The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-04 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIIIIMPOOL, MAY 3.-11ahe today : Great Eastern, 27V.dr:atn
Western 401—Lancsehlre and Yorkshire, 1221 2 11 4
Brighton, and Booth Coast, 54—London and Werth Western, 1121
111111111112112112111121 1111112—Manches
ter, else d, and Lisminalre, 451 5 1 I—Metropolitan, 115
14 Midland, 161/1 9 1 I—North British, 1101—bouth Easters,
641 144 34 1 I—Lancaster and Carlisle, 206—Bulfalo
and Lake Hums, 31 13-16—Grand Trunk of Canada, 17/—Great
Western of Canada, 14—Brie, 421 11 —United State a 540 Bonds,
1962, 711—Great Luxemburg shares, 11 9-16 I—Atiantic Tele-
graph, B per cent., 4 11-16--Liverpool United Gas, 201.
MAMMUtints, MAT I.—The market was better, and a good
deal of business was done In most of the leading railway stocks,
but prime are slightly easier in moot of them. Erica 42 11—
Great Eastern, 271 1 1 I—Great Luxemburg, 61 11-16 1—
Great Northern, A. 1081 1 71 1 1 1 1 I—Grand Trunk of
Canada, 171—Great Western of Canada, 14—Great Western, 401
I j 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 12g11 1 o—London0—London and
North astern, 1121 1 4 112 111 12 1 12111 112 111—Man-
chaster, thelfleid, sad LincoLushke, 451 1,4151 s—Metro-
fr, 1151 1 144 15 144 15 141 15—MMaad, 1 1 s_
o:ltnikum., 311—South Eastern, 644 lilal i UV
4 3-oalted States 5.20 Years' Bonds, 7111—Peak
78—London, Brighton, and South Coast, 66—Turkish lire per
Cent., V.

STRANDING OF • MAIL STEAMER.—HOLYHEAD,
FRIDAY.—A few minutes after 12 a.m. the Royal Mall
Steamer Launder, bound from Kingstown to this port with
the maibi and 95 passengers, struck on the rocks called
Cormbrathin, East of Holyhead Mountain, during a dense
fog, and remained fast. The lifeboat Pnncesa of Wales,
belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, was imme-
diately launched, and proceeded to the steamer, and
rendered every possible assistance. The mails and pas-
sengers were landed, but the crew remained on board, and
at high water the steamer floated and is now safe alongside
thejovernment jetty.
THE LAKE DIRTRICT.—AIready the lake district,
under the influence of the week or two of fine weather,
is beginning to have its usual attractive appearance.
Steamers have commenced running on the lake, the boat-
men are all on the qui rim occasional visPon are making
their appearance, and in a few weeks the usually
quiet months of the year will have passed away,
and all in the district will be busy looking after
their own interests. and catering for the comforts of
their visitors. Many of the lodging-house keepers are
rather alarmed at the possibility of toe season proving
unfavourable on -account of the attractions offered by the
Paris Exhibition, but we hardly think they have much
cause to be afraid, for there is little doubt that whatever
attractions in the shape of crowded exhibitions may offer
themselves, there will always be numbers of persons, aye,
and large numbers too, who prefer the comparative rustic
solitude of our charming lake country to all the amuse-
ments and entertainments that may be started in a large
city, even if that city is Paris, and one of the handsomest
and gayest places on the face of the earth.—Kendal Met-
tart.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RILCETPTS. —The traffic re-
turns of railways in the United Kingdom fot the week
ending April 27 amounted on 12,776 miles, to 721,0701.,
and for the corresponding week of 1866, on 12,512 miles,
to 707,592/., showing en increase of %I miles, and of 17,478/.
The gross receipts on 14 of the principal railways in the
United Kingdom amounted for the week on 9,231 miles,
to 603.357/., and for the corresponding week of last year
on 9,034 miles, to 502,995/., showing an increase of 177
miles. and of 10,4721. The increase on the Cale-
donian amounted to 1951. ; on the Great Postern,
to 3,0T31. ; on the Great Northern, to 1,9691. ; on
the Great Southern and Western, to 2,9971. ; on the
Great Western, to 440/. ; on the Lancashire and York-
shire, to 1,3651. ; on the London and Brighton, to 3,331/. ;
on the London and South Western, to 2,727/. ; on the
Midland, to 8901.; on the North British, to 563/. ; and on
South Eastern, to 5,0661. ; total, 22,556/. But from this
must be deducted 4.194/., the decrease on the London
and North Western; 589/. on the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ; and 7,392/. on the North Eastern,
leaving the increase as above, 10,4721. The receipts
on 52 other railways in the United Kingdom amounted
on 3,545 miles to 121,713/., and for the corresponding week
°Eliot year on 3,459 miles to 114,707/., showing an increase
of 86 miles, and of 7,0061. The goods traffic on the 14
systems of lines above mentioned amounted for the week
to 3•13,4941., against 333,9201., showing • decrease of
15,4261. The passengers, parcels, mails, &a, traffic on
those lines amounted to 279,963/., and for the correspond-
ing week of 1968 to 253,965/., showing an increase of
23,09611. The total receipts for the past week show an
increase of 11,9601. as compared with those of the week
outing April 20.