The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-21 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LITIRPOOL, NOV. 20.—Sislee to-day : Great Eastern, 1161
Great Western, 531—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1243—Loudon
and North Western, 118 171 3 I—Manchester. Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 501 1 0 ft SO 49/ 1 ft 1.1 1 I—Metropolitan, 1251 1 4 1
—South Eastern, 621 f; e, 001 United States 5:2u
Bands, 701—Mercantile adti Exchange Bank ,Limited 8
Natianal Bank of Liverpool (limited'. 1} p.—Empire Marine
`Limited-4 It d.—Maritime Insurance :Limited.. 1/ (I.—Atlantic
Telegraph 8 per cent., 4—British and lrish Magnetic Tele-
graph Association. 91.
BIRMINOIIAM,NoV.2O.—The wiles to-day went In Birmingham
Joist Stock Bask shares at 32 ; Lloyd's Bank at 71 prem.; and
Midland Financial at 11 dia. t lasaig prices: Staffordshire
Joint Stack Bank shares, at 3 prem., "sellers;" Birmingham
Financial shares. at 11 to 11 : Birmingham Gas, class A, at
1201, sellers; Birmingham Old Mill shares at 51 to 53 : Birming-
ham Wagon shares nt of to 10; Glottechtcr Wagon shares
Limited , fourth Issue. at I to It prem. ; and Patent Nut and
Bolt shares Limited ,at ills. sellers.
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MANCLIESTF.R, 20.—The market was quiet, and prices
generally lower. Atlantic Telegraph Pref. Eight per Cents., 781
—Buffalo and Lake Huron, 3, —Ebbw Vale Company 'limited',
It d.—Eries, 494-4%reat Eastern, 26it 4—Great Northern A, 121 ii,
-Great Western of Canada, 12 5-14111--General Credit • Limited-,
11 41 Illinois, 7,i—L-ineashire awl Yorkshire. 124—London and
Caledonian Marine Insurance • Limited', 44 (I. -Manchester.
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 501 50 4141 fr 1-51etropolltan, 1261
f 111113 rq, i—Mialand. 124 31 :—Nortli British, 371—South
Ea•derii. 021 3 4 3—Thames and- Mersey Marine Insurance
,Limiterk 3 5.111 p.—lrnite4l States 5-20 Years' Bonds, 74.,—Erie
six per cent. rtiriing bonds. 631—Whiteliaren and Furness, 30.!.
Dents, Noe. 19.—Three per Cent. Consols, tell} 4--New
Three per Cent Stock, 671 Fine per Cent Stock trans-
ferable at the Bank of Ireland', 1041 - Monster Bank
.31 paid . ei -National Bank (C 34) paid , 651—National of Li-
venss(l Limited; £l3 loud , 161—Ditto, fur account, 161 1—
Bank ..C.lO paid', 321 Great Southern and Western 1„0100
paid', 911 92—Great Souther.] and Western, • per cent. peep.
.1:100 Paid;, 1r 4.

MINES.--(THIS DAY.)

Ow O'CLOCI.

The mining market remains very quiet, and
prices exhibit no change of importance. Prince
of Wales shares are quoted 255. to 275. ; Eaat
Lovell, 101 to 11 ; Great Vor, 17 to
East Grenville, 21; to ; Wheal Grenville, 225. to
245. ; West Caradon, 14 to ; ; East Caradon, 51 to
6 ; West Chiverton, 59 to 61 ; Choutales, 21 to ;
and North Treskerby, 24 to 31.
The half-yearly meeting of the Scottish Austra-
lian Mining Company (Limited) is called for the
30th inst.

ST. .JAMES'S PALACE, Nov. 9.—Consequent upon i
the resignation of Henry Brown, Eaq., the Queen has been
pleased to appoint .James Ellison and Thomas Fairbank,
Emirs., jointly, to be mimeon and apothecary to her ,
Majesty's household at Windsor,
WHITEHALL, Nov. 20. —The Queen has been
pleased to present the Rev. Alexander Fridge to the
church and parish of 'mann, in the presbytery of Alverbro-
tiled:, and county of Forfar, void by the truispertation of
the Rev. John Hay to the church an parish of Inverkeilor.
The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. John
11I'Lean to the church and parish of Kilchoman, in the
presbytery of Isla and Jura and Isle of Islay. void by the
death of the Rev. John Dewar, late minister thereof.—
Gazdte.
BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW.—DEPUTATION TO
THE PRIVY Cot NCIL.—A deputation from the council
of the Birmingham Cattle Show attended by isp-
point inent at the oflices of the Privy Council,
in Downing-street, yesterday-, with the object of
procuring some relaxation of the recent order which
permits cattle shows to he held in any place where •
there is no cattle plague within a circuit of 10 miles, but
provides that the animals exhibited must be slaughtered
on the spot within four days after the closing of the show.
The members of the Pris j Council present were the Duke
of Buckingham, president, and the Right Hon. H. T. L.
Corry, with Colonel Harness, the secretary of the Cattle
Plague Department. Mr. C. M. Caldecott having stated
the object of the deputation, and fully explained the
precautions taken by the cattle show authorities to prevent
the communication of infection to the animals to be ex-
hibited. his grace promised to forward the decision of the
Privy Conned by last night's post.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—Notice of in-
tended application to parliament has been given for the
transfer of the Edgware, Highgate, and London Railway
undertaking,whether completed or in progress, to the
Great Northern Railway Company ; to confirm an agree-
ment made between the two companies on the 11th of
May, 10416. subject to such modifications as might be con-
curred in by the two companies ; to abandon the construc-
tion of the branch f torn near Crouch-hill to the Totten-
ham and Hampstead Junction Railway at the Holloway-
road ; to abandon the Barnet extension of the Edgware
line sanctioned last session, and to authorise the con-
struction of a substitutsd line to Barnet ; to transfer to the
Great Northern the Watford and Edgware Railway un-
dertaking, to dissolve the latter company, to extend the
time for the purchase of lands and execution of works, and
to raise additional capital ; also to enable the Great
Northern, the Great Eastern, and the Bli'lland railway
companies from time to time to enter into agreements with
respect to the working, use, management and maintenance
of their several undertakings, the supply of rolling stock
and machinery, and of officers and servants for conduct
of the traffic, the interchange, accommodation, and con-
veyance of traffic coming from or destined for the respec-
tive undertakings of the contracting companies, and the
division and appropriation of the revenue arising from that
traffic ; and to authorise the appointment of joint com-
mittees for carrying into effect any such agreement, and
to confirm any agreement already made in reference
thereto.
MELANCHOLY OCCLERENCE.—The other morning
the Rev. Dr. Wolfenden, of Miltown-Malbay, discovered
one of his female servants, named Mary Stack, lying on
the floor of the servants' room, apparently in a fit, and
the other, Kate O'Connor, quite lifeless. in bed. The
cause of this melancholy accident was found to be suffoca-
tion from the flames of a turf fire, the door and windows
being closed. Medical aid was procured. and the (firl
' Stack was resuscitated, but all efforts proved unavailing
with the other. At the inquest a verdict was returned in
accordance with the facts.—Dufv/in Evening Mail.
BREECHLOADERS FOR THE ARMY.—A large quan-
tity of breech-loading rifles (Snider pattern) have been
received at Aldershot Camp from the M-ar Department,
and will be immediately distributed in proportion to the
different infantry corps in the camp ; and the instruction
of officers, non-commissioned officers and men in the use
of the weapon will be commenced wiihost delay.