The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-13 00:00:00

641 751

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PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LITIRPooL, DEC. 12.-Balea today: Great Northern, new ac•
court, Ill—Lancashire and Yorkshire, new aces lit, I'_44—Gar
don and North Western. 110 ; new account, 1174 17 MIL— I
Ntaucliester. shenteld, and Lincolnshire, 461 ; new account,
40 4 64 -Metropolitan, new account. 1214—Midland,
new accoht.t., I:lo'4—North Braids, new account. 32—South
Eastern, 024 ; 11 rAY account, Mit 7, —Siiillanii, Bristol and Bir-
mingham 0 per cent , 127—Birkenhead, wit—Bank"( Liverp ml,
1--1,i5 erpo Financial Aa•aiiiation :Limited ,Yd.—North We-
t •rit 1'.195 , 1: .1. Liverpool and London anititiolie Fire
and Lite. 4 15.10 p.—Onceti insurance. S-16 d.—Atlantic Tel •
graph, 8 per cent , 31—Logals and Liverpool Canal, 4174—Na-
tional steam Limited , 34ud, 141
SlarieliTeseTF.a. 12.—A moderate business was done. hut
nt geleridly lower prices Anglo.Attieliesn Telegraph (Limited:,
aecout.t. 1:(4 tiiim Vats Company Limited , next account,
12.1. Erles. 47—d :mat Easti•rn, next acnitint.264 6—Great Luxem-
bourg, 114 next account. Ili—Great Western of Canada, next ac-
count. 124—ti rem Western, next account, sk. 44150—Illinois, 774
—L ineaddre I •1311rIllt e, mil North Western, next
ace mitt. 111.! 4—Nlanchester and Comity Bank (Liinited, 2 p.—
anchester. al,-Meld, and Lincolnshire, ; next account,
46; i 1t; 4—liit4o, 4.6 Pra., 4 p.: next ac-
count. kp. Six per Cent., 12.1 Sletropilitan, next
acc mnt, 1214 next account, 121 20,1,--North British,
321 44; I tAt account, US 4' —South &Were, next account, 6.2 a
nited Years Bonds, next account, 71—
Electric Telegraph, 132.
BIRMINGHAM, Dw'. 12.—Busineas done: Birmingham Gas,
at ! pm.: and ratent Shaft and Asietree
Limited .atS. pm Flo-ing prices: North Staffordshire Rail-
way, 70, buyers Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed 3
per cent., 704 sellers ; liirmiugham Banking Company, Shares,
dis. to par Joint Stock Bank 'Limited , 33 to 34 :
I.l.iyils Bank Limit,. I 7? to 74 pm. Birmingham Old 'Minn
Still, 24 to 0 ; Birmingham Wagon (Limited , 10 to 104: lieuildol
Slat: and Mali Limited . 1 to 4
dis. Shill:mil Contract
Limited to 5 and Patent Shaft and Alletree Shares
1: ached 4 41 5 pin.
Dt BLIN, 9c.0 11,—New Three per Cent. Stock, SC,4 S7—Ditto,
for new account. 1,01 Jan.. stif 87-Inilia flee per Cent. stock
'tr.meerable at the Lank of Ireland , 1054 4—Bank of Ireland
£l. pai.i 2.Z—National hank paid , 664- National Bank
of Lie -pool Limit. il gl5 paid, 154 Royal Bank „.;10 paid ,
32 mod Belfast Junction glue paid', 671--Great
Smitiedu and W stern £lOO pail. '1 9o4.—Stiilland Great
W.--tern Lb.? p , s,—Great Southern and Western, 4 per
cent. perpetual ..:1(xl paid , 924.

Ex TRAORDINARV TAKE OF SFRATS.—Upwards of
100 ton+ of this delicious fish. most of them of large size and
fatness. have beau caught in our Oiridport) bay during
the past fortnight ; •about twenty tons were sent
last week by rail to London. Bristol, Sc., whilst
wag zon loads and cart loads have supplied the
neighbersing inland towns and villages with many
a good meal to the pommr classes at a cheap
rate. several boats caught from 50 to 70 bushels a
day. which realised from Is. 61 to 3s. per bushel. Many
families have s aced them by the bushel for the winter,
whilst it is amusing to see the walls of cottage kitchens
festooned with +livery fish, hung on strings to dry. The
fishermen state that the bay is still full of herrings and
sprats, and should the wind keep inland, with bright
nights, another harvest may yet be obtained.—Shcrborne
Jo,. real.
SEVERN WATER.—The cholera has made its ap-
pearance in Worcester within the last fortnight and several
permns of the most respectable class in society have been
varied off after a few hours' illness. These facts have
naturally cal'ed the attention of the public to the supply
of Severn water, which is put down by many as being the
primary cause of the visitation. The Woreesterehire
Chron;ele, in speaking of the water supply, says that the
" tap " or Severn water is very inferior to that drawn from 1
the private wells, that "it contains many grains to the
pint of a nasty deposit that furs the bottle it is placed in,
and renders it very difficult to cleanse." That even when
drawn from the tap after filtration, "it is charged with a
larger quantity of organic impurity' than the water
derived from the wells; but that when stored in a cistern
or allowed to stand some time before using, the evil is
greatly aggravate.l.--Cheltesham Examiner.
A CASE OF CONSCIENCE.—The military tribunal
of the canton of Berne has been appealed to to decide on a
singular case. M. "M‘eri, tailor, refused to serve in the
national guard from the motive that, having joined the
Anabaptists. he had become convinced that to carry arms
was contrary to the injunctions of the Holy Scriptures
" Before the enemy," he said to the court, " I
should allow my head to be cut off, without defend-
ing myself, and I am right ; for, if it be God who
sends the locusts to puntsh the impiety of the free-
masons of Paris by eating op the harvest of the Algerian
colonists, then, if the tailor Uteri should happen to be
killed, it must certainly be by the will and express per-
mission of the Deity." 'The tribunal at once declared the
- reasoning irrefutable ; but, being guided by purely human
- inspirations, it apprehended that the theories of M. Mosri,
should they spread, might produce great difficulties in the
recruiting, and the tailor was in consequence condemned
to banishment from the canton as long as be should refuse
to serve.