The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-20 00:00:00

PROT7NCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LiVIIIIPOOL, 3r LT 10. Saks to-day : Great Eastern, 161 1 ;If
-Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1281 8-Landon, Brighton, and
booth Coast, 491 I
1 1 1 1 1 1-London and North Western, 111 1
-Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 44}, ) 1--Metre-
polite., 1191 20160-Midland, 114 1 14 114 4-Birkeuhdd, 1161 i
x d-Grend *trunk of t'anada, 161-Erie, 45-Vuited States 6-911
181 E, 71 1- Dutch Rhenish. paid up, VI r d.--srrat Lale",..
hnUTIF shares. 101 9-18 l-Bank of Liverpool 241 en all-Bast.
ern Lichens, Bank ~ Limited!, 1 d. -Lancashire Insurance, 11-Ii
1 x d. p.-Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent., 41-Ebbe Vail
mited , IN d.
111101INGRAIL JOLT 19.-RMID4IIII done: Birmingham Old
Union Mill, at 51 per share. Closing prices: London and North
Western Itellway meek. 1111 to 112/-Birmlnghana C11.41i82
~.:—Warsick and Nolan Canal, 17, buyers-Loyd's.,
'Limited'. 4 to VI prem. : Birmingham Financial (Limited .14 to
11 dia -Birmingham Gas New ordinary, Inuni, 41 prem.,
buyers-Gloucester Wagon ;Limited,. It to 141-131redwhant
Broad-street Brewery, lo,buyets-and Muntes Metal ,Limittal,
3; to Idle.
G ascifitelltk, JOLT 10 -There was a better business doing, ii
improved prises. Anglo-American 1 elegreph ,Liniited), 14-Ai-
l:link Telegraph Pref. 8 per cent., 86 31-Bolekow. Yanellan, and
Co. (Linalted,, 7 d.-Consolidated Bank I Limited). 1 p.-Erice. 46
Great Eastern, 261 1 i 1 1 7 61 7 - tireat Northen A. 110/ 1 104
-Grand Trunk of Canada, 17161-Greet Western, 40111 1-Lsn-
milks and Yorkshire, I'A-London and North Western, 114
1 1-Mencheater and County Bank (llinitol, it p.- tient-heater,
bliefOrid, and Lincolnshire, 4411 1 11-Metropolitan, 120 lig : 1
1 ijijklei:ggitokiiimso-Atiriandoi4iisitia
-N"rill siellsh- 301 F.-South EN,Vms. 63% itik ThAmas and
k.ersey Marine IMMIX:a ;Limited). 3 5.16 P.-Undo.' •q-^leil 5 20
Years' Boiols, 721.1-London and Brighton, e/1 11 11 luile
1 I i 1.
' Dracut, Jute 18.-Three per Cent. COlllOll, 641-New Three
per Cent. Stock, 9!196-Ditto, for ac aunt, bib August, 92/
92-Indla 6 per (Sent. Stock transferable at the Bank of Ireland:,
1111 1-Alliance and Consumers* Gas, 6 per cent.. lid-Bank oil
Ireland „cilia paid', Sat-Hibernian Banking Company 1:115
', )11-N attune' Bank ;Les paid', 60 1101-Dltto, for account,
q...,1-Proviucial Bank tris paid', 1.44 1-Royal Bank IVO
taleaki
Pa ` 321-Great Southern and Western 61014 , 96-
51141 ind Great Western and Railway Canal .Clon ), in 514 -
Dublin and Drogheda 4 per cent gnaraisteed Ace perp. 'CHO
paid% $8 td- Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford. U per cent Miry.
I haeo paid , 140-Ditto .1160) redeemable land 'all paid , es-
Irish North Western. I per cent, pep., Mask, 21.

