The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-27 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LITIMPOOL„ MAT 266.-Bahl today: Great Eastern, 301 tif
—Great Western, 4.SWAt London— and North :faders, UN
ail?, 712 cot
nvertible, 9:16 p —North 3Bratisb,
F.satern, Berwick capital stock, 102—South Eastern, 6616—Man-
chester. Sheffield, and Uneolnabire, C 6 preference 6 per cent., fig
—Buffalo and Lake Huron, 4 316-16-Grand Trunk of Canada,
3 per cent. Mk preference stock, 29—Great Western of Canada,
15616—M5, gib—Dutch ibmlsh, 4 p.—Grear Luxemburg shares,
11+ 3-16—Eestern Exchange Bank, 11, d.—Brltisb and Foreign
Marine (Lambed). ft. —Queen Insurance, d.—Brlttsb and Irish
Magnetic Te A, 90—National Steam (Lolted`„ 16$ d.—
Bascom Soap Alkali (Limited), par.

MANCIIIIIITZT,- MAT 26.-This Co
was seater, with tat a
limited busbies'. C. Cammell and Co (Limited), 3$ 19
—Great, Liken, 31—Oreat Northern A,lll/ 10/—Grand Trunk
of Canada, 171—Orest Western of Canada, lb/ /—Oreat
Western, ate I—Loodon and North B astern. 1134—Manchester
and County Bank (Limited). Ti p.—Manchester, Sheffield, sad
lincoinshke, 4764—Ditto t 6 Pre., 63.16—Metro 1101—
Midland, 1061 / /—North British, 14 11 484 4—Booth
4111/—Timates Mawr/ Marine Insurance (Limited). 11 D.—
Unitedn Stake li4) Years' &ads, 711—Manchester Commercial
dinga, 1 d.

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MAT 26.—The sales ware—ln Birmingham Joint
Mock Bank shares, at 10i ; Birmingham Old Union Mills, at if ;
sad British sod Railway Plant shares, at IS db.
Closing prices : Midland dal, at I to li die.: Birmingham
Alliance Lila Maumee, at • dia. ; Birmingham Wagon shares
(second haws), at to 616 pm.: Metropolitan Railway Carriage
and Wagon Mans, st Of to 161: Henddol Mate and Slab
nt to Munts's Metal (Limited,, at 2 616 to 2 dis.ll=
Patent Shaft and Adetres new shares at 1 to Wm.

A subscription is getting up for erecting s me-
morial over the grave of the nurse who lost her life in try-
ing to save the child of Dr. Palk, of Southampton, who
was drowned in a gravel-pit at Hythe, in Hants. When
the body of the nurse was dragged out of the pit the dead
child was in her arms.

LECTURES ON " POSITIVISM. "—Mr. Rich and
Congreve is delivering a course of lectures on " Positivism"
OD Sunday mornings at the Sussex HoteL The leetores
are given in what is known as the large hall in connexion
with the hoteL The fourth of the series was given yes-
terday, when about one hundred persons of both sexes
were preerint. Mr. Coogreve speaks with much clearness
and precision but his services attract little attention
out of • peculiar " set."
IMPORTANT MINING OPZRATIONS IN DERBY-
SHIRR.—At Coton.park, • few miles from Greeley, •
wealthy proprietary are now sinking for coal at a point
away from any coalfield, and where the geological maps
show that there is none in the neighbourhood. Should the
sinking turn out successfid, of which there is • very strong
belief that it will do, the result cannot fail to affect the
investigations of the Royal Commission now engaged in
inquiring into the extent, kc., of our coalfields. It will
also, doubtless, tend to other similar experiments being
made under formations which have hitherto been supposed
to have no coal beneath them, and in localities where the
geological maps show that the mineral does not exist. The
work is being carried out under the superintendence of
Mr. Brown, of the firm of Brown and Jeffoock, mining
engineers, of Sheffield and Barnsley, and is exciting • great
deal of interest among all persons connected with the coal
interest.

HEAVY COMPENSATION CLAIM.—At the Lord
Mayor's Court on Saturday, before the Recorder and a
special jury, % compensation case " The G0•42120f• of
Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospital v. the Metropolitan
Railway Company," was appointed for hearing. The
question was in respect to some freehold property in Liver-
pool-street and its adjacent parte required by the railway
for their Tower-hill Extension line. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C.,
Mr. Garth, Q.C., and Mr. Pindar appeared for the hoe-
pital ; Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Hallway for the railway. The
jury went to make a personal inapsetion of the 'invert",
and soon afterwards the counsel and other parties con-
sulted together. A little time was craved in order to save
a long inquiry, and eventually an arrangement was made.
Mr. Hawkins was happy to inform the jury they had
settled the matter, and they would only have to pre •
verdict for 40,0001. The learned Recorder presumed the
jury would have no objection to such a termination of
the case. The jury had no possible objection, and gave a
verdict for 40,0001., which was entered upon the pro-
ceedings.