The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-18 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.

Eh. I Pd. I.

4 all 16. Luzembourgs p.cent.
10 all , Do.
00 all 'Havana and Matanzas
00 all Istasanne and Fribourg
00 all ,Matanzas and Sabanilla
00 all I Do. Second Issue
20 all 'North of Franca S p ct.
20 ,all i Do ilateCharl. Sip, et
00 !all 'Ottoman ',Smyrna, &C.
40 an IFaris,L7onsolMnsp.ct.
20 all I Do. New
00 all iltecite &S. F. (Porn.) ..
4 all .Royal Swedish Sp. ot..
00 .Sagtia La Grande 7 p. ct
20 all .8. Aus. & Lom- Von. 3p c.
00pill South nattot Port.7p.c. ,
20 lan ,Elouthernof Fnume3p.c.
20 lall 'South Italian. It per ct.
20 all IW. &N. W. of Fra. Sp. e.

17 18
88 88
96 99

85 88
Hi 121

115 90

14 12
94 96
14 2
89 80
8 81

lli 12
5 6
lli 12

171

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81 I

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bahia and San Francisco (Lim.), guar. 7 per cent., 14.
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 15 to 4.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Anglo-American Telegraph (Limited), 9i, j.
Atlantic Telegraph, guar. 8 percent. (Lim.), 31,
City of Moscow Gas (Limited), 7.
City Offices (Limited), 2A.
Credit Fancier and Mubdier of Eng. (Lim.), 4j, A, . lin
Egyptian Commercial and Trading (Limited), 3i,
Electric Telegraph, 133.
General Credit and Finance of London (Lim.), 4‘, A.
Imperial Lod Comp. of Marseilles (Lim.), 14.
International Financial Society (Lim.) 31.
London Financial Association (Limited), 13i, 4.
London General Omnibus Company (Limited), 31.
Madras Irrigation and Canal all paid), 18.
Millwall Freehold Land anal Dock (Limited), 5.
New Zealand Trust and Loan (Limited), 2i, f.
Royal Mail Steam. 109.
PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

Lreapool., JULY 17.-Bales to-day Great Eastern, 291 4 1
984 9-Great Western, 514—Lancashire and Yorkshire, la* 3
—London and North Western, 116—Manchester, She Med,
and Lincolnshire, 581 4 * I—South Eastern, 681 671 4—Lan-
caster and Carlisle. 212—Erie, S2l j Illinois Central, 76t 11
Dutch Rhenish, 2 rd p—Oreat Luxembourg shares. 124 4—Mer-
cantile and Exchange Bank Limited', 9 9-16 d—Albion Marine,
1/ d—Liverpool and Loudon and Globe Fire and We, 6 p
Atlantic Teleepar S per mat., 3 U-16 1--National Steam
,Lirnited . 131 13 d -Pacific Steam new shares, p.
Mancliesega, OA 17.—A good business has been done in
Great Eastern and South Eastern at declining prices. Generally
speaking, the market was quiet District Rank, 174 pErles,
424 4—Great Eastern, Ygliffilebt I—Great Luxem-
bourg, 121—Oreat Western of Canada. 151 1 16—Great Western,
52 1 19 I—London awl North Western, 1161 1 18 I—Manchester,
Sliefileld, and Linoolnshire, sbl 51—Metroppuulltan, 1331—South
Eastern, 684 . 4 9 el 71 1 4 1 i—Thames and Mersey Marine insu-
rance 'Limited', 41 p —rnited States 5.20 Years' Bonds, 661 1—
Fairhairn's par—Matlock. 54,—Amin American Telegraph, H.
BIRMINGHAM, JULY 17.—The sales to-day were in Wellington
and Severn Junction 'Railway shares at 10. Birmingham Alliance
Fire at 7-16 dis. Hewidol Slate and Slab shares at 1 dis, ; and
Patent Shaft and Axletree shares, at 61 and 61 prem. Closing
prices: London and North We tern sthck, at 1104. Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway shares, at 591. buyers
Lloyd's Bank 'Limited at 81 to 9pm:end Muritga Metal shares,
at 14 dia., sellers.

Dr. Singer, Bishop of Meath, died on Monday
at Dundrutn-house, near Dublin. He was eight) years
old, and had long been in an ailing condition.
From a report made to Congress, it appears that
the American government has provided 6,075 artificial
limbs to soldiers-2,134 arms, 3,784 legs, 44 hands, 9 feet,
and 104 other appliances ; 23 different manufacturers of
artificial limbs supplied the government, and the cost was
37,628 doll.
Two l'sesiaN Porrs.—Before we leave Nishapur,
we must notice two celebrated poets, whose graves confer
no small renown on this old city. One of them is Ferid
ed di* Attar, the great mystic and philosopher, who wrote
the interesting work " Mantik et Tejr (The Logic of
Birds.) In this book all sorts of the feathered creation are
introduced, and they dispute eagerly, and with great curi-
osity, about the cause of their existence and the source of
all truth. Eagles, vultures, falcons, and ravens, doves,
turtles, and nightingales—all are alike interacted in those
important questions. Hudhud, the all-knowing, magical
bird of Solomon, is introduced as their instructor, and from
him they request in a curious manner the much-desired in-
formation. He conducts himself modestly, lays before
them artful riddles, and leads the listening troop on the
path by which they may reach Simurg, the phmtus of the
Orientals, and symbol of the highest light. It is easy to
understand that the birds represent humanity, Hudhud
the prophet, and Simurg the Deity. The poem has obtriined
a great and deserved celebrity by its splendid wealth of
imagery sad its many passages of singular beauty. The
second poet, whose bones rest in Nishapur, is Lariyarn, the
very antipodes of the first. As the pious would say be
was en atheist, a profligate reviler of Mohammed and of
Islam, who trampled under his slerilious feet all that
is holiest, fairest, and beat, and directed his satirical rail-
lery against the most sacred laws sad oblifiations. Yet
Kinyem is, for all this, not lots read than Fend. Persia is
in fact just that country of Asia which most clearly shows
its Oriental character by representing that most opposite
extremes. Here daring atheism and lowly devotion en- I
counter one another, and what is mere remarkable, with- I
out eerionsly &oohing one aoethor. Finis oertaMly afford&
the thosrcomlete picture of the Eastern world.—Armlniits
/limber,' in The Argosy for July.