The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-21 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LtestrooL, Jr'sß to-day: Great Eastern, 33 21—
Great Northern A, 115t—Great Western,46o—London, Brighton,
and South Coast, 671 4—Loudon and North Western, 111.1.4
1 16 14 16 4—Mine-Wider. IlhaSeld. and
shire, 481 It 71—Metropolitan, 127 61-111cUand, 1164 16—North
Eastern Berwick capital stock, 1044—South Eastern, 66
I.—Great Western of Canada, 1411-16 I—Scinde, Deihl, 1024
—Erie, 381—United States Five-Twenties, 1962, 73--Groat
Luxembourg shares. 119.16 6-16--London and Lancashire Fire
Insurance, 14 d. —Queen Insurance, 3-16 d.—l'ition Marine
(Limited). I p.—Attaatic Telegraph 8 per cent., 4 9-16 I—National
Steam Limited), 17 d.
mainninersa, Juba 30.—The market opened without change,
but prices subsequently declined, closing at the lowest point of
the day. Anglo-American Telegraph (Limited', 18 15-16—At-
large Telegraph Preference 8 per cent., 934—credit Fonder of
England (Limited), 54 d.—Dl Bank, 174 p.—Ebbw Vale
oo (Limited), 134 d.—Eries, 394 li—Oreat Latent. 33 3
24 Luxembourg, 114 1 4—GreatNorthern,
_A, 1161
Grand Trunk of Camas, 171—Groat Western of Canada, 14
Great Western, 461 I—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1291
London and North Western, 1164 154 f 14 415 4 I:—.3lLan.:
chaster, end Lincolnshire, 464 —Ditto, 96 Pi its
64—Ditto 6 per cent., 1174-5 I 1271 7 64-1111-
land, 1161 1 i It 416161—North MOM. 1164-41outh Eastern, 66
7/ 4 4—Thames and Blaney Marine Insurance (Limited:, 3 13-16
p. —London and Brighton, 58 74 I_, W
4—Great Western 6 per
cent. stock, 9a—Atlantic and Ormt estern Comsat Mortgage
Bonds, 35/.
BIRMINGHAM, J rice 20.—Buslness done: Shropshire Union
Railway. at 574: Birmingham Joint Stock Rank .Limited`, at 32 :
Birmingham tlits, New Ordinary, 1966. at 5 pm. ; and Brining-
ham and Staffordshire Gas, 428, at 61 pm Closing prices London
and North Western Railway, 1114 to 116; Midland Railway, 116,
buyers ; Birmingham Banking Company shares ;limited), 11 to
prem. ; Metropolitan Railway Llrriage and Wagon ;Wilted',
third Issue, 4 to 1 Ma, ; and Midland Contracts (Limited), 6 Ms.,
seUera
Dunars, Jong 13.—New Three per Cent. stack, 921 I—Ditto,
for account, 10th July, 921 I—lndia 6 per Cent. Stock (trans-
ferable at the Bank of Ireland), 1991—hank of Ireland (0100
paid). 4314—ilibenelau Banking Company OM paid), 36—Man-
Met Wink (Limited), (ES 10e. mkt), 44—National Bank (430
paid', Mit 4 00—Ditto, for account, 504 60 - Provincial Bank, New
(all paid;, 354—Belfast and Northern Counties (all paid), 46_
Dublin and Drogheda (trooped), 831 for ac.—DubUe,Wicklow.and
Wexford !tire paid), 40—Ditto for account, 401—Oveat Southern
and Western (Llte =id), for account, 961—Dublin, Wicklow,
and Wexford, 6 per cent. prop (4.100 paid), 119—Ditto (paid In
full), 43--(heat Southern and Western 4 per cent. prop. (4100
patd).tor account, 98—Dublin and Kingstown, 97-Great Southern
and Western, 6 years =expired, 44 per cent., 1001.

'l'llll PRICE or BUTCHERS' MEAT. —At the board
meeting of the City of London Union, on Tuesday, a con-
tract was entered into for the supply of beef and mutton
for the out-door poor, at lid. per lb., a firm in Leadenhall
market being the contractors. The highest tender was 7d.
A striking contrast this to the prices charged to retail con-
sumers. The plea that there is a great difference between
wholesale and retail wiU not suffice in this case, for the
meat is supplied by two or three pounds at a time—never
more than three pounds—for which a ticket is given.
These tickets are filed by the contractor, who receives his
money weekly. The pnnted form of tender specifies that
the meat is to be of the hest quality, and an intimation is
given that the guardians will strictly enforce this con-
dition. Comment is soperfiuous.—City Press.
A MINE or Viam.rn ON THE DUTCH Comfy.—
Our Amsterdam correspondent, writineon the 17th, nys:—
" Few of your readers are probably aware that a gold and
silver mine, containing a considerable quantity of the pre-
cious metals, is to be found in the neighbourhood of the
Dutch coast. This mine only requires the assistance of
science and enterprise to prove highly remunerative to its
explorers. In the year 1799 the English frigate La Latino
was despatched from London with an amount, in bullion
and coin, of a million and a quarter sterling, for the sup-
port of the Exchange at Hamburg end the payment of the
troops there stationed. She met with stormy weather,
and wheu off Terschelling sprang a leak and sank. With a
very imperfect apparatus gold and silver to the amount of
about 200,0001. were fished up, and then the La Lntine was
abandoned to the sand and the waves. She gradually be-
came covered with sand to a depth of from ten to thirty
feet. In 1857 the sand had shifted to such an extent that
divers were able to visit the sunken vessel, and to brinuigi
gold and silver to the amount of about 60,0001. It req
however, a complete diving apparatus, skilful divers, a
efficient capital, to work this submarine mine, and none of
these were at hand. About a million sterling therefore
remains in the sunken ship, whose hull is still compact and
whole, embedded in about fifteen feet of sand. A corn-
' put* diving apparatus and skilful divers have at last been
found, and a company is now in the oourse of formation
for egiciently working this mine. As thesand is constantly
shifting with the winds it will not be difficult to select
the masons for exploring the ship, and it is thought that
a very considerable portion, if not the whole, of the remain-
ing minim skean may yet be rescued from its watery
germ"