The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-20 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL MARI MARKETS.

LiViltroOL, DSC. 19.—Sales to-day: Caledonian, 74 4,1.11 U
Great Eastern, 311 1 1 11—Great Western, t 3 Lan
and Yorkshire, 1211 211 1 201 420 191 20 Ml—
20 1911 19
194 19 181 4 19—London and orth Western, 1141 14 144 4 131
134 1 131 1 13121 1 1 111—Midland, 994 10099110011 1004
1 001 100 904 100 I 194 1 I—North Lateen, Ber-
n ickintt—South ,
11
661 1 I—Grand Trunk of Canada, 151
891--Great Luxembu , 8 13-16—verpool and Lon-
don and lobe, 6 p.—Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent, 47-16
National Steam Company, 61.
BIRMINGRAX, DSC. 19: Business done: Birmingham Wagon
(Limited), at 12; Gloucester Wagon (Lhnitedf, fourth issue, at
21 prem. ; Mettropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon (Limited),
second Issue, at 1-16 , and Patent Shaft and Axletree
'Limited(, second Issue, at 21 prem. Closing prices : Midland
Railway buyers, at 100: Birmingham Canal, 871 to 8.81 ; Lloyd's
Bank (Limited; 6to 61 prem. ; Dudley Gas, sellers, at 451 ; and
Ilenddol Slate and Slid, limited', sellers, at 1 die.
1)I711.18, DEC. 18—Three per Cent. Consols, 924 —New Three
per Cent. Stock, 102 921—Ditto for account, Jan. 7, 92 911 91
—Ditto for new account, 92--India Five pet Cent, July 1690
Stock (transferable at the Bank of Ireland), 1134—Ditto 4
cent., Oct. 1888 ditto, 991—National Bank (L3O paid', 611 par
Ditto tor account, 611—National of Liverpool ( ited) ( 16
paid) 121—Royal Belfast6l paid), 321 4—Union Bank Molted)
(622 171— and Northern Counties 411 paid', for
account, 461—Dublin and Kingstown kEIOO paid), 190—Great
Southern and Western (XlOO paid), 97—Midland Great Western
(0100 paid), 661—Cork and Bandon, 4 per cent. perpetual, front
Jan. 1861 (all paid), 31—Great Southern and M akern, 4 per cent.
date
perpetual 46100 peiC 98—Midland Great Western, div. from
of purchase, 101

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAlLS.—Autaarutia,
Dec. 19.—The Nyanza left at 6.30 a.m. and the Poonah at
noon today. The fot met may be expected at Marseilles
on the 2.ith instant, and the latter at Southampton about
the 2nd January.
QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 19. —The National Steam
Navigation Company's steamship Denmark arrived here
from Liverpool at 2 p.m. to-day. She embarked pitmen.
gers and proceeded for New York at 3 p.m. All well.

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ARCHDEACONRY OF CHESTER.—The Lord Bishop
of Chester has conferred the archdeacon ry of Chester,
vacant by the death of the late Venerable Richard Green-
all, M.A., incumbent of Stratton, upon the Rev. William
Pollock, M.A., vicar of Bowdon and rural dean.

REPRESENTATION OF LAMBETH. —Yesterday
evening a general meeting of electors and non-electors of
Lambeth took place at the Lecture-hall, Oarter-street,
Walworth, for the purpose of bearing from Mr. Thomas
Hughes, one of the sitting members, a statement of
his views inreference to the political affairs of the
oountry. Mr. C. S. Barker presided, and introduced Mr.
Hughes to the meeting. Mr. Hughes was received with
cheers. On the Irish question he remarked that it was
difficult to separate it from the recent outrages that had
taken place in the metropolis. He had sometimes thought
that nothing but absolute separation would heal
the breach between that country and England—
such a separation as existed between Norway and Sweden.
He bad, indeed, thought there were some reasons for such
a course, by which Ireland would still remain an integral
part of the British Kingdom. But he was now convinced
that the time had not yet come, and that it never would
arrive if England did its duty fairly and resolutely towardslreland. For hinnelf, he was all for keeping the nation,
and allowing the landlord interest to take care of itself.
A permanent settlement of the land question mun
be brought about if the united British nation
was to go on much longer, and to hold its
place amongst the other nations of the earth.
Adverting to the Irish church, he expressed an
opinion that it must go down. As an established church,
it must be abolished. It was an abuse which it was im-
possible could be allowed longer to disgrace this country.
On the Game Laws, the Charitable Trusts Bill, education,
and a variety of other subjects, Mr. Hughes gave the
explanations which were demanded of him, and received
as his reward a very cordial vote of confidence.

