The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-15 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LlrEgeooL, Mir 14.—Sales to-day:—Great Eastern, 37: 4
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 121 I—London and North Western, 119
ISIc 19e 19 201 20—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln. 60f
00 c—Metropolitan. 12440—North48aatena, Berwick, 1091—South
Eastern, 7212c—Buffalo and Lake Huron, 4f 9-18 c I--Grand
Trunk of Canada, 19? s fe 3—Erect Indian Peninsula, 106—
Erie, 45 44 Ic s—lllinois Central, 76c—United States Five-Twenty
Bonds, 654‹ 64 6 Sc—Dutch Rhenish, 3} p —Great Luxembourg
shares, 12; 4 c—Saml.re and Meuse, 74c.—Spanish Passives. 72}
—Ditto Certificates. 111 —Bank of Liverpool, 231—Eastern Ex-
change Bank • Limited 24e d.—Liverpool Marine Cred. i Limited'
Ic r.—Mercantile and EL-change Bank (Limited .Bf d.—
National Bank of Liverpool ..Limited 34 p.—North Western
Bank Limited', 11 p.—overend, Gurney and Co. ,LJmited:, 14 d.—
Albion Marine 'Limited , If d.—British and Foreign Marine
Limi.cd , 1 1-16 1 p.—Maritime Insurance 'Limited , 1 1-19 c d.
itoyal Insurance, 3lte p.—National Steam Company. 9c 84c d.
MANCHWerIiR, MAY 14. —The market showed an improvement
and prices were generally firmer. Buffalo and Lake Huron. 4n
—Consolidated Bank ,Limited,, 33e p.—Eries, 444 c 4c 4c 3fc
4c 5 4lc 5 4c }wheat Eastern, 37n 83 4—Great Luxembourg.
121 11-10 I—Great Northern A, 131 n In In In SI 30In 4n 45
Great Western, 534n—General Credit Limited., 2d. --Hudson's
Bay, 14}n—Illinois, 76c—Lancashire and Yorkshire. 1214—Lon-
don and North Western, 118 n 460 in 4 20 191—Manchester, Shef-
field. and Lincoln, GO4 1 * I 1 601—Metropolitan, 126 4n
74—North British, s.s—Overend, urney, and Co. , Limited', 15n
154 c d. 15 d.—South Eastern„ 70In 31—Spanish Passives, 2-21 e. •
Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Limited, 51. 3113 p.—
United States 5.20 Years' Bonds. 66 54c f 1.
BIRMINGHAM, MAT 14. Business done :—Metrotilltan Rail-
way Carriage and Wagon ,second Issue`, at I . Closing
prices: Great Western Stour Valley Guaranteed, 73, buyers—
South Staffordshire Railway, 834, buyers—Great Western Bir-
mingham Guaranteed. 34 per Cent., 714 to 72I—Birmingham
Canal. SR to 864 ; Land Mortgage Bank of India 4 dis.,
buyers—Birmingham Financial Limited', prem., sellers—
Birmingham Alliance Fire 'Limited, to 4 dis.—liirmingham
Water Works, 33 to 33i—end liwits's Metal (Limited;, I dis.,
sellers.

ARRIVAL OF THE ALLEMANIA.--SOUTHAHTTON,
MAI 15.—The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Allemania, from New York, passed the Needles at
12.50 p.m. to-day.

A SIGHT ON THE NILE. —Soon after I was sitting
right on the pointed bow of the boat, with the Reis, who
was sounding with his painted pole (ride antique sculptures
and paintings) and the men towing, when suddenly some-
thing rose to the surface close to us : the men cried out
" Beni Adana f' and the Reis prayed for the dead. It was
a woman : the silver bracelets glittered on the arms raised
and stiffened in the agony of death, the knees were drawn
up, and the beautiful Egyptian breasts Boated above the
water. I shall never forget the horrid sight. "God have
mercy on her," prayed my men, and the Reis added to me,
" Let us also pray for her father, poor man ; you see, no
robber has done this [on account of the bracelets). We are
in the Saved now, and most likely she has blackened her
father's face, and he has been forced to strangle her, poor
man." I said, " Alas ! " and the Reis continued, " Ah,
yes, it is a heavy thing, but a man must whiten his face.
Poor man ! poor man ! God have mercy upon him." Such
is &cedee point of honour. However, it turned out that
she was drowned bathing.—Macmillan's Magazine for May.
CRYNTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—
MONDAY, MAY 14.—Admissions en payment, 1,833; ditto
by season tickets, 1,141 ; total visitors, 3,074.