The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-07 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

trYII3LPOOL. Sum 6.—Sales to-day : Caledonian, 108 rest
Western, 471—toncashire and Yorkshire, 1271 7—tot don,
Brighton. and South Coast, 51— London and North Western,
1141 1 14 1I ad —sll.llami. 11,01 1 19 1 xti —Ditto con
rertible 11 sd. p, North British, 311—South Kanter; tv 1 u
ad.—@k, 45 1 s—United states 5.20, '62, 721—Ditto, 186 h, 711
queen Insurance, 1 d.—African Merchant; 1-16 p.—Llverpool
Bachand; 24—National Steam , 121 12 d.
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IS-Aricaggrak, Sir?. IL-Business done :-Atlantic Telegraph
Prot. 8 per cent., 70 671 81 4-Boickow, Vaughan, and Co. . Li-
mited', 75 d.-C. Cantwell and Co., 35 d.-Ebbw Vale
limited', 15 d. -Erks. 45-Ureat Eutern, 804-Oreat
Northern A. 1181 4 19 19 19 1s 4 19 Ist-
Great Western, 47 4-General Q•edit, 21 J.-Lancashire and
YorkaMre. 12--Loodon, Brighton, and South Coast, 51-Lon-
don and Norbs Western, 114/ -Manchester, Midfield, and Lin-
colnshire, 474-Metro Man, 121/ f -Wilmt, 1184-North
British, 314-South Lantern, 118 4 9-United States 5-Y0 Years'
Bonds, 731-Caedonian, 1081 4-Metropolitan new 5 per Lent.,
te., 0 3d., Bs. thl., 6s. 3d. p.-Fleetwood's, 6 15.16--Manchester
and Raiford Bank, 21 p.--San Paulo, 16-South Devon, 43.
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131991/ioiisU.bin.: &=1 he transactions In this market to-
day Included Metropolitan Railway Carrtak,e and Wagon shares,
at prem. Amongst the closing prices were London and North
Western Railway stock, at 114, buyers: Midland, at 119 to I
North Ataffordshlns, at 64, sellers-11Prmingharn Joint Mock
Banks closed at Wi to ; Birmingham and Midland banks at
135, 'ellen ; !Kuntz Metal shares, buyers, at 3 dis.

EXTENSIVE CONTLAGRATIONR.—(THIS DAY. )—This
(Saturday) morning, about half-past 3 o'clock, a destructive
fire broke out in the premises of Mr. J. Bowker, a fruiterer
and green-grocer, No. 2, Wellington-street, Camden-town.
The inmates happily effected a safe retreat. The premises
were destroyed ; and those of Mr. Stroud (No. 4), and Mr.
Parnell, tea-dealer, VI, High-street, were damaged by fire
and water. The principal lou will fall upon the County
Fire-office.—A very serious fire also occurred in the
well-known and antiqu►ted building called the Butchers'
Arms Tavern and Foresters' meeting-house, Pear Tree-
court, Clerkenwell-close. So rotten was the building that
the greater part fell in, striking several of the firemen, but
fortunately no one was killed. The building was nearly
destroyed. Insured in the County Fireeffice.—A fire
also took place in the extensive premises of Mr. Hulks,
linenAiraper and silk mercer, No. 114, Whitechapel-road.
Tho upper part of the building was burned out. The Lon-
don Salvage Corps s►ved the principal portion of the
stock-in-trade. Insured in the ..linenix Fire-office.

"A rumour has gone forth" says the Athena-rem,
" that Signor Mario 's pictures, armour, manuscripts and
curiosities of every kind—the collection of years, and
which, we happen to know, contains many rare and pre-
cious objects—is about to be disposed of by public
auction."