Terme Raccirre.—The traffic returns of rail-
ways in the United Kingdom for the week ending July
13, amounted on 12,823 miles, to 787,235/., and tor the
corresponding week 11466 on 12560„ miles, to 767,3411.,
showing on incrwiae of 263 miles and of 19,14541. The
receipts on 14 of the principal railways in the
Med K ingdon amounted for the week ou 9,26:4 miles
to 657,5901., and for the corresponding week of last year,
on 9,102 wiles, to 640,500/., showing an increase of 166
miles and of 17.0901. The increase on the Great Eastern
amounted to 54. W. ; on the Great Northern to 2,0621. ; on
the Lancashire and Yorkshire to 2,51141. ; on the
London and NorthAVestern to 1,163/. ; on the London
and Brighton to 2,1071.; on the London and South Western
to 1,177/.; on the Midland to 3,279 ; on the North British
to 2,239(. ; en the North-Eastern to 2.155/. ; and
on the South Eastern to 2,0441. ; total, 19,3171. ; but from
this must he deducted 479/. the decrease on the Cale-
donian ; 225 L on the Great Southern and Western, 1,26.4/.
on the Great Western, and 21:01. ou the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, leaving the increase as above,
17.090/. The receipts on 52 other railways in the united
Kingdom amounted, on 3,565 riles, to 12:1,645/., and
for the corresponding week of last year, on 3,45+4 miles,
to 126,841/., showing an increase of 77 miles and of 2,5011.
The goods traffic on the 14 systems of lines above men-
tioned amounted for the week to 316,472/. against
305,652/., showing an increase of 11,090/. The passenger',
parcels, mails, &c., traffic on those lines amounted
to
;.140,844, and for the corresponding week of 1506 to
Ei4,1481, showing en increase of 5,99... The total receipts
for the past week show an increase of 15,47.1/. as com-
pared with those of the preceding week, ending the uth
instant.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY, Ju' 19.

IN the ilouss of Limns yesterday, Lord &RAT-
roNn LE REIM:LIFE; at the request of the Earl of
Derby, withdrew the motivn of which he had given
notice, expressing the indignation of the house at
the t•xeention of the Emperor Maximilian.
The Marquis of TOWNSFILND moved the second
rending of the Industrial S.rhoe:b Lill. but it was
opposed by the Earl of Devon, and withdrawn.
Sir J. Pores Charity Bill was read a sooond
time.

The Earl of DERBY stated, in reply to a ques-
tion, that the government had remonstrated with
the Spanish government as to the mode in which
the trial of the crew of the Tornado had been con-
ducted in the Spanish courts, and in consequence
the trial had been declared null and void, and a
new trial had been ordered.

The Duke of AROYLL complained of the defects
in .'ur international law, which allowed ships to
be built for belligerent purposes, and to be sent
out colourably under the British fag.
Earl Rumitti. asked the Colonial secretary whe-
ther his attention had been called to remarks made
by Mr. Purcell, a stipendiary magistrate in Jamaica,
upon the charge of Chief Justice Cm:l.:burn on the
caws of General Nelson. The observations of Mr.
Purcell were abusive, and were highly indecorous
on the part of a gentleman who was about to fill
the office of judge.
Lord Metvitts complained of the tone of Chief
Juatice Cockburn's charge, which he said was both
partial and unjust.
The Duke of Bucatiscium said the government
were of opinion that Mr. Purcell had displayed a
want of decorum, and they had recommended
the government of Jamaica to cancel his appoint-
ment.

The Loan CHANCELLOR strongly censured the
language which had been used by Mr. Purcell,
which was quite sufficient to justify the govern-
ment in withholding from him the appointment
of district judge for which he had been nomi-
nated ; anti said he deeply regretted the terms in
which Lord Melville had referred to the charge of
the Lord Chief Justice, which was a moat able ex-
position of the law.
Lord CRANWORTH also defended Sir A. Cock-
burn, and remarked that if he had been guilty of
the conduct imputed to him ho ought to be im-
peached at the bar of that house.

The Earl of SHREWSBURY advised their lordships
before forming a final judgment upon the case to
read an answer which had been published to the
charge of the Lord Chief Justice.
The subject then dropped.
The Merchant Shipping Bill and the Patriotic
Fund Bill were read a third time and passed, and
several other bills were forwarded a stage.
Their lordships adjourned at a quarter past
7 o'cicck.

HOUSE OF OOMMONS.—FRIDAY, JULY 19.
IN the 110081 of COMMONS Mr. Cosec, in
repiy to Mr. Samuda, who had inquired why the
fleet did not leave its anchorage and perform the
evolutions contemplated in the programme of the
naval review, stated that the Admiralty were most
anxious that the ships should have weighed anchor,
but as this would have been attended with great
risk in such weather and in so narrow a channel,
they made a signal that this should not be
done. The Commander-in-Chief and Captain
Maitland entirely concurred in the propriety of
this decision.

