The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-27 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

livnron, DEC. 26.—Birkenhead, 811 82—Caledonian Stook,
fief) 11111.—Boatern Counties, 10 13.16 10 15-16—Great Northers
Stook, 1101 1111—Great Western, 7r, 751—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1261 121—London and North Western, 1021 1024—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 660 57—Midland Stock, 1361
11161-111tto New shares, 2 1.16 64 p.-14arth British Stock, 64
66—North Staffordshire. te 61 d.—North ifostern, Bern irk
Capital Stook, 1064 1051—Ditto York Capital Stock, 951 954—
Ditto Leeds Stock, 66 64—tiouth Buten% 951 26 11-10—West
Midland, Oxford, 601 61—Dutch ithenith. 2 13-16 x d 2 11.16 d.
—Great Luxembourg. IP, 7—Grand Trunk of Canada, 6 61—
Greet Western of Canada, 11 111-Illinots Central, 214 274t1.—
Buffalo and Lake Huron. 4 12.16 4 65-16--Grest Ship, ss. to
be ed.—Thames and Iterate Marine Company, 1 3-16 1 5-16 p.
MAmoutenx, Mc. YU—Prices steady all day. closing firm
Caledonian. 9131—Great Western ot Canada. 111--Orcat Western.
74—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1211—Loudon and North
Westeni, 1021—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lineohnlare, bo4
Mblisud. 1662—North Easter
—Liver 'Berwick , 104—North Stafford.,
2 s.lo.l.—!bath Bastern, 20pool and- London fire And
life Insurmam, 7 Is-16 6—lllinois Central, 66 d.

Tan ELDCWRIC TIAZOZAPH AT OLDZAIf.—A line
of telegraph, of somewhat novel construction, has just been
completed for Mews. Platt Brothers and 00, the exten-
sive renclunista, of Oldham. The two great breeches of this
astsblishment, where upwards of bre thousand workpeople
are employed, ere about a mile and a half from each other,
on opposite sides of the town, which is now bridged over by
the electric telegraph. The wire, which is of steel, and
about two-tenths of an inch iu diameter, is supported (or
its entire length, near the summits of six tall
factory chimneys, at en elevation of IRO feet
from the ground, and leaving clear spans of
1,000 to more than 2,000 feet between the supporta, the
lowest pointe of the curves rnogiug from 70 to 120 feet
above the surface of the ground. To a spectator placed at
one extremity of the curve formed by the longer lengths
the Wife appears to stretch out like &thread, which vanishes
in the innt long before the eye reaches the other. rho
ohiniutve to which the telegraph is fixed being elan,. at
work, and consequently very dry, madam insulation almost
unoccemary, Recces to the tops of the shafts being gained
by means of ropes drawn over by unman of a kite sin log.
The works were projected and carried out by Mr. H. Wilito,
of Manchester • the wire furnished by Mame. Johnsen
Brothers ; and ihe beautiful instruments which point to the
letters of the alphabet at the rate of one hundred per !in-
nate, and are no simple that any child who Can Well can
work them, are the recent invention of Professor Wheat-
stone. . _

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At the Liverpool assizes, yesterday, Captain
Stempeuo, late of the Glasgow, steam ship, plying between
Liverpool and New lurk. obtained 2501. damages (tom
Messrs. lan= and Co., the owners of the ship, who li.ol
dismirscl him, in coosequeure of some alletationn made
against the caplein by the stewardess of the steamer. This
was the last name for trial. and Mr. Jnatioes Keating and
Blackburn left Liverpool the same evening.
CZYISTAL PALACE. ONS SHILLING DAY.
WIGNEsDAT, DEC. N.—Admissions on payment, 20,334;
ditto by csison tickets, 2,933. —Total visitors, AUT.