The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-27 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARI MARLITS.

Lrvia :rare X-Sales: Caledonian, 104 a 5-Oreat
Eastern, 31 1 1- Great Western, 481 - Lancashire
and Yo , 1274 i 4 c.-Losidon, Brighton, and South
toast, an-Loudon and North Western, 1141 1 1 1 -
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 491 I 1 f 1-Metropolitan,
are4l.idland 1221 1 I a 1-North British, 321-South
rand Trunk of Canada, 181 4 4-United States
5.50 (82!.V, Nov. 1, 731 1-41rnat Luxembourg Shares. 101
7-141--Queen mimeo, i d.-Unkin Marine (Limited), 2 11.18 p.
-British and Irbil Magnetic Telegraph, A, 100 c.-Liverpool
Vadtad Gal, new CU sham p.-alorary &eel and
(Limited). 6 d.-National Steam-ship Company (I1zolted) 8 per
cent. min. pref., le. a p.
AWICHISTZIE, Sin. 28.-Market steady, bat quiet ; but a fair
amount of business doing. Oreat Eastern. 314 44 n. 4-Orsod
Trunk of Canada, 14 1 4 1-Great Western, 44 1 14--John
Brown and Co., 35e.d-London, Brighton, and South Coast,
2414 4-London and North Western, 1141-Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 491 111-Metropolitan, 1244 1-Midland, 1211
1-North British, 33-South Eastern, tl9l-Thames and Mersey
Marine Insurance ;Limited), 3 11-16 pighton, New, 74 p.-
C.aledonian, 105 41 1 xd.-lkivers, preferred, till 4bitto
deferred, 414.
Mammalian, SKIT. 14.-Boatuess done ; Severn Valley Rail-
way shares, at 111 _Great Western Railway Pirmlngham thakralh
lead Three-cad-s-Ralf per Cent., It Pat and al : Birmingham
Canal shares, at 57 ; Birmingham Old Union Mill, at 51 ; Bir-
mingham New Union Mill, at 3; and Gloucester Waggon
(Limited:, at 121 per shares. Closing prices :- Midland Railway
'Birmingham and Derby stock), sellers, at 95-Lloyd's Bank
Shares (Limited), seilere, at 74 prem. -Birmingham Oas New
Ordinary shares (1866), 44 to 6 prem.-and Midland Coutrect
kLiatited), o 4 tils.
COAL MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)

Walls End Hatton, 225.; Walls End South Hatton.
21s. Q.; Walls End Original Hartlepool, 225.; Walls End
Hartlepool, 21s. ; Walls End Braddyls Hatton, 215.; Walls
End East Hartlepool, 21s. 6d. ; Walls End Eden Main,
19s. 91; Walls End Pensher, 193. 3d.; Walls End Hatton
Lyons, 19s. 9d.; TanSeld Moor Buts., 15e.; West Hartley,
18e. tid. ; Hastings Hartley, 18s. 6d.-Bhips at market, 38 ;
at sea, 15.

The Michaelmas vacation of the Royal Military
Academy at Woolwich commenced yesterday morning and
will close on Monday evening next, when the cadets will
re-assemble and resume their studies until Christmas.

The butchers of Dialmesbury, in Wiltshire, have
thia week rednoed the price of mutton from 9d. to Bd.
',ILE OF THE LATE Mit. W. FISHER HOBBS'
FARMING STOCK AT HOKTlLD.—Yesterday (Thursday) com-
menced the two days' sale by Mr. Clear of the valuable live
stock, agricultural machinery and implementsof that emi-
nent agriculturist the late William Fisher Hobbs, Esq., of
Boated Lodge, four miles from Colchester. The weather was
fine and a large oompany of yeomen, agriculturists, breed-
ers and dealers of the district were attracted to the sale.
TLe first lots the auctioneer submitted for compe.
tition were the handsome Alderney cattle, am eow,
named Daisy, two years old, being sold at 20 guineas, to
Mr. James, and • weanel Alderney calf, at 10 guineas, to
Mr. Hempson. Several other cows fetched prices varying
from 17 to 121 guineas each. The Alderney bulls in.
eluded some fine and handsome specimens, which were
led into the inclosure by ropes attached to rings in
their noses. The highest price realised for an Alderney
bull, handsome fawn and white, two years old, was
16 guineas, and several other animals alternated in prices
from 10 to 61 guineas. After the balls, the auctioneer
offered the sheep and rams, which were comprised
in 94 lots. The ewes, wethers, and ewe lambs
were sold in lots of 10 each. They were, the
auctioneer said, bred with greet care by the late Mr.
Fisher Hobbs, and consisted of the purest breeds in the
country. Some of the Southdown shearling ewes and
wethere,sold in lots of 10 each. ranged from 6:56. to 645. each.
The ewe lambs from Ws. to 24. each. Some of the rams
were remarkably fine, and six and a half guineas was
realised for • Southdown ram, three years old, Mr. White
beinthzpurchaser. Another ram of the mime age was
r. by Mr. Frost at four and • half guineas.
Other animal. sold as low as 55e and 475. each. At the
I time our reporter left the auctioneer was proceeding with
the sale of the herd of improved Essex pigs, which sewn
realising high prices, lot 196, a sow. with pigs. being
' knocked down to Captain Myles Formby, of Dedham, at
Si. Similar lots realised Si., 4f.. and 3/. each. The re-
mainder of the pigs, boars, fowls, and strain threshing
machine bad not been sold at the time. To-day (Friday)
the horses, tools, agricultural implements, and barn,
stabling, and brewing utensils, Ace., will be sold.- Clal me-
ford Chronicle.