 9d. ; Birmingham
Canal, 011—Birmingham and Ettaffordahire Gas, 401. shares,
401 per share. Stour Valleys marked to Elf—Birmingham
Guaranteed, 771, buyers—Midland Stock, 117, buyers—South
flta/fords, 101. 13a. 9d., 101—District Bank, 161 to 151—Old 'Union
Mill, 10 101—Birmingham Waggon, 131 to f—Metropolitan, If
to f prem.

IMPORTS 01 WHEAT, drr..—A parliamentary re-
turn lamed this morning states that between the let Sept.
last and the lit of the present month 4,919,344 quarters
of wheat, 4,V6,456 cwta. of wheat flour, end 2,281,743
quarters of maize, were imported into the United Kingdom.
The United States alone supplied 1,731,626 qrs. of wheat,
3,135,686 cid& of wheat flour, and 1,362,256 qrs. of maize.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN THE BOROUGH-ROAD.—
(Tins Mosarnia.)--Oe the grounds of Messrs. Bemeereod Co.,
stone sculptors and sawyers, situate in the Borough-read,
immediately facing the Atlas Works, were erected what are
termed " travellers." The structure had been used for a
considerable period, and was considered perfectly secure, but
this morning as the men, seven in number, were hoisting a
heavy piece of stone, the whole of the tackling
gave way; timber balms as thick as a man's body
were broken in twain ; the uprights suddenly
broke off at the tope, and caused not only the
stones to fall but also the frame work and the heavy travel-
ling piece of machinery to topple over upon the unfortunate
men. One man named Timothy M'Carthy was found to be
so severely injured that his removal to the hospital was
deemed absolutely necessary. Several others were
also taken to the hamital, and two to the
White Hart in the Borough-road. A poor lad had
his arms severely injured, and the greater part of his teeth
forced out. He wee also taken to the hospitaL The cause
of the accident is attributed to the recent heavy rains having
rotted the main supportsof the travelling crane, and thereby
mined the iron supports to slip front under the platform,
leaving it in a great measure unprotected to bear such heavy
weights as were being hoisted at the time.
AonIctILTURAL AFFAIRS IN THE EAST LOPATA'S
OF SCOTLAND. —The same sunless, wet weather, which pre-
vailed during the month of May has, with the exception of
a day or two, continued up to the present time. A large
quantity of turnip seed has yet to be ;tut into the ground,
and that which has been sown for some time is
making little progress, unless in very warm, free
soils. Potatoes look well on dry lands ironed the
I coast, but wherever the land is of a clayey na-
-1 tare the crop is backward, and not • few of the sets
have rotted from the extreme wet. The great bulk of
the wheat is backward, and more than usually late in
coming into ear. Barley, oats, and beans on the whole
look well, except here and there upon clay soils, where the
crop hes of late assumed a yellow stunted appearance. Her-
bage on the fields is still abundant, and lean stock of all
kinds in oonsequence bring exorbitant prices. We ere
now coming to a critical period of the summer, and should
unfavourable weather continue long, a late and umatisfsc-
i toryzotreest may be anticipated.—Safrieburgit Courant.
LOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. —At the
monthly general meeting, held yesterday, at the society's
house in Hanover4quare, the Rev. J. Barlow, F.R.S., in
the chair, the Lord Londeeborough, the Lord Proby, M.P.,
Mrs. Lacy and Masts. F. B. Harrison, J. Dent, J. Bailey,
jun., T. W. Evans, M.P., H. H. Vivian, M.P., E. A.
- Hambro, J. J. Lewis Ricardo M.P., T. Gooch, W. W.
Collins, J. Pender, R. L Pemberton, and T. W. Wood
were elected fellows • Professor Kolliker, of Wurtzburg, as
' a foreign member; and his Excellency P. E. Wodebouse,
C. 8., Governor of the Cape Colony ; A. Grote, Faq., of Csl- '
cuts& ; Colonel A. P. Plano, Commissioner of Pegu ; and
Major H. T. Bartlett, of the Bengal Staff Corps, were
elected corresponding members of the society. Lord Wil-
liam Hay, and Messrs. F. Freeman, J. T. Smith, C. R.
Leith, and R. Price. wen proposed as candidates for the
felforrehip ; and W. H rper Pease, Esq., of the Sandwich
Islands, as a corresponding member of the society. The
report of the council on the progress of the society daring
the past mouth was read to the meeting. It stated that
the number of visitors to the gardens up to the end of the
previous month had been 142,919, being an increase of
13,183 persons over the corresponding period of the previous
year.