On the order of the day for going into committee
of supply,
Colonel Simms called attention to the suspension
of storm warnings, and moved that it is inexpe-
dient, in consequence of that suspension, to con-
tinue the present arrangement with that committee,
which now costs the country 10,000/. a year. A
great proportion of these predictions, he said,
turned out to be correct, and they were greatly
appreciated by fishermen.
Mr. CAVE said the Royal Society considered that
the data upon which these warnings were based
were insufficient and unreliable.

After some further discussion, in the course of
which Mr. M. GIBSON and Mr. CsanweLt expressed
a hope that so much of the prognostications withre-
gard to coming storms as could safely berelied upon
sho-Ald continuo to be sent out, the motion was
withdrawn.

Mr. HIADLAY called attention to the papers
concerning the destruction of the ship Mermaid by
a shot from a Spanish fort, off the coast of Africa.
The Mermaid, he said, was a trader, and she was
quietly pursuing her voyage through the Straits of
Gibraltar on the 16th of October, 1864. when she
was fired at because she had no flag flying. She
hoisted the Hag immediately, but she was fired at
again by a &hotted gun, and was hit in the hull,
and frofn the effect, of that &hot she sank, but not
before a third shot was tired. He moved that, in
the opinion of the house, tho demand on the
Spanish government was just, and ought not to
have been withdrawn.

Lord Srsinav said the Spanish government
rested their cue on the evidence of their own offi-
cers. In his opinion the case for compensation was
just, but the Spanish government refused to admit
that it was so, and denied that there was any in-
tention to destroy! the vessel. There were only two
courses to pursue—to let the claim rest for a while
or to enforce it. It could be enforced only in two
ways, by breaking off diplomatic intercourse or by
=King reprisals. The first was an inadequate re-
medy, it inflicted no injury. Then if they were to
make reprisals, that would lead to war, and he did
not think that in a war for such a cause they would
be supported by the public opinion either of this
country or of kurope. If, however, a number of
these cases occurred, they would assume a different
aspect.

Mr. NEATE thought it would have been difficult
to have given a more unsatisfactory answer, or ore
which placed the country in a more undignified
position.
After some observations from Sir It. Peel, Mr.
Egerton, and Mr. M. Gibson, the latter of whom
said a treaty was concluded with Spain in 1865
that vessels should not in future be required to
show their flags on passing Spanish forts, and that
this kind of thing therefore could not occur again,
the motion was withdrawn.

Mr. 13. B. SHERIDAN complained of the manner
in which the tickets had been distributed for the
state entertainment to be given to the Sultan by
the Indian government. He submitted that the
two houses of parliament might to have been in-
vited, and moved for a list of the persons who had
beeninvited.

Mr. Fawearr protested against the cost of such
entertainments being defrayed out of the taxes of
India.

Mr. CLAY opposed the motion.
The house was cleared for a division, but the
motion was negatived without.
Mr. WIIALLIIY complained of the conduct of the
Birmingham magistrates in reference to protestant
lecturers ; and Mr. M'Evoy of the alleged unequal
operation of the Prison Discipline Act ; and after
some observations on the latter subject by Mr.
Maguire, Mr. Dl'Laren, and Dr. Brady,
The house went into committee of supply, and
several votes were taken for the colonial, consular,
and other foreign services.
The Court of Appeal Chancery (Despatch of Bu-
siness) Bill passed through committee.
The Railway and Joint Stock Companies Ac-
counts Bill was withdrawn.

The Investment of Trust Funds Bill, the Dogs
Reculation (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill, and
the Master and Servant Bill were respectively read
a third time and passed.
The house adjourned at six o'clock.

It ‘ri.WAT AND O.THIR BILLS BEFORE PARLIAIIZN?.
—Yesterday very little business wee transacted before the
mirliamentary committees upon railway and other private
bills. In the House of Lords, in Lord Reileedale's com-
mittee there was only one bill, vim—that of the earner.
vonshire Railway, which Wig passed through sad ordered
by their lordships to be reported. In the House of Com-
mons yesterday there was only one bill, which was that of
the (treat Eutern Railway (Finance) Re-committed Bill.
The committee proceeded with the further consideration
of the till, and having pared it through it was ordered
to be reported.