The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-02 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

Lt 3152001. MARCH I.—Sales to-day Cambaian (oswentry
No. 1). 6.s—Grent Eastang, 301 treat Western, OD 4—Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 120 ad.—London and North Western, 1311
ad.—ME—teaetlitan,l33l 1431 rd.—BoothNester;
761 I—Buffalo and lake Buren, 618-16 18-10111.16 11.16 /
Grand Trunk ot Canada,
1174 761 1616
nada. 16 16-16—Brie, United BMWs 6.10 Beads. 701—lintern
Exchange Bank (Limited), 1 .16-16 el—Me
and Ex-
ZiMiUlm& (Limited), 31 16-16 el.—North Wade= Bank
teed), 3 846 p.—Boyal, 7 per cent, 1121. - ABA= Marine
(Ualited), 1 6-16 el.—Latacanitire losurance, 18-16 D.—Mercantile
Marine, d.—Queen Insurance, 6-16 p.—Union Marina
(Limited), 11 p.—National Steam (Limited), 6-16.
iliAteogisrna, MARCH I.—A Om L business was done, and
prices were in some instant*. higher. Buffalo and lake Huron,
11-16-oonsohdated Bank (Limited), 61 p.—Ertel, 64—oriss
Eastern, 34 1 I—Oreat Northern, A, 1601 1— Grand Trunk of
Canada, 3717—Great Western, 681 6C—Minola. 78414—
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 110—London and North Western.
1121—Manchester and County Bank (Limited). 4} p.-61ea-
thasetwr, elitMeld, and uncoansitire. est f —unto. 5 per cent.
1501—Itetropolitan, 1361 I—Kidland, 114--South Eastern,
I—Vatted Status LSD Years' Bonds, 701 1--Hopkins
11.* Mk 1 d.

ST. DAVID'S DAY AT ETON COLLEOZ.—Yesterday
at noon the noblemen and gentlemen at Rion College
opened their aquatic season on the Thames by a procession
of boats to Burley Hall. The weather was bitterly cold,
while on the shallow ponds the ice was at least an inch in
thickness. Nothing daunted, however, by the wintry
appearance of things in general, the various crews mus-
tered on the floats, and, clad in new and bright-coloured
boating costumes, with straw bate gay with ribbons, were
soon in readiness for the start, which was ably affected
under the superintendence of Mr. Hall. The following
boats started :—Upper boats—Monarch (10 oars), Victory,
Prince of Wales; lower baste—Dreadnought, Elt. George,
Thetis, Defiant*, and Britannia. The boats after reaching
Burley Hall returned to Etoe.
Tax REFORM CONFILRENCIL—Tbe delegates TO-
amembled yesterday evening, at 6 o'clock, instead of at 10
a.m., as previously understood, Mr. Basle. again taking the
chair. The first business was to resolve the report of the
committee to whom the draught of the bill upon reform
had been referred. The committee reported, and recom-
mended the rejection of the bill, considering it would to
injudicious at present to lay any specific bill before the
country generally. A long discussion ensued, at the close
of which the report of the committee was adopted by. a
limp majority. A motion that the bill be printed and Cir-
culated through the Reform Association was also negatived.
Toe conference thee proceeded to discuss • plan for organ-
i-ing a reform movement throughout the wintry in support
of the principles of the league. An animated dissension en-
sued and the conference, at a late hour, adjourned to this
day (Friday).
PORTRAITS OF WILLIAM PITT AND GARRICK.--.
Is an auction of miscellaneous old pictures, at Masan.
Foster's, in Pall-mall, on Wedueeday, two portraits, one of
Wm. Pitt and the other of Garrick, sold, the former for 195
guineas, and the latter for 160 guineas. They were the pro-
perty of a gentleman deceased, at Hammersmith, and were
believed to have been painted by Gainsborough.
EASTERN EXCHANGE BANK (LIMITID).—Mr. P.
Hunter presided at the annual meeting of the shareholders
of this bank held at Liverpool, yesterday, when the report
sad statement of accounts were adopted. A dividend of
5 per oent. was declared. The chairmen said that
the high rate of interest and the cholera in Egypt had in-
terfered with the snowas of the Bank last year, but he
snticipated a much brighter future, particularly if neat
half-year they called up doable the amount of the present
working capital.
UNDERGROUND GOOD WISHES iNSWIRED.—There
was no sight more picturesque daring the resent visit of
their Royal Flightiness the Prince and Primes!' of Wales
to Ovowall than the group, of which they were the
principal figures, gathered oo • woolen platform 1,3( )
feet beneath laud sad sea, their Assad dresses sad pleased
faces shown by lb* glimmer of • few miners' (oodles.
Two or three bil.eaptsies they hed never seen before
were their body guard, bat they wore as tenderly and
loyally eared for as if in castle or court. And when
they had returned from their inspection of the loog, dark,
tortuous tunnel called si level, and their position and sur-
roundings were explained, it was in the heartiest
prince and princess drank, in a bumper of champagne,
prosperity to Botellack, but especially,sucoess to the mine
it its search after a lode which bad gone down" some-
where under the roysl visitors' feet lionths of patient
toil bare passed, and the lode is reached. Within the
last few days a splendid lode of grey copper has been out,
worth 101. per fathom, and this value has iocreased to
2001. • fathom. May it prove a right royal lode, for &s-
-talls& is doing, like many Cornish mines, au immense
amount of work with but seam remuneration.—Corselet
Telegraph.
Column Pacuxuns.—The pilchards exported,
during the season of 1865. were 9,929 hogsheads. This
average for 16 years it 15,575 hogsheads. Of this year's
produce 3,6hhisads west to Goma, 1,793 i to Les.
bore, 408 t Civita Vecchia, 1,919 to Naples, and 2,171 i
to Ancona, Venice, sad Trieste. About 2,400 hogsheads
wee. 'soured in Mount's Bay, 1,200 east of the Limn',
and 6,300 at St. Iles—Cornish Taefraph.
LYNN AND BUTTON-BRIDGE RAILWAY....-Yester-
day this short bat important link of communicatiou
between Norfo'k and Lincolnshire was opened for traffic.
American farmers may learn from Russian mods
how to store their ecru is safety. In Russia a pit is dog
it the ground, Is • well-deified sloes, and the silt,
hardened by a long exposure to fire. Before the grain
is introduced straw is ignited in the pit to purify and dry
the air. The grain is thrown in and peeked close. It is
mid to have bean preserved in this way 40 yams, without
sleteriorntioe.—Mess York Timm.
About 500 Post-oeios money order offices have
hems established in the Ifaited Maim. The rats, of ems-
wisdom charged for mosey onions are on orders sot rained-
fug 10 Asti 10 omits ; over 10 dole and toe exceeding
90 deb, 15 fists ; over 90 dole and up to 30 dole.. 59
seem Ne single order issued for lon this 1 dol or for
' sore tiro 30 flola.—Phaoaripkio fro Per.