The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-12 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVWWOOS, FIR tlo.—The following are the sales today :
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1206—London and North Western,
1564 6—Metropolitan, 1376—Bufhdo and Lake Baron, 7 7.16 4
7-16 4 9-16—Grand Trunk of Canada, 464 I 7—Great Western
of Canada,l64 —Erie, 52) xd.—Mereantile and Exchange Bank,
e 416 4d. —National Bank, 64:d. p.—North Western, $4 ad. p.
Albloa Marine, 1 7-16 14 d.—Queen Insurance, 5-16 4 p.
Thames and Mersey 56 p.—African Merchants Company, IS-16p.
—National Steam Company, 24416 ad. d.
MAIKIBINTIIa, FM 10.—A moderate bushxds was done, with
steady penes Bolekow, Vaughan, and Co. (Limited), 4 4 p.—
Great Esidern, Of—Great Northern A, 1461 4—Cirand Trunk of
cam* 464 I—Lancashire sad Yorkshire, 121—Manehester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 60—Metropolltan, 1674 4 4 4—Mexi-
can, 214—Midland, 124—Booth Eastern, 784—Thames and Mersey
Marine Insurance (Limited,, 84 P.—Overend, Garvey, and Co., 4
p —Manchester, Birmingham, and Matlock, and Midland, 5
Lancashire Steel, 7 d.
lintrinon ex, FMB. 10.—The transactions today were in Bir-
mingham Joint Stock Banka,pA 184 ; Lloyd's Bank (Limited;, at
1104 prem. ; Birmingham Financial, at 14 prem. ; British and
Foreign Railway Plant, at 4 du ; (Mono:star Wagon tLimited),
at 12 1-16 to 124 ; Birmingham Banking Company shares closed
at POI sellers.

Very welcome intelligence has been received re-
garding the crew of the Hull steamer Excelsior, which was
supposed to have foundered with all hands. The report of
the loss of the vessel is confirmed, but it appears that she
was stranded, and that the captain and crew were, after
suffering great 1112.6145, taken from the wreck. The
Germania, another Hull steamer, about which appre-
hensions also were entertained, has arrived at Cuxhaven
with disabled engines.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTATION ON THE
EDCOLTION Quvrrion.—We are informed that the deputa-
tion appointed to urge on government the view, of the
General Assembly on the Irish Education Question will
proceed to Dublin to see the Lord•Lientenant and Chief
Secretary, as well as to London to wait on Earl Russell
and other members of government. It has been sug-
gested, and with some force, that the Water Asso-
ciation for maintaining united edoca'ion, who have
already sent a memorial, should follow it up by an influ-
ential lay deputation. There is a generally circulated
rumour that Hr. Chichester Portescue, Chief Secretary
for Ireland, has written a letter, in which he is supposed
to have already committed government to a change in
the constitution of the senate of the Queen's University ;
and as this is a point cm which no doubt ought to be
permitted to exit, the member of the lower house who
will move for the production of this letter will do the
muse a sezwice.—Noriltern Whig.
LEraas IN A Tovrtr.—On Saturday, the 13th
inst. (Jan.) the whole of the lepers located in Half-moon
BA, appeared in the market place of this town offering straw
hats and baskets for mule. The attention of the polio.
was directed to the fact, and the sergeant, corporal.,
and some privates ordered the unfortunate creatures to re-
turn to their huts ; but, instead of obeying the order they
went to the office of his honour the Culter and stated that
the food supplied them by the contractor is insuffi-
cient, therefore they have been compelled to make and
offer for sale the abovenamed articles for the purpose of
getting money to procure ground provision,, salted-fish
and meat. His Honour directed them to return to the
lazaretto, and promised that he would adopt measures to
prevent any further cause of complaint—Palmouth (West
Indies) Post.
A CENTENARL&N.—The Hampshire papers record
late Professor
at Soothe's, of Mrs. Livesay, the widow of the
late Professor John Livesey, of the Royal Naval College,
Portsmouth, at thews of 102 years.
QUEENSTOWN, Firs. 11.—The Royal Mail Com-
pany's steamship Cabs arrived bare at 1.30 p.m. to-day.
She embarked the mails. passengers, and latest telegrams,
and proceeded for New York at 4 p.m. All well.
" TIEING THE PAPER." IN SCOTLAND. ^To ESC
paper mesas to take your manuscript sermon with you to
the pulpit and nisi it ti the coagregation. To use no
paper meats that either you preach extempore, trusting to
the (aspiration of the moment for the words io which to
express what you have previously thought out ; or that
yon write your sermon and commit it laboriously to
memory, and then go and repeat ft as though it were spoken
extempore. In former days the prejudice &mind Ike
paper was extreme, especially in the west of &ottani ; and
almost all clergymen repeated their sermons from memory.
Growing intelligence has removed or aleatet that prejudice,
and most of the Sc itch clergy uow use Me paper freely.—
ltrasses Mg/arias for Februsry.