The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-03 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

ILuicaysmi. Nov. 2.—The market was fiat, and prices Sl
generally easier. Anglo-American Telegraph I.lealted), 141 :it.
13$ I—Atlantic Telegraph Pref. 8 per cent., 80—Iiiitialo 20;
and Lake Huron, 41—Ebbw Yale Company limited., 131 d.—
YAW, Mll.-nreat Eastern, 261 1--Great Western, 631—London 100
and North Western, 1184---lianchester, Sheffield and Lincoln- 100
shire, 511 604 4 1 1 60 441 60—Metropolitan. 1221 1— 10
Midland, 1241 I—North British, 361 Ift 1 1 ft—South St.
Eastern, 651-liames and Mersey Marine Insurance ;Limited,, St.
4 3 1546 p.—Fleetwoods, 7—Union Bank, 3 p. t.
LIVIRPOOL, Nov. 2.-Bslea to-day : —Great Eastern, 261 1— i 0
Glasgow and South Western. 1181—Lancashire and Yorkshire, St.
' 1241 c /---London and North Western, 118 174 Is—Manchester, 60
Shefileld, and Lincolnshire, 61) fal 1 601 1 1 1 I—Metropn- 100
Man, 1422—Midland, 1241—North British, 301 51 1 I—North 100
Staffordahire, 721—South Eastern, 661 I—Midland New £lB
6 per cent incon., p.—Dutch Rhenish, 3 7-16 p.—Great Luzern- St.
bourg charm. 12f —Bank of Liverpool, 264—Mercantile and Ex. St.
change Bank (Limited!, 71 d.—Empire Marine (Limited;, 1 1'316 10
d.—Royal Insurance, if p.—Angio American Telegraph, 14 6.16 St.
1 131 1 1 I—Atlantic Telegraph. 8 per cent., 41 4—Liverpool at.
United Gas, Wl—National :Beam, 141 1 d.--Callao Dock, VIA
BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 2.—Business done : Lloyd's Bank
,Li-
mited), at 7i and 11 prom.: Birmingham Financial (Limited., at
11 din ; and Staffonlshire Gas, Lti shares, at (4 prem.: Glou-
cester Wagon ;Limited), at 111 : (odd lot: and 111: and Metro-
trupolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon •Limitedl, second issue,
at Oa. dis. Closing prices : North British Hallway. 364, sellers
Stratford-upon-Avon Railway, 14t, sellers; Midland, Bristol and
Birmingham 6 per cents., 187, buyers: Birmingham Town and
District Bank, 101 to 111 Bnghani Wagon ;Limited:, ill to
101 ; and Patent Shaft and Ailetree .Limlted), 6 to 61 prem.

The United Service Gazette says :—" The Secretary
of State for War has decided upon granting a substantial :
reward to the family of the unfortunate deceased, Mr. to
Snider, the inventor of the new breech-loader."
60
In the course of a letter to the Rev. W. C. 40
Dowding, the Bishop of Lichfield writes :—" The ques-
tion to which you have cared my attention, and so
in which you take so warm an interest, is one ~,
of no common difficulty. I hardly know indeed any pmc- ;
tical difficulty greater than this question ; the question IR
66 to the right observance of the Christian Sabbath. t 4
For the puritan observance of it I have no liking ; nor do I
believe that it has tended to the increase of true religion. 111
But, on the other hand, I should be grieved to see the lax
continental observance of it introduced into this country.
I am by no means so assured as you appear
to be that the relaxation of which you are
desirous, in regard to Sunday amusements, and the
opening of places of exhibition, might not tend to
the desecration of the day and to the loss of many of the
blessings which the present observance of the Sabbath in
this country brings with it. I admit, however, that there
is a great deal to be said on your side of the question. t
I cannot, occupied as I am, now go into the discussion
of it."
The York Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition
(says the Leeds lkrcury) was formally cloaca yesterday,
its success having far exceeded the most sanguine
expectations of its promoters. The number of visi-
tors to the Exhibition has been 377,800, or an
average of 4,400 per day, and the receipts have
amounted to 13,3707., which will leave a hand-
some surplus after the payment of expenses. The
Archbishop of York, who inaugurated the Exhibition,
was expected to close it, but in his absence, owing to
domestic affliction, this duty was discharged by the Lord
Mayor. The number of medals distributed was 113, and
of certificates, 143.
A grand fête de nuit is to take place at the Prus-
sian Embassy on the 15th, at which several Italian states.
men now in Paris will be present. Amongst these is men-
tioned General Menabres.
Count Bismarck will stay a few weeks more in
Rugen, to enjoy the remnant of his holiday at the sea-side,
A decision of the Frankfort Court of Justice in
relation to transactions in shares of the gambling esta-
blishment at Wiesbaden has met with approval among the
respectable merchants. An action to enforce a contract
has been dismissed, on the ground that the court " de-
clined to interfere in such immoral transactions." Deal-
ings in shares of this description are prohibited in the open
market ; but, nevertheless, they take place privately among
unscrupulous persons, and these are said to boast openly
on the Exchange that the sentence of the court will be
reversed, and that bribery will prove as successful at Berlin
RI it had proved in such matters elsewhere. " Still," it
is remarked, "it is highly improbable that Prussia will
any longer sanction so disgraceful an industry. Scarcely a
month passes without suicide or rain for life of some un-
wary person victimised by the French farmers of these
establishments."
Itimmers Almanack for 1867 makes itself plea-
santly knows. The perfumed leaves an gay in colour,
and is in designs.