The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-04 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL AHAB! MARKETS.

LtVLEMOL, Seri. 3.-Sales to-day : Caledonian. 1101-Great
Eastern, SOf 1-(boat Western, 48 71 8 1-lancashire and York-
shire. 1271-Loudon and North Western. 1151 I id.-
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 471-Midland, 1191 /
xd.-North British, 311 I-South Eastern, 03 I I 1 xiL-
Great Western of Canada, 151 - kinds - Delhi, 102 - rnited
Stotts 5.20, 1862, 731 1-Dutch Rhenish, New, 1 p.-British and
}'order 'twine (Limited), 1 p.-Maritime Insurance (limited:,
I it -Royal insoresee, 2 PM p.-Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent.,
24--therpool United Gas, 204 ad. and n. - National Steam
Livalted), II d.
At SEPT. 3.-The market was strong, with a good
business doing. District Bank, 14 p.-Great Eastern, 301 1
301 130}--Great Luzemboerg, Northern A, 1171 1 }-
Great Western, 474 11 8 18 71- Ilh.e and Yorkshire, 1271
-Loudon, Brighton, and South Coast, 611-London and North
Western, 1151 1-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincobehire. 474
1-Metropolitan, 125 4 1-Midland. 1194 1 1 1-North
British. 311-south Eastern, WI f-Metropolitan new 5 per
cent., sa. 3d. sa. Is. 3d. p.-Dover Deferred, 48 50-Caledo-
nian, 1091.

StagGiOnig, RM. S.—Business done :—Midland, Bristol,
and Birmingham Railway Six per Cents., at 127 ; and Binning,
ham Banking Company 'Limited), at 1 prem. Clods/ prices ;
Great Western Railway. 4,1, senses; South istaffeere Railway
Ns
134 to Lloyds Bank (Limited , 7g to 7g
Nottingham Joint Stock Bank Unified), 2 die , selkeS : Mid-
land }monad (Limited:, to dia.; Bngham Wagon
'Limited 11 to ; Metr tan Railway Carriage and
Wagon Limited:, 10 to 10} ; Mklantz•s Metal (LiMitelk, 3to 21
Wagon

BARNET GREAT CATTLE FA TEL —(TH IS DAY.)—
This morning the fair fields near Barnet were thrown open,
and the great three days' fair duly commenced. The show
of horses is the largest witnessed for many years. There
is a good demand for horses of superior class, for which
dealers are realising high prices. An active business is
being done among the large droves of Welsh forest ponies
which are scattered over the fields. The sheeo fair is
much larger than usual, but the trade is in a depressed
state, and notwithstanding the low prices asked by flock-
masters scarcely a pen of sheep bad been sold up to the
time when our report left. There is a good deal of horned
stock lying out in the grass districts, but the local autho-
rities will not permit stock to go into the fair grounds, and
the cattle dealers are conveying farmers and stock buyers
to the fields and dispose of cattle on the land. The plea-
sure fair is all bustle and uproar, and large cargoes of
visitors are hourly imported from the metropolis.
THE MASTERS AND WORKMEN BI LL. —Lord St.
Leonards has sent the subjoined letter to the
"As I sin withdrawing as much as I can from public life,
I thought that I should not have again to request the use
of your columns ; but the above act is simply permissive,
and not compulsory. Men, as well as masters, therefore,
will require a copy of the act in order to know how to
avail themselves of its powers. To supply this want I
have, with the kind assistance of Messrs. Eyre and Spottia-
woods, arranged for the immediate circulation throughout
the country of copies of the act. They will be directed to
the mayors of all the hives of industry for circulation by
them—a tack lam sure they will willingly perform. I will
only add that, although the act may not stop actual strikes,
it will fail in its object if it do not prevent strikes."

SINOrLAR INCIDENT IN A NORTH COUNTRY
CHURCH.—On Sunday week an incident which distracted
the attention of the congregation from devotional exer-
cises for some time, occurred in a Highland parish
church. During the singing at the first psalm a lamb
made its way to the front pew, whets it excited con-
siderable astonishment by rising on its quarters,
placing its fore feet on the desk, and coolly surveying the
congregation. A lady sitting near determined to expel
the intruder, and seizing the lamb in her arms proceeded
to the door, the congregation meanwhile watching the
proceeding with breathless interest. Going downstairs,
however, the hitherto amiable lamb began to resist
the forcible termination to its devotions, and succeeded in
bringing both the old lady and itself to the bottom of the
stair in a manner more rapid than graceful. The lamb,
finding itself free, once more mate its way into the gallery
by another door. The beadle of the church now put in an
appearance and attempted • capture, but the lamb was too
shay p for the church functionary. An exciting but unsuc-
cessful chase ensued, to the amusement of the congregation
and the interruption of the services. The scene was brought
to a close by the minister saying to the beadle—" The
bustle maybe will be gusto ; sae jist let it be." The ser-
vices were then proceeded with, and during their course
the lamb justified the good opinion of the pastor by re-
maining quiet.
A " SENSATION " DIVER IN JEOPARDY. —A
certain "Professor" Worthington, a young man who an-
nounces himself as the "sensation " and " star " diver,
has recently been making "terrific plunges" from the
head of the Brithton Chain Pier. He jumps from a
height of between 100 and 130 feet, and, turning com-
pletely over as he falls, enters the water (professedly)
head first. But those who have seen the "professor"
aver that he does not always do so ; and, of course, the
shock of falling fiat on the water from such a height
would be of the most severe character. The correspon-
dent of a contemporary alleges that on one occasion the
"professor's" face was swollen and discoloured from con-
tact with the water,—no doubt, from the diver having
entered the sea in • manner which did not give him the
protection of his arms as a " cutwater." On Saturday he,
oddly enough, advertised his " last sensation dive," and
an immense concourse of persons assembled to witness it.
The hour for the jump to be made was fixed for six, but it
was three-quarters of en hour later before the professor
was ready. It was then nearly dead low water of
spring-tides, and it is said that bearlike this was the case
the " professor" determined to throw himself full
length on the water. Either excessive ignorance
or rashness must have dictated such • resolve,
and the result wu what might have been expected.
Almost before he seemed lost to sight in the eddy of
the plunge the diver appeared again floating "like •
log" in the water, his head underneath. The boat which
is always in attendance at once rowed to him, and on
being pulled in be was found to be thoroughly insensi-
ble. He was treated as well as the circumstances would
allow, and on being put upon the pier soon recovered
mifficient strength to be able to walk with assistance.
We have heard that his face was again injured. The
water at the pier head, when his jump was made, wee
only about seven feet deep ; but we cannot say whether
" Professor" Worthington received his injuries from the
concussion with the surface or from striking the bottom.
In either case he could not apparently discern the evi-
dent danger.—Brighton Guardian.