The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-21 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

lIVIRPOOL, APRIL 20.—Sales to-day: Great Eastern. Of--
London and North Western, 1214 I—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 621—South Eastern, 76/ 1 "—Buffalo and Lake
Huron, s—Grand Trunk of Canada, 251 1 5--Great Western
of Canada, 15 7-161 ad.—Erie, 531—Minols Central, 79180-Great
Luxembourg, 14 9-16 1 9-16 ad.—Barned'a Banking Company
(Limited), 13 12 d.—Eastern Exchange Bank ',Limited', d
Liverpool Financial Association Limited 11 d.—Mercantile and
Exchange Bank 'Limited', 61 7c. 7 d.—North Western Bank 'Li-
mited), 2 1 p—Liverpool and London and Globe Fire and life,
8 1-16 p.—Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent_ 2 9.l6—ll4ntahlre Oil,
04 d.—National Steam k Limited,. 99.16 4.—Runcorn Soap and
Ate. ;Limited', p.
If ANCIILITER, APRIL 20.—The market has been steady, and
some instances rather better prices have been obtained.
Alliance Bank 'Limited '2 d. —Buff alo and Lake Huron, 51 s—Conso-
lidated (Limited., 5 7-161-16 p.—Erin, 54 31—Great Eastern, Of tr
4_Great Luxembourg, 149.16 I—Great Northern,A, 13819-Grand
Trunk of Canada, 251 541 1 I—Great Western of Canada, 151
5-16—Great Western, 581— Lancashire and Yorkshire 1211 1
—London and North Western, 1211 1 I—Manchester and County
Bank 'Limited', 4 p—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolushtre,
621 I—Metropolitan, 1331 I—North British 571—Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co I Limited' 14 44 d --South Eastern. 76 1 1 1 f
Thames and Haney Marine Insurance limited). 611_10. —Unite*
States 5-90 Years' Bonds, 70—Lancashire Steel, 7 d.—Dover C. C.
5 per cent., 98.
BIRXI2OIIAII, APRIL 20.—The sales in this market today
were In Birmingham Financial shares, at 9 prem. ; Binning
ham and Staffordshire Gas, i. 50 shares, at 94 ; Metropolitan
Wagon shares, at 91 ; ditto, second fume, at 1 dyes Leawood
Cannel and Gas Coal (Limited`, at 11 ; and Munteslietal shares,
at f dis. Closing prices : Midland, Birmingham and Derby
Railway stock, at 931 to 94 , Great Western, Birmingham Gua-
ranteed 31 per cent., at 724 to 721; Nottingham Joint Stock
Bank, at par to 1-16 prim ; Gloucester Wagons shares, at 124
to 121 ; Metropolitan Wagon shares, at 91 to 9/ ditto. second
Issue, at 7-111 to 1 dia. , and ditto third issue, at 1 to 1 dia.

SUICIDE OF A YOUNG WOMAN IN THE RIVER
LEA THROUGH A LOVE QUARREL.

INQUEST THIS DAY.
This morning an inquiry was held at the Old
Five Bells tavern, St. Leonard's-street, Bromley, relative
to the supposed suicide of Jane Eliza Jones, aged 19 years.
Sarah Jones, 29, Cordelia-street, Bromley, said that the
deceased, her daughter, was a servant in a gentleman's house
in Brie-park, but she left her situation a fortnight ago
amleanue home to live with witness. She was very desponding
in consequence of having bad a quarrel with her young
man, and having broken off with him. On last Wednes-
day fortnight, in the evening, she removed her crinoline,
but witness took no notice of it then, because she knew
that the deceased was a young woman that studied the
fashions, and witness thought she left it off because cri-
noline was going out of fashion. Witness said to her,
" Don't go out, dear ; it is a wet night," but she made no
answer, and, putting on a pair of new goloshes to keep her
feet dry, she went out. Witness never saw her alive after,
but a young woman, no doubt the deceased, was seen that
night walking about on the banks of the River Lea.
Sarah Jones, a sister of the deceased, deposed that the
deceased told her that she kept company with her young ,
man, whose surname she would not tell, for 16 months,
and that then they fell out. She said, "I am very sorry
I broke off with William ; I wish I could see him, but I
do not know where he is now," A week before she dis-
appeared she asked witness, " Cana person sink in the
water with a crinoline on? or does does it make a per-
son float?" Witness told her not to ask such foolish
questions.
Cant (coroner's officer) proved that the body of the de-
cessed was found floating last Tuesday morning near to
Bromley-bridge of the river Lea. She had no crinoline on
and her shawl was thrown over her head. The body had
been about a fortnight in the water.
The jury returned an open verdict, " That deceased was
drowned in the river Lea, but how she came into the water
there was no evidence to show."