The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-20 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, WM. 19.—itales to-day :—Greet Eartern.
Lancashire and Yorkshire. 124—London and North Western.
1181 f-I:anehester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 641 I—Nceth
Brand.. 37 1 1 1--Grand Think of (Yantis, 181—Great Wes-
tern ni Canada, 121 ad —Enited States 5-20 Bonds, nitl ad.—Dank
Rhenish. 31 n.—Liverpool cal London and Globe Fire and Life,
Insurtucl, I d.—Atlantic Telegraph. 12—ditto II
per cent 41—British and Irish M. Telegraph A.. 98—Bsitids
Shipowrwrs, 4 d —Liverpool Exchange, 28—Eriatern ben-
gal, UM,
19.—There was a moderate barium, d
improved prices Anglo-American Telegraph (Limited:, le; 1—
Buffalo and Lake Huron, 4 348—Fries. 601 4 I—Great=
251 1--Gtest Luxembourg, 121—Great Northam A, 1::45
Trunk of Car.ada. 191 1 I—Great Western of canada, 12 11-18
Great Western, f•rl 1 !.1—Lancashire and 1 orkshire, 1244—Len-
dial and North Weatern, 1181-11auchesier, Sheffield, and Lisa
eolashire, U 5 I t—lietrePolitan. 1244 I ) I—Ditto. MOW.
2100 pall, 87i—'Sortb British, 381 71 1 1 7 BC. 8 718 711,,
South P.a.-4(m. t:',l t: ;—United Slates 1.20 Years' Drools,
London. chathare. and Dover, 181 18—Cnion Plate Glass,—a-:.
Turkish 1,1%v per Cents.. tbl 4.
Hatt JItIRAf, OCT. la—Business done :—Birreharham, Dot
verhamptini. acd Stour Valley Railway, at 101 I:rest, Wed-
crn, Pt.r.r bolley Guaranteed, et 73: Oxford lanai. at 1301
liirreinuham Joint Stock Bank (limited., at f 32 : and Midland
Fluent 'Mittel., at 11 die. Cluing prices :—Metrupobtesa
Railway. at 124. buyers ; North Britbls Railway, at 33, buyers;
Stratford wpcn-Avon Hallway, at 141, sellers ; Wellington sal
Severn Junction Railway, at TO, sellers ; Birmingham
at St to ; Warwick and Birmingham Canal, 44 to 4711 A
Warwl3ic and liapton Canal, 18 to 18 per share.
DUBLIN, Om 15.—Three per Cent. Consols, 88—Three per Cad:
Reduced. 861 s7—New Three per Cent. Rock, 871
for ac^o-nt. Bth November. 871—India Five per Cent. Sleet
transferable at the Bank of Ireland'. 1031—Netional Dank (Ale
paid„ 871 67 CM—Ditto for account, 674—Natiosal of Liver-
pool Litrit.3l, *AO 'ANL 111—Prov1ucial Bank 14.11 paid!, SP
Boy:1 kink .810 paid 321—Great Southern and %Mena
4.109p0id,. tinl —Great Southern and Western, Four per Ceak
Perp. paid. 81 till.

The official report on the collision between the
steamer C ihden and the schooner East Fowey it issued.
The certificate of the mate of the Cobden is to be sea.
pended for two years. The report calls attention to the
very frequ !tit collisions that have occurred of late.
CAI"V ag OP WHALES AT CLEVEDON.-011 Thurs-
day two large whales of the bottlenose tribe were found
lying on the shingle off Little Harp Bay, Clevedon, a short
way out of the water, and about 40 yards from the share
at low tide. In this usually quiet watering place the cir-
cumstanee. of course, varied the general monotony, sad
imparted something like excitement to the inhabitants.
After firing several shots at the whales they were at Let
secured and dragged ashore. The larger whale measured
23 feet from the nose to the tip of the tail, and the smaller
one 18 feet, both being of proportionate breadth.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC Raeslrrs.—The traffic re-
ceipts of railways in the United Kingdom amounted for
the week ending the 12th of October, on 12,688 mike
to 766.738/., awl for the corresponding week of test year
on 12 450 miles. to 718,3611/., showing an increase of
216 ndh-,, aml of 48,372/. The gross receipts on the fol-
lowing fourteen railways amounted, in the aggregate.
on 9,159 miles to 643,0991., end for the correspond-
ing reek of 186.5 on 9,002 miles, to 606,0534,
showing an increase of 148 miles, and of 37,6461.
The increase on the Caledonian amounted to
452/.; on the Great Eastern to 1,0581.: on the Great
Northern to , on the Great Southern and Weaken
to 837/4 on the Great Western to 3,864/. ; on the TAll-
eashire and Yorkshire to 4,124/. • on the London sad
North Western to 5,6871. • ' on the London and Brightaa
to 2,3101. • on the London sad South Western to 2,001 L ;
on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire to 1,0t9L;
on the Hi.lland to 5,665/.; on the North British to 1,5321.;
on the North-Eastern to 3,5371.; on the South Fasters to
2,4531.—t0ta1, 37,616/. The goods sad mineral talk on
those lines amounted to 352,91111., sad for the correepondl-
ing week of 1865 to 330,3521., showing an biomass Of
22,5791. The receipts for pssemigers paresh, tus.,amossitail
to 2110.7614/. against IWOHL, an incresse
15,0671. The traffic receipts on 52 other bass amounted.
on 3.587 miles. to 123,0301., and for the eorresponding
week of last year. on 3,486 miles, to 112,3131. showing as
increAse of 81 miles and of 10,7264. The total receipts ot.
the post week show a des:lose of 14,5721. as eorsponi
with those of the preceding week, ending the Gth inst.