MAIL STEAMERS TO THE RIVER PLATE.—Messts.
Tait, of London and Limerick, have just completed • con-
tract for 10 years with the Belgian government for a
monthly mail service between Ostend and the Brasile.
The line will consist of four powerful steamships fitted for
first-clam passengers only, and sailing from London on
the 14th, Ostend on the 16th, and Falmouth on the 18th
of each month ; the homeward bound ships leasing Buena;
Ayres 01 the Ist, Monte Video on the 3rd, and Rio Ja-
neiro on the 10th of every month. The City of Limerick
(the pioneer ship) sailed from Falmouth yesterday at four
p.m. upon her second voyage, and she will be followed in
succession by the Cityof Buenos Ayres, the City of Bras-
eels, and the City of Rio Janeiro. On the return voyage
all the ships will tall at Falmouth to land mail' and pas-
sengers, and then go on to discharge cargo at Antwerp
and in London.

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Yesterday morning an accident happened to the 7.10 ex-
press train from Worcester to London, at Char!bury, about
13 miles from Oxford. Owing to a tire dying off, the
engine was thrown on to the down line, and some delay
ensued to the train's progress. No one was injured. Some
delay was caused to the train from London to Worositer,
which was between two and three hours late. The engine
WAS a new one.

MYSTERIOUS DEATH ON THE GREAT WESTERN
RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the dead body of a man was picked
up on the Great Western Railway, near the Shrub-hill tun-
nel, about a mile from Worcester. It wasin a fearfully man-
gled condition, and from all appearances had been so man-
gled bys train. The body wee proved to bethat of one James
Draper, and the circumstances of his death are somewhat
mysterious. On Wednesday the deceased attended the
winter seizes at Worcester and gave evidence before the
grand jury on a charge saint two men named Burton and
Hughes for assaulting and robbing him last August. In
the evening he was seen in company with two persons said
to be friends of the prisoners, who treated him to drink,
and he became, as is said, much intoxicated. What became
of him afterwards until his body was found has to be
cleared up by the coroner's inquest.
FORGERIES BY A MANUFACTURER.—At the
Staffordshire assizes, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Keat-
ing, Elijah Hughes, who had pleaded guilty on
the previous day to two charges of utterin
forged acceptances to bills of exchange with intent to
defraud the Manchester and Liverpool District Banking
Company, was brought up for sentence. The prisoner had
occupied an influential position in the Staffordshire
Potteries. where he carried on business for many years as
an earthenware manufacturer. The sum represented by
the forged acceptances of the prisoner amounted to about
2,500/. He was sentenced to six years' penal servitude.
THE LIVERPOOL ORANGEMEN AND THE FENIANB.
—The Orangemen of Liverpool have issued a "loyal pro-
clamation," pledging themselves to aid to the vev utmost
of their power the local civil authorities in maintaining
the supremacy of the law and the liberties of the people,
and declaring their readiness to act at a moment's notice,
either in their individual capacity as citizens, or collec-
tively as an organised body. The proclamation calls upon
the brethren to consider themselves as virtual if not
formal special constables, using all vigilance to aid the
authorities by discovering and bringing to light all secret
designs against the laws and government of the empire.
The proclamation denounces in the strongest terms the
nefarious and diabolical crime spinet society committed
at Clerkenwell.

i)I:7RITICATIO/1 Or THE THAMES.—The conserva-
tors of the Thames are able to report that they have given
the requisite thirteen months' notdee for the removal of all
sewers above Staines which emptied themselves into the
river or into any tributary stream within three miles of the
river, and at a later period in the current year they gave
like notices with regard to drains below that town. They
have also served notice upon the proprietors of paper mills
requiring the discontinuance of the flow of sewage or other
offensive matter from their mills. With a view of further
preserving from impurity the waters of the Thames above
the point of the water supply, the conservators employ a
steam tug to peas up and down the river, with a view to
the removal of all dead animals and other polluting rob-
atomise, and all the lock keepers have instructions to re-
move all snob nuisances.

EXTILAORDINARY.—whiIe the work-
men were engaged breaking up the condemned wrque
Charlotte, in Algae Bay, a number of senties,
measuring from six to eight inches, were disoovered, with
fangs of a most formidable description. We hops they
won't find their way into any of the habitatlons here ; end
would advise those promenading the breakwater of an
evening to look out for them. Some of them are nearly
Ea big as lobsters. They are supposed to have get cm
board among the sugar at Rangoon, where, if people are
much troubled with these monsters, they must spend
many sleepless nights.—South African Mail.