The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-30 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKET&

LIVITRPOOL, OCT. 29.-Saks to-day --Great lantern, 36
Great Western. 521 3-London and North Western, lla 16
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. tli 1 1 SO 1
Metropolitan 1.211 tc.-Borth 4—Midland, 1244 ,
- South Eastern, 064 5 c -Baited States 5-10 Bowls, 884111-
Auglo American Telegraph, 131 Atlantic Telegraph. Bpc r cent,
4; 6.101161 Runcorn Soap and Alkaline (Ihrulted.,
MMICHLITIIII, OCT. "Jr.-Prices were generally low, and par-
t'cularly Shertields. A moderate Lashio)* wan floue. Althisim
Bank, 81 41 -Atlantic Telegraph I'ref. 8 per cent . 00 631 74-
Holekow, Vaughan. and Co. 'Limited'.. d.-Ebbw Valo Cora-
PsnY :Limited,. 13 11-10 ed.-Bien. 604 I c.-Creat /astern, -
tlr-nd Trunk 1,1 Canada, la -Great Western of Canada, 1
Great Western, 531 - 111 23( -Lancashire and York
1244 I }—Ditto, New Ordinary, all paid, 1 c. p.-London
North Viestera, 1141 10}-Manchester, Sheffield, and [Jacobs.
shire, 31 2 1 I !Toll 4 1 4-Metropolitan, 122 If ht
14 4-Midland. 124 r -North British, MA SI 1-aent
ern, CA 1l 1 I -Thames and Marine insurance Limited', 4
1-10 p.-United States 5.20 Yearn' Brids, 691-Kendal and Win-
dermere, fa 4 n - Turkish Vire per Cents., 30.
BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 19.-Badman done: Birmingham Joint-
Stock Bank :Limited:, at 31i ; Birmingham dinidland Bank, al
143 . 'Midland Financial fLirnitiA. at 11 : Birmingham
and Stalfordshire Gas, Lne. idiot: Birmingham Alliance Vire In-
'mance
Lodi at 1-10Biingham New Union MILL at
2 ; South ifl.frdshire Waterwormrks, at 61 ; Manta's Meta
(Lhatteri,. at 1 10-16 lino ; and Patent Shaft and Axletrin (14
mited„ at ts* and Cl prem.

PARTICIPATION OF THE MILITARY TN POLIYICAL
DISPLAYS. —The attendance of the band of the 3rd Buffs
at the political banquet to Sir Hugh Cairns on Fiiday
evening I.st has been the subject of much comment, and
it is nut unreasonably regarded as a grave scandal. The
instruments are the property of the officers of the regi-
ment, who also, we believe, defray the expenses of the
bandmaster ; but the men themselves are the servants of
the nation which pays them, and should never be made to
play the partof political partisans. It is impos-
sible to conceive of • proceeding more subversive of
military discipline, or more calculated to destroy
public confidence in the military, and to engender. bad
feeling between them and their fellow-countrymen, than
the employment of soldiers to lend velar to the celebra-
tion of the triumphs of political parties, whether they
be whigs or conservatives, tones or radicals. We
should like to bear what Sir Hugh Cairns and his
Blends would say if a military band were to attend the
banquet to Mr. Bright to-morrow evening. One Can
fancy the answer Lord ntrathnairn would give to • request
for the presence of a band at that gathering. It was
bad enough that the band of the 3rd Buffs should attend a
political banquet to the late Attorney-General for Eng-
land, but their presence there was a greater outrage ea
courtitational feeling and public decency, when that baa-
quet was converted into an undisguised electionairiag
caucus " on behalf of Mr. Charles Ls non, whom Sir
Hugh Cairns spoke of as " a candidate soliciting the suf-
frages of the electors of Belfast," and in response to the
toast of whose health as such the band played " nee the
conquering hero comes." The public are likely to bear
more of this matter, for we understand it will be brought
under the notice of H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge as
commander-in-chief.—Northern Whip.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CANNON-STREET RAIL-
WAY.—Lest evening Mr. William Payne, the City coroner,
held an inquiry at Guy's Hospital respecting the death od
Charles Gale, aged 32 years. Robert Gale, 21, Little
Queen-street, Westminster, father of the deceased, said
that his son bad been sergeant in the 13th Light Infantry.
He was an instructor of musketry. His hearing had be-
come affected by the sound of the cannon while be wee
fighting in the trenches in the Crimea at the time of the
fall of Sebastopol. He had seen service in India daring
the mutiny. He left the army when his time was up, sad
returned from India. On the 28th of last month he
entered the service of the South Eastern Railway Com-
pany as a signal-lamp lighter and point-cleaner. Thome
Wild, foreman of plate-layers, said that on Fri-
day last, at about half--iast 4 o'clock, the deceased
was oiling the points at the Borough-market junction of
the Cannon-street branch of the South Eastern Railway.
He was standing in the " 4 part " of the up line, and
an up train came along at the rate of ten miles an
hour, and the buffer beam of the engine struck him on the
head. He was knocked down, and the whole train passed
over his body. The deceased had had his back turned to
the engine, and the driver attempted to call his attentive
to his danger by giving the " short chopping whistle,*
which means " clear the road." There was at the thus a
down train passing on the down line, but the driver of that
engine gave the " long shrill whistle," which means
seal not down," and the deceased might have beams*
confused between the two whistles. He tiled from hb in-
juries. Mr. L. Pemba said be had instructed the dammed
his duties, and he bad cautioned him never to work
with his back to an approaching train. The jury returned
a verdict of " Accidental death."
MAIDTHISTEE, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNIMIRI
KAILWAT.—The total expenses of this company's railways
and camas, including rents, tolls, duty, kr-, from July
Ist to Oct. 21st, 1886, amounted to 154,8581., as spinet
141,8221, for the corresponding period of 1885. The pis'
portion of the South junction receipts scorning to this
company from July lotto Oct. '2lst amounted to L3,IE/L,
as against 12,990/..fer the isorresponding period, od 1885.
and the expenses to 6,5531. as against 6,17 G