TEE DUNNI3W RAILWAY CONTROVERSY.—Another
addition has been made to this protracted dispute in •
letter from Mr. Brainy, published in the Times of to-day.
That gentleman there rests his ease in reply to Lord Redes-
dale chiefly upon the resolution of the board of the Great
Eastern Company which led to his taking the
contract—a lengthy document which is given iss ex-
tols°. He also supplies a letter from Mr. May-
nard, who at that time was solicitor to the
Great Eastern Company, dated August 22, 18b7. in
this letter the writer says, " What I have always under.
stood in regard to the excess of Mr. Brassey's contract
beyond the capital, has been that it was in great measure
occasioned by the Great Eastern Railway Company, when
they had agreed to become the purchasers of the line,
having vanaus works done not within the original contract,
for which I consider they are therefore responsible quite
independent of the contract."
THE JURY LINTS.--To-morrow and the {ellen ;ng
Sunday the jury lists for the current year will be exhibited
on the metropolitan church doors. If s person is 60 or up-
wards he can claim exemption of the parish officers ; if he
does not he will be liable to serve, notwithstanding he is
over age.
ACCIDENTAL POISONING. —OD Tuesday, Mr. John
Palmer, of Cornwall-terrace. Birmingham, a gentleman,
84 jeers of age, accompanied by Miss Purrott, ofCopen-
hagen-street, in the same town,arrived at the Railway Inn,
Worcester, having been visiting some friends at Hereford.
At that city he had procured for him a sleeping mixture,
and on Wednesday be died. An inquest was held on the
body the text day, when Dr. Williams stated that Miss
Purrott bad conic to him and said she had accidentally
given an old gentleman an overdose of anodyne drops.
She was very much agitated. He went to deceased and
found him to be dying from the effects of narcotic poison.
He had since astertained that the bottle contained a solu-
tion of the acetate of morphia. It was half full, and if it
had been quite full in the first place, 360 drops would have
been taken. The bottle was labelled, "Edwin Gay, dispens-
ing chemist, Hereford." It was irregular for • chemist to
send out such • large quantity to • stranger, without a
doctor's order ; particularly without putting • poison
label on the bottle. In the absence of a drop measure
persons frequeetly poured from the bottle, and gave an
overdose. Deceased's housekeeper stated that her master
had lived at Cornwall-terrace, Birmingham. When he
left with Miss Purrott he appeared to be in good health.
Miss Purrott rented • house of deceased. The jury re-
turned this verdict : " The deceased met his death from
the effects of an ocerdose of morphia, accidentally admi-
nistered."

CURIOUS ACCIDENT AND VERDICT.—A little boy,
the son of • labourer at Driffield, Yorkshire, named
Holmes, in attempting to drive a cat from under a stool,
kicked his sister, a girl of 14. behind the ankle ; and she
died of the injury • week afterwards. A coroner's juy
has found • verdict in the case of "Justifiable homi-
cide."

During the sunny days of the past week Sarah
Youdale, well known as the Queen of Borrowdale, at the
advanced age of ninety.seven, might have been seen busily
engaged haymaking on the estate of Mr. Thomas Simp-
son, of Reath *site. The " queen," although able to do a
pretty fair day's work, thinks " she isn't as good as she
was eance."—Carlisle Patriot.
Taarric Racsirrs.—The traffic returns of rail-
ways in the United Kingdom for the week ending August
31, amounted on 12,849 miles, to 820,8731., and for the
correeponding week of 1866 on 12,560 miles, to 779,375/.,
showing an increase of 289 miles and of 41,498/. The
gross receipts on 14 of the principal railways in the
Fruited Kingdom amounted, for the week, on 9,294 miles,
to 681,8361., and for the corresponding week of last
)ear, on 9,102 miles, to 650,8851., showing an
increase of 192 miles and of 30,9511. The
increase on the Caledonian amounted to 1,2011. ; on
the Great Eastern to 79'21.; on the Great Northern
to 3,2101. ; on the Great Southern and Western to
5851. ; on the Great Western to 1,5771. : on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire to 2,5351.; on the London and North
Western to 2,140/. ; on the London and Brighton to
2,705/. ; on the London and South Western to 2,082/. ;
on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire to 1,5651.;
on the Midland to 4,6411.; on the North British to
1201. ;on the Nerth-Eastern to 5,1911. ; and on the South
Eastern to 2,607/. ; total, 30,931/. The receipts on 52
other railways in the United Kingdom amounted on 3,555
miles to 139,0371, and for the corresponding week of last
PTon 3,458 miles. to 128,4901., showing an increase of
miles and of 10,5471. The goods traffic on the 14
systems of lines above mentioned amounted for the week
to 329,255/. against 317,3951., showing an increase of
11,8601. The passengers, parcels, mails, he., traffic on
those lines amounted to 352,5811., and for the correspond-
' ing week of 1866 to 333,4901., showing an increase of
19,0911. The total receipts for the past week show a de-
cream of 10,2641., as compared with those of the preceding
week, ending the 24th August.

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