The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-22 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARK MARKETS.

MANClfiki7llll. Arm 10.—The market was better, but eery
little i•usiness waa done. Of course great numbers of people
are out of town, spending the holidays, and a quiet market was
expected. Great Eastern, 271 I—Great Lasembourg, a, 1—
Great Northern, A, 114 I—Grand trunk of (Ueda, 111
Great Western of Canada, 131—Great Western, 401 1 1-11linols,
731—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 122$ 2 11—London and North
Nesters, 1141—Mancha' er, &Weld, and Uncolnahlre, 461 f
—Ditto £l3 Preference, 61—MetropoUtan, 1151--flouth Eastern,
651 1 1 I—United States 5-10 Years' Bondi', 70 09/ 1.
Blegineli•X, APRIL to. —Business was dull In this market
to-day. Birmingham Oas lam A shares were dealt In at lib .
Great Western Birnenghans Stour Valley Guaranteed stock
clued at 71, sellers ; South Staffordshire Railway stock, buyers,
at 87.1 . Birmingham Joint Stock Bank shares closed at 30 to
301 . Birmingham and Midland sellers, at 150; Nottingham
Joint Stock Bank, 31 to 3 dia. ; Midland Contract, 5$ toe dig

A singular case of pauperism came before the
Salford stipendiary on Saturday. A lady was summoned
for having refused to contribute to the support of her
grand-child, the mother of whom, who is said to have very
wealthy relatives, and to be the niece of an archbishop,
now deceased, has become chargeable to the pariah.
The grandmother produced evidence to show that she was
herself partially dependent upon her sees, and it was
urged that the mother's relations ought to be compelled to
share the responsibility. The magistrate said it was hard
that the ratepayers should have to pay in such a case, and
he made an order for the payment of 2s. per week.
FAIR ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH.—A fair commenced
this morning at the favourite suburban locality of the
Lower Heath, Hampstead. A large number of caravans
and shows arrived on Friday and .Saturday. The fair is in
close proximity to the Hampstead Station of the North
London Railway.
THS BOARD OF TRADE AND THE ENGINE-DRIVERS'
STRIKIL —Mr. Cave, M.P., writes to the Post —" There is
in your paper of to-day an
_account of an interview with the
Vice-President of the Board of Trade which is not perfectly
accurate. Mr. Reed, accompanied by an engine-driver,
came to me the day before yesterday with a letter from '
Mr. T. Hughes, for the purpose of asking me to bring
about an arbitration between the directors and the men.
I said that I would willingly do anything to restore • '
good understanding, but that there must be two parties to
an arbitration, and that I did nut understand that the
directors had assented ; that though the extent and public
inconvenience of a strike of this nature were very great,
there was no difference in principle between it and • dis-
pute between a master and his sole journeyman, and that
the Board of Trade had no more power to interfere in the
one case than in the other. That I had beard, however,
of exceptional circumstances in connexion with the pre-
sent strike which rendered it of doubtful legality, and
that this point was to be decided by law. That for
this reason I feared that a mutual reference to
arbitration was the more improbable. I was then
asked when I would inform the directors that
the men were willing to go to arbitration. I replied
that I should have thought such a proposal would come
better from the men themselves ; but, upon being pressed
to convey the information, I consented, and have done so.
I certainly did not understand Mr. Reed to give me formal
notice of a general strike, though I.e may have said that
ouch an event was possible.— I am. sir. y0,..r obedient
servant, Snrarx CAVF---811moutb, April 18."