The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-22 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LP/missal., FRB. 11.--BMos today: Grog Eastern, 311 1—
Great Western, 501—Lanceattire sod Yorkshire, 127 74 x.l.
Landon ate' North V. astern, MI 4—Manchester, Shedield, :::.d
Lincoln, stl—Midland, 1244—Bouth Eastern, Est 1 4 8 I—Bir'sen-
head. 59-13iiffalo and lake Huron, 44 5-10—Grand Truth of
Carets, 201 114 t—tireat Western of '.laneds. 14 13 li 14
13 13-16—Erie, 3;l—Five Twenties INK", —Grtat Lunetni.. tap,
11 li-16—Llverspail Financial Association. 2 il.— Maritime In-
surance, 4 S.—National Steam Company, lu d.
21.—There was a tl it market, and prices
were easier. Some of the railway stocks, including
Eastern, gave way very decidedly. Credit Fancier of Eig'apid
:Limited., 54 d.—Erles, 274 7 4—Great Eastern, 311 I—i di*cali
Luxemimurg, El—Great Northern A, ISt 4--Grand Trunk al
Calialia, 21 4 t {—Great western. 304 Iliinoh, 'is—LaiwiaeLire
and Yorkshire, 1274—Landon and North Western, 1224—Man-
chester SbeMeld, and Lincolnshire, 501 50 I—Metropolitan,1—Metropolitan, 1244
4—Midland, 1241—Ditto, New 5 per cent. Coniertitile, ft p.—
North Staffordshire. 701 id.—Soutii &Mena 704 ' 70 fen X
1 f I—Spanish1—Spanish Passives, f—Thames and Herseyarra*
I Insurance ,Limitedi, 34 p.—talon Bank, 24 s.--Turkiell Finis
per Cent., 301—Allautle and Urea& Western Consolidated No:d-
i:we Bonds, 234 4.
1112.21.—The transactions to-day were in Senile
Statfonlidalre Railway Stock ayes; Birmingham Banking Cipps-
slug shares 'limited) at 2 prem. (lining prices: Letitia' .itid
North Western Beltway, 1224 to 1234; Midland, Lristol, six! Eir-
minahani Railway New *V, 11-10 to 4 prem : Nottligi .
Joint Stock Rank ,3 to 2ilia Station-Isidro Joint iii -ic
Bank Limited', ll prem. buyers : Birmingham Fitiaosi.d (Li-
mited ,11to 11 die. Midland linancial 14 to 14 ilia ;
mid Patent Shaft and Asletree Limited', 11 tot prew.
Or pus, Fes. W.—Three per Cent. Consols, 9al 4—New rues
per Cent. Stock, 894 4—lndia Five t er tent. Stack (transfer-J's
at the flunk of Ireland,, 107—Back of Ireland (Lupe paid),
—llll.erribin Banking Company .4:25 paidi, 301— National 13,dik
i again paid', 64—National of Live I ,Linilted) .Lib paid), 15--
Ditto for *tenant. 15-I.rov Bank .E 23 paid), lee—Moak
Balk eio paid , 341—Cork and Bandon iall Wit) 11-I.llu'il:a
and Belfast Junction 6100 paid', Wicklow,
Wexford ,4100 paid, for account, ,ss—Dreat Southern
Western '.1:100 paid , Poi—Midland Great West' ru
601—Ditto, fur account, trOk - Belfast and Northern lisiuties
Four per cent. perp. :all paid), 8114.

THE ARCHDEACON'S A.•riEE.—Then lie wau again
about to leave the room, but she stopped hsm. " W,tit a
moment, my dear." " Why should I wait r " That .. a
may listen to me. Surely you will do that when I ,sk
you. I will write to Henry, of course, if you bid me ; and
I will give him your message, whatever it may le ;
but not to-day, my dear." " Why not to-day r " Be-
cause the sun shall go down upon your wrath beim.
I become its messenger. If you choose to write to,Liy
yourself I cannot help it. I cannot hinder you. If I ;tux
to write to him on your behalf I will take icy instrtiet:,:us
from you to-morrow morning. When to-morrow Ilk 1 It;
comes you will not be angry with me because of Cm
delay." The archdeacon was by no means satisfied ; but he
knew his wife toowell, and himself too well, and the word
too well, to insist on the immediate gratitiestMn of his
passion. Over his bosom's mistress he did exercise a
certain marital control—which was, for be:twice, quite
entficiently fixed to enable him to look down with thorouilt
contempt on such a one as Bishop Proudie ; but ha Is as
not a despot who could exact a passive obedience to every
fantasy. His wife would not have written the letter foe
him on that day, and he knew very well that she would
not do so. He knew also that she was right ; and yet he
regretted his want of power. His anger at the preset
moment wa• very hot, so hot that he wished to wreak it.
He knew that it would cool before the morrow ; and,
no, doubt, knew also theoretically, that it would Le 'mat
fitting that it should cool. But not the less was
it a matter of regret to him that so much good hog
anger should be wasted, and that he could not lure
his will of his disobedient son while it lasted. lie
might, no doubt, have written himself, but to base
done so would not have suited him. Even in his
anger he could not have written to his son without rain
the onlinary terms of affection, and in his anger he could
not bring himself to use those terms. "You will find
that I shall be of the same mind to-morrow—exactly.' Le
Kahl to his wife. " I have resolved about it long since;
and it is not likely that I shall change in a day." Then he
went out, about his pariah, intending to continue ti think
of his son's iniquity, so that he might keep his anger hot—
red hot. Then he remembered that the evening weu',l
come. and that he would say his prayers ; and lie s.hoo•k
his head in regret—in a regret of which he was only half
conscious, though it was very kten, and wt. jell he iLd not
attempt to analyse—as he refltcte.l that his rage would
hardly be able to survive that ordeal. How COOllllOll with
us it is to repine that the devil is not stronger over us than
' he is.— The Lust Chronicle of Bars,!.