The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-08 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LTTIRPOOL, MAT 7.—Great Eastern, 381—Great Western, 531
—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1184—Loudon and North Western,
1183 t 17t—Metropolitan,1261 1 71 I—Midland, 1213—Ditto, 5.!
avi shares, 13 p.—North Eastern, Berwick capital stock, 1081 8—
South Eastern, 72—Buffalo and Lake Huron, 44-7 rest Western .
of Canada, 155—Erie, 48 7—lllinois Central, 78 74—Great Luxem-
boon shares, 125 1 1.16 12—Alliance Bank of London and Liver- lq
pool 'Limited , 41 d.—Bank of Liverpool, 29 s—Eastern Exchange
Bank Lirnitedl, St d.—Mercantile and Exchange Bank !,
718 d.—Maritime Insurance ,Limited , 15-16 d —Queen Insur-
ance, 1 (I.—Royal Insurance, 3 p.—Liverpool United Gas, 201—
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 442 id—National Steam ;Limited,,
8 4.—West India and Pacific Steam, 4d.
MANCHESTER, MAY 7.—The market for all English stocks
lower. American improved on the receipt of 'drifts of higher
pricy from New York. Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co. Lintitedi,
54 p.-- Buffalo and Lake Huron, 4 5-16 3 --Consolidited Bank 1
Limited , 4 3.16 p.—Erie', 464 71 8 71—Great Eastern, 384
—Great Luxembourg, 123 1 12--Great Northern A, 1351 6
44 5 - Grand Trunk of Canada, 21 1--Great We•tern, 533/
General Credit ,Limited).l/ d.—filinots, 79 85 87: 7 Lancashire
and Torksh,re, 1194 90 191 f—London and North Western, 1191 t
1 181 1 18 173—Manchester Sheffield, anti Lincoln, 005 1 90 fat
55 9 91—Metropolitan, 129 81 8 7t—Mcidcan, IS 171
Midland, 1211 }—North Eastern " tiers ick," 1084—Overend,
Gurney, and Co, ,Limited), 11 d.—South Elfaterll, 721 A 2lt 2 5
I I —l7,nited States 5.20 Years' Bonds, 68 674—Turkish Five per
Cents. , 301 I.4l—Manchester Carriage Company, 15 p.—Credit
I Yonder, 11 d.

The late duel at Rome between Count Ricciardi
and the Marquis Costa continues to be the subject of con-
versation. The Pope has ordered that they shall both be
punished according to law. The Major-domo of the Apar-
tolic Palace has been named judge in this case. Count
Ricciardi has given himself up ; the seconds will also be
arrested; the son of Baron Hubner, one of them, has
quitted Rome under pretence of rejoining his regiment.
Great numbers of swallows died last week in the
south of England, owing, it is be,,eved, to the cold
weather. A number were picked up dead in Millbrook
churchyard, in Hants. It is suspected that they arrived
in this country just as the cold weather had set in, which
prevented them from finding their usual insect food ; that
being exhausted with their long flight, half-starved, and
nipped with the cold, they dropped down dead. They
were remarkably thin, their breast bones coming almost
through their skin, and they weighed under iciz. each.
'THE NEW CATTLE PLAGUE REGULATIONS. —At
Highgate Police-court yesterday two young men, named
William Milton and Jonathan Eaton, were charged with
unlawfully removing four cows from Culney-hatch Railway
station without a license. The defendants, who were in the
service of Mr. Clarks, farmer and cowkeeper, were seen by
the police driving four cows from the Great Northern Rail-
way to their master's farm without a license. Mr. Clarke
said the cows belonged to him, and he had received them
from Hitchin. He did not know that he was offending
against the regulations of the Privy Council, under the
Cattle Plague Prevention Act. The railway authorities
were to blame, as they hail received the necessary licenses.
A railway porter produced several licenses from the com-
pany, which were inspected by Mr. Bodkin and Colonel
Jeakes, the sitting magistrates. Mr. Skaife, the clerk to
the bench, said the regulations had not been oomplied with.
There was no licence to remove the cows from the station
to Mr. Clarke's farm. Mr. Clarke said he did not know
what to do in the matter. The railway authorities would
not keep the cows, and he was obliged to remove them.
The police did not know what to do, and magistrates
hardly knew how to act under the new regulatins. Mr.
Bodkin said an offence had been committed, and for the
safety of the public the regulations of the Privy Council
must be enforced. Mr. Clarke had incurred a penalty of
2u/. or an imprisonment of one month. The bench fined
him 10s. for each cow and costs, making 2/. be. The de-
fendant begged for a small fine to be levied, but the magis-
trates told him he had been leniently dealt with. If he
had a complaint against the railway he could proceed, but
the public safety demanded the infliction of a penalty.
STO4:FiI NG THE RIVER STOUR WITH SALMON. —The
first practical step towards making the Stour a salmon
river was taken yesterday (Saturday). A considerable
number of young salmon were offered to the Stour
Fishery Association, with which to stock one portion
of the river, through the kindness of Mr. Frank Buck-
land. These fish have been carefully nurtured in
the ponds of the Zoological Gardens in London,
and are now two and three years' old fish, in a
healthy state, and quite ready to take their departure for
the sea. Major Cex, who has taken a great deal of in-
terest in this question, and Mr. Kingsford, whose whole
soul is in the work, went up to London yesterday and
brought down the fish in properly constructed receptacles,
to a point on the river Stour close to Sturry, particularly
suited for their reception. The two gentlemen arrived
with their precious freight by the evening train ; and we
understand that the little fish reached their destination all
safe and without the slightest accident. They were duly com-
mitted to what, if not their native,may fairly be called their
adopted, element ; and after being allowed to remain there
a short time the obstructions which prevent their imme-
diate descent to the sea will be removed, and we hope and
trust that a goodly number of the interesting strangers may
come back to us again to found a colony of salmon, and to
increase to an almost indefinite extent the capabilities of
our river both for sporting and for commercial purposes.—
Kent/A Gazette.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND
NoRTH-WEBTERN RAILWAY.—Yesterday morning, MI the
6.45 a.m. train from Liverpool was on its way to this
city, and just after passing Astley, the guard saw a gen-
tleman fall front one of the first-class carriages, and
strike against • telegraph post. On the arrival of the
train at Ordeal-lane, an engine and a truck were sent to
search for him, and he was found lying insensible where
he had fallen. He was taken up and brought to the Man-
chester Royal Infirmary, where he remained insensible the
whole of yesterday. It is said that he was on his way
to Grimsby. There was only one other occupant of the
compartment in which the unfortunate gentleman rode,
a foreigner, whose name and address have, we
believe, been taken by the railway authorities. Upon
inquiring at the Infirmary last evening, we ascer-
tained that the sufferer was Mr. Nathan Goldbaum, of
Chestnut-strest, Liverpool, and that be had sustained
injuries to the back and bead. Mr. Ooldbaum revived
about five o'clock, and, when asked to state how the acci-
dent occurred, said he was reading a newspaper, and felt
a draught from one of the carriage windows, which was
open. He got up to raise the window, and on trying to
same the window-strap stumbled against the door, and fell
out of the carriage heed foremost. The carriage door mast
have been unfasted.—Marackeler Guardiatt.