The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-13 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARIBTS.

Irvin Toot, Nor. 14.--bales to-day Great Eastern, 261 7 4.4
--Great Western. b 2 3 1-London and North Western, 1174
18-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 501 1 1-Metropo-
litan, 1244 1 -Midland, 124-North British, St,j- North Eastern,
Berwick capital stock, 10:i Ditto, York. inl4-North Stafford.
shire, 73-South }:astern, 644 4 :4—Buffalo and Lake Huron, 4-
Great Western of Canada, 121 5-16- Illinois Central. 771-United
States 5-20 W,nils, out 4 n 1- - Great Luxembourg shares, In--
Mercantile and Ex..hange Batik Limited , b A.-Empire
Lirolted , J.-Liverpool and London and Globe Fire and Life,
4,1 p.-Theme' and Mersey Marino ,Limited,, 34 p.-Ansdis-
Amnican 'releeraph, 141 4--. Atlantic Telmasph b per cent,
4 3.16 4-West twits and Pacific Steam, 44.
IiMICHESTEM. Nur. 12 -A very good liGelbeall was done, and
prices were bran. with an upward tendency in tame cases.
Anglo-American Tekgraph illndted., 144-Atlantic rob:grata
Pref. b per cent., b 34 -Luttalo aid Lake Hun 11, 3 15-16-Confede-
tate Luau. Consullated Bank Limited', 1 p.-Brien, 62 11-
Great Egitern, 2,11 1 7 / -Great Luxembount, 12 9-16--Greek
Northern A, 1'27-Great Western, 531 774 1-Landon
and Cal. Marine Insurance 'Limited (h d -L,ndon and Mottle
Western. 117 1-31sucluster, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
Ditto Fite per cut. Pref., iisl-11etrpolitan. 1241 1=-
Ditto District, 064-Ditto new Extra, 1091 G-North
391 üb4 11 .-Soutli EaMeni, 644 1- Spanish Passives, 211-
Thames and Mersey tlarine Insurance (Limited,, 31 44
p.-
United State, L-. 20 ears' Bonds, 691 1-New Granada, 13/.
hlMtnNGirAv, N. Y. 12.-The tramartPms G.-day were-In Bir-
mingham Con.ll shams, at b 74 ; Gloucester Wagon shares
Limited , at 11 7.1 n : and ditto, fourth Josue, at 1 prem. Maine
prices Lancashire and Yorkshire Hallway, 124. sellers.. North
Staffordshire 725, *tiers : Staffordshire and Worces-
tershire l'anal. :xso. buyers ; Birreingbani loam and Dietrich
Bank.") to 101 Birmingham and Midland Bank, 140 to 144 -
Lloyd's 16 Limited., 7to 74 prem.: Staffordshire Joint Stock
Bank United preuL, sellers: and flinningbaso Finsocka
Limited., 14 to 14 dis.

AN ANcIENT J Mist! COLONY.—Art American
missionary in China writes to • New York to sae
that the famous Jewish colony in Kai-fung-fee,
capital of the Celestial Empire, is scattered, and their
synagogue demolished. He visited the site of the latter,
and found a stone had been placed on the spot. Os tae
side of the stone was an inscription commemorating the
erection of the synagogue in the reign of the Sung dynasty,
A.D. 1163 ; and referring the first arrival of the Jews in
China to the dynasty of Hon, B.C. 200—A.D. 200. On
the other side was • record of its rebuilding in the
dynasty of Ming, about 300 years ago. He found
out some of the drecendants of the colony, and
learnt that they now numbered about RIO indi-
viduals. They stated that they had been obliges ta
sell the metered' of their synagogue to purchase the
necessaries of life. They were all poor, some were money-
changers, others sold fruit and cakes, and
copiothesers
of t again
he
dealt in old clothes. They possess a few
Jewish winterise, and • roll of the law, but they are
kgnorant of the Hebrew language. The wisaionary saw
the son of the last Rabbi, with whom perished a knowledge
of the sacred tongue. The individuals forming this
most interesting remnant were unable to trace their
tribal pedigree ; they kept no register, they never assembled
as a congregation, and their children are growing up with-
out the seal of covenant. They remembered the
names of the feasts of tabernacles, and unleavened bread.
The missionary found • large tablet that adorned the
synagogue, on which could be traced the name of Israel,
in a Mahommedan mosque in Kei-fung-fee.
AGED SUICIDES.—Three persons, the youngest of
whom was 57 years of age, destroyed themselves in the
west of England during the past week. Two of these sad
events occurred in Cornwall, when one James Shakerley,
IT, of St. Just-in-Penwith. hung himself on the farm pre-
mises of his brother-index, and where • woman named
Hill, 59, of licrlinnick, threw herself into the river Poses,.
Both had for some time past been in a very desponding
condition ; so also bad a widow, in good circumstances,
named Bastin, Go, who hung herself at her farm-house near
Rockear. South Devon.
Tug New GovERNOR OT VICTORIA.—Those who
expected to see great changes result from the appointment
of Sir If. Manners-,Kist o 0 to the governorship of the
colony must be badly disappointed. His excellency
seems resolved to offend no one, to enjoy his poeition, and
let things remain as they are. In truth, unless very
deficient in common sense, and far less experienced than
be can possibly be supposed to be, he could adopt no other
course with any expectation either of comfort to himself
or of retaining is position. Up to the present
time he has done remarkably. well. He may have
disappointed those who imagined his special mis-
sion was at once to inaugurate • new regime,
to put down Higinbotham and set up Bunny, to dismiss
IPCulloch and send for lll`Mahon ; but he has undoubtedly
pleased the people. Coming to the colony at a most crib
be
,-
cal period he bad a difficult part top lay. but hitherto
has proved himself equal to the task. He has studiously
avoided expressing any opinion upon past political diffi-
culties, but, accepting the position just as he found it, he
has fallen into the accustomed routine, and has occupied
no small portion of his time in visiting the country dis-
tricts and opening some of the loci exhibitions which
have been 'held prior to the great intercoloLial ex-
position of native industry and art which is to take
place in Melbourne during the next month.—Melbourne
Age, Sept 27.