The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-29 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL MARE MARKET'S.

LTrEItrOOL, MAT 2,-Salea today:--Great Halted, new ac-
mint, 371--tireat Neither'', 111-Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1181
-London and Noit'd Western, 114 I 17 14j 17; ditto heW ac-
count, 116 A 17 Ir,' 17-Midland. new account, 122-North
Eastern, Rervick capital stock, 107i-Buffalo and Lake Huron,
4 2.16 ; ditto, new xecortnt, 4 5-16-14r4t. 43S j ; ditto, cW WC-
, 431-111inne Central, 764-United States Ylve-Twenty
Bonds. t' -butch Rhenish, 2 p.-Oreat Luxembourg &Jana.
new account, 14 7-10-Lastern Xxchange Bank (limited d.;
ditto, new awcoubt, -Mercantile k Exchange Bank ,Litaited
new account, NI (I. -North Western Bunk limited., pus-Sa-
bah and Yoreign Monne limited', 1 1.16 p.-Empire Marine
1 d.--Quetn Insurance, j p.-Royal Insurance. p -
Union Marine (Loaded , j p.; do., new account, p.--Liverpool
Exehanire,
M•MoiNATrii, MAY 23.--Only a small amount of business wen
done, and Kiev, were generally lower. Consolidated Bank
Limited, 1 d.-Erica, 44; next account, 441-Orcat Eastern,
neat account, 37i f -Great Northeni, A, next account, 1&4-
, Grand Trunk, in: next account, roe A-Orest Wustern of
I'anaila, next ac-Loud.. Ld. ou. 14 W
14-Great est(rn, (..11, next (.ecount,
24-Illintils, 7(.,; 7 i . next aceouut, 7 71 1 e ?-Laucaahie. and
Yorkshire, 119-London and North Western, 1164: next
count,ll7 F-2Lutelteder and Coonly Bank Limited , 2 p.: next
account, 2 p.-Manchester, Bhetheld, and Unman, next tetnant.
tit j 1 j 1 : ditto, Redeemable Preference, i p.-Metopolitaii. sett
, amount. 12:. )lexical,, t7j 2-Midland. next account, 122-
• ,touth Eastern, 70-Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance
!Limited,, 4; p -tinted States 20 Years Honda, 6.24 next
amount, al-Park Gate, par-NewOntriatia. I:T.-Grenada De-
ferred, :0( . -Rovers Five per Cent. Preference .1562 , best acs.
count, 94
BIRMINGHAM. Mar 28.- Staines& was transacted today LL
Sirminghini Lank shares at '_'4. Lloyd's Bank shares at of prem.;
I and ReAlwty Cr. alriee at 2 prem. Itirmingbani ('anal closed at
8i; to 87 ; Midland Financial, dfa- and Birmingham Wale!
Works, class 11, 21 to n prem.

/Lova I. C eon na rlf ICAL SOCIZTY. —Yesterday
afternoon the :tritli annual general meeting of the members
of this society was held at Burlington House. Sir
Roderick Murchison, the president, occupied the chair.
The report of the council for the year having been unani-
mously adopted, Sir Roderick proceede I to ats.:A the
royal medals given yearly by the society for the eneourage•
meet of geographical science and discovery. The first of
these, the Founder's Medal, was presented to Dr. Thomas
Thomson, M. 1).. F.R.S., for his exploration of the Western
Himalayas and Thibet, and for his work thereon. The
Patrons' Medal wa. awarded to Mr. Wm. (landless, M.A.
(his brother receiving it for hin), for his recent unaided
exploration of the river Punts from its mouth on the
river Amazon nearly to its source, a distance of 1,80101 miles.
A purse containing 100 guineas was next presented
to M. I)u Chaillu to reimburse him fur the lots or his in-
struments in Western Africa, and also as a testimonial of
the value of his services to the geography and charto-
graphy of the reoion he explored. A gold watch was also
awarded to kloola-Abdul-Medjitl, for services rendered to
geographical science by his adventurous journey from
I'eshawur to Kokand along the upper valley of the Oxus,
and across the Pamir steppes. A new clause having been
added to the regulations of the society. empowering them
to admit cm the free list a very limited number of gentle-
men to the fellowship, Sir Roderick Murchison rose and
delivered his anneal address. In the course of it he re-
ferred to a project to explore the northern coast
line and interior of Greenland. One of its youngest
associates, Mr. Whymper, already distinguished by
his courage ma self.rieliance in surmounting the
1 highest peaks of the Alps, has conceived the bold
idea of penetrating along the surface of its glaciers into
the interior of this snow-clad oontinent, he being con-
vinced, from the great number of deer that find their way
to the coast, that there are within the glaciers well-
grassed valleys and recesses. Mr. Whymper believes it is
I also possible to trace by land the extent of Greenland to the
north, which was one of the main geographical objects of
the late projected polar expedition. He would be acoom-
pained only by a well-trained Danish guide, who was ready
at Copenhagen. A preliminary trip would be made next
Kummer. This enterprise Sir Roderick considered as
I truly the at pita ultra of individual British geographical
adventure. Later in the evening the fellows of the society.
with a number of invited pleats, dined together, according
to custom, at Willis's-rooto&
THE EASTKAN FISHIRIES.—The mackerel fishery
,I is now being prosecuted off the eastern coast. But few
, I mackerel have been secured, however, by the Great Var-
. mouth boats during the last few days, owing to the preva-
lence of easterly winds. Prime have ranged from 44.1. to
sl'is. per 120. The Lowestoft boats have also made no great
progress at present.