The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-19 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, MAT 18.-Sales to-day :-Lancashire and York-
shire. 1211—London and North Western. 1201191-Manchester,
Sheffield. and Lincolnshire. 62-Mid:and, 123 • Buffalo and Lake
Heron, 41-Erie, 4.5}-United States Yive.Twenty Bonds, 661-
Dutehillienish. p.-(heal Luxembourg shares, 12 15-16 13
12 15-16 13-Stunbre and Meuse, 7 340-National Bank of Liver-
pool •Limited p.-North Western Back Limited , 15-16 c. C.
p.-Albion Marine limited , 14 .1 -British and Foreign
Marine Limited-, 11 p.-Maritiine how:ince ,Limited , 1 d.-
Queen Insurance 5-19 p.-Itoval Insurance. 3 5-10 1 p.-Liver-
pool United Gas. 900-National Steam •Lunited• siefigd.
MANCERSTRR, MAT 18.-The market opened steady, Lot a
moderate business only was done, and quotations close rather
under the highest rates at the opening. Alliance Bank .
_Limited ,
.1.-Butfalo and Lake Huron. 411-Consolidated Bank' Limited
4 p -Erten, 46 5; ;--crest Luxembourg. 121-Great Northern A,
IVI -Grand Tnin of Canada, 261 1 120--Great Western of Ca-
nada, 15-Greeks 10!-Glinois. 771 1-Lancashire and York-
!Mire. 1111-London and North Western,l2o 194 1 -Manches-
ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 621 2 11 1-Metropaitan, 1274-
South Eastern, 721 1 1-Spanish Passives, 22-Thames and Mer-
sey Marine Insurance • Limited., p -United States 5.20
Years' Bonds, 66 51-Virginia Six per Cents., 4.5-Credit Fon-
der, 2 d.-Whitehaven and Furness, 30-New Onulada, 12c.
BIRMIIMEAX, MAT 18.- The sales to-day were In South Staf-
fordshire Railway shares, at 831 ; Birmingham and Staffordshire
Gas. 281. shares, at 5) prem. ; and Birmingham Waterworks, at
33 per share. Closing prices Birminghain. Wolverhampton,
and Stour Valley Railway, 104, sellers; Great Eastern Railway,
381. sellers: Severn Valley Railway. 16}. sellers; Great Western
irredeemable 41 per cents., 901, sellers ; ditto. Birmingham gua-
ranteed 3t per cents., 724, genera ; Birmingham Banking Com-
pany shares, at 241 to 25 ; Birmingham Joint Stock Bank, 361
to 371 and Lloyd's Bank, 10 prem., sellers.
DCRLTN, MAT 17.-Three per Cent. Consols, 851-New Three
per Cent. Stock, 64} 4-Ditto, for account. 6th June. 844 /-
National Bank £3O paid , 71 7J-National of Liverpool Limited),
'4lO paid`, for account, 131-Royal Bank glO paid', 321-
Union Bank 'Limited' ,gn paid for account. 154-Dublin and
Drogheda (1100 73-Cireat Southern and Western (1100
paid , 1001-Midland Great Western and Royal Canal £lOO
Paid.. W.

READING IN BED.—On Friday morning, at
about 3 o'clock, Captain Scott, who resides at 24, Albion-
road, heard screams in the servant's room, and on entering
the room, which he did with great difficulty in conse-
quence of the dense smoke. he found the poor girl burnt
in a shocking manner. Information having been gent to
the police station, Superintendent White and Sergeant
Martin soon arrived with the annihilators. The poor
girl's clothes were burnt, as also the bed clothes, sad some
damage was done to the woodwork of the room. The
girl was wrapped in a blanket and brought out, and
placed upon the annihilator carriage, on which a sofa
mattress had been previously placed, and conveyed to the
Infirmary. She was scarcely conscious at the time, and
died about half-past 8. Her name is Beadle, and her
parents reside at Wilmington, near Dartford. She is 16
years of age, and had been in her situation about two
months. It is supposed she had been reading with the
candle on the bed, and without undressing. The candle-
stick was found on the bed.—Dover Express.